Forum Post: Via Represent.US
Posted 10 years ago on Nov. 3, 2014, 2:39 p.m. EST by turbocharger
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After Election Day, we’ve got some FUN voting to do.
Represent.Us has been collecting the worst political emails of 2014 — and the results aren’t pretty. But I think you’ll enjoy voting for the worst of the worst, including...
The BuzzWorthAbleEst Award The email with the most misleading subject line
The 3 pt Font Award The email with the tiniest unsubscribe link
The “There’s no way this email actually came from the president” Award The email with the least believable “From” line
Our goal is to send a message to political campaigns, parties and committees: you have to do better! It’s time to abandon the cynical gimmicks and deliver on the promise of grassroots fundraising to fix our broken political system.
Right now, you can get the SCREAMING out of your inbox and into ours — forward the worst political emails you receive to ALLCAPS@Represent.Us before the end of Election Day. And don’t forget to include your snarky comments and suggestions for new categories and awards!
The Election Turnout Numbers & state by state breakdown percentage data, that speak volumes of demoCRAZY deMOCKERYcy in The U$A :
The GOP won ~16% of the total eligible vote and majorities in BOTH houses, on a turnout of ~33% !!!
In a 'First Past The Post' System in a Corporate Co-Opted Duopoly, just howTF is that democracy ?!!
Now all the cold hard realities of deMOCKERYcy in the U$A are clear as day to all who care to look !
veritas vos liberabit ...
"In other words, democracy in the US is certified as dead. The official winners of the mid-term elections may be Republicans. With deep pockets splurging on vitriolic television attack-ads, the Grand Old Party may have managed to buy a majority of seats in the Senate and House, but buying these seats hardly amounts to a mandate-to-rule from the people – when the vast majority of citizens refuse to vote, and many of those that did vote express only contempt for both parties."
"...for the rest of the world, the carnival of American money-politics and the bellicose arrogance of those sitting on top of Capitol Hill, is something to view with deep dread.
For the next two years, the world better be on its guard against America’s war machine – a war machine that is fuelled with a delusional mandate."
Truth. Beneficent leaders seek a mandate to rule. What we have in America are rulers who could care less about having a mandate.
What we have in America are rulers who could care less about having a mandate.
Truth
They don't need no stinkin' mandate,Turbo.
Tell me about the rabbits George, tell me again about the rabbits. Please George, please tell me about the rabbits, tell me about the rabbits George!!
OK Lennie, OK. You see Lennie, we're gonna have a big farm. And Lennie, that farm's gonna be all ours. And Lennie, Lennie, we're gonna have plenty of rabbits. Plenty of rabbits Lennie. You see.
But Lennie, there ain't gonna be no rabbits if the RepubliCONs win. There jus' ain't.
That's why we have to vote in the DemoCRAPs. If the DemoCRAPs win all our dreams will come true. And they'll be rabbits Lennie. Plenty of 'em.
George, tell me about the democraps, tell me about the Democraps George. Please tell me about the Democraps George. Please George!
''Bernie Sanders, Vermont’s independent senator, is angry about what he sees as big money’s wholesale purchase of political power. It’s a grave threat, he believes, not only to our electoral process but to democracy itself.
''Two weeks ago, Sanders visited a town hall meeting in Richmond, California, to fire up supporters of Mayor Gayle McLaughlin and a slate of progressive city council candidates. They’re running against a ticket backed by the energy giant Chevron, the third largest corporation in the United States. Chevron owns an enormous refinery in Richmond and is spending $3 million to defeat the progressives, who have charged the oil company with damaging the city’s economy and environment.'' from :
''Bernie Sanders on Breaking Big Money's Grip on Elections'', with Bill Moyers (Video) : http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27197-bernie-sanders-on-breaking-big-money-s-grip-on-elections + see ..
''Computerized Vote Rigging Is Still the Unseen Threat to US Democracy : It's Time to Change the System'', by Victoria Collier : http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27204-computerized-vote-rigging-is-still-the-unseen-threat-to-american-democracy-it-s-time-to-change-the-system &
''Vote Counts and Polls : An Insidious Feedback Loop'', by Jonathan D. Simon : http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27203-vote-counts-and-polls-an-insidious-feedback-loop -
From which .. ''Since polls and election outcomes are, after some shaky years following the advent of computerized vote counting, now in close agreement, everything looks just fine. But it is a consistency brought about by the polling profession's imperative to find a way to mirror or predict vote counts (imagine, if you will, the professional fate of a pollster stubbornly employing undistorted methodology, who insisted that his/her polls were right and both the official vote counts and all the other pollsters wrong!). It is a consistency which, though achieved without malice on the part of the pollsters, is capable of concealing computerized election theft on a scale grand enough to equate to a rolling coup. On Election Day, accurate polls should be seen as a red flag.''
vox populi vox dei ?
And meanwhile Sanders is silent on the things Dems do...
Sanders likes his perks. Fuck him.
Good point re B.S. & well made, lol. Gotta keep it short & sweet right now as my bedtime here after a long day where I am but couldn't retire without laying this down here in response to your pithy analysis :
''Independent political action against the corporate state is the single most important issue, not only in every big election but also in day to day resistance against capitalism and militarism. Otherwise every other issue of great importance— yes, including fossil fuels and climate change, the militarization of police departments, the ruling class war of attrition against the working class— will gain no traction. In class struggles, there is a law of nature: No friction, no traction.''
multum in parvo ...
Sanders is probably the least rotten out of the 535 of em, but anyone who has lasted this long in the system and has been able to keep their mouths shut like that, probably isn't quite cut out to stop the corruption, much less do a 180.
Pro-War but ''least rotten'' !!! Sums up so much about the spectrum of US Politricks !! Y'all need some 'traction via friction' ! Here's some more reasons why :
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40130.htm and just in case you can face it ..
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27223-2014-election-night-coverage-with-democracy-now
The Corporate Controlled Duopoly plays musical chairs with its hired help, in a democracy that is more of a demoCRAZY deMOCKERYcy than anything else !!! Fascism in all but name !! Whooopee-fkn-doo !
It's gotta be time for: heads outta the sand; thumbs outta butts; brains outta 'neutral' & best foot forward ... on the small steps towards a better future, now surely because otherwise, just wtf is the option ? ~*~
dum spiro, spero ...