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Oct08

THE SIMPLE LIFE

by Calico Blackie on October 8, 2012 at 11:04 am
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Bread and Circuses for the Masses, Media Bias


 

Greetings from Calico Blackie!

My wife in her “office” doing a bit of online shopping

Ah, the simple life!

It’s getting cold at night here on the Klamath River. The leaves are falling and the frost is on its way.

Soon, it will snow.

Time to go out and find some “dead and down” for the woodstove.

Time to dig out all the winter hobby stuff that has been put away since last summer.

We’re fortunate here in a way, in that being “rural poor” forces you to learn 19th Century technologies and to “make do” with whatever you have to work with. You drive A LOT less and learn to enjoy staying close to home with your loved ones and your simple diversions.

Here’s a hawk that tried to get one of my chickens and ended up tangled in the blackberries instead. We got the hawk out unhurt. That was our biggest problem of the day.

As a matter of fact, I’m seriously considering looking into making my own ethanol and converting my car and chainsaw over to run on whatever fuel I can make myself.

Hopefully, I don’t blow myself up!

Why the heck not? We drive so infrequently here that a couple of gallons would last us over a week.

Would life be easier if we were “urban rich”? Probably. It would be simpler to just go out and buy whatever you need or want than to make it yourself, or to order what you can’t make online, but we like living out here.

What wouldn’t be simpler would be to be crowded into a city with other members of the rat race with all the traffic, noise, pollution, and other worries that come when you cram large groups of people together in a small space.

It gets cold in the winter here, and the mountain roads can be downright dangerous!

The population density where I live amounts to 1.5 people per square mile, and I like it that way.

Instead of worrying about city life, I have time to think and to watch what’s happening in our world today.

The downside to living out here is that if you have a medical emergency, and you can’t get to the clinic, you’re pretty much screwed.

You patch yourself up and you either live or you die. Either that, or it’s Life Flight by helicopter to Medford.

Anyway, speaking of living or dying………

Here’s the news:

In foreign policy speech, Romney will encourage military spending, Syria intervention

What is happening in Syria is none of our business

“In a major foreign policy speech Monday Mitt Romney will attempt to stake out a more activist public position than President Barack Obama on supporting the rebels in Syria’s civil war.”

“Romney plans to say that he believes in working with partner nations to arm rebels fighting the government of Syrian President Bashir al-Assad.”

“He would equip the rebels – “who share our values” — with heavy weapons to take out “tanks, helicopters and fighter jets,” according to the remarks.”

“The Obama administration has refrained from doing so out of concern that the weapons would end up in terrorist hands.”

“In prepared remarks released Sunday to reporters, Romney laid out global issues where his campaign hopes to draw “great contrast” with Obama – notably on Libya, Syria and Egypt.”

Link is here:  http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/08/14279951-in-foreign-policy-speech-romney-will-encourage-military-spending-syria-intervention?lite

Calico Blackie says:

KISS IT, MITT

Why do our leaders keep wanting to poke our noses into every other country’s business?

Oh yeah, PROFITS FOR THEIR CRONIES. We’re talking taxpayer money here.

Do you have any idea how much “arming the Syrian rebels” will cost?

I’ve seen quotes for M-16 rifles for the military which run anywhere from $1000.00 to $2,000 EACH.

Now, multiply that number by 5,000, AND THAT DOESN’T EVEN COUNT THE COST OF THE OTHER WEAPON SYSTEMS ROMNEY IS PROPOSING TO SEND TO SYRIA.

Imagine that money being spent instead to help homeless people here in the United States?

But, oh no. Kill Big Bird and de-fund PBS. M-16s for Syrian Rebels are much more important!

We’re so screwed.

Meanwhile, out West…..

Obama Swings West for Campaign Cash

I wonder how many of them stepped over this guy in their rush to give Obama their money? And Romney wants us to arm the Syrians? FUCK THEM BOTH

“President Obama is tapping his California ATM with a combination of star-studded concerts and intimate high-dollar dinners.”

“He’s expected to raise nearly $9.5 million dollars for the Obama Victory Fund over two days.”

“The West Coast swing kicked off with a star-studded concert at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, featuring performances by Jennifer Hudson, Stevie Wonder, Katy Perry, Jon Bon Jovi, and Earth Wind & Fire.”

“The president did not attend the concert but made remarks to nearly 6,000 supporters, with tickets starting at $250.”

“My understanding is it was an incredible show. These guys – and everybody here are just incredible professionals. They’re such great friends, and they just perform flawlessly night after night. I can’t always say the same,” he said, presumably poking fun of his own performance at last week’s debate.

Obama continued to criticize his opponent, Mitt Romney for his $5 trillion in tax cuts and plan to reduce spending.

Here’s what all those Wall Street owned pricks in Washington DC need

“Obviously, the Governor knows his $5 trillion isn’t too popular, so a few weeks before this election he’s trying to pretend it doesn’t exist, because that’s a lot easier than trying to explain how he’d pay for it without asking middle-class families to pick up the tab,” the president said.”

“When he was asked what he’d actually do to cut spending, he said he’d go after public television.”

“For all you Mom’s and kids out there, someone is finally cracking down on Big Bird. Elmo has made a run for border.”

“Romney plans to let Wall Street run wild, but bringing hammer down on Sesame Street.”

Link is here:  http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/07/president-obama-swings-west-for-campaign-cash/?hpt=hp_t2

Calico Blackie says:

Screw them both. They don’t give a damn about you. Never have. Never will.

They won’t care unless WE force them to care and to listen.

But, HEY……

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?…….

Christina Hendricks of ‘Mad Men’ offended over ‘full-figured’ question

Full figured? Are they “fair and balanced”? You decide

“Christina Hendricks took offense to a reporter asking how she felt about being an inspiration as a “full-figured woman.”

“The 37-year-old actress was doing an interview with Sydney’s Sun-Herald fashion editor Kate Waterhouse, who asked, “You have been an inspiration as a full-figured woman. What is the most inspiring story that you can remember where you’ve inspired someone?”

“A flustered Hendricks said, “Um, I don’t know… I’m sorry” and turned to her publicist, who asked Waterhouse to rephrase the question.”

“Waterhouse began, “You’ve been known as an inspiration for women as being a full-figure…” when Hendricks interrupted and said, “I mean, you just said it again.”

“Hendricks said backstage, “I think calling me full-figured is just rude.”

Link is here:    http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Christina-Hendricks-of-Mad-Men-offended-over-full-figured-question/8838037&cmp=emc-otrc-Todays_entertainment_news-100712-top1-8838037

Calico Blackie says:

Emma Watson could stand to gain a few pounds, but she looks great the way she is

HAR HAR HAR! WHO THE FUCK CARES WHAT CHRISTINA HENDRICKS THINKS?

Her tits alone are the size of a 3rd world country and she’s offended by someone calling her “full figured”?

Besides, what’s full figured?

Guys, I don’t know about you, but as far as I’m concerned….

If a woman isn’t grossly and morbidly obese or on the other hand, Auschwitz thin, they look good to me!

Oh, then there’s this…..

Mila Kunis named Sexiest Woman Alive by Esquire magazine

“Mila Kunis was named Sexiest Woman Alive by Esquire magazine, taking over from last year’s honoree, Rihanna.”

“Kunis was born in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union and immigrated to Los Angeles when she was 7. The 29-year-old actress credits “The Price Is Right” host Bob Barker for helping her learn English.”

