November 30, 2009
November 8, 2009
October 26, 2009
Armed To The Teeth
the sun is settin on the century, and we are armed to the teeth we are all working together now to make our lives mercifully brief schoolkids keep trying to teach us what guns are all about confuse liberty with weaponry
and watch your kids act it out every year now like Christmas some boy gets the milk-fed sub-urban blues reaches for the available arsenal and saunters off to make the news and women in the middle are learning that poor women have always known that the edge is closer than you think when your men bring the guns home
look at where the profits are that's how you'll find the source of the big lie that you and i both know so well
it the time it takes this cultural death wish to run its course they're gonna make a pretty penny and then they're all going to hell he said the chickens all come home to roost yeah, malcom forecasted this flood are we really gonna sleep through another century while the rich profir off our blood? true, it may take some doing to see this undoing done....
and watch your kids act it out every year now like Christmas some boy gets the milk-fed sub-urban blues reaches for the available arsenal and saunters off to make the news and women in the middle are learning that poor women have always known that the edge is closer than you think when your men bring the guns home
look at where the profits are that's how you'll find the source of the big lie that you and i both know so well
it the time it takes this cultural death wish to run its course they're gonna make a pretty penny and then they're all going to hell he said the chickens all come home to roost yeah, malcom forecasted this flood are we really gonna sleep through another century while the rich profir off our blood? true, it may take some doing to see this undoing done....
October 9, 2009
We Will Rise Up. We Will Crush You...
1. You can imprison my body. You cannot cage my ideals.
2. You can misrepresent my person. You cannot misrepresent what we stand for.
3. By starving me, you only encourage the hunger of others.
4. You can kill me, you cannot kill the revolution. You cannot kill the hatred.
5. You can breed ignorance, but we are already enlightened, and we will continue to propagate.
No longer do you have the means to supress us. We will subvert you. We will rise up against you; and we WILL crush you.
2. You can misrepresent my person. You cannot misrepresent what we stand for.
3. By starving me, you only encourage the hunger of others.
4. You can kill me, you cannot kill the revolution. You cannot kill the hatred.
5. You can breed ignorance, but we are already enlightened, and we will continue to propagate.
No longer do you have the means to supress us. We will subvert you. We will rise up against you; and we WILL crush you.
October 8, 2009
October 3, 2009
Take A Look Around And You Will Find Out Why...
The question they keep asking me
how can one so young be so bitter and angry
Well, the answer is plain to see
maybe if they wern't so blind they'd see what I see
I see the homeless livin' out on the street
on every corner they're asking for money
I try to help them whenever I can
but sometimes I can't afford to help myself
I see diseases and modern plagues of our times
the greed of our leaders has made them blind
to our problems
They spend millions overseas,
people right here are fightin' wars everyday
I see the whites that hate the blacks
blacks against the jews, race against religion
And the're all too blind to see
When we fight each other it puts all of them at ease
it keeps us so busy, so they can do what they please
election time comes and they're out for votes
that's when you see and hear from them the most
this is what they're calling a democracy
that's just another word for hypocrisy
we keep fallin' for the bait
when we realize, it's always too late
I see the whites that hate the blacks
blacks that hate the jews, brother against brother
and they're all to blind to see
As the rich get richer, the poor goin' hungry
I've seen the toll it takes on the workingman's family
education system that's obsolete
can't hold a kid's interest or keep 'em off the street
see a father's fear, hear a mother's cry
what kind of a nation lets their children die
government's corrupt and full of red tape
then you're gonna ask me why i hate
Why don't you open up your eyes so you can see
open up your ears so you can hear
take a look around and you will find
take a look around and you will find out why
how can one so young be so bitter and angry
Well, the answer is plain to see
maybe if they wern't so blind they'd see what I see
I see the homeless livin' out on the street
on every corner they're asking for money
I try to help them whenever I can
but sometimes I can't afford to help myself
I see diseases and modern plagues of our times
the greed of our leaders has made them blind
to our problems
They spend millions overseas,
people right here are fightin' wars everyday
I see the whites that hate the blacks
blacks against the jews, race against religion
And the're all too blind to see
When we fight each other it puts all of them at ease
it keeps us so busy, so they can do what they please
election time comes and they're out for votes
that's when you see and hear from them the most
this is what they're calling a democracy
that's just another word for hypocrisy
we keep fallin' for the bait
when we realize, it's always too late
I see the whites that hate the blacks
blacks that hate the jews, brother against brother
and they're all to blind to see
As the rich get richer, the poor goin' hungry
I've seen the toll it takes on the workingman's family
education system that's obsolete
can't hold a kid's interest or keep 'em off the street
see a father's fear, hear a mother's cry
what kind of a nation lets their children die
government's corrupt and full of red tape
then you're gonna ask me why i hate
Why don't you open up your eyes so you can see
open up your ears so you can hear
take a look around and you will find
take a look around and you will find out why
September 30, 2009
September 23, 2009
I Believe
I believe that joy defines sucess.
I'm aware of what causes my happiness.
I believe the distance of my reach is far beyond what
I ever dreamed.
What I dreamed shaped my creed.
All I need is self-belief.
It's all you ever really need.
I believe their world is misery.
I'm aware they speak the language of despair.
I believe in seeing through the fear.
The fear of the future that's breeding mediocrity
The opposition fuels the fire
And only strengthens my desire
To break away from what's expected
And throw it in their face.
The opposition makes me dream
Of how much better I can be
To outshine their drab existence
And throw it in their face.
I'm aware of what causes my happiness.
I believe the distance of my reach is far beyond what
I ever dreamed.
What I dreamed shaped my creed.
All I need is self-belief.
It's all you ever really need.
I believe their world is misery.
I'm aware they speak the language of despair.
I believe in seeing through the fear.
The fear of the future that's breeding mediocrity
The opposition fuels the fire
And only strengthens my desire
To break away from what's expected
And throw it in their face.
The opposition makes me dream
Of how much better I can be
To outshine their drab existence
And throw it in their face.
September 14, 2009
September 10, 2009
September 9, 2009
A Descant Of Dissent...
"Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive."
