“I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society.”

As succinctly stated as I have ever read. Progressives constantly preach the corruption of the human soul, but no one ever offers sound methods for reversing inherent human selfishness.

from the American Prospect Article:

“Each King holiday and memorial spawns another round of ‘Where’s Waldo?’ pondering over who our new leader is, or should be, or if one exists at all….I just wish our last [prophet] would come back and remind us that our power lies not in leadership but in a collective refusal to be oppressed.”

-this is pure genius. the ‘Where’s Waldo?’ analogy is so fitting…and concerning a collective resolution not to be oppressed, it should be taken into consideration that Dr. King’s leadership abilities were cultivated in NAACP, a collective organization.

speech excerpt from progress.org:

“We have come a long way in our understanding of human motivation and of the blind operation of our economic system. Now we realize that dislocations in the market operation of our economy and the prevalence of discimination thrust people into idleness and bind them in constant or frequent unemployment against their will.”

this, to me, is the most compelling argument in favor of guaranteed income. though, dare I say, this is somewhat optimistic. after seeing hurricane katrina victims squander voucher money, I’m a little wary of such measures….but perhaps a long term program would have better results…