Issues Under Fire

Machiavellianism in psychology refers to a personality trait which sees a person so focused on their own interest, they'll eagerly manipulate, deceive and exploit others to achieve their goals. Ruthlessly ambitious and completely devoid of ethics or a moral compass, Machiavellians are everywhere in every walk of life. So, if you're unfortunate enough to know a Machiavellian, beware, because you're just another stepping stone to their success.

Niccolo Machiavelli, often considered the founder of modern political science wrote The Prince, whereupon his bottom line is thus: "The Ends Justifies the Means", no matter what the means are. According to Machiavelli, lying, cheating, stealing and even the killing of innocents to achieve one's goals are all acceptable behaviors of effective leadership. In Machiavelli's world, good guys finish last.

Imagine if America could hold nationwide referendums on every major issue dividing the country, thereby bypassing a needlessly cumbersome and corrupt political process. By our estimation, issues like immigration and criminal justice reform, the legalization of marijuana, the federal minimum wage, how to provide and pay for national healthcare, how to provide and pay for free college tuition, how to provide pay for a dignified social safety-net for American seniors, as well as how to reduce America's global military footprint would have been dealt with by now.

Hillary Clinton is a staunch supporter of the state of Israel and fully committed to its security. And since Israel has always felt Syria's Bashar al- Assad was a threat to that security Hillary "the hawk" Clinton will be committed to removing him by any means necessary. However, that won't be easy, because a Hillary Clinton administration will have to confront Russia and Iran first to do so.

The insurance companies and professional healthcare providers are making business decisions when they decide whether or not to stay in a particular market or accept an Obama-Care card carrying patient. If they can't see a profit in the patient or the market, that patient and that market won't see any healthcare. Nothing personal, its just business. When enough healthcare providers and insurance companies determine they can't realize a sustainable profit, the entire concept of Obama-Care will collapse.

Still, we feel a little out of the box thinking could yield solutions for some people who've found themselves living outside the law. Firstly, all convicted felons weren't created equally. We're not talking about rapist, child molester and related creeps and perverts. However, those with felony convictions for things like drug trafficking, car jacking, armed robbery, felonious assault, resisting arrest and even "some" crimes involving the loss of life should have an opportunity to clean the slate. Let us explain.

With the Russians "allegedly" providing Democrats and Progressives with hacked email evidence confirming what many already believed about the DNC and Party elites predetermining a Hillary Clinton nomination, it should be easy to portray Clinton as just a political undesirable that was forced upon them. Bernie Sanders supporters will accept this theory without question. And since Trump supporters will accept anything he says about the American political process, he'll have a majority of the electorate convinced Clinton and America's two party system is a farce, a sham and always has been.

Although there's a podcast of the issues mentioned above, Issues Under Fire will return full blast on Monday 10.24.2016 with the juicy details. In the meantime, we'd like to remind our fans and visitors we're still posting classic horror movies Monday thru Fridays at RetroVision Media. Until we return, feel free to browse around and share a few them with a friend.

While there's always a few screwballs and zealots willing to risk a felony to cast an extra vote or two, there's little evidence to support the notion that there's enough of them to sway the outcome of an election. There's also little evidence to indicate America's undocumented element will be participating on election day. Nor is there any evidence to suggest Americans will show up in large numbers with fake I.D.'s or none at all. And since voting machines are carefully monitored by multiple layers of security, rigging an election has to occur on an entirely different level.

Unfortunately, this is tricky business, because when the shit finally hits the fan, the real fighting will take place in an urban setting. Tanks and air strikes will be useless. This is when its gets up close and personal. Human shields will be deployed.

If you're truly looking for truth and guidance, you might be hard pressed to find anything you can trust in the Holy Books. We recommend searching for your mind and heart for your truth and guidance. We all have one of each. If one takes the time to clear

Whether they realize it or not, the United States is about to elect a liar, a lunatic or in the worse case scenario both. This being a fact, its only a matter of time before millennials hear the call for boots on the ground in some God forsaken space on earth. And after enough pictures of children bleeding, mothers crying, suspicions of chemical weapon use, along with the usual accusations of war crimes and crimes against humanity, some naive souls might bite. And that's how the lying lunatic will put your feet in those boots.

Most people get up in the morning and start their day with little thought given to their station in life. Yes, your station in life. We've come to realize the world has been manipulated into a well regulated caste system. And depending upon where one finds or defines one's self in the hierarchy of this "mastermind to misfit" caste system, that will ultimately determine the outcome of one's life. Since its clear the Masterminds reside at the top of the pecking order, we'll start with them first.

If you agree with our position that a life without a mission is a life without purpose or meaning and you still don’t have one, then we’ve got one for you. Your mission today, should you decide to accept it, is to start the process of discovering what your mission in life is to be. Because the sooner you do, the better off your life will be. Trust us, you’ll sleep better too.

The only reason we came in today was to bring attention to the huge stories headlines hidden behind the "News". You won't hear much about Russia contemplating reopening bases in Cuba and Vietnam. You also won't hear much about Russia essentially setting up their own no-fly zone in Syria by sending S-300 and S-400 anti missile systems to Bashar al-Assad. You won't hear much about the Russians telling U.S. forces, any further attacks against the Syrian military will be considered an attack against Russia. What you need to hear about is the new U.S.-Russian cold war.