Today we hope for more

Today, as America awakens from her Neo Con Nightmare, we welcome the man who may yet lead us out of our imperial regressions.

Today, a Nation places their hopes and dreams in the hands of a man who beat the odds stacked against him.

Today, we the people, hope to find our way back to the path of our Ideals.

Today, I hope for more.

More of what America once stood for.

More of the greatness of our society rather than the greediness.

More of the Ideals that brought us together, less of the ideology that splits us apart.

More of We the People, for that is what this Nation was created for. Not Corporations, Nor Wealth or Greed.

May today be remembered as a turning point for America, a day we returned as a Nation to that which we once held sacred.

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One nightmare is ending...

One nightmare is ending... and what a nightmare to Democracy this farce of an administration has been.

May the change and spirit of this election help us make it through the nightmares that face us now.

May this historical outcome be a new begining for our great nation and the world as a whole.

Congratulations President Obama, it has been far to long since our nation has had an elected president, a president chosen by the people.

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From Bush Wars to World War 3

I had been meaning to do this pretty much since I made this blog. Sometimes you just don't get around to all the things you mean to. This one I finally did. It only took me a shade over a year to get around to it but traffic is low anyway so a rush wasn't really needed. I forgot to mention the 1 year anniversary of this blog in my last post (I can tend to get wordy ...). Speaking of wordy time to spit this out and get on with it! I finally got around to making an email account for the site. I can now be reached at:

dontreadthiscrap@gmail.com

Feel free to send anything you want (sigh yes even hate mail but only if you can reed and rite gude inglish).

Now on to what I really wanted to point out. Did anyone happen to notice Herr Bush mention WWIII today? Of course, it was a fear mongering tactic and not an honest admission of his agenda apparent. It won't be Iran who starts WWIII. I fear what Bush might do next, Iran not so much.

http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-10-17T183310Z_01_N17329743_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-IRAN-BUSH-COL.XML

Another point I have been wondering to myself lately is will there be ANY Republican incumbents left by election day? Not that I'm going to miss a single one of their corrupt personages I must add. It is interesting though how many are retiring this year. It's almost like they know they killed the golden goose. They have had their run at the treasury and gave it their all. This doesn't mean there won't be another class of corrupt conservatives following right behind them. Just that it will be harder now to steal so much so fast. Some day we will reach the point where we won't have anything left to steal. Some people serve their country these "people" served their country up - to the highest bidders.

Keep writing! Editorials, your Federal, State and Local government, commenting online, blogging, whatever you can do to make more see the truth. Inaction is doing exactly what they want you to!

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Good ole hypocrisy

There's nothing quite like the unabashed hypocrisy of the politicos today - most notably within the Republican party but certainly not absent within the Dems.

I just popped on today in the midst of my studies to post a couple links that you may be interested in.

The first is a heaping dose of hypocrisy:

http://www.therealdemocratstory.com/blog/comment.cfm?entry_id=225

The above link is to the NRCC (National Republican Congressional Committee). These lousy excuses for human beings are "Rush"ing to the aid of one of their prophets. I can only hope that the more these parasites show themselves for what they are the more their supporters will wake the fuck up.

On that note comes my next link(s) - this link I found through RRMB http://forums.therandirhodesshow.com/index.php and is quite humorous. It is the blog for some recovering republicans and the post itself is an analysis of what is happening to the Republican Party.
Of course they think that the party is sliding due to King George and dream of a return to Reagan. Maybe someday they will see the slide from a more enlightened position. That the party has been "sliding" towards their fascist ideology for much longer. It has reared it's head in every Republican administration since Nixon and probably for far longer. Nixon, Reagan, Bush Sr, and the whole slew of their operatives have been bringing us to where we are now - intentionally. This has long been the goal of Republican party - domination by any means of all political enemies. Anyway here's the link :

http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=8799

And finally, I would like to put up a link for a blog that I have been enjoying for a few months now. It is published by a man with a keen sense for the bullshit of America today and a "mouth" that may even make Dr. Ruth blush. I have given up many sites since August due to giving my education my full attention - but this one I still frequent. It was through this blog that I found the NRCC site... :

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/

Finally, I apologize for the lack of activity here on my blog. I have recently returned to school and this semester is brutal (CCNA YAY!). I have found precious little time for much else besides a little activism and a little fishing. Further, some of the topics that I feel haven't in the past been getting the exposure they need are finding their way to the MSM - like the recent Blackwater fiasco. The others issues that aren't getting the exposure will have to suffice with what I have already posted.

Hope to see ya all soon!

