Draining The Swamp Part II - A Task Too Far For A Trump Presidency?

It is now accepted as fact that the United States of America that was envisaged and created by the Founding Fathers has disappeared into a fetid swamp of corruption and with it the American Dream of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

It was this dream that attracted millions of immigrants from Europe to make the treacherous journey across the Atlantic Ocean and it also facilitated the rise of America to become the greatest most prosperous nation in history.

To fulfill the ambitions of its founders any system of government no matter how pure requires honest, God fearing citizens motivated by patriotism and public service and committed to the well being of the country and its people.

Since the fall of Adam and Eve human nature itself dictates that a government made up entirely of such people is impossible therefore the descent of America into the swamp of corruption began with the signing of the Constitution in 1787. What made the United States so successful for so long was the fact that honest, God fearing people in power significantly outnumbered the self serving corruptocrats and were thus able to nullify their malignant intent.

As the decades rolled by the number of malignant corruptocrats increased to the point where they outnumbered the good people and went on to usurp political power.

Despite the oaths and affirmations that are sworn, corruption in America today is all pervasive and has infected Federal, State and local governments, including the Executive, Judicial and Legislative branches and most of the respective political offices and agencies.

These self serving politicians and office holders have ceased to represent their constituents, preferring instead to prostitute themselves to the lobbyists, powerful special interests and ideological soulmates.

This descent into the fetid swamp of corruption has resulted in the 'fundamental transformation' of America into something resembling a mediocre, third world banana republic which is destroying the middle class and further impoverishing the less well off. The deliberate increase in dependency and the expansion of the entitlement class is destroying the work ethic that is essential for wealth creation and prosperity.

Hillary Clinton and her criminal cartel epitomizes the corruption that is destroying America and the American Dream therefore she is unlikely to do anything to address it. On the contrary, Hillary Clinton will perpetuate the culture of sleaze and graft because it suits her self serving purpose to do so.

The question for the voters is whether Republican candidate, Donald Trump, will be able to accumulate enough power to take on and defeat the powerful vested interests, drain the swamp and then go on to restore that shining city on a hill and along with the fortunes of America and the future safety and prosperity of the American people.

In an attempt to muck out the stables Donald Trump has proposed a five point plan for ethics reform which may not be enough to curtail the influence of lobbyists or the special interests. It is a start and better than nothing at all, but it underestimates the scope and size of the problem and does little to deal with rampant corruption at State and local level. (See the plan here)

However this plan combined with his contract with the American voter for his first one hundred days in office strikes a more optimistic note. This contains a further six points to deal with corruption, seven actions to deal with the unbalanced trade deals and five actions to be instituted on his first day in office to deal with security and a return to constitutional law.

The contract with the American voter concludes with a further ten points covering a broader range of legislation that deals with Obamacare, illegal immigration, tax reform and much more. (Read the contract here)

Voters will have to decide if Donald Trump is genuine and serious about draining the swamp and making America great again. To that end the following points should be taken into consideration:

Donald Trump is not a bought-and-paid-for politician and therefore detached from the stench and corruption that pervades in the Washington DC swamp.

He is a seventy year old multi-billionaire businessman, a successful real estate mogul and an equally successful reality television producer. Mr. Trump credits his success to America and its system of individual liberty and free enterprise that allows businesses to develop and grow and the resultant prosperity to flourish.

Donald Trump has indicated that he has been blessed by America and now has a desire to give something back by cleaning up Washington DC and helping make available the opportunities afforded to him to future generations.

His decision to forgo retirement and the enjoyment of his billions to subject himself and his family to the most vicious campaign of abuse and smear ever witnessed in a Presidential campaign is a testament to his dedication to cause on behalf of all American citizens.  

This election is the American people's last chance to rescue their country from corruption and the inevitable oblivion that will surely follow and return it to the wholesome greatness envisaged by the Founding Fathers.

Compared with the prospect of continuing corruption under a Clinton administration and a subsequent descent into third world poverty, misery and inter-communal violence, the Trump plan is at least a positive attempt to return power to it's rightful owners i.e. The American people.

Draining The Swamp And Restoring That Shining City On A Hill - Part I here

Draining The Swamp And Restoring That Shining City On A Hill - Part I

It is asserted by students of history that the United States of America is an idea that was put into practice by the Founding Fathers in order to create the perfect system of government. The founding documents, including the voluminous Federalist Papers, give some idea of the motivation and unadulterated genius that went into the foundation of the Republic and the means by which it became the greatest and most prosperous nation in history.

