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Mar09

Stop the Insanity!

by Calico Blackie on March 9, 2012 at 12:14 pm
Posted In: Divided We Fall


 

Greetings to all from rural America!

Very short column today. I have to repair my chainsaw & cut some firewood.

Did you really just say that?

Have you ever had a conversation with someone and suddenly they said something that made you dismiss them as being incapable of being a rational and thinking human being?

Something so shatteringly stupid that you didn’t know whether to burst out laughing, slap them, or just dismiss them as a total waste of your time?

It started out as a reasonable conversation with points and counterpoints made by both of us. This person was still sold on the idea that we stand a chance of turning things around in this country by “fighting from the inside.”

This will never happen through the ballot box alone

OK. A reasonable enough stance, I thought. So, being interested in how this was supposed to be accomplished, I remarked:

“How can we fight from the inside when the “powers that be” are so corrupt and inflexible that they will not allow any new ideas which may threaten to derail their system?

How can we fight a system of shady back-room deals where we are sold-out from the word say go?”

“How can we fight a massive bureaucracy so controlled by Wall Street and their lobbyists that we don’t stand a chance?”

Dive right in and cast your ballot!

This person replied “at the ballot box,” and I could tell they were getting increasingly frustrated and angry because I was forcing them to think.

I wasn’t going to convince this person that our only reasonable chance at seeing real change was through taking to the streets and protesting, and they weren’t going to convince me that fighting from the inside would make a bit of difference.

So, to end the conversation, I asked: “Who do you think can help us?”

The reply was: “I’m voting for Obama.”

My reply? “He is just as bought off as the next guy.” (Keep in mind, I vote in every election as my civic duty)

Their reply?

“Oh yeah. Why don’t you just go on home, put on your sheet, and burn a cross.”

A waste of time. When will we unite and realize that Democrat or Republican, they don’t give a damn about you?

Our best hope is to keep the pressure on the 1%

Take to the streets. Blog. Educate the uninformed.

Resist the efforts of the 1% to keep us divided.

WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER!

OCCUPY WALL STREET

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Jan03

With Justice for ALL!

by Calico Blackie on January 3, 2012 at 3:37 pm
Posted In: Divided We Fall, Media Bias


 

Hello 99%’ers

Greetings from Calico Blackie on the Klamath River!

Red Dawn. Not Reality

Once again, I heard from some “internet tough guys” who were certain they could live through any calamity that might be thrown at them.

We’ve all met them. Hard core survivalists.

The first people to avoid or bushwhack.

One was a city-dweller who said:

“I’ve got guns and know how to shoot them. When they come to loot my home, they will be holding their pistols sideways and I will kill them all.”

What an idiot.

What a sad, stupid, deluded idiot.

That being said……

Above all, remember to be as low-key as possible. Try not to do anything that would attract attention to you or your group.

A good place for a variety of necessary items

First, pack most of your food and gear into at least two coolers. They have handles and are easy to carry.

Plus, if need be, you can lock and seal them and bury one should the need arise.

That way, if you are ripped-off, you will still have some supplies left to use.

You can also haul wood and water in them when they are empty.

Then, you will need to learn how to read a compass and topographical maps in case the batteries die in your GPS unit.

Not only that, a situation could arise where a locator device might prove detrimental to your well-being.

Silva Ranger

A GPS unit would be useless to you in the event of dead batteries, or interference with the satellite system it depends upon for locational data.

Learn how to read a compass and buy a reliable model such as a Silva Ranger 15 (pictured) or a good model Brunton compass.

Next, learn how to read and follow topographical maps, using your compass.

Do this learning in an area where you can’t get lost and keep practicing until you are very comfortable with your new knowledge.

Could you find your way using a topographical map?

It will show you the location of the roads (both dirt and paved), streams and rivers, hills and mountains (and how steep the terrain is), as well as where structures exist.

ALWAYS TRUST YOUR COMPASS!

Topographical Map Detail


 

That way, you will know where to go, and where to avoid.

While most of this seems obvious to us all, it’s surprising how ofter the “obvious” things and lessons are the first things forgotten.

Would it leave an "innie" or an "outie"?

Ok. End of lesson for now. What’s new?

Apocalypse not now: 2012 doomsday predictions debunked by NASA

“On Dec. 21, 2012, many doomsday believers fear the apocalypse — anything from a rogue planet smashing into us to our world spinning end over end.”

“However, the world should expect nothing more next year than the winter solstice, the longest night of the year, NASA says.”

Calico Blackie says:

So there.

Nature isn’t going to kill us all. Wish I could say the same thing about the governments of the world.

Meanwhile, in the “Occupy” world……

From Mediaite.com

“Whether Permit Is Approved Or Not, ‘Occupy Congress’ Will Still Happen On National Mall In January”

“One of the biggest conservative criticisms of the Occupy Wall Street movement is that it has been too focused on protesting corporations and not focused enough on protesting Congress. Well, OWS protestors are now calling for a massive occupation of the National Mall when Congress returns from its winter recess on January 17th.”

“We are individuals organizing ourselves to send a strong message to our elected leaders…”

“We have had it with your inability to govern and we are coming to confront you in person!” Peacefully.

“We are coming because of the corruption.”

“We are coming because of the bribery.”

“We are coming to remind congress that they work for the people.”

The largest Occupy protest ever!

Link is here: http://www.mediaite.com/online/whether-permit-is-approved-or-not-occupy-congress-will-still-happen-on-national-mall-in-January/

And don’t forget……

“Occupy Portland calls for a national day of non-violent direct action to reclaim our voices and challenge our society’s obsession with profit and greed by shutting down the corporations.”  

MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD!

“We are rejecting a society that does not allow us control of our future. We will reclaim our ability to shape our world in a democratic, cooperative, just and sustainable direction. On February 29th, we will reclaim our future from the 1%. We will shut down the corporations and recreate our democracy.

“We call on the Occupy Movement and everyone seeking freedom and justice to join us in this day of action.”

Link is here:  http://www.shutdownthecorporations.org/

Finally, another attack on our freedom and the Constitution. I don’t usually  agree with the Tea Party, but rights are rights and they all must be defended.

From Conservativeactionalerts.com

“Last week, Mark Meckler, co-founder of Tea Party Patriots, was arrested at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport on a gun charge! He currently faces 15 years in prison. Yet, he had in his possession a concealed-carry permit.”

ARRESTED

Calico Blackie says:

I know what you’re thinking. “One of those Tea Party nutcases got arrested.”

