Corporatism Takes Over Democracy

The measure of a man or a woman is their ability to stand up for what they believe no matter the situation. This can be painful and heartbreaking as people that you once saw as friends turn on you. They pretended to believe as you did, but their beliefs are as phony and flat as the characters in a movie.

In this day and age why does it seem to be so difficult for men and women to stand up to the mob and say, “The King has no clothes”? It is ironies of ironies that public officials are more worried about pleasing those in the business world even if it means taking the entire country down. They are too small minded and swayed by Super-PAC money to look at the big picture and see what is needed in the long run for the country as a whole.

At one time, the battle was states’ rights versus federal rights. I am sorry to say that this is no longer the case. These Representative and Senators hold corporate interests above the interest of people that voted them into office. They are taking marching orders from secret business donors and special interests that are in no way aligned with the country’s needs.

This is corporatism at its worst. As a country, we can thank the Supreme Court for opening up the flood gates for this type of industry influence that pits the few against the many. There is no end in sight for the kind of change that these hundreds of millions of dollars bring.

It takes a strong person to stand up the type of pressure that this kind of money brings. There seems to be a moral relativism that has overcome the House of Representatives and the Senate. Everything is relative to the amount of money being deposited to one’s reelection campaign. These are men and women who are ruled by money and not their conscience.

The question to me is, “At what point do their morals and values kick in, and they see the errors of their ways.”  That idea sounds like a bad morality play told by Hollywood in the 40’s as the country was glossing over racism and sexism that has plagued us for over 400 years. I do not hold much hope that there will be significant changes in how the federal government operates anytime soon.

Where does that leave the country? It leaves us caught in a quagmire of greed and self-interest that wants to punish the weakest in our society. These corporatists are trying to reverse a hundred years of gains made by the working and middle class, so that they are able to replenish their coffer at 19^th and early 20^th century levels.

It must be fantastic to be able to say that you make 100 times more money than the average worker in your company. Why stop there when you are capable of having a politician or two in your pocket through your Super-PAC. That seems to be where we are going as a country. If this isn’t a rehash of the good old days, I don’t know what it is.

Maybe, we should rekindle the idea that racism and sexism aren’t so bad? The waving of the Confederate Flag in front of the White House may be a sign that the country needs to reverse all the gains that women, minorities and gays have experienced in the late 20^th and early 21^st Centuries. Why should those people be seen as equal?

White males have taken so many hits over the past 40 years that it is time to reverse their fortunes. Women need to be seen and not heard. Gays need to get back in the closet and brown people need to move to the back of the bus.

If corporatists had their way, this is where the country would be headed. They would allow a few exceptions as long as those men and women towed the company line. I am not sure what the company line is or might be, but I know that it will be detrimental to the country as these billionaires gain more power and influence in our federal government. It is time to take action against such blatant anti-democracy. Vote against candidates that represent these morals and values.

Fight for the Soul of the Republican Party

What is the primary reason that we are here? We are born to die. Seriously, what is the point? It is absurd to think that there is any meaning to life. Some seek money, others seek fame. The majority live a life of quiet desperation. There is nothing new in this idea.

What needs to remembered is that you are required to give meaning to your own life. Each individual is solely responsible for their own sense of happiness.  There are plenty of people that will try to manipulate others for their own satisfaction. You must do everything in your power and run as fast as you can from these people. They are the definition of a succubus.

An evil demon set on your personal destruction. Too many people dream of finding such beings so that they can feel alive. They live for going from one crisis to another. Their pathology leads them to being an enabler. It is such a sad state of affairs to see such people in our government. These people want one and one thing only: to ruin of our government and our way of life by creating one phony crisis after another so that they in no way have to deal with the real issues that face our country.

Men like Ted Cruz and Rand Paul feign the idea that they are the healthy change that is needed for America to move forward. They are so self-centered that all they can think about is their own personal positions no matter the topic or situation. They see the world in small personal terms.

These Tea Par Anarchists want annihilation at all costs. There is no big picture for these lawmakers that does not involve some sort of self-destructive behavior. They are acting like a drunk on a two week bender. Once they put the bottle to their lips there is no stopping them until they pass out. They need an intervention. The only intervention that will have any meaning to them is being voted out of office.

The problem with this scenario is that the men and women who enable and encourage the Anarchists are unable or unwilling to see that their way of life is going to be destroyed by the people they elected. These bar-flies have no idea how bad it is going to be until they wake up with a pounding hangover and see what has happened to their bar.

