Comments on: It’s about Palestine, Mr Obama http://www.mothersky.com/2009/01/its-about-palestine-mr-obama/ Skywatch and Blog Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:21:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Jessica Murray http://www.mothersky.com/2009/01/its-about-palestine-mr-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Jessica Murray Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:59:00 +0000 http://mothersky.tod0.com/?p=821#comment-229 Thank you for your heartfelt comment, Bigsky. I guess there are two kindsof being asleep. There's the kind of asleep that most of the US public is in, because of the complicity of the media with a corrupt foreign policy: that is, they just don't know what's going on. Obama, by contrast, isn't asleep in the sense of being uninformed; he knows very well that the Gazaans are in a sealed concentration-camp like place with closed borders, with no money, food, medical supplies allowed in, and that they've been victims of a war of attrition for years. In other words, that this is nothing like an equal contest; and moreover he knows very well where the humongous military power that's raining down upon them comes from. So Obama's kind of "asleep" is more the moral "asleepness" of politicians struggling to balance the ignorance of public opinion and vested power cartels with whatever moral fibre he happens to privately have... which I don't believe we know yet.<br/>Blessed be as the Full Moon dawns.<br/>Jessica Thank you for your heartfelt comment, Bigsky. I guess there are two kindsof being asleep. There’s the kind of asleep that most of the US public is in, because of the complicity of the media with a corrupt foreign policy: that is, they just don’t know what’s going on. Obama, by contrast, isn’t asleep in the sense of being uninformed; he knows very well that the Gazaans are in a sealed concentration-camp like place with closed borders, with no money, food, medical supplies allowed in, and that they’ve been victims of a war of attrition for years. In other words, that this is nothing like an equal contest; and moreover he knows very well where the humongous military power that’s raining down upon them comes from. So Obama’s kind of “asleep” is more the moral “asleepness” of politicians struggling to balance the ignorance of public opinion and vested power cartels with whatever moral fibre he happens to privately have… which I don’t believe we know yet.
Blessed be as the Full Moon dawns.
Jessica

]]> By: Bigsky http://www.mothersky.com/2009/01/its-about-palestine-mr-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Bigsky Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:36:00 +0000 http://mothersky.tod0.com/?p=821#comment-228 Excellent as usual Jessica. I am new to your site but have read most everything you have posted and feel you are saying things that need to be said. Keep on, keepin' on!<br/> <br/>It simply amazes me how few people are commenting, discussing, or even acknowledging what is happening in Gaza. I live in a rural western state and it is if this is happening on another planet far far away or not happening at all. It seems as if people are making no connection between our (U.S.) major role in this and the monstrous effect that we are all a part. Obama's lack of response is more than disconcerting...he is an accessory, as we all are, if he sits back and does nothing. As you have so eloquently said numerous times, we the people have to take the lead and hopefully Obama will follow. It's as if two worlds, two types of people, exist right now in very extreme states..."awake" and "asleep". Obama seems to be in the latter category and we need to, very urgently, wake him up. My question is, what will it take? Excellent as usual Jessica. I am new to your site but have read most everything you have posted and feel you are saying things that need to be said. Keep on, keepin’ on!

It simply amazes me how few people are commenting, discussing, or even acknowledging what is happening in Gaza. I live in a rural western state and it is if this is happening on another planet far far away or not happening at all. It seems as if people are making no connection between our (U.S.) major role in this and the monstrous effect that we are all a part. Obama’s lack of response is more than disconcerting…he is an accessory, as we all are, if he sits back and does nothing. As you have so eloquently said numerous times, we the people have to take the lead and hopefully Obama will follow. It’s as if two worlds, two types of people, exist right now in very extreme states…”awake” and “asleep”. Obama seems to be in the latter category and we need to, very urgently, wake him up. My question is, what will it take?

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