I lived in Washington a while, and I hated Patty Murray. There is no way she climbed to her lofty position unaided. Anyone with a background as a teacher is a danger to society. In my (thankfully limited) experience, teachers are very ignorant and also bullies. They are drawn to teaching because they know they are weak and can't hold their own against equals. In the classroom, they can be king/queen and have something akin to personal power.
The high reelection rate is not surprising after the example of the scamdemic. Before that, I knew most people were pathetically stupid and zombie-like followers...yet even I was shocked at how easy it was to get huge numbers to beg for a suicide shot. I wash my hands of normies. Let them march to their deaths. America 2.0 is doomed, and probably broken apart by the end of the year.
Did the lying, conspiring and psychotic behavior start before the ink was dry on the Declaration of Independence? Yes it did and all of this is planned, not every event in the future needs to be planned, just starts with one government at a a time and now they are all pure evil, and the rest is history folks…
They're all so disgusting with their empty promises. Honestly, what dummy can believe any of them anymore? Look at the list of people in Big Gov who have overstayed their welcome? McConnell, Waters, Pelosi, Sanders, Warren, and the list goes on and on. Don't forget to add in those who are still running things behind the scenes. What really pissed me off was that Big Mike's mother was still being paid "baby sitting" fees, well over $150k a year even though those girls have grown and that was AFTER Barack was no longer Prez. Whether or not she still is, well, I would assume so. I will not give money to anyone's campaign. The millions of dollars they get paid is for what? While the rest of the country sinks. They should have a budget, campaign for six months, then people can vote. No dollars from ANY foreign interests. No dollars from ANY lobbyists. We can't fire these people, can't even get them prosecuted for the series of crimes they commit. I keep hoping for day they starting eating each other, but that'll only happen when the rest of the world is gone.
"The theater of the absurd" for sure. Don't forget how much it cost to ship Nancy"s ass back and forth from CA either. The only device we ever had was voting but Bush/Chertof's voting machines ended any chance of fair voting ever again. I too quit voting for the lesser and voted for Ron Paul the last time and I felt good about it. He had to know he was putting his life on the line and that makes him a bigger and better man than the clowns running against him. Maybe we have to put our lives on the line because "IT" is coming and I wouldn't be surprised if it's not going to be this year. The communist/Zionist occupation of America is complete... you know the plan.
American satirist H.L. Mencken predicted almost a century ago:
All the odds are on the man who is, intrinsically, the most devious and mediocre – the man who can most adeptly disperse the notion that his mind is a virtual vacuum. The Presidency tends, year by year, to go to such men. As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
There all a bunch of whores, they sold their souls long ago. They don't represent the people in any way shape or form. Two things you will never hear from a politician, they will never criticize Its a lie (I mean Israel) and they never talk about the corrupt banking system, the Federal Reserve, if they do it's a death sentence for their career. Their groveling at the feet of Mammon. All the top positions in Bidens cabinet are Jews, they run everything. Try living in the state I live in, Minnesota-its run by communists from the top to the bottom-I seen a bumper sticker once that said (Vote blue no matter who)-- I think it was Saul Alinsky who ran a number of times under the Socialist, Communist party once said, there is no need to run under the communist party anymore the Democratic party has adopted every platform of the communist party. George Carlin once said, when you are born into this world you get a ticket to the freak show, but when you live in America you get a front row seat.
Democracy is the worst system of government, with Republicanism close behind. Voting makes sense in a guild or a monastery, where the leader is in direct contact with his peers, and where obvious incompetence is not going to be tolerated.
The American system of government is allegedly the best on earth, or so they say. But what they do not say is that, assuming elections are fair- an utter laugh at this point- people are naturally going to vote for the perceived benefit, and decidedly not for the greater good. Voting guarantees the division of society into factions- the landed gentry versus the yeoman farmer, the factory owner versus employee, the merchant versus the customer, and soforth.
The handful of allegedly honest and reputable politicians are just there to keep the voters in the game, thinking that they might get somebody like that in their district. What they get, of course, is a windbag full of hot air that promises them the moon and then gives them the rocks- if he gives them that much.
