-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.zolatimes.com/V4.49/american_goldenage.html Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.zolatimes.com/V4.49/american_goldenage.html"> America Approaches Its Golden Age, by Peter Top…</A> ----- America Approaches Its Golden Age by Peter Topolewski The Nasdaq's below 3,000 and looking to stay there for a while, Ah-nold has another rotten movie in theaters, and Dan Rather still is on TV but believe me America is sitting there right on the cusp of its most golden of all ages. This is not something a politician created, not a situation Clinton can claim as one of his making. This is not an era engendered, purposely or not, by CEOs weighed down by massive egos and unjustified celebrity status. Hell, no one even meant to bring such an era about. It just happened. But if anyone is responsible for it, I guess it's all those people who voted, whether for the intended candidate or not – not that that ever mattered anyway. You see by making the presidential election so unbelievably tight the American people have done their country and themselves a huge favor. And a huge service. Where to begin? The Prelude Well, first the voters got creepy Democratic fanatics to fight with creepy Republican fanatics on the streets of West Palm Beach. That's pretty cool. Second, on live television voters made the media prove themselves corrupt and lousy at the one job they are supposed to do. And not once, but thrice! Never again will any of us take the media seriously. No longer are they simply newsreaders, now the anchors of America's evening "news" programs are merely saggy-faced cast members on shows that can be classified as nothing except entertainment. Third, only a tight election and its prolonged re-count process could set the stage for the Ivy League Poindexters at Newsweek to poll Americans on who they "think" won the election. Pure brilliance. News at its best! I can say no more. And fourth, the American voter saved the country from a VP with a faulty ticker. The fact that Dick Cheney has a bad heart shouldn't prejudice us against him – Clinton has a lunatic as his VP – it's just that Cheney's problem is more life threatening (to him, that is). Imagine if Cheney went to heaven (or wherever) next February or so. George W. could have Quayle in there next, or his dad or brother Jeb. God, just think of it. Jeb and George. Put some cameras in there and you'd have one of those reality TV shows: The White House Hillbillies. What Awaits Take note. America is not quite there yet. And to get to the full fledged Golden Age the country unfortunately must rely on politicians, or at least the wannabe politicians running the Gore and Bush campaigns. You see the key to inaugurating the Golden Age is getting lawyers involved. Only if the Democrats and Republicans whole-heartedly enlist their scum-sucking lawyers to dispute election results one state after the next, file lawsuits, counter sue, demand recounts and demand recounts be recounted and then halted, in one court after another, does America stand a chance at entering its true Golden Age. For if the unscrupulous, narrow-minded lawyers are let loose like the pack of weasels they are to pick apart electoral procedures and results they will, inspired by their greed, keep the 2000 election undecided for years and America free of a president. Joy! We all know that both Bush and Gore are losers, but obviously this scenario means that neither Bush nor Gore is a winner. This is not to say no one wins the election. America wins. Think of it, no president for four years. These will be the most productive years in the history of America's government. Without a president Congress can't do a thing. Nothing could possibly be more beneficial to the nation than four years without a single bill passed. After a while maybe all the politicians would just stay home. The added bonus? No Hillary. Now without either of these clowns in the White House neither of their debt payment scams can screw Americans into a false sense of security for a few more years. Truth is both Bush and Gore want to give Americans the illusion that the federal debt will be paid off under their administrations. Both have plans to simply move the $3.45 trillion of federal debt held by the public into other accounting categories, they just have different timetables for doing so. (And to think some people have said these guys are too much alike.) With one or the other as president federal debt goes from this today: * Debt held by the public: $3.45 trillion. * Debt held by the Social Security System: $1.01 trillion. * Debt held by the Federal Employee Retirement Fund: $681 billion * Debt held by other federal trust funds: $422 billion. To this in 2012 (Gore) or 2016 (Bush): * Debt held by the public: $0 * Debt held by the Social Security System: $4.1 trillion * Debt held by the Federal Employee Retirement Fund: $1.1 trillion * Debt held by other federal trust funds: $1.37 trillion That's some pretty handy accounting. It allows Congressmen to start dishing out the pork-barrel projects like mad and both Gore and Bush to promise unrealistic and short-lived tax cuts. Under these sneaky schemes in about 35 years Social Security benefits alone – excluding Medicare! – will be eating up over $900 billion in new tax revenue. Believe me, by keeping both of these deadbeats out of office America has spared itself an ugly civil war over euthanasia. At those kinds of Social Security costs you'd have federal bean counters calculating profit and loss statements for the life of every person over 55. Maybe even 50. The Biggest Difference No Hillary, no Congress, no stupid bills passed. These are big changes, America. But after four years without a president I think you'll be pleasantly surprised that the biggest difference you'll notice is that there is no difference. Finally, we'll have proof that the president doesn't mean a whole hell of a lot. He's no "leader" (he shouldn't be telling anyone what to do, especially me) and he's not "leading" the free world. He's not indispensable and he is certainly no more deserving of your reverence or secret service protection than I am. The president is a glorified administrator, no more inspiring or critical than any middle manager who's been downsized. What an opportunity. Don't blow it America. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Peter Topolewski is a writer and communications consultant based in Vancouver, Canada. His email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] -30- from The Laissez Faire City Times, Vol 4, No 49, December 4, 2000 ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. 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