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of Representatives"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Midterm Elections"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Midterms"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"2018 USA MIDTERM ELECTIONS. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES? A BLUE WAVE OR PRESIDENT TRUMP VICTORY? #FAKENEWS NEW YORK TIMES"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Much hay is being made by the Establishment's Propaganda Machinery about the results of yesterday's 2018 elections, the so-called mid-term (half way through a sitting president's term) elections.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/tbgGjVY.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"447\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/tbgGjVY.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nEstablished media continue to parrot their propaganda of a \"blue wave.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\nThe editors of the New York Times published this claim by their propaganda writers,\u0026nbsp; Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns (see: \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/11\/06\/us\/politics\/midterm-elections-results.html\"\u003EDemocrats Capture Control of House; G.O.P. Holds Senate - The New York Times\u003C\/a\u003E):\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nDemocrats harnessed voter fury toward President Trump to win control of the House and capture pivotal governorships Tuesday night as liberals and moderates banded together to deliver a forceful rebuke of Mr. Trump, even as Republicans held on to their Senate majority by claiming a handful of conservative-leaning seats.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\nUnless Martin and Burns can produce a post-election scientific poll, which respondents aknowledge \"fury,\"\u0026nbsp; their claim is #FakeNews. Further, it is impossible for anyone to \"deliver a forceful rebuke\" to the President.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nRebuke is an Anglo-French word that entered English in the 1300s. The word means \u003Ci\u003Eto reprimand, reprove; chide, scold.\u003C\/i\u003E To do such requires a position of power, authority. Voters lack such power against President Trump during mid-term elections.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAnother propagandist for #FakeNews New York Times, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, wrote, \"... voters in urban and suburban districts across the country sent the White House a clear message: They want a check on the president,\" (see:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/11\/06\/us\/politics\/trump-house-senate.html\"\u003ETwo Years After Trump’s Victory, Voters Erect an Impediment to His Power - The New York Times\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAgain, without a scientific poll that can capture that exact sentiment and that can be projected to the universe of voters, Stolberg has done little more than engage in propaganda.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\nSo Truly What Happened on Election Day?\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSo what happened? What can anyone conclude from the 2018 Mid-Term Elections results? Well, what are the facts?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nLuckily for you, I have crunched the numbers. Having done so for you, you can get the true story that no one else will tell you.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBefore we delve into the numbers and yes, delve is the word that escapes all those dummies who parrot the phrase \"deep dive\" of late, you should know a few important facts.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFirst, according to Ballotpedia, a total of 54 representatives did not seek re-election to their U.S. House districts. Of that 54, 36, or two of every three empty seats, had been held by Republican members of the U.S. House.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDrew Desilver of the Pew Research Center claimed this to be the most House members choosing not to run for re-election than at any time in the past quarter-century including a record number of Republicans (see: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2018\/04\/11\/near-record-number-of-house-members-not-seeking-re-election-in-2018\/\"\u003ENear-record number of House members not seeking re-election in 2018\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\nAnd Now the Numbers\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe big news, of course, is the capturing of control of the House of Representatives by the Democratic Party. From the 115th Congress to the forthcoming 116th, the Dems won 30 House seats.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn spite of endless blue wave propaganda, no blue wave happened. Even with 30 more Dems sitting in the upcoming House, a mere two percent separates the winners of the control of the House of Representatives, the Democrats, from the Republicans, 51% to 49%. That two percent margin translates to a scant 11 seats.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Ciframe height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vSPjm04-CrRmz8U-WUnJqkqkXMhnlekp95N7rVGVBlAq9tXCWeZF42BN6PbJ8Kk9geAOz4KPHr2K8db\/pubhtml?gid=1636199092\u0026amp;single=true\u0026amp;widget=true\u0026amp;headers=false\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\nIncumbents Always Do Well\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIncumbents did well, regardless of party. Nearly eight of every 10 incumbents will return to D.C.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003EOf the 334 incumbents who will return to D.C., 52% of them are Republicans while 48% are Democrats.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\nFresh Faces Trump Challengers to Incumbents\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nElections where both the Democratic Party and Republican Party candidates were first-timers and thus unknown voters, first-timers did thrice as well as challengers who ran against incumbents.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAs with incumbents, GOPher fresh faces edged Dem fresh faces, 51% to 49%.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\nWhat Should Have the Democratic Party Masterminds Fretting?\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\nNo doubt, Democratic Party operatives are floating high in the clouds after yesterday. They can point to 24 victories where they put challengers who beat incumbent Republicans.