Chuck Spinney: USA Elections 2012 – Three Snapshots Right, Left, & Neither – Bring On the Wrecking Crew (Andre Barnett, the Reform Party, and the Electoral Reform Act of 2012)

TWO-PARTY THEATER — Puppets to the Oligarchs High Stake Outcomes Over Non-Issues Oligarchs at the Gate PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS, Counterpunch, 14 August 2012 The election of the next puppet president of the “world’s only superpower” is about two and one-half months off, and what are the campaign issues?   There aren’t any worthy of the …

Mini-Me: The Screwed Election: Wall Street Can’t Lose, America Can’t Win

Huh? The Screwed Election: Wall Street Can’t Lose, and America Can’t Win Joel Kotkin The Daily Beast, 10 August 2012 Everyone hates the big banks—except the two candidates running for president. Joel Kotkin on the bipartisan triumph of crony capitalism. About two in three Americans do not think what’s good for Wall Street is good …

Former Comptroller General David Walker, Wall Street Trojan Horse, Rides Again – The Bus Tour to Distract the Public From Electoral Reform

UPDATED 8 August 2012 with comments from Common Cause, others. Buyer Beware – A New York Shill Takes to the Highway The Hon. David M. Walker, former U.S. Comptroller General, today announced a first-of-its-kind national bus tour to engage Americans about our nation’s deteriorating financial condition ­ and show them what they can do to …

Mini-Me: Assassination & Election Cancellation Rumors Again

Huh? Kelly Keisling, Tennessee Legislator, Mass Emailed Obama ‘Staged Assassination’ Rumor John Celock Huffington Post, 31 July 2012 Rep. Kelly Keisling, a Republican member of the Tennessee state legislature is circulating a rumor in conservative circles that President Barack Obama is planning to stage a fake assassination attempt—-that he claims would lead to civil unrest in urban areas and …