The system of government laid down in the Constitution of the United States, which also itemized some of the unalienable rights of its citizens, was designed to ensure that no person, group of persons or other malignant entities could usurp power for their own ends and also to ensure that government of the people, by the people, for the people should be instituted and be safeguarded for future generations.

The Constitution is so vital to the wellbeing of the Republic that Presidents must swear an oath or affirmation to preserve, protect and defend it prior to taking office.

Furthermore, Senators, Representatives, members of state legislatures and all executive and Judicial Officers both of the United States and the individual states must swear a similar oath or affirmation to support the Constitution.

This oath is unambiguous and unequivocal and is even more demanding than the Presidential oath:

"I will solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and truly faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God".

To discharge one's duties after swearing such oaths requires Presidents, politicians and office holders to be honest, God fearing citizens motivated by patriotism, public service and committed to the wellbeing and continuance of the Republic as it was designed and in perpetuity.

What the world is witnessing in the modern era is the replacement of honest, God fearing citizens by power hungry corruptocrats and shameless political hacks who are not motivated by patriotism, public service or the wellbeing of the Republic but by the pursuit of power for personal or ideological gain.

Once they have secured power they dedicate their lives to retaining it by means of lies, propaganda and prostituting themselves and progressing the agenda of their paymasters and that of their ideological soulmates.

In the process they have corrupted the great offices of state and its agencies with sycophants, party apparatchiks, power hungry money grubbers and useful idiots.

They have perverted the system of government that made America exceptional and prosperous, turning that shining city on a hill into a fetid swamp of corruption and criminality.

The question that the American people and the world are asking is; can this process be reversed and the United States of America be rescued and returned to its former glory after decades of their political leaders wallowing in the cesspit they themselves have created?

If Democratic Party candidate, Hillary Clinton, gains the Presidency then the answer has to be a resounding 'No' and for the following reasons:

Over the decades Hillary Clinton and her husband have elevated corruption to an art form, it is their element, they swim in it. Their criminal behavior is so extensive and all encompassing it has become normalized to the point where it is tolerated.

As a matter of fact their corruption and criminal behavior has become so normal that everything they say and do is accepted as being nefarious and self serving. It tends to get a brief mention in the twenty-four hour news cycle before disappearing into the mist until the next scandal which in turn will disappear also.

Their history of scandals right up to recent events concerning national security has never resulted in a successful prosecution or any lasting damage to their reputation. Clinton's notoriety and influence is such that she leads the race for the White House and far from stemming the flow of dirty money it keeps rolling in.

Recent events have demonstrated that once noble government agencies such as the Justice Department and the FBI have been so politicized it has rendered the Clintons above the law. (See the list of scandals here)

Far from being honest and God fearing, Hillary Clinton is most definitely not motivated by patriotism, public service or the well being of the Republic. On the contrary, she loathes America along with its history, its Constitution and it's people. By her own admission she holds the American people in contempt who's only useful purpose is as pawns in her quest for money and power.

Also by her own admission she is loyal to the United Nations' agenda of a borderless world ruled over by a one world government of global elites. Speaking privately to her Wall Street financiers and donors she inadvertently shared her vision of open borders, amnesty for illegal immigrants, open trade agreements and the free movement of people.

This will not only be a demographic and social disaster for the American people and the end of their great country as they knew it, her plan to replace the free enterprise system and constitutionally limited government with socialist collectivism and the redistribution of wealth will result in poverty and misery more associated with Cuba, Zimbabwe and Venezuela.

Experience of the UN and all its evil works has shown that its planned one world government will be dominated by anti-American, anti-Israel third world corruptocrats and despots who will impose an economic model based on the theories of Karl Marx.

To achieve this ignoble traitorous aim, Hillary Clinton will keep American politics firmly embedded in the swamp so that it can be downgraded and ultimately destroyed.

Experience of the destruction of America over the past eight years and her promise to complete the Obama 'fundamental transformation', are all the evidence one needs to take her seriously.

