Poor Newt
If he thinks his remarks about the moon won’t follow him, he’s wrong.
POW right in the Kisser….
Jan 272012
Jan 262012
Yeah Obama just had his State of the Union Address. For those that are the Obombots, they loved it. For the ones that don’t like the President, they thought it was just more bullshit. I mean he had something for everybody but I didn’t hear any details as to how it would get done. He’d give and take all in one breath. One thing that was skimmed over was a remark about the safety nets. I refuse to call them entitlements because that’s what the Pukes call them. I’d have to sit through the damn speech again to try and catch what he said but it sounded like they were on the table again, up for negotiations. Why the hell is this community organizer trying so hard to cut into something that important? Come on 2016, this guy has to go. Five years is like a sentence. Yeah all the Obama freaks are saying, well who do you want? Then they usually bring up Palin. No I don’t want Pukes or Dems in the office. These days it’s hard to tell them apart. I have to wonder how many wars will we be in, how many disasters caused by greed, how many innocents will die.. Oh well as someone once said, “we have to keep on keeping on”. Good luck all!
Is Obama the Trojan Horse, A Psychopath, A Bad Boyfriend or all Three? by Jill Dalton
Posted on January 8, 2012 by dandelionsalad
by Jill Dalton
Guest Writer
Dandelion Salad
recoveringarmybrat
January 6, 2012
I believe Barack Obama was put into office to do what no Republican could ever have gotten away with. Obama has extend the wars, created new wars, extended the Bush tax cuts for the rich, given additional bail out money to the banks, allowed the health insurance industry to write the healthcare bill, extended the Patriot Act and signed the NDAA.
Under his watch not one member of the Bush Administration has been held accountable for leading us into wars built on false evidence and lies; not one banker has been held accountable for the fraud and corruption that brought down the global economy. And the final nail in the coffin, Mr. Slim Shady signed the NDAA bill on New Year’s Eve while most American’s sipped champagne and sang Auld Lang Syne. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) makes America the battlefield and allows indefinite detention of U.S. citizens suspected of ‘terrorist” leanings without due process. http://www.aclu.org/national-security/president-obama-signs-indefinite-detention-bill-law
But why be so negative you might ask? Here are a few things Obama did manage to do. He extended unemployment benefits because they’re no jobs as his stimulus package was too small. He also managed to cut payroll taxes, which is a back door way to defund Social Security, He helped cover up the BP oil spill in the Gulf by allowing Corexit, a toxic disbursement not allowed in other countries, to break up the oil which then dropped to the bottom instead of just cleaning it up. In other words, allowing them to hide the body.
Obama hates truth tellers such as Julian Assange of WikiLeaks and whistleblowers like Bradley Manning who’s been held in detention for almost two years for, according to Obama, exposing state secrets aka a horrendous war crime. That is if Manning is the alleged leaker who gave the “Collateral Murder” video to WikiLeaks showing 12 civilians murdered by American soldiers. What is the difference between the “Collateral Murder” war atrocity and the 1970 My Lai Massacre and the Court-Martial of Captain Ernest L. Medina? What is the difference between the Pentagon Papers and Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning? I mean isn’t this evidence we’re now living in a corporate/fascist/ military/police state?
Now look, I know they’re still plenty of Obama supporters among us but I find it very difficult to understand why so many people still love, honor and support this guy. I voted for this guy too. I fell for his smooth talk, cool demeanor and wide open smile. I’ve always been a sucker for tall dark and handsome but if he wasn’t lying then he’s lying now and I for one am mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore.
I know it’s hard to admit you made a mistake. I get it. You really believed this guy was “the one” and he is the one for the 1%: Wall Street, the too big to fail banks, the military industrial complex, the prison industrial complex, big oil, big pharma, i.e. the corporate fascist state he’s so gingerly locking into place.
