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Nothing Has Changed...

2011-02-15T09:03:00.013-05:00

The “Allowing” Just Continues To Get More Insanely “Allowed.” And The-So-Very-Few Are Laughing Their Asses Off At You For Their “Allowed” Theft. It doesn’t matter how bad it gets, the allowing just continues to get worse - It is so in-the-face of us Americans, and yet you simply do not react with courage nor conviction, or even rationally. {-The Way Many Picture Me-} The lying about the lies

What Does It Mean. . .

2011-01-02T08:50:00.053-05:00

When All Destruction Is Caused By Your Allowing, And You Don’t Stop?Because The “Allowing” Continues To Be “Allowed,” And I Fear That, More Than “Them”. “2010 Was The Hottest Year On Record” [It was you who allowed it.]The Big Con Continues [You ‘cowardly allowers’ just continue to allow it.]WikiLeaks, Ideological Legitimacy And The Crisis Of EmpireThe Very Serious People Are At It Again... [

Wake Up! (Oops... Too Late.)

2010-12-30T10:31:00.022-05:00

You Can’t Say; “I Didn’t Know” . . . Not Anymore. Can You?You Have Proven, In The Face Of Your Own Self-Destruction, To Be Cowardly Allowers. “2011: A Brave New Dystopia” (Both Orwell’s "1984" and Huxley’s "Brave New World" were right.)America In Decline: Why Germans, Think We're Insane (The whole of the E. U. actually.)2010: The Big Con Continues (“We, the people” have lost the power to rein

You Ignored, You Allowed. . .

2010-12-21T08:48:00.026-05:00

Corporatists Do Sneeringly Laugh Their Asses Off At Your Allowing! Because Your Denial Of Your Allowing... Is Destroying Our Lives, Nation, And Planet. News Black-Out In DC: Pay No Attention To... (This can’t be happening) ">Beyond The Insanity Of “Free-Speech Zones” (And you‘re allowing it.) Net Neutrality Is Officially Dead. (Another Obama sellout you’ve allowed.) 1 In 3 Working American

Wake Up! (Oops... Too Late.)

2010-12-20T10:47:00.010-05:00

The “Allowing” Just Continues To Get More Insanely “Allowed.”And The-So-Very-Few Are Laughing Their Asses Off At You For Their “Allowed” Theft.It doesn’t matter how bad it gets, the allowing just continues to get worse - It is so in-the-face of us Americans, and yet you simply do not react with courage nor conviction, or even rationally.{-The Way Many Picture Me-} Some articles say so well what

Are You Going To Allow It?

2010-11-18T08:45:00.003-05:00

Not Much To Add To The Following Toon - Enjoy . . .= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Just curious... Why the fuck do you keep “allowing”,(without any fight... nor even any real protests,)your own, (and the rest of ours,) destructions?!?Seriously - Why?!?Is it simply that you lack the courage?Have we truly become a nation of cowardly

Best Quote Of Mid-Term Elections...

2010-11-03T05:16:00.011-04:00

Maybe We Should Just Call This “The Fox Election”?by David Neiwert at Crooks And LiarsEveryone keeps saying the coming election is a referendum on President Obama. I beg to differ. I’m beginning to believe that it’s actually a referendum on Fox News.Because, well, let’s be honest: The Republican Party would be dead in the water right now were it not for Fox and its ceaseless efforts --

The Videos. . .

2010-07-29T05:50:00.039-04:00

If You Haven’t Watched Them... You Simply Can’t Really Know.Because These Videos Aren’t Opinion, They Expose The Facts Of Our Shared Reality. “ZEITGEIST - The Movie” (Suggestion: Get the “Study Guide” - Here -)“ZEITGEIST II - ADDENDUM” (Don’t pass it up, and please, share it.)“The Power Of Nightmares” (Part I) - also - (Part II - and - Part III.)“The World Has Divided Into Rich And Poor”“BLUE

A Few More Reality Quotes. . .

2010-07-28T08:11:00.011-04:00

Not Much To Add To The Following Quotes - Enjoy . . .“What WikiLeaks did was brilliant journalism, and the bleating critics from the president on down are revealing just how low a regard they have for the truth.” – Robert Scheer“... you have the Obama administration essentially defending the cover-up and the lying that took place, primarily, during the Bush years.” – Michael Moore on Larry King

Best Quotes This Week. . .

2010-07-26T07:47:00.012-04:00

Not Much To Add To The Following Quotes - Enjoy . . .“... not everybody is hurting. While the middle class disappears and poverty increases the wealthiest people in our country are not only doing extremely well, they are using their wealth and political power to protect and expand their very privileged status at the expense of everyone else.” – Sen. Bernie Sanders“As we stand here today we don't

Best Article Of The Week...

2010-07-19T08:51:00.009-04:00

The Only Perspective I’ve Read That Clearly Exposes Our Reality...by Chris Hedges at truthdig.com“Calling All Future-Eaters”[As usual with TruthDig.com, the ‘Comments’ are as enlightening as the article itself.]After reading the article... Waste one and half hours out of your life - Watch the following...“The Age of Stupid"Who knows? You might actually learn something about the “allowing” I

You Just Don’t Get It - Do You?

2010-07-16T16:56:00.030-04:00

We Spend More On ‘Our’ “Military Industrial Corporations”. . .Than All Of The Other Nations On The Planet Do... Combined!It’s Also More Than We Spend On Every Other Need Within ‘Our’ Own Nation!More Than Half Of ‘Our’ Entire Budget Goes To The Military Industial Corporations!by Jim Morin, Because Sometimes ‘Jest’ Just Really Exposes Reality.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = < B e l o w T h e F o

Wake Up! (Oops - Too Late.)

