Franksummers3ba's Blog

Obama ran on the slogan of “Change you can believe in!”  May that is now change you can be leaving behind. At least that may be how many people are trying to see many of the thrusts of the Obama program.  Well, let us not read too much into the change of party control in the House of Represetnatives. Barack Hussein Obama can certainly come back in 2012  when his own name is on the ballot and when many people will vote for the black man without reference to any other issue. History shows that vey often once blacks have gotten someon of the right skin tone into an office they will do all that is necessary to keep him there and then see him succeeded by another black man (or sometimes woman)  that will often not have naything to do with other support for that executive’s legislative slate, policy or popularity in general.  For Obama this election may havevery little significance as a harbinger for next chance to finish destroying the country with hare, racism and hypocrisy which are ther heart and soul of his life and our country in so many of it worst hours whether black or white inquity is involved.

The other issues of getting citizen politicians involved, of challenging statism and of resolving the problems of the economy or also interesting. I think there are some good ideals in this ever-changing political world.  However, it is possible and even likely that like the readership of this blog the USA is in systematic and permanent decline.

In Louisiana  I am able to say that  US Senator Vitter won reelecetion by a large margin. I voted for Vitter last time but this time I voted against him because of the fact that he first sought to further shelter BP from Louisiana’s wrath and because I thought Melancon was interesting. I thought both Dardenne and Fayard had some good qualties but I voted for Dardenne who won out as Lieutenant Governor. I also saw that most of the Constitutional Ammendment in my State went the way I voted. For me it is almost always a matter of mixed results.

However, as I wrap up my evening of poll-watching I am more relieved than not that things are not going too easily for the Radical Moslem Infiltrator Look-Alike seeking to drive our country straight to hell. I still think that he will do that to a large degree but people are worried about him at least.

President Barack Hussein Obama who used to be Barry Soetero but may have also been Bary Hussein Obama first, is out campaigning for the Democrats in key races with the statement that “If everyone who voted in the last race votes in this race we will win this election!” I was watching Fuse TV today and an organization called Head Count was running a “Vote Again” campaign aimed at young people and also at African American young people. The polls seem to indicate that the GOP will have a majority of the House and have gained significant ground in the Senate by the end of this election. in a period of paranoia the polls may be less reliable than at other times. African Americans and Black people have an impressive record for holding on to power when they have gained it. If one did not know better then one would think the factions on the right would be likely to produce some wins and perhaps many for the Obamaniacs. Obama did pass the stimulus, he did pass healthcare. he did preside over the admin with the Fort Hood shooting and lots of near misses including recent mail bombs that did not blow up. The election is marked by attacks on a Church in Iraq at the very near point. We will have struggles if any possible result occurs. However, Let us not count on any result until the votes are all counted. I am not counting on any results. I know that I will have a very bad futre and present regardless by my own standards of measure but I do think the Obama coallition may have something up its sleeve and that they are likely to have a few surprises. I myself have voted for both major parties and on nonpartisan issues this term. Life is complicated. I think our President is a bad guy who is a force of bad things but not a fool or a coward. I am not sure he is checking out of the bully pulpit just yet.

October 27, 2010 Game One of the World Series in San Francisco. The Giants won.
October 28, 2010 Game Two of the World Series. Giants host again.
KLFY-TV 10 (and possibly others) host their last televised political debate. Cold front coming into Acadiana.
October 30, 2010 Game Three of the World Series. Texans Host.
My nephews play their first play-off game in Louisiana Youth Football. Lots of college football.
October 31, 2010 Halloween and the Vigil of the Feast of All Saints. The Saints play the Steelers.
All or almost all of this is kind of looking towards early November. What I am involved withthese days is not all listed here. But it is definitely October.

There are a lot of questions about the upcoming midterm elections.  Some of them are important. Here are a few questions many people  who follow politics even a little carefully may be wondering about these days.

Is the TEA Party the foundation of a third-party working in the GOP?

Will the GOP gain a majority in the House of Representatives?

Will the GOP gain a majority in the US Senate?

Will the TEA Party survive as a political force after its first real broad test in a series of general elections in several states?

Will the Obama administration find a way to triumph here or will it be weakened by these elections?

 Will society become more polarized by these elections?

Will both the normally disaffected parts of the Obama coalition and the normally disaffected parts of TEA Party coalition show up on Nov. 2?

Are the basic party structures in trouble?

I have my own questions at this juncture. I recognize that the questions of partisan electoral politics are important but they are not the ones that matter most to me. I  don’t doubt that parties and elections matter, clearly they do matter. There is an election coming up in a couple of weeks.  November 2, 2010 is an important day in the political calendar.  I want to take my chance and blog about this important event. First of all, dealing with these politics honestly is a way for me to drive away some of my new readers who responded so well to my Columbus Day post. It is important that I remain in the absolute cellar of media rankings and giving my current political opinions  can be a good way to reassert my position on the bottom of the rankings…

I am going to discuss some of the things that we need to be considering.  Life is an art  and process of navigation among other things. We as humans navigate not only through geographical reality but also through emotional, ideological and historic liabilities. I want to encourage anyone who reads this blog to consider that navigation through American politics in a somewhat different and distinct way.  We must face the present and the future with whatever courage, wisdom and fortitude we can.  There is no doubt that we are committed to a whole host of issues in part by the choices our ancestors and ourselves have made in earlier elections. While the elections never take place in a vacuum and are never all-powerful they are important.  We must do the best we can to make the most and best results come out of this election.

