Comments on: A Wall Street disease destroying democracy and capitalism

By: Majestic

Majestic — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:34:25 +0000

@ Daniel S

An interesting observation.
I worry that this might be why “education for all” might be so restricted.
I’ll say no more.

By: Daniel S

Daniel S — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:14:42 +0000

When most citizens in a nation don’t have a reasonable adult understanding of how the world works, how could their votes produce anything positive anyways?

By: Bev

Bev — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:29:30 +0000

Democracy has to be stolen first in order to steal the unaccountable power to steal the money. That is why our leaders do not listen to the majority. I am so pleased Germany’s leaders rejected the purposely evidence-free e-voting machines. (hopefully, computerized scanners and tabulators too, correct?)

And, people are trying to return evidence to voting to recover our democracy, economy, media, education and climate:

Bev Harris at http://www.blackboxvoting.org

http://electiondefensealliance.org/

http://velvetrevolution.us/

Lynn Landes at http://thelandesreport.com/VotingSecurity.htm and who has owned and pushed these intentionally hackable computers

“Making matters worse, our public voting system has been privatized and outsourced to a handful of domestic, foreign, and multi-national corporations, most of whom have close ties to the right wing of the Republican Party. Just two companies, ES&S and Diebold, started by two brothers, Bob and Todd Urosevich, electronically process (using touchscreen machines or optical scanners), 80% of all votes. Their employees are in a perfect position to rig elections nation-wide. And evidence is mounting that elections in America have been computer programmed to prefer conservative candidates of both political parties.”

http://thelandesreport.com/VotingMachineCompanies.htm

Hand count paper ballot evidence at the polls on election night to restore democracy.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:21:14 +0000

@norcalkid … yes , absolutely disgusting for both sides .

Was anyone in the Govt. jailed ? .. of course not.

By: norcalkid

norcalkid — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:56:27 +0000

@Phil- Indeed, the Vietnam-era draft was for all men (boys) 18 years and older. My high school class (1976) lucked out- the draft had ended two years before. But as a child and teen, I watched the young men go away to south-east Asia. Some returned, most with broken bodies or broken minds. Yes, that is why there were so many protests, unless one was in college, disabled, or “knew someone”, they were sent off to the jungles. We got to see, on the TV, the flag-draped coffins returning, year after year. Some childhood.

By: Michael Le Couteur MSCD, ret'd

Michael Le Couteur MSCD, ret'd — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:25:14 +0000

Wow, the guts of Paul Farrell. “Balls of solid rock.” If I were him, I would be checking my six constantly after writing that scorcher. Bullies/Wallstreet losers are dangerous criminals. Know it, live it, be it.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:25:13 +0000

@frances .. Thanks … looks like a Govt. Criminal Record …

By: frances snoot

frances snoot — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:23:05 +0000

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10000981@N02/790033026/

Apparently the draft never ended after WW2!

By: frances snoot

frances snoot — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:17:10 +0000

Here are the dates, Phil:

http://library.thinkquest.org/27942/timeline/1968-1973.htm

(I meant that about Nixon figurately, of course)

By: frances snoot

frances snoot — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:15:21 +0000

Nixon was a Nazi.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:09:39 +0000

@frances snoot … Yes, that’s the way it was.

Sheesh … No wonder there were protests !
I would have changed my passport to somewhere else under those circumstances .. what a fascist system. I mean, it is not like they were called up to “defend” America .. but I suppose it was the paranoic fear of communism.
People with too much power are very dangerous – period !

By: frances snoot

frances snoot — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:24:02 +0000

@Phil;
Yes, that’s the way it was. Did you read, “The Things They Carried.” Great book: author used Joseph Conrad’s literary technique to good purpose!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Things_They_Carried

By: frances snoot

frances snoot — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:21:56 +0000

@Dante:
Good Lord! How heartless!!! What are the old folk to do?

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:16:51 +0000

@If all men would stand up and refuse to fight in a war for profit, then the child would still have his family. // I find Obama’s patriotic acting play-acting sickening.

Yep … was effectively going to ask the same.

e.g.
If the “comfortable masses” of today were suddenly told to join the Army to fight some war, I wonder how fast they would protest.
It would hit them like a brick.
On one day, they’re making tea in the office, the next day, they’re grabbing a rifle for warfare training.

I would imagine that they’ll pick on the 18 yr. olds first for conscription .

Do you remember Vietnam ?
A guy that used to work for me was 4 years in Vietnam.
He told me if you were 18 and didn’t have a place at University, you were automatically called up !
Can anyone confirm that ( in the US of course ) ?