simple truths
“You know, back in 2000 a Republican friend of mine warned me that if I voted for Al Gore and he won, the stock market would tank, we'd lose millions of jobs, and our military would be totally overstretched.

You know what? I did vote for Al Gore, he did win, and I'll be damned if all those things didn't come true.”
—James Carville
4.20.2006
 
Subservience Or Citizenship
"How many Americans have read the Constitution and know the Constitution, live the Constitution, breathe the Constitution, define their existence as Americans by the Constitution? Very few. And so what happens is, Americans have no concept of what citizenship is, what it is they're supposed to serve. Many Americans have become so addicted to a lifestyle that I say they're better consumers than they are citizens. .... And they will go out and attack those who do rock the boat--those who challenge authority.

"If you read the Constitution, you'll be struck by the first words: We the people of the United States. And yet ... Americans will say, in the name of security, they will give up their constitutional rights. Warrantless wiretapping--it's against the law! This is the sort of issue that should bring Americans streaming into the streets, saying, "Not on my watch." If your definition of patriotism is blind subservience to governmental authority, then you've just defined those Germans who supported Hitler, the Italians who supported Mussolini."

Scott Ritter,
Interview by David Rolland
Read complete interview here.


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“What we find is that a whopping 86% of Americans believe that there need to be stricter laws and regulations to protect the environment; 77% think it is more important to maintain government services such as Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid than to cut taxes; 72% of Americans favor stricter laws related to the control of handguns; 63% of Americans favor affirmative action programs designed to help blacks, women and other minorities get better jobs and education; 62% don't think Roe v. Wade should be overturned by the Supreme Court; and 62% would prefer a universal health insurance program run by the government and financed by taxpayers.

On virtually every issue, public opinion polls show that consumer preferences are for the policies of the Democrats, and not for those of the GOP. Republicans offer inferior, less desirable policy solutions, while Democrats offer superior policies that are preferred by the majority of Americans.”
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=18395

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