Now, dear Reader, far be it from me to enter the ***almost pointless*** political debates of the lumbering Elephant and the braying Donkey. An educated man can plainly see that the true "establishment" consists of about 55 percent conservative values and around about 45 percent liberal.

There are social aspects of the left AND of the right they want ... NEED if u will.
On the left they want a woman's right to choose, they want to keep nonviolent offenders out of jail,unemployment bennies, GR, Social Security, FDIC, =opp. and the like (all of which I happen to support). On the right you've got support for an ever-expanding military w/o regard to cost, decentralized govt, tax cuts for business and the upper-class...

There are aspects to BOTH sides that the Establishment wants - and so it goes. There are also aspects of this system that that I vehemently disagree w/....now that's a topic 4 another day.

Ultimately it is my concerted opinion that overall---- Rep/Dem is a joke. A smokescreen. One and the same. The media talks about a "2 party system" What we have in a America is a ONE party party system and have for some time. D-R is just a diversion, an illusion if u willto keep the truncheon busy; arguing over "issues" that get decided in the smoke-filled-rooms of the Elite; NOT @the ballot box, not in Congress and certainly not @1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Who has the control? Who is the Elite? What do they want? Again ... a topic 4 future discussion. The answers; I have. ;)
As long as I'm on the topic I try so hard to avoid ---- we NEED 2 GET GOVT OFF THE BACKS OF THE JOB CREATORS; SMALL BUSINESS, BIG BUSINESS, PEOPLE W/ $$$ TO CREATE JOBS. I PRAY FOR A RETURN TO TRUE-BLUE MKT. CAPITALISM. AMEN.

"A Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A DEPRESSION is when you lose YOUR job! RECOVERY is when Jimmy Carter loses his!"
--Gov. Ronald Reagan. ca, 1980