Stein-Baraka Position On Middle East, War And Peace.

By Jerry Alatalo

“One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.”

– WALTER BAGEHOT (1826-1877) English economist

reen Party Vice Presidential candidate Ajamu Baraka appeared for an interview recently on the Real News Network. After being shut out of both presidential and vice presidential debates, rigged to include only the Democratic and Republican tickets, in this election American voters are effectively the victims of “democracy censorship” by not being given an opportunity to learn the positions of Green and Libertarian candidates.

What would national polls look like today had Dr. Jill Stein of the Green Party and Libertarian Gary Johnson both participated in the 1st presidential debate? Nobody can say, but it’s certain the polls would more accurately reflect the true views of the American people. How can the United States continue to call itself a democracy when well over 70% of its citizens call for inclusive debates with Green and Libertarian taking part, then that clear “mandate” of the people becomes totally rejected and ignored?

Perhaps Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump share the opinion that Americans don’t possess the intellectual capacity and power of discernment to make accurate assessments of the candidates’ qualitative positions on the major issues. Stein-Baraka and Johnson-Weld are candidates with a mathematical chance of winning the election. But Americans will never know the stances of Clinton and Trump; they are both eerily silent on the issue – neither has commented one way or the other, favorably or in opposition, on 4-way debates.

If Dr. Jill Stein had appeared with Clinton, Trump and Johnson for debate #1, perhaps Americans would for literally the 1st time started the serious discussion necessary for bringing a resolution to the 67-year long Israel-Palestine conflict, and asking tough questions about the wisdom in continuing to provide, and increase, military aid worth billions of dollars annually ($38 billion over 10-years) to the international outlaw state of Israel – the perennial, decades-long denier of basic human rights to the Palestinian people.

If Ajamu Baraka were to appear with Pence, Kaine and Weld for vice-presidential debates, perhaps Americans would learn that the over 5-year violent conflict in Syria is not a civil war as many intentionally portray for the purpose of deception, but a U.S., regional and European ally proxy war using paid (with U.S. taxpayers’ money) mercenary terrorists in place of American soldier “boots on the ground”. The hideous and criminal acts have occurred while practicing a grand lie, with highest-level officials telling Americans and the world they are “fighting terrorism”.

Perhaps Americans would demand a new, independent investigation of 9/11 to get to the truth of what really happened that fateful day, making up for the profoundly incompetent effort resulting in the official 9/11 Commission Report, and determining the real perpetrators of the mass-murder, instead of the sham story of 19 hijackers and a cave-dweller. Those perpetrators are likely responsible for planning and implementing the monstrous war-related crimes and catastrophes of the Middle East and North Africa since 2001; now is the time to arrest, prosecute, and “get them off the street” to prevent further human carnage, possibly of unimaginable scale.

If Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both believe their ideas, positions and proposals are the most beneficial for the American people and humanity around the Earth, then both should have no fear whatsoever of inviting and competing with Stein-Baraka and Johnson-Weld. Besides, American voters will always respect, appreciate and cherish the memory of their great presidents through history who practiced the personal quality of fairness, in particular having an open mind to new and/or potentially more beneficial ideas.

The Democrats and Republicans can change their minds at any time about debates.

That’s not going to happen, it’s unfair, and represents an objectionable, stubborn stance that is absolutely undemocratic. By denying democracy at this point in the presidential election of 2016, neither Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump are practicing/exhibiting the noble leadership qualities of fairness and open-mindedness. It’s scandalous – and a shame.

(Thank you to TheRealNews at YouTube)

The War Industry Debate.

By Jerry Alatalo

he “Republicrat”-owned, fraudulent, exclusionary, corporate-chartered Committee for Presidential Debates (CPD) has decided Green Party and Libertarian Party candidates Dr. Jill Stein and Gary Johnson are, according to CPD, “not eligible” to participate in the 1st debate on Monday September 26 at Hofstra University in Long Island, New York. In the once every 4-years “Super Bowl of Politics” called the presidential debates… “this Bud’s for you”.

Despite both having the potential for winning the election (the electoral college) and 76% of Americans wanting more candidate voices on the debates, CPD rules say debate participants must have achieved 15% in select popular polls to qualify. Many believe the 15% rule came into force after Minnesota’s Governor Jesse Ventura went from 10% in the polls, appeared on televised debates, then won the state’s (“Land of 10,000 Lakes” – Minnesota) governorship election with 37% of the voters.

With only Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on stage before millions of American voters, will the two even touch upon, much less debate, “The War Industry” – in particular the selling of billions of dollars worth of weapons to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? Answering that question might depend on whether CNN’s Wolf Blitzer is one of the debate’s moderators…

See, in the following interview of Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, Blitzer seems to imply that jobs for Americans working at defense corporations – the “Military Industrial Complex” President Dwight Eisenhower so famously warned about in his farewell address – might have a higher priority than lives lost or destroyed through illegal wars conducted by using those weapons. Will Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump become asked about, then actually debate, this massively important issue?

(Thank you to Netwoiks at YouTube)

Without being able to predict Gary Johnson’s debate performance were he to appear, one has the feeling that Dr, Jill Stein might make certain “The War Industry” gets inserted, in a big way, into the discussions. With the current worrying situation in Syria after American-led air forces bombed and killed over eighty Syrian soldiers while injuring hundreds more – and as Saudi Arabia continues bombing the people of Yemen back to the stone age – perhaps the presidential candidates, all four remaining/seeking possibly the most powerful executive position on Earth… might want to have “a little talk”… A very serious talk.

(Thank you to Jill Stein for President Booster Club at YouTube)

Dr. Jill Stein and her running mate Ajamu Baraka will travel to Hofstra University in Long Island, New York on Monday September 26, 2016. The rumor going around says they will become joined by hundreds of men and women of all ages and backgrounds, and who also have something to say about American democracy… about presidential debates. Will Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump change their minds and engage in debate with Dr. Jill Stein and Gary Johnson next Monday at Hofstra University?

At least for debate #1, the chances don’t look good. The chances are about as good as Clinton and Trump being asked for their respective serious, detailed plans for bringing about peace on Earth – then both are actually seen/heard while fully describing those plans. Now, that would have been (could have been – with Stein and Johnson on stage) one very memorable debate…