Have I said this before? Money makes politics dirty. Say it with me: Money makes politics dirty.
We don't tolerate this kind of behavior on playgrounds. Why do we tolerate it in Congress and the White House?
As long as the White House -and the President- can be bought, we're in trouble. We need to get money out of politics, entirely. How would you start? I'd start by publicly funding elections, to the exclusion of private money. Put limits on ad-time, and require that all candidates get equal time (yeah, I said "all candidates," meaning even the kooks; maybe that would get the networks to think a little bit about the way they cover campaigns. Here's a hint to all in the mainstream media: NOT ALL CAMPAIGNING IS NEWS).
"Oh god, this shit is real..." Real, and really scary.
Good essay from Harper's:
Why we can no longer afford George W. Bush.
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There was another really good article in last month's Harper's issue about the divide between Workers and Players. It was right up your alley. In fact, it had something in the last paragraph that you've said before. "workers of the world unite." Can't seem to find it on the Harper's sight though.
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