Goals for American Government and Society

By CE Marshall 

   

    In order to have a truly wise and effective government for all the people I think it's at first important that we establish goals for the accomplishment of that government.  The government, even a limited one, is the driving force behind society because it has the power to change laws and enforce laws. Here in the United States, there are some very important details of governing that need to be adjusted, but the bones of the United States government are as solid as ever. The problem is all the baggage we've tacked on for the last 150 years. If we could just tweak the engine we'll have a Maserati on our hands that will inspire the world, not a model T that just chugs along barely satisfying anyone even here in the United States. The good news is most of the world is still using horses and buggies.

   My goal is to draw out ideas and come to conclusions without all the partisan bickering, naysaying, doubting, tongue clicking, eye rolling, and "that will never happen because...." comments that always come when an idea is proposed.  (Was it Albert Einstein that said "Stay away from negative people, they've never seen a solution they didn't see a problem for"?). My thinking is if we don't set a real goal then we'll never work towards a solution. Just because it doesn't look possible on the surface doesn't mean it will "never happen", after all we put a man on the moon didn't we ? (Soon we may get to Mars !)  With that amazing engineering feat - in 1969, no less, then surely we are capable of something so pedantic as getting humans to come together for the betterment of all societies here on earth.

   

We all have similar goals but the underlying sentence that encompasses that springs from the Declaration of Independence;  

"life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"

So, what does that look like ?  

1) Opportunity for all.

2) Efficient government.

3) Effective government.

4) Justice.

5) Prosperity.

6) Peace.

7) Security.

8) Clean Air.

9) Clean Water.

10) Preservation of natural areas.

11) Effective Schools.

12) Honest Information from all sources. 

13) Free and Open Dialogue.

14) Citizenry Free of Addictions.

15) Affordable Food, shelter, and medical care

16) Safe and clean streets 

17) A happy and fulfilling life. 

18) Liveable and safe towns and cities 

In My Humble Opinion......

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Marshall in the Middle to Change to "An American Voice"

 By CE Marshall

    LADY JUSTICE 

     Dear loyal readers-- 

     As you may have noticed I've been rather hard on the Democrat party this past few blog posts.  Many people have commented to me "You're not moderate Chuck, you're far right".   While I dispute that, I have to admit my opinion of the Democrat party could not get any lower and my opinion of the Republican party is - at this point in history- that they are our only hope to bring power back to the people.  I always think about George Washington's disdain for the idea of political parties- and I think he was right- however the horse is out of the barn, and it's all we have to work with at this point.   I began this blog back in 2008 with the intention of being a moderate political commentator- A voice for Independents.    The years have passed and I've observed the federal government get worse and worse, larger and larger, more and more intrusive.  The people are no longer treated as the sovereign.  Even though the population is more and more Independent I can see that there really is no hope for the Independents to gain power and drive the country in a new direction.  They have no leader.  You can't have a movement without a strong leader.  The Republicans have a leader - Donald Trump- who seems to have intentions of removing the power away from Mad King George (my term for the ruling elites of our society- Academia, Corporate Media, Hollywood, Big Food, Big Pharma, etc....)   My highest hope is for a new Convention of States to draw power back to the states through the Constitution.   This movement is known as the Convention of States Movement.  I don't see any other path to firmly re-establishing the people as the sovereign of our country.   Many in Trump's cabinet and his Vice President- JD Vance- support the COS movement.  I see no reason to pretend I'm "in the middle" as the general population defines it.  I still feel my philosophy is to see both sides in any situation, however,  I do not see anything positive regarding the Democrat party today.  I see them as unjust and an enemy of the American people.  They are friends to whoever brings them more votes and power.  That is not a  group of people interested in justice.  This is a group of people who are totally "for sale".  As a consequence of this,   I can no longer write a blog entitled "Marshall in the Middle" in regards to the two main American political parties.   It is officially a misnomer.  As of the New Year, 2025- this blog will be titled "An American Voice".  Same internet address, different title.    

Thank you for reading,  and God Bless America    

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Enemies of the People

 By CE Marshall 

                                                        A possible solution ?  Enlevez leur têtes !!  (JK !! :)

                                                                                    

                                                           

    The United States is embroiled in a silent civil war but it's so hard to wrap your head around the actual players because who knows what or who is fighting whom ?   For this reason I decided to compile a list of the top enemies of the American people, and consequently, the citizens of the world.  I say this affects the entire world because we have always been seen as the leaders of the world for generations.  What we stand for and fight for matters.  We represent the people of the world.  