2010-07-13T09:32:00.030-04:00

The “Allowing” Just Continues To Get More Insanely “Allowed.”And The-So-Very-Few Are Laughing Their Asses Off At You For Their “Allowed” Theft.It doesn’t matter how bad it gets, the allowing just continues to get worse - It is so in-the-face of us Americans, and yet you simply do not react with courage and conviction, or even rationally.{-The Way Many Picture Me-} I wanted to be less cynical, but

Do Be Afraid. . .

2010-07-10T09:44:00.006-04:00

“Fact After Fact” Of Our “Allowed & Divided” Reality, Clearly StatedFound At The Oak Creek Forum.Max Blumenthal goes inside the Tea Party from Ram Bam on Vimeo.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Why the fuck do you keep “allowing” your own, (and the rest of ours,) destruction?!?

What Does It Mean. . .

2010-07-07T09:45:00.049-04:00

When All Destruction Is Caused By Your Allowing, And You Don’t Stop?Because The “Allowing” Continues To Be “Allowed,” And I Fear That, More Than “Them”. Now The Truly Unbelievable! [And You’ll Obviously Allow It... Again.]Democrats Face A “Pay Cut” From The Wall Street Thieves.“Blue Gold: World Water Wars” [Reprised, in case you missed it.]Too Big To Jail? [Well, for a nation of ‘cowardly

July 4, 2010

2010-07-04T11:09:00.007-04:00

Hope Yours Is “Allowed” To Be Happy.It’s My 62rd Fourth, And It’s My Most Worried-About-The-Future One So Far.My “worried-about”? The fact that you allowed this, and are still allowing much more than this, and you will continue to allow. . . Without any real effort to punish anyone. Not one person has been fired or punished in any way what-so-ever for any of the destruction of the last 10

Please, Just The Facts. . .

2010-07-03T10:25:00.009-04:00

“Fact After Fact” Of Our “Allowed & Divided” Reality, Clearly Statedby The Kind People At Democracy Now!.Here’s Another Fact For You... “No Austerity For The Rich”Oh, And Here’s Another ‘Fact’... “Myths Of Austerity”= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Why the fuck do you keep “allowing” your own, (and the rest of ours,) destruction?!?

Hard, But Necessary, Reading...

2010-07-01T09:23:00.033-04:00

Not Easy Reading, But Definitely Necessary, To Be Able To Understand...by The Old Hippie Because So Many, Way Too Many, Are Still, Insanely, “Allowing” It All... - The Tea Party Is Dangerous: Dispelling 7 Myths. . . It may be fashionable to dismiss the Tea Party, but we do so at our peril. - “We Can’t Afford War” Cut the war budget? Don’t confused “war budget” with defense budget.

Best Article Of The Week...

2010-06-28T23:59:00.006-04:00

The Only Perspective I’ve Read That Clearly Exposes Our Reality...by Oliver Stone (Responding to New York Times Attack)Oliver Stone Responds to New York Times Attack[As usual with TruthDig.com, the ‘Comments’ are as enlightening as the article itself.]= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Nothing else at this time, just read it.

Umm. . .

2010-06-27T07:45:00.030-04:00

What Part Of - “No One Has Been Punished” - Do You Not Understand?Because Your “Allowing” Has, *Long Ago*, Gone ‘Incomprehensibly’ Beyond The Surreal.For Instance:- Wall Street 'Reform' in a Nutshell: The Politicians Lied, Media Applauded, and We Americans Will Suffer. [And not one sneering corporatist banker thief has yet been punished.]- BP - The 2 time felony convicted sneering

This Also. . .

2010-06-26T10:12:00.004-04:00

Just Another Example Of The Effects Of You Continued Allowing.by The Kind People At Crooks And Liars.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Why the fuck do you keep “allowing” your own, (and the rest of ours,) destruction?!?Stop "Allowing" it!

This You Allowed To Happen...

2010-06-26T09:53:00.020-04:00

Just One Example Of The Effects Of You Continued Allowing.by The Kind People At The Daily Show with Jon Stuart.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Why the fuck do you keep “allowing” your own, (and the rest of ours,) destruction?!?

Well... Now. . .

2010-06-25T10:17:00.039-04:00

You Can’t Say; “I Didn’t Know,” Anymore. Can You?You Have Proven, In The Face Of Your Own Self-Destruction, To Be Cowardly Allowers. “Gasland” Exposes Dangers Of Natural Gas Drilling (Real question... Are you going to allow it?)Military Guards Empire - Not “Us.”(The ‘Comments’ are as enlightening as the article.)“It’s Unconscionable” (But you cowardly allowers are going to allow it - Just as

You Ignored, You Allowed. . .

2010-06-24T08:58:00.043-04:00

Corporatists Do Sneeringly Laugh Their Asses Off At Your Allowing!Because Your Denial Of Your Allowing... Is Destroying Our Lives, Nation, And Planet. The Grime of the Ancient Mariner: (You did, do, and will continue to - allow.)“All Shook Up for BP” (The GOP is blatantly pro-corporatist, and anti-people.)“America ... Can’t ... Because It’s A ‘Company-Owned’ Town”“Corporate Anarchy: Wall Street

Allowed, Allowing, Allow. . .

