Showing posts with label democracy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label democracy. Show all posts

Friday, February 24, 2017

1984: Doublespeak. Up is down, Yes is No.

So much is made of Donald Trump's unchecked facts.  And to be fair and honest, and transparent, I agree for the most part.  Yet what I have noticed over the last two months is lies, slander, and innuendo by academics, media, and liberals against anything and everything related to Donald Trump.  It is obsessive, hate-filled, and blind.  It is intolerant hate, and this is not news, real or fake to anyone.  It is very clear.  It is also not limited to liberals, for their are some conservatives in the Republican party who so loathe Trump, they now find themselves siding with the most loathe some of humans - people who preach intolerance, hate, violence, and an end to free speech - liberals.

You lost.  Get over it.  With illegal voting, although not millions probably, but still with that help, the help of people who said 'never trump', and the apathy of others all helping the vote count for Her, he still won.  He said he was going to do X, Y, Z, and surprise surprise, he is doing X Y and Z along with A, B, C, D, E, and F, with plans for G, H,I,J,K later.  I suspect L, M, N, O will be reserved until his next term if he were to run again.  This is what voters want.  Someone who says and does, not someone who blames and doesn't do.  And surprise, when he blames the media he isn't exaggerating - enemy of the people?  No, but certainly not working toward the sovereignty and independence of the American people.

The people who voted for Trump will do so again, and after he has demonstrated he is not the evil-doer the liberals say he is, some from the left side will vote for him/support him next time.  You can't win, because your message is one of division.  His message isn't one of division, his is one of unification.  Your message is divisive.  He says America is for Americans, for those people who want to be American, who come here to be part of this great experiment in human history.  For those who come legally, and follow our laws and seek to be Americans - all of this is for them.  That is NOT divisive.  Since when is supporting ones nation and the sovereignty and independence of ones nation and people divisive? 

Your message - which is entirely about division and hate, is exactly that - destructive and divisive.  Sad.

And voters see this.  They really do.  You think because 10,000 protest here and 1000 scream there, and 5,000 cry over there - that the nation is waking up.  You made that mistake in November.  The 40+ million who support him are not having fits, committing crimes en masse, or threatening an end to order by their intolerant attitudes toward government and policy.  They will vote.  AND others will also.  The only way you could pull off a coup is by getting illegals to vote, and I suspect in the next 4 years we will see voter reform to prevent much of that!  I know it hurts, but winning by fraud, by deception, by division, isn't winning - it's cheating!  And it kills truth. 

Oh, the Russians, I know.  But according to every poll/study done, NOTHING the Russians never did, helped Her.  And if it did, why hasn't SHE said it has.  Instead she has blamed everyone else BUT the Russians.  Simpletons who still believe the Russians hacked an email account are idiots, in the truest sense of the word.

What I have noticed in the last 3-4 weeks is that our country really does have a serious, serious, serious, very serious illegal immigration issue.  Throughout the country cities and states say they will 'protect' illegals.  But what about law.  They came here illegally, violating state and federal laws in doing so.  They are not fleeing (most) anything worse than what those miserably impoverished states they flee from have always been.  You don't protest the conditions in Mexico that force people to flee.  You instead fly the Mexican flag.  You offer sanctuary and protection flouting laws our government established long before Trump.  You want to hire illegals, and several companies have said they want to, to protect them.  OMG.

Honestly.  Spend your bloody energy saving their wretched countries from the inhuman conditions the people live in so they don't come here. Stop hurting the American taxpayer.

Americans haven't quite figured out all this tax stuff yet, but I promise.  That will come.

In the meantime, I will post some deets about that topic ignored by media in favor of depicting Trump as Satan or his aide.

However, not at this time.  I have things to do.  Later.



Friday, May 13, 2011

Russia's Sham Democracy

If this was stated by an American, few would listen.  When it is the last Soviet leader, speaking about what he sees in Russia today - I surely hope so.  I wouldn't listen to Gorbachev on issues related to non-Russian issues, but when it comes to Russia and Democracy ... he has a clue.



