11/20/08 (link)



Does the Kennedyesk, Lincoln worshiper have a terminal illness?

11/17/08

American Experience Jonestown part 3 of 8


Some aspects not covered in the video below, or mainstream media coverage of Jonestown massacre anniversary.

Interesting, and plausible speculation about the political nature of Jonestown includes that it was from the start, a CIA operation, or that it was infiltrated and corrupted by the CIA to discredit socialism.

In any event, it would appear Jim Jones was never a particularly psychologically stable individual.

Also of interest, is the broad array of political figures with whom he was associated, many of whom remain prominent in American politics, and power.

11/12/08

Evidence of Revision (5 of 5):RFK assassination, MK ULTRA + Jonestown massacre


About mind control, from everyday common mind control to stuff like Jim Jones, Jonestown massacre. Jonestown massacre anniversary 11/18. Jim Jones stuff in the video starts at 19:10. The creepy laughter you'll hear under a Jonestown member's brainwashed induced hatred, is Jim Jones himself.

The massacre is associated with the death of U.S. Congressman, Dem., CA, Leo Ryan, the first, and to date, only death of a U.S. congressman in line of duty. There is speculation that Congressman Ryan's death was a function of his prying into CIA covert operations. Congressman Ryan was pressing legislation to make CIA covert operations answerable to congress. It is suspected Jonestown was one such operation.

I don't see any scientific justification for the implied form of research. It appears such programs are run by psychologically disturbed individuals. The CIA should be brought to account.

Senate Finance Chief Calls for Making Health Coverage Mandatory

"Baucus of Montana, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said in a health-care blueprint released today that only a mandate could ensure people didn't wait until they were ill to buy health insurance, forcing up the price for everyone."

The best preventative medicine is avoiding doctors.

YouTube: Keith Olberman on gay marriage -- I always suspected Olberman of being a schmuck. Now I know he's a schmuck. Hey Olberman, they've got some CIA operations down in South America you might be interested in heading up. Oh, yeah, sorry, you're heading up one already, right here in the United States.

Olberman rants that the issue is love. Really Olberman, you're making this too easy. I mean, you're trying to tell us that in order to love, one requires a state license? Olberman's angle on the subject is so flimsy it hardly inspires response. It's only the dangerous level of emotion with which he's charged his pointless rant that inspires any inclination at all. Jim Jones would be proud. Not to mention the insulting charge that gay marriage dissidents just want to deny gay couples love.

Let me guess, Olberman, you never studied much philosophy at university, am I right?

What makes a human being is in large part a function of enculturation, their up bringing, and this includes parents, schools, and society at large. We don't have instincts to tell us what to do with our sex organs. Homosexuality is not, by and large, genetic. Institutionalizing homosexuality, beyond tolorance, which is what the homosexual community wants, is tantamount to child abuse.

Homosexuality, and heterosexuality are not equal, and the obvious distinctions have nothing to do with hate or prejudice, or social whim (or denying gay couples love). There are deep ideological differences at play. Many heterosexuals view marriage as an institution specific to heterosexuals, with same sex marriage going beyond mere tolerance of another's views, ethics, and morality, to being forced to accept, and adopt another's views, ethics, and morality themselves -- or alternatively, to accept a diminished view of the institution of marriage, to sanctify homosexual marriage at the expense of the original intent of the concept, institution of marriage, the sacred union of a man, and a woman. It is equivocation to say that water fountains, bus seats, education facilities, equal opportunity, and so on with regards to human beings of different races is the same thing as the sexual, and relationship bonds between same sex couples, and heterosexuals. That is the central question.

Further, the Constitution does not provide for same sex couples marriage rights.

From the standpoint of the Constitituion, one might argue marriage between same sex couples is permissible as long as it does not violate another's rights. Does it? I think it does, and therefore advocates need another approach.

The operative misfortune in this issue is that the State has anything to do with marriage at all. If the law was not involved, there would be no issue. Since the law is intertwined with this, one of the most sensitive of human relationships issues, the question should be, how can the State best deal with it so as to at once maintain good legal sense, and the sanctity of the human sensitivities involved.

Perhaps the law should recognize only "civil unions," with the concept of "marriage," kept personal. But then there are the nature verses nurture related issues as well. And I note, oddly, on so many of the issues of this sort, the left is quick to embrace nurture, yet not so when it comes to homosexuality. Interesting.

Most likely this issue is like so many "hot button," issues. It's designed to fuck with your head. And check out Olberman right out there on the front lines with it. He spent a lot of time on it too. It was hypnotic.

Fuck you Olberman.

Palin Attacks Obama Over Ayers Yet Again On CNN -- Apparently, she, nor mainstream media understand, McCain and she lost the election.

On MSNBC, 1600 PA Ave., Pat Buchanan defends Palin as he can't understand her detractors' misgivings. A psychological blindspot that needs spelling out in excruciating detail?

She ran a campaign with barely a pretense of substantive character. What's worse, dangerously, she had a "base" of enthusiastic supporters. Be afraid.

Even if she rehabilitates her image to include at least the appearance of substance, there will always be the knowledge of what's really underneath, what she's capable of, and a "base" of supporters excited by it. Be very afraid.

The Republican party daily demonstrates they are the psychopath party. They are the party of two wolves, and a lamb discussing what's for dinner. With that kind of substance, it's no wonder they resort to showcasing nothing more than style. It doesn't matter how much "energy" they have when all they can do is spin their wheels.

You would think at least the Republican party would be good enough to police themselves, and spare the electorate, but that wasn't the case with George W. Bush, so Palin should be no surprise. Except Palin couldn't have come off more incompetent if she'd tried. A child could have seen it. That's how much the Republicans love, and respect this country and her people.

Memo to Republican Party: There's nothing left to loot here. You can go now.

11/11/08

Princeton Prof on "9/11: More than meets the eye."

11/10/08

PERM Fake Job Ads defraud Americans to secure green cards


11/08/08

Dov Zakheim, remote control and the Pentagon


"This is not a draft" -- Two words: Hitler Youth.

The compulsory or not equivocation renders it liminally difficult to respond to. That's unfortunate.

Either way, it's another opportunity for State indoctrination.

Quite frankly, I've had enough of Zionists playing fast, and lose with the moral, and ethical fiber of this country.

The Difference Between Marriage and Civil Unions

"Creating Civil Unions creates a separate and unequal status for some of America’s citizens. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial court ruled that creating a separate class for gay and lesbian citizens is not permissible and that is why they have voted that only marriage equals marriage. The precedent was set with Brown v. The Board of Education regarding segregation in public education. Ironically, Massachusetts marriage law went into effect on the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education."

This ruling is in error. While there is no justification for "separate but equal," relative to African Americans, it is an equivocation to extend that sentiment to marriage, and homosexuality -- homosexuality, and heterosexuality are not equal, and the obvious distinctions have nothing to do with hate or prejudice, or social whim. There are deep ideological differences between the two sides. Many heterosexuals view marriage as an institution specific to heterosexuals, with same sex marriage going beyond mere tolerance of another's views, ethics, and morality, to being forced to accept, and adopt another's views, ethics, and morality themselves -- or alternatively, to accept a diminished view of the institution of marriage, to sanctify homosexual marriage at the expense of the original intent of the concept, institution of marriage, the sacred union of a man, and a woman. It is equivocation to say that water fountains, bus seats, education facilities, equal opportunity, and so on with regards to human beings of different races is the same thing as the sexual, and relationship bonds between same sex couples, and heterosexuals. That is the central question.

The operative misfortune in this issue is that the State has anything to do with marriage at all. If the law was not involved, there would be no issue. Since the law is intertwined with this, one of the most sensitive of human relationships issues, the question should be, how can the State best deal with it so as to at once maintain good legal sense, and the sanctity of the human sensitivities involved.

