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Mar28

Our Personal Responsibility in the “Greatest Country in the World”

by Calico Blackie on March 28, 2012 at 1:25 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Divided We Fall, Media Bias


 

Greetings from Calico Blackie!

"You didn't have personal responsibility! Now, give ME your last dime"

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We’re still holding on out here in middle of nowhere, but we don’t know for how much longer.

Scraping the rent together when everything else is so costly gets harder every day.

The prices for everything have gone through the roof, just so that the corporations can show and ever-increasing maximum profit and their CEO’s can get their fat bonuses.

Food, auto insurance, gas, utilities and everything else takes its toll. Never mind the luxuries. They’re almost all gone.

No cable or satellite or anything new or extra, except the internet. That’s the one thing I will hang on to until I’m living in a tent by the river.

Yet, there’s still jackasses out there that would begrudge me even that. Screw ‘em. When and if peaceful change or a revolution ever comes, there will be scores to settle.

Someone posted this on Facebook today and asked people to sign the petition:

Support the Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012

Sounds great when they're trapping you, but by the time you graduate...THEY OWN YOU

“Total outstanding student loan debt in America is expected to exceed $1 TRILLION this year.”

“Millions of hardworking, taxpaying, educated Americans are being crushed under the weight of their educational debts, while the economy continues to sputter. Support a REAL economic stimulus and jobs plan. Support the Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012 (H.R. 4170).”

Link to petition is here: http://signon.org/sign/support-the-student-loan.fb1?source=s.fb&r_by=3964922

So, what was the reaction of the sleeping jackasses on facebook?

This comment led off the idiot-fest:

“I’ll sign when they bring forward a Mortgage Forgiveness Act…or a Car Payment Forgiveness Act. We all make financial choices in our lives-it’s our responsibility to follow through with those decisions.”

And it all went downhill from there. “It’s all about personal responsibility” was the theme. No-one bothered to think their responses through.

Say "personal responsibility" one more time!

No-one mentioned the cost of a college education these days.

No-one mentioned that only the rich can afford to get a college education in this country without mortgaging their future and becoming indentured to the bankers.

No-one mentioned that you need a college education these days to get almost any type of job at all.

No-one mentioned that maybe many of us might not have the scholastic aptitude to become engineers or some other “useful” (to the 1%) field, yet we’re still told to get our degrees.

No-one mentioned that in order for CULTURE to survive, we need artists, musicians, poets, astronomers, thinkers, and dissenters who march to a different drummer. Imagine if Carl Sagan had “majored in something useful” such as manufacturing engineering?

Can't afford college? Your job is now in CHINA

No-one mentioned that all the jobs traditionally held by non-college graduates in this country have been offshored to China and the 3rd world.

No-one mentioned the fact that the bank bailouts cost more than the entire student loan debt in this country.

No-one mentioned that we live in a country where the banks and corporations are too big to fail, while we, the people have become too little to matter.

No-one mentioned the fact that if you keep a large enough segment of the population dissatisfied with their lot for long enough, there will be blood.

How long do these fools think they can keep screwing the masses and the young?

Nope.

We live in the greatest country in the world!

MY ASS.

I would agree that we are all personally responsible for our actions and our decisions, but what is your first reaction when you realize you’ve been suckered?

“I was ROBBED.”

Those facebook idiots were all over the personal responsibility aspect of it.

Your retirement cake. YOUR LEGACY and you don't even care

Ask any of them about it and you will find most of them to be retirees who now live in a dream world of “I was responsible.”

“I made the right decisions. I was smarter than you.”

“I was useful to my employers and society.”

The key word is WAS.

You were useful.

Now, you’re just a waste of the earths valuable resources, sitting at home on your retired butt letting Rush and Hannity do your thinking for you.

How much longer do you think we can screw our young people by having these types of “I got mine” and “personal responsibility” attitudes before the elderly are seen as a liability instead of a knowledgeable asset?

Well, retirees...You can be useful again!

How much longer before YOUR retirement savings, pensions and social security are taken away because it’s seen as a waste of money that could be better spent on the young and useful members of society?

How much longer before the 1% begins to play on this resentment and pits the young against the old?

It’s already happening.

That’s why we MUST all work together to fight the 1% for all of our futures.

Young and old. Black and white. Male and female. ALL OF US. TURN OFF YOUR TV, UNITE AND FIGHT!

It’s time to take back our country for ALL of us.

LOOK AT WHAT’S HAPPENING WHILE YOU SIT ON YOUR BUTTS WATCHING DANCES WITH THE STARS:

From wired.com

FBI Taught Agents They Could ‘Bend or Suspend the Law’

They are NOT on your side

“The FBI taught its agents that they could sometimes “bend or suspend the law” in their hunt for terrorists and criminals.”

“Other FBI instructional material, discovered during a months-long review of FBI counterterrorism training, warned agents against shaking hands with “Asians” and said Arabs were prone to “Jekyll & Hyde temper tantrums.”

“These are just some of the disturbing results of the FBI’s six-month review into how the Bureau trained its counterterrorism agents. That review, now complete, did not result in a single disciplinary action for any instructor.”

“This is not an effective way to protect the United States,” Sen. Richard Durbin, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee overseeing the FBI, tells Danger Room about the inappropriate FBI counterterrorism training. “It’s stunning that these things could be said to members of our FBI in training. It will not make them more effective in their work and won’t make America safer.”

Link is here:  http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/03/fbi-bend-suspend-law/

We've got to stop it NOW

Calico Blackie says:

Greatest country in the world? We’re letting this happen.

So, what can we do? Here’s something we can do…….

From Occupy Wall Street

March in support of the NDAA Lawsuit TOMORROW

“On Thursday the 29th, the first round of plaintiffs, dubbed the Freedom Seven, will testify in front of a federal judge. We must show solidarity, and we must show our discontent with an authoritarian piece of legislation that destroys our civil liberties. JOIN THE PEOPLE AND MARCH FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE FROM FOLEY SQUARE TO UNION SQUARE!”

Link is here:  http://occupywallst.org/article/march-support-ndaa-lawsuit-tomorrow-3pm-foley-squa/

Meanwhile, we’re being bombarded with the 1% and their politicians and media stooges fighting us and keeping us divided.

Have you seen this?

