Posted on 11/29/2015 5:10:16 PM PST by smoothsailing
November 29, 2015
by sundance
On the day Donald Trump announced his candidacy we stated everything would change. A few days later we predicted he would skyrocket to the top of the polls. Many people dismissed that prediction because much like the elites amid the DC Beltway they have been tuned in to an entirely divergent world of politics filled with shiny things and distractions….
Six months earlier, when we outlined the road map created for Jeb Bush, no-one, literally no-one, was paying much attention.
Next we combined the unexpected rise of Trump with the GOPe road map, and stated clearly and directly that Trump represented a real and existential threat to the professional political apparatus who have carried out the wants-and-needs of Wall Street for three election cycles.
We stated the Industrial Machine that is the modern GOPe will NEVER accept Donald Trump.
We also clearly stated the existential threat that Donald Trump represents will lead to legions of GOPe Republicans supporting Hillary Clinton.
Yes Alice, there is an entire stratosphere of inter-connected alliances who would much rather have Hillary Clinton in office than face the very real possibility of Donald Trump who is singularly focused on what is in America’s best interests.
To give you an idea of who specifically exists in this realm of influence there is one key and current litmus test available for the intellectual reader:
♦ Think carefully about who told you, and/or continues to tell you, that the Citizens United SCOTUS decision was in our best interests. Who sells that absolute false foundational point? The person selling you that position has a vested interest as above.
Anyone, and I do mean A.N.Y.O.N.E., telling us -or an audience- that the Citizens United decision was a good thing, is part of the GOPe propaganda machine. Period. That’s both the easiest and quickest way to define them.
Also, think about this carefully – Faced with Trump -vs- Clinton: Who’s victory would Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin view as being in their best financial interests?
If you don’t have fires, you don’t need firemen; and “if it doesn’t bleed, it doesn’t lead”. Do you remember Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin being valuable before Obama?… Think carefully – Think factually – Think honestly. Now you see why this was needed.
Did CPAC have great attendance when George W. Bush was in office, or was/is sell-out attendance based on President Obama in office.
Donald Trump is an existential threat to much more than dependent liberalism. Trump also represents a threat well beyond the globalists and the billionaire influencers of policy, politics and national activity.
Those of you who are now reading here with eyes-wide-open will fully comprehend that we haven’t seen anything yet. There are trillions of dollars at stake and every aspect around this presidential race is filled with self-interest, this includes the media writ large.
Corporate media have a vested interest in the destruction of Donald Trump on behalf of their ownership. Conservative media, some corporate like Salem Media inc, also have a vested self-interest in the destruction of Donald Trump on behalf of their finances.
Ideologically it’s the perfect storm of parasites: Leftists, Collectivists, Globalists, Brangelina Peaceniks, Wall Street, Corporate Media and Conservative Media all with better forward outlook if they can just eliminate Donald Trump.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Tom Donohue spent over $20 million, in just the Senate, in a six month period, just to get TPP on the docket – * facilitated by Ted Cruz and the glorious “fast-track” rider within TPA (trade promotion authority) Cruz constructed for him.
How much do you think Donohue will spend to keep it there and keep it viable?
$50 million ? $500 million ?
And where do you think these Globalists will spend this money? The job on K-Street is done, votes have already been purchased. There is only one real risk – there is only one “existential threat”.
Trillions are at stake on that single agenda item alone. 40% of the entire globe’s production of goods is involved, and if China and Russia join (which looks likely) then the numbers increase exponentially.
Most people have no idea what TPP is all about. TPA authorization allowed congress to ratify a stealth treaty. “Fast Track”, a rider within TPA, drops the approval threshold to a simple majority – This was the contribution of Senator Ted Cruz.
Remember, even the broad strokes were kept secret, under lock and key, and congressional staffers were not allowed to accompany their boss into the room where it was allowed to be “read only” before the TPA vote.
TPP was kept completely secret – and TPA means only an up-down vote by Congress, with no modification, is allowed. The White House released the 5,544-page text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership The agreement involves 12 countries and comprises nearly 40 percent of global economic output.
