He whispered to me that he was going to break a family tradition of voting Democrat and vote for General Eisenhower as the Republican candidate for president.
At the time, no one in my family had voted Republican since the end of the War Between the States, when Republicans had outlawed former Confederate soldiers from voting.
But the sad truth is the American public has been unable to impact or sway Congress in any meaningful way since the Civil War.
Think about this: There has not been a third party in the US able to break into the ironclad two-party system since the Republican Party nominated Abraham Lincoln as the presidential nominee for the election of 1860.
That was over 150 years ago.
Total political advertising spending for the 2014 election should reach $2.5 billion dollars and most of the payoff money goes to only six big media companies: GE, News Corp, Disney, Viacom, Time Warner and CBS.
These companies are your true government, because they tell you what to think, who to vote for, and the overwhelming number of Americans, simply obey.
The media use establishment sources and opinion along with so-called experts from controlled think tanks to orchestrate public opinion on issues of importance to the power elite.
‘Programming’ isn’t something on TV, it’s something TV puts in you. Though the problem is much deeper than simply the media.
Politicians Aren’t Interested in Us or Our Best Interests.
Both parties and all candidates claim to respect our opinions and love us at election time and say they want to save us from the evils of the other candidates but in reality they couldn’t care less about voters except as a means to an end, their election.
They are, with very few exceptions, parasites living off the government payroll and special interest campaign donations of a few major campaign contributors.
These contributors, through PACS and other now legal funding devices, own most legislators and all members of the Senate and House with an exception or two.
Remember, while there still are a few politicians elected who speak for freedom forces, they are guaranteed to never have a majority on any issue of importance to the power elite.
Political Power at the Polling Booth is a False, Manufactured Reality.
Today there is no way voters can impact politicians at the voting booth. While casting your ballot might make you feel better, it is still a total illusion and false reality that you are participating in the political system.
I’m not saying do not vote, only that your vote will not matter at all when it comes to electing politicians, except for potentially electing an occasional voice in the wilderness that can’t be either bought or manipulated through blackmail or extortion.
Sadly, these incorruptible politicians are few and far between.
Why do you think the NSA has almost total control over communications around the world?
It certainly isn’t to defend the country or protect us against the latest conjured-up terrorist threat, but to control politicians and people of wealth and power. This is how the real world is governed, controlled and manipulated and we simply are not allowed to play.
The masses have been kept outside the political system for over 50 years and nothing has changed except that we are more politically impotent than ever.
Now, you can still speak, write or do anything you want in the US unless you threaten the powerful special interests of the power elite because they desire to perpetuate their illusion of freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, etc.
Finally, woe to elected officials, candidates or popular non-elected leaders who through reputation or political statue do threaten the ultimate power of elite control. Consider George Wallace, Martin Luther King, President John Kennedy, Ross Perot, Ron Paul, etc.
Some are assassinated, others find themselves or their families threatened or plain old vanilla dirty tricks take them out of the running or cause them to lose the election.
Ultimately, the Only Way to Vote for Change Is With Your Feet
Tens of millions of people every year vote with their feet to leave their hometown, state/province or country to move to a different nation or location where they can live as they choose and prosper.
Moving and voting with your feet is a positive response to existing closed political and economic systems.
I must remind you of one of my favorite early American heroes, Davy Crockett. We remember him for his bravery at the Alamo but before that he was a Tennessee congressman in Washington who lost his seat in an election to an opponent. His response to the voters was classic: “You may all go to Hell, and I will go to Texas.”
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