From CNN

Vagina enters stage left — or is it right?

Morgan Fairchild. Heck...Guys have been "going after it directly" for years!

“The vagina has become so real, so present, so powerful that people are going after it directly,” she said. “It’s evidence that we’re winning.”

“America is abuzz about women’s issues.”

“The Republican Party, which has long fought big government in favor of privatization, has turned to regulating women’s private parts — or at least that’s how many on the left see it.”

Link is here:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/28/living/vagina-politics/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

Calico Blackie says:

It’s all a smokescreen that is designed to keep us fighting amongst ourselves. This time, it’s staged by the GOP. Don’t fall for it. Stay united.

Then, there’s this…….

From CNN

Gas tops $3.90 a gallon

Same old tired scheisse. Don't fall for it

“The price of an average gallon of regular gas surpassed the $3.90 mark Wednesday, moving to within a dime of the $4 threshold.”

“The average price rose 1.3 cents to $3.911 in the latest daily survey conducted for the motorist group AAA. The price has risen for 19 consecutive days.”

Link is here: http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/28/news/economy/gas-prices-aaa/index.htm?hpt=hp_t1

Calico Blackie says:

Once again, it’s bullshit. The Democrats will blame the Republicans. The Republicans will blame the Democrats. The oil companies will post yet another RECORD PROFIT.

And we will be the ones paying for it. How much more will we take? How much longer will we allow ourselves to be hoodwinked into thinking it’s ALL about OUR personal responsibility and not at all about the responsibility of our elected officials?

But that’s ok, sheep…..LOOK!

From The Daily Mail

Reese Witherspoon pours her curves into a VERY low cut corset at Hollywood film premier

Ooh, look! Reese Witherspoons tits are flopping out of her corset!

“She is not usually known for stepping out in very revealing costumes, but Reese Witherspoon managed to steal the red carpet show with her outfit tonight.”

“The 35-year-old actress poured her curves into a stunning low cut corset, adorned with gold and silver metal work.”

“She teamed the tightly-fitting top with a more demure black skirt as she posed at the premiere of her new comedy movie This Means War.”

Calico Blackie says:

Nice to look at, but does anybody look at this picture and wonder:

“I wonder what she’s thinking?”

Nope. She is an object in the picture, not a person. Culture change and education is our only hope.

Anyway….Here in rural America, life is very hard. How is it in the big cities, I wonder? I was reading accounts from the Great Depression yesterday and came across this. It sounds exactly like life in rural America today:

An "occupy" camp during the Great Depression. This one was occupied by the "Bonus Army." GOOGLE IT

“When the Great Depression hit, like so many other families in our small town of East Palestine, Ohio, we had no food left in the house to feed our family.”

“My mother told my father: ‘Tomorrow, you must go to the relief office (welfare) and see if we can get some food to feed the family’ (of nine children).”

“Dad, with so much pride, said he could not go. So, the next morning my mother went and applied for food.”

“With the last $2, my father started out early the next morning on foot to one of the surrounding farms. He found a farmer that sold him 10 bushels of potatoes. The welfare gave us corned beef in cans and corn meal, and sometimes oranges.

My mother made polenta and put tomato sauce on the polenta. When she could, if we had a dime, we bought 10 cents worth of ground meat to put in the potato soup. We were lucky to have potato soup! A dish I have never made to this day.”
- Eleanor Ungaro Carpenter, age 89, East Palestine

Link is here:  http://www.aging.ohio.gov/news/greatdepressionstoryproject/volume1.aspx

"Here's your TP, 99% and be glad you have it. We live in the greatest country in the world!

Calico Blackie says:

Different times. Today, the sleeping jackasses on facebook would say that Ms. Carpenter’s father didn’t have enough personal responsibility.

That he made poor decisions in life. That he shouldn’t have had all those children.

Blah, blah, blah…..It’s like being in a public restroom at a Taco Bell and being forced to listen to a myriad of explosive farts.

Disgusting, you say? Well, the way are being screwed by the 1% and their wholly owned subsidiary in Washington, DC is even more disgusting. Where they’re leading us is even more disgusting.

The greatest country in the world? If you’re the type of ignorant asshole who will tell me to move to Cuba, please see “Who is Calico Blackie” on this webpage.

It’s all of our PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY to put an end to the fascist corporatocracy that has taken over our country and most of the world.

Look at those dirty hippies waiting for a free handout. They have no personal responsibility. GET A JOB

Do you know what finally pulled the United States and the world out of the Great Depression?

A World War.

Now, they’re trying ever so hard to convince us to go to war with Iran. The people don’t want war. WE DON’T WANT WAR.

Not for profit.

NOT FOR OIL.

NOT FOR THE 1%.

Our personal responsibility in this country is to TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY FROM THE 1%.

Keep the faith, Occupiers.

GENERAL STRIKE MAY 1st

Fight fascism.

OCCUPY WALL STREET

UNITE AND STAY UNITED.

Let’s take ‘em down

GENERAL STRIKE MAY 1st

Calico Blackie @kidakita

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Mar06

“THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY”………………..

by Calico Blackie on March 6, 2012 at 1:02 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Divided We Fall, Media Bias


 

Greetings, fellow 99%’ers!

And the winner is....Jamie Dimon and the WALL STREET BANKERS

Well, it’s super Tuesday in America and a whole bunch of States are up for grabs in the GOP primary race today.

The candidates are all anxiously awaiting the results, as are many people in America.

The people will cast their ballots for their favorite candidate and we should know by the end of the day who the big winners and losers are.

Who does Calico Blackie predict as the winner and loser?

Jamie Dimon and the rest of the crooks on Wall Street will win while We, the People will be the big losers today. The only question truly remaining in the election has to do with whom Wall Street will have to buy to continue their legalized thievery.

And the losers are.......US!

The American people will continue on with their lives, hoping for the best, even while knowing the system is rigged.

The American people know no matter who wins the election, the rich will continue to get richer, while what remains of the middle class will slip further into poverty.

We will have gotten the short end of the stick again, but does anybody really care anymore?

Have we resigned ourselves to the fact that our system is so broken and corrupted that there is really nothing we, as individuals can do about it?

I think not. The 1% and their wholly-owned subsidiary in Washington DC is worried. That’s why we see an overwhelming police presence and brutal tactics of oppression at all of our peaceful occupy protests.