But wait a minute……

We can’t be selective when it comes to our rights. Is this the first shot fired by the government through enactment of NDAA?

Think about it.

If this had been an “Occupier,” we would’ve ALREADY taken to the streets.

Where’s the outrage?

Do we not speak up because it wasn’t “one of us?”

WHAT WOULD REVEREND NIEMOLLER SAY?

The story continues with:

“He has been released following his arraignment, charged with a felony, with a court date set for January 12th in New York City. Many pro-gun activists have said that he was possibly “singled out” by the Obama administration because of him being who he is. “

Newt, seen here greeting defense industry lobbyists

“Tea Party Patriots is one of the largest tea-party organizations. He actually showed police his pistol permit and explained – and had paperwork to prove it – that the weapon is registered in California.”

Link is here: http://www.conservativeactionalerts.com/2012/01/obama-arrests-tea-party-leader/#.TwMesqaH5xo.twitter

Then there’s this……

From CBS News reporting on the Iowa Carcasses

Gingrich: Mitt Romney is a liar

“Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whose support in Iowa has withered after riding on top of the polls, on Tuesday called former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney a liar who would mislead the American people if elected to the White House – but added that he would still vote for him if Romney won the GOP nomination.”

Calico Blackie says:

Imagine that? One politician calling another politician a liar!

On that note……

Fight NOW so that we don't have to do this here later!

Don’t forget about Officer Pike of the UC Davis PD. Let’s never forget how he and other police officers have treated peaceful protesters.  He should be arrested and tried for assaulting the public.

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Jan02

People Get Ready!

by Calico Blackie on January 2, 2012 at 3:25 pm
Posted In: Big Brother, Divided We Fall


 

Greetings to all members of the Occupy Movement!

Are you ready?

Yesterday, I wrote about NDAA and what it could mean to us here in the United States.

I wrote about resistance movements and preparedness.

What it all boils down to is using common sense.

Be ready when and if disaster strikes.

Allow me to say that I’m not a survivalist by any stretch of the imagination, but I’m also aware of the fact that in the event of a major emergency, the government may not be willing or able to help.

Also, you might not want their help.

Yeah, right

Back when the Y2K hysteria was running rampant, people I worked with would quietly come up to me and ask what they should do to be ready “if something happened.”

They all knew I was a target shooter and outdoorsman, and I guess, they were genuinely worried about themselves and their families.

First, I told them DON’T PANIC, that nothing was going to happen, but it was always a good idea to be prepared for the unexpected.

I told them to get some good camping gear in case they had to evacuate.

I told them that their first priority in any emergency shouldn’t be finding something to eat.

Some of them asked me “What type of gun should I get?”

I always hated that last question.

Words to LIVE by

For the most part, these were people that had never been around firearms and would probably be more of a danger to themselves and their families with a gun than they would be without one.

I told them to go to a firing range and talk to the range employees. Many ranges have instructors and gun rentals.

Then, I told people to decide for themselves what type of gun to get.

To those who weren’t willing to put in the range time, hated guns, or couldn’t bring themselves to shoot someone if it came to that, I said: “buy pepper spray and learn how it’s used.”

We've all met them. This is the 1st guy you either avoid, or bushwhack

That being said, you don’t have to be the “survivalist nutcase” that lives down the street.

Just form a small group of trusted people who are willing to render mutual aid in times of emergency.

Have a plan and stick to it.

Don’t tell anyone, except the other people in your small group about your plan, or about your level of preparedness.

This can be very useful, not only in times of revolution/martial law, but also in cases of natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, or any other calamity.

People WILL do whatever it takes to survive, and that includes stealing your supplies, if you spread it around your community that you’ve got them. At some point they might even kill you to get those supplies.

What else will you need?

My last bit of advice to you would be, if you live in the city, take a short camping trip, either with your “small group” or with your family.

Ask yourself simple questions while you’re out there.

What else should I have brought?

How would I start a fire if I didn’t have matches?

What types of wood can I burn that gives off the least smoke?

What type of supplies would I need out here for a weekend?

For a week?

For a month?

You don’t have to be a hard core “survivalist.” You just have to survive. Be prepared.

Here is a great link describing what should be in your preparedness kit:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/earthquakes/archive/ready.dtl&ao=all

Enough with the doom and gloom. What’s going on?

From CNN

Excellent CNN Photo of the scene

Occupy Wall Street Ushers in 2012

“Hundreds gathered at Zuccotti Park, Manhattan, to celebrate New Years Eve at the original site of Occupy Wall Street.”

“Supporters new and old began to gather at 8pm, Saturday December 31st, 2011, at Liberty Plaza / Zuccotti Park. At 10pm, more protestors joined, and some marched to the Merrill Lynch Bull, in Bowling Green. Several clashes with NYPD occurred.”

Here are two comments that I read after the article:

“It’s a shame that these poor police officers have to deal with this vermin. Hopefully the shrinking news coverage of these losers will result in this “movement” drying up sooner rather than later.”

“Please go get a job. or, media, please report this ‘story’ objectively. This savage behavior should not be encouraged. Businesses are losing out because no one wants to shop near where these savages roam.”

TURN OFF YOUR DAMNED TV. READ A BOOK. At least READ 1984

 

 

Calico Blackie says:

“Vermin.” “Savages.” “Get a job.” “Losers.” There is a time-tested pattern developing here that is being echoed in all the mainstream media and by all their sheep and corporate shills that can’t, or won’t see the truth. Good Lord people! Haven’t you ever seen the 1940 movie “The Eternal Jew?” That’s what you sound like.

Also, I read this comment on another website regarding NDAA:

This man, Martin Niemoller, would like a word with you

“I think most of you think you are way more important than you really are. Nobody cares about you and nobody is watching you or planning to steal you away in the middle of the night and hold you indefinitely. You’re just as bad as the Republican fear mongers that got us into Iraq, get the hell over yourselves. The government isn’t going around and snatching up it’s citizenry just for the lulz no matter what you guys have read on some nutbags blog.”

Calico Blackie says:

This idea that “if you’ve done nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about” assumes that the government is full of good people that would not abuse their power, ever. Even if this were true now, we cannot be sure it’ll be true in the future. The US Republic was founded on the idea that humans are corruptible and we need to have checks and balances against corruption built into our government. Because corrupt people will oppress those who have done nothing wrong.

It was Martin Niemoller who said:

BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE

“First they came for the communists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist.”

“Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist.”

“Then they came for the Jews
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Jew.”

“Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.”

SPEAK UP! FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS AND NEVER QUIT FIGHTING!

