going going gone..

Tell me this isn't happening, America is in decline. What once was a great nation is now not so great huh? Use to be that the news was exactly 'news'.. No opinions. Or editorializing . And what's with all the beauty queens.. Nothing like a gorgeous looking woman reporting on a horrible tragedy. Most of the networks are liberal in their own way. Which seems odd to me sense it's such a cut throat business. And it gets its own take on liberty(?) and its own 'bully pulpit'. It really is  something, the 'big media'..
First thing I'd do? Replace everybody in government. Everybody.! Elected or selected. All of them. Do away with the 2 party system. Make voting mandatory..
And return to the draft. 
" If it really mattered they wouldn't allow us to vote"  ( Mark Twain )
I'm beginning to think that the above quote is dead on. How could socialism be on the rise!
Here? In America! The home of the free and the brave..I've heard folks who claim to 'never' vote for any incumbent. Now there's a thought.
Too bad it's not possible.. Corruption. It's as common as dirt.
What is needed though are 'smart voters', the kind neither political party wants to see.
After all, it is a system  founded on some principles of Christianity. Along with a dose of common sense. 
Can America survive.? We'll have to wait and see on that one.

America..

Yes America, what happened? I just read a piece by Robert Riech concerning the 2nd Amendment and how it's been compromised. This a natural result of great wealth, concentrated in the hands of just a few. Corrupting a democratic process riddled with greedy politicians and aided by an equally greedy media. All play crucial roles, aptly pointed out by a great mind, to the consternation of us all. We are, as a people, need an open and effective government. As the constitution says,  a government for and by the people. Not one controlled by monied interests. For all the power is then concentrated in the hands of just of few, whose narrow interests are just for them. Not the greatest way for a so-called 'Democracy' to operate. And we can now see how true that is.
Case in point. The current lengthy 18 month long Presidential campaign can only benefit the media itself. Since
the media, under the guise of keeping 'US' informed, charges outlandish sums of money for candidates to advertise themselves.. To think this has been allowed to happen goes against the grain, as it were, for any interpretation of the 2nd Amendment.  Were does it say in the Constitution that the media would be allowed
such a large influencing role in our nations governing process. And the two-party system.? Who does that benefit.? Certainly not 'US', the voters and taxpayers who agree to be governed by a truly open Democratic
way..
Unfortunately Robert Riech, who authored this fine piece, is twice removed from government service himself.
Having served in our nations capitol, people will say he has his own agenda. Probably right, but it still doesn't
dilute the truth he writes about. Mores the pity, since the truth, as they say, can set us free..............................









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imagine that..

Newt Gingrich running for President?
Mit Romney running again.?
Governor Linc Chafee????????????????????
Rhode Island is a place people flee, just look where the retiree's go. They take the money and run..
A pedophile doing a TV interview!
'Poor' Joe Parterno..
An HONEST politician.
Advice from Bill Clinton??