In my opinion, the war is lost; anyone voting is insulting his human dignity and intelligence. The Democrats won the majority only because the Republicans wanted them to. Despite the Democrats have a majority they are a castrated party that has no power to change things. With globalization, you can’t have the people in the US making fifty dollar an hour and the Far East making fifty cents an hour. If I made thig-a –majigs (Only an old timer knows what a thig-a – majig is) and was paying my workers fifty dollars an hour and my competitor was paying his workers fifty cent an hour, how could I compete with him? We can’t have ships from the fifty cent people coming here loaded to the gills and ships going back to the Far East almost empty. The only way an American company can compete with a foreign company (Not owned by the foreigners, but rather by the British or their American colony) is to go over there and feast on the cheap labor. What happens to the decent paying jobs? They will all vanish. What will the Americans do for income? The right-wing Republicans will have to kick the asses of the immigrants out of the country that have dead-end jobs and give them to the white Americans.

In my opinion, the war is lost; anyone voting is insulting his human dignity and intelligence. The Democrats won the majority only because the Republicans wanted them to. Despite the Democrats have a majority they are a castrated party that has no power to change things. With globalization, you can’t have the people in the US making fifty dollar an hour and the Far East making fifty cents an hour. If I made thig-a –majigs (Only an old timer knows what a thig-a – majig is) and was paying my workers fifty dollars an hour and my competitor was paying his workers fifty cent an hour, how could I compete with him? We can’t have ships from the fifty cent people coming here loaded to the gills and ships going back to the Far East almost empty. The only way an American company can compete with a foreign company (Not owned by the foreigners, but rather by the British or their American colony) is to go over there and feast on the cheap labor. What happens to the decent paying jobs here? They will all vanish. What will the Americans do for income? The right-wing Republicans will have to kick the asses of the immigrants out of the country that have dead-end jobs and give them to the white Americans.

I don’t see the problem. What’s wrong with getting us out the way they sent us out...without discussion, conscience, or accountability? They had no right to jump in there anyway.

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Yes, Kevin, I think the gang we call government care about sectarian violence in Iraq. I think they work to keep it going as they are the ones who started it to begin with.

We need to impeach the entire Congressional leadership for failing to impeach Bush, Cheney and Gonzales.  The Democrats currently in charge expressly swore during their oath of office to defend the Constitution.  There has never been a bigger threat to the Constitution than the high crime machinations and misdemeanors of the gang in the White House.  If none of them are willing to defend the Constitution, then we need to remove them all and elect some who will.

[more irreverence at resistence-is-possible.blogspot.com]

Do you really think that the U.S. government gives a damn about the sectarian violence? The Iraqi lives have no meaning as far the U.S. government is concerned. It wants political stability is Iraq only as means of assuring oil...nothing else. Oh yeah, those Iraqis and anyone else who interferes with that are evil.

Then what is the difference between the two parties...I mean two factions of the same parties in this what is sold as great democracy.

In the quest for fairness, Truthdig will display articles from the spectrum of all political beliefs. When I see an article that is negative towards the Democrats I’m sure to find comments by the rightys in our midst using the occasion to throw crap on the good name of the Democratic candidates instead of debating the issues. If I were a righty I wouldn’t debate the issues as well because I would be so ashamed of the sad intensive care the country has been placed into by the Republicans.

Years ago you could have your picture taken with the cardboard figure of whoever was President around D.C. for about $5. As a result we’ve consistently elected more and more cardboard figures into office. Like everything else it just costs more to do it today.

By the way for anyone that’s counting the national debt has officially hit $9 Trillion. People like Ron Paul and Mike Gravel that actually question how we’re going to pay for the promises the other “candidates” make are the ones that should be taken seriously. It’s the only way we’ll be able to break the national habit of recycling political cardboard.

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I wonder as Oprah lionizes these pols; does she ever wonder what happens to the rest of us ‘unwashed masses?’ During the recent Petraeus hearings in both the Senate and the House; protesters were ousted, arrested, manhandled by capitol police, and denied their right to petition the government for redress of grievances.  In the House hearings Rep. Ike Skelton illegally denied individual citizens their constitutional rights.  A minister was seen on video being harassed and then beaten down by about eight capitol police thugs. His only crime was wearing a small political button that identified him as a dissident.  He was told by police that he could not enter the hearings to even observe.  When he refused to leave, claiming he was waiting in line; the police proceeded to tackle him football style, and in the resulting violent attack on this minister; they broke his leg.  Ironically, several suited politicos were able to enter at any time.  This minister will now have to face trumped up fraudulent charges of ‘assaulting an officer.’ How does this play against the tape?  Someone was brutally assaulted but it wasn’t the nazi cops.  Both Pelosi’s and Reid’s offices claim they have no control over the capitol police.  Since when?  Is this an example of the DLC’s tender caring for it’s citizens?  Why aren’t Pelosi’s and Reid’s offices decrying this injustice?  This attitude of police is too reminiscent of Nazi stormtroopers.  I can say that; I had relatives that survived the holocaust.  Why aren’t these officers under arrest?  Time to flood the offices of Pelosi, Reid, Obama, Clinton, etc. with e-mails, phone calls, etc., explicitly telling them they better register their public outrage---or else!  Time to take to the streets and throw the bums out!  Time to embarass the family and friends of such officers over their fascist behavior.  Time to ostracise their families until these officers learn to live like human beings.  I love my country--BUT I’M ASHAMED OF THIS DISGRACEFUL FASCIST NAZI GOVERNMENT.

