In the aftermath of the injustice in St. Louis County, the riots and protests are going to obscure the macro and micro evils the murder of Mike Brown by Darren Wilson have re-illustrated.
After Prosectuor Robert P. McCulloch declared there would be no indictment conservatives gleefully took to every media platform they infest to trumpet their unabashed glee, celebrating, as is their wont, the killing of a minority.
Once again we have confirmation of the despicable nature of conservatives. Right-wingers only support Law Enforcement Agencies and Officers when those agents are conducting one of three activites; undermining Leftist Protests, destroying Unions, and killing or incarcerating black men.
Recall that during Cliven Bundy Insurrection, Conservatives flocked to the area to shoot and kill Law Enforcement Officers. Cop Killer Jerad Miller spent 4 days at Bundy's Camp. Conservative Domestic Terror Groups detailed their plans to shot at Officers while hiding behind women and children.
Conservatives don't support the Rule of Law unless that Law is being used to murder minorities or oppress liberals.
For instance the recent spate of Marijuana legislation laws being passed around the country would seem to indicate the pot is not a dangerous drug. But, in this case conservatives found comfort in an old canard, first proferred by William Randolph Hearst, Reefer Madness. Brown had smoked cannabis! Proof that Brown was high meant Wilson's non-lethal attempts were ineffectual! Cannabis is only a dangerous drug when blacks smoke it.
Of course, much of the right-wing defense of Darren Wilson was based on outright fabrications. Jim Hoft, the St. Louis based dumbest man on the internet hyped the "Orbital-eye socket blowout" injury Wilson supposedly suffered. Hoft and other conservatives bloggers posted and reposted a CAT-Scan which showed the broken eyesocket. It was proven the images used by conservatives bloggers was not of Wilson but taken from a University of Iowa medical textbook. Of course, this didn't dissuade the right-wing liars as they doubled-down on their lies and claimed it was illustrative of the injury Wilson suffered.
But, the real damage had been done because the Lie was in the conservative bloodstream and despite all refutations and evidence against conservatives would continue to parrot that Brown had savagely (purposeful word choice) beaten Wilson.
Now, with the Grand Jury decision we got actual photo evidence of Wilson. He suffered no injuries. His photos showed nothing more than a lip herpe and a popped zit on his right cheek.
Conservatives also hyped Brown's size as justification, Faux News going so far as to claim Brown could not be considered unarmed because of his height and weight. But, what was never mentioned was that Darren Wilson is no tiny wisp. But, while Wilson is 6'4 and 225+, he is a soft doughy disgrace.
This of course allowed Darren Wilson, that squishy slack-jawed wimp, to play up the scary black man defense. Brown despite being unarmed became the Hulk.
Wilson's Grand Jury Testimony, again designed by Prosecutor McCulloch to allow Wilson's "version of events" to be promulgated without cross examination, was a puerile collection of childish analogies.
Grabbing Brown was like a "5 year old holding onto Hulk Hogan", Brown was shrugging off the effects of the bullets and "looked like he was bulking up to run through the shots", while his face was "the most instense aggressive face" and "it looks like a demon". So pathetic was Wilson's testimony it was only to be outdone by the bullshit diary of "witness 40" which was submitted along with all the other mass of lies in order to confuse the Grand Jurors into coming back with no indictment.
It's been pointed out that Prosecutor Robert McCulloch did a fanastic job as the Defense Attorney of Darren Wilson and McCulloch may have been working out his own demons with this case. His father was a Police Officer who was murdered in the line of duty by a black man, while 4 other close family members have worked as Police Officers in St. Louis.
But, McCullochs goals are likely larger. He probably wants to be Attorney General for Missouri and aiding Wilson in escaping trial is a big shout out to white Missourians that they have a friend in McCulloch against the Demon-faced scary black man.
So... Wilson probably got away with murder. The physical evidence doesn't match with Wilson's testimony. The claim about the initial encounter and how exactly Brown "attacked" Wilson, the idea he spotted the cigarellos in Wilson's hand, why did Wilson try and present his weapon while seated in the SUV, the chase and the four times Wilson fired at Brown all of these incidents have enough inconsistencies to warrant further investigation. Nonetheless, I'm not going to guess at how the incident went down and we will never know the truth but, Wilson's entire testimony was crafted to make everyone believe he was in fear for his life.
