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Much has happened the past several months in the political world.  Some good and of course some bad.  With about a year left before the next Presidential election it seems that at least one party is showing signs of evolving and it surely is not the democrat party.  They are the true Neanderthals when it comes to economic theory and individual liberty.  The bottom 95% of the democrat party and supporters still do not understand that the socialist economic practices they embrace only benefit the upper 1% of the party.  It is truly the party of the rich elites protecting their own position while “leading” the poor, uneducated and easily misguided serfs to a life that is impoverished with no hope for betterment.  How was this accomplished?  Gaining control of Academia and then subverting the media.  It is easy to spot that now as hindsight is usually 20/20 but while it was happening most were not able to look down the road at the consequences and those that did were scoffed and ridiculed or destroyed.  They were not alone; they had assistance with many republicans and greedy corporatist.  The establishment politician only looks out for their own benefit and they have sold their soul to the ideologues in the democrat party.  Some see Trump’s rise as the demise of establishment politics but being a cynic I tend to believe that the establishment will never let go until there is blood on the streets.  Here are some thoughts on a few of the  politicos.

Show me someone without an ego, and I’ll show you a loser. Donald Trump , How to Get Rich

Should someone explain to him that everyone has an ego?  It is a thin line between being braggadocios and being a bore.  I guess where you stand on Trump is where you see what side of the line he is on.  There is much about him that I appreciate and much I distrust.  He has a cocky American way and speaks his mind freely which only a man with his kind of money can get away with in a public setting.  He has totally upset the establishment in the Republican Party with his popularity and has sucked the air out of the room for most of his opponents.  I agree with his illegal immigration stance and with his hardline view of how the rest of the world deals with the U.S.  But there is much I do not trust. He is very Machiavellian with very little regard for the Constitution if it gets in his way.  Eminent Domain is an issue which is one of the most un-American  practices that allow the government to violate private property rights at will.  He believes that it just fine that the government can take someone’s home because it may stand in the way of some developers idea of improvement.  Policies as Eminent Domain must be reigned in and Trump is not the man who can or would accomplish such a goal.   The aspect that is most bothersome is oddly enough is a Trump presidency following  Obama.  The arrogant actions by Obama has stretched Presidential power far beyond the Constitutional limits and a man like Trump will expand it even more.  As a Nation we will not survive back to back dictators.  It is a question if we will survive this one but most assuredly we will not survive a Trump ascendancy.

“What difference does it make ?”  Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State

That one question sums up Clintons complete political philosophy.  The Ma Barker of politics is focused on two things and only two things – power and money.  In a rational world she would be in orange and not just for her actions and inactions as Secretary of State.  She has been “dirty” going back to Little Rock with Bill.  There is not a candidate more unworthy and incapable of holding the office of President than her; probably in our history and we have had our share of crooks in the White House.  What is amusing is she worked on the impeachment of Nixon, who looks down right honorable next to her and Bill, until she was fired for lack of ethics.  Yes, she will receive a large number of votes just because she is female.  By their own definition that is being sexist but that is what the small minded democrats are about just as Obama was elected on the racist vote.  Wanting to make history by voting in a black or a woman for the first time just because of their race or gender will just get you what we have now – a country in disarray, divided and stagnated.  She is a criminal in a party of criminals so my guess is that she will be the nominee of the democrat party and may very well win the Presidency if the establishment republicans have their way.  It will be a first in our history that a man and wife were elected President (though she believed it happened in 1992) and then history will be made again as they are the first husband/wife Presidents to get impeached also.  Can’t wait for that …

“You go to Scandinavia, and you will find that people have a much higher standard of living, in terms of education, health care and decent paying jobs.”   Bernie Sanders, Senator from Vermont

Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!  If that is the case then why is he here? The flip side of the criminal face of the democrat party is avowed socialist Bernie Sanders.  It seems that he and a whole bunch of college professors still believe that socialism is a viable economic system.  Throw in a handful of gullible youth and envious adults and you get Bernie’s rise in the polls.  The Obama people already announced that he is the only candidate that will make it an Obama third term.  No kidding.  A likeable grandfatherly type of guy he is better left alone in a room, preferably padded.  The culmination (he hopes) of the planners way back in the 1920’s of the “progressive” movement who after several defeats at the polls changed their strategy and decided that they would be better off taking over a major party.  They considered both parties and chose the democrats.  It was a successful progression of progressives.  The difference between Ma Barker and Bernie when they push the politics of envy is Ma Barker is using it as a means to an end.  Bernie actually believes it.  Even with that distinction it is impossible to say who is more honest.  Unless Ma Barker gets tossed in jail; Bernie will go back to the Senate to continue his political career.  But he has served a purpose in that he is the first openly socialist candidate that has some traction in a major party and kudos to him for standing up to the organized crime element of the democrat party.  The democrat party will be able to move further left and the politics of envy will gain at everyone’s loss.

“Tell the truth. If you tell the truth all the time you don’t have to worry three months down the line about what you said three months earlier. Truth is always the truth. You won’t have to complicate your life by trying to cover up.”
― Ben Carson, Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence      

One of my favorite candidates ever to run for the office of the President.   He is only one of three I would cast my vote for next year.  What I like about him is what the left hates; he is a classic American success story.  It is a story that is not contrived as our current Presidents life story was and more importantly it is verifiable.  No sealed documents, no public transcripts that you can not access.  He is exactly how he comes across; honest and plain speaking.  He appeals to the higher nature of man and knows first hand of the struggle to make a good life.  He is aware that the largest obstacle to success is in our own minds and the second largest is the government.  The biggest argument his detractors state is that he is not suited because of his political naiveté and lack of political experience.  Like we can trust our experienced politicos ?  They have done so well for us the last 80 years.  Isn’t it time to revert back to electing honest people who do not have to sell themselves to every different group as something they are not and share the same knowledge of how difficult it is to succeed in real life ?  What would a Carson Presidency be like?  Unlike our present dictator in chief and other candidates act I believe Carson would be a thoughtful constrained and respectful of our Constitution President.  He will have difficulty with dealing with the establishment republicans and democrats but is enough of a leader with character to get through it.  I would hope that he does not get swayed by the media onslaught that hammers most into submission and I do not think he would be but the human ego is a tricky thing.  He and Bernie have one thing in common and that is their honesty; but Ben Carson has an added dimension and that is proven intelligence.  Unlike most of his opponents from both parties.

 The great and abiding lesson of American history, particularly the cold war, is that the engine of capitalism, the individual, is mightier than any collective.     Rand Paul