I have been following the SyFy Channel series "Stargate Universe" on Fridays. A song was played during the opening and closing credits that was so appropriate for life in these United States --- "The Worst Day Since Yesterday" by Flogging Molly. It's lyrics seemed so appropriate; they made me laugh. (Since there is no "anything goes Friday" blog, I hope you all don't mind it posted here.)

'Hope anyone who listens enjoys it, too!

Here's a Google link (the option from lala.com with the "play" arrow has the entire song:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=it%27s+been+the+worst+day...

If you have read my comments, you are well aware of how much I oppose war and the killing of God's children. Here is an example of my dislike for wars. May God have mercy on our fascist-Nazi nation!

http://www.opednews.com/populum/linkframe.php?linkid=101699

Gerald,

I was talking with a friend of Jeremy's (the PTSD vet who had the standoff with the police at my house a little over a week ago.) I said that, in order to get most people to kill, the military literally makes them sociopaths. Then, without undoing the harm they have caused, they drop them back into society after they are through with them. Somehow, most veterans of war seem to live a decent life without killing anyone else. (I knew an awful lot of shattered human beings who were never the same after returning from Vietnam. And we have to add all the others from the numerous wars since that time.) Put in these terms though, I realized what a crime on humanity this is... (And this is only ONE aspect of war and its effects.)

Quark, you shared onThom's and with me a profound comment about Jeremy and others. What concerns me is that many of these vets are recruited into law enforcement. Is there any wonder why these offices over react. I try to stay away from any law enforcement officer.

Quark, we have people who can think but our nation is divided and the sociopaths are running our governmental asylums in the WH, Congress, and the Supreme Court as well as the mass media.

Quark, here is my belief. We need more people who possess love, mercy, and forgiveness in their heart. Jesus, a liberal and a progressive, needs to be our role model. Jesus has love, mercy, and forgiveness in His heart. I know Jesus as the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Quark, here is a quote from G. K. Chesterton, an English writer and poet. He past away in 1936. JESUS SPEAKS SANITY TO A WORLD OF LUNATICS.

Quark, here is also another favorite quote from Mahatma Gandhi. I LIKE YOUR JESUS; IT'S YOUR CHRISTIANS I DO NOT LIKE.

Quark, here is a perfect quote from G. K. Chesterton. He must have had the USA on his mind. IT'S NOT THAT CHRISTIANITY HAS BEEN TRIED AND FAILED; IT'S THAT IT HAS NEVER BEEN TRIED. Maybe if the USA had more Christian thinking, we could resolve many problems regarding our inhumanity toward humanity.

Those who insist that America is a Christian nation understand neither Christianity nor America.

Thanksgiving Day Thought for 11/23/09

It is worth noting that one in seven SFH are in forclosure or behind in their payents most directly due to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act which repealed the safeguards and bank regulations found in Glass-Steagull that kept this Libertarion like, free-market wet-dream from happening for 60 years.

Prior post with apologies to Gerald Socha. :)

@mstaggerlee:

I still object to Mr. Socha’s usage of ‘Nazi’. Such frivolous, irresponsible language marginalizes serious discussion and trivializes the horrors of rampant fascism the past and the present.

@GeraldSocha:

I understand the point you are attempting to make about Christianity. I wholeheartedly disagree.

The man called Salvation was not progressive. He was largely petty and had expressed an incomplete understanding of the tenets of his religious philosophy. Paul rewrote the story into a myth of Rapturian fantasy.

Christianity is a poor model of religion and a completely inappropriate for application as the basis of any government for any society.

@Richard L. Adlof -

The only reason for my apology to GS is that I have also objected to his overuse of the "fascist Nazi-America" meme in this venue. Seemed kinda cheap of me to make an "aryan" joke here without some level of acknowledgement that I'd criticized him for such language in the past.

All I can say to the people who oppose my language that the United States of Evil is a fascist-Nazi nation is HEIL COMRADES.

We, as Nazi Americans, are all guilty.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Trial-That-Will-Convict-by-Paul-Craig...

The Seattle Times reported that a local janitorial service released hundreds of workers from its employment roles. This came after a federal auditor reviewed its personnel records and determined that these people could not prove that they were in the country legally. This is the part of the new Obama administration strategy to move away from the showy ICE raids that the Bush administration was so fond of. What should be noted here is that businesses are still not being subjected to legal sanction, and in fact are being given extended time to “comply” in order to find replacement workers. The workers who are fired, in the meantime, remain on the audit list subject to interrogation and deportation.

The janitorial service, interestingly enough, is owned by a right-wing talk show host on KVI, a notorious local right-wing talk station that is only slightly redeemed by the fact that it carries “Coast-to-Coast” in the late hours—meaning then we get interesting BS rather than just plain old BS. It was not noted the ethnicity of the workers involved, although I once worked at a site that deployed workers from this service, and many of them were Eastern European; one might recall that in 2003 a raid on a janitorial service employed by Wal-Mart netted 300 mostly Eastern European illegals in 60 stores. I point this out only because anti-immigrant fanatics tend to ignore the fact that one-quarter of all illegals are from places outside of Latin American.

