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Mar07

“Once Upon A Time”

by Calico Blackie on March 7, 2012 at 1:34 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Media Bias


 

Greetings to freedom fighters everywhere!

“Once upon a time”

Safe and warm in a mythical world

Those of us lucky enough to have good parents can remember having those words read to us as the opening line to a bedtime story.

Safe and warm, we were tucked in our beds and we had a fairy tale read to us that lulled us to sleep.

We dreamed of a make-believe world filled with dwarfs, princesses and knights in shining armor.

Castles and moors where good always prevailed over evil. Even if we had what we then considered to be a crummy day, we always knew that we would end the day in a dreamland.

What happened to us?

So, what happened?

We got mugged by reality.

We learned that good does not always triumph over evil.

We learned that many of the shafters out there became our leaders and our “pillars of society.”

We learned the hard way that fairy tales were just that: Fairy Tales.

There were no “knights in shining armor” out there.

We learned that life is hard. We eventually realized that we are all born to struggle and one day, to die. There was no “Happily Ever After.”

We grew jaded. Cautiously optimistic, but jaded. We lost our innocence. Some of us kept our childhood notions of good triumphing over evil, but we learned that for this to happen, it requires hard work.

Innocence lost

That’s where our paths split.

Some people chose the path of living solely for the sake of the acquisition of as much money as possible, as fast as possible, no matter what the cost to our fellow human beings.

Some of us chose the path to power knowing that in our society Money = Power.

Most of us just toiled away, happily and willfully ignorant of a world crashing down around us.

We went to work and struggled, hoping to provide better and bigger opportunities for the children of today and the future.

WE FAILED AND NOW THE BILL IS COMING DUE.

So, why am I writing about fairy tales and knights in shining armor?

Another Knight in Shining Armor meets reality

Because life isn’t a fairy tale.

Because people are fighting out there for you.

Because people are being beaten.

Because people are dying out there in a struggle for our basic rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

AND WE’RE STILL ALLOWING OURSELVES TO BE LULLED TO SLEEP BY FAIRY TALES BECAUSE WE WANT IT THAT WAY.

We latch on to any piece of “good” news we’re fed by the mainstream media. We use television to forget about the hard realities of life like it was a drug. It’s our bedtime story assuring ourselves that somehow, it will all be better when we wake up.

WAKE UP!

Here is a fairy tale in the “news”……………..

Private sector adds 216,000 jobs in February

See citizen? Don't worry. A minimum-wage job and crushing poverty awaits each and every one of us!

“Small businesses — those with fewer than 50 employees — made up half of the job gains in February, hiring 108,000 people.”

“Large companies with 500 or more employees hired 20,000 new workers, and medium-sized businesses added 88,000 to their payrolls.”

Link is here: http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/07/news/economy/adp_jobs_report/index.htm?hpt=hp_t3

Calico Blackie says:

What this story is really saying is: Fall for the fairy tale. Don’t believe the hype.

It’s saying:

“There are plenty of jobs out there for the taking, but the entitled, me first and the gimme gimme generation wants upgrades like stability, reasonable hours, a living wage, and health insurance at competitive costs with adequate coverage and they don’t deserve it.“

Laid off? Don't worry. A new small business minimum-wage job and poverty awaits you!

Here is the REAL story, which appeared a few days ago and was carefully followed-up by the above story today in the hopes that we would conveniently buy into the fairy tale and forget about the reality.

From the Corporate News Network (CNN):

Small businesses are adding low-wage jobs

“The nation’s smallest businesses continued to add jobs in February, but they were mostly for low-wage work, according to a report released Monday.”

“But these new jobs are primarily at the low-end,” said Susan Woodward, an economist with Sand Hill Econometrics who consults for Intuit. “They are hourly, low-wage jobs.”

Link is here:  http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/05/smallbusiness/jobs/index.htm

Denial is easy but remember, when you keep your head in the sand, your ass is in the air

But, it’s easier to want to believe the fairy tale.

Tell yourself: “Things are getting better.”

Don’t worry.

Keep your nose to the grindstone and keep killing yourself working for a living for less than ever before.

It will all be better soon.

Yeah, right.

Nothing is going to get better or change unless we change it.

There are those who say: “Fight the system by working within it.”

So how are people supposed to “change things from the inside” when the insiders won’t have anything to do with anything that changes it, and makes every effort it can to ensure that nothing will ever change?

Do any of you even know who this guy is? He's trying to "fight from the inside"

We have an entrenched system in which lobbyists own the representatives and candidates of BOTH parties (at every level (city, state, and federal).

And candidates who want to buck that system, like Buddy Roemer, are literaly ignored off the political map and have not a chance in hell of being elected while the participating voters are distracted with political theater of the church trying to invade the state.

 

So, when do I see major change coming?

Not until the majority is hungry. When the majority of Americans are living below the poverty line and have nothing left to lose, then, and only then, will the majority of this nation work together to change the system as it stands.

Yes, it CAN get this ugly and it's coming to this

And it is going to be ugly. We see the reaction of Wal-Street and their wholly-owned subsidiary in Washington DC to the Occupy Movement for just bringing attention to this problem through the banking bail outs.

The government keeps pushing back peaceful protests with violence, and eventually those protests won’t be so peaceful.

That’s why I’m hoping the Occupy Wall Street Movement comes back stronger than ever this spring. It’s trying to force a peaceful change.

Aren't we fed up with the bullshit yet? THIS WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE FORMAT FOR THE DEBATES. (for you younger readers, google mst3k)

Aren’t you tired yet of knowing  that whether the politicians listen to Fox News or MSNBC on any given issue depends upon who paid the most?

And more importantly, that people who know what they’re talking about, but hold positions contrary to the lobbyist and Wall Street, get drowned out?

It’s a rigged, corrupt system, and lobbying plays a huge role in that corruption.

Remember:  If you see a campaign ad on TV, that candidate has already been bought. The system is fundamentally broken and the power of the American voter is nil.

