The Passing of a Generation: Howard Zinn and JD Salinger

Howard Zinn and JD Salinger both passed away recently. They belonged to that near mythical generation of Americans (like my beloved and missed Grandparents) who survived the Great Depression and World War II to witness the birth of American Supremacy.

Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye never had the Holden Caulfield rebellion effect on me because I read it much too late. I was already 25 and firmly ensconced (or so I thought) in my persona. However, reflecting on it today, I recognize in it a kernel of my irritation with authority.

But, I first picked up a copy of A People's History of the United States in 1993 after Clinton's victory and when I was listening to Conservative Talk Radio. It was fascinating. How could the stories by true? My American History classes never touched on these plights or the struggles of the poor and oppressed.

Ludlow? The IWW? I'd never heard Mark Twain wrote against War, and more directly against Organized Religion, Governments and the Elites than just in his heavily cloaked but indisputable polemics starring Huck and Tom. And even though I'd lived in the Chicago land area for 20 years I had never heard of Haymarket Square or the subsequent events of the now widely dissembled Weathermen.

Reading the stories of the workers struggles planted the nascent seed pods of my journey to Liberalism, which flowered along the banks of the Euphrates 10 years later, and away from anti-human conservative pathology.

Of course, the Punk Ass Bitch Conservatives over at She Who Shall not be Named 2's site have only evil things to say about a World War II veteran and staunch defender of the poor and exploited, who fought passionately for Civil Rights and stood courageously against the Vietnam War. They (still) hate Zinn because he stood against warfare and oppression, and Conservatives love to oppress and kill people.

Democracy Now has a fitting Tribute to Howard Zinn and the Real News Network often interviewed Zinn because of his great moral integrity and they way he fundamentally changed the way We the People should view our deference to authority and our acceptance of the Outrage of War.



Related:
NPR's All Things Considered asked David Horowitz to comment on Howard Zinn's passing: Not surprisingly Horowitz as a radical chicken hawk anti-human punk ass bitch conservative who hates the poor and oppressed and loves war insulted and slandered Zinn because Howard Zinn fought for those crushed under the iron heel of anti-human conservatives.

When The One Stood Against Many

"No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad. Why we fought, or why we died. All that matters is that The One stood against many. That's what's important!" ~ Adapted from the Masterpiece, Conan the Barbarian (1982).

And just like Conan, President Obama slaughtered them.

With poise, grace, wit, charm, forcefulness and truth, President Obama, like a Kensei, confronted the entire "elite" of the Republican Party one after another and without so much as a single 3"x 5" notecard dismantled their birtherite America hating talking points. It was a masterful display and one that most Liberals thought we would get from President Obama when we voted him in. Yes!

Related:
Obama single-handedly defeats the Republicans [MSNBC]

Disaffected and it Feels So Good: When One Stood Against Many

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Additionally, President Obama's Total Victory is reminiscent of the opening scene of the first Blade movie, where Wesley Snipes stands amongst the entire blood soaked Den of Republicans and takes them out one by one.

Conservatives are Hypocrites (Watergate Jr)

Conservatives are Hypocrites. And I'm not just talking about their rampant deviant immoral sexual indiscretions but also when it comes to matters of Crime and National Defense - My Senator Dick Durbin points out Republicans are traitors.

Domestic Terrorist James O'Keefe's criminal trespassing under false pretenses and espionage by maliciously interfering with the communications system of a US Senator and member of Homeland Security have highlighted the absurdity of Conservative Justice. If the political labels were reversed and a Liberal was charged with the crimes O'Keefe committed Fox News would have non-stop coverage asking how far up into the Democratic Party this conspiracy reached and intimating this could lead to the impeachment of Obama.

But, because Conservatives hate the US Justice system and America. Fox and the Right Wing Extremists are downplaying O'Keefe's Terrorism as "pranks" and calling him and his 3 fellow Conservative Terrorist 24/25 year old accomplices Dai, Basel, and Flanagan, "kids".

Conservatives view themselves as above and beyond the normal rules of Justice, just as the view the idea that there are two truths, one for their ignorant vegetative followers to keep them docile and in-line and one for the Republican Elite. As such any and all actions they undertake are legal. IOKIYAR. Republicans and Conservatives believe there are two Rules of Law: Anything goes for them and the draconian iron fist needs to be applied to everyone else.

