MARKET WATCH

"The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which carries out the central bank's open market operations, moved Thursday to inject $41 billion in temporary reserves into the U.S financial system. It came as part of ongoing efforts designed to ensure that the markets -- which have suffered through a period of turbulence over the last few months -- function smoothly. The cash infusion came in three separate operations.

A New York Fed spokesman said it was the largest single day of operations since $50.35 billion was pumped into the system on Sept. 19, 2001, following the terror strikes on New York and Washington. He declined further comment."

MARKET WATCH

Thu, 1 Nov 2007 14:18 PM
Symbol Price Change
DOW 13,710.12 -219.89
NASDAQ 2,823.76 -35.36
S&P 500 1,524.93 -24.45

Wed, 7 Nov 2007 13:21 PM
Symbol Price Change
DOW 13,436.51 -224.43
NASDAQ 2,780.16 -45.02
S&P 500 1,493.32 -26.95

Thu, 8 Nov 2007 13:08 PM
Symbol Price Change
DOW 13,183.45 -116.57
NASDAQ 2,678.31 -70.45
S&P 500 1,463.05 -12.57

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 15:30 PM
Symbol Price Change
DOW 13,042.74 -223.55
NASDAQ 2,627.94 -68.06
S&P 500 1,453.70 -21.07


My personal hopeful expectation: a crash. Simply a complete and total failure of the market and of the United States (puppet) Government. I'll keep my fingers crossed. Who knows, perhaps the (big) heartland earth quake that I have been waiting for will hasten the collapse of the market!

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:58 AM
Symbol Price Change
DOW 12,986.57 -190.22
NASDAQ 2,595.02 -42.22
S&P 500 1,434.97 -23.77

The DOW has fallen now 1000 points in roughly 4 weeks after a record high of over 1400 points. I anticipate a continued decline for the next 15 months at minimum. Though it may have brief recovery periods, it will continue to fall until George Dumbya Bullshitler and Company are removed from office. I have no idea at this time what that alone will do to world market investment confidence. (Could you imagine being THAT hated world wide?) But regardless of any reaction to a change of regime here in the United States, the declining trend will continue. The damage has been done. It will take 20 years or more for the World to recover from the arrogance and misdeeds done by the American Government world wide.

While the market has not closed at < 1300 as of this writing, it is coming. The trend will continue as the world writhes under the oppressive hand of fascism.
Symbol Price Change
DOW 12,799.04 -211.10
NASDAQ 2,562.15 -34.66
S&P 500 1,416.77 -22.93
WOO HOO! To my friends whom this 'market crash' is hurting, I am sorry for your losses. But did you really think that the natural correction of society would come without pain? Take your remaining gains and invest them in survival equipment and supplies. It can only get worse before it gets better.
Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:21 PM
Symbol Price Change
DOW 12,980.88 0.00
NASDAQ 2,596.60 +34.45
S&P 500 1,440.70 +23.93
And Black Friday did nothing to restore investor confidence. Can I get a big "Awwwwwe".
Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:15 PM
Symbol Price Change
DOW 13,264.82 -101.05
NASDAQ 2,652.28 -22.18
S&P 500 1,468.36 -10.13
Wed, 2 Jan 2008 17:53 PM
Symbol Price Change
DOW 13,043.96 -220.86
NASDAQ 2,609.63 -42.65
S&P 500 1,447.16 -21.20
Fri, 4 Jan 2008 17:22 PM
Symbol Price Change
DOW 12,800.18 -256.54
NASDAQ 2,504.65 -98.03
S&P 500 1,411.63 -35.53
Wed, 9 Jan 2008 08:25 AM
Symbol Price Change
DOW 12,589.07 -238.42
NASDAQ 2,440.51 -58.95
S&P 500 1,390.19 -25.99
Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:15 PM
Symbol Price Change
DOW 12,501.11 -277.04
NASDAQ 2,417.59 -60.71
S&P 500 1,380.95 -35.30
Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:18 PM
Symbol Price Change
DOW 12,099.30 -59.91
NASDAQ 2,340.02 -6.88
S&P 500 1,325.19 -8.06
The stock market world wide took a nose dive as Wall Street had the day off in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Let's see what tomorrow brings, shall we?

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:46 PM
Symbol Price Change
DOW 11,971.19 -128.11
NASDAQ 2,292.27 -47.75
S&P 500 1,310.50 -14.69
Woo Hoo! The day opened with a 460 sell off but rallied some of its losses by days end. Let's shoot for 10,000 now, shall we.

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:45
PM Symbol Price Change
DOW 12,270.17 +298.98
NASDAQ 2,316.41 +24.14
S&P 500 1,338.60 +28.12
Boo Hiss! Looks like someone is buying the lie. Certainly not me!

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:02 PM
I only just realized that I should be watching the value of the dollar a little more closely as compared to other currencies. Let's watch the value of the dollar drop worldwide...
US CAD EUR GBP CHF JPY AUD
1.0000 1.0099 1.4878 1.9921 0.9215 0.0094 0.8983

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 17:56 PM
US CAD EUR GBP CHF JPY AUD
1.0000 1.0073 1.4831 1.9738 0.9195 0.0094 0.9080

Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:09 PM
Symbol Price Change
DOW 12,200.10 -65.03
NASDAQ 2,278.75 -30.82
S&P 500 1,326.45 -10.19
US CAD EUR GBP CHF JPY AUD
1.0000 0.9940 1.4632 1.9608 0.9122 0.0094 0.8944
Now, let's try this again. Come on <12,000 !

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:25 PM
Symbol Price Change
DOW 12,284.30 -142.96
NASDAQ 2,299.78 -27.32
S&P 500 1,342.53 -17.50
US CAD EUR GBP CHF JPY AUD
1.0000 0.9890 1.4821 1.9632 0.9190 0.0093 0.9193
Over the past two weeks the market has attempted to rally and fluctuated amid rumors and speculation over the economic stimulus package and its ability to have any effect. Today, the bubble busted. More to the point, the world economy along with political stability took a tremendous jolt today. Several world events have rattled the establishment to its foundation during the course of the past week. And more will follow. If this is not the beginning of the end, then the end is already well under way.

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:31 PM
Symbol Price Change
DOW 12,266.39 -315.79
NASDAQ 2,271.48 -60.09
S&P 500 1,330.63 -37.05
US CAD EUR GBP CHF JPY AUD
1.0000 1.0132 1.5171 1.9883 0.9603 0.0096 0.9291
For the past week the market has been trying to rally and recover its losses based on the false promises and "rose colored glasses" outlook of the Chimp in Chief and his minions. When will they get the fact that he is a liar and a thief? Anyway, today the market tumbled over 300 points. The fact that jobs are being sent out of country at an unprecedented rate, the underhanded faulty loans that were bundled into junk bonds, and the rest of the world has lost all faith in Amerika and its worthless legal tender is finally coming back to haunt the sheeple.

