Suspension of Disbelief

On this occasion I would like to focus on the happenings of the Democratic Party at this point in the election cycle. Here, we have a conflict of interests. Yes of course, the Obama v. Clinton conflict is strong and well, though bad for the party and yet good as well, but I speak of another conflict, between old guard and next generation democracy. You may think automatically that I'm still talking about the candidates, and indirectly I am, but I'm really talking about the process by which we nominate candidates for the general election. Our nomination process runs off the old model of democracy "with limits". Candidates must get some number of delegates (2024) and they win the nomination. What we must understand is that in the present format, party elections are not democratic at all. In fact, the only democratic part about the nomination process, the public vote, doesn't even have to be followed. In addition, so-called "super delegates" (in name alone ...

There are a bunch of things that I want to say, but it's gonna take a little while longer for me to organize exactly what that is. I know I haven't been paying much attention to this here lately, and that it's becoming more common that I don't, but a lot of shit has been going on in my life lately that has pushed it into a backseat, in my opinion justifiably so. Other than that I've got a few points to make here and now... I am who I am and you are who you are. I do not ask that anyone follows my path or my example, but that they leave me well enough alone to follow that path and make that example. I don't care if you believe that I'm evil or wrong or sinful or uncaring or petty or any of an infinite number of words to convey a finite number of feelings of dislike towards me. I don't care. So long as you don't interfere. So long as you don't try to prevent me from saying or doing something that I want to say or do. Then we'd have a problem. I...

There is no reason for hate. There is no reason for pain, or suffering, or evil, or greed. They are evolutionarily harmful. They do not benefit the species, that one percent of the population could have 98 percent of the power and wealth. This is not helpful. They use the rest of us as stepping stones, as rungs on the latter to immortality. Nothing more and nothing less. And what's worse is that we continue to let them do this. We continue to remain satisfied with the tablescraps we are fed, with the oozing cesspool they call water that trickles down from on high to satisfy our thirst just enough to keep us subservient, just enough to keep us complacent. Who amongst this one percent goes without food? Who amongst them goes without shelter? Or healthcare? Or education? Or legal representation? Who amongst them does not get today all that the forefathers of this nation promised over 200 years ago? And then there are the rest. 99 percent of the population is controlled by the whims an...

It's been a while since I've just sat down and wrote, without some sort of plan, and came up with something. That's how I started and getting back to one's roots is always important from time to time. SO here goes... Hillary Clinton is done for and she knows it. But, she'll go down swinging... mud slinging I mean. So much for her past decrying of Republican fear-mongering. Now she's doing it with her 3AM call campaign bull crap. If you elect Obama what will happen if a 3AM phone call comes in?? What will happen?? Clearly a secretary would answer the phone, that the White House switchboard would direct the call away from the Lincoln bedroom. Clearly. Or am I off base? Then we have good ole Ralph Nader. The man who regardless of his views, couldn't pick a worse time to do anything than if he had been a starting a fire in a waistcoat factory. But the joke may be on him after all as he may not be able to run after all. See there's this funny little thing wh...