Maybe the answer is the law should recognize only "civil unions," with the concept of "marriage," kept personal. But then there are the nature verses nurture related issues as well. And I note, oddly, on so many of the issues of this sort, the left is quick to embrace nurture, yet not so when it comes to homosexuality. Interesting.

11/07/08

President-Elect Barack Obama Holds First Press Conference


11/06/08

Naomi Wolf - Parallel Between US and Fascist Italy...

Why the Republicans backed off last night - Ohio Judge derails 2008 election fraud -- Video on past election fraud, and Ohio judge story below. Consider this as it relates to exit polls verses actual vote this election, compared to 2004 election, and 2006 mid terms.

Funny how mainstream media isn't talking about this story. As Chris Matthews, and his panel wonder what had gotten into Joe Lieberman in supporting McCain. We're not supposed to know anything about this stuff. Yet we're all good Americans right? And we should support our country. This is all mere political intrigue right? What was Joe looking forward to that that Ohio judge ultimately foiled?

Spin fantasies eventually crash

"It was the claim by Bush's "boy genius", his political adviser Karl Rove, and his courtiers that the Republican Party was engineering a "realignment" in US politics that would keep the Republicans in power for a very long time."

Goodbye George W. Bush! -- What the military really thinks of George W. Bush.

The Neocon War on Peace and Freedom

Chertoff Says U.S. Must be Vigilant During Transition to New President

Rumsfeld Flees France, Fearing Arrest

The Neocon Case for Imprisoning and Executing Congressional War Opponents

The New Totalitarianism Defines Desperate Neo-Con End Game

Bush Jokes About WMD

CONYERS THREATENS TO ARREST KARL ROVE!!!

With the sweeping election of Barack Obama, the people took a solid step toward taking back control of their government. Based on what I'm hearing from the media in the hours that followed, the central message, from pundits, and government officials on both sides of the aisle seems to be about keeping that from happening.

One of the more disturbing contentions -- again with the same sociopathic irony, and projection we've been subjected to for the last eight years -- is this election was not a mandate.

11/05/08

The Evidence Establishes, Without Question, That Republican Rule Is Dangerous

Why It Is High Time to Fix This Situation, for the Good of the Nation

By John W. Dean

November 02, 2008 "FindLaw" - - October 31, 2008 -- Occasionally, during the past eight years of writing this column, I have addressed the remarkably dangerous manner in which Republican Party officials rule the nation when they control one or more of the three branches of the federal government. Over the same period, I've also made this argument, even more directly and loudly, in three books on the subject.

In this column, I will be more pointed on this subject than I have ever been, while also repeating a few key facts that I have raised earlier -- because Election Day 2008 now provides the only clear remedy for the ills of Republican rule.

The Republican Approach to Government: Authoritarian Rule

Republicans rule, rather than govern, when they are in power by imposing their authoritarian conservative philosophy on everyone, as their answer for everything. This works for them because their interest is in power, and in what it can do for those who think as they do. Ruling, of course, must be distinguished from governing, which is a more nuanced process that entails give-and-take and the kind of compromises that are often necessary to find a consensus and solutions that will best serve the interests of all Americans.

Republicans' authoritarian rule can also be characterized by its striking incivility and intolerance toward those who do not view the world as Republicans do. Their insufferable attitude is not dangerous in itself, but it is employed to accomplish what they want, which it to take care of themselves and those who work to keep them in power.

Authoritarian conservatives are primarily anti-government, except where they believe the government can be useful to impose moral or social order (for example, with respect to matters like abortion, prayer in schools, or prohibiting sexually-explicit information from public view). Similarly, Republicans' limited-government attitude does not apply regarding national security, where they feel there can never be too much government activity - nor are the rights and liberties of individuals respected when national security is involved. Authoritarian Republicans do oppose the government interfering with markets and the economy, however -- and generally oppose the government's doing anything to help anyone they feel should be able to help themselves.

In my book Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branches, I set forth the facts regarding the consequences of the Republicans' controlling government for too many years. No Republican -- nor anyone else, for that matter -- has refuted these facts, and for good reason: They are irrefutable.

The McCain/Palin Ticket Perfectly Fits the Authoritarian Conservative Mold

During the 2008 presidential campaign, Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican candidates, have shown themselves to be unapologetic and archetypical authoritarian conservatives. Indeed, their campaign has warmed the hearts of fellow authoritarians, who applaud them for their negativity, nastiness, and dishonest ploys and only criticize them for not offering more of the same.

The McCain/Palin campaign has assumed a typical authoritarian posture: The candidates provide no true, specific proposals to address America's needs. Rather, they simply ask voters to "trust us" and suggest that their opponents - Senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden - are not "real Americans" like McCain, Palin, and the voters they are seeking to court. Accordingly, McCain and Plain have called Obama "a socialist," "a redistributionist," "a Marxist," and "a communist" - without a shred of evidence to support their name-calling, for these terms are pejorative, rather than in any manner descriptive. This is the way authoritarian leaders operate.

In my book Conservatives Without Conscience, I set forth the traits of authoritarian leaders and followers, which have been distilled from a half-century of empirical research, during which thousands of people have voluntarily been interviewed by social scientists. The touch points in these somewhat-overlapping lists of character traits provide a clear picture of the characters of both John McCain and Sarah Palin.

McCain, especially, fits perfectly as an authoritarian leader. Such leaders possess most, if not all, of these traits:

* dominating
* opposes equality
* desirous of personal power
* amoral
* intimidating and bullying
* faintly hedonistic
* vengeful
* pitiless
* exploitive
* manipulative
* dishonest
* cheats to win
* highly prejudiced (racist, sexist, homophobic)
* mean-spirited
* militant
* nationalistic
* tells others what they want to hear
* takes advantage of "suckers"
* specializes in creating false images to sell self
* may or may not be religious
* usually politically and economically conservative/Republican

Incidentally, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney also can be described by these well-defined and typical traits -- which is why a McCain presidency is so likely to be nearly identical to a Bush presidency.

Clearly, Sarah Palin also has some qualities typical of authoritarian leaders, not to mention almost all of the traits found among authoritarian followers. Specifically, such followers can be described as follows:

* submissive to authority
* aggressive on behalf of authority
* highly conventional in their behavior
* highly religious
* possessing moderate to little education
* trusting of untrustworthy authorities
* prejudiced (particularly against homosexuals and followers of religions other than their own)
* mean-spirited
* narrow-minded
* intolerant
* bullying
* zealous
* dogmatic
* uncritical toward chosen authority
* hypocritical
* inconsistent and contradictory
* prone to panic easily
* highly self-righteous
* moralistic
* strict disciplinarians
* severely punitive
* demanding loyalty and returning it
* possessing little self-awareness
* usually politically and economically conservative/Republican

The leading authority on right-wing authoritarianism, a man who devoted his career to developing hard empirical data about these people and their beliefs, is Robert Altemeyer. Altemeyer, a social scientist based in Canada, flushed out these typical character traits in decades of testing.

Altemeyer believes about 25 percent of the adult population in the United States is solidly authoritarian (with that group mostly composed of followers, and a small percentage of potential leaders). It is in these ranks of some 70 million that we find the core of the McCain/Palin supporters. They are people who are, in Altemeyer's words, are "so self-righteous, so ill-informed, and so dogmatic that nothing you can say or do will change their minds."

The Problem with Electing Authoritarian Conservatives

What is wrong with being an authoritarian conservative? Well, if you want to take the country where they do, nothing. "They would march America into a dictatorship and probably feel that things had improved as a result," Altemeyer told me. "The problem is that these authoritarian followers are much more active than the rest of the country. They have the mentality of 'old-time religion' on a crusade, and they generously give money, time and effort to the cause. They proselytize; they lick stamps; they put pressure on loved ones; and they revel in being loyal to a cohesive group of like thinkers. And they are so submissive to their leaders that they will believe and do virtually anything they are told. They are not going to let up and they are not going to go away."

