Let's Talk Politics

The Tea-Partiers have one thing right: we need a new Constitution. I've been advocating a non-violent people's revolution designed to force a Constitutional convention since at least 2005. Thomas Jefferson took the position that EVERY GENERATION of Americans should tear up the Constitution they have inherited and draft a new one.

The problem with the Tea-Partiers is that they want to draft a Constitution that will benefit rich, frightened, white people. But we already have a Constitution that does that. The Tea-Partiers think it doesn't do enough of that. Their idea of democracy is a franchise limited to white, property-owning males and the women who will vote as they do.

If you want to talk politics, don't get caught up in the corrupt political theater that passes for politics in this country. We have government of the corporations, by the corporations, and for the corporations. The so-called "two-party" system is completely compromised since both parties are entirely beholden to the militarized corporatocracy. Therefore, if you want to talk politics, start talking about the non-violent people's revolution that will bring about a Constitutional convention. Talk about the potential risks and rewards of this venture versus the risks and rewards of "staying the course." Talk about how we might begin to set in motion the wheels of such a revolution, and how we might accomplish it without playing into the hands of the Tea-Partiers.

We need a plan of action. Politics as usual in this country is just re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.