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Voters are not stupid

By Brent Budowsky

Created Nov 3 2009 - 12:44pm

From sea to sea there is voter unrest that poses extreme risks for
incumbents of both parties. There is almost universal revulsion against
Washington and a belief that politicians don't protect citizens from hostile
forces that threaten them.

The conservative base threatens insider Republicans. Unrest spreads among
the Democratic base about Democrats who are high-profile, low-courage, and
possess no fight for real transforming change. Independents lose faith in
them all. The contagion of anti-Washington sentiment reaches pandemic
proportion.

The voters are right. The fix is in. The word is out. The discontent is
everywhere. Official Washington becomes a besieged fortress of insiderism
surrounded by voters demanding change and agitated as business as usual
continues despite the speeches, sophistry and spin poured by politicians
divorced from the powerful forces of worry and fairness that motivate the
people of the nation.

The voters are not stupid. The voters are not happy. The politicians do not
listen.

America has ended a rip-off recession and entered a rip-off recovery that is
a Depression for many Americans and a life of deep worry and genuine
trepidation for many others. Soon the jobless rate will reach 10 percent, a
politically explosive moment. Americans know the real jobless rate is much
higher.

Voters are gouged by gasoline prices that are rising again. They are gouged
by banks that raise their interest rates and increase their fees with
lending practices worthy of "The Godfather" under a law the president and
Congress falsely claimed would protect them.

Voters are gouged by insurance premiums that rocket to the skies. They worry
(correctly) that premiums will soar even higher after the current bill is
enacted. Even a lobotomized public option that voters strongly support is
squeezed between a president who does not really support it, insurance
lobbyists who try to kill it and a Congress drenched in special interest
money.

Voters are not stupid. They know they paid a king's ransom to bail out banks
that treat them like they are serfs in feudal England, pay themselves
titanic rewards for it and grease palms in Washington with legal bribery
called campaign donations.

The fix is in. The word is out. The voters are not happy. They know that
nothing has changed. They know that pain has risen in their lives while the
president claims credit for doing little. The Republicans claim credit for
doing nothing. Big donors are promised secret access to high-level officials
in a town that has no shame and will not change.

Real wages continue their 20-year decline. Wall Street compensation reaches
all-time highs. Foreclosures continue to mount. The president and Congress
do nothing to stop it. Many homeowners fear they will be next. All suffer as
the value of their homes decline.

Nothing has changed in Washington. Money talks and the public interest
walks. Nothing has changed on Wall Street. Speculators reign while taxpayers
pay. Nothing has changed on Main Street. Eloquent speeches do not stop the
pain, worry or truth that the John and Jane Does of America are still being
scammed.

The fix is in. The word is out. The jig is up. The voters are not stupid.
The people are not happy. Washington would be well-advised to listen.

--
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"Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike,
that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans--born in
this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud
of our ancient heritage--and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing
of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to
which we are committed today at home and around the world.
"
-John F. Kennedy, 1961

On Nov 3, 12:42 pm, "Gandalf Grey" <valino... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

...

Nothing has changed in Washington. Money talks and the public interest
walks. Nothing has changed on Wall Street. Speculators reign while taxpayers
pay. Nothing has changed on Main Street. Eloquent speeches do not stop the
pain, worry or truth that the John and Jane Does of America are still being
scammed.

The fix is in. The word is out. The jig is up. The voters are not stupid.
The people are not happy. Washington would be well-advised to listen.

--

but, but, but they were all elected

http://www.searchtheplace.com/LPNY/reform.html

"
In crafting the Bill of Rights, the framers were careful to
acknowledge implicitly and explicitly two key truths:

The first is that government does not grant rights it acknowledges
them. They exist independently of government. They're part of who and
what we are. And, as Jefferson noted in the Declaration of
Independence, the only legitimate function of government is to secure
them.

The second is that government is a servant to whom we delegate powers,
not a master who dispenses privileges. The Constitution carefully
enumerates the powers we, the people, delegate to our government and
it specifically denies that government any powers not so delegated.
Our rights lie beyond the pale of that delegation. They are
sacrosanct. Any government which infringes upon them is engaged in an
intolerable usurpation.
"www.badnarik.org
-----

A "right" as envisioned by the Founders meant that the government
was   not permitted to interfere with your pursuit of them, i.e..,
your  pursuit   of happiness was to be unhindered by government. 

The "right" of free speech means that    government cannot interfere
with your free speech.  The "right" of  gun  ownership means that the
government cannot infringe your gun ownership.     What does "right"
to health care mean?  It means that the government cannot stand    in
the way of your pursuit of health care, or impede your
obtaining health    care. The "right" to an  attorney means that the
government cannot prevent you obtaining an attorney  to represent
you.