It has been burned to the ground. There is nowhere to go and celebrate. These Tea Party Anarchists are jumping for joy. They have wreaked havoc on the very people that voted them in, yet they are proud of the fact that these same people will no longer be able to suck at the government teat. They are victorious once again on a tiny scale.

When it comes to the gigantic bar known as Washington D.C., they have no power to carry out this kind of damage on the large scale they so wish. Their two week drunk will lead to the loss of billions of dollars, but that is it. They were forced to capitulate. But, they are ready to go on another bender as the latest talk about Benghazi illustrates.

Their drunken dream of taking over Washington D.C. was a fantasy best left to the comic books. They made their power play and fell flat on their face. There may be a political price for such aberrant behavior. Gentlemen and Gentle Ladies be ready to be put in the back of the caucus.

You will be taking a back seat to the adults in the Republican Party if and only if they have the moral character to put those drunks in treatment facility. It will take a 12 step program to make substantial changes to a Republican Party that has acted and enables such deviant behavior. In the next two months, that is what needs to happen if the country is to move forward.

Until then, strap on your seatbelt and enjoy the ride. The fight for the soul of the Republican Party is still up for sale. Watch out for those carrying a flask in their suit pocket or purse. Don’t fall for the old trick of going back to their offices for a drink and cigar. It is not what you think. Jim Jones has nothing on these charlatans.

The Tea Party is a Terrorist Organization

The Tea Party Subversives are trying to steer the federal government in a new direction. The Republican Party radical wing has decided that national elections are no longer the key to success.  They see local control as the means to power. Unconsciously, they are have become the anti-federalist.  They have in no way clearly articulated this idea to their constituents or to the country as a whole.

They say things like, “Government is the problem, not the solution.”  Of course they in no way mean this. Because if they did mean it, they would be advocating for anarchy. Moreover, if there is a natural or a man-made disaster in their district or state, these men and women, who say they hate government, are the first ones at the feeding trough. Ironies of ironies. Furthermore, in no way, are they willing to cut off the government funding for the special interest groups and businesses that fund their political campaigns, more irony.

They are only anti-federalist when it suits their ends. Remember, for all politicians, the means justify the ends, therefore, for these Tea Party Subversives, shutting down the federal government is a logical means to ending Obamacare even though they have no plans to replace this law with other legislation.  If they are able to eliminate this legislation, it will only be the beginning of their Machiavellian collusions.

What they don’t realize is the ACA is a federal law that cannot be eliminated on the local level. You must be able to run national and statewide campaigns to impact federal law. You may be able to keep winning in Gerrymandered congressional districts, but you will not be able to overcome federal laws with this strategy, with or without a divided government, which says to me that these Tea Party Subversives have no desire to govern. They are a seditious organization set on disruption and destruction of the federal government without any plans on how to replace it. They have taken a page from the Israelis and the Palestinians.

Why govern when you can create crisis after crisis so that you can embolden your power base, thus, never accomplishing anything but disorder and damage. This way you can stay in power as you raise the emotional ire of said base. This is great way to grind government to a halt.  What do these extremists do next? Will there be a backlash to their tactics in their home districts? Not yet. Unless the Republican leaning women in their districts take a stand against these tactics as well as those used by the Tea Party Subversives to dismantle women’s reproductive rights.

I see these diehard fanatics as so ideologically ensconced in their belief system that they will go down with the ship no matter the cost. Fanaticism centers on people who can't change their minds and won't change the subject that they are perseverating over. These people have very strict standards and little tolerance for contrary ideas or opinions. They are unable or unwilling to see other points of view. Tea Partiers believe that they have the corner on truth, and will do anything to maintain their position even if it means the obliteration of an idea, person or institution.

  That is where we stand with the Tea Party darling Ted Cruz threatening future government shut downs if he and his Republican trouble makers don't get their way. Compromise is not a word in their lexicon.  The question remains, “How do we overcome this self-destructive behavior?” We don’t. This era of self-indulgence must run its course. Like all children that are throwing tantrums, we have to wait until The Tea Party runs out of energy, then, and only then, can the adults in the room change the discussion to a productive topic.

 

The Democrats and the President must refuse to negotiate to with these traitors . You never negotiate with terrorists, homegrown or otherwise. You let them fall on their own swords. When these Tea Party Subversives realize there is no hope, they will back down, but it will not be anytime soon.  They will regroup and attack again. They are against governing. They are bent on the collapse of the federal system or their own ideological position. Keep a close eye on these Tea Party Subversives and the next steps in their political machinations, which are Anti-American.