more from Micheal Moore...

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That speech in Madison was a spontaneous event, not something planned. Read the story here. The story illustrated how the media is part of the problem and another article mentioned by Mike points out that the White House is part of the problem, not part of the solution... the White House sees what is happening in Wisconsin as a distraction that is not part of their new catch phrase... "win the future"....I guess workers rights are not part of the future...
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What is happening is the working class (including a large percentage of people with college degrees) have lost a lot... they have no job, they have lost their retirement savings, they have lost their homes. The enemy here is the financial institutions and bankers who betrayed the trust, and crashed the markets, and the economy. No, the focus is the top 2% of the economic spectrum.

I think people are feeling cheated, and now they see the people at the top as the focus of their anger. Our media. once a force of change is now complicit in the crimes against the working class.

The American people are complex, some are active and participate in the political process, others are so disconnected that all they care about is watching the lies of the media and following sports teams. they are living in a daze, totally unaware of what is happening in the world. Some, such as the political fringe (the Tea Party, and some Republicans) are living their prejudices and trying to destroy the country for their own delusional goals. They are the hypocrites.

We are at a critical point in the history of the United States, we are either going to see the rebirth of a government of the people, or a slide into a fascist government where the people are repressed. If it becomes the latter, then it will be a while, but eventually the people will resort to a violent change.

Going back to an original question you had.. no, Wisconsin had no role in not confronting Libya... what the United States is doing is waiting and watching what s happening in the Arab world. We supported a lot of the dictators that have fallen and I don't think we know how to approach the people in these countries as they have a real suspicion of our motives.

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But people's discontent and even anger dont' mean that it will not be channeled in wrong way. Also they may just accuse black boy on the top of official structures (according to some experts it's his main role). He will be main culprit. And all will be the same. Do active part of american protesters have something else in their minds besides the same cpitalism (but with "good" and "generous" corporations and officials)?

>no, Wisconsin had no role in not confronting Libya...

Yes, may be Wisconsin is so negligible that it didn't affect African plan.

>what the United States is doing is waiting and watching

It is curious moment in my opinion. You totally distrust official media, but at the same time accept it's position about "waiting and watching".

But from aside it looks absolutely obvious that Arab revolutions were inspired by American (and possibly British) specservices.

And now as Kaddafi resists, they openly support the rebels.