Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 16:13:34 -0700 From: B&D <NO_SPAMnopsamCOM> Subject: Re: Why aren't gas prices dropping?
On 6/29/03 9:51 AM, in article 456ufv0keit20gor36fdv10r40rtfl3kv1nopsamcom, "'nuther Bob >" <<nonenopsam.com> wrote: > On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 09:22:03 -0700, B&D <NO_SPAMnopsamCOM> wrote: > >> On 6/29/03 8:59 AM, in article b12ufv84ij9bmuo66e5k6omans07tkrrianopsamcom, >> "'nuther Bob >" <<nonenopsam.com> wrote: >> >>> The US President and 90% of his Admin are oil people - taken >>> straight from the oil industry. They don't need to be persuaded >>> to favor oil companies either. >> >> Of course not, but they do want to get re-elected, and if their major >> corporate constituents are oil companies, donations to the re-election >> campaign are in that companies' best interest... >> > > I hear that ! The public is too ignorant of what really goes on and > easily brainwashed. Corporate donations rule the day. I don't think that the American public is brainwashed - in fact I think that the population is given enough credit to see through the rhetoric and the over-simplifying of the media. In fact, I think there is a great deal of tolerance for the financial mess and cris-crossing of interests. It has also been shown that in many cases, large coffers do not always assure election (though it always helps an awful lot). It might mean that the candidates have to be acceptable to the wealthy interests (such as corporations) as well as the population at large (the votes themselves) in order to have the best chances at election. Now I do think the system as it has evolved has room for reform, and that a lot of sleaziness goes on due to this high cost of campaigning, but I do not think for one minute that the American public is duped like a bunch of sheep.