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About Right

16 Thursday Sep 2021

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Great news for Americans!

The center’s annual poll of more than 1,000 people finds 56 percent of Americans are now capable of naming all three branches of government. In 2006, just 33 percent of respondents could accurately say the three branches include the executive, legislative, and judicial.

Interestingly, 56% is about the percentage of Americans left in America. The knowledge increase from 2006 might reflect everyone getting caught up on what they’ve lost. Of course, I’m still partial to PJ O’Rourke’s “money, television, and bullshit” branches.

Don’t Give Up

13 Wednesday Jan 2021

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That’s it, the advice of the day. I know many have come here, much like during election week, for answers. I have few. In a way, yes, it’s almost a choice between emergency military action (which looks increasingly unlikely – though we can’t be too sure) and descent into a third-world police state and years of civil war. Downright cheery options! Whatever is going to happen on the 20th and afterward is going to happen. If nothing else, Trump managed to expose the rot on all levels and the treason by all parties. What will the people do with that knowledge? I’m not sure. At least we have it and we always have a way forward. Keep the faith and never give up!

*I am still working on a new and revised TPC short. You’ll know it when you read it.

“Good” Government, Hard Fall

16 Friday Oct 2020

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A new study is out that potentially sheds light on an old phenomenon and also the new-future of the dying US. I’ve skimmed the Daily Mail article. Here’s the STUDY which I have only glanced at. The plausible theory is that when a nation suffers from a more authoritarian government its eventual collapse is easier than that of a nation with a “free” government. That makes sense, as people living under harsher rule are used to hard times and make lighter of terminal calamity, and perhaps seek to hasten the process, minimizing pain, etc. It might seem counterintuitive, especially to those growing up in a more seemingly prosperous, and “exceptional” place like the late America.

Two issues: 1) I have titular misgivings about the names of the authors, given the nature of the paper; 2) this one focuses on the government-angle, which is important but not definitive, really being secondary to the demographic circumstances.

For what it’s all worth.

Also, I am informed that my first FP podcast, on something most similar, is in the editing process, having met with some degree of approval from the elves. That, when it’s available.

This Is NOT The Beginning Of The End

02 Friday Oct 2020

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2020 and “our form of” government, that is. I really, really like Michale Snyder and his works. But, he’s just a little out of date with this column – as many or most people are.

Will The 2020 Election Be The Beginning Of The End For Our System Of Government?

Most Americans assume that our system of government could never fail, but the truth is that it is failing right in front of our eyes. In order for our system of government to work, people need to be able to believe…

I’ll stop right there. “Most Americans” are idiots. What they assume (ass of u and me), believe, wish for, hope for, imagine, and dream about is irrelevant. If one of them should want someone to blame for 2020, then he should consult that shiny mirror-like thing in the bathroom.

“Our” system of government, as mythologized in the Most Holy and Revered Constitution (Say, “AMEN!”), ended around 1861. What emerged thereafter was steadily, relentlessly corrupted, and is now in full, terminal collapse. The collapse began some time back and, as with the rest of the process, had the full backing of those assuming, believing American idiots.

This is the middle-end of the end. This is where the fun starts.

PS: Enjoy your election! I think (assume, believe, whatever) you’ve got it and one, maybe two, more.

A Jumbled Mess of History and Labels

26 Saturday Sep 2020

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“America” is not the Holy Roman Empire of the 21st Century. America is gone and the US is dying. Take out “Holy” – as there’s little Holy about the US – and the US is the Western Roman Empire in late-stage collapse.

The Holy Roman Empire was finally dissolved when Napoleon, commanding the first modern national army, steamrolled the coalition opposing him at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805. About half the empire’s territory was folded into a brief “Confederation of the Rhine” French puppet state, and Francis II, the last emperor, abdicated the throne. In western Germany, Napoleon swept away all the feudal cruft and replaced it with his famous legal code, which heavily influenced the subsequent German legal foundation.

