Thomas Paine

I have been searching around for an inspiring articulation of this miraculous event. The target is Wall Street and we all know about the lopsided power of these plutocrats. But searching through economics texts for some positive solution has given me a headache. William Greider, Meghnad Desai, Keynes, Schumpeter, and the entire pantheon does not inspire.

Thomas Paine inspires. This could be a return to our real roots. The US, tattered and broken, can look to this Englishman for a rebirth of the values that launched this country.

occupy wall street

It is a miracle. I don't know whether it was anonymous who started it, or perhaps it was a spontaneous Arab autumn. This might be the breakthrough past the stalemate, the paralyzed government and the slow steady hemorrhaging of the body politic. It is exhilirating to behold. A fresh breath of democracy.