The United states is 2 countries...just occured to me...

[Andy_Stephenson]

we have We the People and Corporate America. Discuss.

[Placebo]

1. After today's ANWR vote...

yes, I agree.

[Cleita]

2. If only we could divide it into two sovereign nations.

One for the Christian Taliban and one for the rest of us.

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. Said nearly 40 years ago in the 1968 Kerner Commission report....

investigating race riots.

“Our Nation Is Moving Toward Two Societies, One Black, One White—Separate and Unequal”: Excerpts from the Kerner Report

President Lyndon Johnson formed an 11-member National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders in July 1967 to explain the riots that plagued cities each summer since 1964 and to provide recommendations for the future. The Commission’s 1968 report, informally known as the Kerner Report, concluded that the nation was “moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal.” Unless conditions were remedied, the Commission warned, the country faced a “system of ’apartheid’” in its major cities. The Kerner report delivered an indictment of “white society” for isolating and neglecting African Americans and urged legislation to promote racial integration and to enrich slums—primarily through the creation of jobs, job training programs, and decent housing. President Johnson, however, rejected the recommendations. In April 1968, one month after the release of the Kerner report, rioting broke out in more than 100 cities following the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. In the following excerpts from the Kerner Report summary, the Commission analyzed patterns in the riots and offered explanations for the disturbances. In 1998, 30 years after the issuance of the Report, former Senator and Commission member Fred R. Harris co-authored a study that found the racial divide had grown in the ensuing years with inner-city unemployment at crisis levels. Opposing voices argued that the Commission’s prediction of separate societies had failed to materialize due to a marked increase in the number of African Americans living in suburbs.

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6545/

[eaprez]

4. Three Americas

Red People, Blue People, Corporate People.

[Andy_Stephenson]

8. The Red and Blue people are only

divided so the Corporate "people" can control us.

[eaprez]

9. HUH? The Red and Blue people are divided because the red...

...people have been convinced that they are morally superior to the rest of us. Corporations didn't divide them ---- they are divided because they are 'sheep'

[Andy_Stephenson]

10. tThe division is merely

skin deep. The division must be continued...we fight each other which keeps us from fighting the real enemy...The Corporation.

[slay]

5. People brainwashed by society VS the rest of us

The amount of brainwashing that occurs on a daily, as well as long term, basis truly amazes me. Everyone wants YOU to see things THEIR way with no regard for the truth. Republicans, churchgoers, the media, advertisers - all part of a vicious cycle of money -> power -> control -> money -> power -> control. Repeat until dead.

[donheld]

6. That's why the big fuss over "under god"

They're hoping if you focus on the "under god" crap you won't have time to notice we're no longer "one nation."

[karlrschneider]

7. Hey Andy, you made me think of something very strange

The "people" who live in the areas where the Corporations are located (not considering Delaware incorporations) tend to be more supportive of
the same people who live elsewhere but yet support the Corporations!

Does that make sense? It just popped into my brain which has been running in reverse overdrive the last few days...
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