Division , the chasm just keeps getting wider

American's are starting with their 2016 primary election season. The once honored Presidential election process has been turned into a circus side show with name calling and blame , finger pointing with separation division and exclusion more rampant than ever. Issues, who knows the candidates of today seldom venture into the world of problem solving, as it takes too much time away from their outright attacks on the personal character of the others that are running . There was some talk about building a large fence between America and Mexico and having someone else pay for it , but nothing of real merit was ever discussed. Another discussion, involved kicking out some millions of people and sending them somewhere somehow and another discussion about keeping out another group of people that some don't want to be allowed into America. Jobs? oh sure some people have them. Education? if you can afford to buy in. Public services clean water, sanitary services police protection ? oh please come on , now you're asking for things that only select groups deserve to have. America , it's not what it used to be .

Implosion , or it came from within

There is plenty of blame to go around regarding the self destruction of the Republican party. Perhaps if we were to look back and see what have they done to bring themselves such low support and trust. The party of " No" ,has been a tag that although the Republicans would like to shake they just can't seem to garner any support amongst themselves to pass anything and blocking everything that comes from the Democrats and the "One term President" Obama. Problems of their own making , sure they would never own up to this fact, responsibility or taking responsibility is not their strong suit. When will it end? Trump , Donald is taking control of the reins and is moving forward much to the dismay of the Republican party. There are sixteen candidates from the Republican party running for President and The Donald as some call him is pretty much having his way as the remainder of the field apparently have gone mute. Political pundits all over the inter net are so profound in their misguided knowledge that The Donald will never be the Nominee as his poll numbers climb daily .Laughable, not to those involved but they are unable at this time to put the brakes on. The three Democrats that are running for President are just watching laughing and knowing that this is not going to end well for the Republicans.

Scott Walker announces his intention to run for President.

Moments ago , I turned on my TV and Scott Walker was giving a speech during his announcement for his Presidential aspiration press release .I didn't have any feelings for or against Scott Walker before I turned on my TV and saw the complete disrespect for the symbol of our country . There in the middle of Walker was our flag the very symbol of freedom and democracy like it was some kind of prop to be used for his benefit. This has to end as it is completely unacceptable . Please contact his office and tell him NO!

2016 Presidential Election it's heating up, do you care

The 2016 Presidential election is slowly getting started. At first it looked as though it was going to be just another run of the mill election , with a handful of candidates gathering from the Republican party, with none of them saying much of anything as to make sure that they did not give anyone anything to use against them . Then there was the Democratic party with their lone queen waiting for her rightful coronation as the nominee. Not so fast, it seems as though there are a couple of reasons not to order the china just yet. Enter Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. Bernie Sanders is a sitting Senator with a proven track record of his time in the political arena. His earliest attempts as a politician failed and he went on to work as a writer for a historical society. In 1981 Bernie was elected as mayor of Burlington Vermont and served four terms doing much good for the citizens of Burlington in 1989 Bernie choose not to run again. In 1990 Bernie won his first congressional race and went on to serve eight terms in the House. Sanders ran for the Senate in 2005 and has served there since. Donald Trump , on the Republican side has moved faster than any of the others running for the Republican nomination, now numbering some fifteen people. Donald Trump is a multi-millionaire businessman that has made much of his money in real estate. He has in the past been on a successful reality television show, has been bankrupt and has come back with a net worth some say is over seven billion with two hundred fifty million in cash. Donald is known for being outspoken and speaks his mind on a variety of subjects bringing condemnation from the head of the Republican party after Donald said some things during his announcement speech. All of America's media have been doing much to lessen the appeal that Donald brings to the American electorate with little results. Donald Trump is polling at the top of the field in his party and Bernie has had success with bringing record numbers of people to his rally's, and is also polling near the top in his respective party. Are there others running for the office of President? Two Democrats and fourteen Republicans and if any of them do anything, say anything I'm sure that the press will bring the news to America.

Their flexing their muscles and we're fighting about People marrying the person that they love and health care.

Perhaps this is the symptom and not the disease . China and Russia have both been flexing their military muscles in the absence of America. China knows that we are much too busy worrying about who gets to marry who to challenge them as they expand their empire/country. China is island building ,disrupting shipping channels and killing coral reefs that are sure to play a pivotal role in the life of the ocean and or the planet in the process. They have gone about their business unabated for the past couple of years while the Republican's and Democrat's are embroiled in a fight about getting into everyday American's lives once again. The party of small government and less regulation, once again want to dictate from the bench to the bedroom, telling us whom we can love and who we can't. The Democrat's on the other hand , just want to leave the people to be free to marry the one that they are in love with . Russia is empire building and have threatened to use nuclear weapons if we get in their way. They have been having a proxy war against a former state and are bringing that country back into the fold. We can't be bothered with either of these provocation's as we are too busy fighting each other about Americans their marriages and their health care. Another war, two wars ,three wars does any of this make any sense? We are busy amassing weapons along Russia's borders while all in America are caught up in this tit for tat on the before mentioned issues. Diversions and deception , please just hold the cards out where all American's can see them. Lets try some empire building of our own, we could use lots of infrastructure repairs , how about providing jobs for the millions of unemployed American's. Stop the flow of goods from China to America and get America working. We have many issues that need our attention , but the only things that are getting any attention, are brought with focus and division from our friends in Washington.