Protest 2 days ago in Sacramento. THOUSANDS MARCHED. Did we hear about it?

People are angry and will only get angrier if our basic rights and needs continue to be ignored by the 1%.

That’s why we MUST fight to be heard this spring and summer.

We MUST do whatever it takes to be heard.

Thousands of people marched in Sacramento two days ago, but if it wasn’t for the untiring efforts of citizen journalists such as @punkboyinsf we would have never known about it here in rural America.

And that’s just the way the 1% wants it. Believe nothing is wrong. Believe it will all be better very soon. Do as you’re told. Believe the fairy tale and go back to sleep.

It's time to SAVE OUR COUNTRY!

WAKE UP!

Stop believing their fairy tales.

It’s an American Nightmare, not an American Dream.

Occupy the Spring and Summer!

Save our Country from an Orwellian police state future

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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Dec23

THE WEAPON OF CHOICE: WHAT HAVE WE BECOME?

by Calico Blackie on December 23, 2011 at 1:13 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Big Brother

Greetings to Freedom Fighters Everywhere

A domestic terrorist

No doubt about it. We have become a nation of bullies.

They’re ruthless, and their weapons of choice in this Country are the “Justice” system and, on the streets, pepper spray. 

Congress has a 9% approval rating.

Our police have been militarized.

The people who try to speak up for their rights are vilified by the media and the politicians, and many of the people, who blinded by the years of mind-numbing television buy into their propaganda.

But we haven’t all been blinded.

There are still some of us who will “read the writing on the wall” and speak out against injustice, greed, and the police state that we’ve become. We stand up to the bullies instead of becoming part of the nameless rabble that follows the Judas Goat into that slaughterhouse of life the 1% has prepared for us.

"There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?"

You hear the same mantra from the sheep:

“Life isn’t fair,”

and

“There is no justice in this world, deal with it.”

They have been beaten down into believing the lies.

We, the protesters, are the people that holler “WHY NOT?”

Here is the “Justice Weapon of Choice” in use against Americans:

From MSNBC

Occupy protesters indicted on felony charges in Houston

“Seven Occupy protesters were indicted on felony charges by a grand jury in Houston on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office says, in connection with their demonstration at the local port as part of a national day of action by the movement.”

JUST LOOK AT THOSE DANGEROUS FELONS!

“The decision comes nearly a week after a judge had initially dismissed the charges, saying the protesters could not be charged with possessing or using a “criminal instrument” – a felony in Texas – for their use of PVC pipe.”

“The protesters — three from Austin, four from Houston — put their arms through the pipe and used latches on it to connect together, making their arrest more difficult but not preventing it.” 

“Arrests on felony arrests were occurring in other cities, such as Denver and New York. Civil rights lawyers have suggested the use of felony charges was another form of crackdown on the movement.”"

He would approve. Crack down hard on free speech. OBEY THE POLICE AT ALL TIMES. They're never wrong!

Calico Blackie says:

Felonies?

Is this “justice?”

The bullies and their complacent sheep-citizens would say: “Always OBEY the police.

They’re never wrong and always on your side.”

After all, they’re here to “Protect and Serve.”

TO PROTECT AND SERVE?

TO PROTECT AND SERVE?

Have you seen this?

“Photo shows pepper-sprayed prisoner”

*note: Calico Blackie did not include the video/photo. It was too horrible.

“No doubt you’ve heard the adage: a picture is worth a thousand words. A picture of 62-year-old Nick Christie could be worth thousands of dollars when a jury sees it. The photo shows the Ohio man restrained inside the Lee County Jail with his body covered in pepper spray.”

Did this man deserve to die? If you answered yes, move to China or Cuba where the system better suits you

“This photo is a picture of a man who is strapped to a chair naked inside a jail for hours with a hood over his face. That evokes thoughts of being tortured,” says Cleveland-based lawyer Nick DiCello who represents the Christie family.”

“The photo, which was obtained by FOX 13′s investigative unit, was taken in the final hours of Christie’s life.“

“The District 21 Medical Examiner ruled his death was a homicide because he had been restrained and sprayed with pepper sprayed by law enforcement officers. But to this day, nobody has ever been charged with a crime, and the Lee County State Attorney cleared the sheriff’s office of any wrongdoing.”

“He later died at the hospital. His heart failed from the shock of the pepper spray. His jailers say Nicholas Christie was combative, despite the fact that he was restrained in a chair so he allegedly wouldn’t spit at his jailers.”

“His whole head was turning purple and almost blue,” he says, “He was gasping.” The other inmates say the pepper spray was so intense they were gagging in the cellblock. “He was constantly telling them I can’t breathe and I got a heart condition.”

Link is here:  http://news.injuryboard.com/pepper-sprayed-man-dies-in-jail-what-happened-to-nick-christie-.aspx?googleid=277120#ixzz1hNbmzPAW

Calico Blackie says:

I can hear the toadies now. “If he hadn’t resisted, this never would have happened.” 

Another badge wearing sadist. WHAT ARE THESE CRIMINALS DOING STILL ON THE STREET?

BULLSHIT. HE WAS TIED IN A CHAIR NAKED AND HIS FACE WAS COVERED WITH A HOOD.

HE WAS TORTURED.

Do any of you idiots realize that this was the work of sadists that shouldn’t be wearing a badge?

Do any of you idiots realize that it could be you next time if you ever are seen or even mistaken as “stepping out of line?”

You don’t even have to be “out of line.”  The cops just have to say you were, and YOU or one of your loved ones gets it.

WHAT IN THE HELL HAVE WE BECOME?

A nation run by bullies, that’s what.

We applaud the bully because they “finish first.” If and when the NDAA passes, this is the type of thing that could happen to any of us, and the world would never know about it.

Meanwhile, the “occupy” protests continue to be raided and crushed across the country.

Why?

Not for “Public Safety.” No, they’re being arrested and now charged with felonies for standing up to the bullies.

