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Edited on Wed Jul-23-03 08:14 AM by Marianne
they do not care if they are seen to "grovel"--in a few days they will come up with some other scandal--some other thing that will make Americans think Bush is a wonderful Mr. Murgatroyd again--it will be forgotten that they grovelled--we must and will stand by our man.
I was a political air head for much of my life, not caring too much to be that involved--too busy doing other things. With the arrival of the internet, I became interested and became involved--almost three years later, exhausted, I have come to the conclusion that involvement and interest, as I perceiove it now, is for the little guys.
Ideology--being a true patriot, standing up for the little guy's rights--(mine, as I am a little guy in today's world,) is all well and good --many religions advocate this as being the proper ethical approach to living a life
--but I am afraid that reality has set in--there are no honest men hoping to get our country back as I hoped and as I dreamed after the election coup--many are millionaires, raising obscene amounts of money, bribing, lobbies and all of it that show a government that is corrupt on all sides. They will NOT stand up for the little guy, because they are too comfortable themselves---we want to believe they are noble, just and full of ideals just like the little guy (us)--there is not one that will not look to increase his wealth off the backs of we the little guys.
PErhaps the Repukes are the more realistic ones. Perhaps they understand the game better--I got mine and why should I pay for anyone else and pull yorself up by the bootstraps and all of what i consider utterly immoral may be the best survival method after all, and religion be damned.
If I were raising children today I am not so sure I would try to instill in them these high, noble ideals wrapped in platitudes like on a Hallmark greeting card
-I might think that the best I can do for them is to teach them to get theirs anyway they can--there is no evidence in today's world that it will do them harm--in fact there is evidence that teaching them ruthlessness and selfishness will get them to a a better place--it is the little guy who will suffer
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