When the Supreme Court decided the Citizens United case, there was a great hue and cry from both Democratic politicians and the public. The Court had ruled that corporations are persons within the meaning of the First Amendment, and that they have the right to political free speech. Political free speech, in America, means the…
The Humane Society Legislative Fund recently endorsed Hillary Clinton. Their justification for supporting one of the world’s biggest enemies of animals was predicated upon Donald Trump’s serial killer sons and the backgrounds of several of his advisers. That his sons are despicable human beings is a given. But both Hillary and Trump support hunting. And…
The only Democrat in the last century who did not bomb anyone was Jimmy Carter.* The Democrats have been a war party since Woodrow Wilson, a hundred years ago. The only real effort to change that was in 1968 with the campaigns of Eugene McCarthy and Bobby Kennedy. The anti-war wing of the party was…
Our complaints against government today dwarf those complaints of our Founding Fathers 240 years ago. American revolutionaries took up arms against the Crown over modest taxes and an unresponsive King. The Founders of our republic sought to protect subsequent generations from oppressive government. They hadn’t a clue to the evils of capitalism or the power…
Prior to the Democratic convention, when it was clear that Hillary and her supporters had engaged in election fraud to defeat Bernie Sanders, I made the following pledge: “Not only will I be voting against Hillary, I will be voting against the hacks who supported her. Against the superdelegates, against the system, against Wall Street,…
Let’s forget for a moment all of Hillary’s varying positions, her record, her emails, everything. To be fair, let’s also forget Trump’s bombast and hyperbole. Let’s try to look at this presidential election in terms of what will happen if each is elected. To do so we need to apply some reason, an understanding of…
America is Empire. Our foreign policy is to promote and protect multinational corporations, put down obstructionist democracies, sell arms, and engage in perpetual war. We protect the interests of our arms customers and US corporations by patrolling the planet with war ships and stationing American troops on almost 1,000 US military bases in 150 countries…
Forty four states and the District of Colombia effectively have no say in the presidential election. That is because the popular vote for president has nothing to do with whom is elected. Only electoral votes count. Electoral votes are determined by the US Census, and are adjusted every ten years. Of the total of 538…
Trump and his populists have taken over the Republican party. The insurrection he led effectively stripped the Republican establishment of power and influence over their nominee. No Republican candidate for president has been as despised by Wall Street and special interests since Teddy Roosevelt ran in 1904. Until The Donald, the GOP was the party…
Conversely, a Trump victory will help Democrats. Each party would be better off if their nominee were to lose! Missing from the national dialogue is any rational discussion of the consequences of the election. The reason is likely due to egos and the personal political agendas of most of the people behind the candidates. But…
Armory of the Revolution 