The Title: AMERICA ON THE BRINK... was chosen to call attention to the deterioration that has nearly cost us our Democracy. Some of the reasons are given in the division of points that have been made in this book. They include Leaders and Leadership, referring first of all to the current makeup of both houses of Congress, whose history will go down as one of the most destructive on record, to date. The makeup of this Congress is riddled with corrupt members that have been paid by the Koch brothers, who own the second largest private enterprise. The Koch brothers, empire started 80 years ago, when their grandfather Harry Koch moved to America, from the Netherlands and settled in a remote area in Texas. In 2014, Rolling Stone magazine printed the story under the title: "Inside The Koch Toxic Empire." The story moves on as they describe the Koch history. The chief goal of the empire as it grew, was to make money. Under Harry the company expanded rapidly by investing in a wide variety of businesses, including the railroad and oil. It grew larger when Fred Koch, son of Harry earned two Ph.D. degrees in engineering and invented the process know as fracking, a method of getting oil from shallow drilling. The process was very well excepted, as it was far less expensive way of getting oil quickly. Fred was now an integral part of the company. Even though they had not been in business for a very long time, the company and its assets were tied up in court because of bad business practices. Cash was needed. Fred was inventive also in finding new sources for income. Joseph Stalin became the new leader in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution. He started reforming the country by five year plans. Fred contacted him and an agreement was made to build 15 of these units that were included in the first five year plan, in the 1920's. Fred did not go to Russia at the outset of this contract and the work progressed. Some years later he went to Russia and was shocked of what he saw of the country and its people. This new regime had reduce their people to their lowest levels. Fred canceled their contract, but before leaving gave Stalin the information for making these units. Fred came back to America, then in 1934 went to Germany and built the third largest oil industry for Adolph Hitler, which help to supply the much needed oil used in World War II. The other element that helped to shred our Democracy, was aided by the insidious infiltration of our whole structure by Communism. In the early 1960's a Senator Joseph McCarthy started a witch hunt for "those commies". His hate campaign lasted for over three years, before it came to an end, devastating thousands of lives in the process. One of the results of this period was that the use of the word Communist was dropped and replaced with Socialist, which now has common use. The Korean War, President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Robert "Bobby" all shot down. Nixon Impeached, pardoned by President Ford, the Regan years, George H. W. Bush, William Jefferson Clinton, George W. Bush, bombing of the twin towers in New York City, then the Iraq war, Obama who Senator Mitch McConnell vowed would not see a second term. Now end of a second term and the vote for the next President with the Republican contender Donald Trump, that was said recently to be the "worst candidate for President, since the founding of our country, 240 years ago. This election is the most critical since the Civil War, 148 years ago. Will it be an oligarchy with a few at the top, Communism that has been very active since its inception and have "duped" most Americans, or will Our Democracy be Restored? The system we chose will be answered on November 8 2016, election day. The vote is in your hands America. Vote Your Moral Conscience. Will we live under a dictatorship or regain our values of a moral and ethical freedom under the Guidance from the Creator of All? Make the right choice America.
