Politics Equals Power

[HARDCORE]

The magic word here is ?CONTROL!?

All over the world, government undertakes nothing unless it translates into control, or so it appears to me! The common good of all has often been replaced by the vested agenda of the few!! (Alas Poor Urich!!)

Abbas and Arafat are again at each other?s throats for the control of the Palestinian people!

Terrorist factions worldwide are vying for power, and if they are ever successful, they will turn against each other until only one remains!

World Class Wannabes such as the United Nations, the World Court and even NATO, etc are still hard at work attempting to bring us under their yokes, and even here in the United States, billionaires and power brokers are slobbering at the jowls with anticipation over capturing the ?Cherry Of All Cherries? - POLITICAL OFFICE!

Why would a man (or woman) who already had it all, want a public office that offers (relatively speaking) a small amount of wealth? ?POWER, POWER, POWER!!?

Of course, if you ask them, they will tell you ?Public Service, a desire to better our lot, or even patriotism!" The only question now is - DO YOU BELIEVE THEM (100%)! ?Ah yes, there is indeed one born every minute!!?

Hey, I am not saying that some political aspirants don?t start out on the right foot - All noble and caring!? But the ?Opiate of Absolute Power? quickly makes a junky out of most of them!

?What do you think, especially with elections close upon us!?? Or will we all be content (again) to bitch like hell, and wait for another four years to pass us by? ?Hmm?

VERITAS :cd: :cd: :cd: :cd: :cd: :cd: :cd:

[BLUEHAWK]

HC -
My figures will be slightly (or a lot) off here but my guess is that unless something REAL dramatic happens in world or domestic events we can expect the following from the coming election:

- 50% or less of americans will vote, and reform will be urged.
- 10-20% of that 50% will use their vote to protest in some way, thus guaranteeing diluted results , and reform will be urged.
- Unfathomable amounts of dollars will be spent campaigning, because it's a "necessary business" in our economy, and reform will be urged.
- Incumbents will have the advantage of "face time", and reform will be urged.
- The two-party conventions will be meaningless entertainment for the faithful, and reform will be urged.
- The two-party platforms will be, as is traditional, totally ignored by everyone including themselves, and reform will be urged.
- The two-party structure, regardless of winner, will spend more time setting the stage for the NEXT election than the one being waged now, and reform will be urged.
- All previous Campaign Finance Reform measures will either be neutralized or ignored, and reform will be urged.
- The electoral college will be lurking in the wings just in case things start not going the way they should be, and reform will be urged.
- Closed primaries will prevent registered members of a party from voting for a better candidate from another one, and reform will be urged.
- The electorate will be told, again, that it is unpatriotic and unwise to "change horses in the middle of the stream", and reform will be urged.
- Candidates will make mean and untrue statements about one another, then make friends again in the interest of "party solidarity", and reform will be urged.
- 463 Democrat presidential candidates will do everything in their power to obliterate the character of their opponents in a circular firing squad, and reform will be urged.
- Whichever presidential or congressional candidates end up winning will be essentially irrelevant, and reform will be urged.
- Vocal minorities on BOTH sides will or will not, indeed, "bitch like hell" regardless of the outcome, and reform will be urged.
- There will candidates riding buses and having town meetings, and no reform will be urged.
- There will be debates wherein popular candidates are excluded by unelected gate-keepers, and reform will be urged.
- The results of the election will, somewhere, be predicted (based on the computer models of unelected gate-keepers) on national TV in error before polls have closed, and reform will be urged.
- Hanging chads will resurge as a major barrier to american democracy, and reform will be urged.

etc.

We COULD change this, if we want to. We either won't, or can't.

[HARDCORE]

"Face Time" may (or may not) be a plus factor, as to a recognizable face, may also be tied the irresistable disgust!

Party Platform does not always finish last to ambition - as behind (way behind) platform, can usually be found the people themselves!

As for economic reform, by virtue of spending far more, ah yes, therein lies a mounting deficit and a further separation of class structure and rights! (opinion)

And last, but certainly not least - "REFORM IS ALWAYS URGED", as by the time new elections are held, the people have grown wise (and weary) of many a new (old) deal!!

As the song goes: "When will we ever learn, WHEN WILL WE EVER LEARN????" (If Ever)

VERITAS