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Apr30

DAMMIT, WE STILL BUY THE LIE!

by Calico Blackie on April 30, 2013 at 11:56 am
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Media Bias


 

Greetings from Calico Blackie!

There ain’t no “trickle” when the rich keep it all for themselves

I was having a discussion the other night with a guy who obviously was much better schooled in the science of economics than I am.

I was talking about how “trickle down economics” was such a farce and yet many Americans still buy the lie.

There are people out there who honestly believe that when the rich get richer, things get better for everyone.

My argument was:

“Why do the poor always seem to get poorer when the rich get richer?”

And:

How can the poor benefit when the rich keep all the money for themselves? Yes, jobs might be created, but the jobs created are usually poverty-level wage jobs that only continue the cycle of poverty in America.

Plus, the rich are getting richer by offshoring jobs to other more easily exploited labor markets.

So, I asked….

This guy knows the “approved” version of American economics

How does that possibly add up to a “trickle down” effect for America’s middle class and poor?

The guy I was talking to looked at me as if I was an idiot and replied: “Obviously, you need to take a class in basic economics.”

Screw him and his mama too.

Rich is rich and poor is poor. When you’re rich, you have more power in this country and that’s the way it is.

That’s called reality.

Equality and the concept that “All Men are Created Equal” have nothing to do with it.

Reality is something we all need to get back to because right now, we’re just running around like a bunch of chickens with our heads cut off.

Things don’t seem to become REAL until they’re happening to each of us on an individual basis.

For instance:

Here’s how “trickle down” really works. Always has. Always will. The concept of sharing in this country is seen as BAD

There’s been a lot of speculation about the motives for the Boston bombing.

Are they Muslim extremists? Are they crazy? Was their mother involved?

There’s even been suggestions by some that it could have been a “false flag” attack staged by the CIA or some other similar group of hoodlums to use as an excuse for another, more restrictive Patriot Act.

That’s all good and well. But for the families who lost loved ones, or for the people laying in hospital beds with their legs blown off….

All of that talk DON’T MEAN SHIT.

And that’s reality.

THIS IS REALITY

To the poor, to the homeless, to the people who were ruthlessly screwed when they lost their jobs because their workplace was “offshored” in the name of maximum profit, all this talk about the stock market going higher….

all this talk about how we’re going to be suddenly immersed in a golden shower of trickle down economics…..

all this talk about how we’re all soon going to be having rainbows shooting out of our butts due to a strong (ie…the rich getting richer) economy….

DON’T MEAN SHIT.

The reality of it is: THERE ISN’T A SUCH THING AS TRICKLE DOWN.

The rich keep it all for themselves, and if we’re lucky, we get their scraps.

Anyway, from The Institute of the Painfully Obvious, here’s an economic  newsflash for you…..

Wealthy spenders could drive economy in 2013

And, we’re being fooled by bullshit stories like this.

The consumer economy may look weak. But affluent and wealthy consumers are ramping up their spending – and that could help drive the broader economy this year.

Two new studies show that the wealthy plan to increase their spending despite higher taxes and a generally skeptical view of economic growth and government.

The American Affluence Research Center looked at the top 10 percent of consumers by income who account for more than half of consumer spending. It found that most of them plan to spend the same or more in 2013 than they did in 2012.

A separate survey from the Harrison Group and American Express Publishing found among the top 10 percent of earners, 25 percent plan to spend more on luxury this year – up from 15 percent last year. Among the top 1 percent, nearly a third plan to spend more, up from 21 percent last year.

The main reason: rising stocks, better incomes and more job security.

Link is here:  http://www.nbcnews.com/business/wealthy-spenders-could-drive-economy-2013-6C9675906

What rich people do in this country ain’t going to buy you & me a ticket on this train no matter what they say. That’s reality

Calico Blackie says:

Can you believe it? Who would have ever thought that rich people spend more money than poor people?

This news made me very optimistic for the economic future of our country!

It’s comforting to know that while I’m wrenching in the junkyard trying to find a serviceable part for my 14 year old pickup truck, there are people in this great nation that will be helping me by buying their Porches and BMW’s and contributing to my economic well-being by doing so. 

Get it straight, people. Whether or not a bunch of Hollywood Stars and other rich people buy fancy imported cars and other big ticket items isn’t going to make a bit of difference to you & me.

And the news gets even better!

Nasdaq ends at best level since 2000

Better teach your kids to be entrepreneurs now because when your job is gone and your family is homeless, where the Nasdaq is sitting won’t mean a damn thing to you. But being able to make a saleable commodity so that you can feed your family will! That’s reality

Stocks finished near session highs Monday, with the S&P 500 setting a record close and the Nasdaq ending at its best level since November 2000, following a better-than-expected pending home sales report and after Italy’s new prime minister named his cabinet over the weekend, ending two months of political deadlock in the nation.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 106.20 points to end at 14,818.75, led by Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard.

The S&P 500 climbed 11.37 points to end at 1,593.61, logging a fresh closing high and surpassing its previous record set on April 11. And the Nasdaq rallied 27.76 points to finish at 3,307.02, closing at its highest level since November 2000.

Link is here:   http://www.nbcnews.com/business/nasdaq-ends-best-level-2000-6C9640006

Calico Blackie says:

Well, I’ll sleep better tonight knowing that the Nasdaq is higher than a kite.

All that means is that the rich haven’t taken their profits yet by selling in huge blocks and leaving the small investors holding the bag. But wait awhile because they’re just biding their time.

Here’s another good one. Prices have gone up, so that’s great news for all of us!

US home prices rose in February compared with a year ago by the most in nearly 7 years

After awhile, you begin to understand this attitude

U.S. home prices rose in February compared with a year ago by the most in nearly seven years, as a growing number of buyers bid on a limited supply of homes.

