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Jan11

And The Winner Is…..GOLDMAN-SACHS!

by Calico Blackie on January 11, 2012 at 1:18 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Bread and Circuses for the Masses, Media Bias


 

Greetings from Calico Blackie!

Number one what?

In keeping with my theme from yesterday, we all like to be identified with a winner, even if we’re lower than the piss-boy holding the bucket for the 1%’ers. 

WE’RE NUMBER ONE is the chant you hear from fans of the winning sports team, then, after taking to the streets in ecstasy because “our” team won, we go about our daily lives the next day.

There’s really nothing wrong with this. We all need our escapes from the realities of the world and it’s always a good feeling to “blow off a little steam.”

Where this need to be identified with a winner becomes problematical in our society is when people take it to the extreme and beat their wives because “their” team lost.

Or they act like whether a team wins or loses really makes any difference in their lives.

You see this need to be identified with a winner manifested in America after every Super Bowl and it’s very visible in our society.

For instance, you could be living in Medford, Oregon and not even follow sports, but go downtown after the “Big Game” and a person could tell who won just by looking at the sudden proliferation of the winning team’s hats, coats, shirts, and other garments bearing that teams logo.

Oh, how we suffer!

It doesn’t matter if the team is located 2,000 miles away.

But, it’s not just prevalent in the United States.

The same holds true for the Stanley Cup in Canadian Hockey. Remember the hockey riot in Vancouver?

People love to be identified with a winner and hate to be identified with a loser.  Unless, you’re a hard-core fan and pull for “your” team no matter what.

In many ways, it’s the same with politics in America.

A hard-core member of either party will vote along party lines even if there’s blatant evidence, proof even, that “their” candidate has been bought-off by a corporation or a special interest group.

These “fans” are incorrigible and usually can’t be swayed from their choice of which candidate to support.

You can point out the facts, you can present your best arguments against “their candidate,” you can even beg and plead.

All to no avail.

I’m a non-partisan independent voter that usually makes up my mind to vote for whichever candidate stinks the least, so I keep my options open until election day.

Yet, there are plenty of people out there who will not listen to arguments from either side.

Case in point?

I had a conversation with a member of the community yesterday regarding the upcoming election and he said “No matter who gets the GOP nomination, I’m voting Democrat.”

Well, Bill. Grease is essentially a food product!

I innocently asked him , “Why?”

His reply?

“At least the Democrats grease you first.”

Ugh.

With the rest of us independents, non-partisan and undecided voters? That’s when the influence media can have with an election comes into play.

The media starts trying to get us to identify with a “winner.”

What do I mean? Check this out.

From CNN

As Romney Claims New Hampshire, the GOP Comes to Grips with His Inevitability

“Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday night, claiming 39% of the vote in a widely anticipated rout that at long last focused the GOP’s schizophrenic nominating contest on its protagonist.”

Ron Paul

“Ron Paul, the libertarian septuagenarian with a Bieberish fan base, took a strong second with 23%, reaffirming his rising influence in the GOP.

Jon Huntsman, Obama’s former ambassador to China who focused his campaign almost solely on the Granite State, notched 17% to come in third, quickening his campaign’s faint pulse, if only briefly.

Calico Blackie says:

See what they did there? They established that Ron Paul is an old man with a following akin to fans of Justin Beiber. In short, a loser, and that Romney is a “winner.”

Never mind that Romney has already sold his soul to Goldman-Sachs and other massive banking interests of the 1%.

But wait, there’s more!

Also from CNN:

Romney is Goldman-Sachs Lloyd Blankfein's boy! THAT'S WHAT IS FUELING HIS SUCCESS

What’s fueling Romney’s success?

“Mitt Romney has won the New Hampshire primary. That much was clear as soon as the polls closed Tuesday night. It took a little while longer to sort out exactly where the other candidates finished behind him, but that barely matters.”

“Regardless of the other candidates’ performances in New Hampshire or even what happens in the South Carolina primary next week, Mitt Romney is extremely likely to be the Republican nominee.”

Link is here:  http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/10/opinion/ladd-romneys-advantage/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Calico Blackie says:

So, you see…The election is already over! If you don’t want to be identified with a loser, you had better vote for Romney and Goldman-Sachs! It’s pretty clear that the GOP and the 1% sure as hell don’t want Ron Paul representing their interests. So, who in the hell will represent OUR 99% INTERESTS?

THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT!

Did you see this on the networks?

