Know your enemy...

[Marta Russell]

>  > > ``...with Rice, Powell, Cheney, it looks like this is a pretty
>>  > high-powered presidency intellectually and politically...'' Carrol
>
>Chuck Grimes wrote:
>>  > ... But good god Carrol where are your standards?  ....
>
>Michael Perelman:
>>  I don't see much high powered except for the PR dimension.  It seems like
>>  they focus on a single objective, hammer on it without any real criticism
>>  from outside, get the press to jump on, win a few Dems. and then move on
>>  to the next item.
>>
>>  I recall how Reagan did the same thing.  They could accomplish any single
>>  objective they wanted, but they could not walk and chew bubble gum at the
>>  same time.  Whenever things got complex, they had problems.
>>
>>  The PR work is, however, outstanding.
>>
>>  Clinton set out to persuade, suggesting two sides to the issue.  The
>>  Repugs never do that.  The come on as if there are two sides, but they are
>>  good and evil.
>
>Maybe it doesn't make any difference.  I've observed that
>very large corporate organisms, e.g. IBM, General Motors or
>Merrill Lynch, seem to succeed for a long time merely
>because of their size.  Foolish decisions, bureaucratic
>paralysis, and randomized policy make no difference.  The
>tarball accretes, and wends its downhill way with ever-
>increasing and finally irresistable momentum, to where the
>abyss awaits.

All the high poweredess in this instance only means enriching the 
rich. That is why Bellafonte called Powell a House negro. So it does 
matter what they do.  Local and state governments are in record 
budgetary shortfalls, looking at cutting healthcare and social 
services.  They have begun AGAIN.

Marta
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Marta Russell
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