It is with great respect for the position and the power of the Presidency that I bring forth this message of revolt towards the Bush administration's environmental policies in the West. If we do not contest the rules made by arrogant and egocentric men desperate to have authority and to exert control over the lives of their supposed subjects, then we will find ourselves exposed to the 'soft tyranny' that Alexis de Tocqueville wrote about so eloquently in "Democracy in America". We are not here to simply obey or to acquiesce, but to contest, because contestation leads to change, reform, and new beginnings. It is a fundamental attribute of human nature to resist where power and authority attempt to impede, or where the imposition of rules undermines the very nature of our civil liberties. Ignorant compliance, obedience, and conformance lead to a path of apathy and acquiescence that perpetuates the very mediocrity that allows tyranical regimes to reign and persist. Resistance, rebellion, and revolt are the driving forces of social change and what better way to do it then through our capitalistic system. Resistance, rebellion, and revolt underpins our will to reorder the social structures in which we reside, social structures that are neither monolithic or constant but shift with the winds of our voices articulating something more, something different. Tim DeChristopher represents the type of actions that must be taken if we, the American public, are to maintain what is rightfully ours. If we do not speak for change we will find ourselves left with only half of what we are entitled to in regard to our land, freedoms and civil liberties. In this public sphere, as Habermas has called it, we must have as many opportunities and as many possible spaces conceivably available to articulate our positions, even when these positions are contrary to established norms. The articulation of new or potential realities opens new spaces for debate and it is time for a novel debate to ensue. Think, speak, and act! DONATE now to Tim DeChristopher's campaign and own the land that is rightfully ours.

Woody Guthrie said it best: "Nobody living can ever stop me, As I go walking that freedom highway; nobody living can ever make me turn back. This land was made for you and me".

S. Matthew Wilburn, Ph.D.

President/CEO

SMW Global Consulting

Boulder, Colorado

http://www.smwglobalconsulting.com

 

It is with great respect for the position and the power of the Presidency that I bring forth this message of revolt towards the Bush administration's environmental policies in the West. If we do not contest the rules made by arrogant and egocentric men desperate to have authority and to exert control over the lives of their supposed subjects, then we will find ourselves exposed to the 'soft tyranny' that Alexis de Tocqueville wrote about so eloquently in "Democracy in America". We are not here to simply obey or to acquiesce, but to contest, because contestation leads to change, reform, and new beginnings. It is a fundamental attribute of human nature to resist where power and authority attempt to impede, or where the imposition of rules undermines the very nature of our civil liberties. Ignorant compliance, obedience, and conformance lead to a path of apathy and acquiescence that perpetuates the very mediocrity that allows tyranical regimes to reign and persist. Resistance, rebellion, and revolt are the driving forces of social change and what better way to do it then through our capitalistic system. Resistance, rebellion, and revolt underpins our will to reorder the social structures in which we reside, social structures that are neither monolithic or constant but shift with the winds of our voices articulating something more, something different. Tim DeChristopher represents the type of actions that must be taken if we, the American public, are to maintain what is rightfully ours. If we do not speak for change we will find ourselves left with only half of what we are entitled to in regard to our land, freedoms and civil liberties. In this public sphere, as Habermas has called it, we must have as many opportunities and as many possible spaces conceivably available to articulate our positions, even when these positions are contrary to established norms. The articulation of new or potential realities opens new spaces for debate and it is time for a novel debate to ensue. Think, speak, and act! DONATE now to Tim DeChristopher's campaign and own the land that is rightfully ours.

Woody Guthrie said it best: "Nobody living can ever stop me, As I go walking that freedom highway; nobody living can ever make me turn back. This land was made for you and me".

S. Matthew Wilburn, Ph.D.

President/CEO

SMW Global Consulting

Boulder, Colorado

http://www.smwglobalconsulting.com