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The current political parties' formula for choosing American leadership is assemble as many clowns as you can, find the outrageously ridiculous ones, discard the others, and let the public vote for the remaining few.
I don't believe Washington, Adams, Jefferson, et al would approve. Even the political parties our Originals spawned didn't behave this badly.
And, not surprisingly, a good chunk of the American public doesn't approve too, at least according to all the "Anybody But" sentiment they don't.
Of course, clowns create clownish policies .. so if bread and circuses is your preference for America, get ready to be well served no matter which Emmet Kelly wins.
After thinking a bit, I can't help but wonder if America is in the throes of an evolution of sorts with regard to political gatherings.
It's pretty clear the current bunch of political parties are simply all out of touch. The very appeal of the candidacy's of big top crashers Donald and Bernie pretty much attest to that.
But people still need something to belong to, believe in, and to hope will produce an antidote for clowning around in Washington so as to perhaps get something seriously done to the benefit of themselves as Americans.
Enter citizens groups.
A fairly new phenomenon of considerable weight, citizens groups may be the forerunner of more relevant political parties should their evolution continue.
And, it appears the primordial political conditions may be just right for letting the fittest of these groups survive.
A citizens group is an internet website based assemblage of, in America's case, Americans, who are bound by the perspective of the group in hope of achieving the group's goal of some kind of political betterment for those so joining. The group can extend operations outside of the base website, but the site is home.
With the right relevant perspective, these groups can be effective, especially as a bastion of hope for serious political improvement in the midst of all the disgusting political laughter this fall.
So, who are these citizens groups?
One more famous one is Move On .Org. Move On is left-wing everything, and gained prominence a few years back as a protester of everything right-wing. They gained traction for awhile, peaking with the "Occupy Wall Street" and "99 Percenters" movements. But when those 15-minutes-of-famers ran out of time, Move On petered out too. Today they're so far to the left, they're essentially as irrelevant as the current crop of left-wing political parties .. and thus they're not likely to evolve.
Another citizens group that's had a small bit of fame is Citizens United. Essentially the antithesis of Move On, CU is right-wing everything against left-wing everything. They've never really been a major player, and their members are simply hunkered down in defense of the onslaught from all those who don't fit the "winners" mold of traditional American status quo. Because they too mimic existing right-wing political parties, it's not likely that they'll ever evolve, having lost traction and relevancy with respect to the mainstream.
A new player in the citizens group arena is Powerful American Political Alliance. This new guy on the block differs from the previous two by being centrist, not of either wing. They also aren't about being anti- this or that. Whereas Move On and CU are about both economic and especially social issues, PAPA focuses only on economics, with a singular goal of making life economically better for all Americans, but has no typically political opinion on social issues at all. This intriguing position may bring it relevancy, as it's not likely to get divided by social-issue squabbles. But, time will tell if they're a forerunner to a new more relevant political party, though indeed, despite the fact that the majority of Americans would identify centrist, there's presently no centrist political party real player in existence so there's plenty of room for this alliance to so evolve.
If you know of other citizens groups in this genre, please feel free to post a link to them.
As Americans eventually turn their disgust with the current painted-face dinosaurs into remedial evolutionary action, the most relevant citizens group may become the next big player in American politics.
I mean, just look at what we have now: either goofy Donald or sad sick Hillary will become our next .. wait for it .. President. :shock:
If America is to continue, hell, with either of these two clowns, if the world is to continue, we ordinary every-day Americans are going to have to bind together to overcome dinosauric politics as usual and create something unusually much better ..
.. That is, we will if we too don't want to end up on the scrap heap of history like brontosaurus bozos.
I don't believe Washington, Adams, Jefferson, et al would approve. Even the political parties our Originals spawned didn't behave this badly.
And, not surprisingly, a good chunk of the American public doesn't approve too, at least according to all the "Anybody But" sentiment they don't.
Of course, clowns create clownish policies .. so if bread and circuses is your preference for America, get ready to be well served no matter which Emmet Kelly wins.
After thinking a bit, I can't help but wonder if America is in the throes of an evolution of sorts with regard to political gatherings.
It's pretty clear the current bunch of political parties are simply all out of touch. The very appeal of the candidacy's of big top crashers Donald and Bernie pretty much attest to that.
But people still need something to belong to, believe in, and to hope will produce an antidote for clowning around in Washington so as to perhaps get something seriously done to the benefit of themselves as Americans.
Enter citizens groups.
A fairly new phenomenon of considerable weight, citizens groups may be the forerunner of more relevant political parties should their evolution continue.
And, it appears the primordial political conditions may be just right for letting the fittest of these groups survive.
A citizens group is an internet website based assemblage of, in America's case, Americans, who are bound by the perspective of the group in hope of achieving the group's goal of some kind of political betterment for those so joining. The group can extend operations outside of the base website, but the site is home.
With the right relevant perspective, these groups can be effective, especially as a bastion of hope for serious political improvement in the midst of all the disgusting political laughter this fall.
So, who are these citizens groups?
One more famous one is Move On .Org. Move On is left-wing everything, and gained prominence a few years back as a protester of everything right-wing. They gained traction for awhile, peaking with the "Occupy Wall Street" and "99 Percenters" movements. But when those 15-minutes-of-famers ran out of time, Move On petered out too. Today they're so far to the left, they're essentially as irrelevant as the current crop of left-wing political parties .. and thus they're not likely to evolve.
Another citizens group that's had a small bit of fame is Citizens United. Essentially the antithesis of Move On, CU is right-wing everything against left-wing everything. They've never really been a major player, and their members are simply hunkered down in defense of the onslaught from all those who don't fit the "winners" mold of traditional American status quo. Because they too mimic existing right-wing political parties, it's not likely that they'll ever evolve, having lost traction and relevancy with respect to the mainstream.
A new player in the citizens group arena is Powerful American Political Alliance. This new guy on the block differs from the previous two by being centrist, not of either wing. They also aren't about being anti- this or that. Whereas Move On and CU are about both economic and especially social issues, PAPA focuses only on economics, with a singular goal of making life economically better for all Americans, but has no typically political opinion on social issues at all. This intriguing position may bring it relevancy, as it's not likely to get divided by social-issue squabbles. But, time will tell if they're a forerunner to a new more relevant political party, though indeed, despite the fact that the majority of Americans would identify centrist, there's presently no centrist political party real player in existence so there's plenty of room for this alliance to so evolve.
If you know of other citizens groups in this genre, please feel free to post a link to them.
As Americans eventually turn their disgust with the current painted-face dinosaurs into remedial evolutionary action, the most relevant citizens group may become the next big player in American politics.
I mean, just look at what we have now: either goofy Donald or sad sick Hillary will become our next .. wait for it .. President. :shock:
If America is to continue, hell, with either of these two clowns, if the world is to continue, we ordinary every-day Americans are going to have to bind together to overcome dinosauric politics as usual and create something unusually much better ..
.. That is, we will if we too don't want to end up on the scrap heap of history like brontosaurus bozos.