For speaking out for Liberty and Justice for All.

From CBS News

Police pepper spray Occupy Albany protesters

Albany, New York citizens cleaning off pepper spray after being bullied by police

“Several Occupy protesters were pepper sprayed by a police officer on horseback after a confrontation broke out when police took the last tent away from their dismantled encampment in a city park Thursday evening.”

“For every eviction, another occupation!” they chanted.”

“All day, all week, occupy Albany!”

 

Calico Blackie says:

For those of you who don’t know…..

These protests are still going on around the Country AND around the entire World.

Did you hear? CNN took another poll:

Economy Still #1 Worry for Americans

"I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil"-Robert Kennedy. Why can't people understand this? Did these ideas die on the floor of the Ambassador Hotel that day?

(CNN) -“The economy is the top concern for Americans, according to a new CNN/ORC International poll released Friday, and half name unemployment as the most important issue related to the economy.”

“With just three in ten saying things are going well in the country today and 70% saying they are going badly, economic issues are still the main priority for the country this holiday season.”

Calico Blackie says:

“I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil”-Robert Kennedy.

Maybe those ideas did die when Robert Kennedy was shot.

Maybe we, as a free Nation and free citizens died too.

 

Many of us are little more than bully worshipers who care only for money and greed.

We can still dream until one day it becomes reality. Those "pillars" in the pillory where they belong

“The impovershed deserve what they get.”

“The people who stand up for their rights deserve what they get.” 

The greediest in our country have become the “pillars of society.”

I hope the greediest get what they deserve too.

On that note……

For anyone that 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.

“Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”

Patrick Henry bears repeating

 

 

 

OCCUPY WALL STREET

FIGHT FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE!

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

 

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Dec02

Every step forward is important and shouldn’t be forgotten

by Calico Blackie on December 2, 2011 at 12:45 pm
Posted In: Big Brother, Media Bias

Greetings, fellow 99%’ers!

Read by THOUSANDS daily

 

Yesterday, a headline appeared in The San Jose Mercury News website which read:

 

 

SUSPECT IN FATAL SHOOTING AT OAKLAND OCCUPY CAMP ARRESTED

I follow the news closely and knew this headline was misleading, so I commented on their webpage:

I heard Joe Goebbels applied at Fox, but he wasn’t a good enough propagandist for Fox “news”

“So, it wasn’t an “Occupy Oakland Fatal Shooting” like your HEADLINE said it was? That’s some shady reporting there. Are you bucking for jobs at Fox “news” or something?

See www.prairiefirenews.com for truthful news.”

This morning, I saw this reply to my comment:

“I don’t know who made the original headline. As soon as I saw it, I called the reporter and asked him if he would be okay with changing it. He agreed. And I wouldn’t take a job at Fox News if it were offered. I like my job.”

Now, the headline reads:

SUSPECT IN FATAL SHOOTING NEAR OCCUPY OAKLAND CAMP ARRESTED AND CHARGED

The moral of the story? SPEAK OUT WHEN YOU NEED TO SPEAK OUT. Write letters. Comment.

Officer Pike’s Time Machine

Don’t antagonize. Just state the facts. 

Sometimes, it works!

Every step forward is important.

Link is here:  http://www.mercurynews.com/occupy/ci_19451763?source=rss&cid=dlvr.it

Onward……

Yesterday was the 56th anniversary  of Rosa Parks taking a seat in the “white section” of the bus.

I’m surprised that O’Reilly, Hannity, Coulter and Limbaugh haven’t released a joint statement saying:

“Freedom of speech does not mean freedom to break the law and obstruct white people’s bus seats.”

That’s right Bill. Essentially, she was breaking the law!

They would continue their statement with:

“Let’s not reward this lawbreaker. There were clearly laws and this criminal chose to break those laws because she did not want to follow the law.”

“I think it’s a sad statement on modern society that we are supposed to revere this lawbreaker. Look at all the problems in the world today with thugs walking around town with their pants hanging off their asses.”

“They probably think that breaking our indecent exposure laws will make them famous too. We think that’s sad.”

“If the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again.”

Also in the news:

From: KTVU

Tensions mount at Occupy SF encampment despite assurances

“Tensions escalated twice at Occupy SF’s Justin Herman Plaza encampment early Thursday evening when several dozen police descended on the area and set up barricades at the edge of the camp, triggering some verbal and physical confrontations with the gathered protesters.”

Speaking of tensions, truth and freedom……..

In other news (and this was the headline on every Mainstream Media website):

Employment growth picked up speed in November; jobless rate fell to 8.6 percent

“Employment growth picked up speed in November, pushing the nation’s unemployment rate down to 8.6 percent — its lowest level since March 2009. The Labor Department reported Friday that US payrolls increased by 120,000 last month, accelerating from October’s 80,000 gain and roughly matching analysts’ expectations. “

“The U.S. jobless rate fell sharply from the prior month’s 9 percent level.”

Calico Blackie says:

WOOHOO! I can close down this website and put down the protest sign!

Everything is just peachy.

And unicorns with rainbows shooting out of their butts have been reported in every major city and in every major news source!

But wait, what’s this?  The story continues…….

“More than half the jobs added last month were by retailers, restaurants and bars, a sign that holiday hiring has kicked in. Retailers added 50,000, the sector’s biggest gain since April. Restaurants and bars hired 33,000 workers. The health care industry added 17,000.”

 Ah well. Pick up the sign and send the unicorns back. I wonder how they will spin the mass-layoffs in January?

Tracking device? Great! Let’s go shopping. The police will always know where I am when I get lost in the mall!

Did you see the CNN poll for today?

“Are you concerned about software tracking information on your mobile phone?”

43% of respondents said they were not concerned

Which leads me to…….

Wikileaks cables shows the world it’s being watched – always

“The whistle-blowing website highlighted a growing, billion dollar industry which so far has largely slipped under the radar. Wikileaks’ publicity should change this.”

