So here we are. Looking forward toward what will be known as “The Great Regression” in future tales told of our times. Spoken of in hushed tones of sorrow as we remember all the hard won rights we lost, and the ethics we once valued all having been thrown away. The year that fear won… and not with a roar… but with a slimy kind of slither that speaks of dirty tricks and slick back-room actions. Lies and paranoia make great bedfellows, and a large helping of corruption and ignorance doesn’t hurt either… unless you enjoy living free of course.
The blatantly debauched and value-challenged talking heads led the fear-driven masses like cattle to the slaughterhouse. And the herd happily lined up for the killing bolt because they were convinced by their handlers that they had the knowledge and comprehension to achieve the “paradise” that they deserve. Sadly… they don’t. And they are so entrenched in their fantasy that any attempt at convincing them otherwise falls on deaf ears, or is turned back on the speaker as somehow being the fault of one or more of their favorite targets. Simply put, they have been successfully indoctrinated.
Wouldn’t it be a good idea if we had some kind of safety net to help us avoid such troubles? Maybe some sort of last check against our government and country being co-opted by one extreme faction, to the detriment of just about everyone?
Well… we do. And it was created for just such a situation as we now face.
I would like to formally place the Electoral College on notice. Our Electors are facing an unprecedented decision, and their actions on Dec. 19th will either confirm their value to our country, or be a damning and inarguable statement of their complete uselessness and failure of their purpose.
James Madison; Founding Father, 4th President of the United States, often referred to as the “Father of the Constitution” and a primary architect of our Electoral College system wrote that this system was formed to stop “mischiefs of faction”. He went on to define a faction as “a number of citizens whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.”1
There can be no doubt that we now face a passionate faction (alt-right) that has openly stated their intentions to trample on the rights of almost everyone (including their own base). There can be no doubt that their candidate is woefully unprepared for the job and can do nothing but harm to our country both at home and abroad. There can be no doubt that the choices for cabinet posts and other appointments are laughable at best… and criminal at worst. There can be no doubt that our community as a whole would be better off sending these unethical self-serving frauds a very strong message that the people won’t stand for their crap. There can be no doubt that nearly 3 million more voters have already chosen their preferred leader. And there can be no doubt that any Elector’s vote that goes against the will of the people will disenfranchise millions of voters.
You have all been called to the mat my friends, will you fight with us against the dark… or be found wanting?