A friend sent me this by email. I find it refreshing and valid.

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   Kenna McHughposted 5 years ago

   This actually is a great solution and doable.  The only problem is we'd stop arguing about politics and actually do something about it. 
   https://youtu.be/TfQij4aQq1k

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      Gemini Foxposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      EXCELLENT video!  Thank you!  Known most of this for a long time but I don't watch the trash most people consider news (MSM).  Yes, the 99% needs to WAKE UP - we are no longer a democracy.  Unfortunately, I've thought for a long time that most people just don't know what to do to change the situation, me included, (and it's not like the MSM is going to tell you as they're part of the corruption) but this video not only clarifies the problem but outlines a path to the change needed.  People need to see this!!!

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         MizBejabbersposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         I watched the video and am skeptical. I worked in state government for over 30 years and am now watching these grassroots (give the power back to the states) movements being used to change federal laws to again hold women back and to discriminate against minorities and gays. Then people waste time and money getting the Supreme Court to strike down laws that shouldn't have been passed on the state level in the first place. Now if we could guarantee doing something about the radicals, maybe it would work.
         
         One example is term limits. In the last 20 years I've watched term limits become a rapid road to corruption. After the SOBs (same old bunch) was term limited out, two things happened. 1. The new guys (and gals) knew they had to get in, get the back patting and bribes done expeditiously before they had to get out, and 2. This very idea gave them an arrogance that kept them from listening to level-headed former politicians who should have been their mentors. Now my state has trying to modify rigid term limits to allocate more time to office holders so they won't have to be so beholden to PACs and other special interest money.
         
         Another case in point, we can't get enough states to ratify the ERA. This amendment couldn't get the 38 states needed to ratify it by the 1982 deadline. The MeToo Movement has revived this amendment and are trying once again. Thirty-five states ratified it before the deadline, so I'm not sure that those states' votes are still valid and only three more states are needed or if it will have to go back to square one.
         
         I think the ideas in the video sound great, but I think we as non-thinking Americans have already proved that they won't be feasible.

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            GA Andersonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            MizBejabbers, you have piqued my interest, re. grassroots state-level change.
            
            Your "... SOBs (same old bunch) was cute. SOB has forever been sonofabitch to me, I like your version too.
            
            To the video... I like the thought of a state-level movement to affect federal-level change. I see it as almost the only way to affect federal-level change. But, I see your point too.
            
            So

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               Kenna McHughposted 5 years agoin reply to this

               Mizbejabbers,
               Good points, but "non-thinking Americans" sounds a bit harsh or defeatist. The idea of this campaign is to turn uninformed into informed Americans.

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      GA Andersonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      This is a good video. I have seen it before and enjoyed watching it again. Thanks for the link.
      
      GA

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      gmwilliamsposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Totally agree.  America needs a grassroots political revolution. Elected officials should be drawn from everyday people who have everyday problems.

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         MizBejabbersposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         "Elected officials should be drawn from everyday people who have everyday problems."
         
         That is a great idea. Today we have turned it into whomever can raise the most money, giving advantages to PACs and wealthy corporate lobbyists who donate to candidates who will work to their advantage.

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   Kenna McHughposted 5 years ago

   Gemini, Yes. This is so well presented.

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   JayLSposted 5 years ago

   That was an excellent presentation. Thanks for sharing. As a conservative possessing abject hatred of leftism I found it to be something both sides could actually agree on...I think.

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      MizBejabbersposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      I don't understand. You've just admitted "an abject hatred of leftism" and there are leftists who have an abject hatred of conservatives. Please explain why you believe both sides would drop their hatred and agree on this.

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         JayLSposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         Don’t think in absolute terms. Think in degrees of difference. Not all things embraced by leftism are leftist. Not all things embraced by rightism are rightist.
         
         I revealed my convictions less to make a statement and more to provide context to a statement.

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            Kenna McHughposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            I agree with you. American needs a government for the people - not a government that divides the people.

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               MizBejabbersposted 5 years agoin reply to this

               I like your points, both of you, but this country is so big geographically that it's no wonder that we have a figurative continental divide as well as a literal one.

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   Kenna McHughposted 5 years ago

   Yes. That is what I thought.

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   Kenna McHughposted 5 years ago

   It would evolve into a government for the people.

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