“What is alarming, and what Wikileaks is trying to draw attention to, is that the industry is largely condoned by western governments.”

Would you rather go about your Stepford life, thinking that you are still living in a Rockwell painting?

” Julian Assange’s site is attempting to highlight the scale of the industry and the endemic problems involved – such as a frightening lack of regulation among buyers.”

link is here: http://news.techeye.net/security/wikileaks-cables-shows-the-world-its-being-watched-always#ixzz1fP7ODlzH

“What good fortune for governments that the people do not think.” – A. Hitler

SPEAK UP NOW!

Oh yes. Sandwiched in between lurid stories of Cain’s “indiscretions”  and other “news” was this little item:

Senate OKs $662B defense bill despite veto threat

“The legislation also would deny suspected terrorists, even U.S. citizens seized within the nation’s borders, the right to trial and subject them to indefinite detention.”

Calico Blackie says:

Sounds ok, on the surface, but think about it. The government can label ANY person in the country a “domestic terrorist” and deny them the right to trial and hold them in Gitmo forever. Call your elected representatives today and demand that this bill be killed.  Call the White House and DEMAND THAT OBAMA VETO THIS BILL. If he doesn’t? See ya in Gitmo!

The entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland... We'll leave the light on for you!

On that note……..

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

He should be fired and prosecuted for assault. Make an example of him to show our police around the country what can happen to them if they use brutality on citizens. WE WILL NEVER FORGET, NOR WILL WE ACCEPT A “SINCERE” APOLOGY.

And if you are not speaking up?

When they finally get around to you with the “knock on the door in the middle of the night” and your children are hauled off to “state approved housing,” YOU will be the guilty party. Guilty of betraying your country and constitution by not speaking up when you had the chance. But that’s ok. It’ll never happen to you, will it?

SHUT IT DOWN

Congress and Gitmo says “We’ll leave the light on for you!”

GET OUT! PROTEST! DO IT NOW!

OCCUPY WALL STREET

“While The Sun Still Shines”

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Nov22

Cute Cartoons and Cute Newscasters

by Calico Blackie on November 22, 2011 at 12:24 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Media Bias

Greetings From The Klamath River in Rural America!

Thought I’d start out with a cute little cartoon today to start my column. QUESTION: Can you guess the artist?

Cute! Like Megyn Kelly of Fox “news”


 

 

 

 

 

ANSWER: Adolph Hitler

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok. Enough shenanigans. Let’s dive right in……..

From The Contra Costa Times

Occupy campers pitch tents at new site in West Oakland

Oakland last night

A day after police cleared the last of three Occupy Oakland camps, another popped up overnight, this time in West Oakland on a property that is reportedly in foreclosure.

Protesters with 10 tents, awnings and camping gear put down stakes at about 7 p.m. Monday night on a large lot adjoining a home at the corner of 18th and Linden Streets.

The idea for locating on a foreclosed site had been kicked around in Occupy Oakland general assembly meetings, he said. Camp members say they have permission from the property owner to stay there. They say the strategy will keep police from clearing the camp.

From CBSLA:

DEVELOPING: UCLA students to occupy Bruin Plaza all night to protest tuition hikes & police force against UC & Cal State demonstrators

UCLA last night

From CBS:

Students have again put up tents near the site where University of California, Davis police used pepper spray on seated protesters in a conflict that has sparked outrage and calls for the school chancellor’s resignation.

The encampment was again erected Monday, hours after the campus police chief was put on administrative leave and the chancellor was shouted down at a demonstration while trying to apologize for the incident that happened at a protest held Friday in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Fox “news” said “the police felt threatened.” DO THEY LOOK “THREATENED?”

Two officers also were placed on administrative leave after the students were sprayed.

Egypt: From The Washington Post

Egypt’s embattled military leadership has promised to hand over power to a civilian government no later than July 1, 2012, the state news agency MENA reported Tuesday — a full year earlier than expected.

The pledge — announced by presidential hopeful Mohammed Salim al-Awaa after a meeting with the ruling generals — marks the biggest concession by the military leadership since anti-government protests began this weekend, mushrooming into a national revolt.

Megyn seen here blowing a kiss to the average American. Cute, like a Hitler cartoon

From hatemonger Bill O’Reilly and his lapdog Megyn Kelly:

“Pepper spray, that just burns your eyes, right?” O’Reilly asked Kelly.

“Right,” Kelly said. “I mean, it’s like a derivative of actual pepper.”

“It’s a food product, essentially.”

Calico Blackie says:

Exactly! Like jalapeno poppers, or queso dip.

Delicious.

In fact, pepper spray is about 1,000 times hotter than a jalapeno.

Hate monger O’Reilly and Megyn Kelly continue:

“But wait a minute, O’Reilly said. “We don’t have the right to Monday morning quarterback the police,” he said.

Yeah Bill, We don’t have the right to Monday morning quarterback the authorities

“Especially at a place like UC Davis, which is a fairly liberal campus.”  The police were acting on the chancellor’s orders, the hosts agreed, to try and clear the “Occupy” protesters’ encampment.

Kelly asserted that the cops probably didn’t act outside the law.”

Calico Blackie says:

Uh, Bill…..

In case you forgot….

This is THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, we have every right to to be concerned regarding police brutality.

Don’t you DARE try to tell us what our rights are!

Leave? Why not JAIL for Spicuzza and Pike?

From The BBC:

Pepper spray: US campus police chief suspended

The move to place campus police chief Annette Spicuzza on administrative leave was a “necessary step to restoring trust on our campus.”

The protests at UC Davis were held in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, which began in New York more than two months ago to highlight perceived corporate greed and economic inequality.

Meanwhile:

Oakland’s Mayor Quan names new chief of staff

New Oakland Chief of Staff, Heinrich Himmler, approved by the 1%

Calico Blackie says:

The OWS movement is doing what German citizens SHOULD have done in 1930′s Germany.

