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Are we insane or just plain stupid?

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Name the country:

1. Where the elite top one percent possess more wealth than ninety percent of their fellow citizens.

2. Where today, mid-2008, in inflation adjusted dollars, that ninety percent earns less than it did in 1973, thirty five years ago.

3. That consumes more than it produces.

4. That was the worlds largest creditor nation.

5. That is the worlds largest debtor nation.

6. That governs on the basis of the worlds oldest written constitution.

Such a country must:

1. Be governed by either the dumbest or most self-serving of any on earth.

2. Be collectively insane to continue voting for either of the same two political parties, that govern at various times, with any expectation that the results obtained from their elected officials might be different.

3. Have a flawed constitution that facilitates governance by the few at the expense of the many.

4. Maintain empire through war or threat of war to seek to maintain it’s status quo.

5. Or, alternatively, is headed to a Third World status.

6. Or, be in dire need of fundamental systemic change(s).

 

A retired MBA, I am a former corporate ideologue, former 3rd party advocate and current curmudgeon. While a continued supporter of a 3rd party, I have concluded their efficacy cannot be demonstrated until our form of Government is changed to (more...)
 

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Revision for line #6 by Stanimal on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 at 4:56:21 PM
And More by Harold Hellickson on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 at 5:20:57 PM
Thank you Harold for that video by Wolfie on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 at 5:41:49 PM
The video by Harold Hellickson on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:05:11 PM
America's new Century by Michael McCoy on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 at 11:17:08 PM
especially in the last eight years by Harold Hellickson on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 at 11:54:42 PM
Allow me to say the following........ by Wolfie on Monday, Sep 1, 2008 at 3:46:50 AM