What are the parameters of my own political thought. Well this blog is a pretty good place to start looking  for my political ideas. The truth is that there are a great number of posts in this blog and very many of them are political in some sense or another. I have placed four of them within this blog post as links so that people can see what is the neighborhood they have wandered into if they are not familiar with this blog. Before turning to this selection of posts I want to say that today’s post is rather less ambitious and does not in the strictest sense form a series or unity with these more ideological posts:

1.  https://franksummers3ba.wordpress.com/2010/04/12/positioning-america-for-the-future-we-face/

2.  https://franksummers3ba.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/thinking-a-new-thing-a-competing-american-narrative/

3.  https://franksummers3ba.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/population-issues-and-americas-future/

4.  https://franksummers3ba.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/the-direct-imperial-government-in-the-new-american-regime-part-one/

So out of the host of issues to be considered what issues do I think are the most important?

I would say that some responses to some issues relate to survival in the right way and some choices both help one to survive and also find allow for a reasonable hope that something better will develop in the future. We must face the fact that we can in this little election make choices that will be riskier for our national survival. We can make choices that endanger our personal, familial and ethnic survival among other things.  There must be a struggle involved in survival that is not something which can be expected to change or go away. We must face the fact that things will not just naturally work out well for no particular reason.

I do believe that America is in a profound and very troubling crisis  which is part of a very large and troubling series of crises.  We must recognize how very far from reality and sanity we have grown. I have listed below ten issues that are very important in my opinion:

1. National Security:  We face a great number of challenging national security issues.  We have nuclear disarmament, the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, the wars and draw downs in Iraq and Afghanistan, the stability of Israel, trouble on the Mexican border and many other issues. Together they form a relatively unsettling picture.  I think we all must consider voting as part of an overall personal and national plan to preserve and foster both a good military and  a good awareness in society of national security issues.

2.Federalism and Sovereignty:  We have to decide whether or not we will recognize the special dangers of constitutional insanity. In this context we need candidates who can at least discuss intelligently the processes for amending the constitution both as it has been amended in the past and by convention.

3. Economic theory and system: The debate over what kind of economy we have and what kind we ought to have is both necessary and is heating up very well.  The survival of the family farm, tariffs to support manufacture, not criticizing China and Mexico for working hard, real solutions to the problems that draw in illegal labor, not forcing illegal labor to blend into the world of hardened criminals and other such matters are really urgent and require far more of a response than they are likely to get ever much less soon. However, one should consider this election as a chance to make a response.

4. Separation of Powers:  The carefull preservation of respect for the different roles of the judiciary, legislature and executive must be preserved and this will not be easy in a time of prolonged crisis. We must elect legislators to Congress who see their role mostly as making laws, controlling the revenues if they are the House, approving treaties and appointments if they are the Senate, supporting States Rights and their own State’s  interest if they are in the Senate and constituent services if they are in the House. It is alright if they are angry and as Americans would like to change other things but it is imperative that they  know their own place and role in the government.

5. Domestic Institutions and Regimes: We must address the ways in which debates over healthcare, gay marriage and abortion among other things violate the very essence of our constitutional order when they are federalized. Because of private and domestic interests they must be States issues. However, America has in fact been largely an unconstitutional and tyrannical regime since Lincoln. We must either really change our government or else restore the thinking that works in the one we have. Our accepted way of doing things is dysfunctional and we need a Congress that understands this clearly. 

6. Race, ethnicity and community: We need people who have a sense of justice and reason about the governance of the country and are also loyal to their own roots. If people commit to avoid stealing in any way from other groups and protect their own race, the communities and groups that built their state and region and the ethnic communities from which they come America can be renewed. As it is we are on a sure path to destruction. Few have more reason to be aggrieved than I. However, without the monoculture race baiting of the past part of this has to be an effort by some serious leaders to protect the interests of white people who descend mostly from US citizens over generations to protect and establish their own interest in law and policy no matter whom they must challenge in order to do so– this may mean the Supreme Court. 

7. Sex itself: We need to elect some women who can protect and expand legal privileges for women working near home and caring for families, for female elementary school teachers, for females in food service and food preparation and primary healthcare and elder care. We  need to elect men who are concerned about supporting veterans, fishermen, miners, loggers and truckers who are male within our national policy. We need men and women like that who can work together and reach compromises with others and help to create a national consensus which is not self-destructive. All of that is only the start of what we really need and the odds of us getting it right are not good.

8. Drugs: We need a better drug policy. That is a topic for a better post. But we are not espousing the right policy mix now for the challenges we face. partly that is because we are not addressing other social problems adequately. Partly the drug issue keeps us from addressing other issues adequately.

9. Immigration.  Sound immigration policy with secure borders, licensed low wage  imports with federal and state oversight, labor markets and analysis in cities and  targeting the most desirable immigrants in a reasonable way is needed. Our whole policy at the current time is dangerous. We must address it or perish.

10. Financial, Fiscal and Monetary Policy. We need to secure our money in a way which is fair to the rest of the world. We cannot do that in this election but we can elect those who see the need to do something eventually.

So go and vote. But I hope you consider voting part of an overall committment to citizenship. I hope you are building for a better American future with your votes and your other decisions.