We looked the other way when he said he’d put on comfy shoes and march with the unions and then when the unions had their bargaining rights withdrawn, Obama like the good corporate shill he is, remained silent. We made excuses for him when he remained silent as the police brutalized, beat, pepper sprayed and shot projectiles at peaceful demonstrators. Obama, unlike Robert Kennedy who had the balls to stand up to the racists down south and brought in the National Guard to protect those fighting for their civil rights, is a coward.
It could be battered spouse syndrome. I know there are people hospitalized with a broken jaw or collarbone and they won’t press charges against their attackers. I can’t explain why victims protect their abusers but they do and not only do they protect them, they go back to them over and over only to be beaten again and again.
Or maybe it’s the Stockholm syndrome whereby victims fall in love with their captors. It happens. No need to beat yourself up over it.
To me Obama’s like the bad boyfriend. He lies to you, cheats on you, forgets to call, but you just keep taking him back and making excuses. “Well, he can’t help it. He has to stand up to those mean Republicans.” Right?
And, therefore, I feel it’s my duty to do an intervention. For those of you still deluding yourselves, who still can’t face reality I suggest therapy or better yet maybe pick up a copy of “He’s just Not That Into You.”
I know it’s hard. I told you I voted for him too. I sent him money. I believed him. But let’s be honest this guy is a lying, cheating, warmongering, opportunist who serves the 1% so he might get reelected. He’s in bed with Goldman Sachs, Exxon Mobile, GE and whoever else will pay him for his services.
He does throw us the occasional bone like the recent appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. And studies show even rats will keep going back to find the food pellet over and over again even if it only shows up very rarely. But there comes a time when one must admit they were wrong, cut their losses and move on.
Not to worry they’re other fish in the sea. Jill Stein of the Green Party has a very sane 5-point program. I know she may seem boring as we all love our bad boys but really a psychopath who murders innocent civilians and destroys countries using drone attacks will eventually turn on you. Didn’t you see “Sleeping With the Enemy?” Hello! And there’s also Anderson of the Justice Party. So don’t despair you’ll find somebody new. Maybe not right away but you won’t have to sleep alone forever.
Believe me the Obama brand is collapsing just as the Bush brand before him became so craven even the most deluded had to recognize the fraud that had been perpetrated upon the American people.
For those of you who still don’t see it you’re sort of like the Bushies who believed in the Iraq war and defended the honesty and integrity of their fearless leader no matter how many lies he told. I guess it may prove the old adage. Love really is blind.
Jill Dalton is a recovering army brat/writer/performer who has appeared in film and television as well as performing her solo plays in New York and around the country. Most recently she can be seen in and consulted for William Hurt on the HBO film, “Too Big To Fail.” Her articles have been published on: Dandelion Salad, RSN, OpEdNews & Progressive Activists Voice. She is currently writing a screenplay.
It’s with Jill’s permission that I repost this..
Jan 042012
The Pen and Pulpit may be the title of a new book I’m contemplating. I want you to imagine a leader, the President (fictional) as someone who listened to the people. Someone who didn’t come into to office with their own agenda. An agenda that would insure their place in the History books. Not like say Obama who had blinders on and was bent on pushing any version of Health care reform he could just to be enshrined in times. A health care bill that won’t stand the test of times. No he wouldn’t push for single payer and use the current system already set up. Medicare for all would have been so simple and so easy to explain. We all know someone on it and they love it. It would have been very hard to fight against especially when the cost were reviewed. Ahh spilled milk. Ya blew that one Barry.
Back to the Pen and Pulpit. In my book, I won’t start out with a all Democratic Congress like Potus did. Let’s pretend things are like they are now except all blue dogs went to heaven. Country divided, and not one of the opposition will listen. We even have some of the same evil characters, Banks, big business, special interest, a Supreme Court that’s worthless because they to are bought and paid for. You get the message. All things are bad.