For students of American history the Founding Documents and Resources can be found here and The Federalist Papers here

America Could Teach Africa A Thing Or Two About Corruption

The revelations by Wikileaks confirmed what informed commentators have known for some time, corruption exists throughout public life in the USA but it is the extent of it that has taken many by surprise. It would appear that the once hallowed government agencies are rotten to the core. These departments have been manned by cronies and political appointees dedicated to subverting the Constitution in order to usurp power and bring about the UN mandated fundamental transformation of America.

Until recently nobody in their right mind would have suspected that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Justice Department, the Central Intelligence Agency, the once revered military and the Internal Revenue Service have been politicized to the point they are no longer fit for purpose.

No corrupt government would survive long unless the information disseminated to the public is controlled and manipulated to suit that government's agenda. This current election cycle has demonstrated beyond any shadow of doubt that the mainstream media in America are so utterly corrupted and stuffed with compliant sycophants that a free and fair election is no longer possible.

The only recourse for the people are their Houses of Congress, but even the peoples' elected representatives within have been rendered powerless by bribery and corruption and an all powerful Chief Executive armed only with a pen and a telephone.

Watching in despair at the corruption of the democratic process and the usurpation of power by Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party has made me nostalgic for the years I spent trying to be functional while surrounded by absolute corruption in Africa.

As a former resident of several African countries including Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe and others, I consider myself an expert at living and dealing with corruption at all levels of private and professional life. If there are going to be crimes against humanity then corruption by governments and its officials around the world should be up there with the worst of them.

If the latest polls are correct the efficiency and sophistication of the corrupt Democratic Party machine will deliver the Presidency to Hillary Clinton and her criminal cartel and with it the Judicial branch and the entire future of the Republic.

Americans voting for Hillary Clinton and the corrupt Democratic Party should be made aware of the fact that corruption in Africa has blocked all avenues for economic and social development, while looting the public Treasury by the political elite and their cronies keeps the citizens in perpetual abject poverty.

The more dangerous and depressing aspect of corruption is that it allows the elite to use dirty money as a means to usurp political power, disenfranchise the people and maintain control over the government and it's machinery in perpetuity.

One of the hallmarks of corruption in African countries, and the reason political power can be perpetuated, is the appointment of family members, cronies and sycophants into positions of power throughout the government machinery, especially the armed forces, the judiciary, law enforcement, the Federal Reserve as well as controlling positions in the banks and other major public and private industries.

As is the case with America today, corruptocrats in Africa also control the media to the extent that bought-and-paid-for advocates portray Presidents as benign benefactors who are halfway to divinity and any opposition figures as devils incarnate.

On a darker note, any signs of opposition are strangled at birth through smear, fear and intimidation. If any opposition movement does happen to gain public support or any sign of traction, however minor, covert assassination and outright murder are not unknown.

For my sins I happen to have been living and working in Kenya May 2001 when the then Secretary of State, Colin Powell, made a visit which, rumour had it, was to arm twist corrupt dictator Daniel arap Moi into retirement after more than two decades of absolute power.

The hopes of the Kenyan people were that Secretary Powell would be successful and Moi's demise would herald a new era of propriety, good governance and a bright, prosperous future.  (See here)

Unfortunately it was not to be, corruption permeates the institutions to saturation point and becomes so ingrained that changing the man at the top has little or no effect. Corrupt governments are almost impossible to remove without tearing them down, salting the earth and starting again.

The lesson for the American people is that once a corrupt organization usurps power it inserts itself into all aspects of government, both local and federal, and bends the institutions to its will, sidelines the Constitution and neutralizes any opposition. This transfers political power from the people to itself consolidating it's grip on power until such time as it is forcibly removed.

Drugs, Rent Boys And Hypocrisy - Just Another Day In The Swamp

The latest revelations about the so-called Honourable Gentleman, Keith Vaz, is a measure of how deep into the fetid swamp the political class has dragged the once noble vocation of the people's representative. His drug fueled orgies with male prostitutes entitles him a to prominent place on the long list of  drunks, perverts, sexual predators, pedophiles, expense cheats and outright criminals that infest the Mother of Parliaments.

In the not too distant past the words honesty and integrity actually meant something and this vile piece of work would have resigned as soon as his sordid behavior became public knowledge but alas those days are long gone.

The sad part about this whole scandal is that despite his record of sleaze and corruption his colleagues in Parliament from both ends of the political spectrum, including the Speaker of the House, protect him as one of their own. This is regardless of the damage he has done, and continues to do, to Parliament and its fast fading reputation as a hallowed institution.

