[kj] Congrats Obama

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Brendan, that's a notion I agree with. The American philosopher John 
Dewey said that "politics is the shadow business casts over society." 
That's basically what it is.

-Oliver


Brendan wrote:

> I've been watching a lot of George Carlin recently, and I tend to give

> *some* credence to his statement that politicians are a distraction. i.e.

> the real power brokers or string pullers are the bankers, multinationals,

> the wealthy individuals, groups, familes who fund political parties, the

> ones who own and control the media. The argument being that the

> politicians are a front group for the wealthy and powerful.