Ke manaʻo nei ka poʻe a pau e pili ana i ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo a ka ʻAha Kiekie "Citizens United 2" McCutcheon. ʻO ka mea a mākou e kamaʻilio nei ʻaʻole e hopohopo iaʻu.
ʻO ka mea hoʻohenehene, ʻo ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau i ʻike ʻia e ka poʻe ma ka hema ʻo ia wale nō ka pōmaikaʻi o ka hoʻoholo e mālama i ke kālā a me ka ʻōlelo manuahi me he mea lā he mea like lākou, ʻaʻole hauʻoli pū me ia. Ua makemake lākou, a loaʻa paha, ka hopena o nā hoʻoponopono kālā hoʻolaha āpau.
Mālama kēia hoʻoholo i kēlā me kēia kanaka i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā pāpale a, i ka manaʻo o ka Pono ʻaʻole i hele lōʻihi loa, ʻoiai i kā lākou kaua ʻana i nā ʻoki a me nā ʻoki he nui, ʻike maopopo lākou i nā kānāwai a me nā kulekele e hele nei i ko lākou ala.
Inā he hōʻailona ka piʻi ʻana o ka leka uila i hoʻopiha ai i kaʻu pahu pahu, ʻike ʻo Dems a me nā mea holomua i nā huaʻōlelo apocalyptic-ʻo ka hopena o ke aupuni democracy e like me kā mākou e ʻike ai a me ka nod hope loa i ka plutocracy, inā ʻaʻole fascism. ʻO ka hapa nui o kēlā mau leka uila e hōʻole ana i ka Supremes no ka lawelawe ʻana i nā pono o ka papa i hoʻokomo iā lākou ma laila, ua komo pū me kahi pitch hou no ke kālā.
ʻO ke kālā, ka meli—ʻo ia ka inoa o ka pāʻani i loko o kā mākou ʻoihana politika. A, ʻo ia ka pāʻani a nā Democrats e pāʻani pū ai. Pono lākou, e haʻi iā ʻoe, e noho "hoʻokūkū." Hoʻohewa mau lākou i ke kālā nui i ka wā e hoʻāʻo nei e loaʻa i ka nui o ia mea e like me ka hiki. Ina he kue ia, pela no!
E noʻonoʻo i ke ʻano o nā haneli miliona i ninini ʻia i loko o ka politika i kōkua kālā i ka maʻi lolo a me ka stalemate i loaʻa iā mākou iho.
Hoʻomau ia i ka pāʻani e hele-a ulu. Hoʻoikaika ia i ka manaʻo i ʻike ʻia he ʻoihana nui ka politika me kahi pūʻali koa o nā hui pāʻina, nā lobbyists, nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo, a me nā limahana e hānai ana i ka pā.
A laila aia ka pūʻali parasitic o nā mea hoʻopuka a me nā poʻe loea e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ko lākou hele ʻana i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa pau ʻole e pili ana i kēlā me kēia piʻi a me lalo o nā mea a lākou e hoʻokō ai, a ʻoi aku paha, ʻaʻole i pau.
E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomanaʻo ʻoiai ʻoiai nā wānana o ka pōʻino, ua lanakila ʻo Pelekikena Obama i ke koho balota hou ʻana, me ka lanakila ʻana i nā brigades o nā piliona kālā a me nā hōʻeuʻeu media. Ua ʻimi ʻo ia i nā haʻawina liʻiliʻi, a ua hoʻohana i ka "ʻikepili nui" i hana ʻia e ka NSA i mea kaulana.
ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke koho balota, a i ʻole he "hoʻohuli" i nā helehelena hou i kēlā me kēia lā, a hele loa ma mua o nā Kiekie. E noʻonoʻo i nā hana ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka poʻe liʻiliʻi e koho balota. Auhea ka inaina no ia mea?
Hiki ke hahau ʻia nā keikikāne kālā nui, akā inā ʻoe e hoʻonohonoho mai lalo mai, ʻo ia kahi mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia me ka nui o kā mākou buzz politika i hana ʻia ma ke alahele kahi o kahi pūʻulu ʻino o nā poʻe hoʻopunipuni a me nā curmudgeons dopey mai ʻelua. mokomoko kekahi i kekahi, me ka hoowahawaha o ka lehulehu e hai mai ana i ka poe koho balota i ko lakou mahalo iki i keia mau leo leo i na lole.
Inā nalowale ka ʻAhaʻōlelo - ʻaʻole pono - ʻo wai ka mea e poina?
Inā makemake ʻoe i kekahi mau scandals maoli ʻaʻole i ka media, e nānā koʻikoʻi i ka media. ʻO ia ke kikowaena o ko mākou kūlana politika. ʻAʻole naʻe i uhi ka media i kona hopena, a ʻo ka hapa nui i hōʻole ʻia he hoʻokahi. Haʻi ia i ka poʻe hoʻohewa ʻaʻohe mea e hoʻolohe a haʻi i nā mea hoʻolaha i ke kū'ē loa.
E nānā i ka piʻi ʻana o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana o ka media a me nā mea i hala no nā papahana ʻike. No ke aha ʻoe i manaʻo ai he ʻike ʻole ka lehulehu? Ua haʻalele ʻo Comic David Letterman i hoʻokahi makahiki i ʻoi aku ka nānā ʻana ma mua o nā hoʻopunipuni o kēlā me kēia lā i ka mea mele a Peter Tosh i kapa mua ʻia ʻo 'politricks.'
