Wouldn’t you love to see …
Wouldn’t you love to see Donald Trump being told by the American public ‘Get that son of a bitch (Trump) off the field right now. Out! He’s fired. He’s fired!’
The United States Is In Decline
The United States is in a downward trajectory from being an hegemony, sole world power. Currently China may have matched the United States and if not now will soon do so. More important, China will surly surpass the United States in the year 2030. A number of factors have brought this about. To have this explained to you, I recommend three options for you to consider:
- Start by listening to this podcast: Alfred McCoy, the author of “Policing America’s Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State”. He joins us to discuss his new book “In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power” and how much Donald Trump’s ignorance and incompetence is accelerating America’s decline and China’s rise, and whether a less powerful, more generous and collaborative America could co-exist in a world without a single hegemon.
- Another website, The Intercept, audio is recommended: https://soundcloud.com/the_intercept/intercepted-podcast-extra-alfred-mccoy
- Consider buying this book: In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power (Dispatch Books) by Alfred W. McCoy a distinguished historian at the University of Wisconsin.The book is due to come out September 12, 2017. Wikipedia credentials for Dr. Alfred W. McCoy : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_W._McCoy
Is Donald Trump Going To Get Us Into War?
I recommend that you be aware of techniques used by dictators.
When a dictator’s political approval rating plummets, one technique to get the nation to follow him/her is to create, find or use a real enemy and go to war with. Typically, the country will rally around their leader if they buy into seeing an external threat. The approval rating of Donald Trump is at a historical low. His recent military actions, which seem so far as being of value, might also suggest a motivation for increasing his low approval rating. Some fear that the United States might go to war very soon for reasons you might examine such as diversion.
Another motivation for going to war is to divert a nation’s attention away from some embarrassment. Past United States presidents have used this technique.
Diversionary Foreign Policy is a recognized technique.
Further reading:
Machiavellian view of why Rep. Devin Nunes may have aided President Trump.
I propose a Machiavellian explanation why the House Intelligence Committee’s investigation chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), went to the White House without telling his committee colleagues he was to meet with a secret source. Quite a few reporters, congress people, and citizens share the view that Nunes may be sabotaging his committee’s efforts. Why? One possible explanation is by rendering his committee invalid and thus furthering the possibility of a special prosecutor being appointed. Here is the Machiavellian reason: A special prosecutor should delay any investigation, maybe years. President Trump may have a way better chance to stay president for a much longer time. So far, his leadership is incredibly flawed in so many ways. If the House of Representatives investigation is “sabotaged” this will work way better, for Trump. If we then see the senate investigation also get derailed, get cynical. If there is a derail effort by the administration to kill the senate investigation, this should be taken as a despicable effort to keep an unqualified man in the oval office.
Looking Into The Future Of The United States.
Ian Masters Radio Podcast – Background Briefing (December 27, 2016)
Warning: The content of this podcast may be depressing.
Henry Giroux . He is a writer and the current Global Television Network Chair in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University in Canada and the author of “America at War With Itself”. We discuss his article at Counterpunch and why for the most part, the billionaire class about to rule America in the name of populism, wants to increase inequality and social decay and accrue even more wealth as the country becomes hollowed out and more Third World.
Henry Giroux (only some of his) Credentials:
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Giroux
- GoodReads book review for America at War With Itself
- Awarded a Distinguished Visiting Lectureship in art education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1998 and 1999.
- Getty Research Institute Visiting Scholar Award for May–June 2000
- James L. Kinneavy Award for the most outstanding article published in JAC in 2001.
- Honorary Doctorate of Letters by Memorial University of Newfoundland.
- Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree from Chapman University in California in 2015.
- 2015 he was honored with a Distinguished Alumni Award from Appalachian State University.
Updated: 3-6-19. The old web page https://www.henryagiroux.com/books.htm was broken. The new web page was found here: https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/henry-a-giroux/336922/
March 9, 2019: That too was broken with a “403 Forbidden” error so I removed ” List of about 62 publications by Henry Giroux can be viewed here: https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/henry-a-giroux/336922/
Self Interests May Result In A Bad Outcome.
I find it interesting how many people appear to put their own self interests way ahead of what may be best for the United States of America during the 2016 presidential election. Here are some examples:
If Donald Trump is actually unfit to be the president of the United States, and a lot of intelligent people think this is the case, then should it not follow that every effort is made to support the next best candidate to stop Trump? It appears the self centered interests of other candidates and some government employees and politicians comes way before what is best for the United States of America
Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party, Jill Stein of the Green Party and Evan McMullin refuses to bow out and support Hillary Clinton. FBI Director, James Comey, made matters way worse. All these people’s actions may have diminished Hillary Clinton from achieving a resounding win which may also have dire results if she does win. All these individuals may have, in varying degrees, made Hillary Clinton’s presidency a hobbled mess by giving the Republican Party way too much power to obstruct her.
It is ironic that a large population of United States of America voters are unhappy with Washington politics and want a change. The Washington political obstruction in recent years has been fostered by the Republican Tea Party, a party with basic republican values but also including varied special interests groups that work against what is best for most citizens.