That’s why Obama moved the G-8 Conference from Chicago to Camp David.

They’re scared and they should be scared.

Remember them? You had better believe the 1% remembers

Why?

Because, while the American People have problems with their short-term memory, our “owners” have a very clear memory of the past, and what the current unrest in this country can lead to.

Yes, the 1% remembers. That’s why we’re seeing 1960s-style dehumanizing terms such as “dirty hippies” being dredged up again by the Mainstream Media.

Only this time, it’s not just the students or “dirty hippies” protesting and objecting to the “establishment” anymore.

TIMES HAVE CHANGED.

It’s people on the streets and farmers in the fields that are waking up to the fact we’re being screwed to further enrich the richest 1% in this country, while we lose our savings, our houses and farms, and our way of life. WHILE WE LOSE OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

Yes, they’re scared because it is not just the “dirty hippies” protesting and they know where our discontent could lead. They are crapping their pants. This time, if we are pushed too far, it won’t just be the far-left radicalism of the Weather Underground they’ll have to deal with.

Does this look and sound familiar?

“I have had all I can stand. It has always been a myth that people have stopped dying for their freedom in this country, and it isn’t limited to the blacks, and poor immigrants.”

“I know there have been countless before me and there are sure to be as many after, But I also know that by not adding my body to the count, I insure nothing will change.”

“I choose to not keep looking over my shoulder at ‘big brother’ while he strips my carcass.”

“I choose not to ignore what is going on all around me, I choose not to pretend that business as usual won’t continue;  I have just had enough.”

Calico Blackie says:

Did the above statement sound familiar? I have heard almost identical statements from the “Occupiers” all around the country. Here is where that statement came from:  http://jeffersonstatemilitia.com/

And there are dozens of these groups spread out throughout the United States.

Better trained and better armed than the cops

The 1% is very concerned that some of the occupiers will form an uneasy alliance with these groups to further our goal of returning our Nation to a Government of the People, by the People, and FOR the People.

They know the 99% is comprised of a huge cross-section of the population and that we’re not just a bunch of Che t-shirt wearing radicals like we mostly were in the 1960s.

They know that their armies of police would be very hard pressed to deal with an alliance between the 99% and certain militia groups.

So, while we’re ALL in the 99% painted out to be a bunch of “dirty hippies” with no real clear message (which we know is a blatant lie), the militia groups are ALL painted out to be “Militant Hate Groups”, even though many of them are mainly strict Constitutionalists.

The 1% knows the size and scope of the discontent among the peasantry and they’re afraid that their gravy train is coming to an end.

They know that those militia groups have the potential and the firepower to make our Black Bloc look like Boy Scouts.

They’re dead-afraid that we will subscribe to the ancient saying: “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”

They know that their “salad days” are over and that we will not be satisfied until they are all tried for TREASON, because they put the dollar bill first, with a total disregard for the PEOPLE and Constitution.

At an Occupy Phoenix protest where a militia group protected the occupiers from the police

You say that an alliance between the 99% and a militia group (or groups)  would never happen?

It already has happened.

Check it out for yourself: http://www.bollyn.com/index.php?id=13327&print=1

Other than pissing their pants, the police did nothing.

And the 1% knows that this is very dangerous to them.

They also know that information and truth is dangerous to them. That’s why they use their mainstream media outlets to spread lies and misinformation.That’s why they strategically select just what we’re told, or not told.

TRUTH AND JUSTICE IS SERVED

That’s why we have “pundits” and “entertainers” today instead of newscasters.

Tarts and loudmouths for us to look at and listen to.

To distract us from what’s really happening and to tell us what to believe.

But, unlike in the 1960s, we now have the internet. Where it used to take days and weeks to spread a message, where it used to take days and weeks to unveil the truth about unjust wars and corruption, today it takes seconds.

Yes, they can paint out the citizenry as “dirty hippies” and “hate groups” but the point is, we’re awakening and more and more of us are willing to take a stand for our rights and our country.

And, we’ll do whatever it takes.

Wherever and whenever we need to be there.

The 1% and our current government considers these words by Teddy Roosevelt TREASONOUS

“It only takes a single spark to ignite a prairie fire.”

OCCUPY THE G-8 CONFERENCE AT CAMP DAVID

OCCUPY WALL STREET

Occupy ALL streets!

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Jan09

THEY DON’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOU

by Calico Blackie on January 9, 2012 at 12:57 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Big Brother, Media Bias


 

Greetings, fellow Activists!

No matter how you dress it up, it's still the same

Well, here we are. Another day older and deeper in debt.

Once again we’re having to dive into the cesspool of candidates to see what “little nuggets” of hope and wisdom might be there for us.

As usual, out of touch rich people are telling us what their vision of the future holds for “we, the people” as we sink further and further down the tubes. The only thing we know for certain? At the New Hampshire Primary,

They don’t give a damn about you.

How about this story?

From The Associated Press

GOP candidates wade into food stamp debate

He looks undernourished. Someone give him a STAKE!

“Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and fellow contender Rick Santorum, both heavily involved in congressional welfare reform efforts in the mid-1990s, say the government should stop promoting a welfare-like state and convert food stamp spending to block grants to states, a move that could freeze spending and cut the benefit to many who now receive it.”

“A spokesperson for Republican Mitt Romney says the former Massachusetts governor also supports turning the nation’s food stamp program into state block grants, though he rarely mentions it.”

Calico Blackie says:

They don’t give a damn about you. It’s the usual “Get the Archie Bunker-types to support us by attacking the poor that need assistance.” “See those poor people? They’re costing YOU your tax dollars!” What a complete bunch of assholes.

Blaming people that are suffering is pathetic.

From ABC News

Wall Street Bonuses May Reach Lowest Level in 3 Years

Oh, those poor bankers. And to think they might not even be able to get FOOD STAMPS if Newt has his way!

 “Wall Street banks will announce their annual compensation and bonuses starting this month, and forecasts are generally expecting cutbacks across the board though the rewards will still be rich at least by non-1 percenter standards. Employees of the biggest Wall Street banks could see compensation sink 27 to 30 percent from a year ago to the lowest level since the 2008 financial crisis.”

