Hope? My Ass!
Now, check out this story published in CNN and tell me if it is not the most shallow and non-sense story ever:
Title: Democracy Finds Hope in Iraqi Town
"Although most say they don't know who the candidates are or where to go to vote, they say they will vote come January 30".
"'We get our information from the TV. But then the power goes out and we have no TV," one man says."
"'Do you know when the elections are?' Col. Tucker asked a group of five men. 'Yes, it's the 29th,' one answered."
Democracy my friends, is based among other things in the free flow of information from the government to the people. Likewise, Democracy needs well informed people that knows who the candidates are and what they stand for. In America the twist of information leads to misleading, but that's a whole different story.
These people don't even know where they have to vote; and don't even have clear WHEN the election is taking place. By the same token, do they really know what to expect out of this democratic exercise? Does it sound hopeful to you? If your answer is yes, cut off your head, it has stopped working.
Idealism, that Bushspeak of Freedom and tyranny and Democracy has to be preceded and followed by Realism, which the actual thinking of things, the planning, the numbers, and we all know that George W. Bush is not really any good at using its mice-size brain.
Title: Democracy Finds Hope in Iraqi Town
"Although most say they don't know who the candidates are or where to go to vote, they say they will vote come January 30".
"'We get our information from the TV. But then the power goes out and we have no TV," one man says."
"'Do you know when the elections are?' Col. Tucker asked a group of five men. 'Yes, it's the 29th,' one answered."
Democracy my friends, is based among other things in the free flow of information from the government to the people. Likewise, Democracy needs well informed people that knows who the candidates are and what they stand for. In America the twist of information leads to misleading, but that's a whole different story.
These people don't even know where they have to vote; and don't even have clear WHEN the election is taking place. By the same token, do they really know what to expect out of this democratic exercise? Does it sound hopeful to you? If your answer is yes, cut off your head, it has stopped working.
Idealism, that Bushspeak of Freedom and tyranny and Democracy has to be preceded and followed by Realism, which the actual thinking of things, the planning, the numbers, and we all know that George W. Bush is not really any good at using its mice-size brain.
Jean-Francois was drunk at 11:59 PM
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