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Jeremy Scahill: The One Party State, The War Party (Original Post) mother earth Jul 2014 OP
The ugly truth. polichick Jul 2014 #1
Yes, it is ugly, and we need to remind ourselves on a daily basis of what is funding our elections mother earth Jul 2014 #3
Eisenhower warned us so long ago... polichick Jul 2014 #4
Yes it is ugly and will continue zeemike Jul 2014 #6
Gotta keep driving that point home. nt mother earth Aug 2014 #8
Important stuff RufusTFirefly Jul 2014 #2
K&R DeSwiss Jul 2014 #5
Kicking this in honor of Harry Reid wanting to send more money for death & destruction to Gaza. mother earth Jul 2014 #7

mother earth

(6,002 posts)
3. Yes, it is ugly, and we need to remind ourselves on a daily basis of what is funding our elections
Wed Jul 23, 2014, 01:00 PM
Jul 2014

and what drives the continual drum beat for war, until we change this and end that stranglehold there is no democracy.

It doesn't matter who the next president is, it matters who we are and that we wake the hell up and change this.

2016 will be here, but where will we be if everything stays the same?

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
6. Yes it is ugly and will continue
Wed Jul 23, 2014, 01:49 PM
Jul 2014

Until we can admit the system is broken...which is difficult for some people to do.
But it is broken and will not fix itself.

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
5. K&R
Wed Jul 23, 2014, 01:10 PM
Jul 2014
- Good luck buddy. But once you take the corps out of politics all that'll be left is an empty shell......

mother earth

(6,002 posts)
7. Kicking this in honor of Harry Reid wanting to send more money for death & destruction to Gaza.
Tue Jul 29, 2014, 01:43 PM
Jul 2014

Harry, Harry, NO MORE WAR, no more money for the war machine, here or there!!!

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