"For the Occupiers"

‘Tea and Occupy’ — a discussion/debate between members of the two movements

“The Tea Party and “Occupy” movements have each generated considerable attention and helped shape the conversation heading into the 2012 presidential election. But seldom have the two sides engaged in a dialogue.”

“NBCPolitics.com aims to change that on Wednesday with a Web-only discussion between six members of the two movements – three “Occupy” protesters and three members of Tea Party affiliated groups. And we’d like you to participate.”

"For The Tea Party"

“The one-hour event, which will be live streamed on Wednesday from 4-5 p.m. ET, will be moderated by MSNBC TV’s Richard Lui.”

“See below for an introduction to our panelists, all of whom are activists we’ve encountered in the course of reporting on the two movements.”

Link to story is here:

http://nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/13/9424662-tea-and-occupy-a-discussiondebate-between-members-of-the-two-movements

Meanwhile, there’s some news from the “Occupy” front:

The scene from New York last night

From Occupy Wall Street

“The police barricades are down at Liberty Square. Maybe it was the lawsuit filed by the ACLU, maybe Brookfield and the NYPD have learned what we all know; we are not going anywhere.”

“This movement is here to stay.”

“Come down to the GA tonight.”

So, what else is going on in the world?

Magnetic bomb kills nuclear scientist in Iran; Israel accused

‘Western powers and their allies appear to be relying on covert war tactics to try to delay and degrade Iran’s nuclear advancement,’ security expert says”

The victim's car

“Two assailants on a motorcycle attached a magnetic bomb to the car of an Iranian university professor working at a key nuclear facility, killing him and wounding two people on Wednesday, a semiofficial news agency reported.”

“The attack in Tehran bore a strong resemblance to earlier killings of scientists working on the Iranian nuclear program. It is certain to reinforce authorities’ claims of widening clandestine operations by Western powers and allies to try to cripple nuclear advancements.”

Link to story is here:  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45953703/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/#.Tw2vOYEpGHM

Calico Blackie says:

So, war with Iran, the 2012 Elections, bought-off candidates, Tea Party and Occupier talks, and even The NFL Playoffs coming right up, what’s trending #1 on the internet right now in America?

Molly Sims is pregnant.

HOLD THE PRESSES! SHE'S PREGNANT!

From Yahoo News:

“Molly Sims, who has been a guest judge on Project Runway, had an exciting time this fall, as she got married, and also took on a new show, Lifetime’s Project Accessory, which is a spin-off of Project Runway.”

“But nothing could be more exciting for Molly, than the news she just announced – she and her husband are expecting their first child!”

OH, GOOD LORD!

For Tomorrow: Is a dog’s opinion and testimony in court more important than yours here in America?

TELL GOLDMAN-SACHS: HANDS OFF!

”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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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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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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Jan08

PAPERS PLEASE?

by Calico Blackie on January 8, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Big Brother, Media Bias


 

Greetings to all members of the Resistance!

Sometimes, it feels like a curse

There is something happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear. But I do know that it has to be stopped and active resistance is our last and only hope.

I’m not talking about shooting up the streets.

I’m talking about supporting protests around the country and world wherever and whenever an attempt is made by the 1% and their wholly-owned subsidiary in Washington DC to take away the rights of citizens.

I’m talking about speaking up and, if necessary, taking to the streets in protest. MAKE THEM HEAR OUR CONCERNS. So, what is the latest and greatest threat? The concept of a National ID Card. With NDAA now the “law of the land” we can be required to jump through any hoops the authorities may place before us. 

Is it coming down to this?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The penalty for refusing to comply could result in indefinite detention for “violators.”

We’ve all seen the movies where the sinister looking guy in the black trenchcoat approaches a citizen and asks the question: “Papers please?”

It's for your own safety, citizen

We all know that it usually ends poorly for the citizen.

Calico Blackie can envision the day where we will all be required to carry a card that is tied into a National “Security” central database.

If you don’t have the card, you either get nothing, or you get arrested and sent to a camp for “reeducation.”

Society, run by the corporations, will eventually allow the 1% to tighten their ever-increasing grip on we, the people.

The “card” will be used for everything from voting at the polls, to making simple purchases at the grocery store.

The rules change and there isn't anything you can do about it!

Over the years, we’ve been conditioned to accept the “convenience” that our cards have provided us. You can get cash at an ATM machine, and use your card to pay for items at the store, and online. Easy, right?

But there is a much darker side to this “convenience.”

Imagine this future scenario….

