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only with widest net is the Washington Post and the author of this sad little rant able to include " The Democrats " somehow in the outrageous and criminal activities of Abramoff and his Repulican buddies . The people who were responsible for the war in Iraq were not " the Jews " or " the Democrats " but a cabal of right-wing powermongers who stole the 2000 election ; namely Bush , Cheney , Rice , Rumsfeld - people with long-standing ties to the centers of corporate power in the United States - oil , coal , telecom and pharmaceutical concerns - i.e. Enron , Exxon , Bechtel , Halliburton / KBR , etc. Quite frankly , it is remarkably similar to the pre-World War II rise of fascism in a number of respects - for example , the emphasis on secretive financial ownership ( SEC rules on hedge funds reporting were recently overturned by right-wing Bush judicial appointees in Washington , for example ) - as well as the rise of gigantic private military contractors with extensive ties to the right wing alliance . " The Portland Trailblazers , which the sports radio wits - on loan from the Algonquin Round Table - call " the Jailblazers " , even held a meeting where the team was advised to avoid cooperation with police . All your rare flowers , which people in " the States " rear with such patient care in parlor flower pots and green houses , flourish luxuriantly in the open air there all the year round . Some gangs are athletic in nature with softball or football as their central purpose ; others are held together by no more than a name , like " The Dooties " or " The Bats , " and a hangout , often a poolroom or a corner saloon . The movies themselves have also fairly regularly cast a reflexive eye upon themselves in works ranging from Buster Keaton 's silent masterpiece , " The Cameraman " ( 1928 ) ; to Francois Truffaut 's valentine to moviemaking , " Day for Night ' ( 1973 ) ; to Robert Alman 's savagely funny demolition of the new Hollywood power elite in " The Players " ( 1992 ) . If I could rub a bottle and make Hillary Clinton or " the Democrats " do what I wanted , what I would advocate would be one thing ; but speaking for myself and anyone actually reading this , what I advocate is very different .