Democracy is dead. A strong statement but when money buys anything (including the presidency of the USA - $200 million for an election campaign???), the populations wishes are ignored or ridiculed, corporates can buy anything they want (including laws) and no real choice is offered between parties or candidates, it's an inescapable conclusion.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Doug White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 22 June 2003 12:26 > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: it's not abou the oil > > > Excellent essay, even if somewhat exaggerated in places, > references enough fact to pretty well establish that the US > is currently governed by a gang of crooks. Knowing the > details as they apply to each country on the globe, it is no > wonder why so much of the world resents the US. Of course > Dubya spins it as being > "anti-freedom" I guess in his dictionary, freedom is > defined as the authority > to rape and pillage any country for the personal self > interest of the participants in its government. > > Add to that, the huge tax cuts granted to those who had > previously been left out by the policies granting exemption > to corporations, whose contributions to the revenue of the US > government has been dropping steadily. Most amazing of all > is how many of the rank and file middle class conservative > types continue to support this gang. Even as you watch your > retirement savings dwindle away, your income continues to > drop, jobs simply evaporating and your government's debt > jumping to record levels from surpluses only a few short > years ago. This has long been the Republican Mantra, and > that is to borrow against the future to benefit a few in the > present. You can try to spin it any way you want to, the end > result is the same. > > Were it not for the unbridled greed of the graduate MBAs of > the past thirty or so years, none of this would have ever > been made public. The most disturbing of all, is that now > that it is public, the worst case scenario for the crooked > corporate management is that they get to keep their ill > gotten gains and will > pay little or no penalties for their mis-conduct. That is, > as long as they > continue to be major contributors of money to the politicians > that regulate them. > > Agreed that this is not strictly a Republican issue, (41% to > Democrats, 59% to > Republicans) they are in the position to create a "return to > moral responsibility." What a pipe dream that would be, > because they are just not going to do that. It is not a need > to create more criminal laws either, because they are already > on the books and have been for years. The political party in > power controls who gets prosecuted, and their track records > shows they do not indict their friends. Contributors are > friends, you know? > > On a lighter side, The article mentioned that the average > wage in Nigeria is $1 per day, and according to the spew of > email that I receive, there are literally hundreds of > millions stashed here and there, that only with my help can > the Nigerians individuals rise above the poverty level. Gee, > if only the offered commissions could be directed to > reduction of the National Debt, there would be no deficit and > no one would begrudge the obscene theft in progress by some > corporate executives. > > Ahh, so much for my Sunday Morning analysis, got to get ready > to go to church! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 1:10 AM > Subject: it's not abou the oil > > > | http://210.50.193.224/Untitled-1.html > | > | -- > | Mr Jones and me > | We're stumbling through the barrio.... > | > | > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
