It rained in the upper midwest election U.S.A. night. If one were a poet, they might say the gods were weeping. If a student of cultural history, P.T. Barnum crying, because having lost his crown as America’s biggest con man. If a student of America, Abraham Lincoln, distraught over having been proven wrong: “You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all the time.”
Or, Lincoln weeping having seen his concerns of January 27, 1837, come to fruition: “At what point, then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us; it cannot be from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.”
Or, perhaps foreign friends weeping. As described in Damien Cave’s 11/9/22, New York Times article: “World watches U.S. democracy lose its way.” Friends from Asia, Europe, Canada, Africa, Australia, Latin America bemoaned what they saw in the one-time world champion of democracy, steadily worsening since 2000. What did this mean for THEM?

It”s often said, in war the first casualty is truth. A war against American democracy has been waged for 50 years. A series of corrupt presidential administrations in one political party. A well-financed and orchestrated plan to corrupt the federal judiciary succeeded – a fact mentioned by foreign observers. An alternative universe of reactionary forces in information produces “alternative facts.” “Torrent of lies coalesces into suspect vote” said the Stanley-Becker and Harwell article in the 11/9/22 Washington Post – itself echoing numerous findings by American intelligence organizations, police forces, investigative journalists, statements by ordinary victimized Americans.
The torrent of DEFINITIVELY debunked lies, internet idiot rumors, media moron mistruths has, with Madison Avenue professionalism, so saturated America many swear these obvious falsehoods are gospel truths. All that is in addition to Russian and Chinese trolls building upon America’s own paranoia and fears.
Lies are the dagger that kills democracies.

Perhaps the skies are weeping because recent two decades’ worth of CARTOON CHARACTER CANDIDATES one party has nominated. If these people had been running for office elsewhere, it would’ve been said “only in a banana republic”; or only in a sinking European “democracy” in the early 1930s could a Charlie Chaplin played character become dictator. No more. it HAS happened in America

Perhaps weeping skies are coming from the Founders, because their four worst fears have become true: corruption, slavery, religion, mobs. Their hopes for a “virtuous republic” dashed. Corruption of government and law financed by reactionary billionaires, carried out by corrupt politicians. Slavery transformed into hatred and discrimination against women and various minorities. Religion weaponized by right-wing forces to control people’s lives and pervert laws. Mobs trashing the U.S. Capitol and injuring 140 police; armed mobs everywhere intimidating innocent civilians.

America has, supposedly, survived the 1850-1865 slavery struggle – but – the area that demanded slavery has not mentally/politically changed. We survived the 1940s-1950s anti-communist witch hunt, sort of – a favorite right-wing accusation is somebody/something is “socialist” or “communist.” Still!!!!!!!!!!!!

Perhaps we will survive the current 50-year attack on true democracy. Attackers are determined, very well financed. They’re at war with post-1900 American civilization. They’re armed with religious belief in the rectitude of their “mission to save America.” They’ve demonstrated anything goes to accomplish this sacred self-imposed “mission.”

Aristotle: “The society that loses its grip on the past is in danger, for it produces men who know nothing but the present, and who are not aware that life had been, and could be, different from what it is.”
Later Orwell: “Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.”

Reactionary anti-democratic American forces have tried to control the past – by numerous bogus “history books pushing lies; by numerous “scholarly works” twisting principles and events; by bogus “Supreme Court” statements purporting historical and legal “truths.”

Perhaps weeping November, 2022, skies are IN FACT fears of the gods, the Founders, Lincoln, foreign friends. If so, it will be remembered this occurred.
If America ceases to be a democracy IN FACT, not reactionary rhetoric, it will be said its death struggles lasted over 50 years, 1970-2020s.
As in Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany, Putin’s Russia, Xi Jinping’s China – appropriate lies will be constructed to provide official “history” and dogma explaining democratic America’s death.

Web sites like this will be deleted.

I also will be deleted.

• the New York Times and Washington Post made all this up – to increase sales
  
  – it’s a plot to take YOUR guns; it’ll be framed as a “national security” operation; YOUR house is at the top of their gun theft operation
  
  – Trump was made president by God; he had a right to take whatever he wanted
  
  -the entire thing is a HOAX111; Fox is working hard to find the real truth
  
  – Trump didn’t know anything about whatever this is
  
  – this is part of the Blue Helmet plan to deny Trump his rightful 2024 presidential re-election
  
  – Pelosi and The Squad did this; if January 6th had worked, this wouldn’t have happened
  
  – as a former president, Trump is above the law
  
  – this is all a commie-lib-antifa-feminist plot to frame Trump; Fox & Friends are working on the truth
  
  – this is Comey’s revenge; he’s been secretly leading the FBI on this, sneaking into FBI headquarters disguised as a woman
  
  – Hilary did it; she hired a bunch of Benghazi thugs; they secretly communicated with illegal cell phones
  
  – “Deep State” did it to frame Trump; Fox has a crack investigator working on this; it’ll be announced on prime time Fox by the 36-22-34 girl in the leg chair
  
  – Mexican rapists and drug dealers did this; they hired wanna-be illegal immigrants to do the dirty work
  
  – the Chinese did it, as revenge fro Trump blaming them for COVID
  
  – pro-abortionists did this as revenge for Trump’s Supreme Court appointees; Fox News is working on the scandal
  
  – the gays did it; they bribed a White House guard; the put the material on a yacht owned by a gay millionaire; using gay-dar they evaded the Coast Guard; at Mar-a-Lago they bribed a guard who snuck the stuff in at 2 AM
  
  – the I.R.S. did it to justify their recent budget increase – which they are going to use to harass YOU
  
  – it happened because a bunch of R.I.N.O.s working with the back-stabbing former “Republican” Congress critters who voted against Trump used their D.C. contacts to hire Washington bureaucrats to acquire the “material in question,” then ship it to Mar-a-Lago, where it was conveniently “discovered”; Fox is working on this scandal
  
  – Trump loves America. WE KNOW this. There’s no way he did this
  
  – if ever there was FAKE NEWS, this is it! All the people who hate Trump and are out to get him have combined forces
  
  – somewhere, somehow, George Soros is responsible for this entire black bag operation; think how much money it had to cost to build an organization that could try this
  
  – Putin did it; he’s upset Trump hasn’t publicly backed his Ukraine invasion; he felt Trump “owed” him for getting Trump elected president in 2016
  
  – the coastal elites did this; they don’t like how Trump stands up for REAL Americans like YOU. They want to make sure he doesn’t help YOU any more
  
  ****** So what is a patriotic American like YOU who dearly loves his country supposed to think? Look at all the possible suspects who want to get rid of Trump. You KNOW you haven’t heard the real truth behind all this manufactured “criminal” activity – because Fox News hasn’t told you the REAL story.

1980-2022 America has been robbed, divided, misinformed, persecuted by four groups of artificially privileged people: American oligarchs, media morons and internet idiots, reactionary religious zealots, gun zealots. The Super “Citizens’ above the law [or in some cases – beneficiaries of laws they funded and wrote].

These people have been aided and sometimes created by the 2005-2022 “supreme court.” The majority 6 have been illegally appointed by a “religious Test.” This site has called the McConnell/Trump/Roberts “court” the ‘Stupid Court>”. We are not alone. The President said it “didn’t have a clue.” A minority Justice said there was a “stench” about this “court.” After the infamous “Dobbs” rough draft was leaked, a law professor said it looked like it was written by “people on a mission.” AND – these people are not alone in questioning the sanity and competence of the majority 6.

At his Senate confirmation, “justice” Alito said: “A judge can’t have any agenda. And a judge certainly doesn’t have a client>. In a November, 2020, speech [to a right-wing group}, Alito stated that freedom of speech, religion and gun rights are in danger of “second tier” constitutional status. No agenda? No client?

