Observed Reality. . .

America Has More Below Average ‘Proudly’ Bigoted, Stupefied, And Arrogantly Ignorant, “Whack-Jobs” Than Most Nations Per Capita.
by The Old Hippie Because They Are Right Now, At This Historical Moment, Openly Crawling Out From Under Their Rocks, Purposefully Encouraged By Palin’s/McCain’s Desperate, And Obvious, Sick Hope That One Of Their (The-Race-War-Is-Coming!) Whack-Jobs... Will Kill Obama.

Of course, once it happens, they both will be appalled, and condemn the murderer... that, (obvious to everyone, even to some of their own GOP members who are already condemning them for this dangerous political tactic,) they have purposefully created.  But I predict, (if it happens,) that this nation’s ‘citizens,’ (even if the brave-whack-job-patriot murderer is caught, and prosecuted,) will, some how, once again, “allow” the real murders, who we all know, the ones who manipulated all the whack-jobs’ proud, “American-Bold,” bigoted, and stupefied ignorance... to go unpunished.

Kennedy - King - Kennedy - Possibly even Wellstone ...

Think - long and hard -

This past weekend “our” nation, once again, illegally invaded another nation, Syria.  Whether ‘they deserved it,’ or not, is completely immaterial to the fact that, once again, the ‘citizens’ of
America have “allowed” another illegal ‘war-of-aggression’ act by this criminal administration.

And I predict that, once again, our ‘citizens’ will, agian, not do a damn thing about it.

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Even with all the materializing possibility of the hope of a much more reality-based, and not to mention... sane, Obama/Biden administration, and the dream of a rationally progressive House and Senate...  I feel historically justified in my worried paranoia...

For instance, as reported the past couple of days, all of the billions that went to AIG, and the banks, etc., the ‘bailout’ monies...  It seems that there was no accountability as to where the money was/is spent - Billions of dollars - AIG executives partying at exclusive resorts on the money, proven.

But yet, not a single squeak of protest from the “citizens” it was stolen from - The theft, once again, “allowed” - Unpunished - The theft continues, and they are openly allowed to get away with it...  And you wonder why they can't stop themselves from sneering at you?!?

And do you really think we, who have fought them all these years, aren't really-really pissed off
at your apathetic lack of civic courage, your lack of protest, your lack of revolt, your “allowing?”

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Watching, As It Happens...

History - It’s Happening - Now - Enjoy It...
by The Old Hippie Because As Jerry Said, “What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been...”
But It Doesn’t Even Begin To Cover The Delusional Disaster Of The Last Eight Years.

-  The End of International Law?       A parallel new Bush doctrine is emerging, in the last days of the       soon-to-be-ancien regime, and it needs to be strangled in its crib.       ...this one also casts international law aside.  They’re doing it, now.   -  Like It Or Not, Change Is Coming       Actually, the ‘Comments’ are more informative than the article.   -  “Bush Invades Syria.  Take His War Warrant Away”       Bush just attacked another country over the weekend. . .

→  “Can the GOP Steal The Election Again?  You Betcha!”  ←
Have you forgotten?  Private Republican corporations count and compile the
votes with secret and unverifiable software!  Just as they did in 2000 and in 2004,
and we all know how that turned out.  [Almost all still don’t give a hard copy!]

“Election 2008: Who Decides?  The People or the Programmers?”

“As long as the greatest crime of the 21st century remains unprosecuted,
we all...  can only blame ourselves, and deserve our collective fates.”

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A“Below The Fold” bonus - Just an update to something I wrote a while back...

The very few are winning - They are not stupid, nor are they incompetent.
The very few only care for the power of the control-of-the-control of... wealth.

The very few are educated, intelligent, efficient, and successful.
The very few have intelligently, efficiently, successfully transferred the wealth to themselves.

America is not the very few.  We, the other 99.x%, are America.
The wealth they stole, was our wealth.  It is now their wealth.  Their power.

We gave up securities, liberties, freedoms, so the very few could complete the theft.
We still are. . . Without protest, without revolt. . . With our children.

