Suburban Progressives Obsession with Barack Obama

I recorded this a few months ago, so some references may be dated, nonetheless the main message still holds true. While I am not above criticizing the 44thpresident, what I have noticed is a disdain that borders the realm of hatred, disgust and contempt, the likes of which I have never seen hurled at any other president before nor since; all coming from the Suburban Progressive. While I applaud the passion demonstrated by some of the people I critique in this episodic part (Jimmy Dore at the top of the list), I still couldn’t turn a blind eye nor ear to the viciousness in the voiced of those who reach tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands and in some rare cases, millions of people. This is not an easy episode to listen to, nor was a blast to record, but it was necessary.

Racism, A Conversation Whose Time Has Come

Beyond Race as a Conversational Topic

My life as a Black man in America, has taught me much about Racism. The last seven years has taught me the most about a topic I tried hard not to broach in the preceding years, even though it played a role in every area of my life. Now I lay bare some thoughts on racism and the Eurmerican infrastructure that feeds it. I reveal how many Europeans I believe are racist and how many aren’t, and how many do not want to be. I also speak on the idea of white folks seeking validation for their actions when they ask that prodding question to their Black friends, trying to get them to say they’re not racist. I move on to speak about the racism laden in the New Deal and what that says about the European who seeks solidarity with Black people. I do not end this podcast episode on hope, I end instead end it with some stark truths about Eurasian Society and what is becoming increasing clear to all non-Europeans, that your society is a dumpster fire and yet those who live in it, parade around like they come from perfect, well rounded, well-functioning societies that have no imperfections or exist without wants. This is not an easy episode to listen to if you still believe the lies of European Supremacy.

The Threat Revealed by the George Floyd Protests,

Too Much Democracy

I have a fear, it’s only grown as these last few weeks have transpired; that fear is the Elite, the wealthy, those who believe they have a divine right to rule over you, I, our children, our grandparents, their grandparents, our forthcoming generations and those we don’t know; have watched the events surrounding George Floyd’s death with contempt (part 04 for more information on their response), they have watched the protests, the removal of statues, the decision to force reform where inaction was the status quo; they have watched all this happen and concluded the actions undertook constituted too much democracy. I believe it was Samuel Huntington and the neocon technocrats who wrote the Trilateral Commission’s document, Crisis of Democracy (he didn’t write it but made a similar observation as did the report) that the 60s produced an environment where too much democracy could be expressed. The answer was to ensure that didn’t happen again. I worry, the same take away will be gleamed by a class of people who have already set themselves towards building a surveillance state that rivals China’s; all so they can play their diplomatic games without the pesky interference from America’s everyday peon. This episodic part, is dedicated to that fear.

Reflections on the George Floyd Protests Including a Reincarnation Connection

There isn’t much I can say that hasn’t been said about George Floyd’s death; in deed I sought to publish this and the succeeding parts because I felt what I said in them needed to be said. No, you are not reading the title incorrectly, my spiritual interests, my spiritual nature, called for this contribution to be made during this time when protests and demands were resulting in reaction motifs leading to reactionary policies, policies I doubt will last – but I’ll get to that in another part. Here, I start off by discussing the limitations in police words and actions, if their unions – their benevolent associations, their fraternal orders and their vast networks don’t release statements condemning this man’s actions but demanded strict prosecution. I then speak about the unspoken War Against the Black Community that has transpired over the past 60 years, before delving head long into the genetic memories, the ancestral cues feeding the anger and resilience in the black community at this time.

I finished this episode in December 2019, didn't publish it because I thought it was too harsh, yet after listening to it again and considering what is happening today, I believe it's content is relevant.

A few bad apples spoils a bunch, so you remove any bad apples so the bunch wouldn’t be spoiled right. However, if upon noticing the spoiled apples you prevent anyone from moving them, then any concerned observer would assume you want the bunch spoiled. Here we find the problem with many Police Union arguments against public accountability. In today’s episode I tackle this problem while asking you to consider policing as a form of civilian militarism before offering up a prescription of what this society requires to heal itself and bring an end to the carnage President Trump mentioned in his first inauguration speech. We need Social workers, real social workers and teams dedicated to sewing up the social fractures in society, allowing police officers to tackle real crime. To some this will seem like a anti-police officer show, but it’s not, I have sympathy for all those good officers wishing they could pursue their passion for crime solving without the needless hassle of filling quotas and bringing in revenue for over stretched municipalities unable to tax corporations.

