“I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
This was Jefferson's greatest fear for the survival of the nation he helped to create and dearly loved. If Jefferson were alive today he would be appalled at how corporations have seized control of our government and our elected representatives of both major political parties. He would be severely shaken at how the corporations are not only breaking our laws at will but how our laws are being rewritten to serve corporations at the expense and suffering of the people, our environment and our democracy.
Needless to emphasize, Jefferson would hold our present corporate controlled government as reprehensible and a dire threat to our nation's survival. He would be one of this nation's most outspoken critics. How hypocritical of those in power to pretend to honor our nation's founders while destroying the foundations of their most sacred beliefs and their hope for our nation's continued survival.
Our corporate controlled government is at war with the very concept of a free republic, one with a democratic form of government, the very foundation upon which this nation was formed. Free democratic expression is antithetic to the corporate model which strives for complete freedom from any regulation and total domination and control over the corporate workforce and it's production.
When a government is taken over by corporatists it is shaped to become a corporation and is dictated by corporations. Corporatists loudly proclaim their disdain for government and would "like to shrink it to a size it can be drowned in a bathtub", to quote one of their most avidly subsidized lobbyists, Grover Norquist, who parades behind the mask of one who represents the working class. Corporatists like Norquist believe in privatizing every aspect of government services claiming it will save costs and offer more efficient service. But what it really represents to them is profit and power.
Corporate control of government and the goal of expanding opportunities and maximizing profits is a direct cause of our nation interfering in other countries political affairs and going to war. War means huge profits for the right corporations - usually the largest and most greedy. In every case the common people in the effected countries suffer greatly while the corporate class, the most wealthy and influential, profit. The common folks get death, imprisonment and suffering while the corporations and those who cooperate with them share the profits and the spoils.
Greed and the quest for profit and power spawn corruption. Always has, always will. Corporations are corrupt by nature. Anyone who has worked as a corporate officer or in corporate management knows this. Corporate influence and control of government breeds corruption of government. The death of democracy under these conditions is a certainty if corporate dominance is allowed to continue. In order for a free republic and democratic government to survive, corporations must be closely regulated by the nation's government. Corporations cannot control the government. How difficult is that to understand?
In a free republic the government is meant to be a servant of the people - not corporations. And the people are not to be servants of the government - or corporations. The nation was formed for the benefit of the people - not for the sole benefit of corporations.
Elected representatives are supposed to be representatives of the people - not representatives of the government. And the government is supposed to represent the people - not corporations.
Corporations cannot survive as models of democracy and neither can democracies survive as models of a corporation. Governments of free societies cannot become privatized without becoming fascist corporate states.
Without an outcry from individuals like me and you, without public demand for reforms in our election process which allows corporate control and the obscene and criminal influence of corporate lobbyists, we are doomed to lose our free republic status and our democracy. Plain and simple. We will be Enronned and Exonned out of existence. We will be Tysonized and Wal-marted into corporate and class servitude, total slaves of the corporate state.
Jefferson understood this. He saw the dangers of "our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength".
In the face of repression a nation's people are often distressed by the perceived limits of their power as individuals to the point of not being able to perceive it at all. They give up and acquiesce to those in power out of fear of punishment or further repression. They quietly hope things will somehow turn out right, or that God will intervene or that others will fight on their behalf.
What should you do?
Political activism can be a source of inspiration in what it reveals about us, not only from our personal efforts but in what we may discover about related efforts by others with whom we link or cooperate. There is nothing more patriotic than fighting to defend your country, not as a military invader in some political war in a foreign country where you are not wanted.and where the war is simply to further corporate empire and political gain, but to defend your country on your own soil against those who would take us over and subjugate us to their control.
That's where we're at.
To stand up for your country and your fellow countrymen as a personal choice and fight for freedom against those who would repress and control us and those who would steal our nation's future and that of our children's is the highest patriotic act of all.
One you should be willing to die for.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Is Karl Rove more worried about Al Gore than about Hillary Clinton?
There is no question there is a groundswell of chatter and excitement surrounding Al Gore and the possibility of Gore becoming the Democratic nominee in 2008. It's growing stronger every day despite Al Gore's insistence he would not put himself through it again.
Most of us out here still smart from the fact that democracy was severely wounded the day the Republican dominated US Supreme Court rushed to appoint George W Bush over the actual winner of the 2000 election. The Republicans, George W Bush and the media all know who won that election, but they could care less about justice, the constitution and the health of our democracy. They place their self interests above the national interests. To them, like George W Bush allegedly said, our constitution "is just a God damned piece of paper."
Who calls these people Americans? And who calls that #*@!**##! (and I mean that literally) our president?
There is a lot of chatter out there that suggests as long as the Democratic Party puts up a viable candidate the Presidency is theirs. But, to be successful, it has to be a candidate that the Democratic voters, those 50 plus million that voted for Gore in 2000, can get excited about. It has to be a candidate that most represents the mood of the average American regarding the core issues and the current war. After Bush, it has to be someone who represents a real change of direction, not a warmed over version of policies the Bush administration has pursued. It has to be someone who is not handpicked by the entrenched DC party machine who have failed us so miserably over the last six years. It has to be someone chosen by the people - who are best represented by the progressive movement within the party.
