RESTORING AMERICA by The Cosmic Messenger

"Revolution is not something fixed in ideology nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit." ... Abbie Hoffman

The harmonius atmosphere amongst President Obama and his multitudes may be over accelerated by internal and foreign dissonance in recent weeks. Clashes within Congress over financial and health reform fueled the strife while rumors of Iran's vote rigging motivated our leader to adopt a more conciliatory stance.

All of the recent policy bickering does nothing to strengthen the case for American democracy. The only thing it proves is we've become a deregulated society, governed by corporate money for its sole perpetuation. Lobbyist wealth is the name of the game now. Congressional votes are bought and sold until a majority consensus is attained to legislate the desired objective.

Need further validation ?

Lisa Pease, an occasional guest contributor to Consortium News charges American politicians are phoneys in their criticism about the Mideast ballot scandal. She claims our country must get its own house in order before speaking out for the rights of other nations.

"If no one had checked the paper ballots in the Minnesota Senate race, Norm Coleman would be seated there now," Pease said. "The original tally put Coleman 477 votes ahead of Al Franken. At the start of the hand recount, that margin dropped to 215. By the end of the hand recount, his lead was down to 192 votes. When challenged ballots were reviewed, Franken ended up in the lead by 251 votes. After additional reviews, Franken’s lead stands at 312."

The historian and mystery writer goes on to warn electronic and internet voting make these methods suspect because there's no verifiable paper trail.

"People have tried to steal elections for years. Because most people aren’t programmers they don’t know what's possible. It’s hard for them to imagine, much less believe anyone would deliberately try to swing an election in this manner. American democracy is seriously at risk so long as many of our votes are counted solely by machines. Once you move to all-digital records, you can never know for certain if the ballot you are examining is the one the voter actually cast."


American voters have been down this path before having been robbed of the 2000 presidential election. Like the Iranian Ayatollahs, U.S. elected bureaucrats failed them when the masses spoke out in protest. We are seeing the same artful gambits repeated as Congressional efforts to modify the current system are set in motion. Suddenly "special interest" dollars rain from the sky to unfairly influence the final results. The electorate are told by the corporate media this is the established way of doing things and meekly bow to their wishes.

What passes for American-style democracy today is an oppressive government state run by Washington insiders corrupted with the same valueless lifestyle destroying us all. It's a scheme that has chosen wealth over constitutional principles. We, as a nation have traded implicit trust for the ineffectual, futility of our egocentric desires. Throwing more money at the economic crisis won't solve the problem. The only way to mend this financial Depression is by fostering genuine, honest leaders again.

Obama came into office promising change but quickly reverted to the insincere rhetoric of his predecessor. His approach to problem solving is no different than the Bush Congress. Let the influence of free-flowing currency buy a solution for you. If that's the kind of transformation he had in mind then we may be seeing an uprising of our own here in the U.S. soon. The lingering question still undecided is whether it will be passive or bloody.

Peace,
Cosmic

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