THE END OF POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY FOR THE UNITED STATES

NakedCapitalism posted a stunning article today by By Lambert Strether of Corrente. 

TPP genieTHE TPP, IF PASSED, SPELLS THE END OF POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY FOR THE UNITED STATES

You’ve heard of popular sovereignty, right? It’s embodied in the Preamble of the United States Constitution.[1] I’ll quote it for the sheer majesty of the language, archaic though it may seem in these “innovative” days:

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Continue reading

The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness – Except in the 21st Century of the American Foreclosure Court System

upside down flagAnd unless Americans are willing to face the facts and hold people (including corporations) ethically and financially accountable, we will lose the land and freedom we have fought so hard to protect. Democracy is in distress.

The question every American is asking is “when will this depressed economy start to recover?” The typical political answer is, “there is no silver bullet.” Then why do these politicians keep using the shotgun approach against homeowners?! Continue reading