And Wilson may have feared for his life in the end. But, in the end, Conservatives got what they wanted; freedom for a white cop who killed a black teenager.
It may be typical of the pro-Obama Dungeons & Dragons crowd to disparage a fellow countryman's memory of war from the comfort of mom's basement.
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Thursday, January 30, 2014
The Second Amendment Wins Again Americans lose... Their lives
"Pro-Second Amendment... There's no place for you in New York?!?" - Sean Hannity, still threatening to leave New York State still not following through...Is it too soon to adopt gun control regulation in the US? Well, is it?
Because for the Gun Maniacs no amount of dead Americans will ever be enough or will ever provide justification. So, if you think the latest school shooting or mass murder will alter their position you've joined a Cargo Cult.
Perhaps, one would think this a late post about the Maryland Mall shooting where 2 more innocent people were murdered (the killer also took his life) and another person injured. Well, a different pair of men, brothers, were shot and killed over last weekend as well.
In West Virginia, a Second Amendment champion saw two black men behind his home, retrieved his firearm, and from a comfortable distance, pointed the barrel out his window and shot them each to death. The initial story broke that these were two interlopers who violated his land and were breaking into his shed. Except, it turns out the the two murdered men, Carl and Garrick Hopkins, were on property they had purchased, the shed did not belong to the killer and there was no property belonging to the murderer inside the shed.
This was a case of Racist Nervosa, an extremely common condition in America, in which Faux News stories of New Black Panther Party intimidation, Hoodies and Seahawks Cornerback Richard Sherman provide the necessary Casus Belli for Shoot First, Ask No Questions Later, but be defended tooth and nail by the Right-Wing Wurlitzer of Outrage.
Now, the killer in West Virginia is being charged with two counts of first degree murder so the Firearm Fondlers quickly adopt a, 'See he's being punished for his crimes; nothing more to do; move along.'
There's a fundamental disconnect at work in the Gun Control debate. Gun Humpers have adopted an extremist anarcho-libertarian stance similar to those who feel Drunk Driving isn't really a crime unless you damage someones property or run somebody over.
Any Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) will tell you after the fact policing is the least effective way to deter and prevent crime.
As a Nation, we've got to get in front of this epidemic of gun deaths. Only cigarettes, automobiles and marbled rib-eyes kill more Americans than Guns.
And with so much anger being bandied about over real and imagined slights and the overall feeling of political helplessness this Nation is a boiling cauldron of Rage... and 300 million guns.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Worshiping the Intolerant Chick-fil-A as a Religious Pilgrimage (Updated)
I'm a Thief
I'm a Liar
There's My Church
I Sing in the Choir - Pearl Jam, Do the Evolution
Chick-Fil-A is still a corporate bully. Dan Cathy came out and proclaimed proudly what many have known about Chick-Fil-A, that they are a group determined to undermine the basic liberties of Americans because the Bible says so.
I'm betting that Cathy and his Board made a conscious decision to broadcast their Gay Hate proudly as a Marketing Strategy. The company has gotten free advertising from Sarah Palin (Sarah's astonishing ignorance of the 1st Amendment was great reminder of her utter lack of ability to be VP), Rick Warren, Rick Santorum, Lindsey Graham, Faux News, and thousands of conservative bloggers to trumpet their chicken sandwiches.
This is the same company who stole the "Eat More..." phrase from the VW Boys who had popularized the phrase "Eat More Possum" in the 1950's and then threatened Vermont artist and small business-man Bo Muller-Moore with multiple lawsuits for his "Eat More Kale" t-shirts.
And the Right has fallen into their hands faster than the 6 minutes it takes their deep-fryers to fry one of their signature chicken breast sandwiches. When people pointed and were upset by Chick-Fil-A's discriminatory bigotry right-wingers became mad because Liberals were shakin' their fists at god and all. Bigotry, Hatred and Intolerance are considered by right-wing buffoons to be okay but pointing out, ridiculing and boycotting them are the true crimes.
