Friday, 26 October 2012
Stream of oligarch consciousness
There's a show which I assume is new, on Aljazeera.
BTW Aljazeera presents an Arab/Muslim view of
the world, but largely an Uncle-Tom version.
In other words, the US is usually very happy with
this view of the world. And so it goes with the
Stream talk show. They seem to be trying to suck some of
the blood of the Capital Account show (on another
much better network) by having an intelligent, appealing,
talkative lady handling the show.
Well, a few days ago, they decided to discuss
the "third party" thing in the US, and in true
AJ style, things were stacked in favour of
Obama/Romney Republicrat politics.
They were very persuasive too. They had me
thinking that Americans had to "vote for their
country, not themselves."
What a load of bullsh*t.
Firstly, the Presidency, though important, is only
one branch of the government. They had people
believing that if the Green leader got the nod
that the Russkies would be marching down
to the Capitol in Washington.
What about Congress, those 600 mostly
crooked politicians in the capitol? Don't they
have a say?
Secondly, that's the same kind of con job
that they use in Britain.
If you don't like what Labour is offering, do you
want to vote for the Conservatives?
That allows Labour to be Conservative lite.
The same with the US Duopoly. Either
you choose one of them, or the country is dead.
Is Romney really all that different from Obama?
Ask yourself that. Aren't they both going to war
with Iran in the next four years? Aren't both gonna
invade other countries and steal their money
and resources?
Does either party care that the Republicans have
cleansed voter rolls throughout the country? Are
they really democrats? Didn't Gore win and then
hand it to Bush?
The business of America is "business", and a crooked
business it is.
This has to end.
If 5% of the US voters go 3rd, you'll see the big
parties crap themselves.