What Is Going On?
What is going
on? The United States’ election is certainly an entertaining sideshow. Rather
than talking about any pertinent issue the campaign his digressed into name
calling. Short slogans and venomous jabs are the norm where actual policies to
solve problems are not articulated.
Donald Trump
proposes to “Make America great” again. I once asked somebody on Facebook what
does this mean and what he will actually do to accomplish this task. The
individual’s response was to remove me as a friend. Perhaps Donald Trump
articulates some of the nation’s problems. But anybody who lives here can
identify them. Furthermore he as well as Hillary Clinton neglects so many. Donald
Trump is openly racist, sexist and shows a massive disconnect with reality when
he talks about using nuclear weapons. There is plenty more to dislike.
One would
think that you’d run towards Hillary Clinton then. But it would be like leaving
the lake only to drown in the river. Hillary Clinton is an opportunist who has
changed her position, over time on all major issues; homosexual marriage, the
war in Iraq, trade agreements. Hillary’s
worst point is her hawkish point of view. If we just continue to Obama policy
it will most likely lead us into World War 3. We are heavily involved in the
Middle East; Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen and so forth. Nuclear
weapons are on the table with Hillary. Perhaps future historians when they
dissect our times will decide that these were the initial stages of World War
3.
One of the
most disgusting things I have seen by Hillary Clinton or any other human being
is her laughing over the death of Gaddafi. Here is the clip to watch it
yourself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgcd1ghag5Y Understand that Gaddafi died by having a
sword shoved up his rectum. Couple this with Hillary’s insistence that she was
under sniper fire in Bosnia you get a very dangerous combination. Hillary
Clinton was endorsed by Henry Kissinger perhaps the most evil man alive today. Both
are pro war and both have never been in harm’s way in combat.
I am going to
vote for Jill Stein. I am told that I am throwing my vote away. I am told that I am in fact voting for Trump.
The most compelling argument for me to vote for Hillary is from my African
American friends. They point to how Trump’s campaign has emboldened the bigots
in this country. That one issue would persuade me alone if I thought for a snap
of a second that Hillary was any better. Hillary supported her husband Bill
Clinton when he was president in their atrocious prison program; which is basically
slavery by another name.
A good part of
the problem is that we are locked into this two party system. That is why Jill Stein
and Gary Johnson, despite having a significant amount of support, were kept out
of the presidential debates. Both Trump and Hillary are candidates of the
wealthy. Hillary is a Wall Street shill. Trump is an unscrupulous capitalist. I
don’t expect the election results will change either candidate.
The answer to
America’s problems is not in the voting booth.
“Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their
wealth,” Lucy Parsons. Lucy Parsons is of course the wife of Albert Parson who
was involved in the famous Haymarket incident in Chicago. If you don’t know who
Lucy and Albert Parson are then that is a serious difficulty.
You see this country
has been in turbulent times before. There is a whole host of history and individuals
who have successfully fought against the system. Slaves didn’t get free and
workers didn’t get rights by the kindness of those in power. I recall one day
in Irvington, or the hood if you like, I asked a young African American male
about Huey Newton. The young man, in his early twenties was clueless about the
founder of the Black Panther Party.
Education is a
continuous process and it is the origin of emancipation. I recently became
aware of Gill Scott Heron. I am almost fifty years old and I was totally
ignorant of this poetic genius. “The revolution will not be televised.” It is a
necessity we educate ourselves. If you rely on what is taught in schools and
universities beware. Whoever runs a school or a university do not serve the
truth rather they serve their own selfish agenda.
But allow me
to wrap this up. We’re caught in a two party system where either choice we
select will most likely bring disaster to the United States. We have been
locked into this system of choosing the lesser of two evil for a very long
time. “Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil,”
Jerry Garcia. When you vote don’t be selfish and vote for yourself. Vote for a
generation fifty years from now. Let’s fix this systematic error in our
political system. Dump Trump, say Nil to Hill.