Most people, including congress critters, don’t have the will to read this monstrosity. However, there is a a Synopsis FROM THE US GOVERNMENT. Even that synopsis has it’s nasty surprises. Let’s pull out some of the issues:
ENVIRONMENT – As home to a significant portion of the world’s people, wildlife, plants and marine species, TPP Parties share a strong commitment to protecting and conserving the environment, including by working together to address environmental challenges, such as pollution, illegal wildlife trafficking, illegal logging, illegal fishing, and protection of the marine environment….
They reaffirm their commitment to implement the multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) they have joined. The Parties commit to provide transparency in environmental decision-making, implementation and enforcement…..
Finally, the Parties commit to cooperate to address matters of joint or common interest, including in the areas of conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and transition to low-emissions and resilient economies.
THE TEETH! – Unlike some other treaties the TPP has enforcement. Worse, as can be seen if you read between the lines it has ENFORCEMENT FOR OTHER TREATIES!
The Guardian says this about the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement:
Leading arbitration lawyer, George Kahale (chairman of Curtis, Mallet-Provost, Colt & Mosie LLP, an international law firm) says there are critical loopholes in the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s investment chapter that leave Australia wide open:
[…] an MFN clause is tantamount to a classic wipeout move. It would enable foreign corporations from TPP states to make a claim against Australia based on the ISDS provisions in any other trade deal Australia has signed, no matter which country it was signed with.
That means it does not matter how carefully the TPP is drafted: foreign investors can cherrypick another treaty Australia has signed, and sue the Australian government based on the provisions included in that treaty…..†(link)
If you go back to the official US Government synopsis we find:
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT – The Dispute Settlement chapter is intended to allow Parties to expeditiously address disputes between them over implementation of the TPP.
[…] TPP Parties aim to have these disputes resolved through impartial, unbiased panels.
[…] hearings will be open to the public unless the disputing Parties otherwise agree, and the final report presented by panels will also be made available to the public. Panels will consider requests from non-governmental entities located in the territory of any disputing Party to provide written views regarding the dispute to panels during dispute settlement proceedings.
Should consultations fail to resolve an issue, Parties may request establishment of a panel, which would be established within 60 days after the date of receipt of a request for consultations or 30 days after the date of receipt of a request related to perishable goods.
Panels will be composed of three international trade and subject matter experts independent of the disputing Parties, with procedures available to ensure that a panel can be composed even if a Party fails to appoint a panelist within a set period of time. These panelists will be subject to a code of conduct to ensure the integrity of the dispute settlement mechanism.
[…] The final report must be presented no later than 30 days after the presentation of the initial report and must be made public within 15 days, subject to the protection of any confidential information in the report.
To maximize compliance, the Dispute Settlement chapter allows for the use of trade retaliation (e.g., suspension of benefits), if a Party found not to have complied with its obligations fails to bring itself into compliance with its obligations.
[…] Before use of trade retaliation, a Party found in violation can negotiate or arbitrate a reasonable period of time in which to remedy the breach….
So it looks like we got their globalist climate treaty only they called it the Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty.
Well, according to TPP anything agreed on and signed by President Obama in Paris is then enforceable under THIS TPP TREATY.
All of the candidates with red circles are specifically on record supporting TPP; or they have participated in the legislative process to specifically advance TPP.
Within those two answers you’ll discover why the media is hell-bent on his destruction, and massive segments of middle America are fighting on his behalf.
*Currently on leave from Goldman Sachs – While on the Council of Foreign Relations HEIDI S. CRUZ completed a task force report on Building a North American Global Community – she was also an energy investment banker with Merrill Lynch in Houston, Texas. She served in the Bush White House under Dr. Condoleezza Rice as the Economic Director for the Western Hemisphere at the National Security Council, as the Director of the Latin America Office at the U.S. Treasury Department, and as Special Assistant to Ambassador Robert B. Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative. Prior to government service, Mrs. Cruz was an investment banker with J.P. Morgan in New York City.