[ Update ] And now they blatantly come demanding $700 billion, (to over $1 trillion,) more -
To pay for their ‘investment’ crimes - Do you think anyone will stop them?

[ 2nd Update ] “Our” congresspeople changed some of wording of the bailout, admittedly for the better in some cases, but the final reality is that the thieves got the money, and its implicit power.

Again - You allowed - Without censure, without punishment.  Again no one stopped the very few.

The very few got away with another chunk of ‘our’ wealth, and its power over us.

Go Ahead... “Just Keep “Allowing” - Keep Denying The Realities - It’s Not
Like It’s Actually Getting Worse - Much Worse - Blatantly And Faster.”

[Proof]  “Don't Look Now, There's a Huge Wave of Inflation Coming Toward Us”

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Eleven Days...

I Think The American People Are Finally ‘Over-Them’ - - -
by The Old Hippie Because It Seems Most Of Them Are Going To Be Voted Out.

{-The Way Many Picture Me-}

Eleven days....  I stopped posting eleven days ago to watch this national shift of attitude of our body politic.  An almost celebratory “we are over-them, and we’re gonna throw them out.” attitude.  Even though it is way-too late, and way-too little in way of correction and punishment, I have to admit... it is great to watch anyway. Two videos of a single interview; Part I and Part II of a very recent REALnews, (Oct. 22nd,) interview with Noam Chomsky...  It clearly explains our current collective reality - Well worth any American’s time - Enjoy...

Part I - On voting the lesser of two evils -


Part II - On the current economy -


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If you do not understand that both major American parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, are to the right of the "lower 99.9%" of Americans’ wants and needs - The Republicans being obviously much-much further to the right than the Democrats - Then you are doomed to be manipulated - - - As you have been since before the Republican-era of the robber barons and their purposeful Great Depression, and more specifically since they put Reagan in the Oval office.

The last eight years have been a real “kick-in-the-teeth” lesson, haven't they?  For over 60 years after the Republicans last had power to steal the nation blind, during the robber barons era, the American people simply did not let them (the Republicans) have power again - But then, like so many peoples in history, their children and grandchildren “forgot”... Then the thieves of the-very-few got their sycophants back in power with the Reagan administration, and the cycle of robbing the nation blind began again, only this time the effects and affects of their greed had/has more than national consequences - They had/have global consequences - Environmentally in particular.

The damages caused by these past eight years of blatant, sneering, sociopathic greed by the Republicans-run-amok, is, in many areas, already beyond ‘mitigation,’ much less fixable.

The saddest part?  The very-few got the money, and they will again be “allowed” to keep it.

If the nation survives, (and considering how successfully they've ‘dumbed-down’ the masses since Reagan, it is debatable,) I wonder how long it will be before the American people again ‘forget,’ and again ‘allow’ the Republicans to have uncontrolled [deregulated] control of the governmental structures, and uncontrolled [deregulated] access to the treasury, again?  Three generations?  Possibly two?  One?  Do you even care?

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Says It All...

The Last Week In A Nutshell via Jon Stewart...
by Jon Stewart & Staff

This Covers the Whole of the Past Week Perfectly - Just Go Watch It.

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You did watch it - Right?

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2nd Debate -

The Most Important Factor Of Any Debate - Should Be The Facts...
by This Old Hippie Because The ‘Facts’ Stated, Are The Substance Of The Candidate.

FactCheck.org is the most respected political facts site on the internet, bar none. Obviously, there are other factors that are also important in any debate, like stated issues, how each handle the pressure of ‘tough’ questions, etc...  But in the final analysis, it is the knowledge of, and the ability to present honestly and clearly, the “facts”... is all that really matters when one is attempting to decide which candidate they are going to vote for.

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A“Below The Fold” bonus -FACT- article/video news...

Is Posse Comitatus Dead?  US Troops on US Streets

In a barely noticed development, a US Army unit is now training for domestic operations under the control of US Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command.  An initial news report in the Army Times newspaper last month noted that in addition to emergency response the force “may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control.”  The military has since claimed the force will not be used for civil unrest, but questions remain.  We speak to Army Col. Michael Boatner, future operations division chief of USNORTHCOM, and Matthew Rothschild, editor of The Progressive magazine. [includes rush transcript]

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Your Reality. . .

