Institutionalized religion seems to have permeated the US government.  This may or may not be beneficial to We The People, but an anomaly seems worthy of note.  In our Christian nation, one wonders how many of We The People have read straight through, the Old Testament and New Testament.  Most of us have been subjected to highlights from the Old Testament, when which highlights in themselves can be a type of propaganda.  

Add to this the FACT that Gospels included in the Bible are highly compliant to leaders in early institutionalized religion, and that neither the Old Testament or the Gospels left out of the Bible version of institutionalized religion, suggests something touched upon in the New Testament.

A simplified take-away of contents of the Old Testament seems to include little other than wars and conquests, with destruction of “enemies”.  In other words, it may be a model for the foreign policy of some modern-day nations.

Meanwhile…. the New Testament seems used by those in power, to beat about the head and shoulders, We The People.  The process of inquiring beyond the hierarchical facade is illuminating.

One brings in religion because first, politicians have done so.  Switching to secular government, consider the intentions stated by The Founders when they urged We The People to avoid foreign entanglements.  

In particular, The Founders suggested avoidance of foreign entanglements after The American Revolution in which a Monarchy that was an outgrowth from institutionalized religion in which lines of succession supposedly originated in religion, and was manifested in colonization of the homelands of other people, was the system juxtaposed against principles of the US Constitution.

Won’t these topics be wonderful subjects for debate by our political candidates?  

http://ili.nativeweb.org/sdrm_art.html    –When Christopher Columbus first set foot on the white sands of Guanahani island, he performed a ceremony to “take possession” of the land for the king and queen of Spain, acting under the international laws of Western Christendom. Although the story of Columbus’ “discovery” has taken on mythological proportions in most of the Western world, few people are aware that his act of “possession” was based on a religious doctrine now known in history as the Doctrine of Discovery. Even fewer people realize that today – five centuries later – the United States government still uses this archaic Judeo-Christian doctrine to deny the rights of Native American Indians.

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From Marianne2024.com—–

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If the following sounds depressingly similar to government in the USA, one considers that corruption is less about nation than it is about system.  Add to this the hierarchical Establishment definition of democracy that is so similar to the functioning of capitalism, and the joke is on the public.https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/08/ukraines-big-mistake/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=86f3dbef-4fbc-4b22-9375-4d39b37c4815     —

The new owners of capital needed politicians to make laws in their favour and bureaucrats to make administrative decisions that were to their advantage. The capitalists also needed judges to rule in their favour when there were disputes and prosecutors to turn a blind eye when, as happened routinely, the entrepreneurs functioned outside the law. To perform all these services, the politicians and officials charged bribes, which allowed them to amass their own capital and, in many cases, to found their own businesses.

Finally, there were the criminal networks that had always operated within Soviet society, but that now found their prospects multiplied. In the last years of the U.S.S.R., the rule of law became weak or non-existent. This created huge opportunities not just for theft and fraud, but also for criminal stand-over men. If you were a business operator and needed a contract enforced, the way you did it was by hiring a group of “young men with thick necks.”

Today, numerous members of the left simply lack the methodological equipment to understand the Ukraine issue — which is, to be fair, fiendishly complex.–end of consortiumnews info–

Criminal elements within the governing process are identifiable not only in Ukraine.

Russia is our enemy and one would be very careful about any information placed on RT.  At the same time, censorship by US MSM  is an impetus to search for information outside of MSM .  —  https://www.rt.com/russia/575840-liberated-city-soledar-photo-report/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=push_notifications&utm_campaign=push_notifications         —

‘They said they’d shoot anyone who wanted to go to Russia’: A look at Soledar, the town captured from Ukraine earlier this year

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MSM has been instrumental in censorship of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who is running for President on the Democratic ticket.  And so with due acknowledgement of suspicion of RT due to Russia being the enemy of the USA, when that is where transparency is possible, intellectual honesty suggests considering the information available there.  —  https://www.rt.com/news/575946-cia-killed-jfk-rfk-candidate/   –Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has alleged that the CIA was behind the assassination of his uncle, US President John F. Kennedy Jr. in 1963, and likely involved in the murder of his father, US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, who was shot dead in 1968.