That certainly won’t be the fate of America, and of course this analogy is far from perfect in every respect. But the broader lesson is that political systems require maintenance and regular updating to stay on top of the developments of history. A great many holes in America’s national fabric have been left un-patched over the decades. An ever-more extreme conservative party is now exploiting those holes to try to permanently conquer the American republic. They might well succeed.

It’s a hard read to follow – far from perfect, yes – but almost worth it. You see, the Electoral College and gerrymandering did in the HRE. “America” is just the same, but of course, won’t suffer the same fate. A republic…

30 Trillion Reason$ to Love the New Normal

07 Friday Aug 2020

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Get off that national debt clock site! Their $26 Trillion dollar figure for total federal debt is wrong. Rep. Ken Buck (R – Buck Stops Here?) says it’s $30 Trillion. Right now. Tomorrow it might be 40 or 666 Trillion. Who knows? But, yes, this does go a long way towards making my “at least $40 Trillion by 2024” prediction a reality.

And Buck is right that not one politicritter in DC even mentions the thing or ever thinks of paying it off one day. It will never be paid. Repudiated? Yes. Paid? No.

And, it’s probably a hair higher than even what he says. Remember, government claims and estimates are always off, sometimes by orders of magnitude. Maybe it would be better to use the debt clock’s $153,000,000,000,000+ unfunded liabilities calculation instead.

Pick any number, because none of them matter anymore.

Guns To The Rescue?

15 Friday May 2020

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We know that guns deter ordinary thug criminals or render them harmless. Now, in Michigan, it may just be that they are serving their original purpose: deterring tyranny.

Michigan closed down its capitol in Lansing on Thursday and canceled its legislative session rather than face the possibility of an armed protest and death threats against Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

The gathering, meant to advocate opening the state for business despite the coronavirus pandemic, followed one April 30 that resulted in pictures of protesters clad in military-style gear and carrying long guns crowding the statehouse. They confronted police and taunted lawmakers.

It was always this easy. Make them feel the fear they’d have us all live in. Let this spread to all levels of government and everywhere around the land! Keep ’em honest.

It Legislated From Outer Space

07 Thursday May 2020

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Your government is planning something big (probably expensive) on the moon:

THE Trump administration is reportedly putting together a legal blueprint for mining on the moon as part of the Artemis Accords, a new U.S.-sponsored international agreement.

The Artemis Accords propose “safety zones” that would surround future moon bases to prevent interference from rival nations or companies operating nearby, according to sources familiar with the pact.

If they’re really serious, then why not remove the whole government to the moon, preferably the moon of a different planet? Is another galaxy out of the question?

The BIG Corona Winner: Government

19 Sunday Apr 2020

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The Empire, ahead of its impending fall, has suddenly, instantly, and without opposition grown by leaps and bounds. Who could have ever foreseen this???

Government also has changed personal behavior, recommending and in some cases ordering people to stay home, practice social distancing and wear masks outdoors, in some places under threat of fines or penalties. Coming next is likely to be contact tracing, an effort to track people exposed to the virus that could invade the privacy of all Americans.

So far, Washington has authorized more than $2.35 trillion to prop up suffering workers and industries and supply an overwhelmed health care system, with another round of spending likely coming soon. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve has resurrected and expanded its playbook from the 2008 financial crisis, pumping an estimated $4 trillion into the economy.

More spending could be required in the future to patch the holes the pandemic has revealed. The nation also is likely to need higher taxes — and not just on the wealthiest — to help repay the gigantic debt Washington is incurring to rescue the economy and workers.

Recently, but before Corona Mania hit, someone I admire wrote that the coming (2020) political battle would be between conservatives and socialists. At the time, I thought, “Then, congratulations, socialists!” But then, the conservatives didn’t even show up. So, congratulations, socialists! Enjoy your hoax victory while it lasts. Time is tick, tick, ticking away, virus or no virus.