martin jones
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Has the United States ever been a democracy? It seems to me the people of the United States recently voted in a democrat majority to get US troops out of Iraq. The result is more troops in Iraq and no withdrawal. Sickeningly, Nancy Pelosi the leader of the democratic majority in Congress was the chief cheer leader for the recent Wall Street bail out. Even Republicans voted against it in the first vote. I just don't get how the people vote for one thing and get another. It is the same the world over. We have to establish a real democratic system or at the very least stop claiming we have one. What we have is an elected "dictatorship" of representatives who accept our votes and then gaily go and do what ever they like. t Should the term democracy should be replaced by the term elected dictatorship? … Read More
October 4, 2008 |
martin jones commented on David Frum on The Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Who Deserves to be Bailed-out? on October 4, 2008, 8:37 PM
David why do your refer to sophisticated financial instruments as basically a euphemism for fraud?
martin jones commented on Michael Eric Dyson: Class and the Mortgage Crisis on October 4, 2008, 8:29 PM
Is anyone going to be held to account as being responsible for this fraudulent mess? The US government should not be bailing out rich fraudsters who get the most tax breaks already using money that will have to be paid back by the middle classes and the working class people. How much of the pie do the rich want? If they eat it all EVERYONE suffers and starves.
martin jones commented on Howard Zinn's Legacy on October 4, 2008, 8:42 PM
Howard Zinn will be remembered by those who know, as he wished to be remembered. The only trouble is not enough people know of his existence or his courageous writings.