We are well aware of the growing protest movement around the country and around the world.The University of California has joined in to protest cuts. The powers that be do not seem to want an educated electorate after all. (It didn't help Hussein in Iraq, so why would it help Hussein in America?)
But democracy depends on it. So we have to demand it and not expect Republicans to support schools, unions, local police, teachers, or even firefighters. But there's plenty of money for military, spying, and all sorts of secret agents for the paramilitary police state apparatus.
What started due to higher food prices has gone viral. It was brought on by bankers speculating with all the free money (no interest loans) the government is handing out as they sink this economy and draw others into a game where all that matters are weapons and strategic advantage. Why are they speculating? One invests one's own or the institution's money very carefully. But with free money, you just go for broke.
You don't really have to pay back anyway. Taxpayers will bail you out, and we'll call that bail out "austerity." Scholars on Pacifica Radio explain it so well. "Inside Job" spells it out: The best way to rob a bank is to own one.
What started in Tunisia (due to food prices rising so unfairly because gambling-investors started to bet on commodities they have no vested interest in but are only trying to capitalize on rising prices, which they cause by betting, war, disrupting supply lines, weather anomalies, "natural" disasters, and what not), went to Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Northern California (with the capital Sacramento's "Staying Alive" danceathon), and is finally making its way to the world stage that is Los Angeles. (It's not the only world stage, but we do have the best cameras).
War. What is it good for? We have to be peaceful. Gandhi, King, Issa, and others weren't killed for naught. We have to be firm on that. Or war will win.