Guilt for a Conservative can only occur if there is evidence in incredible excess beyond a reasonable doubt. It must be an absolute metaphysical certainty and even then the conservative should receive a pardon.

For Liberals, Conservatives believe an allegation is enough to prove their guilt and Liberals can only be acquitted if they submit to Trial By Ordeal and even then the Liberal is probably still guilty.

Related:
Fox Republican Propaganda parrot Sean Hannity will be having a one-on-one interview with Domestic Terrorist James O'Keefe.

One of the Watergate Jr Domestic Terrorists Stan Dai has to overcompensate for a having a 'teeny' problem by writing MY PENIS IS ANGRY!!!!!!!

Conservatives are Criminals (Watergate Jr)

From War Criminals responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths, like Dick Cheney, to bumbling low level buffoons, like James O'Keefe, who apparently believe reading a few Ian Fleming novels and watching The Chinese Connection would endow them with the ability tap phones and bug a US Senator's office.

But, while it is axiomatic that all Conservatives are Criminals the only thing I have yet to determine is whether Conservatives are criminals due to learned behavior (from being around and imitating other Conservatives) or is it a genetic variant that Conservatives possess which draws them to being criminals.

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Of course, flabby chicken hawk Andrew Breitbart who employs James O'Keefe is busy conducting damage control and defending his protege. The comments from Bretibart's vegetative criminal punk ass bitch conservative troglodytes clearly indicate that no matter the criminal act, Conservatives will always defend their criminal co-conspirators.

The best comments are those declaring 'O'Keefe can't possibly be this stupid.' Well, yes he can. Just like the young conservative lady, who scratched a 'B' into her cheek and lied claiming an Black Obama Goon held her down and cut it into her face conservatives are actively ignorant and violently stupid and they lie all the time.

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I think since there is much we don't know [from Raw Story: Links to Intel Community] about the break-in by the 4 cowardly conservative criminals, the only way to determine the truth is to water board them. Because Water boarding is akin to the prank they pulled it should be used to figure out what's going on. This case (since it has the potential to involve espionage charges) may also warrant Enhanced Interrogation Techniques.

If O'Keefe, Dai, Basel, and Flanagan have nothing to hide then they have nothing to fear from the interrogators.

Updated one last time:
James O'Keefe graduated from Rutgers in 2006, how come we aren't reading about how he joined the Corps and served nobly in Iraq during the Surge? Ohhh, that's right as a Conservative he is a natural coward and chicken hawk...

Related:
'Andrew Breitbart' admits paying 'James O'Keefe' to commit Felonies

The Marines Leave Iraq

"Is the sacrifice worth it? It is worth it and it is vital to the security of our country," ~ George W. Bush

On 01/23/10, the US Marines transferred Anbar Province over to the US Army and are heading home after 7 years of Operations in the area.

And while I am still firmly against the Iraq War, and do not believe any so-called victory is worth the price we paid, I salute my brave Corps Brethren.

The Marines who served prior, during and after my time in Iraq accomplished an incredible feat through sheer guts, intelligence, determination, training and perseverance despite the best efforts of the Bush/Cheney Neo-Con chicken hawks and Democratic cowards who sent them over there to make money for the War Profiteers.

Sadly because Conservatives have no intention of going to war they view the Marines and Soldiers as little more than wooden tokens on a RISK like game board. And many Marines bled their heart's blood into the desert for no good reason. And those that made it back to the States physically have left a part of their souls in the Middle East.

For some Marines never really come home. They suffer, unable to readjust to regular life in the 1st CIV DIV. Many take their lives.

Why? Because Dick Cheney and the Republicans (and then the Democrats) couldn't be bothered to deal with bureaucratic mismanagement and spend time helping those they sent into harm's way. But, that's to be expected from Republicans. Republicans are Cowards who hate the Troops and view them as raw meat. To be ground up serving Republican interests and advancing the Republican Party.

