Hari has much of it right but the problem is twice as bad as he thinks.
What he fails to see is that it's just as bad coming from the left as
from the right. The only difference is which special interest is paying
the bills and which ones you may or may not agree with.
That's why I'd like to ban them all.
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/5/2010 12:09 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> You might be interested in what was written for today's Independent,
> Jan, in the UK.
>
> <http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-america-is-now-officially-for-sale-2125447.html>
>
> There are those who pooh-pooh (Black Adder, anyone ;-)) the
> Independent, but some of the columnists have a good level of
> integrity.
>
> Chris
>
> On 5 Nov 2010, at 06:59, Jan Steinman wrote:
>
>>
>> But of course, you are correct that it is a system of cheques and
>> balances -- big business writes the cheques, and politicians
>> balance that against going down in the next election.
>
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