PHOTO PROMPT ©Jill Wisoff
MAMMON INC.
Buddy Bob was railing about politicians, and how they interfere with our lives, especially financially – laws, rulings, regulations, taxes, duties, levies, tariffs – control our every move, and milk us dry.
I told him that he was right – in a way – but it all started here. Politicians are just the mouthpiece, the head of the ventriloquist’s dummy. This is corporate America, the center of the real power behind the throne.
You don’t think Donald Trump got elected on his intellect and wit. Those aren’t telephone lines coming from those castles; they’re marionette strings, pulled by the puppet-masters. Speak Donald! Dance Donald!
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Go to Rochelle’s Addicted to Purple site and use her Wednesday photo as a prompt to write a complete 100 word story.
Archon's Den 
This was absolutely wonderful! I loved this so much, especially since I follow U.S. political comedians so regularly. 😉
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I try not to follow American politics too closely, from here in Canada, but it’s so pervasive. It’s the same all over. Hold your nose and vote. 😯
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I agree with Kasturi… follow the comedians, not the politicians 😉
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Corporate America is the centre of the real power behind the throne. Yes. Who are the masters?
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My guess??! The Illuminati. 😳 😉
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Yes, because we know Orange Foolius isn’t bright enough to come up with this shit himself.
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The man couldn’t organise an orgasm in a
Whitewhore-house. 😛LikeLiked by 2 people
There’s a gun – Donald, duck!
Welcome to Keith’s Ramblings!
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After the No Such Agency sieves those two words out of the same sentence, expect a visit from a couple of black Cadillac SUVs. Thanx for the visit, but please don’t mention my name during
waterboardinginterrogation. 😳LikeLiked by 1 person
Fun flash. It’s the impression we all get, that ‘someone’ is moving the strings… If it’s any consolation, it’s happening all over the world…
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It’s no consolation. Here in Canada, we have a drama-instructor son with a famous father’s name, barely old enough to vote, much less run a country, saying Care-Bear things like, “The budget will balance itself from the heart out.” 😯
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Ugh…. I am soooo disappointed in him…
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In a world gone mad, politician-wise, it’s hard to pick out the biggest fools. There’s certainly a top five – or would that be ten? – world leaders who are a disgrace to their countries. How many of them are puppets being manipulated is another, scary question.
(It’s a good story when you get the reader thinking!)
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The Mine’s bigger than yours ones are the most dangerous. I had merely intended this as a bit of humor, but humor is often used to incite thinking. 😛
Thanx for the visit, and the lovely comment. 🙂
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Extremely well done, Archon… I love how you did this.
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Why, thank you. I thought that I was just poking a little fun, as usual, and find that I’ve been politically astute. Do you suppose that there’s two minds inside this thick skull??! 😆
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There just might be, my friend… 😉
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Fun piece.
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Thanx for dropping around to enjoy it. 🙂
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Great take on the picture.
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Thank you so much. 🙂
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Money makes the world go round, as they say.
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Money’s not important – unless you don’t have any. It does a lot of things….some of them good. 🙂
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A great take on the prompt. It’s scary to think the corporations are controlling the politicians, but too easy to believe.
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The best that we can hope for, is enlightened self-interest. but it’s not what we usually get. 😦
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And sadly, it’s not Julie Andrews working those strings. 😦
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Is that why there were no telephones in the von Trapp mansion??! 😳
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One hopes that the strings break, but then what will we get ?
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What we’ve got, is already too highly strung. 😯 Calm, Donald, calm!
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