Tuesday, March 8, 2011

BIPARTISANSHIP: A GREAT AMERICAN MYTH IN TODAY'S POLITICS

Bipartisanship is constipated in the USA today on State levels as well as Federal.  In Wisconsin, the blockage to movement is Governor Scott Walker whose idea of negotiation is 'I won the election; we do it MY way (the way the Koch brothers want it to be.)'.

When bi-partisan negotiations fail, we see, as we currently have throughout our world today, non-violent protests (when the citizenry is lucky) protests in which the protesters are killed by the  powers at the top, civil wars, assassinations, sneaky deals, lies and false information is circulated, and truth and fairness are terms from our past.

In August 2010,  Jeremy C Young wrote an article for the History News Service where the basic message was Obama's attempt at bipartisanship doesn't work.  What is not focused on in that article is that it is necessary for the public to see what the Republicans are really doing that is different than what they are saying. 

On March 5, 2011, Jim Angle, for FoxNews.com writes that "Obama Faces Bipartisan Criticism on Energy Policies.  That message is that America should fight harder to develop domestic sources of energy.  Missing is the point that they could renew the restrictions that were allowed to elapse about what Wall St can do with commodities to manipulate price.

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