Bush orders National Guard to Georgia…..

August 13, 2008

Yep, WW III coming right up folks. Seems Ol” Pooti-Poot, you remember Premier Putin the guy who’s eyes ‘Dumbya’ looked into and like dug him the max dude, is blowin the BeJesus out of Russia’s upstart pull away state Georgia where they have them some oil, not peaches.

I know a lot folks  are quite rightly concerned about Cowboy ‘Yee-Hawr’ and his pal The Vile Cheney but they are I believe worried about the wrong people. And before you start I’ve been ‘warning’ folks since 2000 and before. Hang with me while we trek to the sharp end of my argument. There will always be vile twisted creatures such as Bush and Cheney infesting our society and even, at times, rising  to positions of power where the damage they do is magnified until the troup pulls them down and renders ‘em harmless. This post is about someone else however. A person who failed her oath of office and in the doing of that has allowed Bush to remain in power to take his most recent shot at Armageddon. To me this person is to be condemned even more harshly than Bush. He’s sick in the head.

What’s you excuse Madame Speaker Pelosi?

You took Impeachment ‘Off the Table…’ and George just went nuts. The list of insane, stupid, dangerous things he’s engineered ever since you, illegally I might add Madame, gave him a free pass. Far, far, far worse than that you have through the use of cash and the intimidation that goes with it gone a fair way to destroying the Democratic Party. Let’s take a look at how Madame Speaker has spun her web of influence.

The lede:

‘As Americans sat glued to their television sets watching the most hotly contested presidential primary in American history, pundits counted pledged delegates won in caucuses and primaries and discussed the highly prized superdelegates’ endorsements. Eventually it would be these superdelegates, Democratic officials, governors, and members of congress, who would determine the nominee, since neither contestant won enough pledged delegates in the 52 primary contests.’

Notice that ‘Americans sat glued…’ paying attention to that which would play little or no role in the determination of who would represent the Democratic Party this Fall. What was on TV has nothing to do with it. It’s all about what goes on every day in the ‘Democrat’ Party the ‘business as usual that the corporatist press never bothers to tell you about. The sort of information that goes a long way towards explaining why nothing has changed since the Dems got a majority in both houses of Congress in 2006 and why nothing will change in the Year of Barky 2008, if he can get by Sister Beelzebub at Denver. To put it as simply as possible the rot in Congress is far deeper than most progressives believed and any of the rest of the citizenry are ready to believe.

Must be hard to work with the waves of stink billowing out of Madame Speaker’s office. Now go ahead and tell me it’s just the way things are….how it is….cain’t do notin’ about it. Well, it’s true that tales of corruption and even the ‘they all do it…’ come down to us from the Roman Senate, and before. Socrates is a real good example. And it’s true corruption will always be with us. But the countervailing fact is that we must always be fighting it and trying  to stamp it out. Why? Because corrupt folks are generally pretty bad people to have governing you. And I mean bad as in evil deserving of the guillotine  no messin’. Because you see corrupt rulers have lost all feeling for those they govern. Madame Speaker is a classic case and I would persuade you that she is a greater danger to the health of our nation than Bush.

The reason is simple. Madame Speaker is still there. In the House. Her corrupt anti-democratic machine in place. Do you remember when Madame Speaker first uttered those immortal words? The words that will define her entire political career?

November 8th, 2006

648 days ago folks. I was going to make  a list of all the illegal, stupid, and immoral things President Bush has done since that day. But even the illegal acts he’s commited, the one’s that we know of, would run to dozens of pages. You can go ahead and list your favorite most infamous ones in the comments .We get enough and I’ll cook up a poll and we’ll pick the most heinous three. The point is that by abdicating her responsibility as Speaker of the House, by shirking her oath of office, she has made herself and her party as guilty of the crimes of the Bush cabal.

She needs to go.

And now.

As you may or may not realize Cindy Sheehan is running to put Pelosi on the street where she belongs. Check the upper sidebar for a button that will take you to her site. I urge you to give so that the process of reformatioon can begin sooner rather than later.

Every day people are dying because Nancy Pelosi is a  corrupt politician who has sold  out her constituents, us, for the Benjamins. Heinous doesn’t do it justice.

Flash Update: Well Boosh did order the Guard to Georgia for ‘humanitarian aid’ but..well…he forgot to tell the Navy or the Russians so we just need to forget about that. Okay? Just another day on the job for Nancy’s lil’ boy.


A Brief Word…..