Coincidentally, cops like Lt. Pike at UC Davis, Sgt. Jeff McDaniel of Portland, and the Seattle and NYPD cops who also used pepper spray point blank were “just following orders”.

Sound familiar?

What else is going on?

Steven J. Baum P.C., Law Firm That Hosted Foreclosure Costume Party To Lay Off One-Third Of Employees

An embattled New York foreclosure law firm that was criticized for a Halloween party that mocked the homeless and was recently shunned by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will close.  A statement issued Monday originally said Steven J. Baum P.C. filed notice of mass layoffs with state labor officials but did not mention closing.

Remember them? We do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Firm spokesman Earl Wells confirms it will shut down completely. In a statement, Baum says the firm will fulfill its remaining work. Its practices are being investigated by the New York attorney general.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, TURKEY. YOU JUST GOT STUFFED!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also in the “news”:

Newt Gingrich: Child Labor Laws Are ‘Stupid’

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich called child labor laws “stupid” Friday in an appearance at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

“It is tragic what we do in the poorest neighborhoods, entrapping children in, first of all, child laws, which are truly stupid,” said the former House speaker.

Yeah Newt. Repeal the laws and the corporations will stop at kids only being janitors. HONEST!

“Most of these schools ought to get rid of the unionized janitors, have one master janitor and pay local students to take care of the school.”

“The kids would actually do work, they would have cash, they would have pride in the schools, they’d begin the process of rising.”

Newt goes on to say:

“You’re going to see from me extraordinarily radical proposals to fundamentally change the culture of poverty in America,” he added.

Calico Blackie says:

I’m at a loss.

All I can say is “What an IDIOT.”

Oh yes, this was also in the news today:

Gingrich enjoying a Thanksgiving treat

From CNN:

Economy grew at 2 percent rate in third quarter

The U.S. economy grew more slowly over the summer than the government had earlier estimated because businesses cut back more sharply on restocking of shelves.

Calico Blackie says:

GREW?

The article continues:

The downward revision was largely because weaker data on inventory building came in after the government’s first estimate. Many businesses reduced their stockpiles over the summer, probably because they didn’t anticipate the strength consumer and business spending.

Calico Blackie says:

I’m trying to decide if the above paragraph was doublespeak, or horrible editing.

The article continues:

“For now the U.S. economy looks to be moving in the right direction,” said Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. economist at Capital Economics, who predicts growth of more than 3 percent in the fourth quarter.

Economists at JPMorgan Chase & Co., are now predicting growth of 3 percent this quarter, up from an earlier estimate of 2.5 percent growth.

Calico Blackie says:

Oh, I get it now. JP Morgas Chase said it, so it’s just a lot of vapor.

I’m surprised the cops don’t PEPPER SPRAY THEM!

From KABC LA

Thousands line up for Los Angeles Turkey Giveaway

Jackson Limousine Service is handing out thousands of turkeys for its annual dinner giveaway in South Los Angeles.

YEP, THE ECONOMY IS GROWING!

How much longer are we expected to believe these lies?

From Yahoo News and MSNBC:

Three young men from the American University in Cairo are accused of throwing flaming canisters and Molotov cocktails at Egyptian security forces in Tahrir Square.

Sorry. This was the best image I could find

Luke Gates, a student at Indiana University from Bloomington, Ind., Gregory Porter, a student at Drexel University from Glenside, Pa., and Derrik Sweeney, a student at Georgetown University from Jefferson City, Mo., are being held at the Abdeen police station in Cairo, reported NBC.

From: CNN

Much to gain and lose for Gingrich, rivals in CNN national security debate

Republican presidential candidates take on national defense, the economy, international relations and terrorism issues in the CNN Republican National Security Debate in Washington, moderated by Wolf Blitzer at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday on CNN, the CNN mobile apps and CNN.com/Live.

ALL LIES!

Also…….

Rep. Deutch Unveils OCCUPIED Constitutional Amendment

Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-19), a Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, introduced the Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining the Public Interest in our Elections and Democracy (OCCUPIED) Constitutional Amendment.

The OCCUPIED Amendment both overturns the Citizens United Supreme Court decision that wrongly awarded the Constitutionally-protected free speech rights of people to corporations and totally bans corporate money from America’s electoral process.

Link is here: http://deutch.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=269672

AND….LEST WE FORGET:

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

Megyn Kelly of Fox “news” says: “the cops probably didn’t act outside the law.” Fair and Balanced? You Decide

 

He should be fired and prosecuted for assault. Make an example of him to show our police around the country what can happen to them if they use brutality on citizens.

 

 

 

 

 

BUY NOTHING DAY IS APPROACHING!

Finally…….

“The Sun Still Shines”

SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT TO OUR BROTHERS & SISTERS IN EGYPT!

OCCUPY WALL STREET

For Yourselves

For your families

FOR OUR FUTURE!

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Nov18

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE STREETS!

by Calico Blackie on November 18, 2011 at 11:29 am
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Media Bias

Greetings From the Heart of the Klamath!

“The Foam Rubber Steamroller”

Years ago, when I was working for the U.S. Forest Service, we used to talk together about how powerless we “specialists” were when it came to going against the wishes of the status quo. We likened our situation to what had been happening all across the country for years and is still happening today.  It’s a foam rubber steamroller.

Not Foam, but you get the point

At first, when it begins to come over you, it’s soft and warm.  You’re comfortable and secure and not worried.

It begins to slowly get more restrictive, but you’re still warm and not in pain, so why start yelling?

Slowly but surely, the pressures and restrictions increase until you’re being crushed and you realize the very machine you have been supporting is killing you.

You start to yell, but by then, it’s too late. 

You’re trapped.  What do you do? 

You protest to warn the people who haven’t yet been trapped that the machine will eventually crush us all.  Some listen and join the protest, while others continue to watch Fox “news” and enjoy the foam that is slowly enveloping them.

A threat to our security?

Which brings me to my next topic.

