Mike's Views

... non-violent, revolutionary, anarchist

Letters to the Washington Post

As nasty as hackers and spies may be, why are we not sharing vaccine research information with everyone globally?

Great article on the choppers over the protests. Ask any old pot grower, this blatant terrorism was used in the war on drugs for decades. The National Guard pilots would keep their 500' elevation, but the DEA choppers would hover over homes at 50'. That war gave us the drug cartels, like prohibition gave us organized crime syndicates. What will this culture war leave us?

It took me many years of deep thought to figure out what fiscal conservatism, a strong defense system and constitutional rights have to do with being a gun nut, anti abortion, anti gay, racist, xenophobic, etc. And the answer is.... nothing, zero, zip, nada. The powers of great wealth, the donor class who buy politicians lock, stock and barrel -- the 1% of 1% -- they want two things, (1) to pay no taxes, and (2) to have no restrictions on industry or commerce. Since they don't have the votes, they reach out to these groups to vote against their own financial interests. Churchill said it pretty well: "...democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time..."

Thank you Paul, you made my day. I particularly liked "gob smacked" "vulgar, ignorant, corrupt buffoon", " dumbest politicians and most idiotically selfish citizens." I am an old white guy, a world traveler, and was living abroad when Obama was elected. The world is watching us always. As a proud American, I feel ashamed by this idiocracy.