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Jul05

DAVID AND GOLIATH AND YOU

by Calico Blackie on July 5, 2012 at 12:53 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Divided We Fall, Media Bias


 

Greetings from Calico Blackie!

Livestreamers vs The Corporate Media. Here we see livestreamer @courtneyoccupy taking on the OPD soldier sent by the 1%

Watching the livestreams yesterday from Oakland and Philadelphia, I was happy to see just how diverse the “Occupy Movement” continues to be.

Even though it is still described as consisting of a few “hippie radicals” by the mainstream media, the proof is plain for all to see when you view the livestreamers coverage in action.

I was also VERY pleased to hear the streamer in Philadelphia (@punkboyinsf) give his viewers an impassioned plea to make every effort for all the occupiers across the country to stop with the “fuck the police” chants and protests.

Officer Ray Lewis knows the score

We NEED to do outreach with individual members of the police forces in this country. Convince them, one at a time, that they are not supporting their city or America when they act in the interest of the 1%, instead of protecting and serving the American people and the Constitution.

We NEED to do outreach with individual members of society too. That way, we can show the fence-sitters in the “silent majority” the fact that if they don’t at least passively support dissent, they are contributing to oppression.

Otherwise, we’re just preaching to the choir.

Police in Rhode Island head-kicking a handcuffed woman. Sometimes it gets damned hard to remember not all cops are like this

It gets damn tough though.

Seeing the ruthless attack by five fully armed, riot gear clad members of the Oakland Police on livestreamer @courtneyoccupy who was trying to bring the truth to  American citizens makes this country boy VERY upset and angry.

They acted as bullies. Plain and simple.

Let OPD come up here to Klamath River Country, outside of their comfort zone, and try that shit with a bunch of country folk.

But, they would never do that. They’d get their asses kicked and we would have all kinds of new equipment to play with after we sent them back down south naked.

Anyway…..

The truth will win out in the end and the 1% knows this

As I was saying earlier, the Occupy Movement is diverse and that scares the hell out of the 1%.

They know damn well that, while they and their media puppets can paint the movement in the city as being comprised of a bunch of hippies, not everyone will buy into the propaganda. That’s where the livestreamers are most important.

They broadcast the truth.

That’s why the cops have taken to trying to arrest the livestreamers first.

The livestreamers and alternate news sources bring the reality of a situation to people like me.

People who will then show their rural neighbors the truth and explain the REAL situation to them.

What chance do you think this poor guy would have explaining the Occupy Movement to a gathering of liquored-up rednecks?

People like me, a 56 year-old redneck that can sit on a neighbors porch with a group of friends, barbecue, drink cheap American beer, talk about hunting rifles, and then talk about the Occupy Movement and how the Movement is helping us “country folk” to fight against the 1% political and financial machine that is pushing us deeper and deeper into poverty.

People like me who can demonstrate to small town America that those “dirty hippie protesters” are the “good guys.”

People like me who have a very hard time convincing their neighbors when all they’re shown on TV is large groups of protesters screaming “FUCK THE POLICE.”

They don’t hear about @courtneyoccupy getting illegally assaulted by five cops in Oakland unless people like me tell them.

They hear: “FUCK THE POLICE” and we lose supporters.

Ask yourself: Is this eventually our ultimate goal?

That’s why we need to be careful. That’s why if we ever decide to go from a non-violent stance to a more radical approach, we had better make sure we already have enough support from the silent majority to be victorious.

Once we’ve taken that step, there will be no turning back.

So….

Do some outreach. With your neighbors. With friends. On the social media. With any cops you might know.

Gain recruits for the 99%.

Here’s what I will be discussing (in addition to the Occupy Movement) with my neighbors over the next few days:

YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK!

Report: Countrywide won influence with discounts

Our government takes bribes while we drown

“The former Countrywide Financial Corp., whose subprime loans helped start the nation’s foreclosure crisis, made hundreds of discount loans to buy influence with members of Congress, congressional staff, top government officials and executives of troubled mortgage giant Fannie Mae, according to a House report.”

“The report, obtained by The Associated Press, said the discounts – from January 1996 to June 2008 – were not only aimed at gaining influence for the company but to help Fannie Mae. Countrywide’s business depended largely on Fannie, which at the time was trying to fend off more government regulation but eventually had to come under government control.”

In rural America, we're having trouble keeping our heads above water and these well-paid rich bastards are taking bribes?

“Documents and testimony obtained by the committee show the VIP loan program was a tool used by Countrywide to build goodwill with lawmakers and other individuals positioned to benefit the company,” the report said. “In the years that led up to the 2007 housing market decline, Countrywide VIPs were positioned to affect dozens of pieces of legislation that would have reformed Fannie” and its rival Freddie Mac, the committee said.

“The Committee’s investigation found Countrywide lobbyists and CEO Angelo Mozilo used discounted loans as a tool to ingratiate itself with policymakers in an effort to benefit the company’s business interests,” said Rep. Darrell Issa, a California Republican who heads the committee. “This preferential treatment — that varied depending on the influence of the borrower — was not routinely offered to the public.”

“Rather than making quid pro quo arrangements with lawmakers and staff, Countrywide used the VIP loan program to cast a wide net of influence.”

Link is here:  http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-07-05/report-countrywide-won-influence-with-discounts

Here’s also what I will be discussing (in addition to the Occupy Movement) with my neighbors over the next few days:

A Gulag Slave in 2012 California

“IRONY. The California Dept. of Corrections just posted this picture of a female prisoner making an American flag in a factory where she gets paid 8 cents an hour. Nothing says, “Freedom,” like the exploitation of prison slave-labor.”

“Happy Independence Day from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation!” (Photo: A female inmate works on an American flag while working in the Prison Industries Authority Fabrics program at the Central California Women’s Facility on Thursday, April 5, 2012 in Chowchilla, Calif. Photo: Lea Suzuki, The Chronicle / SF)

Here’s what I will be discussing (in addition to the Occupy Movement) with my impoverished neighbors over the next few days: 

Probation fees rise, firms profit and poor jailed

Courts turn to for-profit businesses that specialize in collections

The politicians are out of touch with the people and THEY DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOU

“Three years ago, Gina Ray, who is now 31 and unemployed, was fined $179 for speeding. She failed to show up at court (she says the ticket bore the wrong date), so her license was revoked.”

“When she was next pulled over, she was, of course, driving without a license. By then her fees added up to more than $1,500. Unable to pay, she was handed over to a private probation company and jailed — charged an additional fee for each day behind bars.”

“For that driving offense, Ms. Ray has been locked up three times for a total of 40 days and owes $3,170, much of it to the probation company. Her story, in hardscrabble, rural Alabama, is not about innocence.”