The Republican Party especially likes when soldiers die because Conservative Chicken Hawk Cowards, like the grave robbers and fakes they are, put their evil ideology, into the mouths of the dead for whom they have no right to speak.

Championing War, with no intention of fighting, and Using the dead are core Conservative Principles.

And they even give talks highlighting their cowardice: "Join the UMass Republican Club for yet another lively and edifying political discussion on the costs, necessities, consequences, and benefits of war." Because all that The University of Massachusetts Amherst Republicans and "rising star in the conservative intellectual movement" Jonah Goldberg are saying is Give War a Chance... You can always hear the people who are willing to sacrifice somebody else's life. They're plenty loud and they talk all the time.

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Disaffected and it Feels So Good: Feels like Suicide

Yeah, Glenn Beck I know History

To the Polish government in London the British appeared singularly ungenerous towards their Allies. American politicians did not inform the Poles that they were putting pressure on the British not to enter into excessively binding agreements with the emigre governments. The Poles were allowed to assume that America was Poland's friend and supporters, whereas Britain was not. ~ Britain and Poland 1939-1943: The Betrayed Ally, Anita Prazmowska pg. 88-89.

As an American (of primarily Polish descent) I know something about the History of Nazism and Communism. Glenn Beck knows nothing of either. Or more correctly Glenn Beck knows nothing.

Beck's latest actively ignorant violently stupid crusade, with his chicken hawk, sunken chested, expansive midriff buddies Andrew Breitbart and Jonah Goldberg is to claim Hitler was a Progressive.

The Punk Ass Bitch Right's goal has always been to make their zombie-esque followers believe the Democrats are the Nazis and Soviets. They say it often enough. Not a bad plan when you realize the majority of the Americans who fervently listen to She Who Shall Not Be Named 1 and 2, Racist Limbaugh, Beck, Breitbart and Puffy Goldberg have never left home, have never served in the military, know nothing of real poverty and suffering and view liberals as more dangerous than terrorists because they were told so.

But, as most Americans don't know, Poland was left to it's own devices after the First World War and still defeated the Soviets, (The Miracle of the Vistula) when no government thought they had a chance against the Bolshevik tide.

During the Cold War Poland was never able to count on American help because McCarthy/Reagan rhetoric lumped them into the sphere of the Evil Empire. So, every American of Polish Descent knows America let the Poles languish during the entire Cold War. And of course, a drunk drug addict like Beck never shouldered a ruck during the Reagan years (Beck turned 18 in 1982) when war with the Soviet Union was an exceedingly slim but potential possibility.

But, now, from the safety of 20 years since the End of the USSR and a comfy producer's chair Beck is apoplectic on Communism. Real tough guy. But, dumb easily led Punk Ass Bitch conservatives like to believe they were responsible for the Destruction of the USSR by watching Red Dawn and Rambo III.

And so Liberals and Progressives will continue to be bombarded by inane buffoons declaring Nazis are Left because Socialist is in their "official" name, just like the Chicago Bears are actual Grizzlies because they have Bears in their team name.

Related:
Historians stand up to 'Liberal Fascism' and its abuse of history, while Beck blithely promotes it [Crooks and Liars]

What the Future Holds if Republicans win

As an Police Officer the prime way I illicit a confession from scumbag piece of shit criminials is by Blaming the Victim. I let them believe they are totally in the Right and the victim is responsible for the p.o.s. criminals actions. It easily leads to them agreeing with me and therefore admitting their crimes.

Never-Missed-A-Meal puffy faced chicken hawk Conservative Thinker Jonah Goldberg lays the foundation for conservatives "Tough Love":

Even if blame lies everywhere except among the victims themselves...

Which, of course, to Goldberg it doesn't, as he goes on to blame the Haitians for dying in a terrible natural disaster. Conservatives as natural Punk Ass Bitches and Scum Bag Pieces of Shit agree with him and blame the Haitians.

Blaming the vicitm, you see, is a core principle of piece of shit criminals and conservatives.

You're sick? It's your fault.
You're poor? You're to blame.

Conservatives hate people, it's why they stand with the Republican Party. Because they know the Republican Party platform is to Steal Money and Kill People.

