Ig Nobels

[kelber at mindspring.com]

If change doesn't happen from the top down, shouldn't the people on the bottom be marching?

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Henry Musikar <scuffling at gmail.com>
>Sent: Oct 11, 2009 7:32 PM
>To: 'Pynchon Liste' <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: RE: Ig Nobels
>
>Page is right.  All the critics of Obama from the left, including "leaders"
>like Amy Goodman, Noam Chomsky, and Ralph Nader put together haven't done
>half as much to actually move the USA towards helping world peace efforts as
>Obama and his centrist supporters have.  A reduction of American nukes will
>eventually lead other countries to be able to reduce theirs.  
>
>If Obama's rhetoric isn't worth a damn, than why are the words of
>Palestinians and the people who just can't stop marching?  Change doesn't
>happen from the top down, which is why Obama can't do more, or do as much as
>quickly as he appears to want to do.  Obama is hampered by unfriendly fire
>from both sides, each of which accuse him and the Democrats of embodying all
>that they oppose.  He must be doing something right!
>
>I ain't marchin' anymore.  At least not for time being.
>
>Henry Mu
>Sr. IT Consultant
>http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20/  
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Page
>
>Ian wrote:
>
>National change does not happen from the top down.
>_________
>
>This is a lesson we learned from the 60s and early 70s. The way to effect
>real change is to become a member of your City Council, or become a County
>Commissioner. Perhaps, the most useful and effective position would be on
>your local School Board. It was impossible to topple Nixon by small groups
>of the disaffected marching in the streets.
>