I would nominate McCain's "Joe the Plumber" as a new poster-boy of the authoritarian followers. He is a believer, and he has signed on. On November 4, 2008, we will learn how many more Americans will join the ranks of the authoritarians.

Frankly, the fact that the pre-election polls are close - after eight years of authoritarian leadership from Bush and Cheney, and given its disastrous results -- shows that many Americans either do not realize where a McCain/Palin presidency might take us, or they are happy to go there. Frankly, it scares the hell out of me, for there is only one way to deal with these conservative zealots: Keep them out of power.

This election should be a slam dunk for Barack Obama, who has run a masterful campaign. It was no small undertaking winning the nomination from Hillary Clinton, and in doing so, he has shown without any doubt (in my mind anyway) that he is not only qualified to be president, but that he might be a once-in-a-lifetime leader who can forever change the nation and the world for the better.

If Obama is rejected on November 4th for another authoritarian conservative like McCain, I must ask if Americans are sufficiently intelligent to competently govern themselves. I can understand authoritarian conservatives voting for McCain, for they know no better. It is well-understood that most everyone votes with his or her heart, not his or her head. Polls show that 81 percent of Americans "feel" (in their hearts and their heads) that our country is going the wrong way. How could anyone with such thoughts and feelings vote for more authoritarian conservatism, which has done so much to take the nation in the wrong direction?

We will all find out on (or about) November 5th.
Copyright © 2008 FindLaw

John W. Dean, a FindLaw columnist, is a former counsel to the president.

11/04/08

John McCain concedes 2008 U.S. presidential election to Barack Obama


Richmond, Va. Weather, election day, by hour

I wonder if the Obama campaign has any money left for an umbrellas, raincoats, and/or rain hats fund.

How cloud seeding works

Voting problems as Election Day gets underway -- Local NBC affiliate.

11/03/08

Obama Smear Ad Runs Before SNL -- McCain said he wouldn't go there. But, apparently, he can't control his supporters, or he's okay with it. This ad is running a lot here in Richmond, VA.

The two CNBC'ers, Cudlow and sidekick, pictured at right appear to be stoking the McCain camp lie that Obama is a threat to the coal industry -- the McCain camp claims Obama would bankrupt mining companies, but Obama's position on the relevant question is no different from McCain's.

And these people expect you to trust their financial advice?

Both the candidates support clean coal technology. But, the McCain camp twisted an interview in which Obama talked about how clean coal mandates could bankrupt some mining companies.

According to the CNBC pair, they plan on wasting everyone's time stirring the pot on this tomorrow in the midst of the election.

I suppose they want to do this, because they have so much respect for you, your time, your money, and the United States political process.

And the more vote fraud cover excuses, the better.

Not to be left out, FOX News joins the chorus with a vote fraud cover operative, er, coal representative for Ohio. Ya gotta get 'em when they're young. Sell it baby! Sell it!

Praying for rain? Study measures Election Day turnout and weather -- Forecasters warn of good rain chance on election day, and evening on the east coast from the Carolinas to beyond Virginia.

More fear mongering from McCain on the trail, today in West Virginia. And empty rhetoric delivered in awkward and uncomfortable one liner staccato. I'm not exagerating to say, I found the man frightening. Or maybe it was the situation that was frightening -- a United States presidential candidate who appeared weak, frail, tired, somewhat disoriented, going through the motions.

On MSNBC, Senator Orin Hatch followed McCain's lead with a litany of reasons we should fear an Obama presidency, including the free floating anxiety staple, 'we just don't know him, in this time of our country's great peril.'

It's troubling that because the Republican side cannot attack Obama on anything of substance, they stoop to superstition, witch hunt style tatics that do a disservice to us all.

McCain did appear stronger a bit later rallying in Pennsylvania. Still, the performance in West Virginia only an hour or so earlier remains troubling, and there are other instances of similar faultering over the course of this campaign.

One thing I've notice -- to the point where I'm acutely conscious of it -- is the republicans repeat talking points -- or "stay on message" as they say -- but they do it as though for the first time, every time, as though they're hypnotized. It's freakish, robotic, disturbing, and downright irritating. It comes off, shall we say, a bit less than sincere.

Like the claim Obama wants to bankrupt coal mines. Obama only advocates for clean burning coal, just as does McCain. There seems to be no end to the dirty, time wasting politics coming out of the Republican campaign. Who wants to vote for a candidate who has demonstrated thoughout their campaign so little respect for those of whom they ask votes?

Will McCain Live To The End Of A Presidential Term?

Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough this morning, said he always prays for rain on election day, as he mocked people living in trailer parks getting out to vote.

How the GOP Enriched the Rich and Made Everyone Else Poor!

"As wealth is transferred to the very top with tax cuts for only the very, very wealthy and practitioners of 'corporate socialism', the masses are left to fight over the crumbs. There is no poverty in America that could not be addressed by simply addressing GOP tax policies --give aways -- which deliberately make the rich richer, the working class significantly poorer."

"If you are in the middle class now, don't kid yourself. Unless you stand to inherit a fortune of several billions from a rich and long lost Uncle, the chances are almost exponentially high against you. Chances are --you will NOT progress upward in this society. Moreover, this aspect of American society is the work of one party primarily: the GOP! The GOP is the party of a rich elites who have learned how to 'sell' a fairy tale: supply side economics, or, derisively --"trickle down theory". To sum it all up: wealth has never, does not, will not 'trickle down'."

Not that most of us would want to be as rich as those to whom Republicans give massive tax breaks. Most of us mature to understand what's important in life. And as for jobs, lacking the maturity of you, and I, the rich merely keep using their influence to get richer. In the process, they've shown they have little concern for manifesting a society in which a healthy middle class prospers.

Who Are The Undecided Voters?

Mainstream media, Sunday morning, appeared poised to claim undecided voters decided the election.

Saturday, and Sunday, mainstream media were breaking toward McCain with the language of McCain vote win justification, and continued innuendo in terms of shedding doubt on Obama's patriotism, and loyalty to the country.

Not the least of the players in these last minute smear tactics is the heretofore apparently left leaning, Chris Matthews of MSNBC's Hardball.

Chris Matthews appears to be showing his true colors in the final days leading up to the election.

Though Matthews managed to maintain a modicum of journalistic integrity, as he announced, the latest USA Today/Gallup poll, 53% Obama, 42% McCain.

Interest High: One in Five Have Already Voted

The Evidence Establishes, Without Question, That Republican Rule Is Dangerous -- Authoritarian, little self awareness or reflection, uneducated supporters, vague, insubstantial platform, many traits shared with sociopaths, psychopaths, anti-social personality disorder.

Republican pundits and surrogates continue to invent reality in support of their candidate. On MSNBC, Sunday night, McCain Senior Advisor, Nicolle Wallace, was making up a story about how voters will overturn what they perceive to be a premature presidential coronation with Obama doing presumptuous things like measuring the White House drapes.

She rants about McCain's maverick status for which there's no substance other than some ineffectual congressional voting, and rhetoric. She claims he will "freeze" government spending, but McCain has already backed down from this empty, and wildly irresponsible presidential debate proclamation. Of the candidate who's said he'd stay in Iraq indefinitely, how can she claim McCain is an enemy of big government, and in the same breath emphasize the importance of Americans' being safe when the Department of Homeland Security has a 2009 budget request in excess of 50 billion dollars!

What is wrong with being an authoritarian conservative? Well, if you want to take the country where they do, nothing. "They would march America into a dictatorship and probably feel that things had improved as a result," Altemeyer told me. "The problem is that these authoritarian followers are much more active than the rest of the country. They have the mentality of 'old-time religion' on a crusade, and they generously give money, time and effort to the cause. They proselytize; they lick stamps; they put pressure on loved ones; and they revel in being loyal to a cohesive group of like thinkers. And they are so submissive to their leaders that they will believe and do virtually anything they are told. They are not going to let up and they are not going to go away."

And now, today's joke.

On FOX News' Fox and Friends this morning, Joe the Plumber, who supports the Republican ticket, the party responsible for devistating blows to the middle class throughout the past eight years, announced he will be writing a book about taking back the middle class.

He said he will also take a look at running for congress eight years from now.

11/01/08

Documents reveal how Ohio routed 2004 voting data through company that hosted external Bush Administration email accounts

Joe the schmuck on MSNBC this morning talking about how the media has gotten it wrong over the last several elections.

The McCain campaign keeps stoking the benefit of the doubt, and race tightening as election day approaches.

Two words:

VOTE FRAUD!

CNN this morning, reporting their informal street polls, "right in line" with formal pollsters.

Democrats are mobilized this election season, as early voting lines illustrate. They are willing to do what's necessary to change the country's political landscape. And it's going to take nothing less to overcome the criminal GOP vote fraud machine.

McCain does not have the momentum, and end of season race tightening he claims. He's got vote fraud. Disgraceful.

Anything, including exposed, though unprosecutable dirty tactics will be used to justify skewed, suspicious vote count results. Mainstream media political pundits are transparently stoking all the angles in order to justify a fraudulent outcome -- from the Bradly Effect, to Joe the Plumber.

Neither mainstream media, nor the McCain campaign will come clean on the real difference between the two candidates' platforms:

McCain's is the platform of war, the military industrial complex, and greed -- death culture, served with an amoral psychopath's wink, and smile. Obama's platform is the platform of the American people.

Palin: Media Criticism of My Criticism = First Amendment Violation -- Yeah, she's qualified.

I just got in the mail a McCain campaign flyer. When I read, electing Obama would, "derail everything," I bursted with laughter. I'm still laughing my ass off.

10/31/08

New-registrations check for fraud could crash entire voter database, Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner says

Heading into the last weekend before the election, on this Halloween Friday morning, mainstream media seems to have degenerated into a cacophany of superficiality. As though under collective hysteria, one would never imagine the serious issues facing the country -- two war quagmires, economic melt down along with a royal Wall Street bailout taxpayer soaking, and the legal letter of a Constitutional crises level police state.

For good measure, the McCain campaign, perhaps not surprisingly, has begun to chime in with advertising ringing national defense related alarms -- with a certainty that might have one believe it was the candidate himself threatening an attack. As if his running mate was not irresponsible, and threatening enough.

Today, creepy old McCain is running around the country with that thuggish looking plumber, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Not sure where the spokesmodel is.

The fascistic pattern includes:

1) Hyping an internal, or external threat.

2) Creating a secret prison system outside the rule of law, where torture takes place.

3) Creating a paramilitary force not answerable to the people.

4) A surveillance apparatus (police state).

5) Install a puppet executive.

The Battle Plan II: Sarah "Evita" Palin, the Muse of the Coming Police State -- Naomi Wolf

"Please understand what you are looking at when you look at Sarah "Evita" Palin. You are looking at the designated muse of the coming American police state."

YouTube: Interview - Naomi Wolf - Give Me Liberty -- Oct. 1 was a coup. Congress should have stood up to the Bush administration. We need district attorneys to bring treason charges. States, and cities should not accept Homeland Security money. Bush controls his own army on American soil, and the bailout bill authorizes Bush control over 100 billion dollars.

YouTube: Talk by Naomi Wolf - The End of America -- In addition, "Author Naomi Wolf states G Bush has siphoned off $100 billion from the 500-page authorization of the bailout. It will be used to deploy “his” army,” first brigade, first infantry, to suppress dissent in America. He has legalized this by saying the battlefield for The War On Terruh is world-wide and includes the US. (How lucky for Bush that Adam Pearlman Gadahn just released a new video tape!) What he did is fundamentally illegal, and he should be arrested." -- WRH

10/30/08

CNN Rick Sanchez Catches McCain Spokesman Mike Goldfarb Lying


Next from the McCain campaign ops agenda, anti Obama opinion books, and cyber bullying.

10/29/08

Obama’s tax plan and the redistribution of wealth -- Christian Science Monitor.

McCain thinks Obama's spread the wealth message is a deal breaker for the American people. He says, Obama does not want to create wealth, he wants to control it. The implication is, the best way to prosperity for all of us is giving free reign to the rich.

How is this idea different from trickle down economics? It's not. And it's been shown, trickle down does not work.

The unpleasant truth is, the rich want to use their wealth to get richer. And they've been doing that on the backs of lower income taxpayers while outsourcing jobs out of the country.

So how does this help the average American? It does not.

The 250,000.00 dollars per year as the dividing line between "wealthy", and "middle class", is debatable. But it's not really the point. The point is, Obama's tax plan, in spirit and letter, is a healthy, and effective balance toward the goal of serving this country's economic interests as a whole. It won't merely redistribute wealth in order to help the less wealthy prosper, it will boomerang in favor of the 250,000.00 dollar, and above group as well. Obama's plan is not socialist wealth redistribution, it is good common sense.

McCain's wealth redistribution argument is a joke, and smacks of desperation. How could it be otherwise, when it is the average American taxpayer bailing out Wall Street? Or when we bail out GM, or Ford, or whatever other large corporation that comes to Washington with its hand out? Wealth redistribution? Yeah, the American tax payer knows a little something about wealth redistribution. Get real.

McCain's message is oversimplified, and remains divisive. It's two wolves, and a lamb discussing what's for dinner.

Which are you? How much money do you make? Who's plan is going to help you make more? Who's most interested in keeping you where you are? Who's plan is best for the country as a whole?

The Bible says, to he whom much is given, much is expected. How much has Wall Street given you lately? How much has it taken?

Palin warns Obama would create nanny state if elected -- Aside from the theft, it was the "nanny state" that played a key role in ousting the Democratic Party in 2000. Whether it's gun control, or 'for the kids' sake', Dems, and supporters as well, must learn this lesson.

Despite court decision, after court decision, including the Supreme Court, we still hear too much from the Democratic Party relating the second amendment to hunting.

Get one thing straight about that. It's not about hunting.

Suzanna Gratia Hupp - Testimony, plus, Penn & Teller


The good news is, given the last eight years, the Democratic Party should know there's no need of a nanny state with which to oppose the Republican Party. There's something not to like for everyone.

10/28/08

The American public love non-starter type arguments, because they are entertaining. They know the non-starter arugment is just for fun, that it isn't a real argument, so there's nothing to lose. Except when we use these type arguments to decide policy, make life and death decisions.

Hopefully it's a foregone conclusion but I just had to say. Palin as VP running mate is one such non-starter argument -- the question of whether she's qualified. She's not. So let's move on. Except we don't. We argue a self evident conclusion. What of Palin's non existent intellect? We argue whether it's up to snuff.

It must be a strategy. Getting your opponent to engage in pointless arguments works. Think about it. When confronted with a rediculous question, a quintessential "stupid" question, what's your reaction? Answer: Expose it as such, and move on. But, what if your opponent won't move on, and insists on making it an issue? This is what the media helps them do. They'll keep harping on some rediculous, pointless bullshit, until it's addressed. It's a classic case of an idiot insisting you argue with them so they can bring you down to their level. Arguing with an idiot only dignifies the idiot.

The Republican party is like two wolves and a lamb sitting down to discuss what to have for dinner.

Palin may be intelligent. But what does she use her intelligence for? To win popularity contests?

I know plenty of high school drop outs who are intelligent, but I would not elect them president (or vice president).

That is, who gives a flying freight car whether Palin is intelligent? Intelligent? Yeah, like those two wolves. Like the Republican party.

And in case you didn't get it, if you're a middle class Republican, you're not one of the two wolves. But hey, go ahead and argue. What have you got to lose?

10/27/08

When the World Went Bankrupt -- Uhm, when Palin accepted a VP run?

Seriously folks. Let's get off this track once, and for all. It started with Governor Reagan. What starker example than Palin do we need to end it? I know a lot of people are religious about Reagan, but criticize as they might, there's a reason lawyers dominate politics -- the law is political, period. Wasn't it Palin herself who scoffed at Obama's profession? How many lawyers do you suppose wrote the Constitution?

10/26/08

McCain guarantees victory

Counting on vote fraud?

A McCain presidency will give us more gutting of the middle class, a continuation of Bush economic, and political policies.

The sad truth about McCain is he's a failed Vietnam attack pilot, and an ineffectual career politician running on the war hero platform. The only thing a presidency will change for McCain, is he'll no longer be able to pretend he's a maverick, while hiding behind political circumstance. He'll have to show his true colors once, and for all. That's a ticket we can't afford.

Over the past eight years, we've seen what the Republican party stands for, not by their words, but by their deeds and outcomes.

They are fully commited to serving the interests of corporations, and the very rich. Corporations, and the very rich no longer even try to keep up a pretense of supporting the middle class, and instead, unabashedly do the very opposite. There is no trickle down, and there won't be.

They unrepently maintain the mantra that greed is good. This is false. It must be recognized, and no longer tolorated. Enough.

They've had their chance, and we've seen in no uncertain terms they are ruthless without concern for anyone but themselves. It's just that simple. A rare moment of clarity in which it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, and lo and behold, what do you know, yes it's true, it's really, really true. It's a duck. Send it's waddling ass home.

Meanwhile, Barack Obama has a viable plan. Obama is very explicit about it. Obama and Biden have the energy, intellegence and the support of the Democratic Party, a majority of the American people, and countless Republican defectors to turn this country around economically and politically, both at home and around the world.

The only way McCain can win this election is if you don't show up, or he steals it.

Don't be fooled. As Obama says, don't be hoodwinked.

10/25/08

Timeout for a little redux.



Okay, let's go by observations alone, without reading too much into it. What can we reasonably say is observable here?

1) Palin is winging it.

2) Palin is winging it, and not doing a very good job of winging it.

If we can agree on that, what might we reasonably conclude from it?

1) Palin is irresponsible in that she accepted McCain's irresponsible offer for her to run as his VP.

2) Palin does not respect the American public enough not to sling mindless babble at them -- she thinks you can just say anything, and people are dumb enough to buy it.

3) Palin does not run for office from the standpoint of the values, and concerns of a true leader -- if she did, she wouldn't have been so lame in the interview. She sees it as a career. And she's not even very good at that. In fact, the interview shows, she's a disaster.

We don't have time, luxury, or risk headroom in the extremely difficult, and dangerous political, and economic context, for the self indulgent entertainment of watching a novice career politician, 'mature into a seasoned, career statesperson.' And we don't need another leader run by think tanks, and other outside sources of political power. Niether the Presidency, nor the Vice Presidency is a vocational technical training school.

As an aside, notice, beginning at about 41 secondis into the interview, Palin laments about the tax payers looking to bailout.

I've watched her enough to recognize this "cute" little speech pattern of hers -- it didn't take long, because her repertoire is limited. She'll throw out something she thinks is a clever quip, and then say, "But,...," and move on to another subject, as if she has just jolted her listener with some electrifying wit, and is now moving on to something else, in the wake of her listener's confusion.

In this "quip", she's saying it's the Amercian taxpayer that is looking to bailout on the bailout. Put another way, she's accusing those opposing the bailout of bailing out on America.

I further observe that the Republican Party seems to place a premium value on a confederate's ability, and success at "paramoralizing". If you're good at this, politicians, and pundits alike, have great success among Republican political circles. This paramoralizing is the language of psychopathology:

"Paramoralistic statements and suggestions so often accompany various kinds of evil that they seem quite irreplaceable. Unfortunately, it has become a frequent phenomenon for individuals, oppressive groups, or patho-political systems to invent ever-new moral criteria for someone’s convenience. Such suggestions deprive people of their moral reasoning and deform its development in children. Paramoralism factories have been founded worldwide [often known as "think tanks"], and a ponerologist finds it hard to believe that they are managed by psychologically normal people." -- Political Ponerology

This is what the Republican Party has become. And their popular talking points are the language, and fodder of hatred, feeding on the average supporter's righteous anger, and frustration, ultimately a function of their own party's pathology. They're angry, but they really don't understand why. Their party's slogans and talking points, analogous to the venomous venting, and satanic bonding of an Orwellian two minute hate, is one of their few consolations.

10/23/08

Obama in Richmond -- According to local NBC affiliate, NBC 12, there was a spillover crowd of 7,000 outside the 13,000 capacity Richmond Coliseum, downtown.

Concerns about deployment of military on U.S. soil growing -- while mainstream media buries its head in the sand: Naomi Wolf

"Yes, there are laws against military policing on US streets -- they are part of both the 1807 Insurrection Act and 1879's Posse Comitatus Act -- but the Defense Authorization Act of 2007 gutted them.

Congress restored some limitations on the President's ability to deploy troops to engage in military policing in 2008 -- but President Bush issued a signing statement declaring he did not feel bound by those limitations."

Based on the first NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams interview segment, Palin remains clueless and air headed, childishly immature.

But, the segmented interview is a week long commercial for the McCain campaign, both on NBC Nightly News, and The Today Show, with election day following only one week behind. This is a subversion of the political process.

McCain keeps talking about Palin's record, but there is no record. Palin goes on, not to, "toot her own horn," touting her executive experience in Alaska. Though it's difficult to see this agument's validity, given Alaska is a state with a very small population, and well out of mainstream American politics. And yet, she still could not manage to keep out of scandal, as evidenced by the ethics, and legal inquiry regarding the firing of Alaska's Public Safety Commisioner.

On NBC's cable channels, Williams is making the rounds with a critical Chuck Todd, appearing to distance himself from the interviews, trying to salvage his credibility despite his helplessness to NBC News ownership dictates.

Those without cable television, won't see equal time from Obama.

Grandpa McCain's policies will be more of the same. Old school policies might be okay in an old school manufacturing base infrastructure, but we don't have that anymore. As such, McCain's policies will benefit only the rich, and keep everyone else, "in their place." The rest of the platform is empty "feel good" rhetoric.

Granddaughter Palin is a nightmare we should be escaping, not embracing.

As the screwballs on MSNBC's Morning Joe debate the merits of Palin's intellectual capacity, as if such even existed. Sorry to break it to all you hocky moms, but you're not qualified for the executive branch of United States government. I'm sure this will neither surprise, nor disappoint you. So why does anyone cheer Palin's aspirations thereof?

As Republican management of the bailout, the Bush administration's financial 9/11, continues to be exposed as looting the American taxpayer -- It Just Got Worse: Checking Out TARP's New Chief Investment Officer

As Republican election theft remains an alarming concern -- Kathy Dopp: U.S. Widespread Ongoing Voter Suppression and Voter Disenfranchisement Expected

I'm a Little Confused -- Projection, irony and hypocrisy, staples of the Republican camp's debate technique, often take the form of what's been termed, "paramoralism." It's more than a technique though. It's a psychopathologic symptom. And it's contagious. Like a desease.

"Paramoralistic statements and suggestions so often accompany various kinds of evil that they seem quite irreplaceable. Unfortunately, it has become a frequent phenomenon for individuals, oppressive groups, or patho-political systems to invent ever-new moral criteria for someone’s convenience. Such suggestions deprive people of their moral reasoning and deform its development in children. Paramoralism factories have been founded worldwide [often known as "think tanks"], and a ponerologist finds it hard to believe that they are managed by psychologically normal people."

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"To the spellbinder, everything becomes subordinated to their conviction that they are exceptional, sometimes even messianic." -- Political Ponerology

10/22/08

U.S. suicide rate is up -- Scientists "baffled" as to why.

10/21/08

Political Ponerology: A Science on The Nature of Evil adjusted for Political Purposes

"In a healthy society, the activities of spellbinders meet with criticism effective enough to stifle them quickly. However, when they are preceded by conditions operating destructively on common sense and social order - such as social injustice, cultural backwardness, or intellectually limited rulers manifesting pathological traits - spellbinders activities have led entire societies into large-scale human tragedy."

10/20/08

McCain says Obama wants socialism -- Though, Wall Street welfare is just fine, right?

Sure.

Both candidates voted for the Wall Street bailout, so they're even on that.

Except they have different views on who Robinhood should be working for.

The McCain campaign continues the same old bizarre Orwellian, republican tactics of irony, and projection.

The terms anti-social, sociopath, psychopath also come to mind.

Republican rhetoric is on the fringe of the political continuum. There is nothing constructive there.

The Amercian electorate's patience is wearing thin.

Todd: McCain is 'conceding the popular vote'

10/19/08

Powell endorses Obama for president
Republican ex-secretary of state calls Democrat ‘transformational figure’


GOP Tries To Cast Doubt On Vote

"Meanwhile, the Barack Obama campaign charged Friday that the U.S. Justice Department is collaborating with the GOP in seeking to create doubt about the validity of the election process."

10/18/08

Obama's legal team seeks special prosecutor for voter registration probe

"Bauer said there appears to be an “unholy alliance” between law enforcement officials and Republican officials, including presidential nominee John McCain’s campaign. In his letter, Bauer said in a footnote that several of the nominee’s supporters in Congress have written to the Justice Department “pressuring them to investigate ACORN.”"

Florida Vote 2000 4 of 4 Real Footage


As the Republican camp stokes ACORN in prelude to post election fraud controversy, brush up on your Republican election stealing, and political operative tactics. From brown shirt street thugery, to petty hand count filibustering, they pull out all the stops.

10/17/08

ROLLING STONE: It's Already Stolen

"If Democrats are to win the 2008 election, they must not simply beat McCain at the polls - they must beat him by a margin that exceeds the level of GOP vote tampering."

Barack Obama tells supporters not to get too 'cocky'

Naomi Wolf, NBC Today Show


The author revisits American history to learn about a founding ideal: liberty

10/16/08

MSNBC celebrates Joe the Plumber as, "standard bearer for the middle class," as he holds forth for McCain to an extent that cries for equal time for the democrats' side.

Smells like a political operative.

Is this McCain's October surprise?

As the economy teeters on the brink of Great Depression scale ruin, the political push seems to be the dubious, over simplified, though tested, Republican vs. Democrat dichotomy of fiscal responsibility vs. big government spending.

As the Patriot Act police state, and other Bush administration legal estrangements remain conspicuously absent from the debate.

10/15/08

McCain, Obama go head to head in last debate -- Transcript, CNN.

Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright or not, the race is over -- Neither of these guys is Barack Obama. Obama is living in the world people like John McCain helped create. So Obama's career has him acquainted with 60's radicals, and angry American clergy? Welcome to the America John McCain, as a Vietnam attack pilot, was an integral part of creating. How the hell is that Barack Obama's fault?

"We don’t care. Let me repeat that. We, the American people, do not care."

As the debate wound down, interestingly, or perhaps alarmingly, McCain implied teachers were our education system's problem, and that we should encourage former military personnel to enter the profession without the bother of education training, "We need to encourage programs such as Teach for America and Troops to Teachers where people, after having served in the military, can go right to teaching and not have to take these examinations which -- or have the certification that some are required in some states.".

Further underscoring the care, and knowledge put into picking his running mate, Sarah Palin, McCain cited Palin's autistic child, who rather, has Down Syndrome, as Palin's experience with special needs children.

You see, it doesn't really matter what you do, when you don't plan on deviating from the course set you by your predecessor. McCain has a play book, a script, decisions already made, so he doesn't see what the big deal is. Hell, for that matter, McCain can set his campaign to a Hank Williams Jr. theme that says, "if I get stoned, and sing all night long, it's a family tradition."

Speaking directly to Obama, McCain emphasized that he was not George W. Bush, and that if Obama had wanted to run against Bush, he should have done that four years ago.

That's a good sound bite. Except there's little evidence there's any difference between George W. Bush, and John McCain. McCain talks a good game, but there is no evidence his self proclaimed "maverick" image is anything more than pretense. If McCain is a "maverick", he is an ineffectual "maverick" at best, in which case, what's the point?

On McCain's dangerous campaign rhetoric, McCain's strategy was to blame the victim, claiming Congressman John Lewis' response associating McCain with destructive 60s anti civil rights rhetoric was unfounded, and irresponsible.

McCain continued beating the tired campaign drums of Ayers, and ACORN. McCain said, the American people need to know the full extent of Obama's association with Ayers, and that ACORN was a threat to the fabric of American democracy, as Obama responded effectively, but maintained a healthy, and reserved distance from campaign criticism, preferring instead to stay on the issues.

There is substance to neither the Ayers, nor the ACORN controversy, yet McCain continues to waste the electorate's time with insinuations that there is more here than we are being told. That's sewing the seeds of fear, and doubt.

Gee, where have we seen this before?

McCain was right about one thing: The American electorate is angry. And as we've seen thoughout McCain's campaign, he and his running mate, have cynically, and callously exploited that anger for dangerously inflamatory and divisive political gain.

Tonight's third, and final debate showed John McCain is a good politician. That is, John McCain showed he is superbly full of shit. McCain continued to reinforce the evidence for that conclusion, and McCain continued to reinforce his association with the past eight years of failed Republican leadership.

After watching the debate, I am however, left with some questions. Who is Joe the Plumber, and why does he want to buy his employer's business? And why does Joe the Plumber think Obama wants to stop him? Does Joe the Plumber's employer know about these plans? If Joe the Plumber worked hard, saved, and really, sincerely wanted to buy that business, could he be denied under any circumstances? Could Joe the Plumber benefit from a good tax attorney?

McCain says he's not going to raise taxes. This is a presidential campaign staple. It's a given it's a lie. Remember Bush senior's, "Read my lips." There's no chance taxes will not be raised. McCain's problem is his policies remain in line with trickle down economics, and we've seen definitively trickle down does not happen. We've seen further, there is no allegiance to the American worker among those aligned with these policies.

If you're Joe Sixpack, or even Joe the Plumber, and aligning with John McCain, you are going against your own interests.

What a real financial collapse looks like -- Argintina.

File this under the heading, "know your crooks, and their economic destruction patterns".

They privatized industry. But, any losses were public, that of the taxpayer. Sound familiar?

Often, all these twits you see on corporate media financial programs, are people sitting around talking about strategies for ripping you off.

JOHN McCAIN’S FAILING RECORD ON RETIREMENT SECURITY -- McCain wanted to privatize social security.

GOP Attacks on ACORN Are Based on the Fear of 1.3 Million New Voters

It can not be over emphasized -- fraudulent registrations do not mean fraudulent votes.

ACORN reports and throws out the fraudulent registrations of some of their irresponsible field workers who work on commission.

McCain Hearts ACORN! Was Keynote Speaker at Group's 2006 Rally!

Better warm up the lawer fund.

10/14/08

Exit polls raising concerns this year for U.S. television networks

Early cover for vote fraud. Republicans are planning on stealing this election. Again.

Justifications for exit polling not matching actual votes is bullshit. There's no good reason exit polling, and actual voting shouldn't match. Anyone saying otherwise is a shill, a crook, and/or misguided.

Republican spearheaded "controversy", such as ACORN makes the issue a double edged sword. If Republicans lose, they'll try to turn the tables, and claim the Democrats stole the election, in typical repugnantly pot, kettle, black Republican fashion.

The Bradley Effect -- the idea voters won't admit not voting for a black candidate -- is invalid here as voters know the talking points to reasonably justify their voting motives. That is, they have excuses, what sociologists call, "vocabulary of motive".

