kanesrealm

Donald Trump has proclaimed we have a rigged system and like any idiot, once in awhile he gets it right. We do have a rigged system. Not our elections, they remain relatively straight and I 'll explain why in a separate post. For now let's stay on the rigged system of which Donald Trump is a part of. From the moment man slithered from the primordial sludge, for you creationists when God wiggled his nose and zapped the human race into existence, the system has been rigged. It started first with the strongest simply beating the weakest to death, for land, women, food or because their God(s) commanded it. Then mankind discovered organization and the joy of money. The system then shifted to Kings and Queens and those they favored. Money and position took root and brought us forward to now. The system is rigged to favor the rich and powerful, like Donald Trump. They have access to the best of everything and they and their surrogates write the laws and regulations which govern us. ...

How often have you heard people say politics is just so nasty, it turns me off and that's why I don't get involved. If only we could be nicer and return to a better time when we respected each other and behaved in a good manner. That time never existed, it is a myth. Watching the Republican Debate last night with all the barbs flying back and forth I was reminded of this erroneous belief that nasty politics is unique to our modern times. Donald Trump repeatedly called Ted Cruz a liar. I would call Cruz a denier of fact for political gain, a distorter of reality to create a fog of confusion, a deceptive manipulator of people's fears for the sole purpose of gaining power for his own petty propensities. In the common tongue, a liar. In the early days of our Republic, newspapers frequently made up horrible things about politicians they wanted to destroy and fact checking was non-existent. The politicians themselves were no better, they bashed one another with vigor, includin...