We don't live in a democracy, you know that don't you? Seems like everyone I say that to acknowledges it. They'll say, "well sure, it's not a democracy but a republic". Or, "yes of course, the rich control the government". Or, "well, the system of government is a representative democracy, but not a "real" democracy".
"I have certain rules I live by. My first rule: I don't believe anything the government tells me". George Carlin
Remember the good old days of Samantha Power and Colin Powell? Like with Trump as president, just when you think it can't get any worse, along comes Nikki Haley, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
This is probably the most painful and the most controversial point about a republic.
I don't get this continued attraction to the Democratic party by some on the left. Then again I do, it's like a cult, cults are hard to leave. Notice I didn't say, "the" left? I saw that in a Salon article posted here at C99 earlier where the author generalized that the left was the democratic party and vice versa. Time to end that bullshit.
(Original: GOS, 1/29/15) We've spent forty years boiling our critical thinking skills to mush. Some people blame the content providers: TV/ tabloid TV/ reality TV; violent video games; all the voyeuristic, solipsistic crapola on the Internet. Me, I blame the humble interface - that is, the buttons you push (or, lately, the hand gestures you make) to control access to the "content". These interfaces have proliferated faster than Star Trek tribbles; and they are driving everyone nuts.
I ran across this quote tonight which reflects the views of many conservatives and libertarians who believe if only we would follow the Constitution everything would be A-ok. It's also the same sentiment many on the left hold.
There's a storm brewing, can you feel it? Gale force winds, fifty foot waves, death, destruction, the 2018 Election.
Would you vote for the republican party?
Will you vote for the democratic party?
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What can we do? I don't know. I know what I want to do.
WE THE UNDERSIGNED CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES,
In the last installment of "Big Al's Written Record for the CIA, NSA and FBI", I proposed a national referendum against oligarchy and plutocracy and for democracy and freedom.
That was two days ago. I had done some reading about the vote for independence in Catalonia and became inspired to publicly voice the proposal. I was like, "ya baby, let's have us a referendum! Let's go get us some FREEDOM!! Yippie Kay Yay MFers!"