And right now the Republicans are feeling giddy over Senator-Elect Brown's victory. And Liberals are feeling we have foisted a progressive ideology onto Obama which he does not share. And that the Democratic Party doesn't stand for Liberals. As Harry Truman stated:

The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time; that is, they will take a Republican before they will a phony Democrat...

Most Liberals are upset with Obama's perceived lack of vigor. Or as James Surowiecki writes: Ultimately, I think Obama’s real problem has been a familiar one, namely that, inadvertently or not, he overpromised and necessarily underdelivered. Americans want a true Liberal Party not the Corporate Conservatives masquerading as Democrats. However, there in lies a problem. By not voting for Democrats they empower the Republicans who are solely owned and operated by the Kleptocracy.

With the Democratic Party we very occasionally get a Dennis Kucinich a strong Progressive Liberal who genuinely endorses and advances progressive issues, if the Republicans regain control then Americans will continue to get force feed the cold shit sandwich of Conservatives values: Creationism, Pollution, Theft, Warfare, and Death.

Again from Harry Truman:

You can always count on the Republicans, in an election year, to remind the people of what the Republican Party really stands for. You can always count on them to make it perfectly clear before the campaign is over that the Republican Party is the party of big business, and that they would like to turn the country back to the big corporations and the big bankers in New York to run it as they see fit. ~ Address at the National Convention Banquet of the Americans for Democratic Action. May 17, 1952

Related:
Disaffected and it Feels So Good: True Cowardice [Jonah Goldberg's All I'm Saying Is Give War a Chance]
STAY A WHILE: Know Your Enemy
Translating David Brooks: Matt Taibbi [Taibblog]

Mitt Romney and the New American Revolution

"One of the ways my sons are showing support for the nation is helping me get elected. Because they think I'd make a great President." - W. Mitt Romney on why his 5 sons are too valuable to risk serving in the military.

However, He Wants You!

So, Willard Mitt Romney is again appropriating language of the American Revolution to make his point on how he should be the Next President. In May 2009, Romney treasonously incited sedition against the lawfully elected US Government and stated, "We are the party of the revolutionaries, they [Democrats] are the party of the monarchists," he told the overwhelmingly Republican crowd, saying the Republicans needed to "once again lead the American Revolution."

Now, in supporting Senator-elect Brown Romney declared the Democrats are acting as a "kind of a Neo-Monarchy if you will..." and "the people ought to run this country not these Royalists in Washington."

It's unbelievable, Romney is The Dauphin of the Republican Aristocratic Kleptocracy, as the Son of a Governor and Presidential Candidate and then a life long college student, draft dodger, "hard working" consultant and now professional politician. Romney has never done an honest days worth of work in his life opting instead to be a professional socialist, a bureaucrat through and through who has lived his life of leisure and largess at the expense of the American Taxpayer. Fittingly as a Republican he is also a Chicken Hawk, bravely wanting to risk the lives of other men's sons while his sons sacrifice for America by trying to get him elected President. His perfect hair is greased with the oily drippings of his rank cowardice.

But, not only does Romney hate Military Service Members and the American Electoral Process and wish for violent overthrow of the Government, He Hates American Compaines as well.

Mitt Romney longingly pinned for Toyota when he penned his magnificent Op-Ed Let Detroit Go Bankrupt, writing:

Ford, for example, needs to cut $2,000 worth of features and quality out of its Taurus to compete with Toyota’s Avalon. Of course the Avalon feels like a better product

Romney further blamed the American worker for not dying quickly enough for Romney's tastes,

First, their huge disadvantage in costs relative to foreign brands must be eliminated. That means new labor agreements to align pay and benefits to match those of workers at competitors like BMW, Honda, Nissan and Toyota. Furthermore, retiree benefits must be reduced.

Romney wants American workers to make less and die quickly after their working years have been used up. He gleefully hoped for the destruction of Detroit and the elimination of jobs and retiree benefits. Of course, Romney's is the child of a Politician and "worked" as a politician himself so he doesn't need to worry about where his benefits come from...

Romney, like All Republicans hates America and American Citizens. Romney is Evil, a Coward, a Chicken Hawk, and a Kleptocrat. I.E. the perfect Republican.

