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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jttmab who wrote (3541)	6/16/2001 6:53:10 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

On the contrary, I am equating paper assets with what one has holds in one's portfolio, including bank deposits. The point is that the paper may represent ownership, but not effective control, and, in addition, that the capital is invested productively, whether as stocks, bonds, or bank loans. Madison held that factions tended to balance one another. It is true, of course, that the dominant interests in the community will tend to carry weight, as they control access to capital or provide employment, and therefore that if one views factions through a class analysis, whatever residual interests are shared among the wealthy will have a strong effect on policy. But this should be balanced against the populist denigration of "Wall Street" and "bosses", and the chance of democratic passions to despoil the numerical minority. In other words, given the potential for stirring class envy and soaking the rich, the fact that the rich have some recourse to sway public opinion and moderate it seems a reasonable balance. If you do not think that the failure to satisfy consumers represents a systemic problem, I do not know what to say. I have no idea what you were looking at. I live here now, and what I said is true...... As regard "free air", I was merely relating a series of impressions to which I was privy..... I am not impressed by UN assessments. I will look back, though, and see what is there.... As for the rest, I got a good laugh, thanks.....

To: jttmab who wrote (3541)	6/16/2001 7:02:35 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

"The United Nation's Human Freedom Index compares the amount of freedom that citizens of different countries enjoy. It considers the right to travel, assemble, and speak; the absence of forced labor, torture and other extreme legal punishment (such as the death penalty); freedom of political opposition, the press and trade unions; an independent judiciary; gender equality; and the legal right to trial, counsel of choice, privacy, religion and sexual practice." The US was fairly down the list [11 out of 13 at the time]. Amazing. Absolutely amazing. So what drugs were these guys on when they ranked the US? Must be good stuff. I'd rank us like this: the right to travel A+ ................assemble A+ ................speak A+ the absence of forced labor A+ ......................torture A+ ......................other extreme legal punishment (such as the death penalty) N/A freedom of political opposition A+ .................the press A++ ................trade union A+ an independent judiciary A gender equality A- the legal right to trial A+ .........................counsel of choice A+ .........................privacy C .........................religion A+ .........................sexual practice. C So who are these wonder nations that outrank us?