May 23, 2008
Why your vote for president doesn't count.
For too long we've sat back and let the politicians control us instead of the other way around.
Okay, you go to the polls to vote in the primaries to let your voice be heard. But regardless of who wins the majority of the votes, it's the super delegates who choose each nominee. Where is your voice?
A good example of how to defeat this stifling of the people's will happened in Atlanta, GA. Congressman John Lewis, although his district voted overwhelmingly (around 70%) for Obama in the primaries, he decided he would cast his super delegate vote for Hillary Clinton since the Clintons are long time friends of his. His district's majority black constituents were very displeased and let their voice be heard and he switched his vote. Congress, unlike the President, is still chosen by the people.
And after your super delegate chooses the nominee for you, you go back to the polls to vote for whose going to be president, only your opinion doesn't matter here either. Because you don't really choose the President. The Electoral College does. The Electoral College– School of higher learning of ways to ignore the people. But to make it seem as if you're not being ignored, they train you to vote for whoever they want in office – The person who spends the most money and becomes bedmates with the lobbyists. To see whose in bed with whom, check out www.whitehouseforsale.org.
So how do you get your voice heard? We've got a plan. The "Waste Your Vote" campaign.
March 07, 2008
I often wonder about this whole race / gender diatribe within the ranks of the Democratic party.. They’re claiming there’s so much racial and gender discrimination in America. Although this may be true, the fact still remains that a woman and a black man both have a chance at sleeping in Bush’s bedroom. What does this say about their party? I guess they’re saying that they have no chance of winning. Why run then? Once again divisiveness pollutes their party and weakens them. It’s obvious our country is far less racist and sexist than it has been in past generations.
Then I look at the Republicans. John McCain has secured the nomination. Yet most of his comrades don’t respect him. Some have even called him a traitor to the party. They don’t find him to be a “true conservative”. Or rather, a liberal in conservative’s clothing. And this is coming from neo-cons, who have hijacked the term “conservative” for their own purposes. If you ask me they aren’t very conservative either. Especially when it pertains to fiscal responsibility and foreign policy. If McCain’s own party doesn’t want him, then how could he ever be truly effective as a president?
Well, it’s not like they want me either. Not yet. But they need me. They need the Brick Party. And soon they’ll come to see why. Seeing that the Brick Party has no legislators on Capitol Hill at the moment, we’re in a particularly unique position. We embody the best aspects of both of these parties, but with our own ideas on how government should be run. Like slowing down the process of government by making each legislator actually read every page of every bill before they vote on them. This ensures we make the right decisions for our people and eliminates corruption and misuse of taxpayer dollars. The Brick Party is constructed from the will of the majority and the design of the Founding Fathers.
I don’t want to get rid of these other two parties. In fact, I encourage more parties to get legislators voted in to various offices around the country. I don’t want division between us. I want us, through our differences of opinions, to do what is right for our people. I want us to educate them about government, so they can make sound decisions at the ballot box. Our Democratic Republic must prevail.