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oilmanbob on July 10, 2007 - 7:02pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

wizofaus my Aussie friend,

Maybe your government was democraticially elected, but ours was appointed by the Supreme Court. The New York Times-Miami Herald recount in 2000 showed that Gore won Florida, and hence the election. In 2004 the exit poll didn't agree with the results in a couple of states with Diboll computerised voting. Kerry won that one.

All corporate contributions should be illegal. They are not persons. And the disgusting amounts of money raised for each of the US presidential candidates should make anyone question who is buying what. I see the broadcast airwaves as public property, and the electronic media should be required to give back time to the candidates.

I guess I'm just old fashioned, thinking votes should be counted honestly,and that media have a civic duty in a Democratic society.

Bob Ebersole

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wizofaus on July 10, 2007 - 8:10pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Still, if 70% of the population were unhappy about Bush as president at around election time, he wouldn't be there.
But if 70% of the population are unhappy about the way oil companies manipulate or otherwise influence governments and corporations into decisions that are ultimately deterimental to society as a whole, there's relatively little they can do about it. Yes, in principle, they can stop buying oil. But that's hardly a fair comparison with being able to tick a different box on the ballot paper.

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