2010-06-18T09:30:00.034-04:00

You Are Continuing To Insanely, And Unapologetically... Allow.Because The “Allowing” Continues To Be “Allowed,” And I Fear That, More Than “Them”. “White House Hands Business Roundtable A Juicy Plum, [and,] Makes It Virtually Impossible For Investors To Rein In CEOs”Do You Care if Religious Ideas You Believe Are True or Not?“The Story Of Bottled Water” [An 8-min video - Very worth your time]“

Umm. . .

2010-06-17T09:49:00.018-04:00

What Part Of - “No One Has Been Punished” - Do You Not Understand?Because Your “Allowing” Has, *Long Ago*, Gone ‘Incomprehensibly’ Beyond The Surreal.And it is the “You” that is doing the insane Allowing. The ‘allowed’ non-punishing.And that “You” definitely deserves what is coming, and what has already arrived.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

I Give Up. . .

2010-05-21T08:05:00.017-04:00

It Is “Cheaper And More Convenient” - - -by This Old Hippie. . .Why do I give up? I can't get even my own family to stop rationalizing their addiction to avoidable plastics, and -not- buying paper products made from recycled materials, among other things -So... Me spouting off here is a bit hypocritical - Right? = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

You Know It’s True. . .

2010-05-19T07:52:00.005-04:00

They No Longer Even Care That You Know That They Do Not Care.Why Do You Think They Can’t Even Suppress Their Knowing Sneers?Because they know that you, (i.e. America’s masses as a whole,) are the, now well proven and documented, “cowardly allowers” that will do nothing real to stop them. I no longer blame the corporatist thieves for the destruction, but rather the lower 99% of us ‘citizens’ that

Reprised - Watch It -

2010-05-16T08:56:00.005-04:00

A Devastatingly Realistic Perspective That Does Not Allow Denial.by The Good People of GoodPlanet.orgA 1-1/2 hour movie called...“Home”Proof of the complex simplistic truth of...“It's too late for pessimism” - is now a shared reality for us all.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Nothing else. Just - Please - Watch the movie.Keep in mind.

You Thought There Was Hope?!?

2010-05-10T21:38:00.003-04:00

But The Reality Of The “Known” Still Surprises You “Allowers.”To All You Allowers, Who Rebel Against Rebellion, In The Face Of Destruction... Fuck You.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Cynical? You Bet ya.Could any sane American, today, be any other way?

Allowed, Reprised...

2010-04-30T05:25:00.007-04:00

The “Allowing” Just Continues To Get More Insanely “Allowed.”And The-So-Very-Few Are Laughing Their Asses Off At Being “Allowed” Their Theft.It doesn’t matter how bad it gets, the allowing just continues to get worse - It is so in-the-face of us Americans, and yet you simply do not react with courage and conviction, or even rationally.{-The Way Many Picture Me-} It is seriously irrational, this

You Think?

2010-04-23T09:29:00.050-04:00

You Think - Right? But The-So-Very-Few Know You’ll Just “Allow.”Because The “Allowing” Continues To Be “Allowed,” And I Fear That, More Than “Them”. The Middle Class Game Is Up: [We’re Heading to a Slave Labor Planet]Six Banks (6!) Control 60% Of Our Gross Domestic Product!Too Big for Jail? [Really? You Think?!? (or will you allow it - again?)]Coca Cola’s Role In The Assassinations Of Union

Enjoy Your Reality. . .

2010-04-21T08:47:00.002-04:00

The Only Article You Need To Read This Week - “To Know.”Because You Do Need To Know What Your Reality Is.We’re Living in a Kleptocracy: Fears of Socialism and FascismAre a Distraction from the Naked Theft of TrillionsThe headlines tell the story -- repetitively. Everyone, it seems, is on the take.But are we too distracted to try and stop it?= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = < B e l o w T h e F o

Your Reality. . .

2010-04-18T09:28:00.042-04:00

Whether You Like It Or Not - This Is Your Reality...Because Your Allowing Is... Well... Simply Insane, And has Consequences. You Just Allowed Them To Take $33 Billion More In Bonuses.GOP To Block Wall St. Reforms - To Reform Wall St. (Huh?)The U.S. Dollar? - Part 1 (Part 2 | P.3 | P.4 | P.5 | P.6 | P.7 | P.8)Liar Gets Caught Lying. . . by Rachel Maddow. (oops!)Noam Chomsky Has ‘Never

Enjoy Your Reality. . .

2010-04-11T09:10:00.012-04:00

The Decline: The Geography of a RecessionUpdated: March 27, 2010 - Source: Bureau of Labor StatisticsThe following is via Crooks And Liars:“Make no mistake, if the Democrats lose big in November, it will be because they failed to recognize the world they live in, the world so clearly and simply revealed by Ms. Egwuekwe's data presentation. And if they lose big, they will do so in the name of “

As It Gets Worse. . .

2010-04-03T06:21:00.017-04:00

Best Article Of The Week...

2010-03-31T13:17:00.003-04:00

The Only Perspective I’ve Read That Clearly Exposes Our Reality...by Chris Hedges via TruthDig.com, March 29, 2010Is America ‘Yearning for Fascism’?= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Nothing else at this time, just read it.

Do Enjoy, Please...

2010-03-30T13:54:00.016-04:00

The Dirty F@#*ng Hippies Were Right!h/t to Mike Kotyk at “A View From The Hills”= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Nothing else to say to this, it says it all.

