JB wrote: <<as for the political parties you've listed, the most one can say about them is that they're irrelevant to the political process in this country>> I can sympathize with that viewpoint, though every new party begins as seemingly irrelevant. I wonder which of these parties you sympathize with most, in terms of their platforms or proposals, or if you reject all political parties outright. <<the greens may be an exception to this remark, but that remains to be seen. >> I agree with you here. We could probably say that of all the parties I listed, the Greens are the "least" irrelevant. <<what is certain is that if the greens -- or any of the other parties you list -- should pass beyond the threshold of irrelevance, they will be co-opted by the moneyed interests,>> Again, your point is a good one. The behavior of the Greens in France and Germany, especially with regard to military intervention in the Yugoslavia, illustrates the likelihood that American Greens would become just as corrupted. <<just as the major political parties are -- that is, they will become stooges enacting and enforcing laws and policies that ensure that these interests will benefit.>> So I take it, you are against these parties, or are indifferent to them. So once again, forgive my persistence, but while I am again clearer about what you are AGAINST, I still wonder: What are you FOR? Yours inquisitively, Wei ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com