Thanks

There are many things to be thankful for.
There have been no new terroist attacks in the USA.
Our economy has not failed.
People still love more than they hate.

Today Millions of families have gotten together and shared a tradition.

If only the world could speak the same language, and understand that we look to the same God, and all the Greedy power hungry strip mining sub humans would DIE.
We could gather with mind and heart and create a world without poverty.
It is really simple.
If the resources devoted to war, preparation for war, defense against war, were devoted to education, renewable energy, medicine, and food production we could have a real world of free thinking people instead of what we have now.

what we have now is a world population living day to day not a lot different from preindustrilized Europe.

what could the world be with all that war money put to use in ?

mail me if you have a solution.
-Adaven

Jumping Ship

It is an exodus. We knew Powell was going. He blew his future by not cutting out long ago. If he had wanted to, and gotten a good polit manager, He had a shot of becoming the first black president. No dummy He must have known this but chose a different path. I think him to be a decent man caught up in conflict between duty and conscious.
As for the others, I don't know about their reasons but it can't look good to the rest of the world.
AND Can anyone possibly believe that Rice is in any way qualified to be secretary of state?
Adaven

The fat lady sang

The show is over and it had a sad ending. Hollywood was behind Kerry, by that I mean a lot of film and music stars supported him but it was the Hollywood fantasy style that got Bush elected.Contentless TV spots that portrayed him as a John Wane inspired individual. Self assured unwavering in his vision. There is a wide swath of nativity that sweeps through the middle of America. Wither it's Hee Haw or survivor, TV is their major source of information and news is an hour or so but the political adds were all day.

Bush just had the better production.

But  maybe it's just the Zappa principal at work.

Fw: [Living Las Vegas] Swinging State

 

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From: philip

To: adaven@adaven.net

Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 8:40 PM

Subject: [Living Las Vegas] Swinging State

reposted from living las vegas another of my blogs see www.adaven.net for more

I don't know if Nevada is regarded as a swing state in the presidential election but it must be important because both of those donkeys have been here a lot of times, and sent their relatives here too. The polls say it is real close here and I believe that's true.
Now it's a fact that Vegas has been growing like a weed for the last four years and a lot of the people coming here are rich and likely to be republicans but many are poor folk, working service or construction jobs and they are likely to be non-voters in the past. But things have changed. Awareness is a funny word but the media has hit us on the head so much that people are really starting to be aware of more than their own personal situations and taking interest in the big picture. Maybe because that picture is on TV all the time. The GET OUT AND VOTE people are having success like never before and this yeas it is expected that more people will vote than ever before.(per capita) This is a great thing, and maybe it will save us.
Although it is clear to me that the Bush administration has failed in every way important to the America way of life, many have been taken in by the Hollywood image he has managed to project. That of a strong leader with moral certainty and religious rightjustness spreading democracy throughout the world. Bullshit.
It is lucky that there is so much news available on TV. Competition makes them have to bring us new news and the best source is Iraq and the disaster there is clear to any but the most mind dead. So even if they don't read the press, people are getting the message that something smells bad. Anyone who reads the newspaper would have to have their (HSUTA) not to realize the economic and environmental abuse by this president.
This election is important in many ways. One is the possibility of fraud because, as you remember, the last one was not without doubt. If the results this year are not clear we may be in danger of losing the primary franchise of America. I have no doubt the money people behind the republican party would do anything, break any law, to insure a win. These people are strip miners and they do not care.
So to wrap up, I am pleased to find lines of people voting early. There is a LOT of this going on here and I hope everywhere else. It means that people really want to vote and it means they are caring about the most important democratic idea, THE RIGHT TO VOTE

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Posted by philip to Living Las Vegas at 10/29/2004 07:23:04 PM