Opinion of the President

[reelapeelin]

I voted for Kerry in the last election...I would have voted for Bozo The Clown if that's what it took to keep GB from goin' back...that position has probably never been ABUSED so much as it has since he took over...

BUT, he and what he does is a PRODUCT of what a group of extremely wealthy, very influential individuals want...they are the ones ''behind the curtain'' at the controls...he is doing what they put him into office to do...

AND he's not the first...won't be the last...it's what American politics has evolved into and will remain as long as a two party system/big money to run, contiues to be the status quo...Willy's right on target, Jeff's observations hit the mark, Franco's there...Tin started this...everybody who's jumped on here feels the same way...and I haven't found ANYBODY who says, ''everything's OK as it is w/our political system...just leave it alone.''...as a matter of fact, TRY to find somebody who feels that way...pack a lunch.

What is needed is organization...

Oh and Jeff...may be time for LOTS of us to ''pull out the soap-box''... ;)...

[TheTinMan]

Originally Posted by reelapeelin

BUT, he and what he does is a PRODUCT of what a group of extremely wealthy, very influential individuals want...they are the ones ''behind the curtain'' at the controls...he is doing what they put him into office to do...

Of course....they're the ones contributing millions to the campaign.......so they can get there damn tax breaks!

Things like this is what I was afraid of during the last election:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11079935/

Did we hear anything about that during the last election? Not really. The only issues that we kept hearing about where mainly centered around the Iraq war and insurgency. So I'll ask another question: who decides what the issues are come election time? In my observations the things that should be considered important like the environment, civil liberties, advancing education (especially for those of us who can't spell :P) and technology for a better future get forgotten. Instead issues like abortion make front page news. Our world is going to hell in a handbasket and the country is consumed with abortion.... Seems to me like abortion could be a mute point if we don't start taking a hard look at reality...SOON! Yet scientific studies seem to give results leaning towards what the sponsors of the studies wanted.

But alas I hate it when people offer only criticism without any thoughts of what could be done, so here goes: 1st every american citizen needs to sit through a government class and must pass with a 90% or better. The class should only consist of current events and the way different things are covered (or justified) by the constitution. In lui of the government class citizens can ENLIST in military branch of choice for a minimum of 5 years (might take 7 years to drive the point home to some). Hopefully the result would be a better informed and more active american society. I mean really, it seams Paris Hilton gets as much attention as current events. Hey wait, what if Paris ENLISTED?? Hmmm. ::) On that note I'll pass the soap box back to the next distingushed v20 member! ;D

[Skools Out]

on the war i say stop fighting pull everyone out, send Sadam back and then go make a glass parking lot out of it. then once the radation clears drill thru the glass to get the oil our selves. as they said in the movie "The Program" *Kill'em all and let God sort them out.

I'm with you Skools. It's not worth anymore American lives.

[TheTinMan]

Originally Posted by boater93

I'm with you Skools. It's not worth anymore American lives.

Especially when it's no win situation. Bring em home!

[reelapeelin]

Any Nat'l Guard out there?...Saw a report on the boob-tube saying all the equipment NG has taken over there has been left over there...humvees, personel carriers, tanks, etc...once they are back home, now they're operating w/as little as 5% of the gear they had B4...and no budget to replace...did somebody leave the ''back door'' open?... ???...

[TheTinMan]

Unbelievable! One of the reasons why the governments response (or lack of) to Katrina, another subject that leaves me baffled. *I felt like I was living in a third world country after Katrina. *There was NO excuse for the lack of help after Katrina. *It's not like they didn't know the damage would be bad. *A cat 5 heading for the coast?????? *Yea, the damage will be bad, why wait? *Should have had help on the way BEFORE Katrina hit. *Hurricanes are not like earthquakes or tsunami's where there's really no advance warning. *I was tracking that biotch of a storm, she was HUGE!

Just another blunder by our top government, very sad :-[

[reelapeelin]

Just another example of the politicians forgetting they are there to serve and protect citizens...not the other way around... ???...

[Pipe_Dream]

Listening to CNN of FOX (one of those) on XM last week, some politician said how the 2-party system works, and Americans don't want to get rid of it. He was a Democrat, and was trying to make the case that the Republicans are trying to "do away" with the Democrats. I nearly yelled at the radio, "The 2-party system WORKS??!" Not for years has it "worked." Talk about always feeling like you're voting for the lesser of two evils? Thank the 2-party system for that.

We need term limits. If it's okay for the President, why not for Congress? What we have on Capital Hill are a bunch of lawyers that spend the majority of their time raising funds to get themselves re-elected. It's really a sad state of affairs. If that possibility, of being a career politician, is taken away, then and only then will these guys vote the way they really feel, and perhaps their votes will reflect the wishes of their constituents.

I would really like to see a 3rd and 4th party that could mount a real challenge to the DemoRepubliCrats. They're all the same: focused on re-election above all else.