Why don't the media make more of the cost of the war? Why don't the candidates?
It doesn't seem to be in anyone's interest (except the people's, and who really cares about them?). You know the famous quote about money in politics (badly paraphrased)-- "they ain't buying good government." Most media is there to serve corporate interests. Period. When America is sucked dry, the corporations will move elsewhere. They already go offshore to avoid paying their share of taxes.
Media stars aren't picked for their concern about the people or good government. And the powers-that-be don't fund candidates who will work for anyone but them. There aren't many like Bernie Sanders who make it to Congress.
Certainly the NY Times isn't concerned with the truth these days. I recall Daniel Okrent being quoted to the effect that the Times was no longer interested in being the "paper of record." And didn't NYT withhold the wiretapping story in '04 because "it would have affected the election?"
I think the important battles are going to be local for the foreseeable future, just to keep the election process out of the hands of Diebold, et.al. If Kerry, Gore, & Edwards wouldn't stand up nationally for cleaning up our electoral process, who will?
Which is not to say the national arena isn't important. If McCain manages to lie or steal his way in, I fear martial law isn't far behind.
Enough paranoid, cynical rambling. I probably shouldn't comment after 11pm!
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Why don't the media make more of the cost of the war? Why don't the candidates?
It doesn't seem to be in anyone's interest (except the people's, and who really cares about them?). You know the famous quote about money in politics (badly paraphrased)-- "they ain't buying good government." Most media is there to serve corporate interests. Period. When America is sucked dry, the corporations will move elsewhere. They already go offshore to avoid paying their share of taxes.
Media stars aren't picked for their concern about the people or good government. And the powers-that-be don't fund candidates who will work for anyone but them. There aren't many like Bernie Sanders who make it to Congress.
Certainly the NY Times isn't concerned with the truth these days. I recall Daniel Okrent being quoted to the effect that the Times was no longer interested in being the "paper of record." And didn't NYT withhold the wiretapping story in '04 because "it would have affected the election?"
I think the important battles are going to be local for the foreseeable future, just to keep the election process out of the hands of Diebold, et.al. If Kerry, Gore, & Edwards wouldn't stand up nationally for cleaning up our electoral process, who will?
Which is not to say the national arena isn't important. If McCain manages to lie or steal his way in, I fear martial law isn't far behind.
Enough paranoid, cynical rambling. I probably shouldn't comment after 11pm!
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