Henry Steele Commager
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told Congress on Wednesday "the time for bickering is over" and called for quick action on a comprehensive healthcare overhaul that would dramatically transform the U.S. health system and insurance market.In a high-stakes speech, Obama said lawmakers were "closer to the goal of reform than we have ever been" and spelled out a series of proposals he said would improve stability for those with insurance and expand the options for those without.He issued a sharp rebuke to critics of his healthcare drive, accusing them of substituting scare tactics for honest debate."I will not waste time with those who have made the calculation that it's better politics to kill this plan than improve it," he told a joint session of Congress and a national television audience. "If you misrepresent what's in the plan, we will call you out."Obama delivered the speech in hopes of rejuvenating his flagging push for an overhaul of the $2.5 trillion healthcare system, which has bogged down in Congress amid a flood of criticism.He said his overhaul was aimed at cutting healthcare costs, improving care, regulating insurers to help protect consumers and expanding coverage to more than 46 million uninsured Americans.As promised, he spelled out several concepts he wanted to see included in any final bill passed by Congress, including creation of an insurance exchange where individuals and small businesses could shop for policies.He also reiterated his support for a government-run insurance plan -- the so-called "public option" -- that has drawn strong opposition from critics who say it would harm insurance companies and amount to a government takeover of the industry.But he made it clear the lack of a public option in any final bill would not be a deal-breaker."The public option is only a means to that end -- and we should remain open to other ideas that accomplish our ultimate goal," he said.Obama said he would prohibit insurers from dropping coverage for sick patients and capping coverage in a year or lifetime, would place a limit on out-of-pocket expenses, and require insurers to cover routine check-ups. He said individuals would be required to have insurance, but he promised tax credits to individuals who cannot afford it.In the Senate, months of bipartisan Finance Committee talks by the so-called "Gang of Six" negotiators moved into the final stages earlier in the day as the panel's Democratic chairman, Max Baucus, said it was time to proceed with or without Republicans.
September 3, 2009
August 27, 2009
August 23, 2009
August 12, 2009
They're Coming For You:
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass door of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of of gritty dust from entering with him....
1984
August 8, 2009
Wipe That Chip Right Off Your Shoulder
The judge is like an umpire in a game and conducts the trial impartially and in an open court. The judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence prestented by the parties of the cases, assesses the credibility of the parties, and then issues a ruling on the matter at hand based on his or her own intperpretation of the law and his or her own personal judgement.*Nothing indicates that a lower class latino female background would improve this interpretation of a fair a and unbiased judge. Help the lower class build themselves up. Don't legislate their way up the ladder...
August 5, 2009
August 1, 2009
Death To Tyrants:
With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men; I will plead;
but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they
will certainly be lost.
Williams Lloyd Garrison
July 30, 2009
July 22, 2009
July 18, 2009
Revelation
"And I saw, and behold, a pale horse, and it's rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him..."
July 10, 2009
July 6, 2009
Courage As A Commodity:
"Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this Earth. I have been in ballparks for 17 years and have never recieved anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. Look at these greand men. Which of you wouldn't consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day? Sure, I'm lucky. Who wouldn't consider it an honour to have known Jacob Robertson? Also, the builder of baseball's greatest empire. Ed Barrow? To have spent six year with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Sure, I'm Lucky. "When the New York Giants, a team you give your right arm to beat, and ive versa, sends you a gift - that's something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remeber you with trophies - that's something. When you have a wonderfuyl mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that's something. When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing. Wjen you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage that you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know. So I close in saying that I may have had a tough break, but I have am awful lot to live for."
-Lou Gehrig (07/04/39)
MJ: "Talent; An Enviable Commodity, Is Often Poured Into Unworthy Vessels"
"One ought to be able to hold in one's head simultaneaousely the two facts Dali is a good draughtsman and a disgusting human being. The one does not invalidate, or in a sense, affect the other..."
"Orwell" (by Jonas)
July 5, 2009
There's No 'I' In Team:
Can still remember times
Of prosperity while staring clear eyed
With broad strokes of promise
We coloured highlights of our future and
something we'll never get
Until we look back with sincere regret
Is our american dream subject tocollapse beneath their density
And we'll break before we bend
With tomorrow as yet undetermined
You can write your congressmen
And take your grievences to the highest level
To achieve a common end
To serve the bourgeois, the laissez-faire
Citizens duty-bound so we play our part
If you kill the brain
Then you'll stop the heart
And we foster the illusion of a
Democratic archetype
Can we forge hope from this devastation
And bring about participation
To stem the apathetic tide
Now poised to wash us all away
And we break before we bend
With tomorrow as yet undetermined
We achieve such selfish ends
'Till we concern ourselves with the plight of others
You can write your congressmen
And fucking spit in the wind
For all the good it'll do you friend
We havent got the luxury
Of neutral oberservation
'Cause when its said and done
We stand or fall as one
And though the situations grave
I think its worth the risk to save
This notion of the free
And the asylum of the brave
Of prosperity while staring clear eyed
With broad strokes of promise
We coloured highlights of our future and
something we'll never get
Until we look back with sincere regret
Is our american dream subject tocollapse beneath their density
And we'll break before we bend
With tomorrow as yet undetermined
You can write your congressmen
And take your grievences to the highest level
To achieve a common end
To serve the bourgeois, the laissez-faire
Citizens duty-bound so we play our part
If you kill the brain
Then you'll stop the heart
And we foster the illusion of a
Democratic archetype
Can we forge hope from this devastation
And bring about participation
To stem the apathetic tide
Now poised to wash us all away
And we break before we bend
With tomorrow as yet undetermined
We achieve such selfish ends
'Till we concern ourselves with the plight of others
You can write your congressmen
And fucking spit in the wind
For all the good it'll do you friend
We havent got the luxury
Of neutral oberservation
'Cause when its said and done
We stand or fall as one
And though the situations grave
I think its worth the risk to save
This notion of the free
And the asylum of the brave
July 4, 2009
June 27, 2009
Crush Thine Enemies
Associated PressPunching their fists into the air and shouting “Let’s crush them!” some 100,000 North Koreans packed Pyongyang’s main square Thursday for an anti-U.S. rally as the communist regime promised a “fire shower of nuclear retaliation” for any American-led attack.
Several demonstrators held up a placard depicting a pair of hands smashing a missile with “U.S.” written on it, according to footage taken by APTN in Pyongyang on the anniversary of the day North Korean troops charged southward, sparking the three-year Korean War in 1950.