Of course, "right" has incorrectly come to mean that someone must
supply   you with something.  If your "right" to housing means that
some slave   must supply you with housing, and your "right" to health
care means  that some slave must supply you with health care, and your
"right" to  an attorney means that some slave must supply you with an
attorney, does your "right" to free speech mean that some slave must
supply you with a loudspeaker, or TV air time?  Does your "right" to
own guns mean that some slave must supply you with guns?

http://capitaldistrict-lp.org/Rights.shtml

http://www.capitaldistrict-lp.org/Rights.shtml
Dollars in the common treasury are like fish in the common sea -
anyone who can will harvest to extinction. That is why socialism is
fundamentally corrupting and can not work. The Fed is making a lot of
paper fish. This is an illusion of wealth. The real fish are gone.
 ---- 
http://www.capitaldistrict-lp.org/how.shtml
Governing has become a way to get privileges for some at the expense
of others. 
http://www.capitaldistrict-lp.org/what.shtmlhttp://www.investmentu.com/IUEL/2008/August/the-national-debt.htmlhttp://www.youtube..com/watch?v=Dp8ZmQMCtqA&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FSoXKapKQs&feature=related

"
In crafting the Bill of Rights, the framers were careful to
acknowledge implicitly and explicitly two key truths:

The first is that government does not grant rights it acknowledges
them. They exist independently of government. They're part of who and
what we are. And, as Jefferson noted in the Declaration of
Independence, the only legitimate function of government is to secure
them.

"Werner" <whetz... at (no spam) mac.com> wrote in message

news:afdbeece-0da2-4204-9e36-c3779e4b7faf at (no spam) t18g2000vbj.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 3, 12:42 pm, "Gandalf Grey" <valino... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

...

Nothing has changed in Washington. Money talks and the public interest
walks. Nothing has changed on Wall Street. Speculators reign while
taxpayers
pay. Nothing has changed on Main Street. Eloquent speeches do not stop the
pain, worry or truth that the John and Jane Does of America are still
being
scammed.

The fix is in. The word is out. The jig is up. The voters are not stupid.
The people are not happy. Washington would be well-advised to listen.

--

^ but, but, but they were all elected

Yeah.  Unlike when the republicans are in charge of the election machinery.

...

Nothing has changed in Washington. Money talks and the public interest
walks. Nothing has changed on Wall Street. Speculators reign while taxpayers
pay. Nothing has changed on Main Street. Eloquent speeches do not stop the
pain, worry or truth that the John and Jane Does of America are still being
scammed.

The fix is in. The word is out. The jig is up. The voters are not stupid.
The people are not happy. Washington would be well-advised to listen.

--

On Nov 3, 1:08 pm, Werner <whetz... at (no spam) mac.com> wrote:





On Nov 3, 12:42 pm, "Gandalf Grey" <valino... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

...

Nothing has changed in Washington. Money talks and the public interest
walks. Nothing has changed on Wall Street. Speculators reign while taxpayers
pay. Nothing has changed on Main Street. Eloquent speeches do not stop the
pain, worry or truth that the John and Jane Does of America are still being
scammed.

The fix is in. The word is out. The jig is up. The voters are not stupid.
The people are not happy. Washington would be well-advised to listen.

--

but, but, but they were all elected

http://www.searchtheplace.com/LPNY/reform.html

But what were the choices?  There was no way to vote "none of the
above" except to stay home.   But the media spun that stay at home
"vote" as being apathy rather than what it was:  total disgust with
the choices.  If the only people running every time are crooks then a
crook will be elected everytime.

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Voters are not stupid

By Brent Budowsky

A lot of them voted for an inexperienced Black Surrender Monkey.

Published on The Smirking Chimp (http://www.smirkingchimp.com)

Voters are not stupid

By Brent Budowsky

Created Nov 3 2009 - 12:44pm

From sea to sea there is voter unrest that poses extreme risks for
incumbents of both parties. There is almost universal revulsion against
Washington and a belief that politicians don't protect citizens from
hostile
forces that threaten them.

The conservative base threatens insider Republicans. Unrest spreads among
the Democratic base about Democrats who are high-profile, low-courage, and
possess no fight for real transforming change. Independents lose faith in
them all. The contagion of anti-Washington sentiment reaches pandemic
proportion.

