Most of us had no clue in the 90's what NAFTA would mean to us-- but we're learning aren't we--the hard! way. It was the Industrial-DEvolution of our era, the right-wing overhaul of industry sponsored aggressively and enacted by our own so-called "democratic" leadership. We've got to quit parroting their rhetoric solely because they call themselves Democrats and start watching! the DLC instead-- that would be the hummungusly powerful Clinton Money-wing of our OWN party. It may be late but better than never, to inventory what's actually been DONE in the 90's under the auspices of the party that used to represent us. Clinton, the "Unifier's," strategy-- sold us on accepting complicity between repubs. & dems. We didn't get it then, but again, it's hitting home, slowly but surely; merging the 2 parties covertly undermined representative government. Think about it,
if there is just one party there are no choices and accordingly, no need to respond to, or respect the will of the people.
All the MAIN ingredients that define a democracy including the free press, were cancelled in the 90's--and so far right, Bush's failure to follow point for point, would be political suicide. Iraqi policy and the obsession with the WMD's, indeed, the pain and misery a lawless NAFTA unleashed on the world are all just a continuation of the previous ("Democratic") administration. Unfortunately for America, given the timeline of these significant events, history won't be ambiguous. The only read that makes good sense is that the "sleeping" insurgency was weaned on Clintonomics.
We are a people without representation. The danger's in the B.S., the brainwashing, the propaganda. The key to the Era of Master-Spin, was in 2 pieces of legislation one *always finds in a dictatorship : Telecommunications Act (1996) which launched the takeover of our free press by big business and the Int'l Public Information system (IPI,1999) which allows the use of "perception mgmt" (that would be "psy-ops" or psychological manipulation, better known as brainwashing) for use in "managing" the opinion of Americans. The Monica charade and his alleged "martyrdom" served Clinton well; it covered up the most radical (right-wing) revolution in the modern era. The cynicism of that era is well exemplified by the Lieberman so-called "reprimand". He was/is a close ally and lifetime friend of the Clintons who notwithstanding all the finger-wagging, VOTED to exonerate him on all counts. Notwithstanding his vote was correct, but c'mon guys--you could have spared us all the play-acting. When the business of government is *deceiving the people, the only chance we have to save representative government and our democracy-- is a 3rd party.
I know I'm gonna hear from all you Clinton zealots fiercely invested in B.S. and the deeper the better (most of you with incomes and/or trust funds in the high 6, or 7 figures). I've been kept off the many so-called "Democratic" forums you fund, dominate, and sponsor, been censored, bullied, intimidated and insulted but so long as there are still a (very) few *independent forums that honor the principle of free speech, you all aren't gonna shut me up. Are we tricklin' down yet Mr. CEO?