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Axelrod says that Obama, and only Obama, will be in charge of American Foreign and Economic Policies. So, I wonder where that leaves the American People. Where do the American People fit in?
There are many of us who share a vision of an America that is of, by and for the People. Many of us believe that it would be better to let the American People - educated about the truths of global economics - decide about what is in their true best interests. For example - about ending the war and ending a foreign policy of aggression and imperialism. And for example, holding corporations accountable and plugging loopholes that allow corporations to abuse workers and the tax system.
How about a return to the idea that public officials are elected not as oligarchs, but as representatives of the best and common interests of all people.
It is good that Bush will be out of office. Bush's actions (reign of horror) created a movement. First it was in backlash - against what the Bush Administration was doing. But now it is progressing onward and moving toward something; it is a genuine movement for a truly better world. It's not just against the wrongs of the Bush Administration. It's for what is right (i.e. in the sense of "correct"). It is for justice, for human rights, for environmental protection - for economic sanity in a time of overpopulation and overconsumption of limited resources...
The job now is to keep this movement awake. Keep it alive. Keep pushing and striving and struggling. Keep telling the truth and pursuing dialogue. Keep challenging the broken and harmful systems that endanger humanity and the health of the planet...
It will be critical to the health of the planet and future generations to maintain the momentum (created by Bush's actions in office) that now exists in the progressive, peace and social/economic/environmental justice movements.
