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Jun10

RE-THINKING THE REVOLUTION

by Calico Blackie on June 10, 2012 at 12:49 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Big Brother, Bread and Circuses for the Masses, Divided We Fall, Media Bias


 

Greetings from Calico Blackie!

In digging through the archives of this site and looking through the massive collection of protest photographs I have collected over the past nine months or so, I was struck with the sheer number of demonstrations and arrests there have been in the United States and throughout the world and thought…..

SO WHAT?

What have we changed?

Did we end corruption in Washington, DC?

Did we end the predatory practices of Wall Street and the banksters?

Are we more free now than we were on September 17, 2011?

Are all of our troops home and safe?

The answer is NO.

Is it a victory when scenes such as these are being repeated throughout America over and over? AND FOR WHAT?

Oh yeah, we called attention to the problems facing our country and showed the world how corrupt the system really is here. But, other than that what have we done?

Is it really a victory that we showed the rest of the world that some of us are aware and care about where we’re headed?

Is it really a victory when our kids are still being sent to die in foreign lands for little more than to enrich the military industrial complex?

Is it really a victory that we exposed our police state and our prison industrial complex for what it is?

Is it really a victory that we showed our fellow citizens that our political “democratic” system is really just an illusion of choice we’re given when we go to the polls?

Big deal. Nobody is listening. We proved with our actions there can be literally thousands of dissatisfied citizens protesting against these injustices, and the people in charge don’t even care.

The Berlin Wall came down. What ever really changes? Throughout history, we've just traded one shitty form of exploitation and oppression for another.


WHAT HAVE WE CHANGED?

Are there still more than ever empty foreclosed houses in America, with a record number of homeless people forced to live on the streets? As a matter of fact, since we started protesting, it is now illegal to be homeless in many of our cities across the country.

Anti-War protest in 1967. What did we accomplish? We're still fighting and dying in Vietnamistan. We have always been at war with Vietnamistan.

Since we started protesting, it is now illegal to wear masks or carry shields during demonstrations in many of our cities across the country.

Since we started protesting, the police have become even more militarized in many of our cities across the country.

Do you REALLY think they need all that riot gear, pepper spray, rubber bullets and the armored cars to catch thieves, drug dealers and murderers? Hell no. They need all that stuff for YOU, citizen. To keep YOU in line.

Remember….

If you have done nothing wrong you should still worry because it only takes the creation of a new law to make something you’re currently doing illegal.

AND NEW AND MORE OPPRESSIVE LAWS ARE BEING CREATED EVERY DAY.

Where is our “People’s Candidate” for President?

Is our Congress and our Senators doing their damndest to improve their single digit approval rating? Why should they? We keep voting them back in year after year.

WHAT MUST WE DO?

We keep banging our heads against the same brick walls in the vain hope that our headaches will improve.

So, in the words of Billy Kwan, as depicted in the movie “The Year of Living Dangerously” set in Jakarta on the eve of an attempted coup by the 30 September Movement in 1965:

WHAT MUST WE DO?

In digging through the archives of this site, I came to the conclusion:

WE have to change our philosophy. WE have to change our way of thinking, speaking and acting. WE have to embrace something completely different.

We MUST re-think the revolution.

Why?

Because our current styles, theories and methodologies are not working.

What does this accomplish other than giving voice to our disapproval? All we've done here is angered a few fence-sitters into being against our cause.

Think about it…..

The myth of the sleeping proletariat who will simply rise up against the system as soon as it awakens to the “truth” possessed by those of us who are awake is full of problems…

It’s hegemonic and elitist to claim to be awake while we relegate those who haven’t taken up our struggle against the system to the state of perpetual sleep.

Just too simple.

We need another, much more complex philosophy for our Movement or we’re going to keep going round and round with each other while the owners of the means of production purchase whatever remains of the formerly democratic elements of our capitalist nation.

Imagine……….

Imagine a new philosophy based along post-modernist lines. For a discussion of what constitutes postmodernism, I suggest you see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodernism and read it for yourself.

We've got to completely change our ways of thinking

We need to throw out all of our pre-conceieved notions of what works, and what doesn’t work.

Whether you’re a Marxist, Capitalist, Socialist, Anarchist, Democrat, Republican, or Independent, we’ve got to throw a whole lot of those ideas out and start working together.

We’ve got to find new philosophies to adhere to, and/or re-mold and cobble together something from the old. We’ve got to stop admiring past ideals.

Why?

Because in the short or long run, none of them have worked. In the end, it always boils down to one man exploiting the other for personal gain. All of the “good” political systems could have worked if it wasn’t for a few humans who chose to corrupt an otherwise workable system.

AND throughout history, all generations have had their share of false prophets.

IDENTIFY THE FALSE PROPHETS AND THROW THEM OUT.

A hypocrite

Our “sacred cows” have brought us to the point of ruin.

For instance….

When you stand back and honestly consider it, John Lennon was a rich guy telling us possessions don’t matter and to imagine no greed or hunger. He also said “Imagine all the people, sharing all the world” 

Yeah, right John.

Was he St. Francis of Assissi?

Was he a revolutionary?

No. He sat back in his posh surroundings and told us what a good guy he was. He wrote songs decrying greed, while he enjoyed his millions.

He told us how we should live and think, the whole while he was enjoying his celebrity status. 

It's easy to be "defiant" when you're a rich celebrity, but THIS IS DEFIANCE. This POW stood up to Himmler and voiced his grievances to his face

I’ve also heard it said that our entertainers who “go against the establishment” are defiant and sympathize with the masses in our struggles.

SO WHAT? WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO?

Hell. Even Jamie Dimon doesn’t disguise himself behind a false philosophy of “All You Need is Love” and “Imagine.”

So….

We need to rethink the revolution. We need to work on our methods to bring about change.We need to settle on what we want that change to look like and then go for it with all our resolve.

We need something that will work for all of us.