Bad as things were when the United States was first founded, they went to worse in three main phases. The first was the integrist phase under Washington. The Whiskey and Shay's Rebellion proved that Gov't "of the people. by the people, and for the people" was in actuality three wolves and a sheep discussing the evening meal, with the sheep representing the vast bulk of the people. Then, when some states allegedly wanted to opt out- and I say allegedly because, as research proves, we really don't know what really goes on in the halls of gov't any more than we are privy to the discussions in the lawyers' coffee lounge during a "jury trial"- Abraham Lincoln told them that, so Govt "of the people, by the people, and for the people" might not perish off the face of the earth, they must be retained inside the "Union" at gunpoint. That was the Imperialist phase.
Then, finally, we had the Servile phase, which was inaugurated by the ratification of the Income Tax, and the American people essentially official became serfs. And so here we are today. The American people, in actuality, own not even the shirts on their backs. Scratch that. 2020 proved that Americans don't even own their own backs. The State is God and will do when it pleases as it pleases. Resistance is futile.
The only bright spot is that, currently, the illusion has burned to the ground. But what most of the current crop of politicians may not realize is that they are probably in the crosshairs. They are nothing but clown that have outlived their usefulness.
Our entire "system of governance" (scare quotes, because it's a total sham) is corrupted and broken! The balance of power is completely off kilter, with all three branches simultaneously abdicating their constitutionally directed responsibilities, while grabbing additional powers that are not theirs.
The corruption is beyond Banana Republic levels, because most of the time, in Banana Republics, a fair amount of the corruption is so that people can live decent lives in their impoverished states, whereas in this "Republic", it's to become enormously wealthy, and sell-out their nation to special interests.
Lobbying is now bribery, elections are now selections, and "Bills" are phone book sized documents crafted for years by teams of Washington insider lawyers, giving the Reps' half a day to ingest and vote FOR them! (you've never seen some enormous bill sprung on them at the last minute with the intention that it get voted down...odd?)
In a decent society, most every member of our of various corrupted governments would be arrested, put on trial, and hung for treason; In fact, if you did that with a 100% conviction rate, I'd be surprised if you would be in the wrong on more than 1% of the cases.
Worst of all, it's all gotten so bad, that the only way to fix it, is for the entire nation to collapse, and be rebuilt from it's own ashes; A Murder-Suicide pact with the US Constitution, when the call is coming from inside the house, and nobody gets out alive!
Many years ago a relatively unknown congressman by the name of Gerald Ford derailed the career of the foremost rising star of the judiciary, Abe Fortas. Ford had gotten so many complaints from citizens in his Michigan congressional district about Fortas overstepping his authority and abusing people he took action by filing a bill of impeachment against him. Fortas, who was considered a shoo-in for a U.S. Supreme Court appointment not only was denied it because of Ford's move but it caused him to prematurely retire from the bench altogether. Regarding checks and balances, that is the weapon Congress has to keep the judges in line yet it is so rarely employed. Considering the avalanche of judicial corruption and criminality this is especially galling. Are these pussies afraid, or are they so dumbed down they are unaware they possess this power? Probably a combination of both. Most likely they're too absorbed with their playful perversions. I surmise there are things that transpire in the restrooms of Congress that would make a Roman emperor blush. Democracy (Slobocracy) is a sick joke. Even under optimum conditions, the masses are not fit to decide who their leaders should be, or anything else of significance. Meritocracy, rigorously enforced is the answer. Taxation is not necessary, it is a system of control, intimidation, and a vehicle to keep the proles impoverished and down. The authorities can print the money needed for any public service or project, and to keep the wheels of the socio-economic system greased. The problem is, that to keep value in the currency, it must be put in circulation commensurate with the nation's productive, industrial, and technological capacities. These capacities have long since been strip-mined from the U.S. by the oligarchic swine. America now primarily manufactures, prisons, lottery tickets, and fast food hamburgers. Can you say third world hellhole? Sure you can. Thank you, Don, a thought provoking and stimulating piece as per your standard fare.
You are correct - it’s truly an imperial presidency - with CIA help the various administrations choose their enemies and regularly kill those in foreign lands with impunity - we also interfere with their elections and sabotage their infrastructure - all the while Congress just grifts and shovels money back and forth for maximum personal gain.
It’s no way to run a country - when it blows it will be spectacular - things will become much simpler - like how you will survive.
I have never been represented in Congress by anyone that I could prove held a position even remotely similar to mine, making taxation nothing more than poorly tolerated theft of my income.
I had my name removed from the county voter rolls after the 2020 "election". I refuse to vote for a criminal gang or support it in any way voluntarily. Of course, I still have to pay the extortion that the government gang demands but I sure as hell won't vote from them.
