This country is not owned by the Republicans.

[Jackpine Radical]

It is not owned by the Democrats..

It is owned by the people who own the Republicans and the Democrats.

[jpgray]

1. People with money and the media?

Sorry, cheap shot.

[renie408]

2. Isn't that what he meant? n/t

[jpgray]

6. I thought maybe he was arguing that citizens have to start making their voices heard

Which is great, but there are a few major obstacles to that built in to our system at present.

[Jackpine Radical]

10. any form of popular uprising,

any retaking of power by the people, must come about through means that don't depend on the M$M.

This would imply to me that the first step is to expand the technology and skill base that will give the public the capability to use the Internet to its full capacity.

I would bet that there is a direct correlation between accessibility of high-speed internet and the political awareness prevailing among a nation's citizenry.

[havocmom]

3. The giant multi-national corporations?

Or the Chinese business partners of same?

[Sarah Ibarruri]

4. Yes! Its Constitution was designed to do precisely that....

..put the power in the hands of the rich and away from the poor.

[Taverner]

5. It shouldn't be but it is owned by corporations

An old quote that describes the mindset:

What's good for GM is good for America

That kind of thinking has to end

[robinlynne]

7. in theory.

[pennylane100]

8. I know its not,

it just seems like it is. They win the bigmouth contest every time.

[H2O Man]

9. Churchill's "High Cabal"

or R. Buckminster Fuller's "power elite."

Those behind the curtain.

[Jackpine Radical]

12. Of course.

For lack of a better term, and for historical reasons, I think of them as the Illuminati.

[midnight]

11. That is such a powerful statement. Gives me great sense of

hell ya. Why isn't that understood.....

[Bitwit1234]

13. I have posted this over and over

bush and the members of his administration are public servants. DAMN IT they work for us, is right. I worked for a state agency and when someone didn't get what they wanted that was the first thing out of their mouth..you are a public servant you work for me. AND I KNOW.

[Possumpoint]

16. I'm Afraid

you are delusional. You, as a voter, are only important on election day. From that day forward the politicians are owned by the respective parties and their corporate puppet masters.

[DrDan]

14. uh . . . . like the Chinese and the Saudis?

[movonne]

15. You could fool me...