Busy week at the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court had an busy week. They had to rule on housing discrimination, in which the Court ruled in favor of civil rights groups, reaffirming laws meant to protect minorities . Then on Thursday they had to rule on the ACA better known as Obama Care . The Court found in favor of upholding the ACA as written, much to the dismay of many Republican's, vowing to work on the repeal of said law for what would be the fifty first time . And on Friday the court worked on Gay marriage with the Court finding in favor of American's wishing to be included as equal members of America. These rulings brought about great anger from those on the right with some of them vowing to push for a constitutional amendment allowing for the removal of Justices that don't do as expected or required. Justices are now appointed for life , by the President that is in power when a vacancy arises. Today there are more than a few calling for the dismantling of the court all together, but when the vote goes their way it's the best thing ever imagined . It's time to grow up , and move forward as a united group, include all members of our great land and move to a higher place...

Is capitalism doomed.

Throughout the history of America, capitalism and the men of wealth and power, the movers and shakers moved America forward . They built factories and they needed labor and people needed jobs. The two elements existed hand and hand for many years, with both sides gaining and the country prospering . America was moving forward , the people were working having families buying homes and personal items and the men of wealth were growing their empires. The country needed railroads, roads, bridges and other infrastructure to support the growth . Taxes: America started to get more and more money from taxes, both personal and corporate and as America grew, more factories were being built and more people were working and paying taxes. The expansion seemed to have no end. America was leading the world in most things with a standard of living many times that of other countries which was improving with each generation. Greed: As America grew, it was clear that not everything was in perfect harmony. Along with the industrial revolution came a whole host of problems for the common worker. Industrial accidents , pollution, worker grievances and the like were taking their toll and driving up the cost of doing business. Politicians: With growth came the need for someone to protect the workers from the ever increasing risk to their lives. Vote for me, I'll protect you came as a battle cry from many a politician and with that many Governmental commissions and departments were established to deal with the ever increasing perils facing the American worker. Health and safety: it was clear to many that the industrial revolution was not without it's cost. Increased deaths due to unsafe conditions and pollution emitted from the smokestacks and other discharges of American industry, plagued the owners and workers alike . Cost continue to soar: With each problem came an increasingly expensive set of regulations. Taxes continued to climb, cost soared and prices rose. New commissions, departments and agencies were formed. The added expense equaled ever increasing taxes and more cost in order to comply with the ever increasing regulations , the dizzying spiral continued unabated for decades. More politicians: On the other side there was help for the men of wealth and power, doing their best to control the regulations thus keep the cost down. They saw that the ever increasing regulations were driving cost up and profitability down making it harder to compete with an unseen adversary. Commissions, departments and agencies were now running unchecked and both sides fought for control, establishing more commissions, department and agencies to oversee the commissions , departments and agencies that had caused bloat, waste and abuse. Bigger is better: More taxes to fund the newly established commissions , departments and agencies. Then there was new commission , department and agencies heads appointed by the controlling party to run the newly formed entities along with the need for more taxes to fund said groups . Who's in power : With each election cycle , the group winning the most seats got to make the rules , adjusting them for their particular needs. Higher wages: With each increase in Governmental regulations came about an accompanying increase in the price of the goods manufactured by the affected company. Unions: As the American workers saw their purchasing power decrease they had run out of ways to earn more money. College and trade schools for some , but many more were caught without any means to better their predicament. Enter the unions, labor it seems decided to join forces with each other in order to increase their pay figuring that if they could force a shut down or at least a slow down it would hurt the owners ability to earn money and they would be forced to pay them the pay that they wanted. This tactic did indeed work, and the workers achieved their limited goal of a few cents here and there. Unknown cost: The victories were always short lived however and the affected companies would just raise their cost , and once again labor would be unable to buy the very products that they were building. Again: Labor seeing that they had been losing their purchasing power would be legally bound to their contract and struggled to make ends meet. At the end of the contract the labor unions would once again call for another work stoppage in order to once again increase their purchasing power. These strikes as they began to be called were seen as a God send for many of the workers , as they could not see any way to increase their ability to earn any more than whatever the current contract would allow. Enough: There did come a time however when the owners had been taxed and regulated to death profitability was down and they have had enough. They saw that there was a whole world out there with cheap labor and no regulations, and at the sign of the next labor strike they just moved their production to those other countries with the cheap labor and non-existent health, safety and environmental regulations. Record profits were now the norm, things looked great, money was being made and cost were down . Millions of unemployed Americans were now without the purchasing power that they had been accustomed to and enjoyed and found it harder and harder to find suitable employment. Year after year they hunted for employment and saw an ever decreasing employment market as many of the remaining companies had now gone to contract labor or worse, hired illegals to do the work that many Americans had once done. But it appears that perhaps labor will get the last laugh as there are not enough American's left working and earning an income to be able to buy the very products that are now made in foreign countries at a fraction of the cost that they once were. And what about the foreign labor, they don't earn enough money to buy the very products that they are making.