Chick-Fil-A as a business has the right to spend money on any campaign they wish. They do not have the right to discriminate aginst employees and customers. But, Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and Chicago Aldermen Proco "Joe" Moreno do not have the political power to restrict Chick-Fil-A from building a new franchise in Chicago just because they are rightly insulted by the rank bigotry and blinkered ignorance on display.
But, I'd make sure every application, zoning document, and building blueprint is double-checked for errors. Any violations of building code, failed health inspections, workplace harassment or discriminatory violations by refusing service should be investigated and if it found to be true should be used to sanction or close the fast-food joint.
Also if Aldermen Moreno wants to begin legal proceedings to have the proposed 1st Ward building site rezoned to not accommodate any commercial restaurant then he should. As long as it is done in accordance with the law.
But, it's already too late. This is just another front in dividing people with this issue. Dan Cathy knew precisely what he was doing, rallying the bigots around him by exposing and waving his religious bigotry for them to see. It's just so shameful so many hypocritical conservatives continue to deny basic freedoms and liberties to their fellow Americans.
See My Previous Post: Eat Less Chick-Fil-A Corporate Bully.
Update:
Hmm, I thought it was all about the Holy $$$.
I'm a Liar
There's My Church
I Sing in the Choir - Pearl Jam, Do the Evolution
Chick-Fil-A is still a corporate bully. Dan Cathy came out and proclaimed proudly what many have known about Chick-Fil-A, that they are a group determined to undermine the basic liberties of Americans because the Bible says so.
I'm betting that Cathy and his Board made a conscious decision to broadcast their Gay Hate proudly as a Marketing Strategy. The company has gotten free advertising from Sarah Palin (Sarah's astonishing ignorance of the 1st Amendment was great reminder of her utter lack of ability to be VP), Rick Warren, Rick Santorum, Lindsey Graham, Faux News, and thousands of conservative bloggers to trumpet their chicken sandwiches.
This is the same company who stole the "Eat More..." phrase from the VW Boys who had popularized the phrase "Eat More Possum" in the 1950's and then threatened Vermont artist and small business-man Bo Muller-Moore with multiple lawsuits for his "Eat More Kale" t-shirts.
And the Right has fallen into their hands faster than the 6 minutes it takes their deep-fryers to fry one of their signature chicken breast sandwiches. When people pointed and were upset by Chick-Fil-A's discriminatory bigotry right-wingers became mad because Liberals were shakin' their fists at god and all. Bigotry, Hatred and Intolerance are considered by right-wing buffoons to be okay but pointing out, ridiculing and boycotting them are the true crimes.
Chick-Fil-A as a business has the right to spend money on any campaign they wish. They do not have the right to discriminate aginst employees and customers. But, Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and Chicago Aldermen Proco "Joe" Moreno do not have the political power to restrict Chick-Fil-A from building a new franchise in Chicago just because they are rightly insulted by the rank bigotry and blinkered ignorance on display.
But, I'd make sure every application, zoning document, and building blueprint is double-checked for errors. Any violations of building code, failed health inspections, workplace harassment or discriminatory violations by refusing service should be investigated and if it found to be true should be used to sanction or close the fast-food joint.
Also if Aldermen Moreno wants to begin legal proceedings to have the proposed 1st Ward building site rezoned to not accommodate any commercial restaurant then he should. As long as it is done in accordance with the law.
But, it's already too late. This is just another front in dividing people with this issue. Dan Cathy knew precisely what he was doing, rallying the bigots around him by exposing and waving his religious bigotry for them to see. It's just so shameful so many hypocritical conservatives continue to deny basic freedoms and liberties to their fellow Americans.
See My Previous Post: Eat Less Chick-Fil-A Corporate Bully.
Update:
Hmm, I thought it was all about the Holy $$$.
