A key element of the GOP's war on the poor was cemented by the surprise election of Scott Brown to replace Ted Kennedy in the Senate in January 2010. As a candidate, Brown had made his high-mileage GMC pickup truck the star of his campaign commercials. "I love this old truck," he said. "It's brought me closer to the people." But Brown's real allegiance was to his wealthy donors: the billionaire Koch brothers, who bankrolled the Tea Party, and the financial interests who made a last-minute investment of more than $450,000 to propel Brown into office.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Sometimes People Sicken Me.
Take a look at this article:
Christians Openly Advocate Killing Atheists on FOX News Facebook Page
It makes me sick to see people claiming to adhere to a religion that preaches tolerance, compassion and goodwill turn around and say that they want people who don't believe as they do, to die, be murdered, or otherwise deprived of life.
Who the FUCK do you think you are?
Sorry folks, but your religion is fast being eclipsed by a whole lotta other ones. It always was, to be frank. If you add up the adherents to all other religions - or no religion at all - that number fast outpaces that of Christians.
Now how would you like the REST of us to desire YOU dead? I'm sure you wouldn't like it any better than we do.
Kindly take your attitudes and shove them up your collective ass.
Go back to your brick-and-mortar churches and pretend to believe in a god that tells you to show tolerance, compassion, and generosity to all, even those who do not believe as you do. Maybe this Sunday you should pay a little closer attention to what your Jesus preached, than what the human man on the pulpit is preaching - because if he is telling you that everyone else deserves to die, then he is dishonoring the collar he wears and the profession he practices.
Do you think everyone at the Sermon On The Mount was Christian? Got news for you.
Do you think it was ONLY Christians who partook of the bread and fish that were multiplied tenfold and shared? Got NEWS for you.
By advocating the murder of innocents, just because they don't believe as you do, you dishonor the faith you claim to keep.
Shame on you.
Christians Openly Advocate Killing Atheists on FOX News Facebook Page
It makes me sick to see people claiming to adhere to a religion that preaches tolerance, compassion and goodwill turn around and say that they want people who don't believe as they do, to die, be murdered, or otherwise deprived of life.
Who the FUCK do you think you are?
Sorry folks, but your religion is fast being eclipsed by a whole lotta other ones. It always was, to be frank. If you add up the adherents to all other religions - or no religion at all - that number fast outpaces that of Christians.
Now how would you like the REST of us to desire YOU dead? I'm sure you wouldn't like it any better than we do.
Kindly take your attitudes and shove them up your collective ass.
Go back to your brick-and-mortar churches and pretend to believe in a god that tells you to show tolerance, compassion, and generosity to all, even those who do not believe as you do. Maybe this Sunday you should pay a little closer attention to what your Jesus preached, than what the human man on the pulpit is preaching - because if he is telling you that everyone else deserves to die, then he is dishonoring the collar he wears and the profession he practices.
Do you think everyone at the Sermon On The Mount was Christian? Got news for you.
Do you think it was ONLY Christians who partook of the bread and fish that were multiplied tenfold and shared? Got NEWS for you.
By advocating the murder of innocents, just because they don't believe as you do, you dishonor the faith you claim to keep.
Shame on you.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Goldline Execs Charged With Fraud
ABC News
By MATTHEW MOSK and BRIAN ROSS (@brianross)
Nov. 1, 2011
Goldline, a company that used endorsements from Glenn Beck and other conservative icons to sell hundreds of millions of dollars to consumers, has been charged with theft and fraud in a 19-count criminal complaint filed Tuesday by local officials in California.
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You can see the filed complaint here.
Beck and his peers have been known to endorse other products and corporations. Anyone who is dumb enough to even consider buying something from something Beck endorses needs their head examined. The ONLY reason they endorse something is because THEY are making money off it.
By MATTHEW MOSK and BRIAN ROSS (@brianross)
Nov. 1, 2011
Goldline, a company that used endorsements from Glenn Beck and other conservative icons to sell hundreds of millions of dollars to consumers, has been charged with theft and fraud in a 19-count criminal complaint filed Tuesday by local officials in California.
[ Read More ]
You can see the filed complaint here.
Beck and his peers have been known to endorse other products and corporations. Anyone who is dumb enough to even consider buying something from something Beck endorses needs their head examined. The ONLY reason they endorse something is because THEY are making money off it.
Monday, October 31, 2011
We Refuse to Be Politicized!
Thanks to a friend, I came across this article from NPR.org:
Seemingly Bogus Website Uses 'Occupy Party' Name... To Sell Ads
Someone is trying to politicize the movement, same as what they did with the Tea Party.
DON'T DO IT, PEOPLE!
Once something is politicized, it's controlled by Korporate Amerika.
Seemingly Bogus Website Uses 'Occupy Party' Name... To Sell Ads
Someone is trying to politicize the movement, same as what they did with the Tea Party.
DON'T DO IT, PEOPLE!
Once something is politicized, it's controlled by Korporate Amerika.
A Very Bad Dream
I need to share a dream I had a few nights ago, after I decided to start this blog, after the disaster in Oakland.