Link is here:   http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Mila-Kunis-named-Sexiest-Woman-Alive-by-Esquire-magazine/8838254

Sexiest alive?

Calico Blackie says:

Really now. The sexiest woman alive?

REALLY?

I see better looking women on the streets every time I make a pilgrimage to the “big city.” 

What makes her so special?

Besides, to me, the sexiest woman alive is my wife. Not because I’m “pussywhipped”, but because she chose me out of the vast pond and she’s the one that comes home with me after every dance.

But, enough about my preferences and views concerning women and their various attributes and traits.

There IS  a whole big world out there.

This happened in San Francisco yesterday:

Dozens arrested during SF protest

“Around 22 people were arrested at a protest Saturday afternoon at Justin Herman Plaza after projectiles including rocks, paint and flares were thrown at police, according to San Francisco police.”

Here’s a mugshot of a dirty hippie protester (Daryl Hannah) that was arrested for protesting an oil pipeline in Texas. We protesters sure are a dangerous looking group!

Calico Blackie says:

Somebody threw a rock and the cops over reacted as usual. Did you see the truth on livestream?

The article continues…

“The protest, which began shortly before 3 p.m., started an unpermitted march west on Market Street, according to Officer Gordon Shyy.”

“Group members, many of them reportedly wearing black clothing and black masks covering their faces, began to block traffic, Shyy said. Some also allegedly vandalized vehicles and businesses as they walked.”

Calico Blackie says:

Somebody broke a window and the cops over reacted as usual. Did you see the truth on livestream? It looked like an undercover cop breaking windows.

“When officers arrived on the scene they were struck by projectiles allegedly thrown by group members, Shyy said. One officer received a non-life threatening injury to his head.”

Calico Blackie says:

If so many “projectiles” were thrown, how is it that only one person was injured? This story makes it sound as if the cops were subjected to a hail of stones.  Did you see the truth on livestream?

The article continues…

Here are the “items” confiscated from the protesters in San Francisco. Really now. Is this the best you got, SFPD? You should be ashamed of yourselves. Reminds me of a street bust where an ounce of pot is given a street value of 1.5k by the cops

“In total, police made 22 arrests, on charges including conspiracy, riot, refusing to obey a lawful order from a peace officer and resisting delaying and obstructing a police officer, and assault and batter on a police officer.”

“Occupy protestors also established themselves in front of San Jose City Hall for what organizers say is intended to be a peaceful 24 hour event, from noon Saturday to noon Sunday.”

“San Jose group members said they are emulating a similar event in Redwood City on Sept. 28 that took place without problems. They also said that they had attempted to work with city officials and even sought a permit for the event, but were unable to get an open response.”

“We are happy to be proceeding with our event with the knowledge that we made every attempt we could to communicate with the city honestly and in good faith about our event,” the group said in a statement.”

Link is here:  http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=8838388

Goodbye Civil Rights

Calico Blackie says:

What a joke. Except, the joke’s on us.

Can’t get a permit to protest? Get arrested.

Whatever happened to the Constitution?

Oh yeah, it was buried somewhere between the NDAA, The Patriot Act, and Christina Hendricks humongous boobs.

IT WAS BURIED IN APATHY.

And the Presidential race continues. This was the big story in the Huffington Post this morning.…..

Monday’s Daily Brief: Mitt Romney Closes Gap

Link is here:   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/08/presidential-polls_n_1947777.html?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=100812&utm_medium=email&utm_content=FeatureTitle&utm_term=Daily%20Brief

Striking “dirty hippie” Wal-Mart workers being arrested BY RIOT COPS. Why isn’t this on every front page? Oh yeah….Who owns the media?

Calico Blackie says:

So, Conservative America…..

Even the Huffington Post feeds us this pro-wrestling-like bullshit to distract us from the news that really matters.

And so….

That’s enough for today. I’ve got to get on with my simple rural life out here in the country.

Y’all have a good one.

Keep the faith, and…

OCCUPY ALL STREETS!

Calico Blackie   @kidakita

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Jul06

HOMELESSNESS, PRISON AND THE 2nd AMENDMENT IN AMERICA

by Calico Blackie on July 6, 2012 at 2:52 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Big Brother, Bread and Circuses for the Masses, Divided We Fall, Media Bias


 

Greetings from Calico Blackie!

The 1936 caption describes how much each mentally ill person costs taxpayers and is used as justification for a prison and euthanasia program

THE WAR ON HOMELESSNESS IN AMERICA?

It sounds good when we hear our politicians speak of ending homelessness.

We think of feeding, housing and educating the poor.

But that’s not what Wall Street and their wholly-owned subsidiary in Washington DC means by a “war.” 

What they mean is a different type of eradication.

They mean ending homelessness the same way it was ended in 1936 Berlin.

They mean criminalizing homelessness and locking away the homeless and mentally ill (as was done in Nazi Germany).

Sound farfetched?

Study up on how Germany ended their “homeless problem” in the 1930s. You will be amazed. They either enlisted the homeless and unemployed in the military, or they killed them.

AND, UNLIKE HERE, THEY ALSO STARTED HUGE JOBS PROGRAMS TO PUT SOME OF THE UNEMPLOYED TO WORK. So, are our “leaders” any better than them today?

Ask yourself now: If you can't find a job and are young enough & are forced to join the military to survive, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SHOOT YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS IF ORDERED TO DO IT?

Well, to be fair, we’re not rounding up and gassing whole segments of our society. That wouldn’t be profitable.

We have a “jobs” program.

Our massive jobs program is called THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.

Oh, it’s a war alright. It’s a war on all of us and we’ve GOT to fight back.

Schools closing. Youth programs cancelled. More layoffs.

Yet, the CEO’s still reap record salaries and bonuses while we’re told to be good little citizens and to stop our whining.

After all……

WE LIVE IN THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!

THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!

We hear that every day.

Well…..SCREW YOU! SCREW YOU AND YOUR SMUG “I GOT MINE” ATTITUDES.

Guess what, you bastards? Do you think that I and millions like me are going to passively sit on our asses while you rig the game and rob us?

HELL NO!

THEY DON’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THEIR COUNTRY AND THEY SURE AS HELL DON’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT US. They’re trying to make us all their slaves.

Here’s the latest batch of doublespeak bullshit from our “leaders” and their puppetmasters. 

From NPR:

Laws That Target Homeless Imperil Programs That Feed Them Outdoors

Mayor Michael Nutter. A Democrat. He Doesn't give a damn about you

“A growing number of cities want to tackle the problem of homelessness by outlawing what are known as “acts of daily living” — sleeping, eating and panhandling in public.”

“In Philadelphia, a new rule is targeting not the homeless but those who feed them.”

“When Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter announced the ban on serving food in public parks last March, he said moving such services indoors was part of an effort to raise standards for the homeless.”

“I believe that people, regardless of their station in life, should be able to actually sit down, at a table, to a meal inside, away from the heat and the cold, the rain and the snow, the vehicle exhaust and all the other distractions of everyday city life,” Nutter said at a press conference.

“Indoor facilities, Nutter says, also make it easier to connect homeless people with other supportive services.”

Calico Blackie says:

What a lying prick. He doesn't say HOW he'll do it, does he?

Bullshit, Nutter. Cut the doublespeak.

When someone is hungry, food is food whether you eat it inside or outside.