On that note……

Don’t forget about Officer Pike of the UC Davis PD. Let’s never forget how he and other police officers have treated peaceful protesters.  He should be arrested and tried for assaulting the public.

LET'S DO IT

AND:

OCCUPY CONGRESS!

OCCUPY WALL STREET

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Jan01

The Land of Confusion?

by Calico Blackie on January 1, 2012 at 11:26 am
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Big Brother, Divided We Fall, Media Bias


 

Greetings to all members of the Occupy Movement!

Raped by Congress and The President

Lady Liberty needs our help now more than ever in 2012.

Will you answer the call?

Or will you sit back, sip the Starbucks, and watch Dances With the Stars on the television, while our freedoms are eroded?

Will you wait until your pension is stolen by greedy bankers to speak up?

What will you do?

Post your woes as a status update on Facebook?

By that time, it will be too late.

“Now is the time for all good people to come to the aid of their country”

A typing exercise, but better words were never written for where we find ourselves in history today.

Zuccotti Park last night

There was not a word in the mainstream media this morning regarding the treasonous signing of NDAA by the president, nor was there anything about the “occupy” protesters showing up to re-take Zuccotti Park, only to be met by squads of the SS armed with pepper spray. 

Imagine if Nixon had the NDAA power when he was in office?

I wish that I could say “Happy New Year” to all of you, but with the signing of NDAA by the President, I fear that it will be a very difficult time for all people that love freedom in the world.  

By signing NDAA into law, Obama made it clear to all but the blind and stupid that he’s nothing more than a puppet sitting in a sham White House giving us the illusion that he is the one who actually holds the reigns of power.

The real President of the United States, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan-Chase with his toy

So, what must be done? First, we must each start with ourselves because the truth is, to change your life and America along with it, the revolution begins individually in our own minds.

What sacrifices is each of us willing to make?

@kidakita on Twitter saw this message:

From @BarackObama

“Who would you bring to #DinnerWithBarack? Just a few hours left to toss your name in the hat!”

@kidakita replied:

“I would bring Benedict Arnold to the dinner so that he and Obama can talk about what they have in common #NDAA”

Benedict Arnold. He's now the 2nd biggest traitor in American History

By signing the NDAA, Obama effectively committed treason, as did every member of Congress that voted for the bill.

I don’t believe that we will see immediate mass-arrests and stifling of passive dissent, although we’ve already seen over 4,000 people arrested for exercising their 1st amendment rights.

No, I think there will be quiet “knocks on the door in the middle of the night.”

Slowly but surely, people will begin to disappear, all unnoticed by us, and unreported in the mainstream media.

Protesters will get increasingly harsher penalties for speaking up, and there will be a few show trials for “ringleaders” who will be tried on trumped-up charges and then sent away to club Gitmo for “reeducation.”

We were sold out. Washington and Jefferson were sold out too

We are now at a crossroad in history and we each have to decide for ourselves where we stand, and how far we are willing to go for our freedom.

With that in mind……

How will the 99% be remembered in history?

What will history read like in 2024?

Let’s hope it will be like this:

“Out of the darkness of the capitulation of Obama to Wall Street when he signed The NDAA, rose one of the greatest mass-resistance movements in history. Thousands of OWS patriots rose up, by themselves and in groups, and defied authority. There were many political factions involved, with people from all walks of life.”

 ”The Police tried again and again to crush the occupiers. Corporate spies infiltrated the movement, betraying whole groups of people, many of whom were deported to camps.”

“For every fallen hero, though, there was another patriot ready to fight.”

“For every destroyed encampment, another rose up to fill the gap in the network of occupiers who opposed the Wall Street bought government.”

Zuccotti Park. Resistance can take many forms

“The story of the Occupy Movement is the story of these commonplace people who, under circumstances that none had foreseen, began to do things they never would have imagined possible.”

“They were not consciously trying to save the honor of America, although that is what they did. They simply refused, at risk of their lives, to accept dishonor and degradation of human values.”

“Although they themselves talk of networks and movements, although they did function through such structures . . .

Martin Luther King. Resistance can take many forms

“the real story is one of individual actions often taken impulsively, to the astonishment of the actors themselves. . .

“These men and women of the Occupy Movement were quite ordinary men and women.”

“They never planned to be heroes, did not yearn for greatness . . . They were average people, ordinary people, who did extraordinary things.”

A member of the “occupy movement” recalled in 2024:

“We lived in the shadows as soldiers of the night, but our lives were not dark and martial. There were arrests, torture, and death for so many of our friends and comrades, and tragedy awaited all of us just around the corner.”

Resistance can take many forms. Let's hope it never has to come to this

“But we did not live in or with tragedy. We were exhilarated by the challenge and rightness of our cause.”

“It was in many ways the worst of times and in just as many ways the best of times, and the best is what we remember today.”

Reworked from: http://www.beyondcurricula.com/wwii/europeantheater/resistance.html

So, where do we go from here?

Now might be the time for many members of the movement to “go to ground.” To lay low and to get your information from us bloggers and those of us who are still willing to protest and risk arrest.

EDUCATE!

Educate the masses. Get your information from the internet, until it is shut down or effectively censored.

That way, you will be able to see how the “armies of darkness” will be operating with their new powers that Congress and Obama have so graciously supplied them with.

Lay low and allow time to see if following the teachings of Ghandi and Martin Luther King have any positive effect on our condition.

You will be able to assess the tactics of the 1% and their forces and identify their corporate spy infiltrators. You will be better informed for when you plan the counterattack to take back our country.

Invent codes and signals and use them to expose infiltrators.

Form small groups. Now is the time, before it is too late.

Identify your allies and crush your opponents.

True then. True now

You might be the only light in the wilderness that we have left when the 1% completes their plan of total domination of the world’s population.

The masses will, by then, be more sheep-like than they are now, the Ghandi and King followers will be in prison, and you will be our last and only hope.

Our last chance for freedom.

Maybe the only way to defeat 1984 is to 1776?

Whatever happens, the flame of  resistance must not and shall not die.

OCCUPY WALL STREET

Soldiers of freedom, wherever you may be, arise!

And Remember…….

Don’t forget about Officer Pike of the UC Davis PD. Let’s never forget how he and other police officers have treated peaceful protesters.  He should be arrested and tried for assaulting the public.

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Dec31

OCCUPY 2012!

by Calico Blackie on December 31, 2011 at 1:50 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Bread and Circuses for the Masses, Divided We Fall


 

Greetings to all my fellow 99%’ers out there!

