He isn't about public opinion either...and never has been.

He is reknown for his respect of the Constitution. He fights for it. He is known as Dr. No because he votes "No" so much on things that he knows are unconstitutional. He's been an outsider in Washington more than an insider. He's mocked and mildly ridiculed because of his Dr. No votes and his stubborn stand on protecting the Constitution.

I think he'd make a good president...but I doubt he will get the Republican nomination. It's a shame...because he seems to be an exceptional stalwart as far as the Constitution is concerned. It's his "claim to fame" and he is all too often ridiculed by the "Satus Quo" for it.

Well yes, but does that mean that only an exclusive class, a very narrow class of people can do it? In my experience true leadership is manifested in times of need by ordinary people, who act without manifests, bills, taxes, tons of paper waste, and overpaid do-nothings who just literally get in the way. True leaders come when real humans stand up and do what needs to be done, without the 99% BS of a fascist, elitist government creating more problems than they are worth.

Just ask the people of New Orleans who helped and who didn't.

In the Klu Klux Klan, no one would ever think of giving any power at all to racial minorities- it is the nature of their organization, their creed.

The creed of the politician precludes any involvement without the endorsement of the economic and political powers that be. One must be in the club to function. Though the American Political Club appears to be more benevolent than the KKK, it ought to be getting more clear about just how 'benevolent' it really isn't.

Jan 23 07 Should Drugs be Legalized? Two law enforcers square off on America’s biggest pub 12:00 PM Jack Cole Wichita Kansas USA Wichita State University, sponsored by Prof. Melvin Kahn of the Political Science Dept.

Jan 23 07 KFH 1240AM and 98.7FM - Talk - " Talk Radio for Guys " 07:00 AM Jack Cole Wichita Kansas USA KFH 1240AM and 98.7FM - Talk - http://www.kfhradio.com/

Jan 24 07 Wichita Downtown Lions Club 11:45 AM Jack Cole Wichita Kansas USA Members of the Wichita Downtown Lions Club welcome Executive Director Jack Cole.

That power was dug in and fortified long ago. That power is beyond the people's access.

While most of Americans struggle every day to make ends meet, those special cliques of social and economic elite ride in limos, eat at the fanciest restaurants, live in the most luxurious of homes and hotels, and the only work they ever do is token acts like; ribbon cutting ceremonies-they lift scissors and cut the ribbon- or ground breaking ceremonies - they sink a shovel a couple of inches into the ground.

Millions of dollars are spent to fund these legal miscreants, yet their inefficiency is a matter of record. Their beaurocracy is like a huge ballon filled with the hot air of their psuedo intellectua, and the flaunting of their welath and 'stature'.

What is it that they do that makes their decisions or 'wisdom' any better than the mechanic down the street, or the homeless bum? Why are they so special that they make over a hundred thou a month? NOTHING I TELL YOU! THEY ARE PRETENDERS! Their only substance is in the form of wealth and property, and they continue to rip is all off to maintain it. And Americans in general are so duped into thinking that they have some kind of chance to 'get in the club' they continue to support the whole rotten bunch every day, nine-to-five. Catch 22. Work or starve.

How they laugh over their thousand dollar a plate luncheons.

"after the campus culture wars between freaks and straights" What wars are they talking about? All those 'campus cultures' ended up behind the wheels of the same mercedes and SUVs. They all cut their hair (if it was long) and dove into the status quo.

I suggest that mr. obama try stepping down off the curb of his bright illusion, and walk the streets of America - but then of course that would take him away from his many upper-class yes men and women, and put his shallow perspective in contrast with some real people. No politician can afford to get his hands too dirty, because the real power behind the thrones frowns on fraternization with the slave population.

"“Thank you, here’s your gold watch, it’s time for the personal style and political framework of the 1960’s to get out of the way,”" What big difference between then and now? Nothing. In fact, any inroads made poitically by the 'booners' have been systematically wiped out by you-know-who. As a boomer who watched the whole BS play out, I'd say that we're still waiting for some of that good stuff we experienced and fought for to make it into the laws and government. The truth is, it is within the boomers that any real leadership can happen, if this upstart obama is any indicator. Talk about playing on people; as far as I can see mr. obama's total claim to fame is because he is half black, and wrote a book about it.

"But 2008 will represent a hinge moment in generational politics, not just because of the prominence of a post-boomer candidate but because this will be the first cycle when a whole new range of issues as big, if not bigger, than the big issues that defined the boomers will be front and center: Iraq, the war on terror, global warming, energy, technology and globalization."

SHADOW OF THE SWASTIKA: The Real Reason the Government Won't Debate Medical Cannabis and Industrial Hemp Re-legalization: http://www.hempfarm.org/Papers/Shadow_of_the_Swastika.html