Mikhail Gorbachev lambasts Vladimir Putin's 'sham' democracy

Former Soviet leader launches harshest criticism yet of Russia's ruling regime ahead of 80th-birthday celebrations




Miriam Elder in Moscow
guardian.co.uk
Monday 21 February 2011


Russia under prime minister Vladimir Putin is a sham democracy, Mikhail Gorbachev has said in his harshest criticism yet of the ruling regime.

"We have everything – a parliament, courts, a president, a prime minister and so on. But it's more of an imitation," the last president of the Soviet Union said.

Gorbachev, who oversaw the , has become increasingly critical of the modern Russian state, accusing its leaders of rolling back the democratic reforms of the 1990s.

Speaking at a press conference ahead of his 80th birthday, Gorbachev criticised Putin for manipulating elections.

In response to the prime minister and former president's comments that he and his protégé, President Dmitry Medvedev, would decide between them who would run for office in March 2012, Gorbachev said: "It's not Putin's business. It must be decided by the nation in elections."

He called Putin's statements a sign of "incredible conceit".

Asked how he thought the regime approached human rights, Gorbachev said: "There's a problem there. It's a sign of the state of our democracy." He was echoing statements made by Navi Pillay, the UN high commissioner for human rights, during a visit to Russia last week.

Gorbachev said United Russia, the ruling party founded with the sole goal of supporting Putin's leadership, was a throwback.

"United Russia reminds me of the worst copy of the Communist party," he said. "We have institutions but they don't work. We have laws but they must be enforced."

Its stranglehold over political life would eventually backfire. "The monopoly ends in rotting and hampers the development of democratic processes."

Gobachev said he did not like how Putin and Medvedev were behaving. "It's a shame that our modern leaders aren't very modern," he said.

Gorbachev now runs a charity foundation that will hold a gala at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 30 March to mark his birthday. He co-owns the country's leading opposition newspaper, Novaya Gazeta.

Held up in the west as a hero for his softening of the Soviet system and eventual acceptance of its fall, Gorbachev remains widely despised inside Russia, where he is seen as a traitor who allowed the empire to crumble and ushered in a period of great uncertainty. Over the years he has aligned himself with the cause of Russia's sidelined liberals.

On Monday, Gorbachev called the regime's campaign against jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky politically motivated. "Politics shouldn't have been involved in [the case], but they were," he said.

He noted the case of Natalya Vasilieva, a court clerk who worked on the Khodorkovsky trial and broke ranks to publicly announce that the judge had been pressured throughout and had a verdict and sentence pushed on him.

"I fully believe her," Gorbachev said. "People can't stand it anymore – she saw what was happening with her own eyes."


















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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Al-Qaida: Vote Merkel out or you will all die

US warns on travel to Germany after Al-Qaeda threat

(AFP) – September 23, 2009

WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday warned its citizens to be alert when traveling to Germany, after Al-Qaeda threatened attacks timed to coincide with upcoming elections.

"Al-Qaeda recently released a video specifically warning Germany of attacks," a State Department advisory said, "German authorities are taking the threat seriously and have taken measures to enhance the level of security throughout the country."

Earlier this month a video purporting to be from Al-Qaeda emerged, threatening attacks against Europe's most populous country if voters do not elect an new government in September 27 polls.
Footage showed a man identified as Abu Talha the German, warning, in German, that if Angela Merkel is re-elected as chancellor, "bitter times await the Germans," according to two intelligence monitoring services.

[Not trying to effect change in a democratic process are they, by threatening death, if the people do not vote the way they want. Peaceful. What a joy to imagine them having power.]

"The Department of State urges US citizens to... maintain a heightened situational awareness and a low profile," the State Department said.

"Americans are advised to monitor news reports and consider the level of security present when visiting public places or choosing hotels, restaurants, and entertainment and recreation venues."

The warnings follows a similar notice posted by the US embassy in Berlin last week.







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Sunday, July 12, 2009

Chavez: Interested in Democracy!

Chavez contacted US over Honduras: official

Jul 10, 2009
AFP


Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has contacted the US State Department's point man on Latin America to discuss the crisis in Honduras, US officials confirmed.

