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Jeremy Scahill: The One Party State, The War Party (Original Post)
mother earth
Jul 2014
OP
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
Kicking this in honor of Harry Reid wanting to send more money for death & destruction to Gaza.
mother earth
Jul 2014
#7
polichick
(37,152 posts)1. The ugly truth.
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
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?
polichick
(37,152 posts)4. Eisenhower warned us so long ago...
Hard to say what it will take to wake up this country.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)6. Yes it is ugly and will continue
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.
mother earth
(6,002 posts)8. Gotta keep driving that point home. nt
RufusTFirefly
(8,812 posts)2. Important stuff
Alas, I'm afraid that most of the people who need to see this never will.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)5. K&R
- 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.
Harry, Harry, NO MORE WAR, no more money for the war machine, here or there!!!