You Thought You Knew...

2010-03-28T02:39:00.037-04:00

But The Reality Of The “Known” Still Surprises The “Allowers.”To All You Allowers, Who Rebel Against Rebellion, In The Face Of Destruction... Fuck You. Counterfactual: Marc Thiessen, The Torture Apologist (So wrong it had to have been on purpose.)Globalization Marches On (The Growing popular outrage has *not* challenged corporate power.)So Much For A ‘Post-Racial’ America (Thanks to Newt

Oh Yeah. . .

2010-03-26T16:37:00.029-04:00

This Will Piss You Off...by Christina Rexrode at the Charlotte Observer via Michael Moore’s Web Site.Bank of America and Wells Fargo - Won’t Have to Pay Federal Income Taxes for 2009= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = If it did not piss you off, then...You’re stupid, or...You’re ignorant of reality, or...You’re delusionally thinking you’re

As The Dust Settles. . .

2010-03-26T03:25:00.054-04:00

And As Your Allowing Continues, Unabated, To Be Allowed. . .Because Our Continued Allowing Of Your Allowing Is... Well... Simply Insane. GOP Blocks Unemployment Benefits... Again. (Tell Me How They Care.)“There Will Be Blood Spilled...” (GOP Messages Match Violent Rhetoric.)“How Long Can GOP Leaders Ignore Tea Party Death Threats?”Words Matter. (A Rachel Maddow Video Report via Crooks And

Capitalism: A Love Story...

2010-03-24T23:02:00.017-04:00

My Wife And I Just Finished Watching It.by The Old Hippie Because The-So-Very-Few Justifiably Fear This Movie.“Capitalism: A Love Story” - An excellent movie, you need to see it. Actually much more than just see it - Absorb it, share it, and then most of all. . . Do Something!{-The Way Many Picture Me-} I have seen few things, in the last nine years or so, that I felt had any real chance of

Perspective. . .

2010-03-24T14:11:00.011-04:00

Just A Quote... But One That is → “Dead On” ← At This Moment.A factually presented perspective of the undeniable ‘reality-of-our-political-reality’...by Robert L. Borosage, Co-Director of the Campaign for America's Future via Huffington Post“If Democrats focus on creating jobs while pushing to curb the financial casino and protect consumers -- and Republicans continue their obstruction -- voters

Corporatists Rule, You Allow...

2010-03-23T13:17:00.040-04:00

Why Do You Continue To Insanely, And Unapologetically... Allow? Because The “Allowing” Continues To Be “Allowed,” And I Fear That, More Than “Them”. “Consumer Protection And Corporate Purses” [Pay attention kids...] “Are Americans Too Broken By Corporate Power To Resist?” “Why Fannie & Freddie Continue To Cost Taxpayers Billions” “The Story Of Bottled Water” [An 8-min video - Very worth your

Not That You Care, But. . .

2010-03-21T11:04:00.032-04:00

The Ramifications Of Your “Allowing” Become Clearer Each Day. . .To All You Allowers, Who Rebel Against Rebellion, In The Face Of Destruction... Fuck You. Silent Spring Has Sprung(Seasons change, yet some things remain the same.)The Best Argument Against Global Warming(... Oh Right, There Isn't One.)Trouble In The Ocean(Some ‘troubles’ in the deep are coming to the surface.)Real Climate(Climate

Hard, But Necessary, Reading...

2010-03-20T17:05:00.019-04:00

Not Easy Reading, But Definitely Necessary, To Be Able To Understand...by The Old Hippie Because So Many, Way Too Many, Are Still, Insanely, “Allowing” It All... - “...On The Cusp Of One Of Humanity's Most Dangerous Moments” ...it is not our job to save a dying system but to replace it... - “The Jobs Bill and Other Faux Remedies” “The Official Story: Unrealistic Optimism and

You Do Allow . . .

2010-03-16T22:46:00.044-04:00

Corporatists Do Sneeringly Laugh Their Asses Off At Your Allowing!Because Your Denial Of Your Allowing... Is Destroying Our Lives, Nation, And Planet. “America’s Most Powerful Teabagger.” (A Crooks and Liars video report.)“The Biggest Dump In The World” (Now larger than all of North America.)“Waiting To See If People Rise Up - And If So, I'll Rise With Them.”How The Winners Cheat, And Win, In

Corporatists Rule, You Allow...

2010-03-16T04:49:00.039-04:00

Why Do You Continue To Insanely, And Unapologetically... Allow?Because The “Allowing” Continues To Be “Allowed,” And I Fear That, More Than “Them”. “Wall Street: Inside The Collapse” [video: Crooks & Liars / 60 Minutes]Noam Chomsky on Obama’s Foreign Policy [Democracy Now! video]Michael Moore on Countdown With Keith Olbermann [video]“Welcome to America, Sucker” [aka “Ponzi Nation”]“How

Perspective. . .

2010-03-15T05:05:00.006-04:00

A Devastatingly Realistic Perspective That Does Not Allow Denial.by Michael Moore and Rachel MaddowA factually presented perspective of the undeniable ‘reality-of-our-reality’...When These Two Optimists Agree That It’s Bad. . . It Is Bad.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Nothing else at this time... Just enjoy the perspective these two

Just A Question. . .

2010-03-08T13:22:00.032-05:00

How Much More Will We Allow, Before We Won’t Be Allowed To Allow?Because It Is Undeniable That We Are Now A Dying Corrupt Theocratic Corporatist Empire.Maybe You Should Read This Article?Or Maybe Even This Other Article?If you read them both, then maybe you will understand my question.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Nothing else - Just

Was Banned. . .

