Greetings good citizen, the 'real election' took place yesterday and same as it ever was the results 'reflect' those of the general election.
More than a few were hoping for an upset because despite what they're [the bought and paid for media] is saying now [that the electoral college exists to protect the slaveholding states from the 'tyranny of the majority'...an argument that makes you wonder who else might need that kind of 'protection', The One Percent perhaps?]
When I was in school I was taught that the electoral college existed to 'prevent mistakes'...like a populist egomaniac hoodwinking the downtrodden with promises they had no intention of keeping.
It has long been evident that elections are 'staged events' literally 'choreographed' to provide 'the rabble' with the 'illusion of participation'.
Left to our imaginations is why this 'safeguard' exists at all if it's just 'eyewash'?
Abolishing the electoral college will have the identical effect as overturning Citizen's United...ZERO.
That said, what do you suppose they're up to? The Kings of old stepped off their thrones as one and some of them even championed the, er, 'democratization' [read looting] of their kingdoms.
The Magna Carta took SOME of the stuffing out of being king but they were still the 'supreme commander' and defacto 'owner' of everything in, on and under their land. Why 'walk away' from that?
In many respects, they didn't.
Most of them stepped off their thrones, walked into their treasuries, changed the name to First Bank and opened for business!
I will not digress into a discussion of who, precisely, is responsible for this fiasco but if you need a hint I point to the 'new musical' that celebrates his, er, single handed revolution brought about by being the 'father of modern banking'.
Sort of a damning indictment to count him among the 'founders' considering his 'innovations' are responsible for the bankrupting of humanity we are experiencing today.
Let us pick up our feet and move away from tawdry business surrounding the pauperization of those who make, shall we?
Instead we take a moment to focus on the 'fantasy world' the successors of those who wear purple have created.
How many of you caught today's headlines in the NY Times?
The one where some anonymous talking head is quoted as noting China is a Dragon, England is a lion and the US is an Eagle...and when the Dragon wakes up, the rest will all be 'snacks'.
A childish game of my 'totem' can eat yours, essentially meaningless in a thermo-nuclear armed world...but not so much if the intestinal fortitude to use those weapons doesn't exist.
How many times have the writers of today's infantile entertainment had the drop on the bad guy but for reasons unexplained the good guy doesn't pull the trigger? If it were RL the bad guy would be Swiss Cheese but no, the idiot writer has a 'different outcome' in mind.
[Being a writer I am hypercritical of those whose characters don't behave 'realistically'. It's almost as infuriating as having the hero drop a sniper from 500 yards with a snub-nose pistol, he'd have better luck throwing the handgun at his target!]
Sorry, pet peeves often get the better of me. [Before you criticize my writing I invite you to actually read some!]
Again, I digress...
Back to the theme at hand. How many of you are wondering why the Electoral college failed to protect us considering we have finally encountered the ONE CIRCUMSTANCE the body was established FOR?
Well, it really does come down to who, precisely, is 'calling the shots'...because this wouldn't be happening if this isn't what THEY want.
Reality check here good citizen, FDR he ain't.
What comes next is anybody's guess but it's a pretty safe bet it won't be anyone's idea of a 'walk in the park'.
Beware, good citizen!
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
More than a few were hoping for an upset because despite what they're [the bought and paid for media] is saying now [that the electoral college exists to protect the slaveholding states from the 'tyranny of the majority'...an argument that makes you wonder who else might need that kind of 'protection', The One Percent perhaps?]
When I was in school I was taught that the electoral college existed to 'prevent mistakes'...like a populist egomaniac hoodwinking the downtrodden with promises they had no intention of keeping.
It has long been evident that elections are 'staged events' literally 'choreographed' to provide 'the rabble' with the 'illusion of participation'.
Left to our imaginations is why this 'safeguard' exists at all if it's just 'eyewash'?
Abolishing the electoral college will have the identical effect as overturning Citizen's United...ZERO.
That said, what do you suppose they're up to? The Kings of old stepped off their thrones as one and some of them even championed the, er, 'democratization' [read looting] of their kingdoms.
The Magna Carta took SOME of the stuffing out of being king but they were still the 'supreme commander' and defacto 'owner' of everything in, on and under their land. Why 'walk away' from that?
In many respects, they didn't.
Most of them stepped off their thrones, walked into their treasuries, changed the name to First Bank and opened for business!
I will not digress into a discussion of who, precisely, is responsible for this fiasco but if you need a hint I point to the 'new musical' that celebrates his, er, single handed revolution brought about by being the 'father of modern banking'.
Sort of a damning indictment to count him among the 'founders' considering his 'innovations' are responsible for the bankrupting of humanity we are experiencing today.
Let us pick up our feet and move away from tawdry business surrounding the pauperization of those who make, shall we?
Instead we take a moment to focus on the 'fantasy world' the successors of those who wear purple have created.
How many of you caught today's headlines in the NY Times?
The one where some anonymous talking head is quoted as noting China is a Dragon, England is a lion and the US is an Eagle...and when the Dragon wakes up, the rest will all be 'snacks'.
A childish game of my 'totem' can eat yours, essentially meaningless in a thermo-nuclear armed world...but not so much if the intestinal fortitude to use those weapons doesn't exist.
How many times have the writers of today's infantile entertainment had the drop on the bad guy but for reasons unexplained the good guy doesn't pull the trigger? If it were RL the bad guy would be Swiss Cheese but no, the idiot writer has a 'different outcome' in mind.
[Being a writer I am hypercritical of those whose characters don't behave 'realistically'. It's almost as infuriating as having the hero drop a sniper from 500 yards with a snub-nose pistol, he'd have better luck throwing the handgun at his target!]
Sorry, pet peeves often get the better of me. [Before you criticize my writing I invite you to actually read some!]
Again, I digress...
Back to the theme at hand. How many of you are wondering why the Electoral college failed to protect us considering we have finally encountered the ONE CIRCUMSTANCE the body was established FOR?
Well, it really does come down to who, precisely, is 'calling the shots'...because this wouldn't be happening if this isn't what THEY want.
Reality check here good citizen, FDR he ain't.
What comes next is anybody's guess but it's a pretty safe bet it won't be anyone's idea of a 'walk in the park'.
Beware, good citizen!
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
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