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Our Republic Raped and Still No Revolution!

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Are Americans ready for a revolution?  What worse than the current meltdown of the financial sector, the unraveling of our economy, and burdening us and future generations with astounding debt is needed to convince Americans that the two-party plutocracy has sold out ordinary Americans?  What we are witnessing is far worse than the taxation without representation that spurred the American Revolution.  Taxation with MISrepresentation is a greater evil and shameful sellout of democracy that so many Americans have fought and died for.

 

Yet, despite over 80 percent of Americans saying that the nation is on the wrong track – BEFORE the current financial crisis, Americans sheepishly seem ready and willing this year to keep voting for Democrats and Republicans.  If they had one shred of the smartness and courage of our nation’s Founders, they would overwhelmingly vote for third party presidential candidates to send the clearest and most patriotic message possible to the ruling class that has both major parties in their pocket.

 

Ousting Democrats and Republicans is more justified and needed than removing the tyranny of the King of England.  Our elected domestic tyranny operating as a plutocracy masquerading as a democracy has been raping our nation.  Yet middle class victims seem more than willing to keep bending over and asking for more pain and insult as they fall hook, line and sinker for the lies of both Barack Obama and John McCain.

 

It is far too easy, with the financial sector meltdown, for Americans to only blame Republicans.  But Bill Clinton started the deregulation of the financial sector and every evil and stupid thing George W. Bush and Republicans have done could not have happened without the cooperation of corrupt and cowardly Democrats in Congress.  They too have inflicted economic sodomy on us and contributed to disgracing our Constitution.

 

What incredible absurdity that the government seems ready to spend $700 billion to bail out countless crooked, mismanaged and greedy companies (and similar money on the Iraq war) and not ever seriously propose to spend that kind of money on rebuilding the nation’s crumbling physical infrastructure that would immediately create millions of new good paying jobs desperately needed by the middle class. 

 

Now is the time for Americans to wake up, stand up and vote down Republicans and Democrats.  How wonderful it would be if the candidate that claims the presidency only receives, say, 20 percent of all eligible voters.  This is the first necessary step for we the people to take back OUR country.

 

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Joel S. Hirschhorn is the author of Delusional Democracy - Fixing the Republic Without Overthrowing the Government (www.delusionaldemocracy.com). His current political writings have been greatly influenced by working as a senior staffer for the (more...)
 

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The Third Party fallacy by Gustav Wynn on Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:24:07 PM
Congratulations by Joel S. Hirschhorn on Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:48:59 PM
Defining Delusion by Gustav Wynn on Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:43:27 PM
For the purposes of discussion by Kevin Gosztola on Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:49:07 PM
Obama is closer to my politics on... by Gustav Wynn on Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:54:52 PM
Let me rephrase that question by Kevin Gosztola on Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 3:33:42 PM
Fine. Why Obama? by Gustav Wynn on Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:14:31 PM
I'm voting Nader/Gonzalez by Kevin Gosztola on Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 at 12:13:30 AM
Put your prediction in writing and we'll check back Nov. 5 by Gustav Wynn on Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 at 2:47:35 PM
Obama Sellout by Hubert Steed on Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 3:36:50 PM
Where are the angry dissidents and revolutionaries? by Joel S. Hirschhorn on Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 2:46:15 PM
NO MORE EMERGENCY ACTION in response to President Bush Lies! by Anton Grambihler on Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 3:08:21 PM
Where do I sign up?? by Caronome on Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 at 12:49:34 AM
Just give me more republicrats by arlen custer on Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:05:14 AM

 
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