Newsgroup: it.arti.hiphop
Titolo: [OT] Adam Yauch sulle presidenziali

"nov 6 2000
hello all,
one last mass mailing before the big day.
well i got a mixed bag of responses from that last one, most either in
strong agreement or in strong disagreement. so just to clarify my thoughts.
first off, if you live in a swing state then rest assured i am not trying
to dissuade you from voting for the lesser of the two evils. the concerns
are real. the appointment of new supreme court justices... drilling for oil
in alaska... they are all very valid concerns and i am not trying to get
bush elected.
but as most people already know, if you are voting in ny or cal then it is
another matter. the polls say that gore has ny and cal, and winner takes
all on the electoral votes. the popular vote is a separate matter, if nader
gets 5% the green party will get funding to campaign next time out, if they
get 15% he will be allowed to debate. i realize that these are basics that
most are aware of, but i just thought i would throw them out there.
i know that there are many democrats that are mad at nader and feel that he
is splitting the liberal vote and throwing the election to bush. it seems
the media is really playing that angle up strongly. but it is unfair to
throw that at nader. i believe that he is not acting selfishly or unwisely.
if gore loses, it is the fault of gore and the democratic party itself.
gore supports the death penalty, he intends to raise the defense budget
when we have no enemies... if the democratic party is split it is because
they have not picked a good enough candidate.
but i believe that the larger issue, the thing that is at the root of most
of our problems is that the democratic party (as well as the republican)
has been working for corporations and rich people. it is one of the main
problems that we have been facing with the tibet movement here in the usa,
(it has been difficult to get politicians to put human rights before big
business interests) but i believe that it is also the root cause of most of
the problems in this country. corporations are concerned with maximizing
profits, not making our world a better place to live in. the way that our
system is currently structured our elected officials are little more than
pawns to those corporate interests.
with campaign finance reform nader intends to change that. he intends to
take our country back from the corporations and return it to the people.
but again, i would ask that people hear the man out. please don't base your
opinions on what i say, much less on reading a few quotes pulled from parts
of what he has said that have been twisted around in the media. if you want
to hear what he has to say, then hear it from him.
in our history we have had many parties. although for the most part it has
really been a two party system, those two parties have changed over the
years. if you look back at our history, the democratic party was not one of
those original parties. what nader intends to do is help establish the
green party over the next 4 or 8 years so firmly that it can take the place
of the democratic party.
i know that in my lifetime i have watched one snake oil salesman after
another trying to get my vote, and i cannot stress enough how refreshing it
is to hear someone speak from their heart, someone that knows what they are
talking about, someone who intends to build things in a constructive
direction.
time and time again i have looked at the dalai lama and thought, how lucky
the tibetan people are to have a leader that really cares. i've tried to
imagine what it would be like to have a united states president that was
truly interested in peoples wellbeing. not someone who was not just looking
to use his position as a way to get himself attention or sexual favors from
his interns.
now that there is someone running that appears to me to fit that criteria,
there is no way that i am going to compromise. even though nader won't win
this election, perhaps he will the next, and if not then, then perhaps in
2008. and if not him, then perhaps there will be others that will follow
his lead. personally i've had my fill of choosing between the lesser of two
evils. i believe it is time to really set things right.
and i believe that at some point in the future i will be a citizen, not of
a country that was a great nation, but one that is a great nation.
i feel that our whole system has, on a subtle level taught us that
electoral politics should only be participated in by an elite few; by the
rich, or well educated, by white middle aged people... it is time that more
people felt empowered to exercise their right to vote, and take charge of
the direction that our country is headed in.
adam yauch"
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C'è un grande interesse sulle presidenziali in usa, quindi ho pensato di
postare questo pensiero di Yauch
Piccolo appunto, si evince da questo che i componenti dei  beastie boys
supportito Nader perchè ques'ultimo è contro la WTO le modificazioni
genetiche, la pena capitale etc..
(a parte questo è anche famoso per le sue cause contro corporazioni come la
General Motors etc..)
Su 
grandroyal.com
 c'è anche un "rmx" di un discorso di Nader a opera di
Horovitz (AdRock) niente male :)
bye

Horovitz (AdRock) niente male :)
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SLURP. =)