HI John,
>Keep talking, Perry. You're a poster child as to why no one with concerns for their country and it's future should ever vote leftist.
Can someone please explain why all other western countries are far more leftish than even your own left wing and currently are doing far better than the US on about every front?? The US economy is bogged down under the ongoing war on terror .... (uh um), a tremendous dept to the asian express, the financial crisis on the house market, continueing outsourcing and devaluation of the dollar. The past 8 years has lost a lot of credibility on adhering human rights (ignoring the geneva convention), the lies arround starting the iraqi war. Further the milestone of having 1 percent of your citizens imprisoned and crime rates that makes some 3rd world countries jealous, the skyhigh gasprices, the 2 party political system (tight into the corporate world, rather than being independed), the media that are hardly independed (most of them are bound to a certain political party) and the overall willingness (or unability) to do anything progressive
It really got me stumped as of why, after 8 year of Bush devistation anyone would not see that the current right-wing approach is on a road to nowhere.
From our pov, a left wing does not even exist in the US. There is right and even more right (There are some interesting papers to find on the internet describing this: eg.
http://www.exponentialimprovement.com/cms/polspec.shtml)
It really amazes me that you are battling between the democrats and republicans while they both are not addressing important issues at all (see the list above). you're stuck with two of the same kind and are nitpicking about the little differences that might be relevant to the individual but hardly do have any relevance in the bigger scheme. I guess it is the fault of your two party system where both have to do (promise) everything to even the smaller groups to help them to power:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-party_systemThe US is really an amazing country...
Walter,
