tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post5097497685435972530..comments2023-10-30T05:28:11.795-04:00Comments on All Education Matters: Senator Webb's Letter - The Condensed VersionCryn Johannsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08452412213997621242noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-17327143176720795852010-06-30T15:09:54.465-04:002010-06-30T15:09:54.465-04:00Ugh. Spekkio - if only your analogy to being at a ...Ugh. Spekkio - if only your analogy to being at a rock concert weren't true. But I know it is . . . I will, however, keep on fighting, but I know that my voice - our voice - is being drowned out by thousands and thousands of enormous speakers filled with the screeching of lobbyists, lobbyists, lobbyists, as you say . . . That's why I can't entirely blame certain aspects of a group in the U.S. I despise. But . . . s--t, if big government just means protecting the wealthy and special interests, than I don't support it at all.Cryn Johannsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452412213997621242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-58248208572098767182010-06-30T15:06:49.963-04:002010-06-30T15:06:49.963-04:00The question isn't where our voice is - the qu...The question isn't where our voice is - the question is why our voices aren't heard. Talking to politicians is like shouting at a rock concert...you are producing sound, but nobody can hear it. But instead of rock music, the reasons you can't be heard include lobbyists, lobbyists, lobbyists, special interests, the ringing of corporate cash registers, plus party orthodoxy, rigid ideology, and lobbyists.Spekkiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469918029692401764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-19436717854530928982010-06-30T12:01:01.676-04:002010-06-30T12:01:01.676-04:00Knut - that's a very good question.Knut - that's a very good question.Cryn Johannsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452412213997621242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-68362368777358434832010-06-30T10:28:15.941-04:002010-06-30T10:28:15.941-04:00The two party system feels more and more like a st...The two party system feels more and more like a straitjacket. Where's our voice?Knuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07112680089244322542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-33869866232137985162010-06-29T16:02:10.018-04:002010-06-29T16:02:10.018-04:00Welcome to the wonderful world of politics. What e...Welcome to the wonderful world of politics. What exactly do you think Bush did and how did the election of Obama end the Bush era? (This is one of those Zen questions.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com