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\nHowever, of those 24 victories, 15 happened in districts of states where voters voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. That is 62.5% of their challenger victories happened in Democratic Party states. Likely, those victories reflect demographics changes rather than supposed dissatisfaction with President Trump.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nEven more troubling for Dems is this. While 30.6% of New Dems (challengers and fresh faces) won seats in Trump states, 38.5% of New GOP won seats in Hillary (Democratic Party) states.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThat said, the Dems in effect flipped Iowa solidly for the 2020 elections while pushing Arizona toward leaning Democratic Party. That could translate into +17 electoral college votes. Meanwhile, the GOP have flipped Wisconsin into a solid GOP state, in spite of losing the governorship. That could translate to +10 electoral votes in 2020.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHere is a breakdown of the GOP and Dems by state and by whether the winner is an incumbent, challenger or a new face.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ciframe height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vSPjm04-CrRmz8U-WUnJqkqkXMhnlekp95N7rVGVBlAq9tXCWeZF42BN6PbJ8Kk9geAOz4KPHr2K8db\/pubhtml?gid=580401489\u0026amp;single=true\u0026amp;widget=true\u0026amp;headers=false\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\n\n"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2938080886449362778\/posts\/default\/1035218685500238149"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2938080886449362778\/posts\/default\/1035218685500238149"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/truedollarjournal.blogspot.com\/2018\/11\/2018-usa-midterm-elections-what.html","title":"2018 USA MIDTERM ELECTIONS. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES? 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BERNIE, HILLARY AND ALL OF THE CANDIDATES LOVE THE BIGGEST LIE."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-l6x0GzUfccQ\/ViXZ5zdmrMI\/AAAAAAAAAKk\/i7Tf-7OhKz8\/s1600\/rogues-gallery-picisto-20151020020539-103790.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-l6x0GzUfccQ\/ViXZ5zdmrMI\/AAAAAAAAAKk\/i7Tf-7OhKz8\/s640\/rogues-gallery-picisto-20151020020539-103790.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn a work for the Washington Post titled,\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/volokh-conspiracy\/wp\/2015\/05\/13\/is-the-united-states-of-america-a-republic-or-a-democracy\/\"\u003E Is the United States of America a Republic or a Democracy?\u003C\/a\u003E legal guy \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eugene_Volokh\"\u003EEugene Volokh at UCLA Law\u003C\/a\u003E claims Americans have a republic — citizens have the power to vote for officers and rerepresentatives — and a representative democracy — government by elected representatives.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\nIn his work, Volokh, a native of the former communist Ukraine, in establishment apologist fashion tells his readers that \u003Ci\u003E\"in addition to being a representative democracy, the United States is also a constitutional democracy, in which courts restrain in some measure the democratic will.\"\u003C\/i\u003E Though he might be a bright guy, Volokh stretches the truth.\u0026nbsp;It is the very design of the US itself through amendments to the Constitution along with public law passed by Congress that limits the democratic will.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\nReality is far different from what Volokh preaches at UCLA Law and what millions of school children learn each year in America. Americans do not have representative democracy. Americans don't have democracy of any kind.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWhen the founders designed the United States of America with the second constitution, the founders wanted Americans to have popular representation and states' legislatures to have representation. To give Americans popular representation, they created the House of Representatives. To give states legislatures representation, they created the Senate.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFor more on this,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Connecticut_compromise\"\u003Eyou can read about the Connecticut Compromise\u003C\/a\u003E. Likely, most of you never heard of the Connecticut Compromise during your high school years because your states' legislators had a agenda for you to serve their purposes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Census\"\u003EThere is reason why the founders required a census in Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution\u003C\/a\u003E. The reason has nothing to do with how many Hispanics there are in the USA or how many blacks or how many females. The founders design a census into the system so that Americans could have popular representation.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSadly, today, the dictators of Congress use the census as rhetorical justification to dole out welfare to key supporting constituencies.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe United States of America as the founders intended with the Constitution of 1787 and ratified on June 21, 1788, began to die in 1870. America moved ever closer to death beginning 1910.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ciframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"371\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1kL13iL4aqrTznHeYO0oyNSFzz7UOvt3sw-NCprAxBrY\/pubchart?oid=1727114155\u0026amp;format=interactive\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003ERepresentative Democracy (left). Oligarchy Illusory Democracy (right).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EAmericans have the right to vote. That is it.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nEvery election, Americans are given the choice between candidates who are branded products. In short, Americans are given the choice between Coca-cola or Pepsi (see here:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bizarrotheater.blogspot.com\/2015\/10\/the-biggest-lie-almost-all-americans.htmlhttps:\/\/truedollarjournal.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/american-politics-136-years-ago-james.html\"\u003EAMERICAN POLITICS. 136 YEARS AGO, JAMES SAYLES BROWN DESCRIBED IT PERFECTLY!