“Bonuses grew larger and became more prevalent across industries during last bonus season. Median total bonus payouts for S&P 500 CEOs increased to $2,150,000 in 2010, up 43.3 percent from the 2009 median of $1,500,000.”

 “Whether it’s $180 or billion or $150 billion, there are billions of dollars going to executives who crashed the economy,” Tracy Van Slyke, co-director of The New Bottom Line, said,” when instead they should be reducing the principal for all underwater homeowners and paying their fair share of taxes.”

Calico Blackie says:

They don’t give a damn about you. It’s almost as if they’re waving their collective dorks at us all the while saying nyaa-nyaa! We’re supposed to feel sorry for these bastards?

Then, there’s this:

From The Huffington Post

Wall Street Employees Threaten To Quit If Bonuses Aren’t Up To Snuff

Gee, I'll sleep better tonight

“For some on Wall Street, a less-than-stellar bonus is simply too much to bear.”

“Brokerage executives at one Wall Street firm, Jefferies Group, have threatened to leave the company if their bonuses aren’t up to par with other firms.”

“Though some particularly stellar employees may be able to eventually convince their bosses to give them a bigger share of the bonus pie, nervousness surrounding dismal job prospects on Wall Street will likely keep most bankers quiet.”

LET THEM QUIT.

THEY DON’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOU!

Speaking of giving a damn…

Here’s one you won’t see on Fox “news”:

From KCBS and Rawstory.com

Senior citizens shut down Bank of America branch in Calif.

Look at that "entitled rich white kid" protester!

“A group of senior citizen activists calling themselves “Wild Old Women” staged a protest at a San Francisco Bank of America branch this week and succeeded in causing the business to close its doors, albeit temporarily.”

“The Bank of America in Bernal Heights, a district of San Francisco, was confronted by the activists on Thursday afternoon.”

 “The women were ages 69 to 82, and they stood on a sidewalk holding signs that demanded lower fees, higher taxes for the wealthy and a freeze on foreclosures. The bank locked its doors as soon as they arrived.”

QUICK, PEPPER SPRAY THOSE DIRTY HIPPIE PROTESTERS!

“We’re upset about what the banks are doing, particularly in our neighborhood and neighboring areas, in evicting people and foreclosing on their homes,” one of the activists was quoted as saying.”

“We’re upset because the banks are raising their rates because it really affects seniors who are on a fixed income.”

Calico Blackie says:

Bank of America doesn’t give a damn about you.

I’m surprised that the old ladies weren’t pepper-sprayed. What is Bank of America so afraid of that they had to close the bank and lock their doors?

RUN AWAY! THE WILD OLD WOMEN ARE APPROACHING!

WHY WASN’T THIS REPORTED NATIONWIDE?

Oh yeah, it would show the nation and the world that the “occupy” protests are actually comprised of a huge cross-section of citizens who are fed-up with being heartlessly screwed by Wall Street, and not just “vermin infested dirty hippie crybabies.”

Meanwhile, back in the Police State:

Police club young woman riding bike at Oakland protest

“Police officers knocked down and clubbed a young woman during an anti-police march in Oakland late Saturday night, and arrested six people.”

More fun to club? Maybe she screams in pain better than a little old lady?

“Video of the incident uploaded to YouTube showed the young woman riding her bicycle towards a small group of officers.”

“As she approached, officers shoved her to the ground and at least one clubs her with his baton.”

“Protesters quickly rushed to her aid, and dragged her away from police.”

Link is here:  http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/08/police-club-young-woman-riding-bike-at-oakland-protest/

Finally, there’s this letter that I read yesterday and I thought I would share it with my readers:

It does taste better than that pesticide sprayed, grown overseas crap they sell in the supermarkets

“Forty years ago some friends of mine decided that we couldn’t trust the government to leave us alone, much less do right by us. We believed in sustainable local integrated organic farming, and clean renewable energy alternatives.”

“Not just because the food tasted better and was better for us, and the air smelled sweeter, but because it freed us from dependence on the roller coaster rise and fall of an artificial economy that served the wealthy at the expense of everyone else.”

 Had people gone along with it, we wouldn’t be having most of the problems we face today. Young men and women wouldn’t have had to die in the Middle East for oil.

Most of the people who criticized this lifestyle were just jealous because they were too old for it


“Then some evilly brilliant asshole corporate stooges called us pathetic, labeled us “Hippies” and created the legend of the cartoon character protester granola crunching tree huggers. This was soon parroted by the ignorant and short sighted.”

Calico Blackie says:

Sound familiar? The same recycled propaganda has been trotted out by the 1% and their lackeys in Congress and the mainstream media in an attempt to discredit the “occupy” movement.

The letter continues with:

Good people just gave up and traded it all in for cocaine and conspicuous consumption. Later, they crushed organized labor, shipped all the manufacturing jobs to the third world, and tanked the economy. The Rich came out crazy stupid richer than ever, and you, my little friend, probably didn’t see a dime of it.
How’s that workin out for ya?

Calico Blackie says:

There will always be sheep that will happily believe everything they’re told to believe. The world is full of ‘em. It’s easier to laugh at, and scorn the people who try to sound the alarm. After all, it’s easier to stay in bed and be asleep a little longer than it is to wake up. Isn’t it?

See? I'm an activist! I'm HARDCORE!

Or, they’ll slap another metallic ribbon on their car, follow moveon.org on Facebook, and call themselves “aware” and “socially conscious.” Those same people will turn you in to the Gestapo if they thought they might get a pat on the head from their masters.

The reality is, they don’t give a damn about you, or your cause.

It just makes them feel better, and if they have one, it eases their conscience. You know them. They go to Wal-Mart, and loudly complain to anybody near them about how the store is selling nothing but cheap imported junk and that it’s a shame that the store is putting Americans out of work. Then, they pay for their items, get their fat asses into their Lexus, and go home to their huge houses.

Screw ‘em. Every last damn one of them.

On that note…..

THEY DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOU. OCCUPY THE HELL OUT OF THEM!

”The sun still shines”

Keep occupying!

OCCUPY CONGRESS 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.

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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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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Dec20

Congress: THEY ARE THE 9%!

by Calico Blackie on December 20, 2011 at 12:40 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Divided We Fall, Media Bias

Greetings from the 99% in rural America!