Here are our enemies.

1)  The corporate media- they are full of half truths and blatant deception to the people, and they would rather drag our country through the mud than see the common man succeed due to a person they did not condone and/or certify.   They want to spoon feed us "little children" with their narrative and dictate to us what to think.  Donald Trump, with all acknowledgment to his "bad manners"  was the first President to speak directly to the people through social media.  Big media could not stand that.  They fought it with all they could muster and reached the point of forgetting themselves and their role.  They got lost in their hatred for Donald Trump and let it spill over to a hatred for the American people. In effect and by proxy they turned into enemies of anything American.  Our borders, our history, our traditions, and of course, the people.  If Donald Trump seemed to like something then they hated it, almost as a direct consequence.  They were driven to mask and hide facts to make him and us look as bad as possible.  They scorn true journalism that works to find the truth because they are unfamiliar with such a concept.  Truth seems to be a relative term and is least necessary if you have a narrative to teach the people.  If you feel truth is important and integral to our society, then the large media organizations are your enemy.  

2)  The Political Parties- The Republicans and Democrats have been at each others throats for a century but behind the scenes they resemble each other.  Yes, they have different concepts of government, but in the end they both run to the lobbyists and big business, special interests, and the media to get done what they want done.   With both hands out they rush to their latest "donation" for their next "election" in a never ending election cycle of "pick your poison" candidates.   George Washington was known to have disliked the idea of a political party and he mentioned it in his farewell address 

“The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation on the ruins of public liberty.”  G.Washington Sept. 19, 1796.  

     The parties have way too much power and use each other to perpetuate a never-ending feud.  The preposterous refusal to come to any sort of compromise yields goodies for whoever is in charge with pork packages at every turn.  It pays to not compromise for both parties.  They have spent their way into more and more power making the federal government an enormous borg-like creature where "resistance is futile".   The needs of the people are an after-thought.  Witness some of the most appalling creatures that inhabit the leadership of our Congress with their post 80 year old faces and bodies with not a new thought between them.  They are an old, corrupt, self absorbed, greedy, pathetic, ignoble group of selfish ghouls and we'd be doing them and the world a favor to bag all their heads and gag all their mouths.  If you crave true leadership that represents all of us and works to solve problems of our nation and the world with real debate and compromise, then the political parties- as they are today- are your enemy.  

3)  The School System -  An absurd group of over funded, failure enhancing, zombie creators that do little to enhance thinking and everything to encourage "group think".  Schools need to be torn down and rebuilt to teach students how to think for themselves and to prepare them for living and work according to their talents and interests not some vague idea of "success" with a degree in some useless field.  We can't all be rocket scientists and brain surgeons.  Be honest with students and help them identify what they really want to do and what they are really capable of doing well.  In addition, it is not the role of the school to encourage any "social" movement or to demean minority students into a tranquilized mindset of believing they are somehow less than the other students.   If you think the role of schools is  to form thinking adults and productive citizens doing work that is fulfilling to each person then most of today's schools are your enemy.  

4)  Lobbyists and their clients.  Legalized bribes is what lobbying should be called.  Lobbyists serve the largest corporations- Big Pharmaceutical, big energy, big media, big tech, big insurance, big medical, big entertainment, big special interests !  They represent the big and powerful of our country and our world.  These groups are the least in need of support from the government, but they get the most.  If you think the government has been for sale for long enough and you demand they work for you and your interests- then the federal government and all their "cronyism" is your enemy.  

5)  Bureaucracy-  The federal government owes so much money that it's literally not possible to count it.   And, it keeps getting worse.  Trillions upon trillions with no end in sight.  Today we are nearly $30 Trillion in debt.  Our children's children will know this debt  How could it be this bad ?  Federal bureaucracy.  We have a government that is so large and it employs so many people that it would require years just to close them all down !  The unemployment would send Washington, DC and many other cities into a tailspin of economic depression.   We have agencies for everything known to mankind and it is very common to find that multiple agencies essentially do the same thing.  The details of big federal government would fill many, many books so I won't bore the readers.  Suffice it to say, if you hate waste,  then the federal bureaucracy is your enemy.  

     So there you have it, the Enemies of the People.  May we all endeavor to fight on and end this tyranny of incompetence and avarice.