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Yes to solutions over ideology or interpretive dance dance demonstrating democratic principles

2011-11-01T21:54:00.006-04:00

The occupy movement brought a lot of people together and we need to build on that before it fades. Face painting, interpretive dance and puppets might make up a fun political ren faire but they don't too much to change the situation. If OCS is more than political masterbation we need concrete results.If we organize focusing on a single issue we can get something done, but which issue? Let's

Bullets Solve Nothing, they only create more enemies

2008-12-30T08:27:00.004-05:00

Israel's actions are as wrong headed as they are wrong. Sewing Gaza with blood and death will not produce stability or security. It will only create sorrow, anger and more people bent on Israel's destruction. We can help the people of Gaza and help Israel to stop by talking to our elected officials:Find out what's going on in GazaAsk your member of Congress to stop the massacreFind your elected

Bush Cheney Year End Give-a-way

2008-12-22T19:05:00.002-05:00

It's a sell-a-thon, but their selling our stuff and pocketing the cash. Not good.Midnight Regulations Chart

This is America?

2008-12-22T19:00:00.001-05:00

Armed gunmen shot at fellow citizens during Katrina and they are still proud about it. We have much work to do.

Christmas Presents from W and the Dark Lord

2008-12-02T17:36:00.003-05:00

What's the Bush administration getting you for Christmas?Here's a hint: it's worse than a hunting trip with the Vice President.Perchlorate in your drinking water (makes it taste like rockets)Uranium mining by the Grand Canyon (more to see on vacation)And so much more...Take a look at the list and see what rules are being rewritten, then call your legislator to demand oversight or at least some

Let Obama know what you want

2008-11-13T19:57:00.002-05:00

Share Your vision for the country with the President ElectShare your nerdy vision for the country with the President Elect's C.T.O.

Move Along, Nothing to See Here...

2008-10-22T19:52:00.003-04:00

No really, there's nothing to see because its been redacted.So, the Bush administration takes our money and spends it on Wall Street to save the economy. Then they hide the details from us?Hell, it wasn't like we'd probably read the fine print anyway. Now that they've tried to hide it, I really want to know...Treasury Blacks Out Key Parts of Private Bailout Contracts source: the Huffington Post

Osama & the IRA (your IRA)

2008-10-01T20:29:00.004-04:00

They scared us with Osama and we got the Patriot act. Good bye Constitution.They try to scare us with the Great Depression. Good bye IRA.Osama and the depression are phantoms. They're as scary as the closet monster. The "they" are the really scary ones. We need to say "no" loudly and then vote "they" out of office.

Priceless

2008-10-01T20:22:00.004-04:00

Protecting Charles Keating from regulators$112,000Having it come back to haunt you during your Presidential campaignPriceless

Umbridge to nowhere .... ehem.... ehem

2008-09-24T22:55:00.005-04:00

Cheney reminds us all of Darth VaderPalin Reminds me of Dolores UmbridgeSweet, vapid, cruel, vindictive and dangerous...

Take the inauguration route away from us...I think not

2008-09-19T10:18:00.002-04:00

The park service is trying to privatize Pennslyvannia Avenue and allow the Presidential Inaugural Committee to have exclusive use. The inauguration parade route must be accessible by the people because it is we who have paid for it and we who have elected the President. We have the right of assembly and of free speech. I am tired of organizations subverting this right and creating "free

Happy Constitution Day

2008-09-17T18:19:00.004-04:00

Duncan and I celebrated our rights and the rule of law on Constitution day. He has a different understanding of his freedom of speech.

Shocking: The Telcos that Spied on us got juicy contracts

2008-06-05T21:28:00.003-04:00

Qwest refused the NSA when asked to be an accomplice to illegal spying. Qwest was investigated for a variety of questionable practices. The other telcos sold us out to the NSA and they got billions in nice juicy contracts. Shocking, but not surprising. The Bush administration is using government like a weapon and a bribe. Let's take the weapon out of the President's hands before he puts an

BPSOD is a Serious condition that you should discuss with your doctor

2008-05-26T11:28:00.000-04:00

If you have any of the following symptoms you may be suffering a serious condition known as BPSOD:1. Your medications don't treat your symptoms2. You have experienced life threatening side effects after taking medication which the FDA deemed "safe."3. No medical options for your condition (it isn't profitable to treat).4. You repeatedly hear voices telling you that about a new syndrome that you

Don't Spy on My Backyard

2008-05-26T11:14:00.001-04:00

House Minority Leader John Boehner is ok with spying as long as no one is spying on him. Boehner has worked to quash our right to hold the telcos accountable for their illegal spying on us. When someone spied on Mr. Boehner he sued and got more than $1 million in damages. Let's send this him packing in November.see: Boehner Wants Protection From Illegal Wiretapping - But Only For Himself

General Confusion: Lying our way into war

2008-05-10T17:22:00.000-04:00

Remember all those talking heads on the news? There were Generals and Colonels telling us how the President's plan was a good idea and was working. Alas, they weren't necessarily telling the truth or had just come from a koolaid drinking session.Most of these guys worked for defense contractors and were threatened, cajoled, bribed or fooled into being media-force-multipliers. Foot soldiers in

We Cannot Allow a Fear Gap!!!