The majority 6 often claim to be only supporting “original intent” [1787-1791] of the Founders. Chief Justice Marshall’s critique of this fabrication: “A Constitution, from its nature, deals in generals, not in detail. Its framers cannot perceive minute distinctions which arise in the progress of the nation, and therefore confine it to the establishment of broad and general principles.” Marshall, and 1789-1999 American “history and tradition” – versus Alito.

Given the 2005-2022 PATTERN, YOU decide: has the McConnell/Trump/Roberts Stupid court “establish[ed] Justice, insure{d} domestic Tranquility.. promote[d] the general Welfare..????? Is this “court” one of competence and wisdom – following “American history and tradition” – or – does it have a reactionary agenda [an agenda that is defended by use of R-W think tank manufactured “scholarship”, with a history of twisting facts and basic principles]???????

The Founding Father’s generation envisioned a “virtuous” America; led by “virtuous” leaders [George Washington], populated by “virtuous” citizens. They understood human frailties, tried to build a system that encouraged only “virtuous” leaders who would “do the right thing” for the entire nation [Washington]. they envisioned a “virtuous” populace that informed itself and discussed issues – NOT a populace that fell victim to media morons and internet idiots.

There have always been differences of “opinion.” The 1980-2022 American problem is differences of FACTS [the “alternative facts” of certain people]. When 35% of a population is trapped in a DELIBERATELY CREATED “echo chamber” of MEDIA MORONS AND INTERNET IDIOTS making $1-5-l0-20-25-30-50 million a year to deceive them – America cannot worked as designed.

Having a “discussion” of issues is NOT, CANNOT, be an exchange of bumper-sticker slogans: “freedom,” “Second Amendment rights,” “religious freedom,” “COVID is a hoax,” “global warming is a hoax,” “election integrity,” the “stolen election,” “states rights,” “tax and spend,” “crime is out of control,” “we’re the REAL Americans,” “not in the Constitution,””defund the police,” “America is over taxed,” etc, etc until the “right” election issue is found.

What are the REAL facts??? Is any of the above bumper-sticker election slogans true??? Have YOU done any REAL research [beyond the internet] to find out if what YOU believe true really is??? What do YOU know about what the Founding Fathers’ generation REALLY said, thought, wrote, on basic principles they put into 1776-1800 federal and state constitutions??? WARNING: there is a major industry of manufacturing and TWISTING what the Founders REALLY said and created – some of which has surfaced in dubious “supreme court” 2000-2022 decisions.

Vladimir Putin’s propaganda principle is flood Russia with various stories – so after hearing contradictory “information” – Russians don’t know what the truth is. “American’ MEDIA MORONS AND INTERNET IDIOTS are masters of this. They’ve been taught by “American’ big business – which lied about tobacco, fossil fuels, global warming, pesticides, taxes and regulations, outsourcing jobs. The consequences o these BIG LIES are now destroying America and the world.

Article I, Section 9: “No title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States..” This refers to nobility of royal birth and “achievement.” America does not grant FORMAL titles of “nobility” – but DOES have “nobility.” these privileged persons are sometimes referred to as “masters of the universe.” They are the top members of the top 1% – the AMERICAN OLIGARCHS.
American OLIGARCHS run parts of the economy. they been LUCKY to become rich – making obscene amounts of $10-20-30-50-100 million per year, often EVERY YEAR, and with that, immense political power to get American rules changed to benefit themselves. Spitting in the faces of less fortunate Americans, they routinely evade taxes by ANY means possible [often using tax laws they paid for, “campaign contributions,” future job offers, P>PO. box company “headquarters,” anonymous shell companies].
for comparison; if Joe Sixpack works 18-68, makes $50,000 every year, his LIFETIME earnings are $2.5 million. If Susie Sorority works 22-68, makes $100,000 every year, her LIFETIME earnings are $4.6 million. AND – they will pay a HIGHER PERCENTAGE of their incomes than Percy Moneybags, III is likely to pay in taxes. Spit in YOUR face.

One of the founding generation’s DOCUMENTED BIG FEARS was an “ESTABLISHED CHURCH.” Major Baptist ministers protested against this; evangelicals sent protesting petitions against it; James Madison’s famous “Memorial and Remonstrance” warned against it; many major Founders were Deists [watchmaker God]; Jefferson and Paine were routinely called atheists; the First Amendment prohibits it [“Congress shall make NO law respecting an establishment of religion..”]. Is there an “alternative; meaning to the word “NO”?????????
State constitutions prohibited it [North Carolina, 1776, Articles XXXIV: not “..on any pretense whatsoever..”]; eight 1776-1800 state constitutions banned an ACTIVE MINISTER from their government!!!!!; 11 states HAD an “established church” – ALL were gone by 1830. These are all DOCUMENTED facts.

“Separation of church and state” means a church YOU don’t attend cannot tax you, cannot force you to run YOUR life by their religious dogma. PERIOD. A state or nation that allows this is not a “democracy.” It it a THEOCRACY. the founders were very aware of European religious wars. The First Amendment was designed to avoid this.
Unfortunately, a dedicated group of “fundamentalist” churches has conducted a 50-year religious war on America. Some results have been murdered doctors, violence, and 2000-2020 Stupid Court rulings.

The Second Amendment: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free people, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”

So – what does “Second Amendment rights” really mean??? that a STATE will have a “well regulated Militia – meaning a STATE has a National guard unit??? The “security of a free State” means what??? That the ENTIRE population of a STATE as one political unit feels secure from threats? Threats by whom??? What force could threaten an entire STATE??? Why do people have “arms”???
So – which of the THREE parts of the Second Amendment are “Second Amendment rights? The right to join a National guard unit??? The right of “the security of a free State”???
By the rules of English grammar – the FULL, CORRECT, meaning of the Second Amendment”. MUST include ALL parts of a sentence – the Second Amendment: state Militia, state security, people with guns – combined. ANY statement of “Second Amendment rights’ which does not do that is FALSE.

By the rules of the Constitution – “Militia”. appears in Article II, Section 8: “To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions; To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States…”
Article III, Section 2: “The President shall be Commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into actual Service of the United States…”

SO – what part of Articles II and III allows for ordinary people, NOT in the National guard, to have guns to “protect their family”. when NOT. “called into actual Service of the United States”?????????
SO – what part of a “well regulated Militia” entitles ordinary civilians to be “good guys with guns”??????????
SO – what part of the U.S. Constitution allows civilians to carry in public military grade weapons on streets when NOT “called into actual Service of the United /states”?????????

Further, please read both parts of the “1792 Militia Acts [May 3, 8]”. REQUIRING every free able-bodied white male, age 18-45, to be enrolled in the militia, and, within 6 months, provide himself with a “good musket” and equipment.
REQUIRED, not asked, 18-45 males to Militia service for their local Militia. Tp provide communal security.

And – for you “strict constructionists,’ you constitutional literalists; the “arms” possible to you are ONLY single-shot, muzzle loading muskets – because that’s what existed then [see “not in the Constitution”]. Modern weapons did NOT exist – so – under YOUR rules – you can’t have them!!!!!!!!!!!!

1980-2022 America has been sliding into chaos BECAUSE it has accepted the BIG LIES of what the Constitution and the people who wrote it said, and DIDN’T say; because MEDIA MORONS AND INTERNET IDIOTS have spewed forth daily BIG LIES. o YOU would get angry [at the wrong people]; because “American” OLIGARCHS have so corrupted government and the economy that ordinary people – that’s YOU – struggle to survive – while the top 1% live i previously unimagined “nobility” and wealth.

Keep listening to their lies, voting for the politicians responsible for the PLANNED destruction of the American Dream – Republicans – and you’ll get what their announced, documented, goal is: a plutocratic theocracy. A system built on daily Putin-style BIG LIES and a total PERVERSION of what the Founders wrote and intended, of what 1789-1980 America WAS. Those alive in 1947-73 America KNOW what was achieved then – they lived the Dream.

