Posted by Ritch on March 4, 2003, at 10:39:01
In reply to Re: Political Stuff re BIG Media » Ritch, posted by jay on March 4, 2003, at 1:18:43
> The thing that really irks me is so many "average income" Americans vote for the party and person who is FOR the rich. (Actually a little note of caution with that, as there is over HALF of eligible voters who don't even vote.)
Jay, people need to vote more. I've voted every major election I was eligible to vote since 1980. I've voted for Democrats and Republicans (voted for Bush's daddy the first time around). When you vote for a candidate you are voting for a "package" just like buying a car with options. There is going to be stuff you don't care for to get the stuff you feel is more important. Politicians carefully count all of the beans to get a package that will get one more vote than the other guy. Unfortunately, often either choice seems like a wash. I would like to see Jesse Ventura run for President again :0)
As far as the media thing goes.... It was so interesting to read all of the news stories about the electricity "shortages" back in 1999 and how perplexed everybody was about how to solve the "crisis", and it turned out in the end to all be a big scam.
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