WHY DYSFUNCTIONAL D.C. GOVERNANCE?

WHAT’S BEHIND OUR DYSFUNCTIONAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?  IN MY OPINION THE ANSWER LIES IN A THREE WORD MINDSET “PARTY UBER ALLES”, TRANSLATED “PARTY OVER ALL”.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT MANY OF THOSE WHO SOUGHT PUBLIC OFFICE AND WERE SUCCESSFUL IN BEING ELECTED HAVE LOST SIGHT OF THE REASONS FOR BEING IN OFFICE, WHICH IS TO REPRESENT ALL THE PEOPLE OF THEIR CONSTITUENCY WITHIN THE REPUBLIC. 

MANY, NOT ALL, OF THESE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED BY THE CROSS CURRENTS OF PRIVILEGE, POWER, OPPORTUNITY AND  RESPONSIBILITY.  ONCE ELECTED, THE PRINCIPLE OBJECTIVE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IS TO BE RE-ELECTED, EXPAND THEIR POWER, CAPITALIZE ON THEIR OPPORTUNITIES AND MAINTAIN THE SUPPORT OF THEIR PARTY AND IT’S CONSTITUENCY BASE.

FOR EXAMPLE ON JANUARY 20, 2009, IN A WASHINGTON  RESTAURANT, WHILE THE OBAMAS WERE CELEBRATING INAUGURAL EVENTS, A GROUP OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE OPPOSITE PARTY WERE MEETING TO DESTROY THE PRESIDENCY OF THE NEWLY INAUGURATED PRESIDENT BY NOT SUPPORTING ANYTHING ON THE PRESIDENT’S AGENDA. SOMETIME LATER, THE SENATE LEADER OF THAT SAME PARTY SAID, ” OUR NO. 1 PRIORITY IS TO MAKE THIS PRESIDENT A ONE-TERM PRESIDENT.”

TO THAT END, THEY PROCEEDED TO SABOTAGED THE PRESIDENT AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.  THEY KILLED  JOBS AND INFRASTRUCTURE BILLS, BLOCKED TAX CUTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, PERMITTED OUTSOURCING OF JOBS OVERSEAS, SLASHED BILLIONS FROM SAFETY NET PROGRAMS, APPROVED BILLIONS IN CROSS-THE-BOARD SEQUESTER BUDGET CUTS, DELAYED BUDGET APPROVALS, SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT FOR WEEKS,  ATTEMPTED TO KILL OBAMACARE OVER 50 TIMES, HELD BACK ON HUNDREDS OF PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS, EVEN A SUPREME COURT NOMINATION IN VIOLATION OF ARTICLE II, SECTION 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION (TO WHICH THEY TOOK AN OATH).  THERE WERE MANY OTHER EFFORTS TO SABOTAGE THE PRESIDENCY DURING THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, EVEN TO DECLARE THE PRESIDENT WASN’T BORN IN THE UNITED STATES AND CALLING HIM A “LIAR!”.   ONE COULD GO ON, BUT YOU GET THE IDEA AS TO THE PRIORITIES OF SOME ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND WHERE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE STOOD.  AS THE GREAT PHILOSOPHER, PEANUTS ONCE SAID, “WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS US!”, 

WHEN BRINGING THE COUNTRY OUT OF A DEEP RECESSION AND DURING A PERIOD WHEN MILLIONS LOST THEIR JOBS, HOMES, AND SOME THEIR LOVE ONES IN THE LONGEST WAR, GOVERNANCE REQUIRES COOPERATION.   WHAT WE GOT WAS A GOVERNMENT THAT WAS TRYING TO BUILD AN OUTHOUSE WITHOUT NAILS!!!  INSTEAD, IT IS TIME TO PUT TOGETHER A RESPONSIBLE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT THAT IS DESIROUS OF BUILDING A 21ST CENTURY DEMOCRACY!  DO YOUR RESEARCH, FIND OUT WHO VOTES YOUR INTEREST!

THE FUTURE BEGINS TODAY!

G EISNER 10/22/16 DOLLARBILLBRIGADE™.COM

CAMPAIGN DIRTY TRICKS?

NO ONE SHOULD JUMP TO ANY CONCLUSION REGARDING THE FIREBOMBING AND GRAFFITI OF THE REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS IN HILLSBOROUGH, N.C., UNTIL THE AUTHORITIES HAVE COMPLETED THEIR INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT.  ONE MIGHT DRAW SOME ERRONEOUS CONCLUSIONS AS THEY DID IN 1986 WHEN A WELL KNOWN CAMPAIGN OPERATIVE PLANTED AN ELECTRONIC BUG IN HIS OWN OFFICE AND THEN CALLED THE POLICE AND MEDIA TO SHOW HOW THE OPPOSITION HAD BUGGED HIS OFFICE.  THIS EVENT DESTROYED THE OPPOSITION CANDIDATE. 

