In response to a wise comment to Sirota that it will take much work and patience to correct the course America has been on:
It will take time and a lot of work to fix the mess the neocons have made. My kool-aid drinking brother already announced he was "gonna hold all Obama supporters responsible for every screw up he makes". Translation: Rush has given the kool-aid chorus their orders: stonewall progress.
We will be dealing with people 'holding all Obama supporters responsible'. They will be the same folks that refused to hold bush responsible for anything.
I replied to my brother: Did you hold bush/cheney supporters for all the damage they have done to the nation and the world? No, you won't even face the reality of just how much damage they did. You will whine when Obama can't fix it ALL on day one, but you never even acknowledged the mess until it became obvious that the next president wasn't gonna have an R after his name.
We will ALL have to work hard to solve the monster problems the neocons have left in their greedy wake. We will have to deal with constant whining from the 29%ers that the mess (they wouldn't admit to while their poster boys were in power) isn't being fixed RIGHT NOW; suffer the self-centered outrage of those who refused to grow up and deal with reality.
But, damn, for the first time in a very long time, I am optimistic about the future of our great and beloved country.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Update on the woman who claims attack due to her supporting McCain
Click headline of this post for link.
What really caught my eye was the "B" cut into her cheek. Ummm, it is backwards. Like something someone did in a mirror without really thinking things through.
And her story has already changed.
Uh huh.
Sorry, not buying it.
Heard report of McCain supporter being attacked
MSNBC just now, woman attacked and had a "B" carved on her face... because she was a McCain supporter.
Caution people.
First, that projection thing comes to mind.
Second, sounds like the victim's story has some big holes in it. We do not put enough focus on mental health care in America. There are some pretty sick people who need our care. Some of them do great harm to themselves in the attempt to get the help society just doesn't give.
Then, if you aren't old enough to remember the details (I was in Southern California at the time, and my step-mom was L.A. County Deputy Sheriff Dept pulling duty at the women's jail during the trial) of Charlie Manson's grand plan to trigger a race war in America and thereby get all the black people (as they were called then) killed off.
Charlie's Plan? To create 'Helter Skelter', a race war triggered by horrible crimes against white people, set up to look like they were done by black people.
There are too many Charlies out there in the general population. Too much hate. Too much willingness to do anything to make one's point when one is not getting one's way in society.
It's not like there isn't a history of racial terrorism in America. And judging from some pictures of late, there is still plenty of white hot hate today.
Defeat hate.
Be the change you want to see in the world. If you believe God made us, I ask you, didn't your God make ALL of us?
Caution people.
First, that projection thing comes to mind.
Second, sounds like the victim's story has some big holes in it. We do not put enough focus on mental health care in America. There are some pretty sick people who need our care. Some of them do great harm to themselves in the attempt to get the help society just doesn't give.
Then, if you aren't old enough to remember the details (I was in Southern California at the time, and my step-mom was L.A. County Deputy Sheriff Dept pulling duty at the women's jail during the trial) of Charlie Manson's grand plan to trigger a race war in America and thereby get all the black people (as they were called then) killed off.
Charlie's Plan? To create 'Helter Skelter', a race war triggered by horrible crimes against white people, set up to look like they were done by black people.
There are too many Charlies out there in the general population. Too much hate. Too much willingness to do anything to make one's point when one is not getting one's way in society.
It's not like there isn't a history of racial terrorism in America. And judging from some pictures of late, there is still plenty of white hot hate today.
Defeat hate.
Be the change you want to see in the world. If you believe God made us, I ask you, didn't your God make ALL of us?
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
More picking up story on McCain solicitation for $ from Russian mission: Junk Mailing?
http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/32134
Guess it was a bulk mailing thing? OK, maybe it wasn't desperation, but it did show sloppiness in the extreme. Or do they just not care? Any address will do when begging for cash?
If not dancing on the spirit of the law by knowingly soliciting funds from foreign nationals, it sure showed, yet again, how Campaign McCain does what they hope will help right now without doing any groundwork, research, or thinking. It is not indicative of the sort of people who should have any part in running this great nation. Sorta like the Palin pick, it smacks of expediency and shows disregard for consequences.
To be fair, it could be a simple mistake, like what happens when they don't pay attention, fail to look beyond the surface, forget that supervision (oversight) is imperative. To be fair, it could be just the sloppy desperation for funding that made McCain the poster boy puppet for the de-regulation lobbyists.
Guess it was a bulk mailing thing? OK, maybe it wasn't desperation, but it did show sloppiness in the extreme. Or do they just not care? Any address will do when begging for cash?
