The corrupt political machine which controls our elections has done an amazing job this season. It has masterfully executed its pre-election plan to have Hillary Clinton become President of the United States – this in spite of the unprecedented and unanticipated challenges posed by the Sanders and Trump campaigns. But in spite of all of the Bernie and Trump drama… it was […]
“If voting made any difference… they wouldn’t let us do it.” Mark Twain One of the most persistent follies of the American people is our stubborn insistence that our vote makes a difference – that by voting, we decide who our leaders will be and what policies they will enact. But no matter who we vote […]
Remember when John McCain was supposed to be a viable Presidential candidate? Or how about Mit Romney… remember when he was considered a legitimate contender for the oval office? Somehow in both cases, these two Republican politicians were presented to us as valid Presidential candidates… right up until election day. After that, it became obvious that they were deeply […]
One of the many interesting anomalies of this 2016 Presidential election campaign has been the re-emergence of the concept of The Establishment. Back in the sixties this was a fairly common expression, used by an aroused, engaged generation to describe the loose-knit cooperative of corporate, banking and military institutions who pooled their influence to exert control over politicians […]
Donald Trump’s entry into the 2016 Presidential race has shaken up the political process we’ve become subject to over the past few decades. In recent elections, the candidates have been vetted in advance, with their political viability determined by their ability to collect campaign funds from the corporations, banks and billionaires. Candidates vying for approval and funding from the American political […]
