What about Western Democracy?
Jacob speaks at Free Speech Day in Oulu
Yesterday, I gave the reasons why I thought American Democracy, as it stands today, is pure crap.
Some of you have written to me about what I thought about Western Democracies, as a whole.
I am not an expert about Western Democracy, but I certainly know the Finnish System.
What would you say if one Government is a co-habitation of the Conservative Right with the Centre Party. In the next, it works out as a co-operation between the Conservative Right and the Socialist Left. The following Government turns out as a co-habitation between the Centre and the Socialist Left.
This is the outcome of the proportional system of election.
In short, there are no moralities or party positions in this form of election system. And that has been what the Finnish Democratic System is all about.
Would you, therefore, trust a politician who gets elected on a party platform and then, to get power, throws all his / her "principles" to the wind?
I would not.
In addition to this form of horse trading, the Police, the Judiciary and the Bureucracy are corrupt to the core in Finland. And the corruption is at the very top, not at the bottom, where there are just paid employees doing their job and carrying out orders.
Further, the entire legal system, administered through a bunch of self-serving lawyers, ensures that this corruption continues unabated. The Finnish Lawyer's Association (Suomen Asianajajaliitto) , supposedly to investigate any actions of their brotherhood which are questionable, exists purely to protect the brotherhood and the fair name of their corrupt profession.
A complaint to the Chancellor, or the Ombudsman, usually gets short shrift. They too form part of this corrupt power base.
Why would they want to shake it?
In such a situation, there can certainly be only one conclusion that the Finnish Democratic System is not a workable model.
Yes, it does work beautifully for the Oligarchic elite which rule the country and those hand-maidens who live of the crumbs that fall from the Master's Table.
But as far as the general public is concerned, Democracy means nothing except to accept what their Feudal Masters decide is in "their" best interest.
(Based on the text contained in the new book "Inheritance Nightmare" written by Jacob Matthan. This is a true story of how the Finnish corrupt systems continues to function with no checks and balances as of today!)
Labels: Bureaucracy, Corrupt, Democracy, Finland, free speech, Inhertitance Nightmare, Jacob, Judiciary, Lawyers, Obama, Oulu, Police, Politicians, President, System, western
Obama gets kicked in his teeth
US Senate
Yesterday was the crucial Massachusetts election to elect the replacement Senator for the late Edward Kennedy.
It is true that the Republicans ran a good campaign while the Democrats ran one of the worst campaigns ever run by a Senate candidate.
But the difference of almost 5% (52% Republicans - 47% Democrats) in a "safe" Democrat seat was not a result of this.
The result reflected a total rejection of how President Barrack Obama is keeping his campaign promises when he promised "CHANGE".
What has changed in troop deployments? The US forces are still stuck in Iraq. A new front has been opened by sending additional troops to Afghanistan. The "Stop Loss" programme in the US army has not been reformed. Another new front has opened in Yemen. Extra-judicial killings using drones and hit squads has continued. Guantanamo has not been closed. America has experienced another suicide bomber aboard a US plane! The area of attacks has widened.
This is not what the American people voted for when the elected Barrack Obama. He kept claiming he voted against the Iraq War - now we see that was a big lie!
In addition the attacks on the USA has increased BECAUSE of the "collateral damage" inflicted by US forces on innocent lives in different parts of the world.
The bank bail out has benefited Wall Street, and not Main Street.
Barrack Obama is weak on how he tries to negotiate with the Republicans.
With 60 votes in the Senate all his efforts are mired.
Did pResident Bush ever have 60 votes when he hammered the American people with his agendaå?
It shows the weakness of the Democrat Party and also President Obama.
The Democrats may cry all they want - but as long as they have such weak leaders in both the House and the Senate, things are goíng nowhere. America will be back in Bush country before long and the Republicans will be talking about the "nuclear option" when the do not even have 50 votes in the Senate!
To give a Democrat Senator a personal sweetener to get him to vote for a Democrat sponsored bill on Health Care reform, really took the cake!
Say bye-bye Democrats - you had your chance and it seems you BLEW IT!
Labels: 60, colayersl, democrat, dsmage, election, failure, Massachusetts, Obama, party, policies, policy, President, republicsn, seats, Senate, troops
My suspicions now fully confirmed
(Also posted on Jacob's Blog.)
Dennis Kucinch with Elizabeth
When everybody was raving about Obama for President, I kept quiet, as I knew that he would sway with the powerful tide on several major matters. I kept up my support for Dennis Kucinich, as he was the only candidate which did not move from his committed policies.
Obama did not even bother to give this man a chance in his Government to show what could be done in the interest of peace.
I did not have to wait long to see what I believed would happen.
Obama's strategy in Iraq remains the same - keep forces there as long as possible. Give a picture of withdrawal when there is none. An image for the masses.
In Afghanistan, not only has he increased troop numbers, but he continues the policy of Bush. Obama's policy is even worse that that followed by Bush - increase forces and keep on killing innocent women and children as part of collateral damage!
Did you vote for CHANGE?Now comes the latest - that the photographs of American forces abusing prisoners will not be released as "it would antagonize the enemy".
Any different from Abu Ghraib where it was leaked photographs that exposed the American behaviour!?
Obama, Any different from Bush.
Come on, Congressman Dennis - please speak up NOW.
Labels: Afghanistan, Bush, Change, Dennis Kucinch, Iraq, Obama