Ahh but in my book, the President has character and convictions. He uses the tools at his disposal, the Pen and Pulpit to wage war against the minions of Grover. He goes before the people and makes his case. He gets popular opinion for the cause. Instead of throwing up his hands and saying “but they won’t let me” my fake President would lead the charge. He would use what he could to engage and convince people his message. He would have a clear agenda for the future. Our guy seems to be reactionary instead of Proactive.
Well I can dream of what a good President would be like. It’s for certain real life won’t be that way. What a choice we have for 2012. Bad or worse. The devil ya know type of thing. To hell with them all. I’ll stay home and write about what might have been and opportunities squandered.
Dec 172011
Recap: My wife and I were in a major flood this past Sept. We lost everything and just made it out with our lives by minutes. For a few weeks we lived basically in our car. Fine that being said, things were a bit chaotic at best. Imagine living in your car, it gets a bit crowded and messy. This one particular day as I was returning from a location that was around 40 miles away from where we were staying, I had to stop at a toll booth for my ticket to get on. From around the corner of the booth peered one of New York’s finest. A state trooper. He had me pull over and informed me that my registration had run out. After running my information which took around 40 minutes, he issued me a ticket. No excuse I told him but we had been living in our car and I just didn’t look at the registration on my window. I explained priority was getting a place to live and it just didn’t pop out at me. I told him of the flood. He seemed very young to me as with many people do. He said the law was the law and to just argue it down before the judge. You have to understand, I’ve been driving for almost 45 years. My history up to that point was about perfect. Sure a couple of parking tickets over the years but that’s about it. Here comes the judge….
I received a letter in the mail asking me how I pleaded. Everyone including my lawyer told me to plead not guilty which I did. Next I received another love note telling me where to appear. It also said it was not court but my chance to meet with the DA and explain my case. Yeah Right!
On the day I was to be there, I bet 50 other people also were there. The place was packed. The DA was nowhere to be found. I never got to talk with him. The judge, you know the guy who was not supposed to be there was. Automatically every case was knocked down to a lower level,bad drivers included. People caught driving 110 in a 55 zone were no exception to this stupid rule. What a joke! He knocked my ticket down to a parking violation for 50.00. This is quite a racket they have. They must have made 15,000 this one night. So the score is once again justice 0, graft 15,000. This was a new experience to me. Someone told me that cops have quotas to get each month. I now believe them. What a scheme they have going on. A good cop would have just let me go with a warning to get my car registered. Good cop? In my almost 60 years, I’ve only known 2 good cops. As for how the law works around here, it as in everything else is all about the money.
Dec 142011
About a week ago or so the news of mush-head Newt saying poor kids should be janitors made headlines. When I heard it, my detest for the scoundrel called Newt intensified. These days it doesn’t take me much to get pushed over the edge and so this was more than ample. You see I hate Newt and all he represents. I pity the fool who says he likes him in front of me. That would put them on his level thus allowing me to vent some awful feelings. I don’t carry a weapon which is at my wife’s request. Duly noted!
So Newt, has a brain fart and suggest poor kids have no idea how to work because they have no examples. He wants them to be janitors in schools in order to replace janitors. While I don’t believe in the schools of today and think they are no more then babysitters and a warehouse in which to keep them. My way of doing things would be effective and cheaper. Having said that, let me discuss the absurdity of what Newt said. His puking out of facts is the same as me wiping my ass, both stink. He has no understanding of what a Janitor does. As for me having been a janitor for two years gave me a good inside as to what the pratfalls of a toilet cleaner encounters.
The first thing that comes to mind is Bloodbourne Pathogens. Being that a Janitor comes in contact with this hazard daily seems of no concern to the Newt. Whether your mopping up vomit, cleaning toilets or just throwing out garbage, this is something that can be deadly. Hepatitis B has been know to live outside the body on it’s own for a month or so. Damn door handles! I have to wonder if old Newt can read and understand a MSDS sheet. Kind of important because of exposure to the chemicals used daily. I wonder of Newt would want his kids exposed to all these hazards. I realize poor kids are throw away in today’s GOP but some of really like our kids. Even if Newt was right and we got rid of some janitors, they would be on the relief. Relief, old term from the past which can be used today.