It is, rather, about the mushrooming of fines and fees levied by money-starved towns across the country and the for-profit businesses that administer the system. The result is that growing numbers of poor people, like Ms. Ray, are ending up jailed and in debt for minor infractions.

“With so many towns economically strapped, there is growing pressure on the courts to bring in money rather than mete out justice.” 

Link is here:  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48053295/ns/us_news-the_new_york_times/#.T_XC2JHNRFs

And, just for fun, I might make a passing remark to my friends about this:

Katy Perry talks religion: ‘God is still inside of me’

GOD IS INSIDE HER!

“I don’t go to one particular church,” the 27-year-old said. “I’m open to the idea. It’s just I haven’t been able to in the past few years. But you know what? God is still inside of me and I still talk to Him every day.”

“Perry was born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson in central California and her parents are evangelical Christian pastors. The singer received criticism from religious sectors for songs such as “Ur So Gay” and “I Kissed a Girl,” which depict homosexual and bisexual scenarios.”

Her first studio album, “Katy Hudson,” was released in 2001 and marks the singer’s only gospel record before she switched over to pop in 2008, releasing what would become a hit album, “One of the Boys.”

Link is here: http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Katy-Perry-talks-religion:-God-is-still-inside-of-me-Video/8724586&cmp=emc-otrc-Todays_entertainment_news-070512-top1-8724586

Finally…..

I promised to post this for a friend, so here it is. Everyone has a cause, and hers is animal rights.

Emergency Medical Funds Desperately Needed

We all could use a hand every now and then

Desert Paws Rescue desperately needs your immediate help! Our goal is to raise enough money to cover our current medical bills and create a small Emergency Medical Fund so we can continue to help other dogs, cats, puppies and kittens that will otherwise be euthanized.
We have recently taken in an unusually high number of rescues with health issues that required extensive medical care including a kitten that was hit by a car. These rescues have required three very expensive surgeries that have completely depleted our emergency reserve fund!
Please send this link to all your friends and contacts. If everyone donates a little (no donation is too small) together we can accomplish a lot! Remember your donation is tax deductible!
Desert Paws Rescue is an all-volunteer, 501 C3 non-profit, no kill, animal rescue group. Our mission is to provide a new beginning for sick, injured, and unwanted cats, kittens, puppies and dogs that would otherwise be euthanized.

Link is here:  http://desertpawsrescue.chipin.com/desert-paw-rescue

Tell ‘em Calico Blackie  @kidakita sent you!

BANKSTERS: WE ARE COMING

On that note…..

Be the “David” that helps slay the 1% Goliath.

Educate. Be calm, informed and convincing.

Do outreach.

Talk to people even if you don’t agree with their views.

OCCUPY WALL STREET

Calico Blackie   @kidakita

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Jun28

REPOSSESS WALL STREET! LET’S TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY

by Calico Blackie on June 28, 2012 at 11:10 am
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Big Brother, Bread and Circuses for the Masses


 

Greetings from Calico Blackie!

This is not your beautiful house!

As we move deeper into the 21st Century, we are seeing an era of global financial failures, wars, and an end to the middle-class as we know it.

Our world is falling apart.

The rich are still getting richer, while we, the people get poorer. We’re awakening to the fact that our politicians and their owners, the financiers, will not act in our best interests. Our system has failed us.

Yet, we still have hope for tomorrow because there are still those among us with the courage to OCCUPY.

As I stated in my last column, we need to keep active with the cause for the sake of humanity. We need to talk to the homeless, the poor, the middle class, and all of the people currently struggling under the burden of making the 1% even richer than they already are at our expense.

They’re killing us and they don’t care.

We need to show the people how this is happening and explain why this situation MUST change.

Throw off the old Democratic and Republican partisan affiliations and OCCUPY.

Work outside the “approved and accepted” traditional channels until we’re a majority whose voice will OVERWHELM the cruel and inhuman system set up for us by the oppressors. 

BE A PATRIOT!

So……

What is your definition of “obscene”?

What is your definition of “evil”?

THIS IS OBSCENE AND EVIL:

WHY ISN’T THIS STORY IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA? Where are Fox, MSNBC, CNN and the other propaganda machines when it comes to this?

The Sharp, Sudden Decline of America’s Middle Class

This could be YOU, if it isn't already

“Every night around nine, Janis Adkins falls asleep in the back of her Toyota Sienna van in a church parking lot at the edge of Santa Barbara, California.”

“On the van’s roof is a black Yakima SpaceBooster, full of previous-life belongings like a snorkel and fins and camping gear. Adkins, who is 56 years old, parks the van at the lot’s remotest corner, aligning its side with a row of dense, shading avocado trees.”

“The trees provide privacy, but they are also useful because she can pick their fallen fruit, and she doesn’t always­ have enough to eat. Despite a continuous, two-year job search, she remains without dependable work.”

“By the time Adkins goes to bed – early, because she has to get up soon after sunrise, before parishioners or church employees arrive – the four other people who overnight in the lot have usually settled in: a single mother who lives in a van with her two teenage children and keeps assiduously to herself, and a wrathful, mentally unstable woman in an old Mercedes sedan whom Adkins avoids.”

“By mutual unspoken agreement, the three women park in the same spots every night, keeping a minimum distance from each other.”

THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING WHILE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE BECOMING HOMELESS IN AMERICA EVERY DAY. DON'T STAND FOR IT ANYMORE!

Each evening, 150 people in 113 vehicles spend the night in 23 parking lots in Santa Barbara. The lots are part of Safe Parking, a program that offers overnight permits to people living in their vehicles.”

“The nonprofit that runs the program, New Beginnings Counseling Center, requires participants to have a valid driver’s license and current registration and insurance.”

“Some 5.4 million Americans have been without work for at least six months, and an estimated 750,000 of them are completely broke or heading inexorably toward destitution.”

“In California, where unemployment remains at 11 percent, middle-class refugees like Janis Adkins are only the earliest arrivals. “She’s the tip of the iceberg,” says Nancy Kapp, the coordinator of the Safe Parking program. “There are many people out there who haven’t hit bottom yet, but they’re on their way – they’re on their way.”

THIS is what our leaders are doing and care about while you're losing everything

“When you come to me, you’ve hit rock bottom,” Kapp says.

“You’ve already done everything you possibly could to avoid being homeless. You maybe have a teeny bit of savings left.”

“People are crying, they’re saying, ‘I’ve never experienced this before. I’ve never been homeless.’ They don’t want to mix with homeless people. They’re like, ‘I’m not going over to those people’ – sometimes they call them ‘those people.’

