How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?

that was one of the dumb questions catholic kids used to ask the good nuns in their catechism classes back when i was a nipper, a question that turned into a cliche, exemplifying the anal-retentive lengths catholic doctrine in the 50s would go to trying to define everything to within a gnat's ass... browsing around on news sites and weblogs (as is my custom of a morning when i'm not gainfully employed), i'm reminded of that cliche as i read story after story, article after article, post after post (full disclosure: some of them mine), focusing on minute details of the latest media, pundit, congressional, talking head and/or bushco outrage, while ignoring the obvious bigger picture... like what, you say...? i'm glad you asked...

• our political system is broken and nothing less than a complete overhaul is going to fix it

• the 2008 election will change nothing
  

• both the republican and the democratic parties are riddled through with slaves to money and power, bought and paid for by the super-rich elites who call the shots in the united states and most of the rest of the world

• those same super-rich elites maintain themselves by reaping massive profits from war, death and destruction, and have no incentive or intent to seek world peace

• those same elites control most of the world's economic system and have no incentive or intent to alleviate or eliminate poverty

• the united states is poised on the brink of a complete authoritarian, fascist shut-down, with the stage set and all the mechanisms in place to accomplish that as soon as the proper trigger is pulled

• each day george bush and his administration remain in power is one step closer to that brink

• there will be an attack by the united states on iran

• there will be no pull-out from iraq, there will be no shut-down of the permanent military bases, the massive new embassy complex in baghdad will not be vacated or left half-empty

• congress will not reclaim its rightful power as spelled out in the constitution

• the united states constitution will be reduced to an interesting historical document

• the middle class in the united states and other developed countries will cease to exist

all of the above are predicated on one simple assumption: that the current situation is allowed to stand...

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