Where have all the good men gone?

Hmm.
-As Chris Hedges noted two springs ago: “Barack Obama is a brand. And the Obama brand is designed to make us feel good about our government while corporate overlords loot the Treasury, our elected officials continue to have their palms greased by armies of corporate lobbyists, our corporate media diverts us with gossip and trivia and our imperial wars expand in the Middle East. Brand Obama is about being happy consumers. We are entertained. We feel hopeful. We like our president. We believe he is like us. But like all branded products spun out from the manipulative world of corporate advertising, we are being duped into doing and supporting a lot of things that are not in our interest.…President Obama does one thing and Brand Obama gets you to believe another. This is the essence of successful advertising.” -

At last count some 25 nations were in revolt or protesting their government. The growing discontent is interesting and there runs a common thread throughout these nations that should have even more citizens out in the streets - Government corruption, low wages, education, healthcare, poverty, corporate greed and control, food prices, militarization of police, eroding civil rights... You know well enough the issues and concerns of people everywhere. So why aren't things changing for the better? To be sure, some people have gained small improvements, but for the most part there have not only not been positive change but continued worsening of the plight of people everywhere.

Governments continue to oppress their people and enact laws which not only deprive them of rights but also lead to increased poverty and debt. It's happening at an alarming rate and will continue to do so. My country, the United States of America, does this better than any other country. Our government continues to reject Constitutional rights and liberties and caters to the 'Corporate good'.

The Constitution has been shredded, first under Georgie Bush and now under Barrack O'Bama aka Barry Monsanto. This has to stop.