I Remember 1968.This Ain't That!

I remember 1968 pretty well. The first thing I remember is that Russia, (back then the Soviet Union) wasn't our friend. Not even close. Of other note, we had a war in Vietnam. John McCain was shot down over Hanoi the year before. Martin Luther King was assassinated, we had a Democratic Convention and we had a nation profoundly divided. What we didn't have was a President under investigation, which for in all intents and purposes is treason. Nor did we have a political party that appears compromised and complicit from outward appearances. We also didn't have neo-Nazi fascists and white supremacists masquerading in Congress. Back then, we knew who all of them were. They were outspoken and obvious. George Wallace and Robert Byrd come to mind. There were more, but you get the idea.

So when I hear mainstream media say "We'll survive this, we survived the 1968 Democratic Convention", I think they're being a bit disingenuous. Declaring as fact, because we survived the 68 Democratic Convention, America will survive our current crisis leads me to ask "Where is your crystal ball? And to that I add, which America?

Yes, we had a huge convention crisis in 68, but let's not forget the nation also endured the disgrace of two impeachments since then, and yes we've survived those as well. But the crisis America faces today has no historical comparison and therefore no basis for such claims. True, America is resilient, but the "flagships" of our intelligence services, law enforcement and investigative services have made public their conclusions relative to the state of America's security. I'll paraphrase here: America's systems and processes of government have been infiltrated, compromised and continue to be manipulated and compromised by hostile foreign entities. Worse, there is evidence to suggest the very real possibility American citizens are complicit. The FBI/DOJ are currently involved in trying to get to the bottom of it. It's not looking good for the President, his administration, the line of succession and yes, some members of Congress. This may be America's worst nightmare. The take over of our government from hostile entities, with aid of US citizens. I'm pretty skeptical, so I'm calling that treason plain and simple.

There is much to rail about. We can rail against the media and the 4th estate. We can rail about the Internet and Social Media platforms. Let's also rail about the gullibility of America in general. Again, there is much to rail about. But when a President, his administration and certain Congressional members of his political party ignominiously tear down the principles and ideals on which this republic was based and work to compromise and interfere with the cornerstones of the highest intelligence and law enforcement investigative services of our nation's sworn oath and duty, there is great and just reason for alarm. So yes, I remember 1968, but this ain't that!

This won't be ended by a political party using local Police, to dole out thug like justice to convention protesters. No squires, this will be different. This will only end when a traitor, his supporters and co-conspirators, all of them, are brought to stand before a jury of their peers and attempt to defend the indefensible, treason.

Are We A Society Functioning Within Normal Limits?

In a society functioning within normal limits, contrition often follows acts of malice. A society in which the constraints of morality, truth and the belief in right and wrong are common denominators. We are not that society.

A visceral malevolence has crept upon us, spreading like a virus and has infected our society in general. We have become like rotted fruit, once healthy and good for life, now rotted and a danger to ourselves and each other. The product of political extremism based in hate, violence, the sacrosanctity of racial supremacy, and the delusion of thinking one can act like a dick with no consequences and those who oppose this radical political extremism.

Countering the FBI/DOJ Policy of a Sitting President's Amenability to Indictment and Criminal Prosecution

The FBI/DOJ have a long held policy that in a nutshell, shields a sitting president from indictment and prosecution for crimes. On its face, one could consider the stress of a presidential indictment would be too much for the country to bear. On the other hand, America’s resiliency has proven time and again that it can withstand stress of constitutional crisis as demonstrated by the impeachment hearings of Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton. All stressful and all leaving an indelible mark on our nation, yet we persist.

At issue is perhaps the constitutionally guaranteed right to a speedy trial, which has been made moot by the FBI/DOJ policy of refusing to indict a sitting president. The framers understood that law, order and justice must in all cases prevail. To this end, they included in the Constitution a remedy by which the country can continue to operate with the least level of impairment or incapacity when confronted by monumental crisis. It’s called the “Presidential Line of Succession”.

Impeachment by Congress and criminal indictment by Federal authorities are two separate and distinct operations of our nation’s laws and institutions. They are conducted separately and the Line of Succession, which acts as a "safety net" to ensure the continuity of operation of government through times of constitutional crisis, mitigates the risk or capacity to impact negatively the other’s process and mitigates the possibility of any incapacitation of government operations.

It is this distinction and by this separation of legal processes, that the conclusions reached by the FBI/DOJ relative to the amenability of a sitting president to be criminally indicted and prosecuted appear to have been reached in error and based on the defective reasoning as stipulated on the FBI/DOJ website that; "an indictment or criminal prosecution of a sitting President would impermissibly undermine the capacity of the executive branch to perform its constitutionally assigned functions". The Presidential Line of Succession is the constitutional remedy that not only contradicts, but makes moot the Justice Department’s policy of shielding a sitting president from indictment and prosecution for crimes.

Consistent with the American ideal that no one is above the law and therefore no seat in government is immune from indictment and prosecution from Federal crimes, even the uber conservative Republican Judge Bork agreed and addressed the question in 1973, in connection with the grand jury investigation of then-Vice President Spiro Agnew. In response to a motion by Vice President Agnew to enjoin grand jury proceedings against him, then-Solicitor General Robert Bork filed a brief arguing that, consistent with the Constitution, the Vice President could be subject to indictment and criminal prosecution. What's good for the Vice President, is good for the President.

About the author:
George Legeros is a retired, disabled, veteran and Principal IT Architect, fire-puter-outer and Design Engineer, whose last assignment before retirement was NASA's Rocket Engine Test Facilities in Stennis, MS. Also listed in 2010 Guinness Book of World Records.

