[Peace-discuss] Mr Smith Goes to Washington

[John W.]

On 7/12/07, Bill Strutz <bill.strutz at gmail.com> wrote:

     I am not going to argue with you, asshole.  The crap you write is a
> waste of otherwise good electrons' time.  Fuck off.
>         -- Bill


No need to pull punches, Bill.  We're all friends here.  What are you REALLY
trying to say?  :-)


On 7/12/07, n.dahlheim at mchsi.com <n.dahlheim at mchsi.com> wrote:
>
Let's not cite Frank Capra when discussing realistic estimations of
> > political and social quesitons in
> > American life.  Recall how he romanticized Suburbia in "It's a Wonderful
> > Life?"  If it weren't for suburbia we
> > probably wouldn't have the war, the oil crisis, or the ecological crisis
> > that we are faced with now.  Fewer
> > cars and more people growing their own food or at least buying locally
> > would make a real contribution to
> > peace and sustainability.  Supporting candidates in Washington won't do
> > it----they cannot fight the
> > centralization of control.  The wealthy corporate interests that
> > effectively own this country are far more
> > powerful than they were in the Gilded Age or the Great Depression.  We
> > simply don't have the skills to
> > survive without them even though their rapacity is well-displayed.
>
>
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