“So now they’re lost, they’re humiliated, they’re rejected, they’re scared, and they’re very ashamed. I’m worried about the psychological damage it does when you have a place and then, all of a sudden, you’re in your car. You have to be depressed just from the fall itself, from losing everything and not understanding how it could happen.”

We've got to start standing up for ourselves and our country. Stand up in groups AND as individuals

“However long it takes to lose everything, to get to the point where you’re driving away from your repossessed home, the final unraveling seems eye-blink fast, because there is no way to imagine it. Even if you’ve been unemployed for a year and are months-delinquent on your mortgage, you still won’t have a mental category for your own homelessness; it’s impossible to project yourself into the scenario. The reality, when it occurs and endures, seems to have sprung from nowhere.“

Link to full story is here: http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/the-sharp-sudden-decline-of-americas-middle-class-20120622#ixzz1z64MMHsR

Calico Blackie says:

In the “land of plenty” this is a DISGRACE. Where is the “plenty” for we the PEOPLE? It’s in the hands of the 1%. And what are our “leaders doing about it?

Have you seen this story? It’s being repeated across America:

Reno OKs tax breaks for proposed Apple project

THIS IS WHAT OUR LEADERS ARE DOING WHILE WE ARE GETTING THE SHAFT

“The Reno City Council is considering tax breaks meant to coax Apple Inc. to open two facilities in Northern Nevada as part of a $1 billion investment over 10 years.”

“At a meeting today, councilmembers are considering their portion of a deal that includes $89 million in county, city and state tax abatements.”

“Analysts say that’s a 79 percent reduction in the Cupertino, Calif., company’s tax burden.”

“Apple is proposing a 350-acre data center east of Sparks to house servers for its cloud computing service, and a business and purchasing center in Reno’s Tessera District, a blighted area on the northeastern side of downtown.”

“A report on the so-called “Project Jonathan” said the data center would eventually employ up to 41 full-time employees and 200 long-term contract employees. Construction is estimated to create 580 temporary jobs, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal.”

“But of the $105 million in tax revenue the project is expected to produce during that period, state and local governments would see just $16 million of it after various tax breaks and endorsements, according to the Las Vegas Sun.”

Link is here:  http://www.rgj.com/viewart/20120627/BIZ05/306270128/Reno-approves-tax-breaks-proposed-Apple-project

Calico Blackie says:

Are we willing to settle for this? HELL NO!

Tax breaks for major corporations and our civic leaders are falling over themselves in a competition to see who can suck the corporate dick the hardest?

Oh, I know what you’re thinking…..

“If our city doesn’t offer the breaks, they’ll go somewhere else.”

I SAY: LET THEM GO!

I SAY: NO TAX BREAKS FOR THEM OR ANY OTHER CORPORATION ANYWHERE IN AMERICA!

Now, you’re saying……

“But, they’ll just pack up and move out of the country and we’ll get nothing.”

I SAY: GOOD! GOODBYE! DON’T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU IN THE ASS ON YOUR WAY OUT THE DOOR WHEN YOU GO TO CHINA!

Here is what we need to force our “leaders” into doing:

KICK THEM OUT! Do we really need Monsanto poisoning us? Do we really need FRACKING? Do we really need corporations raping the land and turning America into a wasteland for THEIR profit while we become homeless?

Pass laws stating that if a corporation moves out of the country, they can NEVER return. THEY and all the chosen employees that go with them give up their citizenship and can NEVER return.

THEY can NEVER sell their products in this country again.

Now, you’re saying…..

“But this would create a “brain drain” in this country!”

I SAY: IS THIS THE TYPE OF “BRAINS” WE WANT IN THIS COUNTRY?

Brains that are poisoned by greed? Brains that will pass on their greedy and cruel tendencies on to their children? Brains that will perpetuate cruelty, lack of compassion, and greed? Brains that have ruined America with their quest for ever increasing wealth at the cost of the rest of us? 

THEY’RE BRINGING YOU AND THE REST OF AMERICA TO IT’S KNEES.

LET THEM GO! They’re defective. Let some other country have our garbage.

LET THEM GO RUIN SOMEWHERE ELSE

Have our “brains” work on renewable and sustainable energy. Have our “brains” work on non-polluting industries which provide durable and safe products that we want.

Have our “brains” be the ones that stay in this country because they care about WE, THE PEOPLE.

Have our “brains” be the ones that stay here because they LOVE THEIR COUNTRY MORE THAN THEY LOVE MONEY.

ASK YOURSELF….

Do you really want this in your community?

Do you want tax breaks for big corporate entities that provide very few jobs for the locals and does very little for your hometown?

Do you want militarized police forces with tanks and machine guns?

HOW ABOUT THIS, INSTEAD:

Portland Police Officer John Maul

How about having well trained and compassionate beat cops who are willing to help you if you “fall down”?

How about using Officer John Maul as a national model for police recruiting?

Read his story here:

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2012/03/portland_officer_john_maul_hel.html

How about having larger, better equipped and more modern fire departments, with armies of firefighters ready to go out and battle these forest fires, instead of having armies of “peoplefighters” ready to go into the streets and brutalize peaceful citizens for exercising their constitutional rights?

It's time we "FORECLOSED" on Washington, DC. They're not paying their debt to our society

How about we abolish all these useless and redundant “agencies” such as the DEA and ATF (both serve a function which can be perfectly performed by the FBI) and put the money we would save towards helping we, the PEOPLE?

How about we tell our congressmen and senators to abolish all of their goddamned worthless committees and sub-committees, stop wasting OUR money, and make it illegal to take anything but their salary?

If they can’t get the job done without forming a committee to “study the issue” or if they can’t afford to live without a “speakers fee” or other such bribe, then they’re fired.

How about making lobbying illegal?

How about all of these things? Does it seem like too big of a task for us?

BANKSTERS: WE ARE COMING

We’re not powerless. Our numbers are ever-increasing.

With every lay-off.

With every sell-out.

With every foreclosure.

With every instance of police brutality.

With every new person joining the ranks of the homeless.

With every parent who’s lost a child in a war for profit.

With every person who’s health has been ruined by the corporate rape of the environment.

With every new voice that takes to the streets and says:

OCCUPY WALL STREET!!!

Our numbers are increasing.

The scene at Occupy Los Angeles TODAY

WE SHALL PREVAIL

Fight greed.

Fight injustice.

Fight evil.

REPOSSESS WALL STREET!

TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY

Keep the faith, fellow Occupiers

Calico Blackie   @kidakita

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May02

CAN WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

by Calico Blackie on May 2, 2012 at 1:56 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Divided We Fall


 

Greetings from Calico Blackie!

New York yesterday. The 1% isn't listening. THEY DON'T CARE

May Day has come and gone and now we need to plan our next moves.

