With George Bush gone, Cindy Sheehan has turned her sights on the rest of us with her new book “Myth America: 10 Greatest Myths of the Robber Class and the Case for Revolution!”. I haven’t read the book because it’s not in Kindle. <\/p>\n
Apparently Sheehan self-published the book because it’s only available at her website and I don’t think I want to put money in her pocket. I’d rather she starve to death, actually. I don’t mean to be cruel, but apparently, from what I heard a few years ago, starving to death is the most humane way to be euthanized. And I’d like Sheehan to be out of her misery.<\/p>\n
But you really don’t need to read the whole book when she makes the 10 myths available without context;
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Myth #1. America: Greatest Nation in the Universe!
\nMyth # 2. Elections Matter
\nMyth # 3. There\u2019s a huge Difference Between Dems and Repubs
\nMyth # 4. It is Noble to Die in Robber Class Wars
\nMyth # 5. The Federal Reserve Cares About You
\nMyth # 6. It\u2019s a Privilege to pay Income Taxes to the Robber Class
\nMyth # 7. Housing, Health Care and Education are Privileges, too
\nMyth # 8. America has a Free Press
\nMyth # 9. The Environment, Who Needs it?
\nMyth #10. Nineteen Muslims with box cutters were responsible for 9\/11<\/p><\/blockquote>\nWithout reading beyond the list above, I know exactly what the rest of the book says – I’ve heard it all before and I’ve heard it all of my life. But in case you need a taste, here’s an excerpt;<\/p>\n
The Robber Class loves to divide us along arbitrary lines: Republican\/Democrat; White\/Black\/Brown; Protestant\/Catholic\/Jew\/Muslim; North\/South; but these divisions are malleable, even our skin color can be changed a la Michael Jackson! But seriously, skin color is only a surface issue; inside we are all the same! The Robber Class knows that there really only exists one division in the world: Robber Class and Robbed Class. We in the Robbed Class have way more in common with each other than we do that separates us.
\nIt\u2019s time to break the sick relationship that we have with the Robber Class and do something about it! They can only rob us, if we allow them to.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nBrilliant, huh? When’s the last time you heard the CEO of Coca Cola divide us into classes? Yet we only need to go back two days to watch Barbara Boxer<\/a> try to separate out by race a free thinking Black man from his own convictions. And, of course, Sheehan is right here trying to cash in on her own playing at pretend class warfare.<\/p>\n
There are some people who’ve read the book however and they love the sound of her unicorn- and Skittles-based politics;<\/p>\n
The Nobel Peace prize nominee had three published books before she released the internet book, Myth America, available on her website. She does not believe the Democratic Party offers alternatives. She advocates change on a smaller scale where people forge community to strengthen each other, where they forge common ground around sustainable agriculture, buying locally, minimizing consumption, forgoing credit and moving their money from the mega-banks into not-for-profit credit unions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In other words, Sheehan and her acolytes want us to return to the 18th century. Well, she probably wants us to live in the 18th century while she’ll keep her 21st century stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"