DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans: No More Gangs in Government

by Jesse Ventura, Dick Russell (With)

Overview

DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans uncovers the truth about how corporations have bought the American electoral and legislative process through the power of lobbyists, campaign contributions and political action committees. Covering historical details such as the development of the two-party system and the advent of third-party candidates throughout US history, DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans exposes how the two-major parties, acting like a gang-land cabal, have allowed corporations, businesses and politically-motivated wealthy individuals to manipulate elections, bribe elected officials and, in short, silence the average American voter.

Exposing the ineptitude of both parties at insuring the integrity and vitality of American democracy, Jesse Ventura advocates the replacement of the two-party system for a no party system based on the ideals of our Founding Fathers. As election time rolls around, this is most certainly the book that should be looked at for reforming our electorate system. The knowledge and research that have gone into DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans is unmatched, and if there was to be change, this is most certainly where it should start!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626363755
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	05/01/2013
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	879 KB

About the Author

Jesse Ventura is the former independent governor of Minnesota. He is also a former US Navy frogman, a professional wrestler, a movie actor, a visiting fellow at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including American Conspiracies, 63 Documents the Government Doesn’t Want You to Read, and Don’t Start the Revolution Without Me! He was the host and executive producer of truTV’s Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura, which won the Stony Award from High Times magazine in 2010. He was also the host of the political talk show Off The Grid, which aired on RT America and online at Ora.tv. He has a reputation as a rebel and a freethinker, and he has no qualms about questioning authority. He spends half the year in Baja, Mexico and the other half in his home state of Minnesota.

Dick Russell has written for such varied publications as Time, Sports Illustrated, and the Village Voice.His books include The Man Who Knew Too Much, Black Genius, and On the Trail of the JFK Assassins. He is also the coauthor of several New York Times bestsellers, including American Conspiracies, 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read, and They Killed Our President.

Table of Contents

Introduction What's Changed Since the Election xiii

Chapter 1 Gang Warfare: Democrips vs. Rebloodlicans 1

Chapter 2 What the Founders Said (and Did) 9

Chapter 3 "The Natural Order of Things Today" 19

Chapter 4 The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Poorer 29

Chapter 5 What the Two Gangs Do for the Rich 41

Chapter 6 Lucrative Lobbying: What the Rich Can Do for the Gangs 65

Chapter 7 Running for Office: Super PACmen 83

Chapter 8 What the Politicians Get and Get Away with That You Can't 99

Chapter 9 The Obama Administration: Spare Change You Can Believe In? 115

Chapter 10 The Rebloodlican Race to the Bottom 135

Chapter 11 This Is Your Tea Party on Koch 155

Chapter 12 Poll-Cats: The Stealing of Democracy 169

Chapter 13 Big Media's Collusion with the Gangs 183

Chapter 14 The Devilish Marriage of Church and State 209

Chapter 15 Is the Bill of Rights in the Shredder? 233

Chapter 16 Third Parties in America 259

Chapter 17 Ron Paul: A Man for This Season 273

Chapter 18 Where Do We Go from Here? A Call for a No-Party System 287

Acknowledgments 305

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Providing crisp, well-paced narration that perfectly captures the author's gruff, no-nonsense attitude and straight-shooting personality . . . Heller's reading presents the book's theories, facts, and historical examples in a clear fashion that will keep listeners engaged until the very end." —-Publishers Weekly Audio Review

Editorial Reviews

Activist Dick Russell and…Jesse Ventura have authored or coauthored free-thinking manifestoes…In their new opus, they lace into our two political parties, which they have view as rival gangs preying on the public. At the heart of their diatribes though are the corporations, business, and billionaires who use the now unbridled powers of lobbyists to exact their will on our citizenship. With a proposal that crosses ideological lines, they argue that we should return to the no-party system of our Founding Fathers.”

editorial review Barnes & Noble

"Providing crisp, well-paced narration that perfectly captures the author's gruff, no-nonsense attitude and straight-shooting personality…Heller's reading presents the book's theories, facts, and historical examples in a clear fashion that will keep listeners engaged until the very end." ---Publishers Weekly Audio Review

From the Publisher

Thank goodness, then, for the blast of fresh air that is Jesse ‘the Body’ Ventura. . . . When it comes to the battle between liberal sanctimony and conservative obstinance known as the culture wars, he appeals to both sides. . . . The college crowd likes him because he calls out corporate greed and isn't afraid to connect the dots between rich donors and the legislative process. (He was also once a visiting fellow at Harvard, thereby making him, by his own account, a Harvard professor.) The ‘real folks’ like him because he never finished college himself, thereby proving that hard work (like professional wrestling) can take you further than a fancy degree.

Los Angeles Times