More questions than answers.

What was accomplished?

What still needs to be done?

CAN WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

I don’t know.

We’ll see.

From MSNBC:

Protesters hit streets for May Day rallies; violence flares in Oakland, Seattle

“Protesters across the world marched through the streets Tuesday toting signs, playing instruments and wearing costumes to rally against austerity measures, call for more jobs and seek greater immigrants’ rights on May Day.”

Oakland Police showing "We the People" who's boss with their OPD armored car. Why is our government so afraid of it's citizens?

“Marches turned violent in Oakland and San Francisco, where a protester was throwing what appeared to be bricks and metal rods from the roof of a building into the crowd of demonstrators, reporters, and police – injuring at least one person.”

“In Seattle, protesters dressed in black smashed windows and police pepper-sprayed some in the crowds.”

“In the United States, the protests are seen as the biggest test for the Occupy movement since many of its camps were shuttered late last year.”

“It was a long, energetic day with scores and scores of events and protests that is another step in building a movement for economic justice,” said Bill Dobbs of the Occupy Wall Street public relations team. “Occupy has re-blossomed in over 100 cities.”

Link is here:  http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/01/11485652-protesters-hit-streets-for-may-day-rallies-violence-flares-in-oakland-seattle?lite

From occupysf:

The scene yesterday in SF. The police "only following orders"

“In a pre-dawn raid by the SFPD and S.F. Sheriff’s Department, the S.F. Commune was evicted from 888 Turk St. after being briefly re-occupied following a May Day General Strike march to the site the previous afternoon.”

“After waiting for the cover of darkness to act, police officers and deputy sheriffs entered the formerly vacant building, owned by the S.F. Archdiocese, to make twenty-four arrests of the sleeping Occupiers within and were transported to 850 Bryant St.”

Link is here:  http://occupysf.org/

Calico Blackie says:

Once again, the police at the bidding of their masters, responded with overwhelming force against the wishes of the people who want an end to corruption and greed.

Oakland Police responding with assault rifles loaded with LIVE AMMUNITION. Do you think they would have used them on "We the People" if they were ordered to shoot?

In Oakland, the cops were seen carrying M-4 assault rifles and cruising around in their armored cars. What chance do you think a citizen would have against them?

In Seattle….

From The Seattle Times:

“Spasms of violence hijacked attention from mostly peaceful May Day social-justice rallies Tuesday as black-clad vandals left downtown Seattle littered with shattered glass and put police — and the city — on edge.”

“The vandalism, much of it aimed at financial institutions, recalled for many Seattleites the 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) riots. Mayor Mike McGinn, citing lessons learned from that chaos, issued an emergency order giving police power to preventively seize anything that could be used as a weapon.”

“The order, imposed after a noontime vandalism spree by about 75 apparent anarchists armed with poles, contributed to arrests and later clashes between police and protesters.”

“But after the initial violence and full mobilization of police, much of the mayhem died down. Planned afternoon marches were mostly peaceful, although downtown traffic was tangled.”

Link is here:  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018116330_maydayprotest02m.html

Some would call this "collateral damage" done to a peaceful protester by the police. Others would call it a "Red Badge of Courage" worn by a Patriot

And in the cities of Portland, Denver, Miami, Chicago, Baltimore, Los Angeles, and throughout the nation, demonstrations were held and arrests were made.

Citizens were injured for demanding their rights.

For demanding “Liberty and Justice For All.”

Get it straight people.

YOU ONLY HAVE RIGHTS WHEN IT’S CONVENIENT FOR THE 1% TO LET YOU HAVE THEM.

If it’s not convenient, those rights are taken away from you.

Remember……many citizens are fine with this.

You have the right to defend yourself. Unless you're trying to stop a cop from bashing your skull. Then, it's "assault on a police officer." A FELONY

They can look at this picture and say:

“She deserves what she’s getting. If she had stayed home and didn’t get out to protest, she would never have gotten her ass beaten.”

Calico Blackie says:

She’s in the front lines fighting for YOU.

The people who say she “deserves it” are the same people who will sit in their houses while their neighbors get hauled away to the prison camps and say nothing.

They’ll say nothing because they feel safe and secure.

They’ll say nothing, until the “knock on the door” is for them.

The citizens of Philadelphia being crushed yesterday

By then, it will be too late.

So, with newer and harsher laws getting passed every day by the puppets in government, how much longer will it be before the patriots are all locked away in the prison industrial complex?

How much longer before protesters are arrested and never heard from again?

Keep in mind that many cities are now beginning to charge protesters with felonies.

In a state with a 3-strikes law, this means if you get caught fighting for your rights three times, you go to jail FOR LIFE.

YOU get to be a slave laborer for the profit machine, FOREVER.

WELCOME TO AMERICA!

Two more "resisting arrest" charges and you'll never see her again. The cops are "only following orders"

So, why protest?

Why not campaign for a “progressive” candidate and “fight the system from the inside” instead of getting your butt kicked and arrested?

Yeah….Why not?

Why not campaign for a bought-off candidate and try to change a rigged system from the inside where you can’t make any difference at all?

Heck, if you’re against prostitution, why not take a job in a brothel and spend your spare time telling the hookers that what they’re doing is wrong?

But hell, why should the 1% give a damn about us?

From CNN:

Dow closes at a 4-year high

Come along, Vietnam Veteran. What are you protesting for? Our 401k's are doing well (until the 1% decides to take that too)

“U.S. stocks moved solidly higher Tuesday as investors welcomed a rise in U.S. manufacturing activity and a mixed batch of corporate earnings.”

“The Dow Jones industrial average rose 66 points, or 0.5%, to close at 13,279.40, the highest since December 2007.”

“The day’s gains were broad, with more than 70% of the Dow’s 30 components ending in positive territory.”

“Countering signs that the U.S. economic recovery may be slowing, investors were encouraged by a report that showed manufacturing activity grew last month at the fastest pace since June 2011.”

Link is here:  http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/01/markets/stocks/index.htm?hpt=hp_t3

Calico Blackie says:

I feel better already knowing the rich got richer and that manufacturing activity grew because people had to work like hell for poverty-level wages. And it’s all so that some bastard can bank another huge bonus.

Which bought-off candidate will YOU be voting for in November?

The 1% will never give a damn about us.

We can protest and scream to the heavens and they don’t seem to be listening.

They don’t care, because there are millions of us willing to kiss their asses for a pat on the head.

Millions of us who are willing to “only follow orders” no matter where those orders lead to.

Millions of divided, complacent and easily exploited people.

So….What can we do when no matter how large our demonstrations, no matter how reasonable our concerns, no matter how peacefully we voice our disapproval, we’re beaten down, jailed and/or ignored?

