Comments on: Home again

By: Jim C

Jim C — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It appears to me that it’s multi national corporations , the mega wealthy and big business in general that have taken away our authority to choose by buying up and corrupting the government . What seems to be misunderstood by small government let the market rule advacates is that the government is us . If you shrink the size and scope of governments ability to balance and control the selfish and preditory nature of the unregulated market you digress to the dog eat dog law of the jungle . Throughout history when business interests and greed have been allowed to rule the day it has been a disaster for the citizenery . Only when the people rise up and say enough to corporate and plutocratic domination is the governments role of being the voice and advacate for it’s citizens restored . This has been shown from the French revolution to our own revolution . Most don’t understand mostly because of selective historical memory that the Boston tea party was a revolt against The East India company which was in bed with the British throne . It was the corporate powers in Britain who lobbied for unfair tax , trade and industrial policies with the colonies , that was the impetuous for the revolution . The British royal family had a large financial interest in the East India company and thus served their interests , early fascism at work . We have a similar problem today , to see this one only has to check who’s buying our politicians and what their getting for their money . So no , small government isn’t the answer , honest government that isn’t bought and paid for by special interests is .

By: bryan mcclellan

bryan mcclellan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Congrats Sandra, can’t say I’m not a little envious but I rarely have two coherent thoughts in a row so, Batter up, play ball.

As to Veterans health care, it is a travesty that our fighting men and women are not afforded the same if not better coverage for life that the fools who send them to do the bidding of the corporate masters enjoy.
Here is the footer we must place before a single brick of rhetoric is lain to construct our wall of true equality and fairness. A foundation built on sacrifice 360 degrees,
as to in the end, encompass all Americans.

By: almandine

almandine — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Now I get why you call Doug “Chief”.

Kinda like the Daily Planet.

By: griff

griff — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It's all over.

By: almandine

almandine — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’ll bite, what does this have to do with the price of ginseng in China ???

By: griff

griff — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Obama Mao? People laughed during the campaign when I suggested Obama would introduce the China Model here in this country.

First we had the Empire State Building lit in red and yellow, followed by the historic raising of the Chinese flag alongside Old Glory in Washington – all to commemorate the establishment of a communist regime that killed tens of millions of people and rules its country with an iron fist?

The real stroty is between the lines.

I remember practicing diving under desks as a kid because of the communist threat, and now we adore them and want to emulate them.

American farmers begging from the Chinese. A country built on slave labor and U.S. dollars. What’s not to like?

By: almandine

almandine — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I think you’re getting a little too one-sided here… those good O’Maoists were just tryin’ to help our farmers out… ya know?

Come on back with the tat for your tit.

By: bryan mcclellan

bryan mcclellan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Maoists should have dents all over them from our Ten foot pole of opposition to privacy, trade, and human rights violations. Congress instead has allowed the American worker to be placed in Chinese back pockets by Trade Policy a third grade Lemonade stand operator would recognized as crooked and immoral.
Sad witness to once upon a time in America. Sold out by the money masters to foreign interests till a gathering of assets is complete or at least sates the belly of the beast before the final purge.
All trade partners exploit weakness, in our case, Congress waits for lights out to sovereignty.
300,000,000 prosperous Americans vs Congress ?
Don’t bet on it happening anytime soon.

By: bryan mcclellan

bryan mcclellan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Sandra, what isn’t politics today?
Average is deliberately under developed while inundated with superfluousness, spectrophotometry, and a birds eye view, with a bias of just the news, read it and weep.

Rocks must be optional,
or we will not remain to be a civilization free enough to cast the first editorial.

By: griff

griff — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Yeah I know, I should be more appreciative of our most-favored nation. After all, we did give them most of our industrial base in exchange for cheap goods that we can’t even afford anymore because no one has a job. Now they’re kind enough to throw us a few scraps by buying some produce and we all get to become obedient little socialists ourselves as we rely on everything from government. And not just our own anymore, but the Chinese no less. A fair trade, I guess.