The voters are right. The fix is in. The word is out. The discontent is
everywhere. Official Washington becomes a besieged fortress of insiderism
surrounded by voters demanding change and agitated as business as usual
continues despite the speeches, sophistry and spin poured by politicians
divorced from the powerful forces of worry and fairness that motivate the
people of the nation.

The voters are not stupid. The voters are not happy. The politicians do
not
listen.

America has ended a rip-off recession and entered a rip-off recovery that
is
a Depression for many Americans and a life of deep worry and genuine
trepidation for many others. Soon the jobless rate will reach 10 percent,
a
politically explosive moment. Americans know the real jobless rate is much
higher.

Voters are gouged by gasoline prices that are rising again. They are
gouged
by banks that raise their interest rates and increase their fees with
lending practices worthy of "The Godfather" under a law the president and
Congress falsely claimed would protect them.

Voters are gouged by insurance premiums that rocket to the skies. They
worry
(correctly) that premiums will soar even higher after the current bill is
enacted. Even a lobotomized public option that voters strongly support is
squeezed between a president who does not really support it, insurance
lobbyists who try to kill it and a Congress drenched in special interest
money.

Voters are not stupid. They know they paid a king's ransom to bail out
banks
that treat them like they are serfs in feudal England, pay themselves
titanic rewards for it and grease palms in Washington with legal bribery
called campaign donations.

The fix is in. The word is out. The voters are not happy. They know that
nothing has changed. They know that pain has risen in their lives while
the
president claims credit for doing little. The Republicans claim credit for
doing nothing. Big donors are promised secret access to high-level
officials
in a town that has no shame and will not change.

Real wages continue their 20-year decline. Wall Street compensation
reaches
all-time highs. Foreclosures continue to mount. The president and Congress
do nothing to stop it. Many homeowners fear they will be next. All suffer
as
the value of their homes decline.

Nothing has changed in Washington. Money talks and the public interest
walks. Nothing has changed on Wall Street. Speculators reign while
taxpayers
pay. Nothing has changed on Main Street. Eloquent speeches do not stop the
pain, worry or truth that the John and Jane Does of America are still
being
scammed.

The fix is in. The word is out. The jig is up. The voters are not stupid.
The people are not happy. Washington would be well-advised to listen.

--
NOTICE: This post contains copyrighted material the use of which has not
always been authorized by the copyright owner. I am making such material
available to advance understanding of
political, human rights, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues.
I
believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of such copyrighted material as
provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright
Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107

"Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike,
that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans--born in
this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace,
proud
of our ancient heritage--and unwilling to witness or permit the slow
undoing
of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and
to
which we are committed today at home and around the world.
"
-John F. Kennedy, 1961

...

Nothing has changed in Washington. Money talks and the public interest
walks. Nothing has changed on Wall Street. Speculators reign while
taxpayers
pay. Nothing has changed on Main Street. Eloquent speeches do not stop the
pain, worry or truth that the John and Jane Does of America are still
being
scammed.

The fix is in. The word is out. The jig is up. The voters are not stupid.
The people are not happy. Washington would be well-advised to listen.

--

number6 wrote:
The government should be dependent on the people for its existence ...
No person should ever be dependent on the government for it's
existence ...

Good. You won't mind if the gov't allows Al Qaeda to come over and kill you.

The government should be dependent on the people for its existence ...
No person should ever be dependent on the government for it's
existence ...

"Werner" <whetz... at (no spam) mac.com> wrote in message

news:afdbeece-0da2-4204-9e36-c3779e4b7faf at (no spam) t18g2000vbj.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 3, 12:42 pm, "Gandalf Grey" <valino... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

...

Nothing has changed in Washington. Money talks and the public interest
walks. Nothing has changed on Wall Street. Speculators reign while
taxpayers
pay. Nothing has changed on Main Street. Eloquent speeches do not stop
the
pain, worry or truth that the John and Jane Does of America are still
being
scammed.

The fix is in. The word is out. The jig is up. The voters are not
stupid.
The people are not happy. Washington would be well-advised to listen.

--

^ but, but, but they were all elected

Yeah. Unlike when the republicans are in charge of the election machinery.

Published on The Smirking Chimp (http://www.smirkingchimp.com)

Voters are not stupid

By Brent Budowsky

Created Nov 3 2009 - 12:44pm

From sea to sea there is voter unrest that poses extreme risks for
incumbents of both parties. There is almost universal revulsion against
Washington and a belief that politicians don't protect citizens from hostile
forces that threaten them.

Dependence = control
My life is my own ...

In that case, hand in all your money.  Money is nothing more than a
social service provided by the government, and you shouldn't be depending
on those silly little pieces of paper to live.