What can we do when we are only given the illusion of choice when we vote?

It’s a steamroller that WILL eventually crush us all.

The 1% doesn’t care if it takes 10 years for us to get tired of protesting and finally accept the whip.

They don’t care if they have to lock us all up in their for-profit prisons. As a matter of fact, they would prefer to lock us up in their labor camps.

What can we do?

Not much, when all our protests seem to be accomplishing is letting the authorities know who we are so that it’s easier for them to find us when it’s roundup time.

But still…… We have to use what we’ve got. Just because May Day has been seen by the Occupy Movement as a great success doesn’t mean it’s now “Miller Time.”

We can’t let up.

If May Day was a spark, we’ve got to fan the flames. Our ONLY chance is to mobilize enough VOCAL support from millions of people so that we can’t be ignored.

So..……….. CAN WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

Yes, but…….

We’ve got to convert the doubters.

When you hear someone talking about “dirty hippie occupiers” or saying “those protesters don’t represent me”……..SPEAK UP!

EDUCATE AND PROTEST

It’s our only chance.

Keep the faith, Occupiers

OCCUPY WALL STREET

Calico Blackie  @kidakita

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Mar22

Collective Guilt & News You’ll Never See

by Calico Blackie on March 22, 2012 at 12:03 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Big Brother, Media Bias


 

Greetings from Calico Blackie!

It's tax time! Sharpen those pencils

Not much new on the home front here in the middle of nowhere.

We keep living day to day and hope for the best. That’s all we can do.

Try our best and hope the hammer doesn’t fall too soon.

Meanwhile, the news is full of “which celebrities failed to pay their taxes” and “news” events from other countries.

I would be ashamed to work in mainstream media in any capacity. The anchors are stooges and mouthpieces, and the technicians and paper pushers back at the office are the enablers for the propaganda machine.

"I'm only doing my job. I'm only following orders." The police and media are GUILTY. Their enablers are GUILTY too

They are all part of a system that is deliberately misleading and distracting our population for the benefit of the super wealthy, in an attempt to keep us ignorant and to make the masses easier for them to exploit and impoverish.

System enablers. From the Corporate CEO to the smallest cog.

Therefore, they are all collectively guilty of crimes against humanity.

So, that being said, here are a few announcements and a few news items that the Mainstream Media chooses (or is told) to ignore.

We received this message on twitter yesterday:

@kidakita we need to ask #Anonymous to help #FreeLeonardPeltier

Leonard Peltier. A political prisoner. Do we hear about our political prisoners in the media?

“A participant in the American Indian Movement, he went to assist the Oglala Lakota people on the Pine Ridge Reservation in the mid-70s where a tragic shoot-out occurred on June 26, 1975.”

” Accused of the murder of two agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Peltier fled to Canada believing he would never receive a fair trial in the United States.”

“On February 6, 1976, Peltier was apprehended. The FBI knowingly presented the Canadian court with fraudulent affidavits, and Peltier was returned to the U.S. for trial.”

“Key witnesses were banned from testifying about FBI misconduct & testimony about the conditions and atmosphere on the Pine Ridge Reservation at the time of the shoot-out was severely restricted. Important evidence, such as conflicting ballistics reports, was ruled inadmissible.”

Link is here:  http://www.leonardpeltier.net/theman.htm

From Occupy Wall Street:

Last night in NY. If this had happened anywhere else in the world, the media would have made it their lead story. They're purposely keeping YOU ignorant. They're GUILTY

“For two nights now, in a display of wishful thinking, local corporate media has claimed that Occupy Union Square was evicted.”

“But we’re still there. Last night, after being kicked out temporarily, Occupiers merely marched around the perimeter and waited in a tense stand-off until police finally left.”

The Occupy Movement is very active throughout the United States and the world. Do we hear about it? No.

DEMAND TO BE TOLD THE TRUTH.  Our media lies to us just like Joseph Goebbels and his propaganda ministry lied to the people of Germany the whole while they were headed into darkness and ruin.

They were found GUILTY just as our media stooges will be found guilty if we ever succeed in returning our government to the people.

Here’s another announcement:

Last night in NY. Did we hear about this in the media?

Event:  March Against Police Brutality of OWS

By:

Occupy Marines – Veterans For Peace
Civil Disobedience / Non-Violent Protest

Theme: March against police brutality
Date / Time: Saturday, March 24th, 2012 at 12pm
Place: Liberty Square NYC, NY

Occupy Marines Meet Up: Across St. from Zuccotti Park at the Red Square Art Statue
Dress Code: Marine Dress Blues / Digital Fatigues / Bloused Shined Boots

Link is here: https://www.facebook.com/events/266077786809728/

Calico Blackie says:

How much longer will we take it before we shut it down?

Somethings got to give.

We are fed up.

Do people honestly believe that there are not serious and debilitating long term consequences to allowing society to drift more and more into a state where we have only people who have so much wealth that there is nothing they could even conceivably do with it, while many of us have to scratch and claw in the dirt just to stay alive?

Do people honestly believe that the banksters deserve their huge bonuses even if their greed causes MF-Global/Corzine-like problems in our country?

Does the 1% honestly believe that we will continue to sit still while we’re being raped?

A Wall Street banker at bonus time. Guess who he's screwing?

Does the 1% believe their media distractions will continue to work on all of us?

What about those bonuses? Those “CEO rewards” for driving their bank into the ground?

It’s just another symptom of the downfall of America. Way back when, companies cared about the long term view, put money back into the company and took care of workers, who made it’s products and in effect, made it’s profits. Now, it’s all about the quarterly numbers and me, me, me…

Quarterly numbers not up? Outsource, layoffs, screw the workers, any quick fix to get those numbers in line so the CEO bonus stays where it should.

COLLECTIVE GUILT.

ANYWAY…I saw this today. Something to think about:

Hacked self-portrait nude photo from a Banksters cell phone

“Why are so many bankers, CEOs, fund managers, and investors resigning all at once? Why now?”

“One might be tempted to ask whether or not there is a coming investigation that these individuals are trying to avoid but, given the track record of the regulatory system, this is not our most likely option.”

“Considering the current state of the economy, it might seem more logical to ask if these individuals are not trying to abandon ship before the collapse of the world financial system finally takes place.”

“Or it could be something entirely different. At this point, we simply do not know. Regardless, something big is obviously happening in the financial world and the forces behind it are acting on information that the general public is unaware of.”

Link is here:  http://truththeory.com/2012/03/21/worldwide-banking-resignations-triple-according-to-revised-numbers-why-now/

Dig deep for your news. THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS LYING TO US

WE’VE GOT TO STOP GREED FROM KILLING US. Its killing this country, but if you’re the wealthy, you just move away to some place you have not broken yet.