You’ve lost your job and had to make sacrifices. Nothing major, yet. But things are a heck of a lot tighter than they used to be.

Due to the corporatization of America, your choices are now limited to going to THE bank, THE store, THE communications company, THE utility company….You get the picture.

This is what they'll tell you

Because times are tight, you’ve put off paying THE utility company for a month so that you can buy food for your family. You go to THE store and get to the checkout lane. The checker totals your items and you swipe your all-in-one card, only to discover that the money you were going to use to buy groceries with has been diverted to THE utility company to cover the amount you owe. NO FOOD FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!

You go back home to starve with your hungry family, while the fat cat CEO of THE Utility Company rakes in another huge bonus and raises the rates, thus causing senior citizens to freeze to death in their homes.

Does the above scenario sound far fetched? It’s coming to your town soon!

What’s in the news?

From Global Research

DHS Now Issuing Thousands of New Photo ID’s for ‘Voting Purposes’

“One of the true hallmarks of any successful police state is a compulsory national ID. On this score, Janet Napolitano’s Department of Homeland Security has officially taken up challenge of making sure that no American will be left without one. Tennessee provided the launchpad for this new DHS police state project, but like anything with the DHS, it’s hard to actually pinpoint whose banner it is actually run under.”

“The program was quietly ushered in earlier in 2011, as reported today by Tennessee journal Clarksville Online.”:

"Papers please? I'm with The Department of Homeland Security"

“The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security today announced that 9,492 photo IDs had been issued for voting purposes from July 1st through December 31st, 2011.”

“The vast majority (8,989) of those issued were non-photo driver licenses converted into photo driver licenses, while 503 were original photo identification cards.”

“If Tennessee passes another state law making the new ID cards a prerequisite for voting, which the current trajectory of this legislation seems to be aimed towards, then other states could follow suit, making it illegal to cast one’s vote without this new generation DHS Federal ID Card.”

So it begins

“Local liberty organizations around the country should mobilize now, in order to head-off a complete rout by the DHS of our polling and democratic system.”

“Once their system is in place, it will be near impossible to dismantle.”

Link is here:

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28522

Calico Blackie says:

The “Department of Safety and Homeland Security?” What utter BULLSHIT.

It should be named: “The Department of Beating Down the Citizenry.” But, you don’t care. It would never happen here.

Besides, it’s much more fun to go online to Facebook and compare our likes and dislikes of the latest coffee flavor at Starbucks.

The 1% is counting on it

You poor, stupid, simple bastards.

Do you really think that Wall Street and Washington DC cares what you think as long as we remain subservient and complacent?

Just look at the choices we are going to have in the coming election. We’re going to have to hold our noses when we go to the polls.

THEY DON’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOU.

Have you seen this story in the news?

From CBS

N.J. homeless find refuge in the woods

“Angelo Villanueva was working as a mason until the housing market collapsed.

“I lost my job, lost my insurance, lost my car, lost my apartment,” he said. For nine months, he’s been living in the woods near Lakewood, New Jersey, where we first met him last fall.  “I never thought I’d be homeless,” he said. “I used to think homeless people were bums, but actually it can happen to anyone at any time.”

This could be YOU. Are you prepared?

 “Minister Steven Brigham founded Tent City five years ago when he learned there were no homeless shelters in Ocean County.”

“We’ll probably have about twice as many people going into this winter as we did last winter,” he said.  About 80 people live here.”

“It’s a living demonstration of what the economy is doing to people. These have no other safety net to fall back on, so they are falling into Tent City,” said Brigham.”

“Lakewood’s Deputy Mayor Steven Langert says the residents are squatters. He wants them evicted.

The deputy mayor. Screw him. OCCUPY HIS YARD!

On Friday, Judge Joseph Foster denied Lakewood’s request to disband the camp.

“There is a governmental responsibility here to care for the poor at some level,” he said. He ordered mediation to decide how that responsibility might be met.”

Link is here:  http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57354520/n.j-homeless-find-refuge-in-the-woods/?tag=stack

There was also this about the tent city:

New Jersey’s Swelling Tent City

Minister Brigham knows firsthand the travails of living hand to mouth, as he resides in a converted school bus parked on the premises.

Helping his fellow occupants became, quite literally, a matter of life and death.

The Minister at the camp. The deputy mayor and his 1% handlers say: HOW DARE HE GIVE THOSE PEOPLE HOPE!

