Posted by Sigismund on September 15, 2007, at 15:19:37
In reply to Dennis Kucinich, posted by caraher on September 15, 2007, at 7:44:58
Something we don't see that often?
Convert the war machine?
Oh my goodness.What it says about our system (IMO) is that capitalism is good for some things, but really has made sensible debate just about impossible, or to put it differently (as Andrei Makine did) mass media has turned us into zombies.
We had some good people here like Peter Andren and Ted Mack. The sort of people who rejected pay rises and knew what principle was.
I dunno about the US, but Australia needs independents.
We are steadily getting more of them, because of the state of the major parties.
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