Just a Reminder, this is an insurgency. – The modern enemy of Wall Street is Donald Trump and a group of Main Street vulgarians. The enemy of the RNC/GOPe is not Democrats, it’s those same grassroots conservatives, more main street vulgarians.
The Republican Party, and the Republican media apparatus, view us as their enemy. We are the enemy they need to protect themselves from:
In 2014, the RNC approved selection rules that govern how each state’s delegates are portioned out from the primaries. Under one of the changes, states holding their primaries between March 1 and March 14 will have their delegates doled out proportionately with election results, a change that will likely stymie a movement candidate.
States that have primaries on or after March 15 will be winner-take-all states.
That’s important because another RNC rule change requires that a candidate must win a majority of delegates in eight or more states before his or her name may be presented for nomination at the 2016 Republican National Convention.
With 18 GOP presidential candidates, for now, it will be that much harder for any candidate to win a majority in any state, let alone eight. (Article July 2015)
Now, ask yourself, why would the RNC want to “stymie a movement candidate“? Who exactly does that benefit? Obviously, the “non-movement†candidate, ie “the turtle“.
Isn’t the entire reason for campaigning in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina etc. to make a movement/momentum?
In addition Rule #40 changed in 2014 from previously five needed state wins, to a newer threshold of eight (8):
Officially, it’s Rule 40 in the RNC handbook and it states that any candidate for president “shall demonstrate the support of a majority of the delegates from each of eight (8) or more states†before their name is presented for nomination at the national convention. (article March 2014)
Again, ask yourself who does this benefit? A candidate can win seven states outright, and still not have their name presented for nomination?
These rules were made/affirmed in 2014 – Who or what exactly was the GOP concerned about blocking in 2016 that would necessitate such rules? When combined with other rule changes you can clearly identify a consolidation of power within the RNC apparatus intentionally constructed to stop the candidate of the GRASSROOTS from achieving victory.
You posted this:
Just reading through the happy horseshat...easy to see this is posted to divide and conquer.
I posted it, you're talking about me. No facts, just an attack. As you say;" Funny that...always when you hit a nerve, the personal attacks just slither out".
Citizen’s United is bad??? We should go back to only unions making contributions
Here is my take. As Rush pointed out at the time, McCain-Feingold was not on the public’s list of priorities at all. The only people who pushed it were journalists. That was true, and they got it.Why would the MSM want CFR? Obviously, CFR limits the freedom of the press of everyone but journalists. The MSM - read, the membership of the Associated Press - is explicitly exempted from any restriction. CFR is a power grab by the MSM. Take it seriously, and FR would have to shut down during election season.
It is silly to talk about freedom of speech restrictions in CFR; it costs nothing to talk. But the defining characteristic of the press, IMHO, is not the technology of printing presses and ink and paper, it is the fact that it costs money to run a press operation. The technologies such as broadcast, cable, internet, whatever, are not explicitly anticipated by the Constitution (that would have been impossible) but they are anticipated in principle. That is clear in the provision that
Progress in the “useful art” of publishing information is therefore anticipated in the Constitution, and all means of communication should be utterly unregulated. Bye bye, FEC. Bye bye, FCC. RIP, Fairness Doctrine.
- Article 1 Section 8.:
- The Congress shall have power . . . To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries . . .
He makes that clear as can be.
Trump could have gone to someone else on immigration but he went to Sessions which shows to me that Trump recognizes the truth when he hears it. I believe that he has good instincts and will listen to the right people on national defense, the economy and other matters because he has the inner compass that is pointing to true north. He is applying his good sense to politics just as he has to business.
Love..much love for Donald Trump and also love others... Ted Cruz who loves this country and the Constitution which is our foundation and keeps us free. This election is not about a man or woman as POTUS, it is about preserving our Republic. The partisan squirrelly battles between all conservative contenders is feeding into the MSM narrative and will only serve to elect Obama’s third term. Please be respectful of fellow conservatives...please do not feed the liberal media beast.
