Carroll wrote this book over 150 years ago. It has stood the test of time because of its relevance to human nature. Alice’s confusion reflects the consternation of the electorate today. As characters and events that she encounters become stranger and stranger, Alice resorts to a personal effort at English colloquialism. She expounds that things down here are becoming “curiouser and curiouser.” So says the electorate today.
Down the rabbit hole, things were not as they appeared to be. Reality was a mirage
The United States and the world continue to experience what historians later may label a time of great trauma. From pandemic to economic crisis to continued divisions of cultural identity, many may feel that they have gone down Alice’s rabbit hole. Government reaction in providing legislative solutions feels bizarre, surreal, and questionable in motive. These initiatives, like the characters of Lewis Carroll’s novel, appear to represent one thing when they are, in fact, the reality of another. The rabbit wasn’t just late, he was anxious. Consumed by his compulsive nature, he led a normal Alice down a rabbit hole through his inattentive concern for her curiosity.
Citizens of the United States may feel like they are Alice at the Mad Hatter’s tea party. Many things make no sense. HR 1, the For the People Act, is billed as election reform that will protect minority rights. In fact, the reality is that the legislation enhances the Democratic party’s ability to manage their constituent vote.
The Georgia Senate runoff elections held in January became the testing ground for new laws to allow for party vote orchestration. A number of Biden-Harris campaign volunteers on their way home from the general election activity passed through Georgia and registered to vote. Georgia’s law only requires a street address or domicile, not a proof of traditional residency. Some registered using a friend’s apartment address. Some registered with a Post Office box address.
Runoff ballots were mailed to the addresses on record. Democratic operatives harvested the ballots. The ballots were forwarded to these new registrants. Somehow a signature was obtained, and their votes were counted.
All of the above procedures for conducting an election in Georgia were and are legal under current Georgia voting laws. Georgia has no residency requirement. Harvesting ballots is legal. There is no signature verification required.
Progressives have been aware for some time that it is not against the law to be registered in more than one place. It’s just against the law to vote in more than one place. If HR 1 passes, not only will there not be a residency requirement for federal elections, the bill calls for same-day registration and voting at the precinct. For those out of state, a ballot will be mailed to the voter and harvested similar to the process of the Georgia Senate runoff election.
In 2022, it would be feasible for a group of volunteers to register in more than one state, receive several mail-in ballots, and decide to cast their vote in highly contested elections where their vote would have the most impact. By 2024, HR 1 could lay the foundation for usurping the Electoral College protections. Voters from New York and California could vote in tight elections throughout the country.
In fairness, there are two items in the bill that are efficacious to the process. First, a provision in the legislation calls for the disclosure of all dark money supporting public funding of independent political action committees. Full disclosure and transparency are generally a good thing. And second, no taxpayer money can be used to settle sexual harassment lawsuits of Members of Congress. This has very little to do with elections, but it is good law. This was, in fact, the compendium of the Nuttle Report cited above.
Early voting and voting on Sunday should not be restricted. Minority voting rights can be protected without destroying the integrity of the democratic system that has served us so well for over 244 years.
Other bizarre activities facing the electorate include the Equality Act and the District of Columbia Statehood Act. Again, appearance does not reflect reality.
The Equality Act rescinds the Freedom of Religion Act. The Colorado cake baker in the future will be forced to design a cake for a gay wedding against his religious beliefs. If he fails to comply, he will be forced out of business. The gay couple has many options in Colorado to engage bakeries that will serve a gay wedding. Where is the equality in that act? Where is the protection of religious freedom?
The District of Columbia was established pursuant to Article One of the Constitution. It was never anticipated or contemplated to be a state. It receives a federal budget of $8.8 billion managed by the mayor who is elected by the citizens of the District. They are represented in Congress by observers who have the right to speak and present arguments. There is no logical reason to make the District a state. The District is well-represented and well-funded as a unique geographical functional representation for all fifty states as the nation’s capital. The reality of the reason is for the Democrats to gain two U.S. Senators and one Congressman.
Further, the particular legislation has been marked for advancement to strategically eliminate the filibuster in the Senate. The public is not aware definitively of the protocol mechanisms of the filibuster. DC Statehood is less controversial than the Equality Act. Driving the statehood question while breaking the filibuster procedure then opens the door for Democrats to successfully pass the more controversial items on their agenda. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont obliquely referred to this in a New York Times interview published today.
Outside the rabbit hole, through undistorted images, HR 1 is in reality the “Democratic Party Facilitation Act,” the Equality Act is the “Cancel Culture Act,” and the DC Statehood Act is “Pack the Senate Act.”
Progressives are on course to dictate by law monopolitical theory resulting in ideological nationalism based upon their worldview. Their actions are a direct assault on the Founding Fathers’ theological purpose to establish a republic of diverse states acting in unity to protect universal freedoms. This is a very dangerous course for America.
Alice, in conversation with the Cheshire Cat, pondered the many images and conflicting anecdotes that he represented. He advised her to take any path she wanted. It made no difference for any location in Wonderland was not necessarily a sane destination. He admonished her to acknowledge, “…we are all mad here.” One must escape the rabbit hole to see reality clearly.
America’s founding principles are not so flawed that they must be completely restructured. Reform is necessary. Yet freedom belongs to the individual, inalienable from any state authority.
As government action becomes curiouser and curiouser, in making decisions as citizens for the future of our country, it is best to measure reality as paramount over appearance.
My name is Marc Nuttle and this is what I believe.
What do you believe?