The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index climbed 9.3% in the 12 months ending in February. That’s up from an 8.1% gain in January.

Annual prices rose in all 20 cities for the second month in a row, the first time that has happened since early 2005. Detroit prices rose 15.2%. Phoenix recorded the biggest annual gain, with prices rising 23%. Prices jumped nearly 19% in San Francisco.

Eleven of the 20 cities reported price gains in February compared with January. Detroit’s prices dropped 0.6%. Those monthly numbers are not seasonally adjusted and reflect the slower winter buying period.

Link is here:  http://www.freep.com/article/20130430/BUSINESS04/304300051/home-prices-Case-Shiller

Calico Blackie says:

It’s stories like this that make me cringe.

“Pay more for less”! “Less is MORE”!

And we buy the lie. We think that by paying higher prices, somehow the “excess” will trickle down to all of us.

What bullshit.

HIGHER PRICES. HOW CAN THIS POSSIBLY BE GOOD NEWS FOR ANYBODY BUT THE RICH?

And…..

They’ve already begun to grease us up!

Here’s a good one. Have some lube, citizen!

The twilight of entitlement

We are passing through something more than a period of disappointing economic growth and increasing political polarization. What’s happening is more powerful: the collapse of “entitlement.”

By this, I do not mean primarily cuts in specific government benefits, most prominently Social Security, but the demise of a broader mind-set — attitudes and beliefs — that, in one form or another, has gripped Americans since the 1960s.

The breakdown of these ideas has rattled us psychologically as well as politically and economically.

We didn’t have a “grand vision”. WE BOUGHT THE LIE. And if it’s marketed cleverly enough, people will believe and buy anything

We had a grand vision. We didn’t merely expect things to get better. We expected all social problems to be solved. We expected business cycles, economic insecurity, poverty, and racism to end.

We expected almost limitless personal freedom and self-fulfillment. For those who couldn’t live life to its fullest (as a result of old age, disability, or bad luck), we expected a generous social safety net to guarantee decent lives.

We blurred the distinction between progress and perfection.

No more.

Millions of Americans who have “played by the rules” are in distress or fear that they might be. In a new survey, 65 percent of respondents said today’s middle class has less “job and financial security” than their parents’ generation; 52 percent asserted there is less “opportunity to get ahead.”

We’ll never really be able to retire. Just keep getting beat-up until we die. Retirement? That’s an ENTITLEMENT! BAD!!!

The middle class is “more anxious than aspirational,” concluded the poll’s sponsors. Similarly, the Employee Benefit Research Institute found that only 51 percent of workers are confident they’ll have enough money to retire comfortably, down from 70 percent in 2007.

In the post-entitlement era, people’s expectations may be more grounded.

But political conflicts — who gets, who gives — and social resentments will be, as they already are, sharper. Entitlement implied an almost-limitless future. Facing limits is a contentious exercise in making choices.

Link is here:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/robert-samuelson-the-end-of-entitlement/2013/04/28/90356b1a-ae90-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html?wpisrc=nl_most

Calico Blackie says:

Buy the lie. Buy the slickly-worded articles that tell us there is something WRONG with wanting a better future for all.

Buy the BS that tells us to settle for less because sharing or somehow wanting enough to live in peace is BAD.

Wait for the trickle down!

But, there’s hope for some lucky man out there.

She’s a’huntin’ pecker! (an old typewriter joke)

Martha Stewart to date online, seeks man for bed, breakfast

Martha Stewart was pretty hot “back in the day” but just like the rest of us, age and gravity takes its toll

Martha Stewart may be wealthy, run a successful company and know her way around the kitchen, but she needs help getting a date.

The domestic diva and media mogul agreed Monday to formally join the online dating world, getting expert advice and tips from Match.com’s chief executive, Sam Yagan, who also co-founded OkCupid.com.

“Do you think I could possibly, maybe, find a match, like many of my employees?” Stewart asked him during a discussion on TODAY.

“What we know we can get you is some great first dates. I think finding a soul mate for you might be a little bit difficult, but I think first dates are easily doable,” Yagan told her.

“I’d like to have breakfast with somebody,” Stewart admitted. “I’d like to go to bed with somebody. Sleep with somebody.”

“I’d like to go to bed with somebody. Sleep with somebody.”

“Well, I had a long-time boyfriend. That ended a couple years ago. And I haven’t found the next Mr. Right,” the 71-year-old grandmother said.

Stewart even went on Match.com but failed to get very far on her application.

“I started to laugh halfway down the page. It was, like, impossible,” she said.

But she did fill out the section describing the type of person she’s looking for.

“I put out ‘youngish,’” she told Lauer, clarifying that she wanted someone “active,” not necessarily limited to an age range.

“Energetic, ‘outdoorish,’ really smart,” she said.

Being successful also is important, but “just for him,” she said.

Other criteria?

“Tall-ish,” she said.

Link is here:  http://www.today.com/news/martha-stewart-date-online-seeks-man-bed-breakfast-6C9659426

Calico Blackie says:

“Kiss me honey. I just fouled me britches”!

And, of course just like Hugh Hefner and his pneumatic blondes padding around the Playboy Mansion, money and the good life will have nothing to do with it.

I wonder if it will be done with”lights on” or “lights off”?

The answer?

DEPENDS!

At least the “pneumatic blondes” and whatever stallion Martha Stewart chooses for stud service will stand a better chance at getting the trickle down than you and I ever will.

And, they won’t be buying any lies. They will know what to expect.

Do you?

Are you still buying the lie first sold to us by Reagan when he sold out our country to the yuppies and the maximum profit mentality?

MAY DAY PROTEST

Do you still hope for a better tomorrow for yourself and your children?

