democratic corruption is better than republican
corruption? i'll just have to take your word on this
one as i have not considered this.
how's the little guy?

--- Linda Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>          Whenever one party assumes control for a
> long time there is
> corruption. I am a life long Democrat and union
> activist. I do not
> understand poor people who are Republicans but that
> is an aside. In Hawaii
> the Democrats have had control for a long time and
> there is corruption. In
> Utah the Republicans have had control for a long
> time and there is
> corruption. Of the two types of corruption, I far
> prefer the Democratic.
>          This disaster like all disasters of this
> magnitude belongs in the
> hands of the President but he is too busy whacking
> golf balls and deciding
> how best to steal all the worlds oil for his
> friends. I don't like him or
> his policies.
>          I work on child abuse issues and
> specifically on the church child
> abuse lawsuits. In Utah the Supreme Court decided
> that a church, namely
> Mormon, cannot be held responsible for its negligent
> acts towards children.
> I have watched the Supreme Court of Utah make wrong
> decisions for over
> twenty five years. It is sad. This is also the state
> that allows, virtually
> promotes by their indifference, white slavery and
> the trafficking of young
> girls in the name of religion, polygamy. Oh yes Utah
> and the Mormons have
> their public relations arm that claims they are not
> responsible. That is a
> lie. They started polygamy  and have done nothing to
> stop it even though it
> was a requirement of statehood to do so.
>          It is quite upsetting to hear the Mormon
> commercials claiming how
> much they love children. They love them so much they
> move perpetrators
> around the country just like the Catholics and
> rarely report child abuse.
> These carefully crafted commercials simply appeal to
> peoples fear of rapid
> change and longing for an idealized past and are
> gauged to find more tithe
> payers. The Republican theme God is on our side also
> disgusts me. I hope
> the non voting Americans wake up soon from their fog
> that voting does not
> matter. It was also part of the Republican agenda to
> control Congress to
> disenfranchise voters by marketing the idea to the
> baby boom generation
> that not voting is the best policy since it's only a
> choice of the lesser
> of two evils. If more peopel voted Bush would have
> lost and I think he did
> lose anyhow but for the Diebold machines that
> cpatured the phony vote for
> him. I am very disappointed in every American who
> does not vote as the
> mandate in this country would certainly change if
> people started voting
> again. Oh yes and then we have to count them all.
> Whew! ! End of tirade.
> Back to gardening.
>
> Linda
>
> At 06:54 AM 9/16/2005, you wrote:
> >oh, okay. let's see, what party has been in control
> of
> >the State of La for 40-60 years? which party has
> been
> >in control of the city of New Orleans for 40-60
> years?
> >so who allowed the situtation to exist even though
> we
> >have spent more than 6 trillion dollars on the "WAR
> ON
> >POVERTY."? i think we need and exit stategy. we
> need a
> >time table to get out of this war. we have lost the
> >war. New Orleans showed this war lost.
> >
> >   the party starts with a "D."
> >
> >--- Mike Collis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > I don't know if I agree with this
> wholeheartedly.
> > > Just another post to get
> > > y'all talking...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>-----------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Judge Roberts, Hurricane Katrina and Americans
> with
> > > Disabilities
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Building a Supreme Court to Excuse Our Nation's
> > > Neglect of the Poor and
> > > Disenfranchised
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > By Jim Ward, Founder and President
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ADA Watch/National Coalition for Disability
> Rights
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > New Orleans is America's canary in the
> mineshaft.
> > > Ideologies of
> > > privatization that incapacitate effective
> government
> > > -permitting the
> > > privileged to save themselves while leaving the
> poor
> > > clinging to roofs -must
> > > now be challenged. This disaster is a chilling
> > > reminder of what happens when
> > > government fails to protect its citizens, and it
> is
> > > imperative that
> > > Americans demand accountability.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Terry Lynn Karl Professor of Political Science
> > > Stanford University September
> > > 8, 2005
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > (Washington, DC) We did not see news reports on
> > > Hurricane Katrina showing
> > > mass looting by people with disabilities, did
> we?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Given the chance, perhaps this would have been
> so.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Instead, we witnessed people without legs
> -unable to
> > > reach the rooftops
> > > -floating in the storm waters; Americans in
> > > wheelchairs "rescued" and then
> > > left to fry and die in the scorching sun; people
> > > with epilepsy and diabetes
> > > separated from vital medications; and citizens
> in
> > > nursing homes left behind
> > > to drown.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > And we saw many, many poor people.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Louisiana has a shameful poverty rate of 24
> percent.
> > > There and throughout
> > > the United States, people with disabilities are
> > > among the poorest of the
> > > poor. According to the 2000 Census, people with
> > > severe disabilities comprise
> > > roughly half of all working-age Americans living
> in
> > > poverty. A staggering
> > > one third of adults with disabilities live in
> > > households with total income
> > > of $15,000 or less.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hurricane Katrina has blown the cover off of
> > > America's crumbling physical
> > > infrastructure and our weakened ability to
> respond
> > > to the needs of even our
> > > most vulnerable citizens. Those quick to write
> off
>
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