by Jerry Alatalo
obert David Steele wants Americans to take action and save the country. During Mr. Steele’s interview by Sean Stone on “Buzzsaw” recently, he asserted that the unemployment rate in the United States is no less than 23%, probably more like 30%, and that means the US economy is in “desperate shape”. Given Robert David Steele has reviewed more non-fiction books on Amazon than anyone on Earth his accumulated knowledge is significant, and the far-ranging interview shows it. The main reason for sharing the talk between Mr. Steele and Mr. Stone, besides the astonishing truth revealed, is that it touches on solutions to persistent major problems.
He believes that conditions in America align with historical moments when revolutionary change becomes unavoidable, including great concentration of wealth, isolation of those on the receiving end of that increasing wealth inequality, a growing distrust of the press and politicians, and so on. Because of current societal conditions, Mr. Steele sees that American “democracy is comatose”. He believes – in contrast to activist Chris Hedges, who advocates “terrifying the elites” – that confrontation isn’t the wisest route to needed change, but that non-violent revolution is both urgent and possible.
Mr. Steele’s perspective is that the first and most essential goal is passage of “The Electoral Reform Act of 2015”. He will support Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders for president on one condition: that Bernie Sanders introduces legislation for “The Electoral Reform Act of 2015” on the floor of the Senate before the summer recess. The legislation would reform elections by:
allowing ballot access to all parties’ candidates
eliminating private campaign contributions and publicly financing elections
giving free media time to all candidates
allowing every candidate to enter debates
eliminating electronic voting through paper ballots/hand counts
establishing instant run-off, where voters choose their first, second and third preferred candidates
requiring candidates to post legislation they would pursue if elected online, in advance without secret provisions
overcoming unconstitutional opposition/blockage by Congress of an Article V Constitutional Convention, as requirements of 34 states calling for one have already been met
On the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Steele sees the secretive trade deal as a coup d’état, a betrayal of public trust, and goes so far as saying President Barack Obama should be impeached for offering it. He views the current political climate as “millions of people trapped in a bad system, screwing 99% of the public 99% of the time”.
Turning to foreign policy issues, Steele said “(The) United States government is best pals with 42 of the 44 dictators on the planet. We sponsor dictators; we sponsor obscene criminal activities against the foreign publics that have every right to think of us as the shining light for democracy – in fact we’re not. Our government is in constant betrayal of the public trust and in constant betrayal of the constitution and in constant betrayal of the principles which this country was founded upon”.
“It’s an honor to be an average American; it’s not an honor to be a corrupt politician selling the country out”.
Steele sees the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy as the point where America started its moral decline, as Kennedy was endeavoring to cut back on banks, end nuclear smuggling to Israel, control organized crime, wanted to fire long-time FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, along with other measures which upset the plans of many. Steele criticizes the FBI for “not doing their job to find ideological, financial and religious traitors in the United States government” and that is “the 1st thing I’d change if I had anything to say about the future of the United States”.
His perception of the world’s “power pyramid” is 12 families at the top, then under those the next, slightly less-wealthy 300 families, then the interlocking boards of directors of banks and corporations, then the “servant” class of kings, queens, presidents and prime ministers. along with their political appointees – all who “feed at the trough”. He sees most men and women who enter political office as good people having good intentions who find out once “inside” that they’ll be killed if they don’t do what the real power-holders want. Mr. Steele notes that he’d heard that former President Jimmy Carter “cried his heart out” when he “got the conversation in the White House”.
His main message is that no relevant, issues of real concern will become seriously addressed until the American people get rid of what he calls the two-party tyranny. Passage of The Electoral Reform Act of 2015 in the next 90 days is critical, and, once passed, a subsequent “coalition government would not be bound to two-party tyranny”.
“If we have an honest government, that does two things: 1) it restores the concept of making decisions on the basis of ethical, evidence-based decision support, and 2) it restores the voice of the public – not just on election day, but every single day. And if you have these two things, I’ll tell you what, I can put Monsanto out of business overnight. Just by educating the public. That’s what’s not happening now. The education of the public is what follows from an honest government”.
After Sean Stone asked Steele about false flag terrorism, he replied “We’re not the policeman of the world, we’re the terrorists of the world. Martin Luther King was not killed for leading black people out of slavery, he was killed because he said the United States was the world’s greatest purveyor of violence. MLK was killed by an Army sniper on detail to the FBI”. According to Mr. Steele, JFK was assassinated by a cabal that included elements of the CIA, elements of the New York banks, elements of Texas money, Cuban crime families, and Israel.
