Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Like to be the President for all the People! Why Build a wall? Be a Hero and do this.

Brilliant Campaign. Tactics and  and strategy. Ran like a Democrat to beat the Republicans and then picked up some of Bernie to beat Hillary; and then throw in a little Richard Nixon on the side.

I will start by apologizing tor calling you Duh Donald and Lying Donald and orange pumpkin man. It was almost Halloween.
In your Victory speech I heard:
It’s time. I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be president for all Americans.
 This is great. I hope I am surprised by how good of a President you will be for the people of all of America.   What about all of north America and South America also, and for the whole world for that matter.

I was from New Mexico in the day of Ronnie Reagan and Bill Clinton. I saw what the Free Trade Zone did and the  the reality behind the free trade zones: the mexican maquiladoras.

I saw many a great American company leave New Mexico. There was Levi Strauss, Farah slack, Motorola, and Intel micro chips, and many other.   Also privatization of what was research and development by the Government at Sandia Laboratory and Los Alamos. All of these destroyed what was a very good economy in the Southwest at that time. I also saw the re-do of the immigration laws of the Reagan Administration days that hurt the agriculture industry in south New Mexico. The end of Day labor that came from El Paso every day and went home to the Mexican side of the border each night. A wall will not stop the devastation of the economy in Mexico or in the United States. Getting rid of NAFTA will be a good start. People come here from Mexico because of a lack of Opportunity. A wall might help a little, but walls like locks are to keep honest people honest. There is always another way to get around or under a wall.

Returning to the type of Control of the Commerce by congress as described in the Constitution in Article 1 sec 8 will help restore a healthy economy to the U.S. Also the Methods of the very common sense work of  Alexander Hamilton Report on Manufactures.
 Also a comment from Thom Hartmann.  on Alexander-Hamilton.

Even if it is decided to go ahead with a wall, consider doing this water and energy project as well. I noticed that your daughter came out in support of the Idea of getting serious about dealing with the issue of climate change.  The Military and the Intelligence people in our Government do consider climate among the most important issues to be dealt with from a security stand point. This Project can create tens of thousands of engineering jobs and Millions of other jobs while saving the biosphere. We are all in this together. With all Due Respect to our soon to be President Trump.

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Media Malpractice and the 2016 Presidential election.

The only industry mentioned in the Constitution of the united states is the press.
The First Amendment.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

From the start of this election cycle  the corporate media treated this election as if it was a reality show. Bloomberg TV even did a piece for showtime called "THE CIRCUS". They treated The Donald as a Joke and the Bern as an outsider and not a real candidate until the first Democratic debate.

Anyone in the media who is a real old school journalist will know that there is no bad press. You can make fun of or demean people in the press, but there is no bad press just press. It all creates recognition for whoever the party being covered is. How many of the stuffed suits that call themselves press remember the fairness doctrine or the equal time rule.  Even if this has been destroyed ever since the Ronald Reagan days the media has a real and serious responsibility to give open and fair coverage in issues of governing this country even if it is no longer in the statutes of law.

The media did an almost virtual black out of the Senator Sanders campaign for the first six month, until the first Democratic debate. There after it was covered but from a very slanted point of view in my opinion. Same with Senator Rand Paul. Of course there was about two billion dollars of free coverage for the Donald, our now President elect.  Which goes to show there is not such a thing as bad press.  There was about a one hundred to one ratio of coverage of Trump over Senator Sanders in the early part of the election cycle. The Media would have a picture of the empty podium waiting for the Donald to arrive from somewhere while Bernie was giving some of the most important speeches of the election in front of some of the biggest crowds with no major media coverage. The  twenty year corporate consolidation of media and Concentration of media ownership along with treating the importance of honest open press as, "little more than an opportunity" for increased cash flow has been the major cause of the Trump election.  Les Moonves, the head of CBS, says Donald Trump has led to money “rolling in” this election cycle. The media let division-ism take hold in our country in a fact free environment. A Quote from  Daniel Patrick Moynihan — 'You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.' 

When the media had full information about the theft of the Democratic primary they gave it little or no coverage except for the small or independent media like Link TV, Free speech TV, or PBS  and C-SPAN. But once it was leaked by WIKIleaks it was big time coverage. There was little  or no coverage of  Voter suppression in this election,  no mater if in the primary by democratic party or by the republicans in the general.   Hillary won the Election and Trump the Electoral Collage.  Donald is right that the election is rigged but not the way that he says. No talk about the real problems of Black Box voting. 
Greg Palast the great investigative reporter and author warned of this plan to steal this election long before the vetoing started.

