Is there hope for America to be all the best it can be and what the Constitution and Bill of Rights and our democratic or republican traditions hold to be good, right, and proper?

How will America develop or fail to develop in the next 100 years or so? What is your prognosis? What is the vision that you have for America or for the global community? How can America better respond to the needs and nature of other nations in the world? Where do you think America or the United States of America should be going? Why?

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Hey, I’m a junior in high school and I will have to start applying to colleges this summer. Does anyone know a good school I can go to if I’m going to major in political science and then go to law school afterwards?

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A: None. The just sit around in the dark arguing over whose fault it is and scaring off anyone who tries to offer a solution.

Post your own answers, funniest will get the points.

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Jamaica -a island in the Caribbean- probably is the first place you think of for a perfect beach holiday. It is known as the “Little Jewel in the Caribbean”.Jamaica has 120 lakes and rivers…

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Linford Christie,who is a former British sprinter, was born on April 2, 1960, in Saint Andrew, Jamaica. Linford Christie was one of the best sprinters in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Jamaica became the second Caribbean country to elect a female prime minister. Her name: Portia Simpson-Miller.She was elected prime minister in 2006.

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Jamaica is the birthplace of Bob Marley, who was one of the best singers of all time.People all over the world wanted to meet this incredible singer. He died on May 11, 1981 in Miami (USA), but today the people of Jamaica still think of him with great respect.

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Jamaica has more olympic medals than Portugal, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Iceland, Singapur and Kuwait combined.It has competed in the Summer Olympic Games 15 times (London-1948, Helsinki-1952, Melbourne-1956, Rome-1960,Tokyo-1964, Mexico City-1968, Munich-1972, Montreal-1976, Moscow-1980, Los Angeles-1984, Seoul-1988, Barcelona-1992, Atlanta-1996, Sydney-2000, and Athens-2004).

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Naomi Cambpell, who is a British supermodel, has Jamaican ancestry.

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Jamaica hosted the 1966 British Empire & Commonwealth Games.

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Jamaica has many idols: Marlene Ottey (sportswoman), Bob Marley (singer), Grace Jones (singer, actress and supermodel), Peter Tosh (singer), Diana King (singer), and Cheryl Lynn (singer).

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Tessa Sanderson was the first British black woman to win an olympic gold medal.She won the gold medal at the 1984 Olympics in the javelin competiton. Tessa Sanderson was born on March 14, 1956, in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica.She later became a British citizen…

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Like Domica, Trinidad & Tobago, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Barbados, Antigua & Barbuda, and Grenada, Jamaica is a democracy in the world.

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Jamaica is a beautiful island in the Caribbean and is sunny all year round. Although it has competed in the Winter Olympic Games 5 times.
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Prior to the Democratic National Convention, Senator Barrack Obama’s campaign had spent nearly half a billion dollars to win the democratic nomination. Then as he was nominated officially, he was nearly tied in a statistical heat with Senator John McCain. The John McCain expenditures to get nominated were very miniscule compared to Barack Obama’s expenditures. Indeed, it was not even close.

Senator Barrack Obama’s campaign even out spent Hilary Clinton’s campaign by nearly 3:1 when it was all said and done, in fact, it was the largest amount of money spent on a Presidential Campaign in US History. Actually, it was the most money every spent by any candidate in the World to become elected, not even considering just being nominated.

The ability of the Barrack Obama campaign’s public relations teams, advertising folks and campaign managers was incredible. Their fundraising machine was unbelievable and the help from other groups to promote him, was also very welcomed. Of course, what if Senator Barrack Obama is not elected, what if Senator John McCain wins the election? It is possible that by then Senator Barrack Obama’s campaign could have spent 1 Billion Dollars.

Now statistically, spending that level of money to get elected means his probability of succeeding is very high. And it does not appear that Senator John McCain can match his stardom or ability to raise money, so he will most likely win, unless the campaign pushes too hard, spends too much and folks get tired of all the television ads and there is some sort of backlash.
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For my French class I need to write why it is more acceptable to talk about political issues in France than in the U.S. Why would that be? I was thinking maybe something along the lines that there are many political parties in France compared to the U.S. and this might influence how strongly people are associated with a ‘left’ or ‘right’ party. Any suggestions and ideas as to why it is more socially acceptable to talk politics in France than in America would be great! Thanks.

When we are non political we have forfeited sovereignty and citizenship. The forfeiture need not be permanent. It has always been our choice. I am not talking about the great party pseudo politics here. I am talking grassroots, trouble shooting politics.

An ignorant, poorly educated population has no resonance with the concept of the sovereign citizen. The sovereign is the one with original power and authority agreed upon by the people who will bear the burden of support. This makes the population totally unsuited to republican government. That is, a government where sovereign authority, responsibility, accountability and social benefit is delegated to honorable and trustworthy servants, properly compensated for their public service, restricted authority and duties. The citizen sovereign never delegates all her authority or responsibility. A wise citizen sovereign never delegates more than half their authority, retaining the controlling interest in the republican contract. She maintains an observer, supervisory relationship with the hired servants. When your servants are raising hell cross town, or out of town, you are liable for all costs and damages they create. To let them do as they please is madness. The political name for this madness is democracy.

In a democracy, no one has any authority but that which is assumed by a majority. In a democracy, no one has responsibility or accountability. It is the ultimate don’t blame me government.The master- servant relationship is inverted. Imagine you are rich, have many servants and a few enemies who seek to end or restrict your life. You buy the finest weapons and train your servants to competence in their use. When your servants are seen dining with your enemy, you pay it no mind because you have work to do in order to see your trusted servants are paid whatever they demand of you. You are loyal whether your servants are or not. One evening at dinner, one of your servants puts a bullet in your head. This is their right. You created a democracy. You had no more right or authority than any one of your servants. It is no different with a nation. Those who choose to rule do so with the constant threat of force against any co servant who steps out of line or threatens to undermine the assumed authority.