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Considering that secret information about the assassination of JFK was scheduled to be available to the public after 50 years, and that time came and went with continued suppression of information, is a topic for conversation.****

As one who would be perfectly contented to retain the Senate if they adhered to Oaths of Office more than to Citizens United campaign donations, one is interested in a topic raised as to the reason we maintain the US Senate—-

 This is a reminder of how much we don’t know.  This brings one around to Howie Hawkins, who continues to impress with original thought.  We also could acknowledge Hawkins often speaks to censored information.
One such topic about which one would never have even considered, is whether the USA needs The Senate.  Apparently The Senate is little other than expensive window dressing, promoting hierarchical interests, and too often placed in positions of power by big-money via Citizens United.  But the public gets to fund this curiosity of pompous supremacy.  Who knew?
The Democratic Branch of the Republican/Democratic Duopoly are especially functional in voter suppression—–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNbdkuU1edw          —#GreenSocialist Notes #76
Howie Hawkins brings up the concept of whether the USA needs the Senate.  Apparently according to some people, the Senate isn’t necessary.  This brings up the blockage from the Senate of many bills that would benefit We The People.  Combined with Citizens United that promotes big-money interest choice of Senators, in which laws are passed that benefit big-money interest rather than We The People, and that We The People support economically, the members of the Senate, this seems a good topic for discussion.
The US Constitution doesn’t seem to sanction elections run by political Parties, and to permit control of political debates by political Parties seems equally corrupt.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ7kn2-GEmM       —

Ross Perot in 1992 on NAFTA and the “Giant Sucking Sound”

Centralization is the lifeblood of the R&D duopoly.  It’s the way to enforce capitalism onto workers in 2022.———————–We can do better———-

That “we are a 2-Party system” is a fabrication of the Republican/Democratic duopoly and spread by MSM.  In FACT the majority of voters aren’t either registered Democratic or Republican.  The censorship about this info must be envied by bureaucrats of the Former USSR and their simplistic style of 1-Party elections.  

Regardless of which character sits in the Oval Office, We The People have work to do to maintain principles of our democratic (small d) Constitutional republic.  Several items to challenge—*We need the integrity of ranked-choice voting so voters won’t feel compelled to “hold your nose and vote”*Censored debates must be stopped.  The Democratic/Republican duopoly pretends to legitimate debates in what is nothing other than another campaign show.  Independent debates run by uninterested sponsors such as The League of Women Voters, must be restored.  (Access www.debates.org to understand the extent of duopoly control).  The so-called Debate Commission is a corporation to promote the Democratic corporation and Republican corporation, not to inform We The People*Challenge and stop gerrymandering that is a trick especially of the Republican branch of the duopoly.*Stop voter suppression by political Parties, and especially confront and stop Party suppression, which is the over-arching approach to voter suppression.  Party suppression seems to have been the responsibility of the Democratic corporation*Promote by law ranked-choice voting, so we won’t be told again, by D&R duopoly, to “hold your nose and vote”
If these issues are handled, our next elections can be honorable. 
*******************************************************************https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx—-Political Party affiliation of voters.
    https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/league-refuses-help-perpetrate-fraud–LEAGUE REFUSES TO “HELP PERPETRATE A FRAUD”

WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FROM FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE–end of lwv info–Murray Bookchin, who founded social ecology, a theory that strongly influenced early Green Socialist thought, strongly advocated the discussion and study group as the first step of any revolutionary movement. A group of individuals meets to expand their knowledge of radical thought and form a radical intellectual community; through the give and take of discussion, can eventually form ideas for next steps in organizing and political activity. According to Bookchin, study groups help create solidarity and a shared language — with a shared coherent vision — for building a mass, organizing, political movement!