August 10, 2008

…..yeah, the revolution will not be televised. Indeed, there looks to be no revolution. With Barky calling for a non-vote Democratic Convention, he won’t get that predicts I, and McSame being…well, more of the same I suppose you could vote for Nader or Barr but neither are viable let’s face it. Sister Beezlebub still has a shot moreso every time Barky sticks his foot in his mouth and hops around going Uh…Uh…Muh! Currently the Bark-O-Meter has him at 1.5 hops per week. But enough of the cheap shots.

The real problem sits on ‘The HIll’ like a horrific knot of toads in human form. 535 elected representatives of the people.

Or not.

Yep, in situation, after issue, compounded by crisis we see that the legislative branch of our government is stuffed to the gills with folks who are one of three things:

Corrupt…the biggest faction. Politicians are trained early that it’s all about the Benjamins as our ‘system’ rewards those who get elected and under the current system you need lots of B’s to get elected…

Stupid…plenty of those after all if you’re buying a Congressperson you don’t need one that’s smart. Just one that loves to follow orders.

Nuts….Yeah, barking mad. These are the ones found in a hotel room with hookers and coke or an underage boy. Significant fraction….

So what to do. First up is very simple.

Get real.

Understand that the level of corruption is now at unprecedented levels. Levels no mere change in ‘party’ will fix. The job is a wholescale clean up similar to Hercules and the Augean Stables. Ever read that one? You should it’s not really about what it seems. Yeah, get real. No one candidate is going to ‘save’ us folks. Most adults realize reality don’t work that way but….

People want to believe.

Well…

Believe this.

If you and I don’t get off our asses and take back our government the future will be very bleak. The tipping point on many problems affecting our very survival as a society is near. I assert that the tools to fix those problems which threaten us most are also hand. Requiring only affordable amounts of money and some intelligent leadership. But with a government composed of the corrupt, the stupid and the barking mad we are not going to be able to use those tools.

What to do?

Look around join up with like minded folks. Stop talking and start doing. You will be noticing some changes around here as I ‘renovate’ my new primary residence. And no I don’t care what the Congressional mortgage lending ‘bail out’ bill says, it’s amazingly stupid go look it up, about how to treat ‘primary’ vs. ‘secondary’ residences.

One signpost to a new way is the widget in the upper right sidebar called: ‘Accountability Money Bomb’.

This takes you to a spot where you can contribute to a fascinating group headed by Jane Hamscher and a bunch of right wing folks. Yep, wingers and progressives…together. Seems there is common cause to be made by all Americans in the face of the Congress’s gutting the 4th Amendment. Here is the link to the statement of purpose from StrangeBedFellows the ad hoc group just beginning to get some traction. I will be blogging about this more as the idea of ‘Accountability for the Asylum (Congress)’ resonates with me.

Hope you will hang around as I am planning some extensive remodeling here and I hope you will find it interesting.


I don’t now about you…But I am sick and tired of being lied to…

August 9, 2008

….being treated as if I was some fool who’s opinion is of no import whatsoever. But whose money is good. Yeah…

How about you are you tired of the lies and  the b.s. and the corruption? In the words of  James Carville, ‘Had enough yet?’

I think you probably are. Many whom I have talked to have expressed these exact sentiments, and worse, about their
Democratic reps and the ‘Do-Nothings’ of the ‘Democrat’ Party. Oh! Did you think I was talking about Republicans?

Well, no…

After all the Dems have had a majority in both houses of Congress since 2006. Sure! You remember the worst liar, the most pathetic excuse for a human being, the woman who could if she so wished have stopped the occupation of Iraq in it’s tracks.

But who didn’t.

Remember her stream of lies about, ‘…..making the Bush administration accountable…’? Not to mention, and I’m  not, the ‘…Impeachment is off the table…’ cave in.  No, just evaluate Madame Speaker’s’ promises about what she would do against what she has done. Just looking at that against the background of the situation the nation finds itself in and I am prepared to assert that not only is the vile, heartless Pelosi the First Woman Speaker she may very well be the Worst Speaker we’ve ever elected.. That’s big job but Miss Nancy has been up to it sez I.

But for every action there is and equal and opposite reaction, physics yes but consider that everything is subject to the laws of that discipline, and we’ve got that reaction now.

Cindy Sheehan has qualified for the ballot. You’ve got a hardworking woman whom you know will not sell you out if elected and who is just the antidote our sick political culture needs. I intend to do whatever I can to help her send the vile Pelosi packing.

I’ll be keeping you posted on the Sheehan campaign’s progress and passing on every call for action from them. She is what progressives should be supporting a candidate who wants to shine the clear disinfecting light of progressive values into the fetid darkness our government currently works in.

