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March 23, 2007 at 19:26:18

It's Time to Topple the Corporacracy

by Michael Bonanno

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In spite of what they would like us to think, MoveOn is not an organization that promotes bold, out of the box progressive initiatives. MoveOn is nothing more and nothing less than a Democratic Party apologist.

This was evident in 2004 when it supported and told its members to support a candidate who agreed with George W. Bush on far too many issues. John Kerry supported the war and wanted to add more troops. He supported NAFTA and is part of the "free trade" beneficiary class.

As John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton say in their PRWatch.org article, Why Won't MoveOn Move Forward?, "When politicians and advocacy groups like MoveOn play anti-war games of political theater while effectively collaborating with the war's continuation, they merely add one more deception to the layers of lies in which this war has been wrapped."

Pelosi's party is agreeing to continue to fund the war as long as The Regime enters into a contract for the future that it can easily break or ignore. Americans didn't remove war enabling Republicans from Congress in 2006 so that war enabling Democrats could take their places.

The question is: Do we want to get out of Iraq or don't we want to get out of Iraq? The Republican Congress unfortunately held power during the time/times when political positioning and maneuvering may have been an option.

We're more than 1/3 of the way toward equaling the length of time it took to see 58,000 American military personnel die in Vietnam. Bush is following in Johnson's footsteps by stating that an escalation of the number of American troops in Iraq is what's needed to bring us victory and he's following in those foot steps by doing what LBJ did, actually escalating the numbers of troops.

If there's no 9/11 type of "catastrophe" between now and November of 2008, we'll more than likely have an election.

If a Republican should win the presidency, "winning" in Iraq will no doubt still be the goal.

Today's Democratic Party, the other leg of the Corporacracy's pair of pants, has its own "Nixons". If one of the present Democratic front runners ends up winning, we could very well be told that our troops will be withdrawn from Iraq when it becomes possible to withdraw them "with dignity". That time line will work as well for the next president as it did for Richard Nixon.

Should we even be debating withdrawing from Iraq at this time? The trial to impeach The Regime should at least have been planned by now! A date should have been set. The Regime should have learned by the results of the 2006 elections and the actions that should have followed those elections that the American people mean business. They want this war to end.

Unfortunately, The Corporacracy means business as well. It wants to do business with Iraqi oil, Iranian oil and any other resource of which it can take control at the expense of the nations where any valuable resources can be found and on the backs of the citizens of those nations.

Instead of facing a well deserved removal from office because of all of the crimes committed that got us into Iraq in the first place, Bush has the gonads to threaten to veto a bill that, for all practical intents and purposes, contains the funding he wants anyway.

The lesson that's been learned is, if the American people want their democracy back, even republican democracy, American politics needs to drastically change, starting with the downfall of the Republican and Democratic parties and, consequently, The Corporacracy.

The longer leadership based upon personal wealth continues, the further away the American people will get from having a say about the direction in which their country moves.

Song sample for August, 2008 What The President Say from the cd War And Other Love Songs.

Michael Bonanno is a published poet, essayist and musician who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Some of his poetry can be found at The Poetry Corner at OpEdNews.He is an associate editor for OpEdNews.

Bonanno is a political progressive, not a Democratic Party apologist. He believes it's government's job to help the needy and that leaving the people's well being to the so called "private sector" is social suicide.His CDs may be purchased at CD Baby.

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Tim was banned from the site for posting private email from the publisher to him on his blog, and then attacking the publisher and the site in emails and articles. OEN has no responsibility to publish articles from people who attack the site.

Tim's accusations that he was banned for his political positions are untrue. Check his articles. He repetitively wrote about and had published exactly the things he claimed he was banned for doing.

Former Chairman of the Liberal ...

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Timothy V. GattoTim was banned from the site for posting private email from the publisher to him on his blog, and then attacking the publisher and the site in emails and articles. OEN has no responsibility to publish articles from people who attack the site.

Tim's accusations that he was banned for his political positions are untrue. Check his articles. He repetitively wrote about and had published exactly the things he claimed he was banned for doing.

Former Chairman of the Liberal ...

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Move On Should Do Just That

I was a member of Move On until I saw that they were supporting anything Democratic, no matter what. It's nothing but an offshoot of what has become "Republican Light". The ONLY solution is another place to cast your vote, a third party and Campaign Finance Reform.

by Timothy V. Gatto (348 articles, 177 quicklinks, 38 diaries, 575 comments) on Friday, March 23, 2007 at 10:41:23 PM

Joel S. Hirschhorn is the author of Delusional Democracy - Fixing the Republic Without Overthrowing the Government (www.delusionaldemocracy.com). His current political writings have been greatly influenced by working as a senior staffer for the U.S. Congress and for the National Governors Association. He advocates a Second American Revolution, beginning with an Article V Convention to propose constitutional amendments. He is Chair of the Independent Party of Maryland.
Joel S. HirschhornJoel S. Hirschhorn is the author of Delusional Democracy - Fixing the Republic Without Overthrowing the Government (www.delusionaldemocracy.com). His current political writings have been greatly influenced by working as a senior staffer for the U.S. Congress and for the National Governors Association. He advocates a Second American Revolution, beginning with an Article V Convention to propose constitutional amendments. He is Chair of the Independent Party of Maryland.

if the American people want their democracy back

Then what I have learned is that they will need to use the opt-out option the Framers gave us in OUR constitution, namely an Article V convention; please check out www.foavc.org and become a member of a truly progressive political movement!

by Joel S. Hirschhorn (116 articles, 22 quicklinks, 51 diaries, 462 comments) on Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 11:15:36 AM

As an 81 year old vet of WW11 I fear that the current zionist/neocon administration represents the greatest threat to the dream and promise of our founding fathers that we have thus far faced. Unless this congress abides by it oath to protect and defend the constitution, I hold little hope that we can avoid a fascist take over.
HaloAs an 81 year old vet of WW11 I fear that the current zionist/neocon administration represents the greatest threat to the dream and promise of our founding fathers that we have thus far faced. Unless this congress abides by it oath to protect and defend the constitution, I hold little hope that we can avoid a fascist take over.

Here, Here

Here, Here, BUT HOW?

by Halo (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 29 comments) on Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 1:29:33 PM

Song sample for August, 2008 What The President Say from the cd War And Other Love Songs. Michael Bonanno is a published poet, essayist and musician who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Some of his poetry can be found at The Poetry Corner at OpEdNews.He is an associate editor for OpEdNews. Bonanno is a political progressive, not a Democratic Party apologist. He believes it's government's job to help the needy and that leaving the people's well being to the so called "private sector" is soc...

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Michael BonannoSong sample for August, 2008 What The President Say from the cd War And Other Love Songs. Michael Bonanno is a published poet, essayist and musician who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Some of his poetry can be found at The Poetry Corner at OpEdNews.He is an associate editor for OpEdNews. Bonanno is a political progressive, not a Democratic Party apologist. He believes it's government's job to help the needy and that leaving the people's well being to the so called "private sector" is soc...

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Ban the EC Forever!

One way to start is to ban the exclusionary Electoral College. If you read the article "Priority Number One", you'll see how the Electoral College has a trickle down effect. It's the eletist process that perpetuates the digressive "blue/red" myth and the "Democrats are liberal", "Republicans are conservative" myth.

Thanks for the comments and link.

Michael Bonanno

by Michael Bonanno (67 articles, 16 quicklinks, 23 diaries, 120 comments) on Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 2:34:59 PM

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