Michael1942's Blog

Alliance: In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other’s pocket that they cannot separately plunder a third. -Ambrose Bierce- The above quotation describes National and local politics better than I can write it. The heart of this quotation exemplifies the reason for our current financial crisis which extends from the Congress to the local governments. By the natural connection of non profit agencies to government funding this also applies to them. A once proud grass roots organization now has become its own evil twin. By definition, non profits are just that, the monies contributed, donated or otherwise obtained are used to continue the work and pay the workers who actually do the work while carrying on the mission of the organization. There is no bottom line that benefits shareholders and the owners, but when the managers begin to feather their own nests on the backs of their clients and the workers then you have a corrupt organization that is at once dangerous and weak. The public face of such an organization is then hiding dishonesty and greed behind a smiling countenance. Every revolution starts with the recognition of injustice at the hands of the master’s lieutenants and at that point the workers begin to reject the organization by all legal means up to and including violence if necessary (remember this country’s beginnings?). In these modern times it is done through information. An informed populace is as strong as an armed force and much more effective. Lies and deceit have become the life blood of such non “profiteers” creating a fertile environment for uprising and rebellion. An immediate answer to the question of what agency is this?, for the answer look for the crumbling anchor agency on the East Side.