Mike, I agree with all you've said above. Note that I contrast Dibble and Hornstein with the "Republicrats." I respect and support both Senator dibble and Representative Hornstein.I agree with Gary a lot on urban/ energy issues but I just don't buy the argument that there's no difference between R.T. and the Governor, between Michelle Bachman and Scott Dibble, etc.
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My guess is that the political competitors will try to use the stadium issue to knock Dibble and Hornstein out of office -- or to at least put them on the defensive.
Another irony, isn't it? Supposed "moderates" and "conservatives" will likely go after more "liberal" or "progressive" candidates for not putting the taxpayers into debt ($28 million a year for 30 years) to redistribute wealth from the poor to the rich.
(MJ, again)
GH, again:
The "Republicrat" meme is another distraction, and toxic to democracy. <<<<<
I disagree with that. More to the point: the stadium issue perfectly illustrates the toxicity of the Republicratic political duopoly.
Democracy is most likely D.O.A. in our country, state, and city. While there is a chance to make democracy work I'll give it a try. Good people make good politicians. However the impact of good politicians is minimized by the anti-democratic corporatists system with which the two parties are so comfortable.
We need more fire and more poetry in politics:
"What used to pass for education now looks more like ignoration Take the people's money and slip it to the corporation Yellow rain golden shower pesticide firepower Summon feudal demons of sweatshop subjugation
Workfare foul air homeless beggars everywhere Picturephone aristocrats lounge around the pool Captains of industry smiling beneficently Leaky hull supertanker ship of fools
Takeover takedown big buck shakedown Schoolyard pusher of the anything-for-profit First got to privatize then you get to piratize Hooked on avarice - how do we get off it?
Trickle down give 'em the business...."
(above from B Cockburn's song "Trickle Down" from "You've Never Seen Everything")
We detox/withdraw from avarice in a variety of ways. One of them is by standing our ground on principle when the illusory bauble is once again dangled before us by those who are experts at manipulation.
We've spent over $200 billion on a war to dominate part of a shrinking supply of oil while we complain about traffic congestion. Government is expanding and becoming ever more intrusive. The power of a few "legal persons" (read "corporations") dominates the political process which abuses planet and people. Many folks cannot bear reality. Those with "battered voter syndrome" still choose to return to the same duopoly for more of the same sort of abuse time after time. Sick, isn't it?
-- pedaling for peace and ecojustice from Lynnhurst -- Gary Hoover
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