But, he thinks he's pulling an impressive Coup by using the language the Teabagging Bigots love. And maybe he is. Because the deluded abused fools who proclaim they are conservative and support the Debauched Republican Party love two things: being lied to and fearmongering.

Unfortunately, with the victory by Senator-Elect Brown in Massachusetts the Republicans are feeling resurgent; sensing possible victories in 2010.

Well, the Democrats have only themselves to blame. If they had not played nice nice with the Republican Party they could have achieved some legislative successes. But, the Republican only understand and desire Power and will never work with the Democrats to help America. The Republican Goal has always been to take control of Government and use it to destroy and impoverish the American People because Republicans are the party of American Killing Money Grubbing Psychopaths and the victory in Massachusetts gives them a chance at regaining leverage over the American people.

Related:
Disaffected and it Feels So Good: The Romney Boys are the New Sullivan Brothers!

The Weak Dollar and the Republican Recession

Every time he turned the wheel,
It was a dollar down and a dollar a week. ~ Woody Guthrie

In 2003 while liaising with ISAF assets along the Jalalabad Road, some Brits came over to talk with us. They asked me where I was from in the States, when I told them Chicago, they perked up and wanted to know what great things to do in the city. They explained the pound had incredible purchasing power against to the dollar.

Now why was the dollar losing power even back in 2003? Because the blatant and profligate thievery of Bush was sending our American Economic Power and Health into a death spiral, culminating in The 2007 Great Republican Recession, the chinese control of a Trillion in US Debt (all run up by Bush), Republican handouts to the Banking Industry and the removal of Billions of Dollars to semi-secret Swiss Bank Accounts for the Kleptocracy of America which supports Republicans and hates Americans.

It's all part of the criminal Republican Party Corporate Welfare Gang's plan to ceaselessly Privatize Profits and Subsidize Losses and their Socialist Pathology of funneling Trillions of Dollars to the Gang of Corporate Criminals.

So, the Piss Down Your Back and Tell You It's Raining Republican plan begun by WWII Chicken Hawk and Beirut Coward and Photo-op exploiter Ronald Reagan and continued by George Bush and his Master Dick Cheney to destroy the Middle Class almost succeeded. By deregulation, curbing and ignoring law enforcement powers of the government the Republicans nearly destroyed the US Middle Class.

However, the Punk Ass Bitches on the Right have taken it upon themselves to reframe truth for their followers. In this new Truth: 9/11 was inherited, the Iraq War was a rousing success, the economy never tanked until ACORN began receiving billions of dollars and Fannie and Freddie all-of-a-sudden began giving out millions to the unemployed to purchase Tear Down McMansions.

Typical Bullshit Republican Revisionism.

And the battered and cowed supporters of the Republican party, who desperately want to believe Republicans are moral upright christians, flag waving war heroes and fiscally responsible let themselves be played by the Immoral Deviants, Chicken Hawk Cowards and Socialist Kleptocrats which comprise the unscrupulous debauched Modern Republican Party.

Repeal It!

If You Can't Eat It Or Fuck It...
Then Kill It! ~ Sex and Violence, Carnivore (the predecessor to Type O Negative)

The Repeal It Pledge:

"I hereby pledge that if any federal health care takeover is passed in 2010, I will support - with my time, money, and vote - only candidates who pledge to support its repeal and replacement with real reforms that lower health care costs without growing government."

And Republican Congress members and candidates have signed on. But, do you know what's not included in the Repeal It Pledge? Why Congress members immediate pledge to destroy The Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program. Amazing.

Sure, you poor slobs out there have to pay outrageous insurance premiums, have no choice in which company provides you with coverage, face loss of coverage at the whim of bureaucrats but the Republicans in Congress can choose a TAX PAYER FUNDED FEDERALLY RUN INSURANCE Program.

And Republicans in Congress not only get an inexpensive Federal plan but the following perks as well: individualized special treatment at federal medical facilities and access to their own pharmacy with doctors, nurses and medical technicians standing by in an office located between the House and Senate chambers.

So, why can't regular Americans enjoy the same treatment? Why do the Republicans in Government believe themselves to be a privileged aristocracy?