The comparison between Nazi Germany and the US is effective because although much of US history was left out of our school textbooks, Nazi Germany was given lots of space. All of us feel horrified to be compared to Nazi Germany. It was when I realized George Bush was using similar tactics as Hitler that I got off my butt and started taking action.

We are responsible for what our government does here and around the world whether or not the people we voted for get elected. We currently have more blood on our hands than Hitler's Germany, and unless we accept this fact, we will keep our heads in the sand and underestimate the urgency of the daily actions we need to take in order to change our country's policies.

@Gerald Soha -

A couple of questions -

1) Can we have a source for your 14 points?

2) Assuming, for the moment, that I accept all 14 points as necessary for a fascist Nazi nation (note that we're not discussing sufficiency, yet), can you name an industrialized nation in today's world that DOES NOT satisfy those 14 conditions?

3) Given your obvious dissatisfaction with "Nazi America", is there an existing GOVERNMENT system under which you'd prefer to live?

Thanksgiving Day Thought for 11/24/09: It is worth noting that the SAME Libertarian-like, broken free-market ideals lead to the minimum wages being frozen for 30 years, also, wiped out anti-usury protections and money being shoveled into banking institutions. Now, American children can experience real Dickensian Christmases for themselves.

@GeraldSocha:

Nazis is a political party that once held power in a foreign country and did some truly horrible things. Nazis and Nazism has extremely charged emotional impact due to those evil actions and the hyperbole of the misuse and misapplication of those concepts trivializes their heinous nature. In America, they have never been anything other than a marginalized, trivial political party.

While Nazi movement is fascist in nature, it is not the most prevalent brand of fascism in America. In America, the most prevalent form of fascism is the abdication to unfettered corporatism. The abdication to unfettered corporatism is not Nazism. It is way scarier as it is utterly devoid the humanity displayed in Nazism. In unfettered corporatism, flesh and blood humans are assigned resource value only and are wholly disposable . . . Not even worth the expense of resources to dispose of them.

You marginalize your arguments through your attempt to co-opt and reframe the bullshit languaging of the recessivists. Your adherence to this rhetorical flourish spills over onto the rest of us here and trivializes our attempts at communication simply by your proximity to us. I recognize that you have a right to express yourself as you choose and, please, understand that I am suggesting that there are more effective ways to encode your message.

Thanks Richard.

Is anyone going to a WTO protest in their area. Lets report back here afterward to share stories.

A REQUEST:

If you have a little extra cash could you send some to our Defend Oregon campaign. Could you also ask a few friends to do the same. So many thanks if you are able to donate and spread the word.

https://www.c-esystems.com/defendoregon/

We have a huge battle against corporate greed coming up here in Oregon. We simply want to raise an outdated corporate tax that hasn't been changed since 1931... yes you read that right... 1931. Currently we have multi-million dollar corporations who pay $10 per year in corporate taxes. Naturally these corporations use roads, send kids to school, accept fire protection, police protection and all of the benefits from the commons but do not wish to pay their fair share.

Big dollars are going to be spent to fight this minuscule raise in their taxes.

If you could donate to this cause it would help fight corporate greed.

Thank you!

Thom & Louise,

Carl told us all on yesterday's show that you would be back today. I thought that was unfortunate. Flying over to Spain and giving a speech, only to hurry back seemed a great tragedy to me. I love Europe. Some days I wish I could pack up and move there. I think their lifestyles are better there. Of course I was glad to learn that you would be on air again today, although I thought Carl & Christine did a great job of filling in. I felt better when I heard you were still over there, but, finding out that you are in Barcelona made me jealous. It is pretty gaudy of you. :-) ....have a few tapas for me!

Thom and Louise,

I agree with DDay. I hope you have a wonderful time in Spain. (Barcelona is very special to me. I have loved and wshed I could see Gaudi's wondrous designs for over 30 years!)

@Quark

I knew you would get my little joke. I love smart women. Gobble Gobble!

I sincerely wish we could send this conversation about trade with China to Obama.

I disagree wtih Richard and Dday on Gerald's use of Nazi comparisons. I feel there is validity in the passionate comparisons and as we all know, we are all much closer to agreeing than disagreeing, on most issues anyway.

The point Gerald is making is that our political activism is as urgently needed today as it was in Nazi Germany. And if we don't re-route our government with dedicated political activism we will be written into history books as being as guilty as Germans who did not fight their own Nazi government.

There is absolutely no reason to censor Geradl's opinions. He has as much right to share them as anyone else on this blog.

I would like to offer this solution: Gerald, I think that if you limited yourself to one or two Nazi-comparison posts per day your voice would be more effective.

Loretta,

As usual, your words of wisdom are solid enough to hang my hat on. Well said.

loretta, thank you you for the words. I am trying to shake people from their comfort zones and in their state of denial as to the real America we live in.