I have crazy idea.
But maybe it isn't as
crazy as I think.
What if President Obama
were to delay the election – until we get the elections we really
want?
I know; it sounds crazy.
Hear me out...
Every American knows that
we're not getting what we're voting for. Our representatives no
longer represent us.
Every American who is
paying any attention knows that campaign contributions are
essentially required bribes, and that our “elected
representatives” are anything but. Our candidates are hand-picked
long before we ever get to vote for them. And sadly; “free
market” legislation has led to the self-destruction
of America almost in the blink of an eye. What's worse is that,
when we need it the most; our citizenry's electoral power to fix
things is being stolen from us.
Every American who is
paying any attention knows that there are people trying to steal the
coming election. And this isn't something new. In the past three
presidential elections, there has been a systematic effort to subvert
our democracy:
After numerous
voter registration purges, the “Supreme” Court gave away the
2000 election to Republicans without an official recount.
There was substantial
evidence (and witnesses) that the 2004
election results were tampered
with electronically. But there may have been another, low tech way the theft was perpetrated; uncounted votes.
There are accusations that
President Obama lost 6 million votes in the 2008 election.
And now we're witnessing
Jim
Crow like laws being enacted in numerous States, with the obvious
intent of stealing the 2012 election. And now, even more than ever,
nobody trusts those electronic
voting machines.
President Obama has every
right to claim that the November election will not even be close
to fair.
So...
What if President Obama
were to declare the upcoming elections corrupted, and cancel them
until outside organizations declare them fair?
Canceling the elections
would make Obama president indefinitely, of course. The far Right
would call him a dictator. And America would be in an uproar... But
maybe not.
Americans might not be
outraged if we saw a real chance at fixing our broken system.
I have faith in the
American people working together. Together, we either know how, or
could figure out how to fix things. Sadly, our present
political system has held us back from that. Sadly, there is
profit in subverting a system. Politicians for hire sell out to the
highest bidder. And the highest bidder always wants the dirtiest
deed. We desperately need to fix that.
Our legislators need
crystal-clear mandates directly from the people. But they don't want
them. They want all the power to decide our fate. They want to make
our decisions for us. That's not really a democracy. We want a real
democracy! And I guarantee that we won't get it through regular
channels.
So... What if President
Obama insisted on adding some direct democracy to our
hopelessly corrupted political system?
What if President Obama
offered us the opportunity to vote directly on policy issues? What if
we had the right to vote on actual issues instead of voting for some
corrupt representative? What if, for the first time in our Nation's
history; “We The People” had some direct influence
on policy decisions?
Everyone knows that our
present system of checks and balances has failed us. Congress is at a
standstill, and has been for 6 years. The only laws that have passed
are so watered down they're often worse than nothing. We're not
getting what we've paid for. We need more checks and balances. We
need checks on the Legislative Branch of government. And we need to
balance our political system in favor of our citizenry. We need
something like a fourth branch of Government.
Direct democracy could
function like a fourth branch of American government – a check and
balance to the three branches that have swung so far from democracy.
Imagine; a fourth branch
of government, consisting of “We The People.”
What if President Obama
were to fight for a fair election with clear policy mandates
legislators would have to follow? All President Obama would have to
do is add 12 policy questions to the ballot.
What questions do I feel
should be asked of “We The People?”
Here are 12 ballot question suggestions
(with links to further information):
- Concerning any possible future bailout; should America require upper management of the bailed out company retire without golden parachute benefits?
- Should we amend the Constitution to counter the Supreme Court decision on Citizens United?
- Should subsidies and tax breaks continue to be given to the fossil fuel industry?
- Should we fundamentally reorganize the Federal Reserve System?
- Do we want a socialized medicine option?
- Should we break up (or impose level-playing-field regulations on) monopolies?
- Should we be able to vote out Supreme Court Justices?
- Should the Clean Air and Water Acts cover all industries?
- Should America retrain Federal military/security/intelligence employees for Federal civilian jobs?
- Do we want to end the war on drugs?
- Should mass media news be required by the FCC again to voice opposing opinions?
- Should there be a constitutional amendment to include direct democracy control over the Legislative Branch of Government?
These are all questions
that Congress won't touch. These are all issues that are critically
important for our future. These are all questions that “We The
People” have every right to decide.
We might not even have to
postpone the election. It is August as I write this. That gives us
September and October to dump the electronic voting system for a
monitored paper electoral system – and the same two months to print
up ballots with policy questions added.
Or, if the anti-democracy
folks don't like it; they can have Barrack Obama for President from
now on.