We can’t let them do this. They’ve got to be stopped now before they are allowed to escape.

When it’s time to prosecute, we don’t want to just go after the bank building janitor.

Or, maybe the janitor is guilty too as an enabler for the machine.

Collective guilt.

Keep the faith, Occupiers.

Occupy Wall Street

Calico Blackie @kidakita

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Mar14

Has It Really Come To This?

by Calico Blackie on March 14, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Divided We Fall, Media Bias


 

Greetings to all from the middle of nowhere!

Do you choose to be right wing, or left wing? Does it matter?

Another set of GOP primaries were held yesterday and the results were split fairly evenly between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum.

How nice.

It’s been said more and more these days, because our choices will once again be so odious, the November presidential election is Obama’s to lose.

American GOP voters are asking themselves: Who can beat Obama?

Is that really the question they should be asking themselves? Is that really the question WE ALL should be asking ourselves?

With more and more protests around the nation being broken up by an increasingly militarized police force, we the people are being stifled. Our voices are not being heard.

We're being cornered and left with no alternative but to fight back

The needs and demands of the people are not being met.

We are being driven into corners like a herd of sheep.

What the authorities fail to realize is that many of us are not sheep.

When you drive people into a corner, and they realize that their only alternative to being enslaved or slaughtered is to fight, we will fight.

Maybe “the powers that be” do realize this and that’s why our police forces now look like something straight out of a futuristic and apocalyptic movie where the masses are little more than rabble to be exploited for labor and as a food source, and the police are nothing more than a ruthless gang of killers enforcing the will of the ruling class.

We’ve made our demands abundantly clear:

End economic injustice in America.

End corruption in government

Have more transparency in government

Make education affordable for the masses

End the bank bailouts

Restore democracy to the people

Return to the Constitution and what our Founding Fathers stood for

So, what do we repeatedly hear from the 1%, their corporate media, and the sheep that believe their lies?

“The occupy movement has no clear demands.”

One of the riot cops called out to brutally crush a womens-rights demonstration at the Virginia State capitol recently. She could be a concentration camp guard

Our leaders (both corporate and political) are not listening because they feel they don’t HAVE to listen to us. They’ll just continue with their tried and true methods of keeping us divided.

They will use their private army (the police).

They will use the mainstream media as their propaganda arm because it’s always worked for them in the past.

Blacks against whites. Men against women. Democrats against Republicans. Right against left, and so on forever.

But, they underestimate the size, scope and degree of our dissatisfaction.

This is a farmer who lost almost everything in the MF-Global fiasco. He's going broke, while Corzine is a free and rich man. This farmer is ANGRY

It’s not just the “hippies” yelling anymore.

It’s a diverse group of Americans that every day are becoming angrier.

Congress has a 9% approval rating.

What have we seen done by Congress to improve this situation?

Nothing.

They don’t give a damn about you and it’s becoming clearer every day that they don’t represent us or our interests anymore.

Why is this?

They've finally managed to make us ALL angry. But will our government do anything? NO

They’ve been bought and they don’t care about the country. They serve their owners and expect us to do the same.

They don’t care about America. They’re ALL committing treason.

But, back to the November Presidential election……..

We’re reaching a boiling point and the question to me now isn’t who will win.

The REAL question should be: Will there even be a November election?

Or, will we, tired of being given the illusion of choice at the polls, have descended into lawlessness, revolution and civil war by then, thus forcing the “election” to be postponed?

Has it really come to this?

Read on……I read this yesterday:

5 Reasons Why the Revolution is the Only Reality That Will Force the Upper Class to Face the Consequences of Their Actions

Do you really think Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan-Chase will give up his hold on America unless he's dragged out of his office and sent to the wall?

“Without a sudden armed revolution, the upper class will continue to rob and steal, living a life of luxury on the back of the workers.”

“Without revolution, the upper class will never confess their crimes against the worker which are crimes against humanity.”

“Without revolution, the upper class will continue to create systems which justify its methods of exploitation, such as academia and media.”

“Without revolution, the upper class will continue to plead innocent while consciously robbing the natural resources of the world.”

“Without revolution, the upper class will continue to fetishize and glamorize their sick lifestyles of luxury and apathy.”

Link is here:  http://theactivists.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/5-reasons-why-the-revolution-is-the-only-reality-that-will-force-the-upper-class-to-face-the-consequences-of-their-actions/

We're learning and we're damned angry!

Calico Blackie says:

More and more “occupy” camps are being broken up. The camp in Orlando was the victim of yet another pre-dawn raid by the forces of the 1%.

The camp was forcibly removed, and the protesters were given a new “approved location” where they could protest during daylight hours only. No camping.

Simple crackdowns on dissent is how the Nazis began their program for total control of the German population.

It was people that stood around and said nothing or supported the crackdowns as “a way to keep order” that allowed Hitler and his henchmen to lead an entire nation to ruin.

Who's side will YOU be on?

When the Police have total control and we are no longer permitted to speak outside the “protest boxes” it will be too late.

The time has come to choose sides. You’re either with us, or against us. There is no neutrality.

There is no Right or Left.

There is only “We the People” vs the greedy Traitors that sold out our country and constitution.

TIME TO DECIDE.

Will you stand with the Wall Street Bankers and their wholly-owned subsidiary in Washington, DC, or will you stand with We, The People and the Constitution of the United States of America?

Freedom or slavery?

The choice is yours. Choose wisely.

Choose carefully. If it really does come down to this, it isn’t going to be pretty or easy. Are you willing to do whatever it takes to take back our country from the 1%?

Thanks for being a good American.

I’ll just leave this here. Draw your own conclusions.

Link is here if the video has problems:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9ykKgKWb8g&feature=youtu.be

“Congress shall make NO law respecting an establishment of religion, OR prohibiting the free exercise thereof; OR abridging the freedom of speech, OR of the press; OR the right of the people peaceably to assemble, AND to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

They're OUR STREETS!

OCCUPY WALL STREET

OCCUPY ALL STREETS

Fight for your country

 We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Nov29

We Were Lied To! (It’s been happening for years)

by Calico Blackie on November 29, 2011 at 10:26 am
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Bread and Circuses for the Masses, Media Bias

Greetings, fellow 99%’ers!

Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. Why is this man not in jail?

It’s heartening to see people willing to stand up for their rights in this country and all over the world again.

Here in America, it wasn’t always like that.

Back in the Dark Ages, we believed everything we were told.

We had leaders back then who were admired.

We blindly trusted the authorities and were told they were acting in our best interests.

We believed it.

We didn’t realize at the time that our leaders were human, fallible and corruptible.

We didn’t know back then that their escapades were of such a magnitude that they would have made Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky blush with shame.