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 16:37
PM Symbol Price Change
DOW 11,893.69 -146.70
NASDAQ 2,212.49 -8.01
S&P 500 1,293.37 -10.97
US CAD EUR GBP CHF JPY AUD
1.0000 1.0099 1.5352 2.0130 0.9752 0.0097 0.9276
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Cleaning up the Nation's streets

FALCON 2007 continued to promote these important efforts, but took on a more focused, long-term approach by targeting twenty-seven cities and regions experiencing elevated levels of criminal activity. Working in conjunction with the Department of Justice, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and other agencies, the U.S. Marshals Service identified and targeted the communities most in need of assistance. The Marshals then reached out to their many partners in federal, state, and local law enforcement to coordinate a sustainable push designed to safely apprehend the maximum number of violent predators. Deputy U.S. marshals teamed with agents, investigators, detectives, officers, and deputies to form a powerful unit that located and arrested 6,406 fugitive felons, ensuring a greater level of safety on the streets of America.  

They're rounding 'em up and locking them away. Hold on to your seats!

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Ready for a Change?

Had enough yet? Are you sick and tired of 'Business as usual' in Washington D.C. ? Tired to death, as I am, of lawmakers pandering to big business and the Military Industrial Complex as our children get dumber and sicker from the complete and utter failure of 'No Child left behind' and the continued infighting over SCHIP?

"Stopping the war is our highest priority," he said. "More than a million Iraqis, including tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children, have died in this tragic and misguided debacle, not to mention more than 3,800 of our own men and women — and for no legitimate reason," added Moore."The wealthy have benefited tremendously from the recent boom in the financial markets, while the working poor in this country are struggling more than ever just to make ends meet," said Moore, whose party's economic program includes guaranteed jobs, housing, and health care for every American.

Why not consider Brian Moore and Stewart Alexander, presidential and vice-presidential nominees for the Socialist Party USA, and give change a chance.

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A Collection: Philosophers

I received an e-mail from a visitor to my blog a few weeks back that inspired me to a little project. The message read as follows:

Hello heartland. You asked for tips and here they are. You are a former Marine and Christian. Now you are a Buddhist and having trouble "practicing your faith." What you need to do is to read (translation: meditate upon until you know them by heart) various works. Here are some of them: Nietzsche, The Antichrist The works of Chuang-Tzu and Lao-Tzu. The Japanese Art of War by Thomas Cleary (you were a Marine.) Attack on Christendom by Kierkegaard. (Please find a translation that is easy to read. If Kierkegaard is obscure, it is the fault of the translator.) Buddhism is not a faith, it is closer to a philosophy (which it isn't either.) Don't "try" to practice it as a faith. The works of Alan Watts are a good ladder to get to where you want to go but if you forget to throw away the ladder once you get there, well, you might as well go back to being a fundamentalist Christian because the result will be better. I'm not looking for any correspondence from you, I'm just perpetrating a random act of kindness. You sound like a dedicated man of integrity and courage. We need people like you and I want to encourage you and push you along your path. Every one of the authors I recommended has a humorous and ironic side (except possibly

the author of the Art of War.). Don't forget the playful side of
things, even in the darkest times. It might be the most important
advice of all.

Yours with feet firmly planted in nothingness,

J.


This 'random act of kindness' inspired me to collect as many of these works, and others of import, as I could find in e-text and put them together into a single Library.For a package of must read literature, 'Philosophers' is a collection of works from such great philosophers as Aristotle, Nietzsche, Thoreau, Sun Tzu, and others packed in an application that allows you to add works to, rearrange, delete, or customize in any way you see fit. And the app also allows you to organize any other information and ideas in a hierarchical, tree-like structure. 'Philosophers' is a .gde file packed especially for use with 'The Guide'.'The Guide' is an application that allows you create documents ("guides") which inherently have a tree (which you can modify as you please) and text associated with each node of the tree. The text itself is of the rich-text variety, and the editor allows you to modify the style and formatting of the text (fonts, bold, italics etc). The Guide is available as an installable package for Microsoft Windows 2000 and upwards (XP, 2003, Vista). It should work (although not tested) on the 64-bit versions also. The binaries are also available as a zip file that requires no installation. The Guide is a 32-bit native C++ Win32 application (that uses MFC).You may get 'Philosophers' and 'The Guide' packed together by clicking here .

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Confronting the War President on October 27, 2007

http://www.oct27.org/



One might venture to say, on October 27, 2007, where ever you are, make a public statement against the war! Stop the insanity! Wear a black arm band, burn a flag, any act of defiance would be fine. Don't work. Don't go to school. Don't BUY ANYTHING, ANYWHERE!

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George Bush Hints of New (sic) Secret Weapon

"-we got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel. So I've told people that if you're interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon."
George Bush

The secret weapon that Bush & Co. has that destroys "knowledge" is The Church . Tithe regularly!

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Growing weary of the 'debate'? I am...

Nancy Pelosi, Meet Your Replacement!

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The plight of World Buddhism, "the American Way", and the Apathy of Mankind

In September 1949, Communist China, without any provocation, invaded Eastern Tibet and captured Chamdo, the headquarters of the Governor of Eastern Tibet. On November 11, 1950, the Tibetan Government protested to the United Nations Organisation against the Chinese aggression. Although El Salvador raised the question, the Steering Committee of the General Assembly moved to postpone the issue.

On November 17, 1950, His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama assumed full spiritual and temporal powers as the Head of State because of the grave crisis facing the country, although he was barely sixteen years old. On May 23, 1951 a Tibetan delegation, which had gone to Peking to hold talks on the invasion, was forced to sign the so-called "17-point Agreement on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet", with threats of more military action in Tibet and by forging the official seals of Tibet.

The Chinese then used this document to carry out their plans to turn Tibet into a colony of China disregarding the strong resistance by the Tibetan people. What is more, the Chinese violated every article of this unequal 'treaty' which they had imposed on the Tibetans.

On September 9, 1951 thousands of Chinese troops marched into Lhasa. The forcible occupation of Tibet was marked by systematic destruction of monasteries, suppression of religion, denial of political freedom, widespread arrests and imprisonment and massacre of innocent men, women and children.

On March 10, 1959 the nation-wide Tibetan resistance culminated in the Tibetan National Uprising against the Chinese in Lhasa. The Chinese retaliated with a ruthlessness unknown to the Tibetans. Thousands of men, women and children were massacred in the streets and many more imprisoned and deported. Monks and nuns were a prime target. Monasteries and temples were shelled.

On March 17, 1959 the Dalai Lama left Lhasa and escaped from the pursuing Chinese to seek political asylum in India. He was followed by unprecedented exodus of Tibetans into exile. Never before in their history had so many Tibetans been forced to leave their homeland under such difficult circumstances. There are now more than one hundred thousand Tibetan refugees all over the world.

The following is from the Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations:

WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED

to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and

to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and

to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and

to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

While the Buddhist monks and civilians continue to be imprisoned and killed indiscriminately in Myanmar, the World continues to passively watch and do nothing about unmitigated aggression on fundamentally peaceful people.

So, I say without hesitation nor apology, that it is not JUST Americans that are asleep at the wheel while the war machine called Capitalism continues to trample the dead bodies of the peaceful. If you want to call everyone in America in general lazy, uneducated, bigoted bores, take a look in the mirror before you do. There is enough criticism to go around.