The wonderful world of the police state we’re in and a victim of the steamroller.

Federal immigration agents took custody Thursday of a 36-year-old activist and Mexico native who was arrested during Monday’s police sweep of the Occupy Oakland protest encampment, then released him pending a hearing in front of a judge.

Virginia Kice, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said Stierle was subsequently released “on his own recognizance pending a hearing before an immigration judge. It will be up to the immigration courts to determine whether he has a legal basis to remain in the United States.”

Link is here:  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/17/BA3G1M0IUS.DTL#ixzz1e4rYp8eg

Calico Blackie says:

Take action!  Call and email the authorities to express your disgust and opposition to these police-state methods of law enforcement.

He will still have to go to court and convince an immigration judge that he shouldn’t be deported. It seems to me that a man who says that when the police arrested him, he was just trying to meditate and change the system with kindness does not deserve deportation!

Meanwhile:

They're dragging her by her hair

As New York police tried to get “Occupy Wall Street” protesters to move off the street and onto the sidewalk, officers dragged a young woman through the street and arrested her.

“We noticed that cops were pulling the girl by her hair,” said a CNN iReporter, who recorded the incident.

“People starting yelling that it was police brutality. That’s when I started filming.”

How did The Volkischer Beobachter  (Fox “news”) Report on the protests yesterday?:

From Fox “news”:

Cops Injured During Occupy Protest

“One New York cop is slashed and another taken to a hospital as police arrest more than 100 ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protesters in a march through Manhattan’s Financial District.”

Yeah Fox. Those poor helpless police!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another article in Fox “news” asked the question:

“Do Average Americans Have Legal Recourse Against Occupiers?”

 Calico Blackie Says:

Uh, the occupiers are the “Average Americans” as was proven in yesterday’s massive protests.

Fair and Balanced? You Decide

 

Also heard yesterday from the Fox lunatic fringe:

Limbaugh: “I Wouldn’t Be A Bit Surprised” If Bloodied Occupy Protester Was Wearing “Ketchup Or Stage Blood”

Fair and Balanced? You Decide

From ABC News:

Occupy Protests Across the Country Take Toll on City Budgets

“It’s unclear what the Occupy protests have accomplished, but police have received a bonanza of overtime, making up a large part of at least $10.3 million in costs incurred by nine cities since the protesters began gathering near Wall Street two months ago.”

Calico Blackie says:

The mayor “spent the people’s money on an extreme excessive police presence that rivals any big-budget Hollywood production to manage several hundred peaceful demonstrators that wanted nothing more than public space to assemble and air grievances.”

Hey, ABC News…..How much have the Bank Bailouts cost our cities and the taxpayers?

From Newt Gingrich:

“There is a strain of hostile people on the left organized across the country who believe in trashing things, believe in destroying things,” Gingrich replied. “Who do they think paid for the park they are sleeping in? Who do they thing paid for the bathroom they want to use? Who do they think paid for the food they’re eating?”

“The last point I’d make: Every city government has an absolute obligation to enforce the rule of law and to protect private property and, frankly, they ought to be filming these people, and every person who engages in violence ought be given a very long vacation from the streets in order to contemplate why in the future, they’re not going to engage in violence against fellow Americans. But none of them should be tolerated if they engage in violence against persons or property.”

Calico Blackie says:

This is from a man that wants to lead our country? So, what’s he going to do? Arrest entire police forces across the country for engaging in violence against fellow Americans?

SO WHAT? She's been dead for years

Meanwhile, What’s topping the mainstream media news?

LA Sheriff Reopens Natalie Wood Case

Calico Blackie says:

There were over 30,000 protesters in the streets of New York alone yesterday. 

Thousands of others marched in solidarity with them across the country.

What did we see of it in the mainstream media this morning?

Nothing. 

We saw Natalie Wood’s ass. 

Who controls the media?

Our police forces, their masters and the media?

Fair and Balanced? You Decide.

March for our Liberty!

 

OCCUPY WALL STREET

UNITED, WE WIN!

KEEP AT IT! PROTEST!

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Nov04

MORE MEDIA LIES!!!

by Calico Blackie on November 4, 2011 at 8:58 am
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Bread and Circuses for the Masses, Media Bias

Good Morning!

Greetings from “The Heart of the Klamath”!

Ask Sitting Bull about government promises

When I think about how the corporate shills in the media try to convince us that we should continue to allow ourselves to be nothing more than serfs for the “common good” (ie, the 1%), it angers me.

I don’t like having smoke blown up my butt.

I don’t like being lied to.

So, why do they do it?

Because there is a certain segment in our society that will believe it.

They WANT to believe it.

They don’t want to hear bad news.

It’s easier to remain deluded.

But, not everybody will fall for the lie.

In Northern California:

@OccupyReddingCA  on twitter

OccupyRedding.org is CALLING FOR YOUR SUPPORT:

We’re EVERYWHERE

When: November 5, 2011

Where: Chase Bank, Mt. Shasta Mall to BofA Hilltop

Time: 11:00 AM until approximately 12:30 PM

Did you see the headline this morning?

US added 80,000 jobs in October; jobless rate dips

Economy generates 80,000 jobs in October; unemployment rate falls to 9 pct.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The American economy added 80,000 jobs in October, and job growth in the two previous months was much stronger than first thought, an encouraging sign as the nation searches for a way out of the jobs crisis.

The unemployment rate dropped to 9 percent from 9.1 percent, the first time it has fallen since July, the government said Friday.

“Those are pretty good signs,” said Michael Hanson, senior economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. “We’re hanging in there.”

It was all over the corporate news networks, so it must be true. BANK OF AMERICA SAID SO!!

Calico Blackie says:

If you believe that this bit of “news” was any more than skillful manipulation of statistics to benefit the stock market and enrich the 1% even more, take your place behind the goat in the picture.

