I read this article this morning from someone in my home state, Kansas, Surrender is not an Option and it gave me hope that some people in the Red state of Kansas had the temerity to speak their minds. Mind you when I sent it to my right-wing, republican propaganda spouting brother from the same state, I got a notable angry email from him condemning not the content, but the big words, and the belief it was written by some snot nosed east coast fag. I love it when the rebuttal for a article provokes a name calling reaction. It just elevates that discussion to such lofty airs, and restores my faith in the Kansas education system.
Conspiracies
Anger levels: High
I have not been blogging much this week, waiting for all the criminals like Rove, Delay and the rest of the Bush staffers and republican crooks who are destroying the U.S.A. to be arrested.
My anger is so great that I can only hope that the courts will finally rid us of these sewer rats. But I don’t hold out much hope, even as they fall, these criminals will take down the Supreme Court with them.
It maybe time to talk about a New American Revolution! Liberty may have to be renewed with the blood of the American Patriots.
ID and the “Miracle Occurs” Funny
With regards to the current ID or Intelligent Design arguments, I have often remembered this funny graphic.
And it completely represents why ID should not be allowed to pass as Science, because it’s not. And politicians who promote this are only demonstrating their own ignorance, or they are counting on some bogus religious support for the next election. Think about it, becoming the leader of people of such ignorance. What a high goal politicians are striving for these days.
The New GOP Government of The United States
I have been trying to understand the new GOP government and I have managed this diagram. It seems to answers the basic questions that might come up when determining which part of the government has which responsibility.
Please leave comments if you believe I’ve left anything out.
Time to plant the Bush.
It’s time to bury Bush Bush Ratings Hit New Low.
Impeach Bush before God talks to him again!
Nine U.S. Senators promote the use of torture
What more do you need to say?
Wayne Allard – Colorado
Kit Bond – Missouri
Tom Coburn – Oklahoma
Thad Cochran – Mississippi
John Cornyn – Texas
James Inhofe – Oklahoma
Pat Roberts – Kansas
Jeff Sessions – Alabama
Ted Stevens – Alaska
All these Republican senators should be Impeached along with Bush.
Another good article, about a good book
Sounds like there is a new book I’ll have to read Off Center: The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of American Democracy as the review at Crooked Timber made it sound great.
So why hasn’t the Republican party been punished by voters for its radicalism? As I understand it, Hacker and Pierson’s explanation has three main components. First, information. Voters are often poorly informed about politics, and are vulnerable to “tailored disinformation,†which distorts public perceptions. Second, institutions. The Republican Party has been able to use its dominance of Senate, House and Presidency to set the agenda and to sideline opposition. Finally, networks. “New Power Brokers†like Tom DeLay have been able to assemble networks that bring together politicians, think-tankers, funders and lobbyists, creating a coherent agenda across separate institutions, rewarding and protecting loyalists while brutally punishing those who go off-message.
These things, I too, have commented on here, here, and here and here.
True meanings, Freedom and Liberty
I picked these definitions off a Google search:
autonomy: immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
freedom of choice; “liberty of opinion”; “liberty of worship”; “liberty–perfect liberty–to think or feel or do just as one pleases”; “at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes”
personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppressionFreedom
the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints
exemption: immunity from an obligation or duty 

And then I found the Wikipedia definition. And the interesting thing I found was that the Wiki actually had a different definition for freedom. It’s interesting to note that there are Political versions of the word Freedom. Types, if you will, and this means to me that Freedom can be interpreted to mean different things. Twisted to represent an aspect other than an equal to the word Liberty.
I remember back to the American Revolution, and they were not fighting for freedom, but for liberty.
…Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness!
Give me Liberty, or give me death!
The current republican corrupters of the constitution have bent this term freedom to mean something other than Liberty. And there is the true spin on their version of “Freedom”. It has become more like the;
- Freedom of a prison cell (for those who oppose them),
- Freedom of the poor (be as poor as you wish to be),
- Freedom from uniform application of the Law (for politicians and corporations),
- Freedom from competition (if you are an incumbent republican congressman or corporation),
- Freedom from the truth (the truth only confuses the public).
I’m sure you get the point.
Give me Liberty!
Give me Liberty!