Congress has a 9% approval rating. NINE PERCENT! Do you really think they care whether we approve of them or not? After all, we elected the scum. That’s what I keep hearing. We elected them, so we’re “getting what we deserve.”

Only an idiot can't see this as a reason to DEMAND change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What people in other nations don’t know is that we are repeatedly given the choice between “bought off” or “plain crazy” when we go to the polls. If we try to work together to correct this problem, we’re called “dirty hippie protesters” or “naughty children throwing our toys out of the pram” by the uninformed and willfully ignorant who, long ago, gave up thinking for themselves. Their opinions are formed by what the 1% and their stooges in the mainstream media tell them to think and say.

THEY DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOU

A friend sent this joke to me regarding the 9% congressional approval rating:

A driver was stuck in a traffic jam on the highway outside Washington DC. Nothing was moving. Suddenly, a man knocks on the window.

The driver rolls down the window and asks, “What’s going on?”

“Terrorists have kidnapped Congress, and they’re asking for a $100 million dollar ransom. Otherwise, they are going to douse them all in gasoline and set them on fire. We are going from car to car, collecting donations.”

“How much is everyone giving, on average?” the driver asks.
The man replies, “Roughly a gallon.”

You know something is broken when jokes such as this are circulating around the country.

"Why protest? We have the best standard of living in the world!"

The sad part is, the joke’s on us, and nobody’s laughing, except for the people who refuse to acknowledge the fact that we’re getting screwed.

They’re still safe and warm, so why should they care?

So, what’s new today?

From The Associated Press

Palin: Not too late to enter GOP presidential race

“Sarah Palin says it’s not too late for someone to jump into the Republican presidential race.”

“Palin told Fox News Channel over the weekend that she felt no enthusiasm for anyone in the current GOP field and that she needed to feel something before she would offer an endorsement.”

Ooh, Bill.....I'm just not feeling it yet!

Asked by Fox Business Network’s “Follow the Money” about the likelihood that she’d become a candidate, the former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee said it’s not too late for “folks” to jump in.

Said Palin: “Who knows what will happen in the future.”

Calico Blackie says:

See what I mean about the choices we’re given at the polls?

From The Washington Post

Gingrich, Romney in dead heat nationally

“Two weeks before Iowans cast the first votes of the 2012 election cycle, Republicans nationally are sharply divided over whom their party’s presidential nominee should be, with Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich locked in a dead-even race.”

Oh, good Lord! See what I mean about the choices we’re given at the polls?

But, who cares? Maybe the world WILL end in 2012!

Or, maybe it won't end. GET OUT AND PROTEST!

There was also this news…..

Stocks mount strong rally, rebounding from sell-off

“The Dow Jones industrial average was lately up around 275 points and trading back above the 12,000 level. Good news on the economic front also boosted stocks.”

Calico Blackie says:

I sure feel better now, knowing that the rich got richer while we’re going down the tubes.

Enjoy sinking into the lower middle class and the lower class as the potential for the rags-to-riches scenario slowly fades away at the benefit of corporate execs.

If you stand against the occupy movement, you embrace the deprecation of yourself and the majority of your countrymen by others. When will you comfortable fools realize that your ship is sinking?

Sinking for the pockets of a few. We live in a wannabe caste system now.

Only, they're not fools. They are doing exactly what the 1% is telling them to do

We protesters, TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year, I might add, get booed, called assholes and why?

Don’t they see we are just people giving a damn and tired of the corruption that is running wild in this world?

But I guess they think all we want is free everything, just like the mainstream media tells them how to think.

A fellow blogger (Cindi) posted:

“It is true that we have been insulated from the acts of our government, here in this country…but that is not lasting, and anyone who sits by while they codify tyranny into law and makes fun of people who resist, ought to study up on a little history.”

“In the past I’ve found references to Hitler offensive.  But after a peek at ‘The War On Truth’ by Nafeez Ahmed (published 2005) I no longer think this is extreme.”

“There’s no way to get around this battlefield bill (NDAA).  None.  Anyone who yells “overreacting” to that is just a moron.

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

Not an "occupy" protest (yet)

Calico Blackie replied:

Thank you, Cindi. I’m seeing a lot of parallels in our country now with what was happening in Germany in 1933.

Even more alarming is I’m beginning to see parallels with what happened in 1857 India, when that country revolted against corporate rule, and ended the stranglehold of the British East India Company.

But, that’s for tomorrow when I talk about the Indian Mutiny of 1857.

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.

OCCUPY WALL STREET

Stop NDAA!

NEVER STOP FIGHTING!

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Dec11

OH THE HYPOCRISY!

by Calico Blackie on December 11, 2011 at 11:16 am
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Big Brother, Bread and Circuses for the Masses

 Hello to all of you out there!

YEE HAW!

We’re 70 miles (1.5 hours by car) away from the nearest traffic light out here and sometimes we’re a little bit slower to get news.

If you don’t have the internet, you’re stuck with mainstream media for your information regarding the outside world.

Those of us that do have the internet act as newscasters to those that can’t afford a computer.

In that vein…..Did you see this?

U.S. calls on Russia to respect peaceful protests

WASHINGTON — The United States called Friday on both Russian authorities and protesters to remain peaceful as opponents of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin prepared major weekend demonstrations against his rule.

Not an “occupy” protest. This is in Russia

Putin has angrily accused the United States of inciting the protests after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton raised concerns about the fairness of parliamentary elections that Putin’s party won but with a reduced majority.

State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said that the United States supported the right to peaceful protest in Russia as it does “anywhere in the world.”

“We expect that those demonstrations will remain peaceful on behalf of all parties, whether they’re the demonstrators or whether they are those keeping social order,” she said.

Not an “occupy” protest. This is in Russia

“So our expectation is that if there are protests, that they will be peaceful and that they will be allowed to proceed peacefully,” Nuland said.

Link is here:  http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/12/09/irony-alert-u-s-calls-on-russia-to-respect-peaceful-protests/

Let that sink in for a moment….

“our expectation is that if there are protests, that they will be peaceful and that they will be allowed to proceed peacefully“

WHAT BULLSHIT

THIS IS AN OCCUPY PROTEST IN THE USA

Calico Blackie says:

No matter how you dress it up, or how Fox “news” spins it, we’re living in a hypocritical police state and we’ve got to do something about it.