What should we base this “something” on? Judeo-Christian ideals? Yeah, right. This is where that has gotten us:

"God is with us." Here we see a Nazi propaganda poster depicting Jesus exhorting his Nazi followers to go crush the "godless communists"

“We have healed the money changers and cast out the poor, the lame and the sick”

That’s why separation of church and state is so important.

We need to decide: What and who is a “revolutionary”? Just what are “revolutionary” ideas?

We need to embrace postmodernism and create a  new socio-political philosophy based on the best ideas of the past, coupled with our current needs, always with our minds looking to the future.

But, we have to start somewhere.

Maybe, we can start by fighting for a “Government of the People, by the People, and for the People” and going on from that point.

In the meantime……

We’re stuck with the same old tried and true methodology of protesting and being crushed. All at the whim of, and to the tune of, the 1%.

So, we keep going.

Let’s put our heads together and come up with some ideas!

Got any ideas? I’d love to hear them.

OCCUPY YOUR MINDS!

OCCUPY THE REVOLUTION!

RE-THINK THE REVOLUTION!

Calico Blackie   @kidakita

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Feb16

If They’re Stomping On Our Faces – PICK UP A SWORD

by Calico Blackie on February 16, 2012 at 11:59 am
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality


 

Greetings to the Resistance!

If they think we will sit still and allow ourselves to be crushed, they're in for a big surprise!

“If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever.” - George Orwell

How much longer does the 1% think we will allow ourselves to be used like cattle to satisfy their unbridled greed?

How much longer do they think we’ll willingly go to die in their wars for profit?

How much longer do they think we will tolerate their prison industrial complex?

How much longer do the banksters and mega-corporations think we will take their attempts to make an education so expensive that only the 1% can afford to be educated?

Join us, you members of the police. Don't just be the tools of legalized organized crime. We're fighting for America and YOU too

How much longer do they think we will put up with their boot stomping our faces in an attempt to crush the working class and impoverish and enslave us all?

How much longer will the “average Joe” take it when their pensions are being raided by a bunch of greedy pigs and they’re forced onto the streets and into prisons?

How much more will we take before we all rise up?

No more wage and benefit concessions so that the CEO’s can get massive bonuses and the corporations can post record profits.

NO MORE!

When did it change from the days when making a good profit was enough, to now, where it has to be a record profit every time, no matter how badly the workers suffer?

THE NEW LADY LIBERTY?

How much longer will we, the people, either be ignored or be crushed for demanding a better country for all? How much longer before we put down our protest signs and pick up a sword?

It’s coming if our demands continue to be met with police violence. It’s coming if our Government of the PEOPLE, by the PEOPLE, and for the PEOPLE continues to be bastardized by the greedy few on Wall Street and their wholly-owned subsidiary in Washington DC.

Mark my words, if we don’t see changes very soon:

One day, a line of protesters will face off against a wall of riot cops and there will be the usual rubber bullets and tear gas fired at the patriots who are trying to restore liberty to the people, only this time, the riot cops will be attacked from the rear, either by other demonstrators, or by the Black Bloc, wielding clubs and molotov cocktails.

How much longer before members of the Police and Military join We, the People against the 1%?

HOW MUCH MORE OF THE BOOT STOMPING OUR FACES DO THEY THINK WE WILL TAKE BEFORE WE OVERWHELM THEM?

The 1% is making a HUGE mistake by driving more and more of us into poverty, thus creating an entire population with nothing left to lose. It’s time they begin to listen to us, instead of trying to crush us.

RISE UP, BEFORE THIS ORWELLIAN VISION OF THE FUTURE THE 1% HAS FOR US BECOMES A REALITY. OCCUPY! MAYBE THERE IS STILL TIME FOR PEACEFUL CHANGE.

OCCUPY OCCUPY OCCUPY!

They’re still trying to enslave the Canadians.

From Occupy Canada

We're not taking it anymore!

“Here is the text of the Bill C-30, tabled this morning in the House of Commons.”

“Among its provisions, it would allow police to obtain customer data and other information from your Internet service provider (ISP) and other cellular providers without first obtaining a warrant from a judge.”

“NDP MP Charlie Angus calls this “an unprecedented bill that undermines the privacy rights of Canadians.”
source: http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/technology/text-of-c-30-the-bill-that-would-allow-warrant-less-internet-wiretaps/

From New York:

Making Worlds: An OWS Forum on the Commons

Thursday at 5:00pm until Saturday at 8:00pm

This is why we OCCUPY

“The Occupy movement is entering a new phase, one in which many of us feel the need to combine renewed engagement through direct actions and mobilizations with a deep reflection on the strategic objectives of our movement.”

“In order to fulfill this need, the organizing committee of Making Worlds* is inviting all the Occupy supporters and sympathizers as well as other organizations to participate in this Forum on the politics of the commons.”

Two links for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/292874104102658/  and: http://paper.li/occupymanhattan/1317517749

WHY DO WE OCCUPY?

From The BBC and The Occupy Wall Street Press

America’s homeless resort to tent cities

Homeless tent city in Sacramento. Jerry Brown? He doesn't give a damn about you

“Just off the side of a motorway on the fringes of the picturesque town of Ann Arbor, Michigan, a mismatched collection of 30 tents tucked in the woods has become home – home to those who are either unemployed, or whose wages are so low that they can no longer afford to pay rent.”

“Conditions are unhygienic. There are no toilets and electricity is only available in the one communal tent where the campers huddle around a wood stove for warmth in the heart of winter. Ice weighs down the roofs of tents, and rain regularly drips onto the sleeping campers’ faces.”

Homeless in America. GOP? Democratic Party? THEY DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOU

“Tent cities have sprung up in and around at least 55 American cities – they represent the bleak reality of America’s poverty crisis.”

“According to census data, 47 million Americans now live below the poverty line – the most in half a century – fuelled by several years of high unemployment.”

