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"Holliston Perni" <hperni@AmericanJunta.com> wrote in message
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> When the founding fathers spoke of a government "of the people, by the
> people, and for the people," were they simply indulging in a predilection
> for catchy phraseology? Or did they really mean it?
>
> One need not search far for indisputable evidence that each of our three
> branches of government have long ago ceased to do the bidding of the
> American people
>
> The mechanism of this treachery is easy to follow: Big businesses can
> donate virtually unlimited money to the parties, as opposed to direct
> bribes to the politicians themselves, which are more closely scrutinized.
> Most frequently, businesses will give millions of dollars to both parties,
> to ensure their influence regardless of which prevails in any particular
> pseudo-election.
>
> While there may be occasional mavericks, those who rise within their party
> are those who toe the party line. Hence, as we look back through recent
> history, we will see that both parties have instituted virtually identical
> policies, favoring the big businesses that grease their greedy palms over
> the will of their constituencies.
>
> Indeed, our so-called representatives have largely abandoned even the
> pretext of voting either their consciences, or the will of their
> constituencies. Instead, what we get is spin that tries to tell us that
> what benefits the Enrons and the Worldcoms and the Halliburtons are what's
> really best for us. Big brother knows best. In every sense, the
> Republicrat party has executed a coup, and has toppled the legitimate
> constitutional government of the United States.
>
> Isn't it high time we take back our government, before it's too late?
>
> It never ceases to amaze me when I hear people on one hand complaining
> about the unpalatable choices offered by our 'two' predominant parties,
> and on the other, refusing to 'waste their votes' on third-party
> candidates. Indeed, just the opposite is true. So long as we insist on
> voting only for Republicrats, our elections have as little meaning as
> those in the former Soviet Union, or pre-Bush Iraq.
>
> Fear is the Republicrats' primary weapon for closing out any 'outside'
> contenders. They perpetuate a cunningly contrived sense of contention that
> makes the voters fearful lest 'the other party' prevail, thus reducing the
> choice to the lesser of two evils, rather than what is truly best for the
> people and for the nation. Under close scrutiny, however, these
> contentions are no more meaningful than a bout in professional wrestling.
>
> This sense of us-versus-them also reduces government to a simplistic
> show - with each party opposing anything the other proposes - except, of
> course when it comes to benefiting big business, at the expense of the
> voters. It's easy to see how a government consisting of representatives
> from a variety of smaller parties would actually be more efficient, and
> more honest. Debates would revolve around ISSUES, rather than party lines.
> Representatives would reach consensus on some issues, and continue to
> differ on others. Coalitions would form, based on how issues affect each
> representative's constituency, rather than along party lines.
>
> The aims of http://www.AmericanJunta.com are straightforward:
>
> 1. To raise awareness of the extent to which the two primary
> parties--Democrat and Republican--have subverted every aspect of
> constitutional government in this country, have repeatedly betrayed their
> constituencies, and serve only the business interests that regularly
> grease their greedy palms,
>
> 2. To convince thinking people of various convictions that the only way to
> save this country is to form a coalition capable of ousting the
> Republicrat Junta, and to restore constitutional government,
>
> 3. To facilitate a dialog between honest people from the right, the left,
> and all areas in between, and to present a basic platform which multiple
> third-parties may, for the time being, embrace. Will we always agree on
> all issues? Of course not. However, it is our contention that there is
> wide-based agreement on the most pressing issues, and these alone will
> give a clean new administration plenty to do. The global concerns raised
> by America's current direction are so ominous that ousting the
> 'Republicrats', and the breaking of the insidious Military-Industrial
> Complex, must take priority over less critical issues. We can squabble
> over the little stuff later. For now we have to kick these bastards out!
>
> What's the Mystery? If you constrain your votes to cunning, self-serving
> professional politicians, rather than honest statesmen, don't be surprised
> when you find you've created a corrupt government.
>
> Hollis
> http://www.AmericanJunta.com
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