Is the Seat of Power in the U.S. on Wall Street and K Street, Not in the White House?

Submitted by mark karlin on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 5:47am.

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A BUZZFLASH EDITOR'S BLOG
by Mark Karlin

Is our heartfelt support of Green Revolution in part an outlet for our own frustration in the U.S. to rein in corporate control of our governnment?

That's a good question as BuzzFlash participates in the electric support for Iran's version of a courageous pro-democracy movement. The intensity and passion are particularly felt in the real-time exchanges and activity on Twitter.

But as I posted a comment about Iran on Twitter the other day, the thought came to me that my personal and BuzzFlash admiration and support of the protestors was not only that they have the courage of their convictions as they face a regime as repressive as the Shah's. It also had to do with my frustration that the power of U.S. corporations and entrenched wealth may have grown so strong that even the President of the United States has less power than a collapsed Wall Street.

With all the promise of change that President Obama offered as a candidate, what we have seen is capitulation, compromise, and support of the status quo economic system that got us into this mess. Yes, there have been some regulatory and to-be-applauded legislative victories. But they have been few and relatively minor in the scheme of things.

Yes, President Obama (who we still will adamantly defend as an honorable, decent and brilliant candidate and man) is a breath of fresh air.

But the trend thus far has sure been to make one come to terms with the reality that the White House is not the seat of power in the United States, but rather it is the control of Congress by corporations and the privileged wealthy.

Occasionally, Obama inadvertently reveals this when he comments that there is only so much that he can do. It is not that his plate is too full; it is that those who pull the strings in Congress with lavish campaign contributions are his real opposition. And as Bill Maher "joked" the other night, Obama didn't realize the strength of his opposition party in D.C.: the Democrats.

So, personally, maybe the Green Revolution gives progressives something one can feel in one's heart, in one's soul to support. It gives us a sense of urgency and quickens our pulse on behalf of those who seek the freedom of the human spirit.

That is how many of us felt during the Obama campaign, before we discovered that even though Obama had gloriously pulled off a stunning victory over the reacitonary right wing, the seat of power remained on Wall Street and K Street, not at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

And so we vicariously support the brave seekers of freedom of the Green Revolution. Because it is a struggle so fundamentally moving -- and because we are so frustrated that our dreams of taming climate change, cleaning up the environment, restoring justice and transparency, and universal healthcare (even just a government insurance option) are being so ruinously compromised away.

That is because President Obama may have discovered that the corporate and wealthy forces have more power than he does -- and his ability to change the entrenched culture of D.C. is limited, even if he is President of the United States.

That makes the drama of the Green Revolution all the more compelling, because it is so clear, so defined, because it is a matter of life and death.

BuzzFlash supports President Obama (although we have and will air our differences) and will continue to battle the right wing and the entrenched powers, but it has become clearer that short of a populist uprising, President Obama may have far less power to create fundamental change than he or we had realized.

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You would think the frustrations of phone dealings with corporations alone would have us in the streets. I spent 45 minutes this morning trying to order a new phone service. I had to be transferred 4 times. Each time you go through the same Q&A ID process which by itself is aggravating. On top of the hours spent ordering new TV, Internet and phone service, and the number of people spoken to, I was given inexcusable misinformation. Directv people more than once told me there was Verizon and ATT phone service in my area which is wrong, and Verizon Internet which is also wrong. There is no grievance process, no authority figure to speak with, and now no confidence that the information you are given is correct. I know I can't be alone in my rage over the difficulty in dealing with these forces, but I don't hear it expressed much. There, I've vented, but don't feel that much better.......

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We have the right to peaceable assembly and to have our employees in our government address our grievances.

The problem with so many demonstrations and peace rallies in the past is this, at the end of the day, everyone went home.

We need to peaceably march on Washington, and when we get there, we need to just sit down and stay there. If you are sitting down, you can't help but be peaceable. That is the beauty of a sit-in.

If just a few thousand people were to do this, once the word got out, Washington would have a million people show up the very next day. Then we would completely surround the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court and the Pentagon. By the end of the week we would have the resignations of all our mutinous, plutocracy supporting representatives in our federal government.

The Constitutional Revolution could be won without violence, which is how the Constitution originally intended it.

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Every other nation in the world will rid itself of corporate dominance long before we will. The question is: will they only replace it with another form of oppression?

Figuratively, America is slowing resembling Berlin in 1944-45, with Chinese economic power representing the approaching conquering forces. Our "willing" allies can already see the shift in power, and are taking steps to ensure their own protection. Australia, for instance, is about to spend a huge sum building up their "defense" forces because they believe they can no longer count on the US military. Expect Oz's WWII Asian enemy Japan to follow suit and rebuild theirs as well.

