🚀 go-pugleaf

caa@unify.com (Chris Anderson) writes:
> According to Andrew A. Alexis <ndlxs@netcom.com>:
> > zippy@hairball.ecst.csuchico.edu (The Pinhead) writes:
> > > In article <ndlxsCyAIEC.Fxv@netcom.com> ndlxs@netcom.com (Andrew A. Alexis) writes:
> > >    Last time I heard, you can vote politicians out of office...but the decision
> > >    makers in insurance companies are not accountable to the public.
> > > 
> > > It's worse that that, pal...  Ever since FDR created the fourth branch
> > > of government (the Administrative Branch), there are an *incredible*
> > > number of people who can regulate you that you cannot vote out of
> > > office.  With that and the Electoral College, your vote don't count
> > > for shit.
> > 
> > Frankly, with that attitude, I would say that it is YOUR vote that does not
> > count for shit.  MY vote counts.  If people vote for dopes who tell them
          ^^^^^^^^
Just a minor corrective here...My original post was edited by someone to 
add the above phrase which was not in the original post.  

> > simple answers to complex questions and avoid real issues, it is not the 
> > politicians fault.  It is the voters fault for not putting the right person
> > in office.
> 
> That is an extremely naive attitude.  Read what The Pinhead is saying.
> The game is stacked against you from the start.

Maybe---but I won't hold the door for you on election day.  People get the
politicians they deserve.
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Andy Alexis(ndlxs@netcom.com OR araalex@dbserv2.teale.ca.gov)
Sacramento, CA  "The Pearl of the Central Valley"