There isn’t going to be one unless we get up off of our butts and demand an equal shot at it.

Speak out!

Read this and decide:  http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/goldman/may-day-2013

The time is NOW

Protest!

Stop buying the lie!

Calico Blackie  @kidakita

 

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Apr08

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH?

by Calico Blackie on April 8, 2013 at 10:57 am
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Bread and Circuses for the Masses, Divided We Fall, Media Bias


 

Greetings from Calico Blackie!

Another weekend down and it’s time to get started on another week.

Tomorrow marks the 148th anniversary of the surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia by General Lee to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.

If they’re even aware of this fact, most people fail to realize that it wasn’t really the end of a “civil” war. It was actually the end of the American Revolutionary War.

You see….

Most revolutions do not end cleanly.

There are always factions among the revolutionaries who will quarrel with each other over who will ultimately rule the roost.

Thousands, if not millions more die in the ensuing struggle.

It just took America longer to get to fighting with each other.

One “side” had finally had “enough” of what they thought of as being pushed around by the other “side”.

Never mind that one system favored actual slavery while the other side favored another form of slavery cloaked in the mantle of “freedom”.

Never mind that once again, the poor man fought the rich man’s war.

Never mind that the American Civil War never really ended in 1865 and that it just descended into a Cold War where, even today, we still fight amongst ourselves.

Yet, at least the slaves were freed and that’s a good thing that came out of the shooting war.

So…….

If and when we’ve finally had “enough” in this modern age……

What will our next revolution look like? Will we form coalitions to attack our current government and if successful, will we then fight another Civil War?

I think not. The time for violent revolution is past.

A new revolution would just get ruthlessly crushed unless the revolutionaries were able to secure help from a strong outside source.

Our “freedom” is always for sale to the highest bidder

Then what?

We’ll have replaced one form of government with whatever form of government the “helpers” want us to have, and nothing will really change.

The Banksters would still be in control.

So, when will we decide “enough is enough” and what can we do to keep the maggot banksters from returning to feed on our new society?

What can we do to prevent any country that would help a 2nd American Revolution from surreptitiously installing their “approved” new form of government?

When will we have enough of this crap?

Those are two questions we need to answer before we blindly strike out into the unknown.

As long as we allow the media to keep us fighting a “cold war” amongst ourselves, we will NEVER succeed in our ultimate goal of securing equal rights for every individual.

WE NEED TO STOP BELIEVING WHAT THE MEDIA TELLS US TO BELIEVE!

All the media is doing is keeping us in a state of perpetual “Cold Civil War” with each other and here’s a good example of this:

Has disability become a ‘de facto welfare program’?

Why is this so hard to understand? Some people need help. Why be greedy?

When President Clinton signed “welfare reform” into law in 1996, he promised to end welfare as we know it. Now, some new reporting suggests we’ve created a new kind of welfare — only most Americans aren’t aware of it. 

The number of people who depend on checks from Social Security’s disability programs has soared in recent years, according to NPR’s series ‘Unfit for work: the Startling Rise of Disability in America’. The reports, which began over the weekend and continue this week, raise the question: How disabled are the recipients, really? As you might imagine, they have touched a nerve.

After six months of investigation, NPR reporter Chana Joffee-Walt concluded that Social Security’s disability programs have become “a de facto welfare program for people without a lot of education or job skills.” In the past three decades, she reports, the number of Americans who are on disability has skyrocketed:

Link is here:  http://inplainsight.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/28/17459470-has-disability-become-a-de-facto-welfare-program?lite

Calico Blackie says:

Stay classy, America! Keep fighting with each other. Maybe you won’t see who the real enemies are

You see. Even NPR, that liberal bastion of mindless government propaganda for the masses is doing everything they can to keep the “Civil Cold War” going strong.

Yes, there are some people who will “game the system” but most of the people on disability and welfare in this country really need it.

What I hear out here in right-wing redneck country is:

“Those goddam moochers are stealing my tax money. We should drug test and physically examine them all and jail those that are scamming.”

Great idea.

Let’s humiliate millions of less-fortunate Americans just so that we can all get big hard-ons knowing we caught a few scammers while being able to somehow feel superior to a whole huge group of poor human beings in this country.

Fuck you.

Always looking for a sign, an indicator of where our society is heading

So…..

Here’s my experiment….

I will believe we’ve finally decided “enough is enough” when I look at the hit counter for this page and see that the words:

American Revolution, Occupy Wall Street, Media Lies, Protest, The Constitution, Civil War, Disability, Welfare, Poverty, and HUMAN RIGHTS are getting searched for more than just these few upcoming stories in today’s column.

Until then, I’ll believe we’re still content to be that frog on the stove in the pan of water that is very slowly going to poach to death.

Anyway…..

Here’s the stories that seem to have us all snake-fascinated these days:

Former Carson High School teacher accused of sex with student waives preliminary hearing

Hot for Teacher? I’ll bet this has been going on for centuries, but only now has the media decided to report on it. WHY?

A former Carson High School teacher accused of sexual conduct with a former student waived her preliminary hearing in justice court Thursday morning. Jennifer Dalton, 35, will be arraigned in district court at 9 a.m. April 2.

Link is here:  

http://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/5660967-113/teacher-dalton-student-2011

Here’s another:  

Former teacher accused of sex with student

A former teacher at Northbrook High School has been accused of having sex with a teen who was a student at the school at the time and she now says the boy tried to extort money from her to stay quiet about their supposed relationship.

Link is here:  http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Former-teacher-accused-of-sex-with-student-4386105.php

“BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE! NOW HOW MUCH WILL YOU PAY?”

Assistant high school principal held in student sex case in Hemet

Do you know how old a woman this age looked to me when I was 15? YUCK!

