Channel Signal is in the business of collecting raw online data and then providing analysis. WikiLeaks is in the business of publishing the raw data without translation.

I believe WikiLeaks is staying true to its purpose. Publishing the behind the scenes dialogues of government is neither bad nor good. Governments, including the United States Government, have a vested interest in keeping order and the status quo.

WikiLeaks is about publishing the information and allowing people to make up their own minds. Well, they have. In Tunesia, Egypt, Yeman and perhaps Jordan. And the information has encouraged the lower and middle classes in many middle east countries to rise up and demand change. Change that would allow the lower classes to earn a living and the ruling classes to be less entitled…to cushy government jobs, country clubs, and general plush livestyles.

I believe the Obama Administration is watching all of this unfold with a careful eye. The lower and middle classes in the United States continue to struggle. The upper class, especially Wall Street,  continues to make more money while behaving as if they are “entitled”.

Don’t believe for a moment that our country is immune from unrest. Watching the Egyptian uprising may be giving us a glimpse into the future.

The United States was very healthy in the 1950′s because there was promise in the air. The reward of a better more prosperous life for hard work. That continued in the 60′s and 70′s. It started to come apart in the 90′s and 2000′s…as we had the S&L crises, then the bubbles (both Internet and Housing), and then the Wall Street mess.

Making money just to make money only benefits the rich. And countries who pander to the upper-class undermine the very foundation of good government.

Change will come. Raw information from Wikileaks probably brought change sooner, but it was coming anyway.

Here’s hoping for a smart peaceful change, for the better, in our country.