Hillary's failing with BLM was her lack of personal reflection, not the "white people" phrase
It was Hillary's lack of reflection on how much her own efforts on "getting tough on crime", done mostly for political gain, I suspect, have been responsible for a worsening, not an improvement, in the lives of black and brown people in America.
This lack of reflection is not unique for her. It is something we have come to expect from her considering her only official comment on the IWR vote that helped to take the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocents was basically "I made the wrong call." --rather short of the apology most of us Democratic voters would like to see.
The legacy of the crimes bill that she actively helped to push and lobby for when she was First Lady has been the growth of incarceration, growth of private prisons and the dissolution of black and brown families in unprecedented numbers -so much that the number of black men in prison today now exceeds that of the number of slaves in the 1850's.
THAT is what she needed to reflect on, instead of lecturing about what BLM needs to do and how they need to do it.
"Obviously, I know more about the Civil Rights Movement in the old days, because I had a lot of involvement in working with people. So they had a plan—this piece of legislation, this court case we’re going to make, et cetera, et cetera. Same with the gay rights movement."
No, Hillary, I think BLM knows exactly how they want to protest and your job is not to tell them how to do that. The job you are trying to get elected for is to make policy. But if you want to earn votes, you're going to have to show some introspection and reflection. For the lives of people of color both in the US and in the countries you have encouraged the US to make war upon.
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of what a crime bill for the 90's should look like, I'd be greatly in their debt.
Rule One: Deception
It's hardly surprising then why Strauss is so popular in an administration obsessed with secrecy, especially when it comes to matters of foreign policy. Not only did Strauss have few qualms about using deception in politics, he saw it as a necessity. While professing deep respect for American democracy, Strauss believed that societies should be hierarchical – divided between an elite who should lead, and the masses who should follow. But unlike fellow elitists like Plato, he was less concerned with the moral character of these leaders. According to Shadia Drury, who teaches politics at the University of Calgary, Strauss believed that "those who are fit to rule are those who realize there is no morality and that there is only one natural right – the right of the superior to rule over the inferior."
This dichotomy requires "perpetual deception" between the rulers and the ruled, according to Drury. Robert Locke, another Strauss analyst says,"The people are told what they need to know and no more." While the elite few are capable of absorbing the absence of any moral truth, Strauss thought, the masses could not cope. If exposed to the absence of absolute truth, they would quickly fall into nihilism or anarchy, according to Drury, author of 'Leo Strauss and the American Right' (St. Martin's 1999).
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The image encapsulates the neoconservative vision of the United States' relationship with the rest of the world – as well as the relationship between their relationship as a ruling elite with the masses. "They really have no use for liberalism and democracy, but they're conquering the world in the name of liberalism and democracy," Drury says.
http://www.alternet.org/story/15935/leo_strauss'_philosophy_of_deception
From the Council on Foreign Relations' publication.
America’s Pacific Century
The future of politics will be decided in Asia, not Afghanistan or Iraq, and the United States will be right at the center of the action
BY HILLARY CLINTON | NOVEMBER 2011
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At a time when the region is building a more mature security and economic architecture to promote stability and prosperity, U.S. commitment there is essential. It will help build that architecture and pay dividends for continued American leadership well into this century, just as our post-World War II commitment to building a comprehensive and lasting transatlantic network of institutions and relationships has paid off many times over -- and continues to do so. The time has come for the United States to make similar investments as a Pacific power, a strategic course set by President Barack Obama from the outset of his administration and one that is already yielding benefits.
With Iraq and Afghanistan still in transition and serious economic challenges in our own country, there are those on the American political scene who are calling for us not to reposition, but to come home. They seek a downsizing of our foreign engagement in favor of our pressing domestic priorities. These impulses are understandable, but they are misguided. Those who say that we can no longer afford to engage with the world have it exactly backward -- we cannot afford not to. From opening new markets for American businesses to curbing nuclear proliferation to keeping the sea lanes free for commerce and navigation, our work abroad holds the key to our prosperity and security at home. For more than six decades, the United States has resisted the gravitational pull of these "come home" debates and the implicit zero-sum logic of these arguments. We must do so again.
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How we translate the growing connection between the Indian and Pacific oceans into an operational concept is a question that we need to answer if we are to adapt to new challenges in the region. Against this backdrop, a more broadly distributed military presence across the region will provide vital advantages. The United States will be better positioned to support humanitarian missions; equally important, working with more allies and partners will provide a more robust bulwark against threats or efforts to undermine regional peace and stability.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2011/10/11/americas-pacific-century/
If the article at the link above gets scrubbed, a copy of the entire essay can be found at the link below.
http://www.thomhartmann.com/forum/2012/09/dlcs-pnac-document-hillary-clinton-americas-strategy
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251495072
'It was very lifelike, it was almost as though she was there, talking down to us'