North Korean troops will respond to any sanctions or U.S. provocations with “an annihilating blow,” one senior official vowed — a pointed threat as an American destroyer shadowed a North Korean freighter sailing off China’s coast, possibly with banned goods on board.
A new U.N. Security Council resolution passed recently to punish North Korea for conducting an underground nuclear test in May requires U.N. member states to request inspections of ships suspected of carrying arms or nuclear weapons-related material.
June 25, 2009
June 22, 2009
June 20, 2009
1968: The Only Free Choice Is The Refusal To Pay
"There's a time, when the operation of the machine; becomes some odious; makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part, you can't even pasively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears, and upon the wheels, upon the levers, and you've got to climb on the apparatus and you've got to make it stop; and you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the apparatus will be prevented from working at all!"
-Mario Savio ('64)
June 17, 2009
June 14, 2009
June 12, 2009
1987
You might be a financial wizard, With a sack of loot, But all I see is a slimy lizard, With an expensive suit, Go on and run your corporation, Go on and kiss some ass, You can buy half of the nation, But you can't buy class You bastards think it's funny, Lyin' and thieving all your life, Think all there is is money, Got your future wrapped up tight, But Just 'Cos You Got The Power, That don't mean you got the right You can take my fingers buddy, You can take my eyes, You can take my past and future, They won't make you wise, You can have me thrown in jail, You can steal my booze, You can even steal my mail, Step on my blue suede shoes, You bastards might be clever, Got it mapped out in black and white, But remember you can't ever, Teach a dog to stand up-right, And Just 'Cos You Got The Power, That don't mean you got the right And Just Cos' You Got The Power, That don't mean you got the right, Oh no, oh no, shoot me down Go on out make another deal, Feed your big fat face, Go on out and cop a feel, Get on somebody's case, You surely could be satisfied, If you could get it all, But time ain't on your side, You're going to the wall You think that life's just dollars, On with greed and lust and spite, But I wasn't born to follow ,Like to get my sleep at night, I surely do, Just 'Cos You Got The Power, That don't mean you got the right, Just Cos' You Got The Power, That don't men you got the right, Just Cos' You Got The Power, That don't mean you got the right
June 9, 2009
June 7, 2009
Ron Talks About Tim:
Timothy McVeigh is going to be murdered because 168 people were murdered on April 19, 1995, and they were murdered because 86 people were murdered on April 19, 1993, and they were murdered because 4 people were murdered on February 28, 1993, and, it didn't hardly begin there.
If you were to look up the definition of war in the dictionary, you would find that the word well describes the actions and reactions effecting our lives so dramatically, today. Those actions and reactions have only occasionally resulted in death, but they nearly always involve destruction and suffering. I know this because I was raided and arrested by the FBI's Domestic Terrorism Unit on May 1 [1997]. I am a prisoner of that war because my arrest represented part of the FBI's reaction to the Oklahoma City bombing.
But, the term war is almost never used by us to describe the environment in which we live. The actions and reactions going on around us, that are both taking lives and destroying lives, are removed from their proper perspective. As events of violence occur, the tendency is to write the events off as "incidents" with no cause or effect. Without the proper perspective, reactions to actions are not seen for what they really are. Without the proper perspective, I would have believed that I was arrested simply because someone said I had the wrong kind of guns. Without the proper perspective, the patriot movement has much to fear from its enemies, and more to fear from itself.
In the case of the Oklahoma City bombing, people in the patriot movement wasted valuable energy and resources trying to show the world that the bombing had nothing to do with them, the movement, or anything that anyone felt strongly about. We blamed the bombing on the US government, the Japanese, or insane maniacs that we shared absolutely nothing in common with. The fact that the bombing represented a reaction to the action of the federal government's attack on Waco was largely missed at the time. It was a fact that was not only missed, but avoided all together by most people. The fact is, the vast majority of the people in the patriot movement just took the easiest way out. Patriot clubs disbanded, militias changed their names to appear less militant, and the movement, as a whole, back-peddled itself right off of the map.
The trial of Timothy McVeigh is over. He was convicted by a jury, and the jury decided that he will be put to death. Now I hear that people in the patriot movement are, in many cases, and in many ways, throwing in the towel. If the trend continues, the patriot movement in the United States will meet a truly humiliating and disgraceful end.
Speaking from my position in federal custody, the knowledge that my compatriots are backing down in the face of the McVeigh verdict turns my stomach. I hated the reaction that Timothy McVeigh was a part of, and I hate the fact that I am now a prisoner as an indirect result of the bombing. Like any rational human being, I hate violence, but these things happen in a war-like environment, and now I have to deal with what is happening both to me and in this country with my head held high. Why? Not because I support violence or enjoy my environment (which, now, is prison), but because I am right, we are right, the patriot movement and what it stands for is right. As true patriots, we must understand, as General Sherman did, that "war is Hell." and we're right in the middle of it.
What all of this means to the average patriotic American is that they need to learn that they can understand the actions and reactions created by a warlike environment without supporting or condoning the inevitable acts of violence that will surely effect us. We all would now be much better off if the patriot movement, in general, had understood the actions of Timothy McVeigh two years ago, as we should have. Instead of coming off as foolish conspiracy wackos, the movement could have directed international attention upon the worst act of terrorism ever committed against the American people by their own government. Not only could we have brought needed attention to Waco, but we could also have done much to prevent another Oklahoma City bombing.
It would do us well to understand that we are all a part of a movement, not an organization. As such, we do not have the ability to cast individual people away because we dislike a part of their political ideology or because we are horrified by their tactics. The fact is that anyone who empathizes with the general cause automatically becomes a part of our movement. Such is the case with any movement, and Timothy McVeigh was, and is a part of the patriot movement, simply because he supports the movement's tenets in his own mind. It is the responsibility of the movement, therefore, to recognize the potentially violent fringe and attempt to control it as best we can. Why? Because throwing people to the dogs, even before they are found guilty of a crime, only serves to further frustrate the potentially violent fringe. Trying to disassociate ourselves from everything we don't completely support may be the easiest way of dealing with inconvenient problems, but, in the long run, will probably bring about more death and destruction.