Link is here: http://paper.li/occupymanhattan/1317517749

 

Then, there’s this cheery little item in the news:

From MSNBC

Price of gas up nearly 12 cents in last 3 weeks

Oil Company Executives? THEY DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOU

The average price for a gallon of gasoline in the United States rose nearly 12 cents in the past three weeks to about $3.51, due in part to higher prices for North Sea crude oil, according to the nationwide Lundberg Survey.

The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline rose 11.57 cents to $3.5101 as of February 10, the survey of about 2,500 gasoline stations in the continental United States found.

Link is here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46360396/#.TziQd1EpGHM

The news from England:

Millions Now Can’t Afford to Retire

Why yes, Mr. Member of Parliament, we do have some more "peasants" for you to eat!

“Experts say at least 50,000 people will have their hopes dashed this year alone due to soaring living costs and falling pension payouts.”

“The crisis has been fuelled by volatile stock market prices and a shaky global economy which has eaten into private pension pots, Isas and other investments.”

Link is here: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/302227/Millions-now-can-t-afford-to-retire

Calico Blackie says:

I can hear it now. Rich people all over England saying “those old people made poor choices in life. Screw them. Pass me another helping of pudding dear. Ta!” I can foresee the day when those people will be dragged out of their mansions by the 99% and ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE for their blind piggishness if they don’t start trying to fix things over there.

But there’s good news here! I feel better already………

GM annual profit soars, 4th quarter disappoints

Daniel Ammann, CEO. He only cares about maximum profit. He doesn't give a damn about his workers.

“It was the highest annual profit ever for the automaker, which emerged from bankruptcy protection in 2009 after a government-led bailout.”

“Full-year revenue rose 11 percent to $105 billion.”

“North America led the way with a $7.2 billion pretax profit. But problems surfaced that could hurt futureearnings. GM lost $700 million before taxes in Europe, and lost $100 million in South America.”

“We obviously have work to do still and a long way to get to the objectives we ultimately want to get to,” GM Chief Financial Officer Dan Ammann told reporters.”

Link is here:  http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/16/10424219-gm-annual-profit-soars-4th-quarter-disappoints

Calico Blackie says:

How much more before YOU reach YOUR limit?

Now that GM has posted record profits, how many of the concessions that the workers were forced to make in order to keep their jobs do you think Mr. Ammann will give back to the workforce?

How much more of the boot stomping our faces do they expect us to take?

How much longer will our demands for an end to corruption in government and a fairer distribution of the wealth in this country be ignored?

How much longer before we put down our signs and pick up a sword?

That’s a decision each of us has to make.

Until then, we OCCUPY and hope.

OCCUPY WALL STREET!

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

 

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Jan06

The only rights you have are those you are willing to defend

by Calico Blackie on January 6, 2012 at 10:52 am
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Divided We Fall, Media Bias


 

Greetings, fellow 99%’ers!

“Live Free or Die”

The GOP primary “big top” is in New Hampshire now with all of the usual mud-slinging and accusations flying around.

While our country is heading down the tubes, voters are being offered more of the same old tired ideas that got us in this mess in the first place.

Be careful out there, my fellow occupiers. The NDAA is in effect, and the police have already shown what their vow “to protect and serve really means to we, the people.

Stay together and united.

I can hear the back room conversations now:

“This rabble is starting to get bothersome. How do we get them to shut up without actually raising wages?”

“Well, we could use the tried and true method of convincing them to fight amongst themselves.”

“Excellent. The ones who stupidly believe they’ll be one of us someday can tell the rest that they should be happy to have it so well.”

Calico Blackie says:

Telling the masses how good they have it is a tried and true method used to divide us. Don’t fall for their lies.

Our freedoms and opportunities are evaporating as we speak.

Case in point?

From KTVU Oakland

 Several occupy protesters arrested at Frank Ogawa Plaza

“Several arrests were made at Frank Ogawa Plaza in downtown Oakland late Wednesday night, an Oakland police officer said.”

“Although Oakland police Officer A. Frye could not provide the specific number of arrestees, he confirmed that several people who had been congregated at the plaza where Occupy Oakland demonstrators have been keeping vigil were arrested on unknown charges.

But, don't worry about your freedom, citizen. Let's all play a game!

An Occupy Oakland alert message reported “60 cops in riot gear just swooped through the plaza and made indiscriminate arrests” just before 11:30 p.m.

Earlier this week, police and city officials revoked the permit because they say protesters have violated many of the permit’s conditions, such as storing personal belongings, including sleeping bags and food, erecting garbage cans and distributing food without health permits.”

Calico Blackie says:

Watch out. The 1% and their police departments around the country are making up the rules as they go along in order to better serve their masters on Wall Street.

They are continuing to spread their lies about us and make it harder for us to let our voices be heard.

Happy citizens content in their roles. These are female camp guards at Auschwitz Concentration Camp

They want only happy citizen-slaves, content in their role as corporate minions.

What’s with the Oakland Police not letting the occupiers have garbage cans?

That’s so that they can say we’re strewing our garbage around and creating a health and safety hazard.

Take care in the coming weeks and months.

Know your enemy.

But hey, things are getting better! Maybe our chocolate ration will be increased. Did you see this story?

From CBS News:

Cops: Calif. serial killer preying on homeless

(AP) ANAHEIM, Calif. – “Authorities said Wednesday they believe a serial killer was responsible for the slayings of three middle-aged homeless men who were stabbed to death last month.”

Who cares? They're just bums. I'm safe and warm. Who cares if there's a serial killer running around out there?

“Police have been warning homeless people throughout Orange County not to camp or sleep in secluded areas. Two of the killings took place at night and one in the late afternoon.”

Calico Blackie says:

Our society doesn’t seem to care if someone is killing homeless people and prostitutes.

What they don’t seem to realize is that this is a symptom of a very sick society. Whoever is killing these people could just as easily decide to kill a family in their homes next.

Maybe YOUR family.