2008-05-07T19:11:00.001-04:00

Once again the government is not managing renewable resources effectively. By overusing the terrorists and needlessly hyping the bird flu the American people have ceased to be afraid. We cannot allow a fear gap. I'm sure that Dick Cheney is working hard to find something new for us to fear. Thank god that in the mean time the Air Force is out in front making stuff up to scare us and not

It is officially ok to call that meshugena shiksa a NAZI

2007-10-11T21:41:00.000-04:00

My Bird's Flawless Impersonation of Ms. Coulter(a real picture is too scary and copyrighted)Ann Coulter says America would be better without all those JewsFirst she alleged that Bill Clinton was gay, now she's attacking Jews and fails understand she is being an anti-Semite. Is she off her meds? Maybe Rush can lend her some of his?urgent: Call Congress and demand that they not shirk their

War with Iran, not so fast...Dick...

2007-10-08T19:04:00.000-04:00

Dick Cheney has run up against a few tough adversaries (who must hate America). Bob Gates (Sec. of State) and Mike McConnell (national director of intelligence). They are working to contain Cheney's office and stop its relentless drum beating.Times Article: The man who stands between the US and the Next WarBack in the 1950s there were a bunch of neo-isolationist Republican Senators

GWOT - Can you fight a war against a tactic?

2007-10-08T19:00:00.001-04:00

To have a war against terrorism is to fight a vague class of enemies never knowing if we are winning or when it will end. Terrorism, the use of violence against a population to create fear and forward a political agenda, is a tactic not an ideology or a specific group of people. A war on terror is like seeking a Hammerist to fix a leaky sink. Plumbers, carpenters and electricians all subscribe

Surveillance from Below

2007-09-23T21:22:00.000-04:00

There is a new channel called Copwatcher's on youtube. Citizens are monitoring the police and uploading their videos. Those who fail to enforce the law properly will be held to account and is a step in the right direction. Let's all help the police by reminding them that all citizens are armed with cameras.I got my camera phone at the ready, do you have yours?

Hillary's Comments Were Preposterous

2007-09-22T17:55:00.001-04:00

To equate Vice President Cheney with Darth Vader is absolutely wrong headed and merely confuses the issue. Cheney is clearly the Emperor. Vader was a tragic figure who eventually rejected the dark side of the force. The Emperor is evil through and through sitting behind the scenes and manipulating events to his purposes. That sounds much more like the Vice President's style.

Habeas Where Are You....

2007-09-17T19:10:00.000-04:00

Rule of law matters, it is what keeps us safe during the easy and the difficult times. When we push those messy rights and democratic practices aside we regret it later. Let's stop regretting and start acting.

Rudy, Why Do you Hate Rescue Workers?

2007-09-05T00:49:00.000-04:00

He can't win, but while he loses he is pissing us all off.

9/11 Changed Everything?

2007-08-31T07:25:00.000-04:00

I hear this "9/11 changed everything" phrase a lot. We had to take of the gloves, get tough, be willing to have less freedoms. This is a specious argument (a.k.a its crap). Our nation and our Constitution wasn't created by a bunch of ivy tower wimps, it was created by men who had been through the bloodiest and most dangerous period our nation has ever seen. They knew all to well that for our

Executive Privilege

2007-08-31T07:02:00.001-04:00

War On Drugs

2007-04-01T10:52:00.000-04:00

Drugs are bad, our leaders have told us so. Ok, drugs are bad, but so is the war on drugs. Every time we have a war on something we seem to lose and our treasury gets emptied as well. War on Poverty, poverty is still here. War on Drugs, drug use is up. War on Terror, that ole Bin Laden is still out there.Getting our war on is a big scam and its time we put aside these grand campaigns for

Army of...none

2006-10-27T18:53:00.000-04:00

When I was 18 I wanted to join the Army. I went to the recruiting station and met all manner of colorful characters who blew smoke out their asses in red white and blue. They lied and were over the top about it. I still wanted to join because I was 18, not that bright and it looked "cool".The soldiers don't get the equipment they need to do their jobs and the VA doesn't give them the medical

ACLU Poetry Slam

2006-10-20T18:57:00.000-04:00

I'm not a fan of poetry and never have been, but these two pieces from the ACLU podcast that I really like...InSecurityTake America Back powered by ODEOpowered by ODEO

Turn the other cheek, not this time...

