We Can Do This


I know it's late in the game, but the Tea Party led GOP and their vast money machine  is in full swing and dumping millions into races across the Country to bury the truth and I can't,won't and haven't given up because I know that as bad as things are they are better than they were.

I know that these radicals are supporting the ideas and the very people who helped to bring this Country to the brink and slow done our recovery.

Their obstructionism  and distortion of the facts has indeed had the negative effect they desired for their own political gain.Their primary goal was to make President Obama a one term President and any and all means to that end is acceptable to them.

We must not allow this warped political ploy be successful for the very soul of the Nation is at stake.What they have orchestrated is unprecedented and an assault on Democracy that must be countered.

 Your rights the rights of your children and theirs are in jeopardy like they have not been since the days of the Robber Barons.

Americans did not stand by or give up then and neither shall we.

Here They Come

 

Here they come. They make no secret of their intentions. So entitled to this Country, they believe it is theirs to Rule.It's easy for them.Anyone who does not agree does not get to Vote and they will badger, intimidate, lie, cheat, steal ,confuse and ignore Law to get their way like any bully.

I began writing about this after a trip to Houston in 2010 where I witnessed the actions of the King Street Patriots*. The name is so misrepresentative of their demeanor and actions it's stunning.Letters to AG Holder at first acknowledged eventually returned no response and no action till recently way after these clowns got a big head.It's the same old same old.Fail to enforce a Law will always lead to more abuse of those laws and a re enforcement of these groups of cowards actions.

Wrapped in the Flag and claiming to be Patriotic while they go about intimidating and questioning other's right to freely cast their Vote is a low point in our society.
With weapons clearly displayed in defiance of Laws Prohibiting such Brandishing** they went unchallenged to a large degree and now expanded across the Country.

Think about it. American Citizens stopping other Citizens from voting thru the guise of Voter Fraud that does not exist in the forms they claim. THEY ARE THE VOTER FRAUD.They do exactly what they claim they are against and get away with it.

                                                                              

If FEC and DOJ won't do anything what are Law Biding Citizens to do ? Well.the regrettable but necessary answer is to fight them with our presence at the Polling Places. To put up a Firewall between them and the Voters.

Westboro Baptist Church Radicals got a taste of this deterrant from Students at Texas A&M when they attempted to disrupt a Funeral for a Fallen Soldier.And it worked. It would work here also but I admit it could and probably will result in bloodshed. But this is what is left to be done at this late stage as Local,Federal Agencies ignored repeated warnings from 2010 and only within the last six months have mounted any Legal remedies which at best will only dampen,or tone down these treacherous endeavors.

 Others have died for the Right To Vote in the Past. I'm afraid that possibility is close at hand in many States. Can you blame us for wanting this confrontation ? I think not and I think it's time to do it.

The Republicans have stolen previous elections with the help of the SCOTUS and they know that this is now in their bag of tools. The adrenalin of Hate is a drug to them.No ethics,no morals,no conscience. Only their goal matters in their twisted minds.

                                                                                             

I'm lucky I live in a state with Mail In Ballots in most Counties and will not be subjected to this.But in one County that happens to hold the largest amount of Minority Voters it does come into play as Ballots are cast at Polling Places.

Even though I'm dealing with Medical Issues I have volunteered to be a visible deterrent to these Assholes and I'm  perfectly willing to stand my ground with any who would take up this practice,hell I welcome it.Years of working in NY City while carrying large amounts of cash late at night let me hone my "Presence" to ward off muggers by simple gestures once they approached so I know the game.I understood those who sought to rob me,they were junkies,low lifes and unfortunates caught up in a life of strife. They were trying to survive and I formed no ill toward them,only a desire to not be a victim.

 But this is different. These so called Patriots purpose is to steal something far more valuable to people and in the most despicable un Patriotic way.

I'm not promoting violence, I'm saying we must push back on these morons,many of whom will turn tail and run when confronted by an equal force,I mean why do you think they are so blatant in the first place ? They think only they have guns evidently and sticking one in their face the way they do to others more often than not results in them running away.Wild West denizens they are not,just armed bullies who need to be shown the era of their ways.