Buildings full of children are rarely blown up by people acting rationally. Those who have committed such acts, like Timothy McVeigh, do so out of sheer desperation. The established system in the United States failed McVeigh. He, naturally, turned to the patriot movement for constructive solutions. But, the movement in those days, like today, lacked direction and possessed no reliable leadership. The fact that the movement offered no constructive solutions should be obvious, as the deaths of 168 people clearly indicates. That is not to say that we should consider ourselves responsible for those deaths, but we cannot ignore the potentially violent fringe and hope that they will go away. Everyone within the movement suffers mounting frustration because we offer nearly no constructive solutions, direction, or leadership. It should go without saying that there are there are those who possess shorter fuses than the rest.
Trying to throw those with shorter fuses out of the movement, even if we could identify these people, is both unrealistic and counterproductive. The only solution is to provide everyone with a united and strong patriot movement that is capable of providing leadership and constructive solutions. Anything less will generate more frustrated people. Some of whom will resort to irrational acts of violence, and the world will blame all of us for it.
As far as Timothy McVeigh is concerned, his name will be added to the growing list of human beings who have been killed in the war-like environment we are living in. There are those in the movement who applaud his pending execution as a means of making themselves look better. I have even more to gain by vilifying McVeigh. As I sit here in prison, I know that I could see my family again a lot sooner if I appeased the prosecutors in my case by saying the things that they want me to say. But, I will not cheer the murder of one of my countrymen no matter what he did. I may rot in prison for the rest of my life, but I'll rot with my head held high.
How patriots dealt with the Oklahoma City bombing two years ago is now water under the bridge, but how we deal with Timothy McVeigh's conviction and execution will do much to determine our collective future. More importantly, we must decide now how we will look upon the actions and reactions going on around us. Then, and only then, will we be able to build a movement based on experience, not ideology, and offer constructive solutions to those who seek our guidance and direction. What we do now will determine the future of the patriot movement with all of its professed high ideals. As one of the people, what you decide will either give the desperate some rational recourse, or leave them with no alternative but to remain desperate, and to act desperately.
Ron Cole #27523-013
Federal Correctional Institution
9595 West Quincy Avenue
Littleton, Colorado 80123
If you were to look up the definition of war in the dictionary, you would find that the word well describes the actions and reactions effecting our lives so dramatically, today. Those actions and reactions have only occasionally resulted in death, but they nearly always involve destruction and suffering. I know this because I was raided and arrested by the FBI's Domestic Terrorism Unit on May 1 [1997]. I am a prisoner of that war because my arrest represented part of the FBI's reaction to the Oklahoma City bombing.
But, the term war is almost never used by us to describe the environment in which we live. The actions and reactions going on around us, that are both taking lives and destroying lives, are removed from their proper perspective. As events of violence occur, the tendency is to write the events off as "incidents" with no cause or effect. Without the proper perspective, reactions to actions are not seen for what they really are. Without the proper perspective, I would have believed that I was arrested simply because someone said I had the wrong kind of guns. Without the proper perspective, the patriot movement has much to fear from its enemies, and more to fear from itself.
In the case of the Oklahoma City bombing, people in the patriot movement wasted valuable energy and resources trying to show the world that the bombing had nothing to do with them, the movement, or anything that anyone felt strongly about. We blamed the bombing on the US government, the Japanese, or insane maniacs that we shared absolutely nothing in common with. The fact that the bombing represented a reaction to the action of the federal government's attack on Waco was largely missed at the time. It was a fact that was not only missed, but avoided all together by most people. The fact is, the vast majority of the people in the patriot movement just took the easiest way out. Patriot clubs disbanded, militias changed their names to appear less militant, and the movement, as a whole, back-peddled itself right off of the map.
The trial of Timothy McVeigh is over. He was convicted by a jury, and the jury decided that he will be put to death. Now I hear that people in the patriot movement are, in many cases, and in many ways, throwing in the towel. If the trend continues, the patriot movement in the United States will meet a truly humiliating and disgraceful end.
Speaking from my position in federal custody, the knowledge that my compatriots are backing down in the face of the McVeigh verdict turns my stomach. I hated the reaction that Timothy McVeigh was a part of, and I hate the fact that I am now a prisoner as an indirect result of the bombing. Like any rational human being, I hate violence, but these things happen in a war-like environment, and now I have to deal with what is happening both to me and in this country with my head held high. Why? Not because I support violence or enjoy my environment (which, now, is prison), but because I am right, we are right, the patriot movement and what it stands for is right. As true patriots, we must understand, as General Sherman did, that "war is Hell." and we're right in the middle of it.
What all of this means to the average patriotic American is that they need to learn that they can understand the actions and reactions created by a warlike environment without supporting or condoning the inevitable acts of violence that will surely effect us. We all would now be much better off if the patriot movement, in general, had understood the actions of Timothy McVeigh two years ago, as we should have. Instead of coming off as foolish conspiracy wackos, the movement could have directed international attention upon the worst act of terrorism ever committed against the American people by their own government. Not only could we have brought needed attention to Waco, but we could also have done much to prevent another Oklahoma City bombing.
It would do us well to understand that we are all a part of a movement, not an organization. As such, we do not have the ability to cast individual people away because we dislike a part of their political ideology or because we are horrified by their tactics. The fact is that anyone who empathizes with the general cause automatically becomes a part of our movement. Such is the case with any movement, and Timothy McVeigh was, and is a part of the patriot movement, simply because he supports the movement's tenets in his own mind. It is the responsibility of the movement, therefore, to recognize the potentially violent fringe and attempt to control it as best we can. Why? Because throwing people to the dogs, even before they are found guilty of a crime, only serves to further frustrate the potentially violent fringe. Trying to disassociate ourselves from everything we don't completely support may be the easiest way of dealing with inconvenient problems, but, in the long run, will probably bring about more death and destruction.
Buildings full of children are rarely blown up by people acting rationally. Those who have committed such acts, like Timothy McVeigh, do so out of sheer desperation. The established system in the United States failed McVeigh. He, naturally, turned to the patriot movement for constructive solutions. But, the movement in those days, like today, lacked direction and possessed no reliable leadership. The fact that the movement offered no constructive solutions should be obvious, as the deaths of 168 people clearly indicates. That is not to say that we should consider ourselves responsible for those deaths, but we cannot ignore the potentially violent fringe and hope that they will go away. Everyone within the movement suffers mounting frustration because we offer nearly no constructive solutions, direction, or leadership. It should go without saying that there are there are those who possess shorter fuses than the rest.
