POLITICS

Three Types of Democracies

Direct

Representative

Initiative
Referendum
Recall

Top-Down
(Mass Democracy)
STATE = {Parliament, Congress}

Bottom-Up
(Anarchism)
FEDERATION= {Councils, Soviets, Guilds}

Government and Land Rights

Centralized Government
Decentralized Government

Free Land
Socialism
Anarchism

No Free Land
Capitalism
Neoconservativism

Anarcho-Capitalism
Neoliberalism
Libertarianism

See Andrew Chrucky, "Milton Friedman's Hidden Anarchism in Capitalism and Freedom ," Aug. 8, 2008.

"Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor figs from thistles, are they? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit; but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. So then, you will know them by their fruits." -- (Matthew 7:15-20)

If a government is good, its actions will be good.
The actions of the U.S. government are not good.
Therefore, the U.S. government is not good.

If a country has a good way of electing government officials, then the government officials will be good.
The U.S. government officials are not good.
Therefore, the U.S. does not have a good way of electing government officials.

The methods of electing Federal politicians are formulated in the United States Constitution. Since these methods are bad, the U.S. Constitution has to be rewritten or the states have to secede. See "Secession!"

Roger D Rothenberger, Beyond Plutocracy: Direct Democracy for America : Date last revised: 5/24/2010. [in pdf format]

Samar Esapzai, "True democracy or pseudo democracy?" Online Journal, Jul 19, 2010.

Kevin Phillips on Bill Moyers - Economic crash 2008 (1/3) -- (2/3) -- (3/3)

U.S. Practices: War (Terrorism Against Civilians) and Torture

Prisoners at the U.S. prison at Abu Ghraib, Iraq

"act of terrorism" means an activity that --

involves a violent act or an act dangerous to human life that is a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or any State, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or of any State; and
appears to be intended
1. to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
2. to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
3. to affect the conduct of a government by assassination or kidnapping.

[United States Code Congressional and Administrative News, 98th Congress, Second Session, 1984, Oct. 19, volume 2; par. 3077, 98 STAT. 2707 (West Publishing Co., 1984).]

The U.S. has a history of killing civilians and is presently killing civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Therefore, the U.S. was and is a terrorist state.

"It's impossible for the world's greatest terrorist organisation -- the United States -- to conduct a war on terror. It's absurd. Since 1946, they've overthrown some 50 governments, many of them by terrorist means -- that's terrorism." John Pilger, "An interview with John Pilger" 09/05/06. [See John Pilger's Videos on the Internet]

Harold Pinter's Nobel Lecture: Art, Truth & Politics

Noam Chomsky,
"What Drives U.S. Foreign Policy and What Can We Do to Change It" May 13, 2011. (Video)
"Illegal but Legitimate: a Dubious Doctrine for the Times," Gifford Lecture Series, Edinburgh, Scotland, March 22, 2005. (Video)

Concentration Camp at Guantanamo Bay: a human rights scandal (Amnesty International)

Smedley D. Butler, War is a Racket (1935)
Chris White, "Is War Still a Racket?" CounterPunch, January 9, 2003. An Ex-Marine Compares Gen. Smedley Butler's 1933 with 2003

Federal public law 107-110, section 9528 of the ESEA, "No Child Left Behind Act" requires school districts to release student names, addresses, and phone numbers to military recruiters upon their request. Students are then called at home by recruiters and pressured to join the military. The law also requires the school district to notify you of your right to Opt-Out from this by requesting that the district not release your information to military recruiters. The completion and return of the following FORM serves as your request to withhold your private information.

There is only one reason for military service -- an invasion of the United States. Iraq did not invade the United States, nor did Afghanistan.

A survey by The Lancet, a British medical journal, published on October 11, 2006, estimated 654,965 excess deaths related to the war, or 2.5% of the population, through the end of June 2006. See Lancet surveys of mortality before and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq

Iraq Coalition Casualty Count