Interesting how the far right and the far left are starting to take the same
positions:

Uh huh. G I would think, though, that extreme conservative and extreme
liberal would be the appropriate terms. I believe far right is fascism and far
left is communism.

1. The US might be approaching a paradigm shift that could drastically
impact the traditional 2-party balance.

Hmm... The two "parties" are branches of the same party. A "centrist" position
is like the peak of a bell curve, which shifts the center according to the left
or right shift of either or both extremes. Those two "parties" are both for big
government.

2. Prediction: A smart populist politician will someday attempt to unite the
far left and far right.

The key word is "attempt." And then he or she will commit "suicide" with three
gun shots to the head.

There will never be a third party as long as the electoral college exists.

A new sock puppet in the White House won't change much of anything. What is
needed is a replacement of nearly everyone, elected and appointed, inside the
Beltway. And get rid of lobbyists who make contributions.

My choice for 2004 is Ron Paul (R) for President and Dennis Kucinich (D) as
Paul's running mate. A split ticket party. G

As a "commercial" for this newsgroup, what I've been commenting on is related
to topics broadcast on shortwave radio. G

Bill, K5BY

From: (WShoots1)

Uh huh. G I would think, though, that extreme conservative and extreme
liberal would be the appropriate terms. I believe far right is fascism and
far
left is communism.

Even though I've been personally guilty of it, I don't think we ought to label
every far right-winger as a fascist or left-winger as a communist. It isn't
true, and such labeling leads to the on-going polarization that seems to
paralyzing our nation.

Bryant

"WShoots1" wrote in message
...

Uh huh. G I would think, though, that extreme conservative and
extreme
liberal would be the appropriate terms. I believe far right is fascism
and far
left is communism.

I don't think either fascism or communism get too far without
authoritarianism. There's all sorts of extreme free thinkers and
extreme rugged individualists who don't have any desire to compel the
normal behavior of others. Then there's the pointy headed statists who
have no noticable skills aside from planning our lives.



Hmm... The two "parties" are branches of the same party. A "centrist"
position
is like the peak of a bell curve, which shifts the center according to
the left
or right shift of either or both extremes. Those two "parties" are
both for big
government.


People still have alot of confidence in the government.


The key word is "attempt." And then he or she will commit "suicide"
with three
gun shots to the head.

No doubt! One bullet from the left populists, one from the right
populists and one from the libertarian populists. Populists can only
tolerate other populists who don't take any specific stands besides
being "for the people".



There will never be a third party as long as the electoral college
exists.

A new sock puppet in the White House won't change much of anything.
What is
needed is a replacement of nearly everyone, elected and appointed,
inside the
Beltway. And get rid of lobbyists who make contributions.

We need new voters! Voters who pay attention and aren't swayed by the
noisiest campaign. Actually, conidering that voters don't pay much
attention, it's a marvel the government works as well as it does.


My choice for 2004 is Ron Paul (R) for President and Dennis Kucinich
(D) as
Paul's running mate. A split ticket party. G

As a "commercial" for this newsgroup, what I've been commenting on is
related
to topics broadcast on shortwave radio. G

Bill, K5BY

Right again! The shortwavers may be kooks, but even kooks have more
valuable insights than the meganetwork gasbags.

Frank Dresser