Americans are depressed and frustrated with the state of our current political climate that has reached new lows, with leaders scrambling to persuade their nominees to stick to the issues, to abandon attacks and negative tactics which have caused low morale among the US electorate.
We realize that political campaigns and elections are not supposed to be fun, but they should always reaffirm what’s best about democracy.
The Armageddon countdown clocks were back, ticking away the second quarter in the bottom of
our TV screens as the world awaited the June 23rd Brexit vote determining if Great Britain would
leave the European Union. The referendum was considered a joke until recent polls showed it
having a chance to pass which kicked the ruling class into gear saying the Euroskeptics should not
be taken seriously. President Obama went to London to warn against Brexit saying “The UK is
going to be in the back of the queue” when the US negotiates trade deals. His comments were
Seriously? Perhaps it is time to re-brand it, Grand Old Tardy. Consider a makeover for the Republican Party of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
The Pledge of Allegiance was written in August 1892 by socialist minister Francis Bellamy 1855-1931. This was published in The Youth's Companion on September 8, 1892. Bellamy had hoped that the pledge would be used by citizens in many countries.
John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams, both served as president. So did William Henry Harrison and his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, and George H.W. Bush and his son, George W. Bush.
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Democratic presidential candidates take the debate stage in Las Vegas under the time-honored rules of presidential debating, alone, unaided, defending their candidacies with only their wits and smiles.
While it will not really be a real debate in every sense of the word, because the word describes a clash of ideas and positions, it will be a media competition to see how accurately each candidate outlines his or her talking points, and other than some excursion into originality catch them in a flip-flop or a gaffe.
If elected officials refuse to be accountable for all their actions, then democracy seizes to exist and the entire system collapses and dies.
If democracy breaks down, elected representative can easily transform him, or herself into a despot. History has examples of democratically elected leaders who evolved into tyrants. Here are three instances in Asia, Africa and Europe.
Ferdinand Marcos - He was first elected as an idolized figure of the resistance against the Japanese in WWII. When he was ousted in 1986, his government was synonymous with corruption and repression.
THE PEACE DIDN'T LAST
70 years ago the German unconditional surrender to Allied Forces ended World War II. V-E Day celebrated today.
NEW CONSERVATIVES BRITS
Conservatives win UK elections, a victory that returns Cameron to a stronger position and party leaders resign.
AMBASSADORS KILLED IN PAKISTAN
Diplomats from the Philippines and Norway were among those killed in a chopper crash in the country's north.
US SEVERE WEATHER
Storms and tornadoes across an area covering southern Kansas, western Oklahoma and parts of North Texas.
OBAMA VISITS EVERY STATE
The last thing you want to convey to voters the day before they go to the polls is desperation, or rage. So why are the candidates saying and doing just about anything, including political flip-flops the day before V Day?
Israel has really strict voter ID rules, only 3 forms of ID accepted. http://www.timesofisrael.com/elections-2015-a-users-guide/ … Polls close at 10pm local, 4pm ET.
Tuesday’s election in Israel may mark the demise of the old factions: http://nyr.kr/1AOHn0W
Israel election: Binyamin Netanyahu rules out Palestinian state if he wins http://d.gu.com/907T5P
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