2010-03-02T06:47:00.008-05:00

This Video, “Is It For Freedom”, Long Banned On YouTube, Is Back.by Sara Thomsen - Why It Was Banned For So Long? I have No Clue. Enjoy.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = I know she created this just before it was known that Bush II would be "illegally selected" as the gateway to the corporatists' final take-over of our nation, around '

Perspective. . .

2010-03-02T05:09:00.021-05:00

A Devastatingly Realistic Perspective That Does Not Allow Denial.by Chris Hedges via Truthdig.com, “Drilling beneath the headlines.”A factually presented perspective of the undeniable ‘reality-of-our-reality’...“Ralph Nader Was Right About Barack Obama”“We owe Ralph Nader and Cynthia McKinney an apology. They were right about Barack Obama. They were right about the corporate state. They had

On And On It Goes. . .

2010-03-01T08:14:00.023-05:00

And Where It Will Stop. . . No Body Knows.by The Old Hippie Because The-So-Very-Few Among Us Are Still Allowed To Be Allowed.“...Organizing Spiritual Warfare to Take Over America” - An excellent article, you need to read it. While reading it, keep in mind that President Obama just signed the one year extension of the Patriot Act. (Have you read the article yet? If so, welcome back.)I also

Not That It Matters Anymore. . .

2010-02-28T01:57:00.022-05:00

The Ramifications Of Your “Allowing” Become Clearer Each Day. . .To All You Allowers, Who Rebel Against Rebellion, In The Face Of Destruction... Fuck You. The Great American Bank Robbery.(Bankruptcy is a key feature of capitalism.)It Is Happening Here.(...and why it repulses so many Americans.)The Scarlet Child.(“And then there was Bob Marshall.”)A Refuge for Cowards:(Senate Extends Patriot Act.)

Finally. . .

2010-02-22T22:02:00.003-05:00

This Explains The How & Why Of Us Still Going From Bad To Worse...by George Lakoff, via CommonDreams.orgA longish article, but worth the time to read it...“A Good Week For Science — and Insight into Politics”As is often true with CommonDreams, the comments are as enlightening as the article.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Nothing else.

Perspective. . .

2010-02-19T23:39:00.019-05:00

You Do Allow . . .

2010-02-19T12:31:00.059-05:00

Corporatists To Sneeringly Laugh Their Asses Off At Your Allowing!Because Your Denial Of Your Allowing... Is Destroying Our Lives, Nation, And Planet. Totally Corrupt TV: Corporate Lobbyists Are Disinterested Experts?‘Oh My F*%#@ing God!’ (With all you’ve allowed, think this can’t happen?)Fighting The Corporatists’ Court. (80% against Citizens United vs FEC.)‘Say on Pay’ Won’t Prevent

Corporatists Rule, You Allow...

2010-02-18T01:47:00.038-05:00

Why Do You Continue To Insanely, And Unapologetically... Allow?Because The “Allowing” Continues To Be “Allowed,” And I Fear That, More Than “Them”. Parts I & II of “The Economic Elite Vs. People Of The USA.”1984 in 2010: Hijacking Democracy To Spy On Americans.Americans Fear Corporate Control of Public Policy.America’s Global Weapons Monopoly.Wall Street Moves In For The Kill.Obama's Nuclear

Hard, But Necessary, Reading...

2010-02-13T07:06:00.032-05:00

Not Easy Reading, But Definitely Necessary, To Be Able To Understand...by The Old Hippie Because So Many, Way Too Many, Are Still, Insanely, “Allowing” It All... - “Goldman Accused of Rigging ‘Robin Hood Tax’ Vote” It’s really unbelievable. The way that Goldman Sachs keeps sticking its... - Trying to Infuse Schoolbooks with Ultraconservative Ideology. . . “We are a

Oh. My. God. Obama Clueless

2010-02-11T06:27:00.013-05:00

“We’re Doomed.”by Paul Krugman, Feb. 10, 2010I’m with Simon Johnson here: how is it possible, at this late date, for Obama to be this clueless?The lead story on Bloomberg right now contains excerpts from an interview with Business Week which tells us:President Barack Obama said he doesn’t “begrudge” the $17 million bonus awarded to JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon or the

On And On It Goes...

2010-02-10T07:18:00.041-05:00

And Where It Will Stop. . . No Body Knows.by The Old Hippie Because The-So-Very-Few Among Us Are Still Allowed To Be Allowed.{-The Way Many Picture Me-} 40% of American adults are functionally illiterate, and can not read above a 4th grade level. Almost one-half of our adult citizens. With this singular fact in hand, you should be able to begin to understand how the “allowed” manipulative

Not That It Matters Anymore. . .

2010-02-08T19:45:00.060-05:00

The Ramifications Of Your “Allowing” Become Clearer Each Day. . .To All You Allowers, Who Rebel Against Rebellion, In The Face Of Destruction... Fuck You. (Ala the Supreme Court’s Decision:) Wealthy CEOs Conspire to Influence Elections for GOPIn a Message to Democrats, Wall St. Sends Cash to GOP (Duh. The GOP Are Corporatists.)Poll: Two-Thirds Of Americans Unhappy About Citizens United Ruling

Corporatists Rule You. . .

