Just ran across this from Michael Parenti on the Information Clearing House Site and thought how well it fits with the above...the people are still awakening to it:

"The worst forms of tyranny, or certainly the most successful ones, are not those we rail against but those that so insinuate themselves into the imagery of our consciousness, and the fabric of our lives, as not to be perceived as tyranny."

Thanks Kenny...As a student of history I am always pleased to see the past made relevant to the present and the future...that is one of approaches I emphasize when teaching...

There are any number of quotable lines in this great speech...I think one that really fits our situation today is the following that comes near the end of the speech: "There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny."

Everyone should email this to each of their reps and the WH...and read it every day...

It's OUR government
Only
With
Sincerity
TAKE IT BACK!

Pwr 2 the 99%! Dismember the 1% and their political WHORES!

Great speech Kenny. Too bad the democrats sold out to the very corporations they used to hate.

How many people involved in the recall Scott Walker movement voted for him in the first place I wonder? And how many of them do you think will vote Republican again in the future? They will be members of the 99% until the next "moderate" Republican comes along.

P.S., Kenny, this war is never ending. Greed and social predators forever enjoin to steal and take all they can from society. Society can never rest on it's laurels, it has always required, and will always require constant and steady vigilance and opposition to greed and depotism.

A pattern as old as recorded history repeats itself once again, and forces all who know that they are entitled to freedom and their share of the fruits of the earth, to once again reclaim the god given natural rights of all people, and those particularly guaranteed to Americans by our founding documents. But, no one, ever, gave that which others were entitled to, without being forced to. Those that grab and hold do so because they are consumed by unrelenting greed. YOU, must insist on that which belongs to you, or will never get it.

Tell me. What country is it that keeps electing Republicans? After the horror of the Bush fiasco, it only took two years for Americans to hand Congress over to the Republicans under the Tea Party. Now you have buyers remorse, again? Do not be one bit surprised if the Republicans win the White House in 2012. The 99% are 100% at fault for Americas problems. Americans will not stop electing Republicans into office. It's not the 1% that keeps doing that.The country has moved so far to the right, even the Democratic party is right of center. As long as every politician is right of center, the problems will only get worse. And you have no one to blame but yourselves.

Thanks Kenny as a young boy growing up in the late 30s and early 40s we listened to these great speeches on the radio.President obamas speeches do resemble them.Now this republican line up that is wanting to be president spewing their talking points make me really pine for the days when the leaders like Roosevelt and Truman were dedicated and honest men working for the people and the country and not for their own gain.thanks again kenny keep them coming.

December 30th, 2011 12:43 PM
75 Years Ago Today, the First Occupy

By Michael Moore

On this day, December 30th, in 1936 -- 75 years ago today -- hundreds of workers at the General Motors factories in Flint, Michigan, took over the facilities and occupied them for 44 days. My uncle was one of them.

The workers couldn't take the abuse from the corporation any longer. Their working conditions, the slave wages, no vacation, no health care, no overtime -- it was do as you're told or get tossed onto the curb.

So on the day before New Year's Eve, emboldened by the recent re-election of Franklin Roosevelt, they sat down on the job and refused to leave.

They began their Occupation in the dead of winter. GM cut off the heat and water to the buildings. The police tried to raid the factories several times, to no avail. Even the National Guard was called in.

But the workers held their ground, and after 44 days, the corporation gave in and recognized the UAW as the representative of the workers. It was a monumental historical moment as no other major company had ever been brought to its knees by their employees. Workers were given a raise to a dollar an hour -- and successful strikes and occupations spread like wildfire across the country. Finally, the working class would be able to do things like own their own homes, send their children to college, have time off and see a doctor without having to worry about paying. In Flint, Michigan, on this day in 1936, the middle class was born.

But 75 years later, the owners and elites have regained all power and control. I can think of no better way for us to honor the original Occupiers than by all of us participating in the Occupy Wall Street movement in whatever form that takes in each of our towns. We need direct action all winter long if we are to prevail. You can start your own Occupy group in your neighborhood or school or with just your friends. Speak out against economic injustice at every chance you get. Stop the bank from evicting the family down the block. Move your checking and credit card to a community bank or credit union. Place a sign in your yard -- and get your neighbors to do it also -- that says, "WE ARE THE 99%." (You can download signs here and here.)

Do something, anything, but don't remain silent. Not now. This is the moment. It won't come again.

75 years ago today, in Flint, Michigan, the people said they'd had enough and occupied the factories until they won. What is stopping us now? The rich have one plan: bleed everyone dry. Can anyone, in good conscience, be a bystander to this?

My uncle wasn't, and because of what he and others did, I got to grow up without having to worry about a roof over my head or medical bills or a decent life. And all that was provided by my dad who built spark plugs on a GM assembly line.

Let's each of us double our efforts to raise a ruckus, Occupy Everywhere, and get creative as we throw a major nonviolent wrench into this system of Greed. Let's make the politicians running for office in 2012 quake in their boots if they refuse to tax the rich, regulate Wall Street and do whatever we the people tell them to do.

Happy 75th!

"A small group had concentrated into their own hands an almost complete control over other people's property, other people's money, other people's labor - other people's lives"

75 years later and it has all happened again and we are in the same situation. A timely post indeed Kenny.

"Necessitous man are NOT free men. " Bitter truth lived daily by most . Another great post , Kenny . Very inspired .

Hell yes kenny Im with you through the breach and beyond. These rich assholes think because they have no titles that we partisans cant recognise them for what they are. Down with the tilteless aristocracy and their minions in our political houses. Including the democratic party for those of you thinking they will save you from these beasts even as they lie with them. arm your selves and your loved ones with the knowlage and weapons needed to defeat this old tyrany in a new bottle.

If Obama were smart he would read this in entirety for the state of the union. The media would claim communism, socialism, etc; but it would show exactly how far to the right this country has moved.

By the way, Great Post Kenny! Obama should read this speech and take heed to it's implications.

As I keep saying to people who accuse the 99% of class warfare; “Yes, it IS class war and it is about time we started fighting back!”.

Ahh man there ya going stateing facts again. They don't want to see the facts because the facts Scare the living shit out of them.

great post Kenny...extremely important words

Kenny, do you know what frightens the living daylights out of the .01% ?
Hint: The answer lies in the movie Starshgip Troopers 3, in the scene
where there's a public execution of " Peace Terrorists " . The .01%
are scared to death of loosing their stanglehold on the USA, because
they'd then loose their stanglehold on the world through the dollar
being accepted as the world's reserve currency. They make tons of
money everytime some military ordinance is used up, because it
then has to be replaced. Thery are literaly the merchants of death.
Every time the B52s carpet bombed Cambodia in 1970 under Nixon
they toasted with champagne. Fast forward 41 years since then,
they're still toasting. When War=Peace to them, maybe we should
declare Peace on them instead to ensure they tremble in fear & hysteria.

History repeats itself, and another 72 year cycle was began in 2008. We did not come out of the Depression started by the crash of 1929, for a decade followed by WW2 against Fascism! Am I missing something? Or are we already doomed to live with today's current Fascists?