What there is NOT is enough people to stand together in unity against the machine of oppression and slavery of mind and body to make a positive change for the better for the world at large. When will I see true leaders emerge to unite the people of the world? Better yet, when will the people of the world strike down this concept of "us and them"?

We will all pay, indeed are already paying, for the general apathy associated with living in the contemporary model, of allowing the Corporations to dictate the fate of mankind. Their point of view is only short term, the exploitation of humanity and of world resources for monetary gain. It can only end in ruin for us all.

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Hard line: Debra Cagan stunned the MPs with her comments

What's with this chick(?) anyway? Is that REALLY a Maltese Cross she is wearing? Is Bush & Co. REALLY getting THAT brazen in their fascism to easily identify with The Third Reich? And the red leather jacket sets the ensemble to the tune!

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Fox News thinks SCHIP is an Immigration Issue

I'm glad this crap comes via YouTube so I don't have to watch Fox News at all! They really kind of make me sick.

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Anonymity & the Net

Forbes Magazine October 15, 2007 edition has an article entitled Anonymity & the Net  by Victoria Murphy Barret. " It started as privacy protection for the abused, the oppressed and the bashful. Now it shields creeps, criminals and malicious mobs. How to fix it?"

It tells of a harrowing experience by Christos Catsouras, and his wife Lesli, when their daughter Nicole died in an automobile accident and investigation photos were leaked by the California Highway Patrol that appeared on the web with unflattering commentary. The story goes on to describe their plight to get the "gruesome" photos removed along with the "jeering" commentary.

Now, Lesli says, "Nobody seemed to think it was a big deal, except for us." And, " I don't believe in anonymity, not in this country. We're too privileged to allow this to happen. Everyone will get hurt by this. Just watch."

We're too privileged?! WE are too privileged?! Don't EVEN speak for me, bitch. You know nothing about me!

The only reason that I can think of that Forbes Magazine is printing this article is that they, too, along with big business and Microsoft, believe that anonymity is a bad thing and should be curbed by (corporate bought) government interventions.

I feel for the Catsouras'. I really do. However, I don't think that effectively GAGGING everyone is the answer. After all, who caused the bad? CHP. Plain and simple. I must agree that there are a lot of mean 'people' (and I use that term loosely in this case) out here on the internet. I read a lot of mean spirited comments on message boards and it often causes me to NOT participate in the discussion. Isn't that the spirit of 'free enterprise'? If I'm not interested in a certain commodity, I refrain from consuming it! And no one has ever protected MY interests from public consumption.

But who the hell are you, or anyone else for that matter, to tell me what information I CAN view or comment on? I refuse to use GOOGLE, the parent company of this blog site, because of their complicity in the Presidential infringement on American Constitutional Rights by releasing user information. (I had begun this blog before Google's acquisition and am therefore stuck with a bastard step-parent.)

The article suggests that identity equals accountability. Well, from where I'm sitting, Big Money equals deniability and identity equals oppression. Do what you will, we will always remain free! Bad article and position, Forbes Magazine.

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But Then It Was Too Late

"What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise; to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if the people could understand it, it could not be released because of national security."

{Sound familiar so far? This next part is the part I really like!}

"And their sense of identification with Hitler, their trust in him, made it easier to widen this gap and reassured those who would otherwise have worried about it."

"They Thought They Were Free" First published in 1955 By Milton Mayer

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CHIP legislation

G.W.: The program increase will be paid for by raising taxes on the working class. (Paraphrase, near quote).

In actuality it will be paid for by a 61 cent tax increase on cigarettes which industry is dependent predominantly on the working class. In other words, it will be bad for the Tobacco Industry.

Say what you mean, man. Bad for workers hooked on a legal substance, but generally bad for big business as more people will quit using this destructive substance for survival reasons. The folks who use cigarettes will simply be less capable of affording them.

And as sales go down, hurting the profit margins of the elite, where, pray tell will the money come from then?

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Blackwatergate

"September 26, 2007
Breaking: DOD Team To Investigate Security Contractors
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered a Pentagon investigation of security contractors in Iraq, CNN's Jamie McIntyre is reporting. The probe comes after a deadly gunfight involving Blackwater employees raised questions about oversight of foreign contractors in Iraq. Gates was unsatisfied with preliminary U.S. reports on the shooting, McIntyre reports. We'll update with details.

Posted at 1:28 PM Posted to: Bush Administration, Iraq, Middle East, Military, Robert Gates"

And as quickly as the investigation begins, the Stonewalling also begins.

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War is a commercial enterprise, and O'Reilly can Kiss my ass!

There was a time when I would have supported the election of Collin Powel for Commander and Chief. Of course, that was before he sold out to the money whores and bowed out in disgrace. I hope everyone notices the fate of Bush Administration officials who defy or even disagree with Dumbia and Darth Vader.

Watch this interview on Real Time...

Everyone made such a fuss about the President of Iran speaking at Columbia University calling him a liar (among other things) and comparing him to Hitler. My problem is that virtually everything that I heard said about him could be said about George Dumbia, yet no one dares say such truths about our peerless leader. Mainstream media certainly won't, or they would lose their corporate subsidies.

I was participating in an online discussion at beliefnet about a year ago where I identified as a Buddhist and I was complaining about current events and one of the participants told me that Buddhists weren't suppose to "worry about stuff like that". I quit participating on beliefnet. But the circumstance has nagged at the back of my mind ever since. Now, I see Buddhist Monks in Myanmar marching in the streets in protest of military rule and in favor of Democracy. So, I guess we do worry about these things. I guess it is like the Christian admonition to be in this world but not of it.

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The Downing Street "Memo"

Today is September 21, 2007, 869 days since congressional request for investigation. (maybe it has begun...). But I doubt it. The Downing Street "Memo"

Published by The Sunday Times on May 1, 2005 this document was the first hard evidence from within the UK or US governments that exposed the truth about how the Iraq war began.

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The Police State Is Right Here, Right Now

Carolyn Baker writes this stunning critique of Naomi Wolf's "10 easy steps" to Fascism. I can't add a word to either of these bold women other than "that's all I'm tryin' to say!". You can see Naomi's interview on The Colbert Report here. These articles are a must read for all American's!

In the "10 easy steps" outlined by Wolf, countries move from open to closed and repressive societies by devolving past certain markers, and Wolf makes a powerful case for the way in which the United States is following a similar pattern without any significant deviation. In each instance she compares and contrasts how America's adherence to the pattern compares or contrasts with the pattern in pre-World War II Germany. The 10 steps are:

1. Invoking an external and internal threat
2. Establishing secret prisons
3. Developing a paramilitary force
4. Surveiling ordinary citizens
5. Infiltrating citizens' groups
6. Arbitrarily detaining and releasing citizens
7. Targeting key individuals
8. Restricting the press
9. Casting criticism as "espionage" and dissent as "treason"
10. Subverting the rule of law

Watch the Colbert interview here.