“The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of
government are justly considered, perhaps, as deeply, as finally staked on the experiment
entrusted to the hands of the American people.” [George Washington; first inaugural
address; April 30, 1789]

******* “..the EXPERIMENT entrusted to the..American people.”
Are YOU. up to continuing that experiment? If so, YOU. have work cut out for
YOU – because OUR American “experiment” is under attack like never before –
by determined, very well funded, fanatics, bent on imposing THEIR values
and religious dogma on YOU. This evidence is all around you – by people
claiming to be “patriots” and following the Constitution. That is their first
and greatest BIG LIE.i

Looking for answers to the madness, stupidity, injustice,, unfairness of 2022 America? Look no further than what the Founding generations meant, and did create in 1775-1800 .

They revolted against favored treatment for a British corporation in 1773; revolted against a king and established church in 1775.

The Republicans/Far-Right have managed to enthrone corporations, economic royalty, established churches with help from the McConnell/Trump/Roberts Stupid Court, a kangaroo “court” unmatched in American history. [and – given their 2005-2022 track record, many more un-Constitutional decisions await a defenseless American public].

The Founders had four major fears: corruption, slavery, religion, mobs.

Thanks to Republicans, the Far-Right, YOU have been forced to endure all four.
Corruption has, like a malignant cancer, eaten away at basic fairness and equality in ordinary American’s lives. The horror of slavery replaced by virulent racism/discrimination against colored peoples; and also against women and gays. The Founders’ documented fears of tyranny of an “established church” realized by enthronement of right-wing fundamentalist churches. Mobs now rove America, with military-style weapons, traumatizing communities through fear; culminating [so far]. with the January 6, 2021, assault on YOUR national capitol.

The word “corporation” is NOT in the Constitution. ALL corporate “rights” GIVEN. them by the Stupid Court, 1886 forward. This began with twisting 14th Amendment words; continues with twisting “free speech.” “Citizens United,” said legal experts made money laundering “speech.” The richer you are – the more “speech” you have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The McConnell/Trump/Roberts Stupid Court had a 70% “win” rate for “big business” even before. gutting regulations that protect YOU in their infamous 2022 ruling, “West Virginia.”

The word “God” is not in the Constitution. Founders intended whatever religion, or no religion, one practiced would be PRIVATE. Explicitly in 1776-1800 state constitutions, they prohibited people from having to attend, or, “on any pretense whatsoever,” being forced to pay for church buildings or ministers. [see 1776 North Carolina, Articles XXXIV].

Both state and federal constitutions banned an “established church” – an official or state church – which citizens are FORCED to financially support and live by church dogma. A church YOU don’t attend, may even despise, cannot tax YOU, cannot FORCE you – by using the “law” – to live YOUR life by THEIR religious dogma.

The McConnell/Trump/Roberts Stupid Court has ALTERED the Constitution – illegally, they have NO power to change the Constitution. this “court” has destroyed what Amendment I’s language plainly states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..” The infamous three 2022 rulings, combined with previous un-Constitutional rulings have CREATED an”established church” in America: the far-right fundamentalist churches. By the cumulative weight of McConnell/Trump/Roberts Stupid Court rulings – YOU. are now compelled to support churches and their schools with YOUR tax dollars. YOUR reproductive choices are now governed by THEIR religious dogma, NOT. medical science and proven, standard medical practices.

Much of 1968-2022 Republican/Right Wing fear propaganda has to do with maintaining second class “citizenship” for women, colored peoples, gays. The Repubs/Far-Right regime requires “enemies.” Their official “enemies” are “uppity” women, “uppity” minorities, “uppity” gays. One is constantly told these “enemies” “need’ to be controlled so they don’t sabotage and damage America.

The revolutionary language, spirit, message of the Declaration of Independence said: ‘..all Men are created equal with certain unalienable rights..among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.”
Republicans and the Far-Right. DON’T. believe in these words. Since 1968, they have done everything they could to erase 1775-1968 progress America had made on political, economic, religious, social grounds
The intensity and arrogance of their opposition has increased since 1980, 2010, 2016.

Connect ALL the dots. Research [in REAL info, not echo chamber bumper stickers from media morons and internet idiots]. Examine the TOTAL. PATTERN. of what Republicans and the Far-Right have said and done. THEY have outsourced jobs [creating the Chinese threat], rigged the economy [to favor the top 1%], rigged the tax codes [to favor the top 1% and corporations] rigged elections [continuing in 2022-], put forth massive amounts of propaganda and LIES [on their own TV station and other media morons and internet idiots] to snow job YOU and “justify” their corruption.

The middle class peak, the peak of American civilization, STATISTICALLY, was achieved in 1947-73. This was “too good a deal” for the “undeserving’ common people – it had to go, and it did. 2022 America is NOT in any way like that era. We do have more “stuff,’ more comfort [some of us].

We also have more manufactured fear, more preposterous propaganda, more insecurity, more anxiety. THIS is part of the price Republicans and the Far-Right have exacted – the severe psychological wounding of the American soul.
We are not safe anywhere – because Repubs and the Far-Right [and the Stupid Court] want more guns in the hands of more people [rational, decent or not] – based on a BIG LIE of what the Second Amendment meant in 1791. That and a bald violation of the rules of grammar [one is required to read all 3 parts of that sentence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!].

People, misinformed, living in fear, can be manipulated, vote against themselves.

Republican/Far-Right contempt for YOU is symbolized by “election” of THE CON MAN in 2016, with no program other than to enrich himself at YOUR expense. Republican/Far-Right cruelty is represented in the controversy over a pregnant 10-year old girl [and their serious discussion of whether she should have been forced to give birth].

Repubs/Far-Right have PROVEN, repeatedly, for over 50 years, they don’t believe in the words, the spirit, the meaning of the Declaration of Independence.

Keep voting Republican, you’ll get more corruption, more cruelty, more contempt.

• in 1860-61, the physical South seceded from the Union, because of slavery. This had been building since 1820.
  – in 2016-22, the physical and psychological South seceded from the Union again, because of guns, abortion, contraception, and religion. This had been building since 1968.
  
  -Servitude: – the 1861 South wanted Black slavery to continue forever.
  – the 2016-2022 South wanted female servitude to continue forever.
  
  – Cruelty: – the old South wanted to control ALL aspects of Black lives – existence, work family, children, education, possessions.
  – the modern South wants to control women, keep them second class citizens, enact mandatory motherhood.
  
  – “States’ Rights”: – the 1861 South claimed they had a right to maintain Black slavery under the “states’ rights” legal theory
  – the modern South claims it has a right to abolish abortion and ban contraception use under the “states’ rights” theory.
  
  – Fugitive Slave Laws: – the old South demanded fugitive slaves be returned to their owners. The Compromise of 1850 had provisions imposing heavy fines on people who aided slave escapes.
  – the modern South enacts Fugitive Women Acts, “bounty hunters” are allowed to hunt down and prosecute women escaping to free states for abortions or anybody providing contraceptives.
  
  Religion: – old South slavery was “justified” using biblical scripture.
  – modern female reproductive servitude is “justified” using biblical scripture>
  
  -Supreme Court: – the infamous 1857 “Dred Scott” ruling said Blacks couldn’t be citizens, and the Constitution “must be construed now as it was understood at the time of its adoption.”
  – the infamous 2022 “Dobbs” ruling claimed abortion wasn’t in the Constitution, and therefore it wasn’t a protected right.
  
  – Ignorance: – the old South banned educating Blacks; many whites were poorly educated
  – the modern South bans ALL children from learning “disruptive” and inconvenient truths; previously had closed ALL schools in some states to prevent integrated schools.
  
