tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5028381968537416.post3717500421491394615..comments2010-09-13T22:13:03.155-07:00Comments on America then and now: What we "know"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5028381968537416.post-86163327493246030082009-11-14T12:45:27.561-08:002009-11-14T12:45:27.561-08:00Here's an amazing video, The Fall of the
Repub...Here's an amazing video, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VebOTc-7shU" rel="nofollow">The Fall of the<br />Republic</a>, nearing 700,000 views, that really makes you wonder about what's true and what's not. I think we've gotten to the point where it's almost impossible to know the truth anymore, which is quite frightening. <br /><br />This video seems important because it makes it possible for progressives watching it to have an understanding of where the Glenn Beck crowd is coming from--they have some legitimate points. This is the first thing I've seen that offers some home to me that we can work with these people. <br /><br />We've been distracted by the huge us vs. them battle we waged for the year leading up to the November '09 election, but now it's becoming clear that we on the left and our brothers and sisters on the right have a much bigger enemy than (from our perspective) Sarah Palin or from theirs (black Obama). The people of Afghanistan unified against the Soviets, but once the Soviets were out, groups of Afghans began killing one another over slight religious and cultural differences, once again. <br /><br />The progressives and the Glenn Beckites (along with the brainwashed middle-of-the-roaders) are so evenly split that there is no hope of solving anything unless we, at least temporarily, work together with them.Jeff Syrophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06553710770858649264noreply@blogger.com