Great Article (about American Politicians)

[TSD]

Its written by a political reporter, and the bulk of it is about John Edwards, but he goes into his relationships with other politicians.



http://news.yahoo.co...-i-learned.html







[font=Georgia, Times,]Perhaps the biggest truth is that anyone who reaches the upper ranks of American politics is a user, capable of feigning intimacy when what the candidate really wants is a large check or an endorsement or a flattering profile. That may be especially true of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney—both self-contained men whose few real friendships seemingly predate their involvement in big-time politics. What that means for political reporters and voters is that relatively few people know either Obama or Romney well—and even fewer are privy to what they are really thinking. [/font]

 

[supraman]

Sounds about right.

 

[The Count Dante]

Along the same lines, here is one that I always have around that I like to read and re-read. Very well written essay, short, sweet, concise.



I dont often play in the realms of the forum politics, so if this is redunant, I do apologize...



http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north484.html



The Mythical Alexander Tyler and His Theory of Democracy by Gary North



P.S. Some of the quotes cannot be entirely be proven to have come from Alexander Tyler and in my opinion, irrelevant (and is discussed in the essay). If it was a bum on the street who wrote it, it still rings of truth to me.

 

[Spunky Porkstacker]

Here are a couple pieces from the article that seem to be the direction the gov is taking us.

[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on,, with the result the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.[/font]



[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity[/font]













[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Is this the hope and change the people really want ?[/font]

 

[supraman]

Elect me dictator of the world. My friends at IHN will be rich and have many titles. However the people of Vancouver and Pittsburgh are fucked.