The two party system is a myth!
“One of the reasons we have such difficulty perceiving our current conditions is our aversion to this single word: fascism… In any case, it is one of the most dangerous forms of political myopia in which to indulge. Italians, who invented the term fascism, also called it the estato corporativo: the corporatist state. Orwell rightly described fascism as being an extension of capitalism. It is an economy in which the government serves the interests of oligopolies, a state in which large corporations have the powers that in a democracy devolve to the citizen.” Progressive Review , URL: http://prorev.com/fascist.htm "The DLC doesn't represent any Democratic Party voters. Its masters include American and United Airlines, Aetna and New York Life Insurance, Microsoft, DuPont, the agribusiness and pharmaceutical industries, Citigroup and, until recently, Enron, among many others. The DLC is an organization conceived in the boardroom and dedicated to the proposition that moneyed interests trump all others. About two hundred corporations comprise its Board of Advisors (fee: $5,000), and nearly 100 pay the cost to be the boss on the DLC's Policy Roundtable ($10,000 each). For $25,000, around 30 corporate executives pretend to be Democrats as members of the DLC Executive Council. Enron sat there, along with Philip Morris, Texaco, Chevron, and Dupont."--Bruce Dixon, The Black Commentator>end snip Peace, Doc "The DLC doesn't represent any Democratic Party voters. Its masters include American and United Airlines, Aetna and New York Life Insurance, Microsoft, DuPont, the agribusiness and pharmaceutical industries, Citigroup and, until recently, Enron, among many others. The DLC is an organization conceived in the boardroom and dedicated to the proposition that moneyed interests trump all others. About two hundred corporations comprise its Board of Advisors (fee: $5,000), and nearly 100 pay the cost to be the boss on the DLC's Policy Roundtable ($10,000 each). For $25,000, around 30 corporate executives pretend to be Democrats as members of the DLC Executive Council. Enron sat there, along with Philip Morris, Texaco, Chevron, and Dupont."--Bruce Dixon, The Black Commentator "New Democrats" are not officially connected with the DNC. They have a very small grass roots presence, fewer than 10K after almost two decades in existence, which explains their disconnect with rank and file Democrats, a disconnect deliberately undertaken after Walter Mondale’s crushing defeat in 1984. Rejecting Old Guard "liberal fundamentalists," such as feminists, organized labor, African Americans, Latinos, gays and lesbians, the DLC was originally founded to stem the defection of Southern Democrats from the party in the early 80’s. Al From, a Capitol Hill veteran & former Carter aide, is the founder and CEO of the Democratic Leadership Council. The Council is essentially a business-funded think tank dedicated to “rescuing” the Democratic party from the excesses of the 60’s. They produce copious white papers and policy proposals in their misidentified Progressive Policy Institute. Mr. From has served for years on the board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and is Chairman of the Board of the Corporation for Charter Schools. He "vigorously rejects the idea that the DLC shapes its views to cultivate its donors: 'Anybody who's familiar with the DLC knows that we do what we think is right.'" * Bouncing around on social issues for the last eighteen years, depending on which elusive group of swing voters they have tried to capture–white working class, followed by “new economy” hyperbole, “soccer moms,” “office park dads,” “vital center” fence-sitters– the DLC has been consistent in promoting their core policies on welfare reform, smaller government, strong defense, tough on crime, fiscal discipline, free markets & free trade. Meanwhile their annual budget has mushroomed from $400K to over $7M per year as the New Democrat Network, the fundraising arm founded by corporate lawyer Simon Rosenberg in 1996, has aggressively vetted and connected right thinking candidates with bi-partisan sources of campaign financing. The DLC’s greatest success was getting Bill Clinton on the ticket in 1992, but their legacy is one of runaway corporate interests which have benefited spectacularly from lack of opposition to their agenda on either side of the aisle. And therein lies the challenge for grass roots Democratic Party activists. The DLC and the interests they represent would like us to just go away...and some of us already have...to the Green Party and to various single issue advocacy groups. * Sources: Bruce Dixon, “Muzzling the African American Agenda with Black Help,” The Black Commentator, June, 2003. Robert Dreyfuss, “How the DLC Does It,” The American Prospect, April 23, 2001. John Nichols, “Behind the DLC Takeover,” The Progressive, September 2000. “One of the reasons we have such difficulty perceiving our current conditions is our aversion to this single word: fascism… In any case, it is one of the most dangerous forms of political myopia in which to indulge. Italians, who invented the term fascism, also called it the estato corporativo: the corporatist state. Orwell rightly described fascism as being an extension of capitalism. It is an economy in which the government serves the interests of oligopolies, a state in which large corporations have the powers that in a democracy devolve to the citizen.” Progressive Review , URL: http://prorev.com/fascist.htm "The DLC doesn't represent any Democratic Party voters. Its masters include American and United Airlines, Aetna and New York Life Insurance, Microsoft, DuPont, the agribusiness and pharmaceutical industries, Citigroup and, until recently, Enron, among many others. The DLC is an organization conceived in the boardroom and dedicated to the proposition that moneyed interests trump all others. About two hundred corporations comprise its Board of Advisors (fee: $5,000), and nearly 100 pay the cost to be the boss on the DLC's Policy Roundtable ($10,000 each). For $25,000, around 30 corporate executives pretend to be Democrats as members of the DLC Executive Council. Enron sat there, along with Philip Morris, Texaco, Chevron, and Dupont."--Bruce Dixon, The Black Commentator On Nov 22, 11:00 am, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > Right now (November 22, 2009) the Total Public Debt Outstanding is > 12,011,787,382,266.61http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np > > At this point, I doubt that the United States will ever be able to pay > that debt back. > > Which means the United States will have to print money to pay those > debts, > which will lower the value of the United States Dollar across the > World, > which will turn the United States into a third world country, > which will create a larger seperation between the Rich and the Poor. > > The seperation between RICH and POOR in the United States is ALMOST > COMPLETE! > > The Democrats were RIGHT all along. The Republicans DO represent the > RICH! > > And soon, Government Run Health Care will push our National Debt even > HIGHER. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
