Not one single congressman now has to commit to anything. It's just what they wanted.

people knew and believed real history instead of the myths. The lid was off, the precinct sent out the sheet that day. And the ATC strikebreaking cemented the deal.

A Brief History of the Reagan Years

Unfettered free-market capitalism, (also known as neo-liberalism) trickle-down, supply-side, voodoo economics, savings and loan bailout (sound familiar?) financial services implosions and explosions, slash taxes, increase defense spending, cut social services, privatize government, destroy the middle class, transfer of all wealth to the wealthy.

There's a lot of talk here about why we as a nation have come to the point where compassion and humanity have been abandoned in favor of the pursuit of wealth and power, and how our government seems unable to act in the best interests of the people.

The trump sideshow continues, the Russians, the wiretap thing, the outrageous tweets, the seemingly constant blundering of the administration with regard to foreign policy, etc., etc., etc., yes, everybody loves to watch a train wreck, don't they.

Meanwhile, the Koch brothers and their virtually invisible underground network of hard-core free-market billionaires and donors have worked incessantly, concertedly, and unrelentingly for many tears to disconnect themselves from the realities that govern everyday life for ordinary people and bring about an alternate state which provides safety and security for their class and no one else.

We are witnessing the full implementation of the Koch agenda, and at the moment it is not too much of a stretch to say that the capital of the United States has been relocated. It now resides in Wichita, Kansas, the headquarters of Koch Industries.

today is leading with "fake news" about the republican healthcare bill. Every one. Sad.

today is leading with a "fake news" story about the republican healthcare bill. Every one. Sad.

Congress no longer makes law, it makes social policy disguised as law, gradually forcing a realignment of free people and society into ideological paths chosen by it's masters.

more people understood that, and how the process was radically accelerated under the Reagan administration.

by Chalmers Johnson, published 2004. Provides an excellent history of how we got to where we are, especially vis-a-vis the military.

I think there are currently 804 American military installations worldwide. Pretty much speaks for itself.

some insight into the root causes of increasing crime, violence, and homelessness over the last forty years. There are many excellent articles from which to choose, but the best by far is this one:

"Ronald Reagan and the Commitment of the Mentally Ill: Capital, Interest Groups, and the Eclipse of Social Policy."

www.sociology.org/content/vol003.004/thomas.html|

As he has never cared when destroying the lives and businesses of other people for the past thirty-five plus years.

This is the salient point. HE DOES NOT CARE, NOR WILL HE EVER CARE.