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  • Why is election spending by outside groups up 1,600% this year in the GOP primary?   13 years 25 weeks ago

    Thom, on your show you complained about the Banksters using the taxpayer funded bail-out money to pay for the Republican primaries. Don't you understand that this is just the Republican's method for publicly funded elections? lol

  • Why is election spending by outside groups up 1,600% this year in the GOP primary?   13 years 25 weeks ago

    I heard Thom talk about the California Single Payer Health bill SB810 last night and he named names of the four Democrats that voted "no" on the bill. I hope these 4 Democrats get tarred and feathered by their constituents and run out of town on a rail (figuratively speaking, of course...I don't advocate real violence..although that doesn't seem to be a problem for our government when they do it to others..even torture..even to it's own citizens).

    These 4 scum bags don't seem to care that hundreds or thousands of Californians may lose their lives because of their stupid votes.

    I have done a few quick searches on the internet...and have found that although there are many articles about the bill not passing....none of them mention the 4 Democrats by name....hmmm...I wonder why that is?

  • The oligarchs openly talking about a coup d'état in America?   13 years 25 weeks ago

    @ Ms. Smith, your youngun is smart and funny en deux langues, no less.

    Now as to Mr. Napoleon Complex Norquist, can he be serious? Probably. After all, he had a significant role in making the Republican Party the dominant force in American politics for a generation and counting, and he's held not just his party but the entire federal government hostage to his no-taxes-for-the-rich dogma for 25 years. And from what I've read, he was quite full of himself even before all that.

    Whether this scheme is plausible is another matter. I was heartened to see all the scorn flung his way in the comments on National Journal yesterday. Impeach the President? For letting tax cuts for the rich expire? Surely people in the civilized world see that and think, "That's insane."

    But then again, the perpetual adoration of Ronald Reagan, who among other feats kickstarted the destruction of the middle class, is insane. Letting Bush II be a two-term president was insane. Handing the House back to the GOP in 2010, along with most of our state governments, was insane. Trusting our votes to electronic black boxes owned and operated by private corporations is insane. The whole So-Called War On Drugs, the mass incarceration and marginalization of (mostly black and brown) Americans, and our silent assent to the de facto repeal of the Fourth Amendment, are all insane. So who knows?

    Stephen King, in Pet Sematary--in an entirely different context, of course--wrote (I paraphrase) that we are mistaken to believe there is any horror beyond which the mind cannot plunge into horrors yet deeper. I often think of that when I contemplate American politics today.

  • Why is election spending by outside groups up 1,600% this year in the GOP primary?   13 years 25 weeks ago

    DR: Excellent article! And great video. Article has quotes from Elizabeth Warren, Simon Johnson, Bill Moyers, Chris Hedges, Joseph Stiglitz and others....

    'Nobel Prize-winning economist, former Chief Economist at the World Bank, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, and Columbia economics professor, Joseph Stiglitz, agrees the US economy continues under oligarchic domination:

    “What the Obama administration is doing is…ersatz capitalism, the privatizing of gains and the socializing of losses. It is a “partnership” in which one partner robs the other. And such partnerships — with the private sector in control — have perverse incentives, worse even than the ones that got us into the mess.” '

    Here's another video that you might be interested in....I got this link from the article you posted.

    http://vimeo.com/5439962
    This video has various politicians making statements that just explodes with their hypocrisy, double-speak, and criminality.

    Obama is a war criminal that should not be re-elected. Don't vote for a war criminal!!!

    What if Hitler had not committed suicide and said "War crimes? Torture? Prosecute the guilty? Let's just put that all behind us and just move along...concentrate on our future!" This is basically what happened with many war criminals both from Nazi Germany and Japan. The US took them in and helped them because they were able to help us in our goals of becoming the strongest and most aggressive power in the world. And, this is basically what Obama, and his administration, has said....let's just move along and concentrate on the future. Instead of going after the criminal deeds of those that preceded him he actually appointed some of THEM and meekly backed down from the bravado talk he gave in his campaign speeches.

    Obama, after winning the first election, changed his tune and became the very corrupt war criminal that Bush had been. Obama is only just now trying to make us believe that he wants to change the system and reign in the excesses of the wealthy....but he's lying to you. He has no such intention. He is one of THEM.

  • Daily Topics - Tuesday January 31st, 2012   13 years 25 weeks ago

    Melanocomously ugly? "Melanocomous" means "having black hair". That doesn't seem nice.

  • Daily Topics - Tuesday January 31st, 2012   13 years 25 weeks ago

    On the Contrary!
    --- such nuanced conversations make great Radio! Call John back and continue that conversation or enter into a new subject zone.

    There is Much Discussion Needed to Foment A Renaissance.
    To Defeat the Dream Killers is not enough.
    We must simultaneously bridge to the new world of Cooperative Creativity.
    You have a foot in both worlds.

    You can be that bridge and help redirect this conversation (as the road begins to turn) and we begin to win.
    We will Win -- if winning means that we will evolve politically/spiritually/mentally/emotionally/socially -- we will win.
    If we will not, then we have nothing to lose by believing that we will (thereby Keeping the Dream Alive as a seed).
    If we will win, then that win can only be strengthened and eased (whether using a sports analogy, or a referring to cosmic mechanical fact) by Believing In, and Preparing For, that Victory -----
    which will Transformation the Ways
    by which we interact as individuals,
    as tribes,
    as nations,
    as federations of nations
    and as a species with other species.

    Thanks Always for Great Radio.
    JC
    (PS: Call Van)

  • Why is election spending by outside groups up 1,600% this year in the GOP primary?   13 years 25 weeks ago

    So the majority of people, the 99.9%, are being led through the nose by the .1% by advertizing. The .1%, and extending downwards a bit to those wannabe top .1 percenters, can afford it because they have all the money. Are there really that many dummies in America that believe all of that political advertizing hype? Well I guess if so many people are easy to beguile with other non-sense and superstition they are easy prey for advertizing. Maybe they all deserve what they get for being so gullible. Maybe we should all go back to hacking each other with swords in the Emperor's army.

    But, of course, the real deception is that it's all theater to get us to believe we have some say in our government. If you vote for a Republican, then you get OVERT actions against you...unless you are wealthy then it is in your favor (until the citizens sharpen their guillotines). If you vote Democrat, then you get COVERT actions against you (unless you are wealthy, then you already know that you are using a corrupt political system that you created to fool the people into a false hope that buys them time to ratchet those snake teeth once again..and we are eaten up by the ravenous serpents).

    The wealthy know that the best and most effective way to make the people your slaves is to imprison their minds with psychological dogma and propaganda. Get them to focus away from the root causes.

    Voting for the same old fool that we did the first time will not help us at all. Obama is either too incompetent to stand up to the wealthy class...or he is their useful idiot and he has been part of the game of deception all along. We need a change...a real change this time....neither Republican nor Democrat...we need to shake up the system or we will be forever playing this silly game where the people (the 99%) continue to lose.

  • Why is election spending by outside groups up 1,600% this year in the GOP primary?   13 years 25 weeks ago

    A Must read

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    I’m going to discuss trillions of dollars in a moment. As an economics teacher, I understand numbers this large are extremely difficult to imagine. If you are among the majority with this difficulty, I recommend that you follow the expert testimony that paints the picture, and know that success in this area of public education transformation that unleashes trillions of our dollars for human creative capacity in unimaginable power is sufficient to end the current economic crisis.

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  • The oligarchs openly talking about a coup d'état in America?   13 years 25 weeks ago

    "They ain't green!"

  • An Impartial Judiciary is now just a Myth...   13 years 25 weeks ago

    You're probably right, MaryMary. I am kinda hi-strung, since the political situation scares me. When I came in here and saw Ron Paul fans downright swarming all over this liberal blog I felt like going after a bedbug pest. Taking away foot stamps and medicare from grandma!

    Whatsoever, I am too harsh..... sorry for that. You're right, palindromedary is a fairly bright fellow.

  • An Impartial Judiciary is now just a Myth...   13 years 25 weeks ago

    Images can be just as deceiving as words...sometimes pleasurable...sometimes not. But if images are so undesirable, then why post one...which is not at all undesirable, and may be the reason why some may be searching for more?

    "My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have not told you the type of dog which I have. Perhaps you even picture Toto, from "The Wizard of Oz." But I warn you, my dog is always with me. WOOF!"--OO Spool from "Wild At Heart".

    Look out for those Capital Os.

    MM: Danke Schoen and Shookran! As Mel Brooks said...It's nice to be King...but since I'm not...It's nice to be a little crazy once in a while...and just pretend. But, as long as one can separate "just pretend" from "reality" he/she may not jump off of tall buildings or into the Lion's den...and live another day. There are those who know they can control people through fear and diversion and they highly capitalize on it. Where would these charlatans be if everyone thought out of the box and were unable to corral the beliefs and emotions of the people who could be lions but opted for sheep. But I agree with CS in some things...it would be better, perhaps, to be eating only veggies and listening to banjos and staying out of the hot cancerous sun. But the Generals often force the sheep into battles to be sacrificed for the greedy few and the politicians keep the sheep in a trance bleating "vote! vote! what else can we do?" "we have no other choice!" --arbeit macht frei--don't rebel--just get on that train--maybe everything will be ok! Those German Shepherds bark some! WOOF!

  • The oligarchs openly talking about a coup d'état in America?   13 years 25 weeks ago

    Now I'm depressed. :(

    You should see my daughter Miss G on todays Stephanie Miller LiveBlog, who's definitely doing better and happier...

    http://www.stephaniemiller.com/2012/01/31/liveblog-for-tuesday-january-31-2012/#lf_comment=11837312

    How severe is that election frauding? To my ears this sounds like five minutes to twelve.....

  • The oligarchs openly talking about a coup d'état in America?   13 years 25 weeks ago

    Exactly right This is a coup attmept a power grab of worst kind . Shameful ploy by King Grover ..Self important leader of the GOP Baggers This is truly sickening I have been done with the GOP since W These arrogant folks are not true Republicans They are another breed altogether

  • The oligarchs openly talking about a coup d'état in America?   13 years 25 weeks ago

    I recently commented on a Washington Times article titled: "Financier who profited on Europe's debt fueling Paul PAC," with this response: You have to wonder what these deep-pocketed people will be expecting for their returns. It can only bode badly for the rest of us.

    NCdirtdigger responded with: Perhaps they were expecting Liberty.

    I responded with: Are you referring to the liberty to impress their self-centered will on the larger population and the country at large? Their money and power already give them plenty of liberty.

    He did not respond.

    This is a democracy, pal. It's called rule by majority. It's not an Oligarchy. Liberty? The wealthy are seeking liberty? What of liberty don't they already have? They've been buying government and elections for years? Isn't that enough?

    The K-RATS in the Supreme Court gave them free reign to buy elections. They proudly say on TV with America watching (Rock Center with Brian Williams)--well maybe not the people who should be watching and paying attention--that they expect to get something in return. That is OPEN bribbery--what is wrong with this picture????

    They have plenty of liberty. But I have to say that if they don't stop stomping on us--ordinary worker drones, the common people, the real people who help them make their billions--at whose expense they seek liberty--they are asking to be stomped back and they'll deserve every last boot-print.

    My granny boots are polished shined.

  • An Impartial Judiciary is now just a Myth...   13 years 25 weeks ago

    Hi Clarissa and P,

    I enjoy this give and take from both of you. It's the best writing and most innovative thought on this blog. You both push each other to new heights, expanding the mind. This is where change is born. Great job both of you, keep it up. I took the following quote from the biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. It fits here.

