This blog will focus on political images I have found all around the Internet, though I will intersperse some commentary and quotes that I find interesting.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
I have done well in my life. I am not rich - I am not 1 of the 1% - I am one of the 99%. I had a good job and contributed to my own well being and that of the country (paid taxes, provided services, etc.)
I just posted 2 videos that I believe pinpoint the current state of affairs in the United States - we are giving up our freedoms for a little security, which is not security at all, as our freedoms fall away. Remember when we were told that Al Qaeda hated us for our freedom? Ha. One of the most tell-tale signs that our freedom is being eroded is the strong arm tactics of the TSA. Some argue that the government has the right to search us when we travel because it is "a choice" that we make to get on an airplane or travel by train, but I fail to see where in the Bill of Rights of this nation that it says where our liberties need only be allowed when we are doing something not-by-choice.
What's next - searching us as we enter restaurants - because we eat there by choice? How about when you drink municipal water - because you drink by choice? Where does it stop?
Read the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution again, and tell me where it says anything about restrictions on our freedoms.
I just posted 2 videos that I believe pinpoint the current state of affairs in the United States - we are giving up our freedoms for a little security, which is not security at all, as our freedoms fall away. Remember when we were told that Al Qaeda hated us for our freedom? Ha. One of the most tell-tale signs that our freedom is being eroded is the strong arm tactics of the TSA. Some argue that the government has the right to search us when we travel because it is "a choice" that we make to get on an airplane or travel by train, but I fail to see where in the Bill of Rights of this nation that it says where our liberties need only be allowed when we are doing something not-by-choice.
What's next - searching us as we enter restaurants - because we eat there by choice? How about when you drink municipal water - because you drink by choice? Where does it stop?
Read the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution again, and tell me where it says anything about restrictions on our freedoms.
- Fourth Amendment – Protection from unreasonable search and seizure.
- The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Republican lies
Exposing 10 Republican Economic Lies
LIE -- The government won't work right (and to the benefit of all
citizens) until the national debt is eliminated and a balanced budget is
imposed.
TRUTH -- I'm not sure how they would know this because the United States government has never been out of debt
in the entire history of this country. When the very first Congress
adjourned they had left the country with a national debt of $75 million.
The debt was close to being eliminated in 1835 (when the country owed
just $34,000), but a recession the next year (which caused a 33% decline
in business and lasted for two years) took care of that. Since then the
debt has climbed. Although the debt has set a new "record high" since
the 1950's in absolute terms, a better measure is to compare the debt to
the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This peaked in World War II
at about 120% of GDP, but it has not been close to that figure since
then.
LIE -- The current national debt is largely a result of the policies of President Obama.
TRUTH -- Most of the national debt can be traced directly to Republican
policies and actions. A big hunk of the debt is due to the massive tax
cuts for the rich -- a little more than $400 billion each year. The two
unnecessary Bush wars also added (and continue to add) to the debt at a
rate of about $2 billion each week. Most economists believe that without
these two things the national debt would be about two-thirds lower than
it currently is. The millions of jobs lost in the Republican recession
also took away millions of taxpayers which could have been paying into
the government tax revenues.
Read more at jobsanger
Exposing 10 Republican Economic Lies
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Monday, October 10, 2011
Funny little quip
More information about the candidates. MITT ROMNEY speaks French and JON HUNTSMAN is fluent in Chinese. When MICHELE BACHMANN heard they were bilingual she said, “That’s okay, as long as they don’t get married.”From The Political Carnival
Sunday, October 09, 2011
Alan Grayson
The word I read is that Alan is the first person to get a standing ovation from a Bill Maher crowd.
Friday, October 07, 2011
The Battle hymn of the Republicans
One of the most spot-on political cartoons I've seen in a long time.
Headlines
Some days the steam just builds up in my craw to the point that I can't stand the lunacy of the way the world works. Posting some headlines from other blogs helps let me vent just a little bit...
Feds give California medicinal cannabis providers 45 days to shut down or face charges (Did we not learn that you can't effectively legislate morality during Prohibition? What a bunch of ultra-maroons. And THAT'S why I won't donate to Obama's reelection campaign - fuck him!)
ACLU
files a friend-of-the-court brief: We are asking the Supreme Court to
hold that the government needs to establish probable cause and obtain a
warrant before attaching a GPS device to a person's car and tracking
their every move (I'm a member of the \ACLU - how about you, dear reader?)
The cops in NYC need to chill out - the crowds represent values that they (the cops) should care about themselves. Journalist
at Occupy Wall Street is beaten by NYPD cops, takes a night stick to
the gut. "I'm a fucking journalist, you mother fucker."
Maybe we need some new videos on the store shelves called "Cops Gone Wild."
I hate what Justice Scalia represents, but even a broken clock is right twice a day...
Wall Street protestors speak out
(What they stand for)
Based on declarations of donations filed by members of Congress to the Federal Election Commission, 10 super-committee members have received $83,000 from the 19 biggest political donors in the country.
Thursday, October 06, 2011
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Sunday, October 02, 2011
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