Can you friggin believe it?

See? We’re the good guys! The street sign/name tells you so!

All lies and hypocrisy.

I swear, a politician or Wall Street banker would take your mother’s gold teeth with pliers while you were forced to watch.

When you’re working three jobs, getting about 5 hours sleep a night, shopping at used goods stores and helplessly watching your utility bills rise no matter how much you cut back, it’s hard to be ‘understanding’ over the wealthy, many of who were born into money and still are hungry for more (including yours).

Also in the news:

Union workers refuse to support Occupy port shutdown

Occupy Wall Street protesters want to shut down ports up and down the West Coast on Monday in a bid to gum up the engines of global commerce. Under the terms of the ILWU contract, West Coast longshoremen cannot simply walk off the job en masse to support the shutdown, though individual union members can choose to exercise their First Amendment rights and not show up at the hiring hall that day.

Balls. Can’t have ‘em ILWU. Not yours anymore

Calico Blackie says:

What you’re not seeing mentioned is the fact that the Longshoremen signed a contract with their employers that contains a no strike clause. If they were to walk off the job (wildcat strike) in solidarity with anyone, it would leave the union open to hundreds of lawsuits for contract violation. The workers are not refusing to support the shutdown. They can’t openly support the shutdown.

They, in effect, sold their balls.

But wait, there’s hope yet!

“Support of the shutdown among the rank-and-file may not be put to the test in some cities if sizeable protests erupt.”

“Under the terms of the longshoremen’s contract, union officials say blockades by protesters could result in the declaration of unsafe working conditions, which would exempt workers from having to show up.”

Meanwhile:

Republican Candidates Clash in Pivotal Iowa Debate

Contestants entering the ring

With the Iowa caucuses looming, six Republican presidential candidates clashed tonight over their conservative credentials and personal histories in a Des Moines debate that saw resurgent frontrunner Newt Gingrich battling attacks by his rivals from all sides.

And…..

From MSNBC

Gingrich opens up big leads in South Carolina and Florida

Newt Gingrich’s surge in the polls isn’t limited to just the early presidential-nominating contest of Iowa.

 According to new NBC News-Marist polls, the former House speaker has now opened up commanding leads in South Carolina and Florida — two states that historically have played important roles in deciding the eventual Republican nominee.

OH NO! You mean, I’m IRRELEVANT?

Fueled by the support from conservatives and the Tea Party, Gingrich is ahead of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney by nearly 20 points in South Carolina. 

The winner of that state’s primary has gone on to capture each GOP nomination since 1980.

Calico Blackie says:

But, enough of the bullshit.

Let’s talk reality.

Did you see this in the news this morning?

From boston.com

Northeast states cut heating aid to poor

Mary Power is 92 and worried about surviving another frigid New England winter because deep cuts in federal home heating assistance benefits mean she probably can’t afford enough heating oil to stay warm.

GET A JOB, HIPPIE. YOU MADE POOR CHOICES IN LIFE YOU ENTITLED RICH KID!

She gets by on $11,148 a year in pension and Social Security benefits.

Her heating aid help this year will drop from $1,035 to $685.

With rising heating oil prices, it probably will cost her more than $3,000 for enough oil to keep warm unless she turns her thermostat down.

Her story continues with:

“I will just have to crawl into bed with the covers over me and stay there,” said Power, a widow who worked as a cashier and waitress until she was 80.”

“I will do what I have to do.”

Calico Blackie says:

Merry Christmas to Mary Power from the 1%!

The heating oil companies will make a huge profit this winter.


Calico Blackie says:

Makes you wish there’s a hell.

“Are there no prisons?” “Are there no workhouses?”

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.

OCCUPY WALL STREET

PROTEST!

RESIST THE MACHINE!

SHUT IT DOWN! GROW A PAIR, ILWU

 

 

SHUT DOWN THE PORTS

“While The Sun Still Shines”

 

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Dec04

Occupy The Prison Industrial Complex

by Calico Blackie on December 4, 2011 at 10:25 am
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Big Brother, Divided We Fall, Media Bias

Greetings from rural America!

Welcome to America & The poor persons “gated community”

One of the things I keep hearing from the Mainstream Media is that The Occupy Movement has no clear message and that we’re fragmented into a bunch of different causes.

In a manner of speaking, they’re right.

But all of our desires can be boiled down to one very clear demand:

WE WANT A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE,

BY THE PEOPLE,

AND FOR THE PEOPLE!

What’s so tough about that and why is it somehow so wrong?

Why were our jobs sent to China and other countries where labor is cheaper and where poverty and oppression is the greatest?

We’re constantly told it was because of the UNIONS.

No.

That was a lie designed to blind us and break the unions.

It keeps us fighting among ourselves, instead of concentrating on the real culprits and reasons:

WALL STREET.

They shipped our jobs overseas for MAXIMUM PROFIT.

What is wrong with having the power of collective bargaining on the side of the workers when the corporations have become little more than predatory institutions that prey on working Americans?

What is wrong with wanting a fair shake for ALL American workers?

Big corporations are always looking for ways to increase profits and they don’t give a damn about you.

But, if they came right out and said that they screwed Lady Liberty in the name of the dollar bill, they’re afraid we wouldn’t buy their products anymore.

They RAPED ME (and you too)

So, now they’ve got to get even more creative in their methods to increase their bottom lines and give their CEO’s ever increasing bonuses. 

They’ve got to continue to find ways to increase the value of their stock so that rich investors can make even more money by the increase of stock value and by gambling with the workers 401k plans.

How do they propose to do that? 

By slowly but surely eliminating shipping costs, and bringing the means to manufacture goods back to the United States.

Where will they find workers that will work under horrible conditions for about a dollar a day, you ask?

Docile political prisoners going to work in the Soviet Gulag

“Nothing is new under the sun” as they say.

If we examine the history of the past 100 years, it’s fairly easy to see where the rich industrialists will turn for their next cheap labor pool.

And, they have the blessings to do this from our government which has been bought and paid for by Wall Street.

So, where will these workers be found?

The answer is obvious:

 

The Prison Industrial Complex

 

This could be YOU, if it isn’t already

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right now, we have prisons run by private companies for profit, but it seems as if the corporations are getting even more greedy. How can they feed the greed? By imprisoning even more non-violent people to work in the new prison factories they envision.

