All politics is essentially the same: it’s about keeping the money flowing where the corporations want it to keep flowing. My book is worthwhile because it makes clear that I understand there is no difference between the candidates.

K

Yes, POTUS *can* affect lots of things, but the point I make is that POTUS doesn’t *want* to change these things because POTUS is in thrall to the industrial economic system, like almost every POTUS since…well, ever.

There have been some brave exceptions, but they seem to have paid for this with their lives.

K.

The simplest way I can think to illustrate the fatal flaw in your argument relies on first understanding these two basic facts.

1. There are things the POTUS CAN affect.

2. There are things the POTUS CANNOT affect.

For some reason you have decided that the relative number and importance of (2) are so much greater than those of (1), that (1) is reduced to virtual insignificance. Even with the relatively small sample size, American history already shows that your simplistic analysis is incorrect.

It certainly makes a big difference to have a black candidate but unfortunately Sen Obama hasn’t addressed environment concerns with possible policies or ask to their supporters to express their concerns on that matter. Of course, people are worried about “important” things but not the climate change and all the nasty consequences.

That’s the real problem here, people just care about “important” things and that’s where things get wrong; the most important thing is our future (and Im not talking about the future of gas prices) and that future may not get us that far if we continue thinking that skin color will solve everything.
My 2 cents.

I would recommend you have a long, hard look at civilization in general at what its aims are. Click on the link that says “Try this for size” and you will see what Gore would have really done in power (remember, he was VP at the time) — you cannot be in a position of power in an industrial nation and not cause irreversible environmental or social harm. I don’t expect many readers to get this: you need to trust me that it is merely the forces of disconnection — advertising, laws, military power, platitudinal statements from politicians and corporations that they will do good and so many more tools that the state uses to keep us “good citizens” — that make people think they are in a good place and actually have a choice.

Keith

Joe B

It’s spelt “faeces” where I come from. Can we share recipes, then?

K.