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Lobbyists and Legislators
It's become an interesting turnabout. The legislators courting the lobbyist. Some folks on K Street and on any street in any local state capitol who carry influence, are being lobbied by legislators for that influence. Now, this is not a new game, but as politics...
NSA, Super PAC's, and Local Elections
As reported earlier on this site, more and more local elections will be won and lost using Super PAC's from national groups - or maybe international groups. Wouldn't you want the NSA to be safeguarding elections using money from foreign countries? Who can say, with...
A Second Novel Sets the Stage
The second novel in the Super PAC trilogy (Super PAC Nine-Day Shadow) begins to open the curtain on what has happened to American politics in the aftermath of Citizens United v Federal Election Commission. The money that continues to add up supports agendas and...
Fracking in Michigan
Will Governor Snyder Sell Us Out or Redeem Us vis-à-vis Fracking As I finish the draft of the third novel of the trilogy, I continually review the news about fracking in Michigan. I am amazed that Governor Snyder watches his fellow GOP legislators scramble the years...
The Short Stories
Nothing heavy this week. Soon to appear will be the second novel in the trilogy and the second in the Parker Moore series. The third novel has been drafted, and it seemed like a good time to branch off into something more. The Short Stories was inspired by a fountain...
Abuse
In the first novel, Super PAC Strikethrough, the character must not only fight through an abusive political system and corporate structure, but he must also, literally and figuratively, fight through an abusive relationship. What's interesting is that if the main...
Fracking and political influence: it's here!
Super PAC Strikethrough, the first of a trilogy, begins the discussion of how money and politics works from the inside. The story also introduces a threat most don't wish to believe or understand. I would suggest you begin to take interest. The recent posting...
Does anyone notice….
Has anyone noticed that the most recent issues around gun control, energy, and immigration revolve around the ability of the House or Senate member to maintain his or her office? There has been no true discussion of how these issues affect you or me, but how the...
A New Year and an old way
The politics in D.C. won't change until we change how they're funded, and I don't mean funding the USA. I mean funding the people in their quest to become our leaders in Congress. Every decision made through the first Fiscal Cliff debates was about who funded who on...
The debate goes on, and so does the flow of money.
I recently gave a talk at the Petoskey Rotary Club in Petoskey, Michigan. This group in Petoskey is a wonderful and well-informed membership with far reaching avenues of business around the world thanks to a very wealthy and generous community; however, it became...
Issues, popularity or just plain money?
The recent election continues to be discussed at water coolers, in major news, and in the backrooms of the people already planning the next round. The choice before us is either to WANT a candidate (local, state, or federal) based on popularity in what we see and...
Far Right Radio and the Tea Party Goons they are…
The rants and rages of the far-right radio types, who continue to suggest they're not the media, continue to be broadcast on the media outlets they somehow say they don't belong to, and they are now actually saying the Republican Party should go further right. So, if...