A 45-year-old assistant high school principal in Hemet was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of sexual battery and other crimes involving three boys who attend the school.

The three boys are students at the school, but none of the alleged acts occurred on campus, police said in a statement.

She was also arrested on suspicion of oral copulation, abnormal sexual interest in children and sending inappropriate or harmful matter via an electronic device. 

Link is here:  http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hemet-principal-arrested-sex-case-20130403,0,2916862.story

“BUT WAIT! THERE’S STILL MORE!

Gwyneth Paltrow: I have the butt of a 22-year-old stripper

Stripper butt? Gads, she looks like hell!

Well, that’s a testimonial if ever there was one! Perennial health nut Gwyneth Paltrow told reporters on Thursday that adopting the Tracy Anderson Method has given her a completely different outlook on life — and a more shapely bum to boot!

Speaking to reporters at the opening of Tracy Anderson’s flagship studio in Los Angeles, Paltrow recalled one incident in particular, when she was trying on bathing suits with a pal and received a rather unusual compliment about her figure.

“I said, ‘You know, this isn’t so bad for 40, right?’” Paltrow mused of her butt. “And [my friend] goes, ‘It’s not so bad for a 22-year-old stripper!’”

Link is here: http://wonderwall.msn.com/movies/gwyneth-paltrow-i-have-the-butt-of-a-22-year-old-stripper-1744121.story

Calico Blackie says:

Does she also have the brain of a 22-year-old stripper? Anyway, that’s my point. Are we more interested in “stripper butt” than we are in current events? And it will be interesting to see if “human rights” and “revolution” get overshadowed by “stripper butt” and “teacher sex” on the search hit counter.

WOO-HOO! Singer Taylor Swift at the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. THAT’S the butt of a 22-year-old stripper!

Why do I already think I know the answer?

WE WILL NEVER SAY: “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH”.

More people in America are aware of the results of last night’s Academy of Country Music Awards than are aware of the precarious state our society and their very lives and incomes are in.

Maybe that’s ok too. Who knows?

Calico Blackie   @kidakita

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Aug17

ARE WE READY AND WILLING TO OPEN PANDORA’S BOX?

by Calico Blackie on August 17, 2012 at 1:20 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Big Brother, Bread and Circuses for the Masses, Divided We Fall, Media Bias


 

Greetings from Calico Blackie!

According to definition:

“Today, to open Pandora’s box means to create evil that cannot be undone.”

But I would argue that the saying “to open Pandora’s box” means to unleash a situation that cannot be undone.

If you’ve never heard of Pandora, the link is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora%27s_box

That being said….

What does the 1% fear the most?

They fear we will unite and fight against THEM.

That we will open the box and end a worldwide system of corruption and greed.

We’re at the most important crossroad in our history, very much like the path we were on in 1860 right before The American Civil War.

America is at that awkward stage. It’s too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.

Works every time!

So, what is the tried and true game the 1% works on us to allow them to keep fleecing us?

PLAYING US OFF AGAINST EACH OTHER.

For instance:

“THEM GODDAMN ILLEGALS ARE COMING HERE AND TAKING OUR JOBS!”

Calico Blackie says:

Who is hiring them “goddamned illegals”? But, are we angry with the employers? No. They have power and hold the strings. We get angry with the workers themselves and the 1% laughs all the way to the bank.

They’re laughing at us.

How about this one?…..

Pretty clever of them!

“Hire the vet and screw everyone else!”

You can’t blame the veterans. After all, they served their country. You didn’t! 

See what is being said here? Your contribution to keeping the country running means nothing.

Therefore, veterans deserve preferential hiring treatment.

You don’t deserve the job over a Vet, even if you are more qualified.

Yet, we can’t blame the veterans for this. A veteran has to eat and pay for the everyday necessities of life too. They have families to support.

So, DON’T ask yourself the next time you get turned down for a job because a veteran had 10-point hiring preference over you:

“Does my family deserve to be bankrupt and homeless more than a veteran’s family?”

Because YOU don’t deserve a job! That’s what they’re saying to you

INSTEAD, ASK YOURSELF:

“Why is the system preferential?”

“Why is such a system even necessary?”

In “The Land of Plenty” and “The Land of the Free”, shouldn’t this be a non-issue?

Shouldn’t we ALL have good and well funded programs and opportunities?”

If our government is so eager to help the veterans, why is the Veterans Administration such a mess? Why do they continue to ignore Agent Orange poisoning and PTSD problems? Why do they ignore the homeless veterans and their suicide rate?

And yet, all we hear is “HIRE THE VET.”

When did demanding equality for ALL become un-American?

WHY???

BECAUSE IT DOESN’T COST THE 1% AND THEIR GOVERNMENT TO SAY “HIRE THE VET” AND IT PROVIDES THEM WITH ANOTHER BONE OF CONTENTION TO GIVE US TO FIGHT OVER.

It allows for the military industrial complex to continue to thrive, and the returning veterans get to find new homes in the prison industrial complex.

Get it straight: Wall Street and their government doesn’t give a shit about you or veterans.

They don’t give a shit about anyone but themselves. They don’t care about veterans rights, women’s rights, civil rights, free speech, the Constitution, YOU, or the country. They’re not Americans. They’re not anything. Their only loyalty is to money, profits and power.

They only USE the concept of our “rights” as a propaganda tool to keep us divided and fighting amongst ourselves.

THEY DON’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOU!

Jon Corzine of MF Global. He “lost” BILLIONS and is still free. Honorable?

And yet here we all sit watching Wall Street and the politicians make off with what used to be ours.

Billions of dollars “missing” or “lost”.  Corzine is still free. Where did that money go?

And what is happening around us?