They have never stopped fighting the Civil War in the South and Texans are in the forefront in demanding the rest of us conform to their whims and now have exported their skewed perception of reality to other parts of the Country with Tea Party backing.

Do Something.Don't let this continue to happen.Be vocal.Write a letter to your paper or News outlets.

http://www.justice.gov/

http://www.fec.gov/

*
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/10/voter_intimidation_continues_a.php

Texas Law

**A license holder commits an offense if the license holder carries a handgun on or about the license holder's person under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, and intentionally fails to conceal the handgun.

"Concealed handgun" means a handgun, the presence of
which is not openly discernible to the ordinary observation of a reasonable
person.

Say What ?

Bill, say it ain't so...

                                 
                              

I love Bill Maher but his nauseam of FOX isn't deserved at MSNBC. MSNBC rhetoric is based on fact,FOX is based in lies,how can he compare them as equals.


Before Keith Olbermann came along there was only him,Jon Stewart and Letterman,Comedians, speaking to power. And if MSNBC, has indeed succumbed to the FOX parameters of Hype in a few cases,so what,it is based in  FACTS.

Only one side was being heard and that resulted in the frustration of millions not able to be heard or given facts by Broadcast News and drowned out by so called Super Patriots of FOX whose Ruler subverted our Laws to do it.

Where the hell would we be if Keith hadn't got in their face.

Comcast was too much for KO and they are cashing in,but they did decide to present FACTS along with hyperbolic content.

I personally hate  what passes as News,but the Public has bought into it or FOX wouldn't have succeeded.
They led the charge to Iraq and have done the GOP bidding as if they were Party,and don't even hide it.

Real News broadcasts, we haven't had them since the mid 90's when the morphing of News to Entertainment for profit billed as News started.

What News Hours we knew became semi  Tabloid Presentations. O'Reilly came from Inside Addition where his hyperbolic style was honed and The Drugster Rush took to the Public Airways to spew his hate and disdain for those less fortunate than he culminating in the demeaning of an Female American Citizen who has more guts in her pinky finger than that fat slob could dream of,who he labeled a "Slut".

He is devoid of compassion as well as not knowing shit about anything,his so called Dynasty a House of Cards made up by Marketing types who give his show away in most of the cities it's heard  just to make it look like it's popular so the sheeple will buy into it.Pure Bullshit.


One of the most important tools of Democracy,the ability of the Public to get true Hard facts was adulterated for the sake of profit,to hell with the "Fourth Estate" which had helped Americans since the beginning of our Country to be informed.

This is not the first time this has happened but it sure is the most successful and far reaching.I mean we went to War with lies that were repetitively  espoused over the Airways and led by an unregulated free for all Cable News(sic) Industry,a terrible mistake,and again not done by accident or without some screaming at the top of our lungs as to the implications.

And just as our economy,Banks,Housing and more reflect the realities of no strings attached by destroying themselves so does what we have now. A propaganda entity. "News" Shows without substance.60 minutes neutered,Sunday morning is a joke.

All this did not just happen. It was engineered by Robert Ailes and blessed by Rupert who aided by Newt, Delay to change Laws here so this clown could dominate cable and later Turd Blossom Karl who ran daily Talking Point Memos right out of the White House to FOX Personal at his Propaganda Ministry.

This is subversion plain and simple. But People remained complacent and detached and so here we are. American Idle,Survivor and the like more important to the average American than what was planned for them.

We did this to ourselves and now few can even recognize truth over hype,lies and disinformation spewed 24/7.

Recently the biggest Banking scam ever,LIBOR,was revealed and hardly a mention of it broadcast let alone any Investigative Reporting as that requires actual Journalists,REAL News People who were dismissed or have  left in disgust and disbelief as to the level of stupidity the American Public was exhibiting.

Sam Donaldson,Rather,Koppel and the other mainstays of Broadcast Journalism gone from the effort and those who remained accepting a far different reality, a made up reality,scripted just as so called "reality" shows are.

And now it would seem even the Integrity of Bill has sustained damage if you are to take his statement seriously.