This just in:

Cindy Sheehan Is On The Ballot!! Now Let’s Go For The General
Election Gold

Today we got confirmation that Cindy Sheehan has QUALIFIED for the
ballot as an independent candidate to challenge Nancy Pelosi for the
seat from the 8th Congressional district of CA. This required the
verification of the signatures of more than 10,000 of her
constituents, only the 6th time in history this has ever been
accomplished in the state of CA.

And it could not have been done without the heroic support of people,
not just in that one district, but from all over the country who
recognize that a successful challenge to Pelosi will do more to
compel real policy change than almost anything else we can do.
Pelosi, who has turned a deaf ear to the entire American people on
ending the war funding, impeachment and everything else, MUST be
defeated to start to finally hold the White House, and the rest of
Congress, accountable.

This is now a very winnable race, but only if we rally behind Cindy
Sheehan, who had the courage to call the recent non-impeachment
hearing the toothless sham that it was, and was thrown out of that
hearing for saying so. Let’s make her a member of Congress so they
can never throw her out again. Please make a donation now to help
Cindy Sheehan win the big one.

Cindy Sheehan Donations: http://www.usalone.com/donations_cindy.php

The faster we can give Cindy Sheehan a big head of steam, the faster
we can get the attention of each and every other member of Congress
who thinks they can just coast through their next election without
actually standing up for us. Let them know that there is a Cindy
Sheehan waiting in the wings in their district to take them down too
next time unless they do their job now.

The simple, cold fact is that unless and until Congress sees a
downside to their despicable cowardice there will be NO policy
change. We’ll repeat that. No policy change whatsoever. Their whole
self-justification is they point to the elections they are winning.
Unless and until we defeat one of their own, one of the biggest of
them all, we can send emails and make phone calls until we’re blue in
the face, and they will must keep lying to us and stalling. Yeah,
sure they’re just about to impeach. Sure.

Now some people (defeatists) will say, “Oh, you’ll never defeat the
Speaker of the House”. Well guess what, until we do they will never
take the voice of the people seriously. We HAVE to win. And we have
to do everything we could have done to make that a reality. So we are
calling on all of our participants to throw everything they have
behind candidates who will fight for the issues, the real issues.

And there is no better investment in time, energy or money we can
make now than to give Cindy Sheehan the biggest platform possible to
advocate for us.

Paid for by Cindy Sheehan for Congress

Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed
to be ours, and forward this alert as widely as possible.

If you aren’t prepared to help this woman hold Congress accountable then take you do-nothing ass over to OpenLeft, FDL or dKos and play with the children.


The ILWU is striking a blow for Peace, Health and Prosperity for Everyone….You can and should help!

April 28, 2008

Thursday May 1, the ILWU is shutting down all west coast ports in protest of the continued occupation of Iraq.

Now that ought to get some attention!  It will have an even bigger impact if you take a personal day off work and join them.

This is a California labor protest against an unjustified war. The ILWU and Immigrants rights groups need a huge turnout so that the media will have to stop ignoring the fact that most Americans want to end this war.

May 1, the ILWU, INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE AND WAREHOUSE UNION is stopping work to protest the continued occupation of Iraq.

Thursday May 1st

See http://maydayilwu.googlepages.comfor more information

March with Longshore workers in San Francisco

10:30 AM assemble at ILWU Hall in the Embarcadero area near Mason and Beach

NOON rally at Justin Herman Plaza

Bring good shoes, extra water, a hat and probably some lunch!

March for Immigrant rights in San Francisco

2 PM assemble in Dolores park and march to Civic Center

5 PM rally at Civic Center


March for Immigrant Rights in Oakland (and carry an Anti-War sign)

3 PM assemble at Fruitvale Bart, march to Oakland City Hall

6 pm rally and community celebration at Frank Ogawa Plaza

Can’t join us on May 1?  Please write letters to the editor and support groups that are working to support veterans and get us out of this horrible occupation.

"Anyone seeking to preserve America’s fragile democracy must first understand the scope and magnitude of the powers aligned against it." -Jim Hightower

Janet Flint

510-377-4545


Okay…Enough is enough!

April 8, 2008

As a life-time Alumni of the University of California and law-abiding ciitzen of the the United States I’ve had more than enough of ‘Professor’ John ‘WaterBoard’ Yoo. This latest post at TPM shows I am not alone. Loosheadprop of FDL posted about his take on the recently released Yoo ‘torture memo’. I have repeatedly emailed the Dean of Boalt about how the presence of this admitted war criminal makes the very idea of studying the law at Boalt a sick joke. To no avail. I am writing this post to put forward the idea of filing a complaint with the California Bar Association asking that Woo be disbarred.