"While we don't release exact sales numbers, we can confirm reports that it was a record-setting day," said Chick-fil-A's executive vice president of marketing, Steve Robinson, in a statement.But, it also has become a pilgrimage site for the Religious Bigots in Office who never wanting to let a pious photo op go to waste let every one of their Zealous supporters know they partake of the Most Holy Chick-fil-A.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Representative Joe Walsh has Got My Vote
To the Honorable Representative Joe Walsh,Now, of course, my taking personal umbrage at the way Joe Walsh blithely and repeatedly dismisses Tammy Duckworth really doesn't matter because conservatives are disgusting hypocrites, who not only give tacit approval, but vocal and electoral support to the despicable Joe Walsh. Mainly, because conservatives are so enthralled to the Republican Party that they hate Tammy Duckworth because she isn't the "right type" of Veteran (Allen West labeled her a Commie!!!!)
Sir, when you lose two legs in service to your country you can not talk about it all you want.
Signed,
Sgt Grung_e_Gene, USMC Veteran
So, Joe Walsh undermining and insulting Veterans every time his chicken shit, cowardly, hasn't done anything for his constituents right-wing ass embodies everything modern conservatives love. He's loud, he's ignorant, his argument technique is to shout down those who point out he's wrong, he hates Veterans and Unions and seeks to eliminate the Middle Class in service to the Rich and powerful.
But, conservatives especially adore the way Joe Walsh treats women.
Joe Walsh, while too chicken shit cowardly to join the actual military, is a Right-Wing Lieutenant in the Republican Assault on Women.
So, no matter what vile dishonorable behavior Walsh engages in or how he continues to do nothing for his District, conservatives are going to vote for him. Walsh lays low the conservative lie of them being "Values voters"...
Friday, May 18, 2012
Joe Ricketts hates President Obama's spending, but loves Socialism when it's used to help his family's baseball team
While the rich, ever a self-conscious minority in a republican state, were constantly driven by the fear of danger, even when no danger existed in fact, to take aggressive and oppressive measures to head off the slightest threat to their property. - Douglas Adair, The Extended Republic, The Intellectual Origins of Jeffersonian DemocracyThe Defeat of Barack Hussein Obama: The Ricketts Plan to End his Spending for Good is the Title of Joe Ricketts 54 page, $10,000,000 dollar proposal designed to prove that President Obama is not the "metrosexual, black Abe Lincoln" America thought and laments that Americans "still aren't ready to hate this President."
According to the second page of the proposal, Joe Ricketts said it himself, "If this Nation had seen that ad they never would have elected Barack Obama."
The ads in question will try to paint Barack Obama as an angry black militant who learned his anti-Americanism from his father and then from Reverend Jeremiah Wright Jr. Joe Ricketts belief is the McCain Campaign's decision not run the blatantly racist ads ultimately lead to McCain/Palin's defeat.
Since his election the Right-Wing Domestic Terrorists who wish to turn this country into a giant camp of Wage Slaves have had one goal for 2012; attack President Obama so often, on so many fronts, for so many perceived slights, with so many baseless accusations, and so savagely that it would cause amongst the American People a sort of Weariness. A Fatigue of let's just get back to some Republican stooge whom the Media fawns over and conservatives forgive every transgression so that we may be left alone. But, Right-Wingers are never going to leave you alone. The want total Hegemonic Domination of the Government so that they may institute their Totalitarian Control over the lives and minds of the American People.
Joe Ricketts is the Patriarch of the family who owns the Chicago Cubs. And this is the key to this man's thinking. As a billionaire Plutocrat Joe Ricketts feels it is entirely acceptable to have the Tax Payers of Illinois and the resident's of Chicago provide his family hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild and spruce up Wrigley Field. After all he's the elite. He's the Job Creator. He's the good guy. [See My Post: Illinois Taxpayer Welfare for the Billionaire Ricketts Family to rebuild Wrigley Field?
It's abhorrent that Plutocrats, like Joe Ricketts, have successfully created a Country in which they Privatize their Profits and Subsidize their Losses, but now they want their companies borne aloft on the backs of the Tax Payer. Oil Companies have long been able to shift the burden of running their business onto the backs of the Middle Class and Poor and it seems the Plutocrats of this Nation realize that their campaign to demonize Barack Obama could result in the election of Mitt Romney who has guaranteed to slash programs for the Poor, raise taxes on the Middle Class and transfer Trillions of dollars to the Rich.