That person is not Hillary Clinton, or any of the other current candidates that were for the war before they were against it. It can't be someone who cuddles up to Bush and his administration in the name of cooperative bipartisan spirit. The kiss of death for the Democratic Party and perhaps for this nation would be to nominate a Republican Lite candidate that is trying to woo Republican voters. American voters want change. They want someone who speaks truth to power and does not mince words. They want someone who is a visionary and can point this nation and the world in the right direction regarding issues that are critical to the survival of the planet, of this nation and of our people.
That person has to be Al Gore!
Karl Rove knew in 2004 the candidate he most didn't want to see challenge him, it was Howard Dean. Rove would declare I hope it's Howard Dean because it's my wet dream, but that was a political ploy, a reverse psychology Brer Rabbit ploy, "Please, don't throw me in that thar briar patch." Al Gore knew this as well.
Gore through all his support behind Howard Dean. By doing so Gore also went directly up against the Washington Democratic establishment that had turned their back on him after 2000. But that's not why he did it. He did it because Dean most represented how Gore stood on the issues like Dean's opposition to the war and he felt Dean had the best chance to defeat Bush. That's why he through his full support behind Dean's campaign.
Karl Rove was totally confident in how to campaign against Kerry or any of the others but not how to address Dean. Dean was a maverick. Dean had popular support. People got excited about Howard Dean.
Karl Rove and the Republicans know who they are in more danger of losing to in 2008 and it's not Hillary Clinton, or Joe Biden, or anyone else the Democrats might nominate. It's true they would not relish a Barack Obama or a Brian Schweitzer but either of those possibilities don't seem real to them at this point.
There is only one candidate that the Rove and those who control the Republican party are worried about - and that's Al Gore!
Get your Al Gore fix by reading the recent articles below.
The Comeback Kid http://newyorkmetro.com/news/politics/17065/
Gore's `No' on New Presidential Bid Isn't Final Word for Some http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=ad05GGBHtmW4&refer=us
Could Al Gore Be The Next Nixon? http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper.360/blog/2006/05/could-al-gore-be-next-nixon.html
To Run Or Not To Run? - Inside Al Gore's Mind .. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,197711,00.html
Warming to Gore - The loser of the 2000 election may yet be the winner. http://www.slate.com/id/2142698/
Most of us out here still smart from the fact that democracy was severely wounded the day the Republican dominated US Supreme Court rushed to appoint George W Bush over the actual winner of the 2000 election. The Republicans, George W Bush and the media all know who won that election, but they could care less about justice, the constitution and the health of our democracy. They place their self interests above the national interests. To them, like George W Bush allegedly said, our constitution "is just a God damned piece of paper."
Who calls these people Americans? And who calls that #*@!**##! (and I mean that literally) our president?
There is a lot of chatter out there that suggests as long as the Democratic Party puts up a viable candidate the Presidency is theirs. But, to be successful, it has to be a candidate that the Democratic voters, those 50 plus million that voted for Gore in 2000, can get excited about. It has to be a candidate that most represents the mood of the average American regarding the core issues and the current war. After Bush, it has to be someone who represents a real change of direction, not a warmed over version of policies the Bush administration has pursued. It has to be someone who is not handpicked by the entrenched DC party machine who have failed us so miserably over the last six years. It has to be someone chosen by the people - who are best represented by the progressive movement within the party.
That person is not Hillary Clinton, or any of the other current candidates that were for the war before they were against it. It can't be someone who cuddles up to Bush and his administration in the name of cooperative bipartisan spirit. The kiss of death for the Democratic Party and perhaps for this nation would be to nominate a Republican Lite candidate that is trying to woo Republican voters. American voters want change. They want someone who speaks truth to power and does not mince words. They want someone who is a visionary and can point this nation and the world in the right direction regarding issues that are critical to the survival of the planet, of this nation and of our people.
That person has to be Al Gore!
Karl Rove knew in 2004 the candidate he most didn't want to see challenge him, it was Howard Dean. Rove would declare I hope it's Howard Dean because it's my wet dream, but that was a political ploy, a reverse psychology Brer Rabbit ploy, "Please, don't throw me in that thar briar patch." Al Gore knew this as well.
Gore through all his support behind Howard Dean. By doing so Gore also went directly up against the Washington Democratic establishment that had turned their back on him after 2000. But that's not why he did it. He did it because Dean most represented how Gore stood on the issues like Dean's opposition to the war and he felt Dean had the best chance to defeat Bush. That's why he through his full support behind Dean's campaign.
Karl Rove was totally confident in how to campaign against Kerry or any of the others but not how to address Dean. Dean was a maverick. Dean had popular support. People got excited about Howard Dean.
Karl Rove and the Republicans know who they are in more danger of losing to in 2008 and it's not Hillary Clinton, or Joe Biden, or anyone else the Democrats might nominate. It's true they would not relish a Barack Obama or a Brian Schweitzer but either of those possibilities don't seem real to them at this point.
There is only one candidate that the Rove and those who control the Republican party are worried about - and that's Al Gore!
Get your Al Gore fix by reading the recent articles below.
The Comeback Kid http://newyorkmetro.com/news/politics/17065/
Gore's `No' on New Presidential Bid Isn't Final Word for Some http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=ad05GGBHtmW4&refer=us
Could Al Gore Be The Next Nixon? http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper.360/blog/2006/05/could-al-gore-be-next-nixon.html
To Run Or Not To Run? - Inside Al Gore's Mind .. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,197711,00.html
Warming to Gore - The loser of the 2000 election may yet be the winner. http://www.slate.com/id/2142698/
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