Well, the answer is simple Republicans Hate Americans and want them to Die. Republicans especially love when Americans die in service to The Republican Party or when Republicans advance into positions of power.

The Milk of Republican Kindness

is a foul bile laced concoction of meanness, racism and hatred.

How anyone could believe in and support the cadre of filth which are the Republicans is beyond comprehension.

The Republicans and their ever more evil core of conservative supporters hate people and take delight in their suffering and deaths.

Related:
Steve King: Deport Haitians [Talking Points Memo]
Limbaugh's Heaven: Driftglass

Obama is Winning Afghanistan

So says General Stanley McChrystal.

"Have you done it? Have you turned the tide?" Diane Sawyer asked the General.

"I believe we're doing that now. I believe that we have changed the way we operate in Afghanistan. We changed some of our structures and I believe that we are on the way to convincing the Afghan people that we are here to protect them. We've been at this for about seven months now and I believe we've made progress," he told Sawyer.

But, the Punks and Hypocrites on the Right are in a trick bag if Obama's Strategy works in Afghanistan after 7 months when Super America Defenders Bush and Cheney allowed the situation to languish for 8 years. They'll have to figure out a way to undercut the President and downplay the news while not attacking McChrystal.

So, the bigoted vegetative Obama Haters will get their dander up and bellow, Obama doesn't say War on Terror enough! and Why did Obama wait so long? or We're succeeding despite the Chicago Machine and ACORN! and Sarah Palin would have gone over and subdued the Al Qaeda guys because jesus choose her!

Because the Punk Ass Bitches, Bullies and Chicken Hawks on the Right have to lie, lie, lie to convince the American People Obama loves Terrorists in order to realize their goal which is Republican Control of Government. That's all they care about, they don't care about protecting America, or the rights of americans or religious freedoms or pollution, all the REMFpublican Party wants is to regain control because then they can undercut programs to aid the poor, remove taxes from the Corporate Masters and murder Americans.

That's the 3 Things Republicans love to do: Funnel Taxes to the Rich, Screw the Poor, Murder Americans.

However, I don't necessarily agree with General McChrystal. 4GW warfare is an ebb and flow and has the nasty habit of flaring up time and again after an area is "pacified". And I would rather leave Afghanistan to the locals than sacrifice one more American for the Dollars flowing to the Makers of Death and Destruction.

When is it no longer Bush's Fault?

Pouting Republican Supporters are petulantly stomping about the blogs and holding their breath demanding to know when Bush's Untouchable Record of Utter Failures will be ignored and the Terrorist Punk Ass Bitch Right can heap all the blame for the wrecked and woeful state of the Nation onto Obama.

Here's a deal when Punk Ass Bitch Republicans take Responsibility for the shameful disaster of 9/11 then we can mention Obama's failures in 2009.

"We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term..." ~ Bush Spokesliar Dana Perino.

"We inherited the most tragic attack on our own soil in our nation's history," ~ Mary Matalin.

"What he should be doing is following the right things that Bush did, we had no domestic attacks under Bush," ~ The Mayor of New York City on 09/11/01, Rudy Guiliani.

However, as long as the Right Wing Cowards and Hypocrites keep claiming Bush Kept America Safe while the Twin Towers fell and the Pentagon burned then all the tea bags in Boston can't cover the Republican Record of Dismal Failure so continue to hold your breath you petulant Punk Ass Bitches...

The only people who support the Republican Party are War Profiteers, Punks, Chicken Hawks, Hypocrites and the Actively Ignorant and Violently Stupid...

Related:
Disaffected and it Feels So Good: Revisionist Republicans are Evil Incarnate

Dick Cheney Sucking Off American Taxpayers

"If the private sector can do a better job, the private sector should get the contract," ~ George W. Bush

Except for Dick Cheney whose entire career is based on working for the Federal Government. And why exactly is Dick Cheney who worked for 40 years in Government, but not in a laudable military job because of his 5 Deferments, a font of reputable knowledge? Every Teabagger knows Government employs people who can't hold a job in the competitive private sector. Dick Cheney is an unqualified, shiftless socialist bum who has lived his whole life getting paid to suck off Americans for money.

