Chomsky Applauds Gravel (Democratic Candidate for President)

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Noam Chomsky applauds Senator Gravel's
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"Alone among members of Congress, Senator Mike Gravel had the courage to take a stand that not only helped bring the atrocious Indochina wars to an end, but also made a great contribution to breaking the wall of secrecy that governments erect to protect themselves from their own citizens. I am of course referring to his release of the Pentagon Papers, properly called 'the Gravel edition,' which provided the public with a unique opportunity to become educated about affairs of state.

In the years since, Gravel has continued to show the same moral integrity and courage, particularly with regard to war and aggression, the severe threat of nuclear war, the destructive impact of the military-industrial complex on American democracy, and the programs of aggressive militarism that have led even Europeans to rank the US as the greatest threat to world peace, far above Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, or other states assigned this role in the US doctrinal system. It may be that these consistent and honorable commitments are responsible for his being largely excluded from the media, even from presidential debates. And the same integrity and courage should be an inspiration for people who care about their country, the fate of its people, and its role in the world." - Noam Chomsky

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[chrisrockit]

The crap keeps floating to the top....Clinton, Obama and now McCain...are people really voting for them, is it all a scam...is the media really manipulating us?

[representativepress]

The media is manipulating us and the result is that people are mislead into thinking it is a good idea to vote for these people

[overmind25]

RP, I can't believe you waste your time with these crusading truthers. You truly are an agent of information (not an agent of the government like the 9/11 truthers who want to distract us from real issues).

[representativepress]

overmind25, thank you. But you know, I keep seeing these "truthers" popping up all over the place. I just happened to see one on public access TV tonight within the last hour! I can't get away from this stuff. Oh, and I want it to end, the people pushing it are not using logic and reason and the key ones are playing games.

[westphalianprinz]

Gravel really is an American patriot.

Chomsky is, too.

I can't tell you how many people have had their eyes opened because of Noam Chomsky's work. He was the person who introduced me to the left, and for that, I will always be appreciative.

[RedStarRevolver26]

MIKE GRAVEL FOR PRESIDENT

[YoungIvyScholar]

Holy crap... I actually agree with Chomsky...

[Diosibundo]

Mike who?

[adzug]

wat diff it make who sez it as long as its tru?i know govt authority, but its nice to have someone comment on the mil-indus-complex and nuke weapons as kinda anti humanity, right?

[jkqd14]

Well unless you support the immediate dismantling of the government, you have to support some of these guys. People like Gravel and Kucinich and Paul do exist, somehow.

[jkqd14]

"A republic is better then a democracy because in a pure democracy the rights of minorities aren't protected."

Unless you have a decentralized democracy with a Constitution protecting liberty and minority rights. The US could, and would, be such a democracy if we weren't slaves to certain large industries; for example, oil, pharmaceuticals, cars, guns, farming giants, etc etc etc

But then again, I'm sure you and I aren't that far apart.

[whereitsat309]

Many forms of Government have been tried and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

[Spamue1G]

By your definition of Republic (which I agree with) the same thing is true. The thing is, today, the majority doesn't want to bring back slavery. Different governments for different times. The rulers today want personal gain - in the current American system, the people are probably (although not definitely) worse represented by the elected officials than they would be by a pure democracy, enforcing the majority vote. There are major flaws with both systems.

[psykotrol]

there are several politicians which are genuine; barney frank, mike gravel, cynthia mckinney, gavin newson, just to name a few. but yeah, as a fellow syndicalist I prefer direct action. its nice to get some mainstream support for our libertarian ideals, though.

[georgio316]

A republic is better then a democracy because in a pure democracy the rights of minorities aren't protected. For example, in a democracy the majority that rules. If the majority believes that we should bring back slavery then the minority has no protection. In a republic the minority has rights that can't be taken from the majority. With that said, I have no illusions about our government. The government doesn't live up to the values of the constitution. They want people to live in ignorance.