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Tag Archives: corporate elite
Activist Tutorial: Introducing the CFAR to a Populist-Progressive Candidate
This article and video tutorial explains how activists should present the CFAR (Contract For American Renewal candidate contract) to populist-progressive candidates running for Congress in November 2018. Continue reading
VIDEO BLOG: Trust No Incumbent
The bribery and blackmail has destroyed any semblance of representative government in contemporary America. We have learned our lesson. The faith both in our democratic system and the politicians we entrusted with the future of our nation and the quality of our lives was misplaced. The system has been corrupted by money and the trustworthiness of our “representatives” in public office been sabotaged. No more apologies. No more excuses. No more bullshit. Trust no incumbent! Continue reading
Posted in Political Analysis, Political Rant, Video Blog
Tagged Afghanistan, American dream, American economy, american way, blackmail, bribery, candidate contracts, candidate pledges, congress, corporate elite, corruption, deceit, defense budget, democracy, incumbent, Medicare, minimum wage, oil subsidies, oligarchy, politics, public option, rich and powerful, rich elite, social security, taxes, war on terror
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Pledge: Medicare
Every version of the Ryan budget bill has represented a direct attack on Medicare. Any congressman who supports it is attempting to undermine an efficient program which has provided for the medical needs of millions of Americans. Such treachery must at all costs be confronted and stopped. Continue reading
Posted in Political Analysis, Political Rant
Tagged American dream, American economy, american way, blackmail, bribery, campaign finance reform, candidate contracts, candidate pledges, congress, corporate elite, corruption, deceit, deception, defense budget, democracy, Grover Norquist, health care, health care reform, Medicare, october surprise, oligarchy, Paul Ryan, politics, rich and powerful, rich elite, Ryan budget, safety net, social security, taxes, war on terror
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Pledge: Social Security
This pledge should be presented to any congressman running for re-election this November, who recently voted for what has been termed the Ryan budget. A vote in favor of this horrifying piece of legislation amounts to a war cry for more military aggression and an attack on social security as we now know it. Continue reading
Posted in Political Analysis, Political Rant
Tagged American dream, American economy, american way, blackmail, bribery, campaign finance reform, candidate contracts, candidate pledges, congress, corporate elite, corruption, deceit, deception, defense budget, democracy, health care reform, Medicare, october surprise, oligarchy, Paul Ryan, politics, rich and powerful, rich elite, Ryan budget, social security, taxes, war on terror
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Gridlock or Lockstep?
We may be down but we’re not out. Over the next couple weeks, follow a plan that will take any incumbent down who insists that his rich friends with the big check books are more important than you and I. Continue reading
Posted in Deconstruction, Political Analysis, Political Rant
Tagged America, big banks, big money, campaign contributions, change, congress, corporate elite, corruption, deception, democracy, disintegration, elite, gridlock, incumbents, initiative, political corruption, politics, self-serving, Senate, slavery, traitor, tyranny, USA, Wall Street
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Trust No Incumbent!
The bribery and blackmail has destroyed any semblance of representative government in contemporary America. We have learned our lesson. The faith both in our democratic system and the politicians we entrusted with the future of our nation and the quality of our lives was misplaced. The system has been corrupted by money and the trustworthiness of our “representatives” in public office been sabotaged. No more apologies. No more excuses. No more bullshit. Trust no incumbent! Continue reading
Posted in Political Analysis
Tagged Afghanistan, American dream, American economy, american way, blackmail, bribery, campaign finance reform, candidate contracts, candidate pledges, congress, corporate elite, corruption, deceit, deception, defense budget, democracy, health care reform, Medicare, october surprise, oil subsidies, oligarchy, politics, public option, rich and powerful, rich elite, social security, taxes, war on terror
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You Don’t Use A Microscope To Find The Cow That’s Left The Barn
In the two weeks Congress recently bickered over $61 billion in budget cuts, the country has borrowed three times that just to keep afloat. It’s time to get our national priorities straight and put our financial house in order. Continue reading
Posted in Political Analysis, Political Rant, Social Commentary
Tagged America, American economy, change, corporate elite, creative leadership, disintegration, elite, hope and change, initiative, labor unions, make a difference, military, myopic, Obama, opinion, patriotic, politics, poor people, POTUS, President Obama, Republicans, rich, rich elite, self-serving, tax loopholes, taxes, Tea Party, troops, USA, war
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Is President Obama Under House Arrest?
What is going on now in Wisconsin is an inspiring display of good, patriotic Americans demanding that the vampirish bloodletting of the American economy by the corporate elite be stopped and the viability of the middle class be restored. Continue reading
Posted in Political Rant
Tagged American economy, bully pulpit, cabal, conspiracies, corporate elite, creative leadership, demonstrations, hard-working, hope and change, labor unions, make a difference, Obama, patriotic, political suicide, politics, POTUS, powerful, President Obama, puppet, rich, rich elite, self-serving, Tea Party, Wisconsin
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The Day That Changed The World
The coming election will probably change nothing. The wars will go on. The plundering of our national wealth will continue. The waste of our valuable talents and energies through unemployment and underemployment will march forward. Social Security and Medicare will be chipped away until sometime in the future they are hollowed out and meaningless. The rich will get richer and most of us will be grateful for the few scraps we get. But we CAN change the world. Continue reading →