Here is the complaint form.

Take a look and make any suggestions you might have as to what approach might prove the most fruitful

I am absolutely serious about this. Even if, as seems likely, the California Bar refuses to accept my complaint it should add to the growing demand that Woo leave UCB and never return. I’ll leave the issues of war crime up to the flint-eyed investigators in The Hague.

In order to gauge support for my plan please take this poll.

Note: If you are interested in participating in this effort please make every effort to make our next meeting on 23rd April and Luka’s Taproom and Lounge, our usual venue, starting at 6:00 pm.


4000 Americans Dead….

March 28, 2008

……..and the man responsible enjoys himself with the Easter Bunny…..

And while he’s doing that this is what we hear from

Senator Reid, Senate Minority Leader reid scowl.jpg

Senator Boxer boxer.jpg

Senator Feinstein feinstein.jpg

Sister Beezlebub Scary%20Hillary%20Clinton.jpg

The ‘Magic Man’obama.jpg

You know good and gotdamn well what we heard from this collection of ‘Superclass’ sockpuppets.

(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((crickets)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Clik on the pics to let these assclowns know how you feel.


Honestly trying to get the Democratic ‘LeaderSheep’ to stay on a progressive path is like……

February 17, 2008

….playing ‘whack-a-mole’. It’s always something stupid and politically moronic. Watch this clip:

And then call whomever you want to let know…..

This is not a good idea!

Congressional switchboard is: 800-839-5276

Oh…yeah, Barbara Boxer is doing another of her ‘I luvs me some Lieberman’ dives. Woman is a real disappointment most of the time.


Our Good Friend and Super Activist Matt ‘Say No to Pombo’ Lockshin Needs Our Help!

February 13, 2008

This just in from Matt:

I need your help. A project that was my baby is a finalist for an award that is determined by public vote. It is a finalist for the Golden Dot Award for Best Mobile/Text Message Campaign by the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet. Anyone can vote and THE VOTING ENDS soon.Please take 45 seconds to vote for me and then forward this to your friends? All you have to do is go to the website below and vote for It’s Our Healthcare in the “Best Mobile/Text Message Campaign” category. It’ll literally take you less than a minute.

http://polc.ipdi.org/GoldenDots/voting.htm

For those who want to know what I did, here it goes. We set up a jumbo screen in front of the Capitol in Sacramento one a day when we knew all the legislators and the Governor would be focused on health care reform. We allowed people to send a text message to the Governor about health care that showed up in real-time on our huge screen. Each message was up for twenty seconds in letters that could be read from over 200 feet away. The really cool part is that we also set up a live video feed through the internet. This allowed people in Fresno, LA, or anywhere else in the state to send a message to the Governor and watch on the internet as it was displayed in front of the Capitol less than a minute after they sent in. We had collected messages to the Governor leading up to this even but we got over 650 responses the day of the campaign and managed to have a new message every twenty seconds for approximately seven hours.

I’ve been told by people who follow the use of text messaging in politics that this is the first time anyone had done anything like this and I am very proud of giving people across California a new way to make their voices heard.

Please vote for the “It’s Our Healthcare” campaign at:

http://polc.ipdi.org/GoldenDots/voting.htm

Thanks,
Matt Lockshin


The FISA Fight Moves to the House!

February 12, 2008

A bill with Telco immunity in it voted out of the Senate rats nest chamber and is now headed for the House where it faces real opposition to the Telco immunity clause. This fight is by no means over.

Here is an FDL page where you can sign a petition to House members opposing Telco immunity.

Dodd has stated again that he will filibuster any conference bill with Telco Immunity in it. Give him some love here…..

Keep the pressure on this fight is still very, very winnable.

Note: Obama did the right thing so did Boxer, Clinton…not so much. Drop her a line here

DiFi? You had to ask? She caved…Contact her here……


Hey! Are you feelin’ ‘Buggy’ today?

February 9, 2008

Well folks doan really matter what you think about it……

Guess what? They are gonna do it right here…..To you!

