Is There Any Hope of Change?

By: drrobertowens (Diary)  |  September 7th at 02:42 PM  | 

The two major political parties have a lock on power in the United States.  The election laws, the media and family voting patterns all collude to make the election of a third party candidate to the Presidency a near impossibility.  The closest in the lifetime of anyone reading this happened in 1992 when Ross Perot garnered 18.91% of the vote and not one electoral vote.  | Read More »

Uncle Sam Plays You Pay

By: drrobertowens (Diary)  |  April 15th at 07:11 PM  | 

Now the battle looms to raise the debt limit. This is an inside-the-belt-way shell game wherein the parties of power each beat their chests and growl at each other about who is the most responsible before they both vote to increase the limit on their collective credit card.

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