2010-02-05T23:04:00.044-05:00

They Sneeringly Lie, MSM Backs Their Lies, And You Insanely Allow It.Because The “Allowing” Has Not Been “Allowed” to be Stopped - I Fear That, More Than Them. Corrupted Corporatist “Elites” Are Destroying The Democracy.Big Banks Are Parasites You “Allow” To Feed On Our Money.The Corporatist Borg GOP Revives Privatizing Social Security.A “Corporatist Connection” That Explains So Much. (Reprised.

You Ignored, You Allowed. . .

2010-02-03T03:24:00.052-05:00

Now, View The Results Of Your Ignoring, Of Your Allowing. . .Because Our Denial, Our Allowing... Is Destroying Our Lives, Nation, And Planet. Murray Hill Incorporated, (A Corporation,) Is Running For Congress.This May Blow You Away? (Or You’ll Just Ignore It, Like Everything Else.)CEO To Take $100 Million Bonus In Defiance Of Obama All Of Us.44 Countries Have A Lower Infant Mortality Rate...

This Proves It. . .

2010-02-01T06:11:00.005-05:00

America Is Insane, And Lost, If You Doubt It, Read The Following...by Ed Pilkington of the Guardian/UK, in New YorkFox Most Trusted News Channel in US, Poll Shows= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Kind of says it all - Doesn’t it?

Perspective. . .

2010-01-27T07:02:00.005-05:00

The Only “Thing” You Should See Today, Just For “Perspective.”by Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman and Michael Moore= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Nothing else needed at this time - Right?

I Doubt You Care, But. . .

2010-01-25T20:34:00.027-05:00

Just Thought You Should Know What You Have Allowed...Because You Have Allowed Democracy To Become A Useful, (But Profitable,) Fiction.→ “Democracy in America Is a Useful Fiction” ←[ Do read it, if you have the balls, or ovaries, or whatever... to face what you have allowed.]= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = We are all guilty for the

Finally!

2010-01-22T00:46:00.042-05:00

Corporatists’ Biggest Win Of All, Thanks To The Supreme Court No Less.by The Old Hippie Because The-So-Very-Few Among Us Are Sneering, Knowing They’ve won.{-The Way Many Picture Me-} In a 5-4 historic, and disastrous, decision, the Supreme Court’s five conservative judges decided that corporations were having their Free-Speech rights stomped on, by not being “allowed” to spend massive funds from

As The Dust Settles. . .

2010-01-21T07:21:00.076-05:00

And The Ramifications Of Your “Allowing” Become Clearer. . .To All You Allowers, Who Rebel Against Rebellion, In The Face Of Destruction... Fuck You. Liberal Bloggers To Obama And The Dems: We Told You So. (And You Stupidly Ignored Us.)A Corporatist Win For A Billionaire Bailout Society, And A Failure For Progressives.US Corporatists, Private Mercenaries & The IMF Rush In To Profit From Haiti's

They Won...

2010-01-20T04:45:00.020-05:00

You Deserve What’s Coming, For All The Allowing You Allowed.by This Old HippieThey have their 41st seat in the senate, a massive slap-in-the-face to Obama, liberals, progressives, and a very real major ‘moral-boosting’ victory for the right-wing.How ‘stupid’ is America? After this. . . You still have to ask?!?They won, they are winning, the corporatist Christian fundamentalists are winning,

Hard, But Necessary, Reading...

2010-01-18T05:01:00.023-05:00

Not Easy Reading, But Definitely Necessary, To Be Able To Understand...by The Old Hippie Because So Many, Way Too Many, Are Still, Insanely, “Allowing” It All... - “Mexico: Sex Slaves (Part I)” The U.S.’s penchant for a theocratic, authoritarian regime resembles... - “Avatar Half-Tells A Story We Would All Prefer To Forget” ...what happened to Native Americans is a story

Absolutely. . .

2010-01-17T01:47:00.020-05:00

The Best “Commented” And Thought-Provoking Article This Week...by Naomi Klein, any the many commenters to her article.The article:“How Corporate Branding has Taken Over America”by Naomi Klein, via The Guardian/UK, via CommonDreams.org “Ten years after the publication of No Logo, Naomi Klein switches her attention from the mall to Barack Obama and discovers that corporate culture has

Corporatists’ Winning Sycophants...

2010-01-16T04:30:00.071-05:00

They Sneeringly Lie, MSM Backs Their Lies, And You Insanely Allow It.Because The “Allowing” Has Not Been “Allowed” to be Stopped - I Fear That, More Than Them. Factually Challenged Fox News Hires Factually Challenged PalinRush Limbaugh; The Very Definition Of A Sycophantic Asshole.Ahh, The Heritage Foundation - A “Heritage” Of Allowed Lies.Dick Cheney; #1 Worst Example Of A Profiteering

I’m Just Saying. . .

2010-01-13T23:27:00.024-05:00

It Is Getting Worse, And You’re Still Allowing, Still Not Fighting Them.by The Old Hippie Because Corporations/Corporatists Are Sneering, Knowing They’ve won.{-The Way Many Picture Me-} You’ve given up, haven’t you? What else could possibly explain your ongoing, insane, “allowing” of your own rape of wealth, economic security, your environment, your childrens’ future, of, by, and for... the

Absolutely. . .

