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Are you just getting warmed-up about all the Primary/Caucus results... or are you already getting burned out?

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houdecides08 read my blog view my photos
Mar 5, 2008 | 4:18 PM

Ok, who took this picture of me at 1:00 this morning??

Skyder read my blog view my photos
Mar 6, 2008 | 8:05 AM

Burned out would be my vote. Of course I care about the fate of the country, but I think I have had all I can take of the ads, the campaigns, the empty promises... I say let the candidates take the remaining time to come up with "Workable" solutions to many of the problems that seem to concern the public, and then in one final showdown, lay it on the table. Then we vote, and life goes on.

rich3488 read my blog
Mar 6, 2008 | 5:42 PM

Citizens have been so heavily depoliticized over the years by this nation's "democracy," that we are conditioned to believe we are experiencing some sort of meaningful process here. The United States is a failed states, ladies and gentlemen. In the US the defense industry is THE largest industry...it is (barely) holding together our economy. How sad no one heeded Eisenhower's advice about the military industrial complex. Here we have George Bush COMMENDING telecom companies for ILLEGALLY giving out YOUR private information..but he promised them the government would take the fall, but we're not at that point yet.

So yeah all this pseudo-politicking has me pretty damn burnt-out. It's all so manipulative and FOX loves every disenfranchising moment of it.

mwilson read my blog view my photos
Mar 6, 2008 | 10:01 PM

rich3488, sorry you're frustrated... but you have to admit - all this politicking certainly gives people a lot to talk about...

rich3488 read my blog
Mar 7, 2008 | 5:06 AM

I can be a little long-winded, but such a loaded statement deserves an appropriate treatment.

Sure, I guess you are suggesting that a time like this is a good time to propose and get people to talk about all kinds of proposals. There are a lot of ideas being thrown around, as this is a campaign for change, so why not try to make some real change in the political and economic system by doing a little organizing. I like that, very true.

On the other hand, you could be suggesting that a merit of this political system is that we have a lot to talk about. That would be like saying high profile murders are good because people have something to talk about. I exaggerate, but the point is, what people talk about is important. If it's about real issues, and the best way to address those issues, then that is a democracy. If it's about how "experienced" one candidate is and how "idealistic" the other is, without solid evidence backing that up and proposals that will solve the root causes of our flawed education system, the collapsing economy, our anemic environment, our dwindling natural resources, our needlessly stressful lives, the lack of communal stability, our rampant population growth - then thats something other than democracy

The problems are all tied together. Our economy's profit first, society second approach is destroying us. Our system allows for too much concentration of power. Most, if not all, social movements have involved, directly or indirectly, more equally distributing power. From kings, to nobleman, to parliaments, to full-fledged democracies, then slaver

ac55txstar read my blog
Mar 7, 2008 | 11:54 AM

Rich3488 - what do you mean by your comment "Here we have George Bush COMMENDING telecom companies for ILLEGALLY giving out YOUR private information..but he promised them the government would take the fall, but we're not at that point yet?"

If you are referring to the Protect the America Act, you can thank your friend, Nancy Pelosi for not taking that action in our wonderful loving Congress who could care less about us citizens and only their trial lawyer pocket books. This is one of the core issues at stake in the debate over the Protect America Act, as Pelosi and the left-wing House Majority's leadership have chosen to side with the trial lawyers over our safety by going on vacation and not voting. And our information is not broadcasted all over the world. This information is shared by intelligence by wiretapping lines that are linked to terrorists. If you are making phone calls to terrorists lines, by all means, they better listen in. We do not need another 9/11.

The United States is not a failed democracy. That is rubish. Our defense is not holding this economy together. We have a good economy, only the left liberal media would have you believe otherwise due to homeowners going belly up on their home loans. Go back and study during the Clinton years the overtaxation of citizens while Congress grew to a surplus of trillions of dollars. That is overtaxation! In his last year or two of his presidency, we had a bad recession. President Bush jump started the economy by handing out rebates back in 1991. Good grief man, where do you study? Tehran?

rich3488 read my blog
Mar 10, 2008 | 2:05 AM

You confuse me with a democrat. The democratic and republican parties are both feuding sections of the business party. The Protect America Act is another case of the government illegitimately expanding its powers. The ability to watch someone without a warrant, or with minimal oversight, was done away with because it leaves too much power to too few people, allowing the government to plot against anyone who wants to radically change the government, even if its peacefully. When the government demands greater transparency from its population that it itself is unwilling admit, the phrase, "a government by the for the people," is rendered meaningless.

Just because I say Bush commended the telecoms, doesn't mean he was alone responsible. I don't much like Pelosi either, but they all take much too many vacations.

txstar, why do you think terrorism exists? And how do you propose to stop it?

The developed world's imperialist and exploitative policies have created a world where an extreme ideology offers the most attractive avenue for change and empowerment for people. Those who are completely disenfranchised and perpetually down-trodden, tend to engage in extremist thinking of some kind, usually religious.

Not to say there isn't a level of individual responsibility, but you have to admit that different environments tend to produce certain kinds of effects. These tendencies are products of structural deficiencies in our economies.

It's always good to look at all the causes, leads to better solutions.

Our economy may be better than many others, but it is resting o

rich3488 read my blog
Mar 10, 2008 | 2:06 AM

Our economy may be better than many others, but it is resting on a very shaky set of assumptions: infinite resources, space, and profitability. And as far as industrial countries go, the US lags far behind in many key areas: education, technology, health care. I say our economy rests on the defense industry because it is by far the biggest industry in the US, without it many many people would be out of jobs and the economy would take a turn for the worst.

The media is not left actually, just not as conservative as you would like, the media is controlled by the elite class concerned with preserving its power, so there really isn't much progressive information out there. Nothing that really challenges the status quo.

So if there's a surplus its over taxation, if theres a deficit its fiscal irresponsibility. Whatever. The problem is not how much taxation at all. If all your taxes were being put to good use in your own community, if you could directly decide how to use them, I'm sure you would be more than happy to pay them.

That's all I'm arguing needs to happen. Average people need to have a much greater say in how goods and services are distributed.

I'm sure you would agree more democracy is an worthwhile goal to strive for.

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