I live in Virginia and my congressman is democrat Abigail Spansberger. She is a former CIA employee, supporter of Ukraine and big government spending. One of her interns called me up asking if I would support her reelection. I said absolutely not. I live in a rural conservative county and am a poll worker. She is not popular here but the northern Virginia voters love her. She announced she will not be running for reelection and is planning to enter the race for governor of Virginia. I will be donating to whoever her opponent is. It sickens me that she has a hand in rubber stamping policies that are inhumane, stupid and anti american. Anyway, thank you for article and bless you and your readers.
"I’m convinced that libertarianism...became attractive because of the undeniable fact that government...never does anything good. If they do something, it will make things worse." This has been my attitude for the last 10 years or so, and I can now fully say that I hate government. It is useless because composed of criminals, and criminals only do harm. But the answer is to stop funding the psychopaths in power and ultimately (for your own psychological well-being) to stop giving them your attention. Like Covid, they go away when you turn off the TV (i.e., when you stop reading the mainstream sites that give the losers their day in the sun). On the former, you should know that only federal employees are required to pay income tax; your participation in that scam is one of "voluntary compliance," so it’s critical that you not volunteer. See Peter Eric Hendrickson's must read, "Cracking the Code," for an explanation of the tax code as a massive fraud based on the ordinary citizen's failure to properly interpret the code's deceptive language.
As someone who has been ranting about Daylight Stupid Time for decades, I fully recognize the futility of trying to get the felonious fedgov to do anything in our favor. As noted, a lottery would be a vast improvement, but as you also noted, it ain't gonna happen.
Your essay makes yet another case for Secession, which won't be pretty (thanks to arch criminal Abe), but not as ugly as staying with this wretched, soul sucking mess. After the last "election" color me astonished that anyone can think they are going to vote their way of this or fix anything about it.
Here's to hoping you turn your skills toward the states becoming independent, which is admittedly a narrow path, but the only the one that leads to freedom. ~~ j ~~
I used to know a Pentagon police officer. He told stories about finding congress critters in the woods that used to exist east of the Pentagon and north of Crystal City. Congress critters had a secret love for homeless men. Maybe that is why they didn't want to help them find housing or work?
I lived in Washington a while, and I hated Patty Murray. There is no way she climbed to her lofty position unaided. Anyone with a background as a teacher is a danger to society. In my (thankfully limited) experience, teachers are very ignorant and also bullies. They are drawn to teaching because they know they are weak and can't hold their own against equals. In the classroom, they can be king/queen and have something akin to personal power.
The high reelection rate is not surprising after the example of the scamdemic. Before that, I knew most people were pathetically stupid and zombie-like followers...yet even I was shocked at how easy it was to get huge numbers to beg for a suicide shot. I wash my hands of normies. Let them march to their deaths. America 2.0 is doomed, and probably broken apart by the end of the year.
Did the lying, conspiring and psychotic behavior start before the ink was dry on the Declaration of Independence? Yes it did and all of this is planned, not every event in the future needs to be planned, just starts with one government at a a time and now they are all pure evil, and the rest is history folks…
They're all so disgusting with their empty promises. Honestly, what dummy can believe any of them anymore? Look at the list of people in Big Gov who have overstayed their welcome? McConnell, Waters, Pelosi, Sanders, Warren, and the list goes on and on. Don't forget to add in those who are still running things behind the scenes. What really pissed me off was that Big Mike's mother was still being paid "baby sitting" fees, well over $150k a year even though those girls have grown and that was AFTER Barack was no longer Prez. Whether or not she still is, well, I would assume so. I will not give money to anyone's campaign. The millions of dollars they get paid is for what? While the rest of the country sinks. They should have a budget, campaign for six months, then people can vote. No dollars from ANY foreign interests. No dollars from ANY lobbyists. We can't fire these people, can't even get them prosecuted for the series of crimes they commit. I keep hoping for day they starting eating each other, but that'll only happen when the rest of the world is gone.
"The theater of the absurd" for sure. Don't forget how much it cost to ship Nancy"s ass back and forth from CA either. The only device we ever had was voting but Bush/Chertof's voting machines ended any chance of fair voting ever again. I too quit voting for the lesser and voted for Ron Paul the last time and I felt good about it. He had to know he was putting his life on the line and that makes him a bigger and better man than the clowns running against him. Maybe we have to put our lives on the line because "IT" is coming and I wouldn't be surprised if it's not going to be this year. The communist/Zionist occupation of America is complete... you know the plan.