2010-01-11T04:34:00.010-05:00

The Best “Comment” To An Article To Date...by ‘amacd’, aka Alan MacDonald of Sanford, MaineFirst, The article:“The Other Plot to Wreck America”by Frank Rich at the NYT.Do read it - And now, ‘Absolutely. . . The Best “Comment” To Date...’:amacd January 10th, 2010 1:07 pmIt's encouraging to see Frank Rich, if not the NYT in general, becoming more candid and forthright in 'outing' the back-story --

The Sky Is Falling!

2010-01-10T03:43:00.018-05:00

Well, Actually. . . It Has Been For Some Time Now...Because Our Denial Is Destroying Our Lives, Nation, And Planet. If Gun Rights Hadn’t Been Taken, 9/11 Never Would’ve Happened!A Global Pandemic That Wipes Out 60% Of Those Infected?!?The Future’s Uncertain And The End Is Always Near.Thank You, Wall Street. May We Have Another?The Christian Crusade Mentality Of FOX News.Mountaintop Removal

I Doubt You Care, But. . .

2010-01-06T03:45:00.028-05:00

Just Thought You Should Know What You Are Allowing...Because Reality, As you Are Allowing It, Is Destroying my Nation, And Planet.Link To Article Here, (or on the pic.)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Not that you'll do anything, other than allow it without punishment - Right?While you are at it, keep allowing. . .Fox “News,” the

Too Little, Too Late. . .

2010-01-05T00:01:00.026-05:00

Articles Covering Stuff We Should Have Done/Stopped Long Ago. . .Because The “Do It Now!” Is Just... Well... Maybe... Way-Way Too Late? US Is Increasing Its Hegemony As The “Global War Gladiator” Under Obama.Afghan Children Handcuffed And Killed By U.S. Soldiers.Senate’s Proposed Health Care Tax Isn’t Aimed At The Rich, It’s Aimed At You.2010 Year Of Biodiversity Tries To Rein In Runaway

Wake Up! (Oops... Too Late.)

2010-01-03T05:52:00.028-05:00

Here, Read These, If You Have The Balls, Ovaries, Whatever...Because The price We Are All Paying Is Devastating To Our Lives, Nation, And Planet. FDA’s Corruptions On Drugs & GE Foods Aid Big CorporationsMega Giant Corporations Are Very Bad For America (well... duh!)Obama’s Royal Scam And The Iron Fist Of Rahm (Steely Dan!)New Year's Wish: Getting My Country Back (r-i-g-h-t...)Goodbye to 2009,

Begins The Decade’s Last Year...

2010-01-01T02:26:00.016-05:00

And The Anger Continues To Grow Over What We’ve “Allowed”. . .by The Old Hippie Because What We’ve Allowed, and Are Still Allowing, Will Hurt Us.A federal judge has dropped all the charges against Blackwater's (now Xe) guards, because the prosecutors broke the law, even after being warned not to do so, by senior Justice Department lawyers. So the corporate “Christian Warriors” get off scot-free

Best Article Of The Week...

2009-12-27T22:23:00.002-05:00

The Denial, And The Ignoring, Of Our Growing Ignorance Is Stupid.The “Allowing” Has Not Been “Allowed” to be Stopped - I Fear That, More Than Anything. Autumn of the Republic?The “best” article of the week. Well, maybe not the best, more like the most frightening. But it is at least the most perceptive of what our current reality is within our nation, and what we are all soon

Christmas 2009. . .

2009-12-25T02:07:00.032-05:00

The Two Thousand Ninth Anniversary Of The Supposed Birth Of Christ.by The Old Hippie Because In Many Ways It Seems More Like 1009, Not 2009.{-The Way Many Picture Me-} We haven't come very far in this last millennium, have we? At least as far as “not allowing” the truly religiously insane to infiltrate our halls of power, and/nor stopping its affects pushed onto the rest of us, within our daily

Too Little, Too Late. . .

2009-12-20T04:42:00.022-05:00

Articles Covering Stuff We Should Have Done/Stopped Long Ago. . .Because The “Do It Now!” Is Just... Well... Maybe... Way-Way Too Late? 10 Ways to Screw Over the Corporate Jackals Who've Been Screwing You.How the White House Misjudged the Political Landscape.The Senate Approves The $636 Billion Military Spending Bill.Foreclose on the Banks: How to Give America Its Best Christmas Ever.Senators

Wake Up! (Oops... Too Late.)

2009-12-15T07:49:00.026-05:00

Why Are We Stupidly Allowing Our Own “Allowed” Destruction?Because The price We Are All Paying Is Devestating To Our Nation, And To Our Lives. Protesters In Seattle Warned Us - But We Didn't Listen -Monsanto's Reach Is Even Wider Than We Thought.The Beginning Of The End, And, If So, Whose?- Too Fat To Serve - How Did We Get Here?The Self-Destruction Of Barack Obama.Our Murderers in the Sky.- Why

One That Is...

2009-12-10T20:26:00.011-05:00

Telling It Like It Is, In Reality, Not As We Hope It is.Because Reality, As Defined By The Thieves, Is Your Reality Now.“Obama's Big Sellout”by Matt Taibbi at Rolling StoneThe president has packed his economic team with Wall Street insidersintent on turning the bailout into an all-out giveaway[ Here is the direct link to the article - A short and very informed article. ]= = = = = = = = = = = = =

More Reality You'll Allow.

2009-12-02T23:45:00.009-05:00

Why Does My Nation Keep Proving The Thieves Correct About Us...?by The Old Hippie Because So Many, Way Too Many, Are Still, Insanely, “Allowing”... - Here We Go Again “...there are fewer than 100 al-Qaida members in Afghanistan...” - Climate Change Denial is the New Article of Faith for the Far Right Denial rather than scepticism - They reject all evidence they don't like

The Most Revealing Article...