How will they get enough prisoners to work in their factories?

Polish slave laborers in a Nazi-run factory

Have you ever asked yourself:

“Why do we build so many prisons in this country?”

or asked:

“Why is there such a costly “war on drugs” when Prohibition was proven to be such a failure?”

Ever wonder why the “Patriot Act” was enacted?

Slave labor camps.

Back in the 1940s, Nazi industrialists had a whole huge pool of cheap workers to choose from.

Don’t think “it can’t happen here.”

IT ALREADY IS HAPPENING HERE.

There’s a place for you too!

Before you pass this off as just another commie liberal rant, let me be very clear in stating: This has been building for a long time and is the doing of both Democratic and GOP administrations.

It’s just recently gotten much worse.

Do you recall Ruby Ridge or the Waco Massacre?

In each case, the Federal Government found an excuse to murder and imprison American Citizens. Those crimes were committed by Bill Clinton and Janet Reno.

They were the set-up for what we are seeing now.

Remember, a major news network here in the USA just proclaimed “occupy” protesters to be domestic terrorists.

And a commie hiding under your bed! They're lying to us again and we're buying it

A little history lesson regarding the Waco Massacre:

The Waco massacre began on February 28, 1993, and ended violently 50 days later on April 19.

  In addition to allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct, when David Koresh and his followers were accused of stockpiling illegal weapons, the ATF decided to raid the Waco compound.

ATF obtained training for the raid from Special Forces at Fort Hood, Texas, February 25 though 27, by making a false claim that David Koresh was operating a methamphetamine lab.

This provided the drug nexus necessary to obtain military assets under the “War on Drugs”.

When the raid was attempted, it was not known who fired the first shots, but each side later claimed it had been the other. Within a minute of the raid starting, Davidian Wayne Martin called 911, pleading for them to stop shooting. The resident asked for a ceasefire and audiotapes record him saying “Here they come again!” and “That’s them shooting, that’s not us!”

Janet Reno MURDERED those people

At around noon, three fires broke out almost simultaneously in different parts of the building. The government claims the fires were started by Davidians. 

Davidian survivors maintain the fires were started by the ATF. 

As the fire spread, Davidians were prevented from escaping; others refused to leave and eventually became trapped.

The remaining Davidians, including the children, were either buried alive by rubble, suffocated by the effects of the fire or shot.

Why? Because our government labeled them a threat to security.

Which brings me to your “safety” under the “Patriot Act” and the new 662 billion dollar defense bill recently approved by the Senate.

The defense bill 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:

Execution of “domestic terrorists in” 1943, Ukraine. They were found guilty of distributing anti government leaflets

Sounds ok on the surface, but think about it.

The government can label ANY person in the country they want a “domestic terrorist” (including you & me for any reason) and deny them the right to trial, and torture and hold them in prison camps forever.

A new gulag filled with political prisoners (not criminals) for the workforce.

The Patriot act, dramatically reduced restrictions on law enforcement agencies’ ability to search telephone, e-mail communications, medical, financial, and other records; eased restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering within the United States; and broadened the discretion of law enforcement and immigration authorities in detaining and deporting immigrants suspected of terrorism-related acts.

CALICO BLACKIE REFUSES TO BE SILENT

The act also expanded the definition of terrorism to include DOMESTIC TERRORISTS, thus enlarging the number of activities to which the USA PATRIOT Act’s expanded law enforcement powers can be applied.

On May 26, 2011, president Obama signed a four-year extension of three key provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act: roving wiretaps, searches of business records, and conducting surveillance of “lone wolves” — individuals suspected of terrorist-related activities not linked to terrorist groups.

GOODBYE FREEDOM

People will believe anything. Remember Jim Jones?

So, the Patriot Act and this Defense bill are little more than a “Let’s fill the prisons and provide the 1% with a cheap domestic labor force” mechanism.

I guess the “War” on drugs wasn’t filling the prisons fast enough.

Still think you’re free?

If large scale manufacturing ever returns to the United States, you will have to be in prison to work one of those manufacturing jobs. 

Wall Street is now in the process of figuring out how to increase their cheap labor pool, thus increasing their profit margin.

The saddest part is, there are people in this country that think this type of oppression is just fine, as long as Fox “news” told them so.

People would believe anything.

Police funded by a grant from the Federal Government? Good Lord. IT’S SOCIALISM!

Meanwhile, in other “news”

From ABC (KGO)

Grant helps Oakland PD hire more officers

The Oakland Police Department will soon be hiring more officers thanks to the federal government. Twenty-five positions within the department will be created, and four will be filled by re-hiring officers that were laid off last year.

The funding comes from a $10 million grant provided by the U.S. Department of Justice.

And then, there’s this………

From CNN:

At least two Republican presidential hopefuls are declining to participate in a debate moderated by real estate mogul Donald Trump.  Texas Rep. Ron Paul and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman will both skip the debate, citing concerns about the seriousness of the event.

Not this idiot. Haven’t we suffered enough?

“The selection of a reality television personality to host a presidential debate that voters nationwide will be watching is beneath the office of the Presidency and flies in the face of that office’s history and dignity,” Jesse Benton, Ron Paul’s national campaign chairman, said in a statement.

Huntsman’s campaign said Friday the former Utah governor wouldn’t be making an appearance at the event.  “We have declined to participate in the ‘Presidential Apprentice’ Debate with The Donald,” Huntsman spokesman Tim Miller said in a statement.

So, after all that, what’s new with “occupy?”

Occupy Portland attempts to occupy another downtown park, AND……..

They got crushed

See what happens in America when you try to exercise your Constitutional rights without government approval?

This relatively small gathering wasn’t blocking any streets until the PPB declared an “emergency” shortly before 9pm, because the symphony was about to end its concert.

The robocops herded the occupiers and spectators into Salmon street and closed off all the streets around the Schnitz.

After a standoff, a few arrests and issuing idle threats, they withdrew and as usual, the crowd dispersed and went down to City Hall.

From CBS News:

Pushed out, Occupy movement plans next move

The Occupy Wall Street movement has been pushed off the streets in city after city in recent weeks, raising the question of where it goes next. CBS News correspondent Cynthia Bowers has gone in search of the answer.

