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To: jlallen who wrote (39252)	3/11/2004 11:32:01 AM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 89467

None so blind... I couldn't agree more. The failure of faux conservatives to denounce Bush's radical regime is a travesty. In my last post, I used the definition of a corporate police state as a country "in which corporations control the power and money of a society" "to enact laws which maximize corporate profits without regard for personal liberty". But I find the term offensive. Intellectually, it sounds like a phrase from Pravda of the Brezhnev era. Emotionally, I'm repelled by applying the term to a nation that like a nurturing parent, has given me so much. So, typically I use the less harsh terminology of corporatism. But to paraphrase, by any other name, does a titan arum smell any less foul ( pubs.acs.org )? Don't you think it's time you joined the chorus opposing Bush? I know you might be a little uncomfortable with some other members of this choir. But how about John McCain, who in discussing the recent Medicare Law states: "Remarkably, remarkably, a prohibition, a prohibition, for Medicare to negotiate with drug companies for lower drug prices. I mean, if there was ever needed stark testimony to the power and influence of the pharmaceutical companies in this town, it is that provision". ( pbs.org ) Clearly, that goes to the above definition of "to enact laws which maximize corporate profits ..." If McCain is a little to "far out" for you. how about Bob Barr and Sensenbrenner. Sensenbrenner says the Patriot Act will be extended "over my dead body." ( boston.com ) And Barr says Section 215 of the Patriot act "stands for the proposition that we don't have to abide by the old Fourth Amendment standards that require the government to show that before we gather evidence on someone there be a good reason to suspect the person has done something wrong. The government now takes the position that it can gather evidence on anyone it wants simply because it is fighting terrorism. It poses a danger to the rights of free speech, political expression, and assembly." ( boston.com ) It's hard to find people more right wing than Barr and Sensenbrenner. Surely you'll feel comfortable joining them. If you have a microgram of patriotism left, before it's too late, it's time to oppose the rise of the fascist syndicate. Unite with your countrymen before your nation is flushed down the toilet into the sewer of totalitarianism. JMO lurqer