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> Kakki, pretty much on the button as usual, wrote:
>
> << Geez, whatever happened to the "moderate" view in the U.S.? >>
>
> To which Marcel replied:
>
> << Clinton has polarized the entire country by one half having to defend his
> breaking of the law. Twisting decades old legal precedent into tacit approval
> of his literal committance of serious crimes. Our country has been severely
> divided by this man and his race baiting, class warefare campaign strategy.
> >>
>
> So Clinton is responsible for the disappearance of the moderate view? That
> sounds a tad far-fetched to me. As for race baiting and class warfare, come
> ON! You make the man sound like some neo-Marxist pinko. Little though I
> know of US politics, this is patent nonsense. I would say the Democrat party
> as a mean (taking into account that there is a greater range of views within
> it - and within the Republican party - than in any parties here) is somewhat
> to the right of the Labour party in this country, which is itself barely to
> the left of centre. The left (as I understand it - and I'm not saying my
> view is better than yours, but it's certainly as valid) has all but vanished
> from mainstream politics in America and here, which is why Ralph Nader is
> such a striking anomaly, and why Old Labour stalwarts here like Tony Benn and
> Dennis Skinner are regarded as relics, and looked on with indulgence or even
> affection by the right; they no longer pose a threat. You can't get a
> cigarette paper between the two main parties here on most issues, and I know
> a lot of Americans feel the same about Dem & Rep. After all, the world is
> run by multinational corporations, isn't it :-)
I have been enlightened to see how similar this govt is to the last. Those who satnd up
for human rights are reguallry scorned and mocked. It seems that only the Greens here
have
a truly humanitic agenda yet I would not be surpised if that turned out to be something
completely different if they ever got in power.
Childsih as I am, I have never understood how we are treated as subordinates by the
police
forces, the medic, the govt etc when they are all there to serve US! We pay them, we
elect, them we are the employers!
Why do we give our power away so easily?
>
>
> Azeem in London, getting cold in my draughty flat - AND I've got a sodding
> mouse in the flat now. I told it to fuck off ('scuse my French, but my
> language can become very intemperate when I'm addressing small rodents), and
> has it taken a blind bit of notice?
>
> NP: Match of the Day ("proper" football ;-)
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bw
colin
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