Politics BREAKING! Kucinich Introduces 35 Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush!
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forums; Originally Posted by mockingbird131313
I keep hoping my English lessons will help you. But instead, you resort to pathetic name ...
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Kucinich should have skipped the presidential campaign and pushed for this earlier, now it's just beating around the Bush.
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Yo! Matanuska! You live in AK? My family hails from there and I visited for 6 months out on the Kenai Peninsula!
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Originally Posted by
medicineman
Btw, the average colonist, as that is what we were untill the revolution, had such a hard time staying alive and taking care of their families that revolt never even crossed their minds. It was the elites that were paying the most in taxes that really hated british rule, and I'm pretty sure they had an alterior motive, like they could become the government and then they could collect the taxes instead of paying them. Most all the signers of the declaration were men of property, and influence, IE elites. The elites started the revolution and took control of the government and still own it today, check it out.
Thank you for actually pointing this out.. people really need to go back and study the American Revolution again and its roots. Schools and most books glossed over the real story.. contrary to what everyone would like to think, the founders of this country weren't perfect- nor were they the "average joe", and we never truly got rid of the rich in control. Do you hear me? Never. George Washington was the richest man in the country at the time, while owning over 200 slaves. The original Pennsylvania Constitution is far better than the one used for our country..making corruption nearly impossible and bringing more participation and awareness to the average voter, even our constitution from its conception has been manipulated to be bias towards to rich elite. Though I am not surprised many do not know this stuff... 25% of the wealth belonged to 1% of the population before the revolution.. the rich were getting richer as the poor were getting poorer, then the rich decided they didn't wanna pay the Brit's taxes, because they wanted to be richer, and hell, they could BECOME the government- the poor were duped to fight the rich man's war. Rich men could pay to get out of the draft, while men who went to fight weren't paid for their active duty! Our revolutionary vets were flat broke after the revolution and Washington and the gang wouldn't pay what was owned to the vets for their service.. they they started to arrest these vets who couldn't afford to pay their debts. While Washington enjoyed being the richest man in the country.. could you live the high life while watching the men who fought by your side went to jail and couldn't support their families? I sure could never do that... the founding fathers ushered us in a new plutocracy with a newer illusion of freedom... still better than being under British rule tho..
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As far as Kucinich. I don't agree with him all the time- but I'd say he's one of the few good guys left in Congress. Sad to see another good bill get thrown into a committee never to be heard from again... <sigh..> Woulda been nice to see Bush get what he deserved.. but then again, Kucinch couldn't get Cheney impeached either.. says a lot about Kucinich though- he tried to go after Cheney first. Smart guy...
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