Saturday, February 7, 2009

Welcome to Common Agenda USA

As honest Americans, we have been conditioned to see public discourse as a battle to the death between opposing sides in an irreconcilable war of factions. Another way is possible.

The time is ripe...

...to facilitate a fundamental change in the way political will is expressed and implemented. There are growing calls for a new kind of dialog that builds on common goals. The politics of destruction have become obsolete.

This is a very exciting development!

Surveys are now showing that the majorities of "both" political parties are profoundly disaffected and clamoring for honesty and visionary leadership. Yet, the opportunists who brazenly manipulate the populace have strategically allied themselves to block any threats to their hegemony. The “Demoblicans” shadow box and all “third party” challengers are reduced to spoiler status, and are met with hostility. The honest politicians of both parties are blocked by the entrenched leadership. Even their authentic efforts are too often co-opted for partisan advantage.

Adversity is the order of the day, and the wedges that divide us are honed and hammered incessantly. They have become the only tools we know. Each faction is chipping away at the others, and we are left scattered like dust in the breath of predators. Special interests have their way, and the hopes of...

We The People

...are fed on crumbs!

Although we hear the screaming at the “other side” across a seemingly bottomless abyss, in fact, it is not an abyss after all! It is actually all that we have in common, but have been tricked into missing by the semantic and perceptual traps set and perpetrated by those who prefer to dominate! There is far more that we have in common than we have acknowledged.

As we loosen our grip on the "us" versus "them" thinking, the strength in our diversity will emerge. In order to reveal the unstoppable power of a united citizenry, a greater respect and sharing must occur.

Join me in the effort to empower the new Politics of Possibility.

Stay tuned...

James Spitzer

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