What Progressives Don’t Understand About Obama

I shared the link What Progressives Don’t Understand About Obama by Ishmael Reed in the December 11, 2010 New York Times, and I commented:

Be that as it may, whatever factors edge the Obama administration rightward, the responsibility of progressives is to convince and organize public opinion to edge it leftward, toward democracy, civil and human rights, the common good, less imperialism, prudent and sensible regulation of corporations and financiers, protection of workers' right to organize unions, public single payer health insurance, and so on.

Obama is a pragmatist. He'd be more progressive if convinced by an organized mass movement that that would be pragmatic. An organized mass movement starts in our home communities with whatever opportunities for organizing are there within whatever time one can budget.

Comment re dinner at Santa Fe Capitol Grill

I had the stuffed acorn squash with quinoa, spinach, roasted peppers, corn, figs, almonds and orange fig sauce, plus a dark beer on draft recommended by the bartender. It was all good.

Sign spinning at the Santa Fe plaza

I stood on a corner of the downtown Santa Fe plaza 11AM to 4PM today, minus a half hour lunch break, holding a real estate sign. It was fun. I pretended I was in "Santa Fe Plaza: The Musical".

 ...: Sounds like it was a great day! Did you compose lyrics?

Brian Leekley: ..., no, but I did have that just before bursting into song feeling, like I was in a musical like Oklahoma! Characters included the fajita wagon man, the accordion player, the bass player, the gay bicyclists, the local with a ponytail who said "town square in Boston; here it's the plaza", and many more, plus hundreds of passers-by.