It is standard practise for sleazy, lying politicians like Vaz to portray themselves as family men/women dedicated to their spouses and children. Some even use their families as props during their election campaigns with the usual spin and puke making slogans such as 'dedicated family man', the bedrock of my life', etc.etc. ad nauseum.

In reality their wives and children are a long way down their list of priorities whereby selfish sexual indulgence and gratification, addiction to power, blind ambition, making money and their bloated egos being at the top.

Keith Vaz obviously wasn't thinking about the wife and kids as he indulged in unprotected sex with young male prostitutes and used poppers to enhance his pleasure, all within spitting distance from the family home.

He wasn't thinking about the law or the integrity of Parliament as he offered to supply illegal Class A drugs to one of the young men in order to entice him to join the orgy.

Vaz is no stranger to controversy, sleaze or corruption and even to this day he refuses to disclose the source of his vast wealth, bearing in mind his day job is representing his constituents with his Parliamentary salary and allowances being his main source of income.

He was censured by Parliament for failing to register payments from a fellow lawyer and was accused by the Parliamentary standards watchdog of obstructing an inquiry into eighteen more charges.

He was involved the passports for money Hinduja scandal, he was suspended from the House for making false allegations against a police officer, he was involved in Auchi scandal involving an Iraqi billionaire, he was involved the expenses scandal and much more.

Vaz was once described by fellow MP, Patrick Mercer as "crook of the first order" adding for good measure that "he had never met an operator like him". (See here)

With a record and reputation so awful one would think that his colleagues in Parliament would keep their distance lest they get tarnished by association but one would be very wrong. They made him Chairman of the powerful and influential Home Affairs Select Committee and he held it until the recent scandal became public.

As an indication of how the modern political class protect each other, the leader of the Labour Party, the far-Left socialist, Jeremy Corbyn, claims that Vaz's sordid behavior is purely a 'personal matter' implying his continued fitness for service.

If deceiving his wife, his children, his constituents and the country at large in such an appalling manner does not invite opprobrium and censure then I don't know what will. Supplying Class A drugs should invite a visit from the police but he'll most likely get away with that also.

As is normal in these situations his wife will be standing by her man even though his extra curricular activities could have infected her with a variety of sexually transmitted diseases including Aids. As a matter of fact she appeared with him in front of the world's press as they attempted to brush off the scandal with a stage managed business-as-usual performance after the scandal was exposed.

Instead of showing remorse or contrition for his vile behavior,Vaz desecrated the Mother of Parliaments by entering the Chamber and questioned the Home Secretary as if drug fueled orgies with rent boys is some how acceptable behavior for a public representative. The man has absolutely no shame whatsoever.

In conclusion, what Keith Vaz does in his personal life is own business but deceiving Parliament and the public at large that he is a dedicated family is not, neither is offering to supply Class A drugs to young men to entice them into depravity.

Since Keith Vaz is not the type of person to do the honourable thing and resign, his party and Parliament should do the job for him to preserve any remaining dignity they may have left.

Parliament should censor him and his Party should withdraw the Whip; all support should also be withdrawn and his constituency party should deselect him forthwith.

Cover Ups And Protecting Their Own - British Establishment Are Unbeatable

Watching the current corruption and cover up scandals involving government departments in the USA, one can only marvel at the way the political establishment have constructed a system which guarantees immunity for their cronies and employees who don't seem at all fazed by Congressional scrutiny. Its almost as if they know they will never be held accountable, let alone punished, for what is blatant corruption, law breaking and unconstitutional actions.

It is often said that everything that's biggest and best comes from America but this is not so, when it comes to corruption, cover ups and protecting their own, the American establishment is not in the same league as their British counterparts. They are the biggest and the best by a country mile at circling the wagons and making sure that scandals are covered up and evidence is lost. They are also adept at using the might of the state and its institutions against anyone who is public spirited and brave enough to shine a light on their nefarious activities.

Scandals such as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) missing emails in the USA and the smug contempt of Congress by the culprit-in-chief Lois Lerner, is matched by the arrogance Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) chief bureaucrat, Lin Homer.

The fact that the Obama administration used the IRS against political enemies should come as no surprise, after all Richard Nixon did it and so did Edgar Hoover when he put Al Capone away for tax evasion because he couldn't get him for murder or any other crime.

