So, I would like to know how and what people constitute a monopoly of politcal ideas, and leadership.
I often accuse the United States of being operated by a "bi-partisan monopoly", and I have several reasons for doing this. They are:
FACT: Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) 13th President of the United States was the last NON-republican, or democrat to hold the office of president in the United States. That means that since Fillmore,
153 years of Republicans and Democrats are solely responsible for the shift in government ideals and goals since that time.
FACT: Fillmore was one of the last
Presidents to
openly oppose expansion, or concentration of government powers, both in voice and by vote of legislation.
FACT: Since 1853,
under Republican and Democratic leadership, several infringements on rights, in all forms of citizen rights, have been proposed, voted in, and furthered. Womens suffrage, and slavery are two examples of rights the PEOPLE won, as opposed to being recognized and enumerated by the parties in power before provocation by the people through national protest.
FACT: Republican and Democrats are SOLELY to blame for the regulation and permitted use of ALL television, radio and internet media. They have shown a consistent trend in supporting monopolization of that media, which is easier to control by the establishment, through the use of agencies such as the FCC, which was also created by them. (
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent federal agency established pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934 (title 47 of the United States Code - available online at <http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm>). Section 1 of the Act sets forth the authority for the creation of the FCC.)
FACT: Democrats and Republicans have worked together to bar any third party political groups access to both debates, and media forums. From 1976 through 1984 the televised presidential debates were organized by the non-partisan League of Women Voters until the Republican and Democratic parties decided to control the debates themselves. In
1987 the bi-partisan Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) was formed – a
private entity run by former chairmen of the Republican and Democratic parties. Each election cycle the two campaigns negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding which the CPD follows. Bill Moyer's NOW has a link to the 2004 MOU (
the first one ever made public).
The CPD's candidate selection criteria are exclusionary since they require that candidates average at least 15% support in 5 national polls.
This makes it very difficult for any 3rd parties to get their views heard in the debates. It also keeps the debates limited to two candidates who are very similar on all but a handful of issues. FACT: Often, since 1987,
both parties have agreed to have their televised bi-partisan debates sponsored and provided by private entities, therefore isolating the bi-partisan canidates from scrutiny over physically preventing third parties to join the debates. Our last corrupt debates were brought to us by Corporate behemoth Anheuser Busch.
FACT: Both major parties have helped to further campaign finance expansion, and in turn, proven corruption has also expanded, and neither have stepped to the plate to start a reform initiative, until recently, under years of severe pressure from public and private citizen action groups, they are "talking about" reform.
All of these things above, lead me to a very troubling conclusion, especially when taking into account how neither party has stepped forward to DEMAND a change in voting, and an overall comprehensive voter reform act.
It appears as though the bi-partisan monopoly, is trying to control all "media covered" political thoughts and ideas. Their parties seek to protect their own, and exclude any new parties from entering the process for election of all major offices, especially the highest office of President of the United States. They do this by self overwatch, and ever increasing raising of the bar for other parties to enter the debates and election. Coupled with this we see corporate media increasing the "wasted vote" theory, and almost universal refusal to cover, interview, or announce third party campaign events, canidates and party rallies.
I want to know who out there knew this has been happening, how do you feel about it, and if you agree with the FACTS that the bi-partisan monopoly exists, though the level of coercion may still be debateable. There are a ton of inter-related issues dealing with taxation manipulation, creation and other necessary items of mention, but I wanted to keep this somewhat short until debate started on the topic, and we could see which direction it was going to take.
I look forward to OPEN, INTELLIGENT, MULTI-PARTISAN DEBATE on this topic, and I hope many of you out there partake with honesty and respect of all others who do.
Thanks for your time, and I hope to hear your thoughts.