  -Poverty: – in the old South, poor “white trash” led very hard lives; this continued into the 20th century.
  – in the modern South, books and studies like “The Spirit Level” documented the poverty and backwardness of states like Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
  
  -Guns: – in the old South, whites armed themselves against greatly feared potential slave revolts.
  – in the modern South, populations are heavily armed, to “protect their families”, “stand your ground” laws passed, the most heavily armed are white evangelicals.
  
  -Migrants: – in the old South, most European immigrants went to the North, because they didn’t want to compete with zero-wage slaves.
  – in the modern South, early signs are that women are beginning to consider leaving the South because of lost independence of their bodies; corporations in the South now fear a “brain drain” out of talented women.
  
  -Political Party: – the old South had the Democratic Party – phase one, same party
  – the modern South has the Republican Party – phase two, same party
  
  -“Victimization”: – the old South claimed the North was “out to get them”
  – the modern South claims the North is “out to get them”
  
  -Taxes: – the old South didn’t like taxes.
  – the modern South is against taxes that IT pays, especially when this contributes to “socialism”; although Southern counties and states are VERY happy to collect hand outs paid by taxes in the North.
  
  – Myths and Lies: – the old South made up myths about the glories of slave society and that civilization; claimed the 186l-1865 Civil War was ALL the North’s fault
  – the modern South makes up myths and lies about the glories of Southernized civilization; that THEY alone are the “real Americans.”
  
  The Founders compromised on the Constitution, because if they didn’t – the old South said it wouldn’t join the United States of America.
  The Constitution was thus flawed from the very beginning.
  The Union was also flawed from the beginning, the South insisting on preferential treatment for its “peculiar institution.”
  Many Founders were deeply troubled by implications of their Declaration of Independence not being true with the existence of slavery. George Washington freed his slaves at his death, few others did.
  
  Some have said Lincoln shouldn’t be regarded as a hero and great president – because h made a tragic mistake in not letting the old South go its own way>
  
  Throughout American 1789-2022 history, the South has been a source of “cancer” – anti-democratic attitudes and policies emanating from the South have caused trouble, embarrassment, violence.
  
  We arrive at 2022, with the South again causing disunion and division; again demanding the majority bend to their prejudices and zealotry; their politicians again refusing to solve issues majority opinion wants done; again the South creating destructive issues to fester and become even more damaging; above all – demanding that it can keep unwilling people in servitude.
  
  Did Abraham Lincoln make a VERY BIG. MISTAKE????????????????

“When Religion Becomes Evil,” written by internationally recognized religion expert Charles Kimball, describes “The Five Warning Signs of Corruption in Religion.”

“The Five Warning Signs of Corruption in Religion”:
absolute truth claims; blind obedience; establishing the “Ideal Time”; the end justifies any means; declaring holy war. “..one or more of these five signs always precedes any instance of religiously sanctioned evil.”

Peter Gomes on the fallacy of a literalist approach to the Bible:
“Literalism is dangerous for two reasons. First, it indulges the reader in the fanciful notion that by virtue
of natural intelligence the text is apprehensible and therefore sensible. Despite genuflections to the notion
of original or authorial intent, meaning is determined by what the reader takes out of the text, and this
meaning the reader attributes to the author. Thus, what the reader thinks is there becomes not merely the
reader’s opinion, but the will of God, with all the moral consequences and authority that implies…The second
danger of literalism is that the power of private judgment may well obscure the meaning of a text by paying
attention only to what it says…Allegories, typologies, and symbolic interpretations are to be avoided in favor
of the pure and uncorrupted word. Literalism does not want the text held hostage to these devices, but literalism
itself is hostage to the 18th century illusion that truth and meaning are the same, and that they are fixed and
discernible by the application of the faculties of reason and common sense.” [meaning: literalists TELL you what
THEY think the “will of God” is; meaning”. They are NEVER wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

Kimball: “When missionary zeal is informed by absolute truth claims defining who is “saved” and what is acceptable, the propagation of religion frequently includes sinister dimensions.”

Kimball: “Authentic religion engages the intellect as people wrestle with the mystery of existence and the challenge of living in an imperfect world..Conversely, blind obedience is a sure sign of corrupt religion..When individual believers..become enslaved to particular ideas or teachings, religion can easily become the framework for violence and destruction.”

Kimball: “When the hoped-for ideal is tied to a particular religious worldview and those who wish to implement their vision become convinced they know what God wants for them and everyone else, you have a prescription for disaster.”

Pat Robertson: “For reconstructionists there is no neutral ground, no sphere of activity outside God’s rule. One is either following God in all aspects of life or not following God at all. One is either engaged in godly politics or is participating in the anti-God structures that now threaten the home, the school, and the church..”

Kimball: “Christian reconstructionists in America are only one step removed from their counterparts with a concrete, divinely ordained plan for an Islamic state or the reconstituted, expanded biblical state of Israel.”

Kimball: “When a key feature of religion is elevated and in effect becomes an end, some people within the religion become consumed with protecting or achieving that end..that component of religion functions like an absolute truth claim, and zealous believers become blind in their single-minded defense of it.”

From other sources:
-Paul Weyrich: “..it is war. It is a war of ideology..a war of ideas..a war of our way of life..to be fought with the same
intensity and dedication as ..a shooting war.”
-Pat Buchanan: “There is a religious war going on in this country. It is a cultural war..for the soul of America.”
-Randall Terry: “Our goal is a Christian nation. We have a biblical duty..are called by God to conquer this country.
We don’t want equal time..don’t want pluralism.”

Because religion was one of the four main FEARS of the Founders, they included both a freedom of – and a freedom from, religion: “Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..” [meaning: NO state church; ALL religion is private]

Because extreme efforts have been made to destroy the “establishment clause,” America has been faced with decades of experience with WHEN RELIGION BECOMES EVIL. Zealots have conducted a HOLY WAR against the rest of America. “THE END JUSTIFIES ANY MEANS” has been demonstrated hundreds of times in physical violence, murder, corruption of the Constitution, hateful laws in the name of ‘God,’ corruption of what was the Supreme Court – now more accurately seen as the Stupid Court, the Stench Court, the Supreme Inquisition.

Justice Brandeis: “If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.”

“Absolute truth claims” are illustrated by zealots insisting people should NOT be able to control their own sex lives and reproductive choices; that gay people are somehow not real people. “Scripture” is quoted to “prove” all this.

Justice Fortas: “Government in our democracy..may not aid, foster, or promote one religion or religious theory against
another.” [“Epperson”]

The “pro-life” HOLY WAR against America is reaching a stage where some “Christians” are arming themselves, saying violence might be “necessary” to “save” America – on THEIR terms. Some of these people were very visible in ther January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. ABSOLUTE TRUTH CLAIMS.

Chief Justice Warren: “When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.”

Since 1968, the “religious right” has worked to change how America’s legal system works. They worked to get “pro-life: judges installed [a violation of Article VI] – and have – with the help of one political party which sold its soul for power.
This plan has succeeded. Religious zealots now control the Supreme Court. Those 6 issued 3 un-Constitutional rulings in June, 2022 – cooking up radical right -wing “reasoning’ mumbo jumbo to justify. ‘THE END JUSTIFIES ANY MEANS.”

James Madison’s famous 1785 “Memorial and Remonstrance” contained this warning:
“Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of
all other Religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in
exclusion of all other sects?”

The McConnell/Trump/Roberts Stupid Court has now accomplished this, with a series of rulings, one building on top of another; contrived reactionary think tank arguments providing for PRIVILEGED status of “conservative” fundamentalists. Taxpayers forced to subsidize religious schools; people with “sincerely held religious beliefs” allowed to discriminate against other Americans; religious dogma put into law [violating the text, intent, spirit of Amendment I as understood for 200 years].

