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--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marianne Williamson works with governments of the > world to initiate world peace. Her website is > www.marianne.com . This is an article written by > her. > > September 04, 2005 > Reckoning in New Orleans > by Marianne Williamson > > Something very important is happening here. It's > more than simply a hurricane, or the suffering of > thousands who were neglected by their government > during a time of great need. Such worldly > occurrences reflect deeper truths. What is happening > is a gigantic reckoning, as Americans are forced to > come to terms with how very, very naked is the > Emperor who we thought had such incredible clothes. > > We are raised in the United States of America to > believe that our government is the strongest in the > world, that as Americans we are basically protected, > and that our country is basically good. It is > cognitive dissonance for us to be confronted with > evidence to the contrary, and yet such evidence has > been piling up fast and furiously during this odd > and potentially catastrophic phase of American > history. > > There is nothing strong about rushing into a > unilateral war based on faulty intelligence, thereby > squandering the resources necessary with which to > take care of your own people; there is nothing > protective about a government that apparently didn't > monitor events on the ground in New Orleans any > better - in fact, less well! - than the average > viewer of CNN; and there is nothing good about > taking care of the rich at the expense of the poor. > If it took a Level 5 hurricane and the huge > suffering of thousands to bring those facts to > light, then at least it can be said that there is > value in this horror. If enough Americans are > beginning to wake up and face the awful fact that > our country's basic functioning has become infused > by a soulless sensibility, then perhaps the > suffering on the Gulf Coast will not have been in > vain. > > Regarding the abysmal response of our government to > the hurricane's aftermath, there is a lot of talk > right now about accountability. Some argue we should > have the discussion today, while others argue that > that discussion should wait for a more propitious > time. But there is a danger in waiting, for > governmental status quo has a talent for co-opting > any criticism as long as it can buy enough time. > Passions cool; memories become revised and faded. > Six months after a disaster, the government appoints > an independent commission to find out what really > happened and by the time the commission releases its > final report there is never much sense that too many > people really care. The people are exhausted by > then; they're trying their best to move on. > > And the status quo knows that; it is part of its > game. Do whatever you want; act horrified and > remorseful for a minute whenever too much suffering > results as a part of your actions; then put off the > accountability conversation until people are too > tired to care anymore. This is not a new pattern in > America. What might be new - what I sense might be > happening - is that people are waking up to it now. > And as soon as we wake up, then the pattern will > end. > > Abraham Lincoln said there is not too much evil any > American government can perpetrate, as long as the > people remain vigilant. He was referring to the fact > that we have federal elections every two years, > through which we can replace the entirety of the > House of Representatives and one-third of the U.S. > Senate. The ultimate accountability conversation is > written into the U.S. Constitution; it is called > elections. At this particular juncture, that means > the mid-term elections of 2006. > > Fool us once, and maybe your tricks were dirty; fool > us twice, maybe your PR was too good; fool us now, > and perhaps we just deserve to be fooled. From war > to hurricanes, oh America, the alarm bells of > needless human suffering are going off everywhere. A > nation who refuses to wake up at this point is in a > dangerous slumber. The nightmares are upon us now. > They will remain until our eyes are opened and we > have awakened to the truth. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
