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Dear Friends: 

In typical Canadian fashion, and in all good conscience, I have to start with an apology to our American neighbours and cousins for some of the mean things I say about you, Donald Trump and the Republicans! The political opinions expressed here were not written out of malice or vindictiveness, but rather as a reflection on a society that was once considered the greatest nation on the face of the earth.

Sitting up here in the “Great White North” affords us an interesting yet detached view of what is happening in the United States of America and puts us in the unique position of being able to observe and comment about American society without the emotional and political baggage that goes along with it!

America reached its zenith as a country back during the JFK years and it was called "Camelot" for a good reason. Then along came 'Tricky Dick,' and this is when the Republican Party started the long, slow slide into greed, partisanship, and dishonesty! From Watergate to the Iran-Contra affair to George W Bush declaring an illegal war in the Middle-East the only “principles” the Republicans seem to have now is driven by profit and power.

The post World War ll United States was the greatest nation the world had ever seen and Donald Drumpf was absolutely right when he says you should try to "Make America Great Again!" Unfortunately, he's going about it in the worst way possible, and between various groups and ideologies, this slide from greatness just seems to be accelerating!

On the surface, there’s not much difference, if any, between the average American and Canadian citizens. Unfortunately down in the States, since you are ten times our size, there are so many more pockets of nut-cases, extremists, fanatics, idiots and bigots walking around that are doing great harm to your entire country. The only solution to this problem is taking power away from special interest groups because that's what makes or breaks a country, and in this area, the United States has been sadly lacking lately.

I have said this before and I will say it again just so there are no mistaken ideas about what I mean!

Don the Con Trumplethinskin won the Presidency of the United States through fraud and duplicity in many ways, but two of the main factors was the RNC's practice of gerrymandering electoral districts and Russia's concerted meddling in the election itself.

Don't let anyone tell you different folks, we already have evidence of massive subversion in various social media and God only knows what else will be exposed before everything is said and done!

Since Drumpf got to be POTUS through crooked ways I propose a few solutions to this problem that will go a long way to restoring things to their natural balance in the American political system.

The first is to get rid of TRUMP. I don't care how you do it but the guy is an embarrassment to the entire country and the sooner he goes..................., the better!

Second, to go a long way toward fixing the political process in the U.S. of A. install John Kasich and Joe Biden as Co-Presidents for the duration of this term, and then think about making this arrangement permanent, or at least adding a viable third party like the Libertarians to the system.

And third, (This is the big one folks!) get rid of Lobbying and Lobbyists.

Ladies and Gentlemen, lobbying is nothing more than a legalized system of corruption, bribes and double-dealing that totally ignores the wishes of the electorate and puts the government solely in the hands of special interest groups.

There ya go folks, as easy as 1. - 2. - 3. (Now please don't think that we are free of these problems up here in Canada, because we're not......., you just have a lot more of it down there!)

The way I see it anyway!

Allan W Janssen