Tag: Elections
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Our Demagogue in South Korea
The Current Situation in Korea – 18 March 1948, Declassified CIA Memo: The reports starts of with the following summary: US strategic interests would be seriously affected by the absorption of Korea into the Soviet orbit. The current political, economic, and military situation in the US and Soviet Zones, respectively, makes it unlikely that any…
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“We’re Not A Democracy” – US Senator
The U.S. has always been very open about their disdain for democracy. This loathing of democratic principles has been part of the very fabric of this nation since day one. Just read John Adams’ reasons for restricting democracy or James Madison’s ideas on “protecting the opulent minority against the tyranny of the majority” Recently, a…
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Weyrich: If We Stop Them From Voting, We Win!
Dallas, 1980, Paul Weyrich, founding father of the U.S. conservative movement, address a Religious Right gathering and puts forth the following statement: Now, many of our Christians have what I call the ‘goo-goo syndrome.’ Good government. They want everybody to vote. I don’t want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of…
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The Founding Fathers vs. the “Dangerous Influence of Those Multitudes Without Property”
Hi. Following up on my article The True Purpose of the US Senate The proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 are full of interesting information. Let’s read some of the commentary on the discussion concerning Article 4: The legislative Power of the United States shall be vested in two (Branches a Senate and a House…
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FDR and the Purge of Progressive Candidates from the Democratic Party
A few months ago I wrote an article titled Confirmed: DNC Had The Right To Rig 2016 Primary in which I published court transcripts where attorneys for the Democratic Party testified in a Federal court that they had a right to essentially rig the election and determine the outcome as they pleased, and that the appearance of…
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“Only For A Very Good Cause” – CIA Director Explains U.S. Meddling in Other Countries
Former CIA Director [1993-1995] James Woolsey recently joked about the U.S. record of meddling overseas, during an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News. This is the transcript of the exchange at the end of the interview: LAURA INGRAHAM: Have we ever tried to meddle in other countries’ elections? JAMES WOOLSEY: Oh, probably. But it was…
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A Brief History of Citizens United and Corporate Power
Let’s talk Citizens United and Corporate Power. Citizens United is a symptom of a bigger, longstanding threat: for decades the largest corporations have been building power over our political process. The 1960s and 1970s were some of the most trans-formative years in American history. The 1960s saw the rise of social movements across the nation…
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10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth and Power
Requiem for the American Dream is a timely 75-minute teach-in by Noam Chomsky, the M.I.T. linguistics professor who has been a leading leftist political analyst, critic and writer for six decades. Mr. Chomsky, already the subject of several documentaries, focuses here on an election-season theme: financial inequality in America and what he calls its corrosive…
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Modern Republicanism and its Liberal Forefathers
Elections are around the corner and, as always, all talk will be centered around the Republican and Democratic parties, others need not waste their time. Party candidates will take a position in the great political spectrum of Conservative vs. Liberal ideology and lay personal claims to this creed of “right vs. left”. These regularly scheduled…