The Simple Explanation For The Rise of Donald Trump…

While on a hike through nature, an atheist slips on a rock and falls down a hill, breaking both of his legs. After he stops falling, he discovers that a tree branch has stabbed him in the throat.

Political Gladiators

When it comes to the failings of our current political system, I can sum up the problem in three words:

The Future Of Politics In The US

The older I get, the more I look around at politicians and wonder, “Where are all the young people?” They’re nowhere to be found. Sure, they rallied around Obama (twice), but since then they’ve not had a lot to say about politics.

Local and State-level politics are just as important, if not more so, than national politics. Watch this video from a 12-year old girl in North Carolina.

To Pat McCrory, Governor of North Carolina, I am providing a list of burn centers in the US. You, sir, just got toasted by a 12-year old.

Why the Opposite of Progress is Congress…

Alfred said it best in the movie Batman Begins: “Why do we fall, sir? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up.”

That’s a truth we all know and accept.

Put another way, we learn from our mistakes.

American People, You Confuse Me

The approval rating of Congress is at an all-time low. In pretty much every poll – from Fox to CBS to Gallup – voters are very clear that they do not approve of our current Congress. Most of the polls hover around a 9% approval rating.

It’s bad.

It’s so bad, in fact, that voters are even saying they think their own representatives need to be replaced. That’s very rare. Usually, people poll along the lines of, “Congress is bad, but my Congressperson is okay.” Not anymore. Nowadays, Americans generally agree that Congress sucks. Period.

So here’s what I don’t understand…

Life in America Without Sociaism

Socialism is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies.”

It’s also defined as a society where there is no personal ownership.

However, those definitions aren’t the definitions used when people are saying Obamacare is socialist. I mean, Obamacare sucks in several ways, but strictly speaking, it’s not socialist. The insurance being provided is still being provided by private companies. When most people are using socialism as a fear-tactic, they’re talking about government control of programs meant to help the less fortunate. It’s as simple as that.

Right now, millions of people can’t afford healthcare. Having a more “socialist” healthcare system would provide those people with healthcare.

But the reply is always, “I don’t want to spend my hard earned money paying for someone who’s too lazy to get a job!”

Well, here’s a newsflash. Many people in this country work 40 to 50 hours a week and still can’t afford healthcare.

But okay… that’s fine. You don’t want any socialist based programs in this country.

Well, here’s a glimpse of how the country might be if you get exactly what you want. Here’s a glimpse of a world completely run by private, for-profit companies:

The Most Important Sentence in Politics

The next time you’re arguing with someone about politics, there’s one sentence that might help you let go of any anger or resentment you feel toward the person you’re debating. It might help you to understand that the argument isn’t really about big issues or democrats or republicans or libertarians or the tea party.

The phrase was originally coined by Tip O’Neill, but that doesn’t matter. Since then, this single sentence has become commonplace when referring to politics.

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Jerry here. Let me start this blog by making something totally clear:

Your Face is Politics is not a news site.

We aren’t just reporting news. This site is all about discussions of political issues. We want a free forum to respectfully discuss politics without worrying about a bunch of politically correct nonsense.

We absolutely have opinions, and we openly state those opinions. On the other hand, we promise to never give information that we know is false. We’ll call out bullshit, no matter what side of the aisle it’s coming from. We listen to any opposing viewpoints. Always. We might disagree with them (sometimes enthusiastically), but we consider every opinion. When someone disagrees with us, we consider what they have to say. We don’t just try to think of a counter-argument. We listen.

Meanwhile, Back At SCOTUS…

With the government still in shut-down mode, SCOTUS today heard arguments in a new case that deals with money in politics.

Back in 2010, SCOTUS ruled in favor of corporations in the landmark Citizen’s United ruling, which essentially granted corporations the state of personhood, thus allowing them to donate to political campaigns. This stirred up an inevitable shitstorm with many of the actual people in the US, most of whom were already tired of corporations lining the pockets of politicians in order to get laws passed in their favor. The Citizens United ruling included such gems as this line of wisdom:

This Court now concludes that independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption. . . . And the appearance of influence or access will not cause the electorate to lose faith in this democracy.

If anything shows just how out-of-touch with reality these people are, these couple of sentences should shine a spotlight on the problem.

Why We’re Screwed…

The United States Constitution was written by visionaries. There’s really no denying that. The brilliant men who drafted the Constitution were brilliant and insightful.

They also recognized that the US Constitution wasn’t about them. It was about something greater. These men had the foresight and clarity of mind to draft a constitution that protects the people living in the country from the people running the country. They drafted a constitution designed to prevent any one group or person from becoming too powerful.