You’re just trying to make it tougher on those less fortunate than you, and are trying to squash those who try to help the homeless. You’re not trying to help them.

You’re trying to register them.

Here's a family eating outside amid the distractions, heat and exhaust fumes. ARREST THEM. Make them go inside & sit at a table to eat

Will he be shutting down all the outdoor cafes and patios in the city?

He’s attempting to make criminals out of homeless people and the people that help them. My question is: Why is he doing this and who told him to do this?

The article continues with…..

“Around 30 cities have restricted food sharing in some way.  A growing number of ordinances against loitering, panhandling and camping, don’t just marginalize the homeless.  It really takes the focus off of solutions and puts it much more on restrictions.“

“A Philadelphia city spokesman wouldn’t comment for this story owing to the pending litigation. Similar measures in Las Vegas and, more recently, Houston, have been rolled back after public outcry or legal challenges.”

Link is here:  http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/07/06/156328035/philadelphia-bans-serving-food-to-the-homeless-in-public

Have you seen this story?:

Layoffs To Leave Best Buy’s Geek Squad Short Several Hundred Geeks

Here's your new home, Geek Squad. Next stop....PRISON

“In the big media push that started with its most recent Super Bowl ads, Best Buy had been trying to position itself as a store that provided the one thing its online competitors couldn’t — knowledgeable, tech-savvy employees that can deal with customers on a face-to-face basis.”

“Well, forget all about that hogwash, because the company has told its employees that it is laying off at least 650 Geek Squad staffers in the coming weeks.”

“A Consumerist reader tipped us off to the news over the holiday that several thousand Best Buy employees took part in a conference call, during which the company detailed its plans to lay off hundreds of Geek Squad’s techs who handle in-home installation and repairs.”

Don't worry geekettes. A new job awaits you (until you get caught)

“They were read a two-minute canned script about how they needed to wait for a phone call in the next eight hours from a supervisor to find out if they still had a job,” wrote the Consumerist tipster.

Link is here:

http://consumerist.com/2012/07/layoffs-to-leave-best-buys-geek-squad-short-several-hundred-geeks.html

Calico Blackie says:

So….

I wonder how many “geek squad” members were calling the “Occupy” protesters “dirty hippies” last month? 

I wonder how many of them will find themselves homeless if they can’t get a place to stay in their parent’s basement?

The ones who are competent will be pushed out of Best Buy in favor of the ones with “good attitudes” and “great customer service.”  That’s doublespeak meaning that those willing to kiss the asses of management rather than telling customers the truth about a product/issue will stay.

Mitt says: "Just stay loyal to your company while I jet ski and offshore even more of your jobs"

IT’S THE CORPORATE AMERICAN WAY!

I wonder if any of them will eventually find themselves in jail?

If you can’t see that all of these layoffs and moves to criminalize homelessness are methods being used by the 1% to provide workers in their Prison Industrial Complex, then you’re blind.

If you can’t see that all of these moves to dismantle the Constitution and take away our rights as citizens are methods being used by the 1% to provide workers in their Prison Industrial Complex, then you’re blind.

If you can’t see that this bogus “War” on drugs is a method being used by the 1% to provide workers in their Prison Industrial Complex, then you’re blind.

Is this the next book you want read to your kids, middle America?

If you can’t see that all of these cuts in education and reductions in youth programs in cities and counties where they’re needed most in America are methods to provide workers in their Prison Industrial Complex, then you’re blind.

END THE NEWSPEAK NOW!

Mayor Nutter and the rest of his cronies throughout the country will end homelessness alright.

The homeless and mentally ill will find a new home in prison.

A new home alongside the millions in the “first wave” already there for maybe possessing a few joints or some other minor infraction.

The homeless will be the 2nd wave of new “employees.”

And, to all you rednecks out there who smugly sit back in your recliners and say “fuck ‘em. Let them go to jail. I’m not doing anything wrong”?

Just wait until our government finishes gutting the 1st Amendment and uses our lack of free speech as a tool to gut the 2nd Amendment. Gutting the 1st Amendment while you said NOTHING.

Britney Spears on vacation in a bikini. THIS is what you watched on the news while our 1st Amendment rights were signed away by Obama and Congress this year. AND YOU SAID NOTHING

YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO LEGALLY PROTEST.

And all your talk about “cold dead hands” will fade away like the lingering smell of a fart as you meekly turn in your Winchester to the ATF.

Oh yeah, there would be some resistance, just like there was in Australia.

But, with the loss of the 1st Amendment, the media will be able to sway public opinion against you. Any armed resistance will be ruthlessly crushed, and you will NEVER hear about it on the corporate controlled news channels.

Meanwhile, all those “dirty hippies” that fought for you and your rights while you fought against them will be in prison.You’ll see all of the “Occupiers” that wanted to see an end to corruption in government there.

Enjoy that strawberry shortcake tonight while you denigrate us protesters as "unAmerican"

Just think….

For owning your gun, and not turning it in like a “good” citizen, you will go to prison while YOUR wife’s new boyfriend reads “The Night Dad Went to Jail” to YOUR kids.

All those “dirty hippies” that fought for clean air and non-poisonous food will be in prison too. They weren’t “good” citizens either.

But, don’t worry. We’ll save you a bunk & a soap on a rope.

PLEASE REALIZE THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY IS AN ATTACK ON ALL MIDDLE-CLASS AND POOR CITIZENS OF AMERICA.

 It’s an attack on our Constitution.

 It’s an attack on YOU.

So, my fellow citizens…..

BANKSTERS: YOU MIGHT HAVE IT YOUR WAY NOW, BUT WE ARE COMING

Join me when I shout:

OCCUPY WALL STREET!

For the CONSTITUTION

ALL OF IT!

SOLIDARITY

Calico Blackie   @kidakita

 

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Jun06

1984: It’s Here-It’s Now

by Calico Blackie on June 6, 2012 at 1:29 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Big Brother, Divided We Fall, Media Bias


 

Greetings from Calico Blackie!

1984. It's here. It's now.

The following email was waiting for me in my inbox this morning. I was a bit surprised by it because it was sent to me by a friend who is also a member of a motorcycle gang.

It read:

Dear Friends: 

“There are less than 7 months until election day when the people will decide who will be the next President of the United States .. 
The person elected will be the president of all Americans, not just the Democrats or the Republicans.   It’s time that we all need to come together, Democrats and Republicans alike.”

“In a bi-partisan effort for America : If you support Mitt Romney, please drive with your headlights ON during the day.  If you support Barack Obama, please drive with your headlights OFF at night. Together, we can make it happen. ”

Calico Blackie says:

No matter how many times I say it, I just can’t get people to believe that partisan politics and the two-party system is killing our country.

Your voting booth. Once again, we're faced with the prospect of voting for the pile of shit that stinks the least

When we go to the polls in November, it will be like having a choice between Al Capone or Lucky Luciano. I just can’t find myself supporting Obamney or Romama.

Whether you supported him or not, the media destroyed Ron Paul in the same manner that they destroyed Ross Perot when he came out and said he didn’t support NAFTA.

How’s that working out for us now?

We need to re-think the democratic process.

Would Ron Paul have been good for us? We’ll never know. What is known is that Paul may have pulled in a lot of democrats and moderates to vote for him, and he might have beaten Obama.