Hey anyone who has given what this man has given to the cause is a Stand Up Guy(a Million Dollar Donation to the Obama Campaign),but it shows what the repeated dogma can do to even the astute. His recognition of "The Bubble" a case in point,yet he seems contrary to have made this False equivalency of FOX and MSNBC.

And it seemed nobody cared as long as the bliss of their ignorance was maintained. The fault is the Government they yell.You Fools,you,we, ARE the Government.

You elected those clowns and stepped away from overseeing their actions and when things go wrong you  always point the finger at those who sounded the alarms as Partisan,Un American or worse just as you were instructed by your chosen Overlords and ignore your actions that permitted the folly.

And now some people are "Undecided"? Really ?I pity you for you are lost to reality.And reality is what counts,not Ideology. that is what got us here.

This is my Country not your Church.           

Acorn did nothing wrong.

Bush destroyed the Economy.

Obama Saved the Auto Industry.

Corporations are not People.

Woman do not ask to be Raped.

True Welfair Queens are the Kings of Corporations.

Obama got Osama.

GOP Obstruction is why we are not at 6 % or below unemployment not Obamas Policies.They worked dispite the Tea Baggers efforts.

The list goes on and on.

And frankly Tea Baggers and Blue Dogs  should hope their games didn't kill the planet because when People do realize you were running a scam on them by denial of reality and support of  a massive disinformation campaign by Climate Deniers whose heavy Donations to keep them loyal and in office have led to the accelerated demise of critical components of the Eco System, they will seek to meet you I would guess.Look back in history to see the results of some such meetings.

Ignore the Science at your own peril it was said over a decade ago,we were warned,and warned,and shown the Facts by those who exposed themselves to ridicule and demeaning chatter for doing what was right and now proven TRUE.

Yet the Blowhards still hold your attention.Wow !

When the other shoe drops,I don't think anyone will be "undecided" then.

Do Not Take This Joe Lightly 

Vice President Joe Biden is an asset and we should be proud to have him.A No Bullshit Straight Talking man with respect and empathy for all and if you don't know that You don't know Joe.

Joe Biden is the real deal. He speaks from the heart and is truly on the side of the little guy.

I was a RR Freight Conductor,as well as Passenger and Commuter in the New England,NY,NJ,and the Northeast Corridor.

I saw it all, and when we had to deal with short sighted paid for adversity he was there,he takes in both sides and gets fair resolution,much like Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill did.

When our Union was trying to hold on to some work rules from the hey days of Railroading that were ridiculous to still have,it was my understanding that Joe was instrumental in getting my Union Heads to remember to give in order to get,something I had been booed for saying at meetings where I was a "Stu" compared to the staunch 40 years Service Local Union President I was trying to convince was fearful of giving up anything that had been gained after being on  the short end of the stick for so long and I could understand given the history  some of these guys had actually witnessed.

At one time over 2200 Brakeman would die in a year for zilch due to safety issues.

The Westinghouse Air Brake System was invented and was capable of completely eliminating the hazard,but Railroad Barons had to be forced to implement it as they could just as easy get another poor smuck to take the place of a dead Brakeman.

Unions stopped that. And Joe for Unions.But not foolish rules.                                     

But now it was time to accept some changes in order for Rail Service to survive and he stepped up.

Plus he has immense insight into Foreign Affairs and knows the Cold War is over,as well as the Spanish Inquisition and that Galileo  was right and the Church wrong and that Climate Change is REAL.

He has handled loss and adversity in his personal life that would crush many and with grace and determination rose up to become one of the most respected Legislators having authored too many important Bills to go into here.

What has Ryan done.Nothing.

And if you can tell me the stuff that he's said,is so called gaffs is worst than what has come out of Ryans pie hole,let alone Mitt,I would not agree.

I could be wrong,I thought O would destroy Mitt,but I think Joe will do just fine against the Wisconsin Shirker in Stink,and reset the stage for Barack to wipe out Mitt in his next debate.

Hate,Fear and Stupidity are not Values

 I want to be clear that what I'm about to say is not directed to the many long time Republicans who have had their Party Hi Jacked by Extremists but to those Extremists and their supporters.I do not apologize for my name calling for as it is said"if the shoe fits..." and  wish I did not come down to your level but it seems the only level you know.