“Before setting up this camp, one local man died from pneumonia after living on the streets, while another froze to death in his car,” Brigham told AFP.

“We haven’t requested a penny of government money,” Brigham explained.”

“But that hasn’t stopped legislators from trying to kick us out. Last year, we gathered together some wood and built 30 shanties that people could live in rather than tents.”

“But the township council made us tear down every one of them.”

HOW DARE HE TRY TO HELP THEM!

 The results were devastating. Brigham continued:

“Last winter we suffered through a 30-inch snowfall that dismantled every tent. Imagine being kicked out of a 12-foot-by-12-foot shanty smaller than most people’s backyard shed. Then the snow came and destroyed our tents.”

Link is here:  http://americanfreepress.net/?p=769

Calico Blackie says:

The Minister and the people living at that camp are not asking for assistance.

They’re not asking for a goddamned penny from you fat bastard heartless slobs that say “Why should we help those losers?” “They should help themselves.”

THEY ARE HELPING THEMSELVES AND THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO EVICT THEM.

I'll bet the citizens of this community are a whole lot more caring toward their neighbors than you and your neighbors will ever be towards each other

See where it gets you if you are poor and try to help yourself in this country?

“Losers,” Dirty Hippies,” “Bums,” “Scum,” and “Vermin.”

That’s what the 1% thinks of you, and that’s what most of your Starbucks-addled fellow citizens think of you because they’ve been conditioned to think of homeless people as sub-human.

Meanwhile, on the “Occupy” Front:

From KTVU Oakland

Anti-police protesters take to streets of Oakland

 More than 50 Oakland police officers stood guard outside headquarters as roughly 100 people protested the authorities.

Leave peaceful protesters alone!

Protesters were asked via Twitter to come to Frank Ogawa Plaza Saturday night, dress in all black and march to Oakland police headquarters. The march was expected to begin at 8 p.m., but the hundreds of protesters gathered at the corner of 14th and Broadway for an hour before they marched at 9 p.m.

Demonstrators held signs that read, “Stop the police,” and “Native Americans United.”

A few people were arrested during the demonstration, but the exact number was unavailable Saturday night.

Calico Blackie says:

Once again, we see skillful editing of a story in the hopes that the reader will only skim the headline and read the first sentence of the article before moving on to the next story. “Roughly 100 protesters” turned into “Hundreds of protesters” later on in the article.

I saw the live feed from that event, broadcast by @punkboyinsf on twitter.

There were SEVERAL HUNDRED protesters there!

From Occupy Los Angeles

“People’s Collective University at Occupy LA
PRESENTS: CLASSES FOR THE 99% – EDUCATION IS A HUMAN RIGHT!”

I”N THE MOOD FOR LIBERATING EDUCATION? MEETING PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW?”

Date: Sunday 1/8
Location: 118 Winston St., LA 90013
(a gallery space about 4 blocks from LA CITY HALL down Main St. between 4th and 5th St.)

In other words, 1% and your lapdogs in Washington….WE ARE NOT GOING AWAY!

On that note……

Let's do it!

OCCUPY CONGRESS JANUARY 17th

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.

RESIST!

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Jan06

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

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


 

Greetings, fellow 99%’ers!

“Live Free or Die”

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

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

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

Stay together and united.

I can hear the back room conversations now:

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

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

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

Calico Blackie says:

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

Our freedoms and opportunities are evaporating as we speak.

Case in point?

From KTVU Oakland

 Several occupy protesters arrested at Frank Ogawa Plaza

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

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

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

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

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

Calico Blackie says:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Take care in the coming weeks and months.

Know your enemy.

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

From CBS News:

Cops: Calif. serial killer preying on homeless

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

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

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

Calico Blackie says:

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

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

Maybe YOUR family.

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

Blaming people that are suffering is pathetic.

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

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

Good words to live by.

 ”The sun still shines”

Keep defending our rights!

OCCUPY CONGRESS JANUARY 17th

AND:

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

WEAR YOUR PASSION!

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Jan04

ARE YOU READY TO GO THE DISTANCE?

by Calico Blackie on January 4, 2012 at 12:31 pm
Posted In: A Dose Of Reality, Divided We Fall


 

Greetings from Calico Blackie on the Klamath River!

There's a storm coming

Over the past few days, I’ve written about disaster preparedness and I hope I gave you some good tips regarding how to form a support group and do well in the event of a calamity.

Now, is the time for us all to give it some thought.

Don’t dwell on it, or become obsessed with it, just do it and be ready “just in case.”

That being said…..

What happened with the Iowa Carcasses?

From MSNBC

Romney edges past Santorum in Iowa caucuses photo finish

“Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney eked out a razor-thin victory in Tuesday night’s Iowa Republican caucuses, holding off former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum’s late-in-the-game-surge to win.”

The winner in Iowa

 ”Texas Rep. Ron Paul finished third, at 21 percent. Three other candidates, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann had also sought to beat expectations and rejuvenate their candidacies in subsequent primary contests in New Hampshire and South Carolina. Perry said he would take the next few days to re-assess his campaign.”

 ”Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann has suspended her campaign for the White House.”

“I have decided to stand aside,” she told a room of supporters and reporters in Iowa. Bachmann said she leaves the race knowing the campaign was run “with integrity.”

“She said now, the country needs to “stand united behind the person our party chooses to be the standard bearer.”

Bachmann pulls out

Calico Blackie says:

Mitt Romney?

What is this?

Another showing of “The Biggest Loser?”

I was almost sorry that Bachmann pulled out. It was fun to listen to her rantings.

Also, did anyone notice that both Democrats and Republicans have been merciless in their attacks on Ron Paul, but he still managed to finish third after being painted out as being crazy?

Ron Paul had both parties running scared for a while and probably still has them worried.

They said I was crazy too for opposing Free Trade agreements. How's that NAFTA working out for y'all, America?

He has the capacity to pull votes away from any other GOP candidate running for the nomination AND he has the capacity to pull votes away from the Democrats if he wins the nomination.

Either way, the circus is now going full steam ahead.

Any way you slice it, whoever gets in the White House will be the candidate that the 1% wants in the White House. Who knows? Maybe they’ll want Obama to stay there. Either way, you and I will lose the election.

So, now the “Big Top” moves on to the next state’s primary.

Meanwhile, the world still turns.

What else is new out there?

From CNN

#NDAA arrest, medic carried out by NYPD

“A photographer was participating in the Occupy protest at Grand Central yesterday when police arrested and carried a protester out of the station.”

The anti NDAA protest at Grand Central by the Occupy Movement

 ’At Grand Central Station as soon as the Occupy protest walked in, police got to the main concourse and the first person to speak up, they just grabbed and threw him to the ground. They took off his backpack and carried him away. There were tourists there asking why he got taken away,’ he said.  He was arrested for seemingly doing nothing.

Calico Blackie says:

Where in the hell is the Tea Party outrage over this?

When the police can arrest you just because they feel like arresting you, the system is broken and our Constitution is null and void.

We need everyone out there to stop NDAA NOW

The Constitution is rapidly becoming just a piece of paper to be ignored by the 1% and their armies of darkness. Why isn’t the Tea Party protesting over this? Oh yeah, that’s right. They haven’t got permission to protest from the government. Tea Party….When you “grow a pair,” come back and talk to Calico Blackie. In the meantime, just get out of our way.

And…..In the News from England:

Police Narrow Profile of Human Remains Found on Queen’s Estate

One of the Queen's little vacation cottages

“British police are re-examining local missing persons cases, including the disappearances last year of two young women, as they expand their investigation into the human remains on the grounds of the vacation retreat where Queen Elizabeth and the royal family had spent the holidays.”

Calico Blackie says:

Blimey! Looks like they’ll have to call Inspector Barnaby back from retirement and also send for Colombo from the USA to crack the case!

And, have you seen this?

Mice No Match for Mountain Dew

Imagine this new ad campaign: How strong is your Mountain Dew? Powerful enough to dissolve a rodent! Not exactly Madison Avenue material, but that is exactly what Pepsi — the manufacturer of Mountain Dew — claims in an Illinois lawsuit.

REFRESHING!

Ball sued the soft drink company, seeking damages in excess of $50,000. Now as it seeks to dismiss the lawsuit, Pepsi argued Ball couldn’t possibly have gagged on a mouse because Mountain Dew’s powerful ingredients would have dissolved the rodent’s body before the can ever reached the vending machine. By then, Pepsi’s experts insisted, it would have become “a jelly-like substance.”

 

Link is here:   http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/01/mice-no-match-for-mountain-dew/

Calico Blackie says:

I hear it goes great with battery acid. We’re putting this crap on the shelves?

By the way…..Something, something….Syria….Iran….Afghanistan….Crumbling European Economy….

Rich getting richer in the USA while the poor get poorer…..

