--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > <snip> > > > Americans as a whole don't care whether the people in the > > > Third World live or die. That's why they elect leaders > > > who don't care whether these people live or die and who > > > design and implement their global strategies accordingly. > > > > Well, no, not "Americans as a whole." > > > > More than 51 million Americans voted *against* > > George Bush in 2000; more than 59 million voted > > against him in 2004. > > > > Unfortunately only around 60 percent of those > > eligible to vote actually voted in 2004, so we > > don't know how the rest felt. But we *do* know > > that less than a third of voters actually pulled > > the lever for Bush. > > We DO know how those who didn't vote felt. > > They didn't care enough even to vote. > > Therefore in effect they voted. > > Bush is President because the American people > caused him to be there, via comission or omission.
Your "theory" appears to presume the US is a pure democracy -- one person, one vote. While that is the standard throughout much of the civilized world, the US is a democratic back water. It remains a backwater of darkness and corruption due to i) the electoral college (Gore won in 2000 -- the was the true reflection of US will), ii) a bi-cameral system of legislature where one house is the antithesis of one persone, one vote, and the other is so rigged (jerrymandering) that only 10% or so of races are actually competitive -- that is -- democratic. The rest of the races are simple power-maintnenace by entrenched "rulers". Further, out-of-state contribution to local races, corrupt lobbying rules and campaign finance, and no centralized national election rules -- allowing local corruption (Ohio, Florida, Kathleen Smith, paperless trail voting machines) all are choking the true will of the people by entrenched powers. With so many distortions in in ts so-called democracy, democracy in the US is a sick patient in intensive care. Hardly vibrant and reflective of the will of the people. The US currently is more than than not, a banana republic of entrenched powers sustaining their power. Its not a wonder corrupt low-vibe policies are developed and implemented. How to break the black-shroud of darkeness choking american democracy? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
