you get no argument from me bill Message #15 Posted by db (martinez, ca.) on 8 Aug 2010, 2:47 p.m., in response to message #14 by bill platt
Bill; I agree that most politicians, whether democrat or republican, are sleazy - or worse. Exceptions like Ron Paul and Jimmy Carter are rare on the ground.
I think that there are interests with overlapping goals. Look at the amount of "people" in politics and government that are in the oil industry, Masons, Bilderburg Group and Council on Foreign Relations, among others. To me, it is apparent that those who are supposed to be representing you, me and future generations are really the representing the transnational corporations and the military industrial complex.
So yes; I also agree that mostly these are not multi-generational dynasties, but they function like one. Instead of every time there being a Jr. or "the III" - theres a succession of asserts that are willing to see us with gutted pensions and our kids literally gutted in some war for oil or raw materials. With Democrats like Feinstein, we don't even need more Republicans.
"if the People are to have any way to control their rulers... " i think voters in the US & GB (and the rest of the world which can vote too) need to stop voting for rich kids, the well connected, and actors. We could root out the vicious next.
As a (middle) class; we need to start looking for common interest, and looking out for those interests. But i'm not holding my breath on that.
To bring this back on topic........and we need to buy hp RPN calculators that are made in the free world too.
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