Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for May 05, 2015
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Man in brown pants: I've already made up my mind to vote for the one who's not a corporate tool. Caption: Burt's early voting opt-out system. Sign reads: Have a voice in who will be the next president. Building reads: PARTY H. Q. VOTE Table reads: Register to vote here
mischugenah about 9 years ago
And if your candidate isn’t a member of one of the two major parties, they may as well not exist to the media and polling groups.
Randy B Premium Member about 9 years ago
Sometimes you can find one of those in the primaries, treated primarily as comic relief by the rest of the party.
Varnes about 9 years ago
Richard, yeah, that sucks big time, but I don’t think anybody is going to do anything about it…Too much work….
Varnes about 9 years ago
How long before somebody here applies a label to the Party that has the H Q……You know it’s gonna happen….
Varnes about 9 years ago
BTW, Burt has limited people to vote for, if that is how he thinks….
phylum about 9 years ago
it seems he has made up his mind not to vote this time around…
Buckimion about 9 years ago
If they are all the same, why are the Koch Bros. spending millions to unseat Democrats?
Brass Orchid Premium Member about 9 years ago
A corporation is only a legal collective, like any city, any union, any business or any group of concerned citizens united in a common cause.Some collectives are concerned only with profit and employing the influence of government to increase their ability to generate revenue. Most of them, in fact. The difference is that some actually contribute to the creation of wealth and employment and are not just parasitic and non-productive seekers of influence and monetary gain. They are thus demonized for their failure to conform to societal norms.
tripwire45 about 9 years ago
Politicians are all tools regardless of party affiliation.
dadoctah about 9 years ago
I found an easy way to decide who to vote for. Anybody robocalls my house to ask for my vote (or even worse, asks me not to vote for someone else), they’re off the list. One by one, they disqualify themselves from getting my vote..Come election day, I get to stay home and watch cartoons.
whiteheron about 9 years ago
I will vote for Jefferson Smith. I want him to go to Washington.
zenguyuno about 9 years ago
Bernie Sanders is not a corporate tool.
Timothy Madigan Premium Member about 9 years ago
Yes – buy stock or ownership in the corporation. It gives you a voice and a vote for board members.
dabugger about 9 years ago
Right, who ever does not represent the powers who own, may never have a chance. The candidate must have their permission and the media. Making democracy a sham.
Gokie5 about 9 years ago
IMHO, this guy does a great job of explaining what’s what:http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/03/opinion/sunday/nicholas-kristof-inequality-is-a-choice.html?_r=0
Alabama Al about 9 years ago
Reading the comments on this message board servers to give continuing confirmation of two life observations I’ve made:`1. People who are basically corrupt always believe everyone else is corrupt.`2. I’ve never met a coward that didn’t think of himself/herself as a very intelligent person.`Actually, there’s a third observation:`3. Never expect people to be grateful for having points 1 and 2 pointed out to them.
hippogriff about 9 years ago
John Locke: But how do you propose to take the military away from the corporations and back to a government of, by, and for the People?
ms-ss about 9 years ago
I think the best bet for that would be Mike Huckabee…….hope I’m not wrong.
Rarely528 about 9 years ago
Were it not so. A tad scary.
Guilty Bystander about 9 years ago
But they’re ALL corporate tools. Unless there’s a “None of the Above” on the ballot, you’re stuck. My own strategy in November will be to vote exclusively for challengers, regardless of party affiliation.
Kveldulf about 9 years ago
If Burt lived in Canada, he would actually have a viable candidate to vote for — Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party. Nobody laughs at Elizabeth, she has been voted the hardest working person in Parliament and the leaders of the other parties are afraid of her..Alas, the Greens hold only two seats.
CarolinaGirl about 9 years ago
Ben Carson!!!
KEA about 9 years ago
Politicians are playing with the rules they’ve been dealt… written by the Capitalist Elite. I’m afraid only a 2nd American Revolution will change it.
dflak about 9 years ago
Next election I’m going to be patriotic and buy American. I don’t want any foreign-owned politicians. I want my elected officials to be bought and paid for by local interests.
Varnes about 9 years ago
Look, corporations own the U.S. military in all it’s forms, public and private, They determine what it does….No one else…. People,….We were warned about this over half a century ago…By a Republican president…Dwight D. Eisenhower even labeled it….The Military Industrial Complex…He predicted what it does now….It runs our lives, it sends our kids overseas to die for no reason, it loves war because that’s how it makes money…If it wasn’t for our civilian president, we would have 700,000 children fighting ISIS in the desert to make money for corporations right now…
Fuzzy Thinker Premium Member about 9 years ago
I always vote against the incumbent.
Mokurai about 9 years ago
One party enlists corporate and private wealth for purposes of enriching the wealthy and powerful and oppressing others—minorities, women, immigrants, the young, the old, scientists, Muslims, and so on, destroying civil society and the economy in the process. The other enlists corporate and private wealth for purposes of enriching he wealthy and powerful and lifting up all of those others, and building up civil society and the economy. I have no trouble choosing between them. And one day, we will lift up enough of us to vote out the corporate tools and put the corporations and the wealthy in their places.
As President Obama has said, “Don’t boo. Organize.”
caligula about 9 years ago
Yep and why is Soros spending BILLIONS?There are differences, but they primarily involve WHICH corporate sponsors each party has. For instance, in that category I could count Unions who agitate based on their own views, rather than those of their members, most particularly Unions where membership is. what is that word again . . . subject to extortion in order to collect dues. Afterall, all those Unions would go away if they couldn’t charge non-members Union dues and require them to “Carry the Card” if they want to work.
Gokie5 about 9 years ago
“That’s just the bonuses.”
Yep. That were a good one.
neeeurothrush about 9 years ago
may the 5th be with you
JoshuaD about 9 years ago
So, Bernie Sanders then?
hippogriff about 9 years ago
Kveldulf: CBC gives air time to each party in proportion to MPs, so they can know about such things north of the line. We have a Green Party in this country, but the corporate media has banned any mention of them. No members of Congress yet, but a lot of local and regional office holders. Probably the largest office with real power is Richmond, CA, whose Green mayor just got term-limited out (but won a seat on the city council). Main results: lowering the murder rate from highest per capita in the nation, and preventing banks from stealing people’s houses (if attempted foreclosure, buy it under eminent domain, renegotiate the loan, and keep the neighborhoods stable).
connie about 9 years ago
Yes, Bernie Sanders!