Oh, there are still idiots out there that will say: “They’re homeless, or prostitutes because they chose to be that way. Screw ‘em.” And: “Our country is screwed up because these people don’t want to work.”

Blaming people that are suffering is pathetic.

Link to story is here:  http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57352626/cops-calif-serial-killer-preying-on-homeless/?tag=stack

Finally, I don’t usually go for the “trite” stuff, but this rang a bell with Calico Blackie, so I decided to post it.

Good words to live by.

 ”The sun still shines”

Keep defending our rights!

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.

WEAR YOUR PASSION!

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Dec18

“The Innocent Always Pay the Bill”

by Calico Blackie on December 18, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Divided We Fall, Media Bias

Greetings. I’m chopping away, but no chips are flying.

The majority of people don't give a damn as long as their minimal needs are met

Is anybody listening?

It’s terribly sad that most people don’t understand, want to understand, or fail to realize the global ramifications if the United States continues to drift towards fascism.

A powerful country such as this, with a dictatorship in place, or with the wrong person in the White House could mean a World War that would make all previous wars look like child’s play.

Imagine if a Hitler-like person took power the USA? Imagine if we elected a President, who bought by the 1%, started a war for profit to satisfy Wall Street greed?

As I said yesterday, I’m rapidly beginning to understand how thinking people in 1933 Germany felt as they powerlessly sat in their houses and watched Hitler take power, while the Fox “news” of their day convinced millions that The Third Reich was a great idea. Oh, there were protests, and the protesters were rounded up and sent to concentration camps, while the rest of the population was busy saying: Sieg Heil!

 I ASK YOU….DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR (think NDAA)?

 From  http://library.thinkquest.org/12307/nazirise.html

Don't think "it can't happen here." IT IS HAPPENING HERE

He had drawn up a list of four thousand enemies, all of whom were imprisoned. They were Communists, and some journalists, doctors, and attorneys. Hitler then convinced Hindenburg to sign a decree “for the protection of the people and the state.” This degree cancelled individual and civil rights, and placed all power in the hands of Hitler and the Nazi party.

Hitler and his party now had the legal power to squelch political dissent, to control the media, and to search and seize without warning or cause. Under military force, the German Reichstag was forced to pass another act which gave Hitler sole rights to decide new laws and alter the constitution.

My remark about 1933 Germany set off a string of comments. For example:

From “JB”: “Now that’s a wee bit of an exaggeration, isn’t it? Hardly an appropriate comparison to Nazi Germany.”

Somebody else replied:

I highly disagree JB. Our government might not be throwing us in concentration camps (yet) but this is how Germany started. Shut everyone up, put the fear into the weak, and control. See a pattern? Huge patterns re occurring and most are too ignorant to realize just how many liberties we are losing here; it’s time to be educated about politics before our freedoms are taken away from us

JB Replied:

You people are unbelievable. Do you not realise you have the BEST lifestyle in the world? Low cost of living, social values, freedoms most countries cannot imagine, the ability to make anything of yourselves if you apply yourself, access to education, brilliant infrastructure, reasonable tax rates for the benefits you receive, etc…. but all you do is piss, moan and complain. GET OVER IT!!

You are NOWHERE NEAR the same situation as Nazi Germany, and by making that simplistic and completely erroneous comparison you do your fight no justice.

“What is really happening is a bunch of Americans who don’t understand how well they have it are moaning and throwing their toys out of the pram like a bunch of children. Travel a bit. Compare an American lifestyle to that of one in Indonesia or India or Brazil or other emerging Nations and then play the “woe is me” game.”

Calico Blackie said:

Great. So now she’s saying that we have no right to speak up until we’re on par with a 3rd world country and have no voice or freedom at all! 

How I feel when dealing with these idiots

That’s real intelligence.

I’m sure the rich people in Brazil echo her comments and tell the peasants “don’t worry, be happy.”

Then, I remembered who she was.

I knew this person.

She’s a rich American woman that moved to England and became an upper-crust English woman. Her god is money and her religion is greed.

She ruined lives on her way to her riches and thinks her crap smells like roses.

I’ll bet the poor sucker she married for money actually thinks she loves him.

By her own admission, she doesn’t like people.

But, just as I was about to give up all hope in humanity, I saw this sign and read this comment from yet another person and fellow 99%’er:

DAMNED RIGHT!

I’m in this for the long haul.

Why?

Because my daughter deserves a better world than the one that will result from inaction.

And so…..

Although the 1% and their media lapdogs have been saying that the OWS movement has run it’s course, we know better.

So, what’s new?

From The Seattle Times

Occupy Olympia gets evicted twice in 1 day

Authorities cleared Occupy Olympia protesters from a state park and a nearby building Friday, dismantling a sprawling tent city without making any arrests.

Dozens of Washington State Patrol troopers wearing full riot gear methodically swept through Heritage Park, taking apart tents and providing room for officials to erect a temporary fence.  Some of the protesters had moved into a vacant building across the street. Authorities surrounded that facility and eventually allowed the occupants to leave.

From Foxreno.com

3 arrested after Occupy Oakland and police faceoff

Thank you Oakland!

Three people have been arrested following a brief standoff between anti-Wall Street demonstrators and Oakland police over cooking supplies, sleeping bags and other items.

A brief standoff took place as officers told the protesters they would be cited if they did not remove their cooking supplies and sleeping bags.

The items were eventually removed either by protesters or by city public works crews.

From The Des Moines Register

Members of Veterans for Peace and Occupy Des Moines teamed up for a protest Saturday at President Obama’s Des Moines campaign office.

Des Moines, Iowa yesterday. More of what the media calls "entitled white kids" and "dirty hippies"

The demonstrators raised concerns relating to the president’s handling of foreign policy and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

In a letter read outside of the office, demonstrators demanded the president reign in U.S. military spending and end the nation’s worldwide military presence.

