Author
Chuck Frank
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As the people of America enter into 2020 what is the course that will be chosen by the politicos, the common people, the corporate Lords, the lobbyists, the farmers, the teachers and the ministers? Will there be more division, government corruption, cover ups, fake news, and more . Will Silicon Valley again assume their self appointed treasonous position of censorship by the Silicon speech police who are now the guardians of the galaxy? Spare me.
It was enough in the last 3 years to have the newspapers, TV stations, federal agencies and the FISA court in a collusive union that was meant to railroad an innocent President and then continue endlessly with a fake narrative. What if this circus happened during the reign of one or more of our first four Presidents? The country and the framework such as the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights that was given to us by these founders would have been lost to future generations.
America, you are now at a fork in the road and can no longer remain divided. A divided country will not stand. Not only has division been created between we the people, but also it has infiltrated an outdated two party system. Therefore, the entire country is at stake because of many factors that are still out of control. One may ask, what factors? There are innocent people going to jail, all the while, white collar crime continues to run amok within a deep treasonous swamp that is still a going concern. Hundreds of federal agencies, which cannot even be counted, are still crawling with many snakes and are ready to strike at a minutes notice. Whether it be political opponents or hateful people, various government entities and the courts are on a mission to use arbitrary laws in a way that, in the end, restricts basic natural freedoms and individual rights and continues to place the American people in great bondage within their society. Sadly, it is frequently done though a maze of legalism which is reflective of a Marxist tyrannical state that is meant to control nearly every aspect of human life, from the minute a person is born to the very day that they die. And it is certainly not reflective of the words that were given to us by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence which stated the following.
“We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness …”
However, in spite of the sweet and beautiful words here, there is thick smoke rising and a war within that is brewing and it places absolute power above the people to the point that total submission is generally required for those who are not wearing a badge.
Are Americans being looked after by their superiors for their own safety and the benefit of others, or are “we the people” an entity that needs supervision and a bridle, to be led as a horse that will serve as transportation for the rider? The very bondage of “Homeland Insecurity” that is common among Chinese people who wish to be free, has already come to America. All one must do is look up and see the dark clouds that are passing by. The Pentagon has recently contracted with Amazon to place facial recognition(i.e., biometric screening) and mountains of other data within Amazon’s mega “cloud”, that is a database containing hundreds of millions of individual records.
So, as the Great Divide thickens the surveillance state becomes more and more a reality with every breath we take.
Just recently, roughly 300,000 Hong Kong people protested against the Red China’s attempt to extradite persons from Hong Kong to China. Where are America’s protests since there is already a noose that keeps getting pulled tighter and tighter? The passivity of the American people is beyond measure. Where are those who are left to carry the torch of freedom before it is too late?
Does anybody know what time it is? It is surely one minute to midnight.
The PPJ Gazette 
Jul 26, 2019 @ 13:42:41
We had a very good civics teacher in high school..a political science major. He taught us the difference between the French and the British revolutions.
The French revolution was bloody, violent and only served to put yet another dictator in power.
The British revolution was slower, more deliberate and the British people actually gained some ground.
The Pitchforks Are Coming… For Us Plutocrats (excerpts)
By NICK HANAUER
I see pitchforks.
At the same time that people like you and me are thriving beyond the dreams of any plutocrats in history, the rest of the country—the 99.99 percent—is lagging far behind. The divide between the haves and have-nots is getting worse really, really fast. In 1980, the top 1 percent controlled about 8 percent of U.S. national income. The bottom 50 percent shared about 18 percent. Today the top 1 percent share about 20 percent; the bottom 50 percent, just 12 percent.
But the problem isn’t that we have inequality. Some inequality is intrinsic to any high-functioning capitalist economy. The problem is that inequality is at historically high levels and getting worse every day. Our country is rapidly becoming less a capitalist society and more a feudal society
I see pitchforks.
