Reply #42: 50 and no...for damned good reasons [View All]

[Ezlivin]

We've got a "Perfect Storm" brewing here, folks. The idea of a representative democracy was a good one; too bad we don't have one any longer.

If anyone here honestly believes that our votes are fairly counted, that the representatives we've sent to Congress actually represent us or that the government will improve under different leadership, then I would say that you need to really reevaluate those beliefs. Our government is just a facade; the real power lies with the corporations.

Raise your hand if you think any of these things will happen before 2008:

• Impeachment of ANY official
• Trial of ANY official
• Independent investigation of 9/11
• Independent (or any) investigation of illegal wiretapping
• Cessation of earmarks
• Investigation of election fraud

Wait a second? You say that after we get a Democratic president that the ball will get rolling?

Pardon my cynicism; I thought we'd see a real change after they got a majority in both houses of Congress.