 

 

From Reuters

Occupy protesters arrested in New York

New York yesterday

Police had no immediate figure on how many protesters were arrested, but Gideon Oliver, president of the New York City chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, put the number at about 55, including between five and 10 members of the clergy.

Hey! Have any of you seen this?

The Return of Debtor’s Prisons: Thousands of Americans Jailed for Not Paying Their Bills

Federal imprisonment for unpaid debt has been illegal in the U.S. since 1833. It’s a practice people associate more with the age of Dickens than modern-day America. But as more Americans struggle to pay their bills in the wake of the recession, collection agencies are using harsher methods to get their money, ushering in the return of debtor’s prisons.

Link is here:  

http://truth-out.org/return-debtors-prisons-thousands-americans-jailed-not-paying-their-bills/1323982569#.TuwGfkT29Bk.twitter

But then, there’s this. Remember:

“You people are unbelievable. Do you not realise you have the BEST lifestyle in the world?”

Calico Blackie says:

Yeah, right. GET STUFFED!

The GREATEST COUNTRY.

From KTVU Oakland

Lives of 61 homeless people who died in 2011 honored at memorial event

A Santa Clara County provider of homeless services held a memorial in San Jose Thursday honoring the lives of 61 people who died on the streets this year.

Remember the person who earlier said: "What is really happening is a bunch of Americans who don't understand how well they have it are moaning and throwing their toys out of the pram like a bunch of children." ? This is for YOU

Various elected leaders and members of the community read the names of the men and women, ranging in age from 35- to 69-years-old, who died on the street, or in emergency or transitional shelters.

This year, there were 10 more than in 2010, said Jenny Niklaus, CEO of EHC LifeBuilders.

“Each of these people is worthy of being honored. They were our neighbor, they were our sibling, they were our child,” Niklaus said at the memorial event today. A county homeless census and survey found that on any given night, there are about 7,000 people sleeping on the streets.

Link is here:  http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/lives-61-homeless-people-who-died-2011-honored-mem/nF4DT/

Finally, there’s this………………..

Also from MSNBC

‘The war is over’: Last US soldiers leave Iraq

The last American troops crossed the border from Iraq into Kuwait early Sunday, ending the U.S. military presence there after nearly nine years. 

Goodbye Iraq and over 104,500 lives

Among those dead were nearly 4,500 Americans, and the war cost $800 billion from the U.S. Treasury.

The question of whether it was worth it all is yet unanswered.

“My heart goes out to the Iraqis,” said Warrant Officer John Jewell, acknowledging the challenges ahead. “The innocent always pay the bill.”

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.

RESIST WHILE WE STILL HAVE A VOICE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCCUPY WALL STREET 

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Dec08

What Would Jefferson Do?

by Calico Blackie on December 8, 2011 at 11:00 am
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Big Brother, Bread and Circuses for the Masses, Media Bias

Greetings to all who love Human Rights and are willing to fight the good fight!

Sign seen at Occupy Chicago. Why do you think our government and Wall Street has such a problem with this?

Yeah.

Thomas Jefferson would be getting pepper sprayed right now while Fox “news” was saying “that dirty hippie should just move to China if he doesn’t like it here.”

I originally started this website/blog with the intention of using it as a voice to call attention to the plight of the homeless in America.

Then, the “occupy” protests started and I realized that many of the “occupiers” demands and goals were directly tied to the homeless issue.

Foreclosures.

Greed to the point of being detrimental to our freedom.

Wall Street putting maximum profit before humanity.

OWS is against the poverty that is threatening to crush all of us, and they’re working for solutions.

Why do you think our government, the willfully ignorant, and Wall Street have such a problem with this?

I also saw that the OWS detractors chanted the same tired mantra that I had heard in comments from people when I became active with the issue of homelessness.

You can tell me “Oh those people made bad choices in life, so they deserve what they get.”

And while it’s true that many did make bad choices, we can’t take away the fact that they are still human beings and do deserve a better life.

We live in America, and yet a good portion of our population are still living in poverty and/or homeless.

I find it shameful.

“They made poor choices in life” “I made it and so could they” “They just want handouts” “Those bums should get a job”

Now, if you try to demonstrate for the common good of humanity in this country, you get beaten, pepper sprayed and arrested for caring enough to do something about it.

You get called a “dirty hippie,” or much worse.

That is also shameful.

CHECK THIS OUT:

Remains of 1,639 ‘nameless’ buried in LA

By Patrick Healy and Reva Hicks, nbclosangeles.com

The Los Angeles County Cemetery in Boyle Heights exists for those who die disconnected from family and society, and once a year, their remains are buried — but perhaps more importantly, their lives are commemorated.

The county becomes their family and performs a dignified burial.

The end of the line

“Their stories need to be honored,” said Rev. Chris Ponnet, of St. Camillus Center for Spiritual Care, where many of the individuals being buried had lived their final hours.

The cremated remains of 1,639 persons were put in a common grave Wednesday.

All died out of touch with their families.

  “These are the faceless, nameless people that probably you see all the time, with their shopping carts and black bags, who end up in our emergency rooms,” said Health Services Chaplain Rambhoru Brinkman.

Erased memories. Erased lives

Calico Blackie says:

 It’s so very sad.

Those people had lives.

Somebody once loved them, and they loved someone.

They had feelings.

I guess that many of the “get a job” crowd will never care about that unless they find themselves with their backs against the wall.

Until then, it’s easier for them to ignore the homeless while they sit on their big fat asses and watch Fox “news” cast aspersions on the OWS Movement for fighting for all of us.

So, what are we doing about it?

We’re fighting the good fight!

From MSNBC

Mayor issues ultimatum to Occupy Boston: Get out of town by midnight tonight or city will remove them from Dewey Square

Well Bill, we could use the homeless essentially as a food product!

From:

The San Francisco Chronicle (SF Gate)

Occupy SF regroups after raid, clashes with cops

About a half dozen Occupy protesters were arrested and later released during the evening, but police eventually pulled back after demonstrators refused to leave the plaza. The group greeted the police retreat with cheers and chants of “our park” and “cops are the 99 percent.”

