WorthyNewsBot Posted April 25, 2014 Group: Bots Followers: 3 Topic Count: 39,879 Topics Per Day: 6.47 Content Count: 44,244 Content Per Day: 7.18 Reputation: 984 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/06/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted April 25, 2014 A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 53% of Likely U.S. Voters think it is fair to say that neither party in Congress is the party of the American people.View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjp34652 Posted April 25, 2014 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 17 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 448 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 156 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/19/2012 Status: Offline Share Posted April 25, 2014 A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 53% of Likely U.S. Voters think it is fair to say that neither party in Congress is the party of the American people.View the full article The Democrats and the Republicans are two heads of the same snake. They have been for years. Anyone who has witnessed more then four presidential elections can testify to the truth that despite the different logo of each party, the elected candidate performs the duties of those who elected him - his contributors. "Any individual who is able to raise [enough money] to be considered presidential is not going to be much use to the people at large. He will represent...whatever moneyed entities are paying for him.... Hence, the sense of despair throughout the land as incomes fall, businesses fail and there is no redress." - GORE VIDAL And it's getting worse. A recent Supreme Court decision has opened the flood gates for private contributions to elections. There are no longer any limits. The people cannot compete against this trend in American politics. Our political process has been sold out to the highest bidder. Worse yet, in the summer of 2013 the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the Voter Rights Act of 1968, legislation that had been seen as the hallmark and legacy of the work of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. All that doctor King accomplished regarding the law has been thrown out the window.....and blacks have no idea what that means to them and their children. They continue to worship Rev. King as a cultural icon, all the while ignorant of the liberty they have lost. If it wasn't so pathetic it would be funny. Oddly only white middle class Americans seem to think there's a difference between the Democrats and the Republicans. Blacks, hispanics and white trash all know that the circus benefits them to some degree. The only difference in their mind is how much or little a candidate will allow them to milk the system. The dogs have been thrown a bone and they have been blinded by their belief in Federal generosity. The American problem is that the cash cow of the middle class is drying up. Wealthy corporations and individuals have either left the country or are insulated against taxation. The poor are insulated by their benefits from even making the attempt to improve their lives. Why should they? It would be to their disadvantage. As a result, the American people have been paralyzed in their political circumstances. The rich are more or less impervious in their social elevation. The poor are impervious in their hand-outs and inability to effect real change. The middle class are being restricted each day in new ways including economic ones. The American Republic began a slow death decades ago. It was officially pronounced dead by the US congress on Oct 26, 2001 when the Patriot Act was passed. What we are now witnessing is a post-constitutional fascist police state. "Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power." -Benito Mussolini Let the reader take the political temperature of American politics using a standard benchmark. Progress of Fascism in America Nobody says "NO" and lives to talk about it. * liberalism is history * Constant warfare * Powerful and Continuing Nationalism * Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights * Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause * Supremacy of the Military * Rampant Sexism - government exclusively male-dominated * Controlled Mass Media * Obsession with National Security * Religion and Government are Intertwined * Corporate Power is Protected * Labor Power is Suppressed Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - expression suppressed * Obsession with Crime and Punishment * Rampant Cronyism and Corruption * Fraudulent Elections * 15/17 positive hits "American right-wingers base extraordinarily stong opinions on extraordinarily little knowledge. Information is adjusted to ideas instead of vice versa." - CIA officer Miles Copeland THE GAME PLAYER "The American people have no idea what is happening to them." - Pravda "The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disegards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven iself hath ordained." - George Washington April 30, 1789 NYC (dedication of the nation) Will God bless any nation that turns its back on Him, disrespects His Holy Name and tells Him in no uncertain terms to hit the road? He most certainly will NOT. IF GOD DOES NOT JUDGE AMERICA, HE WILL HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO SODOM AND GOMORRAH. and that's just me, hollering from the choir loft... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted April 25, 2014 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,039 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,782 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Online Share Posted April 25, 2014 that's kind of hopeful... I'm not the only one who doesn't like any of them... They are all bought off by the same people though... so it's not surprise..... question is how can we get people who will represent us when it costs so much and the 1% have the dispensable cash to fund those running Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LookingForAnswers Posted April 28, 2014 Group: Seeker Followers: 0 Topic Count: 10 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,033 Content Per Day: 0.27 Reputation: 67 Days Won: 2 Joined: 12/26/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted April 28, 2014 It will never change under our current two party, winner take all system. Also, as long as television is the dominant media source those with the money will always have control. More money is spent on TV ads than any other thing in a campaign. Take away TVs dominance and then money becomes less important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted April 28, 2014 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,039 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,782 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Online Share Posted April 28, 2014 After thinking on this a while I think it really bothers me that 47 percent do think they do represent us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinM Posted April 29, 2014 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 144 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,512 Content Per Day: 0.69 Reputation: 625 Days Won: 10 Joined: 04/11/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/07/1979 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Well, finally, there's something most of us can agree on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LookingForAnswers Posted April 30, 2014 Group: Seeker Followers: 0 Topic Count: 10 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,033 Content Per Day: 0.27 Reputation: 67 Days Won: 2 Joined: 12/26/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted April 30, 2014 Well, finally, there's something most of us can agree on. But I do wonder how many of that 53% still vote almost exclusively one party or the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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