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Tag Archives: lobbyists
Just Say No! . . . To Duopoly
I am not interested so much in berating Mr. Obama, as preventing the same mistake from happening again. The same mistake would be Hillary Clinton. Or Jeb Bush. Or Rand Paul. Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Political Rant
Tagged Bernie Sanders, Democrats, duopoly, Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, Jill Stein, lesser-of-two-evils, lobbyists, Monsanto, Morgan Chase, Obama, Rand Paul, Republicans, SuperPACS, third parties, Tweedledee, Tweedledum
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Extreme? Radical? Or just realistic?
Is it extreme to expect honest representation? Is it radical to want a functioning democracy? Or is it just realistic to expect our system of government to work for all of us, not just the privileged and powerful? Continue reading
Posted in Corporatism, Political Analysis, Political Rant
Tagged campaign finance reform, Citizens United, congress, defense spending, elections, F-35, House of Representatives, hypocrisy, lobbyists, minimum wage, oil subsidies, Senate, social security, taxing the rich, Wall Street, Washington bubble
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VIDEO BLOG: It’s too complicated.
There’s a smugness that has overwhelmed our political system. It’s the patronizing, know-it-all, self-congratulating, self-important smugness of our elected officials. Time to do something about it. Continue reading
“It’s too complicated.”
There’s a smugness that has overwhelmed our political system. It’s the patronizing, know-it-all, self-congratulating, self-important smugness of our elected officials. Time to do something about it. Continue reading
Pledge: Oil Industry Subsidies
The voting public nationally has stated its position on oil industry subsidies loud and clear. It wants them done away with immediately! So let’s go after the turncoat toadies who have been voting their pocketbooks and have opposed ending this horrific and wasteful giveaway of our tax dollars to corporations that already are awash in profits. Continue reading
Posted in Political Analysis, Political Rant
Tagged bribery, campaign finance reform, candidate contracts, candidate pledges, coercion, congressman, conservatives, corporate welfare, democracy, Democrats, Grover Norquist, incumbents, independents, liberals, lobbyists, oil industry subsidies, political action, political puppets, progressives, representative government, Republicans, senators, social security, taxing the rich, war
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The October Surprise
They say timing is everything. It may not be everything but it certainly is critical. When is the best time to present the candidate pledges? When should this confrontation take place? I am recommending the first week of October, one month before the election. The October Surprise. Everybody loves surprises! Continue reading
Posted in Political Analysis, Political Rant
Tagged Afghanistan, bribery, campaign finance reform, candidate contracts, candidate pledges, coercion, congressman, conservatives, corporate welfare, democracy, Democrats, education, Grover Norquist, incumbents, independents, liberals, lobbyists, oil industry subsidies, political action, political puppets, progressives, representative government, Republicans, schools, senators, social security, taxing the rich, war
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How Pledges Can Work
How will candidate pledges for progressive positions on key issues be effective? How will this work? Intimidation! We will either make the toadying hypocrites sign the pledges out of fear that they will lose the election, or we will run them out of office by instigating voter outrage for voting against the laws the vast majority of Americans want. Continue reading
Posted in Political Analysis, Political Rant
Tagged Afghanistan, bribery, campaign finance reform, candidate contracts, candidate pledges, coercion, congressman, conservatives, corporate welfare, democracy, Democrats, education, Grover Norquist, incumbents, independents, liberals, lobbyists, oil industry subsidies, political action, political puppets, progressives, representative government, Republicans, schools, senators, social security, taxing the rich, war
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Spitball Politics
We can’t expect Congress or any of our current national leaders to do the right thing about Citizens United or the corruption of our system with truckloads of corporate money, when these are the very people who are benefiting from this heinous mutilation of American democracy. Continue reading →