We were told that our White House was a modern day Camelot full of white knights and gracious lords and ladies.

We were told: “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country” without ever realizing that those great words were written by a speechwriter who wrote the script for a puppet to read.

We believed it.

We believed it. Our school was 3 miles away from a major military base!

We were told that if we hid under our desks at school when we saw the bright flash of a nuclear explosion, we would survive.

Hell, we were even instructed by our teachers to bring a box of Graham Crackers and 2 cans of milk to school so that we could eat inside while we waited for the radiation to go away!

And, my school was about five miles away from a major military installation which would have received multiple nuclear warhead strikes.

Even so, we were told we would be able to live out the destruction to exist in a post-nuclear apocalypse world.

We believed it.

We believed it. We got laid off.

We were told that robot technology would improve so much that we would only have to go to our jobs 10 hours a week and would be able to enjoy all the extra time at home with our families.

There would be no loss in pay and we would be able to easily afford all the luxuries our robots would be manufacturing for us.

We trusted the corporations and our politicians to look after us.

We believed it.

We believed it. We bailed them out

 We were told:

“What’s good for General Motors is good for America.”

We believed it.

We were shown anti-drug movies in school that spoke of an urgent need for a full-scale war on drugs.

We were told that everyone who smoked pot would become a hopeless drug addict with brain damage.

We believed it.

Photo from 1973. Well, there might be some truth about the brain damage bit. These people probably became yuppie bankers!

Why did we believe all the lies?

Because it had been ingrained in us for generations through the skillful use of propaganda to trust.

We trusted our government and we trusted big business. We trusted Wall Street.

And, just like finding out that the whole time your husband or wife was screwing around at every opportunity behind your back, that trust was betrayed and once we knew it, the relationship could never be the same.

What happened to change this mentality?

An “illegal” antiwar demonstration in 1968 on the Berkeley Campus

When the poor man went to fight the rich man’s war, and for what?

PROFIT FOR THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.

We were being sent to kill people and to die so that the rich could become richer.

So……

We fought back. 

We stopped believing.

When black people finally had enough of getting screwed.

We stopped believing.

An “illegal” 1968 Civil Rights protest in Memphis

Why were black people discriminated against?

FOR PROFIT AND TO KEEP THE MASSES DIVIDED.

We fought back.

We stopped believing.

WE LEARNED WE WERE LIED TO AND WE WERE MADDER THAN HELL!

SO?

WHEN ARE WE GOING TO STOP LYING TO OUR CHILDREN?

Things are NOT going to get better unless WE make them better. 

Think about it, America.  This country has always been about giving our children a better life than what we had, with more opportunities and more prosperity.

They’re still trying to sell us on “The American Dream”

CAN YOU HONESTLY SAY THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NOW? 

This is our chance to save our country from the crooked politicians, bankers and maximum profit mentality that is killing our country.

Speaking of what happened and why…….

It never ceases to amaze me how uninformed people choose to be in this country. 

I’m still hearing: “They have no demands” and “They’re a bunch of violent rapists.”

Good Lord people! Are you really that stupid?

Screw those protesters. I love to shop!

I received a comment yesterday from an anti-ows person who smugly said:

“Looks like that boycott of black Friday didn’t work out so well for you, did it?”

Calico Blackie replied:

Is it just me, or does it seem that the most vehement opponents of OWS tend to be the people who understand it the least? 

All that money spent is now sitting in one of three corporate accounts and no longer moving around the economy unless you count the $8.00 an hour below poverty level jobs.

But yeah, those occupiers are smelly communist hippies who play bongo drums.

Yep, those are commie ideas!

You have to realize that OWS threatens the link between the corrupt politicians in both parties and the corrupt business leaders who own those parties.

The paid party shills on both sides are going to be trying to convince you that OWS is a bunch of dirty hippies who have no message.

If you remember, Bloomberg’s cops in New York were caught red handed herding the homeless and mentally unbalanced street people into the park with the protesters so they could turn around and claim that the protestors were all a bunch of dirty diseased smelly hippie rapists.

Don’t listen to those hippies! What’s good for Bloomberg is good for the country!

Apparently, we’re supposed to believe that a group of protestors willing to sit there and be pepper sprayed to make a point are the same people out breaking windows. 

But yeah, the shoppers sure taught us a lesson by buying slightly discounted consumer goods like a bunch of stupid sheep. 

Hell, I go to Wal-Mart to feel thin and attractive!

Anyway, enough with the sheep and on with the show!

We’ve rolled back your jobs and shipped them to China!

What’s new in this wonderful world of ours? 

The bullies are singing the blues!

UC Berkeley Police dispute ‘non-violent’ protest claims by Occupy supporters

In an open letter issued to UC Berkeley students Monday, the association representing the campus police officers disputed claims by organizers that a November 9th Occupy Berkeley protest on-campus was non-violent and that officers over reacted with unnecessary force.

“A video clip gone viral does not depict the full story or the facts leading up to an actual incident,” the letter read.  “Multiple dispersal requests were given in the days and hours before the tent removal operation. Not caught on most videos were scenes of protesters hitting, pushing, grabbing officers’ batons, fighting back with backpacks and skateboards.”

Waaah! They're using their backpacks as shields. We’re gonna tell our mommies on you!

Calico Blackie says:

Bullshit, UCPD.

This is just another blatant lie to give the Fox “news” viewers something to say when their O’Reilly and Kelly gods try to discredit the movement.

You know damn well that UCPD was filming the whole thing too. Fighting back? Well UCPD, in case you’ve forgotten:

THIS IS THE UNITED STATED OF AMERICA, AND IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WE HAVE A RIGHT TO FIGHT BACK WHEN WE’RE ASSAULTED.

Damn good thing you and Fox “news” weren’t our leaders when Pearl Harbor was attacked! 

And one more thing…  Do you realize that when you whine about “backpacks and skateboards” and you’re armed with pepper spray, tear gas, rubber bullets and deadly .40 caliber pistols AND wearing riot gear/armor it makes your police force look like a bunch of wimpy crybabies?

I can hear the cop locker room now: “They started it, sniff sniff.” “I’m telling my mommy!”

From Olympia Washington:

Four protesters were arrested Monday as Occupy Olympia, along with other groups, invaded Washington’s state Capitol. In addition to those in the rotunda, a large crowd gathered on the steps carrying signs that read “Save our Services,” “Protect Our People” and “People of Washington are United.” A large banner said “Tax the 1 percent not the 99 percent.”

Iranian students storm British Embassy in Tehran

Not an “occupy” protest

Hard-line Iranian students stormed British diplomatic sites in Tehran on Tuesday, bringing down the Union Jack flag, burning an embassy vehicle and throwing documents from windows in scenes reminiscent of the seizing of the U.S. compound in 1979.