The religious HOLY WAR on America is now reaching unprecedented levels in various “conservative” states. Not only abortion banned – in ALL circumstances, but efforts made to deny people legitimate medical prescriptions. Ongoing work on laws censoring people’s mail; controlling how people travel; suing people in OTHER states for what is done THERE. THE END JUSTIFIES ANY MEANS.

Rumors, hints, from the Stupid Court indicate the HOLY WAR will be enlarged to achieve other ABSOLUTE TRUTH CLAIMS on same-sex marriage, total abortion and contraception bans

The only question now: do the zealots with to take America back – to Puritan Massachusetts, circa 1692 – or – forward. – to “Gilead”???
Will we be “blessed” with a gentle theocracy of only scarlet letters {“A” for guilty of abortion, “C” for
guilty of contraception use, “G” for guilty of being gay????????}

Has the 10-year old pregnant Ohio girl tipped the hand of how far the zealots will go? Or – are they “only” planning on adult “handmaids”?

Will male vasectomies be banned? Will male masturbation be banned????????????

Will control of females by the state extend to clitoridectomies, birth quotas, gold-silver-bronze motherhood medals. “protective custody” while pregnant, miscarriage prosecution???????????????

1641 Massachusetts legal code based on three biblical books; 1692 Salem; Comstock laws; Prohibition; book bans; anti-abortion laws, anti-contraception laws, religious rights to deny service – all illustrated how far Puritans have been wanting to go.
Since THE END JUSTIFIES ANY MEANS while conducting a HOLY WAR, how far will the new Puritans go, knowing the McConnell/Trump/Roberts Stupid Court. will back them?

WHEN RELIGION BECOMES EVIL. – there is no “too far.”

l]. The McConnell/Trump/Roberts STUPID COURT has just made America a THEOCRACY. YOU are now REQUIRED to support 2 churches oppressing YOU, with YOUR tax dollars.
2] YOUR body now belongs to the state – just like in Nazi Germany.
3] The other half of the R-W goal, PLUTOCRATIC state, has been enabled by the STUPID COURT’S 70% “business-friendly” PATTERN, capped off with “West Virginia” – which could gut ALL regulations.

Closer to home. – YOU. The Roe reversal has upended American medicine – YOUR health. Below are SOME of the consequences that now exist for YOU, YOUR family, the practice of medicine”

-7/17/22: “Abortion laws spark profound changes in other care”: “..the art of medicine is lost and actually has been replaced by fear…”we watched her get sicker and sicker…severe complications..7 died within hours..patients seeking sterilization..denied medicine..” [L.Tanner; Assoc Press]
-7/6/22: “Without Roe, what’s IVF’s future?” [J.Hoffman; N.Y. Times]
– 7/10/22: “I’m Terrified for my patients”: “..could have required doctors to ‘reimplant an extopic pregnancy into the woman’s uterus,’ which is impossible..” [Hackney; N.Y. Times]
-7/l0/22: “Abuse victims trapped without abortion options”. [M.Iati; Wash Post]
-7/17/22: “Post-Roe maternal care in turmoil”: “..one Wisconsin woman bled for 10 days because emergency room staff wouldn’t remove fetal tissue..” [Sellers & Nirappil; Wash Post]
-5/6/22: “Pregnancy-related deaths could soar 20% [E.Weise; USA Today]
-7/7/22: “Abortion Bans Will Affect Both Rich and Poor Americans”: “..a crisis for all American women..men who think the ban won’t affect them are mistaken..will change the political economy..” [E.Spiers; N.Y. Times]
-6/27/22: “The Demise of Roe Brings a Return of Sexual Servitude”: “Mandatory, forced or compulsory pregnancy contravenes enumerated rights..what happened to Black women during slavery..” [M.Goodwin; N.Y. Times]
-6/25/22: “The Battle to End Roe Has Changed Democracy”: “..change the Republican Party and rules of campaign finance..elections are more expensive..major donors..” [Ziegler; N.Y. Times]
-12/15/21: “Supreme Court decision jeopardizes all of our constitutional rights”: “.. provided a road map..put in great jeopardy a basic legal principle that no one should have to violate a law in order to challenge its constitutionality..has severely undermined federal judiciary supremacy..” [E.Chemerinsky; L.A. Times]
-7/17/22: “Vasectomies on the rise after Roe is overturned’: “..urologist reported a 300-400% increase in vasectomy consultations..” [M.Vnkataramanan; Wash Post} **other reports say men doing it out of fear vasectomies will be outlawed
-6/26/22: “Patients and States Turn Focus to Pills”: “..19 states already had laws barring using telemedicine for abortion. Texas..enacted a law prohibiting sending abortion pills through..mail..” [P.Belluck; N.Y. Times}
– 6/30/22: “Brazil Law Sets A Black Market In Abortion Pills”: “..drug traffickers control most access to the pills..the police were monitoring a website..” [S.Nolen; N.Y. Times} ***the new “Prohibition”??? gangsters selling YOUR pills???
-7/10/22: “With Roe’s Reversal, A Brain Drain Looms”: women now calculating: do THEY wish to work in states banning abortion and contraception; businesses facing hiring and talent losses [G.Bellafante; N.Y. Times}
-7/17/22: “Data on rape cases is elusive”: “..estimated about 2.9 million women in the U.S. experienced a rape-related pregnancy during their lifetime..about 7 of 10 sexual assaults go unreported..1,410 abortions reported in girls under 15 in 2019..” [A.Rodriguez; USA Today]
-7/17/22: “Abortion Bans Leaving Young At Higher Risk”: “In 2017..the institute concluded there were 4,460 pregnancies among girls under 15..In Texas, state records show over 200 children aged 15 and younger received abortions in 2021..One was 11 or younger..30 were 12 or 13 years old.” [D.Goldstein & A.Sasani; N.Y. Timers]
– June, 2022: “Complications in pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death among girls aged 15 to 19 years.” [Population Connection]
-7/17/22: “We reported truth of girl’s rape story”: “..in 2020, there were 52 abortions among children 15 or younger in Ohio….The year before that, the number was 63. Before that, 54. Before that, 61..before that, 76.” [N. Carroll; USA Today]
-7/14/22: “Are we a country that makes rape victims give birth?” “We told you this would happen if Roe v. Wade was overturned. This is a tragedy we will..see again and again..What is to happen to those children if they are unlucky..to be raped in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Ohio..that do now allow for an abortion even in cases of rape or incest/”. [C.Pierson; USA Today]

Bottom lines:
1] do You want YOUR private sex life and reproductive choices controlled by religious zealots?
2] “Are we a country that makes rape victims give birth????????????????????
3] are we a country that makes. CHILDREN. ages l0, ll, l2, l3, l4 give a forced birth to a rapist’s child???????????
4]. what kind of nation even has this debate??? How can a “civilized” nation even consider making a 10-year old a “mother”??????? Even in “Gilead” the “handmaids” are adult women. Thanks to Republicans, America has now exceeded the fictional cruelty of “Gilead” in real life, right here, in “America.”

How stupid are YOU????????
Keep electing Republicans – and – YOUR chances of getting shot. – anywhere. in. “America” will continue to increase; the chances of YOUR. daughter being a 10-year old rape victim FORCED to give birth. – will also increase

The madness, the frustration, of 2022 living in America for ordinary people – is. NOT. an accident. It is the result of a 50 year plan. now coming true. Is America “great again”? This is what living in a PLUTOCRATIC THEOCRACY. is like. The billionaires who funded it, the religious zealots who voted it, have won.

IT DID. HAPPEN. HERE.

