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 revealing on national television that you have the…
Just An Image, Or Two
A Great Afternoon in the Park (more…)
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 of – and results from – the central…
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 the ways in which business managers participate in…
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 way we teach our children - in school…
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 lifting others up. Sheri L. Dew. All…
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 no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the…
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 to believe him, was the real founder of…
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 the Six Nations Iroquois, have inhabited their territories…
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 their supporters into an orgiastic frenzy—then go back…
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 means to make the hard decisions and to…
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 … ?. Shit, never mind. It will be…
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 have the ability afterwards to explain why it…
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 many months. The issue for us was never…
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 to oust the criminals from politics, that too…
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 much about the sexes being equal. I can…
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, rather than how much you can make it…
Monday Ménage: Images, With A Plus One
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Monday Ménage: Your Mind, In Trouble, By Fear
Ochel. Plato. Gladstone. Until you realize how easily it is for your mind to be manipulated, you remain the puppet of someone else's game. Evita Ochel. Mankind will never see an end…
Monday Ménage: Decide, Cannot Accept, Fear
Angelou. Davis. Suu Kyi. You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Maya Angelou. I am no longer accepting…
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Monday Ménage: Ultimate Goal, New System, Respect and Admiration
Taryam. Milne. Clark/Merkel. There needs to be a fundamental shift in the way societies view women in government, one that does not see them as mere seat-fillers or stats on a chart, they…
Oh What A Day…
Throughout history, much has happened on this day, 22 June. Here are a few events of interest: 1377 - 10-year-old Richard of Bordeaux, France, succeeds his grandfather Edward III as Richard II, King…
Monday Ménage: Small Nooks, Entire History, Bamboozled
Aurelius. Vowell. Sagan. Casting aside other things, hold to the precious few; and besides bear in mind that every man lives only the present, which is an indivisible point, and that all the…
Monday Ménage: American History, Today
Nixon. Berlet/Lyons. Nichols. The knock on the door in the summer of 1995 surprised the Rev. James Carter. He wasn't expecting company. It was a Sunday evening, and he'd planned to catch up…
Monday Ménage: It’s All True
King. Eisenhower. Mencken. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. Martin Luther King, Jr.…
Monday Ménage: Number 33
Today there was another mass-shooting, mass-murder at a U.S. school. At a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, 3 children and 3 adults were murdered by a 28-year old female shooter. Today's killings marks…
Monday Ménage, With A Plus-One: Politics and Politicians, Ya Gotta Laugh
Bruce. Sandburg. Twain. Truman. The American Constitution was not written to protect criminals; it was written to protect the government from becoming criminals. Lenny Bruce. All politicians should have three hats –…
Monday Ménage: Edition Crafting The Legs, Betterment of The World, Women and The Important Things
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 means to make the hard decisions and to…