Sydney, Australia

In a few hours, it will be 2012 here in Western Rural America. Our freedoms are threatened, but we’re not asleep anymore.

We have mobilized to show the world that we are willing to fight to protect our dwindling rights and we are willing to fight against the machine that threatens to enslave us all.

It must be mystifying to the 1% that no matter how many occupy encampments they raid, no matter how many of us they arrest and brutalize, we keep springing back up throughout the country like a giant game of “whack-a-mole.”

We keep springing up, and if NDAA is signed, we will spring up stronger than ever. The only difference will be that the NDAA will force some of us “moles” to go underground where they will never be able to root us all out.

Where will we spring up next, 1%?

We will keep fighting, and if NDAA is signed, there will be millions who, if not actively resisting, will be new sympathizers to our movement.

I’m sure the 1% and their puppets in Washington DC are confident that they can effectively deal with this threat to their ill-gotten profits and bonuses.

They will ensure that the NDAA is signed, and probably introduce even tougher laws and restrictions to cow the masses. They will institute draconian measures to deal with those amongst us that love our freedom. They will use concentration/detention camps.

They will think they’re safe and secure with their oppressive tactics and regime. Those bastards probably never read about the French Resistance in World War Two.

The year 2012 will define our country.

We will either be successful in keeping our freedom, or we will be driven underground. Either way, it will be “Our Finest Hour.”

JUST SAY NO!

We no longer blindly follow our “leaders” down the toilet. We question authority. We are willing to fight when we need to fight.

We speak up to make our voices heard.

We oppose “Blood for Oil” and are not afraid to decry war as a solution for everything.

WE EDUCATE. WE EXPOSE THE LIES. WE TELL THE TRUTH. WE SPEAK UP.

Case in point?

From Cindi, over at Seismology of Thought

War: It’s All In The Numbers

“Two thousand Americans are dead. Fifty times that many Iraqis are dead; 300 times that many human beings are injured. One million times that have been indirectly affected by a barbarous act of inhumanity (Casualties of a war a world away, October 26). War is about numbers. The small number of humans who have much to gain by war. The large number affected. The small number who sit home and rally the large number to send their kids to die physically or mentally. The largest number who say nothing. The financial numbers are so huge that millions aren’t accounted for, and millions more are paid in bonuses.”
”I’m a Vietnam infantry veteran who has taken the time to peel away the onion of war. Strip off the uniforms, the flags, the nationalities, the slogans. War is, at best, the failure of leaders to solve problems. At worst, war is a massive money-generating machine with no regard for life. It’s all in the numbers.”

Link to her excellent website is here: http://exiledinhollywood.blogspot.com/

The “crackdown” continues………………

From KTVN Reno

14 Occupy Oakland protesters arrested

Quick, 1%...Whack that mole so that 1000s of others can spring up!

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – “Authorities say 14 people were arrested in separate confrontations between Occupy Oakland protesters and police Friday.”

“The Oakland Tribune reports that ten people were arrested during a scuffle near Frank Ogawa Plaza around 2 p.m. when police told them to remove cooking and sleeping gear.”

“Earlier, four people were arrested around 12:15 p.m. in a dispute with officers after a platform had been erected in a tree near Oakland City Hall.”

“The arrests come after 12 people were arrested at a foreclosed property in west Oakland Thursday and 14 protesters were arrested at vacant lot on Wednesday.”

Calico Blackie says:

The more people they arrest, the more followers we get. When the people realize that it’s all of our freedom that we’re fighting for, we will number in the millions. Keep brutalizing us, you bastards! You’re helping our cause.

And now, speaking of freedom…Here is a topic near & dear to Calico Blackie:

Here's your MTV American Dream

From KTVL Medford

New law targets slave labor

“Justin Dillon’s rock band was touring Eastern Europe when he met some college students who told him they were about to get work in the West. “

“They were eager to begin what they were sure would be their new MTV-like lives.”

“Dillon dug deeper and asked to see their documents. He warned the young women they likely were about to be trafficked into the sex trade or sweatshops.”

“They brushed him off. They wanted desperately to believe the $2,200 they had paid a facilitator to get them service industry jobs would make all their dreams come true.”

"Save money - Live better?" AT WHAT COST?

“Today, the 42-year-old Berkeley rocker heads up a popular social media campaign to combat slavery.”

“With a $200,000 grant from the State Department, he recently launched slaveryfootprint.org, which helps people identify the slave labor used for their own consumer goods. It is approaching 2 million hits.”

“And now — with the help of a groundbreaking anti-slavery retail law going into effect across California on New Year’s Day — Dillon believes the movement is reaching that tipping point where the average consumer can make a difference.”

“The law affects an estimated 3,200 companies with a presence in California, including Walmart and Macy’s. It requires retailers and manufacturers with gross annual receipts of more than $100 million to disclose what they’ve done to eliminate slavery in the global supply chain of their goods.”

Woo Hoo! That mica sure makes my makeup all sparkly! This is where it comes from

Industry response?

The article continues with:

“The California Chamber of Commerce and California Retailers Association were among those who argued the requirements would carry huge costs and that private businesses were being enlisted as de facto law enforcement agencies.”

Link to full story is here:  http://www.ktvl.com/articles/slavery-1203191-law-dillon.html

Calico Blackie says:

That could be your son, daughter or relative, and all the Goddamned California Chamber of Commerce is concerned with is the “huge costs” to already filthy rich retail chains?

Are you proud to save a buck or two when you know people are being worked to death for you to “live better?”

Not Michelle Bachmann - it's Katy Perry in yet another picture begging to be photoshopped

Finally, in the “entertainment” world (if anyone cares)……………

From MSNBC

Russell Brand, Katy Perry are divorcing

“Rumors have been swirling for some time, but now it’s official. Comedian and actor Russell Brand has filed for divorce from singer Katy Perry.”

“He cites “irreconcilable differences” in the petition, filed in Los Angeles.”

SHE’S SINGLE AGAIN, BOYS!

Calico Blackie says:

At least they won’t breed.

This reminds me of another photo circulating around the web:

Not Katy Perry - it's Michelle Bachmann

Maybe she should try a little pepper spray with that foot-long! After all, it’s essentially a food product.

 

 

 

 

 

OK. Enough shenanigans. A heartfelt Happy New Year to all you activists out there who are willing to stand up for our rights. Here’s to a successful 2012.

On that note…..

Don’t forget about Officer Pike of the UC Davis PD. Let’s never forget how he and other police officers have treated peaceful protesters.  He should be arrested and tried for assaulting the public.

OCCUPY 2012!