10/13/08

ACORN voter fraud myths dispelled

Housing Bubble: Teardrop in the Ocean

Common sense tells us, even in the best scenario, our housing market could never have been a realistic basis for the world's present, and looming economic dire straits. The problem lies with Wall Street, and its worldwide equivalents.

Flashback: Predatory Lenders' Partner in Crime; How the Bush Administration Stopped the States From Stepping In to Help Consumers -- As Bush, and company stand around looking innocent, 'I didn't do nothin'. It was Barney, and ACORN.'

Credit default swap -- From the same folks who brought you the mortgage backed securities meltdown...

If you buy stock, you hope it goes up in price, then you can sell it, make a profit. With credit default swaps, you can bet against your stock, and make money if it goes down. Credit default swaps are insurance against defaults. So they go up in price as default risk goes up. And as with mortgage backed securities, there are highly abstract derivatives along with wildly speculative investing.

I can imagine financiers chatting: You think these abstract mortgage instruments are funny, wait'll you see this...

Without real leadership, we face disaster

And for the US, McCain ain't it. He's no maverick. He pretends to be one, as he knows it won't effect an outcome. In other words, McCain's a pretender. With a spokesmodel.

What needs to happen on top is an assault on the dark heart of the global financial system - the $55 trillion market in credit derivatives and, in particular, credit default swaps, the mechanisms routinely used to insure banks against losses on risky investments. This is a market more than twice the size of the combined GDP of the US, Japan and the EU. Until it is cleaned up and the toxic threat it poses is removed, the pandemic will continue.

Hank Williams Jr. song, "McCain-Palin Tradition" on YouTube now! -- Here, in Richmond today.

Tradition? I guess this means Wall Street's buttering ol' Hank's bread too.

"Your cheatin' heart, will tell on you..." (the real Hank, 1952)

10/11/08

Time magazine invents facts to claim that Americans support Bush’s domestic spying abuses

That poll shows that the percentage of Americans who believe the Federal Government is “very secretive” has doubled in the last two years alone (to 44%) and that “nearly nine in 10 say it’s important to know presidential and congressional candidates’ positions on open government when deciding who to vote for.”

Connect the dots on Bill Ayers

"We don't know the extent of Obama's relationship with Bill Ayers, and if he could come clean on that we could move forward," McCain surrogate, Ben Porritt, MSNBC this afternoon.

This coming just a day after McCain told a rally of supporters Obama was not to be feared. So which is it?

Apparently unrepentant and insincere, McCain then rebukes the rebuker, Georgia Congressman, John Lewis for compairing McCain campaign rhetoric with destructive anti civil rights rhetoric of the 60s.

McCain rallies, amidst insinuations, if not flat out accusations that Obama is a terrorist and does not share "our" view of the world, have invoked cries for bombing and killing, and this can be objectively characterized as inflamatory and dangerous.

It should not go unnoticed that the McCain campaign has been cynically exploitive of its own supporters' righteous anger at the country's political and economic state, a function of the last eight years of failed Republican leadership.

Yeah, he's a terrorist. He, and the well over half this country who support him. And we're all hawking for you, McCain.

PS   Is it me, or is McCain lately channeling Warren Beatty from "Bullworth"? An appeal to minority voters? I suspect his entire campaign is on coke. Maybe half coporate news media too. That'd 'splain a lot about them and their Wall St. confederates.

10/10/08

ACORN Is Not the Nut Here -- Bad, illegal registrations can not result in votes, as the bad registrations are ultimately tossed out. But, bad, illegal registrations can cast doubt, and suspicion on ACORN, and that's the objective in raising all the stink about it.

GOP attacks on American voters turn desperate, ugly and dangerous -- McCain's irresponsible campaign rhetoric incited their crowds, now McCain wants to appear the sincere hero in denouncing what his own campaign caused in the first place.

10/09/08

Report: Voter purges in 6 states may violate law

I've found Joe Sixpack!

He's, "that one," err, this one:

"Some economists, for instance James Tobin of Yale University (1972), say that a small amount of inflation, say 2.5 to 3 percent, allows greater job market flexibility. Essentially this is because Joe Six-pack doesn’t realise his wage packet is decreasing if the numbers stay the same." -- Inflation - mechanics of inflation: The great government swindle and how it works

Is there a fuckin' Josephine Sixpack too?

10/08/08

US election: Obama makes strong showing in Tennessee debate

E-voting security results 'awful,' says Ohio secretary of state

Florida Primary Recount Reveals Grave Voting Problems One Month Before Presidential Election

Obama McCain Ohio Election Fraud Campaign Workers

The Dirty Details of Voter Purges

Thousands of Troops Are Deployed on U.S. Streets Ready to Carry Out "Crowd Control"

10/07/08

Interview - Naomi Wolf - Give Me Liberty -- Oct. 1 was a coup. Congress should have stood up to the Bush administration. We need district attorneys to bring treason charges. States, and cities should not accept Homeland Security money. Bush controls his own army on American soil, and the bailout bill authorizes Bush control over 100 billion dollars.

Talk by Naomi Wolf - The End of America -- In addition, "Author Naomi Wolf states G Bush has siphoned off $100 billion from the 500-page authorization of the bailout. It will be used to deploy “his” army,” first brigade, first infantry, to suppress dissent in America. He has legalized this by saying the battlefield for The War On Terruh is world-wide and includes the US. (How lucky for Bush that Adam Pearlman Gadahn just released a new video tape!) What he did is fundamentally illegal, and he should be arrested." -- WRH

A Futile Bailout as Darkness Falls on America, Paul Craig Roberts, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Reagan administration.

"The Paulson bailout saves his firm, Goldman Sachs. The Paulson bailout transfers the troubled financial instruments that the financial sector created from the books of the financial sector to the books of the taxpayers at the US Treasury.

This is all the bailout does. It rescues the guilty."

They keep blaming the victim -- subprime borrowers -- because they know they need an excuse for the one sided bailout.

But, a close, judicious examination of deregulation tells a different story. Wall Street always cheered for deregulation.

A McCain presidency will not change Bush administration economic, political themes focusing on benefiting only the rich.

The Credit Bubble: Deregulation Gone Wild -- "The cause of the current troubles dates back to 1980, when U.S. President Ronald Reagan and U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher came to power, Soros said. It was during this time that borrowing ballooned and regulation of banks and financial markets became less stringent."

Where Credit Is Due: A Timeline of the Mortgage Crisis -- Some dubiously blame former President Jimmy Carter, but the timeline shows, a key deregulatory act occurred under former Republican President Richard Nixon. And the housing bubble is only a part of the problem.

What Hamilton Has Wrought

Former Diebold Contractor Blows The Whistle On Election Manipulations

And corporate media can't seem to stop analysing the VP debate. It's OVER! Forget about it already. We know Palin is unqualified.

The only reason they are belaboring the issue is in order to sell Palin to you. That's the only reason.

It's not surprising she can deliver a speech, and stare down a television camera. She majored in broadcast journalism! She was a sportscaster! She was a beauty queen!

And, she's utterly clueless.

Fight Club -- "Speaking of people being full of shit, please don’t fall for the tired old Marxist “kill the bourgoisie” line of thinking this time, the way so many betrayed huddled masses fell before. Look at the big picture: The politicians had guns to their heads, while the bank employees and the corporatist stooges only work there. They pull a paycheck like you and me. They are not to blame for this mess. Their role has been heavily compartmentalized and most of them didn’t even see the big picture until it was too late."

Except they don't have a problem turning the gun on YOU when put to the choice.

If the politicians did indeed have guns to their heads, they should have considered it an honor to die for their country. They sure as hell don't mind sending everyone else's kids to war to do that.

Responsibility starts at leadership. Leadership starts with responsibility.

10/06/08

MSNBC just reporting -- 1:30 pm -- analysis that voters may turn away from the polls in disgust this election.

Setting the stage for vote fraud.

