These are good ideas Allen, its so simple and obvious. What I like the most about it, is that we wouldn't have had to add all that extra pork in order to cram it through, everyone wins. I'm constantly amazed at how this government sees fit to award the benefits of socialism to the supposed champions of free market capitalism (ie, CEO's gigantic companies, banks, what have you), but suddenly becomes deeply ideological when we talk about offering help to the average Joe. What are they so afraid of? Anyway... now that we live in a post-bailout world, we'll just have …
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I suppose we could regard this bill as a litmus test for our democracy... its passage would pretty much translate as a gigantic "F-you" to everyone who pays taxes in America, letting us all know that these legislators care nothing for us, our homes, or the future of this country. Alternatively, if we WERE able to beat this thing, it might mean there's hope yet for our democratic process, despite everything that is weighing against it. I'll be calling both Senators today, and my congressman if this bill makes it through the Senate... I guess that's the best we can do …
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I agree with LeftyMathProf that Obama has been forced into a role where he has no choice but to embrace the mindless patriotic prattle that has come to define US politics. Its unfortunate that even progressive politicians have to play by the neo-con rule book in order to advance past GO. I think its safe to say that placing a great deal of hope in any politician to change anything in this country is a frustrating waste of time. Frankly, I'm coming to a point where I'm ready to let this ship sink so we can all get a fresh start, …
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If I may Alpaig... I agree that there is little CHANGE that will actually come from either candidate, but I DO believe voting for the republican ticket to be essentially akin to an act of hate against women, persons of color and homosexuals. While both candidates are frighteningly similar on a myriad of issues, republicans generally wish to limit the rights of traditionally repressed peoples, while democrats generally wish to expand them. This is at least ONE fundamental difference I see between the two parties. In all likelihood, the results of this election have already been determined by Diebold, so I'm …
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SP - Divide and conquer! That's how to win an election, right? It's such a shame that elections are won not on who we are, but on how we can prove the other guy is a jerk. Someday I really hope we can stop the cafeteria food fight and actually try to build something of substance. In the mean time, I suggest we all go back to kindergarten and re-learn how to play nicely; somehow it seems we've all forgotten.
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It's worth mentioning that the original plan to provide the service for free was hotly contested in the courts by all the Internet Service Providers in the area. If it hadn't been for those corporations fighting this service so vehemently, we may very well have seen the free network that we were all originally promised. My personal belief, I think Earthlink took control of the network in an effort to intentionally bury it. I live in Philadelphia, and attempted to buy into the network last fall. Earthlink basically told me that I couldn't do it. Some of my friends who had …
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Sitora makes good points, even if he uses sensationalist language to prove them. If we're going to be nit-picky about our definitions, perhaps we could define what it means to be a "serious progressive." Either way, Sitora's point is that as Obama moves further and further away from his original platforms, he's disenfranchising the same electorate that pushed him past Clinton in the primaries. Clinton's "centerist" politics had obvious undertones of placating to corporate interests in US politics. Originally, Obama's appeal was founded in his politics which seemed to lie beyond the narrow scope of American business. As we can see …
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If we're talking about the "problem," let's talk about the predatory economic policies implemented by the U.S. in the countries from which these immigrants come from. History reveals many countries that took measures to improve their economic situation, only to be met with violent, US-backed coups when those policies were found to not be in the best interests of US corporations. In the ensuing civil wars and economic strife that plagued most of Latin America throughout the 70's and 80's, many families fled to the country that was largely responsible for the misappropriation of resources in their country (namely, the US). …
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Agreed! With such large scale elections, accountability is essentially impossible to guarantee. Elections will go to the candidates that can sway the businesses that can in turn rig the elections; our voting serves to placate us more than inform the "democratic" process. Clinton has the right combination of name recognition, corporate sponsors and personal investment in the status quo to qualify her to be the next president. Obama actually has the support of the "people" which makes him dangerous. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Clinton pull off narrow victory after narrow victory throughout the primaries. Reminds me of …
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