“Millions stand behind me…”

by Pier Marton | Oct 1, 2009 | Health, Now, Politics | 1 comment

The millions in Washington D.C.
Remember John Hartfield’s famous poster? The healthcare “debate” has been loaded with cash… From The Guardian.

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Marque on October 2, 2009 at 12:40 am

The reason there is money in the debate is the same reason these hundreds of thousands of people turned out on the Mall – this is a VERY big deal, and no one is going to let it happen without a fight. Unless one wants to argue – nay, attempt to prove – that these folks on the Mall were paid off by the insurance or medical industries to show up, the two facts are related, but not one does not cause the other.

Americans are big on their freedoms. Companies are big on making money. Both get their say in our system, and thank God for that. So do the people who want government health care. They have their supporters, and many are rich. If they can motivate such a groundswell, so be it – but to date, it has not manifested itself in public.

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BREAK THE SURFACE
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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus