RedSpawn

Agreed. He was a smart guy at the time, but being smart is not a prerequisite for the Office of the President. American voters don't want smart, nerdy, reasonable men who have logical platforms that make sense or require them to make some personal sacrifices for the advancement of the nation. They prefer smooth talking, charismatic, overly politically connected, narcissistic, and mildly corrupted men who have Ivy League credentials who promise something for nothing. These men are particularly good at whispering sweet nothings in our ear as they sell America out to the international bankers, special interests, and the highest bidder in the surging global economy. So we get George H. Bush, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama and a $19 trillion public debt with not much infrastructure innovation or rehabilitation to show for it. We need less finger pointing and more accountability from our leaders. We need public campaign finance reform so badly to flush out the insane amount of big money flowing in our politics. We are transitioning from a Constitutional republic to a banana republic. I don't know where this roller coaster ride will end but it's a cheap thrill for sure. We also need term limits in Congress to hopefully stymie the political gridlock we frequently see regarding bills. The all-you-can-eat compensation buffet at the Congressional trough needs to stop. We need more turnover in those Congressional seats; also, we should put an end to the career politician in D.C. Our nation deserves better.

http://www.ontheissues.org/Ross_Perot.htm Let's review his platform for reasonableness. . .

http://www.businessinsider.com/r-new-york-mayor-wants-more-taxes-from-rich-for-crumbling-subway-2017-8 It's just sad that New York has allowed its transportation infrastructure to depreciate, decay, and crumble to this point. . . Aren't these repairs covered for federal grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act? Did New York apply for these federal grants and use them for transportation infrastructure rehabilitation and replacement?

The graft or corruption with the debate questions is not dependent on the outcome of the election. If her campaign received the assistance without whistleblowing, then the Clinton campaign is a witting or unwitting accomplice regardless of if she won or lost. The campaign cannot receive and accept the assistance and then act like it wasn't a beneficiary of such coaching and unfair practices. Has the Clinton campaign even apologized to Bernie Sanders for this lapse of character and judgment? It is a character issue, plain and simple. It is demonstrative of a "winning by any means necessary" mentality. My review shows the Clinton campaign issued no apology. No surprise as people who game systems typically don't make apologies for their behavior especially when it is implicitly sanctioned by a National Committee at the time. We don't know how Clinton would have performed during the debates had she not been given a heads up on those questions. THAT'S the point. We don't know how a "live" performance of her at the debates would have swayed public sentiment. The DNC corrupted voter's ability to see her as she really is and funneled questions to her campaign to help windrow dress how THEY wanted her constituents to perceive her. In addition, with the DNC server, we have received absolutely no verifiable proof about who hacked the DNC server since it was never claimed to be a national security matter when it was hacked. We have military intelligence, but they haven't supplied any hard core data but plenty of innuendo and mudslinging. Our government failed to secure the alleged crime scene and evidence, downplayed the incident's impact on the federal election when it occurred, and then subsequently hyped it up with a McCarthyism fevered-pitch after Trump won the election. You don't find that a bit odd? Edit: changed 'benefactor' to 'beneficiary'

Since Trump is coming off the worst week in his Presidency, I think we need to take some time to analyze the top 10 WORST Presidents in U.S. History and see how we plan to classify President Trump in light of the circumstances. https://www.usnews.com/news/special-reports/the-worst-presidents/slideshows/the-10-worst-presidents?int=news-rec Do we know all of these Presidents? What type of biases has U.S. News and World Report demonstrated in their analysis?

Being right about policy issues doesn't make you qualified to be President of the United States either. Take Ross Perot for example. https://www.creators.com/read/david-sirota/11/07/was-ross-perot-right

Question: Did the Democratic National Committee election meddle when its leaders gave the Clinton campaign questions to debates in advance of the actual televised debate to the detriment of Bernie Sanders? Or is that just plain old graft and corruption which is unethical but not unlawful and a testament to "how dirty the political game is played" in D.C.?

Al Bundy voted for Trump because the mall he worked at as a women's shoe salesman closed due to very low foot traffic. Suburban malls in lower-middle class neighborhoods were one of the first casualties of the changing retail landscape. The advent of online sales and the rise of amazon.com and zappos.com was bad for what little commissions Al earned before he was laid off. Being unemployed, disillusioned, and unhappily married he voted for the promise to make America great again. With no viable job prospects and ample idle time he ran for and became President of NO__MA'AM. Bless his heart. . .

You are testifying on truth barmar!

