Is America A Democracy?
I have been asking myself this question for some time now and I have to say that the evidence has long been tilting in the direction of Fascist Oligarchy. I could cite so much evidence but for the sake of brevity, I will only cite a couple of solid facts.
Have a look at how we conduct elections. The Secretary of State oversees the elections while simultaneously holding public office for one of the involved parties. If this is not bad enough, they are often a part of the campaign of one of the candidates. Two presidential elections in row have ended with controversies involving states in which the Secretary of State (also State Campaign Chair) was in charge of an investigation of allegations of fraud. In both cases the Secretary of State (Katherine Harris and Kenneth Blackwell) parlayed that notoriety, derived out of scandal, into runs for United States Congress. In both cases, the Secretary of State's party emerged victorious. In both cases, the decisions of the Secretary of State directly determined who would be president of the United States. If this is not a conflict of interest what is?
In the 2002 mid-term congressional elections, A group of Republicans in New Hampshire collaborated to hire a tele-marketing firm to jam the phone lines of the Democratic Party headquarters on the election day in an attempt to prevent the Democrats from getting out the vote. It succeeded. John Sununu, a high school classmate of mine, unseated the popular former Governor Gene Shaheen in one of the big surprises of the 2002 election. So far Chuck McGee, the former Executive Director of the New Hampshire Republican Party, has plead guilty and was sentenced to serve 7 months in prison. He is expected to testify in the case against one of his partners, James Tobin, who was Bush's 2004 New England Campaign Chairman prior to these allegations surfacing. Bill Frist, the Majority Leader of the United States Senate has admitted to working closely with James Tobin but denies having any knowledge of the Phone-jamming scheme.
Disgusted yet, better get the Peptol Bismol. sleazy manipulation is not used solely to subvert your voting rights. They are also using it to pass legislation. Listen to the following Hyperlink of a voice vote in the House of Representatives. Voice votes are very convenient because there is no paper trail of how the politicians vote. The feed is from C-Span and it is in reference to an amendment that has been sponsored by Congressman George Miller. (D CA) He is proposing that the tax payers of America not be forced to bale out United Airlines, who is defaulting on it's pension commitments to it's employees. http://movies.crooksandliars.com/putnam.mp3 Did it sound to you like the nays had it? Me neither. Did you just here what I heard? I heard a dictator subverting the will of your elected representatives. The Scum who was chairing that vote was Congressman Adam Putnam. (R FL) Why do you suppose he wanted to take your money and give it to United Airlines? Fortunately there is a happy ending here. Democrats forced a roll call vote and the amendment passed.
But how much of this has happened when no one was watching the till? Do you really want these people making decisions for you? These men are so corrupted, they defy conventional terms. They are liars, manipulators, thieves, full of avarice, greed, lacking any moral character whatsoever. They lose no opportunity to increase their hold on power while pretending to care about your interests. They call themselves conservative and espouse moral values while the only things they value are wealth and power.
Have a look at how we conduct elections. The Secretary of State oversees the elections while simultaneously holding public office for one of the involved parties. If this is not bad enough, they are often a part of the campaign of one of the candidates. Two presidential elections in row have ended with controversies involving states in which the Secretary of State (also State Campaign Chair) was in charge of an investigation of allegations of fraud. In both cases the Secretary of State (Katherine Harris and Kenneth Blackwell) parlayed that notoriety, derived out of scandal, into runs for United States Congress. In both cases, the Secretary of State's party emerged victorious. In both cases, the decisions of the Secretary of State directly determined who would be president of the United States. If this is not a conflict of interest what is?
In the 2002 mid-term congressional elections, A group of Republicans in New Hampshire collaborated to hire a tele-marketing firm to jam the phone lines of the Democratic Party headquarters on the election day in an attempt to prevent the Democrats from getting out the vote. It succeeded. John Sununu, a high school classmate of mine, unseated the popular former Governor Gene Shaheen in one of the big surprises of the 2002 election. So far Chuck McGee, the former Executive Director of the New Hampshire Republican Party, has plead guilty and was sentenced to serve 7 months in prison. He is expected to testify in the case against one of his partners, James Tobin, who was Bush's 2004 New England Campaign Chairman prior to these allegations surfacing. Bill Frist, the Majority Leader of the United States Senate has admitted to working closely with James Tobin but denies having any knowledge of the Phone-jamming scheme.
Disgusted yet, better get the Peptol Bismol. sleazy manipulation is not used solely to subvert your voting rights. They are also using it to pass legislation. Listen to the following Hyperlink of a voice vote in the House of Representatives. Voice votes are very convenient because there is no paper trail of how the politicians vote. The feed is from C-Span and it is in reference to an amendment that has been sponsored by Congressman George Miller. (D CA) He is proposing that the tax payers of America not be forced to bale out United Airlines, who is defaulting on it's pension commitments to it's employees. http://movies.crooksandliars.com/putnam.mp3 Did it sound to you like the nays had it? Me neither. Did you just here what I heard? I heard a dictator subverting the will of your elected representatives. The Scum who was chairing that vote was Congressman Adam Putnam. (R FL) Why do you suppose he wanted to take your money and give it to United Airlines? Fortunately there is a happy ending here. Democrats forced a roll call vote and the amendment passed.
But how much of this has happened when no one was watching the till? Do you really want these people making decisions for you? These men are so corrupted, they defy conventional terms. They are liars, manipulators, thieves, full of avarice, greed, lacking any moral character whatsoever. They lose no opportunity to increase their hold on power while pretending to care about your interests. They call themselves conservative and espouse moral values while the only things they value are wealth and power.
posted by Paul Skogstrom at 3:14 AM
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