Election Looms, Beware Agents Provocateur

I have been considering the anniversary of nine eleven well. Imagining just what might have been had the President who had been duly elected to serve our country, not the interests of the terrorists had diplomatically addressed the world with candor and sincere awareness of what was being reflected in the attacks of those fateful days. In all fights for freedom, especially those whose cause is just, the very groups fighting the good fight, for human rights, dignity and democratic principles are nearly always infiltrated by those seeking to get the agents of change labeled radical or bloodthirsty. When all is said and done, and we have a look more deeply into the events of today, I can say almost unequivocally that the attacks and mayhem perpetrated was by a tiny splinter faction that was almost surely trumped up by those whose mind was set on keeping the balance of power in the hands of the older and more entrenched seats of money, power and influence. Taking the long view of history tells us that when power is threatened the singular response has always been to make your enemies out as hotheads with a twitchy trigger finger, while you hold the aces to their undoing. well placed moles, "radicals" and big mouthed advocates for violence is easier than taking candy from a baby, especially when populations are fearing for their lives and future under the hands of repressive regimes.

This was always taught to us at sit-ins, peace gatherings and anti-nuclear rallies. When someone advocates violence, turn them in! we are peaceful loving people and we are singing, singing for our lives! bombs and guns only kill and that is anti-antithetical to our desired outcome. We cannot expect to be honored and respected if we sink to the level of the dogs who are oppressing us. Anyone who says otherwise is just rabble. This is why repressive regimes utilize the age old technique of agents provocateur. It takes all the pressure off public discourse because no one wants to side with a lawless faction. When group-think takes over and people who want change desperately enough it is easy to run a con on them and say you are "on their side" in the struggle while maintaining your hole card, allegiance with the power brokers, to save your ass if things get dicey. I have seen it hundreds of times, in dozens of good groups working for positive change, often they appear only as the lunatic fringe, but occasionally they will just be disruptor extraordinaire, questioning every decision and micro analyzing every possible plan. Occasionally, they will take on the devil's advocate role and try to inspire doubt at every decision point. The shadowy nature of these turncoats and overzealous troublemakers will always be with us, but come election time, they often boil over into action because the power structure feels unduly threatened at this time. There are some pretty hefty bets that have been placed on the dice for this throw and the ultra-wealthy know that the way business has been done will no longer be the rule. Innovation that eclipses old business models has turned the tide away from ever larger and ever more energy inefficient manufacturing and distributing centers, perhaps even centralized anything to a more resource conscious population that is trying to invest in local economies. This is reflected in many sectors and has led to the mushrooming local food movement. Increases in bike sales, local bicycle manufacture and custom fabricators is another growing part of economies across America.

Corporate welfare is equivalent to class warfare and the public is beginning to see the light on this fact. we have paid in various and several ways for the enrichment of the upper classes, through the sacrifice of blood and treasure to be sure, but through the taxing of our elderly, our children, their teachers and those groups least able to afford to sacrifice for the enrichment of the one percent. Please, look deeply into the facts that may take years to come to light before buying into the sham production that has been laid before you this week. We need to stay focused on the demons within our culture, the ones who crashed our economy and then took billions of taxpayer dollars to shore up their personal fortunes, without doing a single thing for our country or her people. We will have to put and end to their cannibalizing our economy sooner or later, it is just a matter of whether we will survive after we finally shed their parasitic grasp.