{"id":30156,"date":"2016-01-31T19:53:52","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T23:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=30156"},"modified":"2016-01-31T20:17:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T00:17:24","slug":"the-deep-state-makes-elections-meaningless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=30156","title":{"rendered":"The Deep State Makes Elections Meaningless!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Deep-state.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30162\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Deep-state.gif\" alt=\"Deep-state\" width=\"600\" height=\"289\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30162\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWindsor, CA<br \/>\nJanuary 31, 2016<\/p>\n<p>by Rich Scheck<\/p>\n<p>I have been a political activist for 45 years. My focus has<br \/>\nbeen on the excesses of the national security state and the<br \/>\nneed to create a new political party to counter it.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you label it the <em>New World Order<\/em>, the Deep State,<br \/>\nthe Military-Industrial Complex, or The Huxwellian World of<br \/>\n2016 as I do, a careful review of the current landscape<br \/>\ndemonstrates clearly that we are governed by a &#8220;power<br \/>\nelite&#8221; of corporate oligarchs and global bankers who<br \/>\ndominate the decision-making process through their<br \/>\nlobbyists, control of elected officials irrespective of party<br \/>\naffiliation, and ownership of the media and other means<br \/>\nof communication.<\/p>\n<p>I have written endlessly about this dynamic and what, if<br \/>\nanything, can be done to transcend it. Even though I long<br \/>\nago concluded that we have passed the tipping point into<br \/>\ntyranny, a decent regard for the opinions of others who<br \/>\ndisagree, as well as the humility borne out of the possibility<br \/>\n(and hope) that I might be wrong, enticed me to soldier on.<\/p>\n<p>In words brimming with truth while lacking any rancor, the<br \/>\nauthor of the following essay has accurately summarized my<br \/>\nyears of research and personal experience.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-01-30\/deep-state-inside-washingtons-shadowy-power-elite\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-01-30\/deep-state-inside-washingtons-shadowy-power-elite<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The article is a grim account of our current reality with a wonderful<br \/>\nconclusion about the theatrics of the 2016 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>It is not for the faint of heart but is essential to those with the courage<br \/>\nto comprehend the challenges we face and the willingness to find a<br \/>\nway forward in the face of such overwhelming barriers to freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}