Candidate to Collusion - How Trump Happened

By April, 2015, Vladimir Putin saw the perfect storm gathering in American politics and decided to seed the clouds. The man is no dummy. He was after all ex KGB, although much like ex Marines, they don't exist. He used his 'cold war' network and long perfected covert craft, to effect a perfect plan (apparently) to critically damage American democracy and throw its government and its people into chaos.

From all apparent accounts, his plan was fairly simple. The first part included the infiltration of both political parties and their candidate's campaign by agents of the Russian government and 3rd party associates for the purposes of extracting intelligence while offering support in the form of fabricated misinformation and other enticements to solidify the infiltration and 'compromat'. The human intelligence gathering did well until the obfuscation failed and their intentions and motives were exposed.

The second part of Putin's plan was to use America's own deep political divisions as a weapon against themselves. Putin was well versed on America politically. He understood that while there were only 2 parties, those parties were divided into thirds. His plan would rely on the widening divide between the left and right in each party to swallow the center. The larger political left/right divide would follow suit and swallow it's center as well. In truth, part of this plan had been in operation for decades, institutionally funding organizations covertly that were 'politically connected'. Again all while gathering political intelligence on hot button/3rd rail issues and buying influence into those circles and their network's politically connected circles. He knows how to work American politics.

The third part of his plan involved us, we the people. How we get our news, who we get if from, our likes and hates, our astuteness and our gullibility. He would use our own media to implement and weave his web of counter intelligence and misinformation, using our cable networks and multi-media, social platforms and Americans, both willing and unwilling as dupes. He was confident the cyber media operation he sanctioned would weaponize and use to his advantage the lunacy exhibited by the 17 or so Republican candidates and the alleged DNC election improprieties as well as the loud cries from the masses of unfairness towards the other Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders.  Putin's intelligence gathering also gave him high confidence that the Clinton campaign and the DNC had damaged the Democratic left and the Republicans themselves had damaged their platform and the RNC, to the extent they were basically made moot entities. He privately gloats in Kremlin circles that his continued funding of his prized cyber intrusion operation into America's election system easily mitigated any risk of Clinton winning and Trump losing the election. He's especially proud that he did it utilizing our own 4th estate and our TV and cable multi-media social platforms, After all, he is ex KGB, he's had decads to control his own people and the people of other nations he's directed his aggression towards. 

There you have it. That's how it happened. Now...the race to remove the entire episode from the annals of American history. It's much too embarrassing to think about.

Trump's America - A Menace to the Entire World

Think Saddam Hussein, he knew he was finished. Yet in his wake, he left scorched and burning the very thing he valued the most, oil fields. Donald Trump is the American con man's dream. He too knew his days were numbered the second he raised his hand to be sworn in. He started scorching and burning his way through our government institutions over a year ago. From his family's security faux pas, the blatant disregard or just plain old lying on their security documents, to rumors of emoluments violations and Russian collusion involving himself, his family and members of his administration, Trump has managed to purposely appoint the best possible choices to run our government institutions into the ground. Recent history has shown he's just not that smart to be orchestrating this all by himself. I'm not sure at this point, but I'm confident if and when Trump is made to stand and answer for his deeds, he'll claim fake news or no collusion, but it's too late, the devastation will have already been done.

The facts remain, Donald Trump knows his days are numbered and his knee jerk frenzy exposes his guilt of conscious. With the 4th estate hanging on his every utterance, he's woven a web of lies to distract us from losing our position as global leader among nations, and forcing us to sacrifice our integrity and honor, to stand as the foolish naked emperor, against the onslaught of global isolationism and the ominous winds of war. America, we are way past Constitutional crisis. We've become a menace and a danger to the entire world.

America's Ideological Divide Has Become Too Great To Span For Either Side Without Middle Ground ...

The ideological divide in America has become too great to span for either side without middle ground. Hard right and left factions of our political parties have removed any evidence of the existence of a middle ground, leaving a void for which there may be no remedy, no path forward, save dissolving and banning political parties, the reason for the impass.

They have all but destroyed this country and fanned the flames of the racial division, hate and murderous mayhem being inflicted on innocent people in America at this very moment for no reason other than they can. The Republicans have their scapegoat. They can easily blame this on our woefully inept, fascist leaning President Trump. But he is only a symptom, a figurehead of their destructive politics and agenda of division of the classes. Be that as it may, what is the Democrat's excuse? Other than "now is not the time for [insert progressive agenda they have no intention of supporting]"? They are so sure they know what's good and best for America, they don't even pretend to feign an interest, especially if it involves a decrease in their campaign coffers from special interest donors. Who needs outside enemies, when we have cretins such as these to deal with internally? Is there no viable political block of voters, and I don't care what they call themselves, to right the ship America?

This is not the time?

I'm a gun owner, but I have to tell you, members of Congress saying "this is not the time to talk about gun violence" should just get run over by a tractor trailer full of empty AR-15 shells. They won't do a thing until some whack-job rushes the doorway of their capitol hill offices...and that's a big maybe in itself.

Until then, schools and kids are easier targets for cowards who kill the innocent for no reason whatsoever. Congress is rife with cowardice in the face of truth and too morally bankrupt to respond. This is a solvable problem people! That those elected, continue to do the bidding of the donor gun lobby, bury their heads pleading ignorance and God, disregarding the safety and the lives of Americans, and the lives not only of those who were lost, but the families and survivors of such cowardly acts of murder is untenable.

"You worthless f'ing political hacks". <=== See this? This (among other things) is why I won't run for public office.