MacArthur says notion any American can become president reinforces "destructive national delusion that widespread, up-from-the-ground, truly popular democracy really exists in America. To assume that is equal to believing in Santa Claus".

In 1914, Henry Ford convinced the directors of Ford Motor Company to increase the minimum wage it paid most workers to $5 a day. HENRY FORD, "For on that day we first created a lot of customers". - A Lesson lost on the Republican Party!

ANDERSON COOPER: In tonight's "Planet in Peril" report, a warning about the future of frogs and other amphibians. Hundreds of species are already lost for good. And this threat of mass extinction could also have repercussions for the rest of us.

General Motors clean emissions-cars: In 1996 GM introduced EV-1 electric car in California & Arizona. Hundreds of electric cars were soon on the road. Then they all disappeared. Mystery behind documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car?"

President Bush: "Russia has invaded a sovereign neighboring state and threatens a democratic government elected by its people. Such an action is unacceptable in the twenty-first century." - Tabacco: Duh! Isn't 2003 in the 21st century?

"They have totally reconfigured the government in DC to make that permanent, so that it's irreversible; even if a liberal gets in, there's nothing they can do about it. The most insidious scheme for permanence is the use of deficit spending."

18 USC Sec. 371: Why Bushites deny they faked letter, linking Saddam to al Qaeda. This Statute could send the whole Corrupt Bush White House to Prison! You cannot trust Authority when it fakes evidence - ask the OJ jurors if you doubt it!

By a 2-to-1 margin Méxicans believe they're on the losing end of NAFTA. Last month, Bush & Congress agreed on Plan México, $400 million program to fight Méxican drug trafficking, criticized for emphasizing militarization, not social/economic issues.

An intelligent and informed electorate in a "democracy" is counterproductive MYTH, despite the Politicos' lip-service. Politicos want to do what Politicos want to do. The last thing they want is TO HAVE TO LISTEN to the electorate!