Face it, fellow citizens, we have been led over a cliff by blind fools. This nation is finished, betrayed from within, and there is no none interested in your welfare. It's about time to begin watching out for your own best interests.

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Submitted by veritas on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 10:57am.

Mr. Karlin, I was going to pass on commenting to your EditorBlog today.... but then after reading your EdBlog, I read another Buzzflash commentary, "INJUSTICES CONTINUE at Guantanamo... in some cases THINGS ARE WORSE"
http://blog.buzzflash.com/contributors/2000
and feel I must point out - these "injustices" and continuing brutality have Mr. Obama's STAMP OF APPROVAL.
And let's not mince words: just as the Barbary Coast pirates captured & enslaved white Europeans during the late 18th century (leading to the US Navy & Marine operations "to the shores of Tripoli" under President Jefferson, as the famous Marine corps hymn goes) so today is our commander-in-chief running a VIRTUAL SLAVERY GULAG at Guantanamo and other US prisons - just as Africa's west-coast kings supplied the transatlantic slave trade with freshly captured and terrorized "chattel" for their own, and slave nations' profits.
Also, no matter how powerful Wall Street may be in Washington, that in no way excuses Mr. Obama from selecting NOTHING BUT Wall Streeters to be his advisors.
Everyone with an IQ greater than that of a flea knows, that Wall Street is FRESHLY EMPOWERED in their reign of corporate-monopoly tyranny (just as Americans once rebelled against the East India Tea Co. royal monopolies that STIFFLED developing American industry - a major source of contention leading to the American Revolution) by the tens upon hundreds of billions of dollar the __Democrats__ have handed to the banksters over the past dozen+ months. The fact that these monies are being kept "secret" and "off the books" is DIRECTLY in opposition to Mr. Obama's 2008 campaign "TRANSPARENCY" pledges - and HE DOES have THE POWER to EXAMINE those TAXPAYER GIFTS to otherwise FAILED banksters.
(Every American should INSTANTLY be aware, to some ball-park figure, of the TOTAL AMOUNT of US TAXPAYER BAILOUTS to banks thus far.)
The fact that Mr. Obama refuses to do so - be honest & transparent with TAXPAYER billions - is a second major indictment of his "honesty", besides running a defacto US slavery gulag.

Obama, Wall Street, etc.

Submitted by spudqueen on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 9:49am.

How long will Americans put up with their enslavement? It was pretty obvious for anyone following the money that Obama was hand-picked right out of central casting by the controlling powers. They knew/know Americans are showing signs of unrest, and how better to tamp that all down than by "entertaining" them some more with Obama. His persona and strengths, his pretty narrative, love story, family, puppy. Americans so desperate for change bought into the illusion presented as a campaign. All the signs of capitulation were there---kowtowing to AIPAC, backed by Wall Street and the corporate media, etc. Way past time for the people to rise up. Enough. Barack said during the campaign that he needs our help, that he can't do it alone. He meant it, people. Be more like the Iranians, and get moving. We are the ones we've been waiting for.

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Submitted by frank326 (not verified) on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 1:05pm.

The Iranians are setting a great example and they have a lot more to lose if they are caught in the streets protesting. The idea of being shot would keep most people at home. Maybe the media wants those shootings exemplified to send a message to us not to protest or else.

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Just imagine huge street protests following the fradulent 2000 "election" here. Just imagine the phony "supreme" court decision overturned for the illegal action it was. Just imagine the prosecution of the bushie thugs and crooked justices responsible for the election fraud. Just imagine a President Gore. Just imagine no 911, no Iraq and Afghanistan "wars", no massive ecological rape, no warrantless eavesdropping, no corporate looting of our treasury. Just imagine.

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It is time for a new American revolution...people have been trampled down by Wall Street and the IMF and the time has come for America to take to the streets, not because of a Theocratic repressive regime, because of a Corporate represssive regime. This theft and compression of our economy is forcing people to nervous breakdowns, lose jobs, houses, security. our problems are every bit as urgent as the Iranian peoples'. The time is now.

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Submitted by rjf7r on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 8:20am.

We too have a council of "Supreme Leaders" who wield absolute power and can decide elections and overrule elected leadership. The only difference is that our Supreme Leadership operates mostly in the shadows, out of the public eye, whereas Iran's is quite open about their existence and influence.

Our country's founders built in a bias towards the wealthy into our Constitution and other institutions, and since then that wealth has grown tremendously and that bias has transformed into domination. I don't think the current situation is what they intended, but it is the evolution of something that they did intend.

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