BUT,WHETHER YOU LIKED HIM, OR HATED HIM, HE THREATENED THE STATUS QUO AND THAT’S DANGEROUS.

There was no way the GOP was going to make him their candidate and there was no way the DNC was going to let him run against their candidate.

Anybody that poses a threat to the status quo in this country will never stand a chance.

What candidate is listening to us?

How in the hell do the voters give Romney such an overwhelming victory in California and also re-elect Diane Feinstein? She won with such an overwhelming majority that most of the Romney supporters had to have voted for her.

Either that, or all of these elections are decided in corporate boardrooms before we even go to the polls.

We’ve got to stop playing partisan politics because that just keeps us divided and fighting amongst ourselves.

If we don’t do this, I’m afraid that sometime in the future, we will see people voting from the rooftops.

Meanwhile, in Wisconsin, Scott Walker and his cronies spent millions of dollars defeating the recall effort so that he can keep a job that pays $144,440 a year.

Fight the power? Yeah, right. What chance does she have if citizens don't back her up?

What chance do we “occupiers” have against a political system that is little more than organized crime run amok when they are the ones making the rules?

What chance do we have when the mainstream corporate media is used against us to mislead and misinform the masses?

What chance do we have when Wall Street has all the money and power when all we have is our bodies and voices?

What chance do we have when we remain divided among fabricated lines such as men vs. women? Black vs. white? Gay vs. straight? Democrat vs. Republican?

All we can do is protest and hope that when the crackdown comes, it won’t be too harsh. All we can do is remain defiant.

They certainly can arrest us all. Given the proper propaganda treatment, the masses wouldn't blink an eye if they arrested us all. After all, it doesn't affect them

I keep hearing the refrain: “They can’t arrest us all.”

That’s what YOU think.

They sure as hell can arrest us all. All they have to do is sway a majority of people into thinking we (or any particular group) are the enemy. That we’re somehow threatening them by our fighting for “Liberty and Justice for All.”

All they have to do is make the majority think we are somehow a danger to a comfortable world of cable TV, imported crap, and Velveeta Cheese.

Think about it.

We’ve become a society that doesn’t give a damn about anything as long as it isn’t affecting us. People in America just don’t seem to care anymore.

But we better care, because each of us might be identified as the next “enemy” that Wall Street and their wholly owned subsidiary goes after when they look for another scapegoat to distract our attention away from what is really happening to our country.

Whose face will the boot be stomping next?

The 1% and the rest of the “powers that be” know we need enemies to fear. When and if the Occupy Movement is crushed and safely locked away to toil forever in the prison industrial complex, who will be next?

Will it be YOU?

Who will be our next object of fear?

It’s easy for our “leaders” and their media to create enemies for us to fear.

How is it easy, you ask?

Any easily visible fringe group is an easy target. Even if there’s a whole lot of members in that fringe group. For instance: 

Back in the early 1980s, I had a job of going out into the forests looking for archaeological and historical sites. It was a great job. I worked with biologists, botanists, the timber crew, geologists, and other members of various disciplines and professions in the performance of my job.

Pot growing in Yosemite National Park

One day, we were all called together to hear a lecture by a Federal Law Enforcement Officer concerning the rise of marijuana cultivation in our forests.

He spun a climate of fear for us.

He showed us booby traps used by the growers to protect the pot fields. He described the growers and why they were the ENEMY.

He said, and I quote:

“You might know a few hippies out there that grow their own weed and they’re just contributing to a bigger problem. The bigger problem out there is that now the pot fields and crank (methamphetamine) labs are run by organized crime. They’re run by outlaw biker gangs.”

“THEY’RE RUN BY THE HELLS ANGELS!!!!“

“You might think that they’re just a bunch of guys who like to ride their motorcycles into town, raise hell and screw a few of the local girls, but they’ve evolved into something else. They’re now ORGANIZED CRIME.”

ONLY YOU!

He then proceeded to show us what pot plants and bags of weed looked like (much to our amusement), and urged us all to be vigilant when we were working out there in the woods. He also told us all to report any pot plants or bikers we might see in the woods.

Then, we were all sent off to work.

This was just a small-scale scare tactic. But, what if our leaders decided to give us a new enemy to fear on a massive scale? It would be easy to target bikers.

All the media would have to do is pound us with news stories every time a fight broke out at a biker bar. Every time rival gangs fought. Every time some drunked-up guy on a motorcycle killed himself. Every time a pot farmer also happened to own a Harley.

Do you think the average American dad would rather see his daughter with this group, or with a group of "occupiers"?

Every time another town enacted an ordinance against loud pipes that was being ignored by the bikers. Every time a local girl got “screwed.”

Every time……

Just think. Law enforcement could crack down even harder on these “menaces to society” and many of us wouldn’t even care.

We might not even be fazed if they declared all motorcycle club members to be “domestic terrorists.”

As a matter of fact, a lot of people might even welcome the crackdown because they wouldn’t have to hear those annoying loud pipes anymore.

They would welcome it because they wouldn’t have to worry about their daughters getting screwed when the gang rode into town.

Domestic Terrorists? Or is it an All-American way of life?

They would welcome the crackdown in the INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

After all, it wouldn’t affect us.

Would it?

Today, all the media has to do is decide what’s important for us to know, and what isn’t important for us to know. Unless we dig deep for our news and information in sources other than the mainstream media, we don’t get to decide for ourselves.

They decide what we see and what we like and dislike. They decide what we need, and what we FEAR. They identify our enemies for us. And we let them do it.

Why do we let them decide for us?

We let them do it for us because we have become a citizenry that wants to be led and told how to be. Because we’ve gone from a society that loves self-government to being a society that wants to be governed.

So….

But yeah, mister Harley rider. Just keep riding your bike. After all, it won't have an effect on you

Who is the next group of “domestic terrorists” and arrestees going to be?

Who do we fear next?

Occupiers? Unions? Bikers?

Maybe even Jews, Christians, Muslims or Atheists?

Maybe YOU?

You had better start speaking up now, because it might already be too late for most of us.

“1984″ is upon us.

OCCUPY WALL STREET

Calico Blackie  @kidakita

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Apr22

Wal-Mart, Wile E. Coyote, Mitt Romney, and The American Dream

by Calico Blackie on April 22, 2012 at 12:44 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Divided We Fall, Media Bias


 

Greetings from Calico Blackie!

Wile E. Coyote and his Wal-Mart rocket

When I was a kid growing up, we used to have a great laugh over the antics of Wile E. Coyote and his tireless efforts to catch the Roadrunner.

It was his dream. 

We laughed every time he would buy some ridiculous contraption from the Acme Company.

We knew where that would end.

We asked ourselves “Why does he keep buying junk from the Acme Company when he’s only going to hurt himself in the end and never catch the Roadrunner?”

We're geniuses. Our cards say so!

We loved that Coyote and saw the Roadrunner as a flippant smartass.

We secretly wished that old Wile would catch the Roadrunner and realize his dream.

But, also secretly, we thought that Wile E. Coyote was pretty stupid to keep trying and failing.

After all, it was his own fault that he failed, because he kept banging his head on the wall no matter how many times those Acme products let him down.

Then, the years passed and we became just like that coyote, always chasing an unattainable dream while shooting ourselves in the foot.

The Acme Company. Save Money. Live Better. Destroy your own country

Only today, the Acme Company has moved to China, and we still buy their products at a place called Wal-Mart.

We keep shooting ourselves in the foot.

We keep offshoring our jobs so that cheaply made goods can be sold to us at places such as Wal-Mart.

We keep chasing the illusion of finally realizing the American Dream. We keep chasing that Roadrunner.

And we know where that will end.

We bought the lie while they offshored our jobs. We shopped at Wal-Mart, thus enabling the corporations to screw us

We’ve been lied to, and the people that tried to change our country for the better have been slandered, killed, and arrested.

We bought the lies.

Yet, not all of us are asleep.

We didn’t all buy into the lies told to us by corporate America and their wholly-owned subsidiary in Washington, DC.

Some of us around the WORLD are mighty damned angry, and we are willing to do something about it.

Canada is angry too!

“While American corporate media has focused on yet another stale election between Wall Street-financed candidates, Occupy has been organizing something extraordinary: the first truly nationwide General Strike in U.S. history.”

“Building on the international celebration of May Day, past General Strikes in U.S. cities like Seattle and Oakland, the past demonstrations, the national general strike in Spain this year, and the ongoing student strike in Quebec, the Occupy Movement has called for A Day Without the 99% on May 1st, 2012.”

“This in and of itself is a tremendous victory. For the first time, workers, students, immigrants, and the unemployed from over 115 U.S. cities will stand together for economic justice.”

Link is here:  http://occupywallst.org/

GET OUT AND FIGHT! Don’t shop at Wal-Mart for your Acme Products.

Stop shooting yourself and your country in the foot.

But I can hear it now……

Instead of YOU getting out there and protesting, you ask………….

We'll never get along because we aren't ALLOWED to

I’m tired of these protests. “WHY CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?” 

You hear this question repeated all the time. There is no easy answer.

Why?

Because we can’t “all just get along.”

Because if we got along, it wouldn’t be seen as profitable to our corporate masters.

Because there are evil people in the world.

Because there are greedy people in the world who will never be satisfied even if they take all you have.

They’re everywhere, at every level in society. Rich, poor, powerful and powerless.

And it’s illegal to kill them!

We’ve all run into people who ensure at every level we’ll never all get along.

Guess who gets the promotion and gets you fired? AND DOESN'T CARE. Is this the type of human being we look up to as a "success?"

You know them.

The office ass-kisser that makes the “right” influential friends and screws everyone else.

The gossip who talks dirt about everyone and if you’re foolish enough to go along with them, they file away what you said and use it against you at the first opportunity.

Those people delight in hurting other people and don’t care if you lose your job. We usually satisfy ourselves by saying: “Karma will catch up to them someday.”

Guess what?

There ain’t no such thing as Karma! LEARN THIS.

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan-Chase saying: "You hold it like this, and kiss." He has a buck for every ass he's kissed, but has no compassion or humanity

Those rich, shafting butt nuzzlers are the pillars of our society!

They get the promotions and bonuses. They climb the corporate ladder.

And they do it over our backs.

Then, when they have the power, they promote other ass-kissers because they enjoy having their asses kissed too.

That’s what our country has become.

Can you remember the 1970s & 1980s and the assault of lies the corporations unleashed upon American Society through the media, the entertainment industry and the ad agencies?

"For the WINNERS"!

“You can never be too rich or too thin.”

“Michelob Light for the winners.”

“The cool people all party all the time”

“Disco! Studio 54!”

“Cocaine = Success!”

 Perhaps the biggest lie we were fed during that era, and many people fell for it, hook, line and sinker…………….

“Unions are bad!”

We were told ALL unions were corrupt, or commies, or didn’t do anything for the workers.

Teamsters president Hoffa had ties to organized crime. Today, Wall Street and their puppets in Washington, DC ARE organized crime

Much like today, where the Occupy Movement is portrayed by the corporate media as a bunch of dirty hippies pooping on police cars (because one weirdo did it at a protest in NYC), the media hammered us with the news of corruption within the Teamsters Union.

By doing this, they convinced a significant portion of Americans that unions were actually a hindrance to labor.

Those same Americans who now work 60-80 hour work weeks and struggle to get by, and wonder why they still can’t seem to catch the Roadrunner/American Dream, are against organized labor.

Yet, we’re still being fed the same tired old lies. Why?

Because many of us still believe them. The lies and slander worked in the past, so why should the corporations stop now?

Did any of you see this in the news today? From Yahoo News:

Romney on spending: Guns triumph over butter

Romney/Palin 2012?

“Reducing government deficits Mitt Romney’s way would mean less money for health care for the poor and disabled and big cuts to nuts-and-bolts functions such as food inspection, border security and education.”

“Romney also promises budget increases for the Pentagon, above those sought by some GOP defense hawks, meaning that the rest of the government would have to shrink even more.”

“Nonmilitary programs would incur still larger cuts than those called for in the tightfisted GOP budget that the House passed last month.”

“At issue are these programs, just to name a few: health research; NASA; transportation; homeland security; education; food inspection; housing and heating subsidies for the poor; food aid for pregnant women; the FBI; grants to local governments; national parks; and veterans’ health care.”

“Romney promises to immediately cut them by 5 percent. But they would have to be cut more than 20 percent to meet his overall budget goals, assuming veterans’ health care is exempted.”

But, the bastards doing the fracking here would still get their massive tax incentives and bonuses at YOUR COST

“It’s almost unthinkable that lawmakers would go along with cuts of such magnitude for air traffic control and food inspection or to agencies like NASA, the FBI, Border Patrol and the Centers for Disease Control.”

“—OTHER BENEFIT PROGRAMS: Like Ryan’s budget, the Romney plan would also cut benefit programs other than Social Security and Medicare.”

“They include food stamps, school lunches, crop subsidies, Supplemental Security Income for very poor seniors and disabled people, unemployment insurance, veterans’ pensions and refundable tax credits to the working poor.”

Link is here:   http://news.yahoo.com/romney-spending-guns-triumph-over-butter-120715130.html

WAKE UP AND UNITE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE

Calico Blackie says:

If you support this type of candidate and this type of legislation, you might as well pile into the Toyota, drive over to Wal-Mart, and buy all the Acme products you can while you still can afford the ammo to shoot yourself in the foot.

Cut back the social programs!

Cut back our food inspectors!

The people don’t want food!

They want DEFENSE!

WHY?

Because:

“We can do without butter, but, despite all our love of peace, not without arms. One cannot shoot with butter, but with guns.” – Joseph Goebbels

"Welcome to Wal-Mart. Shopping carts are over there"

Economists have since then used the phrase to demonstrate a nation’s basic decision: how to allocate resources to defend itself as a nation while not neglecting the needs of its people.

Since resources are finite both cannot be produced infinitely – the more guns, the less butter and vice versa.

In a capitalist economy the government does not fully direct this decision, but influences it through defense spending and other fiscal and federal policies.

Link is here:  http://everything2.com/title/guns+and+butter

Calico Blackie says:

But, you say you don’t want war? You say that our strong military will serve as a deterrent to war? Has it yet? Or are our sons and daughters still dying overseas for the profit of the 1%?

No, we don’t want war!

Herman Goering understood us every bit as well as Wall Street does

“Why of course the people don’t want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece?”

“Naturally the common people don’t want war neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood.”

“But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.”

“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.”

“It works the same in any country.” -Herman Goering

Calico Blackie says:

MAY 1st....UNITE AND STRIKE

STOP FALLING FOR THE SAME OLD LIES!

Strike May 1st!

OCCUPY WALL STREET

Take back our country from the gangsters.

Keep the faith, Occupiers.

SOLIDARITY!

Calico Blackie  @kidakita

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Mar24

If “ifs” Were Scheisse, We’d All Be Neck Deep

by Calico Blackie on March 24, 2012 at 2:08 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Divided We Fall, Media Bias


 

Greetings from Calico Blackie!

Montreal on the 22nd. We need to make OAKLAND look like this on May 1st

Did any of you take notice of the protest on the 22nd that was held in Montreal?

That’s what we need to do here in America.

If we could get 100,000 people together to march in LA, NY, DC, Oakland, and in other major cities throughout the United States, the sleeping sheep would be FORCED to take notice.

Imagine if we took to the streets in such large numbers, the police were forced to run away?

Imagine if the 1% then was forced to call out their military? THE WHOLE WORLD WOULD SEE IT.

Now, imagine if the military refused to fight the protesters and joined them?

But, as my dad used to say  “If ifs were shit, we’d all be neck deep.”

But still…….Imagine. Let’s work together to make it a reality.

This is what EVERY STREET in America should look like on May 1st

It CAN be done!

We’re gearing up and holding dress-rehearsals right now, you’re just not hearing about it in the mainstream media.

OCCUPY MARINES is teaming with OWS this very moment on the streets in NYC in protest. So, you see…….

We’ve been active.

We’ve been planning tactics.

And so have the 1% and their armies of cops been planning tactics to suppress the voice of We, the People.

BE READY FOR THEM.

In case you haven’t yet heard…….

From Occupy Wall Street

People get ready to take our country back!

“On May 1st, Occupy Wall Street has called for a General Strike.“

“We are calling on everyone who supports the cause of economic justice and true democracy to take part: No Work, No School, No Housework, No Shopping, No Banking – and most importantly, TAKE THE STREETS!”

Link is here: http://www.cwa1101.net/?p=9628

Oh, by the way….They’re still holding primary elections in America.

Without thinking too hard as it’s Saturday, I can’t recall the last time I saw an election run on the positives of one candidate, instead of usually conveying only the negatives of the others.

Mitt "Biggus Dickus" Romney seen in the Oval Office

Does ANYBODY still think Romney won’t be the nominee? He’s the best candidate money can buy!

The poster boy for the 1%.

He doesn’t give a damn about you.

In case you haven’t noticed:

This is what a Corporatocracy looks like.

The elites cannot see the downside, as to them, things are looking great… they are making record profits!

The economy (for the rich) is rolling and their bank accounts are fattening, so where is the harm?

Here's one of those "useless, scumbag idiot hippies who don't know how good they have it"

 Some “useless, scumbag idiot hippies who don’t know how good they have it” get a little roughed up… who cares?

Those unproductive people who were “living on the dole” now have to just suffer through it… survival of the fittest, right?

GET IT STRAIGHT, PEOPLE…

The elites aren’t made to obey the laws the rest of us have to obey.

They are not held to ANY moral standard, nor do they care about our lives, save if they can make more profit from them.

What we live in IS a Corporatocracy. To argue against that, at this point, is out and out foolish.

This is what happens when We, the People try to exercise our CONSTITUTIONAL rights

This is just the beginning of the application of the shift in policy, a shift that has been occurring for longer than most of us have been alive.

This shift has so much momentum and money behind it that we aren’t likely to ever stop it…

The BEST we can hope for is to retreat into communities of like minded people and attempt to weather the storm as best we can.

The best way to fight against this monster is to starve it as best we are able to do so.

OR WE CAN TAKE TO THE STREETS IN THE 100s OF THOUSANDS AND TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY.

JUST DO IT!

I’m hoping we can wake up America May 1st and we’re doing all we can here “in the sticks” to spread the message far and wide in our rural communities.

But, we’re out of sight, out of mind here in rural America and the 1% cares even less about us.

That’s why we need to take to the streets in the big cities. If I can make it to a May Day protest in either Oakland or Portland (the distance for me is equal), I will try to be there.

ANYWAY…….

Was it Hannity, Limbaugh, Coulter, or O’Reilly that said the following two quotes?

C’mon….Take a guess………………..Here are the quotes:

“Universal public education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.”

“What good fortune for the government that the people do not think.”

Now, do you agree with the two quotes because God is on your side and Rush, Coulter, O’Reilly and Hannity told you this? Or, do you agree because you have the IQ of a turnip?

Those two quotes come from Adolph Hitler.

There's a storm coming and nothing will stop us

On that note…..

MAY 1st GENERAL STRIKE!

Make this “if” a REALITY

Occupy Wall Street

Occupy OUR STREETS

Keep the faith, Occupiers

Calico Blackie @kidakita

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Mar11

IN THE LAND OF BROKEN DREAMS

by Calico Blackie on March 11, 2012 at 11:39 am
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Media Bias


 

Greetings to all from Klamath River country!

The pawn shop counter. They can smell desperation in these places like a shark smells blood

Romney won Wyoming yesterday and Santorum won Kansas.

Who cares?

America is becoming a huge pawn shop where we will sell everything that was once so important to us and get in return as little as possible from the pawn shop operators.

We’re being forced into these economic corners and yet we go blindly on, selling until we have nothing left to sell but ourselves.

Our prized possessions, our freedom, our way of life, our own beliefs, our honor, our children’s future and even our souls all sold in an attempt to maintain some sort of decent life for ourselves.

We’ve become a nation of deluded and jaded whores and Wall Street is the pimp.

"My main man, Pimp Daddy Wall Street gives me everything"

We argue amongst ourselves about the merits of whether it is better to be sold by a Republican pimp, or a Democrat pimp while we go about our daily lives, just struggling to “get by.”

Yet, our politicians are whores too, only they get to ride in the front seat of the Cadillac while we have to walk the streets. Their selling price is higher than ours.

I personally don’t have the luxury of being able to give a damn anymore.

When it’s a daily losing battle to just hang on to having a roof over your head, we tend to let the politicians and the political races run their course without paying as much attention to them as we used to when we still believed it truly mattered who won or lost.

Oh, I’ll still vote in the next election, but it will be a vote that is a desperate and forlorn hope.

It’s our last stand and nobody seems to be listening.

Ignorance is bliss and we like it that way. That's why they have millions of viewers

Nobody seems to care.

We, as a society have been so beaten down, so bamboozled by the propaganda machine that all we can do is sink further and further into despair.

And we’re doing it to ourselves.

Oh, when I discuss these facts with a democrat, they say: “That’s exactly how the Republicans want you to think.

They want you to be so discouraged that you don’t vote and they can get their candidate into office.”

They say “You’re a tool.”

"Now, switch hands to be a Republican"

When I discuss these facts with a Republican, they say: “That’s exactly how the Democrats want you to think.

They want you to be so discouraged that you don’t vote and they can get their candidate into office.”

They say “You’re a tool.”

IDIOTS: WAKE UP. DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN, THEY DON’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOU.

America is a place where we discuss our favorite flavor of Starbucks coffee without mentioning the fact that they own massive coffee plantations where the workers live in horrible poverty and it would take them 3 days wages to buy a single cup of that coffee we enjoy.

We don’t want to hear any of the downsides. We prefer to be led like sheep into the slaughterhouse without the uncomfortable reminder of where our leaders are taking us.

