Greetings Readers, In mails to friends and acquaintances I have often voiced the concept American elections, particularly this presidential one, is a fiascos and a farcical insult to most ordinary …
Source: The U. S. Election was a Sham and Tarnished Democracy
Greetings Readers,
In mails to friends and acquaintances I have often voiced the concept American elections, particularly this presidential one, is a fiascos and a farcical insult to most ordinary rational thinking people. They are often created for ulterior reasons, deceptions, and misdirection not apparent or easily understood by the general voting public. The Clinton, Trump presidential election is a prime example of what I’ve been writing.
By whom I ask did this lengthy drawn-out campaign assist in political decision making? Certainly not the people of America who are targeted as weak-minded obsessive bystanders and kept from understanding the true issues one should support for a healthy government change. The main issues were sidelined. The proper issues in the public interest should have been emphasized more readily were and in my opinion, i. e. the 18 trillion-dollar debt, set to be increase by both candidates, growth of the of the unbridled defense industry, past military spending make accountable auditors nervous, and they have not passed a creditable audit in 50 years; the humiliation of our inter-city school system and the facilities themselves; the third world infrastructure of our road, bridges, and electrical grid maintainance have been gridlocked and planed costs diminished by Congress in a nation that desires to right now as “make America Great Again.‘
The candidates promised but did not clarify specifically where the funds would be coming from and when analyzed the math it becomes hypothetical or faulty or both. In each, including the foreign affairs debate and, in campaign communications, glazed over our present overseas conflicts, i.e., a 14 year war in Afghanistan, Iraq I, II, and currently deep into Iraq III, issues of life and death concerning conflicts and trade wars that will undoubtedly involve the U. S. directly or indirectly into positions of challenge and responsibility where not adequately discussed because programmer and the two debaters were busy with other wedge and personal issues. Those of incompetence in handling classified material or other disclosures. Some of these were politely ignored in the debates, a good move, and not directly mentioned in the debate were the groping women by a star entertainer, the marital relationship between the Clinton’s, unpaid taxes by a billionaire, and a scandalized bilking at Trump University. Nevertheless these are valid moral issues.
The Clinton foundation apparently was setup to mainly to accept foreign donations as in ‘favoritism’ disallowing social caring patriotism. These few scandals and irregularities are only the tip of the iceberg. Overriding these at times for decorum were the insults and slights mostly by Trump, with his few threats of a special prosecutions and ‘You belong in Jail.’ (Actually the GOP’s Bush and Cheney belong in jail)
At the end of the lengthy campaign, 86% of Americans who followed it were displeased, disappointed, and bored. Having previously written in comparison to other practical countries the campaign and vote took approximately 300 days in the making, but have recently read a national magazine that claimed the campaign lasted nearly 600 days before the first votes were cast. (Time, page 9, International addition, 21, November 2016) It’s enough to make any American observer, voter, journalist, or public figures unwell. The result proved astonishing, we the people elected a demagogue and a scoundrel.
By sheer grit and aggressiveness right to the very end Trump had a message similar to Bill Clinton’s in the 90s. When Bill asked his chief confident what should be the major theme to emphasize in the campaign, the replay was ‘It’s the economy, stupid.’ The manta for Trump was ‘It’s the American jobs gone awry, stupid.’ Trump with the fresh political face, was the so-called ‘outsider’ because he would ‘drain the swamp in Washington DC.‘ It was not an easy answer in reply for a thirty year veteran of ‘insider the government’ and Wall Street investment houses as is one Hillary Clinton.
But who won democratically? In a democracy the majority of voters win over the minority. It frequently doesn’t turn out that way although the U. S. frequently boasts it is a true democracy; Clinton captured the majority by more than two million votes over the Trumpet. This has happened four times previously in presidential elections, the last being Albert Gore against George Bush in 2000, and what a difference that would have made, possibly for the U. S. and for the Middle East, as we face complicated multi-conflicts today.
I am not merely going to bitch about the shortfall in this campaign. I do have something of value to submit concerning its length that other nations do not abide by, while under their breath chuckle at us, not wanting to openly laugh or criticize the largest economy and the most powerful military in the world of its internal failure. Anyway, by any means, it keeps the giant occupied for a year or more and less likely to dictate to the world.
What follows are undeniable recommendations for the betterment of American elections in the future. Will the Elitist corporations and their vassals in congress act on them? I doubt it because these recommendations make sense. The Congress and the Supreme Court have their heads in the sand. It’s become a tradition.
All the Best.
Ron Miller
Greetings Readers, A few days ago in Fukushima, Japan all hell broke loose after a 7.4 earthquake was reported several hundred miles from the city’s shore. Tsunami warnings hurriedly advised …
Greetings Readers,
A few days ago in Fukushima, Japan all hell broke loose after a 7.4 earthquake was reported several hundred miles from the city’s shore. Tsunami warnings hurriedly advised residents to take higher ground as ships speedily departed for deeper safer waters. It was near assured that an approaching catastrophe was about to take place. The quake was particularly frightening due to the proximity to the Onagawa Nuclear Plant facility 25 kilometers from the city.