At the same time that people like you and me are thriving beyond the dreams of any plutocrats in history, the rest of the country—the 99.99 percent—is lagging far behind. The divide between the haves and have-nots is getting worse really, really fast. In 1980, the top 1 percent controlled about 8 percent of U.S. national income. The bottom 50 percent shared about 18 percent. Today the top 1 percent share about 20 percent; the bottom 50 percent, just 12 percent.
But the problem isn’t that we have inequality. Some inequality is intrinsic to any high-functioning capitalist economy. The problem is that inequality is at historically high levels and getting worse every day. Our country is rapidly becoming less a capitalist society and more a feudal society
If we don’t do something to fix the glaring inequities in this economy, the pitchforks are going to come for us. No society can sustain this kind of rising inequality. In fact, there is no example in human history where wealth accumulated like this and the pitchforks didn’t eventually come out. You show me a highly unequal society, and I will show you a police state. Or an uprising. There are no counterexamples. None. It’s not if, it’s when.
And then there’s no time for us to get to the airport and jump on our Gulfstream Vs and fly to New Zealand. That’s the way it always happens. If inequality keeps rising as it has been, eventually it will happen. We will not be able to predict when, and it will be terrible—for everybody. But especially for us.
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The most ironic thing about rising inequality is how completely unnecessary and self-defeating it is. If we do something about it, if we adjust our policies in the way that, say, Franklin D. Roosevelt did during the Great Depression—so that we help the 99 percent and preempt the revolutionaries and crazies, the ones with the pitchforks—that will be the best thing possible for us rich folks, too. It’s not just that we’ll escape with our lives; it’s that we’ll most certainly get even richer.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-pitchforks-are-coming-for-us-plutocrats-108014
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Jul 26, 2019 @ 08:37:26
I noted the comment about the passivity of the American people. Other than those make america great again hats….there is a lack of passion about anything to do with government or the people who populate it. I think the public is in a state of depression watching the corruption and the ongoing failure of government to work in their best interest. Possibly Chuck…it is the calm before the storm. I personally believe we are approaching a tipping point. I don’t think the public is going to stand for much more no matter what hat they wear.
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Jul 26, 2019 @ 04:06:19
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Jul 26, 2019 @ 03:37:15
Washington’s governing elites think we’re all morons, a new study says
By Alex Thompson Sep 30, 2016
Voters are angry at the political establishment and the political establishment doesn’t much care for the voters either. In fact, they think voters are pretty damn stupid.
That’s the conclusion of a new survey of America’s unelected governing elites by political scientists at Johns Hopkins University. While media outlets endlessly poll and probe the American people to understand why they feel so disenchanted with their government, Professor Benjamin Ginsberg and Senior Lecturer Jennifer Bachner instead looked at America’s political ruling class for answers. The federal bureaucrats, think tank leaders, and congressional staff members they surveyed, Ginsberg said in an interview with VICE News, “have no idea what Americans think and they don’t care. They think Americans are stupid and should do what they are told.”
It seems that the disenchantment is mutual.
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/kz9vgz/washingtons-governing-elites-think-were-all-morons-a-new-study-says
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Jul 26, 2019 @ 03:23:26
Appointed bureaucrats are making policy rather than the legislative branch which is SUPPOSED to be making law.
C-SPAN VIDEO Q&A With Benjamin Ginsberg
Professor Benjamin Ginsberg talked about What Washington Gets Wrong: The Unelected Officials Who Actually Run the Government and Their Misconceptions about the American People. For this book he and his co-author surveyed White House staff, federal agency officials, and the employees at policy-making agencies on their attitudes toward the people they serve. Professor Ginsberg began this interview by telling a story of a conversation he had at a dinner party with a senior-level government official in which she expressed her impression of typical Americans. Among other topics he also discussed his belief in the importance of cynicism; politicians’ use of language; how federal rules and regulations are promulgated; his childhood growing up in Chicago; and how is interest in bureaucracy developed
https://www.c-span.org/video/?419699-1/qa-benjamin-ginsberg
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