If we forget history, we are bound to repeat it. Have we forgotten or it fell down the memory hole, of an America in the 1920's that allowed and condoned the marching of 50-60 thousand Klu Klux Klan members down Pennsylvania Ave in Washington DC? http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mpimages/mp212.jpg,
America was built on violence, manifested itself on slaughter and extermination going westward, and had a very uncivil, civil war that frankly ended because everyone was tired and went home. It is a young country and the trials and travails that it is going through are simply teething pains.
We have to keep our eye on the true enemy of the people and they are the oligarchs and plutocrats that provide us all the WMD's (weapons of mass distraction) we can consume. We have had worse as far as leadership (Abraham Lincoln comes to mind as a tyrant) and we shall survive.
What saddens me the most is with over 300 million people in this country, we are forced to pick the "Evil of Two Lessers" as presidents, (Gore V. Bush, Obama v McCain, Obama v Romney, etc) again and again. Pretty sad.
I start by saying that I don't support any of the above, but want to say that some candidate has a chance to win it all, if they take on one of the most despised and least effective organizations in America: Congress. The weapon: Term limits for all congress members. Two terms for the senate and out, three terms for house of representatives.
This is based upon the Gallup poll which shows Americans give a 14% approval rating of congress as of Feb 3 2016. The last time it was in the 20% range was 2011 (24%) and over 40% was 2005. If you had a doctor or lawyer that proved this type of service, we would scream malpractice. Here we just take it as the norm.
I believe that if any presidential candidate took this on, the White House would be their new resident. Trump could do it, but the others are too vested to the establishment which must come down if there is to be effective change. Just a thought, not a sermon.
If we forget history, we are bound to repeat it. Have we forgotten or it fell down the memory hole, of an America in the 1920's that allowed and condoned the marching of 50-60 thousand Klu Klux Klan members down Pennsylvania Ave in Washington DC?
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mpimages/mp212.jpg,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2100077/Ku-Klux-Klan-Extraordinary-images-divisive-era-capture-day-reckoning-50-000-white-supremacists-marched-Washington-DC.html
America was built on violence, manifested itself on slaughter and extermination going westward, and had a very uncivil, civil war that frankly ended because everyone was tired and went home. It is a young country and the trials and travails that it is going through are simply teething pains.
We have to keep our eye on the true enemy of the people and they are the oligarchs and plutocrats that provide us all the WMD's (weapons of mass distraction) we can consume. We have had worse as far as leadership (Abraham Lincoln comes to mind as a tyrant) and we shall survive.
What saddens me the most is with over 300 million people in this country, we are forced to pick the "Evil of Two Lessers" as presidents, (Gore V. Bush, Obama v McCain, Obama v Romney, etc) again and again. Pretty sad.
I start by saying that I don't support any of the above, but want to say that some candidate has a chance to win it all, if they take on one of the most despised and least effective organizations in America: Congress. The weapon: Term limits for all congress members. Two terms for the senate and out, three terms for house of representatives.
This is based upon the Gallup poll which shows Americans give a 14% approval rating of congress as of Feb 3 2016. The last time it was in the 20% range was 2011 (24%) and over 40% was 2005. If you had a doctor or lawyer that proved this type of service, we would scream malpractice. Here we just take it as the norm.
I believe that if any presidential candidate took this on, the White House would be their new resident. Trump could do it, but the others are too vested to the establishment which must come down if there is to be effective change. Just a thought, not a sermon.