As I wrote in my previous post,
Private business, the Free Market, "Job Creators", and a Government not involved in "picking winners and losers" is a the biggest myth peddled by the evil Republican Party and their Right-Wing lackeys. What the Republicans want and what they get their Conservative Media Goons to report ad nauseam is a Government controlled by the 1% and aligned to cater to the Plutocracy's interest.That is what is driving Joe Rickett's "Ending the Spending" PAC. Ricketts is of the 1% who firmly believes that spending tax dollars on teachers pensions or healthcare coverage for sick and elderly people is ignorant evil socialism. Spending hundreds of millions of Tax Payer dollars on a baseball ballpark is Righteous Goodness.
The Founding Fathers greatly feared the Income Inequality situation we have today. Most were afraid the multitudinous poor would rise up and slaughter the rich few but, it wasn't unforeseen to them that the rich might exert Oligarchical Control over the Nation, as well.
"In all the governments which were considered as beacons to the republican patriots and lawgivers, the rights of persons were subjected to those of property. The poor were sacrificed to the rich," - James Madison, Father of the Constitution, 4th President of the United States.This packet was produced on May 10, 2012, but didn't come to everyone's attention until a week later.
As soon as the details emerged, Joe Ricketts backed away from the plan with this statement,
Not only was this plan merely a proposal - one of several submitted to the Ending Spending Action Fund by third-party vendors - but it reflects an approach to politics that Mr. Ricketts rejects and it was never a plan to be accepted but only a suggestion for a direction to take. Mr. Ricketts intends to work hard to help elect a President this fall who shares his commitment to economic responsibility, but his efforts are and will continue to be focused entirely on questions of fiscal policy, not attacks that seek to divide us socially or culturally.So, Ricketts doesn't even have the courage of his convictions. Like all Koch-roaches, Ricketts wants to do his dirty work in secret, under the coverage of his anonymous PAC. Slandering and demonizing the President, from the cover of darkness, like a coward.
Well, guess what? Joe had just better hope enough frat boys continue to patronize his park and drink the piss warm overpriced Miller Lite he peddles. The Chicago Cubs just lost a supporter. I've been a Chicago Cubs fans since 1982. Ryne Sandberg was my favorite player as child. I'll never go to Wrigley Field again.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Odd and Sod
So, several stories have caught my eye but I've been too busy to fully flesh them out. So enjoy or deride these bon mots:
The biblical quotes on the rifle scopes. Everyone in the military knows the Killers for Christ have been working to subvert and dominate the US military for decades. The most recent news that made it to Americans ears highlights the intolerant Inquisitors who prowl the Air Force intimidate and enforce fundamentalism on Americans. Why do these xhristian zealots subvert the military? Probably for something "silly" like pushing the US into the Middle East, say Iraq, for the purpose of destabilizing the region and causing a general war which will encompass Israel and signal the end times when a xhristian Zealot or muslim Wacko tries to detonate a nuke.
The Who Remnants are playing* the Super Bowl Halftime Show. While I adore The Who's music it's been 40 years since their albums dominated the music scene. It's time for new blood and 21st century musicians. It's not as if, Y.A Tittle and George Blanda are the quarterbacks...
Republicans hate Americans and every Corporation or Industry that doesn't work hand-in-hand with them. When President Obama saved American jobs and the US Automotive Industry, Republicans were outraged because Auto workers vote The Democratic Party since all Americans know Republicans would kill them for joy or work them to death if Conservatives had their druthers. Then when Toyotas started killing Americans Republicans created a Conspiracy Theory that President Obama was unfairly targeting Toyota despite the massive Toyota defects and automotive failures. If Republicans can't control you they want you dead.
Chicken Hawk Bigot Tom Tancredo goes out of his way to show Conservatism=Birtherism=Racism, by demanding "Literacy Tests" in order to vote, because after all if all of Them were as learned as Tancredo they would Support Tancredo for President! And here's Tancredo running away from Markos Moulitsas. Which makes sense since Tancredo ran away from military service when Vietnam could have used him.
Michele Bachmann is a despicable person who actively tries to incite the conservative rabble to violence. Her latest lie-a-thon includes this loaded language:
And because of the ilk like Tancredo, Bachmann, Palin et al self identifying Republicans believe Barack Obama is a Kenyan Socialist who should be Impeached...
