A friend writes
I suspect, though, that the instant it, whatever it is [a better, shinier Democratic party], looks like it's going somewhere, it will attract too many participants, with too many Grail-like agendas, to sustain itself.
This would be as contrasted with the PNAC (read "ruling junta of the RNC") which rests on a solid foundation of greed, and will to power. So long as the world economy is an oil economy, so long as the U.S. is the 800# gorrilla, well, pie-in-the-sky reformers are in for a long haul. So long as our electorate (ie: consumer base) is willing to accept false advertising from the likes of Fox News (repeat: "Fair and Balanced" and "No Spin Zone" are not simply descriptions, but actionable consumer fraud; *that's* what Nader ought to be targeting) then you can bet the PNAC...I mean the RNC will keep it's strangle hold on the nation. Buy Haliburton; buy America.
Grail-like agendas? Which would those be? No illegal, imoral occupations of soveriegn lands? No treasonous leakings of agent's identies to the press? No lies about "don't think anybody could have predicted..."? Which agendas are Grail-like, actual education rather than teaching for standardized test scores? Actually giving impoverished folks of all stripes an honest chance at that education? True fairness in reporting? Jobs for those who can work? Equal work for equal pay? Freedom? Justice? Liberty? These are "Grail-like agendas"? Maybe instead of scoffing you should take a sip. Here, brother, have some of mine. It is heady. Here's what it says to me: you can never enslave a free man, only kill him. I oppose this adminstration and the lies and hatred it stands for with all my soul. I reject the police state it is building in the name of the Fatherland. I reject the zombification thrown at me from all channels. I may be ineffectual, but if the only effect I can have is to rail against the evils I see, well, that's a damned site better than putting my shoulder to their wheel in the name of effectiveness and a little whiter daily bread.
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