We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Friday, August 20, 2010

Top Expert: Geology is "Fractured", Relief Wells May Fail ... BP is Using a "Cloak of Silence", Refusing to Share Even Basic Data with the Government

from Washington's Blog. 

It seems to me that corporate secrecy over a major catastrophic event such as the oil drilling disaster in the Gulf of Mexico illustrates so dramatically how private interests (corporations, ruling class) today thoroughly trump the public interest. BP's secrecy has been carefully hidden from public view and revealed by this source.
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