B

America is #1 ... in being a Police State

The U.S. Police State

According to the Bureau of Justice http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/prisons.htm

“On June 30, 2006--
-- 2,245,189 prisoners were held in Federal or State prisons or in local jails -- an increase of 2.8% from midyear 2005, less than the average annual growth of 3.4% since yearend 1995.
-- there were an estimated 497 prison inmates per 100,000 U.S. residents -- up from 411 at yearend 1995. “


While we are at it lets make a point about making facts lie -
this was published about June 30, 2006. If we are to believe the Bureau's number of 497 inmates per 100,000 our population at the time would be almost 452 Million.

X = Prison Population
Y = U.S. Population
Z = Percent of Population in Prison

X / Y = Z

2,245,189 / Y = 0.00497 [497 per 100,000]

2,245,189 = 0.00497 x Z [0.00497z]

Z = 451,748,289

However, The U.S. Census Bureau made this release on October 12, 2006 claiming only 300 Million.

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/007616.html

In reality we come out FAR worse than their stat suggests.

2,245,189 / 300,000,000 = 0.00748 [748 per 100,000]

Yes, we have nearly 1% of our population in prison. That doesn’t include people on probation or parole. That number was a striking 7 million in the U.S. at the end of 2005 according to the Justice Department [via The Washington Post]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/30/AR2006113000912.html

Let’s take a look at the numbers according to The International Centre for Prison Studies.

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/icps/worldbrief/highest_to_lowest_rates.php

This study works with populations in prison as of December 2005.

China had 1,548,498 – 2,500,000 depending on what you include as prison. Let’s take the whole ball of wax and say 2.5M. That puts China at 189 per 100,000 people incarcerated.

At that time we had 2,193,798 prisoners. This put us at 737 per 100,000 people. Meaning per capita we have over 4 times more prisoners.

I think it is time we start a little reality based reality in this nation. Pull our heads out of our asses and look around us. This is not the America of our forefathers. This is America in the grasp of an insidious fascist revolution.

Our forefathers saw this as a possible outcome and gave us the means to fight back.

Will we?

B

Coming soon to a neighborhood near you...

I have posted a link to this blog before. This piece is a candid, raw look at what American tax dollars are buying, what the Bush misadministration is peddling, and what American disinterest is supporting.

What will it take to get some action out of the masses?

http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2007/08/occupation-101.html

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Hey America Is It Enough Yet?

When is enough going to be enough? Apparently we won't step up to the plate until it's our ass on it.

So is impeachment "a waste of time" for small cabal in Washington upholding the atrocities done in our name?

How can this be justified to the members of congress opposed to impeachment (most of them)? Does it take them on the waterboard?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20430153/

Men and women like these deserve to be forcibly moved to a nice neighborhood in Falluja - sans weapons, guards, money, food, water, or clothes. What possible punishment could fit their crimes? Certainly none we allow here. Yet we torture those who are part of the solution rather than punish those who are the problem.

America - Lord of the Flies on a really big island.

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Free Money!

Well it looks as if Bush has brought the American Dream to reality for some. Namely the contractors, corruptors, and cronies.

The Bush Wars, as I have stated before, are more about redistribution of national wealth than stealing oil, spreading "Democracy", or liberation of oppressed peoples. True Iraq has trillions of $ worth of oil reserves but this isn't going to make hand picked individuals nearly as rich as billions of unwatched dollars flowing freely on the banks of the Euphrates. See the oil requires we build infrastructure, protect it, and sell it - then of course those pesky Iraqis will want some of their money. Further this would most likely fall under some sort of oversight - where as contracting can be literally "money for nothin" with noone watching. Also, Bush would be unable to control who got their filthy hands on the bloody Iraqi oil funds - not so with contracting - these he hand picks. This is a way to empty the U.S. treasury for decades to come and hand it all to a few Bush/Neocon/Republican faithfuls.

Another point this article brings up is - of all the media in the nation isn't it telling that the alternative media are the folks actually discussing the real issues? Rolling Stone, The Colbert Report, John Stewart, blogs, independent websites, etc. Has this nation entirely flipped it's lid? The air waves belong to the nation not the channels. We should take em back if they are not used as intended - and if this is as intended we need to retool the FCC rules. Revoke all of Fox's air wave access and let them "fair and balanced" all they want online or in print. The same goes for all other propaganda organizations. Why is there no standard for facts anymore? Why is there no way to hold T.V. News to a standard based on factual reporting? [I won't even get into why are Americans so fucking stupid to watch this shit and believe it.]

Anyway I digress, here is an article outlining some of the parts of Grand Theft: National Treasury.

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/16076312/the_great_iraq_swindle?source=music_news_rssfeed


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To hell with skeletons in the closet...

This GOP consultant has fresh bodies.

http://crimeblog.us/?p=535

Hmm I wonder, this may help his career really.

B