\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EVoting is mere illusion. Voting does not equal representation.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIf you hover over each state, you can see how many adults, 18 and up, each\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHouse representative in that state represents. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMap 1. Number of Adult Americans for Each Member of the House of Representatives\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Ciframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"371\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1fhUHg3iahYwDXY32XwEylvNgtIUEguebUzo3KaFmrjQ\/pubchart?oid=1272146649\u0026amp;format=interactive\" width=\"660\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\nResidents of the State of Montana have the least representation. Residents of the District of Columbia have the most representation. Yet, in a cruel twist, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/District_of_Columbia_voting_rights\"\u003Ethose who represent them are mere delegates who can't vote on bills\u003C\/a\u003E. They can only work as committee members.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\nReality gets worse when you discover that on a full-time, 40-hour work week with no time in D.C., a representative could give mere seconds to each of his adult constituents — seriously seconds. Hover over your state and see it for yourself.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMap 2. Number of Seconds Each Adult American Can be Given by their Representative, for a Full-time, 40-hour work week and no trips to D.C.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ciframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"371\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1fhUHg3iahYwDXY32XwEylvNgtIUEguebUzo3KaFmrjQ\/pubchart?oid=1515483784\u0026amp;format=interactive\" width=\"660\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNow, if Americans were to have a truly representative democracy, one where each adult could at least sit with his or her representative for 15 minutes, once a year and still have their representatives go to Congress for three months to hash out the only most important matters of Americans, here are the number of representatives Americans need by each states.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003EMap 3. 15 Minutes Once a Year with One's Representative with the Representative Three-Months in D.C., Number of Representatives Needed in Each State\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Ciframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"371\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1fhUHg3iahYwDXY32XwEylvNgtIUEguebUzo3KaFmrjQ\/pubchart?oid=1899194130\u0026amp;format=interactive\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nCalifornians alone would need over six times the number of representatives than the whole House of Representatives now!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAnd here is what it would look like if representatives only gave 10 minutes to each adult, 18 and older while still hanging out in D.C. for three months.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMap 4. 10 Minutes Once a Year with One's Representative with the Representative Three-Months in D.C., Number of Representatives Needed in Each State \u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Ciframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"371\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1fhUHg3iahYwDXY32XwEylvNgtIUEguebUzo3KaFmrjQ\/pubchart?oid=1918814830\u0026amp;format=interactive\" width=\"660\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nCalifornians would still need over four times as many representatives as the whole of the House now.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHere is how many representatives Americans would need in each state if Congress adhered to the Constitution and had each House member represent 30,000 adults.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003EMap 5. 30,000 Adults each Representative, Number of Representatives Needed in Each State\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ciframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"371\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1fhUHg3iahYwDXY32XwEylvNgtIUEguebUzo3KaFmrjQ\/pubchart?oid=909087734\u0026amp;format=interactive\" width=\"660\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBernie Sanders is quick to rail against billionaires and Wall Street, but Bernie never mentions\u003Cb\u003E the true problem — the lack of popular representation.\u003C\/b\u003E Hillary Clinton is merely the light version of Bernie. Hillary makes almost the same attacks but is much softer about hers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nShouldn't that make you wonder about Bernie and Hillary or anyone like them who claims he or she has the plan to make America better for Americans?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe jokers running for Team Red, the Republicans, don't even attack anyone who they claim is harming America. They too don't want you to know the most pressing problem that has been facing Americans for years upon years, decades even.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nYou can be sure the people behind the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.civiced.org\/programs\/rda\"\u003ECenter for Civic Education\u003C\/a\u003E never mention this.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nCampaign financing by the rich isn't the problem no matter how many times Bernie Sanders lies to you saying it is and no matter how many times Hillary Clinton lies to you saying it is.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003EYou and all other Americans who are not part of the establishment have only one problem: You don't have a representative democracy. You live under a dictatorship of a well-organized minority.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe lack of popular representation is the true problem all of us Americans face. It should be the only election issue. If you want to fix America, you must spread the word on this.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003EAnyone who believes Americans live under a representative democracy has been bamboozled. Anyone who knows better and still makes the claim suffers from corrupted morality.