YES! They’ve inspired others to stand up to racist police brutality.
71%
NO! Anger will subside & everyone will go back to their lives.
29%
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Thom's Blog Is On the Move
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Hello All
Thom's blog in this space and moving to a new home.
Please follow us across to hartmannreport.com - this will be the only place going forward to read Thom's blog posts and articles.
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Mueller's favorite place to pray (written about in "Prophet's Way"), and the roof of the room where the Last Supper is reputed to have happened.
From Screwed:
"Once again, Thom Hartmann hits the bull’s eye with a much needed exposé of the so-called ‘free market.’ Anyone concerned about the future of our nation needs to read Screwed now."
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"In an age rife with media-inspired confusion and political cowardice, we yearn for a decent, caring, deeply human soul whose grasp of the problems confronting us provides a light by which we can make our way through the quagmire of lies, distortions, pandering, and hollow self-puffery that strips the American Dream of its promise. How lucky we are, then, to have access to the wit, wisdom, and willingness of Thom Hartmann, who shares with us here that very light, grown out of his own life experience."
From The Thom Hartmann Reader:
"Thom Hartmann seeks out interesting subjects from such disparate outposts of curiosity that you have to wonder whether or not he uncovered them or they selected him."
The momentum is still on track. We who can't act can give mental-spiritual support by wanting changes that help others. The marchers can feel we have their backs.
If the protest are focused and not allow to become (or remain) an excuse for random violence, then yes, it can bring about positive change. However, if it become simply a free-for-all looting and burning and fighting event that it's become, it will be shown simply as ratings fodder and used to show that "they deserve what they it"---however that gets translated by the media.
As a child of the 60's/70's, I grew up in an era of protests and violence. I've been a community and political activist for over 35 years. I've graduated from some of the nation's best grassroots organizing programs. We learned what works and what doesn't and how to create the image---and message---you want in order to bring about the changes you need. That's what Ferguson needs to do, not bring in race baiters.