2006-10-09T20:18:00.000-04:00

Jack Abramoff, Grover Norquist, Ralph Reed, Tom Delay and many others used the Christian right as a tool to support forced abortions and virtual slave labor in the US Marianas. In "Capitol Crimes," Bill Moyers does a good job of detailing this lobbying scandal. The lobbyists used various Christian groups to keep US labor laws from being extended the our holdings in the Pacific. This allowed a

Free Speesh has Limits

2006-10-07T14:28:00.000-04:00

A man told the Vice President that his policies in Iraq were reprehensible, he was arrested. Where's the "Clear and Present Danger" in that. Read about his story here:Criticizing Cheney to His Face Is Assault? By Matthew Rothschild

Who Voted For Torture in the House

2006-09-29T23:54:00.000-04:00

Here the list of who voter for the Torture bill. The breakdown by district is quite sad. Our founding father's would be pissed...Torture Voting Breakdown

What is the Difference

2006-09-28T20:17:00.000-04:00

Burn a village of people, up close and personal, and you are a war criminal.Drop a cluster bomb and dismember hundreds and you're not.Killing is still killing. Pain is still pain and those people are still dead or worse.Aren't both situations crimes against humanity?

Gonna Parody ABC... think again

2006-09-10T11:55:00.000-04:00

ABC just use the word clintonistas in a sentence in a news report. I'm not sure, but I think Stephen Colbert has copyrighted this word.Now, 14 years later, little has changed, except this time the Clintonistas have aimed their fire not at Republicans but at ABC, for its two-part miniseries "The Path to 9/11," which is scheduled for broadcast Sunday and Monday evenings.ABC must be taking a page

Suckage-maximosus isn't the scientific name for the media, but I think it should be

2006-09-09T15:06:00.000-04:00

While some really important things were going on we got to hear about JonBenet Ramsey, Tom Cruise and other things that just aren't that vital to my daily existence.I saw this on Reddit.com, its an article about an article about 10 news stories that slipped through the cracks (well, through the gaping fissures actualy) this past year.The 10 big stories the nation's major news media refused to

When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

2006-09-06T00:39:00.000-04:00

If you have a chance to see this (on the web, on your TV via HBO, or at a friend's house) then it'd be well worth your time.Spike Lee's "When The Levees Broke" A Greg Palast documentary about the evacuation plan and what happened around Katrina. This one made me pretty pissed. Katrina and how our nation handled it, or failed to, speaks volumes of where we are as a country and its not

Get into the Driver Seat of your Life

2006-08-24T21:29:00.000-04:00

How is your life?Do you use your history or is it using you?Men and women are meeting to discuss how to get in control of the one thing we can, ourselves. If you are interested you can checkout these web sites or visit our group. We are having an open circle to introduce folks to the work we do.If you are interested please RSVP so we know how many chairs to setup.Web Resources:Women

Power Through Fear

2006-08-20T00:05:00.001-04:00

Here is an excellent BBC documentary on the rise of fear as a weapon used by governments against their people.Part 1 (above)Part 2Part 3It is time for us to recognize that the only fear we need to fear is fear itself. Let's shake off our bad dreams and get down to the job of solving real problems.FYI, if after seeing this you think that 9/11 might not be what you thought it was, check out this

There Aren't Enough Bullets

2006-08-14T21:53:00.000-04:00

Israel seems to be pursuing a plan of trying to kill all of Hezbollah. This plan will not work and is morally flawed. How can unleashing violence create peace? Each member of Hezbollah is a person integrated into society. When they are killed, others step up to fill their place and many more will donate to the "cause." Every bullet fired, every shell spent only results in a larger and more

A More Inconvenient Truth

2006-08-10T09:20:00.000-04:00

We feel that we must get this post out prior to the Wall Street Journal's exposure of the blog. Yes, it is true, this blog is written by the staff of a public relations firm on hire by the Christian Corporate Coalition for Family Values and Against Bad Things (CCFVABT, pronounce like it looks).We, the members of the staff (from Frank who ran the focus groups to Mary who performed the market

Whitehouse Attacked by Mobious Strip

2006-07-03T13:53:00.000-04:00

The President has been arguing that the domestic spying program was legal by virtue of the patriot act and justified by the attack on September 11, 2001. The problem is that the domestic spying program started some seven months prior to 9/11 according to Bloomberg news. Therefore, that which looked somewhat impeachable before now looks “wicked impeachable” (a legal term meaning very).

