Last December, in one of my articles I mentioned Jane Cull’s
understanding that "how we live is circular."[3] At that time
I made reference to the circularity of our global economy, but the
understanding of circularity is a natural phenomenon ubiquitous in
our living as we go to work, as we socialize, as we trade, as we
look after ourselves and our families.
In essence, the circularity of life is life itself and therefore
there is no room for waging wars against each other in our
globalized planet. In particular, the concept of circularity of life
means that if we hurt the right of others to a peaceful living then
we are going to suffer the consequences of blowbacks [4], it is as
simple and natural as that.
In order to understand to live peacefully together, we must
understand the right to satisfy our social needs before we satisfy
our private wishes, and this understanding to distinguish social
needs from private wishes means that we must attempt to continuously
solve our social needs before we satisfy our private wishes.
- There was no need for Bush to wage a war against Iraq [5],
instead there was a wish for Bush to take the Iraqi oil [6];
- there was no need for Bush to label Iraq, Iran and North
Korea the axis of evil [7]; instead there is the wish for Bush
to wage preemptive wars against any country or people who may
potentially challenge the supremacy of Bush’s America [8];
- there is no need for Bush’s never ending tax cuts for the
rich [9]; instead there is the wish for Bush’s rich friends to
become richer [10];
- there is no need for Bush to privatize Social Security [11],
instead there is the Bush’s wish to have more money to speculate
in the stock market [12];
- there is no need for Bush’s Tort Reform [13], instead there
is the Bush’s wish to have corporations above the people [14].
Bush’s pursuing of his wishes is changing America for the worse,
inside and outside, inside as Bush divides people [15], and outside
as America becomes the supreme global war monger [16].
References
1. CNN Bush: Attack on Iran 'ridiculous' February 22, 2005
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/22/bush.iran.ap/
2. Frankfurt, Harry On Bullsh-t http://www.jelks.nu/misc/articles/bs.html
http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/video/frankfurt
3. deSantis, Mario The miracle of Christmas and the obtuse
notions of Paradox and Catch 22 in today’s Economics December 24,
2004 Ensign
4. Johnson, Chalmers Quotation for Blowback: The term "blowback,"
which officials of the Central Intelligence Agency first invented
for their own internal use, is starting to circulate among students
of international relations. It refers to the unintended consequences
of policies that were kept secret from the American people. What the
daily press reports as the malign acts of "terrorists" or "drug
lords" or "rogue states" or "illegal arms merchants" often turn out
to be blowback from earlier American operations. Third World
Traveler, http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blowback_CJohnson/Quotations_BCJ.html
5. Polya, Gideon Horrendous Iraqi Civilian Deaths - The Cost Of
Democratic Imperialism November 1, 2004 Countercurrents.org, http://www.countercurrents.org/iraq-polya011104.htm
6. Phillips, Graham Oil Connections to War Spring 2003 University
of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, http://www.uwec.edu/grossmzc/philligr.html
7. Wikipedia Axis of Evil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_of_Evil
8. Pitt, William Rivers The Project for the New American Century
February 25, 2003 Information Clearing House, http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1665.htm
9. Greenstein, Robert and Joel Friedman, and Isaac Shapiro TWO
TAX CUTS THAT BENEFIT ONLY HIGH-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS –PRIMARILY
MILLIONAIRES – SLATED TO START TAKING EFFECT IN 2006: Will These Tax
Cuts be Implemented While Basic Programs for the Working Poor and
Other Families are Cut? February 9, 2005 Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities, http://www.cbpp.org/2-4-05tax.htm
10. Preston, Bruce How the Bush Administration steals from the US
people (and the world) 2004 http://www.e-book.com.au/got2.htm
11. Boothe, Ivan Professors weigh in on social security February
24, 2005 The Phoenix http://phoenix.swarthmore.edu/2005-02-24/news/14736
12. Luhby, Tamy Social Security a 'new business opportunity' .
Managers stand to gain millions in private accounts February 21,
2005 Newsday http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3050401
13. deSantis, Mario The Ideological Lies of Bush’s Tort Reform:
Reform is nothing else but privatization on behalf of corporations
February 2, 2005
14. Scheer, Robert Of, By and For Big Business February 22, 2005
AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/21325/
15. Krugman, Paul Bush's Class-War Budget February 11, 2005 The
New York Times http://www.pkarchive.org/column/021105.html
16. Leech, Garry The World’s Warmonger February 21, 2005 Colombia
Journal http://www.colombiajournal.org/colombia203.htm |