Nice democracy ya got there…be a shame if something happened to it.
What
would be job one in America if all the
people really believed in democracy? It would be to make voting as
universal and as easy as possible.
But
some Americans have other ideas about elections in our country. They include the members of the Supreme Court, who want to make it easier to buy elections, and many state governors with ideas
about voter suppression. Those who believe in massive
voter fraud also tend to believe in a few other mythical ideas, like
trickle-down economics, American Exceptionalism, a 6,000 year old earth, and
spooks (not the CIA kind).
America has seen some
impressive winning streaks: UCLA basketball under John Wooden, Cal Ripken, the Chicago Bulls with Michael Jordan,
the New York Yankees, but few can surpass
the string of wins racked up by America’s rich. Now, thanks to your Supreme
Court, the super-wealthy can take another victory lap:
Perhaps we should now rename the first 10 Amendments:
Look out below, we’re off to see the Wizard of Wonderland:
Empires begin to die once the corruption starts. The
first sign of the down-fall is when the infrastructure starts to crumble, and we are already
way past that. When a great republic is no longer viable, it collapses.
We had a good thing going and it is a rotten shame that we have hit the auto-destruct
button without a fight.
The GM scumbags messed with the GM airbags:
Ft. Hood has another shooting:
Obamacare crosses finish line, meets goal, but nothing changed:
