The Charge of the American Patriots 2016, 2016, 2016 onward, All on the American stage Rode the five hundred. "Forward, the Patriots!" "Charge to save the Country!" he said: Onto the American scene Rode the five hundred. "Forward, the Patriots!" No man or woman dismayed The risks they all knew For the Country must be saved: Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die: Onto the American stage Rode the five hundred. Political corruption to right o...

In a previous article on IVN, I explain what the American Reformation of 2016 is and how it would transform the U.S. government to better serve the people. Below are all the issues it would address for constitutional reformation. Political Parties Our elected officials should be independent thinkers, acting independently on behalf of the best interests of their constituents. Political parties have become conduits for special interest corruption. Entities whose interests come before "We the Peo...

I would like to propose a political movement titled the American Reformation of 2016. The Republican Party implemented a similar strategy in 1994 called the Contract With America. The success they achieved during that midterm election demonstrated the high level of frustration experienced by the U.S. electorate. Over the past 20 years, that frustration has greatly heightened, which may enable independents to step to the forefront of U.S. politics. The movement’s platform would be directed tow...

After decades of political sabotage by both the Republican and Democratic Parties the time has arrived for the Independent voter to come forward, stand up and take back control of our country on behalf of We The People. In the beginning our Founding Fathers envisioned a government, as Abraham Lincoln so eloquently stated almost a century later at Gettysburg, of the people, by the people, for the people. Now, after a century of political betrayal, that vision has become terribly distorted. To b...