 

OCCUPY WALL STREET

 

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

 

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Dec30

The Real Rulers of this Country?

by Calico Blackie on December 30, 2011 at 2:10 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Big Brother, Media Bias


 

Greetings to my Fellow 99%’ers!

Wait until that poor coyote discovers that the Acme Company has moved to China!

I’ve never claimed to know everything, but I do know when we’re being screwed, and I do know it has been happening for years.

Only recently has the screwing by the 1% and their wholly owned subsidiary in Washington DC been so blatant that we began to take notice.

What do you mean, you say?

You say:

“The bank bailouts are a recent thing, and we’ve always been free in this country.”

You say:

“We never had political prisoners. We have the right to trial, and we can vote for the candidate of our choice.”

You say:

“WE have democracy……..”

It's been happening here for years and can only get worse if we don't fight for change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So….What are we doing about it?

From CBS News

Occupy Iowa: “We aren’t trying to disrupt caucuses”

“The headquarters for the Occupy Iowa Caucuses movement is a spacious, coffee-shop like warehouse on one of the main streets of downtown Des Moines, where protesters mingle amid signs reading “Mitt – get bank $ out of elections” and “Give us liberty from corporate greed!”

It will be a tough decision this year, as the field is flooded with candidates

“The occupiers don’t see much distinction between the Democratic and Republican parties, though the fact that President Obama is effectively unopposed for reelection gives them little in the way of targets on the Democratic side.”

“Emily Allison of Des Moines, who was among those arrested Thursday, said she felt “betrayed” by Mr. Obama for his unwillingness to veto the National Defense Authorization Act and for not closing the Guantanamo Bay prison facility.”

“I thought he would stand up for the people,” said Allison, who was charged with criminal trespassing. She described Democrats as the “lesser of two evils” – but added that “after seeing all the money that Obama has accepted from the corporations and the bankers it’s difficult to distinguish the parties as two different things.”

Looks like someone discovered he's not really the one in charge in this country!

 Calico Blackie says:

I’ve always wondered if at least some of the candidates campaign with the thought that they can actually change they way things are in this country.

Do they actually believe that Wall Street would let them run the government?

The article ends with:

“The opposition is trying to characterize the movement as a bunch of disgruntled renegades who are unwashed and uninformed.”

” It’s a game they’re playing to hype up opposition to what the movement is all about.”

Link is here:  http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57350180-503544/occupy-iowa-we-arent-trying-to-disrupt-caucuses/?tag=stack

Calico Blackie says:

Opponents of the movement are the big corporations and banks.

They have the money and the mainstream media on their side to help them convince the ignorant that any change in the system would be bad. 

"Our" President is really nothing more than Wall Street's piss boy

With all the rampant corruption, greed, wars, The NDAA and suppression of our Civil Rights, it’s almost as if they’re saying:

“Remember, the more we destroy everything, the less the hippies win! Success and victory for us comes from self-annihilation!”

But hey…..We had record sales over the Holidays and things are getting better!

From The Associated Press

Florida hit hardest by Sears store closings

“Florida will be hit the hardest by the closing of Sears and Kmart stores, losing 11, according to a preliminary list of 79 planned closures released Thursday.

Adios, faithful employees. We've got to raise CASH!

“Ohio, Michigan and Georgia are not far behind with six store closures planned in their states. Tennessee, North Carolina and Minnesota are set to lose four stores each.”

“The 125-year-old retailer said on Tuesday it would close up to 120 stores to raise cash.”

Link is here  http://finance.yahoo.com/news/florida-hit-hardest-sears-store-220653249.html

On a much nastier note…….

From The Daily Kos

“There will be Violence – Mark My Words”

Michael Thomas’ ominous reflections on 75 years of life as American, in which he worked on Wall Street and saw all of his assumptions about his country undone:

“This time, I fear, the public anger will not be deflected. Confessions, not false, will be exacted.”

People, get ready

“Occupy Wall Street has set the snowball rolling; you may not think much of OWS—I have my own reservations, although none are philosophical or moral—but it has made America aware of a sinister, usurious process by which wealth has systematically been funneled into fewer and fewer hands.”

“A process in which Washington played a useful supporting role, but no more than that.”

“Over the next year, I expect the “what” will give way to the “how” in the broad electorate’s comprehension of the financial situation.”

“The 99 percent must learn to differentiate the bloodsuckers and rent-extractors from those in the 1 percent who make the world a better, more just place to live.”

“To make the bastards pay, properly, for the grief and woe they have caused.”

Let's hope the 99% knows the difference between a crooked CEO and the piss boy

“Perhaps not to the extent proposed by H. L. Mencken, who wrote that when a bank fails, the first order of business should be to hang its board of directors, but in a manner in which the pain is proportionate to the collateral damage.”

The article continues with:

“But it won’t just end with taxes. When the great day comes, Wall Street will pray for another Pecora, because compared with the rough beast now beginning to strain at the leash, Pecora will look like Phil Gramm. Humiliation and ridicule, even financial penalties, will be the least of the Street’s tribulations.”

“There will be prosecutions and show trials. There will be violence, mark my words. Houses burnt, property defaced. I just hope that this time the mob targets the right people in Wall Street and in Washington.”

Is it coming down to this?

 “It is the corruption, money-based, that has settled like some all-enveloping excremental mist on the landscape of our hopes, that has permeated every nook of any institution or being that has real influence on the way we live now. Sixty years ago, if you had asked me, on the basis of all that I had been taught, whether I thought this condition of general rot was possible in this country, I would have told you that you were nuts. And I would have been very wrong. What has happened in this country has made a lie of my boyhood.”

Link to full article is here:  http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/12/27/1049179/-Elder-on-Wall-Street:-There-will-be-violence,-mark-my-words

Calico Blackie says:

Why are those hippies protesting? I have all I need. Let's go shopping!

So, how can we try to prevent a violent and bloody  revolution from happening here?

By continuing to protest and make our voices heard.

By following the examples of Gandhi and King.

By trying to educate and convince the ignorant and those in denial that they are acting against their own best interests when they support the 1%. But, if we can’t get results, impatience will rule, and there will be blood. We’re living in some scary times right now.

Anyway…..

Jeez, after all this doom and gloom, I feel as if I have to leave you with something a little lighter.  Proof that there are still jokers around who march to a different drummer….

From The Washington Post

Not Naked. Not McDonalds. Mischa Barton shopping in Santa Monica. Imagine if she did this in Texas?