More than 100 police officers, along with sheriff’s deputies, firefighters and public works crews, converged on the camp at the foot of Market Street early Wednesday and gave protesters five minutes to clear out.

The 70 were arrested on suspicion of illegal lodging and camping in a public park. Two were also arrested on suspicion of felony assault on a police officer after they threw a metal chair at him, hitting him on his face shield and causing minor injuries, Officer Albie Esparza said.

The direction we're headed in? Those are Poles being executed. They WILL eventually get around to YOU

Calico Blackie says:

Remember, if you use your constitutional right to fight back against the police for trying to exercise your constitutional rights,  when assaulted, it’s felony assault on a police officer.

Here’s one of the comments after the article:

“Occupy Wall Street: Thousands of angry people with worthless lives trying to show everyone that they matter. The rest of us don’t really care that your lives havn’t quite worked out. We don’t complain when things get bad, we take the lumps and keep moving on. Leave the vermin encampments behind. Go take a nice, long, hot shower. Have some coffee. Clear your head.”

“And then go find a job or something else that will pay your bills b/c the rest of us responsible adults have had enough of your crybaby insults. Start pulling your own weight if you want respect.”

Calico Blackie says:

Sound familiar?

The same old “get a job” and “worthless lives,” and “we don’t care.”

That’s the same thing these residents of Stepford say about the homeless.

SHUT IT DOWN. FIGHT FOR YOUR COUNTRY

Why do I get the feeling that these same people would be fine with rounding the protesters AND the homeless all up and gassing us in concentration camps?

Maybe that’s the direction we’re headed in.

Also in the news:

Occupy Denver: Shut Down Wal-Mart

It appears that the West Coast occupations won’t be the only ones stirring the pot on December 12′s Port Shutdown action.

In solidarity with the December 12 action, Occupy Denver called on “land-locked” occupations to disrupt Wal-Mart distribution centers.

Essentially ports of land, Wal-Mart distribution centers are the backbone of trucking goods to the thousands of Wal-Marts throughout the country.

Link is here: http://www.theclassist.com/shorts/occupy-denver-shutdown-wal-mart/

Occupy Binghamton, New York posted on their Facebook page:

Day: Saturday     Time: 1-4pm

ALL OVER THE USA!

The GA will be held at the Occupy Binghamton encampment, downtown at the corner of State and Court streets. 

We invite all regional and upstate NY occupations to join in a discussion about how to proceed in the coming winter months.

From Occupy Portland:

“Please join us on 12/12!
Meet up at 6 AM at Kelley Point Park!


We will rally and then head to the Port together!

Kidakita Saw this on twitter yesterday:

“In Texas a concealed gun permit is acceptable ID to vote but not a Texas college student ID. Most concealed gun permits are held by guess who!!”

@kidakita replied:

“So? Do something about it. Buy a gun. learn how 2 use it. Get a permit.

It would scare the hell out of them if we ALL did it!”

Calico Blackie says:

Think about it.

If suddenly there was a 10,000% spike in gun sales in this country, the 1% would get very worried.

All a concealed carry (CCW) permit will do is tell the cops where to find you if they banned guns in this country.

But, it’s easier to keep the blinders on, isn’t it?

Katy Perry's vagina AND Victoria’s Secret! Who cares about the REAL news?

 

Here’s the crap we’re being fed today:

From MSNBC (and everywhere else)

Tasteful

The event of 2011 that you’ve all been waiting for is nearly here: Lindsay Lohan’s appearance in Playboy.

While Lohan’s decision to pose for the magazine might seem like a suspect career move for many, her mother Dina has insisted that the pictures will be “tastefully done.”

Calico Blackie says:

An event we’ve all been waiting for?

Who writes this stuff?

Lohan has already “shown the goods” to the world and this reminds me of a pitch you would get at a used car lot when the salesman tries to impress you by showing you a worn out beater that has already been driven by half the population.

But wait! There’s more!

Two Wall Street executives taking in a game

It seems as if the California Angels have signed a baseball player!

Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports reports that Pujols has agreed to sign with the Angels, getting a 10-year contract worth between $250 million and $260 million.

Calico Blackie says:

250 million dollars? Bread and circuses for the masses is getting pretty pricey these days.

I wonder how much it costs these days to take a family of four to a game if you don’t want to sit in the nosebleed seats?

On that note….

Officer Pike

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.

We’ve got to fight back.

If we’re all just a bunch of “dirty hippies” with “no message,” what are they so afraid of?

Why do they keep bringing out armies of riot police to crush us?

We must demonstrate our resolve to protect freedom!

SHUT THEM DOWN



OCCUPY WALL STREET

SHUT DOWN THE PORTS

“While The Sun Still Shines”

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Nov24

IT’S THANKSGIVING DAY IN AMERICA

by Calico Blackie on November 24, 2011 at 8:37 am
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Divided We Fall

Greetings to lovers of freedom throughout the world!

Did you all remember to pepper spray your turkey before you served it?

After all, it’s essentially a food product!

I'm just reading from a script, Bill!

Megyn Kelly and Bill O’Reilly say so!

Today is Thanksgiving Day in America and Canada.

A day we’re all supposed to give thanks for all we’ve received throughout the year.

 

 

 

 

The REALITY?….Here is Thanksgiving Day for many in America:

In Seattle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Los Angeles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Denver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Baltimore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In New York City

Families make up 78% of the homeless in NYC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are large homeless populations in every city across America.

You can tell me “Oh those people made bad choices in life, so they deserve what they get.” And while it’s true that many did make bad choices, we can’t take away the fact that they are still human beings and do deserve a better life.

We live in America, and yet a good portion of our population are still living in poverty and/or homeless.

I find it shameful.

So, what is Calico Blackie thankful for this year?