Some Have The Ability To See Your Reality - Here Are But A Few...
by The Old Hippie Because One Needs To “Know” What It Is Behind All The Delusion.

-  “The Warning” - Democracy At A Crossroads       At a historic moment when the next election could well determine       the fate of the Republic, The Warning traces the dangerous path       we have taken toward a new, un-democratic form of government.   -  “We're Gonna Frickin' Lose This Thing”  [again]       Too important to be missed, therefore I link to it again.   -  Project Censor’s Top 25 Censored Stories for 2009       They’ve been providing a great service to us for years.

“The End of American Capitalism?”

As the 'Fed fiddles while Rome burns,' the Dow drops below
10,000 on the first Monday after the bailout.  [From cursor.org]

→  “Can the GOP Steal The Election Again?  You Betcha!”  ←
Have you forgotten?  Private Republican corporations count and compile the
votes with secret and unverifiable software!  Just as they did in 2000 and in 2004,
and we all know how that turned out.  [Almost all still don’t give a hard copy!]

“As long as the greatest crime of the 21st century remains unprosecuted,
we all...  can only blame ourselves, and deserve our collective fates.”

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A“Below The Fold” bonus - Just an update to something I wrote a while back...

The very few are winning - They are not stupid, nor are they incompetent.
The very few only care for the power of the control-of-the-control of... wealth.

The very few are educated, intelligent, efficient, and successful.
The very few have intelligently, efficiently, successfully transferred the wealth to themselves.

America is not the very few.  We, the other 99.x%, are America.
The wealth they stole, was our wealth.  It is now their wealth.  Their power.

We gave up securities, liberties, freedoms, so the very few could complete the theft.
We still are. . . Without protest, without revolt. . . With our children.

[ Update ] And now they blatantly come demanding $700 billion, (to over $1 trillion,) more -
To pay for their ‘investment’ crimes - Do you think anyone will stop them?

[ 2nd Update ] “Our” congresspeople changed some of wording of the bailout, admittedly for the better in some cases, but the final reality is that the thieves got the money, and its implicit power.

Again - You allowed - Without censure, without punishment.  Again no one stopped the very few.

The very few got away with another chunk of ‘our’ wealth, and its power over us.

Go Ahead... “Just Keep “Allowing” - Keep Denying The Realities - It’s Not
Like It’s Actually Getting Worse - Much Worse - Blatantly And Faster.”

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Quote Of The Week...

It’s Out Of Context, So Go Read The Full Original.
From “The Rant” by Tom Degan.

“Although poll after poll has declared that the people thought Joe Biden won the debate, the right wing media immediately proclaimed that Sarah Palin cleaned Senator Biden’s clock.  Their reasoning, I’m sure, has nothing to do with the fact that she scored zero on matters of substance and everything to do with the fact that she managed to get through the ninety minute event without saying anything monumentally stupid.  The bar was set so low, all she had to do for a victory to be claimed was to walk away from the podium relatively unscathed.  Style is everything with these people - substance be damned.”

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A “Below The Fold” Video Bonus - It’s not political, but it is honest?  Enjoy...

Rob Paravonian’s - “Pachelbel Rant” -

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But...?

What About “Those 32 Words” Giving Un-Controlled Power?
by The Old Hippie Because They are Extremely Important To The Future Of Us All.

They Passed the Bailout. . .

But I can’t find out if they removed those infamous 32 words,
(Section 8 of the original proposal) - Did they amend them, or
remove them, or just re-word them so they actually remained?

Anyone know? - If so, please give a link to that info?

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Nothing else at this time - Just need that info.

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VP Debate...

It Doesn’t Matter What Anyone Says - Except FOX - It’s Reality.
by The Old Hippie Because You Still Don’t Get It, the Senate Passed The ‘Bailout’.