“Two face indecency charges after making nude run to McDonald’s drive-thru in western Illinois”

“WGIL reports that the pair told officers the late night fast-food run might not have been a great idea but that they both still thought it was funny.”

Calico Blackie thinks it’s pretty funny too.

But I do wonder why naked people in their cars get arrested while starlets can parade around stores looking like Wal-Mart rejects and nobody from the religious right raises an eyebrow?

Ah well, it’s that old double standard.

On that note…

OCCUPY THE IOWA CAUCUS AND OCCUPY WASHINGTON DC ON JANUARY 17th

and

Don’t forget about Officer Pike of the UC Davis PD. Let’s never forget how he and other police officers have treated peaceful protesters. 

He should be arrested and tried for assaulting the public.

JUST DO IT!

 

 

Keep Speaking Up!

OCCUPY CONGRESS!

Spread the Word!

Calico Blackie

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Dec28

BECOME ACTIVE – BE THE CHANGE

by Calico Blackie on December 28, 2011 at 12:57 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Big Brother, Media Bias


 

Greetings to all from Klamath River Country!

Toast the New Year! Drink deep from the wine the 1% has so graciously given us and be grateful to have it!

2012 is almost here and this is a time where we traditionally take stock of what happened in the preceding year.

With that in mind……

What have the 99% Occupy protests accomplished so far?

We have shown the world what happens in the United States if “We the People” step out of line.

We have shown the world that the 1% will move a small army into our towns/cities and evict a peaceful protest by force.

We have shown the world that our elected “representatives” will harass what they term to be “undesirables” and not care one whit about decency.

We have shown the world that our government is there to make us afraid. And they are very effective at it, aren’t they?

This is what happens here when you exercise your right to Free Speech

We have exposed the lie that our Constitution guarantees the freedoms of all citizens in the United States.

We have shown that there are two sets of rules here. One set for the rich, and one set for the poor.

And in the middle of these two sets of rules is an ever shrinking class of people that will keep their noses to the grindstone and be silent, while their freedoms are being taken away.

We have awakened the 1% and their wholly owned subsidiary to the fact that we’re sick and tired of being used as milk cows while they rack up ever increasing profits.

We have exposed our society to be the Orwellian nightmare that George Orwell predicted when he wrote his book “1984.”

We have gotten our message across that we want an end to corruption and money in politics, and we are continuing to spread that message.

This is from the George Orwell book "1984" and it looks damned familiar, doesn't it?

So….What has all this “showing” and “awakening” accomplished other than showing the rest of the world that we’re not all greedy assholes in this country?

NOT A HECK OF A LOT…YET.

But we can’t give up. Even when we’re name-called and lied about by the corporate media and shills in the press for the 1%.

Even though the 1% doesn’t care how loud we yell.

We can’t give up for the sake of ourselves and the future of our children. We, the AWAKE people have got to keep fighting to keep Wall Street from making an Orwellian future a certain reality.

Throw off the chains!

Ask yourselves: In addition to protesting, voting and boycotting, what else can I do?

GET ACTIVE ON THE LOCAL LEVEL TOO. This sign is from a campaign to raise awareness and compassion about homelessness through art and social action http://whatcanidocampaign.org/

BECOME ACTIVE.

BE THE CHANGE.

Change will not be accomplished solely via voting, but through changes to how we live and interact with the system.

Every step towards independence from corporations (usually via localization) is a good step.

Coal corporations can argue against solar technology all they want, but if everyone quit waiting for the tech to “get better” and just put up some solar panels (with all the loans and tax breaks, they pay for themselves in about 4 years) we’d drive those greedy, polluting bastards back into their proper place in the matter of a decade.

Homemade solar panel. Screw the utility company!

A lot of things could be accomplished via these simple steps, but we choose not to.

We CHOOSE to give over our independence for convenience.

We would rather be less free and more comfortable, even if that means that our comfort could be ripped away at a moments notice, and we couldn’t do a damn thing about it…. that’s not a good place to be, nationally.

link to building solar panels is here:  http://gogreenreviews.net/blog/

http://www.mdpub.com/SolarPanel/

So, you see….We’ve all got to walk the walk too if we want to begin to see real hope and change.

And to all of those who say the OWS “accomplished nothing”….

That’s crap too.

We forced the media machine to stop blathering 24/7 about lowering the deficit, and take a look at what’s really wrong in this country. (OK, maybe more a sidelong glance, but that’s still impressive.)

And…..

They don’t even expect the storm that we have planned for the 1% and DC in 2012. Let the games begin.

Don’t forget about Officer Pike of the UC Davis PD. Let’s all keep him in our thoughts for 2012.

Keep fighting!

United, we win!

WE ARE THE 99% AND WILL NOT BE SILENT

OCCUPY WALL STREET

OCCUPY IOWA

Calico Blackie

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Dec27

ASK QUESTIONS – DEMAND ANSWERS!

by Calico Blackie on December 27, 2011 at 11:35 am
Posted In: Big Brother, Media Bias

Greetings to all people who seek the truth! 

It's called reading comprehension

Learning how to read in America is a topic near and dear to me. Most people can read printed words, but do they know how to interpret those words? Are they careful and thorough readers, or do they just skim the headlines and form the uninformed opinions that the 1% and their corporate media want them to form? As a former museum director, I constantly saw articles written on how to properly set up museum displays for the public. Every one of those articles stressed the importance of keeping the description cards next to the display as short as possible because visitors will usually only read the first sentence or two on the card and then look at the display without even having a full grasp of what it is they are seeing.

Most people don't read all the text

The worst part about this is that the data applies to the people that actually bother to go to museums, not to the masses that would rather watch “reality” television. We live in an age where visual stimulation is king and real information is unwanted and lost.

Actors and actresses don’t have to act. They play supporting roles to computer generated graphics.

Mainstream media (the propaganda machine of the 1%) understands this perfectly well, and they tailor their articles to misinform, mislead, and stretch the truth. Often, the truth IS in the article, but most people do not read beyond the headline to form their opinions.

Case in point?

From ABC News

Poll: Americans Better Off Than Their Parents

“Gallup poll shows 69% of Americans think they are better off financially than their parents whey they were the same age”

“A majority of Americans say they are better off financially than their parents were at the same age, though seniors are more positive about their wealth than younger people, according to the Gallup Poll.”

See, sheep? Money does buy happiness!

“Of 1,012 adults surveyed, 69 percent said they’re better off financially than their parents, down from the 74 percent who said so in 1998, the last time Gallup asked this question.”

“Gallup asked adults age 18 and older: “Think of your parents when they were your age.