Is anyone going to ring the Liberty bell?
Another deconstruction (and a superior one) can be found < A href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/stromberg/stromberg14.html">here
I like Ike!
One of the baby pictures my parents use in company to embarrass me with is one of me in an “I Like Ike” T-Shirt.
I’m glad someone else likes him also, and someone who makes sense Ike Was Right About War Machine
Time to spend money where it needs to be spent.
When the Truth, just won’t Do
Another example of the Bush administrations lack of integrity. When the truth does not work out, they Buy the News.
Impeach Bush and his Propaganda Machine
Irish Pensions, A loosing proposition
Seems like you can’t go a day without a corrupt politician shooting off their mouths.
Certain Irish minsters are now suggesting that all Irish workers should be forced to invest in private pension funds.
These are the same private pension funds, that over the last three years have LOST money. And the Irish know that, why would you invest in a bank that looses your money, you wouldn’t.
But the government wants to FORCE people to invest their money in pension funds that loose money. That can only be due to some brown envelopes being passed under the table by the pension fund managers. Managers who rewarded themselves last year for the pension fund that lost the least. What kind of business is this.
Another Cloudy day
Do you ever get a feeling of impending doom?
Maybe it’s just another gloomy day, and not Rita.
But there may be more at work than the weather. Change is in the wind. And I’m not speaking about the weather. Even if there is Global Warming. Or that the Politics are heating up. Or war, or maybe it’s just a combination of these things. Somethings not right with the world today.
More later….
Maybe I need another Coffee.
PAR and Katrina
I have been privy to a story, or a rumor if you will, dealing with Katrina and recovery operations.
The story originates from PAR, a utilities contractor and the story/rumor comes through the company rumor mill.
There was a workman from PAR found dead hanging from the power lines where he was performing Katrina related repair work. (PAR normally operates as a High voltage line repair contractor, so this was not a local power line he was found on. )
The story goes like this, he was found, but the ‘authorities’ will not, or would not let the body be returned to the family in Kansas. The authorities also claim the body would have to be buried in LA, and that no post-mordem would be allowed.
Now, it is not unusual to have individuals work on HV lines alone, and it not unusual for them to be killed by things like lighting, or falling, but working on HV almost always involves the power to be OFF! And ANY death is followed by a post-mordium, company policy!
The question are;
Why are the authorities preventing the examining of the body?
Why won’t they permit the family to take the body home?
How did he die?
Was he shot?
The timing may coincide to the ‘power on’ Photo-Op event in NOLA that Bush put on, and the ‘finding or the body’ seems to match the ‘lights out’ after the event was over.
Did this lineman get ‘burned’ by the bush event?
That’s the story/rumor, I do not have the name of the lineman at this time. But there was a death.
I would not be surprised if this is not completely true. But it has a lot of contractors stirred up.
Republican Politics, The ‘Sin’ of Greed.
There is an artical about the Music Companies getting Greedy and it brings up thoughts about other forms of Republican Greed And it all makes sense, “Greed is good!” Greed is the new Republican version of the American Way!
The Republicans are now trying to cover their ass over Katrina, by making it nearly impossible to dislodge them from Congress.
Republicans are now saying, if you can’t win on the facts buy your way back into Congress. Prevent Freedom of choice.
Impeach Bush and the corrupt Republican party which supports him. Vote for ANY NON Incumbentant running for a Republican seat in Congress.
Update: Looks like another Greedy Senator Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist under investigation. Are there NO honest Republicans?
Update, Again! And another fallen Greedy Politican DeLay Is Indicted
Who’s next? Rove?
Branson and The Oil Cartels
Putting on my tin hat again. Look to this story.
Richard Branson wants to build his own oil refinery This is all well and good. But the tin hat part will appear when he truly attempts to build one.
Watch this story to see how many roadblocks and obstacles appear to prevent anyone from building any new oil refineries.
Bush and his Oil Cartel buddies will throw everything they have into preventing any outsider from entering the business, including any politicians they own.
Impeach Bush and his Oil Cartel Buddies.
First update: First reaction Opec discussing extra oil output
Another Update: Note that this call is for the existing oil companies build new refineries, and in the U.S.A. Bush pushes for new oil refineries