Trying to throw those with shorter fuses out of the movement, even if we could identify these people, is both unrealistic and counterproductive. The only solution is to provide everyone with a united and strong patriot movement that is capable of providing leadership and constructive solutions. Anything less will generate more frustrated people. Some of whom will resort to irrational acts of violence, and the world will blame all of us for it.
As far as Timothy McVeigh is concerned, his name will be added to the growing list of human beings who have been killed in the war-like environment we are living in. There are those in the movement who applaud his pending execution as a means of making themselves look better. I have even more to gain by vilifying McVeigh. As I sit here in prison, I know that I could see my family again a lot sooner if I appeased the prosecutors in my case by saying the things that they want me to say. But, I will not cheer the murder of one of my countrymen no matter what he did. I may rot in prison for the rest of my life, but I'll rot with my head held high.
How patriots dealt with the Oklahoma City bombing two years ago is now water under the bridge, but how we deal with Timothy McVeigh's conviction and execution will do much to determine our collective future. More importantly, we must decide now how we will look upon the actions and reactions going on around us. Then, and only then, will we be able to build a movement based on experience, not ideology, and offer constructive solutions to those who seek our guidance and direction. What we do now will determine the future of the patriot movement with all of its professed high ideals. As one of the people, what you decide will either give the desperate some rational recourse, or leave them with no alternative but to remain desperate, and to act desperately.
Ron Cole #27523-013
Federal Correctional Institution
9595 West Quincy Avenue
Littleton, Colorado 80123
June 5, 2009
June 2, 2009
Responsibility
Peter Baker writes:
Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman, opposed regulation of derivatives as they came to the fore in the 1990s, and Clinton agreed. "They argued that
nobody's going to buy these derivatives, we'll do it without transparency, they'll get the information they need," he recalled. "And it turned out to be just wrong; it just wasn't true." He said others share blame, including credit-rating agencies that underestimated the risk. But he accepts responsibility as well. "I very much wish now that I had demanded that we put
derivatives under the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission and that transparency rules had been observed and that we had done that. That I think is a legitimate criticism of what we didn't do." He added: "If you ask me to write the indictment, I'd say: 'I wish Bill Clinton had said more about derivatives. The Republicans probably would have stopped him from doing it, but at least he should have sounded the alarm bell.' "
Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman, opposed regulation of derivatives as they came to the fore in the 1990s, and Clinton agreed. "They argued that
nobody's going to buy these derivatives, we'll do it without transparency, they'll get the information they need," he recalled. "And it turned out to be just wrong; it just wasn't true." He said others share blame, including credit-rating agencies that underestimated the risk. But he accepts responsibility as well. "I very much wish now that I had demanded that we put
derivatives under the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission and that transparency rules had been observed and that we had done that. That I think is a legitimate criticism of what we didn't do." He added: "If you ask me to write the indictment, I'd say: 'I wish Bill Clinton had said more about derivatives. The Republicans probably would have stopped him from doing it, but at least he should have sounded the alarm bell.' "
May 29, 2009
Foresight
“The bourgeoisie cannot exist without constantly revolutionizing the instruments of production, and thereby relations of production, and with them the whole relations of society. . . . In one word, it creates a world after its own image.”
...“the need for a constantly expanding market for its products chases the bourgeoisie over the whole surface of the globe,” ...paving the way for more extensive and exhaustive crises.”
Marx
May 24, 2009
Imperialist Hegemony Breeds Contempt, And Ultimately Leads To State Failure...
The Romans considered their relationship with allies as one between a patron and his clients, rather than between equals. In exchange for Roman aid, countries were expected to support Roman interests, maintain the same friends and enemies, refer disputes to Roman arbitration, and so forth. This applied even to cases like the Greek cities, which had been proclaimed free by Flaminius. Few understood themselves to have such obligations, creating considerable friction, and this was exacerbated by the Romans often becoming suspicious or antagonizing towards former friends, leading to various anti-Roman movements. In general, though, these served only to increase Roman control. For instance Aetolia became effectively a slave state after calling in the Seleukids to re-free the Greeks, Rhodes was undermined by propping up Delos as a rival trading center after it made a separate peace in the Third Macedonian War, and Corinth was eventually razed after the Achaean League, of which it was the head, refused to give up authority over Sparta and Corinth itself.
Lullaby:
Shut up and go to bed
Put the pillow under your head
I'm sick and tired of all your worries
Shut up and say goodnight
Say your prayers and turn off the light
I'm sick and tired of all your sob-stories
Shut up and shut your eyes
No more histrionics no more college tries
Stop pushing stop shoving stop straining
Shut your mouth and button your lip
You're a late night faucet that's got a drip
All you're doing is merely complaining
The excuse that you're crazy is useless
You're not biting you're barking you're toothless
But you're ruthless (you're Rufus)
Shut up and count some sheep
And do me a favour don't bitch in your sleep
No more agony please no more sorrow
Shut up and catch some Z's
Ice cream with a cherry plus big pretty please
I promise we'll resume tomorrow...Goodnight
Put the pillow under your head
I'm sick and tired of all your worries
Shut up and say goodnight
Say your prayers and turn off the light
I'm sick and tired of all your sob-stories
Shut up and shut your eyes
No more histrionics no more college tries
Stop pushing stop shoving stop straining
Shut your mouth and button your lip
You're a late night faucet that's got a drip
All you're doing is merely complaining
The excuse that you're crazy is useless
You're not biting you're barking you're toothless
But you're ruthless (you're Rufus)
Shut up and count some sheep
And do me a favour don't bitch in your sleep
No more agony please no more sorrow
Shut up and catch some Z's
Ice cream with a cherry plus big pretty please
I promise we'll resume tomorrow...Goodnight
May 20, 2009
Demise
The labor movement is organized upon a principle that the strong shall help the weak. The strength of a strong man is a prideful thing, but the unfortunate thing in life is that strong men do not remain strong. And it is just as true of unions and labor organizations as is true of men and individuals. And whereas today the craft unions of this country may be able to stand upon their own feet and like mighty oaks stand before the gale, defy the lightning, yet the day may come when those organizations will not be able to withstand the lightning and the gale. Now, prepare yourselves by making a contribution to your less fortunate brethren... Organize the unorganized!
John L. Lewis
May 19, 2009
May 16, 2009
1970: Freedom's Just Another Word For; "Nothin' Left To Lose"...
