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That's the plan! The "New World Order" is working hard to destroy all that we have worked for. Not a good thing! I say we kick their asses.
LONG LIVE BIG BROTHER, PLC!!!
Wasn't this just on "Masterpiece Theater Contemporary"?
Don't worry, the good guys ALWAYS win in the end. They get to go to Heaven, which is right above the North Pole, where Santa Claus lives and there's no global warming.
More crimes against humanity: Life and death in the pineapple fields.
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Politicians, who are in a position to give and take away, to reward or punish, or reward the highest bidder...in a time when more than ever the bidder can find inventive ways to reciprocate and give the politico something of value....these pols sit in the nexus of power, brokering it for their own gain. They are able to seize things they had nothing to do with building, and sell them further to someone who will suddenly tax (and be clear, it is DEFINITELY a TAX...but a sneaky, hidden one, which is the way especially GOP clowns like to tax) .
Power brokers (at least as I understand them)
Killed the Electric Car?". Chevron (and no doubt some money from Exxon)
bought up a patent about ten years ago for the NiMH battery technology. They
knew full well that Lithium would be fine for cell phones and laptops but
somewhat unstable and dangerous for an electric car. So fine with
Lithium...no threat to my 400 million bonus this year. But Nickel Metal
Hydride...no fucking way will they let that grow legs. These power brokers
made sure that the electric car idea died in the late nineties. From
watching the movie, you quickly see that the EV1 was very viable and very
much loved by the celebs and folks who were "allowed" to have one for a
short time. I've been riding an electric bike for two years now and have
gotten quite involved with some blogs about this issue. Electric vehicles.
Houston and Detroit, whose CEOs all play golf together, are doing all they
can to create a myth in our minds that these EVs won't be practical. Well
enter James Dyson of the vaccuum fame. Apparently here is one rich Mofo who
is sinking all his profits into R+D to come out with an electric car with a
HUGE range plus a charger, affordable, and fun to drive...and the best part?
The range will be enormous AND the charger will recharge in about an
hour...stranded Americans? hardly...so go shoppping at the mall or have a
long lunch and come out to your car with another 500 miles on it. Sure some
people won't be able to have both cars all electric but a helluva lot of us
will be able to own one. Now watch closely as Houston and Detroit hold out
their hands for bail out money while killing this idea as best they can.
Mister Dyson...I love your vaccuum...keep at it!!!!
Plausible (if one doesn't look too hard) deniability, easier job, certainly donations from the companies, sloughing off of duties.
When things go wrong, it's "Oh...those BAD companies, they didn't do their job" whereas when things go wrong and it is the government...THEY get the blame. Less things to worry about, and again when it all goes wrong, they just blame the company.
This ties in with the states selling off of resources/assets that the public has already paid for, to a company, which will use both tax money And take money directly from us poor suckers for something which is ours to begin with.
It's a good racket, selling us back things we own.
Enough of this bullshit. Just as we have seperation of chuch and state (I'll wait here until you all stop laughing..........) so we ought to have a bigger wall between governmental duties and the business world.
We all need to write our representatives, who don't give a shit if we are alive, and point out that they were hired (elected) to represent us not the companies providing them with nice holidays, bags of cash, free cars, trips to St. Andrew's, etc., etc.
I am not convinced they will do anything because i fail to see a single elected official at any level who doesn't have his hands dirty from one lobbyist or another. The politicians have reached a level of contempt towards the electorate that is appalling.
A good example is the Caroline Kennedy crowning. I respect her and would offer that she has some qualities that perhaps qualify her for the job as Senator, but it seems to me that the simple solution is put the position up for election. The people of New York State should have the right to pick who represents them not the Governor who can use this plum for personal gain like the idiot in Illinois. Politics has become a giant ponzi scam with these dorks elected for life and totally ignoring the people they work for.
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