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CORPORATIONS support and are pulling out all stops to silence the voice of all people, more especially, the working class! And according to history, which "We" are sadly repeating, this movement is FASCIST! Are "We" prepared to go back in time and suffer the forces that advocate Corporate take over, meddling in every aspect of our precious freedoms? DID it work for Germany? These are deadly, gr$$d, diseased heretics. And yes, as a Christian, I "Dare" call these dark entities heretics. (HERETIC: One who is not orthodoxed in their beliefs) These deceivers have used faith to undermine the less wary. Those who know me are aware that while I'm a FIRM believer of the Fisherman, I do not abide the lack of truth coming out of many organized, faith based, groups.. Gr$$d rules in all areas of power! Many faith based groups, because of the ole mighty dollar, have failed. Those who are behind this "POWER GRAB" are the very same people "We" Bailed Out".... These are the very same people that have gotten away with gross Violations, Felonies, polluters of our water, air & food, , mis-use of huge sums of money, scams, Monopolies, fraud with the intention to commit fraud. And the list goes on! So far these entities, with a great deal of help from America's mainstream media, have polluted US with "Bait & Switch then spin it to death! Any semblance of truth or jUStice does not exists within these corporate owned networks! So far all of these abusive entities have gotten off SCOTT, No pun intended, FREE! Now, arrogant that they are, they've escalated their pernicious agenda's with the audacity, NO HOPE HERE, to throw their victims out of their homes, break the back of collective bargaining while they raise the cost of food, gas and, on the other-hand, find ways to fund wars of convenience.. American's are struggling in all aspects of their lives & they're being asked to sacrifice more! MORE WHAT? What is this MORE that these gr$$dy people want from America's citizens? Assume Nothing! Question Everything! Meanwhile, back at the ranch! What is Washington doing while American's are under assault from those who should be tried as traitors, imprisoned, the key thrown away and or thrown out of the country? These are traitors! Usurpers! Violators! Empire grabbers! Polluters! MONEY GRABBERS! FREEDOM KILLERS! And the list goes on........ While this travesty is unfolding Washington sellouts are conniving to further undermine the precious rights and protections of "We" the people! I've been at this for so long I've become numb! But I can tell you this, those of US who have been on the front, not back lines, realized, years ago, that these entities were, would and have, without any reservation nor conscience, declared war on some 80 % of America's citizens. And where are the power grabbers? Looking down on the masses while they hide, like the cowards they are, in their IVORY TOWERS. Thank God American's are waking up. Barbara/founder/dtdn.net www.TheBridgeToNoWhere.org
February 22, 2011
Freedom means "We" discover truth for ourselves.
If "We" relinquish that responsibility,
"We" relinquish freedom.
Corporations have become MERCENARIES under the guise of being Business people. Their pernicious actions devastated, under the Reagan administration and a Republican led congress, several countries south of America's borders. This abuse of power must be brought to a halt. Big business should never have been allowed to move in the direction of EMPIRE building. Hello! Sound familiar? Fascism anyone?
Legislation must be enacted, and demanded by American voters, to put big biz Corporations, especially those mega corporations operating outside of America, ON NOTICE! American's told GWB, when he said he was going into Iraq, "Not In Our Name". Well, "We" are still here, and "We" are saying to the big biz tyrants, "NOT IN OUR NAME"!!!
I sometimes wonder what it is "We" American's won after defeating Fascism/Nazism. It's plain as day that this ideology, supposedly conquered, is alive and well and biting "US", and the WORLD, were we live.
Corporations were never to be allowed to create monopolies because of the ramifications that would arise, LIMITING COMPETITION. Well, that is not the way, especially since the Reagan years, it's been coming down. America's Shame is showing because there are still American's who don't get it. Corporations are taking this nation's freedoms, rights, jobs, clean air and water, and her Dreams, into the abyss.
Legislation to control this abuse must be enacted! But, the question is, how do "We" go about these changes that all can believe in? Our legislators are controlled, not by the people as was the design of the Constitution, but via a gift from 5 treasonous Supreme Court Justices who crowned Corporate gr$$d, with Personhood.
The Dare To Dream Network is hoping to draw up a petition addressing this issue.. Others should consider this as well. The more the merrier.
We are also about to debut our latest activist website, aptly called, "RUMBLE OF THE PEOPLE" Stay tuned since we are working on a plan to do radio from this site as well.
This Democracy/Republic cannot survive without the US in jUStice.
Barbara/founder/dtdn.net
www.TheBridgeToNowhere.org
www.DareToDreamNetwork.net
We need to call on our local union organizers for a national strike. After that day, locally each town throughout the USA can choose a day in week to boycott one bank. In that same week we could bring our musical instrument and celebrate and network in a parking lot in a local shopping mall/center. Another week, another bank /mall until the fat cats know the game is over.
30 yrs ago it was cool to act like you where into the TV show Miami -Vice ,love Ronald Reagan and brag about turning into a republican... Wow have times changed !
"So I guess this was a bunch of BS, and where was the anonited ONE when all the name calling and threats were going on ??? You people are a JOKE !!! LOL"
I'm a bit dense! What is the BS? Who is the Anonited one? Who is doing the name calling and Threats? Who are the people? And who is the joke?
So I guess this was a bunch of BS, and where was the anonited ONE when all the name calling and threats were going on ??? You people are a JOKE !!! LOL
Death Panels & Death Taxes in Texas
Like Arizona, our Republican governor and legislature are serving as Death Panels, deciding whether to dump nursing home residents or the mentally retarded out on the streets. The taxes that they are unwilling to raise are the true "death taxes". In my mind I see a national ad campaign enumerating how many nursing home residents could be kept safe and alive by estate taxes. Then give examples of beneficiaries of the estate taxes, the amount of money involved and how they are already filithy rich without the estate tax windfall. Also emphasise that instead of paying for it now, we borrow from China.
The next thing to happen regarding the Wisconsin Senate vote is easy to predict. 18 State Republican Senators will be arrested for public stupidity and each will be sentenced to write the dictionary definition of DEMOCRACY 500 times on a public school blackboard.
Palindromedary wrote 18 min 5 sec ago
Dylan Ratigan is making a lot
You a paid lobbyist?
This is the type of thing
This is the type of thing that happens when ignorant, brainwashed people vote.
Excellent analogy! But in some cases it might be even worst - some would go on to sue their neighbors!
If these repug transgressions continue, there will certainly be rioting in the streets if there is no means of redressing these power grabs! Agendas in Michigan to declare any emergency and dissolve whole community governments! In Pennsylvania actions to entail a dictatorial official who had unlimited powers to override any law! All states trying to implement laws to require IDs and birth certificates for voting! Eliminating all unions so that limits their capability to organize Democratic voters! On and on! There are more and on a daily basis and all coming to light. How about Florida and Indiana taxing the poor, the elderly and the middle class, and then distributing that money as tax breaks for Corporations! Florida and Wisconsin refusing federal High-Speed rail that would create 1000s of jobs, not to mention entering the 21st Century! All these repug states who want to eliminate all public school teachers and public education? This is all obscene, really. Oh, and I forgot, how about the artificial gas hikes? Do you actually believe this has anything to do with supply? Think again. Strange this would happen on the very day good news came about JOB CREATION! The one biggest economic and job killing factor – energy cost! Think this is co-incidence?
There is absolutely NO repug plan to create jobs. None. All of these repug machinations are hugh power grabs to eliminate the middle class. The plan is that the repugs believe that if there is such a hugh unemployment in 2012, Obama and the Democrats will be blamed for it all! And all Americans will then rise in revolt and vote in the Republicans in a landslide!
If so, they are all high on drugs and on that all too human corrupting vice – POWER! And $$$!
They are all, however, in for a big surprise!!! As I stated last night on this blog, the repugs have awaken a sleeping giant. It really will be getting rough for these vile bullies in the coming years!
By the way...I have noticed that what happens on many of the Thom Hartman shows is what might be described as the Max Headroom syndrome and that happens mostly when Thom is talking about somethng like the Koch Bros. The video and audio glitches making what he said inaudible and he looks like he has a severe case of Parkinsons Disease or is having a bad acid trip. His eyes shift rapidly back and forth repeatably when this happens. I have not noticed this same effect on any of the other Dish Network shows. I am wondering is Skype is involved in the feed from Thom Hartman show.