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/reports/2015/04/14/110962/women-of-color-and-the-gender-wage-gap/ There is a wage gap issue for black and hispanic women....is this a job skill set issue, work experience history issue, education issue or a salary negotiation issue? WHERE DO PEOPLE EVEN LEARN HOW TO OVERCOME THEIR FEARS AND BECOME SAVVY SALARY NEGOTIATORS FOR JOB OFFERS? Are women accepting their job offers as-is or do they try to negotiate for more value? You must know your worth when hunting for jobs as employers are notorious for taking advantage of candidates in the job hunting process.

http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site333/2014/1212/20141212__USWealthGapRace~1.jpg Black families have about 20% of the wealth of white families. Since our public schools don't require successful completion of financial literacy and personal finance classes before high school graduation, how is the average black family going to learn the core skills of good money management and capital wealth building and investing to increase their social mobility? You could say "go to the public library" but library doesn't provide practical hands-on experience needed for the knowledge to translate meaningful content into healthy positive habits and outcomes that promote financial security. Black families don't have an adequate financial emergency cushion to bounce back when a life event occurs such as death, disability, severe disease, divorce, unexpected job loss, or casualty event like car accident or apartment fire or burglary. Furthermore, a lot of black families don't have a retirement plan so the children who do "make it" in society have the added burden of providing financially for their own families and their aging parents since their retirement assets are virtually nonexistent. This creates additional financial stress and pressure on an already tenuous situation.

Having given the proper historical context, let's do the unthinkable: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/08/28/these-seven-charts-show-the-black-white-economic-gap-hasnt-budged-in-50-years/?utm_term=.ee0df6bcdea3 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/50-years-after-the-march-the-economic-racial-gap-persists/2013/08/27/9081f012-0e66-11e3-8cdd-bcdc09410972_story.html?tid=pm_business_pop&utm_term=.bb9a780a1dab http://fathers.com/wp39/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/Children-Living-with-Mother-Only.jpg https://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/05/the-connection-between-unemployment-and-unmarried-parents/275491/ http://dailysignal.com//wp-content/uploads/single-mother-poverty.jpg http://www.heritage.org/sites/default/files/~/media/images/reports/2012/09/sr117/chart1.jpg https://www.brookings.edu/blog/social-mobility-memos/2014/02/27/obamas-post-presidency-tackling-the-social-mobility-challenge-for-black-men/

http://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2017/03/is-the-nfls-stadium-building-boom-over/ Priorities.... Corporate-branded stadiums always come first. . .as infrastructure projects. http://soccerstadiumdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/new_atlanta_aug24_5.jpg http://soccerstadiumdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/new_atlanta_aug24_2.jpg http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/wabe/files/styles/x_large/public/201510/ATLunited-Stadium.jpg COST OF THIS IS $1.5 billion https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2014/12/02/new-falcons-stadium-now-to-cost-1-4-billion/19806585/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/08/05/u-n-security-council-oks-strong-economic-sanctions-1-3-north-korean-exports/542680001/ https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2017/07/30/u.s.-flexes-military-muscle-after-north-korea-missile-test/104139894/ I already hear the war drums ramping up. I wonder if President Trump is salivating over the possibility of war.

If you compare the minimum wage in Mexico to the minimum wage in the United States you can see ONE of the main reasons why immigrants were running to the border, securing fake IDs, illegally working in the U.S. and wiring money back home to family in Mexico. Unskilled labor can get almost 12X wage increase by migrating to the United States and working illegally in similar occupations. Follow the money and the arithmetic. President Trump should have tried this angle when he was trying to explain why we have the immigration problem in the 1st place. He race baited instead and catered to our base instincts and fears. http://franklycurious.com/media/1/20130819-worldminimummages.jpg

Can someone fact-check this one. I know two of these captions to be true, but I am not as familiar with the other ones. . If Uncle Sam tells you it's not about the oil, always double check that narrative. Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8932197/Pearl-Harbour-memo-shows-US-warned-of-Japanese-attack.html

I think Trump met with the King of Saudi Arabia in May, in part, to get reassurances that the King was not pivoting away from the United States over our long-term monetary hegemony over the petrodollar. Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/03/17/china-saudi-arabia-sign-65-billion-cooperation-deals/99295228/ ALWAYS FOLLOW THE MONEY AND MONETARY HEGEMONY. http://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdmegaxxlarge/mritems/Images/2017/5/20/fa78e7b035af49bcbaa8b75749742be5_9.JPG

