Originally posted by Masonic Light
I have to disagree. Sure, both Bush and Kerry were Bonesmen, but they had vastly different ideas and policies. I don't see how any of it had anything
to do with a college frat.
They seem to, you mean. What someone says their ideas and policies are and what they actually implement when in office can be two very different
things. The little "crumbs" of difference that the parties throw us, promises of health care, tax reform, etc., seem to mask a very similar foreign
policy and a very similar predisposition to make laws that support the expansion of corporate rights and powers, and get rid of laws, deregulation,
etc., that constrict corporate rights and powers.
I personally havent forgotten all the Democrats who swore they would not have started the war in Iraq, nor supported the Patriot Act, and guess what
happened when they got control of the house? They renewed the Patriot act, and we have sent more soldiers to Iraq. Talk is cheap. I dont see that
big a difference at all in how things play out. From CBS news, regarding the Patriot Act,
www.cbsnews.com...
And from the New York Times a really enlightening article on how both parties have been sending in very Corporate friendly justices in for years
called "Supreme Court, Inc." by Jeffery Rosen.
www.nytimes.com...
I think we need to look past the rhetoric, and the "hot button" issues they toss our way knowing we will grab the bait and pay better attention to
the larger, underlying issues that are really driving our countries policies.
The Canadian memo regarding the conversation between Obama's senior economic advisor Austan Goolsbee and a Canadian government official can be read
here; the link to which is provided through ABC news,
abcnews.go.com...