You Say You Want A Revolution?

Occupy. 99%. What does it mean? Ask Che Guivera. Revolution is upon us Bubba, like it or not. The occupy movement has snowballed beyond anyone's wildest dreams, but still has not reached anyone's true hopes. As the economy in the US crumbles, the tax woes of the working class and the tax breaks for the corporates comes to light, and tens of thousands sweep and 'occupy' public and private spaces throughout the nation, Che is living large. Right beside Orwell. That's right, I said it. Orwell. 1984. Revolution in the midst of big government tactics. Who will be the next Salazar? Or worse yet, HST? The good Doctor Gonzo sure didn't shoot himself. Somebody else did him that dubious honour.

And it's not just in the USA either. This revolution is global. There are different reasons on different continents, but there's revolution almost everywhere you look these days. USA, Canada, UK, EU, Africa, the former Soviet Bloc, North and South Korea, Tibetan China. You don't have to look very hard to see it. The world is on the brink, the precipice, of something... monumental. Good, bad or otherwise, monumental nonetheless. Get behind it Bubba, because it's not going to go away.

The good doctor told us we were living in the Kingdom of Fear. Boy howdy, did he ever peg that one. The Occupy movement is certainly one that Hunter could have gotten behind. I often wonder what he may have had to say about the current occupant of the Oval Office. I know what I think of that occupant, but it's complicated.

Occupy people. It's not showing a lot of results yet, but dammit it's barely gotten started. These things take time. Get behind OWS, get behind Dave Ridley (ridleyreport.com), get behind Ron Paul (ronpaul.com). The Roman Empire made these same mistakes a few short years ago, and it seems much of America has yet to learn from that. Get the hell out of Iraq, get out of the middle east, keep a goddamn eye on that lunatic Kim Jong Il, and forget about chasing fictional characters in the sand. Bush used that so that he could get whatever he wanted out of congress. Well guess what? There's nothing left. America is broke. Obama doesn't need to keep up the charade, no matter how hard he tries, congress isn't going to give him $90 Billion. They don't have it anymore, thanks to Bush, Cheney, Rummy and Haliburton.

There's a saying around Washington these days: I'd rather go driving with Ted Kennedy than hunting with Dick Cheney. Go take a drive people, the swim will invigorate you.

~Mahalo~