4 January 2008 - Friday droppings....
It was on this date in 1999 that Jesse Ventura was sworn in as Governor of Minnesota. It appeared that this may be the start of a new movement in the political process.
The complete opposite happened.
You see, Minnesota has a very odd political climate. They have two parties that control things. One, the Republicans, were known as the Independent Republicans until 1994, and the other party is the Democrat-Farmer-Labor Party. The DFL is like a more liberal version, if that is possible, of the Democrats.
So Ventura becomes Governor and many people think that the promise started by Ross Perot in 1992 was realized. And that a new era, with the rise of the independent majority, had been ushered in.
Well, that is not what happened. You see, rather than see the will of the people being realized, the GOP and the DNC had a sit down, not unlike the Five Families, to get power back. The two parties realized that they had a common enemy. Unfortunately, that enemy is anyone who is not a member of either one of their organizations.
Sure, the two parties still went after each other, but they also ushered in a new era where more and more people felt that they HAD to identify themselves with a part affiliation. Hell, I was guilty of that thought process.
Now, I find myself continuing through recovery. Unfortunately, I still have to weigh the evils of the options that are spoon-fed me by the two parties. And if you truly look at the real options in 2000 and 2004, you should be able to see my point.
Well 2008, has produced some more bad options for the people. Right now, we have plenty to choose from. I was asked yesterday on "Partyline" who I was supporting, who I thought was the best candidate. I politely refused the answer.
In all honesty, I hope that the group that Law & Order actor Sam Waterston supports, Unity08, is able to get a mixed ticket and able to push IT forward. McCain-Lieberman? Bloomberg-Lieberman? Or players to be named later. Who ever, and if viable, I hope that everyboday gives that ticket a look and consideration.
THAT might offer something for the independent majority to feel good about supporting. If that ACTUALLY happened, that might bring REAL change to the process.
I'd rather not step back to invoking the "Declaration of Independence" to get what we need.
I refer you to this selection...
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
That should give you something to think about.
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How bad has your campaign stumbled when you lose to "Uncommitted"??? Well, that is why Christopher Dodd is quitting.
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If you have a link to Nostradamus' quatrains regarding his third anti-Christ, send it to me. I want to see what I can make of it. I have some ideas from what my memory can recall.
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Referring to Barack Obama's win in Iowa by referencing his race offends me. To me, it marginalizes his success. Obama won because he earned it. Was race a factor? Maybe. BUT, it was not THE factor.
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Have a great weekend. Comment as time permits.