Related:
Disaffected and it Feels So Good: Toyota Republicans favorite Cars
Dump Michele Bachmann: Reeds Campaign Uses Michele Bachmann's ACU Fundraising Letter Against Bachmann
The biblical quotes on the rifle scopes. Everyone in the military knows the Killers for Christ have been working to subvert and dominate the US military for decades. The most recent news that made it to Americans ears highlights the intolerant Inquisitors who prowl the Air Force intimidate and enforce fundamentalism on Americans. Why do these xhristian zealots subvert the military? Probably for something "silly" like pushing the US into the Middle East, say Iraq, for the purpose of destabilizing the region and causing a general war which will encompass Israel and signal the end times when a xhristian Zealot or muslim Wacko tries to detonate a nuke.
The Who Remnants are playing* the Super Bowl Halftime Show. While I adore The Who's music it's been 40 years since their albums dominated the music scene. It's time for new blood and 21st century musicians. It's not as if, Y.A Tittle and George Blanda are the quarterbacks...
Republicans hate Americans and every Corporation or Industry that doesn't work hand-in-hand with them. When President Obama saved American jobs and the US Automotive Industry, Republicans were outraged because Auto workers vote The Democratic Party since all Americans know Republicans would kill them for joy or work them to death if Conservatives had their druthers. Then when Toyotas started killing Americans Republicans created a Conspiracy Theory that President Obama was unfairly targeting Toyota despite the massive Toyota defects and automotive failures. If Republicans can't control you they want you dead.
Chicken Hawk Bigot Tom Tancredo goes out of his way to show Conservatism=Birtherism=Racism, by demanding "Literacy Tests" in order to vote, because after all if all of Them were as learned as Tancredo they would Support Tancredo for President! And here's Tancredo running away from Markos Moulitsas. Which makes sense since Tancredo ran away from military service when Vietnam could have used him.
Michele Bachmann is a despicable person who actively tries to incite the conservative rabble to violence. Her latest lie-a-thon includes this loaded language:
Dear Fellow Conservative,The only thing 'killing' conservatism is the Truth as more Americans became aware of the vast fraud that is conservatism which the Republicans have been perpetrating on the country.
Will you let Barack Obama KILL conservatism?
…HE WANTS TO ANNIHILATE US!
And because of the ilk like Tancredo, Bachmann, Palin et al self identifying Republicans believe Barack Obama is a Kenyan Socialist who should be Impeached...
Related:
Disaffected and it Feels So Good: Toyota Republicans favorite Cars
Dump Michele Bachmann: Reeds Campaign Uses Michele Bachmann's ACU Fundraising Letter Against Bachmann
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Links (Read them)
Playing the Blame Game in the SOTU Address: Who did it? [Progressive Eruptions]
"To understand the State of the Union, we must look not only at where we are and where we’re going but where we’ve been. The situation at this time last year was truly ominous."Palin: Let's Merge The Tea Party And GOP [Talking Points Memo]
"You Betcha! They need to merge," Palin said. "Definitely, they need to merge."A tiny sliver of reality about presidents and debt [Open Left]
It's not just that Republicans are "fiscally irresponsible." It's that they're constantly using Keyensian-style deficit spending to drive the economy, all the while claiming that what's driving the economy is the "free market forces" they've "unleashed."Why Aren't Conservatives Funny? The Teabuggers. [Gawker]
Maybe it's because absurdity and hypocrisy — staples of political humor — are far more prevalent on the right. If a family-values conservative gets caught with a wide-stance in an airport bathroom stall, or claims to be "hiking the Appalachian trail" when he's in fact schtupping the Argentinian woman, that is amusing.A Bullet in the Heart is Worth Two in the Bush [Ranger Against War]
The US Marine Corps has contracted 800,000 ACOG's at $660 Million USD ($825 per unit in 800,000 lots) for the USMC. Not such a good deal when the catalog lists them at $792-$836 for lots of one, depending on the mounting system.The Psychology of Power: Absolutely Power corrupts, but it corrupts only those who think they deserve it [The Economist]
These results, then, suggest that the powerful do indeed behave hypocritically, condemning the transgressions of others more than they condemn their own. Which comes as no great surprise, although it is always nice to have everyday observation confirmed by systematic analysis. But another everyday observation is that powerful people who have been caught out often show little sign of contrition. It is not just that they abuse the system; they also seem to feel entitled to abuse it.O'Keefe/Breitbart: Felony Arrest, Manipulation of U.S. Senator's Phone Not What It Seems [Brad Blog]
