Democracy Belongs To Those Who Exercise It.

President Bush, Whose Scorn For Journalists Is Balanced By A Soft Spot In His Heart For The Conglomerates They Work For, Threatens To Veto The Senate Action. Keep In Mind That When The Public Was Asked To Submit Comments To The Fcc About Consolidation, Only One Percent Approved It. The President May Not Be Listening, But The Senate Is, And The Public Won This Round. The House Has A Similar Resolution Under Consideration.

Here Is The Crisis Of The Times As I See It: We Talk About Problems, Issues, Policies, But We Don't Talk About What Democracy Means - What It Bestows On Us - The Revolutionary Idea That It Isn't Just About The Means Of Governance But The Means Of Dignifying People So They Become Fully Free To Claim Their Moral And Political Agency.

America's Corporate And Political Elites Now Form A Regime Of Their Own And They're Privatizing Democracy. All The Benefits - The Tax Cuts, Policies And Rewards Flow In One Direction: Up.

When The Public Loses Faith In Democracy's Ability To Solve The Problems It Has Created For Itself, The Game's Almost Over. And I Think We Are This Close To Losing Democracy To The Mercenary Class.

We Now Know That A Neo-conservative Is An Arsonist Who Sets The House On Fire And Six Years Later Boasts That No One Can Put It Out.