Popullism

Among these are:

The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;

The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;

The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;

The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;

The right of every family to a decent home;

The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;

The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;

The right to a good education.

All of these rights spell security. And we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being.

America's own rightful place in the world depends in large part upon how fully these and similar rights have been carried into practice for all our citizens.

For unless there is security here at home there cannot be lasting peace in the world.

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

The People's Vote

There is a missing discussion surrounding the Clinton-Obama race. That is the challenge to the idea that only the first primaries in the Democrat Party Nominating Priamries are important. That is one of the reasons why ao many states tried to jocky up calendar to get a forward position in the primary line up. Since 1968, the party has tried to shake a neurotic fear of an open Convention. The goal is to decide on a candidate as quickly as possible - most times precipitously. The candidates move on a downward path toward defeat.

The Convention in Chicago was a disaster, and I submit that the Democrat Party died in the streets of Chicago in 1968 and has been on life support ever since. Our political culture is defined by the Nixon-Reagan-Bush politics rather than the Roosevelt-Kennedy-Clinton politics.

If the Democrat Party is going to become a Party that can get things done it has to have a grass roots network - like the one that is trying to emerge - at its core. THe Party needs to bury its fear and revive the Party.

What is Populism?

Populism is a system where the People, all the people, determine their own destinies by participation in a Government of the people, by the people, and for the people. The Populist Government would have at its core the interest of the people, all people by the means outlined in the Constitution of the US. Populism. rejects the idea that free speech can be protected for any one but the person speaking. Corporations are not people and never will be. People are people, and we do not need any redefinition of what a person is. Money is a tool to benefit man, rather than man a tool to benefit money. Under the Constitution of the US the people own every square inch of this great land and they and they alone ultimately determine how that land is used and how our natural resources are gathered and used. Time for the people to take their place at the national table and demand to be heard and followed. Use the Comment function to suggest people who would be better Candidates for President or any other office than the co-opted lot we have now.

Elizabeth Warren - Plain Speaking