I'm not convinced about the need for more government. It attracts the Machiavellian type who don't deal in facts and distort truth (such as blaming the credit crunch on the free market when the demos vetoed reform).
It attracts unproductive hangers-on to big public projects. It has allowed the massive build up of a stifling science establishment. I just find it like a 16th century scientist supporting the church or a monarchy. It's the opposite of progress to me. Just looking at the character of the people on the left it is the-lesser-of-two-evils to favour the right. The American constitution was forged in the light of the Enlightenment. -----Original Message----- From: leaking pen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 September 2008 17:27 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout Less government on the individual. MORE on the corporation. and lets remove this political fiction of coorp as person, please! On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Remi Cornwall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A plague on both their houses! > > The less government the better. Trust your constitution that's why it was > written. > > New energy will empower people to self-reliance. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jones Beene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 September 2008 16:08 > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC News of the bailout > > ----- Original Message ---- > > ... apparently Remi does not remember the infamous Keating Five - > > > ... from the net, a little "refresher" lesson in how recent political > history has this nagging tendency to repeat itself every new generation: > > John McCain & The Ghost of Keating Five > > posted last week by Ari Berman > > Back in the 1980s, when the US faced a major savings & loan crisis, > John McCain intervened to protect S&L magnate Charles Keating - a > major McCain donor and friend--from federal regulators. McCain was > later rebuked by the Senate Ethics Committee for "poor judgement" and > embarrassed by the $112,000 in campaign contributions, trips and gifts > he accepted from Keating. Following the entanglement, McCain became a > born-again reformer and tried to scrub the Keating episode from his > resume. > > http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters/361711/john_mccain_the_ghost_ > of_keating_five > > In fact - it has been reported that Wiki was under intense pressure from > McCain operatives when the "new" S&L Scandal become issue numeror uno in the > public's view - to have the pictures removed from the Wiki entry ... IOW > even if they knew they could not rewrite the history of the indent (but were > able to tone down some of the rhetoric) they did not want the actual > "picture" of McCain there - as apparently that was too inflamatory !!! > > ... or else some of the expected McCain supporters don't read much but are > impressed with visual images? > > > >