If not dancing on the spirit of the law by knowingly soliciting funds from foreign nationals, it sure showed, yet again, how Campaign McCain does what they hope will help right now without doing any groundwork, research, or thinking. It is not indicative of the sort of people who should have any part in running this great nation. Sorta like the Palin pick, it smacks of expediency and shows disregard for consequences.
To be fair, it could be a simple mistake, like what happens when they don't pay attention, fail to look beyond the surface, forget that supervision (oversight) is imperative. To be fair, it could be just the sloppy desperation for funding that made McCain the poster boy puppet for the de-regulation lobbyists.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Projecting again? Team McCain has suggested Obama getting $ from terrorists & foreigners...
The source on this one is unknown to Attila, and any info on the reputation of source would be appreciated. But, it says John McCain asked the Russian Mission in the US for a little contribution.
WTF? This has to be cat kibble! Surely the GOP wouldn't do this?
Then again, they have that long history of projecting onto their opponents the crappola they themselves engage in...
Is this source credible? If so, some turkey's pop-up timer just jumped out of its bumpy hide .
Can't be.... No campaign could be that dumb
Or could it?
What do ya know about the source? Let us know.
http://en.rian.ru/
Like Rachel Maddow says, talk me down on this one.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081020/117842524.html
WTF? This has to be cat kibble! Surely the GOP wouldn't do this?
Then again, they have that long history of projecting onto their opponents the crappola they themselves engage in...
Is this source credible? If so, some turkey's pop-up timer just jumped out of its bumpy hide .
Can't be.... No campaign could be that dumb
Or could it?
What do ya know about the source? Let us know.
http://en.rian.ru/
Like Rachel Maddow says, talk me down on this one.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081020/117842524.html
Sunday, October 19, 2008
All the Noise Re 'vote fraud' just more GOP Projection
Early voters in West Virginia have reported seeing the machines they just voted on switch their votes to McCain
http://www.sundaygazettemail.com/News/200810180251
They complain that the left hates America while they go about destroying the Bill of Rights, the US Treasury, National Parks, the infrastructure, the air, the water, and our national reputation.
They whine that the we hate the troops while they go about dismantling veteran care, deploy and deploy and deploy to a war that should never have been started. They shed troop blood for corporate profits. They sent return receipt requested mail to the home addresses of Florida military personnel deployed to Iraq then challenged their ballots because the mail came back undeliverable. They sent troops to a pointless war without proper equipment and they keep sending them back when the troops don't die and become less liability for them.
They talk about family values as they cavort with prostitutes, make overtures to underage pages, yuck it up with, and take donations from, fraudulent Christian pastors who talk big and fuck up bigger. They destroy the economy by which families eek out survival, more of those families failing to stay together due to stress.
They talk about Homeland Security when the only security they really want is for themselves and FROM the rest of us here in the homeland. They shred civil rights and protections for the pretense of protecting us.
And they claim we hate America when we point these dangers to America out.
Projection: a trick of the mind that enables someone or group to continue to live with themselves after doing great harm, by blaming some other for doing the deeds.
The neo-cons are good at it. They use it to divert attention from their own dirty hands. They point to others, but we can still see the dirt on those pointing fingers.
Voter Fraud. Black boxes with modems that can be reached remotely. Election officials can certify the programs, then the programs can be changed. The machine does as it is told, not as you vote.
Wanna know why 'the polls' kept showing a close horse-race even when we could plainly see Obama was far ahead of McCain? They needed us to believe it was close so we would believe the outcome when they threw the switch that would switch votes, again.
But the gap is too wide and we can all see it. Even the 29%ers know McCain has lost, and they are getting damned ugly about having their delusions confronted by a reality too big to deny.
Can Cheney afford not to be pulling all the strings? Can the corporate bosses afford not to have their puppets running things?
The machines seem to be programed to fail democracy once more. Pay attention when you vote. Paper is good. Fair and honest election officials and polling place judges are better.
Pay attention like your country depends on it.
It does.
http://www.sundaygazettemail.com/News/200810180251
They complain that the left hates America while they go about destroying the Bill of Rights, the US Treasury, National Parks, the infrastructure, the air, the water, and our national reputation.
They whine that the we hate the troops while they go about dismantling veteran care, deploy and deploy and deploy to a war that should never have been started. They shed troop blood for corporate profits. They sent return receipt requested mail to the home addresses of Florida military personnel deployed to Iraq then challenged their ballots because the mail came back undeliverable. They sent troops to a pointless war without proper equipment and they keep sending them back when the troops don't die and become less liability for them.
They talk about family values as they cavort with prostitutes, make overtures to underage pages, yuck it up with, and take donations from, fraudulent Christian pastors who talk big and fuck up bigger. They destroy the economy by which families eek out survival, more of those families failing to stay together due to stress.
