Lincoln. Harding. Eisenhower. We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the…
Monday Ménage: Trivial Men. Pure Wind. Politics.
Nathan. Orwell. Chisholm. Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.…
Monday Ménage: Knowledge. Born Ignorant. Unbelievable Thing.
Thomas Hobbes. Baruch Spinoza. The Former Guy. Desire of knowledge, and of arts of peace, inclineth men to obey a common power; for such desire,…
Monday Ménage: Tyrants. A Catcher’s Mitt. Realities of Democracy.
Abigail Adams. Maya Angelou. Elizabeth Warren. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the…
Monday Ménage: Liberalism. Painful Alternative. Wisdom.
Gladstone. Galbraith. Plato. Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. William E. Gladstone. …
Monday Ménage: Tyrants. Misogyny. You’re Fired.
Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies we are determined to forment…
Monday Ménage: Crafting The Legs. Participating. Realities of Democracy.
Sandra Sealy. Jessica Valenti. Elizabeth Warren. Women have always had to be creative about making limited resources work to sustain themselves and their families. They understand…
Monday Ménage: That Name. Not Yours. One Link.
Coates. Ali. Cooper. We were coloreds or Negroes, and to call someone Black was to invite a fistfight. But Malcolm remade the menace inherent in…
Monday Ménage: Buying It. Choosing Leaders. Double Consciousness.
Truman. Kassem. Du Bois. Republicans approve of the American farmer - but they are willing to help him go broke. They stand four-square for the…
Monday Ménage: Truth, Wisdom and The Courage To Speak It
~ Frederick Douglass ~ What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all…
Monday Ménage: That Special Breed
Russell. Thompson. Pevernagie. The special skill of the politician consists in knowing what passions can be most easily aroused, and how to prevent them, when…
Monday Ménage, With A Plus One: Laughing At Politicians
Barry. Rogers. Truman. Bierce. The question is why are politicians so eager to be president? What is it about the job that makes it worth…
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WayBack Wednesday: Campaigns and Media. Criticism and Culture. Recognising Truth.
Politics. Truth. Campaign Performance. X/Twitter. TikTok. Instagram. Podcast ABC-XYZ. Etc., Etc., Etc. ~ News Media and Presidential Campaigns » The style of campaigning is symbolic…
Monday Ménage: Corporate Elite. An Occupation. Fascism.
Useem. Mills. Wolfe. The political concerns of members of the corporate elite are affected by three competing principles. These principles have fundamentally different implications for…
Monday Ménage: Civic Society. Three-Ring Circus. Votes.
Lynch. Isenberg. Stalin. Voting is how we participate in a civic society - be it for president, be it for a municipal election. It's the…
Monday Ménage: Leadership. Reason. Liberal and Journalist.
Dew. Einstein. Cronkite. True leaders understand that leadership is not about them but about those they serve. It is not about exalting themselves but about…
Monday Ménage: Apathy. Bankable Asset. Politics.
Montesquieu. Floyd. Nathan. When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be…
Monday Ménage: Impostor. A Thing. Fear.
Rousseau. Fromm. Martel. The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying This is mine, and found people simple enough…
Monday Ménage: Proud. Struggling. Surviving.
~ Success ~ Akwesasne Notes. LaDuke/Churchill. Alfred. The Hau de no sau nee, People of the Longhouse, who are known to many Europeans as…
Monday Ménage: Brainless Swine. Visionary Hysteria. Profit In The Republic.
Thompson. Pevernagie. Mencken. The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage & whup…
Monday Ménage: Limited Resources. Ultimate Goal. Don’t Leave Shit Up To Others.
Sealy. Taryam. Valenti. Women have always had to be #creative about making limited resources work to sustain themselves and their families. They understand what it…
WayBack Wednesday: A Repeat As Reminder
The next national election is Tuesday, November 5, 2024 – just over a year from now. How will Dems and Biden fare? How will Repubs and…
Monday Ménage: Tomorrows, Remedies, And Morons
Churchill. Marx. Borowitz. A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to…
Monday Menage: Armed Militias. Electoral Disaster. Church Burnings vs Voter Fraud.
~ 2023 - Lessons Not Learned ~ We have been studying the armed militias with a group of more than 100 analysts and reporters for…
Monday Ménage: Citizens, Prejudices, and The Imbecile
Naskar. Heinlein. Brecht. If a criminal becomes a politician, it's the fault of the citizens, not the system, and if a system keeps failing…
Monday Ménage: Being Equal, Lesser Than, And Kicking Ass
Truth. Khan. Angelou. I have plowed and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed, and can any man do more than that? I have heard…
Monday Ménage: D’s and R’s and Fantasies Unchecked
Hart. Kennedy. Chase Smith. It’s not just tougher out there. It’s become a situation where the contest is how much you can destroy the system,…