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Public Appeal

By Michael in PA - Outraged Hardboiled Citizen-Historian Thwacked Giddy with Hope - Apr 27th, 2008 at 11:27 am EDT

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♪ ♫ See a dollar pick it up ♪ ♫

This Note Is Legal Tender for All Debts, Public and Private . . . Public? . . . Private?

PUBLIC ART
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC SPACE
PUBLIC PARKS
PUBLIC LANDS
PUBLIC ACCESS
PUBLIC SPHERE
PUBLIC BEACHES
PUBLIC INTEREST
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC AIRWAVES
PUBLIC LIBRARIES
PUBLIC FACILITIES
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
PUBLIC SIDEWALKS
PUBLIC SANITATION
PUBLIC WATERWAYS
PUBLIC BROADCASTING
PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES
PUBLIC ISSUES & DEBATES
PUBLIC RADIO & TELEVISION
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONS
PUBLIC COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FINANCING
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
PUBLIC WATERFRONT
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
PUBLIC EDUCATION
PUBLIC MEETINGS
PUBLIC SUBSIDIES
PUBLIC UTILITIES
PUBLIC SERVANTS
PUBLIC HOUSING
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PUBLIC DOMAIN
PUBLIC STREETS
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC VIRTUE
PUBLIC WATER
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC PRIVATE PUBLIC PRIVATE PUBLIC PRIVATE PUBLIC PRIVATE PUBLIC PRIVATE PUBLIC PRIVATE PUBLIC PRIVATE PUBLIC PRIVATE PUBLIC PRIVATE PUBLIC PRIVATE PUBLIC PRIVATE PUBLIC PRIVATE

PUBLIC: Government. State Apparatus. Law. Courts. Bureaucracy. USA: Federal-State-Local Levels. Based on Social Contract of CITIZEN & STATE: Citizenship, Civil Rights. Taxes & Loyalty in Exchange for Protection of Life, Property, Rights. PUBLIC creates infrastructure for PRIVATE: Constitution creates Rights, Law, Property. PUBLIC densely woven with PRIVATE from the get-go.

PRIVATE: Property. Capitalism: Production & Exchange. Markets. Families. Homes. Worship. Faith. Businesses: Small, Medium, Large. Small Business: Cannot Compete: Disadvantaged in Globalized Economy: Startups, Failures. Big Business: Dominate: Big Fish Eat Little Fish: WalMarts Eat Mom&Pops. BIG MegaCorporations: Sole Purpose: Maximize Profits. Nothing Sacred but PROFITS: Not Land, Water, Air, Earth, Human Life. BIG PRIVATE INTERESTS: Corrupt PUBLIC Sector: Big Money Buys Public Power: Lobbyists, Special Interests. Immense Power, Resources: Ruthless Pursuit of Profit. Military-Industrial-Media Complex: NYT 4.26.08 * Joe Ruwe's War Machine *Joe's Blog *

WHAT'S TRUE

     • Proper Role of Government is Pursuit of PUBLIC GOOD by Balancing Public & Private
     • Public & Private Sectors Interwoven since the Founding
     • Today: Public Sphere Deeply Corrupted by BIG Business
     • Charges of Communism & Socialism are like FlagPins: Distractions
     • Big Business: Deeply Opposed to Obama Presidency: Working to Destroy
     • Common Decency & Basic Fairness are Essence & Core of PUBLIC GOOD
     • A question of BALANCE

OBAMA SEEKS TO RE-BALANCE PRIVATE INTERESTS & PUBLIC GOOD

OBAMA SEEKS THE PUBLIC GOOD

Care
Learn
Act
* Give! *
to Rebalance
Public & Private Good
Click Here Now and Help Rebalance the World   • Obama '08 •

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