It can be said for 99% politics is about looks, showman ship.
Belly,
Then how do you explain our present Government ? Personally, I think it's more the exploitation of the silly. Tell them you're doing a good job & they believe you & support you.

Dear Belly,

I am a little hesitant engaging with you directly because I don't think it is good for your blood pressure. But we will give it a try.

I agree with you about the honesty part. I would also add I thing the biggest driver of 'false faces' are focus groups. When our politicians are slaves to the very fickle winds of public opinion we get the awful blandness we currently experiencing.

Just as the money changers in the temple changed hard currency into 'holy money' the focus group flouters work to do the same to our politicians. They need to be driven from the place and sent packing.

Dear favfern,

You may well be right about Ron Paul being as mad as the rest but his campaign has produced some 'kick ass' ads. This one is just brilliant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKfuS6gfxPY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Where is Belly?

Good question Poirot, I hope the answer is holding a rod over a quiet stream with a campsite close by.

Hi csteele, that is indeed a "kick ass" advert! There is one thing you can say about the Yanks, "Madison Avenue Rules!"

After 40 years of visiting the great US of A, I am always amazed at the gullibility of the average US citizen. Baigent's great book called Deer Hunting with Jesus summed it all up. The great under-class are kept in place at $9.00 per hour stacking shelves at Wal Mart while still believing they will achieve millionaire status by joining Amway or some other multi-level shell game!

Still, I guess when they finally die unfullfilled on this earth with cholesterol filled arteries at the age of 55, they can look forward to that eternity in paradise that the bible promises. I personally prefer that Muslim bit about the virgins, but what would I know?

I remain a happy atheist who in my 66 years on this Earth have tried to reduce where ever possible, the number of available virgins for the nutters!

Thanks for the concern.
My PC suffered from visiting kids.
As a result I did too.
No early morning surf in to local and international news papers.
No cleansing dip in to OLO.
Virus has me stalled, improving but shaken.
But PC withdrawal? torture!
csteele no problem, but I like you, like Poirot have other views.
We all do.
And would not in my case change that.
I fail, we all do, to remain quietly amused at, well strange views.
Some times our own.
No good me making new years resolutions, I would fail, every time.
I will content myself by reminding me, often, numbers supporting views do matter.
I take on my party often.
And because I love it, desperately want it, to see with 20/20 vision some things need to change.
I welcome conversations with you, like you expect we will not always agree.
But in truth we would both be bored by that if we always found common ground Poirot too is included and respected in my thoughts.