The Tea Party was bought out by the Corporations. OWS is continuing to be ignored and mocked by the media, brutalized by the cops, and then they hope, forgotten.

Guess what?

We, as a nation, really don’t care.

If we cared, we would do something about it. We have become too wrapped up in our own individual insular tragedies to care about others being screwed, or even being screwed ourselves in the aggregate.

Heck, Katy Perry having her bikini bottom slip off at the water park and giving us a glimpse of her pale ass is much more important to us right now than our civil rights are

Either that, or seeing the latest celebrity ass, nipple slip, or “Toddlers and Tiaras” is more important to us than the fact we’re rapidly sinking into an Orwellian existence.

No one is forcing us into serfdom; we are going there willingly.

Blame Obama or Bush maybe.

But the single unavoidable fact here is that rich people stole billions…and got away with it.

That’s the job of our government now: to make sure that nobody notices that the 1% in this country can LITERALLY break the law and nobody will go after them for the crimes they’ve committed.

The message is: If you’re rich you’re not going to get punished for your criminal behavior.

Why should they care about us when we’re so easily distracted and led?

And very few of us will try to do anything about it.

There must be sufficient will to change things. An individual attempting this will be chewed up. Occupy Wall Street is trying, but is still not large enough.

When the will is strong enough, things will change.

When we stop fighting amongst ourselves and stop believing the propaganda the 1% carefully feeds us, things will change.

And then what? Revolution?  Do we drag them out into the street and beat them to death?

Occupy Wall Street is trying to bring about peaceful change, but is it too late for that? Will we take to the streets in large enough numbers on September 17th to make a real difference?

Will we make a difference, no matter what our numbers turn out to be, or will we be violently crushed by the armies of the 1% and then subjected to another ration of misinformation from the mainstream media?

mmmmm. Celebrity ass! Who cares what those dirty hippies are doing on Wall Street?

Or, will we be too distracted with another “celebrity ass”?

Will some cops be put on “administrative leave with pay” pending the result of an internal investigation for finally killing a few dozen protesters around the country?

Or, will we finally wise up and march together?

Black and White, Hippies and Rednecks, Men and Women, Right and Left, Middle Class, Working Class, ALL Citizens…

UNITED TO FIGHT THE COMMON ENEMY: WALL STREET.

When and if we ever do, we’ve got to know…..

Peaceful or not, it can lead to a full-on revolution. Not just here, but around the world.

A collaborator caught in the Ukraine after WWII. She was stripped naked by the crowd and here we see her mother trying to protect her. After this picture was taken, they were both mercilessly beaten

And after the revolution? Then what? Civil War?

It’s terrifying to think of, but once we’ve opened Pandora’s Box, there will be no turning back.

Think about it. Think real hard about it.

It ain’t gonna be pretty for the losers and their collaborators.

Are YOU ready for this?

Scores to settle.

Thousands killed.

Just look at what happened in Bosnia and imagine that happening here on a grand scale.

And yet:

“Evil men rule when good men do nothing.” — Edmund Burke

Here’s your celebrity…. ass

So, what do we do? Do we continue down the slope to oppression and an Orwellian existence.

Do we continue to allow ourselves to be distracted by the media while it all goes to hell around us?

We’ve got to do something. It’s getting worse. It’s getting worse worldwide, and all the signs are shaping up for there to be another European War that could drag us along with it.

Asia is starting to really heat up again.

The countries of Europe are in economic turmoil.

The “huddled masses” are once again getting the short end of the stick.

Human rights are taking a back seat at home and abroad. Germany, Russia, France and England are once again emerging as the dominant European countries. Poland is caught in the middle of a superpower power-play. 

And Russia is coming more and more under the grip of someone who could turn out to be another dictator.

Did you see the news?

Pussy Riot sentenced to two years in jail

“Why yes, Comrade Putin. Pussy Riot is essentially a food product!”

“A Moscow court has sentenced three members of Pussy Riot to two years in a medium-security prison for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and enmity.”

­“The Judge said Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich showed flagrant disregard for church parishioners and the fundamentals of the Orthodox faith.”

“The Court considers that social justice and prevention of further possible crimes can only be achieved by restricting the defendants’ freedom and real imprisonment,” Judge Syrova said.”

“By their actions, Samutsevich, Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina seriously disrupted public order and the day-to-day running of the Cathedral. They showed blatant disrespect to church-goers and workers, and in doing so gravely offended their religious sensibilities,” Judge Syrova stated announcing the verdict.”

“The audience met the sentence with sporadic shouts “Shame on the Court!”

Link is here:  http://rt.com/news/pussy-riot-trial-896/

Calico Blackie says:

ARE WE READY AND WILLING? THERE IS NO TURNING BACK

It’s getting really scary out there. Times are getting harder and more oppressive for the average Russian and American. Are we ready to unite as CITIZENS? Right and Left across the board and across the oceans? Unite to fight our common enemy: WALL STREET and the WORLD’S BANKSTERS?

Are we willing to fight for ourselves and not for some war mongering financiers profits?

Is it time?

So, there you have it.

As I said earlier, We’re at the most important crossroad in our history, very much like the path we were on in 1860 right before The American Civil War.

Our grievances are just, and we’re not being heard.

On September 17th, TAKE BACK THE PARK

Be the spark that ignites the Prairie Fire of LIBERTY!

Will we open Pandora’s Box and see what shakes out? Or, will we continue to cower and kow-tow to Wall Street?

I SAY: FREE PUSSY RIOT!

I SAY:  OCCUPY WALL STREET!

Calico Blackie  @kidakita

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Jan09

THEY DON’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOU

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


 

Greetings, fellow Activists!

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

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

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

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

They don’t give a damn about you.

How about this story?

From The Associated Press

GOP candidates wade into food stamp debate

He looks undernourished. Someone give him a STAKE!