Saw this yesterday, tweeted by “blogdiva”

Dear Media: you missed this information regarding Oakland

Submitted by OccupyLurker on Thu, 11/03/2011 – 11:39am

“Some important facts that you will not find in the mainstream (corporate) media today which (completely co-incidentally I’m sure) will be the total polar opposite message we’ll hear from the blowhards who only get their information from that corporate owned media bent on misrepresenting this movement:”

“None of the “violence” of yesterdays demonstration was planned by, condoned, or in any way sanctioned by the general assembly at Grant Plaza (the protest base and “organization” for lack of better word) or the New York general assembly at Freedom Plaza that the Oakland assembly had originally gathered in solidarity of (“the movement” for those still unsure of the who/what/where).”

“So all claims that broken windows and burning dumpsters “represent” Occupy Wall Street or Occupy Whatever should be called out for what they are: transparent attempts to manipulate the masses that only get their “information” from corporate media.”

Mayor Quan with an empty gesture. Blowing smoke up our butts again. She looks like she's holding a stinking rotten piece of meat

“- Do a Google search for “Oakland Liberation Front.” They are a self invented, radicalized, pseudo-anarchist group styled after Black Bloc that attempted to subvert the protests yesterday.”

“They have not been involved in any way with holding space in Grant Park in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street to help raise awareness regarding corporate influence in government, and have not participated in any way with any of the General Assemblies. They are not part of Occupy Oakland at all.”

“When “Oakland Liberation Front” Black Bloc provocateurs acted against the principles of the actual movement by inciting vandalism during the march, the crowds turned against them.”

“When other windows were broken, Oakland assembly participants guarded the locations so they would not be damaged further or looted.”

“What is being blatantly demonstrated here is how the media will manipulate the message away from the facts, and why.

“Again, this is a protest and movement against the corporate influence and corruption of the government caused by the few, by reminding everyone of the resulting disaster it has wreaked on the economy and the effects of which the rest of us feel.”

“When that same collection of corporate entities also own the media which ultimately creates the message for the masses, the most true aspects of everything to do with the movement will never be covered, and instead be misrepresented to influence public opinion away from the underlying facts.”

Whew!

That was a lot of reading, but well worth it.

Did you hear that a protester got deliberately run over by a car in Oakland during the general strike?

I read this comment about it yesterday:

People who say things like this……I wonder who ties their shoes for them in the morning?

“So I guess when they are not busy throwing firebombs at the cops, they suddenly need their help when one of their own gets hit by a car. What a joke.”

“So I guess revolution is OK, just as long as nobody on their side gets hurt.”

All Calico Blackie can say is:

Throwing firebombs? 

Better lay off the meds buddy. You’re starting to hallucinate!

If you think you have a right to run someone down in the street with your car because they’re in your way, you might be a sociopath. 

Look at your life, look at your priorities, and look at your choices. 

Maybe you went wrong somewhere.

I’m sorry I mentioned OWS and gave them free publicity. I MUST BE PUNISHED HARDER!!

But hey! Don’t worry, be happy!

Sarah Palin weighs in on Occupy protesters   (oh dear Lord)

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) – Sarah Palin is joining the chorus of Occupy Wall Street critics who say that any blame for our nation’s economic ills should rest at the front door of the White House. 

She also sees those who are involved in the movement as a group of Americans seeking a handout.

She said President Barack Obama and the Occupy Wall Street protesters share the same vision of feeling entitled to other people’s productivity and money.

(Sorry about that last one. I know you didn’t need to start your day with Sarah Palin’s butt)

On that note……Protests that can be ignored tend to.…get ignored.

The corporate media wants us to stay in “The Twilight Zone”

One of the positives that have come out of recent developments with the “occupy” protests is that we’re getting darned hard to ignore.

We are not going to just go away.

We protest as “Occupiers” and not as compliant sheep in a herd, or as tea partiers whose movement has been co-opted.

They can’t ignore us.

No more of this:

“Let’s get a half-dozen people together and protest by silently complying with all of the rules of the location we’re occupying.  But, we’ll have signs.”

Then at 11:

Local 11 o’clock news: “The whole world is burning. We’re getting screwed.  But wow!  Here’s a video of a cat on a trampoline!”

Yep. This is IMPORTANT NEWS!

If not a cat on a trampoline, then it’s the “tramp du jour” getting out of a car and flashing her cooter at us.

So, if we’re not fed cats and cooters and other distractions, we’re fed skillfully manipulated misinformation.

Have you seen this?

From CNN:

Many companies pay no income taxes, study finds

By Charles Riley @CNN

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The corporate tax rate is 35%. But an examination of 280 of the nation’s largest corporations suggests that many aren’t paying anything close to that.  The real tax rate paid by a slew of major corporations averages closer to 18.5%, according to a study released Thursday by two liberal tax research groups.

Calico Blackie says:

Our mainstream media abandoned these ideas years ago

Well CNN…..We didn’t need to know that it was reported by “two liberal tax research groups” to know we’re getting screwed.

When did the terms “liberal” and “conservative” become dirty words used to discredit an entire group of people?  Both groups have good and bad ideas.

The article continued:

“The study looked at 280 companies in the Fortune 500 that were profitable for all three years between 2008 and 2010. The results: 111 companies paid effective tax rates of less than 17.5% over the three-year period; 98 paid a rate between 17.5% and 30%; and 71 paid more than 30%.”

“The average rate? 18.5%. Some companies paid zero. And 30 actually owed less than nothing in income taxes over the three years.”

Calico Blackie says:

Hmmmm…………

You don’t have to be liberal OR conservative to see that something is wrong with this picture.

Notice any difference? We’re still getting bent over the log

Meanwhile:

Kidakita on twitter reports that he is seeing a lot of tweets calling for a total change in the government and a complete break from our present system. 

That’s counter-productive. 

We’ve got to fix what’s wrong with our current system.  If we have to jail a whole gang of bankers and their cronies, let’s put the wheels in motion to accomplish this goal. 