It’s all in the news, if you care to read it.

Fighting for freedom in Syria

Or, you can have another cool and refreshing Mountain Dew.

Put down the Dew and DO!

Get your butts out there and demand change for the better.

Protest.

Fight for our Constitutional RIGHTS.

Before it’s too late.

And remember…..

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.

Think about it

A final thought….Did you ever think that maybe certain members of the Tea Party have already formed their “small groups” and are just waiting to see if we falter?

Keep fighting for our rights!

OCCUPY CONGRESS JANUARY 17th

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Jan02

People Get Ready!

by Calico Blackie on January 2, 2012 at 3:25 pm
Posted In: Big Brother, Divided We Fall


 

Greetings to all members of the Occupy Movement!

Are you ready?

Yesterday, I wrote about NDAA and what it could mean to us here in the United States.

I wrote about resistance movements and preparedness.

What it all boils down to is using common sense.

Be ready when and if disaster strikes.

Allow me to say that I’m not a survivalist by any stretch of the imagination, but I’m also aware of the fact that in the event of a major emergency, the government may not be willing or able to help.

Also, you might not want their help.

Yeah, right

Back when the Y2K hysteria was running rampant, people I worked with would quietly come up to me and ask what they should do to be ready “if something happened.”

They all knew I was a target shooter and outdoorsman, and I guess, they were genuinely worried about themselves and their families.

First, I told them DON’T PANIC, that nothing was going to happen, but it was always a good idea to be prepared for the unexpected.

I told them to get some good camping gear in case they had to evacuate.

I told them that their first priority in any emergency shouldn’t be finding something to eat.

Some of them asked me “What type of gun should I get?”

I always hated that last question.

Words to LIVE by

For the most part, these were people that had never been around firearms and would probably be more of a danger to themselves and their families with a gun than they would be without one.

I told them to go to a firing range and talk to the range employees. Many ranges have instructors and gun rentals.

Then, I told people to decide for themselves what type of gun to get.

To those who weren’t willing to put in the range time, hated guns, or couldn’t bring themselves to shoot someone if it came to that, I said: “buy pepper spray and learn how it’s used.”

We've all met them. This is the 1st guy you either avoid, or bushwhack

That being said, you don’t have to be the “survivalist nutcase” that lives down the street.

Just form a small group of trusted people who are willing to render mutual aid in times of emergency.

Have a plan and stick to it.

Don’t tell anyone, except the other people in your small group about your plan, or about your level of preparedness.

This can be very useful, not only in times of revolution/martial law, but also in cases of natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, or any other calamity.

People WILL do whatever it takes to survive, and that includes stealing your supplies, if you spread it around your community that you’ve got them. At some point they might even kill you to get those supplies.

What else will you need?

My last bit of advice to you would be, if you live in the city, take a short camping trip, either with your “small group” or with your family.

Ask yourself simple questions while you’re out there.

What else should I have brought?

How would I start a fire if I didn’t have matches?

What types of wood can I burn that gives off the least smoke?

What type of supplies would I need out here for a weekend?

For a week?

For a month?

You don’t have to be a hard core “survivalist.” You just have to survive. Be prepared.

Here is a great link describing what should be in your preparedness kit:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/earthquakes/archive/ready.dtl&ao=all

Enough with the doom and gloom. What’s going on?

From CNN

Excellent CNN Photo of the scene

Occupy Wall Street Ushers in 2012

“Hundreds gathered at Zuccotti Park, Manhattan, to celebrate New Years Eve at the original site of Occupy Wall Street.”

“Supporters new and old began to gather at 8pm, Saturday December 31st, 2011, at Liberty Plaza / Zuccotti Park. At 10pm, more protestors joined, and some marched to the Merrill Lynch Bull, in Bowling Green. Several clashes with NYPD occurred.”

Here are two comments that I read after the article:

“It’s a shame that these poor police officers have to deal with this vermin. Hopefully the shrinking news coverage of these losers will result in this “movement” drying up sooner rather than later.”

“Please go get a job. or, media, please report this ‘story’ objectively. This savage behavior should not be encouraged. Businesses are losing out because no one wants to shop near where these savages roam.”

TURN OFF YOUR DAMNED TV. READ A BOOK. At least READ 1984

 

 

Calico Blackie says:

“Vermin.” “Savages.” “Get a job.” “Losers.” There is a time-tested pattern developing here that is being echoed in all the mainstream media and by all their sheep and corporate shills that can’t, or won’t see the truth. Good Lord people! Haven’t you ever seen the 1940 movie “The Eternal Jew?” That’s what you sound like.