“THE FUTURE BEGINS TODAY!!”

G EISNER 10/18/16  DOLLARBILLBRIGADE™.COM

DERIGGING THE ELECTION

HOW TO “DE-RIGGED”  A DONALD J. TRUMP “RIGGED” ELECTION-

PERMIT ONLY RURAL LIVING, WHITE, ABLE BODIED, CHRISTIAN MALES WHO WERE BORN IN THE UNITED STATES TO VOTE AND THEN HAVE THEM COUNT THE BALLOT TALLY.

IN RUSSIA THERE IS AN OLD SAYING, “IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO VOTES, IT’S WHO COUNTS THE VOTES!!!”

“THE FUTURE BEINGS TODAY!”

G EISNER 10/17/16  DOLLARBILLBRIGADE.COM

MY TAKE…

THE LATEST TRUMP SCANDAL HAS YET TO HIT THE STREET!  BUT IN REALITY THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAGE FIGHT IS OVER.  THE BATTLE NOW LOOMS ON THE DOWN BALLOT RACES AND CONTROL OF THE CONGRESS WITH CANDIDATES PLAYING THE THEME OF “PARTY UBER ALLES.”

THE TRUMP GAME SET IS NOW GEARED TO THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

MY TAKE ON THAT GAME PLAN IS THAT TRUMP WILL CONTINUE HIS ATTACK ON THE CLINTONS AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.  THE INTENT IS TO SPLIT THE PARTY AND CARRY TENS OF MILLIONS OF FOLLOWERS INTO THE NEW TRUMP MEDIA NETWORK (SEE MY BLOG OF AUGUST 18, PLAN B) TO DEVELOP A THIRD PARTY SET UP IN 2020.  PENCE WILL BE THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR THE TRUMP PARTY.  THE TRUMP BRAND REMAINS UNTOUCHED AND INTACT.

WE WILL SEE…

THE FUTURE BEGINS TODAY!

G EISNER 10/11/16 DOLLARBILLBRIGADE™.COM

STANDING WITH THE DONALD!

WANT TO CHECK WHICH CANDIDATES ARE ANNOUNCED ENDORSERS OF THE DONALD?  CHECK THE DOLLARBILLBRIGADE™.COM MENU ITEM “2016 PRIMARY & CANDIDATE DATA” NOTE THE HASH TAGGED ENTRIES IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE CANDIDATES DATA BASES.

THE FUTURE BEGINS TODAY!

G EISNER 10/08/16 DOLLARBILLBRIGADE™.COM

TROUBLING THOUGHTS

DURING THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, TWO THOUGHTS HAVE PERSISTED WITH ME AND ARE OF MAJOR CONCERN.  I WILL NOT DANCE AROUND WITH A LOT OF VERBIAGE BUT CUT TO THE CHASE AS TO WHAT THESE ISSUES REPRESENT AND WHAT MY THOUGHTS ARE ON POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS.

THE FIRST CONCERN DEALS WITH THE POTENTIAL EFFECT OF THE THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES ON THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION.  I DON’T EXPECT ANY THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE TO BE ELECTED PRESIDENT, BUT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER 2000 RALPH NADER EFFECT.  THIS POSSIBILITY COULD BE NEUTRALIZED AND MITIGATED BY CANDIDATE CLINTON ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES HAVE SIGNIFICANT IDEAS AND THAT IF ELECTED SHE WOULD SEEK OUT A DIALOG WITH THOSE CANDIDATES TO SEE HOW TO INTEGRATE THEIR CAMPAIGN IDEAS INTO THE ADMINISTRATION’S PLANNING, ENHANCING THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.

THE SECOND THOUGHT IS A LITTLE MORE DISTURBING AND I HOPE I WILL BE WRONG!  TERRORISM HAS BEEN QUIET FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED THAT SOME TIME BEFORE NOVEMBER 8TH THERE WILL BE SUBSTANTIVE TERRORIST EVENT(S) WHICH MAY INFLUENCE THE ELECTION OUTCOME.