Would you say you are better off financially than they were, or not?”

Calico Blackie says:

Here is where critical reading and thinking comes into play. Ask the questions: Where did this Gallup poll take place? A majority of Americans? What was the financial make up of their 1012-person sample? How was the poll conducted?

The only stupid questions are the ones that don't get asked

The article continues with……

“Most Americans still think they are doing better financially than their parents did when they were the same age,” Elizabeth Mendes, deputy managing editor at Gallup, wrote in a blog post. “This is positive news, given the difficult state of the U.S. economy over the past several years — with millions of Americans seeing their home values deteriorate and jobs evaporate.”

Calico Blackie says:

See what they did there? They used a small sample of Americans, from who knows where, to make the statement: “Most Americans think they are doing better.” Read this statement without using critical thinking and it seems to say that everything is fine. That the 1 out of every 2 Americans that are close to, or at the poverty level must be mistaken. That the 91% of Americans that say Congress is doing a terrible job must be just a bunch of complainers. The bad news in that statement was reserved for the end, where most people won’t bother to read that far into the paragraph.

ASK QUESTIONS - DEMAND ANSWERS

By now, most people have stopped reading the article and will take away the information that most Americans think they’re doing great and that the protesters are crybabies.

HERE IS THE LAST PARAGRAPH IN THE ARTICLE THAT NO-ONE BOTHERED TO READ:

While the overall median response of the 1,012 adults was an income of $150,000, younger respondents age 18 to 49 had a median amount of $160,000.

Those 50 and older said they would feel rich with $100,000.

Calico Blackie says:

A median income of $150,000.00?

Hell yes, they’re doing ok.

So, it’s plain to see that Gallup polled a very skewed sample of Americans to arrive at the conclusion that everything is rosy and tell us we’re doing much better than our parents. ABC, at the orders of their Wall Street masters, prints the article, and suddenly “We’re doing better” becomes the new truth for us to believe. They just hope that most of us aren’t smart enough to read the entire article and ask questions. They hope that we have no reading comprehension skills and that their article, and our questions will fall upon deaf and uninformed ears.

You see, the article didn’t fall upon deaf ears; they fell upon informed ears. Ears attached to brains that know for a fact that the current corporate media (a) has helped to protect bankers and financiers from prosecution and (b) spread falsehoods about the economy and the occupy movement that result in the continuing complacency of a whole nation of sheep, and (c) condoned and enabled the creation of laws in our country that will have people imprisoned for being informed and speaking out, and other people imprisoned for not outing their 99% “domestic terrorist” friends.

TRUTH

So, forgive us if we appear to have deaf ears when the financiers and politicians that are doing those things to us try to teach us *anything* about being happy.

The fact that this particular article was really about how well off people that make $150,000/yr think they are, coming from a media that is owned by the 1% is just icing on the cake to an informed reader.

The people who are content to “sit back and take it” and think we all should be happy getting the shaft sound like battered wives when they do that.

Hey! Donald Trump quit the GOP and will probably run for President as an independent candidate.

What’s left of the middle class still hasn’t figured out yet how screwed they are.

Not every clown wears make-up

 They’ve still got a roof over their heads, food on the table and a big screen TV in the living room.

Nobody’s paying attention to the walls moving in a little bit more each year.

They put up with ‘sobriety checkpoints’ and drug tests because hey – it’s the law right?

They still think all this stuff is ‘for their protection’.

They haven’t figured out that they can’t take their rights back.

They haven’t figured out yet that the country made a deal with the devil and the bill is coming due.

Any possible serious attempt at uprising in this country will find itself ridiculously outgunned and at a severe tactical disadvantage.

Of course, that’s the idea.
The only tactical advantage the people have to coordinate their efforts is the internet.  

Berkeley, 1969. A serious uprising to end the Vietnam War

Why do you think they’re trying to pass laws to block “rogue” domains?

Why do you think they’re trying to make it so that sites like this and others are to be held legally responsible for the content that their users post?

I’m of the opinion at this point that the authoritarians in our government are circling the wagons, and there are authoritarians in both the Republican and Democratic parties just about equally, and our Executive branch is also compliant with the authoritarians as well.

It’s getting me really unnerved, I’ll tell you that much.

But hey!

At least the police arent busting down the “wrong” doors and shooting the family dog right in front of the kids.

Oh wait….they are.

Still think you’re free? ASK QUESTIONS. DEMAND ANSWERS. Most people are afraid to ask questions because they don’t want to appear ignorant to others. By not asking questions, we remain ignorant, and that’s exactly where the 1% and their wholly owned subsidiary in Washington DC wants us.

On that note….

For anyone that still cares……The cop with the pepper spray at UC Davis is Lt. John Pike of University of California Police. 530-752-3989. But, nothing will happen to him. He’s got our “Justice” System on HIS side. A system of oppression and greed. All we have is the knowledge that what we are doing is morally right and justified.

OCCUPY WALL STREET

ASK QUESTIONS. DEMAND ANSWERS.

PROTEST!

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Dec26

The Best Gift Ever?

by Calico Blackie on December 26, 2011 at 12:59 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Media Bias

Greetings to all you informed readers out there!

The usual question we innocently get asked on this day is: “Well, what did Santa bring you for Christmas?” As a member of the 99%, I can’t stand that question. I don’t resent the question itself, I resent what it implies.

SPEND MORE MONEY SO YOUR KIDS WILL LOVE YOU AND NOT THINK THEY'RE POOR

It implies that if you didn’t get a bunch of “stuff” that you are either poverty stricken or unloved. 

Of course, it’s all bullshit designed to make parents feel guilty if they don’t blow the budget on Christmas gifts so that their children and spouses will continue to love them, and think they’re loved in return.

We all use the saying “Oh well, it’s the thought that counts” to salve their disappointment when there isn’t anything, or very little under the tree. But, conditioned by years of being bombarded by commercialism, do we really believe it? Some do and some don’t. I guess it all depends on how materialistic we’ve each become.

See honey? I LOVE you! I'll BUY you!

Buying love.

It’s sad that we subconsciously (or consciously)  think that money can buy love.

But, what type of love does money buy?

Does spending much more than you can afford on a person show that you really love that person, or does it show that we’ve become a nation that equates money with love?

Or, does it show how irresponsible and gullible we are when we fall for the advertising and hype associated with gift giving? Don’t fall for the hype. Break the chains of materialistic thinking.

THE BEST GIFT EVER

So, with all my talk about materialism, I know what people will think. “He must have gotten nothing.”

If you thought that, you would be wrong. I got the best gift ever.