We were living in a very strict totalitarian state. Everyone's brain had been wired with electrodes, leading to a circuit strip at the base of our heads, covered in a flap of plastic.
Police carried styluses and were authorized to touch certain parts of this circuit strip to dole out punishments when they caught you breaking the laws.
I, and others, had participated in an Occupy-style protest against the State, and we were running, trying to avoid the police. They caught up to one of us and we saw what they did to the woman's circuit strip. They pressed certain "nodes", and she became almost as intellectually retarded as someone with Down's Syndrome. She couldn't think for herself, couldn't take care of herself, and became a Ward of the State.
The rest of us kept running but were eventually caught. I woke up when they were getting ready to dole out my "punishiment". I was begging them not to make me dumb.
===
The fact of the matter is there are millions who are already "dumb". They either don't know, or don't care to know, the true state of how things are. They don't want to believe our government is bought and paid for by corporations who wish to make a profit off programming us in how to live. They don't want to believe that what the GOP is spoon-feeding them is lies, and more lies. They don't want to believe that the Democrats have become just as ineffectual; they continue to make promises they fail to follow through on. They don't want to believe that all major news outlets belong to corporations that don't want you to know the truth - about anything, save carefully selected stories.
Occupy protests are helping to educate some, but there are still a lot of people who are more than willing to believe the corporations.
Let's keep up the good work and pray for those who have their heads stuck in the sand.
We were living in a very strict totalitarian state. Everyone's brain had been wired with electrodes, leading to a circuit strip at the base of our heads, covered in a flap of plastic.
Police carried styluses and were authorized to touch certain parts of this circuit strip to dole out punishments when they caught you breaking the laws.
I, and others, had participated in an Occupy-style protest against the State, and we were running, trying to avoid the police. They caught up to one of us and we saw what they did to the woman's circuit strip. They pressed certain "nodes", and she became almost as intellectually retarded as someone with Down's Syndrome. She couldn't think for herself, couldn't take care of herself, and became a Ward of the State.
The rest of us kept running but were eventually caught. I woke up when they were getting ready to dole out my "punishiment". I was begging them not to make me dumb.
===
The fact of the matter is there are millions who are already "dumb". They either don't know, or don't care to know, the true state of how things are. They don't want to believe our government is bought and paid for by corporations who wish to make a profit off programming us in how to live. They don't want to believe that what the GOP is spoon-feeding them is lies, and more lies. They don't want to believe that the Democrats have become just as ineffectual; they continue to make promises they fail to follow through on. They don't want to believe that all major news outlets belong to corporations that don't want you to know the truth - about anything, save carefully selected stories.
Occupy protests are helping to educate some, but there are still a lot of people who are more than willing to believe the corporations.
Let's keep up the good work and pray for those who have their heads stuck in the sand.
The Corporation
If you wish to feel even more informed about corporations and what they're doing to this world, watch this documentary. I am putting the first part here in my blog, the rest are available through Youtube as you watch.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
What has kept me awake since yesterday
There are a few reasons why I am awake for nearly 24 hours...
One. My rescued street-cat, Mauser, had issues with grooming or letting me brush him so he had to go in for a "sedate and shave" this morning. He's fine and we will be bringing him home shortly.
Two. I have certain friends and family members who are unfortunately brainwashed into thinking and repeating the GOP agenda talking points - and any time you try to introduce them to reason, they have a freaking shit fit. I didn't feel comfortable sharing my viewpoints in a place where they knew it was me.
Three. What occurred last night in Oakland, CA, to the peaceful protesters representing Occupy Oakland was shameful to say the least, and unconstitutional to say the most. I guess we were all waiting for something like this to happen, and now we shall see what the fallout will be. At the very least, those who were able to leave without being (illegally) arrested were definitely more "radicalized" than when they first came.
There are a bunch of Bagger and GOP and Red Scare crapheads following me on twitter, and every time I bring up the word SOCIAL, they all panick and accuse me of being in cahoots with either Stalin, Lenin, or Marx. Sorry folks, but you got me, a Free Thinker, mixed up with a whole bunch of people I never claimed to follow.
The most popular definitions to come up on Google regarding Free Thinkers concern religion. It rather irks me to see that, because Free Thinking, for me, is NOT a "religion" per se. Yes, Free Thinking motivated me to become an active religious Seeker, until I found my spiritual home in my heritage and in Paganism. It didn't, however, end with religion; it colors how I approach all things in life.
I do not merely accept what I've been told. Even if it sounds good, I still invest some research into it.
Even when I was still working (I am medically retired, now) I did not let the news media or other sources of information blindly guide me. I researched, I listened to or read as many information outlets as I possibly could. With the advent of the Internet, the entire world of sources opened up to me.
I was taught, from birth onward, to think for myself, to never be afraid to question, to press for information, to research until I was at peace. My mother was a Free Thinker. Her father was a Free Thinker. The roots run deep in the matrilineal side of my family.
