Comments on Advance Indiana™: Florida Special Election Win For GOP Is More Of The Same

"16 Reasons to Move to Iceland Right Now"...

2014-03-13T00:34:30.798-05:00

"16 Reasons to Move to Iceland Right Now" -- according to the BusinessInsider. If I was young, I would.

And, Gary, there's no way out. This two-party...

2014-03-12T17:40:03.864-05:00

And, Gary, there's no way out.

This two-party system will endure as long as America exists. It's written into the election code of every state.

The other party simply gives the people the "Illusion of Choice."

"The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to the doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can "throw the rascals out" at any election without leading to any profound or extreme shifts in policy."

- Carrol Quigley, Tragedy and Hope

And anyone like you or I who has figured this out ...

2014-03-12T15:14:16.984-05:00

And anyone like you or I who has figured this out is frozen out of the two major political parties because our independent thinking and refusal to accept their system of governing is a threat to their very existence. I never thought I would live to say that I truly hate living in the United States of America, but it's rapidly reaching that point. An alternate reality has been contrived to give the appearance of living in a free and open society, but it's just that. Virtually every election is rigged before we step foot in the voting booth; we have only false choices. So no, we are no different than Russia or China from that standpoint.

I agree with your conclusion. I find it funny in a...

2014-03-12T12:59:45.020-05:00

I agree with your conclusion. I find it funny in a gallows humor sense, Russia is slammed hard as being run and controlled by Oligarchs. Yet, the same effect of rule by the 1% is vigorously up held by our corrupt Campaign Finance System. As anyone who has ever ran for political office knows speech when it is amplified by TV, Radio, or Brochures is not "Free."

I have heard more than once by pundits that a candidates viability is determined by their ability to fund raise.