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To: elmatador who wrote (19184)6/4/2007 5:12:45 AM
From: Gib Bogle  Respond to of 217548
 
It was the Kennedys who took the US into the disastrous war before this one.



To: elmatador who wrote (19184)6/4/2007 12:39:46 PM
From: jim black  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217548
 
El Mat
In my view you have barely touched the tip of the iceberg in your observations, two suggestions coming to mind: I suggest you read The Creature From Jekyll Island, about the Rockefeller/Morgans/Rothschilds forming the US central bank ,aka the Fed, in 1913, and more recently, a very bothersome book about business, drug money and peak oil, Crossing the Rubicon. As for me and my part I am absolutely convinced that if 71 year old Ron Paul gets anywhere close to getting the Rep nomination the powers that be will engineer an "accident" to get rid of him...such is the way of modern Rome...and we have grown rotten at our core.

On the steps in Philadelphia in 1789 he was asked, "What's it to be Ben?"

Old Ben Franklin answered, "A republic, if you can keep it."

jim black of austin TX



To: elmatador who wrote (19184)6/4/2007 2:16:09 PM
From: energyplay  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217548
 
Obama's chances are a little better than Ron Paul's chances.

Obama's biggest problem is that culturally, he is not close to most Americans. As the population sees more of Obama, that will become more obvious.



To: elmatador who wrote (19184)6/4/2007 4:11:07 PM
From: 8bits  Respond to of 217548
 
If a 'new thinking' young leader comes to power in the US, it will change the direction of the US state. A country ran by an old guard, such as the US, cannot stand an that 'new thinking'. That why the two Kennedy's got killed.

Obama must be very carefull, if his chances of being elected raises, and he is hellbent on changing the apparatus, he can get killed too.


Sorry Elmat, I think you are reading uninformed sources about the US candidates.. Obama is quite conventional... especially compared to someone like Ron Paul. JFK may or may not have been killed over Cuba (but the record is very clear that he expanded US defense spending and cut corporate taxes... ) but Robert Kennedy was killed for his strong support of Israel. Not exactly going against the grain.



To: elmatador who wrote (19184)6/4/2007 11:58:36 PM
From: critical_mass  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217548
 
Obama changing the apparatus seems a bit doubtful.

These are a bit old, but relevant.

"Obama top fundraiser on Wall Street"

washingtonpost.com

"Hollywood Gives Obama Both Cash and Credibility"

washingtonpost.com