All political movements need a unifying message to be successful. In order to achieve critical mass, it must bring together people who share some, but not all, beliefs and objectives. To do this, there must be an intentional method for communication – for sharing a message and a coordinated strategy than can keep the movement together and build its membership and power.

We think most people agree that money has corrupted our politics. Some even think that we now live in a Plutocracy, and not in a Democracy, and that both parties are corrupted and now represent only the financial oligarchy. So, the central issue of our time is how can we break its hold? How can we overcome the influence of money in politics and make our political system more responsive to most Americans once again?

If you are a Republican, you usually or almost always vote Republican. If you are a Democrat, you usually or almost always vote Democrat. No matter what. If the GOP candidate has repeatedly lied about his position on issues, yet you are a Republican, you will vote for the lying Republican; so onerous is voting for a Democrat to you. Same goes for Democrats. Decades have gone by with these two parties at the helm, and what America has devolved into is a country with politics left up to the least common denominator; Is he Democratic or Republican?

What ever happened to the question, “Is he or she the best candidate for the seat?”

Imagining what the Founding Fathers would think about our nation today always constitutes an interesting exercise. America’s strength and enduring democracy probably would have delighted many of them. On the other hand, its political parties and many foreign alliances might have raised an eyebrow or two.

No more excuses. Let’s get it done.

Reaching back to the 1938 Congress for important lessons, long forgotten or discarded, about the importance of preserving Congressional independence from the President, and, in the process, the Constitution’s separation of powers, despite countervailing Party pressure to breach those lines to aggrandize a President of the same Party.

It’s all about the money

My diary yesterday seems to have been misunderstood by some; let me clarify.

When will the ‘hope’ end and acceptance of the reality begin?

The next ‘bubble’ to burst per the financial pundits