    "Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."

  • An Impartial Judiciary is now just a Myth...   13 years 25 weeks ago

    Okay, here are more unrealistic points, not restraining myself, nor my imagination:

    I hate all cars, they kill people, animals and even children

    I hate oversized flat screens and loud speakers, any kind of amplified live music, violent media, illuminated advertising

    I want to change the internet to pure text, so we need e-book screens only. Furthermore downsize all audio devices to low volume/sound level. Restrict all live bands to banjo instead of electric guitars.

    I am indeed fighting the textless stupidity of those who only look for images on my blog. You see them on blogspot stats. So I deleted the images of my musical instruments and loaded them up again politicized with paroles.

    http://occupy-stupid-textless-images.wow

    _____________________________

    Let's downsize myself to the realistic point of public education. This is the key to solve almost all thoses problems as I feel. It won't get better at once, for it needs time.

    I won't ever give up on the rednecks. Some of them would love to be educated. But above all we have to educate their kids. It takes time, we can't change everything at once -- things must grow.

  • The oligarchs openly talking about a coup d'état in America?   13 years 25 weeks ago
    Quote palindromedary:..it's all smoke and mirrors...manipulation of the masses. The Trojan Horse wants you to believe he is on your side...but he is owned by the ruling elite and will continue to do their bidding.
    Okay, lets assume it's all smoke and theater. And maybe I am smoke and theater and the government is faking me to confuse you. Or to see it from my perspective: Maybe you are payed by Mitt Romney, to confuse me and all the voters? Maybe Thom is smoke and theater too -- just to confuse us. Stephanie Miller isn't really lesbian -- it's smoke. I've never been to Plattsburgh and maybe it's not existing, although heard it's fairly pretty. Florida is probably media smoke -- never been there. Why should I believe in Australia? Kangaroos are smoky theater. Obama entertains us with those hopping and boxing creatures, in order to deflect our thoughts!
    Ahhhhh, maybe I should kick politics and just make music. It's anyway smoke. Why think anyway? Why not dim my brain with drugs and make all the smoke go away? If I think ahead like this, I'll probably become suicidal.....

  • The oligarchs openly talking about a coup d'état in America?   13 years 25 weeks ago

    Sound humans have a sense for fake. You can't easily fool them by putting something on You can't be dishonest without looking and sounding dishonest. You might fool single individuals, but not a majority of sound persons. If you don't have that sense, you certainly can't trust anybody or anything.

    I once shared emails with a guy who felt bossed by spammers and therefore quit blogging. One day I wrote him from another email address and he was convinced I wasn't Clarissa, but the blog provider, faking me. That guy certainly suffered from serious psychological issues. Too many of those cases can destroy our country. Of course wars and parents working too long hours lead to that.... I was taught trust has to do with having experienced your parent's love.... or not.

  • The Disease of Inequality that’s Infecting America.   13 years 25 weeks ago

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  • Daily Topics - Wednesday October 26th, 2011   13 years 25 weeks ago

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  • Speaking of the 99% versus the 1%   13 years 25 weeks ago

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  • The oligarchs openly talking about a coup d'état in America?   13 years 25 weeks ago

    Well, that sounds like a bit of a stretch if they are seriously considering that. I mean doesn't he have to do a lot more than that in order to be impeached? It's those kinds of people that make you wonder.

  • It’s pretty clear to see – while the Democrats are looking forward – the Republicans are looking backward   13 years 25 weeks ago

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  • Grover Norquist is calling for the impeachment of Obama. Are The Oligarchs now openly talking about a coup d'état in America.   13 years 25 weeks ago

    He's wrong to begin with. The House impeaches (indicts) and the Senate tries (as in a trial). Clinton was impeached, but never tried.

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