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

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

Calico Blackie says:

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

Blaming people that are suffering is pathetic.

From ABC News

Wall Street Bonuses May Reach Lowest Level in 3 Years

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

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

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

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

Calico Blackie says:

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

Then, there’s this:

From The Huffington Post

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

Gee, I'll sleep better tonight

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

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

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

LET THEM QUIT.

THEY DON’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOU!

Speaking of giving a damn…

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

From KCBS and Rawstory.com

Senior citizens shut down Bank of America branch in Calif.

Look at that "entitled rich white kid" protester!

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

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

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

QUICK, PEPPER SPRAY THOSE DIRTY HIPPIE PROTESTERS!

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

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

Calico Blackie says:

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

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

RUN AWAY! THE WILD OLD WOMEN ARE APPROACHING!

WHY WASN’T THIS REPORTED NATIONWIDE?

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

Meanwhile, back in the Police State:

Police club young woman riding bike at Oakland protest

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

Calico Blackie says:

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

The letter continues with:

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

Calico Blackie says:

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

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

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

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

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

Screw ‘em. Every last damn one of them.

On that note…..

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

”The sun still shines”

Keep occupying!

OCCUPY CONGRESS JANUARY 17th

AND:

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

Calico Blackie

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Dec28

BECOME ACTIVE – BE THE CHANGE

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


 

Greetings to all from Klamath River Country!

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

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

With that in mind……

What have the 99% Occupy protests accomplished so far?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NOT A HECK OF A LOT…YET.

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

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

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

Throw off the chains!

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

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

BECOME ACTIVE.

BE THE CHANGE.

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

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

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

Homemade solar panel. Screw the utility company!

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

We CHOOSE to give over our independence for convenience.

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

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

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

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

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

That’s crap too.

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

And…..

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

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

Keep fighting!

United, we win!

WE ARE THE 99% AND WILL NOT BE SILENT

OCCUPY WALL STREET

OCCUPY IOWA

Calico Blackie

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Dec03

A thousand points of light?

by Calico Blackie on December 3, 2011 at 12:01 pm
Posted In: Big Brother, Divided We Fall

Greetings from The 99% on the Klamath River!

The White House Christmas Tree

They lit the White House Christmas tree this week.

I’m sure it was a cheery ceremony and everyone went away feeling all warm and fuzzy inside.  See all the lights on the tree?

Ooh! What poverty? What protesters? What war?

All is well! Don’t worry. Be happy. Don’t be a spoilsport.

It’s the season that we celebrate “The Brotherhood of Man.”

Every single one of those lights on that tree could represent the loss of 10,000 jobs. Every one of those lights on that tree could be symbolic of 10,000 people killed in for-profit wars.

“The Brotherhood of Man?”

When I look at that tree, every one of those lights represents an OWS protester who is fighting for equal rights and a square-deal for all. Why is it so hard for people to understand this?

What's to understand here?

I’ve been reading the “comments” sections of other websites regarding the “occupy” protests and am constantly reminded of the remarks made at the beginning of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. 

People who warned of an explosion and/or meltdown at the plant were constantly berated and belittled as being “stupid alarmists” that were speaking from ignorance, with “little knowledge of how a nuclear powerplant works.” 

Many of those critical of the “alarmists” were later outed as being industry shills.

So, why support Occupy Wall Street?

Successful people are currently supporting and participating in the protests along with those who are currently getting screwed by the system for two reasons.

First, they realize that if things keep going they way they are, even the upper end of the middle class is going to get a nice big shafting before too long.

By choosing to do nothing, you play into the hands of your corporate masters

Secondly, they have enough of a grasp on reality to see that helping the less fortunate benefits them in the long run. 

It’s not about wealth. It’s about the wealthy purchasing tyranny with that wealth.

Here are two comments I read this morning:

“I have come to expect very little from my fellow human beings.

Doomed as they are to continually repeat their bloody history, I have begun to realize that it is a waste of time to attempt to stem the tide of their unrelenting humanity; instead, I will embrace the fact that all I can do is try to find amusement in their suffering.”

And:

“There is too much money and power at stake to allow any real change. The only “populist reformers” who get into office are the sock puppets of rich special interests. So, why bother?”

Yeah. Why bother?

Calico Blackie says:

 That’s exactly what the 1% wants you to do. 

Welcome to the future, you tools.

To be fair, most folks don’t give a rat’s ass about tyranny these days, as long as they get theirs and they look like they’re on “the right side of things.”

Adolph Hitler and Joseph Goebbels understood this perfectly.

Apathy of the masses is the greatest asset of the oppressors.

I believe that the 1% has hijacked his country, they are exporting our jobs, forcing long hours and dual incomes for any family who just wants any sort of stability, if they are lucky enough.

They care more about increasing their own, already amazing, bank accounts than they do about the sustainability of this country that I love.

The middle class is being destroyed.

ASK QUESTIONS!

True success is for the intelligent and diligent, but there is no reason why somebody with minimal skills and intelligence cannot make a living wage in this country. 

I am the 99%. 

I will always speak out.

I will always stand up for our rights.

Even if that means jail. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did you read about this in the news?

From KTVU

Four injured in two separate East Oakland shootings

Two separate shootings, occurring within blocks of each other, left four people injured Friday night.

Not an "occupy" protest

The first shooting happened at 7:30 p.m. at 76th Street and McArthur Avenue, when an unknown person or persons fired several shots outside an East Oakland apartment complex.

Calico Blackie says:

So, is Mayor Quan going to kettle East Oakland, tear gas and rubber bullet the people, and then make them all disperse in the interest of “public safety” because there were shootings in the area?

Also, I’ve been reading in the media that the 99% Movement is “losing steam.”  Hmmm. Could that be part of the government campaign to discredit the movement?