11 Points For Consideration When Waging A Cultural Revolution;
1. Overthrow The Government: The Government stands to
oppress and smother the population. The Corporate Juggernaut, cultural elite,
and the upper echelon of society wish to subdue, control, and push down the
classes below them inorder to continue their dominance. They must be defeated
before anything else may occurr.
2. Abondon Your Possesions: Posessions are merely a
burden. A constant reminder of a former life. They will accomplish nothing
except for burdening the revolutionary with memories of a distant time (past
tense) which means nothing in comparison to the only applicable remedy. Abondon
them, and begin to feel the Liberation we so desperately seek.
3. Free Political Prisoners/ Take Prisoners (Be Ruthless &
Cunning): A crucial source of politcal leverage in our quest will be
political prisoners. The more we can take, the more we will be able to
eventually free by forcing the populist Government to bend to our will. Be
ruthless, be cunning and we shall prosper.
4. Come To Terms With Your Eventual Losses: The leaders of
the Revolution feel strongly that members of the Revolution should distance
themselves and loved ones for the duration of our struggle. Casualties are an
inevitability of war. The more detached from these prospective burdens the
members are, the easier it will be to sacrifice friends, families, confidante's
or themselves for the cause.
5. Read. Study. Absorb: It is imperative that the members
or the Resistance read all available and applicable materials related to the
field of Revolution. The more knowledgeable the members are, the easier they
will find it to subvert the current political systems of oppression. They will
also be learning resources for newcomers to the Resistance, and gain an
increased understanding of the aims and goals of the Resistance.
6. Arm Yourself: It is a war we are fighting. Eventually
all wars, and resistance's (even peaceful ones) come to hostile standoffs
between the parties involved. When ours finally takes notice, it is to be
assumed the current parties in power, will not wish to relinquish their posts
without confrontation. Be prepared. Be ready. Be waiting.
7. Stir The Pot / Leave A Trail: It is essential to the
cause, that the members involved in the Resistance do not hesitate to help breed
a sense of contempt for the populist Government amongst the masses. Create
political unrest by uncovering, and creating political and social injustices.
Play class against class to garner support for the Movement. Use the propaganda
to attack the other side, while portraying the Resistance in a favourable light.
Eventually the populations view points will shift, to align with ours. We will
wait patiently among them.
8. Further The Cause Through Participation: It is key to
the cause that the members within it demonstrate their current Democratic
rights, to particpate in the populist Government and work amongst other members
to help elect the party of the system with the weakest defences against our
attacks. Pick a party which has a tendency to bend to popular whimsy, and
concentrate your efforts, while following Step 7.
9. No Nations. No Borders: One of our ultimate aims is to
Liberate the people of the Earth from oppressive politcal systems that are
currently in place (All of them). While closely following Step 7 &
8 begin to shift your thinking to our goal of one worldwide people who are
not seperated by geographic location, ethnicity, or race. Once the Revolution
has succeeded, we will be one people, of one nation (Earth).
10. Follow The Example Set Forth: A careful examination of
Guerrilla Warfare texts, and related materials on the subject of Urban Geurrilla
Warfare by members, will yield them the knowledge of techniques commonly
employed in such endeavours, as well allowing them to cross reference successes and
failures of such efforts, and lastly; expose them to the turning the points of
previously launched offensive Revolutions which held steady in favour of the
Revolutionary body. These texts will prove invaluable, along with the afore
mentioned texts of Step 5 in our quest for the ultimate remedy to
today's stifling and oppressive conditions.
11. Throw Yourself Into It With Gusto: The final point in
the segment relies solely upon ambtion, work ethic, and dedication of the
Revolutionary Peoples (Here on in a seperate entity from the Revolution, or
Resistance). "We The People" require the Revolutionary People to achieve our
aims ands goals. The warriors, speakers, the workers, we need every last one
to sacrifice everything available to the Remedy. Without the People, "We
The People" are nothing but a whispered conversation topic, in the outter
circles of the masses. We need acceptance.
May 14, 2009
May 10th 1969 -
The battle for "Hamburger Hill" begins. US infantry take 10 days to capture the hill. 56 US troops are killed; 421 wounded.
May 5th 1968 -
National Liberation Front and Peoples Army of Vietnam forces attack 119 towns and military targets across South
May 4th 1970 -
The Ohio National Guard open fire at Kent State University killing four protesting students and wounding nine others.
The battle for "Hamburger Hill" begins. US infantry take 10 days to capture the hill. 56 US troops are killed; 421 wounded.
May 5th 1968 -
National Liberation Front and Peoples Army of Vietnam forces attack 119 towns and military targets across South
May 4th 1970 -
The Ohio National Guard open fire at Kent State University killing four protesting students and wounding nine others.
May 11, 2009
May 9, 2009
It's Trench Warfare; Not An Arms Race....
ARMED STRUGGLE FOR SELF DETERMINATION:
With the formation of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 1972 by its present leader, Mr.Velupillai Pirabakaran, the mode of the Tamil political struggle underwent a radical change. For the first time in the political history of the Tamils an armed guerrilla movement emerged to fight for the political rights of the Tamil nation and to confront the state's violence with armed resistance. With the birth and growth of the Tamil Tigers, the armed struggle became effectively institutionalized as the political struggle of the Tamil people.
The LTTE's armed struggle is based on a clearly defined political program. This political project aims at securing the right to self-determination of the Tamil people. The right to self determination is the cardinal principle upon which the Tamil struggle for political independence is based. The LTTE is committed to the position that the Tamils constitute themselves as a people or a nation and have a homeland, the historically constituted habitation of the Tamils, a well defined contiguous territory embracing the Northern and Eastern Provinces. Since the Tamils have a homeland, a distinct language and culture, a unique economic life and a lengthy history extending to over three thousand years, they possess all the characteristics of a nation or a people. As a people they have the inalienable right to self determination. This right entailed the freedom of a people to determine their own political status. The LTTE holds the view that the Tamil people had invoked the right to self-determination at the 1977 general elections and opted to fight for political independence and statehood. The national liberation project of the LTTE is based on the people's mandate for self-determination.