*** Nothing in the Constitution allows a Supreme Court to unilaterally alter, neuter, destroy parts of it. Amending the
Constitution is done by Congress and the people.
***. Changing the Constitution is PRECISELY what the 2021022 Court has done to Amendments I and II.
***”Dobbs” alone is clear violation of Amendments I, II, IV, VIII, IX, and XIII.
***. By its 2005-2022 PATTERN, this Court has demonstrated how destructive and anti-democratic it is. It is now THE
#l threat to American democracy.
*** This Court, and the reactionary “think tanks” that feed it, have cooked up anti-historical LIES about what American
“tradition and history”. REALLY. are.
***. All this was PREDICTED, by John W. Dean”s 2007 “Broken Government. Chapter 3, “Third Branch” eerily says, with
close to 100% accuracy, exactly what has and is happening.
*** Perjury – or – prevarication? You decide. Multiple Senators said they were “misled” by one of the majority 6. Others
have, on the bench, contradicted themselves.
*** “Partisan political hacks” – or – judges? YOU. decide. Respecting 1787 – 2000. REAL. American legal norms, rules,
expectations, precedents – or – enacting a predetermined agenda? YOU decide.

By a series of decisions, this court attacked the “establishment clause” of Amendment I – reading “meanings” into it the Founders expressly OPPOSED. This court uses the “free exercise clause” to attack and weaken the “establishment clause.”
The Founders were ADAMANT they did NOT want any one or combination of churches to dictate how they ran their lives. WE have numerous speeches, some in Congress, many preceding the Constitutions on this. State constitutions, many preceding the Constitution, some of 1776, explicitly stated strict “separation of state and church.

The same people who wrote the Constitution also wrote state constitutions. Below is North Carolina, 1776, Articles XXXIV:
“That there shall be no establishment of anyone [sic] religious church or denomination in this State, in
preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretense whatsoever, be compelled to attend
any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment; nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of
any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry,
contrary to what he believes right”
THIS. is what “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..” REALLY MEANS.
The current “conservative” 6 majority has REPEATEDLY VIOLATED this explicit “original intent.” The culmination of a string of un-Constitutional decisions, “Dobbs vs Jackson Women’s Health,” imposes a specific RELIGIOUS ideology upon ALL Americans – regardless of THEIR own religious beliefs, or none at all.
“Dobbs” denies Americans a medical procedure, practiced around the world, that other religions have said THEIR faith allows. This is a blatant violation of the “free exercise clause.” No church can deny other faiths their practices.
“Dobbs,” dressed up in legal language, and selective historical opinion, is the culmination of a 50-year RELIGIOUS WAR by one religion, the one the 6 majority “justices” themselves belong to, to impose that religious view on ALL Americans.
All this is clearly, plainly, obviously, un-Constitutional, and, un-American.

“Dobbs” is a clear violation of Amendments I, III, IV, VIII, IX, XIII. The intent of Amendment III was people’s privacy in their home. Amendment IV: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons..” against unreasonable government violations of bodily integrity. “Dobbs” aids states in “mandatory motherhood” laws, which obviously violates Amendment VIII’s “..nor cruel & unusual punishments inflicted>. What is more cruel and unusual” than forcing a person to carry a possibly dying fetus to term – when that could mean the mother’s death, in addition to other harms? Amendment IX plainly states Americans have rights NOT enumerated in the Constitution. “Dobbs” violates Amendment XIII: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude..” “Dobbs” means an American is FORCED to become a slave of the state.

An attempt was made by the Court to paint this decision in legal and historical terms, a blatant attempt to obscure the driving force. Opposing abortion and contraception are. RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. Religious zealots pushing this agenda justified refusing to give people LEGL contraceptive prescriptions because it “violated their religious beliefs.” The Court, in “Hobby Lobby,” in violation of corporate law principles, granted a “closely held” corporation the ability to deny employees LEGAL prescriptions because of the owners’ “religious beliefs.”
In “Dobbs,” the Court claimed the medical procedure in question was “not deeply rooted in the Nation’s history and traditions.” This. FALSE. Abortion and contraception are 2000 years old; practiced in virtually every human society; practiced in America before and after the Constitution. Anti-abortion laws were pushed by MALE doctors, to prevent FEMALE midwives from practicing their historical craft; an illustration of MALE discrimination “tradition.”

Something IS. “deeply rooted in the Nation’s history and traditions: “separation of church and state,” the right of citizens to practice their faith without government establishing an official, “established church” to dictate to them. This tradition goes back to 1636; was mentioned in 1776-1800 state constitutions. “Dobbs”. clearly VIOLATES this. It is “Dobbs” that violates American history and traditions, not the medical procedures it dislikes, for RELIGIOUS reasons.

This Court violated its own professed principles: not in the Constitution, not in American history and tradition, when it loosened controls on guns in public spaces.
This Court’s 2008, 2010, 2022 rulings are themselves RADICAL departures from ALL 1788-2007 American history and traditions controlling guns in public spaces.

In March, 2021, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals “said restrictions on carrying guns in public except for hunting do NOT violate the Second Amendment”…Judge Jay Bybee, appoint4d by President George W. Bush, wrote for the majority. He said review of more than 700 years American and English law showed government has long had power to regulate arms in public spaces. “We have NEVER assumed..individuals have..unfettered right to carry weapons in public spaces..”

The justices could have researched “history and traditions” of “the Old West.” Cowboys were required to check guns with the town marshal at city limits.

The justices might have consulted with an /english teacher. She would have said “tradition” and rules of grammar, REQUIRE one obtains correct meaning of a sentence – the Second Amendment – by including ALL words, NOT just half of them.

The 6 “justice” majority violates its own test: “originalism” – things supposedly only possible by the 1787 document’s specific words. By the easily KNOWN Founders’ “original intent” this Court has failed on its own terms.
1]. there is nothing in the Constitution that allows a Court, by itself, to alter, neuter, destroy parts of it. No “established
church” means means 6 justices cannot impose THEIR religious beliefs on America. No violation of “free exercise
means 6 “justices” cannot violate religious beliefs of other Americans. Taking an oath to support the Constitution
means 6 “justices” cannot violate Amendments I, III, IV, VIII, IX, XIII.
2]. 700 years of history and tradition regulating guns in public spaces is proof enough of “original intent.” Nobody said
American towns banning cowboys from shooting up their towns violated Second Amendment rights; importantly,
no previous Supreme Court did either>
The “justices” ignored 1792 “Militia Acts,” which OBLIGATED free, white, able-bodied males, 18-45, to join a militia.
The “justices” forgot rules of grammar. How could literalists of “original intent” jurisprudence omit a basic “textual”
literalism: using 100% of the “text’s”. words??????????

The majority 6 “justices” compounded other illegalities by being accomplices in the FARCE of some state delegating governmental authority to religious vigilantes, allowing civilians t track down, then prosecute “abortion criminals.” Where do the vigilantes claim their $10,000 reward? Do they confront “criminals” in their homes, threaten to cart off vehicles, damage property. if the “criminals” don’t voluntarily hand over $10,000??? How does all this uphold the “justices'” Constitutional requirement to “establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility..promote the general Welfare”???
If one is threatened in their home by strangers in a “stand your ground” state, do they have rights to defend themselves??? How does censoring mail, preventing people leaving a state “for the wrong reasons,” prosecuting people in OTHER states uphold “history and tradition” of America???

Where is all of this in the Constitution??? What is the difference between Nazi “Brown Shirts” and American religious zealot vigilantes?????

“Dred Scott” led to Civil War.” Will “Dobbs”????? Having completed their “work,” do the 6 “conservative” Supreme Court majority members even care? One said they were ignoring what YOU thought. oo

Cynical reactionary politicos have settled on a strategy of blaming Joe Biden for inflation, something REAL economic experts KNOW is impossible. To begin, examine these commonly given causes for current inflation – then FACTUALLY determine how many Biden controls: COVID, Russia’a invasion of Ukraine, supply & demand, global warming crisis, supply chains, higher gas prices, income inequality, “just-in-time” business strategy, corporate GREED, private companies controlling product distribution.

Your FACTUAL survey just revealed this as just another Republican. BIG LIE. Which is why a number of Republicans and former Republicans have written books – such as “It Was All A Lie.”