SIGN ME
JEANINE MOLLOFF--NAZI SLAYER

Money is power and power is money and those in both parties cannot live long without it. The American Serf is well on the way as both parties cater to the rich and powerful.
Until the American people decide enough is snough the ELITES of the core parties will continue to feed their wallets at the expense of the rest of the country.

What possesses and American to worry about Global poverty, when we don’t seem to be making any effort much less headway on poverty here at home??
But I digress.
I was talking to a lady the other day, and she seemed most impressed with candidates who already had enough money to fund his own campaign without having to fund-raise. The thinking seems to be that they are less likely to be bought off by the evil lobbyists and crooked corporations. But I have to disagree.
I’m much more interested in HOW they made their riches....working for crooked corporations, owning shares in them...what HAVE they done to the people to make their money?
In fact, I would like to see them fill out job applications like the poor has to do, putting all their interests, experience, and paid work for the past five years. If there’s nothing wrong with background checks for the working poor, there’s nothing wrong with background checks for the rich. In fact, it’s even MORE important.
And at least, they could get a sense of what we go thru. Let’s see the ole resume....LOL!

KYJD.....exactly what I have been saying for a long time now.

As my Grandma used to say, “Ya lay down with dogs, ya gonna get fleas.”

My compliments to Truthdig for taking on the celebrity scourge.  While I appreciate celebrities who genuinely care about important issues; I take exception with self-aggrandizing potentates reacting before they study the situation and the real players.  I find it difficult to believe that an intelligent businesswomen such as Oprah Winfrey would be uniformed regarding the inclusion of ‘bundlers’ in her fund raiser for Obama.  In order to believe that Oprah was unaware of such political deceit would require you to suspend respect for her intelligence and ingenuity.  Nor can I believe that Hillary was unaware of Norman Hsu’s questionable dealings.  Her reputation as an attorney is one who meticulously checks sources and researches everything including how lint accumulates in the navel. 

Why we allow such intelligent people to attempt such sophomoric excuses for political deceit is beyond my comprehension.  The explanations offered by the ‘talking heads’ of the media are as credible as that old gem..."the dog ate my homework.” With these players, by now that poor old dog must be morbidly obese and on his third pacemaker! 

All kidding aside, (though these candidates offer SO much good material); we must demand clear direct dialogue with the American people, not society retreats for rich spoiled would be royalty.  IGNORE the celebrity mouths.  INSIST on a direct presentation of WHAT EACH CANDIDATE WOULD DO, HOW THEY WOULD ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOALS AND WHY THEY THINK THEIR PLANS FOR THE COUNTRY WOULD WORK.  MAKE THEM PROVIDE A FULL LIST OF SOURCES TO PROVE THEIR CLAIMS.  MAKE THEM FACE OPEN, UNEXPECTED QUESTIONING FROM THE CITIZENS DIRECTLY AT EACH CAMPAIGN STOP.  MAKE THEM PROVIDE IN PRINT AND CYBER FORM THEIR PLANS IN DETAIL A FULL MONTH BEFORE THE ELECTION.  HOW’S THAT FOR ‘ENTERTAINMENT?’

Jeanine Molloff
jeaninemolloff at yahoo dot com

There is only one way to reduce the impact of the funds that flow from the corporations to these politicians in the next election.  Vote for Ron Paul!
And I mean it!

Oops; But then there’s Mike Bloomberg who owns over 100 Billi, who with over 100 Billion at his disposal can finance his own campaign.  A loophole big enough to fly the space shuttle through.

BUT he sure wouldn’t have to carry anyone’s water.

If I was to vote, but will not. (I consider it a fraud) I would vote for the mythical devil over any of the Bush type.

To show you how the media is rigged in totality except for the Internet (They are working on it) I will give you an example. At first, the British wanted our hero Julie to be the next “President”. Many of the British lords were not happy with him because he was not pretty enough. They wanted someone more pretty so they settled on Arnold Schwarzenegger. Once again the “never satisfied” were not happy. They complained that Schwarzenegger sounded too foreign. Finally, peace was restored on the agreement to call him Arnie. (Sounds more American) One day all of the media were calling him Schwarzenegger and the next day all the media simultaneously were calling him Arnie. (Sounds more American) This tells me that the media is totally controlled by the British except for the Internet (They are working on it) and are reading from the same instruction sheet each day.

PATHETIC, ISN’T IT? BUT WE GET WHAT WE DESERVE OR WANT, DON’T YOU THINK SO? I DO!

http://OsiSpeaks,com or http://OsiSpeaks.org

Please send Dennis Kucinich $50 or more if you can.  He’s the only one who does not play these games.  It’s up to all of us to stop this madness of a few people dominating the policitcal process.  $50 multiplied by a million people is $50 million.  We either get involved, or we’re doomed to imperial presidencies forever.

The funding that Obama and Clinton have been getting from stars and lobbyists is truly amazing. I wonder if they are capable to get that kind of money for their own campaign, what could they do to raise money for global poverty?