'Parliamentary procedure'

Americans had 12 straight years of Reagan and Bush no. 1 quasi- fascism, and many hailed Clinton a reformer in 1992, who would roll-back the excesses of the recent past. Clinton merely continued the same policies with a baby-boomer twist.

Seven or Eight years of Bush's crude authoritarianism, and many now hope a 'Democrat' will win in 2008, and reverse the excesses of our all- too recent national nightmare. If a Democrat moves into Pennsylvania Avenue in 2009 or before, we will still suffer beneath the crushing weight of (unelected) multinational corporations that call all the shots. Then a fascist goon Republican will will in 2012, after the incumbent has been savaged -out by right-wing media.

We have had essentially one trade policy for the last 30 years, one immigration policy, one foreign policy in the middle east, one anti-crime policy for 30 years, etc,etc.,etc.,.....The two major parties merely argue over 'details,' rotating control with each other, while collecting obscene pay-offs from Wall Streeters....any difference between the two are evened out by this rotation, the difference is only one of (small) degree, not kind. Somewhere about 50 people are laughing their asses off at our stupidity.

Most people are locked into a either-or mentality, with disastrous consequences for all.