I am thankful today for the WORLDWIDE “occupy” movement.

They are giving us “little people” a voice, even if we’re getting pepper sprayed and beaten for speaking out.

To those of you who still don’t “get it.”

Calico Blackie says:

If you stop and look at the old Soviet Union, their government was clouded in secrecy, deceit and control of its citizens, (very similar to what has been happening the last 20+ years or so with our government).

How many workers do you see in this picture? No job for you!

The “occupy” movement is NOT about class warfare. It’s about the dishonesty, and deceit that our government, who is now being controlled by the large Wall Street corporations, have been using.

We are not jealous of the greed, we are fed up with the control these GIANT corporations have over everything.

We are fed up with our jobs being offshored.

From Egypt:

They released those 3 Americans arrested for protesting in Egypt. Now, they need to release ALL of their political prisoners.

Regarding the crackdown on the Egyptian protesters, the Egyptian rulers said:

“The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces presents its regrets and deep apologies for the deaths of martyrs among Egypt’s loyal sons during the recent events in Tahrir Square. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces confirms that it is making every sincere effort to prevent such events from happening again.”

Calico Blackie says:

Kill, beat, gas and pepper spray demonstrators.

Use brutality and then issue a “deep apology” and say that a sincere effort is being made to prevent such events from happening again. Does that sound familiar?

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.

“The Sun Still Shines”

Sophie Scholl of the White Rose

 

SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT TO OUR BROTHERS & SISTERS IN EGYPT AND TO ALL “OCCUPIERS” AROUND THE WORLD!

 

 

 

 

 

REMEMBER……..

Buy nothing online Monday too

OCCUPY WALL STREET

PROTEST!

BUY NOTHING TOMORROW!

BUY NOTHING ON-LINE MONDAY!

 

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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Nov11

WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

by Calico Blackie on November 11, 2011 at 9:42 am
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Media Bias

Greetings From the Heart of the Klamath!

It’s Veterans Day in The United States

Thank You Veterans!

THANK YOU, VETERANS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From Think Progress:

Homeless Veterans By The Numbers

Today is Veterans Day, a day to honor the men and women serving in the U.S. armed forces. Sadly, this year’s Veterans Day falls on the same week as the release of a new study showing that veterans not only make up a disproportionate percentage of the homeless population, but also stay homeless for longer.

Fox News Mouthpieces say: GET A JOB, HIPPIE!

50 percent: Rate at which veterans are more likely than other Americans to become homeless. The Obama administration has set a goal of ending veteran homelessness by 2015.

About 75,000: Number of veterans who are homeless on any given night, according to estimates from the Veterans Administration.

About 20,000: Number of veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who were homeless in the past five years according to the Veterans Administration.

5.5 percent: Percentage of homeless vets who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan in the overall homeless population, according to the Veterans Administration.

With that in mind….

The lead story in Yahoo “News” today?

Bread and circuses for the masses on a grand scale!

“Model Miranda Kerr walks the runway in a $2.5 million bra during the 2011 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show at the Lexington Avenue Armory on November 9, 2011 in New York City.”

“The lingerie features approximately 3,400 hand-placed gems, including 142 carats of diamonds in addition to pearls, citrines, and aqua marines.”

Calico Blackie says:

Don’t get me wrong. If you earned (not stole) the money for this, and have the figure to wear it, by all means, enjoy the fruits of your labor. 

However, don’t sit at home wearing it while telling homeless Veterans to “get a job.” 

Help out.

Donate time and money to your local homeless shelter and food bank. 

Do it because you should.  Because it’s the right thing to do. 

Don’t just do it for a tax deduction or for fire insurance when you die.

Words to live by

Did you see this?  Give credit where credit is due:

Rochester Tea Party leader demands end to Occupy arrests

A leader of Rochester’s Tea Party organization is calling for Mayor Tom Richards to stop the arrests of Washington Square Park Occupiers.

Chris Edes, who organized two Tea Parties in the city this year and says he’s speaking for the group, made the demand this afternoon in an e-mailed press release.

“If we allow Mayor Richards to violate the First Amendment rights of the Occupy Rochester protesters, what is to prevent him from doing it to the Tea Party?” Edes wrote.

Demand an end to Occupy arrests!

Also in the news:

From The San Francisco Chronicle:

Man shot to death near Occupy Oakland camp

(Calico Blackie: “A shooting in Oakland? Say it ain’t so!”)

The shooting happened in a busy section of downtown Oakland where drug use is prevalent, and is adjacent to an Occupy encampment.  The devoted protesters have increasingly struggled to control fights and robberies and deal with mentally ill homeless people. (Paragraph once again edited for clarity…)

“Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente, who has repeatedly called for the camp’s removal, said, “Unfortunately, we will have no excuse for not taking action. This was escalating and was going to happen.”

The camp. Probably the safest place in Downtown Oakland!

“Mayor Jean Quan held a news conference and announced that the city was planning, once again, to remove the Occupy camp.”

“The risks are too great for having an encampment out there,” Quan said.

“It’s time for the encampment to end.”

Calico Blackie says:

Mayor Quan and Councilman De La Fuente:  If you know that the section of downtown Oakland adjacent to the Occupy encampment is an area where drug use is prevalent, mentally ill and homeless congregate, and fights and robberies happen all the time, why in the hell haven’t you done something about it before the protests started?

  Why use YOUR failings to YOUR constituents as an excuse to end the “occupy” camp?

Homelessness, fights, robberies = OK. Occupy and speak up = Not OK

So Quan uses this excuse to get rid of the camp, and the homelessness, fights and robberies continue? 

Welcome to Oakland! 

Mayor, do you realize what this says about your city?

Who elected these Quan and De La Fuente clowns?  Get rid of them, not the occupy camp.

OK America…..

I’ve heard it said over and over here in rural America “We live in the greatest country in the world.”  With that in mind and if that is true, why can’t we work together to make it better?  Why does the riot police come out to beat us for trying to make this country a better place for ALL of us?

