>> it's not quite like that, it's more a issue of faulty and
overcomplicated >>bureaucracies than evil corrupt people. it's not like the
movies

Yes, bureaucracies are a scourge to
efficiency. I suppose you mean ones like the FDA? Maybe non-government organizations
such as the Federal Reserve? What about “non-partisan” organizations such as
the Council on Foreign Relations? Do you think that maybe these have a bit of
influence on your politicians? I define moral corruption as someone who doesn’t
have the guts to stand up to what they know is right. Does the FDA and the drug
companies do what is right for the American people?

Does anyone have any idea how many
registered lobbyists there are in Washington? Hint:
It’s way over 30,000. It’s a big business ‘influence peddling’. So if you trust
all your politicians to do what is ‘right’ always, you maybe are in for a
shock!

I'll second everything you say, ZPE! Media coverage of Ron Paul evaporated after he "won" most of the early debates - his name wasn't even on the scoreboard of some election coverages even tho he was running ahead of Rudy Guliani and others. His speaking time during subsequent debates was a fraction of the time other candidates got. Corporate America owns the media and they don't want the public to hear what Ron Paul has to say. Everyone should research the meaning of Fascism and hold it up to what's happening in America. It's scary.

The media shutout of Ron Paul was a shocker--and now even You-tube will censor him!  I hear he came in second in Nevada, and the press reported someone else did.  I guess he's the transparent candidate: myopic people look right through him and see nothing!  I know about the "boiled frog" phenomenon, where a sudden change in temperature would cause the frog to leap to safety, but he stays put under gradual change until it boils him.  The change has been too gradual for most people living in America to see it, but there are certain things that should have woken Americans out of their catatonic slumber.  The response to Katrina was one, the invisible candidacy of Ron Paul is another.  This is not just benign bureaucratic bungling, but deliberate evil powered by fear of a future with fewer resources.  Japan is slowly distancing itself from America, with the Diet (parliament) openly discussing 911 truth recently.  We who love America are in mourning over its demise.  We pray for its revival.

your vote means nothing;it is like voting in rusia always 99% win;here in states they got smarter and their guy always wins with 55%;I feel sorry for you americans;

also did u hear about this good luck to you

www.youtube.com/watch

ZPE, you're on the right track.  There are too many naive people out there who don't do enough research.  Go on YouTube and research The Money Masters.  The women from New Zealand who said we are a corporate fascist nation was close too.  We are victims of the Capitalist/Communist Conspiracy.  Capitalism and Communism are two sides of the same coin and they are both run by the very same people.  People who are NOT EVER elected, people who have all the power because they have all the money - Do your research on the House of Rothschild, who own the heads of state in the European Union and own the U.S. Congress.  We do their bidding, everyone does.  They manipulate economies, they manipulate and decree presidencies and heads of state.  Ron Paul touts the Constitution, but the Constitution has been virtually usurped and really no longer exists except as a magnificent document of divine intention by our Founding Fathers.  If you all don't wake up and realize that our fate - the world's fate - is in the hands of a miniscule amount of powerbrokers whose one and only intention is a one world government, a NEW WORLD ORDER, we will continue down this path of slavery until one day soon we'll wake up and realize we're totally enslaved and we won't understand how we got there.  

ZBE, you are absolutely on the right track! Wake up my fellow Americans! The "War on trror" has been used to erode our freedoms majorly in the illusion of "protecting us". Note when you hear news about getting us out of the war, the news reports "t" activities? coincidence?

And I'm very concerned that our constitution and the freedom of speech is a thing of the past. Why don't we see outrage about the election practices of the past 4 years? Chads? Now revoteing in MI, FL??

What about price gouging on gasolines--monopolies at the base of supply and demand. Where is govt by the people/for the people? Big business $ controlling. Our medical freedom of choice becoming a thing of the past??

This is a fair comment, Dex, but the problem is that the still, small voice of reason doesn't inspire anyone; it's not a vote winner. This is why you never hear crowds chanting things like:

"WHAT DO WE WANT? A fair and reasonable system taking all viewpoints and available research into account."

"WHEN DO WE WANT IT? Phased in within a reasonable and realistic timeframe."