"kasey simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >You are right, there are some differences, and the American >people chose which way they wanted to go. That stampede >you hear is the majority of the people voting for changes.
Nowhere near a majority, not even close ... only 39% of potential voters voted, a little more than half of these for Republicans. So this alleged "majority" is only a bit over 20% of all potential voters. And this doesn't begin to take into account that most people are woefully undereducated and/or mis-educated (like Terry Nichols' brother, who, when asked by Michael Moore, "Why not emulate Gandhi? He overthrew the British empire without firing a shot" responded, "I'm not familiar with that") ... they get their information from mass market media owned by large corporations in bed with the government. (Dis)information which is ultimately orchestrated by Cheney, Rumsfeld, Bush, & Rice (not exactly CSN&Y, huh?) in their sleight-of-hand dog and pony show. Which reminds me of a great cartoon I saw recently. It was an opinion poll, expressed in a successive series of pie-charts, the first asking: would you support an invasion of Iraq? -- and 90% of the American public responds "yes," the next asking: would you support the invasion even if it meant significant American casualties? -- and 65% respond "yes," then: would you support an invasion even if our allies oppose us? -- 35% say "yes," then: would you support an invasion even if it destabilizes the entire Mideast region? -- 25% now say "yes," and, finally, would you support an invasion even if it meant dangerous nation-building requiring years of military presence and billions of our tax dollars? -- and there is a tiny sliver of the pie left representing those still responding "yes," which turns out to be only 4 people: Cheney, Rumsfeld, Bush, & Rice. -Fred
