Republicans and Democrats are two sides of the same

Post #32,364 by imric 3/15/02 2:30:02 PM Reply	Republicans and Democrats are two sides of the same wooden nickel. Having a Republican administration is no more a guarantee of good government than a Democratic one. A bad administraton now doesn't mean that the last was good; a good administration now doesn't mean the last was bad - no matter how politicians may want to spin things. The government of the United States serves not the people, but the politicians. If political gain and/or power can be realized by destroying what could have been the greatest social advance since the printing press, if money or votes can be gained for either political 'club' by siding with criminals, then our government has shown time and time again that it will do so - even if the end result is demonstrably harmful to the people of the US (or the world) in general. The schism between the Rulers and the ruled, and the rise of privelege (private law) continues. Bush is an idiot who, I believe, is bent on making a deal with the devil to further his own ends - and those ends are power and wealth to the elite, who will then supposedly 'take care' of the 'little guy' (yes, trickle-down economics and the Republican philosophy of favoring business over the people IS the old Roman system of patronage). This is no better than penalizing business in favor of the individual, and the idea that the wealthy owe society more because they were successful. I really do believe that Bush, through Ashcroft, is responsible for this travesty of 'Justice' - the DoJ had already won! Now they say they have to consecrate MS monopolization tactics because they had no case? Since when do convicts get a say in thier sentencing? Why, since the convict is a billionaire with great public recognition! You seem to think that only one political party at a time can be stupid, immoral, or criminal. I have no such illusions. Imric's Tips for Living Paranoia Is a Survival Trait Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised... Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
Post #32,410 by Ashton 3/15/02 8:08:06 PM Reply	An essential part of The Dance is to keep these brain-dead Labels alive.. Every time a 'Conservative' proves tongue-tied in describing in clear non-blab terms.. that which s/he deems worthy of conserving; every time a 'Liberal' cannot describe differences between a tolerant attitude towards new ideas and.. mere wishy-washy uncertainty: The 3% win another round in the largest War On ___ of our multitudinous Wars-on: the War On Language itself. A subset of: keeping the sheep grazing and distracted by bafflegab, safe from ever interfering with Corporate governance. In a mere 20 years - perhaps ever since a Popular Leader voiced the sentiment, Greed? Why.. That's Good! and the assault on basic words in the vocabulary, began in earnest: School performance appears to have echoed that rate of decline towards first, the expected obtuseness (?) and onwards toward widespread dumbth. The modern bizness TLA - a code which was never meant to mean Anything! but of late is actually taken seriously.. illustrates how far and how fast we have declined. Kids killing over Logos on sneakers - what dumbth-value is assigned to such behavior? Meanwhile the money=power concentrates further daily. We may have already passed lock-in, because when we screw up things, we bring bizness efficiency to the process of dismantling .. even our language. Confucius explained what that would mean for a people. We could try to regain some self respect by identifying accurately the one remaining 'political party': The Corporate Politician Party. But, we won't. I'd see ya on the barricades Imric but.. I suspect all the troops will be at the sports bar or detailing their UAVs. (We're all so very busy, marching in place; it's hard to schedule stuff, y'know?) Ashton Revere (by appointment only, on alt. Wednesdays after soccer practice)
Post #32,580 by drewk 3/18/02 11:45:42 AM Reply	But school performance is great School performance appears to have echoed that rate of decline Oh, but the schools are performing marvelously well ... at their intended purpose. You've read some of the John Gatto stuff Ben keeps linking to, haven't you? Considering the purpose of public schools is to train pupils to not think, they seem to be doing a fantastic job. Or did you mean that the performance of the students on any reasonable measure of, well anything, has been declining? I can't be a Democrat because I like to spend the money I make. I can't be a Republican because I like to spend the money I make on drugs and whores.
Post #32,695 by Ashton 3/19/02 1:35:46 AM Reply	Meant: Gatto's thesis is daily confirmed________:(
Post #32,578 by acagle 3/18/02 11:36:58 AM Reply	Re: Republicans and Democrats are two sides of the same Ya, more or less, methinks. Both of our Democratic senators (Murray and Cantwell) were tripping all over themselves during the trial to appear supportive of Microsoft. Both of 'em just cut a sweet deal for Boeing to lease tankers for the Air Force. Bingaman got paid $2.5 mil by Global Crossing to lobby for them. Bois used to work for IBM in their antitrust suit. It's all about the money.

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