So what does that say about the effects of Corporate purchased legislators in a putative free (Hah!) er self-determining society -- that the only detritus as floats to the top:

Purchases that spot in the same way as the other branches of government were purchased? (We'll call the Judiciary role last time: just ordinary self-serving decisions made by those who abrogated their positions of Trust, to their personal political preference - before retirement, formally.)

As the guy who fell out of the office building window said, as he passed the 42nd floor -

I'm..








OK..





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(not to worry our pretty-little heads; let's see what M$, ADM, GE, Walmart et al are gestating for our comfort and Security next:

Will S/He be Cute enough, though? An English speaker or.. more of the same? Will S/He be 'compassionate' too ??? And... *WHAT* of the mix shall S/He decide to conserve - aside from the guarantee of no changes to Our Good Thing\ufffd Going..)

er Cosa Nostra that is.

PS - that wasn't the earth moving: twas yer bowels, see? (We so rarely pay attention to the gut, our only signal source for when we ought to be feeling nauseous for.. other reasons than hamburger gas :-\ufffd