[Rhodes22-list] Another way to look at it [politico-hystorical {sic}]

[Cheryl O'Grady]

very well put.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Skinner" <robert at squirrelhaven.com>
To: "Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Another way to look at it [politico-hystorical	{sic}]
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:12:52 -0500

> 
> I think the current crop of debaters have it wrong.
> 
> Elections have become just the jumping-off point for
> the (re)selection of leadership.  Given that we
> ossify the two-party system, stop searching for or
> neglect any new-found facts, dismiss reason in the
> name of loyalty, and decry compromise as a weakness,
> we are on a one-way trip to an oligarchy.
> 
> Once it has a chance to consolidate its gains with
> judicial appointments and its economic policy with a
> crushing national debt, there will be no way to unseat
> any entrenched party, whether or not it has a
> micro-majority -- because the ballot box no longer
> has relevance.
> 
> "It doesn't matter how the people vote.
> What matters is who counts the votes."
> 
> /Joseph Stalin
> 
> Let's shift the discussion to where it may do some
> good.  Let's figure out what our options are at this
> point (are they diminishing daily?), where we want to
> go from here, how we can get there, and get about it.
> 
> Mud only obscures our vision.
> 
> I do not live in terror of the future, or of a few
> deranged people with big weapons, but rather fear what
> we as a nation will loose if we don't get our economic
> act together and take a more cooperative stance in
> dealing with the rest of the world -- it's bigger than
> we are, in case anyone has not noticed, and our
> adverse balance of trade has mortgaged our ability to
> call the world-wide economic tune.
> 
> Time to get real, and take a broader view, doncha
> think?
> 
> /Robert Skinner
> 
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