All good points Slip. Further, I suggest that if the ‘third estate’ were not bought and paid for, giving them the actual freedom to investigate, and their voices were widely heard, things would change much more rapidly. The day when Democracy Now!, is given credit and widely advertised might bring about the change its name implies. Side comment, a while back, Amy Goodman, host and reporter for the program, received calls wanting to know when her transcript of a specific current event would be uploaded to her website. In fact, after a couple of such calls, she asked the caller why she need the transcript so quickly and the woman responded that they had a deadline at the MacNeil/Lehrer show for that night!
On Oct 15, 2:17 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > The problem Don is that we have as a society become too complacent and > with the advent of split second computing and microwave cookery we > just simply expect to have a beef about something and in a few minutes > it all done just the way we like it. The establishment? Hah! That > is another problem, there is no more establishment, the government is > in total disarray with way too many factions to allow for efficient > governing. Taxpayers simply fork over trillions of dollars so that > people can sit around and argue, while the other portion goes off on > wild military incursions. If you haven't noticed by now, nothing ever > get's resolved, it's just a perpetual quagmire of problems that need > to be addressed, that is at the cost of lives and tax payers backs. > And look now how one of our esteemed Chairman of the House Ways and > Means Committee is caught in a Tax Fraud > Scandal.http://americaswatchtower.com/2008/09/05/charlie-rangel-caught-in-tax... > He claimed he didn't know he was supposed to claim the income??? > Moron? Idiot? Both? > These are supposed to be the people we trust to run our lives? Hey! > He's only one that has been exposed, who knows how many more of our > esteemed royalty politicians are crooks. Government has gotten > toooooooooo big and in fact sooooooo big that no one really knows what > in hell is going on anymore. Let's not forget the $300 screwdrivers > and $600 toilet seats that taxpayers were doling out on account of > government dysfunction. I'm sure you are aware and I don't need to > bring up Pork Barrel Spending and all the other Government Waste > expenditures. > Bottom line is that government has more money coming in than they know > what to do with. Imagine running your household the way these morons > run the government! You would be out in the street in a few months. > > On Oct 15, 10:41 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'm totally hip Dude. It's like a real bummer. These days you have > > to do some serious damage to property and maybe really mess somebody > > up and bust some heads to get a little attention brought to how badly > > we need world peace. The establishment just don't get it, man. Sigh. > > It's tuff being an aging hippie... > > > dj > > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 9:16 AM, pol.science kid <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > dude! are peace rallies relevant.. i mean i've been in loads of > > > rallies.. started to lose faith in them.. the authorities dont seem to > > > give a damn unless you break some windows.. and when you do that you > > > get arrested.. wats the point! > > > > On Oct 11, 12:43 pm, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I know the majority oppose the award given to President Obama, The Nobel > > >> Peace Prize was created to promote peace. It is doing just what Alfred > > >> Nobel > > >> intended it to do . > > > >> As for those that oppose President Obama getting it,, in the USA if I > > >> remember right the majority supported the war in Iraq. Me I marched in > > >> the > > >> peace demonstrations doing every thing I could to try and avoid the > > >> private > > >> Bush war. > > >> Allan > > > >> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 7:13 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > * A* *Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins > > >> > With the First Step* > > >> > ** > > >> > The majority of those opposed to Obama winning the award are not > > >> > anti > > >> > Obama so much as they question the selection committees' timing. > > >> > Premature > > >> > is the word most associated with those who question the judges' > > >> > judgment. > > >> > Clearly it depends on one's perspective as to how the process that > > >> > potentially results in peace comes about. > > > >> > Between any noble idea and its realization is a continuum of > > >> > incremental > > >> > steps. > > > >> > The idea of peace is a universal goal for most people who share the > > >> > common > > >> > ethic of live and let live. Doesn't everyone share that ethic? Of > > >> > course we > > >> > know that the answer to this question is a resounding no. > > > >> -- > > >> ( > > >> ) > > >> I_D Allan- Hide quoted text - > > > >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