Bush Administration Flooding Iraqi Black Market With Billions Of Dollars In Weapons

Think Progress?
Come on! And what, pray tell, did I say in my email that Jack Cafferty read?

G.W.: "The reason there is not instant democracy in Iraq..."

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 , at approximately 10:02 AM, the fascist imperialist George W. Bush said, "The reason there is not instant democracy in Iraq is because the people of Iraq have still not recovered from the brutal rule of Saddam Hussien."

Bull Shit!

They haven't recovered from the fact that their death tolls have increased over 400% since we invaded them! This fact is exposed in a report from CNN reporter Michael Ware.

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Terrorism: Insurgency: Patriotism

I was watching a CNN story about the Predator Drone Unmanned Fighting and Surveillance Vehicle. The drone was survialing the area around an Air Force Base in Iraq when it spotted a lone, un-uniformed man standing outside of his car just off the base perimeter. He had just set up a mortar and was dropping a shell into the tube. It launched. He dropped another into the tube which did not launch. He apparently decided not to attempt to disarm the dud shell and left the tube, got into his car and drove away. The drone then followed him, targeted his car, and blew it, with him in it, to smithereens. He was labeled an insurgent, terrorist.

Now, I have no particular aversion to firing back at anyone shooting at me. And I afford soldiers that same right. But they had no intelligence suggesting WHO this man was. So, why the label? Could he not just as easily be called an Iraqi Patriot? After all, he was not in any uniform nor identifiable as with any particular organization (save for the hardware). And he was shooting at an occupying imperial invasion force.

Which leads me to my next example. What, pray tell, is the difference between using a person or a car to deliver an explosive devise and using a million dollar missile guidance system? Does the actual cost of the missile delivery system define the difference between an evil bomb and a righteous bomb?

And what about "U.S. Security Contractors"? We used to call soldiers for hire, Mercenaries and they usually were hired by the CIA to work black operations. Now, these mercenaries are boldly hired and deployed by the U.S. Government and sanctioned, if not outright ordered by, the White House! They don't even care about deniable plausibility any more.

The current resident ot the White House and all of his minions and cronies are simply bad and evil men. There is little room for debate on the issue. And they are going to drag all of America straight to hell with them. Is your insecurity really so great that you will idly set by and give them free reign to spread fascist capitalism in the name of freedom as you freely allow them to erode and deny you your constitutionally guaranteed rights and freedoms?

Too late, you already have. And your patriotic civic pride that prevents you from even listening to anything that sounds remotely unpatriotic is your Achilles heel.

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Cafferty: Buying a gun?

At long last Jack Cafferty of CNN read one of my responses on his segment of the Situation Room, the Cafferty File. The question is regarding a proposed Maryland State initiative which would require potential gun purchasers to sign a release of information for their mental health records in a knee jerk reaction by lawmakers to the VA Tech massacre.
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Jack's question: What kind of restrictions should there be on gun purchases?
My response:
Jack,
I thought the free market premise is that if I have the money to buy something then it is good for everyone! After all, we as a nation have sold weapons to bin Laden, Norieaga, the Suni's, the Shia, Saddam, and a never ending list of criminals.I fail to see the free market rational for prohibiting sales to someone who merely had a bad 'month'.

I am proud that Jack and/or his team thought my comment worthy of reading on the air. I just hope that my sarcasm and criticism for free market ideas was not lost in translation.

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Republican quotes on war before they took charge

KY's Senior Senator Mitch McConnell said during a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate
"Domestic terrorism is not a cause we have to fight or a project we need to fund. We are not interested in capturing bin Laden. Even though he has been offered to us. We are not the world's policemen. It's not our job to clean up other countries messes or arrest it's bad guys."


"You can support the troops but not the president."--Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)
"Well, I just think it's a bad idea. What's going to happen is they're going to be over there for 10, 15, maybe 20 years."--Joe Scarborough (R-FL)

"Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life?"--Sean Hannity, Fox News, 4/6/99

"[The] President . . . is once again releasing American military might on a foreign country with an ill-defined objective and no exit strategy. He has yet to tell the Congress how much this operation will cost. And he has not informed our nation's armed forces about how long they will be away from home. These strikes do not make for a sound foreign policy."--Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA)"

American foreign policy is now one huge big mystery. Simply put, the administration is trying to lead the world with a feel-good foreign policy."--Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)

"If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy."
--Karen Hughes, speaking on behalf of George W Bush

"I had doubts about the bombing campaign from the beginning . . I didn't think we had done enough in the diplomatic area."--Senator Trent Lott (R-MS)

"I cannot support a failed foreign policy. History teaches us that it is often easier to make war than peace. This administration is just learning that lesson right now. The President began this mission with very vague objectives and lots of unanswered questions. A month later, these questions are still unanswered. There are no clarified rules of engagement. There is no timetable. There is no legitimate definition of victory. There is no contingency plan for mission creep. There is no clear funding program. There is no agenda to bolster our over-extended military. There is no explanation defining what vital national interests are at stake. There was no strategic plan for war when the President started this thing, and there still is no plan today"--Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)

"Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is."-- Governor George W. Bush (R)-TX

Uh, what was that, George?

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Iranian influence increasing in Iraq

We better nuke 'em before they fix what we broke!

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Oh my God, They're on to us!

Government Targets American Bloggers As Enemy Propagandists

Read it here: http://prisonplanet.com/articles/october2006/171006enemypropagandists.htm

And they said freedom of speech was dead...

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Anti-War protesters arrested and attacked with pepper spray

CNN has just reported (Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:53 PM) that Anti-War protesters arrested and attacked with pepper spray. They don't mention that Pro-war demonstrators are being given a wide berth to heckle and harass Anti-War protesters.

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UK Bank runs out of money, lines grow

UK Bank runs out of money, lines grow

As the US economic problems reach over the great pond, Britain’s 5th largest mortgage lender has been forced to ask the Bank of England for hard cash. Northern Rock has simply ran out of money for it’s customers to withdraw.

Link above

So, my dream is coming true! I've been saying for months that all I had to live for in the Heartland is natural disaster (hence, I closely monitor weather and the USGC). In recent weeks I have added the collapse of the American Economy to my 'reasons to live', as it is right around the corner, or as this article suggests, 'across the pond'.

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No one is above the law — guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.

The Founding Fathers of the United States Constitution especially included an impeachment clause for high officers who violate the principles of the Constitution as stated in Article II Section 4 — 

“The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.”

Alexander Hamilton asserted that an impeachment was warranted for "those offences which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust… as they relate chiefly to injuries done immediately to the society itself." And James Madison at Virginia’s ratification convention stated: “A President is impeachable if he attempts to subvert the Constitution.”

As fact after fact come forth revealing the truths of the Iraq War and a democracy turning into a tyranny behind the mask of wartime necessity, President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney have continuously abused their powers, abused public trust, and violated the constitutional principles in an attempt to subvert the Constitution. The American people and the Congress can now hold the President and the Vice President accountable for their misconduct and unconstitutional actions against the United States of America.