Consider the following news items”
1] corporate GREED:
– 5/9/22: “As Hostess”s CEO told shareholders..”When all prices go up, it helps.” The head of research for the bank Barclay’s echoed this. “The longer inflation lasts and the more widespread it is, the more air cover it gives companies to raise prices.” [“Corporate Profiteering Is The Culprit for Inflation”; L.Owens; N.Y. Times]
– 4/28/22: “..last year, the aggregate profit margin of non-financial corporate businesses [was] the best performance in 70 years..”they’re passing on these costs to consumers..Because they can..” [P.Davidson; “Inflation may be cover for gouging”; USA Today]
– July-August, 2022: “..the Economic Policy Institute report..The overwhelmingly largest factors..surging corporate profits..[53.9%] of the rise in prices..analysis by “The Guardian”..median profits of the top 100 publicly traded companies surged by 49 percent…CEOs bragging..inflation was giving them cover to raise prices above costs..” [P. Longman; “It’s the Monopoly, Stupid”; Washington Monthly]
— 2/9/22: “Meat and poultry packing is a highly concentrated industry [4 companies control 81%]..” R-W excuses [“libertarian-leaning “law & economic’] led to less anti-trust enforcement. Consumers pay more, cattle ranchers struggle to break even. [E. Lotterman; “Meatpacker middlemen monopoly is a real beef”; Pioneer Press]
– February, 2022: read entire “The Hightower Lowdown” issue: “Corporate profiteers pandemic strategy: GOUGE CONSUMERS AND BLAME JOE BIDEN”]

2] higher gas prices:
– 5/2/22: “President Biden is stuck between a rock and a hard place on gas prices..he isn’t really to blame for them – political superstitions notwithstanding the president does not control the price of gasoline, which is affected by myriad factors in a global marketplace..” [National Review]
– 6/22/22: “How much people pay at the pump is the result of trading on a sprawling international market. Like many other facets of the global economy, it comes down to a matter of supply & demand.” [E. Koeze, C. Krause; “Why Are Gas Prices So High?”; N.Y. Times]
– 10/3l/21: “Restrictive output policies from both OPEC Plus and U.S. shale producers have kept global production consistently below consumption since June, 2020.” {J. Kemp; “High oil prices likely to remain”; Reuters]
– 2/7/22: “..energy prices are always inherently volatile..Oil’s latest surge is powered by the Russian move on Ukraine..global demand had outstripped supply..Gas fields in Texas and elsewhere – which weren’t weatherized for cold – froze up..” {m. Hughlett; “Why costs for gas, heating & electricity are rising”; Mpls. Star Tribune]

3] world wide problem:
– 6/3/22: “Inflation could reach 11% in Britain in the fall”. [Assoc. Press]
– 5/12/22: “Germany warns of Rising Interest Rates as Inflation Hits Second Consecutive High” [M. Eddy; N.Y. Times]
– 5/12/22: “A looming Crisis For Chinese Wheat”. [K. Bradsher; N.Y. Times]
– 5/23/22: “Due to inflation, Latin Americans struggle with necessities like corn” [F. Sanchez, M. Avarese, D. Politi: Assoc Press]
– 6/30/22: “Inflation Forces Central Bankers to Ponder a Global New Normal” [E. Nelson, J. Smialek; N.Y. Times]
– 7/1/22: “Food prices rise amid concern of global shortages: “Fertilizer costs soar as farmers cope with market forces like war” [P. Cooley; USA Today}

4]. supply chains:
– 2/21/22: “Not Enough Bottles for Beer”. “The prices for many of the essential elements of beer making and selling have surged in the past two years as a global supply chain struggles to untangle itself from the late-pandemic buying frenzy..widespread reliance on ‘just-in-time’ manufacturing collapsed..”COVID just destroyed the model people built.” [B. Johnson; Mpls Star Tribune]
– 9/6/21″ “Car prices expected to stay high”: “The global parts shortage involves not just computer chips. Automakers are starting to see shortages of wiring harnesses, plastics and glass,..beyond autos, vital components for goods ranging from farm equipment to sportswear and kitchen accessories are also bottled up.” [T. Krisher; Assoc Press]
– 11/10/21: “Even as supply woes spark voter angst, the private companies responsible for the ports, trucks, terminals and trains that make up the nation’s goods pipeline operate beyond easy federal direction.” [D. Lynch; “White House takes aim at supply chain”; Washington Post]
-6/10/22: “Lessons From Henry Ford About the Supply Chain Mess”: “..he was especially distrustful of his suppliers..he warned..demands of investors for short-term gains could threaten long-term resilience .. “We are against the kind of banker who regards a business as a melon to be cut.”..Chip companies have catered heavily to their investors by limiting their capacity..” [P. S. Goodman; N.Y. Times]
– 11/15/21: “We send back 30% of what we buy online How this alters the supply chain”: About 25% of online products returned are thrown away. “The current supply chain crisis is exposing more and more inefficiencies..” [G. Allon; L.A. Times]

5]. political point scoring:
– 6/3/22: “it was never about just money. Inflation hysteria is always class war of one kind or another, waged on behalf of the asset-holders against perceived forces f “social destabilization. It’s about the wrong kind of people getting too much stuff,: said Michael O’Malley, George Mason University prof. “..the austerity of the 1980s and beyond was offered as a technocratic fix..Paul Volcker.. hiked up interest rates, allowing bankers to make a killing and stalling the economy.” [J. Rosenberg; “Inflation The Hidden Meaning of hard-money politics”; Mother Jones – July-August , 2022 issue]
– 6/3/22: “Voters blame presidents for things no president can control” [P. Krugman; “The Perverse Politics of Inflation”; N.Y. Times]
– 6/10/22: “But the reality the White House faces is a hard one: There is little politicians can do to quickly bring prices to heal..”For a president, inflation is the problem from hell – you can’t win.” [Kanno-Youngs, Smialek; “A Hesitation to Discuss Inflation”; N.Y. Times]

6]. income inequality”
– 12/2/21: “Gasoline prices are not the problem The Problem is rising inequality of income and wealth”: “In today’s dollars, gas prices averaged more than $5 per gallon in the middle of 2008..focusing on the price of gasoline obscures the larger social issue. The economic problem here is rising inequality of income and wealth, which makes everything harder to afford..What should be addressed is the everything-affordability crisis for people being left behind in the U.S. economy..” [S. Borenstein; Bloomberg Opinion]
– see also, for much greater detail:
– Wilkinson & Pickett: “The Spirit Level”. [international bestseller; thus, criticized by “the usual suspects’]
– Joe Stiglitz: “The Price of Inequality”. [a Nobel Prize winner}
– D.C. Johnston: “Divided The Perils of Our Growing Inequality”. [a Pulitzer Prize winner]

In the end – this, like ALL. other post-1980 issues – the problem for a truthful accounting of what is REALLY happening, comes down to the same thing: massive Republican/Right-Wing. LYING.
The rich and the corporations they control have funded a MASSIVE DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN. on. EVERYTHING, because the factual TRUTH. would destroy them.
The post-1980 world is still dealing with the consequences of “the Reagan revolution,” itself based on FRAUD. [“trickle-down tax cuts for the rich will help YOU; “welfare queens” stealing your money; “government is the problem”]
YOU can do your own research – real research: examine unspun pre-1980 and post-1980. IRS, GAO, CBO. data for taxes and income. It’ll reveal ordinary people [YOU] have been ROBBED by “the Reagan revolution” – less income, less government services, less security, more fear, more job loss, more disinformation.
The entire inflation-gas prices campaign is just ONE example – YOU have been CONNED ever since 1980. The Repubs/R-Ws have played on your fears, lied to you, screwed YOU over in many ways – AND MADE. YOU. LIKE. IT.

