Kevin Alfred Strom wrote:
On 9/18/2010 7:31 PM, dave wrote:
[...]
The corporations hate the government.



I don't even think that corporations ("limited liability" artificial
persons) should exist.

They are creatures of the state, and can sometimes subsume the state.
Either way, it's fraud and coercion.




The government represents the
people.
[...]


No, Dave, it does not.

That's a fundamental error.

Only because the people have been distracted from doing their civic
duty. Bad media + Bad schools = Bad government

When we use UAVs to kill babies that's ME with my hand on the joystick.

When we allow Goldman Sachs to use bailout money to pay BILLIONS in
bonuses, I sign the checks.

If the government is not of, by and for, the people it is because I have
shirked my responsibility to "keep it" as Benj. Franklin said of his
gift of a "republic".

The people have been distracted by selfishness and fear. They are
lizard-brain mockeries of citizenship, and their unwillingness to endure
the slightest bit of sacrifice tells me this POS country deserves to
join Espana, the UK, and the Turks, on the ash heap of former world
powers. We should give up on empire and put the defense budget into
theme parks and monorails and Chinese lessons, so we can better serve
our new masters.