so important, I posted it twice

I have talked to friends, family members, etc about this very topic as far back as a couple of years ago, but it seems that some members of the media are finally talking about it. What is it, you ask? Well the direction this country is going and the fact that "big change" might not be enough.

"A little radical, don't you think?", a phrase I've heard more than once when bringing this up. But before you write me off as a crazy person, I would just like to ask you to read this article that came out today. It's downright scary to think about it, even more scary to acknowledge that the "stars are lining up", so to say.

A short excerpt for your perusal -- then go and read the entire article.

Way back in 1962, Caltech sociologist James C. Davies published an article in the American Sociological Review that summarized the conditions that determine how and when modern political revolutions occur. Intriguingly, Davies cited another scholar, Crane Brinton, who laid out seven "tentative uniformities" that he argued were the common precursors that set the stage for the Puritan, American, French, and Russian revolutions. As I read Davies' argument, it struck me that the same seven stars Brinton named are now precisely lined up at midheaven over America in 2008. Taken together, it's a convergence that creates the perfect social, economic, and political conditions for the biggest revolution since the shot heard 'round the world.

And even more interestingly: in every case, we got here as a direct result of either intended or unintended consequences of the conservatives' war against liberal government, and their attempt to take over our democracy and replace it with a one-party plutocracy. It turns out that, historically, liberal nations make very poor grounds for revolution -- but deeply conservative ones very reliably create the conditions that eventually make violent overthrow necessary. And our own Republicans, it turns out, have done a hell of a job.

I promise my next blog post WILL NOT be about politics. Really.