{-The Way Many Picture Me-}

What Fox’s ‘Forum’ is saying about the V.P. Debate.  Since it’s a fact that the majority of the American voters don’t read/watch/listen/believe any other media, except for maybe the occasional other corporatistly controlled ‘MSM,’ nothing that is said by any expert, commentator, or reality-based reporter really matters - Now does it? One has to keep in mind - 1/2 of any population - has a below average I.Q. - The majority of that half, in America today, has been emotionally manipulated into voting their own self-destruction, to the benefit of the sneering sociopathic manipulators.  That’s not to say that a significant number in the other half of the Bell Curve haven’t been fooled also.

What they, ‘the-very-few,’ (and their profiting sycophants,) have successfully gotten away with in the last eight years, without real protest, without in-the-streets revolt after all the exposure of the facts of their crimes, which simply all centered around the transfer of wealth, and the control of that transferred wealth’s power... is more than ample proof of the above stated single fact of our shared political reality today.

If you allow them their open sneering crimes without stopping them, without punishing them, without sustained revolt - You have already lost.  And that is our situation in America today.

To paraphrase...  It’s the unfathomable and ongoing “Allowing,” stupid.

“Can't Say We Weren’t Warned”

Oh, by the way - You did noticed they passed the ‘bailout’ in the Senate - Right?

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First there was the successful consolidation of this nation’s media down to just five controlling corporations.  And those corporations all sharing a significant number of their boards of directors with the extractive energy, pharmaceutical/HMO, ag-chem, military-industrial, and other corporations.  [excellent source link here.]

Then - The the legalization of “Free-Speech-Zones,” effectively eliminating free-speech in America.  [obviously unimportant, as this nation’s lack of real protest, or revolt, proves.]

Then - The elimination of habeas corpus.  [a good explanatory link.]

And now - The effective elimination of the Posse Comitatus Act.  [explanatory link here.]

Plus - The ‘bailout’ of the sociopathic sneering profiteers, with $700-billion to over $1-trillion of ‘our’ money, which the Senate just passed - You did you notice that - right?  [The 32 Words link.]

And during all of that - The successful transfer of this nation’s entire wealth, (and the control of that wealth,) into the hands of the-very-few.  [good get-ya-started link here.]

Yet - Even with all of the exposed, and verified, proof - No revolt -

Says a lot about our nation - Doesn’t it?

But - [As this article clearly shows] - They are preparing for it anyway.
[‘it’ being the citizenry actually getting angry enough to finally get a backbone.]

Go Ahead - Don’t Revolt. . .
Just Keep “Allowing” - Keep Denying The Realities - It’s Not Like
It’s Actually Getting Worse - Much Worse - Blatantly And Faster.

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Does It Speak For You?

A Quote That Speaks For Many, Including Myself...
by The Old Hippie Because You Still Aren’t Stopping Them, At Least Not Yet.

“Whenever you think that the Government has done things so extreme that it can’t top itself -- torture, theories of presidential lawbreaking, a six-year war justified by blatantly false pretenses -- it always tops itself.  On top of the massive debt under which the country was already drowning, another $700 billion is now being added in order to save the nation’s richest individuals from the consequences of their own recklessness, allowing many of them not only to remain enriched, but become further enriched, all while basically ensuring that the Government is incapable of spending any money for years, if not longer, on programs designed to improve the lives of the vast, vast majority of its citizens -- the same citizens who are forced to fund this bail-out.  That seems hard to top, but the only thing certain is that they will find a way to do so.” -- Glenn Greenwald [Found at => The Crisis Papers]

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A Below The Fold bonus trailer... Zeitgeist - Addendum
[It’s really ‘Zeitgeist II’ - Here’s the original.]



Also - for a further perspective...
Here is another ‘recent’ quote of significance...

“The national government will maintain and defend the foundations on which the power of our nation rests.  It will offer strong protection to Christianity as the very basis of our collective morality.  Today Christians stand at the head of our country.  We want to fill our culture again with the Christian spirit.  We want to burn out all the recent immoral developments in literature, in the theatre, and in the press — in short, we want to burn out the poison of immorality which has entered into our whole life and culture as a result of Liberal excess during the past years.”

  — Adolph Hitler - Taken from The Speeches of Adolph Hitler, 1922-1939, Vol. 1,
      Michael Hakeem, Ph.D. (London, Oxford University Press, 1942), pp. 871-872.

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