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To: Lane3 who wrote (18391)	5/12/2006 7:42:07 AM
From: Dale Baker	Respond to of 541824

The political demagoguery around exploiting that ignorance for partisan ends (which both sides try their best to do) is what sticks in my craw. Apart from that, I fall back on my ostrich theory of political awareness. If you have your head stuck in the sand, don't complain when someone comes along and kicks you in the ass.

To: Lane3 who wrote (18391)	5/12/2006 12:17:09 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541824

legitimizing their ignorance really bugs me. I don't think politicians are any smarter than Joe Blow. Just have fancier clothes. You really think -- oh, I wish I could pick a fer-instance that wouldn't tick someone off, but here goes -- you really think Al Gore is too smart to believe in the Kyoto Treaty? I don't. I don't think politicians are too smart to believe that the Iraq War was about stealing Iraqi oil. I don't think politicians are too smart to believe that the oil companies are all colluding to raise prices, and Bush and Cheney are right there with them. I don't think politicians are too smart to believe that they can somehow talk the Chinese into lowering the RMB (or is it raising, hell, I am not smart enough to understand the RMB myself).