I'm annoyed

[Occhidiangela]

In the words of Kang and Kodos (on voting for third party candidates) "go ahead, waste your vote"?

Hmmm, perhaps the Simpsons are not the best place to learn about the American Electoral system  :P

On a side note :

Google subpoenaed
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Another myth is that there are actually two political parties, between the Dems and the Reps. There is some evidence to suggest that both are now a front to delude Americans into thinking they have a choice in how they are governed. ;) Just who the "puppet masters" are is open to considerable debate, and differing claims are made on who "the powers behind the throne" really are. In most cases of "what's behind all this" a productive path is to "follow the money."

In that spirit, a popular answer is provided by looking at the back of the One Dollar Bill.

Novus Ordo Seclorum

Look it up, and then check out the texts of President Bush's speeches (Bush 41) between 1989 and 1993 on international peace, etcetera, post Cold War. Spooky, if you cotton to some theories. Or was it just a coincidence?

For a bit of a smile and a giggle, ponder: This Little Bit of Whimsy
Some raving, some "That's an interesting tidbit."

Then, watch "Being There" a brilliant Peter Sellers film lampooning the American political process. There are some people in the US who refer to Pres "W" as "President Chaunce."

Mythbusters, LTD, or Rumormongers, LLC, available to you at no extra charge. Yes, we confess, we are just a front for The Sisters of the Sightless Eye, the Distaff Illuminati! :D

Regardless of who is doing what in the smoke filled rooms, the burst of energy in the 1990's that attacked profligate US Government spending has been successfully curbed by so called "neo conservatives." There ain't much conservative about that lot, other than their aim to conserve or perserve power.

The Dems and Reps, like the Guelphs and Ghibellines during the Middle Ages, claim to have the best interestes of "the people at heart," while the detailed examination of their actions reveals a pattern of playing their game of thrones, their game of oneupmanship, irrespective of its impact on "the great unwashed." "The people" are a means to an end.

Tidbit on name origins from: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07056c.htm

The names "Guelph" and "Ghibelline" appear to have originated in Germany, in the rivalry between the house of Welf (Dukes of Bavaria) and the house of Hohenstaufen (Dukes of Swabia), whose ancestral castle was Waiblingen in Franconia. Agnes, daughter of Henry IV and sister of Henry V, married Duke Frederick of Swabia. "Welf" and "Waiblingen" were first used as rallying cries at the battle of Weinsberg (1140), where Frederick's son, Emperor Conrad III (1138-1152), defeated Welf, the brother of the rebellious Duke of Bavaria, Henry the Proud. Conrad's nephew and successor, Frederick I "Barbarossa" (1152-1190), attempted to reassert the imperial authority over the Italian cities, and to exercise supremacy over the papacy itself. He recognized an antipope, Victor, in opposition to the legitimate sovereign pontiff, Alexander III (1159), and destroyed Milan (1162), but was signally defeated by the forces of the Lombard League at the battle of Legnano (1176) and compelled to agree to the peace of Constance (1183), by which the liberties of the Italian communes were secured.

Oh nooooo, Commies in the Middle Ages! ;)

Occhi