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Why I am Going to Camp Democracy
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by Steve Bhaerman

To understand why this Administration is still in power -- and why their hold on power is more tenuous than we might imagine -- I refer you to the Enron movie, The Smartest Guys in the Room. If you saw that movie, you’ll remember that the two perps, Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling continued to play the role of law-abiding citizens until the very second the handcuffs were snapped on. Handcuffs on, ballgame over. But until that moment they stayed completely in their disguise.

The Bush Administration seems fearless in its pursuit of abusive power and yet there is one thing that terrifies them beyond measure: the truth. No regime in American history has been more afraid of the truth, and for good reason. Any one of the lies can unravel and the whole ball of yarn can get unspun. That is why they are so fierce in not only in keeping everything they can secret, but in churning out new lies constantly to make sure the truth-seekers don’t gain on them.

As with every abuser of power, sooner or later the inevitable happens. With no check and no balance, the abuser finally goes too far. With ABC now set to air a “docu-drama” which faults Bill Clinton with 9/11 without letting any of the facts get in the way of their story, this might just be the over-the-edge moment we’ve been waiting for. I mean, even the Democrats -- the Clinton Democrats, for finally crying out loud -- are up in arms. Finally, finally 50 or 60 million people who’ve already been disenfranchised are paying attention. The shenanigans party leaders were willing to dismiss as recently as two years ago as “just politics” now looks perilously like “the final solution to the Democrat problem.”

Perhaps this latest abuse will precipitate -- at long last -- a real conversation about what happened on 9/11 and why. Even Randi Rhodes on her Air America show has aired this issue with a very congruent investigator Paul Thompson.
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0608/S00374.htm

Maybe the “up-wising” has progressed enough so that we the people can actually turn the tide before the election. For those of us who’ve been looking for a way to “press the press,” this time we may just press it over the precipice. Already, there’s been a call for a boycott of ABC and Disney, and it just may show finally an area of leverage where citizens actually do have clout. In the short run, I suggest calling ABC several times a day at 1-818-560-1000. If you care to send a fax, the number is (818) 560-1930. Or go here https://thinkprogress.org/tellabc and send an email.

Here is the message I left: “In response to the 9/11 docudrama you plan to run next week, why don’t you change your call letters to CBS so that viewers will know if they want to see B.S., they’ve come to the right place.”

Let’s see what happens. Even if ABC doesn’t bow to the pressure this time, this may very well be the turning point in restoring a real free press in this country. It will create a long-term opportunity for education about TV in general, and it will encourage us to bypass the mass media completely and return to an ancient art long-forgotten in the TV age -- tell-a-person.

So, tomorrow -- Saturday, September 9th at noon -- I will be bringing the Swami to Camp Democracy https://campdemocracy.org/image/mall in Washington, D.C. to help move the “up-wising” forward on a wave of healing laughter. To those who lament that despite all of our great intentions, the world seems to be in the grip of a few powerful sociopaths I say that’s great news. It means there’s way, way more of us than there are of them. All we need to do is keep standing, keep strengthening the field of truth and clarity, and we will see the wall of lies crumble into silent rubble. And then, like those other two “smartest guys in the room,” this other batch of flag-draped gold collar criminals will find themselves on the other side of the law for a change.

And at that moment, that’s when the REAL work begins. Once we the people take our country back, the next challenging task will be to take it forward.

May the FARCE be with you,

Steve Bhaerman
(707) 525-0711

https://www.wakeuplaughing.com/


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