American satirist H.L. Mencken predicted almost a century ago:
All the odds are on the man who is, intrinsically, the most devious and mediocre – the man who can most adeptly disperse the notion that his mind is a virtual vacuum. The Presidency tends, year by year, to go to such men. As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
Not just the White House....
There all a bunch of whores, they sold their souls long ago. They don't represent the people in any way shape or form. Two things you will never hear from a politician, they will never criticize Its a lie (I mean Israel) and they never talk about the corrupt banking system, the Federal Reserve, if they do it's a death sentence for their career. Their groveling at the feet of Mammon. All the top positions in Bidens cabinet are Jews, they run everything. Try living in the state I live in, Minnesota-its run by communists from the top to the bottom-I seen a bumper sticker once that said (Vote blue no matter who)-- I think it was Saul Alinsky who ran a number of times under the Socialist, Communist party once said, there is no need to run under the communist party anymore the Democratic party has adopted every platform of the communist party. George Carlin once said, when you are born into this world you get a ticket to the freak show, but when you live in America you get a front row seat.
Democracy is the worst system of government, with Republicanism close behind. Voting makes sense in a guild or a monastery, where the leader is in direct contact with his peers, and where obvious incompetence is not going to be tolerated.
The American system of government is allegedly the best on earth, or so they say. But what they do not say is that, assuming elections are fair- an utter laugh at this point- people are naturally going to vote for the perceived benefit, and decidedly not for the greater good. Voting guarantees the division of society into factions- the landed gentry versus the yeoman farmer, the factory owner versus employee, the merchant versus the customer, and soforth.
The handful of allegedly honest and reputable politicians are just there to keep the voters in the game, thinking that they might get somebody like that in their district. What they get, of course, is a windbag full of hot air that promises them the moon and then gives them the rocks- if he gives them that much.
Bad as things were when the United States was first founded, they went to worse in three main phases. The first was the integrist phase under Washington. The Whiskey and Shay's Rebellion proved that Gov't "of the people. by the people, and for the people" was in actuality three wolves and a sheep discussing the evening meal, with the sheep representing the vast bulk of the people. Then, when some states allegedly wanted to opt out- and I say allegedly because, as research proves, we really don't know what really goes on in the halls of gov't any more than we are privy to the discussions in the lawyers' coffee lounge during a "jury trial"- Abraham Lincoln told them that, so Govt "of the people, by the people, and for the people" might not perish off the face of the earth, they must be retained inside the "Union" at gunpoint. That was the Imperialist phase.
Then, finally, we had the Servile phase, which was inaugurated by the ratification of the Income Tax, and the American people essentially official became serfs. And so here we are today. The American people, in actuality, own not even the shirts on their backs. Scratch that. 2020 proved that Americans don't even own their own backs. The State is God and will do when it pleases as it pleases. Resistance is futile.
The only bright spot is that, currently, the illusion has burned to the ground. But what most of the current crop of politicians may not realize is that they are probably in the crosshairs. They are nothing but clown that have outlived their usefulness.
Fantastic piece!
Our entire "system of governance" (scare quotes, because it's a total sham) is corrupted and broken! The balance of power is completely off kilter, with all three branches simultaneously abdicating their constitutionally directed responsibilities, while grabbing additional powers that are not theirs.
The corruption is beyond Banana Republic levels, because most of the time, in Banana Republics, a fair amount of the corruption is so that people can live decent lives in their impoverished states, whereas in this "Republic", it's to become enormously wealthy, and sell-out their nation to special interests.
Lobbying is now bribery, elections are now selections, and "Bills" are phone book sized documents crafted for years by teams of Washington insider lawyers, giving the Reps' half a day to ingest and vote FOR them! (you've never seen some enormous bill sprung on them at the last minute with the intention that it get voted down...odd?)
In a decent society, most every member of our of various corrupted governments would be arrested, put on trial, and hung for treason; In fact, if you did that with a 100% conviction rate, I'd be surprised if you would be in the wrong on more than 1% of the cases.
Worst of all, it's all gotten so bad, that the only way to fix it, is for the entire nation to collapse, and be rebuilt from it's own ashes; A Murder-Suicide pact with the US Constitution, when the call is coming from inside the house, and nobody gets out alive!
But hey, at least the trains run on time...
