* Like * it, Allen, as in how I'd have clicked on gravity. On Mar 25, 7:48 pm, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > This is not some culture it is known a propaganda,, material with out > substance,, I noticed the republicans did not talk about the Bush culture > that ran the national debt up 9 trillion dollars .. starting with Regan > you are in Texas ,, why have you not gone in and arrested Bush for accepting > a bribe.. if you ask what bribe.. look at that ranch of his . . a > political gift unfortunately a bribe remains a bribe no matter what > politically correct name you give it,, > > You complain loudly about heal care for the masses but you jump up and > down on how you have provided for your health care.. If it was not for the > masses you would have no health care as they are the ones who pay for it > with their taxes.. and if you really want to pay for your own with out the > support of the masses .. well be prepared to lay out the money and a lot of > it.. I am sure you will be thankful for the new law where you can not be > refused.. for pre-existing conditions.. > > Those that are using political influence.. well chances are they are the > wealthier and more likely they are republican simply because they tend to > want to use political influence.. Until law enforcement gets away from > politics.. and starts dealing with political corruption instead of just > covering it up.. well there is not much that can be said.. > Allan > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > All this really shows Don is that power corrupts and those in power > > abuse it. Like we didn't already know that? > > > On 24 Mar, 21:30, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Check out this story, broken yesterday by the Chicago Tribune, > > > illustrating why "equality" isn't all it's cracked up to be. Unlike > > > medicine, elementary and secondary education in the U.S. is already > > > almost completely under political control. Defenders of this > > > arrangement justify it in the name of equality. They do not claim the > > > current system achieves that ideal, but they do insist that efforts to > > > reduce political control via vouchers and other forms of privatization > > > would make inequality worse. > > > > But the Tribune story shows that political control introduces its own > > > kind of inequality, to benefit the political class: > > > > While many Chicago parents took formal routes to land their > > > children in the best schools, the well-connected also sought help > > > through a shadowy appeals system created in recent years under former > > > schools chief Arne Duncan. > > > > Whispers have long swirled that some children get spots in the > > > city's premier schools based on whom their parents know. But a list > > > maintained over several years in Duncan's office and obtained by the > > > Tribune lends further evidence to those charges. Duncan is now > > > secretary of education under President Barack Obama. > > > > The log is a compilation of politicians and influential business > > > people who interceded on behalf of children during Duncan's tenure. It > > > includes 25 aldermen, Mayor Richard Daley's office, House Speaker > > > Michael Madigan, his daughter Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, > > > former White House social secretary Desiree Rogers and former U.S. > > > Sen. Carol Moseley Braun. > > > > Non-connected parents, such as those who sought spots for their > > > special-needs child or who were new to the city, also appear on the > > > log. But the politically connected make up about three-quarters of > > > those making requests in the documents obtained by the Tribune. > > > > This is "the aristocracy of pull," in Ayn Rand's memorable phrase. Its > > > existence is probably inevitable inasmuch as government's is, but its > > > extent can only increase with the power and reach of government. > > > > If you and Larry Summers both get sick and need a treatment that the > > > Medicare Advisory Commission (dysphemistically known as the Death > > > Panel) deems too expensive, what are the odds that you'll find a way > > > to get it anyway and he won't? How about the other way around? In the > > > Soviet Union, those privileged by political connections were called > > > the nomenklatura. Here, we can call it the Obamaklatura. > > > -- > > 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]<minds-eye%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > > .com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. > > -- > ( > ) > I_D Allan
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