Yes, the man is a predator. Find me a successful politician who isn't. The IMF is one thing. He was also running for president(?) in the French elections. Dirty politics abound. He was thrown under the bus by his fellow rapists. And from what I can gather, he's still living pretty well.

On Assange, I put forth the question, where's his money coming from? I wonder if he has a maid :-)

Yeah, well, stop voting for them, or, as they say, quitcherbellyachin... In the meantime, everybody needs to look at this as an incentive to circumvent the corporate wire, and maybe be a bit more careful who they vote for. Nobody is forcing them to vote for corruption. As far as I can tell, they're doing just like American voters looking to vote themselves a bigger piece of the pie. This is the result. The government governed by majority rule is only a reflection of the majority. It rewards corruption. Don't blame the corrupt politician for being successful at what he does. That's like punishing a dog for obeying your commands.

Fine, then don't blame anybody but the individuals in the collective. Everybody has the whole thing completely backwards. This is intentional, to avoid responsibility for the consequences of their own choices. 98% of the world disagrees with me. It don't mean shit. 98% of the world is what gave you the system you have. Without them, your "one percenters" would have nothing.

Who's paying his room and board, and how can I live so easy in somebody else's house?

No, it cannot be. They didn't vote for the crooks that are running the show. The people who did vote put them into office.

Sorry, forgot the first link...

I can see why you might not to have wanted to post a link to that. The first one I found was a right wing rag, so now I'm wondering who's farting into the wind here. Then I find the original article (pdf, pg 11) at another right wing rag...

As they say, Nice try :-)

Government malfunction can only be blamed on the people who vote for crooks. What could be simpler? What is this? Does Greenwald think privacy is going to trickle down? Where have we heard that before? If people cared about their privacy they would vote for politicians that would respect privacy. But they don't. So forget about it. We just have to make the authorities more transparent.

I almost wish that Amazon didn't pull the thing, just to give a poke at the damn complainers. It could only help sales. The thing is a pretty good reflection of the kind of society behind it. Oh, wait.. Now I get it. It had to be pulled because it reveals too much.

It's not Oil being a part of the equation, it's cheap oil...

Kinda confirms that abundance is a problem. We're swimming in it, and look at our condition. Pffft.. actually it's improving. I still say there's no time like the present. I see no point in the past that was any better than right now. And I do remember 35 cent gas and cigarettes, and five dollars bags of weed. Christ, that stuff was like smoking hay!

Well, it appears there's a big enough audience to take the show on the road. So far it's a hit. What can I tell ya?

Wait, are you trying to convince me that power doesn't corrupt? Well, beneath e certain tipping point, you might be right. And since when is being 'anti-power' a leftist fascist thing? And that 'greater good' crap is used by you all the time, under the euphemism of the 'lesser evil'. You once again bring out your similarities that far outweigh any differences you are bickering over. You two might finish your three legged race when you decide to aim towards the finish line.

Time is running out on this JE before it is archived.. Start another one, if you feel like.

He can post an accented letter properly. Why won't you? Why are you being so lazy?

And how much you want to bet even they weren't the first? I can admit, I suppose, that it could have been the first time the idea was put on papyrus, where before, they were campfire stories...

No, it's me that doesn't care about him either way. And despite what you like to think, I'm not trolling. I understand exactly how liberal 'anti-establishment' types can be and are used to promote fascist governance. And you also know, you can read all about how it happened in the 1930s Europe by the people that were there. And if you ever learn to ignore the messenger, you might understand what was written. If Goldberg's book has anything new on the subject, feel free to post a snip. On face value of what I can gather so far he shares the same partisan bs you peddle, or it could be where you get the silly stuff you post here, which doesn't really put either of you in a very good light.