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OK on the spelling, but you got the point, or did you? I'm not suggesting a coup. I suggest there has been a coup. It took place in 2000 with the stealing of the election from Gore and again in 2004 and now with all judges being replaced by right-wing activist judges the coup "d'etat" is essentially being completed. The only way to overcome a coup is revolution or another coup - perhaps by the military. I'm not sure I would like the results but it might be more benign than the regime now controlling the country. Now, that said, I'm not certain that democracy is the answer because I happen to agree with the neocons at least on this, that most people are not capable or qualified for self-determination and when I was a kid living in that hotel in Miami Beach (for five years) and the oldsters who also lived there were daily debating socialism and benign dictatorships and fascism there was an argument for a dictatorship with a well-intentioned dictator as opposed to democracy which rarely works well - because of bad concessions which have to be made or an uninformed populi and what was/is being informed anyway? I suggest we must also consider our human nature and instincts which are animalistic and while I don't want to deny a human condition, sentience is not necessary limited to humans. We are not so great as many think humans are nor so special (and it is vainglorious of us to think so) and I do not believe we have the right morally to give greater rank to humans in every case. I do not believe we have the right to sacrifice animals for research, even when used for medical reason when it benefits humans. I'm not sure what this human condition means anymore than social and physical scientists can decide what consciousness and the mind or what some refer to as the soul really means, if anything. Hank On Thu, 22 Jun 2006, RDL wrote: > http://pnews.org/ > Progressive News & Views (since 1982) > > In answer.....the word is "coup d'etat" (blow to the state) and I think > it is NOT possible, given the conservative warmongers' attitude, and the > almost total ineffectiveness and lack of commitment on the part of the > "democratic" party. And while we cannot take it back bloodlessly, we > cannot do it through violence, either....that would mean a full-blown > civil war, and even the most violent are not up to that. The outlook is > bleak, Hank, and I will not live to see a resolution of the conflict. > The Republicans, the corporations, and the "I don't stand for anything" > opposition, have taken us all beyond the point of no return. > > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| pnews-news - (NEWS) - Send "subscribe" or "unsub" in subject to pnews-news-request(at)inyourface.info pnews-views - (VIEWS) - Send "subscribe" or "unsubscribe" as subject to pnews-views-request(at)inyourface.info |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Everything begins at The Worm Hole: http://pnews.org/ ----- Something Really Nice for your Honey - http://blackhillsg0ld.com/ Something Really Sexy for Her for Holloween: http://tinyurl.com/q878y --------------------------------------------- NEVER pay for a podcast again: Check it out - http://tinyurl.com/mnr7r -----