Many years ago a relatively unknown congressman by the name of Gerald Ford derailed the career of the foremost rising star of the judiciary, Abe Fortas. Ford had gotten so many complaints from citizens in his Michigan congressional district about Fortas overstepping his authority and abusing people he took action by filing a bill of impeachment against him. Fortas, who was considered a shoo-in for a U.S. Supreme Court appointment not only was denied it because of Ford's move but it caused him to prematurely retire from the bench altogether. Regarding checks and balances, that is the weapon Congress has to keep the judges in line yet it is so rarely employed. Considering the avalanche of judicial corruption and criminality this is especially galling. Are these pussies afraid, or are they so dumbed down they are unaware they possess this power? Probably a combination of both. Most likely they're too absorbed with their playful perversions. I surmise there are things that transpire in the restrooms of Congress that would make a Roman emperor blush. Democracy (Slobocracy) is a sick joke. Even under optimum conditions, the masses are not fit to decide who their leaders should be, or anything else of significance. Meritocracy, rigorously enforced is the answer. Taxation is not necessary, it is a system of control, intimidation, and a vehicle to keep the proles impoverished and down. The authorities can print the money needed for any public service or project, and to keep the wheels of the socio-economic system greased. The problem is, that to keep value in the currency, it must be put in circulation commensurate with the nation's productive, industrial, and technological capacities. These capacities have long since been strip-mined from the U.S. by the oligarchic swine. America now primarily manufactures, prisons, lottery tickets, and fast food hamburgers. Can you say third world hellhole? Sure you can. Thank you, Don, a thought provoking and stimulating piece as per your standard fare.
You are correct - it’s truly an imperial presidency - with CIA help the various administrations choose their enemies and regularly kill those in foreign lands with impunity - we also interfere with their elections and sabotage their infrastructure - all the while Congress just grifts and shovels money back and forth for maximum personal gain.
It’s no way to run a country - when it blows it will be spectacular - things will become much simpler - like how you will survive.
I have never been represented in Congress by anyone that I could prove held a position even remotely similar to mine, making taxation nothing more than poorly tolerated theft of my income.
I had my name removed from the county voter rolls after the 2020 "election". I refuse to vote for a criminal gang or support it in any way voluntarily. Of course, I still have to pay the extortion that the government gang demands but I sure as hell won't vote from them.
I live in Virginia and my congressman is democrat Abigail Spansberger. She is a former CIA employee, supporter of Ukraine and big government spending. One of her interns called me up asking if I would support her reelection. I said absolutely not. I live in a rural conservative county and am a poll worker. She is not popular here but the northern Virginia voters love her. She announced she will not be running for reelection and is planning to enter the race for governor of Virginia. I will be donating to whoever her opponent is. It sickens me that she has a hand in rubber stamping policies that are inhumane, stupid and anti american. Anyway, thank you for article and bless you and your readers.
"I’m convinced that libertarianism...became attractive because of the undeniable fact that government...never does anything good. If they do something, it will make things worse." This has been my attitude for the last 10 years or so, and I can now fully say that I hate government. It is useless because composed of criminals, and criminals only do harm. But the answer is to stop funding the psychopaths in power and ultimately (for your own psychological well-being) to stop giving them your attention. Like Covid, they go away when you turn off the TV (i.e., when you stop reading the mainstream sites that give the losers their day in the sun). On the former, you should know that only federal employees are required to pay income tax; your participation in that scam is one of "voluntary compliance," so it’s critical that you not volunteer. See Peter Eric Hendrickson's must read, "Cracking the Code," for an explanation of the tax code as a massive fraud based on the ordinary citizen's failure to properly interpret the code's deceptive language.
As someone who has been ranting about Daylight Stupid Time for decades, I fully recognize the futility of trying to get the felonious fedgov to do anything in our favor. As noted, a lottery would be a vast improvement, but as you also noted, it ain't gonna happen.
Your essay makes yet another case for Secession, which won't be pretty (thanks to arch criminal Abe), but not as ugly as staying with this wretched, soul sucking mess. After the last "election" color me astonished that anyone can think they are going to vote their way of this or fix anything about it.
Here's to hoping you turn your skills toward the states becoming independent, which is admittedly a narrow path, but the only the one that leads to freedom. ~~ j ~~
Can we just stick a fork in it?
https://open.substack.com/pub/doc115/p/how-to-fix-a-system-thats-rigged?r=18tk5o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I used to know a Pentagon police officer. He told stories about finding congress critters in the woods that used to exist east of the Pentagon and north of Crystal City. Congress critters had a secret love for homeless men. Maybe that is why they didn't want to help them find housing or work?