Agreed. You are killing me though. I needed smelling salts today. :blink: The next asset bubble will either be: http://www.visualcapitalist.com/subprime-auto-loans/ http://subprime.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Credit-Bureaus-Burst-Subprime-Auto-Bubble-Concerns-b.jpg or Source: https://www.ft.com/content/a272ee4c-1b83-11e7-bcac-6d03d067f81f Source: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SLOAS?utm_source=series_page&utm_medium=related_content&utm_term=related_resources&utm_campaign=categories http://prn.fm/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/student-loans.jpg President Trump better have his talking points ready for the next market panic. He's riding high on Dow 22,000 but it is possibly an asset bubble created by our central bank monetary policies. See https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/us/politics/trump-praises-the-stock-market-he-once-said-was-a-bubble.html The problem is the asset bubbles rose because we transitioned from a nation of financial innovation to a nation of financial engineering. Derivatives were originally created to solve a business problem for legitimate, yet sophisticated buyers and sellers who actually HELD, NEEDED, OR PRODUCED the underlying asset on which the derivative was based. See Powerpoint slide below. However, Wall Street hired consultants to mastermind this market to allow participants who don't constructively own or have access to the underlying asset to speculate in the marketplace without having sufficient "skin" in the game. Therefore, these gamblers aren't concerned about a successful, mutually beneficial outcome for both parties. This is very important because the underlying economic assumption is that each party deals with his counter-party at an arms-length; each party wants an outcome that will benefit both parties. However, thanks to the Wall Street masterminds, you now have institutional gamblers who can become parties in the market who actually don't own any of the assets these derivatives are based on and these parties are moving the market prices in an attempt to make quick profits on the short-term price fluctuations of these contracts. This increase in the volume of transactions in the marketplace may be good for Wall Street's transaction fee revenue, but it causes horrible, amplified price and market equilibrium distortions. The derivatives market is glutted with bad actors; thus, one can practically throw the market fundamentals out the window. We are in Wall Street casino-land now. Ain't nothing free in a financial marketplace, there's always a price/penalty to be paid! So, how do the top 25 retail bank holding companies in America own derivative contracts with a notional value totaling $222 TRILLION. There is no safe place in this world for ugly mathematics. $222 million million = $222,000,000 X $1,000,000 = $222,000,000,000,000. See below: http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/05/14/20170516_derivs1.jpg

The Federal Reserve Bank Balance Sheet has ballooned from a small US$900+ billion in 2008 to over US$4.5 TRILLION in 2017. A quadrupling of assets on the balance sheet? That is insane! Source#1: https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/bst_recenttrends.htm Source#2: http://www.businessinsider.com/federal-reserve-rate-hike-plan-to-unwind-45-trillion-balance-sheet-2017-6 Where's the journalists and collective outrage?

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6JkzJ4qLw5E/U6G_t6KObEI/AAAAAAAAA3E/uoY0vt64TW8/s1600/85448_Dollar-Hegemony-by-Luojie-China-Daily-China.jpg A beautiful graphic of what you were saying about our monetary hegemony.

Sorry, but I am just waking up over here from all of the digital propaganda I was being spoon fed. I didn't know the rabbit hole was THIS deep! Heck. I didn't even know this was potentially one of the precious jewel e-mails from the Clinton e-mail server scandal. https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/12659 ===> WIKILEAKS puts Fake News to shame! I haven't seen them retract a news release yet. Our news networks need to drop the fluff journalism and get on the case like Magnum P.I., FBI. . .looking for the man with the reason why!

Thanks for the feedback. And yet our dramedy-driven news networks rarely talk about this global humanitarian rights issue or how it practically enslaves the world through a fiat currency that is backed by nothing more than F.E.A.R. (Fake Economy Appearing Real). If "enslave" is too strong, I am willing to downgrade to "a form of indentured servitude". ;) Look at page 1 of the Global Outlook Report for 2017 from JP Morgan. It shows global citizens attacking their government officials with pitchforks as a result of the trillions of dollars of issued bonds (cash) sitting at central banks. Very interesting outlook. https://www.jpmorgan.com/jpmpdf/1320719576236.pdf

https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2016/01/06/new-hillary-emails-reveal-true-motive-for-libya-intervention/ Gaddafi died over this?