I think the Koch Bros are probably doing something to the signal....do they own the satellites?
Anyone remember the Art Bell program, many years ago, being jerked off line completely by a "failed" satellite when this very frightening guy caller was freaking out in his telling of his knowledge of master plans that certain powerful elite groups, in the US, had plans to do something terrible to large masses of people in the US..affecting all major cities...and that he was on the run from them because he was to be terminated for having discovered this knowledge and for going public with it. He was crying and really freaking out and just when the listener was about to write him off as a terribly mentally disturbed nut case...then the air waves went completely dead. Many minutes later, Art Bell came back on and explained that they lost a satellite feed line...somethng that could only have been done by whoever controlled the satellite. Anyway, it was really good theatrics...I don't know if this was a hoax or if that guy was extremely paranoid, sure sounded like it but after all that has happened in the last decade...especially the last few years...with the inside job 911, and the massive economy fraud and taxpayer bailouts I think that maybe he wasn't so paranoid or that the satellite thing was not just a coincidence.
Haven't listened to Art Bell in quite a few years...don't even know if he is still on.
Dylan Ratigan is making a lot of sense. In his penultimate show with Mike Konczal he says: "there’s a million explanations for Barack Obama, but there’s only one answer which is the guy is not doing the job." and:
"The sooner we all get it through our heads that Barack Obama is not the answer to our problems because quite honestly he doesn’t have the courage or the balls to deal with it.." and:
"...their guy (Obama) is completely screwing the pooch when it comes to economic policy, financial policy, unemployment policy, housing policy, et cetera." And I don’t hear a peep from that side of the room, and I would argue that George W. Bush or anybody who is not the love child of the liberal base, who is the president putting in place the exact same housing, unemployment, and banking policies; they would be burning him an effigy in Washington, D.C. right now." and:
"And not only is he not doing it, he’s helping the bad guys when it comes to the banks; he’s helping the bad guys when it comes to unemployment; he’s helping the bad guys when it comes to trade; and he’s helping the bad guys when it comes to energy, and that is unacceptable.
So I ask you to close your eyes and imagine the exact same policies that you’re getting from your lovely president, Barack Obama; imagine that these exact same policies are being offered to you by George W. Bush. Bradley Manning held naked at Quantico, and then think about how you would react to that. And do not let the little candy-coated nonsense from the center left power base — whether it’s in the media or for that matter in the White House candy-coat the poison that they are serving America.
At least when George Bush did it, you knew he was out to screw us over. With this guy (Obama), they make you believe that he’s not, and it’s almost — and it is more dangerous and we have to wake up."
I think it's time for a National Demonstration, Boycott or Strike! All Corporations - All Conservative Media - All Conservative conglomerates! Let’s all boycott Fixed News and ALL their Advertisers! Anyone associated with this right-wing middle-class killing movement!
One day or 2 - let’s all stay home - shut out all media and boycott all these super-rich obscene Middle-Class killing robber barons!
And what all these republican state governors are doing Nationwide is Democracy killing! Some of the policies and agendas they are pushing are as democracy destroying as it can get in any dictatorial fascist regime: you’d think they attended some fascist meetings in pre-war Germany!
American Democracy is under attack in America. And the Middle Class.
Enough!
They've overturned their Saint Ronnie's history, too!
In 1968 California Governor Ronald Reagan signed into law collective bargaining rights for Municipal and County workers, according to San Francisco Chronicle reporter Carla Marinucci.
Thom, I love you to death! What you are doing is so tough because the stream flow is so, so, hard to swim against. What I think we should all do to direct this energy to laser focus so that some real holes can be burned through this rapacious capitalistic greed we are mired in, is just this: 1) We need to do all we can to recall the Wisconsin Governor and his Republican supporters (I have donated $50) - by doing this we clearly set the example for the 1% that they are NOT protected from the masses, 2) The Single most important action all of us can take is to repeal the Citizens United decision of the Supreme Court. This can be done in the following ways: a) Support MoveToAmmend.org, b) Recall Justice Clarence Thomas for derilection of duty (refusal to participate in opinions) and conflict of interest, c) EDUCATE EVERYONE around you as to what this horrendous court decision has done - to make Corporations the SUPERIORS (because of money) TO INDIVIDUAL HUMAN BEINGS.