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIf only you lived under a representative democracy, there would be many political parties with no party dominant. The Democrats and the Republicans would be powerless in themselves. They would need to form coalitions with other parties and yield much of their desires to a bigger cause.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOnly the most important bills would rise to the top and become law. You would have much more freedom. People who work for Congress in the various agencies overseen by the President would show you much respect.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIf you lived under a representative democracy, having a high income or low income wouldn't matter nor would having much property (right of ownership) or no property in anything. You would be on equal footing with the richest man whom your representative would represent.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThis is what the founders wanted for us 227 years later. Alas, we don't have it because the Democrats and the Republicans perpetuate the Biggest Lie.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIf you are an American adult or soon to be an adult, likely this is the most important work you have yet read in your life. After reading this, I encourage you to read \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/147\"\u003EThomas Paine's Common Sense\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nYou can be sure that not one candidate from either of those establishment parties would ever want you to have representation. That is why their parties colluded in during the Quiet Revolution to freeze permanently the House membership to 435 and only later did they add another three delegates for D.C.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nYou might like these:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bizarrotheater.blogspot.com\/2014\/11\/haters-of-team-elephants-foolishly.html\"\u003EHATERS OF TEAM ELEPHANTS FOOLISHLY BLAME THE RICH FOR THE LOSS BY TEAM DONKEYS. OTHERS BLAME OBAMA. NONE HAVE IT RIGHT. HERE IS WHY.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;— \u003Cb\u003EThis one shows the rapid decline of representative democracy of Americans through our history.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bizarrotheater.blogspot.com\/2013\/12\/the-real-reason-why-us-government.html\"\u003ETHE REAL REASON WHY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WORK FOR AMERICANS ANYMORE.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bizarrotheater.blogspot.com\/2015\/10\/stand-by-your-hillary-hillary-lies.html\"\u003ESTAND BY YOUR HILLARY? HILLARY, LIES, EMAIL SHENANIGANS, WORK SHENANIGANS. WHY VOTE FOR HILLARY?\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bizarrotheater.blogspot.com\/2015\/05\/50-shades-of-bernie-sanders.html\"\u003E50 SHADES OF BERNIE SANDERS.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bizarrotheater.blogspot.com\/2015\/10\/a-brilliant-lady-and-why-donald-trump.html\"\u003EA BRILLIANT LADY AND WHY DONALD TRUMP IS MOST POPULAR WITH AMERICANS\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2938080886449362778\/posts\/default\/8881449961988025126"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2938080886449362778\/posts\/default\/8881449961988025126"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/truedollarjournal.blogspot.com\/2015\/10\/the-biggest-lie-almost-all-americans.html","title":"THE BIGGEST LIE ALMOST ALL AMERICANS BELIEVE: AMERICANS HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY. BERNIE, HILLARY AND ALL OF THE CANDIDATES LOVE THE BIGGEST LIE."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/15342121843435066933"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-l6x0GzUfccQ\/ViXZ5zdmrMI\/AAAAAAAAAKk\/i7Tf-7OhKz8\/s72-c\/rogues-gallery-picisto-20151020020539-103790.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938080886449362778.post-3586994874726478788"},"published":{"$t":"2014-02-13T19:07:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-03-14T18:04:25.595-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Congress"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"constitution"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"failure"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"House of Representatives"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"memes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Obamacare"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"USA"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"THIRD WORLD SKEPTICAL KID TALKS OBAMACARE"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/eBK7zGf.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/eBK7zGf.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2938080886449362778\/posts\/default\/3586994874726478788"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2938080886449362778\/posts\/default\/3586994874726478788"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/truedollarjournal.blogspot.com\/2014\/02\/third-world-skeptical-kid-talks.html","title":"THIRD WORLD SKEPTICAL KID TALKS OBAMACARE"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/15342121843435066933"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938080886449362778.post-3650502560510292877"},"published":{"$t":"2013-12-17T14:31:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-03-14T18:04:25.614-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"constitution"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"design"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"fights"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"government"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"House of Representatives"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"USA"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"THE REAL REASON WHY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT DOESN\u0026#39;T WORK FOR AMERICANS ANYMORE. "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EA few years back, when Congressmen created Medicare Part D, they did so because they grew weary of debating each year for each budget to pay for prescription drugs for Medicare recipients. Since Part D, no longer do Congressmen need to debate this as the program gets funded automatically, regardless of cost.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EAmericans now see the\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003Efiasco that is Obamacare, from the whopper of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EBig Lie \u003C\/i\u003Eof \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\"If you like your plan, you can keep it,\"\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;told by\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EObama\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003Eto the failed sign-up web site.