Fine. Let me break it down for you: Almost all countries who buy their oil from OPEC must do so in US dollars. This is based on a bilateral agreement that the US made with Saudi Arabia, the world's largest holder of crude reserves, to provide them world-class military protection of their resource rich oil fields in exchange for requiring all OPEC purchases to be settled in US dollars. In addition, we asked Saudi Arabia to reinvest their oil profits from these sales by purchasing fiat US Treasury notes issued by the US Department of Treasury through a printing press at the Federal Reserve Bank. The US has no problems providing military protection to Saudi Arabia as the sun never sets on the US empire of military bases. In addition, our military industry has the capacity, materiel, manpower, and budgetary approval to EASILY fulfill the terms and conditions of this bilateral agreement. In addition, our military will have first hand access to monitor and respond in this Middle East region should unusual activity occur that disturbs the public order and peace of the region or interferes with the economic prosperity we are afforded. Saudi Arabia thought this agreement was a sweet deal from heaven because they would have the world's largest and most formidable military protecting their country's greatest asset AND MIDDLE EAST PORTS. All that was required in return was OPEC market manipulation demanding the US fiat currency for all oil purchases and that any surplus currency Saudi Arabia had was used to buy US Treasury notes. Every nation needs oil to power their economy. Therefore, you have almost 200 countries clamoring to produce global exports for the US to get greenbacks in their international trade settlement accounts to purchase the oil they need from OPEC who requires all oil barrel purchases be denominated in US dollars. These countries need oil for manufacturing, heating, auto fuel, ship fuel, and jet fuel among a variety of other reasons. This arrangement created an intense artificial global demand for the US dollar and the US dollar became the default world reserve currency through petrol oil. As long as the world needs oil for subsistence, manufacturing, and transportation and as long as OPEC has dominance over the supply and distribution of this precious commodity, the US will be the world's functional reserve currency and American ports will receive a cornucopia of goods from across the world on the cheap. In addition, this arrangement generated a lot of U.S. financial business for the world foreign currency exchange market handled courtesy of Wall Street firms and the Federal Reserve Bank. Ever wonder why our retail stores are chocked full of inventory from China and the Five Tigers of Asia? Monetary hegemony and petrodollar world dominance is why. The only thing that can disturb this equilibrium is when countries try to break away from the petrodollar regime and find ways to buy their oil in other currencies. This type of "insubordination" undermines our petrodollar imperialism; thus, our government and State Department find ways to cast these countries as bad actors or axes of evil for geopolitical reasons rather than highlighting how their resistance to our petrodollar regime threatens our world dominance in the oil market. We call this sleight of hand ... "foreign policy spin" to change public sentiment to support a military intervention of the insubordinate country. Now, Iraq (Saddam Hussein) tried to break away from our petrodollar regime in late 2000 and wanted to buy oil in cheaper Eurodollars at the time. This strategy seems innocuous at first, but should it succeed, other countries might adopt it which would further compromise our world reserve currency status and eventually require that we beef up our U.S. exports to replace the lost business volume. But this sounds like pure conjecture, right? See https://www.theguardian.com/business/2003/feb/16/iraq.theeuro So, Iraq shows the world how to temporarily decouple from our monetary hegemony and petrodollar regime at a profit; and in less than 3 years the world also sees an Iraq War with no WMD found, a huge Western intelligence failure, a dead Saddam Hussein, and a decimated, destabilized Iraq left with no surviving government in the midst of all the death, destruction and chaos. And the world says, "Note to self: We will continue to get up in the morning, go to work for pennies on the dollar, make the doughnuts that America wants, support the petrodollar regime and buy our oil in US dollars from OPEC lest we want to end up like Saddam Hussein and Iraq." Any questions? Source: http://themarketmogul.com/petrodollar-american-hegemony-part-1/ https://geopolitics.co/2016/06/06/mainstream-media-exposes-secrets-of-u-s-petrodollar/#comments http://www.softpanorama.org/Skeptics/Political_skeptic/Nationalism/American_exceptionalism/Images/sittinontopoftheworld.jpg http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/6a/d1/58/6ad15872b7fbf435b51728b356406bd8.jpg

Oh really? You couldn't have read the entire chain on monetary hegemony that fast! And the timing of economic sanctions against Russia and Iran by the US Senate to some of the largest holders of proven oil & gas reserves in the world is very suspect and beyond coincidental. It's not all about a global antiterrorism campaign. That is only part of the narrative the government and intelligence agencies share with the public. FOLLOW THE MONEY and proven oil and gas commodities and you will better understand the U.S. foreign policy and inadvertent Middle East destabilization effort. http://www.uncommonthought.com/mtblog/archives/2015/04/06/oil-imperialism.php Monetary hegemony is an economic and political concept in which a single state has decisive influence over the functions of the international monetary system. A monetary hegemony would need: accessibility to international credits, ✓USA has foreign exchange markets ✓USA has courtesy of Wall Street and Federal Reserve Bank. the management of balance of payments problems in which the hegemony operates under no balance of payments constraint. ✓ USA has the direct (and absolute) power to enforce a unit of account in which economic calculations are made in the world economy. ✓ USA has petrodollars which is defined as "the U.S. dollar earned front the sale of oil, or they may be simply defined as oil revenues denominated in U.S. dollars" Sometimes a picture is worth a 1000 words. This is what U.S. monetary hegemony looks like http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6JkzJ4qLw5E/U6G_t6KObEI/AAAAAAAAA3E/uoY0vt64TW8/s1600/85448_Dollar-Hegemony-by-Luojie-China-Daily-China.jpg