In fact, when he finally left Government in 2009, Socialist Dick Cheney asked President Obama to extend his Secret Service Protection an additional 6 months till 01/20/10. Despite the fact that the Private Sector always does a better job than the Government. And Dick Cheney abused the Socialist Health Care provided by the Government by being treated at Naval Hospitals by Doctors being paid by money stolen (taxed) from American Taxpayers!

Dick Cheney Ardent Socialist.

Related:
Disaffected and it Feels So Good: The Best and Worst Case for National Health Care

The Terrorists (The Republican Party) Are Winning

Counterinsurgency has taught us how to lose wars while rationalizing these losses as victories. The following is a COIN Leadership exercise -- a mirror and a Class A uniform are required. This is self-administered and can be conducted at any pace.
[1] Dress up in Class A uniform with all applicable awards, tabs and decorations.
[2] Stand in front of mirror. Be at ease.
[3] Breathe deeply while placing one hand on the Soldier's Creed and one over the Ranger's Creed.
[4] Look earnestly in the mirror and reflect upon your glory while reciting:

"I am a soldier of the United States of America."
"I am a member of an Army that hasn't lost a battle since 1950, but hasn't won a war since 1945." - Ranger Against War

I read the excellent Ranger because of his insight and experience something completely lacking from the 5 Deferment Dick Cheney and our current President.

Our response to Terrorist attacks gives them weight. I'm not advocating a turn-the-other-cheek response but what did Dick Cheney do after the worst attack occurred while he was in charge; Dick Cheney and the Republicans destroyed America.

It was the culmination of the Republican Party Platform. Evil Republicans, like Idaho Republican Rex Rammell, have always hated America and have worked ceaselessly to undercut and destroy every program designed to help Americans grow and prosper; because to Republicans Americans are chattel with the sole purpose of providing them with access and control of the American Government. Once in charge they use the power of Government to enrich themselves, their families and their Corporate Masters, for whom they do they bidding.

However, a slight glitch occurred as the American people, despite the Fox News efforts, began to turn and vote out the Republicans in 2006 and 2008. Despite the Punk Ass Bitch Chicken Hawk Cowards bellicose rhetoric that the deaths of thousands of Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan were "worth it", Americans do not want to be sacrificed on the Altar of Republican Aggrandizement.

Frank Gaffney: "It is regrettable that they had to die, but I believe they did have to die."

However, the System (The Military Industrial Complex) rolls on, even with Obama as President and the Wars for Profit continued in Iraq and were expanded in Afghanistan.

But that isn't good enough for The Chicken Hawk Republicans. Those Punk Ass Bitches want and need to be in power actively murdering Americans for Money. Republicans love to see Americans die because it means they get campaign donations or lucrative jobs in the Defense Contractor or Defense Lobbying "industries". Industries which produce naught but Death and Destruction.

So, a one man operation has provided the REMFpublicans a chance to attack President Obama for being Weak on Terror. It being the Season of Joy and Peace and Forgiveness the Right Wing Extremists have embraced Hatred with Glee.

The Punk Ass Bitch Republican Party are actively aiding the Terrorists. Because they view them as another device to be used to win votes and regain power. And that's all they care about, they even say so publicly:

Allen Quist, a [Punk Ass Bitch] Republican who is seeking to defeat Rep. Tim Walz in southern Minnesota’s First Congressional District, told attendees of the Wabasha County Republicans Christmas Party in mid-December that beating the “radical” liberals in Washington, D.C., is a bigger battle than beating terrorism.

Republicans have one goal it's to regain the levers of power in Government, because what they do when in charge is use the power of Government to enrich themselves and kill people. That is the Republican Party Platform: Use Government to make themselves and their Corporate Masters Wealthy and Kill as many Americans as possible.

Cuneo Estates (Vernon Hills, IL) donated to The Church

'Cause now when christians sit with Pagans, only pumpkin pies are burning - Dar Williams, The Christians and The Pagans

The War on Christmas Continues...