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EAmericans are awakening to the reality that it is Congress who wrecks everything for Main Street Americans. Americans now see that rather than working for them, Congress works for luxury-living Manhattan and Beverly Hills Americans\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003Ewho, through lobbying and campaign financing,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003Egain unearned profits at everyone else's expense.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/fE2XiJl.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/fE2XiJl.png\" height=\"220\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EBoth Obamacare and Part D yield good examples of what is wrong with the U.S. Congress.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EFixing the design of Congress would force only the most important legislation to the top, with the greatest effect for the most people, if not all.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EAs it is, being in Congress is a full-time party. Nearly all these guys get paid nearly $200,000 a year and when you throw in their perks, it at least doubles their pay!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EBack in 1790, there were 659,114 adult males (more or less) in the newly formed United States of America. The states with state legislatures that ratified the constitution which took effect March 13, 1789, sent 66 representatives to the House of Representatives. That means there was one representative for every 9,987 adults in America.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EBack in 1913, wily Congressional critters froze House membership to a permanent 435. Later, in 1929, skunks like them passed the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reapportionment_Act_of_1929\"\u003EReapportionment Act\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;which established the method of shuffling about these same 435 jokers.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EAlso by 1913, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E17th Amendment amendment\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E conjured up by wicked ones with\u0026nbsp;nefarious\u0026nbsp;purpose, the 17th stripped states' legislatures from choosing their senators. This change along with freezing the house membership, effectively ending the design of the Constitution.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003ENo longer would senators act as ambassadors of their respective states. No longer would citizens have popular representation. Overnight, Americans went from living in a confederation of sovereign states in union to a national government, with states becoming little more than giant-sized counties.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EToday, sadly, for every 520,589 adult Americans, there is but one House member (see table below). That isn't popular representation. The Founders' design has been destroyed.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003ETo have popular representation in the way the Founders designed the government for Americans, we would need a whopping 22,676 House members!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheet\/pub?key=0An1DYq0H7He0dDc5OFcwRWRmMlNOWnVDTzRkbGZyM1E\u0026amp;single=true\u0026amp;gid=2\u0026amp;output=html\u0026amp;widget=true\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EYou can be sure that with such a high head count, no one could gain capture of the House. Legislation would be hard to come by. You would be living in freedom rather under the jackboot of Officialdom.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EAmerica would be the land of prosperity and the envy of the world. There would be no terrorists wanting to attack us.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EThe net effect of having a Congress consisting of a House of 435 members (and three non-voting members) and a popular-vote Senate has created a super-senate with 87.5% of whose membership stands for re-election every two years. Under the system in place since 1913, it has become quite easy to buy 51 senators and 224 house members.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003ERare it is that I call for amendments. Yet, as Americans, we need to protect ourselves from members of Congress.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EAbove all, we need restoration of\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003Epopular representation to the House. We need the ratio of representatives to voting-age persons living within their respective districts codified as amendment to the Constitution\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003ETo protect us further from Congress, we need an amendment that does these:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E• ban all taxes dedicated to fund specific programs\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E• ban all automatic funding of programs\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E• ban all closed-door legislative hearings\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E• require all meetings held by legislators to be streamed over the Internet, regardless of who is in attendance and for what purpose is the meeting\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EEach year, there should be contentious fighting by members of the House and Senate as to what gets funded and by how much.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;\"\u003ELegislation should be hard to come by. Everything should be a contentious fight among legislators. Legislating should be a pain-in-the-ass, a hard job, so hard that only the most important issues should be debated and decided upon. It should be so hard that only the most tenacious and thoughtful persons should be attracted to do the work.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2938080886449362778\/posts\/default\/3650502560510292877"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2938080886449362778\/posts\/default\/3650502560510292877"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/truedollarjournal.blogspot.com\/2013\/12\/the-real-reason-why-us-government-doesn.html","title":"THE REAL REASON WHY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT DOESN\u0026#39;T WORK FOR AMERICANS ANYMORE. 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