LTTE: It’s time to reject status quo

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It’s time to reject status quo
By Jay Hershberger,
Published Sunday, July 20, 2008

The Democrats and the GOP have not given voters a substantive choice for president in November. Barack Obama trumpets “change.” John McCain trumpets “maverick.” Yet they both stand for the Beltway establishment, the status quo and the further centralization of power in the presidency.

Foreign policy? Both candidates promise that all options remain on the table regarding Iran, even nuclear weapons. Both pledge military action to defend Israel. They both support the widening of domestic intelligence surveillance. Both would maintain our unwelcome global empire and economic hegemony, which have exhausted the goodwill of the rest of the world.

Domestic policy? The candidates differ only by degree and emphasis. Both assume an increasingly large role for government in health care, education, retirement and the economy. Both candidates support subsidizing corporate America. Both candidates support the Federal Reserve’s control of the U.S. dollar, an abysmal track record by any measure. Both support taxpayer bailouts of investment banks, pension plans and even home mortgages. And both candidates assume that the Supreme Court should rule by judicial fiat. One politician recently observed that a vote for either candidate is a vote for the same person: McBama.

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The United States needs substantive change regarding its political governance. McBama and the Demopublicans (Republicrats?) will not bring it about. The status quo will remain until future historical circumstances force change upon us, and it may come in ways not anticipated or even desired. Why not embrace a change of one’s own choosing now, while there is still the freedom to voluntarily do so?

http://www.in-forum.com/Opinion/articles/208710

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In the words of T. Boone Pickins,(As close as I can remember.)"To say there needs to be new leadership in government implies there is leadership now."

In other words unless we actively deal with the mess this country is in and get Honest people in our Congress, our Supreme Court and the Administrative branch, this country will never recover from the damage we have been letting the criminals do.

For instance, North Dakota has 3 Democratic congress critters. Only one even approaches being sent back, Sen. Byron Dorgan. The other 2, Sen. Kent Conrad and Rep. Earl Pomeroy - are at best bu$h toadies, voting the republican line way too often. But we will send them back because they have both been there long enough to be in position of influence for the betterment of ND. Never mind their record of supporting bu$h's criminal agenda.