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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 01/29/2006 : 11:14:42
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Even though this is a political issue - an act proposed by Dems in Congress (read about it here: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=4954) I'm tend to think this act is also a partisan attempt to manipulate the public. I think this for a couple reasons.
1.) The latest on factcheck.org, which condemns an ad that favors the act, as dishonest: http://www.factcheck.org/article372.html
2.) Reform proposals by both Dems and Republicans have been consistently criticized by nonpartisan watchdog groups that say those reforms are not enough because they don't create adaquate transparancy and aren't likely to be well enforced. OMB (White House Office of Mangement and Budget) Watch outlines this argument quite well here: http://www.ombwatch.org/article/articleview/3259/1/1?TopicID=1
It is so frustrating to me that most American people have grown so apathetic toward government that they take little to no interest what-so-ever in trying to reduce the amount of corruption. Most Americans seem to think that either the US government isn't as corrupt as it is, or that the level of corruption cannot be reduced.
Serious, what the hell's wrong with Americans? We're educated. We're not any stupider than other people on average. So why do we ignore this shit? Are we just so drugged-up on entertainment, so used to being passive, that we can no longer involve ourselves with the drudgeries of reality?
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"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong
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