Does this look like “losing steam?”

PORTLAND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Does this look like “losing steam?”

NEW YORK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY!

From The Orlando Sentinel

Occupy Orlando gets deadline for moving possessions

Code-enforcement officials, police cite violations, complaints near Senator Beth Johnson Park

ORLANDO, FLORIDA

Occupy Orlando protesters said late Friday they have been told they must remove their possessions from a strip of grass near Senator Beth Johnson Park by midnight Sunday.

Police and code-enforcement officials told the group earlier Friday that there have been complaints about the tents, signs and other belongings that are in a strip of grass between the sidewalk and South Ivanhoe Boulevard overnight.

“This is an eviction,” protester Brian Foster, 21, said. “You can’t evict an idea.”

“Two or three people complained,” he said. “One hundred people honked in solidarity. There are so many people that support us.”

Calico Blackie says:

The will of the people is being ignored, yet there are still suckers in this country that are all right with this happening.  They’re the “willfully ignorant” going about their Stepford lives.

YEE-HAW! Why are they protesting?

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s prairiefirenews and your “safety” under the “Patriot Act”

Ever wonder why we build so many prisons in this country?

Ever wonder why there’s such a costly “war on drugs?”

Ever wonder why the “Patriot Act” was enacted?

Slave labor camps.

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

On that note…..

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

Call 530-752-3989 and demand justice.

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.

The only "gated community" most poor Americans will ever see

WE WILL NEVER FORGET, NOR WILL WE ACCEPT A “SINCERE” APOLOGY.

And if you are not speaking up?

Remember today’s column 10 years from now when you’re given your new “gated community” accommodations.

We’ll leave the light on for you!

GET OUT! PROTEST!

DO IT NOW!

“While The Sun Still Shines”

OCCUPY WALL STREET

SHUT IT DOWN!

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Nov28

Protests Around the World!

by Calico Blackie on November 28, 2011 at 10:48 am
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Divided We Fall

Greetings from Calico Blackie!

Well, another day has dawned. Let’s put it to good use!

UC DAVIS STRIKE TODAY!

81% hike in fees? HELL NO!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Los Angeles:

Occupy protesters defy deadline to leave Los Angeles park

Demonstrators held their ground in Los Angeles’ City Hall Park early Monday morning, defying a 12:01 a.m. deadline to leave the encampment that had been in place for almost 60 days.

Last night in LA

“I think for Occupy LA today was a great success,” said one protester. “This is an historic moment. It’s a beautiful day. It’s a victory for all of humanity.”

The crowd was estimated at about 4,000 people. Most of the protesters had moved off the streets by 6 a.m.

 

 

In recent weeks, cities have begun clearing encampments, citing economic and health concerns.

Economic concerns too. We gotta save that money to give to the banks!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meanwhile, in Mid-State:

String of shootings leave three injured in Oakland

Two shootings in Oakland within an hour of each other Saturday evening left three people hospitalized, police said.

The first shooting was near the corner of Seventh and Union Streets in West Oakland at 7:10 p.m.

Not an "occupy" protest

 

Two victims were injured in the shooting, both were transported to a local hospital and are in stable condition

A third shooting occured in East Oakland, on the 1400 block of 57th Avenue. Police have no suspects in either shooting.

 

 

Calico Blackie says:

Meanwhile, 4792 “occupiers” have been arrested for protesting in the United States so far. Is Mayor Quan going to shut down large sections of Oakland for economic and health concerns and order the people to move to Alameda?

So, what else is going on in the world?

From: news.com.au

Police attempt to remove protesters

GERMAN police battled thousands of protesters trying to stop a train bringing radioactive waste from France.

Security forces told at least 3500 demonstrators around the northern town of Harlingen to move out. With most activists remaining where they were, the police began to remove them one by one. No violence was reported while around 1300 people were detained by police.

Not an "occupy" protest. Just a bunch of people that don't want nuclear waste

The train carrying the waste stopped for 18 hours amid the police operation against the demonstrators, and began slowly rolling again overnight. Harlingen lies some 20 kilometres from the train’s final destination of Dannenberg where the 11 containers of waste are due to be unloaded.

 

Organisers said about 23,000 protestors had gathered in Dannenberg, while police put the number at 8000. The train was expected to arrive in broad daylight, for security reasons.

From Australia:

VICTORIA’S simmering industrial unrest has erupted into heated confrontations between police and striking workers.

A man was admitted to hospital with crushed legs after a failed attempt by about 80 police to break a 130-strong picket line at a Melbourne chicken factory.

Not an "occupy" protest. Just Australians standing up for themselves

 

Protesters cheered and jeered when police were forced back from the planned picket break following ugly scenes at Baiada Poultry in Laverton on Friday night.

 

 

 

 

 

People are voting in Egypt

Voting has been extended until 9 pm in Egypt, state TV reports

And in Syria?:

In unprecedented step, Arab League sanctions Syria

But even as world leaders abandon Assad, the regime has refused to ease a military assault on dissent that already has killed more than 3,500 people. On Sunday, Damascus slammed the sanctions as a betrayal of Arab solidarity and insisted a foreign conspiracy was behind the revolt, all but assuring more bloodshed will follow.

On Fox “news”?

Tastes TERRIBLE, 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.

LET'S DO IT!

 

SHUT DOWN THE WEST COAST PORTS DECEMBER 12th!

“The Sun Still Shines”

United, WE WIN!

We are the 99%

 

Calico Blackie

 

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Nov25

“Public Safety” and Dangerous Places

by Calico Blackie on November 25, 2011 at 11:17 am
Posted In: Big Brother, Divided We Fall, Media Bias

Greetings from Rural America!