Beware eFax: Its like a disease

2006-06-10T10:32:00.000-04:00

I joined eFax so I could send a fax to a representative for some issue. I really didn't need to service, so I tried to cancel it. This is when I found that there was no cancellation option on any of the forms.After hunting through the help, I found that I could cancel the account via an IM chat with a sales person. I attempted to cancel several time and that sales person just wouldn't do it. I

Now that you have virtual reality what are you going to do?

2006-05-25T00:00:00.000-04:00

"I'm Going to Disney World...."Ok, virtual worlds let people experience cool things that would be hard to do in the real world. Well, now we have Virtual Disney Kingdom.It's just like being there. I can wait in seemingly endless lines for hours (I use a controller with force feedback to get the full effect).I hear that the Registry of Motor Vehicle is coming out with a virtual world as well. I

Can you say "appropriation"? I thought you could..

2006-05-20T00:06:00.000-04:00

Good news from the archives...Fred Rogers Defends PBS in 1969

Round and Round Learnin' Nothin'

2006-05-19T23:34:00.000-04:00

I just read Haliburton's press release about how it was awarded a contact from Homeland Security to build containment facilities. I have two concerns:1. Why are we building what amounts to interment camps?2. Why was Haliburton awarded a contract after they have been caught stealing from the government multiple times?Didn't the Japanese interment camps during World War II teach us anything? The

The Real cost of global climate change

2006-05-15T21:21:00.000-04:00

My mom lives in Florida and I love her very much, but I'm kind of OK having my own place. If global warming raises the sea level by 14 meters, her home will underwater and she'll be moving in with me.Please, let's stop global warming or I'll be in for much nagging, many broken appliances and therapy. For those of you who have relatives who retired in Arizona, take pitty on the costally screwed

Fat Pipe, Always On, Stay Out of the Way

2006-05-15T21:13:00.000-04:00

I use the net for my job, my political activity and my life. Let's not balkanize the internet into a bunch of incompatible corporate fiefdoms. For our country to prosper socially and economically we need broadband penetration without restrictive policies of monopolies strangling the flow.

Fake News, I want a damn label

2006-04-06T19:51:00.000-04:00

Want to see propaganda displayed in the news? It’s easy to find WPGH does it. I think that the FCC should get off of its ass and do something about this problem. If the alleged news segment I'm watching was produced by an organization with an axe to grind (say the federal government) I want a banner on the bottom and the top of the screen.We label cigarettes even though we all know they

Happy Holidays to Bill O'Reilly

2005-12-15T20:03:00.000-05:00

On November 9 Bill had a burst of schizophrenia which led to the most delicious moment of hypocrisy that I have seen in a while.First Bill said: "I don't believe most people who aren't Christian are offended by the words 'Merry Christmas.' I think those people are nuts."A few minutes later his guest, Philip Nulman, stated that phrases like "Season's Greetings" and "Happy Holidays" don't

Would the god fearing people please simmer down?

2005-11-12T22:15:00.000-05:00

In Denmark the newspaper Jyllands-Posten published a cartoon, which contained an image of the prophet Mohammed. According to Islam, this is an act of blasphemy. I have read that governments of several Islamic nations have demanded that the Danish government punish the newspaper. Some people have questioned the value of democracy if such a thing can happen. Related Article: Cartoons have

We Don't Need No Stinkin Pensions

2005-10-22T22:01:00.000-04:00

Corporations have not been putting appropriate funds into pension plans. Now, as the baby boomers come due to retire we have a problem coming and its going to be huge. The executives made them selves look good and got their bonuses (pronounced bone-us) by effectively stealing from the pension fund. The government, which insures these pensions, has no regulatory agency with teeth to prevent this

Tired of Grabbing Ankle for George W. Bush

2005-10-19T20:55:00.000-04:00

What follows is an open letter that I sent to my elected officials.... Perhaps you might want to contact yours and send them a similar message?Senate: 202-224-3121 http://www.senate.govHouse: 202-224-3121 http://www.house.govDear Elected Official,The budget continues to be a sweepstakes for the top %1 while the rest of us get screwed. We are cutting monies for research and development

Cartoon Violence

2005-10-17T22:57:00.000-04:00

UNICEF used the cute, cuddly and annoying smurfs to raise money and awareness regarding the effects of war on children. The rational was that violence upon cartoon characters is more effective than real pictures of the devastation done to people.In the nation, there was an article about how a porn site is now carrying explicit war footage shot by soldiers in Iraq. The visitors to the site enjoy