Besides violating the Presidential Oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution (Article II Section 1) and violating his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed (Article II Section 3), George W. Bush along with Richard Cheney stand to be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and for violating the following Articles and Bill of rights of the United States Constitution:

1. manipulated intelligence and media so as to allege falsely a national security threat posed by Iraq

—    provided a forged document dated October 2000, describing the sale of uranium to Iraq by Niger to the International Atomic Energy Commission and used that sale in the State of the Union Address 

(TRUTH: CIA claimed that Bush knew beforehand that the document was bogus.)

—    justified war against Iraq by providing false information, including weapons of mass destruction (WMD)

"Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised."  – Bush’s Address to the Nation (March 17, 2003)

"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us."  

– Cheney’s Speech at Veterans of Foreign Wars 103^rd National Convention (August 26, 2002)  

(TRUTH: No WMD)

—    misled the nation to believe Iraq was linked to the terrorist attacks of September 11th by Al-Qaeda

"He (Saddam Hussein) was a threat because he had used weapons of mass destruction against his own people. He was a threat because he was a sworn enemy to the United States of America, just like Al-Qaeda. He was a threat because he had terrorist connections — not only Al-Qaeda connections, but other connections to terrorist organizations."  – Bush (New York Times 6-18-2004)

“If we’re successful in Iraq…we will have struck a major blow right at the heart of the base, if you will, the geographic base of the terrorists who have had us under the assault now for many years, but most especially on 9/11.”  – Cheney (Meet The Press 9-14-2003)

(TRUTH: Commission Investigation Report on Sept. 11 terrorist attacks found no “collaborative relationship” between Iraq and the Al-Qaeda terrorists. The only relationship was that Al-Qaeda contacted Iraq for support but was rejected. Al-Qaeda terrorists didn’t operate in Iraq until after the invasion by the U.S. military forces.)

2. deceived the Congress on the rationale for a war of aggression against Iraq and miscarried the action of the Congress

(Violation of the Federal Anti-conspiracy Statute, 18 U.S.C. § 371 and The False Statements Accountability Act of 1996, 18 U.S.C. § 1001)

—    submitted a false report and a letter (March 18, 2003) to the United States Congress on the reasons for launching a ‘pre-emptive attack’ on Iraq (Downing Street Memo, dated July 23, 2002, revealed that by the summer of 2002, President Bush had decided to launch a war against Iraq with the justification of terrorism and WMD based on ‘fixed’ facts and intelligence.)

(Violation of Article 1 Section 8)

(TRUTH: The Oct. 2002 resolution passed by the Congress gave Bush the authority “to take action in order to deter and prevent acts of international terrorism against the United States….” The resolution never granted the president authority to declare war on Iraq. In fact, only Congress can declare war for the United States.)

(Violation of Article II Section 3)

—    shifted money allocated by Congress for the war in Afghanistan to the war in Iraq. (President can only execute the laws passed by Congress.)

3. ignoring the executive duty to protect the American citizens and the country

—    failed as leaders in their dereliction of duty in preventing September 11 terrorist attacks

(Commission Investigation Report on September 11 terrorist attacks noted that the Bush Administration received heightened warnings of possible terrorist attacks in the summer of 2001 and a presidential daily briefing (August 6, 2001 – a month before September 11) regarding an imminent terrorist attack on U.S. soil.)

(Violation of Bill of Rights: Fifth Amendment)

—    denyingthe citizen’s constitutional rights for a fair trial

(ConfiningAmerican citizens without charges and denying their fundamental rights for due process of law.)

—    diverting military resources from pursuing known terroristsin Afghanistan 

(As the Commander-in-Chief, Bush diverted military resources from Afghanistan to Iraq. Instead of conducting an all-out effort in pursuing known terrorists, such as Osama Bin Laden who have repeatedly attacked the United States of America, the U.S. military forces were diverted to invade and occupy Iraq. To this day, Osama Bin Laden remains at large and still a threat.)

4. waging an illegal war in Iraq

(Violation of Article VI)

—    defied the decisions of the United Nations against attacking Iraq is a violation of the UN Charter

(Violation of Article VI)

—    committing a war of aggression is a violation of the Nuremberg Charter

(killing and injuring hundred thousands of civilians)

     (TRUTH: By violating the International Laws that the U.S. agreed to by treaty, Bush has violated the “supreme Law of the Land.”)

(Violation of Article VI and Article III Section 3)

—    authorizing the use of torture on detainees in prison camps, such as the infamous Iraq's Abu Ghraib and Cuba's Guantanamo Bay 

(As the Commander-in-Chief, Bush is accountable for the U.S. military personnel in violating the Geneva Convention and the U.S. Constitution against torture ratified in 1994.)

(TRUTH: Since Bush’s declaration of “Mission Accomplished” at the end of Iraq war two years ago, the deaths and injuries of U.S. soldiers and Iraqis continue to climb every day. Despite a newly established Iraqi government, Iraq remains unstable and its future unclear.)

In the last thirty-one years, considering the two previous presidential impeachments — Richard Nixon charged for obstructing justice, abuse of powers, and unlawful refusal to supply material subpoenaed by the House of Representatives; Bill Clinton charged for perjury and obstruction of justice — George Bush certainly warrants an impeachment not only for his lengthy list but also for the severity of the impeachable offenses.

Although Cheney keeps a low profile, he has worked behind the scenes as one of the most powerful vice presidents, regarded as a driving force behind the Iraq war and the Bush administration’s energy policy, according to the White House insiders. He withheld the details of his energy task force meetings with energy industry leaders to help formulate the administration’s national energy policy. He denied that heplayed any role in awarding a billion-dollar business contract to Halliburton, where Cheney was chief executive from 1995 to 2000. Hehas shaped the administration's strategy in the war on terrorism. Undoubtedly, Cheney's shadow looms larger than Bush's presence in the Oval Office. 

Along with their own 2004 and 2000 elections under the suspicion of fraud, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney at the helm of the administration, have led this nation to an illegal and ongoing war, economic disaster, environmental decline, and international disgrace.

It's time for the American people to speak out. It's time for the Congress to do their duty.  It’s time for the American people, through the representatives of the Congress, to impeach the President and the Vice President of the United States. 

Copyright © 2005 UniOrb  

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By Diana Lee

UniOrb (Reality Check) (http://uniorb.com)

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General Petreaus' Credibility questioned?

I'm astonished by the "General Betray Us" add and all of the rhetoric calling his honesty into question. He DID only parrot everything our peerless leader has been saying for the past few months. But I don't really see how that is 'dishonesty' on his part. A quick look at the duration of the cluster fuck in Iraq should be sufficient to convince us that he is merely protecting his job by following orders. Every single other General and senior official on the Bush team who has ever disagreed with G.W. concerning foreign affairs has been summarily canned. My god, sheople have such short memories.

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So America is a Wealthy Nation?

Just check out these government agency reported statistics:

http://www.bea.gov/international/bp_web/simple.cfm?anon=71&table_id=20&area_id=3
and http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit

It's enough to curl your socks. I now have more than just natural disasters to look forward to! I can root for the collapse of the American Economy, too! Hell, it's right around the corner.

