Comments for Robert L. Terrell Blog http://www.robertlterrell.com/blog by Robert L. Terrell Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:02:12 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on The U.S. Ruling Class Needs to Upgrade its Performance or Move Aside by bob http://www.robertlterrell.com/blog/the-u-s-ruling-class-needs-to-upgrade-its-performance-or-move-aside/comment-page-1#comment-2073 bob Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:02:12 +0000 http://www.robertlterrell.com/blog/the-u-s-ruling-class-needs-to-upgrade-its-performance-or-move-aside#comment-2073 Have you ever wondered why the primary function of border guards in Socialist nations is keeping their own people from escaping? Have you ever wondered why the primary function of border guards in Socialist nations is keeping their own people from escaping?

]]> Comment on The U.S. Ruling Class Needs to Upgrade its Performance or Move Aside by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS http://www.robertlterrell.com/blog/the-u-s-ruling-class-needs-to-upgrade-its-performance-or-move-aside/comment-page-1#comment-2071 Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:15:57 +0000 http://www.robertlterrell.com/blog/the-u-s-ruling-class-needs-to-upgrade-its-performance-or-move-aside#comment-2071 Hello Mr. Terrell, Read this article in the December 2009 issue of 'Street Spirit' that was titled "The Failed Leadership of the U.S. Ruling Class". I am a regular subscriber to 'Street Spirit' and absolutely loved the piece. I was struck by the following sentence: "All the while, average citizens, and THOSE TRAPPED IN THE POVERTY REQUIRED BY THE STRUCTURE AND NORMAL OPERATIONS OF THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM, are largeley being ignored by the Obama administration." This reads like a sentence written by someone fed up with predatory capitalism. I have recently joint the Democratic Socialists of America (www.dsusa.org) and am trying to revive the East Bay SF Chapter. Any interest in this? I am disgusted by the last 3 years of Democratic rule in Congress. As a result, I voted for Nader in 2008 and regard Kucinich, Sanders, and Feingold as the 'Perfect Storm" of congressmen to get our country back. Looking forward to your response. Thank you. Hello Mr. Terrell,
Read this article in the December 2009 issue of ‘Street Spirit’ that was titled “The Failed Leadership of the U.S. Ruling Class”. I am a regular subscriber to ‘Street Spirit’ and absolutely loved the piece. I was struck by the following sentence:

“All the while, average citizens, and THOSE TRAPPED IN THE POVERTY REQUIRED BY THE STRUCTURE AND NORMAL OPERATIONS OF THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM, are largeley being ignored by the Obama administration.”

This reads like a sentence written by someone fed up with predatory capitalism. I have recently joint the Democratic Socialists of America (www.dsusa.org) and am trying to revive the East Bay SF Chapter. Any interest in this?

I am disgusted by the last 3 years of Democratic rule in Congress. As a result, I voted for Nader in 2008 and regard Kucinich, Sanders, and Feingold as the ‘Perfect Storm” of congressmen to get our country back.

Looking forward to your response. Thank you.

]]> Comment on The U.S. Ruling Class Needs to Upgrade its Performance or Move Aside by David Benfell http://www.robertlterrell.com/blog/the-u-s-ruling-class-needs-to-upgrade-its-performance-or-move-aside/comment-page-1#comment-2024 David Benfell Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:15:37 +0000 http://www.robertlterrell.com/blog/the-u-s-ruling-class-needs-to-upgrade-its-performance-or-move-aside#comment-2024 What you barely begin to acknowledge is that there is nothing special about any ruling class that qualifies them to lead. They obtain their position through a system of bizarrely-defined "merit" that rests principally on inheritance--hence Paris Hilton is, by virtue of her class, better qualified to lead than anybody in the middle or lower classes, and could rapidly acquire the corporate structure to do so. We are at a point where the "politics of the possible" justify not just the economic rape of the middle and lower classes in the West, but the murders of over a million people in Iraq and Afghanistan through ongoing wars. The "politics of the possible" crush any hope of ending the mentality that got us into Iraq as we escalate in Afghanistan. The "politics of the possible" enable a denial of climate change that will likely reduce arable land area in at least the developing world and probably the developed world. The "politics of the possible" keep the Doomsday Clock maintained by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists at five minutes to midnight due, they say, to the combined threats of nuclear annihilation, climate change, and bioengineering. The "politics of the possible" will leave this planet like Easter Island, with only odd monuments left behind to attract the interest of extraterrestrial explorers who happen upon a desolate planet. What you barely begin to acknowledge is that there is nothing special about any ruling class that qualifies them to lead. They obtain their position through a system of bizarrely-defined “merit” that rests principally on inheritance–hence Paris Hilton is, by virtue of her class, better qualified to lead than anybody in the middle or lower classes, and could rapidly acquire the corporate structure to do so.

We are at a point where the “politics of the possible” justify not just the economic rape of the middle and lower classes in the West, but the murders of over a million people in Iraq and Afghanistan through ongoing wars. The “politics of the possible” crush any hope of ending the mentality that got us into Iraq as we escalate in Afghanistan. The “politics of the possible” enable a denial of climate change that will likely reduce arable land area in at least the developing world and probably the developed world.

The “politics of the possible” keep the Doomsday Clock maintained by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists at five minutes to midnight due, they say, to the combined threats of nuclear annihilation, climate change, and bioengineering. The “politics of the possible” will leave this planet like Easter Island, with only odd monuments left behind to attract the interest of extraterrestrial explorers who happen upon a desolate planet.

]]> Comment on President Barack Hussein Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize: The World Has Called Us Out by David Benfell http://www.robertlterrell.com/blog/president-barack-hussein-obamas-nobel-peace-prize-the-world-has-called-us-out/comment-page-1#comment-1980 David Benfell Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:04:50 +0000 http://www.robertlterrell.com/blog/president-barack-hussein-obamas-nobel-peace-prize-the-world-has-called-us-out#comment-1980 Can we say that the "peace" prize is about peace when Henry Kissinger is among the recipients? Can we say that the “peace” prize is about peace when Henry Kissinger is among the recipients?

]]> Comment on Nancy Pelosi’s Smile by E. Pardini http://www.robertlterrell.com/blog/nancy-pelosis-smile/comment-page-1#comment-1979 E. Pardini Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:58:57 +0000 http://www.robertlterrell.com/blog/nancy-pelosis-smile#comment-1979 Madam Pelosi is one tough cookie! She knows how to represent and is a supreme role model for aspiring female politicians. Madam Pelosi is one tough cookie! She knows how to represent and is a supreme role model for aspiring female politicians.

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