A Look at the Costs of Rove's "Politics All the Time" Approach to Government

For him politics is nothing more than politics and nothing else matter.

I'm just waiting to see who will pay the price (the legal price-obviously the families and miners paid the real price) on this one. Where the blame be placed...and where should it really be placed.

That article by Ariana was very enlightening as regards the appointments of the foxes in charge of the hen house. Typical of what this administration has been doing all along with cabinet posts on down the line. Setting themselves up for permanent control.

Then of course when the infrastructure of the nation really begins to fall apart (as it is now doing) they can give no-bid contracts or cost-plus contracts to their cronies (like the Haliburton types) ... what it amounts to is the raping of America !!!

And we know what the raping of America plays into! ;^(

Thanks for the link.

Yes, all of us getting f$$ked!!! By the time enough people come to see all of this for just what it is, it will be far too late for them to turn it around. A Fascist system is so much closer than hardly anyone thinks but never the less seems to be on our horizon for the near future ...

But as I see the people on Gather do their things, it is most likely typical of the mass of humanity. I ran across one fellow yesterday that claimed a new way to implement comments in mass to people, he claimed over 1100 friends on Gather and from what I could tell it seemed all about point whoring. I dropped him as a contact.

So many here deal in strictly triviality and receive one or two line comments in the hundreds while others that deal in the things that are extremely important to ALL of us get hardly any in comparison ... but thankfully those that we do get are in depth and extremely useful and rewarding for those that take the time and care to read and follow. I can only hope that many others are reading and getting something out of it even though they may not get involved with comments of their own.

Such is our world ... :-(

Jerry = You finally wrote something I can completely agree with! OMG I think you may be a good candidate to vote RON PAUL yet.

Political whoreing is not confined to Republicans as you well know. Ms Clinton fired a whole bunch of people just to give her friends jobs and SHE did not have that authority.

I agree completely with Jerry about the "setting up for control" that's going on... But, Jerry, I feel compelled to point out something about your "postings/comments" comment:

While I agree that it is imperative to stay abreast of the political climate, I believe there is also a need for amusement and diversion to bring down our blood pressures a notch or two and I'm glad that not EVERY article on Gather is serious, biting, incisive and politically-oriented...

Our blood pressure would not be so high if we got together and solved our most pressing problems instead of denying and ignoring them ... IMnsHO.

Jerry

You are right we should all get together and solve the REAL problems. The parties dont want us to do that though. They would rather distract us with false issues, while they rob us blind through their corruption. This is the exact reason the founders feared a party system so much

That has always been the 'set-up', divide and conquer, as the divisions fight amongst themselves while the upper echelons maneuver at will.

I'm all for that, but seem to keep coming up to this wall where the solution to every problem for some is to let corporations handle it in a free market. That's how we got into this mess.

What I mean to say is that one side is the direct puppet of the rich we are speaking of.

I DO hope that you did not mean by your comment, Jerry, to imply that I "ignore" or "deny" any of the problems evident in our society today... Because nothing could be further from the truth -- and there are many here who KNOW this about me for a fact...

As a multi-faceted being, one hopes that one has more than just "one face" looking out upon the world -- lest we forsake love, family, friends, laughter, art and music altogether because of the level of "frivolity" inherent in each... Human beings must laugh as well as cry... This does not preclude us from being capable of serious thought and action when such situations arise as demand them...

Damned Pixies, all those things are great, but not on the politics boards, lol.

No Jean, the comment was not aimed at you in 'that' way. I usually speak here in generalities with a shot-gun approach (spread out) so that many can try on the shoe to see if it fits. Every once in a while someone thinks I was aiming a rifle just at them.

As for the frivolous, that is usually the 'point whoring' I have noticed on Gather ... but I guess that some people get their relaxation 'that' way ... so be it.

good one Ron!