Lois Lerner snubbed Congress by claiming the relevant emails linking her with the administration were lost then used her right to silence under the Fifth Amendment to escape further questioning.
(Read the story here)

Lin Homer gave sweetheart tax deals to big companies such as Goldman Sachs then used anti-terrorist laws to go after and destroy the whistleblower who exposed it.

Lin Homer snubbed the Parliamentary Committee and put her arrogance on display when she refused to confirm that anti-terrorist laws would not be used against whistleblowers in future.
(Read the story here)

Apart from HMRC, whistleblowers from the health, education, police and local government departments were also asked to appear before the same committee but only one felt brave enough to do so. In what can only be described as a throwback to the old Soviet Union a whistleblower form the health service was pursued mercilessly on mental health grounds for highlighting instances of poor care.

NHS cover ups are too many to include in this post but this article will give an indication of just how widespread it is.

The IRS losing the relevant emails in the American scandal might stretch credulity a bit far but the British people were asked to believe that an absent minded office person accidentally shredded the relevant paperwork appertaining Tony Blair's claims after the MP's expenses scandal broke in Great Britain. No other paperwork just the bit relevant to the expense claims inquiry.

Not to be outdone, an inquiry into the collusion in extraordinary rendition on the island of Diego Garcia by former Foreign Secretaries, David Miliband and Jack Straw was informed that all the records of flight logs are available.........except those covering the relevant period because they were 'water damaged'.
(See Guido's take on it here)

The dog ate my homework has got more credibility.

More tragically the establishment will go to any lengths to protect itself and their own as the case of  Dr. David Kelly will confirm. The intelligence dossier that the Blair government used to justify Great Britain going to war in Iraq was flawed and deliberately misleading. An inside source claimed that the dossier was transformed or 'sexed up' at the behest of Blair together with his spin doctor, Alistair Campbell and others from the intelligence community, in order to make going to war more palatable

UN weapons inspector, Dr. Kelly, who had previously been tormented by the Foreign Office for his scepticism about WMD's in Iraq was outed as the source of the 'sexed up' allegations. He subsequently disappeared in mysterious circumstances and was found dead. The verdict was suicide by wrist cutting even though there was little blood at the scene and he only had a small penknife in his possession.
( Read the tragic story here)

Tragic as these are, the despicable of all cover ups are those involving the sexual abuse of children. For decades the political establishment and their cronies in the bought-and paid-for media feted and indulged the Liberal MP Cyril Smith knowing he was a depraved beast of the very highest order.

Somewhat of a political celebrity with buckets of false puke making bonhomie, he had access to children's homes, detention facilities and hospitals which he used to satisfy his debauchery and ruin the lives of hundreds of innocent children. One victim told of being sexually abused in the House of Commons itself with the door of Smith's office wide open.

The political establishment, including the police and the intelligence 'services' knew about his depravity but covered it up for four decades to protect Smith, as well as themselves and the supposed good name of the Westminster Parliament.
(Read the story here)

The latest scandal and the mother of all cover ups is that of the paedophile ring that has been operating for some twenty years in the heart of Westminster.

Its no good current and former Members of the House of Commons, together with some noble Lords, coming forward twenty years after the events with tales of how they suspected there was the cover up of a paedophile ring.

If they had any dignity or sense of responsibility toward vulnerable children they would have done something about it at the time.

The government has launched an inquiry, but as this involves the entire establishment, including the judiciary, there is nobody that can be trusted not to produce a whitewash or to sweep it under the carpet.

Baroness Butler-Sloss has been appointed to lead an inquiry but is an establishment judge, and a Baroness to boot, the right person to be investigating the establishment? After all one wouldn't ask Tony Blair to investigate the death of Dr. Kelly and expect an impartial report.

It must be noted that her late brother Sir Michael Havers, a fellow senior establishment figure, was involved in a paedophile cover up when he refused to prosecute Sir Peter Hayman who, at the same time as being a diplomat, was a member of the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE), an organisation that lobbied for the legalising of sex between adults and children.

As has been noted here many times before, the establishment including British Parliament, is a den of iniquity which is infested with any number of drunks, crooks, corruptocrats, perverts, embezzlers and lows lifes, who believe they are untouchable and have a divine right to rule. Their arrogance surpasses all understanding and their contempt for the British people is total.

There is no hope of reforming something as debased and corrupt as this place unless it is burned down and the whole sorry mess started once again from the beginning.