To those who still stand behind what passes as the GOP these days I wish to ask if they hate themselves as much as they do others because only a masochist would embrace the harm and horror proposed by those you support and maybe  some form of gratification is driving you.
I ask because I need to know who to direct my anger at for sustaining a group that thrives on lies,distortion,Voter Suppression, Hate and Racism. You seem Hell bent on having a fight and think you can insult me with impunity.
I need to know how you ,whom I don't even know, think it is ok to deny me or others their Rights and impose your Religous beliefs on me.
I do not tell you where to go to Church nor do I care.
I do not tell you who you can love,that is your choice.
I do not tell lies about the poor excuse of a man you have chosen to run for the highest office of the land.I don't need to. He's his own ad for an imbecilic liar and con man.The shit that falls out of his mouth is enough for most rational people to see he is not fit for this job,but will do anything to get it.
I am not trying to take your Health Care away from you as your choice for President wants to do to me. If you're happy with that overpriced under performer of a plan you might have you are free to keep it and still benefit from the ACA or as you call it "ObamaCare". And you will,or may already be benefiting. I suppose you could give those benefits back by just not using them.You know like if you are unfortunate enough to be told you're a pre existing moron and United Shit Care won't cover you,or you have reached your policy Lifetime Cap on your newly born Child,now he can die.
You do not support  Birth Control but you soft  guys can sure get it up now with your covered boner pills.Now you are a real dick instead of just acting like one at the local Strip Joint all you guys seem to live at while screaming"Family Values"and how you love your wife,or current one anyway.
I do not show up at Polling Places with a weapon displayed in hopes of discouraging you from voting.
I do not write legislation to keep others who do not agree with my views the Right to Vote.
I did not support invading the wrong country and losing thousands of Americans Lives  in doing so.
I did not waste the SURPLUS to give Tax Breaks to the Rich.
I did not cause our Country to have it's Credit Rating downgraded for the first time in History as your Party held the Nation Hostage so you could get your way.
If you still want to support these Racist assholes as "Real Republicans" when in fact they are no better than terrorists, proven by their actions, I can only assume you to be an enemy and not a fellow American because those you support are the Enemy Within and you are the Tories who support them.
To those of you that have accepted  reality and are working to regain your Party and the dignity it once had,I applaud and respect you.
These are but a few of the horrid treasonous and treacherous actions that have occurred since the Tea Party took control of the once Grand Old Party and you should be directing your dismay at them not the duly Elected POTUS who even while incurring the most obstructionism ever known in this country still has worked to successfully return the economy to stability and avoid a total meltdown and a Depression far worse than the "Great"one and has not received one once of thanks from those that created this mess.
The Auto Industry is still here only because of his actions.No one would help them and if they went so would  the supply chain that the still remaining Solvent Car makers used, probably forcing them into calamity as well.
The President received nothing but contempt for his successful efforts from the so called GOP.You can spin it anyway you want,but it worked.It was a Presidential decision by a man with Presidential qualifications.
We would be much further along in our recovery had he been granted what every other President ever elected received at the start of their term. Cooperation and Respect.
Now you want to continue to destroy the Nation by stealing an Election and saying FU to all of us who were correct and blaming us for the results of your actions.

I take that personal and it makes me mad that you think you can insult me for being right. I'm tired of being nice to Racists and Hate Mongers.The stupid I feel sorry for,but you too must stop your blind support or don't be surprised at what happens if you try to steal what you did not win,AGAIN ! 

The Myth of Bush "Keeping Us Safe"

From The NYT

The Deafness Before the Storm
By KURT EICHENWALD

Published: September 10, 2012

IT was perhaps the most famous presidential briefing in history.

On Aug. 6, 2001, President George W. Bush received a classified review of the threats posed by Osama bin Laden and his terrorist network, Al Qaeda. That morning’s “presidential daily brief” — the top-secret document prepared by America’s intelligence agencies — featured the now-infamous heading: “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.” A few weeks later, on 9/11, Al Qaeda accomplished that goal.


