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The Ultimate Wedge Issue Test

Enough is enough! Which starts with us no longer being gullible fools. Those in power will continue to lie to us, continue rigging the system in their favor and that of their patrons, the privileged elite, if we let them. Time to get serious about installing a government of the people, by the people, for the people. By electing “people’s candidates” who have proven themselves worthy of our vote. Continue reading

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The Red White and Blue Color Revolution

There is only one solution to the mess our country is in . . . regime change in Washington DC. Bring democracy to America, shared wealth and bounty, peace and the good life! Call it the ultimate color revolution. The Red White and Blue Color Revolution! Continue reading

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“P. S. I Love You!”

For a tiny, some would argue sociopathic minority, ‘more’ is never a question. It’s an answer! The only answer. Continue reading

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The BS Challenge

Cheer leading and hero-worship are the easy part. Revolution is hard work. So here’s my challenge to all those people feeling the Bern. Are your hearts truly filled with the awe-inspiring message of Bernie Sanders? Are you ready to do some heavy-lifting? Or is Chris Hedges right? Is this just more BS along the historical road to disintegration and collapse? If you’re serious, there’s important work to be done. Continue reading

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Promises and Platitudes vs. Contractual Commitment

If you are as fed up as I am at the gridlock, the shutdowns, the broken promises, the back door deals, the endless excuses, the horrifying waste of our hard-earned tax dollars that ends up lining the pockets of the already ultra-wealthy 1%, the Wall Street bankers, and the fat cats of the military-industrial complex — who keep the wars going because that keeps the profits flowing — if you are as fed up as I am at we the people always being last on the list when it comes to fixing the problems we need to tackle for America to fulfill its constitutional mandate to promote the general welfare and offer a quality life for every American, not just the filthy rich, then at least . . . LOOK AT WHAT I’M PROPOSING. Continue reading

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Distractions

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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Self-Loathing

I’ve never understood self-loathing. I just know it when I see it. Continue reading

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When Hope Becomes Hype

What happens when hope turns out to be hype? Continue reading

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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

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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

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