I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE AGENCIES WITHIN THE HOMELAND SECURITY NETWORK ARE DILIGENTLY AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL AND ARE MONITORING THE THREAT POSSIBILITIES.  I HAVE THE UTMOST CONFIDENCE IN THEIR ABILITY TO PREVENT AND/OR RESPOND TO SUCH AN EVENT.

HOWEVER, IF I WERE INVOLVED IN A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, I WOULD ESTABLISH A WORKING LIAISON UNIT WITHIN MY ORGANIZATION TO WORK WITH APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IF SUCH EVENT(S) OCCUR.

I WOULD RATHER ERR WITH AN OUNCE OF ADVANCE PLANNING THAT MAY BE WORTH TONS IF SUCH AN EVENT OCCURRED.   THIS IS ONE TIME I HOPE I’M WRONG!!

THE FUTURE BEGIN TODAY!

G EISNER 10/06/16  DOLLARBILLBRIGADE™.COM

 

LIES, LIES AND MORE LIES!

I’M REFERRING TO THE CAMPAIGN ADS.  IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO THE OFFICE, PARTY OR ISSUE.  ALL THAT THESE CAMPAIGN LIES DO IS POINT TO THE FACT YOU SHOULD NOT ASSUME ANY OF THE PROPAGANDA AS FACTUAL.  DO YOUR HOMEWORK, CHECK IT OUT AND GET THE FACTS.  BE SURE, YOU DON’T WANT TO HELP PUT A LIAR IN OFFICE.

IN AUGUST OF 1939, ADOLF HITLER TOLD HIS GENERALS:  “I WILL PROVIDE A PROPAGANDIC CASUS BELLI.  IT’S CREDIBILITY DOESN’T MATTER.  THE VICTOR WILL NOT BE ASKED WHETHER HE TOLD THE TRUTH”

THE IMPLEMENTER OF HITLER’S DIRECTIVE WAS PROPAGANDA MINISTER, JOSEPH GOEBBELS,  WHO’S PHILOSOPHY WAS “TELL A LIE OFTEN ENOUGH, PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE IT”

LET’S HOPE WE DO NOT WAKE UP ON NOVEMBER 9TH, 2016 TO A KRISTALLNACHT OF THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY!

THE FUTURE BEGIN TODAY!

G EISNER 10/02/16 DOLLARBILLBRIGADE™.COM

“CONFIDENTIAL” EMAILS

I AM SURE THAT EMAILS AND THEIR CONFIDENTIAL CLASSIFICATION WILL BE A SUBJECT IN THE REMAINING PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES.  IT’S A LITTLE PUZZLING TO ME THAT THERE IS SO MUCH CONVERSATION ABOUT A FEW DOCUMENTS WHICH LACKED ANY CLASSIFICATION OR CONTAINED A PARAGRAPH INDICATOR (POST TRANSMITTAL) OF THE LOWEST CLASSIFIED DESIGNATION (C), “CONFIDENTIAL”.  MUCH OF THESE ISSUES AROSE WHILE THE STATE DEPARTMENT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING PROCEDURES REGARDING THE HANDLING OF MEDIA TRANSMITTED CORRESPONDENCE.

SOME 60 YEARS AGO, AS AN AIR FORCE OFFICER, I HELD SOME OF THE HIGHEST CLEARANCES WITHIN THE MILITARY AND VARIOUS AGENCIES.  THE LEVEL OF “CONFIDENTIAL”, WHICH SHOULD BE DESIGNATED ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF EACH CLASSIFIED PAGE OF A DOCUMENT, AS WELL AS IT’S COVER PAGE, WERE NOT SO INDICATED IN THE SUBJECT EMAILS.  IN ADDITION, “CONFIDENTIAL” IS THE LOWEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION LEVEL OF SENSITIVE MATERIAL.  MANY PRIVATE CITIZENS WOULD CLASSIFY THEIR PHONE NUMBER OR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, “CONFIDENTIAL”.  IN MY LIBRARY I HAVE DECLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS THAT WERE PART OF MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER WITH NASA’S GEMINI SPACE PROGRAM.  MUCH OF THAT CLASSIFIED MATERIAL WAS CONTAINED AND RELEASED IN UNCLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS RELEASED BY SEVERAL MAJOR CONTRACTORS AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROGRAM IN 1965.  MY DOCUMENT WAS DECLASSIFIED IN 1975 TO “UNCLASSIFIED”.

THE EMAILS AND THEIR LIMITED CONFIDENTIAL CLASSIFICATION IS NO BIG DEAL!

THE FUTURE BEGINS TODAY!!

GIL EISNER 10/2/2016 DOLLARBILLBRIGADE™.COM