This is what our servants want for us and the rest of the world. This is what they pretend we want, knowing it really doesn’t matter what we want until we are told, just as Madison Avenue does on TV and all major media. We Americans are kept masters, exploited by the servants we hire. We rule – so long as we do as we are told. When we are taught this behavior from preschool age, we don’t become the captains of our own ships with our eighteenth or twenty first birthday. We are already far more interested in the benefits of adulthood than the responsibilities.

We can say no to this utterly disgusting political absurdity any time we like after we are aware of it. We can become the captains of our ships and the masters of our nation and societiy instead of pretending to be slaves on the great corporate plantation, as our hired servants do so well. Any one of us can make some difference if we do no more than call our sorry situation to others who share it. A small number of us can inspire a large number. To recover from our slavery addiction a few things are necessary. The first, is to fill in the gaps in our educations, deliberately created and maintained by our corporate masters. Those gaps are: 1.) The nature of money, it’s primary use and the many corruptions of its purpose. When we learn this, we no longer ask, where does all the money go? Instead we ask, what is the best use we can put it to for ourselves, the ones we love and the society with which we interact?

Educational gap number two is law, it’s foundations, legitimate uses and common abuses. When we don’t know the source and relative social value of any law, we are unfit to govern and supervise legislative bodies. We are unfit to sit on juries and weigh the instructions of legal professionals. We are unfit to test and question any political candidtate running for legislative office. Ignorance of the law is no excuse after formal education because from graduation day it is willful and self imposed. If you are not motivated to correct these two major deficiencies, you are an unaccountable, irresponsible pseudo citizen, unfit for civil society, who should be shunned or deported by civil society. In a pseudo democracy it does not matter and you have the option to be a good corporate servant for the rest of your life. And when the hard times overtake the great plantation you will be highly expendable.

Times change. There was a time when we could look at Supreme Court Justices with great respect and admiration. They were people who had a high standard of right action, a commitment to the Constitution of the United States, with no bias favoring specific political parties or agendas. They supported ethical behavior and the ideals of democracy.

Not anymore. The Supreme Court has been corrupted by inferior elements.

As we wave goodbye to democracy and accept the fact that powerful corporations loyal to stockholders and money above integrity, liberty, fairness and decency are running our country, we are left with the sad fact that there is no one we can turn to for help.

Our country’s leaders, Democrats and Republicans alike, are damaged goods. They are a collective body of wealthy liars and thieves with little interest in patriotism, democracy or justice except when they can use the words and symbols of these ideals to fool us into thinking they care about us.

As we’ve watched the descent of our country into immorality and decay, most of us seem to think it’s one party’s fault or the other. It’s not. It’s our fault.

It’s our fault for tolerating the lies. It’s our fault for not even knowing when we’re being lied to.

It’s our fault for placing people we have decided to trust for emotional reasons (because they have seduced us with their rhetoric and passion) on pedestals, and taking everything they say at face value as the gospel truth without caring to look at the evidence and discover the truth for ourselves.

It’s our fault for putting our faith in these people and institutions, accepting their inconsistencies, hypocrisies and outright lies and propaganda simply because we trust them, despite their being no real basis for the trust.

It’s out fault for not insisting that they be held accountable for the things they say and do.

It’s our fault for choosing to stop thinking for ourselves and allowing them to think for us.

Bottom line: The politicians and corporations have not sold us out. We have sold ourselves out. We have betrayed ourselves. We have failed this country. As a result of the choices we’ve made to give up our responsibility as caretakers of our liberty and democracy, we are now on a sinking ship.

So what can we learn from the Supreme Court? That it’s time to wake up, start thinking for ourselves, and begin a new policy of only electing people who tell the truth.

As soon as we catch anybody in a lie during their election campaigning, we decide they won’t get our vote and we let them know it.

It doesn’t matter who they are, how much they’ve accomplished, or how wonderful their reputation is, because truth be told: If someone lies to us one time we cannot trust that they won’t lie to us again. If we can’t trust them, we shouldn’t elect them to an office that is going to dramatically impact our lives and affect the well-being of our families.

If we do this, if we reject every political candidate we catch in a lie, big or small, over time we will most likely replace just about everyone currently holding office with honest people who say what they mean and will do what they say.

Martin Luther King once said, “A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.”

He also said, “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”

We are now officially the oppressed, living in a pseudo-democracy that has frightening fascist elements growing stronger everyday, as the recent Supreme Court decision demonstrates.

Only we, the people, can stem this tide over time.

Martin Luther King made reference to a dream that people “not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

We must now apply this concept to the politicians we elect to public office, in the sense that we not judge them by the facade they have constructed about themselves but by the integrity of their being.

If we catch anybody in a lie on the campaign trail, they’re out. Case closed. On to the next guy until the politicians get the message that nothing less than honesty and ethical behavior will be tolerated.

There can be no other way. The lies must stop if this democracy is to survive and prosper.

So what can the Supreme Court and Martin Luther King teach us about relationships?

When we are in the courtship phase of a relationship, if we catch the one we’re courting in a lie, we bail out immediately, rather than look the other way and get entrenched in a relationship which will one day either fail and/or cause us great emotional suffering because the foundation of the relationship was flawed from the start.

When we have the courage to walk away from shiny objects that offer great promise but are actually composed of paper mache covered by glossy paint, we will spare ourselves a great deal of grief and give ourselves the opportunity to find real value and meaning in this very strange world we now inhabit.
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