Naming Names

In his indomitable style, Kieth Olberman takes a shot at individuals clustered at both ends of the buy-partisan dildo. Sadly, the same commentary can be applied to any of the corporate interests with offices on K Street. In a "system" where your elected representatives get to choose between the people who vote for them and the people who supply the money for their reelections, who do you think is going to win? It takes no wondering to know for an absolute fact that the vast majority of "campaign contributions" are supplied from outside a representative's constituency. Mr. Olberman's use of the word duopoly can be applied in a broader sense; the two parties that have a strangle hold on our government, work hand in hand to do the bidding of corporate citizens at the expense of human citizens.

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Blame the politicians for their behavior. But also blame the people who regularly refuse to stop the madness; the voters. Blame the ones who always vote Democrat. Blame the ones who always vote Republican. Blame the so called "independents" who always vote for one or both of the two. Ultimately, those are the ones who are responsible for every tax increase, deficit, war, and injustice effected by the United States of America.

The next time you hear the phrase, "they hate us for our freedoms", consider that it might be because we refuse to use them.