A "vision of the future" in a 1950s Captain America comic

We latch onto the lies we’ve been fed since childhood in a vain hope that the people who are trying to warn us about the continuing deterioration of society are wrong, and the devils who are selling us down the river are right.

We want to believe that things will turn around eventually if we just “stay the course.”

We don’t want bad news. We want sunshine and unicorns, and Wall Street and their politicians and media understands this all too well.

That’s why we’re fed a steady stream of news that doesn’t really matter.

We would rather see and hear about who’s on the red carpet.

Oooh Look at those titties! Christina Hendricks at the Golden Globes

That’s why we hear more about entertainers than we hear about what’s really going on in the world.

That’s why the media plays up any bit of news that has a chance of keeping us divided and fighting among ourselves.

And we eat it up like candy. News that has the potential to awaken us is carefully kept on the local level by the media and their 1% masters.

How many of you know that there are still “occupy” encampments and protests around the nation?

How many of you knew there was a massive women’s rights protest outside of the Virgina State Capitol a couple of days ago?

How many of you know that Occupy Oakland holds weekly marches to protest police brutality and the excesses of the 1%?

How many of you know that there are plans of action being drawn up this very minute to protest what is happening to us in this country at the hands of Wall Street?

Do you think it will make a difference who gets into the White House to these inhabitants? This isn't the 3rd world. This is Fresno, California

How many of you still think that it will make one bit of difference who gets into the Wall Street owned White House in November if the pimps still have it and us under their control?

This is our last stand. Our last chance to make a difference.

The 1% knows that if we fail this year, they will be able to stave-off total collapse until after they die, and they don’t give a damn about the future.

A future of prison and slavery for us. A future of servitude. Future of revolutions and blood. OUR FUTURE.

VOTE WITH YOUR VOICE ON THE STREETS. DON’T LET THE BASTARDS GRIND YOU DOWN!

Become informed.

Do whatever it takes, no matter what it takes.

Resurrect the Dream

Occupy Wall Street

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Jan10

WHERE WILL YOU STAND?

by Calico Blackie on January 10, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Big Brother, Media Bias


 

Greetings to all who know the truth and will fight for a better world!

Old "Blood and Guts" himself

It’s been said by no less a person than George S. Patton that “America loves a winner, and hates a loser.”

I would argue that this attitude can be seen worldwide.

It either stems from  a total lack of compassion, or from fear.

We’ve all heard the saying: “It’s not whether you win or lose – It’s how you play the game.”

In the real world, that’s bullshit. Our leaders and CEO’s are, for the most part, comprised of people who would set their own mothers on fire to keep warm, if that’s what it took for them to be seen as “winners.”

It doesn’t matter who they have to shaft to get to the top, as long as they get there. They’re the “successful” CEO’s and politicians in America.

People will kiss the asses they're afraid of

Most people, either consciously or subconsciously, live in fear of these “winners” and are willing to lick the boots of their masters and screw the guy next to them to curry favor.

Fear can cloud our view and alter history too because human beings will traditionally kiss the asses of whomever is in charge at all levels.

“Might makes right” is probably a more fitting motto for humanity.

But, there are some people out there that will reject evil.

That won’t screw the guy next to them.

That will refuse to lick the boots of those in power.

That will live with compassion and will live with the idea that we are ALL entitled to life liberty and pursuit of happiness.

These people are called “naughty children,” “dirty hippies,” “malcontents,” “complainers who don’t know how good they have it,” and “LOSERS,” by those in power and it will be echoed by their fearful and cowed minions.

This "dirty hippie" wanted equality for all

Yet, there are those of us that reject bowing to fear.

That embrace equality and reject being enslaved.

In the coming months and years, there will have to be decisions made.

Will you bow to your corporate masters and cower?

Or, will you speak up, protest and fight for your rights and the rights of every human being?

The time has come to choose a side.

WHO’S SIDE WILL YOU BE ON?

LINCOLN’S, OR GOLDMAN-SACHS?

Where will you stand?

With that in mind……please read on.

Federal Records Show Romney Campaign Bought And Paid For By Big Banks

“Records of campaign contributions based on Federal Election Commission data released electronically this past weekend, reveal that Romney’s top 20 donors are made up almost exclusively of the biggest private banks on the planet.”

Who cares who gets elected? I'm the CEO of Goldman-Sachs. I'll be the REAL ruler of the country

“Among Romney’s top twenty donors are Credit Suisse Group, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Wells Fargo and Citigroup Inc.”

“By far and away Romney’s largest campaign contributions have emanated from employees and officials at Goldman Sachs.”

Link is here:  http://www.conservativeactionalerts.com/2011/10/federal-records-show-romney-campaign-bought-and-paid-for-by-big-banks/?source=patrick.net

So, who is one of the top contributors to the Obama campaign?  GOLDMAN-SACHS!

Calico Blackie says:

This is the kind of trash that ticks people off, not that people are richer than them. There’s a lunatic fringe on every side of course but most people don’t begrudge people for simply being rich. It’s the rich who control the government and most important, won’t come out and admit it. Or even worse, try to convince the people who they’re stepping on that they’re one of them. That’s what people are angry about and what people who call the OWS movement “filthy hippies” refuse to acknowledge.

Then, there’s this………………..

From KTVN Reno

Gingrich cancels event in face of protesters

What a sack of shit

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – “Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich canceled an appearance at his New Hampshire campaign headquarters after protesters swarmed the entrance.”

“About 40 protesters showed up Monday evening carrying placards reading “Ron Paul” and “Occupy.” One played speeches by presidential candidate Ron Paul from a loud speaker.”

Link is here:

http://www.ktvn.com/story/16482028/gingrich-cancels-event-in-face-of-protesters

So, how did old “Newty” react?

From politickerny.com

Newt Gingrich Says Occupy Wall Street Infringes On His Right To Free Speech

“In an appearance on Sean Hannity’s show tonight, Newt Gingrich described Occupy Wall Street as a threat to free speech while discussing being interrupted by protesters on the campaign trail. Mr. Gingrich cancelled and appearance in New Hampshire today due to concerns over the protesters.”

Poor Newt. He thinks he's the only one that has a right to "Free Speech" in this country

“Some of the Occupy Wall Street people frankly have a touch of anarchism in them. I think, ultimately, the society’s going to have to say there are limits to those kind of folks blocking people from having their right to free speech,” Mr. Gingrich said. “We decided it wasn’t worth risking some kind of big confrontation, so we, frankly, decided to skip past that particular event.”

“Mr. Gingrich said the Republican candidates shouldn’t stand for these disruptions any longer. “I do think that we can’t be held hostage by those kind of people,” Mr. Gingrich said.”

Link is here:

http://www.politickerny.com/2012/01/09/newt-gingrich-says-occupy-wall-street-infringes-on-his-right-to-free-speech/

Calico Blackie says:

“Those kind of people.” You mean, the people that are REALLY standing up for America? Maybe Newt should have gotten tear gassed, pepper sprayed, clubbed, and shot with a rubber bullet if he REALLY wants to see what denial of the right of free speech is like in this country.

Hey, have any of you been following this story?

New Bill Known As Enemy Expatriation Act Would Allow Government To Strip Citizenship Without Conviction

We're almost there

“First, Congress considered the National Defense Authorization Act, sections of which gave the President the authority to use the military to arrest and indefinitely detain Americans without trial or charge. The language was revised because of strong condemnation from the American people. But now a new bill has emerged that poses yet another threat to the American citizenry.”