But we also have to ensure that they don’t just throw us the piss boy, or some other underling to prosecute. 

Politicians come and go, but big corporations always stay around. 

We need to clear up the corruption!

If we are denied the right to do this “cleaning up”, then well……

Let’s not go there yet.

Mercedes ad 1943. Remember, the fat cats will always be around if WE allow them to stay

We could either win and achieve the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, or we could end up at Wounded Knee.

More on that tomorrow.

Stay Together

Stay Strong

Don’t listen to media lies

We are hardened country folk!

OCCUPY REDDING CA

We Support Occupy Wall Street

Calico Blackie

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Oct28

FUHRER FOR THE DAY!

by Calico Blackie on October 28, 2011 at 8:56 am
Posted In: Bread and Circuses for the Masses, Fuhrer For A Day, Media Bias

Guten Morgen!

Quick! To the Bat Cave! It’s al-Qaeda!!!

Anybody notice this in the news yesterday between the stories of Lindsay Lohan’s father getting arrested, Jennifer Aniston not being pregnant, and Charlie Sheens new show getting picked up?

It seems as if The United States has a brand new military base open in Ethiopia.

From CNN:

“The Air Force has been secretly flying armed Reaper drones on counter-terrorism missions from a remote civilian airport in southern Ethiopia as part of a rapidly expanding U.S.-led proxy war against an al-Qaeda affiliate in East Africa, U.S. military officials said.”

Oh Lord!

We live in a Republic, loosely based on the tenets of democracy.  Our elected officials are supposed to (in theory) represent the interests and desires of the general population.  We have the right to vote.

So, you say?

Make each vote COUNT

If I was “Fuhrer for the Day”………

We would put our overseas military involvement to a national vote. 

While we are at it, let’s vote on a resolution that would allow for the draft to be reinstated and enforced on a sliding scale of how much each family is worth — FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.

The way it has been in past, the “poor people fought the rich mans wars.”  Membership in Congress would mean automatic service in the armed forces for their relatives and children. 

ANGRY YET?  Here’s some wry humor to help settle the blood pressure:

Send me an email if you don’t get the joke

But, in order to ensure fairness, each “draftee” would have their choice of going in to the Marines, Navy Seals, or the 82nd Airborne. 

No deferments would be given until the draft quota was reached. 

How many wars do you think we would then get involved in?

Fuhrer for a day would have the polls open tomorrow.

I bet there would be the biggest voter turnout ever in the history of The United States. 

EVER!

Meanwhile…….

Worth a thousand words

I love how seeking redress for grievances through first amendment protected acts of assembly and speech are now anathema to the way America operates.

The Reality: “People exercise their right free speech to protest the corruption of money in politics, private rewards for public losses, offshoring and outsourcing.”

Media Spin: “Dirty hippies, unemployed layabouts, and entitled college students whine to government for free money.”

Hey, it worked for Mubarak...
And for Ghadaffi, too!

And:

CNN: America’s number one Infotainment source!

Although I sometimes tend to rail against the tripe that we’re being fed by the corporate media, there are some hard realities to face when confronting the crap we call “news.”

Now with more bread and circuses!

The media doesn’t have to distract the public. 

Most of the public actively chooses not to care about important things. 

Look at the “most popular” tabs on news sites that have them.

People would rather read about which celebrity is getting arrested, going to rehab, getting divorced, acting like a compete idiot, posing naked, etc. 

The more useless the celebrity the better:  Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, anyone from reality TV are fine examples of this cultural phenomenon.

But she’s gonna pose NUDE in Playboy Magazine!

The simple fact is that most people don’t like to hear bad news, or they like to read about the “rough” time some celebrity is having. 

It’s easier to put a ribbon on your car, or post an empty gesture update on your Facebook status than it is to actually do something about the problems in this world. 

It makes us feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

It helps people sleep at night.

Hey, did anybody notice this in the news?

“Stocks soared Thursday afternoon after European leaders agreed on a deal to slash Greece’s debt load and prevent the debt crisis there from engulfing larger countries like Italy.”

“Stronger U.S. economic growth and corporate earnings also drove markets higher.”

Wow! We’re all gonna be RICH

“The Dow Jones industrial average shot up 372 points, or 3.14 percent, while the broader S&P 500 index rose 46 points, or 3.69 percent.”

“The tech-heavy Nasdaq gained about 95 points, or 3.6 percent.”

WOOHOO!

Do you think this will mean anything to us in the long run?

Hell no. The rich took their profits and got richer.

AND THAT’S ALL IT MEANS.

This stock market “news” is just bullshit designed to make us feel better.

Speaking of mindless entertainment:

Saw this the other day……

Wow! It's a sham! Wall Street, Now With 100% More Profit for the 1%!

“You might have gotten a hint that things were getting worse when TV produced series on Pitchmen — who made a good living basically lying to you about products — and made them look good.”

“Then the DIY programs switched from teaching you how to fix your house for years of comfortable living to getting it ready to maximize profits for when you flipped it.”

“Then you consider that the ‘Day of the Lawyer’ arrived where everyone started suing everyone else — which didn’t help lower costs any, but made being a litigator a very lucrative business.”

“Now, your TV is flooded with ads from law firms instructing you on the many, many things you can sue over that you’d previously have never bothered with.”

Why work when you can SUE!

Calico Blackie says:

Pay no attention to the banker smoking a cigar behind the curtain.

Meanwhile, on the “Occupy” front:

It looks like the Gestapo was making arrests on the protesters in San Diego last night.

Details are sketchy.

Last, but not least…If you’re the praying type, please include these two Kentucky coal miners in your prayers.

Centertown: “Two miners have been trapped in a western Kentucky coal mine, Kentucky officials say.  Preliminary reports showed that two employees from a blasting crew drove a truck near a high wall and when rock fell, it trapped the men in the truck.”

It’s our Patriotic Duty

 

 

WE STAND WITH OAKLAND

 

We support Occupy Wall Street

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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