"Guest from sanity", I agree with your post of 04 Jun 08 - 03:33 AM ...one hundred per cent! You have described the problem in a nutshell.

"they (Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush...next?) are just more of the same person, with the same agendas...just extensions of the same agenda. It reminds me of being in the ring, with a boxer, who comes at you with a right..a left..another left, then a right....we in America have been battered by the same boxer, using both sides, and faking us out, while we are watching for the blow to come from 'the other side. We've been 'blind-sided', repeatedly, and every blow, right and left, has the agenda to strip us of our own sovereignty, while keeping us distracted from the real issue before us. Has anyone considered that the media, with their pundits, and speculations, right and left, has us focussed on all the emotionalized issues while the wheels just keep grinding us down? Splitting us apart, and giving us the illusion that there is a big difference between us, that matters more than that we are all sharing this land, trying to survive, have a normal life, raising our families....just like every one else?????"

OH, YEAH! That is the truth, my friend. I sure am glad to hear someone else say it that clearly. The Democrats and Republicans are the two fists of the boxer you describe, and they do exactly as you say. The media is their handmaiden, keeping the game in play. "Divide and Conquer" is the name of the game.