I’m an animal lover and years ago, I had a dog that lived to be 13 years old. We had been through the mill together and he was always my faithful companion. My wife used to brush his coat and save his fur in bags, until she had a ton of it. When he got sick, and the Vet told me he had cancer throughout his body and would suffer terribly for his remaining few days, I made the decision to put him down. I held him while it was done. I was sad for weeks.

New dog (Well, he's 10 now). The wife saves his fur too

That was 10 years ago. This year, my wife got her old spinning wheel out and washed & spun all the fur she had collected into yarn and knitted me a scarf made from the old dogs fur. It was made by her, for me, with love. It was the best gift I’ve ever gotten for the Holidays. It is the best gift I EVER will get. If the house ever burns down, or if I ever become homeless, it will be the one possession I will move heaven and earth to save.

That being said….Let’s move on to New Years Eve.

If you’re tired of doing the “same old thing” every New Years Eve and are on the West Coast, or live in the Western States, head on over to Virginia City, Nevada for what sounds like one heck of a good time. It’s where I would be if I had the ways and means to get there.

From The Virginia City News

“In Virginia City, the big event is the Wild West New Years Eve Bash sponsored by the Mustang Ranch at Pipers Opera House to benefit Virginia City Schools. The party begins at 8 p.m. Saturday, December 31, at Pipers Opera House,12 North B St., Virginia City.”

Pipers Opera House, Virginia City, Nevada

“Tickets are $25 per person and everyone must be 21 to participate. All proceeds benefit the Storey County School District.”

“The Mustang Ranch is footing the entire bill for the evening, (food, drink, music, decorations, hall rental, etc.) and therefore the donation will not come from the net proceeds, it will be from the gross revenue, (including the door, silent auction, bar sales, etc.).”

“Included in the $25 ticket price are: a Prime Rib Buffet; three free drinks; Raffle Prizes & Silent Auction; Live Music by the Drop Kick Band of Sacramento; a Champagne Toast and Balloon Drop at Midnight; Wild West Fun, Gunfighter skits, Living Legends in period attire; and Party Favors.”

The interior of the Opera House

“The party is open to the public but a limited number of tickets are available at the Virginia City Visitors Center, The Corner Bar at Pipers Opera House, or online at www.nvshows.com.”

Link to VC News is here:

http://virginiacitynews.com/index1.htm

Or call Rich Crombie at (775) 846-1130, or write to rich@nvshows.com

Oh, by the way…..

The Pope gave his usual speech yesterday too.

Heh.

Is this guy honoring Jesus, or Liberace?

Until he admits that most of the world’s problems are directly tied to overpopulation, greed and the doctrines of various religions that refuse to come into the 21st century, this man has nothing to say to Calico Blackie.

On that note……

For anyone that still cares……

The cop with the pepper spray at UC Davis is Lt. John Pike of University of California Police. 530-752-3989.

But, nothing will happen to him.

He’s got our “Justice” System on HIS side.

What a bastard

A system of oppression and greed.

All we have is the knowledge that what we are doing is morally right and justified.

OCCUPY WALL STREET

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Dec24

Christmas With The 1%?

by Calico Blackie on December 24, 2011 at 12:43 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality

Greetings to all you freedom fighters out there.

“Financial Nymphomaniacs” or, What is it like to never be satisfied?

Another Christmas Season has descended down upon the world. Every year, people wish for “Peace on Earth” and every year it doesn’t happen.

Why?

The answer always boils down to a quest for power, fueled by greed.

If we, as a people, demand equality and an end to corruption, the 1% sends their armies to crush us so that they can keep getting richer. If one nation wants more land, armies are sent to take land from their neighbors. So, we’re always in a fight somewhere, and it’s always because someone got greedy and wanted much, much more than their fair share.

Always in a fight somewhere because the oppressed are tired of being used by the greedy and powerful for profit and are trying to throw off their chains.

So, to us in the 99% who continue to struggle so that the 1% can make ever-increasing profits, we can’t imagine what a 1% Christmas would even be like.

Jamie Dimon. CEO of JP Morgan-Chase. Imagine Christmas with this guy?

What would it be like to have the person sitting at the head of the dinner table be the person that has thrown people out of their houses through crooked and deceptive lending practices, that is responsible for the rise in the prices of oil so that senior citizens freeze to death in their own homes while the corporation makes an even larger profit, that is responsible for the offshoring of thousands of jobs, thus ensuring that millions of Americans will slide into poverty, or worse, become homeless.

That can start wars and kill our sons and daughters so that the military industrial complex can continue to reap huge rewards?

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase after digesting another 100 million dollar bonus

What would it be like? For a normal and compassionate person, for the 99%, it would be repulsive.

To the 1%?

They think they’re entitled to these things because they’ve convinced themselves they’ve earned them. Maybe they have earned a higher salary. Maybe they have earned nicer possessions.

But at what cost?

It has cost them the last shred of humanity they ever had in their hearts when they are willing to impoverish, enslave, imprison, oppress and even kill their fellow human beings to make even MORE money.

When they become “Financial Nymphomaniacs” and don’t care who they have to screw to get even BIGGER profits, they have blackened their hearts.

They will never know when enough is enough.

Working hard and enjoying the fruits of hard labor is no longer enough for them.

Greed and the quest for even more power is their guide and it allows them to cheat, steal, and make shady backroom deals, with no conscience pangs at all.

What is worse, they impart these lessons to their children, and the cycle of greed continues.

AND IT WILL NEVER CHANGE UNLESS WE WORK TOGETHER TO CHANGE IT.

 

 

 

 

 

Then, there’s this………

From The Occupy Medford Webpage

Occupy Medford Oregon Wal-Mart Carols

“On December 22 2011, Occupy Medford brought our unique brand of caroling to Wal-Mart on Crater Lake Avenue. Fourteen occupiers converged together next to cheap sweatshop garments and lead-based toys to sing protest songs against corruption and greed. ”

Products for you made by slave labor

“Our one wish for this holiday season: that the New Year might bring a world without a corporation that outsources manufacturing jobs to China, keeps workers living at the poverty line, and decimates small businesses.”

“Happy holidays from all of us at Occupy Medford to all of our neighbors in the Rogue Valley. Here’s to a government by the people, for the people, and an end to corporate corruption for the new year.”

And Happy Holidays from all of us at prairiefirenews.com

“Here’s to a government of the people, by the people, for the people, and an end to corporate corruption for the new year.”

Keep the light of freedom lit in 2012

 

OCCUPY WALL STREET

 

 

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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