Our Own Royals of the 21st Century

 Chuck Marshall's Humble Opinion on Royals of America 

By Charles Eldridge Marshall

                                                            RIP Queen Elizabeth II 

Mad King George 

      This past week the Queen of England passed away.  It is sad to see the end of a dynasty- she reigned for 70 years- but at the same time perhaps there will be a new beginning for the English monarchy that will be more capable of interacting with the world.  Elizabeth was excellent at what she did for the United Kingdom but the distance between royals and citizens of England was still significant during her time.   It's odd to watch the funeral as it's not only the watching of paying respect to the queen but it seems reference to a more simple time where people understood who had the power and who did not.  The royals of today, though very flawed like all mankind, do not sneak around cloaked in sanctimony,  virtue signalling and lies like our royals here in the United States.  

        I've referred to the ruling class of the USA as "Mad King George" due to its resemblance of what our founding fathers fought in the 1770's and 1780's.  They, like any current American were repulsed by the idea of those with money controlling what we do and say in our day to day lives.  This is happening again as big Tech, big government, big pharmaceuticals, big corporations, big academia, Hollywood and especially big media all rule over us as citizens in order to prevent us from exercising our freedom to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" unless such an endeavor suits their mindset.    They are fine with free thought as long as it travels through them.  The moment we work as individuals with our own mindset that does not require their narrative, laws, products, pills, and large rich universities to instruct us into the correct way of thinking then we are to be subdued if not totally silenced.  This is not freedom, liberty and certainly there is no Democracy as the ruling class decides through total control of the media,  government, and big business the direction society shall go.  

     It may look like Democracy and a Republic on the surface but such a thing has hardly existed in the United States since before WW II.  Then when the United States became the "power" of the world it became necessary to neuter and silence resistance to ideas of  world control lest the rich and moneyed of our country lose the opportunity to get richer and more powerful through oppression and control of foreign countries.  This oppression has often been guised under the concept that we must rule  the world or lose it.  The world has never been ours to rule and much like the now largely powerless United Kingdom, any true power overseas has been through the sweat and blood of our young men and women.  This is not acceptable unless such strength is exercised as a way to enforce peaceful commerce and/or to protect our citizens from harm- not the possibility of harm.  I'm not going to lie.  It is sometimes nice to be the big powerful USA, but at what time did we vote to control the world and operate clandestine operations overseas to the benefit of big business and government in the USA ?   The American citizen does not decide or vote on such things and certainly  does not necessarily benefit from such things but it's his or her children that die and bleed in the name of world domination.  

In My Humble Opinion   

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National Sales Tax Over Income Tax

Chuck Marshall's Humble Opinion on Taxation  

By Charles Eldridge  Marshall 

      In the news is the latest scandal according to Republicans- the Dems are hiring 87,000 employees for the IRS and will soon be banging at your door to audit you- especially if you lean right.  That might be true, but it could also just be that the IRS isn't able to police taxation effectively.  The government- if you haven't heard- is close to going broke.  Can't keep spending money that's not there !  

    Anyway, the reason for this blog today is to express my belief that a national sales tax would work far better than any income tax.  Why tax people for working ?  It doesn't make any sense.  Consider that the harder we work the better we do,  the more money we earn to spend thus creating more jobs and propelling the economy even more.  The government wants to penalize that effort and that economy boosting activity by discouraging it with taxes.  Ridiculous.    

     A sales tax could be used to tax consumption., which is far more detrimental to everyone.  Too much eating makes you fat- too much petroleum use makes the planet's air dirty and may cause climate change.  Too much alcohol makes you a drunk.  Too much consumerism makes all of us superficial pricks.  We could have higher taxes for the "sins" like cigarettes,  alcohol and pot thus bringing in more money but also discouraging the use of any of them.   Tax products that cause more pollution like paper- thus discouraging the public from buying products bad for the environment.  

     A national sales tax would be much better for controlling use of energy- a huge plus for tree huggers.  We could have very low taxes for "green" projects like planting trees.  Medications and healthy foods could go untaxed encouraging their use while also helping the sick with the expense of drugs.  The list is endless.  We could have a luxury tax on more expensive houses and cars and I would imagine it would become something to brag about for stuffed shirts;    "I paid a 30% luxury tax on my Rolls Royce today".  That's how people are !  Take advantage of it !  

     Stop taxing people for working.  It's ludicrous.  

In My Humble Opinion.....