Also, I read this comment on another website regarding NDAA:

This man, Martin Niemoller, would like a word with you

“I think most of you think you are way more important than you really are. Nobody cares about you and nobody is watching you or planning to steal you away in the middle of the night and hold you indefinitely. You’re just as bad as the Republican fear mongers that got us into Iraq, get the hell over yourselves. The government isn’t going around and snatching up it’s citizenry just for the lulz no matter what you guys have read on some nutbags blog.”

Calico Blackie says:

This idea that “if you’ve done nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about” assumes that the government is full of good people that would not abuse their power, ever. Even if this were true now, we cannot be sure it’ll be true in the future. The US Republic was founded on the idea that humans are corruptible and we need to have checks and balances against corruption built into our government. Because corrupt people will oppress those who have done nothing wrong.

It was Martin Niemoller who said:

BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE

“First they came for the communists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist.”

“Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist.”

“Then they came for the Jews
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Jew.”

“Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.”

SPEAK UP! FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS AND NEVER QUIT FIGHTING!

On that note……

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.

LET'S DO IT

AND:

OCCUPY CONGRESS!

OCCUPY WALL STREET

We are the 99%

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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Dec27

ASK QUESTIONS – DEMAND ANSWERS!

by Calico Blackie on December 27, 2011 at 11:35 am
Posted In: Big Brother, Media Bias

Greetings to all people who seek the truth! 

It's called reading comprehension

Learning how to read in America is a topic near and dear to me. Most people can read printed words, but do they know how to interpret those words? Are they careful and thorough readers, or do they just skim the headlines and form the uninformed opinions that the 1% and their corporate media want them to form? As a former museum director, I constantly saw articles written on how to properly set up museum displays for the public. Every one of those articles stressed the importance of keeping the description cards next to the display as short as possible because visitors will usually only read the first sentence or two on the card and then look at the display without even having a full grasp of what it is they are seeing.

Most people don't read all the text

The worst part about this is that the data applies to the people that actually bother to go to museums, not to the masses that would rather watch “reality” television. We live in an age where visual stimulation is king and real information is unwanted and lost.

Actors and actresses don’t have to act. They play supporting roles to computer generated graphics.

Mainstream media (the propaganda machine of the 1%) understands this perfectly well, and they tailor their articles to misinform, mislead, and stretch the truth. Often, the truth IS in the article, but most people do not read beyond the headline to form their opinions.

Case in point?

From ABC News

Poll: Americans Better Off Than Their Parents

“Gallup poll shows 69% of Americans think they are better off financially than their parents whey they were the same age”

“A majority of Americans say they are better off financially than their parents were at the same age, though seniors are more positive about their wealth than younger people, according to the Gallup Poll.”

See, sheep? Money does buy happiness!

“Of 1,012 adults surveyed, 69 percent said they’re better off financially than their parents, down from the 74 percent who said so in 1998, the last time Gallup asked this question.”

“Gallup asked adults age 18 and older: “Think of your parents when they were your age.

Would you say you are better off financially than they were, or not?”

Calico Blackie says:

Here is where critical reading and thinking comes into play. Ask the questions: Where did this Gallup poll take place? A majority of Americans? What was the financial make up of their 1012-person sample? How was the poll conducted?

The only stupid questions are the ones that don't get asked

The article continues with……

“Most Americans still think they are doing better financially than their parents did when they were the same age,” Elizabeth Mendes, deputy managing editor at Gallup, wrote in a blog post. “This is positive news, given the difficult state of the U.S. economy over the past several years — with millions of Americans seeing their home values deteriorate and jobs evaporate.”

Calico Blackie says:

See what they did there? They used a small sample of Americans, from who knows where, to make the statement: “Most Americans think they are doing better.” Read this statement without using critical thinking and it seems to say that everything is fine. That the 1 out of every 2 Americans that are close to, or at the poverty level must be mistaken. That the 91% of Americans that say Congress is doing a terrible job must be just a bunch of complainers. The bad news in that statement was reserved for the end, where most people won’t bother to read that far into the paragraph.

ASK QUESTIONS - DEMAND ANSWERS

By now, most people have stopped reading the article and will take away the information that most Americans think they’re doing great and that the protesters are crybabies.

