Morning class. It is Monday and the fun begins again...take out pencil and paper and prepare for the newest quiz.
In American history, who were the Gold Democrats?
Google awaits...this one should be simple enough. Good luck and good clicking...
It is Sunday and now all the news you cannot use.
1--Taxpayer is footing the bill to bail out a corporation of speculators. Ought to sit well with those in foreclosure.
2--Founder of popeye's Fried Chicken dies.
3--Tibetans still pissed
4--VA offers families of those killed at VT a $100,000 not to sue.
5--3 more teachers in Tampa caught with sexual asignations with students. 10 in 2 yrs.
6--More crazies at schools with guns
7--Woman had to remove nipple rings before she could fly.......she had huge tits...go figure.
That is it all the news that gives you the blues........
What a magnificent con job this is! It is to help save energy and to assist people with more time for family activities. Do you buy this?
One of the people that I most admire said this and it is true, there is no principles in politics with the exception of getting elected.
There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.
Alexis de Tocqueville
I would agree somewhat with him, but the men of principle seldom get elected. And the parties are more concerned with beating each other in the elections than making life better for the people. Sad!
I am posting this on several of my many blogs. I just want to try and help the movement as much as I can. Since the media is ignoring this silent protest, I thought I would try and get it out there a bit.
The World Wildlife Fund said millions of people in the United States and around the globe will turn off or dim their lights Saturday in support of Earth Hour.
The event, designed as a statement about climate change, will roll through 14 time zones at 8 p.m. Saturday night, starting in Christchurch, New Zealand, and wrapping up in San Francisco.
Some of the tallest buildings in the United States, including the John Hancock Building in Chicago and the Bank of America Plaza in Atlanta, will turn off their lights. The Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants and Arizona Diamondbacks will turn off select non-essential lighting on the exterior of their stadiums and arenas and McDonald's will turn off its golden arches in the Chicago area, WWF said in a release.
Help them as much as possible, there is already enough people ignoring the fact that the planet is DYING!
2008-03-20 Greens warn that election of Obama, Clinton, or McCain will not reverse the meltdown touched off by the subprime mortgage crisis
Read for yourself. Lots of good points to ponder before you vote this Fall. Do yourself a favor and learn the issues, especially this issue.
Word!
Obama Casts Wide Blame for Financial Crisis and Proposes Homeowner Aid - New York Times
If you want to watch the vid of his speech there is a link within the NYT article. read or watch the speech then make up your mind.
Obama: Fix market regulation - USATODAY.com
I was gonna comment on the Obama speech but instead I would prefer that people read it for themselves. Their is a link to the speech in this article. Please read it and tell me what you think.
STOP IT! Stop pretending that the news is fair and balanced. Stop saying that Obama has gotten a free ride. Just stop!
I am so disgusted with the media, broadcast media that is, I will read newspapers for awhile until they shut up. Why? They are doing all in their power to keep Clinton in the race. They make sure that everything they say will be a sound bite that goes to those blue collar workers that make up a good portion of the electorate. An attempt to influence.
Look at guest they have on to talk about the Dems. Harold Washington, Jr--here is great one, he gave up his Dem soul when he joined and spouts the DLC line. And when progressives like Rachel Maddo, etc are on as a panel member they are usually shouted down by one of the media reps so that the progressive line is seldom heard in its entirety.
You want more? Alrighty then, how about an out right lie that gets no or little coverage. a lie committed by a candidate and then take a look at comments from some preacher that is not the candidate. Which do you remember? I bet it is that darn pesky preacher. And when will members of the church in question be asked about him? Not those that stop by now and then, but real life members. They will not, it would bring an end to this story and the media does not want that.
Congrats voters! You are being played! How does it feel?
Clinton: Wright would not have been my pastor - CNN.com
Ok if this was a spontaneous question, why is she working from notes. Watch her comments and watch her eyes.
One third of the US debt that the taxpayers will cover and is a slow drain on the treasury, the Iraq War. That money spent, what has it accomplished for the country? Ok, some veiled crap about the security of the country. But if our aging bridges, highways, etc start killing people then where was the secure that the war was promising the country?
We as a country are spending $10 billion a month on the war. In my state and local city is getting their share of federal funds from HUD, it will amount to $171,000. Now I ask what will that amount do to help a city that is fighting crime, drugs, etc? That small amount of funds will buy a couple of stop signs and a sidewalk, at best, while the city continues to slowly deteriorate.
I know my area is not alone and as long as we have these sanctimonious a/holes running the country it will continue. I am not convinced that the Big 3 candidates will change this situation at all. I mean if a small city in my area is being screwed I can imagine how the large cities are being pumped.
Makes me proud to be an American!