The mob surged past riot police into the British Embassy complex — which they pelted with petrol bombs and stones — two days after Iran’s parliament approved a bill that reduces diplomatic relations with Britain following London’s support of recently upgraded Western sanctions on Tehran over its disputed nuclear program.

American Airlines files for bankruptcy protection

American Airlines’ parent company AMR Corp. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, the company said Tuesday, in an attempt to get costs and debt under control.

♫ We’re American Airlines – Something Bankrupt in the Air ♫

“American expects to continue normal business operations throughout the reorganization process, and the business will continue to be operated by the company’s management,” AMR said.

And on Fox “news?”

Feds Set to Launch Campaign to Crack Down on Sellers of Fake Goods

The knockoff designer bags look close enough to the real thing that few would notice at a casual glance. Same goes for the imitation replica football jerseys or popular boots. And the online prices seem too good to pass up. But the products are fake and the websites selling them are breaking federal law.

 ”Not only is this is a direct threat to American innovation … but it’s also a public safety issue,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton said Monday as he announced that the government had shut down 150 websites accused of selling counterfeit merchandise.”

Yeah, they’re fake, Bill. But they’re essentially a food product!

Calico Blackie says:

Public Safety again? What about that Fox “news” presstitute that said we were “domestic terrorists” for participating in the occupy protests? 

Didn’t he imperil our public safety by implying that our rights and bodies should be trampled upon?

Hell, if people want to buy cheap unsafe imported junk that breaks as soon as you get it home, they can go to Walmart. 

Why

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Oct30

Please sir, can I have some more?

by Calico Blackie on October 30, 2011 at 7:56 am
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Big Brother, Media Bias

Good Morning!

WE STAND WITH DENVER!!

A NATIONAL DISGRACE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The more you beat us, pepper spray us, rubber bullet us, and even shoot us, the more we will resist!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I heard this comment yesterday:

“Colorado is a police state. I love it there, but they are all over anyone who doesn’t just shut up and live quiet.”

Calico Blackie says:

Good Lord!  Shut up and live quiet? Who in the hell runs that state?  Hitler?

It’s called PATRIOTISM

Snow has fallen on some of our 99%’ers out there.  A message to you from Calico Blackie at prairiefire and kidakita on twitter and the rest of us that can’t be there with you………….

STAY TOUGH FOR ALL OF US.

WE DIDN’T GIVE UP AT VALLEY FORGE EITHER!

Maybe someone can help me out.

What’s with this movement of Masochists that are basically saying ” I work 3 jobs just to survive and I’m one paycheck away from financial ruin. But I’m not complaining so neither should you.”

MORE? YOU WANT MORE????

Here in rural America, I’m usually surrounded by a lot of Fox News talking points parrots.

They honestly believe the OWS movement is just a bunch of freeloaders wanting free money.

And when I talk about how Wall Street Bankers don’t give a damn about them and will take every last dollar they have, I’m met with an argument that boils down to…..

“Nuh Uh. Evil liberals, Soros, Gays. Hippies, Jews!!”

It’s like spousal abuse syndrome.

But Wall Street LOVES me

“Oh, they’re good people. You just don’t know them like I do.”

Have we been getting screwed around for so long that the idea of making a change is foreign to us?

I miss the days when I could vote some Republicans and some Democrats.

Things have become WAY too polarized.

We are in desperate need of some balance and bipartisanship that may not come in time.

It seems like half the country has this attitude of:

“Yeah, screw me and treat me like a whore. Just leave the money on the dresser.”

Screw me like a whore. Some people would believe anything they're told

What’s new with the protests?

NASHVILLE — “Tennessee state troopers for the second time arrested more than two dozen Wall Street protesters for defying a new nighttime curfew imposed by the state’s Republican governor in an effort to disband an encampment near the Capitol.”

“And for a second time, a Nashville night judge dismissed the protesters’ arrest warrants.”

“The arrests came after a week of police crackdowns around the country on Occupy Wall Street activists, who have been protesting economic inequality and what they call corporate greed.”

Calico Blackie says:

Notice the added “what they call”?  That’s the corporate media reporting at its best.

Meanwhile, from New York……

New York (CNN) — As “Occupy” demonstrations continue largely unabated, officials in cities across the country appear to be pressing for more strict control of the loosely defined group, raising the stakes for the movement as it stretches into its second month.

Calico Blackie says:

UNABATED?

THIS IS UNABATED?

To date, there have been about 3,000 protester arrests nationally.

“These police actions only serve to galvanize the movement,” said Michael Heaney, a University of Michigan professor who studies social movements. “It actually makes a lot more sense (for police) to just wait.”

“On Friday, authorities in lower Manhattan removed propane tanks and generators in Zuccotti Park — an Occupy Wall Street home base in the city’s financial district — leaving demonstrators to battle the cold seeping through their blankets and sleeping bags.”

“These are fire hazards (and) against the law,” New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said during his weekly WOR-AM radio show, adding “our first concern is safety.”

CALL THIS UNABATED?

Calico Blackie says:

His first concern is safety?

WHAT BULL.

His first concern is saving his ass and the profits of the 1%.

News From Portland:

“Officers and hundreds of onlookers are in an increasingly testy confrontation as police try to clear the park. Meanwhile a circle of protesters remains seated in the center of the square.”

From Oakland:

“Occupy Oakland protesters have returned to Frank Ogawa Plaza, pitching some dozens of tents in front of City Hall at 14th Street and Broadway. City leaders have asked that no one camp in the plaza, but also said they would not move to oust demonstrators to avoid new confrontations.”

I like this. Saw it yesterday….

“Politicians should be required to wear patches on their suits to show who their sponsors and campaign contributors are, just like NASCAR drivers”

Has anybody seen this?

And you don’t even get a kiss afterwards!

“Bank of America triggered outrage among customers last month when it announced plans to impose a $5 monthly fee next year for using a debit card.”

“Even President Barack Obama weighed in, saying banks shouldn’t take advantage of their customers.”

“But other big banks are not following in the steps of the nation’s No. 2 bank. And now Bank of America itself seems to be wavering in its resolve.”

Calico Blackie says:

Do you think B of A would have “wavered” if it wasn’t for the “occupy” movement?

Seen this?:

Hollywood finally gets a chance to break the internet

More at https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/10/sopa-hollywood-finally-gets-chance-break-internet

Remember to dial 911 to report when you witness fellow citizens getting tear gassed and assaulted.

Keep Together. The attacks on us are getting serious.

Stay strong.

We support all our Patriots “in the trenches.”

Occupy Wall Street

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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