sw00861d20-campaign

d = decision


 If no changes that matter have occurred, when voting day
for the next president of the these endangered United States
comes, Senator John McCain (a politician I have liked at times
over the years, but for whom I/ will not vote then) will be the
Republican candidate; and either Senator Barrack Obama or
Senator Hillary Clinton (neither of whom is a politician who 
sells what I would prefer to buy then) will be the Democratic
candidate; and there will be outsider candidates.

If someone could prove to me that an outsider candidate I
would be willing to vote for then/ will have at that time a
reasonable chance of winning, I would vote for that person.
Yesterday over at Common Dreams I read 
Obama Is Right by Katrina vanden Heuvel
and many of the comments.  In one of those comments was
the conclusion that a vote for an outsider candidate would in
effect be a vote for McCain, that is if/ that vote/ would have 
been cast for the Democratic candidate otherwise.  I agree.
Therefore, aside from not voting, I will vote for whichever
senator is the Democratic candidate.

The central reason men gathered to form this nation was
the tyranny of King George III.  What besets this nation
now, and indeed the world, is oligarchic tyrrany based on
the so-called free market system.  President Eisenhower,
who had he felt as comfortable in his statesman role as he
felt in his military role (difficult as that was) would likely have
made some significant salutary changes, warned us about
this.  Given how insidiously the ruling powers have trapped
those being ruled, it is hard to know what to do about our
incarceration.  After all, it is not totally odious.  One could
make, little by little, moves toward self-sufficiency, and wait
for the overlord system to collapse; but then what?  One
could hasten its downfall by supporting only the clean and
green, of which ethanol is not a part.  See Care2 but avoid
its petitions area.  One could help promote, organize, and 
then convene a Peoples Congress.  I, for one, would like to
know what those who do not vote and those who've been 
disenfranchised think, even if as a group their opinions mirror
the opinions of those whose votes do count.

Two aspects of collusional oligarchic power which sadden
me most are how easily it can eliminate what threatens it 
and/or how easily it can co-opt an adversarial creation.
Alexander Hamilton was killed by Aaron Burr in a duel, but
Hamilton's spirit (wherever it is) must be so excited it's
about to pop/ out of its hiding place.  At Wikipedia is this
quick biography of Hamilton.  



Brian A. J. Salchert    2008-04-15