On April 10, 2004, the Bush White House declassified that daily brief — and only that daily brief — in response to pressure from the 9/11 Commission, which was investigating the events leading to the attack. Administration officials dismissed the document’s significance, saying that, despite the jaw-dropping headline, it was only an assessment of Al Qaeda’s history, not a warning of the impending attack. While some critics considered that claim absurd, a close reading of the brief showed that the argument had some validity.
That is, unless it was read in conjunction with the daily briefs preceding Aug. 6, the ones the Bush administration would not release. While those documents are still not public, I have read excerpts from many of them, along with other recently declassified records, and come to an inescapable conclusion: the administration’s reaction to what Mr. Bush was told in the weeks before that infamous briefing reflected significantly more negligence than has been disclosed. In other words, the Aug. 6 document, for all of the controversy it provoked, is not nearly as shocking as the briefs that came before it.
The direct warnings to Mr. Bush about the possibility of a Qaeda attack began in the spring of 2001. By May 1, the Central Intelligence Agency told the White House of a report that “a group presently in the United States” was planning a terrorist operation. Weeks later, on June 22, the daily brief reported that Qaeda strikes could be “imminent,” although intelligence suggested the time frame was flexible.
But some in the administration considered the warning to be just bluster. An intelligence official and a member of the Bush administration both told me in interviews that the neoconservative leaders who had recently assumed power at the Pentagon were warning the White House that the C.I.A. had been fooled; according to this theory, Bin Laden was merely pretending to be planning an attack to distract the administration from Saddam Hussein, whom the neoconservatives saw as a greater threat. Intelligence officials, these sources said, protested that the idea of Bin Laden, an Islamic fundamentalist, conspiring with Mr. Hussein, an Iraqi secularist, was ridiculous, but the neoconservatives’ suspicions were nevertheless carrying the day.
In response, the C.I.A. prepared an analysis that all but pleaded with the White House to accept that the danger from Bin Laden was real.
“The U.S. is not the target of a disinformation campaign by Usama Bin Laden,” the daily brief of June 29 read, using the government’s transliteration of Bin Laden’s first name. Going on for more than a page, the document recited much of the evidence, including an interview that month with a Middle Eastern journalist in which Bin Laden aides warned of a coming attack, as well as competitive pressures that the terrorist leader was feeling, given the number of Islamists being recruited for the separatist Russian region of Chechnya.
And the C.I.A. repeated the warnings in the briefs that followed. Operatives connected to Bin Laden, one reported on June 29, expected the planned near-term attacks to have “dramatic consequences,” including major casualties. On July 1, the brief stated that the operation had been delayed, but “will occur soon.” Some of the briefs again reminded Mr. Bush that the attack timing was flexible, and that, despite any perceived delay, the planned assault was on track.
Yet, the White House failed to take significant action. Officials at the Counterterrorism Center of the C.I.A. grew apoplectic. On July 9, at a meeting of the counterterrorism group, one official suggested that the staff put in for a transfer so that somebody else would be responsible when the attack took place, two people who were there told me in interviews. The suggestion was batted down, they said, because there would be no time to train anyone else.
That same day in Chechnya, according to intelligence I reviewed, Ibn Al-Khattab, an extremist who was known for his brutality and his links to Al Qaeda, told his followers that there would soon be very big news. Within 48 hours, an intelligence official told me, that information was conveyed to the White House, providing more data supporting the C.I.A.’s warnings. Still, the alarm bells didn’t sound.
On July 24, Mr. Bush was notified that the attack was still being readied, but that it had been postponed, perhaps by a few months. But the president did not feel the briefings on potential attacks were sufficient, one intelligence official told me, and instead asked for a broader analysis on Al Qaeda, its aspirations and its history. In response, the C.I.A. set to work on the Aug. 6 brief.
In the aftermath of 9/11, Bush officials attempted to deflect criticism that they had ignored C.I.A. warnings by saying they had not been told when and where the attack would occur. That is true, as far as it goes, but it misses the point. Throughout that summer, there were events that might have exposed the plans, had the government been on high alert. Indeed, even as the Aug. 6 brief was being prepared, Mohamed al-Kahtani, a Saudi believed to have been assigned a role in the 9/11 attacks, was stopped at an airport in Orlando, Fla., by a suspicious customs agent and sent back overseas on Aug. 4. Two weeks later, another co-conspirator, Zacarias Moussaoui, was arrested on immigration charges in Minnesota after arousing suspicions at a flight school. But the dots were not connected, and Washington did not react.
Could the 9/11 attack have been stopped, had the Bush team reacted with urgency to the warnings contained in all of those daily briefs? We can’t ever know. And that may be the most agonizing reality of all. "

RINO Hi Jack    

I don't "hate" Republicans and can't find any.