E nānā i ka piʻi ʻana o Fox News i hala #1 no nā hapaha 49 i hala iho nei a aʻo e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana o Murdoch & Co i ka hoʻoweliweli a me nā kālā nui e kūʻai i ko lākou ala ma ka lewa a, a laila, loaʻa kālā mai kahi ʻōnaehana i nā mea hoʻolako kelepona nui (a, mākou, kā lākou mea kākau inoa) e holo ana i kāna faux uku ka nūhou no ka hapa nui o ia mea, ʻaʻole nā mea hoʻolaha.
I kekahi lā aʻe, e kamaʻilio ana au me kekahi o ka Public Citizen's articulate Democracy for the People organizers e hakakā nei i ke kālā nui ma ka politika me nā haneli mau hanana kūʻē i nā kūlanakauhale ma ke kalana.
Ua nīnau au inā ua uhi ʻia kā lākou mau hana ma ka media. Ua kuhikuhi ʻo ia i kahi kiʻi ma aneʻi a i ʻole kiʻi ma laila, akā ua ʻae ʻo ia ua ʻeleʻele ʻia kāna mau hana e nā hale kūʻai e hoʻopiʻi nei iā Rūsia i kēia manawa no ka hōʻino ʻana i ka demokala ma…ʻo Crimea a me Ukraine. (Holo nā ʻOligarchs i kēlā mau ʻāina e like me ka holo ʻana o ka 1% i kā mākou.)
ʻAʻole i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka mālama ʻana i ka democracy ma ʻaneʻi he moʻolelo sexy, no ka mea ʻaʻohe incarnation o ka "ʻino" e like me Putin e bash.
I ko mākou nānā ʻana i ka hoʻoholo McCutcheon, e hoʻomanaʻo kākou i nā hoʻoholo ʻē aʻe a mākou e nānā ʻole ai no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou i hele mai iā mākou me nā ʻaʻahu ʻeleʻele.
I ka manawa like, ua ʻike ka ʻAha Roberts ua hewa ka ʻōnaehana politika, akā ʻaʻole lākou makemake e hana i kekahi mea. Ua kākau ʻo Jeffrey Toobin ma New Yorker, "Inā ʻoe e manaʻo he hewa ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo a ka ʻAha Kiekie ma McCutcheon vs. Federal Election Commission, e kali wale: ʻoi aku ka ʻino ma ke ala."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua ʻōlelo ka hapa nui o ka ʻAha ua kūʻē lākou i ka palaho akā wehewehe lākou:
"Ke wehewehe nei ʻo Roberts i ka palaho "quid pro quo" e like me ke kīpē maoli, hiki i ka ʻAha'ōlelo ke hoʻokuke. Akā ʻo ka manaʻo o ka mea a Roberts e ʻōlelo nei, ʻo kēlā me kēia mea pōkole o ke kīpē pololei e pale ʻia e ka Hoʻololi Mua.
E kaha i ka hua'ōlelo "kahi mea!"
E hōʻeha ana kēia hoʻoholo i nā Repubalika, wahi a Peter Beinhart ma ka ʻAkelanika no ka mea e hoʻokūpaʻa ana i ko lākou inoa ma ke ʻano he pāʻina e, no, a me ka poʻe waiwai.
Ua kākau ʻo ia, "I ka Lāpule i hala, Matt Dowd, Ua kapa ʻia ʻo George W. Bush ke akamai a me ka noʻonoʻo kūʻokoʻa kālai'āina mua, "he ʻakaʻaka" ke manaʻo ʻo "ʻo ka honi ʻana i Las Vegas e honi i ke apo o kahi mea nona ka hale pili kālā" e kōkua i nā Repubalika "e koho i pelekikena." Pololei ʻo ia. Hōʻoiaʻiʻo ia i ke kiʻi pono o nā Repubalika e pono e lanakila.
ʻO ka hoʻonui nui ʻana o ka hilinaʻi ʻana o ka GOP i nā mea hāʻawi nui e hōʻemi ʻia ka hana ʻana o ka pāʻina i nā kulekele hou e hoʻopiʻi i nā poʻe koho koho polū e pono ai e lanakila.
No laila, ʻae, ʻino ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo o ka ʻAha no ka poʻe o mākou e manaʻoʻiʻo nei, ʻaʻole pono e hoʻomalu ʻia ka politika e ka superrich, a me kā lākou ʻoihana hui.
Akā ʻaʻole, ʻaʻole e hoʻopololei ʻo McCutcheon i ke aupuni democracy Good Ship, e like me kēlā mokulele Malaysia, ua hele mua paha i kēlā mau nalu. ʻO ka mea ma mua ʻo Davey Jones Locker i kēia manawa no John Roberts a me kāna mau kāne i ka ʻeleʻele.
ʻO ka hope, e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka mea i uhi ʻia. Aia ka poʻe Malaysia ma ke alanui e kūʻē ana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kā lākou pōʻino mokulele. ʻIke lākou iā Fox a me CNN ma ke ʻano he media ʻAmelika. Ke kāhea nei lākou i ka boycott, e hōʻino ana i ka US TV ma ke ʻano he hana ʻole a hoʻopunipuni no ka hōʻailona ʻana iā Malaysia ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoweliweli, ma waena o nā hewa a me nā hewa.
He aha kā lākou ʻike e pili ana i kā mākou media i ʻike ʻole ʻia e ka hapa nui o ʻAmelika?
News Dissector Danny Schechter blogs ma Newsdissector.net a hoʻoponopono iā Mediachannel.org. ʻO kāna puke hou loa ʻo Madiba AtoZ: The Many Faces of Nelson Mandela (Madibabook.com) Comments to [pale ʻia ka leka uila].