How can anyone with even a minimal awareness of Surveillancegate
not see that the Adults in the Room are doing everything they can to shut down whistleblowers and critics of the Establishment?
And that Establishment is a single coin with two sides. When the "D" side is up, peripheral policies are enacted so that things get a little better for gays, women & little kids, and when the "R" side is up, the peripheral policies tend to favor the fundamentalist authoritarian part of the Booboisie, but no matter which side is up, the core agenda moves along.
Social Security is at risk. The corporations tighten their grip. High-tech surveillance sends its tentacles around the globe like a metastasizing cancer, ultimately invading the brain of every human being on the planet. The playing field continues to tip. Money finds ways to accumulate more money, at the expense of all humane values.
Nobody except a few "fringe leftists" (who are carefully kept far from the levers of power) dares challenge the oil companies, the military machine, or the industries that support them. Keystone rumbles ahead with the blessing of the State Department despite the clear warnings from a few honest souls in the Department of Interior.
People like DiFi and Eric Cantor are, first and foremost, oligarchs, and only secondarily Republicans or Democrats; their party branding has about as much significance as the "flags of convenience" flown by the superships that bring Walmart's plastic trash from China.
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And meanwhile some lucky folks at Motor Trend are burning the tires of a range of cars in this years Best Drivers Car of the year contest.
If they have an investment in the Establishment, they aren't going to acknowledge anything that doesn't make the Establishment look good.
It's dishonest, it's immoral, it's unethical, it's hypocritical, and it's imbecilic. In my opinion.
Actually, I do.
But I didn't get that story from Obama. I got it from Yahoo News.
As they say, there is no real privacy on the internet.
Really, JP, you are one very naughty (but highly creative) boy.
In many Latin American countries, their People have successfully wrested their governments back from the hands of the Global 1%
in near bloodless Ballot Box Revolutions.
It begins with "None of the Above".
The had one advantage that we don't have.
They have transparent, verifiable democratic elections in most Latin American countries.
We no longer have those in the USA.
Our elections were Privatized with the active support of BOTH dominant Parties, so we will have to deal with that first.
When the Working Class & The Poor realize WE have more in common with each other
than we have in common with the Ruling 1% and their Mouth Pieces in Washington,
THEN we can have "change" too!
Spread the WORD.
It CAN happen here too.
VIVA Democracy!
I pray we get some here soon!
You will know them by their [font size=3]WORKS.[/font]
I wish more people had asked that very question in 2006...
Great last line:
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You will know them by their [font size=3]WORKS.[/font]
Brilliant analogy, man! And, brilliant OP! Well and succinctly said! 
Yes, "the core agenda moves on." I pity the folks who cannot or will not see this. It's just going to keep getting more and more difficult for them to keep trying to distract from, and paper over, the hard truth. The apologists for power can revile and mock those who refuse to go gentle into this dark night, but I'll side with those who'd rather die on their feet than live on their knees.
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Please don't worry about not being in touch - you are always close to me, whether we're in touch or not. And I'm always immeasurably cheered to see a post from you here! 
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They think they're eating a juicy steak.
Think there's no difference between the parties? This doesn't count?
www.democraticunderground.com/10023501371
