[lit-ideas] Keeping our eye on the ball
- From: John McCreery <mccreery@xxxxxxx>
- To: Anthro-L <ANTHRO-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 12:53:54 +0900
Bestoftheblogs founder Jerry Bowles makes a very good point,
> Although the social conservatives scream the loudest and dominate what
> passes for news these days, their real influence with the corporate
> cowboys in the White House has been minimal. Take a look at the agenda
> of the second Bush administration. Do you see anything about banning
> gay marriage? Anything about repealing Roe v. Wade? Anything about
> assuring the =81gsanctity of life?=81h Of course not. The big =
business-owned
> Republican Congress has busied itself making sure that none of us get
> out of paying our Visa bill if we go broke, and can=81ft sue companies
> that make products that kill our children. The dirty little secret is
> that if BushCo were a public company, its financial statements would
> show that big business owns at least 95 percent of the stock and the
> evangelicals hold five percent or less.
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