McCain to Attack Obama's Alleged Ties to Former Radical -- Ayers' group engaged in destruction of property as a form of political protest. The death of one police officer was attributed to the group. No civilian deaths were associated with the group's activity.

The 60s were a very radical period, including the National Guard shooting, and killing four students for no apparent reason, at Kent State University, in 1970.

A better question might be, if Ayers was so dangerous, why was he allowed to work in public service, and to endanger his colleagues, including Barack Obama, who was all of eight years old at the time of Ayers' group's activity?

By making such pronouncements, Palin and/or her handlers, and the media that incessantly echo them, exhibit gross irresponsibility at a very volatile time in our nation's history.

Is this what they call, 'energizing the base'?

Politics can reside in a continuum that bridges to violence. Thankfully, we have not seen that. But, this kind of rhetoric is a good way to radicalize a sizable portion of the American population.

Kent State Massacre

New, controversial FBI guidelines go into effect -- They don't need a reason to investigate you. They can ruin your life without so much as probable cause.

The real terrorists are the United States government, and the military industrial complex, spending American lives to rid themselves of opposition, and prop up this country's biggest export, military arms and death.

The anti-terrorist apparatus that's been assmebled in this country is assembled against YOU, not terrorists.

Our Police State

Sunday, on Meet The Press, appearing to masquerade as a populist, Wall Street Journal contributing editor, and Ronald Reagan disciple, Peggy Noonan said, things are different now, because of terrorism. And therefore, the need to put aside partisanship, and work together.

Moderator Tom Brokaw, said the American people were to blame for the financial crises, citing bad borrowing practices.

Washington Week's Gwen Ifill praised congress for coming together to pass the bailout legislation.

As the blame game beats on with an as of late seemingly singular objective of blaming the American people, conveniently forgotten seems to be the centuries old, and common sense business practice that the lender, the risker is in charge, and thereby holds the primary responsibility for their money, making good risks. Lenders would not have forgone this simple edict unless they knew they would be bailed out.

It's the old standby of blame the victim. This is easy, since they have little power to refute, and are most likely to acquiesce.

Blame the victim appears to be the main theme on this evening's, Beyond the Politics on CNN as well. The show has a panel of "intellectuals" pretending to discuss issues on an intellectual level. On the question of what's wrong with our education system, our panel of intellectuals doesn't know. They just don't know what the problem is. It's a big mystery to them. May I recommend, The General Education Board and Friends.

Bail Out the Homeowners! Why Paulson's Plan is a Fraud

The Credit Bubble: Deregulation Gone Wild -- "The cause of the current troubles dates back to 1980, when U.S. President Ronald Reagan and U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher came to power, Soros said. It was during this time that borrowing ballooned and regulation of banks and financial markets became less stringent."

Where Credit Is Due: A Timeline of the Mortgage Crisis -- Some dubiously blame former President Jimmy Carter, but the timeline shows, a key deregulatory act occurred under former Republican President Richard Nixon. And the housing bubble is only a part of the problem.

What Hamilton Has Wrought

Former Diebold Contractor Blows The Whistle On Election Manipulations

And corporate media can't seem to stop analysing the VP debate. It's OVER! Forget about it already. We know Palin is unqualified.

The only reason they are belaboring the issue is in order to sell Palin to you. That's the only reason.

It's not surprising she can deliver a speech, and stare down a television camera. She majored in broadcast journalism! She was a sportscaster! She was a beauty queen!

And, she's utterly clueless.

Fight Club -- "Speaking of people being full of shit, please don’t fall for the tired old Marxist “kill the bourgoisie” line of thinking this time, the way so many betrayed huddled masses fell before. Look at the big picture: The politicians had guns to their heads, while the bank employees and the corporatist stooges only work there. They pull a paycheck like you and me. They are not to blame for this mess. Their role has been heavily compartmentalized and most of them didn’t even see the big picture until it was too late."

Except they don't have a problem turning the gun on YOU when put to the choice.

If the politicians did indeed have guns to their heads, they should have considered it an honor to die for their country. They sure as hell don't mind sending everyone else's kids to war to do that.

Responsibility starts at leadership. Leadership starts with responsibility.

10/04/08

Ronald Reagan started the deregulation spiral we’re witnessing today -- Absent regulation, the market tends to eventually crash, especially if the players know the government will bail them out. Deregulation with bailouts is an invitation for a market crash, and the worst form of government market meddling.

Deregulation with bailouts is a prescription for robbery, and that's what we've wittnessed with the passing of the Emergency Econonmic Stabilization Act of 2008.

Many of the serious, and informed advocates of the bailout are contemptible thieves. Study them as they practice their craft.

This is the Republican pattern -- gut the infrastructure, and leave as little as possible for their successor. No Republican administartion in history has been so blantantly demonstrative of it.

http://www.barackobama.com/issues/economy/

10/03/08

Oil trading fitful amid jobs report, bailout bill
Few believe rescue plan will quickly boost global appetite for energy -- It will be interesting to see whether politicians will claim the bailout helped lower oil prices in the days that follow.

Democratic Congressman: Representatives Were Threatened With Martial Law In America Over Bailout Bill -- "On the Eve of a second Congressional vote on the legislation, these revelations show that freedom in America is under direct attack. The Congress should instigate an immediate investigation into these serious allegations to uncover which private individuals and administration officials, if any, are involved with directly threatening a military takeover of the workings of the U.S. government."

Got an army? I'll fight for this cause.

The congress led through this by a woman, and a "sissy" should have been a dead giveaway -- in this modern day, that passes for Freudian, and cryptic.

Real men would have told them to go fuck themselves.

Some did tell them that, including one congresswoman. But, the pussies won out.

Clear enough?

Now, if you'll excuse me, I suddenly have the irresistable desire...to wear dainty things...

The morons in the House, passed the stupid bill, around 1:30 this afternoon.

Bread, and circuses for all!

Devin Nunes has no plans to switch vote on bailout

Wall Street bailout - socializing risk, privatizing wealth -- Our dear leaders have kindly listened to all the arguments, but they've had enough. They've listened, and now they're going to do whatever they want, regardless of what the people want.

House plans second vote on bailout -- They're going to pass this bill in defiance of what the American people have demanded.

Phone calls were reportedly 90% against, with the rest, increasingly frantic special interest lobbying.

It's obvious the bill is for Wall Street. Pundits for the bill are easily identified to support it's benefits to Wall Street. More level headed economists who oppose the bill can be fairly judged objective. The bailout will help Wall Street, and none of the provisions supposedly geared toward Main Street gaurentees anything.

California liberals help defeat bailout bill -- The essentials have not changed. It has no enforcement teeth in general. It has no clear provisions for enforcement of helping Main Street.

This Crises Makes The S & L Bailout Look Easy -- "First and foremost, unlike the process then, there’s no accompanying re-regulation of the financial services industry."

Short video/ad: McCain S & L scandal

US election: John McCain has faced a national financial crises before. What's the difference this time? -- "He keeps saying something needs to be done," Irons added, "but every time something comes up it seems like something he wouldn't support. He seems to have taken a personal lesson from the [Keating] scandal, but not necessarily any policy lesson."

After Voting For Earmark-Laden Bailout Bill, McCain Seems To Call For Bush To Veto It

Tax Earmarks, Pork and Other Bailout Bill Horrors -- "The bill doubles the subsidy for biodiesel production from 50 cents per gallon to $1.00 per gallon. Doesn’t the Senate realize that we can’t save the world by burning our food? Did they not remember the huge increase in food prices over the past two years due in large part to these subsidies diverting food and feed crops into our gas tanks?"

10/02/08

VP Debate Transcript

Based on Palin's performance in the Couric interviews, it's no surprise Palin's debate performance improved her image. It would be difficult not to.

Palin regarding the Bush administration: "There have been huge blunders in the war. There have been huge blunders throughout this administration, as there are with every administration."

Really? An omen regarding a McCain/Palin presidency?

On ed