In 2009, christianity suffered so much that even Rick Warren had to beg for money, most likely because jesus was going to descend and kill him if he didn't get a quick influx of cash. However, with everyone caught in Rick Warren's shameless use of Religion to make himself wealthy an under reported story from Vernon Hills, IL (just North of the City) finds the poor poor church being persecuted. From the Chicago Tribune:

When the Rev. Michael Garanzini, Loyola University Chicago's president, needed $15 million for a new classroom building, he turned to John Cuneo Jr., the Lake County businessman whose prominent family had a history of supporting the Catholic university.

Cuneo had something grander in mind. He suggested giving the university the historic Cuneo Museum and Gardens in Vernon Hills, including the mansion's art and furnishings, an adjacent 50 acres, and funds for upkeep of the property. The gift from Cuneo, his wife, Herta, and the Cuneo Foundation, estimated at about $50 million, is the largest in the school's history.

The Church wanted $15 million but got an estate deeded to them worth $50 million. But, the christians in this land have convinced themselves they are under attack and suffering biblical (ha ha) persecution.

Anyone recall when a Secular Humanist Organization was granted an estate worth millions?

But, christianity in America is under siege. Many false christians in this country use the less skeptical piety of their fellow believers to advance themselves and their personal beliefs. Trumpeting the way by lying and peals of false piety is Fox News with nightly segments designed to hijack religion for their use.

The Punk Ass Bitch Republicans and their Fox News cheerleaders co-opted christianity to use it as a wedge. Because the entire REMFpublican platform is to convince their vegetative supporters that even though the Republican Party hates America, wants to destroy the Constitution, prays for successful Terrorist Attacks and uses the deaths of Americans to advance and enrich themselves all Fox has to say is so and so Republican is a christian.

Poor Health

If you've got money you're gonna live on the beach if not you'll live in a bungalow... ~ Racist Limbaugh on William Shattner's Raw Nerve

Understand what Racist Limbaugh said there? Money equals privilege no money go die in a bungalow and be quiet about it...

El Fatback Racist Limbaugh's recent chest pains and the care he received are big news, I guess. El Oxycontin Abuser declared the American System "is working just fine, just dandy". Uh huh. No one said otherwise about Doctors though Racist Limbaugh, like most Punk Ass Bitch Republicans, set up bullshit Strawmen Arguments which conform to their American Hating Love of Money over People Philosophical Ideology. The Doctors, Nurses, Medical Technicians, Paramedics, and EMTs I've personally seen or had contact with in this country all possess the best work ethic, dedication and training in human history.

But, praising Doctors isn't what wins fetid Punk Ass Bitch Chicken Hawk Republicans Congressional seats or the big insurance campaign contributions. No those are won by fear mongering and lying, the two attributes most prized by Republican Voters.

Which is why I'm certain R. Limbaugh actually didn't suffer any chest pains and this is all a stunt pulled by him to give him front line experience with Health Care. Limbaugh is a liar and that's why his Dittoheads love him*.

*- Most of his listeners also love him because he is an blubbery coward who skipped out of military service but never misses an opportunity to push for War.

Related:
Paul Abrams: Limbaugh Lauds (Socialist) Medical Care in Hawaii [Huffington Post]
Limbaugh's 'Dandy' Health Care Provided By Union Nurses [Think Progress]

Republican Fire and Passion

"You're the same guy who wrote about me when I did have the fire. How it was the wrong thing to do. So Who You Crappin'?" ~ Mike Ditka to Terry Boers

Dan Bernstein of 670 The Score often decries the Meatballs Bears fans who call in and denounce Lovie Smith for his calm demeanor on the sidelines...

The Meatball Bears Fans demand Smith be more demonstrative and show what Bernstein has sardonically dubbed The Fire and The Passion whilst coaching Da Bears.

Because some Bears fans conflate unhinged emotional temper tantrums with good leadership.

Well, isn't it appropriate the Fetid Punk Ass Bitch Republicans wring their hands and demand Obama show more emotion when talking about the War on Terra and the Radicalized Islamists! Here's Ron Christie, VP Dick Handler, on the Chris Matthews show lamenting that President Obama is acting like Doctor Spock and not running around shooting guys in the face... (From the always excellent Crooks and Liars Video Page.)

Punk Ass Bitch Republicans are Meatballs, dumb twits who mistake emotion for reason. And who, in not using their higher brain functions, equate fearmongering and lying with good leadership.