NO REDS UNDER OUR BEDS AFTER ALL

The old grey fox smiles in the corner.
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The Americans have reason to be concerned. Their country is ‘falling apart’ from within. On an international stage they are treated as ‘clowns’, even laughed at during one of the UN meetings. On a world stage, Americans are not trusted. When the FAA wanted the ‘not so black’ box from the recent Boeing air disaster, they were refused. The Ethiopians, instead, turned the box over to the French BEA. The Americans have pulled out of internationally agreed treaties, for example, the Iranian Nuclear agreement, and the Nuclear Armament Agreement. The Americans have increased world instability by wanting to include Saudi Arabia in the nuclear group. The latter items should have advanced the Doomsday Clock by another 30 seconds. The US recognition of Israeli claim to the Golan Heights in opposition to the UN position that the Israelis are illegally occupying the area. As I’ve noted often, the UN is a ‘toothless tiger’ and needs to be fixed if it is to work. Recognising MBS’s involvement in the Khashoggi execution, the Germans ceased supplying the Saudis with weapons; Trump, contrary to his intelligence agencies did not even recognise MBS’s involvement and continues to provide for the Saudi war machine.
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The list goes on. Trump is not the cause of this, but, is a symptom of the problems America is suffering from; he has not helped matters. He has only made them worse.
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The American Kabuki continues, driven by the ‘old white guys’ in the Democratic Party (“OWDs”) and those in the Republican political party (“OWRs”). There is little difference between the OWDs and the OWRs. Both want to maintain the status quo at the expense of the nation and the enrichment of a select few.
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In contrast, there is a huge difference between the OWDs, the OWRs, and the ‘younger crop’ of Democrats. The younger crop want the wealth re-distributed to allow all Americans to have free universal education and health care. The younger crop is not beholding to Corporate America, having financed their campaigns by ‘beating the bushes’ and returning to grass root principles. There is a concern that this will, in future, be corrupted by the availability of ‘easy money’ from Corporate America. Unbridled Corporate Capitalism is bad and is likely the number one reason for the condition the US is in.
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With many programs, the US is entering the ‘Brexit’ era. I was never a fan of the UK joining the EU; to become a member meant relinquishing some sovereignty, and the UK was not prepared to do this. The situation is true with many American states. For example, the State of Texas adamantly knows what is best for its people and has a textbook bureau to protect this. This has to change. Universal education would go a long way to improve the intelligence of America. The individual states have to ‘back off’ from interfering with a national education program. A national set of tests has to be implimented. All states have to have education be adequately funded. Unlike most civilised countries, the United States does not offer free universal education or health care. This is resisted by the OWDs and OWRs. One American commentator posed a series of questions to American students on the street, and, I was surprised they could answer only 1/3 of the questions. Myself, not an American, could nearly answer all of them. This speaks volumes about the American education system.
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Canada, to a lesser extent, suffers from similar failings in education. More Canadians know of Gordon Lightfoot than they do of Northrup Frye. This just simply shows how our interests have been directed or moulded. I recall the old ‘Simon and Garfunkle’ lyrics:
“I knew a man, his brain was so small
He couldn’t think of nothing at all
Not the same as you and me
He doesn’t dig poetry He’s so unhip that when you say Dylan
He thinks you’re talking about Dylan Thomas
Whoever he was
The man ain’t got no culture.”
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There are major fixes required to encourage voter participation. These include:
A proper national voter identification that is acceptable to all states;
The voter registration process needs to be repaired;
The electoral boundaries have to be corrected to reflect a similar sized area and number of people. They have to be adjusted to prevent Gerrymandering, etc;
Efforts have to be made to facilitate voting. Polling stations must be located so that voting is an easy process to encourage the population to get out and vote;
Political donations have to be anonymised. This will reduce the appearance that ‘Big Business is directing the actions of the government. Realising that appearance is what is perceived by the voting masses. There can be no connection between the contributor and the political party;
The Electoral College has to be eliminated. Several states are in the process of doing this, but, there are huge roadblocks ahead and a lot of preparation required.
Kavanaugh has to be properly investigated by the FBI for perjury. He is unfit for the poisiton and is a significant roadblock to prevent a lot of the work that has to be done by the younger crop.
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Paragraphs could be written about each of the above items. The younger crop has to address these items in order to fix the American political system. The Trump episode is only a ‘red herring’, and is detracting from the real goals ahead. Unfortunately, I suspect the OWDs do not want these fixed.
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Trump may have been correct when he says witchhunt regarding the Mueller report. This has not been proven and the report has not been released yet. The contents are unknown except for a select few items. The report is not an exoneration of Trump, only the conclusion that ‘guilt was not proven’, which is the term Mueller used. In Trump’s classic hyperbole, this is the same as being ‘Not Guilty’, and as a typical showman, is playing it to the ‘crowds’. The SDNY are very active; they are gathering faggots (no homophobia intended) to place at his feet and waiting for someone to offer a up the torch. The fact that everyone around him has been indited or jailed speaks volumns. He is a clown and has done more to tarnish the American image that any of his predecessors. He needs to be replaced.
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The old grey fox smiles in the corner.