I think so long as the highest offices are captive to mob emotions and the whims of mob sentiment, you'll NEVER get the money out of politics or create a dynamic in which people look at the job with a true servant's heart.
Instead, it becomes a game of power acquisition and dispensation, and a war of shifting forms and illusory images rather than a contest of actual ideas. This is why uniformly bad "ideas" like socialism keep coming back from the abyss of utter failure, even from within the so-called "Republican" party---a little repackaging here, some mob conditioning there, and the next thing you know, everybody's in favor of the government controlling, well, everything--the economy, our retirement funds, our access to prescription drugs, our thoughts, even the weather. My new motto: "It was a grand Republic, while it lasted..." - Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Stephen Russell > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 11:06 AM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: [OT] Obama's Church Must Not Be Forgotten > > On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Bob Calco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/06/obamas_church_must_not_be_forg.h > tml > > > > - - - > > If we really are to have an honest conversations on race in this > country, > > we > > must identify professional race-baiters who make hay by mentally > enslaving > > vulnerable black people, just as much as they were physically > enslaved and > > exploited during slavery and Jim Crow. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > I'll go out on a limb and say that your half right here. I see it as a > total Machiavellian POV where power corrupts people and the only way > the > leaders can stay in the limelight is the keep control of their flock. > From > the black elected to the leaders of local churches it is all a very > similar > game plan. > > Finding a replacement leader is going to be tough. Much like our > national > congress is cesspool where good people come in and in no time they act > and > react like the long timers. > > > > -- > Stephen Russell > Sr. Production Systems Programmer > Mimeo.com > Memphis TN > > 901.246-0159 > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