My father died in 1997 at the age of 76. He worked, side-by-side with the 20s generation at Microsoft and loved every minute of it. He was, in a word, an intellectual powerhouse and an peerless environmental progressive before the world even coined those terms. He would not have survived the toxic, selfish, Machevelian ellitists that persist in todays media and corporate world. His name was Hans Joseph Sonntag. I only wish I could fully honor his kindness and generosity by defeating every one of these greedy bastards that infest the halls of our elected representatives.
The measure of greateness of any society can be found by how it treats its weakest members. (quote from somewhere)
Best Regards, Ronald M. Sonntag
The republicans have shown their true colors, they will not stop until the working class is destroyed . they have the cauldrons of hot lead ready . Hopefully we could stop them with the next elections and political proccesses, if not with the billionaires and now supreme court on their side the only alternative way to stop them will be with cold lead
Indiana labor today went to the capital to let the weasel little man syndrome suffering Daniels a taste of what Wisconsin has for these traitorous slugs. Wisconsin labor will not give up. The apprentice weasel Walker is about to soil hlimself if he hasn't already. What we are going to see in the future is a civil revolution which in the end the only republicans still standing will be in the darkest holes that this ilk inhabit. Daily someone from our home has tried to contact the offices of our representatives and there is no answer, but Walker told them not to acknowledge callls or Email, so much for representation. I have people in Madison who think because they won an election ( barely) that everyone will let them do anything the corporates want. I heard a rumor from Indiana that the protests are being organized and paid for by the Obama campain fund. More teabager lies. Soon the teabaggers will be a dying breed.
The revolt will peaceful and at the poles and in the courts but labor will not be silent, its voice will be loud and heard far and wide. The revolution is not being televised nor on radio but it is there and stronger than anyone can realize. People cannot for long put up with the racist, anti-woman assault on every working person in America. How can a female elected official vote to take somethig away from strugling women? There will be a peaceful takeover, unless the corporate ghestapo starts the attack as Walkers' brown shirts have at the capital.
Why now? Because Kapital no longer has to fear solidarity between American workers and the deformed workers' state, the Soviet Union. Now Kapital can take off the mask, and reveal what they really are, Authoritarian Greed, or simply, Fascists.
Simply putting it - the old saying: Cheaters never win, winners never cheat.
Wisconsin and the rest of the USA citizens will win this one because of their brave integrity to keep up the fight against this mess that the Republican's, thugs and Koch Bros.$$$$$$ who are trying to bring down anyone but corporations and the super rich in order to leave the rest of the nation to be their slaves.
" I feel they've made it EASIER for Obama to win in 2012!" "Only the public will tell!"
I agree. I view President Obama as a conservative. I'll admit that I fully backed him and gave him credit where credit wasn't due. Lesson learned on my part.
But I'll have a hard time voting for him come 2012. I don't buy the traditional arguments of "voting for Obama is better than voting in a conservative". I have the right to vote for whomever I wish, not what someone else forces upon me. If a candidate doesn't hold most of my views then I simply won't vote for them.
So far I'll be staying home.
I have never seen this much arrogance by politicians in my life. I have to believe Koch is offering Walker and his buddies quite a golden parachute and witness protection when they end up out on their butts an soon as they can be recalled. Their last names should all be MUD!
This is the type of thing that happens when ignorant, brainwashed people vote. These people vote for the very people who hate them and are working against them. I compare it to someone going up to a bunch of known theives and handing them a key and a map to their house while they go out on the town and have a good time. When they get home, they find a couple of police cars out in front of their house and the neighbors telling them they caught the theives in the act of robbing their house. When the people walk into their house and find that the theives got away with almost everything they owned except the new color TV and the family pictures, the homeowners get extremely upset with their neighbors for butting into their business and disturbing the theives before they finished the job.
This is the way I see people who vote for Republicans and I believe I'm correct in thinking so.
I hope they find the passing of this bill as illegal and that these A-holes not only lose their jobs, but get fined to the hilt.