The LTTE's objective in fighting for political independence of the Tamil nation is not an arbitrary decision on the part of the organization but rather the expression and articulation of the collective will and aspiration of the Tamil people. Decades of alien domination and oppression prompted the Tamil people to exercise their right to self-determination through a democratic process. This right to self-determination is a basic universal human right, recognized by the international community. The International Covenants of the UN Charter enunciates the principle of self determination in the following term; 'All people have the right to self-determination. By the virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development'. In the general elections of 1977 which assumed the character of a referendum on the question of self-determination, the Tamil nation chose to determine their political status by seceding and establishing its sovereignty in its homeland. The Tamil parliamentary political party, the T.U.L.F, which obtained a clear mandate from the people and pledged to fight for the creation of an independent state 'either by peaceful means or by direct action or struggle’ betrayed the cause of the Tamils. But the LTTE, endorsing the national aspiration and the will of the Tamil people, is determined to carry on the struggle for self-determination .
Sri Lanka has consistently denied the right to self determination of the Tamils and refused to recognize the Tamils as a people. Reducing the Tamils to the category of a minority group and promoting the concepts of multi-ethnicity and pluralism, it has out rightly rejected the Tamil claim of nationhood and homeland. By constitutional amendment, Sri Lanka has prohibited the Tamil demand for self-determination as unlawful. Furthermore, it has unleashed a fully-fledged war against the Tamils to suppress their struggle for political independence. It has condemned and accused the LTTE of communalism, separatism and terrorism for engaging in an armed struggle to assert the right of the Tamils to freely choose their political destiny.
May 2, 2009
DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chrysler filed for bankruptcy on Thursday and announced an industry-changing deal with Fiat, after being pummeled by sliding auto sales and unable to reach agreement on restructuring its debt.
Despite weeks of intense negotiations, Chrysler failed to gain full support from its lenders to avoid the first-ever bankruptcy filing by a major U.S. automaker.
The move was hailed by President Barack Obama as a critical step in saving 30,000 jobs at Chrysler, majority-owned by Cerberus Capital Group, and hundreds of thousands more jobs at affiliated suppliers and dealers.
At the same time, Chrysler entered an expected alliance with Fiat SpA , in which the Italian carmaker was given an initial stake of 20 percent.
The deal will allow Fiat to own up to 35 percent as it makes investments in U.S. operations and small-car technology for Chrysler. Over time, Fiat could eventually own 51 percent after Chrysler has repaid its loans to the U.S. Treasury.
Chrysler has struggled in recent years to compete, hurt by its near total reliance on the U.S. market, poor quality and a truck and SUV-dominated vehicle line-up with the lowest combined fuel economy of any major automaker.
Founded in 1925 by Walter P. Chrysler, three years later the company laid the cornerstone for the Chrysler Building, briefly the world's tallest building and still a landmark on the Manhattan skyline.
The Chapter 11 filing, in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan, has implications for the entire industry -- including Chrysler's rivals and suppliers....
Despite weeks of intense negotiations, Chrysler failed to gain full support from its lenders to avoid the first-ever bankruptcy filing by a major U.S. automaker.
The move was hailed by President Barack Obama as a critical step in saving 30,000 jobs at Chrysler, majority-owned by Cerberus Capital Group, and hundreds of thousands more jobs at affiliated suppliers and dealers.
At the same time, Chrysler entered an expected alliance with Fiat SpA , in which the Italian carmaker was given an initial stake of 20 percent.
The deal will allow Fiat to own up to 35 percent as it makes investments in U.S. operations and small-car technology for Chrysler. Over time, Fiat could eventually own 51 percent after Chrysler has repaid its loans to the U.S. Treasury.
Chrysler has struggled in recent years to compete, hurt by its near total reliance on the U.S. market, poor quality and a truck and SUV-dominated vehicle line-up with the lowest combined fuel economy of any major automaker.
Founded in 1925 by Walter P. Chrysler, three years later the company laid the cornerstone for the Chrysler Building, briefly the world's tallest building and still a landmark on the Manhattan skyline.
The Chapter 11 filing, in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan, has implications for the entire industry -- including Chrysler's rivals and suppliers....
God; I Hate You...
In nomine Dei nostri Satanas Luciferi excelsi!
In the name of Satan, the Ruler of the earth, the King of
the world, I command the forces of Darkness to bestow their
Infernal power upon me!
Open wide the gates of Hell and come forth from the
abyss to greet me as your brother (sister) and friend!
I have taken thy name as a part of myself! I live as the
beasts of the field, rejoicing in the fleshy life! I favour the just
and curse the rotten!
By all Gods of the Pit, I command that these things
of which I speak shall come to pass!
Come forth and answer to your names by manifesting my
desires!
April 29, 2009
"A star's mighty good company..."
A Man From Among The Dead
And my boy, Joel, who knew the stars-he used to say it took millions of years for that speck o' light to git [sic] to the earth. Don't seem like a body could believe it, but that's what he used to say-millions of years.
GEORGE sinks to his knees then falls full length at Emily's feet.
A Woman Among The Dead
Goodness! That ain't no way to behave!
Mrs. Soames
He ought to be home.
Emily
Mother Gibbs?
Mrs. Gibbs
Yes, Emily?
Emily
They don't understand, do they?
Mrs. Gibbs
No, dear. They don't understand.
And my boy, Joel, who knew the stars-he used to say it took millions of years for that speck o' light to git [sic] to the earth. Don't seem like a body could believe it, but that's what he used to say-millions of years.
GEORGE sinks to his knees then falls full length at Emily's feet.
A Woman Among The Dead
Goodness! That ain't no way to behave!
Mrs. Soames
He ought to be home.
Emily
Mother Gibbs?
Mrs. Gibbs
Yes, Emily?
Emily
They don't understand, do they?
Mrs. Gibbs
No, dear. They don't understand.
April 25, 2009
April 24, 2009
April 17, 2009
Creed
I am the Infantry!I am my country's strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight, wherever, whenever. I carry my Country's faith and honor against her enemies.
I am the Queen of Battle.I am what my country expects me to be; the best trained soldier in the world. In the race for victory I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win.
Never will I fail my country's trust. Always I fight on, through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary I fight to my death.By my steadfast courage, I have won 200 years of freedom.
I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, or to superior odds, for I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight.I forsake not my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty.I am relentless.
I am always there, now and forever.I am the Infantry! Follow me!
April 12, 2009
Quicker Than A Telephone, Deadlier Than A New Strain
The Orion nuclear pulse drive combines a very high exhaust velocity, from 20,000 to 30,000 m/s, with meganewtons of thrust. Many spacecraft propulsion drives can achieve one of these or the other, but nuclear pulse rockets are the only proposed technology that could potentially deliver both (see spacecraft propulsion for more speculative systems). Specific impulse measures how much thrust can be derived from a given mass of fuel, and is the standard figure of merit for rocketry.