Oh good, 4000 deaths and the Prez has this to say, "One day people will look back at this moment in history and say thank God there were courageous people willing to serve because they laid the foundations for peace for generations to come [and] I have vowed in the past and I will vow so long as I am president to make sure that those lives were not lost in vain,"
Just who has the deaths benefited? The Iraqis? Do not think so! The US? Well, yes, there it is, the answer. Who has gotten rich off the invasion? Halleburton, Blackwater, and others within the military-industrial complex.
On the tube when Cheney was ask about the opposition to the war by the American people, he said "SO". Now there is the real answer to why the war continues. The elites want it, so be it.
Language is being used by the WH to control the situation and the attitudes toward the war. What? Take surge for instance, a surge is a limited influx of something with an end to come. Like a surge of power, it ends. Want another? How about regime change? Instead of what it was an invasion. Again? It is called a war, but it is an occupation. Check history! You people are allowing these people dance you around like a cheap WHORE. Don't think so? Then why are all returning dead taboo to the media? Why are all services for the dead taboo to the media? Ok, family privacy, is a good call and in most cases legit. News of this would swing the support away from the bullsh*t that they have been cramming up your ass for 5 years.
Wake up people!
Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign said she "misspoke" last week when saying she had landed under sniper fire during a trip to Bosnia as first lady in March 1996. But Obama plagiarized parts of one of his speeches. Thinking........and let me get this straight...the media is giving Obama a free ride....is that about it?
Misspoke......is the Clinton-ese for LIED? She is got her facts wrong....I have been in sniper fire...there is NO way to confuse it with anything else.
She was on a good will trip to a dangerous country, no doubt about that....but she landed in a high secure area... so please.....CALL A LIE A LIE!
Hopefully, my readers are watching the elections that have been going on for the past couple of months. The media seems to be assisting in the split of the electorate into a division among the voters.
It is Monday and it is Class, the question today is:
What is the devotion to a geographical region to the prejudice of the unity of the country called?
Not an easy one, but it is not that difficult if you have been reading and learning. I have touched on this in my lectures.
Good luck and good day!
This one is from the war in Iraq.
Death Toll: 4000
Are you people happy now? Must we lose the 53,000+ of the Vietnam War before you see the horror of this situation?
Guess the media is all consumed with remarks from pastors and others that they are letting their brand of spin take over. Not nearly as much bullsh*t news as normal.
1--Lots of regional news not much real news
2--More weather, more flooding, more....but at least no Calif. fires.
3--McCartney/Mills divorce settlemnent--she gets about $48 million
4--"2001" author dies
5--More cops being stupid on camera--is there an IQ tests for being a cop?
6--Another 20-something female killed
7--Princess Di still still dead.
With all the bullsh*t about the Dems and their campaigns, your Congress has been able to get relief from the heat they had been taking before the primaries. They are still a do nothing bunch of wealthy individuals that do not want to buck the White House.
They voted for a war, then they continue to support it with funds and they will allow more torture and they will allow more domestic spying on Americans and then they will allow more kids to go unfunded in health care. Now where is the voting on the mandate they said they has when they took control in 2007?
Please explain to me their function as of your last Civics class
(LONG PAUSE FOR EFFECT)
Now that the fantasy is out of the way, let us move on to reality. The truth is that this legislature exists as public relations gesture toward the people to make it appear that here is democratic participation of the people, but without ant substantial power. The people voted a majority of Dems into the Congress, and how has that worked out? Voting is a powerful mechanism, but it is only a trade off for the political elite to remain in control. All it accomplishes is to legitimize the whole process of a government controlled by the elite over the will of the masses.
Howard Zinn said it best, "voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by the citizens". Never a truer bunch of words have been spoken. But the American voter does not want to be involved beyond every four years. They want someone to tell them what is best for them. Nothing will be accomplished for the people of the country until that thinking is eliminated and that is my job.
Worldpress.org - World in Cartoons
See how the world views the international situation.
Some of our founding fathers were not as "democratic" as they are taught in school. This quote is from William Penn, the father of Pennsylvania and a minor founding father.
"Let the people think they govern and they will be governed"
Gee sounds like the system were have now. If you vote every 4 yrs then you are somehow governing yourself. You are not, you are giving control to someone who is not there in your behalf.
I am sooooo sick of listening to the media pundits say that they love Obama, but keep the race issue in the forefront. I hear these sanctimonious a/holes say that he has to move beyond the race thing. really? Then shut the f*ck up! The media is the one doing the dance of death on the race issue. They say that Obama needs to talk about the economy or the war or......but they WILL NOT let the conversation move past the race issue.
STOP IT! Try doing the right thing, for once.....I realize that they are controlled by the corporate state, but do not tell me they cannot be more fair in their reporting.
I am sick of the crap they try to force feed me. maybe i am the only one, if so...I am the smartest SOB on the planet.
