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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (136832)7/27/2008 12:21:18 AM
From: Drygulch DanRespond to of 306849
 
I hear a nailhead ringing to the tune of a hammer.



To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (136832)7/27/2008 7:49:16 AM
From: 10K a dayRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
> Both deal with an entrenched bureaucracy and a government so enmeshed with corporate interests and immersed in self-dealing that it's impossible to make meaningful change at all.

It's possible to stop consuming. Stop driving. Stop borrowing. Stop spending. It's possible. I don't know if it's likely. But that hurts the govt. If your car gets 20 miles/gallon. You're paying the govt a nickle every mile you drive.
If you stop drinking govt subsidized milk i guess those people lose their job.
If you stop standing in line at the secretary of state office to buy a new corporate shell i guess those people and those buildings don't get built any more.
Oh it's possible. Everybody has to get on the same wavelength. A good ol' fashion boycott. Pretty much we just gotta STOP doing the things we've always done. If nothing else you get the satisfaction of knowing you're not helping support the machine.



To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (136832)7/27/2008 8:10:52 AM
From: 10K a dayRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
That's really how you bring govt to it's knees. You just stop. Just a grass roots STOP. And it's over in time....



To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (136832)7/27/2008 11:03:23 AM
From: Jim McMannisRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
RE:" "It's no longer (D) versus (R),"

Less yes but for a lot of people it still is...