Diary: The March on Washington tomorrow

One last squeak about the protest demonstration in Washington D.C. tomorrow that, when I first heard about it from IndictBushNow, promised to bring "tens of thousands to denounce Bush-era criminal wars" but which is being studiously ignored by the "progressive media" as far as I can tell (see here).

If you listen to Chris Hedges, as I said in my comment on his article "We Stand on the Cusp of One of Humanity's Most Dangerous Moments," headlined today on OpEdNews, you may consider going to the demonstration (more info here) just to feel better about yourself, but don't think it will do any good. We are doomed by forces beyond our control, says Mr. Hedges, but if we want to get to heaven we should keep protesting anyhow.

Me have big problem with this. Me also have big problem with a previous article of Mr. Hedges in which he pooh-poohs our beloved ray of light, the internet, as "The Information Super-Sewer." He apparently doesn't like it the way it is. I do. I can explain that very easily. On Mr. Hedges' internet, you would not be reading this, although you would be reading all of Mr. Hedges' articles.

As I noted in my comment today, consider that Hedges, like Noam Chomsky, does not question the official story of 9/11. Why is this important? It is important because if you think somebody other than 19 lapdance-loving whiskey-swilling devout suicidal box-cutter-carrying aeronautically-challenged Arabs controlled from a cave in Afghanistan (assisted by the Omnipotent Khalid, Sheikh of Sheikhs, soon to be dispatched) defeated the U.S. Air Force four times in one day, you will not be so ready to roll over and die (or at least roll over) in acceptance of the forces that Hedges sees as immutable and inevitable.

Whose interest does it serve to embrace this message of doom, combined with a feckless admonition to "keep protesting" even though it will do no good? Not even Noam Chomsky is that negative.

I will not be in Washington D.C. tomorrow. It's an ocean away. I hope Chris Hedges will be, though, as well as Noam Chomsky, and I hope somebody asks them how and why they can be so smart about so much and so stupid about 9/11. But I would not hold my breath for their answer.