We’re seeing more and more of our freedoms and opportunities slip away because of Wall Street greed and the 1%.  Their wholly-owned subsidiary in Washington DC is also letting this happen. It’s obvious they don’t care about us.  

Thank You from Calico Blackie

 

Speak up now! Protest!

OCCUPY WALL STREET

And, remember to thank a Veteran

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Nov01

Greetings from the 99% in Rural America

by Calico Blackie on November 1, 2011 at 11:22 am
Posted In: Divided We Fall, Media Bias

Good Morning!

Greetings from the middle of nowhere!

My Hometown

We are the forgotten Americans. 

We live in small towns across the country and have always been counted on, in the past, to support the 1%, listen to Fox “news” and to vote for whichever candidate was against our best interests. 

NOT ANY MORE!  We are fed up too.

We’ve always supported “family values” and had a “live and let live” attitude as long as people left us alone.  We’ve never trusted outsiders.  We value the Constitution and what it stands for. We’ve always worked hard. We’re, for the most part, honest good citizens of this great country.  We fly the flag.  We own guns.

Right in my backyard

Why are we fed up too?

Lately a change has been coming over us.  The economy is destroying our families, by forcing us to go to other parts of the nation to look for work.

Our core structure is being broken up by the 1% to satisfy their greed.

We’re waking up to the fact that our small communities are being destroyed and that the Constitution is being ignored by our government.

Our houses and farms are being foreclosed.  Our public lands are being taken over by pot growers and by big city lawyers who cynically fly the environmentalist flag, but in reality have just figured out a way to make a nice living for themselves. 

They don’t want compromise.  It’s their way or nothing.

Siskiyou Wilderness Area. Also in my backyard

No “middle ground.”  The environmentalists want to save it all. 

The timber industry wants it all. 

We’re stuck in the middle.

Neither side gives a damn what WE THE PEOPLE want.

Our children are being sent overseas to die in foreign lands, for what? 

We have a feeling that we’re now powerless.  We’re looking for solutions and realize that we have to find our own solutions. 

We have become the 99%.

Here is our flag

We’re not Tea Partiers. 

We just don’t like being messed with.

On that note……What’s going on with the nationwide protests?

Let’s dive right in.

Portland police clear Occupy Portland encampment at Terry Schrunk Plaza

“Portland police removed occupy Portland protesters from Terry Schrunk Plaza about 4 a.m. today, taking down tents and arresting nine protesters in what was ultimately a tense but non-violent raid.”

“Dozens of officers wearing helmets and holding nightsticks lined three sides of the park, keeping demonstrators out while the encampment was dismantled. Groups of Occupy Portland campers stood nearby, taunting officers and screaming, “The whole world is watching,”  and “The tents will go back.”

“Lt. Robert King, those a Portland police spokesman, said the event was a largely peaceful one. He said police had made nine arrests; individuals will face federal charges.  King said police chose the early hour for the raid so people would be sleeping and the streets would be relatively empty of cars.”

Occupy Oakland Calls for a GENERAL STRIKE tomorrow.

A REMINDER. It's your Patriotic Duty

OAKLAND, Calif. —

“Occupy Oakland organizers said Monday that they are calling for work stoppages, school walkouts and the closure of banks and corporations during a general strike and mass day of action that’s planned for Wednesday.”

“The strike goals are “solidarity with the worldwide occupy movement, ending police attacks on our communities and defending Oakland schools and libraries.”  She said the fourth goal is opposing what she described as “an economic system built on imperialism, inequality and corporate power that perpetuates all forms of oppression and the destruction of the environment.”

“Demonstrations will converge at the corner of 14th Street and Broadway at three different times to make the day of action as accessible to as many workers as possible: 9 a.m., noon and 5 p.m.” 

“The entire world is fed up and the strike is a warning shot to the 1 percent whose wealth only exists because it takes it from the 99 percent.”

Nice eh? This is what the powerbrokers think of YOU

More photos from that “homeless costume” party I spoke of yesterday.

Remember their faces. 

When the 1% has no more use for them, they will be on the street. 

Their time in the front seat of “Pimpdaddys Cadillac” will be over.

“Wall Street’s little whores.”

I hope they’re making movies in the San Fernando Vally porn industry this time next year.

THAT would be JUSTICE.

REMEMBER

Hey!  I’ve heard reports that NYPD is sending “undesireables” over to Zuccotti Park. 

If this is true:

OWS has lots of donors and volunteers, so why not do the exact same thing but bus them all to Wall Street with the promise of free booze and cigarettes once they arrived? 

Promise all the freaks and weirdos free booze out in Times Square and alert the news media so that they can film the giveaway.

That way, the whole world can see what the 1% is best at producing – profits for themselves while the masses are becoming people completely devoid of hope.

REMEMBER

This is a double edged sword and OWS should swing it in front of cameras so the whole world can see.

When did it all start going to hell?

It started becoming a mess when any average joe with a few spare bucks could create an account online and trade. 

Used to be, you would research a company and discuss it with your broker before investing in a stock.

Now, on the slightest bit of bad news, it’s SELL SELL SELL! And on good news, it’s BUY BUY BUY! 

All carefully manipulated by the 1% to bilk the average joe out of his money.

For the small investor, the bull/bear market is dead, all that’s left is the sheep market

Draw your own conclusions

Hey!

Has anybody else noticed that Rush Limbaugh looks suspiciously like Dennis Hof?

For those that don’t know who Dennis Hof is…..I used to live in Nevada and he’s pretty well known there.

Just remember…

We The People in Rural America are the 99% too.

We don’t believe the lies of Fox “news” and the 1% anymore.

We support the Constitution. All of it.

OH LOOK. FOX "NEWS" IS REPORTING AGAIN!!!

We are strong.

We are united.

GENERAL STRIKE TOMORROW!

OCCUPY WALL STREET

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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