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>when the U.S. and rulers are challenged by
>another ruling elite. When the Chinese become the next hegemon that may
>tip the scales...
Once upon a time, the world expected great things of my generation. In the
U.S., I was literally the first GenX politician. (The 18-year-old for U.S.
President, at the older edge of GenX -- in all earlier election cycles,
18-year-olds would have been Boomers. So flatly, literally, accurately, I
was the first GenXer in U.S. federal elections.)
My generation also had the Chinese college students who stood up in
Tiananmen Square. Some know that they and I linked up (I formed the China
Support Network for Americans to respond to that tragedy / outrage /
massacre), and that we still beat the drums in unison for change in China.
--Were these kids supposed to take over the world? Heck, I will now turn 40
this year, and my beating the drums has shown no visible effectiveness.
They, too, are pushing 40 but my sense of it is that the group doesn't have
its act together. For example, the Chinese Democratic Party exists in at
least three pieces, Balkanized factions that don't unite.
At the time of T-Square, there was a sense that a whole new world, reality,
or existence was possible. They came close to changing that government.
(Martial law conveniently cancelled a meeting of the National People's
Congress--where sympathizers might actually have passed some reforms.) So
close, no cigar. Shortly after the massacre as top dissidents arrived,
State-side, I thought that these leaders needed the same kind of
infrastructure that assists U.S. Senators.
Don't they need researchers, communications and scheduling aides/handlers,
fundraisers, lobbyists, and something akin to strategists or campaign
managers? --I looked at the dissidents, with the eyes of a 22-year-old
former politician. I know damn well what politicians need. The other reason
why I formed the CSN was because there was animated sentiment amongst
Americans--against the atrocity that was witnessed--and, I felt that it
should be organized into an effective response.
The "Tiananmen Generation" is not "another ruling elite" that Hank looks
for, but they raised some high hopes and expectations in the world, and
their generation is still likely to get a turn at the helm of politics. They
do have a community, infrastructure, and following, of sorts. I think
they're still ambitious, with bold dreams of a better world, but they still
lack the capacity to deliver.
More will be needed before they, or I, can take a call from Hank Roth, to
reverse American corruption. That's a mighty tall task.
Until then,
/s./ John P. Kusumi
>From: Hank Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: [pnews-views] Re: Who is Running for President?
>Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:57:50 -0400 (EDT)
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>There isn't much you and I will be able to do. We live in a society which
>is controlled and hypnotized by propaganda and mind numbing television.
>What will make a difference is when the U.S. and rulers are challenged by
>another ruling elite. When the Chinese become the next hegemon that may
>tip the scales but it will be a mirror image of us. I see some light in
>South America. There may be hope to our south.
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>Hank
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>On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Lindy Greene wrote:
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> > I see someone else wrote, coincidentally, of that same presentiment.
> > Bush is not going to step down. He is getting away with vote tampering,
> > genocide, ecocide, torture, pre-emptive war, and illegal spying.
> >
> > He defies the Constitution of the United States and the international
> > Geneva Conventions. He is accountable to no one and nothing. His actions
> > go unchallenged and uncontested.
> >
> > Does anyone else notice how absolutely cocky he is? He is a malignant
> > narcissist - a deranged sociopath. He and his murderous confederates,
> > Cheney and Rumsfeld. We are slaloming towards totalitarianism. He's
> > cocky because he knows he is going to get away with his crimes - and
> > because he's probably got another bogus terror attack already planned
> > out for election time.
> >
> > We are facing another King George. We had to defeat the first one in the
> > American Revolution. Is there no way to defeat this one?
> >
> > But, as I say, I don't think it would change a thing. Who was it that
> > warned about the rise of the corporations? FDR? Well, anyway, they have
> > risen! It's all downhill from here. Fascism is on the horizon. There
> > will be no human rights or civil liberties here - or anywhere in the
> > world, ultimately.
> >
> > A handful of people - in comparison to the world's entire population -
> > control the world's wealth and power (the two go hand-in-hand, of
> > course). They're pillaging, plundering, raping, torturing, and murdering
> > the planet and all life on it. And no one stands up to them.
> >
> > I am an animal rights, environmental, and human rights activist. And we
> > are, indeed - as another poster put it - going to hell in a hand basket.
> >
> > We're poised at the River Styx - and Charon awaits in his boat.
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lindy Greene"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent:
> > Wednesday, April 26, 2006 9:53 AM Subject: [pnews-views] Re: Who is
> > Running for President?
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