Independent Movement Blog: Recent Comments

Comment on Texas Primary: Blacks, Bubbas and La Raza Unida

2008-08-21T20:28:14Z

As of today, half of 'former Clinton supporters' have not decided for whom they will vote and 20% say they may vote for McCain. I live in NW Louisiana and travel East Texas extensively; I helped get Nader on the ballot in Texas in 2004 and, during that time, became well acquainted with Independents and third-party members in that region of your state. I appreciate your, as well as many others', desire for what seems like a 'breath of fresh air' in Obama but the racial disparity you noted in your message is more than a 'minor infraction' to be passed over so casually. If Clinton were the apparent nominee going into the DNC convention, and she were not actively courting black and older Americans, she'd be denied or, at least, scolded. Those who are blindly supporting Obama should be holding him more accountable, as his opponents surely will; he should be tested during the crucible of the nominationg process so as to better prepare him for the actual election. Without doing so, you're giving him enough leash to hang himself.

Comment on Mercy, Mercy Me…What Are Independents To Do?

2008-07-31T17:27:12Z

To summarize, the war is not the issue with me. Speaking Chinese is and from what I see most have bought into globalization. That's bad and the reason for job loss. Soon you will be living on foreign soil , right here in America as property is being gobbled up by foreign investors. Foreclosures are not what bothers me its bailing the banks out with our tax dollars while all of America remains silent, duh! Your silence tells Washington and big business it's ok to continue.

Continue to leave the boarders open. Go ahead and grant Amnesty. It's ok to import food and poison and kill our animals and children. It’s a good thing to pay those fat bankers off for doing a lousy job with our tax dollars. Keep raising gas prices we can afford it. Give free medical , housing and education to illegal Immigrants we can pay for ours. Oh ya and its ok to have sanctuary cities
and ms-13 gang members selling drugs and shooting us. We applaud the senators and other politicians who have gone to jail and still qualify to draw there pension money. We fully understand Carl Rove refusing to show up for a SUBPOENA . WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT HE IS. and understand if it were any of us we would go to jail. We acknowledge and understand all of these and hundreds more and absolutely agree with those we elected that it's ok. Un-doubtable we will re-elect them to office again and again.

Comment on Can We Change Politics in America?

2008-07-10T01:06:37Z

I might quibble with the tone of the statement that "the political elite triangulates, wages war and drives the American economy into recession.". I might call the ruling clique the "fincancial elitists". Who have no loyalty to any nation or constitution, only to Lord Dollar. The writer's implication is that "driving the US economy towards recession" is an intential design. I would hold it is merely the result of $-elitists' Midas mentality. That such consequences might affect others I would guess is no concern of theirs. They have the ill-gotten wherewithal to ride out such trivia as "costs of living". As well as an entire, spineless suck-up of a media to cover for them, blame the proper victims, obfuscate, generate fear & loathing for any who might question the deep sincerity of their black hearts. They do not "intentionally" inflict recessionary consequences, I would say, but rather they are borderline sociopaths, if on the far side of the border. --Well, ok, I said "Black Hearts", & probably it is only "Grey Hearts". Since finacial elitists are not responsible for items left in the constitution, it is of little importance whether they may have actual good intentions or ill. They are probably very nice people, in person. Just dangerously wrong people to trust for getting us out of their mega-messes, much less those resulting of our own less-than-adequately-rational understandings. With a media not in thrall to the thrilling promise of getting an invite to King George's court, regular Americans could have all the sense it takes to get policy choices right. ("Could have", because without actual true factal info, no mind can chose well.) I want to be proud of my countrymen & women like that again! The order is TALL, ---but, by dog, we're TALLER! We're AMERICANS!

Comment on Can We Change Politics in America?

2008-07-04T14:16:34Z

When a single party controls all three branches of government, the Constitution is at risk. For the first years of the Bush administration there was no Congressional oversight, no checks and balances, and an imperial President who was above the law.

A good way to break the monopoly of the two party system would be to make Instant Runoff Voting a requirement for all elections. This would make a multi-party system allowable. Third parties would not be spoilers.

http://www.seconnecticut.com/elections.htm

Comment on Can We Change Politics in America?

2008-07-01T19:36:43Z

Partisan entries don't lead us to the core of the independent movement. The discussion takes focus away from the real threat - special interests, lobbyists and corruption.

If we review voting records and campaign donations, it becomes crystal clear that very few in Congress are not controlled by lobbyists & special interests.

Barack Obama is no exception.

Comment on Make Way Baby Boomers or "The Watergate Generation Manifesto"

2008-07-01T19:30:40Z

Watching these events and others unfold in front of our eyes beginning at a young age, combined with the current failures in Congress have become simply "too much". We're at a breaking point and the fury is overwhelming.

People are waking up to the corruption running rampant from the President all the way down.

There are a set of laws in place that have been broken to pieces - our precious U.S. Constitution. It is in place to keep corruption at bay and Congress is ignoring it.

Without laws, chaos is sure to ensue. We're in the middle of chaos.

It's time for We The People to STAND UP.

Comment on Can We Change Politics in America?

2008-06-25T15:34:47Z

C'mon, "Republicans and Republican lites"? Clintons are so far from republican as is McCain. And certainly the Dems are as much to blame for disunity as anyone. Disagreements? Yes we will have them and they are good for the country, but the Party elites need to know that the people are in charge as they wrestle to take our liberties away from us. O'Bama is as divisional as the rest of them. His history is of elitism. His voting record is nearly non existent, His message is admittedly wonderful and inspiring, but idealistic.

There are very hard decisions to be made here to undo a gradual change which has occurred over a long period of time. We have strayed dramatically form the constitutional issues and allowed more power to the federal government. An independent candidate would be interested most in restoring the will of the people by moving the power back into the states hands and reducing the size of the federal government. This will take true leadership, and I don't see anyone right now who displays that level of character.