Yes that is the way he runs his life...knowing Trump, he probably has the 4 years of his Presidential Term already made out...lol....
He knows people, high power people, and they are loyal to him and he is just as loyal back....and I have never heard one of his employees bad mouth him, and there have been a few media ‘nosers’ that have snooped around...and you won’t hear people bad mouth him that know him and work with him...he does what he says he’s going to do, and he has fun doing it...
No patriotism, no conscience, no soul. These are the true zombies.
I guess you have a very short memory. I do not refer to someone I am in conversation with as a “dingbat”. Let alone “blithering “. So... Are you a liar? Hate that word “liar”.
“Take it or leave it, that’s fine by me.
Just don’t accuse me of something you can’t back up with facts.
It makes you appear to be a blithering dingbat. Are you?”
I can see your for Cruz...good luck...I am a 100% supporter of Trumps because I like what the man is, what he has done with his life, and what he is doing as an American Citizen to save this Great Country called America..and there's not anyone else that can do and say what he is doing and saying!!!
Ted Cruz has close association with George W Bush.
He worked on George W. Bush^s 2000 presidential campaign as a domestic policy adviser.
Ha ha...myself and family are cheering Trump...keep it with the insults and how many more will believe the media narrative regarding Trump? Way to go to support him right? Wake up! If you want him to succeed then start posting positive messages associated with Trump. This article is not going to gain anyone other than the faithful to each their cause. Pull together. Reagan did just that and that is how he won.
How do politicians get turned by the GOPe? I think the path is not always the same for each politician. I think on one end of the spectrum you’ve got guys like Rubio who are opportunists all the way from day one. These are the ones for whom I reserve my greatest degree of scorn.
Then I think there are guys like Walker, who allow themselves to get used by the RINO consultatnts more out of passivity and naivete than anything else.
Then you have others who get turned gradually without realizing it. More and more, they grow comfortable with the perks. They begin to self-interestedly view the status quo, which they have gradually become a part of, as necessary. They self-servingly convince themselves that all the compromises they gradually started taking were somehow unavoidable. They tell themselves that the party base is naive and just don’t understand how the real world works. This allows them to rationalize their participation in the rigged system rather than fighting it. Paul Ryan strikes me as this type, although maybe he was a RINO all along.
I think Cruz came to the senate for the right reasons, but faced with the difficult realities of financing a Presidential run when you’re not independently wealthy, he has worked with the GOPe/RINO’s out of perceived necessity, foolishly believing he could maintain his independence but in reality has compromised himself to some degree. People who make a bargain with the devil for short term gain always think they can maintain the upper hand. Cruz’s dealings with the GOPe have shown that he’s not in a position to be totally independent of their support.
Just my take.
I didn't say you were a blithering dingbat. I said accusing me of trying to divide and conquer my fellow freepers made you appear to be a blithering dingbat.
Then I asked you if you were one. Clearly an observation and question, not a blatant accusation like you made.
An accusation you need to apologize for since it's unfounded and you can't back it up with facts.
The only dealings Cruz has had with the GOPe, so far as I can remember, involve calling them out as liars and corrupt members of the Washington cartel.
How have such dealings compromised him?
Thank you for sharing a very honest assessment. Not sure that Senator Cruz is compromised as you believe, but also not convinced that a very wealthy man who self funds his campaign is not without an equal dilemma. One may be beholden to big money investors and one may be beholden to no one. Which one of these men will deliver what is BEST for the people who would elect them? I personally truly hope whomever it is will be a strong Constitutionalist, believer in the Republic, Liberty, Freedom and preserving the American way.
That’s a very fair assessment as I see it. Thanks for posting.
Wow Hillary...love your prevarication...very creative!
Another attack. You’re incorrigible.
Later
Well, as Sundance points out, one compromise he made, and which I had forgotten was his (and Rand Paul’s) unwillingness to support Tea Party candidates like McDaniels in the last election cycle. These are perhaps small compromises, depending on your point of view, but they show an unwillingness to go against the RINO establishment 100% of the time.
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