Saturday, December 10, 2011

American Spring?

Now we are hearing about the Russian spring, compared to the Arab spring, where russians are protesting the election of Putin.  What a surprise, Putin won:  his party controlled the election, kinda like Bush's win in Ohio and Florida in 2000, and his win in Ohio in 2004.  So its compared with the Arab uprising in Tunisia, Libya, Syria, and I guess Yemen (although we support the Saudi troops fighting in Yemen against those for democracy, I think they are for democracy....).  But i havent heard the US press mentioning the American Spring - demonstrations against the 1% of the Americans who control the economy and the country.  Is this OUR Arab spring?  Could it be that democracy movements across the world are finally coming to the US?  But we only perceive democracy movements in foreign countries, like Russia, or Libya - are we really democratic here?  The people who contol the US, arent they the ones who supported Putin?  Who were working with a reformed Ghaddafi?  

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