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in representative 'democracy', you have a remedy over at mike gravel's site.
but if you don't have the mixture of self-respect and energy to actually do something about the drift into '1984', why complain when others won't fix things for you? is mother still doing your laundry?
politicians are not going to fix what's wrong with america, they are too busy participating in things-as-they-are. that goes for obama too, who sees the wistful urge for a tooth fairy among american progressive people and says: "i'm it".
great sales point, but he isn't. the fault is not in the politicians, who merely profit from the weakness of the people- the fault is in the people, who are weak.
that might be the most interesting point of the bush/cheney regime: american people are fearful of a few dozen men of 'middle-eastern' appearance, so much so that that the paper and paper-thin laws of the constitution went into the trashcan with the first casualties. davy crockett wouldn't buy w a beer, and he wouldn't shake hands with anyone who did. they are lesser people in the usa nowadays. little men.
weak in education, weak in character, weak in initiative.