“An idea cannot be evicted and a movement cannot be imprisoned,” said Occupy LA organizer, Mario Brito at a press conference. He said their movement will regroup and refocus on foreclosures .

Bill O'Reilly (seen here on Fox News) said yesterday: "IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT HERE IN THIS COUNTRY, YOU CAN MOVE TO CHINA"

In various cities today there were marches on a variety of issues, but the movement plans new tactics. On Tuesday around the nation, it plans to occupy foreclosed homes. In mid-January, a call to pitch tents outside of Congress.

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?

U.N. Envoy: U.S. Isn’t Protecting Occupy Protesters’ Rights

The United Nations envoy for freedom of expression is drafting an official communication to the U.S. government demanding to know why federal officials are not protecting the rights of Occupy demonstrators whose protests are being disbanded — sometimes violently — by local authorities.

“Citizens have the right to dissent with the authorities, and there’s no need to use public force to silence that dissension,” the envoy said.

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?

THEN YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM. SEE YOU IN THE GULAG, SUCKER

THEN YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM

OCCUPY WALL STREET

GET OUT! PROTEST! SPEAK UP! DO IT NOW!

“While The Sun Still Shines”

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

 

 

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Nov13

“Occupy” for President?

by Calico Blackie on November 13, 2011 at 1:13 pm
Posted In: Divided We Fall, Media Bias

Greetings from the Klamath River!

We follow a different drummer here

Aargh!!!

I was going to write today about the country life we lead on the river, and small town politics, but due to a technical difficulty, I can’t view the video given to me of our latest inter-agency meeting held last week. 

I’ll have to get with my video guru tomorrow. 

Anyway, it’s Sunday.

Give me a break!

So….

The GOP held another candidates debate last night. 

Hot air and bullshit? You decide.

What’s going to happen in the 2012 election?  Nothing.  Wall Street and big oil will still be in control.

Chairman of JP Morgan-Chase. The REAL president

It doesn’t matter if the Democrats or Republicans get in, we will still get screwed. 

The only difference is that the Democrats are better at hiding their Wall Street affiliations from us and they throw us an occasional scrap from the table.

 

 

 

 

Calico Blackie says:

Can we please put an end to all this partisan politics and unite into a single front?

It would scare the hell out of them!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Think about it. 

Yeah, I know what you’re thinking.

“It would split the Democrats and we would end up with a nutcase as our President.”  Would that really matter? They don’t control DC anyway. 

Wall Street controls DC. 

“Whadda ya mean Wall Street owns me?”

Our last 8 presidents haven’t given a damn about us and sold their souls to special interests. 

Hell, Moe Howard could be our president and Wall Street would still profit, and we would still get screwed.

BUT:  Vote

If the 99% united behind one candidate and got out and voted, it would send one hell of a message to Wall Street and their wholly owned subsidiary in Washington DC.

Imagine a 99% candidate getting even 15% of the vote? 

DC would have to sit up and take notice. 

Imagine if it was done with no campaign funding and was run solely through the internet and other social media? 

Oh sure, the Dems and GOP would smear our candidate, but no matter what dirt they sling, vote for our candidate. 

Refuse to debate the other candidates.

Say YES! To Jesse

They have whole teams of writers backing them. 

Besides, what have they got to say to us other than lies? 

When they ask: Is this the kind of person you want running the country” say YES!

Meanwhile…… 

They’re at it again: Please call these numbers today to report an assault on peaceful citizens last night.

Denver non-emergency line 720-913-2000 Denver Chief of Police 720-913-6527 Denver Mayor Michael Hancock 720-865-9000

Police in Denver and Salt Lake City swept anti-Wall Street protesters from their camps as demonstrators and supporters in Portland, Ore., flooded a city park area in defiance of an eviction order on Sunday.

In other “occupy” news:

Scene in Portland last night

In Portland, crowds that swelled to thousands and went toe-to-toe with police moved back onto sidewalks and downtown’s Lownsdsale and Chapman squares after closing Southwest Third Avenue and Madison Street overnight.

Protesters cheered and chanted “this is what victory looks like” after the standoff over the eviction notice, the Oregonian reported.

Mayor Sam Adams tweeted “Thanks to all who helped open the streets.”

Adams had ordered the camp shut down, citing unhealthy conditions and the encampment’s attraction of drug users and thieves.

Calico Blackie says:

Once again, a mayor has played the “public safety” card.  Mr. Mayor, if you know who those “drug users” and “thieves” are, why haven’t you arrested them before the protests began?  Why are you not protecting the camp from these predators? Don’t blame peaceful citizens for YOUR failure to serve the citizens of Portland.

In Oakland:

Protesters warned

For the second time in as many days, city officials in Oakland, California, warned protesters Saturday that they do not have the right to camp in the plaza in front of City Hall and face immediate arrest.

Goodbye 1st Amendment

In Salt Lake City, police arrested 19 people Saturday when protesters refused to leave a park a day after a man was found dead inside his tent at the encampment.

In St. Louis, police arrested 27 demonstrators protesting economic issues at a downtown plaza early Saturday for curfew violations, authorities said. 

The anti-Wall Street protesters offered no resistance as officers slipped on plastic handcuffs and walked them into police vans amid chants of “Our passion for freedom is stronger than your prison,” and “Serve the people, not the state.”

From a Fox “News” article on the Portland protest last night:

In the hours leading up to midnight, protesters held general assembly meetings where they talked about what to do when the deadline came. The also repeated the main message of Occupy Wall Street movement of peaceful resistance to income inequality and what they see as corporate greed.

Fox should come with a warning label “For Entertainment Purposes Only”

Calico Blackie says:

Wait a minute here.

Fox now says that the main message of the movement is peaceful resistance to income inequality and what we see as corporate greed?

First, I thought Fox “news” said we have no message. 

Second, “what we see as corporate greed?” 

Pure propaganda again with a cleverly slipped in what they see in their article.

Are they blind? Naw, they’re just repeating the corporate line of their masters.

On that note……..

It doesn’t have to be this way

 

 

Stay tough, brothers and sisters!

Let’s occupy the polls in the next election!

OCCUPY WALL STREET

United, we shall win!

 

 

We are the 99%

 

Calico Blackie

 

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