9/11?…
“I believe 9/11 was funded by Saudi Arabia and was intended to be executed by a variety of terrorists, funded by Saudi Arabia with Saudi Arabian passports, but they were from many different countries. I believe that 13 different countries are on record as having warned the United States months in advance; I believe that Dick Cheney scheduled a counter-terrorism exercise 3 months in advance of 9/11 so that he could control the day. The FEMA disaster response tent was completely set up on the piers of New York on the 10th of September, the night before 9/11”.
“I believe that all three of the World Trade Center buildings were brought down by controlled demolition. I’m pretty certain the Pentagon was hit by a missile that we fired ourselves. And last but not least, the one thing that I’m absolutely positive about is we need a new 9/11 investigation that’s honest. And I would like to see in my lifetime Dick Cheney face a truth and reconciliation commission and not be allowed out until he tells the truth”.
“I think that Saudi Arabia, Israel and the United States all agreed that 9/11 was needed and that murdering 3,000 mostly US civilians was a small price to pay. I think Dick Cheney personally authorized and oversaw the murder of 3,000 people in order to get his excuse for invading Iraq. We’ve created a swath of destruction all the way down from Afghanistan through the Middle East and North Africa, all the way down to Yemen and Somalia and Niger and Nigeria – both of which have oil. What has been done in the name of the public at public expense in my view justifies multiple people being arraigned before an international tribunal for war crimes”.
After pointing out that political corruption may be even more destructive on the state and local levels than the federal level, Robert David Steele reiterates his main goal: “What really matters to me is the whole idea of restoring transparency and integrity to how we govern ourselves. I believe that our citizens have become abject sheep; they’re delusional when they think that one man can change anything. These are the same people that fell for Barack Obama and they’ve learned nothing”.
“If Bernie (Sanders) does that (introduces The Electoral Reform Act of 2015 in the next 90 days), he has my vote. If Bernie does not do that, he’s an inauthentic fraud. This is real simple – time to cut to the chase. If you implement electoral reform, this means among other things that you cannot run in the general election unless you first appoint a coalition cabinet and there are cabinet level debates – for example, defense and state and homeland security – which I would abolish. And you produce a balanced budget that states very clearly what your priorities will be for spending the tax dollar if elected, and you’re held to that”.
“And, last but not least, I would recommend to any president that I was supporting an automated financial transaction tax imposing a fractional tax, like .00006%, on every transaction – including currency and stock transactions that are now not taxed. And the beauty of the tax is that it prevents elective wars because the tax rate is set by the public, not the government. You wanna’ go to war? You gotta’ get the public to agree to raise the tax rate to pay for it”.
“We don’t have representation. Look, let me tell you where Congress went wrong. Kennedy was the death of the executive. Congress was killed by Newt Gingrich. Newt Gingrich set out to destroy Speaker Jim Wright, and then Newt Gingrich turned Congress into a partisan establishment in which every member is required to vote the party line, and this was the beginning of the two-party tyranny selling voting blocs to the highest bidder. There are 46 billionaires that own the two-party tyranny and, truth be told, the two parties are much closer together at the top in relation to doing the bidding of the billionaires than they are opposed to each other”.
Robert David Steele’s message to Americans is that:
“They have essentially ninety days from today in which to decide whether they want to take back the power – legally, ethically and non-violently”.
“It’s great to be an average American. I love this country, and I want to see this country save itself”.
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Mr. Steele praised MoveOn.org co-founder Joan Blades and her democracy-focused initiative “Living Room Conversations”. For more information, please visit the website:
http://www.livingroomconversations.org/
Robert David Steele’s website:
(Thank you to TheLipTV at YouTube)
THE ONENESS of HUMANITY 
I honestly think it’s too late to reform the electoral system. I’m extremely skeptical that representative democracy will ever work because it’s too easily corrupted by wealthy elites. Especially with the advent of Internet technology, there’s no reason we can’t make direct democracy work, i.e. govern ourselves.
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Stuart,
How are you. Your skepticism is understandable seeing how far the American governmental system has gone in the direction of oligarchy. On the other hand, the Constitution is the law of the land and there are ways to bring about change – in particular an amendment abolishing Citizens United – which comes nearer as more states vote for it. If not mistaken, Robert Steele is going to run for president. If Congress holds hearings where Scott Bennett testifies, the implications for Hillary Clinton could be politically fatal, she’ll become forced to drop out of the race, Steele’s idea for electoral reform, a new 9/11 investigation, etc. separates him from Sanders and the rest, Bush scandals force him out, and off to the races… Perhaps just being overly optimistic but it seems good changes on Earth, fueled by an increasing number of revelations of previously hidden truths, are imminent, just around the corner. That critical mass thing… 🙂
Thanks,
Jerry
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