Debates
20 Jan 05
20 Jan 05
Originally posted by sasquatch672Bruce Springsteen, I see you are a fan of him. My Grandma on my mom's side was friends with his mom.
There's not a little bit of hostility between the Bushies and the Libbies on this site. But maybe here's something we can agree upon.
Neither party represents the people it purports to anymore. The last batch of good politicians was perhaps Kennedy, LBJ, Reagan was a good one. But the distribution of wealth in America is so skewed to such a smal ...[text shortened]... don't. Money has broken our system.
Now I'm going to stand back and wait for the flames.
20 Jan 05
Originally posted by RBHILLAhh, the art of debate is not lost after all....
Bruce Springsteen, I see you are a fan of him. My Grandma on my mom's side was friends with his mom.
Seriously though sasquatch I agree, this is the fate of all institutions of serious power. And I'm not saying this as a Bush hater, but as a member of the human race. I think it is sad that honour and honesty are not more important to those of us that would lead. But then I suppose we should ask why anyone would want to lead, I suspect that power or money, on whatever level is applicable, is probably the reason. I do not blame them entirely, it is likely that these institutions operate in the ways they do for a reason and it is often very hard to work against that without undermining any qualities that the institution has. People do not like change and will protect their interests vehemently, these people are in positions of great influence. Even if it was in the mind of a president to change such misuse of power, I doubt whther thay would be able to.
20 Jan 05
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Originally posted by sasquatch672Have the dems or Reps ever represented the needs of the common man? Think back to the turn of the century when JP Morgan was running the country. Things haven't changed one iota since, except the damage done by presidents being lackeys for big corporations is that now the damage is global and more extreme.
There's not a little bit of hostility between the Bushies and the Libbies on this site. But maybe here's something we can agree upon.
Neither party represents the people it purports to anymore. The last batch of good politicians ...[text shortened]... system.
Now I'm going to stand back and wait for the flames.
I defo disagree that Kennedy/Johnson/Reagan were good presidents though, unless u consider war presidents to be good?
Edit: why the eire flag?
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