Those who claim to be now are not what I grew up with,not what my Father was,not what anyone I knew who claimed to be of the GOP is or was.

Those people put their Country fist and called out their Party when they were wrong or leaned to exclusion,hate or fear.

They presented valid arguments and reached across aisles to accomplish legislation to keep America moving.
They did not always agree with me or me with them but never was it said that their number one priority was to defeat a president  or practice pure obstructionism in order to accomplish that or holding our Nation hostage to get their way causing us to have our Credit Rating downgraded for the first time in history.

Refusing time after time to pass Bills to put Americans back to work.
Allowing the infrastructure to become even more decayed than it is even as there were jobs programs  offered to begin the repair and expansion  that is needed to facilitate growth.
They offered not one Bill to put Americans back to work but brought 92 Bills related to Womens Reproductive Rights and issues.

They  stripped programs for the Poor,Children,Disabled and Elderly while demanding increases for the Military that was in excess of what the Pentagon itself had requested and continue to give Tax breaks to the most profitable Corporations in the world.
A group that allowed time and again it's members to say and make outrageous statements and claims against a sitting President who was duly elected by the People and not reprimand nor denounce those individuals.

Who voted against Programs for our returning Veterans and their Families to help them.
Welcome to the New Republican Party where perception is more important than substance,hate,fear and subversion of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights is SOP and threats to America are acceptable in order to overcome the will of the Majority.

Where the very act of Voting is denied to those who would be considered the "Enemy" by these Extremists who have Hi Jacked the Grand Old Party forcing well meaning long time Lawmakers to leave their positions even though many had exceptional records of accomplishment and service to their Constituents and Country.

Their "Our Way or The Highway"policy that  they proudly announced,no compromise never work with the other side not even when they accept your proposal as this would indicate success for the Black Man in THEIR White House.Yes what they see as THEIR WHITE HOUSE where a BLACK President resides.

I commented to my best friend on the night of President Obama election that this would bring out the Racists and Bigots but I hoped I was wrong.

I never imagined how many there were or that Politicians would not only ignore their vitriol  but join in.
He wasn't born here.
He's a Socialist.
He hung out with Terrorists.
He's a Muslim.
He's not a Christian.
He is not like "Us".
He's Upperty like a rebellious slave.
He's unAmerican !
On and on insults and disrespect.How dare we Vote a Black Man as President.

The Right refuses to recognize him as the Duly Elected President,will not work with him and is now actively using any means possible to defeat him for a second term even preventing others from being able to Vote,gerrymandering districts and other nefarious actions to rig the outcome of the Presidential Race.

To me there is nothing more unAmerican than preventing others from exercising their Right To Vote.They are the lowest of the low.Self righteous scum who lack the morals and ethics or decency. 

These are not Republicans.  These are the "Enemy Within" because they have shown us they are willing to subvert the Constitution,ignore the Bill Of Rights and undermine the laws of the land in order to get power to make us all conform to their idea of America.

People died to insure ALL Americans could vote.

Voting is a RIGHT ! Anyone who would deny that Right is the Enemy of Democracy.

In my eyes they are guilty of Treason and if they are elected Officials they have broken their Oath of Office and do not deserve to be in whatever Office they were elected to and should be Censured at the least but ultimately removed from their positions with the legal remedies available.

These are not Honorable people,they are TRAITORS masquerading as Public Servants.

But Republicans they are not.

They are the Tea Party and the cowards who will not stand up to them.

Patriot,Progressive Republican

Too Me,The Last Ethical GOP
President