John wrote after Yosef :

> >In politics "States Rights" like "Civil Rights" is a red
> herring. Everyone
> >is pursuing there own vested interests. Republicans are no worse than
> >Democrats and no better. Neither has the interest of the
> working people in
> >mind. Each doles out small drabs of hope. Each reels in the
> poor fools that
> >attempt to turn that hope into reality.
>
> Yosef, this is a terribly depressing view of life, isn't it??  I don't
> think that people are this downtrodden and helpless.

It's not a particularly depressing view. It's very realistic to assume that
politicos of all flavors do not have any form of public service and/or
public interest in mind. All they do is basically sell themselves of their
platforms as the current talk-of-the-day, and them sell the same overcooked
merchandise over and over at each election. To me, electoral platforms are
the equivalent of microwaved leftovers, with no taste, and re-hashed over
and over every 2/4/5/6 (underline your local legislative body's term length)
years.

IMHO, believing in politicos' sincerity is like, say, believing in Santa
(called Father christmas, here, btw).

In other words, I view Yosef's statement not as depressing, but as
realistic.

Christian

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