How little Republicans think of service people such as Janitors, Landscapers,and Cleaners. They feel that these people are below them. I guess they fail to realize dead is dead. In a hundred years all this just won’t matter.
So Newt, please choke on a bone while dinning at your favorite 5 star restaurant. Even if you don’t, you can be sure the staff is spitting on your food.
Dec 052011
My son alex has become all professional and stuff and created a new webpage for his art. Check it out and buy some art that will last a lifetime just in time for the holiday season. THE ART BY ALEX WATERS
Nov 202011
Nov 192011
Nov 162011
For Shame Obama
As many of you know, I’ve been tending to my own life as of late. Through quiet observations and a strong distrust of our Government, I felt the Occupy invasions were the brain child of the administration. Compelled to find out the truth, I started searching for the answers. What about Homeland Security? You remember them, the real secret Government behind the scenes. At least sometimes behind the scenes.
justicedeptraids
“President Obama’s “position” regarding the NYPD’s raid of Zuccotti Park, is that “every municipality has to make its own decision about how to handle” the issues of free speech and the concerns of the community. But according to Rick Ellis at the Examiner, a Justice Department official says that the recent evictions of Occupy movement across the country including Salt Lake City, Denver, Portland, Oakland, and New York City were “coordinated with help from Homeland Security, the FBI and other federal police agencies”.
“Ellis reports that his source says though the decision to evict protesters ultimately rested with each individual jurisdiction, the local police departments “had received tactical and planning advice from national agencies” from the feds.”
“Oakland’s mayor Jean Quan told the BBC yesterday that she had participated in a conference call with the leaders of 18 other cities to discuss their shared “situation where what had started as a political movement and a political encampment ended up being an encampment no longer in control by the people who started them.”
Mother Jones reports that the US Conferences of Mayors has stated that two conference calls, one on October 13, the morning before the aborted raid on Zuccotti Park, and the second on November 10, were held with “mayors and police top brass.” They discussed “issues of concern” and how to “maintain public health and safety” during the occupations. The USCM official “denied that there was any coordination or planning between mayors and police officials about breaking up Occupy protests or tearing down encampments.” Mayor Bloomberg denies participating in these conference calls.
In our recent interview with Glenn Greenwald, a former civil rights attorney and current Salon columnist, we asked him a question regarding the expanding powers of the federal government.
“Typically, new powers are often applied in ways that people will feel comfortable with. So if the government wants to restrict speech they will pick the most hated person in the society and restrict their speech and nobody will care…The problem is that these things proliferate far beyond their original applications, in every instance that’s true. Historically, that’s how power functions.”
According to a Presidential directive issued by George W. Bush in 2003, the DHS’s responsibility is to “develop all-hazards plans and capabilities, including those of greatest importance to the security of the United States homeland, such as the prevention of terrorist attacks and preparedness for the potential use of weapons of mass destruction, and ensure that state, local, and federal plans are compatible.” Is assisting to coordinate the eviction of mostly-peaceful protests what the DHS was designed to do?
According to an anonymous Justice Department source, the Feds helped the mayors of Occupy cities plan their raids for maximum effect and minimum fallout. These included:
Seek a legal reason to evict residents of tent cities, focusing on zoning laws and existing curfew rules.
Demonstrate a massive show of police force, including large numbers in riot gear.
FBI advised that any moves to evict protesters be done at a time when the press was the least likely to be present.
demotix.com
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/11/occupy-protest-coordinate-crackdown-wall-street
November 16, 2001
Civil Rights Legal Groups Demand Records on Federal Law Enforcement Involvement in Coordinated Crackdown on Occupy Movement
PCJF and NLG Mass Defense Committee File Multi-Agency Requests
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) and the National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Committee filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests today with the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the National Park Service (NPS) requesting that the agencies release information that they possess related to the involvement of federal agencies in the planning of a coordinated law enforcement crackdown that has taken places in multiple cities against the Occupy Movement in recent days and weeks.
