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By Douglas Chalmers, March 11, 2008 at 12:12 pm Link to this comment

Its not only the Republican party which is the issue. Looking at it in another way, there are many “elephants in the room”. Perhaps you would like to name some…....

The 10,000’s of iatrogenic deaths and iatrogenic illnesses caused by the health system http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23361022-29277,00.html

The unsustainable nature of the health system

The abrogation of responsibility by the public service sactor

The self-serving righteousness of the judicial system

The failure of the education system…...

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By GW=MCHammered, March 10, 2008 at 10:18 pm Link to this comment
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Because denial is easiest.
Because manifest destiny feels more right than self-fulfilling prophesy.
But neither is straight, narrow or right.

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By McQuirk, March 10, 2008 at 5:28 pm Link to this comment
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We’re all in an Irwin Allen movie, and the Republican leadership is the dumb guy saying relax, everything’s fine.

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