politics

Politics does not dictate our collective cultural mindset as much as it simply reflects it; We've got to look in the mirror sometimes, and we've got one.

Betrayed
When seasons change there is always a certain anxiety in the air. Many people wonder what a new season will bring. The anticipation of positive change or a foreboding premonition of unsettling times ahead are the two distinct realities facing when seasons change. if this past year was any indication of what a new season brings more of us understandably acknowledge those foreboding premonitions of more difficult times still lay ahead.
By Dr. Williams5 years ago in The Swamp
Field guide to Italian Politics
After the disastrous year of a global pandemic and the worst recession in our lifetime and despite the need for good statesmen to take the lead, the Italian political landscape is in turmoil and facing a new political crisis yet again.
By Franktheman5 years ago in The Swamp
2020 The Year of Economic Upheaval
Another great year went by; then 2020 crept along. No one could have suspected the chaos that would ensue in the next coming months. The year of political, social, and economic turmoil both in the US and the world.
By Jonathan EscaleraArgueta5 years ago in The Swamp
The Worst Part Of Living In a Dictatorship Is Not The Oppression
“You know what ?… Let’s switch off the internet for the whole country so that people cannot riot when we fake the election results.”
By James Ssekamatte5 years ago in The Swamp
Negative Bash-Ads Got You Down?
It’s time to take back America. Greed and corruption surround our elected officials and politics no longer has much to do with public service. No sooner are candidates elected than they have to start fundraising to pay for their re-election campaigns. We need to stop treating our elected representatives like products for sale. Honest campaigning has been supplanted by slick advertisements filled with propaganda, and outright lies. As a result, to get elected, a campaign is almost always forced to “go negative” and spend as much as possible to degrade the competition. This results in election-time bombardment of radio and television programming with the never-ending bash ads we ALL hate. After being brow-beaten and brainwashed by these abbreviated and derogatory views of the candidates and issues up for election, we go to the polls erroneously convinced we know who and what we are voting for. Sadly, it takes so much money to produce these misleading campaign ads that politicians are already “bought and sold” by the time they take office. Virtually every politician must answer to the special interest money that paid for the costly media advertising required to win. This vicious cycle of money and influence has corrupted our political system. In short, the average American currently has no representation.
By Mike Ball5 years ago in The Swamp
Inside the Strange, Dangerous Mind of an American Fascist
The word “fascist” gets thrown around a lot these days by both liberals and conservatives, though few use it correctly. Fascist movements, though, have been studied for decades, and this word has specific meaning.
By The Happy Neuron5 years ago in The Swamp
Dear Future Senator AOC. Top Story - February 2021.
Dear Representative Ocasio-Cortez: I fully believe that you will be a New York Senator in the near future. I cannot wait to march as many souls to the polls to vote for you and your progressive agenda. You are going to be an amazing representative of all New Yorkers.
By Barbara Force5 years ago in The Swamp
And the Chutzpah of the Chodesh Award goes to…
Have you ever read something so outrageous you couldn’t help but laugh in blinding, blood-red fury? Well. Let me talk to you about Israeli politics for a second, because OH F***ING BOY, WE’VE GOT A LIVE ONE FOLKS. Content notice for terrorism, religious violence, brazen hypocrisy, war, pointless death and misery, and one very ranty Jewish commie mommy.
By Sophia-Helene Mees de Tricht5 years ago in The Swamp
The Cover-Up
A heavy mist cloaked Charity Falls in a chilly drab gray. Street lights strained to shine through the fog, projecting eerie glowing orbs twelve feet above the ground. Few dared roam the sidewalks or drive the streets; the low visibility forced people to hunker down in their homes and wait for the morning sun to chase away the gloom.
By Bryan R..5 years ago in The Swamp
The New Age of Science and Politics
Science is becoming more and more contested in today's age because, unfortunately, it is becoming tossed into the same playing field as politics.
By Phil Rosen5 years ago in The Swamp
The Never-Ending Battle for Unity
The country is divided. The feelings of hope and prosperity dwindling. It’s us versus them and of course whatever side I am on is the correct side, right? Wait, the country really is divided, right? We all hate each other and identify by a donkey or an elephant… right?
By Dan Pittman5 years ago in The Swamp
A slice of Myanmar pie Please!
No man is an island: no country is an island, we all need friends and allies. Who is Myanmar's? Do you remember the newspaper clippings and news about the Buddhist monks protesting and being set on fire? Or the Tiananmen Square Tank man?
By crispsummers5 years ago in The Swamp