State of the World Candidates meet

Tribulations of 3rd Parties in the USA:

With an ante-script on Fascism



This is the 3rd time I�ve ran for U.S. President, each time presents new challenges as unique situations confront candidates. They say we live and learn, if this is so, then as the United Fascist Union candidate for President, I�ve discovered how hard it is for fringe parties to field candidates. It doesn�t seem it should be this difficult to get on the ballot as a candidate or get new parties recognized in a democratic country. A big part of it is cost. You�ve heard of running on a shoestring, well I often feel I�ve got a shoe without a string. A harsh reality in the Western nations is that because of the capitalist economic system everything revolves around money.



This is fine for millionaires like Clinton, and McCain, who not only have personal fortunes in reserve to call on but, also support from the industrial sector at their disposal. At the same time, this dependency on campaign financing, is one of the chief aspects that prevents that prevents candidates from representing factions that are not so well-funded from gaining ballot status and establishing the parties they represent as legal entities. Whether it is intentional or not, this dependency on large amounts of money prevents the average man from active participation in the political process. This then stops true democratic interaction from occurring between the masses and the organ of state.



But a lack of funds isn�t the only aspect holding minor-party candidates down and preventing their parties from achieving national recognition. An even bigger problem may be the way they�ve designed the political arena in America. They tell us on the one hand, America promotes and protects free speech, and then on the other hand, the powers that be say they won�t allow 3rd party candidates in the national presidential debate as they don�t have a realistic chance of winning. Now, I ask you how are candidates nobody knows are running supposed to have a realistic chance of winning?



When we renewed the United Fascist Union of Luzerne County�s charter in 1996 amended after I accepted the leadership, the lawyer doing our paperwork informed us we could incorporate as a religious association, a social club or a union. Inquiring as to the reason for this he told us, there�s no provision for incorporating new political parties in Pennsylvania. Querying further he informed us, there was nothing we could do to alter the situation short of changing the state constitution.



This inspired us to dig through forgotten tomes and dusty archives in a quest for the alleged freedoms the propagandists of the old Republic claim Americans are supposed to have. We discovered these freedoms, especially when applied to political parties, are largely mythical. Many objections were raised after the USA Patriot Act went into effect; critics claimed it threatened the republican foundation upon which America was founded. Few people recall their have been other pieces of legislation passed that could be viewed as even more objectionable, Ronald Reagan�s Rex 84 protocol and the Smith Act.



Drawing for personal experience we gathered enough signatures in 2000� to get a ballot listing in Indiana but, they denied us this privilege by citing an obscure provincial law declaring the United Fascist Union an un-American association because of Benito Mussolini�s involvement with the Axis powers during World War Two. These are just a few examples to illustrate some obstacles 3rd parties face in modern America. Indeed there are many more but, as always, time is a mitigating factor.



I read somewhere once that in the high echelons of government Germany�s top brass realized they had lost the war in 1942. However, despite the hopelessness of their cause, the German government forced their men of arms to fight on without any hope of winning. This was done because the National Socialist Party didn�t want to risk lifting �The War Time Emergency Powers Act�, call a general election and, risk losing power to another faction having led the nation in a disastrous war. So you see, the SYSTEM never wants to quit being the system regardless of whether another faction would provide better government or not.



There is no doubt in my mind at all corporate statism could provide our country with a better economic foundation than can the lasses-faire capitalist elite who are running the show now. Fascism has always brought peace, plenty, and prosperity to any land fortunate enough to have a fascist government. Benito Mussolini said, he designed Corporate Statism to bridge the gulf between the classes and raise the general standard-of-living by creating economic equality. Corporate Statism is the only modern economic system that�s proven it works in country after country every time.



As the spokesman for the United Fascist Union I�ve discovered one of our biggest problems is straightening out the public�s view of what fascism is. You can blame the public school system in America, at least in part, for the way the masses are. When I was a boy we read from an American History textbook that devoted two pages to World War One, and three or four to World War Two. Now what pray tell is one supposed to learn from such a book?



Politics is important; as it�s through the political arena the powers that be control all our lives. Make no mistake about it friends, whether through e-tests on our cars or zoning laws, local and national governments manage our lives for us. So, if you are to regain control of your life it�s important you know how governments work. Also, understand that the people in power count on you being ignorant of the art of politics to control you.



Politics comes from the word �POLICY�, implying to make policies for public welfare. Theoretically, they should be policies in conjunction with popular will for the general good of the community as a whole. So, the only reason to be involved with politics is to help people live better lives. The State, theoretically anyway, should provide citizens with freedom under the law. This under the law seems to be the tricky bit, because of the flaw in the basic nature of men. Those in power seem to want more power at the expense of those who can�t fight back. It was this basic dynamic Benito Mussolini hoped to defeat when he outlined CORPORATE STATISM.



The gnosis of fascism is the theory of the organic state, whose subjects are component parts of the greater whole. The state becomes a life form unto itself endowed with a life force gathered from the vital will of the nationality residing in it. Happy, healthy citizens content in their culture, working within the established paradigm of the country transfer wellness and health to the body politic which in turn, provides good government for the people of their realm.



A nation with mounds of pointless legislation like e-tests for motor cars and seat belt regulations designed purely to control the common peoples action and bridle personal property, is a sick country populated by a diseased or a despisable people. The Gods know what Benito Mussolini would make of America were he alive today, with its legal drinking age, and laws prohibiting minors from buying beer. He would probably compare it to a zoo, where a caged animal rips out its own fur to combat the boredom of confinement.



One thing we must be aware of regarding fascism is, it�s a left-wing ideology, it�s core being Corporate Statism. Corporate Statism is a radical form of socialism designed to be the great equalizer bridging the gap between the classes. The founders of our sect were wise enough to realize you can talk all you want about racial equality, religious equality or sexual equality, yet none of it�s worth a tinkers-damn unless you�ve achieved ECONOMIC EQUALITY first.



In a fascist nation-state the federal government works to make a profit for the masses instead of using them for gain as is common in a capitalist system. It can do this because in a fascist country the government is run like a corporation, to make a profit for the general welfare of the entire country, instead of special interest groups as democratic governments do. So, a fascist economy is the only system that constantly pays the people like a corporation does its shareholders.



A government that actually gives something back to the masses in an attempt to improve the quality of life is better than one that continually takes and leaves the public with nothing. Therefore, with fascism we can transform the federal government from an entity that serves special interest groups to one that serves You. Doesn�t that sound better than being a patsy for a parasite that uses you as voting cattle to make a greedy elite richer?



We believe using fascism as a tool we can usher in a new golden age of peace, plenty, and prosperity that will turn the planet earth into a paradise.



Mr. J. Grimes

for the UNITED FASCIST UNION

City of Wilkes-Barre

In the Province of Pennsylvania

on the 4th day, in the month of May; in the

Year of our Lord Two Thousand and Eight