Reading Is Dangerous

2005-07-15T20:37:00.000-04:00

We are just hours away from the release of the sixth installment of the "Harry Potter" series. This book may seem harmless to you, but every time your child turns a page she is in grave danger. Potter is a what is known as a gateway book. This prince will surely lead your child to move on to hard books by Tolkien or Barbara Kingsolver (your child may refer to these by their street names: "Ice T"

No one ever regretted that they had but one life to give for KBR

2005-06-28T02:47:00.000-04:00

What follows is an open letter that I have sent to a gaggle of Senators and my rep in the house. If you find the subject matter shocking, I urge that you visit the Frontline site and then contact your elected officials. It is our government and we have the power to shape how it will behave. That is what democracy is all about. I just saw an episode of FRONTLINE on the use of contractors in Iraq.

Evolution and Religion, where is the overlap?

2005-06-24T23:31:00.000-04:00

I do not understand the ruckus about how evolution threatens faith (or visa verse). Evolution is based on the following axioms: Organisms have offspring. Offspring share some traits from the parents and differ from one and other. Some differences help the offspring to have more of their own offspring. Over generations some traits spread throughout a population while others do not.

Operation Close Wal-Mart:

2005-06-14T22:54:00.000-04:00

Wal-Mart is a massive store that is changing America. workers encouraged to use public assistance a company policy workers forced to clock out and continue working workers locked in the stores jobs exported to China Communities have been largely unsuccessful at stopping Wal-Mart in the courts. The problem was that they choice to fight against corporate giant. Why not have Wal-Mart fight

It’s not to late to speculate

2005-06-11T10:30:00.000-04:00

Bill O’Reilly is a man who understands truth and fairness. He is a man who knows what integrity is all about. He uses his keen understanding to avoid all of these things. More importantly, he is a man whose every public word is written down where I can find it… So, if Bill were to be hypocritical or

Profiles in Courage

2005-04-30T13:12:00.000-04:00

I would like to commend Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Vice Chairman of the Join Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace for admitting that they do not know how to read. It takes a real man to expose that kind of weakness and to face it head on. To you two, I say bravo and I wish you luck getting hooked on phonics. Back Story: The two men where holding a press conference and recieved this question:

WalMart carries Klantastic (now with extra whitening power)

2005-04-27T00:23:00.000-04:00

According to Customer Service at Walmart: "Our pharmacists may decline to fill a prescription based on personal convictions. However, they must find another pharmacist, either at Wal-Mart or another pharmacy, who can assist you by filling your prescription."Hmmm. So, if I'm the Grand Dragon of the Illinois Klu Klux Klan (it could happen; they could move jews to the Okkk list and I could sustain

The End of Days is brought to you by our sponser...

2005-04-20T23:21:00.000-04:00

I recently saw a television commercial for a new show called "Revelations." I gather it is another in a long line of books and programs about the end of days. I wonder which advertiser is chomping at the bit to have their ad shown just after Americans see the Beast. My money is on depends or Volvo. Both help people deal with fear.Americans seem preoccupied with the Armageddon. We have TV shows

Top 10 Reasons Why Michael Bolton Would Make a Better Ambassador to the UN

2005-04-15T21:40:00.000-04:00

Doesn't have a silly mustache Never Claimed the that UN doesn't exist Is much more "fabulicious" likes to collaborate with others, while John is advocates a go-it-alone foreign policy. Never referred to by Jessie Helms as "the kind of man with whom I would want to stand at Armageddon" Sold 52 million albums and singles worldwide (more global appeal than Johnny) Kenny G will be

Irony

2005-04-08T18:48:00.000-04:00

King James Bible - Exodus 20:4"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth."Funny, a 5,300-pound granite monument sure looks like an idol to me....

If the meek shall inherit the earth, the mighty need protection

2005-04-08T01:55:00.000-04:00

Big government in towns like Scottsburg, Indiana (population 14,066) are in danger of bringing down small struggling businesses like Verizon and Qwest, companies who are just trying to get $29.99 a month per customer. These small town fat cats have decided that they can offer internet access to their citizens at a fraction of the cost of what these hard working telecom companies charge.In the

A regular guy's attempt to have a movement

2005-04-05T01:36:00.000-04:00

I often come across things which I find absurd, funny and troubling (usually, all at the same time). As these things happen, it seems to me that the entire country shrugs it's shoulders and says "so." Our elected official on both sides of the aisle serve those who write checks instead of those who cast ballots. Our funds destined to go to Iraq never make it there. Our soldier's must write