“Congress is considering HR 3166 and S. 1698 also known as the Enemy Expatriation Act, sponsored by Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Charles Dent (R-PA). This bill would give the US government the power to strip Americans of their citizenship without being convicted of being “hostile” against the United States. In other words, you can be stripped of your nationality for “engaging in, or purposefully and materially supporting, hostilities against the United States.”

This man would sell us all down the river

“Legally, the term “hostilities” means any conflict subject to the laws of war but considering the fact that the War on Terror is a little ambiguous and encompassing, any action could be labeled as supporting terrorism.”

“Since the Occupy movement began, conservatives have been trying to paint the protesters as terrorists.”

“This certainly must be questioned by American citizens. Our rights are always in danger of being taken away.”

Link is here: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/01/06/new-bill-known-as-enemy-expatriation-act-would-allow-government-to-strip-citizenship-without-conviction/?mid=575000

On that note…….

WHO'S SIDE WILL YOU BE ON? LINCOLN'S, OR GOLDMAN-SACHS?

”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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Dec20

Congress: THEY ARE THE 9%!

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

Greetings from the 99% in rural America!

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

THEY DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOU

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

So, what’s new today?

From The Associated Press

Palin: Not too late to enter GOP presidential race

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

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

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

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

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

Calico Blackie says:

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

From The Washington Post

Gingrich, Romney in dead heat nationally

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

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

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

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

There was also this news…..

Stocks mount strong rally, rebounding from sell-off

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

Calico Blackie says:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A fellow blogger (Cindi) posted:

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

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

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

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

Not an "occupy" protest (yet)

Calico Blackie replied:

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

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

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

On that note…….

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

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

OCCUPY WALL STREET

Stop NDAA!

NEVER STOP FIGHTING!

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Dec11

OH THE HYPOCRISY!

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

 Hello to all of you out there!

YEE HAW!

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

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

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

In that vein…..Did you see this?

U.S. calls on Russia to respect peaceful protests

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

Not an “occupy” protest. This is in Russia

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

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

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

Not an “occupy” protest. This is in Russia

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

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

Let that sink in for a moment….

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

WHAT BULLSHIT

THIS IS AN OCCUPY PROTEST IN THE USA

Calico Blackie says:

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

Can you friggin believe it?

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

All lies and hypocrisy.

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

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

Also in the news:

Union workers refuse to support Occupy port shutdown

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

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

Calico Blackie says:

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

They, in effect, sold their balls.

But wait, there’s hope yet!

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

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

Meanwhile:

Republican Candidates Clash in Pivotal Iowa Debate

Contestants entering the ring

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

And…..

From MSNBC

Gingrich opens up big leads in South Carolina and Florida

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

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

OH NO! You mean, I’m IRRELEVANT?

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

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

Calico Blackie says:

But, enough of the bullshit.

Let’s talk reality.

Did you see this in the news this morning?

From boston.com

Northeast states cut heating aid to poor

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

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

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

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

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

Her story continues with:

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

“I will do what I have to do.”

Calico Blackie says:

Merry Christmas to Mary Power from the 1%!

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


Calico Blackie says:

Makes you wish there’s a hell.

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

On that note…..

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

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

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

OCCUPY WALL STREET

PROTEST!

RESIST THE MACHINE!

SHUT IT DOWN! GROW A PAIR, ILWU

 

 

SHUT DOWN THE PORTS

“While The Sun Still Shines”

 

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Oct15

OCCUPY THE WORLD

by Calico Blackie on October 15, 2011 at 8:42 am
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Divided We Fall, Media Bias

Good Morning!

A LOT is happening today, but I have to keep this update short. It’s my firewood cutting day.

Bo Diddley Jr. on the speakers stone

I’ll try to do another update tonight as more news breaks.

In the news:

Large protest turnout in London.

 Violent protests in Rome. Police use tear gas and water cannons.

 Meanwhile, the protests in the United States remain non-violent

 Did you hear about this news yesterday from Florida?

The headline:

Bo Diddley Jr. Arrested in Bo Diddley Plaza for Supporting the “Occupy” protests

“Bo Diddley was a very influential musician in the 1950s and 60s who inspired the playing styles of a whole genre of guitarists such as Eric Clapton.”

“The Occupiers voluntarily got arrested for standing on a stone speaker’s podium on which is engraved “Freedom of Speech” and “Freedom of Assembly”.

WHAT WOULD JEFFERSON SAY?

“They then step down and are arrested.”

What does this say for our country?

The Irony of this situation is hilarious.

There are some times when as an enforcer of the law should just let things go, because they end up looking so stupid doing it.

Well the police can arrest you for whatever reason they make up and look up some charges that fit when they have more time.

That is the American way.

And has been for quite some time.

The people are just finally getting fed up over it….

Sure. So was the SS

(note the violent and dirty hippie resisting the officer in this picture)

The mainstream media is doing their usual bit for the 1% by downplaying the protests and by denigrating the protesters.

The usual stuff. “Dirty hippies” and the like. Just like they did in the 1960′s when those dirty hippies protested against the Vietnam War, and when those darned negroes wanted equal rights for all.

As for Bill O’Reilly’s latest comments, I can’t even dignify them with a rebuttal.

I’ll just leave these here.

DON’T DO DRUGS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In other news:

Romney talks tough on trade, open markets

By NBC’s Garrett Haake

REDMOND, WA — In his second major policy speech in less than a week, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney left no doubt where he stood on the topic of today’s address: trade.

Guess where that thumb is going, America?

“I’m a big free trade guy. I like free trade.” Romney said “I’m going to push free trade everywhere in the world we can achieve it”

Speaking from notes before a friendly office of 200 Microsoft employees on their sprawling campus here, Romney delved deeper into his beliefs on trade, first laid out in the jobs plan he presented in September.

The central tenets of Romney’s trade policy: open up global markets for America’s goods and services, enforce trade rules to keep free trade fair, and confront those who cheat on trade agreements, especially China, directly.

“We need to be far more aggressive in opening up markets for America’s goods and services,” Romney told the crowd – a goal he said he would achieve by pushing for more free trade agreements like those with South Korea, Panama and Columbia passed by congress this week.

“As long as trade rules and regulations are fair,” Romney said, “America can compete and can win anywhere in the world.”

WHAT BULL!

“Fair” for whom? Not for you, citizen!

We will not offshore American jobs, HONEST

Do our “lawmakers” really think we’re still falling for this line? Yep, those South Koreans, Columbians and Panamanians will be lining up to buy American products!

Or, will the corporations offshore more jobs and exploit another cheap labor market in the name of “free trade”. 

We’re seeing our country getting poured down the toilet by the corporations and their wholly owned subsidiary in DC.

A comment from a friend:

If you have a 401 or an IRA or pension. If you are a small investor. Then you are part owner of Wall ST. and you have a RIGHT TO DEMAND they act responsibly. Demand that they restore Capitalism back to when it was beneficial for ALL.

And so…….

100 troops in Africa. Saber rattling at Iran? Do people realize that if we get seriously involved in either place, we will have to start drafting our kids into the military again?

OCCUPY WALL STREET!

What are we going to do about it, fellow Patriots?

Our government. Fair and balanced? You decide.

We can see through these lies.

KEEP OUR MOVEMENT NON-VIOLENT

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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