But just imagine the years of outrage and endless repetition of the charges from the Rightwing media and their acolytes --- folks like Crazy Andy --- that would accompany four operatives allied with the Democratic Party, perpetrating a scheme to dress up as phony telephone company employees in order to access and manipulate the phone system in the office of a sitting Republican U.S. Senator.Medieval Minds and the Plutocratic Plague [Glenn W. Smith at FireDogLake]
It takes more than a willingness to lie to convince Americans that health care reform is a communist plot or that Obama is an illegal alien. It takes contemporary political media more welcoming of artifice than truth. And, it takes money. No one disputes that right wing spending over the last 40 years has warped our political opinion environment. Their think tanks, television networks, publishers, hate-radio hosts and front groups dominate the message environment. But our reaction too often reminds me of Medieval Europeans’ reaction to the Plague.Medical journal 'Lancet' retracts study linking vaccines to Autism [Too Bad the Damage has been done and the Anti-Vaxers are Resurgent]
The journal published the controversial paper by Andrew Wakefield and colleagues in 1998. That, in turn, prompted many British parents to abandon the vaccine, leading to a resurgence of measles.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Whom To Trust?
"Trust is earned not given away." ~ Worf, Star Trek: The Next Generation . From the incredible episode The Wounded, 01/26/91, perhaps the best episode of ST:TNG to explore war and humanity. The interplay between Bob Gunton and Colm Meaney as The Titular Wounded is heart-wrenching and superb acting.This is a Corollary to my Stop Snitchin' post. Who do you to Trust?
I trust all the fellow officers in my department to do what is right and at a minimum do what is legal. But, to the public in general and in some specific cases the perception of Police Officers is of sadistic power-tripping troglodytes misusing their authority.
Where does the mistrust of Officers come from? Well, most likely, the same place as the mistrust of Government and Religious Officials, sensational did-ya-hear-about stories. (While Hollywood films portray Cops as either, crazy, evil, misguided or naive I tend to think the Hollywood portrayals to be only a small casual factor). But, when a sensation story of police brutality or corruption boils to the surface and causes a new neural pathway in the minds of the public which individuals unconsciously access when confronted by an officer in the future.
Such a story occurred because of the actions of fat P.O.S. criminal disgraced former Chicago Officer Anthony Abbate. Abbate was dismissed on 12/15/09 for his Aggravated Battery conviction after he was caught (on video but off duty) beating up a female bartender half his size.
Humans are prone to several cognitive mistakes and most do not have the set of critical thinking skills to uncover their mistakes. Anthony Abate's actions were criminal but he's an individual and not the group (the police) with which he is most strongly associated. But, due to the natural tendency for human prejudice Abbate is representational to people of all cops.
Authority is a difficult thing. I'm not one to proclaim automatic deference to authority is the right action because I don't think it is. Police Departments aren't populated by Sgt Joe Friday's, righteous and beyond reproach, but I'll never condemn an officer (or Marine) for an instinctual heat of the moment decision. However, serious pre-mediated criminal acts by cops need to be dealt with just as every other citizen, with the additional punishment of permanent loss of position.
But it's interesting that people are often janus-brained when it comes to authority. They are able and willing to apply the most ruthless criticism and skepticism to their opponents yet they wistfully ignore any information which undermines or scrutinizes their cherished beliefs.
As it goes for Authority better to be too skeptical than too trusting... If only more Americans had believed this when the odious Dick Cheney uttered, "Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction."
Related:
MSNBC: U.S. Probes shooting at Fallujah Mosque (11/16/04)
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Obama's War
Despite Bush's utter incompetence and Cheney's evil ignorance, Obama's Decision will go a long way in tying Afghanistan to his name...
