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Why was he there? That’s a question one felt watching Sen. Barack Obama yesterday afternoon in Zanesville, Ohio — a man now without a long-time church or spiritual adviser, standing outside of a Christian house of worship in the heart of the heart of the country. It see
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It is the growing "War is profitable. War is Capitalism at its best. War is the best Growth Industry around", philosophy that is killing us at home and abroad.
It is the idea that during war spending you can steal millions (now maybe spelled with a B) without either being held accountable or even caught.
If the next government can provide that, we will no longer be considered a rogue nation, an aggressor nation by the rest of the world.
If the next government can help feed, educate, medicate and stop genocide we will then have a chance to defeat terrorism.
And, if the next government shows and acts on a concern for American Citizens it may change the public's opinion of government.
Finally for the next time this happens, and it will, WE ALWAYS NEED A CONGRESS THAT DOES ITS JOB. Congressional fear of political consequences has allowed all this to happen.
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