Sunday, December 29, 2019

99+% of U.S. voters never voted for pelosi or mcconnell

  • kentucky's mcconnell got 806,787 votes in his last election (2014). 
  • california's 12th congressional district representative pelosi got 275,292 votes in her last election (2018). 
  • approximately 138,847,000 voters voted in the 2016 presidential election. 
  • 806,787/138,847,000 = 0.00581
  • 275,292/138,847,000 = 0.00198
granted that in a national election, mcconnell and pelosi would get some votes outside their respective kentucky and san francisco, but enough to win a national election? no way. yet, speaker of the house and senate majority leader are major players in our national government. two powerful old timers misrepresenting the vast majority of us. 

enough already!

have you had enough? to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for  republican and democratic party candidates, including incumbents. 
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voting for a republican or a democrat is a vote for their party. 
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even with their billion dollar donors, if voters don't vote for republicans and democrats, then the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die.

once the republican and democratic parties are gone, and lobbyists are rendered powerless, then much-needed changes to the constitution can be made--like "no taxation without representation", a.k.a. powerful national politicians (e.g. pelosi, mcconnell, etc.) that 99+ percent of americans didn't vote for.

hopefully, some day, when the republican party, the democratic party, antiquated party rules and lobbyists are gone, and the constitution has been amended, then we'll be able to vote for leaders who will try to make our country better rather than throw rocks at each other.

nothing will be better for our country. 


the same goes for the news media--stop patronizing biased news media that lobby for the republican and democratic parties instead of reporting the news factually and truthfully. they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA. 




Saturday, December 28, 2019

disgusted with politics

democrats, republicans, pelosi, trump, schumer, mcconnell, congress, impeachment, nra, national debt, political campaigns, politicians in general, debates, rhetoric, news media, cnn, fox news, talking heads, ... 



enough already!

have you had enough? to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for  republican and democratic party candidates, including incumbents. 
image by Democracy Chronicles

voting for a republican or a democrat is a vote for their party. 
public domain

even with their billion dollar donors, if voters don't vote for republicans and democrats, then the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die.

once the republican and democratic parties are gone, and lobbyists are rendered powerless, then much-needed changes to the constitution can be made--like "no taxation without representation", a.k.a. powerful national politicians (e.g. pelosi, mcconnell, etc.) that 99+ percent of americans didn't vote for.

hopefully, some day, when the republican party, the democratic party, antiquated party rules and lobbyists are gone, and the constitution has been amended, then we'll be able to vote for leaders who will try to make our country better rather than throw rocks at each other.

nothing will be better for our country. 


the same goes for the news media--stop patronizing biased news media that lobby for the republican and democratic parties instead of reporting the news factually and truthfully. they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA. 




Saturday, December 21, 2019

please, santa, all I want for christmas is no trump, no pelosi, no republicans and no democrats

no sane person would argue that speaker of the house and senate majority leader aren't two of the most powerful positions in the federal government. how representative of the american people are two national politicians that 99+ percent of americans didn't vote for? in a democracy? 
  • kentucky's mcconnell got 806,787 votes in his last election (2014). 
  • california's 12th congressional district representative pelosi got 275,292 votes in her last election (2018). 
  • approximately 138,847,000 voters voted in the 2016 presidential election. 
  • 806,787/138,847,000 = 0.00581
  • 275,292/138,847,000 = 0.00198

granted that in a national election, mcconnell and pelosi would get some votes outside their respective kentucky and san francisco, but enough to win a national election? 
NO WAY!!! 

pelosi and mcconnell were elected to represent the voters in their state/district. yet, speaker of the house and senate majority leader are major players in our national government. two powerful old timers misrepresenting the vast majority of us. some democracy. needless to say, national leaders should be elected nationally



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had enough? 

who do you trust?
   - the republican and democratic parties that are financed by billionaire corporations and billionaire PACs that supply us with the candidates for public office? 
   - biased news media?

to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for  republican and democratic party candidates, including incumbents. 
image by Democracy Chronicles

voting for a republican or a democrat is a vote for their party. 
public domain

even with their billion dollar donors, if voters don't vote for republicans and democrats, then the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die.

once the republican and democratic parties are gone, and lobbyists are rendered powerless, then much-needed changes to the constitution can be made--like "no taxation without representation", a.k.a. powerful national politicians that 99+ percent of americans didn't vote for.

in the next election--national, state or local--vote for your local (state/county) representatives. hopefully, some day, when the republican party, the democratic party, antiquated party rules and lobbyists are gone, and the constitution has been amended, then we'll ALL be able to vote for our national leaders.

nothing will be better for our country. 


the same goes for the news media--stop patronizing biased news media that lobby for the republican and democratic parties instead of reporting the news factually and truthfully. they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA. 




Friday, December 20, 2019

our nation is defined by the personal qualities of its people and its leaders

a quality is a distinctive attribute or characteristic possessed by someone(s) or something(s). 

our nation is defined by the personal qualities of its people and its leaders. 

why don't voters more carefully consider the qualities of the people that they elect to represent them and our nation?

beats me.







had enough? 

who do you trust?
   - the republican and democratic parties that are financed by billionaire corporations and billionaire PACs that supply us with the candidates for public office? 
   - biased news media?

to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for  republican and democratic party candidates, including incumbents. 
image by Democracy Chronicles

voting for a republican or a democrat is a vote for their party. 
public domain

even with their billion dollar donors, if voters don't vote for republicans and democrats, then the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die.

in the next election--national, state or local--vote for someone who has the qualities that you want for yourself and for your country.

nothing will be better for our country. 


the same goes for the news media--stop patronizing biased news media that lobby for the republican and democratic parties instead of reporting the news factually and truthfully. they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA. 




Thursday, December 19, 2019

recipe for a divided country

ingredients 
1 constitution
1 house of representatives
1 senate
2 political parties
politicians w/o term limits 
party rules

preparation 
1. sort the house politicians according to party
2.  sort the house politicians according to age
3. sort the senate politicians according to party
4. sort the senate politicians according to age
5. take the oldest, most partisan, politician from the majority party in the house
6. make them speaker of the house
7. take the oldest, most partisan, politician from the majority party in the senate
8. make them senate majority leader
voila!
a divided country

the oldest, most partisan, majority party politician in the USHOR (who could represent the least populated district of the 435 USHOR districts) now has control over the agenda of the entire USHOR.

and, the oldest, most partisan, majority party politician in the senate (who could represent the least populated state of our 50 states) now has control over the agenda of the entire US Senate.

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had enough? 

who do you trust?
the republican and democratic parties that are financed by billionaire corporations and billionaire PACs that supply us with the candidates for public office? 
image by Democracy Chronicles

   
   - biased news media?

to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for  republican and democratic party candidates, including incumbents. 

voting for a 
republican or a democrat is a vote for their party. 

public domain

in the next election--national, state or local--don't vote republicans or democrats. even with their billion dollar donors, if voters don't vote for republicans and democrats, then the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die.

nothing will be better for our country. 


the same goes for the news media--stop patronizing biased news media that lobby for the republican and democratic parties instead of reporting the news factually and truthfully. they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA.