Admit it, most of us know the political system is rigged, that most Americans have been marginalized and silenced by a growing plutocracy and that corporations are now firmly in control, that a truly honest politician is an oxymoron, that is until now ~ Bernie Sanders is a lifeboat in a sea of political deception and lost hope. Bernie is an honest Independent politician who cares enough now in 2015 to become a Democrat, run against Hillary and the other political pretenders of both parties for the presidency and who knows ~ A Sanders/Warren ticket just may ride a building progressive wave of Hope from 2008 that is still waiting to crest: Allen L Roland, Ph.D
“...legitimacy is based on three things. First of all, the
people who are asked to obey authority have to feel like they have a voice ~
that if they speak up, they will be heard. Second, the law has to be
predictable. There has to be a reasonable expectation that the rules tomorrow
are going to be roughly the same as the rules today. And third, the authority
has to be fair. It can't treat one group differently from another.”
~ Malcolm Gladwell,
David and Goliath: Underdogs,
Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
The Bureau of
Economic Analysis has reported recently that 6 years of zero rates and
Large-Scale Asset Purchases (LSAP) under the Obama administration ~ which have
enriched stock speculators, inflated the largest asset-price bubble in history,
and exacerbated inequality to levels not seen since the Gilded Age ~ have done nothing to improve the real
economy, boost demand or reduce unemployment. As the BEA data illustrates,
the US economy is basically DOA ~ a
victim of criminal congressional negligence and Central Bank chicanery as reported
by Mike Whitney on ICH. See article ~
Here are key excerpts:
“I am writing to
inform you that I will be a candidate for President of the United States. I ask
for your support.
“For many months I have been traveling
from coast to coast across our country, and have had the opportunity to meet
with thousands of good, hard-working, and remarkable people. Like you and me,
they are deeply concerned about the future of our country.
“They wonder why they are working longer
hours for lower wages. They worry about whether their kids will be able to
afford college or get decent jobs. They fear that they may not have the savings
to retire with dignity and security.
“The challenges
facing our country are enormous.
“It's not just that, for forty years, the
middle class has been disappearing. It's that 99% of all new income is going to
the top 1%, and the grotesque level of wealth and income inequality today is
worse than at any time since the late 1920s. The people at the top are grabbing
all the new wealth and income for themselves, and the rest of America is being
squeezed and left behind.
“The disastrous
decisions of the Supreme Court in the Citizens United case and in other related
cases are undermining the very foundations of American democracy, as
billionaires rig the system by using their Super PACS to buy politicians and
elections.
“And the peril of global climate change,
with catastrophic consequences, is the central challenge of our time and our
planet.
“The middle class in America is at a
tipping point. It will not last another generation if we don’t boldly change
course now.
“After a year of travel, discussion and
dialogue, I have decided to be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for
president. But let's be clear. This campaign is not about Bernie Sanders. It
about a grassroots movement of Americans standing up and saying: ‘Enough is
enough. This country and our government belong to all of us, not just a handful
of billionaires.’”
USA Today
writes: “It also will be the first time that the
fiercely independent politician has run as a Democrat. He has long criticized
both parties for being too beholden to corporate interests. He does not
accept campaign contributions from corporate political action committees.”
Matt
Taibbi ,Rolling Stone,
writes of Bernie Sanders ~ "He
is the rarest of Washington animals, a completely honest person." See article ~ http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/29901-give-em-hell-bernie
Here's a 25 minute YouTube video of the
vintage Bernie speaking from the Senate floor ~ explaining why the American
people are angry and saying Enough is Enough and why he is willing to
speak for them ~ See video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y-u0UnKZ_U
As Mother Jones
explains ~ This is not show business and unlike Hillary Clinton, his rival for
the Democratic presidential nomination ~ Bernie Sanders didn't use a splashy,
big-budget video to announce his campaign. Instead, the Vermont senator opted
for a series of one-on-one television interviews Wednesday followed by a
low-key launch event outside the US Capitol Thursday morning. "I
believe that in a democracy, what elections are about are serious debates over
serious issues," he said Thursday. "Not political gossip, not making
campaigns into soap operas. This is not the Red Sox vs. the Yankees, this is
the debate over major issues facing the American people."
Bernie
has my support and you may call me a dreamer but as John Lennon once sang ~ I'm
not the only one ~ and my dream team ticket is a Sanders/Warren ticket for
President riding a populist wave to victory in 2016.
“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth
and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the
world...would do this, it would change the earth.” ~ William Faulkner
Allen
L Roland, Ph.D
Heart centered spiritual consultant and advisor Allen L Roland can be contacted at allen@allenroland.com Allen is also a lecturer and writer who shares a weekly political and social commentary on his web log and website allenroland.com. He is also a featured columnist on Veterans Today and guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on www.conscioustalk.net
"That's Bernie Sanders's campaign -- he's the last Bull Moose in the forest."
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