http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjCC_ZQCO0M
[GWD.F.]
A year and a half ago? You remember the long, long list of demands
from the Egyptian revolutionaries, long and complex, and multitudinous, policy
requirements? There may have been, but my
recollection of it is that there were on two demands – Mubarak goes, and we
democratically elect a replacement, and I followed the entire revolution dawn
till bed throughout.
In the absolute must-see, [if
you're not going to bother with it, don't bother with anything I have to say,] Iron
Jawed Angels, go to either of my blogs and select
the Library tab; it's what I know of the women suffragists movement, but it
seems like an incredible gift of a documentary, and has a massive ring of
truth. I'm sure this detail is true -
Alice Paul as portrayed in the movie says, regarding a suitor that she is
passionate for, 'I can't marry; I can't have the distraction from the mission,
we can't afford it.'
Do you remember the long laundry
list of issues that the civil right workers had, flitting from one to another the
time? I don't either. Their demands were very simple and
straightforward. The Freedom
Riders, two of the four must-see documentaries, a PBS
special, and the Oprah Winfrey
additional interviews; just stunning;
must-see; do you remember all the long list of demands of Freedom Riders, the
long list they were willing to die for? There was no long list. 'We're not here to cause trouble. We're here to claim what is rightfully ours,
a seat in the waiting room labeled ‘white.’'
And you remember all the Olympic athletes? Most as you'll recall, they compete in many varied
events, right? Remember? I don't either.
There is the decathlon-triathlon, but you don't find in it an Olympic single
event medalist.
Also track stars, not to say there
isn't the rare exception, and if you want to delay focused, profound, world
changing action, delay stopping the Russian roulette being played with your
children's heads, and that of the next 2000 generation's, then let yourself be
distracted by the exceptions.
Otherwise, in all walks of life,
nothing happens without maniacal focus.
Achieving anything difficult, anything world changing, averting climate
Armageddon, Indigenous rights, destroying Citizens United, ending corporate
personhood, ending homelessness... these are hard, folks. These are winning the 200 meter Olympic butterfly. These are winning World Cup Soccer.
Who do you think you are ,flitting
from issue to issue the issue? What kind
of arrogance, what kind of ignorance, what kind of denial of your own
limitations?
And you know what, you're the ones
that are going to pay; just you, and those who you claim to care about. We perpetrators, people Loving’s age, that have
wrecked your world, your future, we're
going to be fine.
You're the ones that are going to
pay by your self-indulgent, flitting from issue to issue, not holding
yourselves accountable for making the hard decisions of - what do we need to
do, what do we need to do first, what
are the strategic precedents here, how are we going to be sure to win?
You're the ones that are going to
pay the price, your children are going to pay the price. Stop this self-indulgent masturbation. Focus.
Remember the long, long, long list
of demands that Gandhi and his co-workers had?
Never! ‘Get out of India!’, He said to the British, through their
behavior, not so much their words.
You're out of time folks. It's time to stop playing. Focus, or go and enjoy the little bit of time
you have left before mother nature starts grinding up you and your kids, for
good.
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