Unmanned Orion-style nuclear pulse rockets can tolerate very large accelerations. A human-crewed Orion, however, must use damped springs behind the pusher plate to smooth the instantaneous acceleration to a level that humans can withstand–typically about 1–3 g.
The high performance depends on the high exhaust velocity, in order to maximize the rocket's force for a given mass of propellant. The velocity of the plasma debris is proportional to the square root of the change in the temperature (Tc) of the nuclear fireball. Since fireballs routinely achieve ten million degrees Celsius or more in less than a millisecond, they create very high velocities. However, a practical design must also limit the destructive radius of the fireball. The diameter of the nuclear fireball is proportional to the square root of the bomb's explosive yield.
The shape of the bomb's reaction mass is critical to efficiency. The original project designed bombs with a reaction mass made of tungsten. The bomb's geometry and materials focused the x-rays and plasma from the core of nuclear explosive to hit the reaction mass. In effect each bomb would be a nuclear shaped charge.
A bomb with a cylinder of reaction mass expands into a flat, disk-shaped wave of plasma when it explodes. A bomb with a disk-shaped reaction mass expands into a far more efficient cigar-shaped wave of plasma debris. The cigar shape focuses much of the plasma to impinge onto the pusher-plate.
A 10 kiloton of TNT equivalent atomic explosion will achieve a plasma debris velocity of about 100,000 m/s, and the destructive plasma fireball is only about 100 meters in diameter. A 1 megaton of TNT explosion will have a plasma debris velocity of about 10,000,000 m/s but the diameter of the plasma fireball will be about 1000 m.
The maximum effective specific impulse, Isp, of an Orion nuclear pulse drive generally is equal to:
where C0 is the collimation factor (what fraction of the explosion plasma debris will actually hit the impulse absorber plate when a pulse unit explodes), Ve is the nuclear pulse unit plasma debris velocity, and gn is the standard acceleration of gravity (9.81 m/s²; this factor is not necessary if Isp is measured in N·s/kg or m/s). A collimation factor of nearly 0.5 can be achieved by matching the diameter of the pusher plate to the diameter of the nuclear fireball created by the explosion of a nuclear pulse unit.
Unmanned Orion-style nuclear pulse rockets can tolerate very large accelerations. A human-crewed Orion, however, must use damped springs behind the pusher plate to smooth the instantaneous acceleration to a level that humans can withstand–typically about 1–3 g.
The high performance depends on the high exhaust velocity, in order to maximize the rocket's force for a given mass of propellant. The velocity of the plasma debris is proportional to the square root of the change in the temperature (Tc) of the nuclear fireball. Since fireballs routinely achieve ten million degrees Celsius or more in less than a millisecond, they create very high velocities. However, a practical design must also limit the destructive radius of the fireball. The diameter of the nuclear fireball is proportional to the square root of the bomb's explosive yield.
The shape of the bomb's reaction mass is critical to efficiency. The original project designed bombs with a reaction mass made of tungsten. The bomb's geometry and materials focused the x-rays and plasma from the core of nuclear explosive to hit the reaction mass. In effect each bomb would be a nuclear shaped charge.
A bomb with a cylinder of reaction mass expands into a flat, disk-shaped wave of plasma when it explodes. A bomb with a disk-shaped reaction mass expands into a far more efficient cigar-shaped wave of plasma debris. The cigar shape focuses much of the plasma to impinge onto the pusher-plate.
A 10 kiloton of TNT equivalent atomic explosion will achieve a plasma debris velocity of about 100,000 m/s, and the destructive plasma fireball is only about 100 meters in diameter. A 1 megaton of TNT explosion will have a plasma debris velocity of about 10,000,000 m/s but the diameter of the plasma fireball will be about 1000 m.
The maximum effective specific impulse, Isp, of an Orion nuclear pulse drive generally is equal to:
where C0 is the collimation factor (what fraction of the explosion plasma debris will actually hit the impulse absorber plate when a pulse unit explodes), Ve is the nuclear pulse unit plasma debris velocity, and gn is the standard acceleration of gravity (9.81 m/s²; this factor is not necessary if Isp is measured in N·s/kg or m/s). A collimation factor of nearly 0.5 can be achieved by matching the diameter of the pusher plate to the diameter of the nuclear fireball created by the explosion of a nuclear pulse unit.
April 10, 2009
Why Apartheid Never Ends; (Subversion isn't Perversion)
"The question as to who, and what, is responsible for African underdevelopment can be answered at two levels.
Firstly; the answer is that the operation of the imperialist system bears major responsibility for African economic retardation by draining African wealth and by making it impossible to develop more rapidly the resources of the continent.
Secondly; one has to deal with those who manipulated the system and those who are either agents or unwitting accomplices of the said system. The capitalists of Western Europe were the ones who actively extended their exploitation from inside Europe to cover the whole of Africa. In recent times, they were joined, and to some extent replaced, by the capitalists from the United States; and for many years now even the workers of those metropolitan countries have benefited from the exploitation and underdevelopment of Africa."
"None of these remarks are intended to remove the ultimate responsibility for development from the shoulders of Africans. Not only are there African accomplices inside the imperialist system, but every African has a responsibility to understand the system and work for its overthrow...."
Firstly; the answer is that the operation of the imperialist system bears major responsibility for African economic retardation by draining African wealth and by making it impossible to develop more rapidly the resources of the continent.
Secondly; one has to deal with those who manipulated the system and those who are either agents or unwitting accomplices of the said system. The capitalists of Western Europe were the ones who actively extended their exploitation from inside Europe to cover the whole of Africa. In recent times, they were joined, and to some extent replaced, by the capitalists from the United States; and for many years now even the workers of those metropolitan countries have benefited from the exploitation and underdevelopment of Africa."
"None of these remarks are intended to remove the ultimate responsibility for development from the shoulders of Africans. Not only are there African accomplices inside the imperialist system, but every African has a responsibility to understand the system and work for its overthrow...."
-Walter Rodney
April 5, 2009
Chip Shot;
"Nobody but you and your caddie care what you do out there, and if your caddie is betting against you; he doesn't care, either."
Lee Trevino
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