Here are a few paragraphs of fall out after the Jefferson Lecture last night in DC. Berry (now patted on the back by right and left as a sage and thinker) kept on pointing out that the economy (which of course is now somewhat synonymous with the government and the corporations) is horribly broken and that we are all guilty for not having the guts to stand up to these interests that should be serving us. Note the reaction of the National Endowment of the Humanities representative who stood up after Berry...bet these folks had no idea who they had invited. The people that kill the prophets are the ones that put the biggest wreaths at their wondrous tombs. This "prophet", however, is not dead yet. They should have waited to honor him...
"That we live now in an economy that is not sustainable is not the fault only of a few mongers of power and heavy equipment. We all are implicated. We all, in the course of daily economic life, consent to it."
With such a stern rebuke of the U-S culture, it's no wonder that after Berry's remarks the Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Jim Leach put some distance between the lecture and the government.
"As an official of the United States Government I’m obligated to note that the views are those of the speaker and do not reflect that of the United States government or any agency thereof."
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