tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625342044305934142.post1505793822894715120..comments2024-03-03T19:55:31.312-08:00Comments on Revolution Dispatch: Why The Revolution Won On TuesdayRainer Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11022045134072038196noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625342044305934142.post-87613971001147964212016-07-20T15:03:55.460-07:002016-07-20T15:03:55.460-07:00That sounds ideal.That sounds ideal.Rainer Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11022045134072038196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625342044305934142.post-83694554911402750752016-07-20T06:14:30.267-07:002016-07-20T06:14:30.267-07:00Very well stated, Brother. I will sharing this ric...Very well stated, Brother. I will sharing this rich article. Thanks for taking the time and effort to write it. -Ron Greenstein, performs@mindspring.com<br />The following is my idea for a not-politics-as-usual political party:<br />The following is a second draft describing the proposed B (Be/Bee) Party. <br />Motto concept: “Recognizing and replacing the false values of limited self-interest by individually and collectively learning, asserting, and living up to true and lasting values.” Education, Coordination, Demonstration, and Support<br /><br />MISSION: The mission of B Party is to create, plan, and execute ways of influencing various industries dominated by large corporations to willingly embrace as their primary consideration the interests for all concerned when creating policies and making decisions, rather than having the primary and exclusive concern be maximizing the profits for the owners and management. This redirection of consideration and concerns would include, for example, protection of the environment from pollutants; creation of high quality products that are safe, that last, and, when possible, are repairable or can be updated without requiring replacement; not squeezing vendors; the fair sharing of the profits accrued among all participants, worker, management, and investors. <br /><br />MEMBERSHIP: The influence will come from establishing and organizing a vast membership of those organizations, companies, and individual citizen/consumers committed to carrying out the mission as it is unfolds into organized plans over time. Anyone may resolve to become a member at any point in time, and, likewise, are free to withdraw their support at any time for any reason. Members fulfill their support of the mission by keeping informed of what the leadership councils create as targets and plans of action. These would primarily be twofold: 1) demonstrating one’s membership in simple ways such as letter writing or gathering en masse at local designated locations. (One other that has intrigued me is to spend a day or a few days neither spending nor earning money--give money a holiday) 2) alter one’s business relationship with a company such as changing banks, phone/cable provider, food outlets, health insurance provider, etc. from a company unwilling to come in line with B Party’s request to a company who commits to do so as established specifically by a wisdom council.<br /><br />LEADERSHIP: The B Party will employ the wisdom council (WC) approach to lead, guide, problem-solve, and oversee the volunteer staff who carry out the needed tasks. Some of these tasks are: WC facilitation, communications to members, organization of demonstrations, contacting companies, and, if necessary, purchasing an existing company or starting up a new one.<br /><br />MOTIVATION: The priority of concerns to be upheld by the B Party are in accord with intrinsic , lasting values, such as: Kindness, harmony, tolerance, self-sacrifice, selfless service, fairness, reverence. Basic to these is a robust concern for the health, safety, welfare, and the pursuit (practice) of happiness of others bolstered by a preparedness to sacrifice one’s own comforts, convenience, personal gains or status to fulfill these priorities. Consider this found on the internet: What is the meaning of and crown thy good with brotherhood? From America The Beautiful, the phrase means that the country's product, profits or goods should be plentiful and that this achievement should be topped with fraternal spirit of giving (generosity).<br /><br />One other comment: *And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea. Does this form of brotherhood exist in this nation in which the disparity of wealth and income is the highest among the 32 industrialized nations of the world? A nation in which 45 million Americans live below the poverty line and a like number try to survive on food stamps? Does anyone see any evidence that the so-called 1% of Americans who control about 35% of the total wealth of this country have any concern whatsoever for the serious problems that so many of their fellow Americans face?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08437697763163452440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625342044305934142.post-37207475402503142782016-07-13T18:39:14.556-07:002016-07-13T18:39:14.556-07:00Bernie did NOT concede!Bernie did NOT concede!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09046967545056565402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625342044305934142.post-44324172307206654532016-07-12T16:25:08.994-07:002016-07-12T16:25:08.994-07:00I switched to the Green Party.I switched to the Green Party.srdalyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239484300195947559noreply@blogger.com