The Worst of the problem in this election was a real lack of coverage of real and very pressing issues, that will effect our country for years and generations to come.  Our election treated like a cult of personality and not the serious amount of thoughtful discussion that an election deserves. No real information on issues so important to the health of our republic and our planet and children as yet unborn.  Issues like Climate, Real and serious talk about the economy and not just more Trickle down BS. Climate change is not a Chinese hoax.When Hillary started talking about how trickle down supply side does not work; Crickets from the media.   Citizens united and BIG Money in this election. Corruption in both DNC and RNC. How about corruption in banking, wall st, and the insurance industry which has just become a branch of the usury banking industry since the end of glass-steagall under Bill Clinton with a lot of help from some republicans. No talk about the need to fully implement a zero carbon electric grid and economy.  Not a thing about the ongoing mess at the Fukushima nuclear reactors.

Senator Bernie Sanders has clearly stated  in his first serious address since the election last week, that We the people the people of the progressive movement will work with Donald on the issues of real import to our country, and shall fight against every form of vile discrimination that was put out in the election cycle. The progressive Movement will fully support the President elect when appropriate. Support the working class and not just a bunch of Wall St fat cats like we have seen running the republicans in the past.

 Be clear that there is plenty of blame to go around. Not just the Media. The DNC stole the primary and nothing from the media. The Demo Leadership better get a clue! The republicans failed to vet the Donald up front when it might have made a difference. The republicans lie almost all the time so when Trump comes in and tells the truth sometimes he make the stuffed suit republicans gang look really stupid. Trump picked up a lot of votes by picking up a lot of Bernie's talking points. I think it was just rhetoric but it worked. We were all played for the fool by both sides. I have not supported a Dem in a long time and would not have if it was not for Bernie.

The fairly unbalanced gang at Fox so called news is just as responsible for Trump as the gang from the so called liberal press pundits like CNN or MSNBC; who gave Trump vast negative press and inflamed the anti establishment sentiment. All this while failing to address any kind of REAL and serious discussion of the most important issues facing us as a country and a people. It is time for every one to accept responsibility for the mess that this election was and do what we can to set the ship of state on an even keel.




Monday, November 7, 2016

What a great election cycle this year. As free press is the oxygen of democracy; real issues are the food!

  Almost everyone has weighed in on the issues of the elections this year. Even the foreign press is in on the action. From Michael Moore on the left progressive side to past presidents on the the so called right or conservative side of the issues. From the so called war on drugs to the so called  war on terror the corporate media lacks real true perspective of the important issues, or are just paid to not cover the important stuff. Some times it looks more like a war on the free and open press.

  It has come to the point that we really do have the best democracy money can buy. Here is a presentation from the great investigative journalist, Greg Palast on Pirate TV.
Lying Donald Trump is right about election fraud, but not the way that he says it is happening. The full copy of the movie by Greg Palast the best democracy money can buy is out now for three dollars.

  Even those like Wikileaks have brought out the information from the speeches that Hillary gave to the Wall Street Bankers. Lying Donald has still not come out with his Federal Taxes; which must make me ask what is he really hiding?
The FBI has finally cleared The Hillary after eight plus investigations by every one from congress and the senate to DOJ. This does not negate the appearance of what looks like a pay to play issue with the Clinton Foundation. Still I must comment that the Clinton Foundation has done much good around the whole world on the issue of Disease. Which brings up the next issue.
  Big money in American Politics. The Citizens United decision from the US Supreme court. Get big money out of the media also, and end Media Consolidation.
There was a lack of real issues discussed once the democratic primary was over, and Bernie was out of the race.   Hillary did come out against trickle down economics.  Trumped up Economics. What George Bush the First called Voodoo economics.

The importance of down ballot races will be one of the most important reasons to vote Tuesday if you have not voted yet. The Senate for supreme court justices. The congress for budget issues and the general function of our government. Republicans in Congress have obstructed  the legitimate function of government and the economy just because a black man was president. The legitimate function of government is not to privatize everything in the country.
The thought of Lying Donald as President has destabilized the Wall St and international markets. Most Republicans in DC including Donald will still not admit that Climate destabilization is real. No talk about the Issues of fossil fuels or pipelines like DAPL.
Real reports from the like of real reporters like Chris Hedges are almost never  covered by big media.

Some one asked, "How can we Transition to a Green Economy without Causing a Recession?"

  1. Gradual Subsidy Phase-Out for Fossil Fuels and Agribusiness Year 1–3 : Begin by identifying all direct and indirect subsidies to ...