Naturally, my refusal to simply "go with the flow" earned me detractors, and in some cases, enemies. I caused friction. I drew attention. I caused others to wonder if they were in the right to follow the flow or if there was something inherently flawed in their thinking. I tend to have reactions of that sort to this very day. It is as though I am a natural mirror; my very approach to life is sometimes enough to disturb people, though I may not even be aware of it.
I have what some have referred to as a decidedly "cat like" personality, and no doubt that's why I get along with the creatures so well. A cat won't necessarily do what it's told, unless you threaten its idea of security in some fashion (including restraint, yelling, stomping feet, etc.) In other words, you must motivate the cat to change its pattern of behavior.
The same goes for Free Thinkers in my opinion. The clearer your message, the better researched it is, the more source material you can provide - all those things motivate a Free Thinker to consider your opinion when weighing a matter.
A Free Thinker will not believe something simply because you say it is so, no matter how much authority, real or imagined, you wield in its telling.
This country used to celebrate Free Thinkers. So many of our inventions, more than a few lifesaving, were developed by Free Thinkers - people who refused to take "no" or "impossible" for an answer. Our greatest minds in other roles within culture and society were Free Thinkers.
Free Thinkers were a good thing; that is, until Korporate Amerika saw them as a threat and began indoctrinating people to be afraid of them and their concepts.
Free Thinkers used to inhabit major news outlets and risked things that were important - sometimes their very lives - to bring the public the truth. Now the major news outlets are all firmly consolidated undr Korporate Amerika and it's very hard to find any truth that doesn't support the Korporate Agenda.
Welcome to the Hologram, folks, where your culture is spoon-fed to you, one consumer good at a time.
One. My rescued street-cat, Mauser, had issues with grooming or letting me brush him so he had to go in for a "sedate and shave" this morning. He's fine and we will be bringing him home shortly.
Two. I have certain friends and family members who are unfortunately brainwashed into thinking and repeating the GOP agenda talking points - and any time you try to introduce them to reason, they have a freaking shit fit. I didn't feel comfortable sharing my viewpoints in a place where they knew it was me.
Three. What occurred last night in Oakland, CA, to the peaceful protesters representing Occupy Oakland was shameful to say the least, and unconstitutional to say the most. I guess we were all waiting for something like this to happen, and now we shall see what the fallout will be. At the very least, those who were able to leave without being (illegally) arrested were definitely more "radicalized" than when they first came.
There are a bunch of Bagger and GOP and Red Scare crapheads following me on twitter, and every time I bring up the word SOCIAL, they all panick and accuse me of being in cahoots with either Stalin, Lenin, or Marx. Sorry folks, but you got me, a Free Thinker, mixed up with a whole bunch of people I never claimed to follow.
The most popular definitions to come up on Google regarding Free Thinkers concern religion. It rather irks me to see that, because Free Thinking, for me, is NOT a "religion" per se. Yes, Free Thinking motivated me to become an active religious Seeker, until I found my spiritual home in my heritage and in Paganism. It didn't, however, end with religion; it colors how I approach all things in life.
I do not merely accept what I've been told. Even if it sounds good, I still invest some research into it.
Even when I was still working (I am medically retired, now) I did not let the news media or other sources of information blindly guide me. I researched, I listened to or read as many information outlets as I possibly could. With the advent of the Internet, the entire world of sources opened up to me.
I was taught, from birth onward, to think for myself, to never be afraid to question, to press for information, to research until I was at peace. My mother was a Free Thinker. Her father was a Free Thinker. The roots run deep in the matrilineal side of my family.
Naturally, my refusal to simply "go with the flow" earned me detractors, and in some cases, enemies. I caused friction. I drew attention. I caused others to wonder if they were in the right to follow the flow or if there was something inherently flawed in their thinking. I tend to have reactions of that sort to this very day. It is as though I am a natural mirror; my very approach to life is sometimes enough to disturb people, though I may not even be aware of it.
I have what some have referred to as a decidedly "cat like" personality, and no doubt that's why I get along with the creatures so well. A cat won't necessarily do what it's told, unless you threaten its idea of security in some fashion (including restraint, yelling, stomping feet, etc.) In other words, you must motivate the cat to change its pattern of behavior.
The same goes for Free Thinkers in my opinion. The clearer your message, the better researched it is, the more source material you can provide - all those things motivate a Free Thinker to consider your opinion when weighing a matter.
A Free Thinker will not believe something simply because you say it is so, no matter how much authority, real or imagined, you wield in its telling.
This country used to celebrate Free Thinkers. So many of our inventions, more than a few lifesaving, were developed by Free Thinkers - people who refused to take "no" or "impossible" for an answer. Our greatest minds in other roles within culture and society were Free Thinkers.
Free Thinkers were a good thing; that is, until Korporate Amerika saw them as a threat and began indoctrinating people to be afraid of them and their concepts.
Free Thinkers used to inhabit major news outlets and risked things that were important - sometimes their very lives - to bring the public the truth. Now the major news outlets are all firmly consolidated undr Korporate Amerika and it's very hard to find any truth that doesn't support the Korporate Agenda.
Welcome to the Hologram, folks, where your culture is spoon-fed to you, one consumer good at a time.
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