it sure makes you wonder about how much of "democracy" in this country is real and how much of it is simply manufactured for common folks to
swallow.
Originally posted by liveandletlive
What do you mean by "believe the worst"?
Originally posted by liveandletlive
Maybe you should spend a little less time lecturing people on “using logic and reason”
Originally posted by liveandletlive
I asked “how many people here on ATS are members of the Royal blood line?”
not whose husbands are related the only President from the state of Pennsylvania and the only president to remain a lifelong bachelor. en.wikipedia.org...
Buchanan had six sisters and four brothers.
You do know that even life-long bachelors have relatives, right? They have parents, brothers, sisters,
who have kids who have kids, etc... They are all related to him.
Originally posted by Snarf
reply to post by glan
define "related"...
According to the Bible - we're all related.
Is 22nd Cousin considered related?
You can tip the scale in your favor any way you want...as long as you bend logic, and shed your dignity.
Have fun with that.
besides, after what happened to W's second term where he was selected, not elected, does bring up the question of legitimacy of our own democracy... at least a little bit, don't you agree?
Originally posted by Snarf
reply to post by curiousaboutsky
besides, after what happened to W's second term where he was selected, not elected, does bring up the question of legitimacy of our own democracy... at least a little bit, don't you agree?
i do think that certain individuals in government are able to use political muscle to get things done - but i also think those people are very transparent...in this case, Bush. There was nothing secret about the things his administration pulled off. They did them all out in plain sight.
But over all, i see the US government...and all governments for that matter, full of a bunch of idiots consumed with greed.
And thats greed for money - not power.
They sell themselves out to the highest corporation for any cause that best suits their own pocket books.
There's nothing devious or mysterious about that to me - its just human nature.
I have to admit that if someone came to me with a brief case full of $1,000,000 and asked me to publicly state that i thought the public option was a bad thing
i'd do it.
I'd take my million dollars and move far far away and enjoy the rest of my life.
Shameless? Nah. Just taking advantage of them. Nobody cares what someone like me has to say - and my words won't influence anyone who has already made up their minds.
And in this country - the majority of people have alreayd made up their minds.
If you're 'democrat', you always agree with democrats
If you're 'republican', you always agree with republicans.
It's unfortunate....but i believe it to be the truth.
