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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (52782)	11/2/2006 12:21:18 PM
From: mph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

lol. Gee, poor Rarebird must need to be sent back for some re-training. S/he's not uniformly adoring of the Democrats or John Kerry....lol Truth is better than fiction.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (52782)	11/10/2006 3:33:52 PM
From: Rarebird	Respond to of 90947

>>It appears that RAREBIRD is not suitably pro-dem and pro-Kerry.<< That's for sure. In some ways, I'm homeless in the political realm.... This election was all about Political POWER - Not Party. Over the past thirty years, if there is one central political truth in the US, it is that neither of the two main political parties can be trusted to hold power in both Houses of Congress AND in the White House. Whenever this has happened, both parties have expanded political power with no mercy, leaving an incoming administration with these new powers in hand. Having gained office, the newly arrived administration or executive took no steps whatsoever to diminish such power. Instead, they proceeded to expand the political power even further on their own. I think of political power as a club, a club with which to beat humans into submission. After all, government is always force - coercive force. The sole issues are the size of the club and who wields it. From where I sit, it was good to see the Democrats take control of Congress since it served the purpose of reducing the size of the political club and thereby curbing the power of government. Wouldn't it be great if a law was made (OK, I know I'm dreaming) that no member of the House ever gets more than one term in office before being sent back to the street, with the same thing applying to all Senators and to the President?