It strikes me as odd that the Fed will bail out corporations when they get into trouble, yet when virtually half of American home owners get into trouble the prez sez they shouldn't have gotten themselves into debt in the first place! Such a nice guy...

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"I Fell For That B.S.!"

6 Minute Video

Adam Kokesh spoke, on July 17, 2007, at a rally held in the Upper Senate Park, opposite the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C. Mr. Kokesh is with the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) organization. He is a former member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18339.htm

"I took an oath to protect the Constitution from all enemies, both foreign and domestic..."

I ask you simply, who is the greatest enemy to our Constitution, Islam or G.W. and his corporate cronies? HH

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Petraeus, Seeing Gains in Iraq as Fragile, Is Wary of Cuts

Petraeus, Seeing Gains in Iraq as Fragile, Is Wary of Cuts

"Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is." : Texas Governor George W. Bush, April 9, 1999, on the US intervention in Kosovo

As a former Marine who worked in sensitive positions at Head Quarters Marine Corps, Atlantic I am anxious for someone to explain to me why we even need a professional soldier, a warrior, one with a vested interest in continuing combat with ANYONE, to explain to us, the people, why we should remain in a quagmire that even the most obtuse will admit has been a failure.

Don't piss on me and tell me that it is raining!

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Bush says Bin Laden tape is a reminder of a dangerous world

This is a case of the pot calling the kettle black! Every time G.W. speaks I am reminded of how dangerously stupid he is and of how dangerously stupid the sheople are for allowing him to remain not only free, but free to dig our graves deeper. I don't know who is the bigger moron. The dangerous idiot or the idiots that allow him to continue to be dangerous. He is our very own Taliban, our very own Saddam! Americans are straight up morons!

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Judge Rules Provisions of Patriot Act Unconstitutional

By Dan Eggen

Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 6, 2007; 3:36 PM

A federal judge today struck down portions of the USA Patriot Act as unconstitutional, ordering the FBI to stop issuing "national security letters" that secretly demand customer information from Internet service providers and other businesses.

Read the full story here.

Woo Hoo! Appearantly not everyone is asleep at the wheel!

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"Bush didn't give a fuck about the intelligence."

The next day, Sept. 18, Tenet briefed Bush on Sabri. "Tenet told me he briefed the president personally," said one of the former CIA officers. According to Tenet, Bush's response was to call the information "the same old thing." Bush insisted it was simply what Saddam wanted him to think. "The president had no interest in the intelligence," said the CIA officer. The other officer said, "Bush didn't give a fuck about the intelligence. He had his mind made up."

Read the whole story here.

And all CNN can do is hype the possibility of Usama bin Laden making another earth shattering statement of "the same old thing."; that WE are liars and meddlers and theives.

Who is the liar? Turn off the Christian War Machine rhetoric...for Christ's sake!

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WMD's...Redoux

Alas, the chemical weapons, marked as such and stored in a file cabinet in the U.N. building in New York City, are reported to be common cleaning compounds. Was Saddam going to scrub us clean to death or is this just more misinformation? I'm getting to the point that I simply do not care. Can we really continue to trust our security to these bumbling boobs? In the words of "South Park" on comedy central, our choice in any election is between a giant douche and a turd  sandwich. Why should we continue to care?

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Shiva, the destroyer of Worlds

And just who IS the destroyer of worlds? Little Big Boy and his all Christian delivery crew?

Watch it here

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American ineptitude with weapons of mass destruction

First, we found Saddam's WMD's filed in a drawer in the United Nations building. Now, we are flying Nukes around the U.S. with pilots unaware of their payload. This is blatant evidence that we are indeed our own worst enemy and a genuine threat to all of mankind!

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Germany: Plot targeted U.S. facilities

BERLIN - Three suspected Islamic terrorists from an al-Qaida-influenced group nursing "profound hatred of U.S. citizens" (emphasis mine) were arrested on suspicious of plotting imminent, massive bomb attacks on U.S. facilities in Germany, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Read the full story here...

I find the wording in this article extremely suspect. The idea that they "hate" all Amercians is a sweeping statement that is generally speaking, untrue. What they hate is Capitalism and U.S. foreign policy that has traditionally oppressed their people and robbed their wealth. And inflammatory statements such as "profound hatred of U.S. citizens" are intended to make the reader fear for their own life while continuing to promote ignorance and misinformation.

And these people have centuries of reason to hate Capitalism and U.S. foreign policy.Christian programming never, ever ceases to amaze me! Hell, I hate Capitalism and U.S. foreign policy! We are the enemy!

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Retired UK general criticizes U.S. Iraq policy

Retired Gen. Sir Mike Jackson also singled out Rumsfeld for criticism, saying his approach to the invasion was "intellectually bankrupt," according to quotes excerpted from his autobiography and published by The Daily Telegraph Saturday. Read it here

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Dana Gould on abortion...

Watch it on Comedy Central

...and now you know!

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Neosho, MO Rampage

A suspect is in custody after a shooting in a church in the small southwestern MO town of Neosho. He was reportedly shouting that the parishioners were all liars. As he held the gun to one victims head he reportedly asked if anyone would trade their life for that one. When no one stepped up, he shot the victim.

He also shot and wounded five others and killed three.

Read the sanitized Christian version at http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/12/church.shooting/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

What they won't point out is the irony that being Christian is to strive to be Christ like. And Jesus said, "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13 . And no one offered his/her life for the one that was offered in trade. Not one.

Of course, this is an extreme case of "practice what you preach", however it is indicative of Christianity at large and in general.It's all good until it affects me personally. Crime, war, the buffoons who have trampled all over the constitution and repeatedly lied to the sheople... None of it really matters until the meat meets the metal.

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And they bicker against one another... Part Two

Oh Partha, those who are foolish reject the real meanings of the Vedas out of attachment to those ornamental statements which glorify the pursuits of celestial pleasures, but which yield only poisonous effects. They say there is no higher truth than these.

Srimad-Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Sloka 42

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I am bemused as much as bedeviled by people who "believe" that by virtue of their religion that their truth is the only truth and that their interpretation of that truth nullifies the validity of any other scripture or perspective.

Let's face it. Most people become Christian, Vedantic, Muslim, or virtually any other faith simply because of the Geo-Social nature of their place of birth. They are raised to believe that their truth is the only truth, by and large. And when they find their voice, identity, self, the bickering begins. And anything that remotely suggests that they might be wrong is, in a word, "manure".

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All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Timothy 3:16

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I tend to believe that there is truth and instruction in all holy scripture. And that those who dismiss such instruction are exactly who prophets and saviors were warning against. "...they bicker among one another..."

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Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Mathew 5:9

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. Mark 9:50

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Who is the most dangerous man on earth? It's the man who thinks that God is on his side.