The FOIA to the various federal law enforcement agencies states: “This request specifically encompasses disclosure of any documents or information pertaining to federal coordination of, or advice or consultation regarding, the police response to the Occupy movement, protests or encampments.”
The Occupy Movement has been confronted by a nearly simultaneous effort by local governments and local police agencies to evict and break up encampments in cities and towns throughout the country. It is now known that mayors and other local officials have met together on conference calls in recent weeks and developed a coordinated strategy to dislodge and break up the encampments using common talking points including a public pretextual rationale to justify police action.
Mara Veheyden-Hilliard, Executive Director of the Partnership for Civil Justice and the co-chair of the National Lawyers Guild’s National Mass Defense Committee, states: “The severe crackdown on the occupation movement appears to be part of a national strategy to crush the movement. This multi-jurisdictional coordination shows that the crackdown is supremely political.”
“The FOIA requests seek critical information regarding the role of federal law enforcement agencies,” Verheyden-Hilliard explained. “The Occupy demonstrations are not criminal activities, and police should not be treating them as such. This protest movement for social and economic justice has captured the imagination of the country. The coordinated effort of law enforcement to suppress it is a reflection of its political challenge to the status-quo.”
“We see the scapegoating of these movements, the attacks at night, and in general tactics designed to terrorize and to scare protesters away,” stated Heidi Boghosian, Executive Director of the National Lawyers Guild. “This request is critical to the transparency that is required in order for the people of the United States to be informed as to the U.S. government’s action in regard to free speech activities.”
Read the Freedom of Information Act request here:
“The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) is a not-for-profit constitutional rights legal and educational organization which, among other things, seeks to ensure constitutional accountability within police practices and government transparency in operations. It is counsel on the Barham and Becker class action cases in which more than 1,000 persons were falsely arrested during protests in Washington, D.C., resulting in settlements totaling $22 million and major changes in police practices. The PCJF previously brought the successful litigation in New York challenging the 2004 ban on protests in the Great Lawn of Central Park. It is counsel with the National Lawyers Guild in Oakland, CA challenging police mass arrest tactics. It won a unanimous ruling at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals finding the MPD’s unprecedented military-style police checkpoint program unconstitutional. The PCJF previously uncovered and disclosed that the D.C. police employed an unlawful domestic spying and agent provocateur program in which officers were sent on long-term assignments posing as political activists and infiltrated lawful and peaceful groups. For more information go to: www.JusticeOnline.org.
The National Lawyers Guild was formed as the nation’s first racially integrated voluntary bar association, with a mandate to advocate for fundamental principles of human and civil rights including the protection of rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution. The Guild has championed the First Amendment right to engage in vigorous political speech for 75 years. The Guild has a long history of defending individuals accused by the government of espousing “dangerous” ideas, including in hearings conducted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities and other examples of governmental overreaching now popularly discredited. See e.g. Kinoy v. District of Columbia, 400 F.2d 761 (1968). Since then, it has continued to represent thousands of Americans critical of government policies, from civil rights advocates and anti-war activists during the Vietnam era to current anti-globalization, peace, environmental and animal rights activists. Its Mass Defense Committee is a coordinated body of hundreds of lawyers, legal workers and law students who are defending the free speech rights of the Occupy actions around the country.
justiceline.org
So I’m not the only one who attributes raids on the Camps as being sourced to the Obama administration. I feel for sure that information is being gathered on the demonstrators. They of course are filming what ever they can. Mr.President, you could have won back your base with just a nod of your head. Support the movement and condemn the atrocities the Gestapo has wrought. Oh right you can’t because they’re following your orders.
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