From farleft we have the following:

*STOP AERIAL PESTICIDE SPRAYING!*

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has announced
plans to resume aerial pesticide spraying for the Light Brown Apple Moth

(LBAM) in summer of 2008. The campaign began in 2007 in Santa Cruz and
Monterey counties using a synthetic pheromone along with other chemicals

encased in microscopic plastic capsules. CDFA will expand the program
to the San Francisco Bay Area with plans to continue spraying each month

for up to 5 years or indefinitely until the moth is eradicated.

*Bay Area INFORMATIONAL/ORGANIZING MEETINGS on LBAM spraying:*

Oakland: January 30, 7:30 PM, Oakland Center for Environmental Health, 528 61st Street, Suite A.

Albany: January 31, 8:00 PM, A lbany Community Center, 1249 Marin Ave. (part of Albany Green Party meeting)

San Francisco: February 11, 7:30 PM, Women’s Building, 3543 18th Street, #8, Room A.

Berkeley: February 24, 5:00 PM, Berkeley Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar, between Spruce and Arch *Hosted by* *StopTheSpray.ORG*

WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE LBAM SPRAYING?

1) Hundreds of people in Santa Cruz and Monterey County have reported
adverse health reactions. The spray has not been tested for long-term
human toxicity and is being applied in microscopic plastic capsules
that could pose inhalation risks.

2) The spray contains ingredients that are highly toxic to aquatic
species, as well as surfactants, that might have contributed to algae
bloom (red tide) and the drowning of hundreds of waterfowl.

3) Biologists agree that the spraying – an outdated, unsustainable,
expensive pest control method – will not eradicate the moth. The CDFA
should switch to a con trol vs. an eradication program using least-toxic
methods that farmers already apply, e.g. pheromone traps or sticky ties.

4) CDFA itself says the moth has done no crop damage in California to
date. Priority must be given to public and environmental health and
safety over speculative economic loss.

5) The aerial spray program disproportionately impacts vulnerable
segments of the population, including those with the recognized
disability of multiple chemical sensitivity, who are in many cases
forced to relocate, and the homeless, who have no option to protect
themselves from spraying.

* *

Here’s a GOOD RESOURCE for correct information that has been vetted by
scientists and other activists: http://www.panna.org/resources/lbam

If you’re interested in getting involved in LBAM activism in the Bay
Area, a GOOD CONTACT PERSON is Paul Schramski, State Director of
Pestici de Watch in Sacramento (paul@pesticidewatch.org, 916.551.1883
office, 916.216.1082 mobile, www.pesticidewatch.org,
www.RefuseToUseChemLawn.org). Paul has been working with the folks in
Monterey and Santa Cruz counties and is supporting the growing work in
the bay area.

*WHAT CAN YOU DO?*

Sign the petition at www.stopthespray.org, get informed and become active!

** Contact the media: Newspapers, weeklies, radio and television stations – voice your concern.

** Ask Governor Schwarzenegger and CDFA secretary Kawamura to
stop the spray program and shift to sustainable methods of least-toxic
pest control.

** Ask your Assemblymember to support proposed legislation to
stop spraying without consent and safety data and to do whatever they
can to stop the spraying until legislation can be passed.

** Ask your federal Congressional representatives and Senators
to tell USDA to support safe pest control and to lift the USD A
quarantine of California crops from areas where the light brown apple
moth has been found.

CONTACT INFO. IS BELOW. THANK YOU!

Secretary A.G. Kawamura

Calif. Dept. of Food & Agriculture

1220 N Street, Suite 400

Sacramento, CA 95814

akawamura@cdfa.ca.gov

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

State Capitol Building

Sacramento CA 95814

Phone: 916-445-2841

Fax: 916-558-3160

http://www.governor.ca.gov/

Senator Dianne Feinstein

331 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20510

Phone: 202-224-3841

Fax: 202-228-3954

http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/

Senator Barbara Boxer

112 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20510

Phone: 202-224-3553

Fax: 202-228-2382

http://www.boxer.senate.gov/

Senator Joe Simitian

State Capitol, Room 2080

Sacramento, CA 95814

Phone*: *916-651-4011

Fax*: *916-323-4529

Senator.Simitian@sen.ca.gov

Assemblymember John Laird

State Capitol P.O. Box 942849

Sacramento, CA 94249-0027

Phone: 916-319-2027

Fax: 916-319-2127

Assemblymember.Laird@assembly.ca.gov

Representative Sam Farr

1221 Longworth House Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20514

Phone: 202-225-2861

Fax: 202-225-6791

samfarr@mail.house.gov

Senator Abel Maldonado

590 Calle Principal

Monterey, CA 93940

Fax: 831-657-6320

Phone: 831-657-6315

senator.maldonado@sen.ca.gov


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