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"I BELIEVE that God wants me to be president." George W. Bush

"I would like to thank Providence and the Almighty for choosing me of all people to be allowed to wage this battle for Germany," Hitler - Berlin March, 1936

God is not on the side of any nation, yet we know He is on the side of justice. Our finest moments [as a nation] have come when we faithfully served the cause of justice for our own citizens, and for the people of other lands. George W. Bush

If we pursue this way, if we are decent, industrious, and honest, if we so loyally and truly fulfill our duty, then it is my conviction that in the future as in the past the Lord God will always help us. Adolf Hitler, at the Harvest Thanksgiving Festival on the Buckeburg held on 3 Oct. 1937

"freedom and fear, justice and cruelty have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them." George W. Bush

"Never in these long years have we offered any other prayer but this: Lord, grant to our people peace at home, and grant and preserve to them peace from the foreign foe!" Hitler - Nuremberg Sept. 13, 1936.

Nourish continually the tree of your union with love and affection so that it may remain ever green throughout all seasons, and when God gives you sweet and lovely children consecrate yourselves to their instruction and guidance so that they may become the servants of the world of humanity.' [Bahá'í Prayers, London, 1951, pp 47-49 (paraphrase).] (William Sears, Thief in the Night)

Even if the thoughtless can recite many of the scriptures, if they do not act accordingly, they are not living the holy life, but are like a cowherd counting the cows of others. (Buddhist, Dhammapada - Sayings of the Buddha 2 (tr. J. Richards))

Even if the faithful can recite only a few of the scriptures, if they act accordingly,
having given up passion, hate, and folly, being possessed of true knowledge and serenity of mind, craving nothing in this world or the next, they are living the holy life. (Buddhist, Dhammapada - Sayings of the Buddha 2 (tr. J. Richards))

35,13 'Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Go, and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to My words? saith the LORD. (Nev'im (Prophets), Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah))

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Manure? I think not. The stuff self-righteous wars are made of? Likely.

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And they bicker among one another....

111 And they say: None entereth paradise unless he be a Jew or a Christian. These are their own desires. Say: Bring your proof (of what ye state) if ye are truthful.

112 Nay, but whosoever surrendereth his purpose to Allah while doing good, his reward is with his Lord; and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.

113 And the Jews say the Christians follow nothing (true), and the Christians say the Jews follow nothing (true); yet both are readers of the Scripture. Even thus speak those who know not. Allah will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they differ.

(The Qur'an (Pickthall tr), Sura 2 - The Cow)

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Fossil Fuel Independence? I think not...

Twenty-eight years ago I returned home from a one year tour of active service on mainland Japan to spend thirty days leave before I was to report to my next duty station. Life circumstances brought me into close proximity to a man who I knew as a prolific gambler and sewing machine salesman/repair man. During my entire visit at home I heard this man talking about an engine that he had invented that "ran on air"... Compressed air, to be more specific.

Regardless of the details of the motor, I found it extremely difficult to buy into the notion that it was even remotely possible to power a motor that could power a drive train or a generator with the air that we breath. Or that a gambling sewing machine salesman could develop such a device.
On the last night of my leave from active duty, I was sitting in the Eagles Club in a college town in Arkansas listening to this man try to "sell" stock in the development and production of this motor. Frankly, I thought it was a con. And when the mark, or potential investor, left the table I told the sewing machine man that I just didn’t believe it.

He told me that the prototype was near by and he would show it to me. So, when the bar closed (had to close the bar! That’s what Marines and Gamblers did in those days.), we went to his shop and there in the middle of the shop floor sat a motor. On the wall all the way around the shop was models of the motor sliced in different angles to offer different views of the inner workings of the motor.

He started the motor up for me and I watched it run for over five minutes. In spite of my skepticism, I was now a believer. I will not go into the details of how the machine worked here. My only point is that IT WORKED! Imagine, an engine that requires nothing more than the air we breath to create power to do with as we may!

My friend tried for years to get his creation patented and every time he did, the big power and fuel companies blocked him. He eventually gave up and sold his creation to Exxon for little more than his expenses.
Fast forward thirty years. Now, they are developing "hybrid" vehicles that despite their apparent "greeness" are still dependent on fossil fuel and emitting green house gasses.

So, anyone who says that our government is "trying" to create better fuel economy and more environmentally friendly sources of transportation and power are simply lying. Nuclear, solar, wind, ... Not a single other energy source is as economic nor as clean as this motor. Yet, it is still not in development as an energy alternative.

Why? Because it is a one time, long term sale which requires little service...NO ONE CAN MAKE ANY MONEY ON IT! They can’t even think up a service, like telephone and cable, to continue to charge its users absorbent fees. You buy the motor, it runs for free just like we breath.
This war on terror is all about the oil, no matter what anyone says! And any effort by anyone to move away from oil and fossil fuels is blocked by the ones who benefit from all of the economically and environmentally costly power sources.

I have lived with this knowledge since 1979. Is it really any wonder that I am angry?

Now, who exactly has the money and is trying so hard to protect it? Well, I’ll connect capitalism and Christianity later. I’m mad and tired right now.

Cigarrest

Just a word to the wise from experience...
DO NOT ORDER THE CIGARREST PRODUCT!
The television commercial indicates that they will send you a "FREE TRIAL" if you only pay shipping. It includes "herbal, all natural" stop smoking placebo’s, vitamins, and even "minty" gum. They advertise that if you are not satisfied within thirty days that you need only call to cancel and all future shipments will be canceled.
What they do not explain is that they send in the initial shipment a 90 day supply for which, regardless of your cancel order, they will bill you nearly $70 per month for the next two months. And if you complain, they will not reimburse you.
I don’t suppose I need to tell anyone that if you are already living on a budget, an unauthorized deduction of $70 from ones account can easily cause an overdraft, for which your bank will also charge you an absorbent fee which sends you even further into arrears.
I don’t believe that the Cigarrest Company acts in good faith and I believe that their commercial is intentionally misleading.
High priced "patch" therapy, which is available in every community anywhere, are more effective, not to mention HONEST.
But if you really want to quit smoking, just lay the damned things down and quit. It’s hard, but people do it every day! You can, too.

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews

I saw a commercial the other day that simply floored me. It was so repugnant that I simply had to call and ask them to send me their information so I could read it for myself, just to know that it was true, that they were for real.
It was a commercial for the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews and they wanted ME to send THEM money! The money is supposedly used to build bomb shelters for Israelis.
Here's an idea! Quit lobbing bombs at your neighbors and perhaps they will quit lobbing them at you! Quit CLAIMING the land "in the name of God" and treating those that you are displacing like shit.
And what REALLY irks me is that they are claiming that this organization is working toward peace... by building bomb shelters (if that is what they are doing with the money). And by the way, China displaced the Tibetans over half a century ago. Is anyone doing anything about that?
Well, we are making it easier for them to export their goods, like poison food, to unsuspecting consumers around the world.

Friendly Fire

Friendly Fire
It is proper to question our leadership... even patriotic! How many lives have been saved in battle by having select officers fall by friendly fire? It has been considered heretical and unpatriotic, and perhaps even more importantly, unsupportive of the troops to question the wisdom of the actions of our national and military leaders. Therefore, it is absolutely patriotic to speak out when a leader is clearly in the wrong.

