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The Revolving Door of Insanity or From the Frying Pan into the Fire

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The time is here and now for everyday, ordinary Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people to address and honestly answer this question. We must take responsibility for our collective destinies. Nevertheless, this grim scenario does not have to remain in place. The revolving door of systemic insanity can be eliminated and discarded, but only…

May 3, 2012 2 min read Free to read

The time is here and now for everyday, ordinary Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people to address and honestly answer this question. We must take responsibility for our collective destinies.

Nevertheless, this grim scenario does not have to remain in place. The revolving door of systemic insanity can be eliminated and discarded, but only by us, ordinary everyday people. It�s not going to happen unless and until everyday Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people in this nation become fed up with being endlessly divided, systemically pimped, and treated as if we are caged hamsters, endlessly running on a perpetually spinning wheel.

Suddenly, it apparently does not seem to matter to these hypocrites that trillions of dollars of the people�s money was criminally given to the elite Wall Street bloodsuckers, or that the horror of Guantanamo continues, or that �extraordinary rendition� continues, or that U.S. wars are raging in Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc., or that the U.S. bombed Libya, North Africa, or that the unconstitutional �Patriot Act� (which in essence codifies into law the U.S. government�s infamous COINTELPRO horrors) has been renewed and still stands, or even that the current White House occupant has signed into law the reality of indefinite detention (NDAA) of U.S. citizens inside this nation, without charge or due process. This is why the �scum� repeatedly �floats to the top� in the rigged political system in the United States. Wake up people! Unchain your minds while there is yet time!

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