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Name: Joel S. Hirschhorn
Weblog: www.delusionaldemocracy.com
Articles: 44
First Published: Saturday, March 17, 2007
Last Published: Monday, November 10, 2008
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Author of Delusional Democracy - Fixing the Republic Without Overthrowing the Government; formerly a senior staffer for the U.S. Congress and the National Governors Association. Co-founder of Friends of the Article V Convention www.foavc.org.
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Currently listing articles 44-1:
  1. A New Political Party Is Needed

    — Current third parties are a failure.

    OPINION in Politics on November 10, 2008

  2. The Anti-Incumbency Movement is Dead

    — Voting out congressional incumbents is a useless strategy.

    OPINION in Politics on November 06, 2008

  3. Shame! Shame! Come Back, Shame

    — First blame, then shame.

    OPINION in Politics on October 03, 2008

  4. Book Review: No Innocent Bystander - Riding Shotgun in the Land of Denial by Mickey Z.

    — Time to stop the excuses.

    REVIEW in Books on October 02, 2008

  5. Deception and Delusion: Dummies for Democracy

    — The only real difference between Obama and McCain is exactly how they will screw the public and benefit the rich and powerful.

    OPINION in Politics on September 09, 2008

  6. Bye Bye Barry

    — Imagine Election Day 2008 has ended.

    OPINION in Politics on August 19, 2008

  7. Working Poor Unready to Revolt

    — The working class is no match for the ruling class.

    OPINION in Politics on August 05, 2008

  8. Our President Should Support More Direct Democracy

    — Trusting the people makes more sense than trusting politicians.

    OPINION in Politics on July 28, 2008

  9. Horrendous Hubris

    — Are you ready for the audacity of arrogance?

    OPINION in Politics on June 26, 2008

  10. Poisonous Plutocracy Pushes Economic Inequality

    — Where is the courage to fight the poisonous ruling plutocracy?

    OPINION in Politics on May 27, 2008

  11. What Are We Waiting For?

    — Change is not necessarily political reform.

    OPINION in Politics on May 19, 2008

  12. After Hillary, Voting With Conscience and Pride

    — It is time to vote against the two-party plutocracy.

    OPINION in Politics on May 09, 2008

  13. How to Get Universal Health Care

    — The right path to obtaining universal health care is a constitutional amendment making it a right for all Americans.

    OPINION in Politics on May 01, 2008

  14. Obama's Crotch Itch Problem

    — Is Obama a little too strange to be president?

    OPINION in Politics on April 26, 2008

  15. The Most Powerful People in America

    — ...

    OPINION in Politics on April 15, 2008

  16. Mending Broken Hearts with Cardiac Rehab

    — ...

    REVIEW in Sci/Tech on March 05, 2008

  17. The Evolution of Evil

    — Article V of the Constitution authorizes the deployment of magical pixies to fix all the world's ills.

    OPINION in Politics on January 31, 2008

  18. False Gods Create False Hope

    — When people rally behind false change agents the national energy for real change is wasted.

    OPINION in Politics on January 17, 2008

  19. 9/11 Truth Manifesto

    — We are patriotic warriors working to nullify group delusion produced by government propaganda.

    OPINION in Politics on December 18, 2007

  20. Obama versus Clinton versus Plutocracy

    — Obama and Hillary on the same ticket would be terrific. With these 2 candidates the country could become a democratic society for 16 years!

    OPINION in Politics on December 11, 2007

  21. First Woman, First Black, First Latino, or First Honest President?

    — Far more radical than the first woman or the first black would be to have the first honest president in a very long time.

    OPINION in Politics on November 20, 2007

  22. The Grand Delusion

    — Voters who vote for Democrats or Republicans become co-conspirators in a grand political criminal conspiracy.

    OPINION in Politics on November 09, 2007

  23. Voting As Political Narcotic

    — America’s political system is a large and complex criminal conspiracy. Most voters enable it without benefiting from it.

    OPINION in Politics on October 31, 2007

  24. Ron Paul Reality Check

    — Is Ron Paul really the Constitutionalist he wants us to think he is?

    OPINION in Politics on October 26, 2007

  25. Satire: How to Interrogate Terrorists - by Colonoscopy

    — To get information out of terrorists, we could just give them free healthcare, particularly the humiliation and pain of a colonoscopy.

    SATIRE in Politics on October 22, 2007

  26. Illegal Immigration Spurs Constitutional Amendment

    — If Congress will not act then it's time to take matters into our own hands and stop illegal immigration.

    OPINION in Politics on October 11, 2007

  27. Time to Boycott Voting

    — Why vote? It just encourages them. Save voting for a reformed political system worthy of respect and participation.

    OPINION in Politics on September 30, 2007

  28. Movie Review: The Kingdom

    — Every once in a while I see a film that seems perfect in every cinematic respect.

    REVIEW in Video on September 26, 2007

  29. 9/11 Truth Movement - Next Step to Justice

    — Our patriotic crusade for 9/11 truth and systemic government reform is still at the first stage. Courage is needed to persevere. Truth does

    OPINION in Politics on September 21, 2007

  30. Painful 9/11 Truth

    — Could years of exhaustive experimentation and testing and the overwhelming documentary evidence be wrong?

    OPINION in Politics on September 04, 2007

  31. Why Has Congress Failed Americans?

    — The Constitution gives us a legal way to correct the uncontrollable imbalance in the government today. We need only call for it.

    OPINION in Politics on August 23, 2007

  32. China's Economic Blackmail

    — China has us by the balls, but then maybe that's the least of our problems.

    OPINION in Politics on August 11, 2007

  33. Americans Stuck In Political Stupor

    — Americans must awake from their political stupor and stop letting themselves be victimized and manipulated by the media/political/financial elites running and ruining our nation.

    OPINION in Politics on July 31, 2007

  34. (Satire) Political Attention Deficit Disorder – New Psychiatric Condition

    — ...

    SATIRE in Politics on June 30, 2007

  35. Thanks for Dick Cheney

    — Yet another left-wing missive on how evil Dick Cheney is... the only thing missing is a Hitler reference.

    OPINION in Politics on June 28, 2007

  36. Are Americans Unready to Boil?

    — Support an Article V constitutional convention for the United States.

    OPINION in Politics on June 28, 2007

  37. Americans Unready to Revolt, Despite Revolting Conditions

    — Something's missing in our political DNA.

    OPINION in Politics on June 28, 2007

  38. An Open Letter to Congressman Ron Paul

    — Dr. Paul. Are you now or have you ever been in favor of a constitutional convention?

    OPINION in Politics on June 27, 2007

  39. The Evils of Lesser Evil Voting

    — Vote for the lesser of two evils and you still get evil and you deserve it too.

    OPINION in Politics on June 27, 2007

  40. Economic Armageddon Is Coming

    — It is time to prevent a global call war before we have economic Armageddon.

    OPINION in Politics on April 27, 2007

  41. From Economic Apartheid to Political Revolution

    — Can Americans wake up to their economic oppression?

    OPINION in Politics on April 06, 2007

  42. How Bloomberg Can Become President

    — With his honesty and wealth, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg can revitalize American politics.

    OPINION in Politics on March 31, 2007

  43. Democracy Dreaming

    — Wake up and smell American democracy.

    OPINION in Politics on March 20, 2007

  44. Taking Democracy Seriously

    — Voting should be mandatory in the U.S. If you don't, you might get fined.

    OPINION in Politics on March 17, 2007

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