It is proper to question our leadership... even patriotic! How many lives have been saved in battle by having select officers fall by friendly fire? And just think how many of THEM really needed killing! But instead of weeding out bad leaders, the Pentagon has been engaged in trying to make a hero out of a football player who was just doing his job and paid the ultimate price. Yet no one could bring themselves to question the wisdom of ever being there in the first place.

Therefore, it is absolutely patriotic to speak out when a leader is clearly in the wrong. Other leaders have been killed for less than the atrocities of the oil war!

Georgie Porgie

Georgie Porgie Puddin' Pie declared a war upon a lie.

All his cowboy buddies then sent young men to die in sin.

They sent their business big and small to pillage, plunder and steal it all.

Sadam was wanted "Alive or Dead" and blame his death on Iraq instead.

And imperialist Christians want to pull the plug but won't admit George is a common thug.

Georgie Porgie Puddin' Pie, kiss my ass why don't YOU die?

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Redneck Christmas

T'was the night before Christmas and all through the south
The Rednecks were drinking and trashing their house.
The Beer was all placed in their coolers with care
In hopes that their thinking would soon not be there.

When all of the sudden there arose such a fuss,
Billy Bob and Betty Sue had started to cuss.
"Your shirt and your bra are unbuttoned, undone!"
Billy Bob shouted, "Your cousin's a BUM!"
"How could you, you bitch?", he hollered with glee.
"You're screwin' your cousin and married to me!"

"Oh, go screw your mother, you self-righteous prick!
You're still just my brother, and HE's got a DICK!
Our kids are retarded, I can't even cook!
And our family tree hasn't even a crook!
If you were a man, you'd marry another -
Woman to beat on, and I don't mean your mother!"

They staggered outside and started to fight,
Then she pulled a gun and he pulled a knife.
The cousin fell in and yelled, "What's all the ruckus?
I come here to party, now, come on and fuck us!"

Then they all went to bed, Betty Sue in the middle.
When the new baby came who was father's a riddle.
As they drank all the beer and began losing sight,
T'was a redneck Christmas, Don't reality bite!

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Voting Fraud

I went to vote yesterday morning. I voted against the 35 Circuit Judge in MO, Stephen Sharp. I also voted against Steve Sokolof, the current prosecutor in our county.Granted, they are the only names on the ballot for these positions. But the reason I voted against these two individuals is that they not only did not prosecute a child molester for raping his own daughter, as the MO Department of Family Services found in an investigation and upheld by a citizens review panel.(His father is a retired cop in Arkansas). But they also allowed the child molester to take full custody of his son when his mother objected to this. But the MO Secretary of State shows that Sharp took a clean sweep of all votes! I feel that it is important for the record to show that there was at least one dissenter and that it was not a clean sweep. This just verifies to me that this county is crooked, dirty, and deceitful.This U.S. government is nothing but a sham!

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On Cloning

The potential medical benefits to be derived from stem cell research far outweigh the dangers regarding the possibility of human cloning. In fact, the only objection I can think of personally to human cloning is the possibility of cloning George W. Bush or virtually any of the members of the 109th Congress, Republicans, and Christian Evangelicals. Just think, they COULD clone more of the few middle class that are left and the lower class to go to Iraq to stop bullets!

Just a thought....

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Exit Strategy for Irag: Who has one?

Beside the fact that the American people are only given basically to groups of morons to choose from to run this country, a subject which I intend to expand on in a later post, Republicans claiming that the Democrats do not have one or simply wish to "cut and run" is simply propaganda and libelous slander. They have been rendered impotent by the current Congress and White House. Excluded from discussions on the subject, forced to vote on legislation that they have had mere minutes to examine, and out right stone walling by the Commander and Chimp and legislative majorities has created an air in Washington in which whatever Democrats say about virtually any subject goes unheard. Why should they even suggest anything? Firstly, as Bush wouldn't tell anyone if he had a strategy, which he clearly does not, for fear of informing the "enemy", if the Dems revealed a viable one, the Pubies would claim it as theirs and take credit for it.

If anyone were paying attention at the time, the so called "Shock and Awe" campaign turned out to be a fizzle and fart. And it became the defining moment when they dropped the ball by taking their eye off the prize! We were suppose to be hunting down Osama Bin Laden and his cohorts.

The simple fact is that Bush failed as an oil tycoon in Texas and took his frustration out on Texas Death Row inmates. But The killing fields in Texas were simply too small to satisfy his blood lust. So, he sent our troops to one of the richest oil fields in the world to kill the owners of the oil while his corporate buddies at Haliburton trucked the oil out as fast as they could.

Call it eminent domain.    

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Leading Evangelical Pastor Resigns amid Gay Affair accusations

The representative of over 30 million Evangelical Christians, Rev. Ted Haggard, has resigned his position after news of his 3 year affair with a male prostitute surfaces.

See the whole story on CNN.com

Personally, I could care less were it not for the fact that he leads the charge in the Evangelical anti-gay rights movement. The hypocrisy of conservatives is simply mind boggling! They claim to support small government, yet they want to tell people they don't even know what they can and cannot do in and out of the privacy of their own homes. When will Christianity realize that absolute power corrupts absolutely?

These glaring examples of pride and vanity care only about what feels good to them at the moment and lining their pockets with money handed them freely based upon their lies and deception.

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"You're nuthin' but a bitch"

And now Republican Ralph Arza of Florida threatens a witness in a complaint against him saying, "You're nuthin' but a bitch".

James Sensenbrenner Jr., Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, turning the mic's and lights off and walking out of a hearing that he didn't approve of.

Ohio's officious jackass of an ex-Congressman Bob Ney, who went down for accepting $170,000 in trips from Abramoff in exchange for various favors.

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, after finally being indicted for money laundering and his fellow Texan, Rep. Pete Sessions, who did Abramoff's bidding after accepting gifts and junkets.

Convicted bribe-taker and GOP ex-congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham who still denies any wrong doing.

Mark Foley (need I say more).

And these are only GLARING examples of their ilk, the New Republican.

And this very same party who holds no one to account, circumvents the Constitution of The United States of America, and unarguably mismanages wars, disasters and our money are STILL PROPPED UP BY THE CHRISTIAN EVANGELICAL BASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Deba, deba, deba, what the fuck, Buck?

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They've got what they can live with?!

President Bush responded to the question if they had enough troops on the ground in Iraq with, "They've got what they can live with."

They've got what they can live with?! What the hell is that suppose to mean? They are dying every freaking day! And it is clearly spiraling out of control. We have even been reduced to taking our orders there from the fledgling Iraqi government who is clearly taking their cues from Muktada al Sadir.

Our commander and chimp acts like a bully on the play ground insisting that his is the only way when it is clear to everyone on the play ground that his way is wrong. He thinks that if he just continues to insist that he is right that everyone will eventually see it his way!

And speaking of bullies, how about the body slam that the law student got for asking Allen a question! I hope that everyone see's the new Republican party for what it is: a bunch of spoiled rich boys who believe that they can do anything they want and resort to physical violence when someone says or does something that they don't like.

And the polls suggest that the upcoming election races are close. I am almost ashamed to be an American! Someone should be ashamed of something!

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