ColbyDog's Blog

Come on bash... even you can't deny that 1) they were under oath 2) their lies broke violated the Constitution... not an ordinance and 3) allowed them to start a war

I don't think anything even Kennedy did comes close.

But do tell me what pelosi and reid lied about...

Bash, I hear you loud and clear.... politicians have long been pawns to the corporations who play them against their constituents. How many concessions are given to companies to get them to build, expand or not leave a particular State, County or city? How much pressure can be exerted on a politician by a manufacturer saying they'll up and leave their district if certain demands aren't met? Why do you think the parts and production of the B1 bomber are from plants in 34 states? Many in Blue States and Districts? Ask Feinstein and Boxster how much pressure the defense industry can cause in her next election were her voters unemployed.

As we move closer to a corporate-owned society, corporations become citizens, and we are reduced to expendable pieces of their global production engine.

my question to you is, whats worse, a party who's rank and file is primarily business, or one who still has ties to people... individuals?

If this struggle boils down to us v them... like in a third world economy... would it not be morally, ethically, compassionately and spiritually right to have fought to help the people?

I've long said we average citizens have no political party and the corporate elite have two.... but of the two... I happen to feel the one that has not sold its entire rank and file to the war profiteering elite, has democrats like Feingold, Conyers, Murtha, Saunders and the like...

And yes, Feinstein and Boxster make me angry... but i can also see their hands are tied by boeing, Dyncorp and the ilk.

(I hate those darn space limitataions!) The best thing that the Republicans ever did was not fight the movement of big corporations to the Dems. As you will soon find out, they become a millstone sround your party's neck. More and more and more the Republicans are the party of the small businessman, the entrepeneur, the subschapter S business.

One thing that I take issue with you is that it is the Dems who are constantly putting forth legislation and programs that strip our freedoms and make us responsible to government rather than the other way around. Feingold (with McCain) was responsible for the biggest restriction imposed on First Amendment rights in the last 100 years. Kohl...well, I can't think of ANYTHING good or bad that he has done. He just buys his office every six years. One thing that you've never seen the libs propose is a measure to get the government OUT of our life, to make dealing with government easier and cheaper. That is why I reject the argument that the Dems are the "party of the people". Every piece of Dem major legislation involves the government telling folks what they can and can't do with their land, their trash, their money, the kids, etc. This is why, I feel, that the labor unions are starting to pull back from knee-jerk support of Dem candidates. It isn't just legislative folks either. Remember a few years back how the liberals on the US Supreme Court expanded the definition of emminent domain to include taking someone's property in order to replace it with a building that would generate more tax revenue? Anyway, when it comes