Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Sep 15 2004
Dante's Monopoly: Directly To Hell
If we are to believe Declan McCullagh from CNET, it could be that in the world of the internet and its related activities, it won't make a lot of difference who is elected president in November.
Unfortunately, I see this with an increasing number of issues. Time and time again, while the candidates and the two major political parties take a few hard-line stances, the question of what types of programs our taxes will be spent on is the only true question. The Republicans tend to want to put more into defense-related programs, and the Democrats tend to want to put more into other things, such as environmental protection. Lobbyists, pork barrel prostitutes, fraternity pals and cronies add their own pet projects into the mix and we get something like a Dante's Monopoly game. Taxpayers have to mortgage the past, pay on the present, and gamble the future just to make it past Go one more time. And it won't change until Americans realize we don't have to vote for one of two people whose platforms are more alike than different.
posted at: 11:21 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
If we are to believe Declan McCullagh from CNET, it could be that in the world of the internet and its related activities, it won't make a lot of difference who is elected president in November.
Unfortunately, I see this with an increasing number of issues. Time and time again, while the candidates and the two major political parties take a few hard-line stances, the question of what types of programs our taxes will be spent on is the only true question. The Republicans tend to want to put more into defense-related programs, and the Democrats tend to want to put more into other things, such as environmental protection. Lobbyists, pork barrel prostitutes, fraternity pals and cronies add their own pet projects into the mix and we get something like a Dante's Monopoly game. Taxpayers have to mortgage the past, pay on the present, and gamble the future just to make it past Go one more time. And it won't change until Americans realize we don't have to vote for one of two people whose platforms are more alike than different.
posted at: 11:21 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
