I woke up a bit early this morning because I had the kind of dream that you just can’t go back to sleep after, once you’ve started thinking about it, and what it says about your life.
I dreamed that I happened to bump into Barack Obama in my small town’s used book store. President Obama shook my hand, and invited himself over to my house to talk with me further. What an opportunity, I thought! Then, I remembered: had stayed over the night before.
What did you dream last night?
Check this out, Rowan:
http://d99924259323418381.typepad.com/blog/2012/02/a-small-taste-of-whats-coming.html
“A small taste of what’s coming
If you thought nothing could possibly surprise you about the plight of the world in 2012, try this for size. I found the following snippet on Russia Today’s website (http://rt.com/news/line/2012-02-10/#id26309):
Greek police want EU and IMF officials behind bars
Greece’s largest police union has threatened to issue a symbolic warrant for the arrest of key EU and IMF officials. The union accuses the two international organizations, which have imposed tough measures as a condition for financial aid, of “blackmail and covertly abolishing or eroding democracy and national sovereignty.” On the verge of bankruptcy, Greece has had to implement a series of radical austerity measures, the latest of which is a 22 per cent cut in the minimum wage. The warrant is unlikely to have legal power, but the police say it is a show of solidarity with anti-European protesters, whom the police have often clashed with during frequent mass demonstrations in Athens.
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Seeing as the US and UK police have been operating more as a private protection force for the super-rich, as opposed to protecting the rights of all citizens, this may foretell the future for countries beyond Greece.
I’m just waiting for our dear governments to start cutting police pay as well as their jobs. Then we’ll see what happens.”
Oh, I saw RT talking about this last night. What’s happening in the European Union isn’t a complete parallel with what’s happening in the United States, but in general, I agree that the massive cuts are destroying American communities, and will severely damage the integrity of America’s social fabric. I wouldn’t be surprised if, before long, we see riots on the streets. I would regret it, though. Violence isn’t the answer to economic inequality. Nonviolent political activism is.