Donald Trump, Impeachment and The (yawn) Pressures of His Office

First things first, Impeachment is over – yes, but I recorded this during its waning days and thought it was too valuable to toss into the vault, so I am publishing it. I believe, progressives missed a prime opportunity to use impeachment to make a couple of different arguments, arguments that would have been beneficial in the future, alas they didn’t see those opportunities stirring them in the face. I spend much of the first half of the show talking about these arguments. Between the first and second segment (you may want to know, thanks to a last minute editing change, the second segment is not the segment mentioned at the first segments conclusion, you can find that segment in Ep 2020.04.02) – I play a very good song from Angels and Airwaves (BONUS for those who read this description as I don’t mention the song title or artist in the episode, the title is Secret Crowds). Then I dive into Socialism and what it demands from us as individuals in a society, which somehow has something to do with Donald Trump. Enjoy finding out how it does!

Davos, Donald and Fraternity

While this is not an analysis of The Donald’s Davos speech, that may come at some point in the near future, as the speech is ripe with references to how Great America is under his leadership; this episode comments on what prompted it. He sounds different, he seems to act a bit differently also; this was not full of his past bombast; nope, he was reserved, on message and polished, could there be a reason why? I suggest there is, and not it’s not because “the American dream is back bigger, better and stronger than before”, all though that is a great line (. . .only tempered by the fact that dreams end and often cruelly so, especially when those dreams are escape mechanisms or imposed by psychologically destructive realities. . . .but I digress) it signals something frightening to the global elite and the huddled masses who may still believe in The Donald’s rhetoric. His speech says “austerity works” in a corporatist environment where the dignity of work is a euphemism for “obey”. Mr. Trump, in other words, has joined the global elite; he is their savior and is telling them that his ways work. Not a good sign for this country’s future.

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Here we go into the unknown – “it’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine”! Okay, maybe quoting REM isn’t appropriate here, but lets be serious, how many of you from that generation have been thinking about that song revolving around your inner-mind? That song doesn’t make an appearance in this podcast, but overproduction does, so doesn’t the approaching conversation over globalization. And, so doesn’t the anti-petrodollar movement both Gaddafi and Sadam mistakenly tried to ignite in order to rid themselves of America’s heavy handed rules. Both are connected, byway Apple and Wal-Mart offshoring jobs to fit in with the Neoliberal clubhouse they so badly wanted into. I speak very briefly on the bailout, how $1200 dollars will not be enough to live on for two weeks, to say nothing about a month. I have a lot to say about China’s concerns over the ending of globalization, something I know I’ll talk about more in the coming months.

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I am only human, recording this first part of a multi-part episode exposes that fact. I speak candidly about my own disbelief, a disbelief made more maddening by an illness that rattled my bones. Venturing out to see the panicked customers stripping bare the grocery story shelves was utterly shocking; as was watching the number of those infected climb. When I recorded this video, the state I reside in – New York, was clearly the national leader or pandemic epicenter (for this country and) for cases reported, just how far ahead they would sprint was unclear to me at the time. Always a “glass half full” kind of guy, a guy who wants to know “why is the glass only half full”, I ponder what we might extract from this pandemic. Because the crisis was still unfolding, because so little about its length was known, I was struggling to answer that question outright. Yet, my previous episode, which asked the question, what is the role of government, led my answer and my conclusions. If you haven’t listened to that episode please do, I think you’ll find its content very timely.

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(This episode was recorded a few weeks before the Iowa Caucuses, it doesn’t contain any refer to them but the content is still very apt). In all the conversations I have heard over Limited Government,  Overbearing Government, Libertarianism, NeoConservatism, NeoLiberalism and a variant of other topics, seldom – if ever – have I heard any of the commentators answer the question posed in the title. I have come to believe answering this single question will unleash a force heretofore missing from our political dialogue, the force to rework and realign political ideologies. Such a realignment has happened twice before in this countries history, first in the Post-Reconstruction years and second in the Great Depression. Some argument could be made for the Progressive Era, since much of the corruption prevalent during the Post-Reconstruction years was unraveled during this time period; I decided to reject this argument though, deciding to see that era’s unraveling as becoming hypersonic and burning with social consciousness during the FDR response to the Great Depression. While this thinking colored my commentary, it did not make it into this podcast episode (I thought you might want to know about it anyway). Enjoy!

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