HERE IS THE LAST PARAGRAPH IN THE ARTICLE THAT NO-ONE BOTHERED TO READ:

While the overall median response of the 1,012 adults was an income of $150,000, younger respondents age 18 to 49 had a median amount of $160,000.

Those 50 and older said they would feel rich with $100,000.

Calico Blackie says:

A median income of $150,000.00?

Hell yes, they’re doing ok.

So, it’s plain to see that Gallup polled a very skewed sample of Americans to arrive at the conclusion that everything is rosy and tell us we’re doing much better than our parents. ABC, at the orders of their Wall Street masters, prints the article, and suddenly “We’re doing better” becomes the new truth for us to believe. They just hope that most of us aren’t smart enough to read the entire article and ask questions. They hope that we have no reading comprehension skills and that their article, and our questions will fall upon deaf and uninformed ears.

You see, the article didn’t fall upon deaf ears; they fell upon informed ears. Ears attached to brains that know for a fact that the current corporate media (a) has helped to protect bankers and financiers from prosecution and (b) spread falsehoods about the economy and the occupy movement that result in the continuing complacency of a whole nation of sheep, and (c) condoned and enabled the creation of laws in our country that will have people imprisoned for being informed and speaking out, and other people imprisoned for not outing their 99% “domestic terrorist” friends.

TRUTH

So, forgive us if we appear to have deaf ears when the financiers and politicians that are doing those things to us try to teach us *anything* about being happy.

The fact that this particular article was really about how well off people that make $150,000/yr think they are, coming from a media that is owned by the 1% is just icing on the cake to an informed reader.

The people who are content to “sit back and take it” and think we all should be happy getting the shaft sound like battered wives when they do that.

Hey! Donald Trump quit the GOP and will probably run for President as an independent candidate.

What’s left of the middle class still hasn’t figured out yet how screwed they are.

Not every clown wears make-up

 They’ve still got a roof over their heads, food on the table and a big screen TV in the living room.

Nobody’s paying attention to the walls moving in a little bit more each year.

They put up with ‘sobriety checkpoints’ and drug tests because hey – it’s the law right?

They still think all this stuff is ‘for their protection’.

They haven’t figured out that they can’t take their rights back.

They haven’t figured out yet that the country made a deal with the devil and the bill is coming due.

Any possible serious attempt at uprising in this country will find itself ridiculously outgunned and at a severe tactical disadvantage.

Of course, that’s the idea.
The only tactical advantage the people have to coordinate their efforts is the internet.  

Berkeley, 1969. A serious uprising to end the Vietnam War

Why do you think they’re trying to pass laws to block “rogue” domains?

Why do you think they’re trying to make it so that sites like this and others are to be held legally responsible for the content that their users post?

I’m of the opinion at this point that the authoritarians in our government are circling the wagons, and there are authoritarians in both the Republican and Democratic parties just about equally, and our Executive branch is also compliant with the authoritarians as well.

It’s getting me really unnerved, I’ll tell you that much.

But hey!

At least the police arent busting down the “wrong” doors and shooting the family dog right in front of the kids.

Oh wait….they are.

Still think you’re free? ASK QUESTIONS. DEMAND ANSWERS. Most people are afraid to ask questions because they don’t want to appear ignorant to others. By not asking questions, we remain ignorant, and that’s exactly where the 1% and their wholly owned subsidiary in Washington DC wants us.

On that note….

For anyone that still cares……The cop with the pepper spray at UC Davis is Lt. John Pike of University of California Police. 530-752-3989. But, nothing will happen to him. He’s got our “Justice” System on HIS side. A system of oppression and greed. All we have is the knowledge that what we are doing is morally right and justified.

OCCUPY WALL STREET

ASK QUESTIONS. DEMAND ANSWERS.

PROTEST!

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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Dec20

Congress: THEY ARE THE 9%!

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

Greetings from the 99% in rural America!

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

THEY DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOU

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

So, what’s new today?

From The Associated Press

Palin: Not too late to enter GOP presidential race

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

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

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

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

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

Calico Blackie says:

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

From The Washington Post

Gingrich, Romney in dead heat nationally

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

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

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

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

There was also this news…..

Stocks mount strong rally, rebounding from sell-off

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

Calico Blackie says:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A fellow blogger (Cindi) posted:

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

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

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

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

Not an "occupy" protest (yet)

Calico Blackie replied:

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

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

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

On that note…….

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

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

OCCUPY WALL STREET

Stop NDAA!

NEVER STOP FIGHTING!

We are the 99%

Calico Blackie

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