Chavez called Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon late Thursday "to discuss the current situation in Honduras and the ongoing negotiations mediated by Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias," the State Department said in a statement.

The call came in the midst of San Jose-brokered talks between aides of ousted President Manuel Zelaya and interim Honduran leader Roberto Micheletti.

The talks ended late Friday with no breakthrough.

In a sign of the pair's mutual hostility, the rival Honduran leaders never met face-to-face in a first session Thursday, preferring to speak to Arias separately before flying out of the country the same day.

Chavez said Friday that the negotiations, which are backed by Washington, are a "big mistake that come from the north."

The firebrand leftist leader, a top Zelaya supporter, warned that Arias receiving Micheletti amounted to a "trap" that was "very dangerous for democracy."

But State Department spokesman PJ Crowley countered that Chavez's statement was "premature."

"It's unclear what President Chavez thinks he's for and against. I believe at various times the Venezuelan government has been supportive of a process that would lead to President Zelaya's return," Crowley said.

"I believe that he has actually had some complimentary things to say previously about the role that President Arias might play."

Venezuela and the United States have moved to improve an often contentious relationship, following a summit of the Americas in April in Trinidad, where Chavez and US President Barack Obama met for the first time in their official capacities.

The United States returned its ambassador to Venezuela earlier this month, restoring diplomatic ties that were ruptured nine months ago with his expulsion in a row with Chavez.

The two countries earlier agreed to the return of their respective ambassadors, patching up a rift that opened September 12 when Venezuela declared US Ambassador Patrick Duddy a "persona non grata" and gave him 72 hours to leave the country.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Another Brick in the Wall ... one brick at a time.

I told Ms. Sparks it was coming. In fact, I said it had already arrived, it was simply how it would occur. She was adamant it wouldn't, it couldn't ... especially given the civil libertarian loving Democrats who had seized power in 2006 and again in 2008 ... they wouldn't do it.

THEY DID. And not only that, the Governor, now head of Homeland Security, should be in the forefront of her advicacy of civil liberties given her personal background, yet she is pushing this as hard as .... Cheney might. In fact, that same crowd of cowards who used to screech about what Bush was doing - will ignore this altogether, they will not be saying much ... more like sheep. bah bah bah





Radio chip coming soon to your driver's license?Homeland Security seeks next-generation REAL ID

Posted: February 28, 200912:25 am Eastern
By Bob Unruh© 2009 WorldNetDaily


Privacy advocates are issuing warnings about a new radio chip plan that ultimately could provide electronic identification for every adult in the U.S. and allow agents to compile attendance lists at anti-government rallies simply by walking through the assembly.

The proposal, which has earned the support of Janet Napolitano, the newly chosen chief of the Department of Homeland Security, would embed radio chips in driver's licenses, or "enhanced driver's licenses."

"Enhanced driver's licenses give confidence that the person holding the card is the person who is supposed to be holding the card, and it's less elaborate than REAL ID," Napolitano said in a Washington Times report.

REAL ID is a plan for a federal identification system standardized across the nation that so alarmed governors many states have adopted formal plans to oppose it. However, a privacy advocate today told WND that the EDLs are many times worse.

[To read the rest of the article, click on the title link]







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Monday, January 12, 2009

Monday is RUSSIA Day: Yeltsin on Communism

From the Los Angeles Times, June 18, 1992

Boris Yeltsin, first democratically elected president of Russia
Comments made before the US Congress

The world can sigh in relief. The idol of communism, which spread everywhere social strife, animosity and unparalleed brutality, which instilled fear in humanity, has collapsed. I am here to assure you we shall not let it rise again in our land.

Liberty will not be fooled. There can be no coexistence between democracy and the totalitarian state system. there can be no coexistence between market economy and powers who control everything and everyone.

The experience of the past decades has taught us communism has no human face. Freedom and communism are incompatible.



Truer words have never been spoken by a Russian.







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Make Mine Freedom - 1948


American Form of Government

Who's on First? Certainly isn't the Euro.