Shoppers seen this morning. BUY! BUY! bye-bye

 

BUY NOTHING TODAY!

There are still sheep out there looking for deals though. 

Let’s see how it’s going…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From Fox “news”

Twenty Injured After Woman Uses Pepper Spray on Black Friday Crowd

A woman shot pepper spray to keep shoppers from merchandise she wanted during a Black Friday sale, and 20 people suffered minor injuries, authorities said.

Now with violence!

 

 

The incident occurred shortly after 10:20 p.m. Thursday in a crowded Los Angeles-area Walmart as shoppers hungry for deals were let inside the store.

 

 

 

 

Calico Blackie says:

Hey Fox “news”……Bill O’Reilly and Megyn Kelly said that it was a “food product” that just stings your eyes! How could those shoppers have been “injured?”

Megyn Kelly with a "food product" in her mouth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From KTVU Oakland

1 shot after attempted robbery in front of San Leandro Walmart

A person was shot outside a San Leandro Walmart early Friday morning after an attempted robbery, police said.

Not an “occupy: camp. It’s Wal-Mart early this morning!

It appears the victims were walking to their car when multiple suspects confronted them, police said.

After suspects asked the victims for their items and were refused, a fight ensued. One suspect pulled a gun and shot one of the victims.

The victim was taken to a hospital in critical, but stable condition, police said.

Calico Blackie says:

Looks like, unless the police arrive to do violence on a peaceful crowd, an “occupy” camp is a safer place to be than a Wal-Mart store!

Not Wal-Mart. This man was just trying to join his friends at an "occupy" camp

Hmmm. 20 people injured in an LA Wal-Mart after a woman pepper-sprayed other shoppers to drive them away from merchandise she wanted.

One person shot at a San Leandro Wal-Mart? Seems as if the police should raid the stores and close them down in the interest of “public safety.”

Isn’t that the same excuse cities around the country have used to shut down the “occupy” camps? 

In other news:

From The Independent

UK halts Russian military agreement

Remember this?

The UK will stop sharing military information with Russia under an international convention following Moscow’s failure to co-operate, the Government has announced.

The Russians suspended compliance with the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) in December 2007.

The treaty places limits on the build-up of troops, tanks, artillery and other non-nuclear forces from the Atlantic to the Ural Mountains.

“The United States and its NATO partners as of now aren’t going to take our concerns about the European missile defense into account,” Mr. Medvedev said.

He warned that Russia would deploy short-range Iskander missiles in its westernmost region, the Kaliningrad exclave bordering Poland.

Calico Blackie says:

Here we go again

Welcome back, Cold War!

Let’s just hope the 1% isn’t going to use this as an excuse to get rid of the “surplus” population (that would be you & me).

Also, and this is very important too:

The Internet we know and love is at risk. Help save it.

Right now, the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that could profoundly affect the future of the Internet. It’s called the Stop Online Piracy Act.

The fact is that this legislation as written won’t stop piracy. But it would pose a serious threat to social media and user generated content sites (like YouTube) across the Internet.

It could also undermine some of the core technical systems underlying the Internet, creating new cybersecurity risks.

Calico Blackie says:

Internet censorship and gun control. Take away our 1st and 2nd amendment rights, and what will we be left with?  Nothing. Complete government control of the masses.

DON'T LET THEM DO IT

Which brings me to………………

Also in the news……

Gun Issue Represents Tough Politics for Obama

Democrats have learned the hard way that embracing gun control can be terrible politics, and the 2012 presidential election is shaping up to underscore just how delicate the issue can be. With the election likely to be decided largely by states where hunting is a popular pastime, like Missouri, Ohio or Pennsylvania, candidates of both parties want to win over gun owners, not alienate them.

Calico Blackie says:

Let’s not let this issue divide us. If you support the Constitution, you’re “in it for a dime, in it for a dollar.” There is no compromise on our rights as Americans.

Even though all of DC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wall Street, it is very important to know where the candidate of your choice stands on this issue for when and if “We the People” must fight against the army of darkness.

Ultimately, it is the 2nd Amendment that protects our right to the 1st Amendment.

So, we must have answers before the next election!

NEVER FORGET:

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”

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

KEEP IT BURNING!

PROTEST!

OCCUPY WALL STREET

BUY NOTHING TODAY!

BUY NOTHING ON-LINE MONDAY!

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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Nov18

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE STREETS!

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

Greetings From the Heart of the Klamath!

“The Foam Rubber Steamroller”

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

Not Foam, but you get the point

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

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

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

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

You’re trapped.  What do you do? 

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

A threat to our security?

Which brings me to my next topic.

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

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

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

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

Calico Blackie says:

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

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

Meanwhile:

They're dragging her by her hair

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

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

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

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

From Fox “news”:

Cops Injured During Occupy Protest

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

Yeah Fox. Those poor helpless police!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another article in Fox “news” asked the question:

“Do Average Americans Have Legal Recourse Against Occupiers?”

 Calico Blackie Says:

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

Fair and Balanced? You Decide

 

Also heard yesterday from the Fox lunatic fringe:

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

Fair and Balanced? You Decide

From ABC News:

Occupy Protests Across the Country Take Toll on City Budgets

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

Calico Blackie says:

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

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

From Newt Gingrich:

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

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

Calico Blackie says:

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

SO WHAT? She's been dead for years

Meanwhile, What’s topping the mainstream media news?

LA Sheriff Reopens Natalie Wood Case

Calico Blackie says:

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

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

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

Nothing. 

We saw Natalie Wood’s ass. 

Who controls the media?

Our police forces, their masters and the media?

Fair and Balanced? You Decide.

March for our Liberty!

 

OCCUPY WALL STREET

UNITED, WE WIN!

KEEP AT IT! PROTEST!

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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