The radically reactionary McConnell/Trump/Roberts “court” has finished its demolition of the Constitution and traditional American legal standards, norms, interpretations – for now.
this “court” has now, perhaps forever, discredited what Americans, 1789-2000, had understood to be an “independent’ body. The far-right’s 1968 – planning has now proved successful. They’ve created perhaps an almost perfect “kangaroo court.”. A “court” like ones in Putin’s Russia, communist China, Nazi Germany, that reach predetermined decisions.

As JohnDean predicted [2007], they’ve dressed it up in mumbo jumbo “making it all seem very logical, reasonable, consistent.” A BIG. SNOW. JOB.

Every patriotic American should read John Dean’s “Broken Government How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches.” On the Supreme Court, don’t just read pages 119-174, MEMORIZE THEM. Why? Because Dean’s and others predictions have become true.

Begin with this: “..if you show me an appellate judge who says he or she never lets his or her politics or personal beliefs influence their decision making, I will show you a judge who is either a liar or without sufficient intelligence to be on a higher bench.” [120]

Chief Justice C.E. Hughes: “90% of judicial decisions are based on bias, prejudices, and personal and political motivations, and the other 10% is based on the law.” [123]

Page 126: “Nixon’s Politicalization of Supreme Court Appointees”
Page 130: “Reagan further politicized the third branch by seeking to place solid conservatives throughout the federal judiciary, in courts high and low, in an effort to tilt the entire federal judiciary to the hard right.”

Pages 134-37: “It has remained a disquieting fact that Rehnquist perjured himself to become chief justice, not once but several times…There were other matters he clearly lied about as well..”

Pages 137-43: Robert Bork: “Bork, whom Reagan’s own staff had described as a “right -wing zealot,” was chosen to please the right-wing base…Conservatives who share Bork’s views do not want to see themselves as extremists, so they need a good tribal myth to explain his rejection.”

Pages 146-53: Clarence Thomas: “Lee Lieberman..a cofounder of the Federalist Society..believed with Thomas they had a “Black Bork.”
“..because he was consistently untruthful. Most memorable..because it was so unbelievable – was his claim to Senator Patrick Leahy..that he had no position on Roe v. Wade..and that. he had never discussed the case with anyone..So unbelievable was Thomas’ position about Roe that even his foremost supporter was ready to abandon him. Paul Weyrich..”remembered that Thomas had expressed an opinion on..abortion in prior meetings with him. He found Thomas’s lack of candor “disingenuous’ and “nauseating’…Weyrich seriously considered withdrawing his support of Thomas.” Pages 149-53 corroboration of Anita Hill, by 4 witnesses going back to l981-82.

Pages 160-61: Roberts and Alito: “..a former Supreme Court law clerk…Which leaves our friends Roberts and Alito. I am quite torn on them. There is a strong argument that both of these guys are ‘closet fundamentalists’ who use the rhetoric of conservative minimalism..my gut tells me both of them are closer to Scalia and Thomas than we may think..I fear they are fundamentalist true believers who have behaved s moderates to move up the ladder…four fundamentalists..almost always reaching the same results but dressing their decisions up in the language of conservative minimalism.”

Pages 160-61: quoting Martin Garbus.. a chilling picture f where he believes the current conservative justices will take the law: “Imagine the effect on our lives if workplace standards for health and safety were severely cut back. If abortions were banned, no exceptions; if minimum-hour and wage laws were so reduced as to be meaningless; if child labor laws were abolished or weakened; if there were no gun control at all..if the law abolished equal rights..if the state took money from public schools and gave it to parochial schools; if regulatory agencies..were so gutted or handcuffed..if Congress’ ability to pass needed social legislation ended. All this and more are the declared goals of the Radical Right who now dominate the Republican Party on matters related to the judiciary.”
This statement was made in 2007 – look how much the M-T-R “court” has already done!!!!!

Dean’s predictions, 2007, pages 163-74, if American law was radicalized by a fundamentalist Supreme Court. “Judicial fundamentalists are more likely to effect changes in the law by selecting and resolving particular cases and controversies and working slowly and steadily to implement their radical transformation of existing jurisprudence, making it all seem very logical, reasonable, and consistent.”

Dean’s specific areas of what the McConnell/Trump/Roberts “court would likely do:
1]. unilateral and unitary presidentialism – few restrictions on presidential powers
2] elimination of campaign finance restrictions – CHECKED OFF!!!
3]. restricting congressional powers. – started under Rehnquist [“the least deferential of any in the history of the U.S.
Supreme Court”]
4] business will have a friendly court – CHECKED OFF!!! [most business-friendly since 1945!!!]
5]. direct impact of judicial fundamentalism on individuals”
a] abortion – “either overturned or so limited as to be meaningless” – CHECKED OFF
b] affirmative action – on the M-T-R docket for 2023
c] Bill of Rights – “Thomas, Scalia, Roberts, and Alito are dead set against the application of many Bill of Rights
amendments against the states.”
d] civil rights – “Civil rights are not favored by judicial fundamentalists..do not believe that equal protection of the
14th Amendment even applies to women, so gov’t can discriminate women as it sees fit.”
e]. cruel and unusual punishment – “Fundamentalists fully embrace the death penalty.”
f] environmental protection – “Fundamentalists believe there is no constitutional foundation for a federal E.P.A.”
partially done in 2022!!!!!
g] free speech – far less protection for free speech [unless you claim “religious rights” – see 2022]
h]. gay rights – Scalia fumed at “Lawrence” promoting “immoral and destructive’ conduct
i]. guns – fundamentalists believe gun control is unConstitutional – partially CHECKED OFF
j] habeas corpus – fundamentalists want to restrict this – already partially done
k]. religion – fundamentalists want to destroy the “wall of separation of church & state” – largely CHECKED OFF
l]. sex – judicial fundamentalists want to reverse “permissiveness that has been tolerated. “Under a fundamentalist ..
Court there will be substantially more prosecutions..for sex-related offenses, even..consenting adults.”
m]. standing to sue – fundamentalists “have consistently refined such procedural matters to make it increasingly
difficult for plaintiffs to use federal courts..” – already begun!!!
n]. voting – “Judge Bork..has called the one-person, one-vote doctrine a “fiasco.” The M-T-R “court” has already
declined to stop gerrymandering

Page 173, paraphrasing Sunstein: “Fundamentalists read the Constitution not to fit original understanding [the doctrine they claim to embrace] but the views of the extreme wing of the Republican Party.”

After the May, 2022, lea of Alito’s draft overturning “Roe”, a law professor said virtually the same thing. At least one book [Marcosson’s “OriginalSin”] has been written documenting how Scalia and Thomas were “originalists” when it suited, not when it didn’t. A 2022 Supreme Court dissent said similar things.

All the above is just the BEGINNING. A book shelf has been written DOCUMENTING how, since 1968, Republicans and their right-wing funders have been shifting American “law’ to the right. that the M-T-R “court” is THE most “business-friendly” since 1945 is NOT an accident. The complete plan is to bring America back to pre-1933 in everything, if not to pre-1900.

The Founders had 4 major fears: corruption, slavery, religion, mobs. 1980-2022 America has now revealed their fears to be very real. the Republican destruction of American government is part of the plan – is OCCURRING RIGHT IN. FRONT. OF. YOU. This too is documented [MacLean’s “Democracy in chains”]

The sensational part of the far right plan to create PLUTOCRATIC THEOCRACY is dramatized by the 4th investigation of the monumentally CORRUPT Trump regime. The much quieter, much longer, much more successful, plan to CHANGE THE RULES OF AMERICA has been going on for 50 years – in the Supreme Court.

JohnDean predicted almost all of this- in 2007.

“The Ship of Democracy, which has weathered all storms. may sink through the mutiny of those on board.”
[President Grover Cleveland. 1894]

“Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue” [Psalm 12:02] o