Category Archives: Democracy

We’ll just have to agree to agree.

Posted on April 13, 2015 by johnrachel

Agree to disagree? I have a better idea! How about if we agree to agree? Go from there. Continue reading →

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Billionaire Club

Posted on March 28, 2015 by johnrachel

How much is a billion dollars? If you were to spend $10,000 a day, it would take 274 years to go through a billion dollars. There are more than 43 million Americans living below the poverty line. Wealth inequality as a vital issue seems to be being crowded out of the national conversation by the latest catastrophes du jour. Since it undermines the entire premise of our democracy, we must keep it in the forefront of public debate. Continue reading →

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From the – to the +

Posted on March 27, 2015 by johnrachel

As citizens, we must decide how we are going to go about shaping our society and country, how our democracy will function, how the decisions get made, how much of the responsibility to ourselves and future generations we’re going to entrust and delegate to our leadership elite, the elected or de facto pillars of society, and what remains inviolably ours. To implement those decisions and new alignment of power, the sane and sensible majority must wrest the power from the misguided, greed and hubris-driven 1%, and put ‘We the people’ back in the political equation. My new book, “Candidate Contracts: A Manifesto (A New Front and Perhaps Last Stand at Establishing Representative Democracy in America)”, arriving in late May or early June, will point the way for American citizens to establish their rightful place in shaping the future of our nation for themselves and future generations. Continue reading →

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I really like them!

Posted on February 16, 2015 by johnrachel

Image isn’t everything when it comes to good leadership. More important are good policies and integrity. Continue reading →

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Along Came Joe

Posted on February 9, 2015 by johnrachel

Some criticize Vice-President Biden for his gaffs. His gaffs are trivial compared to the actual stands he has taken over the years on a wide variety of issues. Continue reading →

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United?

Posted on February 2, 2015 by johnrachel

What does the ‘united’ in United States of America now stand for? What exactly during these contentious, deeply divisive, tragically troubled times does it mean? Were we ever united? Or is it just more boilerplate mythology that allows us to hide from the real truth? Can we ever rise above the conflict, confrontation, divisiveness, the ‘us’ (we the conquerors) vs. ‘them’ (slaves, Native Americans) world view, that was and still is the historical foundation for our national unity? Continue reading →

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Camp Grenada

Posted on January 30, 2015 by johnrachel

Sometimes forgotten in America’s glorious record of military accomplishments is its smashing victory over the fierce, determined bastion of leftist, socialist, communist rancor and filth __ the island nation of Grenada. Continue reading →

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Distractions

Posted on January 26, 2015 by johnrachel

There are WMDs loose in the land of the free, land of the brave. Not weapons of mass destruction, but weapons of mass distraction. Unfortunately, they are still massively destructive. Continue reading →

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Perspective

Posted on January 21, 2015 by johnrachel

Books or bombs? America makes its choice and puts in perspective how twisted we have become. Continue reading →

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Hillary’s Secret Campaign Strategy

Posted on November 28, 2014 by johnrachel

Hillary Clinton has a secret plan for winning the presidential election in 2016. Continue reading →

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