<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/368b2929-2458-457d-b5ef-10ee0af3117d/BC842AD3-ABCA-4B50-B512-CD42A3F2D4FD/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.omegaletter.com/articles/articles.asp?ArticleID=6666" href="http://www.omegaletter.com/articles/articles.asp?ArticleID=6666" style="font-size: 11px;">www.omegaletter.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.omegaletter.com/articles/articles.asp?ArticleID=6666"><SPAN class="title">There's a Name for One Party Rule. . .</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.omegaletter.com/articles/articles.asp?ArticleID=6666"><P>In the days of the old Soviet Union, there was only <EM>one</EM> political party -- the <EM>leader's</EM> political party.  The Communists found one-party rule to be extremely effiicient.  Not a lot of time is wasted in pointless debates when there is no opposition.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.omegaletter.com/articles/articles.asp?ArticleID=6666"><P>It was a great system -- for the leader.  And for Party members.  For everybody else, not so good.  But that is how dictatorships operate -- promise unity until attaining power.  Then create unity -- by silencing dissent. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.omegaletter.com/articles/articles.asp?ArticleID=6666"><P>It works under any name -- if you don't have any dissent, you have unity.  Simple. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.omegaletter.com/articles/articles.asp?ArticleID=6666"><P>So, while thousands of Americans rallied on the the West Front lawn of Capitol Hill carrying signs saying "Vote No To Government-Run Health Care" and chanting, "Kill the Bill," President Obama made a surprise, unscheduled personal appearance at the daily <IMG alt="" src="http://www.omegaletter.com/images/articles/2009/teaparty.jpg" />White House press briefing.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BC842AD3-ABCA-4B50-B512-CD42A3F2D4FD/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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