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Monthly Archives: July 2024

Politicians: victims of their own ineptitude!


Apparently, the political class has fallen into disarray along with their seemingly inability to do the simple job of legislating instead of “gotcha” politics. Some of us are relishing the hyperbole and vitriol while missing the point that no rational or reasonable legislation is being offered or proposed. This is not them against us, it is the elite’s will being done by legislators we (the people) elected to do our (the people’s) work. Promises made, promises broken always no matter what is said on the stump. party designations are no more than identification for voting purposes, what we (the people) need to heed are the words and deeds along with the effects on our lives.

Rogue court following rogue “former guy”?


Apparently, the high court is as corruptible as “the former guy” and so much of the GOP/ Dems The modern-day politics have become more of a “knee jerk” war rather than a movement to inform voters on the candidates. Remember the High court opened the door for “dark money”, so no surprise in recent revelations and rulings.

Lack Of History


Apparently, the lessening of historical information is evident in our politics. The banning of books, the removal of true history in schools and lack of “civics” education all should remind us of the reason for 1933 – 1945 world war and it’s aftermath. One (1) person played on the woes of their countrymen to persuade them that they were being targeted by a specific group of citizens and those “people” were the reason for their problems. Fast forward to 2016- the most unlikely candidate for President of the United States gains that position. This event provided some of the same primal issues that resulted in our Civil War as well as a basis for the later European, then worldwide conflicts resulting in millions of lives lost, countries devastated and a long slog to normalcy. During that time of “normalcy”, the United States continued its “Jim Crow ” ways resulting in years of repression for anyone who was considered “less than”. This underlying layer of America appeared to be subsiding at one point but was rapidly revived with the election of DJT. aka, LOTUS, Orangeman or any of several other sobriquets. Using the same (less than or othering) playbook DJT took on the office of President and proceeded to run it as he ran his businesses with an iron fist and no plans other than whims (against expert advice in many cases). Aided by a group of sycophants and Neer do well Congressional members, laws were enacted which had no basis in the real and overall needs of the country.

What Do We Have?


Democracy:  system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

Republic: system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives:

The two descriptions above appear to be the same until it’s interpreted by any one of many factions or beliefs. The Names can and have been interchanged over the years to suit the speaker or factions that follow the basic tenets of each. It is unfortunate that “buzz words” and “alternate” descriptions dominate the airwaves and print as “news” creating a confusion or conflation of facts which serves to sway the thinking of voters. When the public can no longer deem the media as credible then we have the crumbling of a Republic or Democracy. It is a fact that some of the worst historical wars and human tragedies have occurred when the basic ideas of those two words were replaced by the darker side of humanity espoused by charismatic people whose sole objective is their own personal gain. We can’t have it all or any if we are not informed on the facts. This brings up the Media that either tells the fact or distorts them (lies). We need to choose and be open to the truth and historical facts.

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