2009-11-27T04:13:00.009-05:00

It Continues To be Allowed To Get Worse Yet, And Still, You Allow...by The Old Hippie Because Seeing Truth Didn’t Help, Nor The Resultant Pain Of The Truth.{-The Way Many Picture Me-} The thieves have been so emboldened by the lack of any repercussions/punishments for their open thefts, that they are now just blatant about the methods of their thefts, and they know, from experience, that you, the

Best Article Of The Week...

2009-11-22T20:57:00.024-05:00

The Denial, And The Ignoring, Of Our Reality Is Deadly Stupid.The “Allowing” Has Not Been “Allowed” to be Stopped - I Fear That, More Than Anything. 15 Signs American Society Is Coming Apart At The Seams.The “best” article of the week. Well, maybe not the best, more like the most frightening. But it is at least the most perceptive of what our current reality is within our nation, and what

Says It All. . .

2009-11-21T21:57:00.003-05:00

Some Can Nail It With “Jest”, Some Just Nail It.by Tom Tomorrow, et al...= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Nothing else at this time...

R-i-g-h-t. . .

2009-11-13T00:28:00.046-05:00

Ahh... Reality... Obviously Is Something We Pretend We Understand.Ahh... Reality... Obviously Is Something We Pretend We Understand. Oil Reserve Numbers Deliberately Inflated [lied about] to Avoid Panic, Appease the US.Taliban, Eat Your Heart Out! Lack Of Health Care Killed 2,266 US veterans Last Year.If Any Question Why We Died, Tell Them Because Our Fathers Lied.“Really, Does This Surprise

Wake Up! (Oops... Too Late.)

2009-11-08T08:57:00.007-05:00

Why Are We Stupidly Allowing The Ongoing Allowed Destruction?Because The price We Are All Paying Is Devestating To Our Nation, And To Our Lives. America Performs Its Familiar Role of Propping Up a Dictator.Broader Measure of U.S. Unemployment Stands at 17.5%.Unemployment Up Dramatically! Stocks Rise! Huh?US Foreign Policy is Straight Out of the Mafia.Steve Fraser On the Crisis of

Wake Up! (Oops... Too Late.)

2009-11-04T02:14:00.014-05:00

Why Are We Ignorantly Allowing The Radical-Fringe Stupidity?Because The price We Are All Paying Is Devestating Our Nation, And Our Lives. Undercover Inside The Weird World Of Right-Wing Abortion FoesClimate Change Deniers Are Not Skeptics - They’re SuckersWe Only Have Months, Not Years, To Save Civilisation...Noam Chomsky: No Change In US ‘Mafia Principle’Lobbying Cash Obscures US Climate

Says It All, Again. . .

2009-10-27T09:37:00.002-04:00

Some Can Nail It With “Jest”, Some Just Nail It.by Tom Tomorrow, et al...= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Nothing else needed at this time - Right?

Says It All. . .

2009-10-15T22:50:00.003-04:00

Some Can Nail It With “Jest”, Some Just Nail It.by Tom Tomorrow, et al...= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

Those That Are. . .

2009-10-11T05:40:00.025-04:00

Telling It Like It Is, In Reality, Not As We Hope It is.Because, Quite Often, The Exposed Reality Can Not Be ‘Allowed’ To Be Ignored. - The Uneducated American The results of [our] educational neglect have been gradual - a slow- motion erosion of America’s relative position. But things are about to get much worse, as the economic crisis deals its severe blow. - And They Wonder

Another Example. . .

2009-10-10T01:09:00.005-04:00

Another Example Of The ‘How’ Of Manipulated Subtle Propaganda...by Think Progress < source & updatesFor those that didn’t notice, that’s a 2:1 ratio.Very Fair, and very Balanced. . . Right?= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Nothing else at this time.

Just An Example. . .

2009-10-09T01:34:00.007-04:00

One Small Example Of The ‘How’ Of Manipulated Subtle Propaganda.And You Continue To “Allow” Them Their “Allowed” Theft... And Control... Of You.Want to know the ‘how’ of Fox News being “the most popular” in our nation? Comcast Cable - Fox is a part of their cheapest basic cable choices, ‘real’ news, particularly MSNBC, can only be had by paying a higher price for the upgrade package. Therefore,

The Golden Rule. . .

2009-10-07T03:38:00.009-04:00

Those That Have The Gold. . . Rule.And You Continue To “Allow” Them Their “Allowed” Theft.I haven’t posted anything for over a week because... I had to ‘take a step back,’ and try to observe my nation’s continued ‘allowed’ deterioration from the ‘outside,’ so to speak.I went back into the archives of this blog, and others, like CommonDreams, Crook and Liars, Truthout, Truthdig, Democracy Now!,

(s-i-g-h...)

2009-09-28T01:34:00.006-04:00

Just Fucking... s-i-g-h...by Bill Watterson, creator of "Calvin and Hobbs"The bad people never get away, unless the good people give up.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Nothing else at this time.

Umm. . .

2009-09-22T18:45:00.022-04:00

Protect The Insurance Companies, Something 80% Of ‘Us’ Do Not Want.But something the other 20%, (collaborators, sycophants, arrogantly ignorant ‘patriots’,) do want.Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell[original source link, in case of problems playing it here.]= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = I hope at least a few of the