1.) Our nation began in conspiracy;
http://chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/spl/thandekawhiting.html2.) Society seems to function primarily for the benefit of the
wealthy and powerful;
http://www.reclaimdemocracy.org/personhood/fourteenth_amendment_hammerstrom.pdf
3.) There have been conspiracies undertaken by powerful people in
our recent past;
http://coat.ncf.ca/our_magazine/links/53/53-index.html4.) Our political system is designed to give the appearance of
liberty, free expression and inclusiveness even as these values are
rendered meaningless;
http://politeaparty.blogspot.com/2009/10/on-ideology-of-two-party-state.html
Finally, our intelligence services and our mass media work hand in
glove on behalf of our most powerful citizens rather than the common
good;
http://www.takeoverworld.info/media.html#THE_CIA_AND_BERNSTEIN_http://www.smokershistory.com/abc.htmhttp://www.takeoverworld.info/overclass.htmlhttp://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1332http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbirdhttp://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/politics/dontblink.htmlStill I believe that as Patti Smith sang, "People have the Power";
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbkKYTfUVx0"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves."
~Edward R. Murrow
"The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority
acting against a divided majority."
~Will Durant
"The citizen can bring our political and governmental institutions
back to life, make them responsive and accountable, and keep them
honest. No one else can."
~John Gardner
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their
dreams."
~Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962)
