“President Obama's mention of ‘free enterprise’ serves to cover up the fact that huge corporations, along with their lobbyists, make sure that they control the market. Some free enterprise.”
Dear friends,
Last night President Obama began hitting the stump for his re-election campaign. Of course, last year his speech concentrated more on the absolute failure, as I predicted and was proven right, of the so-called Federal Bailout to help boost the economy. However, riding on the heels of the mainstream media-produced Republican victory in Congressional elections, like any typical bourgeois politician, Obama must switch hats, so that he can fare better than many of his Congressional colleagues did in the 2012 personality contest that will pass itself off as the presidential election.
Nevertheless, while he did mention the necessity to erase the injustice of allowing the full benefits of citizenship to the children of undocumented workers, Mr. Obama made no mention of the two most powerful forms of oppression and exploitation in our society: Male Supremacy (euphemistically called sexism) and White Supremacy (euphemistically called racism). Duh? I wonder why? He acted as if everyone has the same opportunities in this country. Huh?
Oh, still, the president was long on nationalistic fervor. Yet, the "feel good" talk that he gave showed no hint, outside of his or any other politician's usual lofty ambitions, of how the people in this country can begin to relate to each other, much less folks around the world, in a way that we can be both prosperous and loving towards each other. After all, no Arab terrorists - be they Muslim or otherwise, shot up a bunch of people in Arizona recently. Moreover, what difference does it make to have a strong economy, when you never know when someone is going to inadvertently include you in his killing spree? Other countries don’t have that problem. Why? It happens here everyday, especially if you include the domestic violence incidents (i.e., Male Supremacy and its violence against women).
And why are people encouraged to "have patience" and wait for a job, as opposed to teaching them at an early age how to market and manage their own skills. After all, the latter opportunity not only helps keep them from being idle and constantly unsatisfied with life, but, as well, people are then able to make decisions based upon their ability to gather information, experiment, and observe. Then again, that would put a whole lot of politicians and mainstream media "journalists" out of work. Wouldn't it?
It would also kill many industries like those of various forms of entertainment and all kinds of electronic toys. In other words, if people learned to enjoy their own thoughts, because they are used to exercising their minds and their ability to imagine, instead of sitting around being entertained in passive ways such as always having to watch DVD movies or listen to CDs, the same folks would now find ways to entertain themselves without needing to constantly spend money. Rather, they would merely have to use their many inner powers like internal and external energy, concentration, and memory, for example, to discover joy and happiness. That would also change the way that they set goals, relate to others - and how they choose politicians.
Finally, President Obama's corny mention of "free enterprise" serves to cover up the fact that huge corporations, along with their lobbyists, make sure that they control the market. Some free enterprise.
Cheers!
G. Djata Bumpus
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
In Memory of Peter Tosh - the Stepping Razor (originally posted 11/1/08)
"...It don't matter where you come from, if you're black, you're an African."?
Dear friends,
Do you remember the lyrics, "...It don't matter where you come from, if you're black, you're an Africa."?
Those words were written and sung by a great artist and spiritial man named Peter Tosh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxm1cU5Ewbw
In any case, I first saw the piece on the link below, while checking out the Daily Sun (out of Nigeria). This extremely important Website address is: http://www.sunnewsonline.com/ Peace.
G. Djata Bumpus
http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/showtime/2008/oct/31/showtime-31-10-2008-001.htm
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