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"Right VS Left" should be "Individual VS Ruling Class"

 By Charles Eldridge Marshall 

       Political thought has always been categorized as Right VS Left,  Democratic VS Republican, Liberal VS Conservative, and at the extreme Nazi VS Communism.  But it's more difficult  to clarify political thought as one or the other today.  I think Ruling Class VS Individualists suits the situation better, and each party has traded places as the "ruling class" party over the 250 years of the USA's history.  For a long time, the Republicans were more the "ruling class" party as they were tight with corporations and most wealthier and influential citizens tended agree with their way of seeing government.  They were also much more likely to support the institutions of the federal government such as the FBI or the CIA.  Today, that has been turned on its head as Corporate America has sided with the Democratic party in the majority of situations, especially with most of their social ideals such as Abortion and "Black Lives Matter", and the institutions are more supported by the Democrats who understand now their ability to help them rule and control the individual.    I theorize also, that the larger corporations have found their lobbyists are far more effective at directing Congress towards legislations that suits them when the Democrats are running the show - so the government is "on sale" so to speak to the highest bidder.   This has always been true, with either Republican or Democratic leadership, however the Democrats seem to have an easier time choking down their own hypocrisy than the Republicans.  "In the interest of the American people" is much more likely to mean "the American lobbyists" under their breath.   After all, "the ends justifies the means" is certainly at the core of their actions today.  The other reasons for this are varied and more complex than one blog could possibly explore.  I do think this idea- "ruling class VS the individual" is an important one because it does help to understand and clarify what's going on.  You can't fix something if the wrong terms are being used.   Today, individualists would be more logically supportive of the Republican party and statists would be more supportive of the Democratic party.    

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Gun Violence - Blame to go Around

 Chuck Marshall's Humble Opinion on Gun Violence 

By Charles Eldridge Marshall 

       

     One more mass shooting.  One more round of finger pointing.  To hear it from the media it's all about banning guns.  The left has never heard of a creative solution to any problem other than banning something or throwing money at it.   The Republicans blame mental illness, which is true but then what is their solution ?  Do they have one but we never hear about it or are they just useless ?  The political parties have blocked any legislation to fix this and other problems due to the partisan war being waged.  Nothing gets done and it's the fault of both parties for sure, but it's also the fault of the media which seems to prefer the war over any sort of compromise.  The media has great potential to be the voice of compromise instead of the instigator of discourse that it is today.  If they really care about the problems of this country and the world they would drop the partisan commentary and dig for the truth from both sides of the argument.  Surely there are other creative ideas that would help the situation if they simply opened themselves up to conversation other than "banning guns".   Why do the shootings continue ?  Because there is no compromise in Washington, DC but the media sits there eating popcorn.  I refer to them as "MSM Seepage" because they ooze rot from every pore.  

In My Humble Opinion.....  

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Letter to the Paper- Abortion Rights

Chuck Marshall's Humble Opinion on Abortion  

By Charles Eldridge Marshall 

     This letter I wrote in response to an editorial in my local paper- "The Orlando Sentinel".   It is "pro-life" so I asked them not to publish it, but I feel comfortable publishing it here on my blog.  I have 22 followers on this blog, which is read by more moderate to conservative readers (after all, Truth is in the title).  This makes me more comfortable than to publish it in the newspaper where the vast majority of readers are pro-choice and more than willing to riot if things don't go their way.  What a group.  

The title of the editorial was  "Women Will Lose Control of Their Bodies. Who's Next ?"

Here it my response; 

    I'll start out with the obvious.  Women have control of their body when they have sex with a man.  They can control who, what, where, and when and they control if birth control is used.   Second.  Pointing out that most Republicans are white and male and are "scheming" is highly offensive to me.  White men,  more than any other group of people,  are expected to choke down bigoted comments from the media but I'm calling you out on it.  You're bigots.  Third.   This is a huge issue that should have been brought to the people over 50 years ago, not a decision made by judges.   We live in a nation of laws decided by the people, not by elites in the courts or by sanctimonious talking heads.  Anyway, it SHOULD be that way.  That would have been an interesting and thought provoking concept to explore.   Your hysterical article and your political theater, as usual, ignores that a large percentage of the population sees abortion as murder.  Just because you don't see it that way doesn't make it any less true for those people.  Your lack of consideration for that point of view is narrow-minded and tyrannical.  I recognize that this article was on the "opinions page" but the news articles today were all very obviously "pro-choice" and you didn't even try to hide it.  The "Doctors" that warned this decision would be deadly on page 2 turned out to be one Dr. (not plural- it was one)  and she's in charge of  a Planned Parenthood group here in Florida.  Really ?  That's your source of a sound and balanced news opinion ?  The tone of your editorial was foreboding as if the end of civilization is at hand. Hysterical. 

     The funny thing is,  I used to be  "pro-choice",  then I became "moderate" on the issue.  But, I watched as all open conversation became so one-sided in the media that anyone with any contrary opinion was dismissed as misogynistic apes.  I slowly considered the "pro-life" opinion and am currently leaning further and further in that direction.  Why ?   I see mob rule as a very dangerous aspect of the "pro-choice" opinion and the media's "full throttled" support is very disturbing to me.   I don't want this published because you have created an environment where anyone that disagrees with your point of view regarding abortion is worthy of being harassed by marauding liberals.  It becomes a "free for all" to harass conservative citizens who see life as starting at or right after conception.  Is that really such a horrible opinion to have ?    Abortion rights are threatened, but you and all mainstream media are the arbiters of a far more dangerous threat.  The threat against free and opinion debate on most topics in modern America.  People are afraid to speak their mind these days on many topics and that fear springs from people like you and that really pisses me off.   

Once again, please don't publish any of this letter.  

Sincerely, 

CE Marshall 

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