Posted on 10/19/2019 2:41:14 PM PDT by Kaslin
"For those who make the rules, there are no rules," declares Tommy Shelby, the infamous head of a crime family and also a newly elected member of the British Parliament in the latest season of the hit TV series Peaky Blinders. The series is a multi-season award-winning British crime drama appearing on Netflix in the U.S. It is set in Birmingham, England in the time period 1919 to 1929 and features a powerful and violent crime family called Peaky Blinders, led by the Shelby family, with Tommy Shelby as the lead mobster.
Shelby, played by the actor Cillian Murphy, advances his gang's criminal activities over the years from the ordinary mixture of theft, gambling, and illegal distribution of alcohol and drugs to more ambitious moneymaking pursuits. Tommy is a portrayed as a highly intelligent and ingenious character, and he envisions that holding elected political office will offer numerous opportunities to legitimize his business as well as offering a way to gain entry to all the potential inside dealings of government.
His objective is to gain the widest possible access to fame, power, and riches beyond his previous reach as a local crime boss and to achieve the pinnacle of privilege and success. He runs for and wins a seat in Parliament from his home district in Birmingham, running as a Socialist, publicly advocating on behalf of the working class. However, his most important constituents are himself and his family.
In the series, Tommy seizes the opportunity as a newly elected member of the political establishment to operate outside the law and use the powers of the office to align himself as an insider with several powerful government connections with access to various highly lucrative business opportunities associated with the workings of government.
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Whichever lobbyist pays them the most. Certainly not the people they represent.
Themselves.
The Democrat politicians serve the Mexican cartels, the true government of Mexico.
Need proof? Dirty Harry Reid...Hunter "Coke Spoon" Biden.And that's just for starters.
So government is now the Mob? Who knew?
I think Nine Inch Nails provides the answer....
God money, I’ll do anything for you
God money, just tell me what you want me to
God money, nail me up against the wall
God money, don’t want everything he wants it all
[Pre-Chorus]
No, you can’t take it
No, you can’t take it
No, you can’t take that away from me
No, you can’t take it
No, you can’t take it
No, you can’t take that away from me
[Chorus]
Head like a hole, black as your soul
I’d rather die than give you control
Head like a hole, black as your soul
I’d rather die than give you control
[Post-Chorus]
Bow down before the one you serve
You’re going to get what you deserve
Bow down before the one you serve
You’re going to get what you deserve
[Verse 2]
God money’s not looking for the cure
God money’s not concerned about the sick among the pure
God money, let’s go dancing on the backs of the bruised
God money’s not one to choose
[Pre-Chorus]
No, you can’t take it
No, you can’t take it
No, you can’t take that away from me
No, you can’t take it
No, you can’t take it
No, you can’t take that away from me
[Chorus]
Head like a hole, black as your soul
I’d rather die than give you control
Head like a hole, black as your soul
I’d rather die than give you control
[Post-Chorus]
Bow down before the one you serve
You’re going to get what you deserve
Bow down before the one you serve
You’re going to get what you deserve
Bow down before the one you serve
You’re going to get what you deserve
Bow down before the one you serve
You’re going to get what you deserve
Too bad we can’t make the House from normal everyday people, give them a good salary for two years of service, require them to stay in their home district 11 months of the year, telecommuting with DC. Stay in DC one month. No lobbyists allowed.
Make them be representatives again.
If after 2 years of they do well, they can go back to normal life. Do badly, or commit crimes, real consequences.
Term limit two years. No pension,
As for our government-the Demoxrat party is entirely a mafia. When will people wake up?
If prosecuted, The Beast promised to "take down half of DC" with her. Maybe Bammy would take down the rest.
It's a twofer.
CONgress. Making millionaires out of dumbasses for decades.
Filthy, rotten criminals in our house, senate, government. DEPOPULATE them from the body politic. Ready - Aim - Vote. As we say goodbye to hillary, we say hello to Americans. HOORAY Americans!
live - free - republic
Themselves and their party.
Two rival crime families taking turns exploiting the “territory” (the taxpaying citizens) for all they can get...For themselves...Sopranos and Sacomanos come to mind...
Every year, at a big table called Washington, District of Criminals, a 4T$+ jackpot gets cut up...What crook wouldn’t want a seat at that table? And the few who do land there with good intentions are soon enough corrupted and co-opted by the others and their system...Just human nature...
Yes that was going to be my one word answer as well that and Satan
Too bad we can’t make the House from normal everyday people, give them a good salary for two years of service, require them to stay in their home district 11 months of the year, telecommuting with DC. Stay in DC one month. No lobbyists allowed.
Make them be representatives again.
If after 2 years of they do well, they can go back to normal life. Do badly, or commit crimes, real consequences.
Term limit two years. No pension,
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Yeah!. great idea.
A selection process kinda like cross between the draft & jury duty?
Correct. Succinct. Accurate. Next question?
I wager it all and write down...What is China?
Booze, whores and money under the table.
That how Congress Rolls
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