But, despite Obama's Decision what will remain constant is the continuing Unconditional Terrorist War being waged on Obama by the Conservative Punk Ass Bitch Fox News-led Lunatic Extremists... [more to follow]
But, despite Obama's Decision what will remain constant is the continuing Unconditional Terrorist War being waged on Obama by the Conservative Punk Ass Bitch Fox News-led Lunatic Extremists... [more to follow]
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Overthrow
You thought it was a joke and so you
Laughed, you laughed! When I had said that
Losing you would make me flip my lid - right? ~ They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! Napoleon XIV
Patriotism is a function of Time. Or a subset. I don't quite have the Math-esque analogies down yet. Protests against the Federal Government were once the bastion of the anti-american looney leftards, championing Tear-Oh-Wrists in Iraq, hurting the Troops and entirely unacceptable. But the sun orbits and then Blam! Here come the April 15th Tea Party Protests, which are totally not being orchestrated and are like totally populist.
Today, unlike at anytime during the previous 8 years, all responsible Congressmembers are calling for an "Orderly Revolutions".
Do they really want to succeed? Once the revolution, "Orderly" or not, begins you have called for an end to the tradition of peaceful transition of power.
I will not accept any post hoc eschatological, metaphysical, philosophical or other class of rationalizations to explain the overthrow of an elected figure. And it can't be a one-off never to be repeated event. The Djinn will be out. And from that point on I would never respect a Republican elected official in the Federal government. Never.
Update 04/15:
Many events have transpired since I first opened this article. Governor Rick Perry's call for Texas Secession and the horrible Ambush Murder of the Three Pittsburgh Brothers by a madman incited by the Obama's Coming to Take Guns Away, ha-haaa Meme.
Laughed, you laughed! When I had said that
Losing you would make me flip my lid - right? ~ They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! Napoleon XIV
Patriotism is a function of Time. Or a subset. I don't quite have the Math-esque analogies down yet. Protests against the Federal Government were once the bastion of the anti-american looney leftards, championing Tear-Oh-Wrists in Iraq, hurting the Troops and entirely unacceptable. But the sun orbits and then Blam! Here come the April 15th Tea Party Protests, which are totally not being orchestrated and are like totally populist.
Today, unlike at anytime during the previous 8 years, all responsible Congressmembers are calling for an "Orderly Revolutions".
Do they really want to succeed? Once the revolution, "Orderly" or not, begins you have called for an end to the tradition of peaceful transition of power.
I will not accept any post hoc eschatological, metaphysical, philosophical or other class of rationalizations to explain the overthrow of an elected figure. And it can't be a one-off never to be repeated event. The Djinn will be out. And from that point on I would never respect a Republican elected official in the Federal government. Never.
Update 04/15:
Many events have transpired since I first opened this article. Governor Rick Perry's call for Texas Secession and the horrible Ambush Murder of the Three Pittsburgh Brothers by a madman incited by the Obama's Coming to Take Guns Away, ha-haaa Meme.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Tell that to the Marines
Contracts now seen as being rewritable...
Contracts are only honored during good times, put a little strain on the economy and the paper you have is only good enough for kindling...
Update 04/10:
As is my nature and due to my 36 mile sojourn on The AT I never got around to finishing my thoughts on this one.
However, just remember you are an individual and when it comes to agreements the old canard of getting it in writing probably won't mean squat with the unprecedented theft the Plutocracy is engaging in, in collusion with their paper shufflers in banking and government. They will make whatever laws are expedient to aid them in retaining control over you.
Contracts are only honored during good times, put a little strain on the economy and the paper you have is only good enough for kindling...
Update 04/10:
As is my nature and due to my 36 mile sojourn on The AT I never got around to finishing my thoughts on this one.
However, just remember you are an individual and when it comes to agreements the old canard of getting it in writing probably won't mean squat with the unprecedented theft the Plutocracy is engaging in, in collusion with their paper shufflers in banking and government. They will make whatever laws are expedient to aid them in retaining control over you.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Site Note
Like me this blog is a collection of some kick ass completed ideas and partially started, never got around to finishing half ass ideas. I'm going to make an effort to finish some of them in the final couple of weeks before the new year.
When I get around to it...
When I get around to it...
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