The warning was of course Justifiable. Five years earlier tsunami waves smashed into the port and city center killing, and currently missing, a total of 22,000 people. The event was well publicized in the international media, the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, accompanied with shocking huge waves pouring inland destroying everything in its path. Fukashima quickly became a horribly devastated city as radiation seepage seemed to govern the prefecture for several years. Over one million structure were destroyed by the erupting sea.
This time the tsunami waves proved to be merely 1.3 meters high and shortly TEPICO the builder and government custodian for the reactor facility announced ‘NO Danger’ the danger had passed.
The event of nature could be a corollary to the coming Trump administration. Will Trump soften his far right and other controversial positions when he is asked a second or a third time around or when he actually takes office next year? According to the New York Times, CNN, and Time magazine Trump has modified or changes his position 124 times since becoming a candidate. On the outset of his administration he is selecting a staff largely composed of neoconservatives and far right GOP personalities, military and civilian, while alarming most of the American public and nearly every one of our overseas allies.
We don’t know what the final outcome will be of course and it does not help with contradictory statements issued by Trump’s staff atop the Tower, i. e. ‘It’s assured relations with Russia will significantly improve’ while at the same moment a high staff candidate, Romney, states ‘Russia in our number one dangerous foe.’ What does this mean and what does it portend? No one knows at present. It’s all wait and see and kind of exciting political time. Will the U. S. over the next four years go down the drain with Trump at the helm?
In the meantime Wall Street, the Dow, NASDIQ, and Standard and Poor reached record heights this week and it was a good sign oil prices rose o4%. Evidentially the Street feels comfortable with Trump as it was cozy with Clinton. There is also a vague anticipation Trump will bring at least some jobs home to the U. S. Actually the strategy is bound to fail and besides the corporations don’t care. Where will those jobs come from, mainly China and South East Asia and the countries involved will not be pleased about it. All this is not going to happen overnight, but begin this decade or next. It took 25 years to lose these jobs and it may take that long to get them back, if it ever does. Will the U. S. have the patience to wait?
As an acquaintance of mine wrote, the Trump strategy is the identical approach dictators Hitler and Mussolini used to grab power and become popular with the electorate. The Bushes, and Clinton, provided meek promises, assurance of more and better work for America to cover their hypocrisy and outright lies for a better future. The three presidents could not completely deliver without expanding conflicts and continuing wars, but the aforementioned foreign dictators certainly did by aggression. Perhaps the question is do we negotiate and let’ bygones be bygones’ or do we want to make the choice of full employment or war.
The nervous Japanese expected massive Tsunami waves this week that did not arrive. Will we be as lucky as Japan?
All the Best.
Ron.
PS: An added note. Russia has deployed on a Russian enclave between Lithuania and Poland two sets of nuclear and defensive missiles under tremendous criticism from NATO members. These placements are mobile, not permanent as our missile bases in Europe. They are deployed approximately 400 miles from Moscow, while in the recent past the U. S has sent a rotating three million soldiers some eight thousand miles around the globe from its shores to fight a peasant people in Vietnam. Iraq, Afghanistan, are a long way from home too. Currently the U. S. has over 850 military bases around the globe. Do people read history anymore, or have common sense anymore?
l find the Russian bear is a thuggish brute, but we must understand for the long-term and for our own benefit and safety they have a sphere of influence and claim it as we do ours.
Greetings Readers, Asian, Middle East and U. S. political news briefs to be read in 2 minutes or less. India derailment accident kills 142 and injures more than 200. (latest) Kabul, Afghanistan, mo…
Greetings Readers, Asian, Middle East and U. S. political news briefs to be read in 2 minutes or less. India derailment accident kills 142 and injures more than 200. (latest) Kabul, Afghanistan, mo…
Greetings Readers,
Asian, Middle East and U. S. political news briefs to be read in 2 minutes or less.
*Gods, haven’t we heard enough about this one?
(News extracted from Channel New Asia, UroNews, France 24, and BBC)
All the Best.
Ron Miller.
Greetings Readers, Asian and Middle East Headline News meant to be read in two minutes or less. Duterte may follow Russia in withdrawing from ICC. Philippine economy grows 7.1% on year’s thir…
Source: Asia and Middle East Briefs. #69
Greetings Readers,
Asian and Middle East Headline News meant to be read in two minutes or less.
(News gathered from Asia news sources, France 24, BBC, Eronews)
All the Best.
Ron Miller.
Greetings Readers,
The World Trade Organization, and the International Court will shortly rule on an escalating disagreement between the U. S. and China. The U. S. complaint is China is hording materials through trade policy for the export of raw materials, cobalt, copper, tin, and more crucial materials like idiom and other rare earth resources which if not gotten will hinder U. S. manufacturing. The rare earth materials are precious, vital and at the very heart of the issue. We currently get most from Bolivia, Argentina, and portions from Africa. If I were a Trumpite or super corporate patriot, I would say let’s get in there and get those vital minerals one way or another. After all we badly need them for running nearly all our economic machinery and for environment and defense purposes.
But hey, unfortunately those listed resources, particularly raw earth minerals are on and beneath Chinese land…
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