by Warren Pease February 4, 2008
www.onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_2912.shtml
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"Does it matter if the machines are rigged? Does it matter if the usual GOP game plan goes operational this November? Does it matter whether the eventual selection has a "D" or an "R" after their name?
Well, sort of, when you're talking about federal judges or regulatory appointments. But not when you're talking about maintaining the stranglehold corporate institutions have on every single aspect of life in America today.
The corporate nouveau riche, their entitled brats, the old money elite, the world-class thieves, the exploiters and slave masters, the billion-dollar paper pushers, even the second-tier people who own the support systems that keep the top one percent obscenely wealthy and extravagantly comfortable -- all these wonderful people will continue to live stressless lives of ease and contentment no matter which of the chosen gets the electorate's nod.
All this was pre-ordained from the moment mass media eliminated the first "non-conforming" candidate and eventually force-fed us only the safe and trustworthy ones -- those with absolutely no interest in tampering with the status quo.
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I think this article is worth thinking about especially in light of all the awful in fighting going on here at DU. Warning:This is not an up lifting article! While we discuss the values of experience vs. inspiration I have to wonder if that discussion is what we should be debating.