They talk about Homeland Security when the only security they really want is for themselves and FROM the rest of us here in the homeland. They shred civil rights and protections for the pretense of protecting us.
And they claim we hate America when we point these dangers to America out.
Projection: a trick of the mind that enables someone or group to continue to live with themselves after doing great harm, by blaming some other for doing the deeds.
The neo-cons are good at it. They use it to divert attention from their own dirty hands. They point to others, but we can still see the dirt on those pointing fingers.
Voter Fraud. Black boxes with modems that can be reached remotely. Election officials can certify the programs, then the programs can be changed. The machine does as it is told, not as you vote.
Wanna know why 'the polls' kept showing a close horse-race even when we could plainly see Obama was far ahead of McCain? They needed us to believe it was close so we would believe the outcome when they threw the switch that would switch votes, again.
But the gap is too wide and we can all see it. Even the 29%ers know McCain has lost, and they are getting damned ugly about having their delusions confronted by a reality too big to deny.
Can Cheney afford not to be pulling all the strings? Can the corporate bosses afford not to have their puppets running things?
The machines seem to be programed to fail democracy once more. Pay attention when you vote. Paper is good. Fair and honest election officials and polling place judges are better.
Pay attention like your country depends on it.
It does.
Response to a comment by reader JE
JE posts:
Thanks for the eye opener. In an election where the decision for whom to vote is a mysterious quandry, you answere some serious questions in my mind.
Now, what do you think of Colin Powell's backing of Obama? I just know you have an opinion on that one. For me it seems like a stamp of approval since Powell is my "idol" and has been for several years.
JE
And Attila prattles:
Powell's endorsement was no surprise. Neither was Rush's claim that it was racial. Guess Rush didn't hear about the other former Secs of State for Obama. The pundits of hate have to pull the usual knee-jerk racist scapegoat trick; they got nuttin else.
Powell, hmm, mixed fellings about the chap. Good soldier and all, but he was too good about helping brass cover ass re behavior in 'Nam and one Lt. had to be the scapegoat for a whole lotta bad, from what I have heard from many vets (and the pictures several shared with me to back up their claims of the evils of war).
I do think Powell did try to dissuade the malAdministration from the invasion of Iraq. But he was just too naive. Thought all played by the same rules. He just didn't understand how evil some can be. Once they 'made the decision' good soldier Powell marched to the UN and tried to sell the decision.
He is a sadder, and much wiser man now. And he knows, along with so many other brilliant servants of this nation, that we cannot afford any more years of bad governance. He knows what is on the line, and he knows much more about it than you and I.
Glad for his endorsement of Obama. It will give permission for many more strong voices from what used to be the 'loyal opposition'. I welcome more voices from the old GOP. I know they love America just as much as I do, though our priorities vary. I hope Powell will inspire them to wrest control of their party from the corporate cannibals who have used and abused church congregations, wedge issues, diversions, and the truth to stay in power and steal from America.
And I hope the Grand Old Party takes Newt and all his adherents out to the woodshed, spanks their asses so hard they will NEVER be able to sit on a government chair again, and then dig in to help us clean up the mess the neo-con wastrels have left us.
America is too important to be given over to vile men for lack of energy to fight them. I am damned glad Powell has fallen out of lock-step with the neo-con ranks. I am damned glad he has joined the effort to restore this nation to greatness by pointing out the reasons Obama will be a more deserving, better serving, wiser leader for those efforts.
We The People are the only salvation for this great nation. It has always been so. Obama can inspire us toward that enormous and sacred work. Powell made the case brilliantly.
Soldier Powell has learned the lesson that sometimes, you have to say 'NO!' to immoral orders, buck the chain of command, and stand for what is right. He has made that point most eloquently.
I hope a lot of my old vet friends welcome him into the fold of those who truly know the cost of war and work toward justice as a better means or winning peace. He may now be deserving of their noble companionship.
JE, I have always had mixed feelings about Powell. He was never a hero to many of my vet friends, so I could not muster much love for him beyond respect for his obvious talents, efforts, and service. But he has shown great courage of late. He has given a lesson to others in the GOP that there comes a time to take a stand for what is best for the nation. He has finally found his own voice. With that, should come redemption. Honest efforts should be rewarded with honest admiration and affection.
I hope a lot of old warriors nod to Powell, that he finds redemption for past errors in their acceptance. I pray many shades will lend him courage for the coming years, that he may continue to help America regain its place as a good and just nation.
Oh, and vote for Obama! Colin Powell has been up close and personal with what bad leaders look like. With his experience, his support for Obama is pretty heavy.
Thanks for the eye opener. In an election where the decision for whom to vote is a mysterious quandry, you answere some serious questions in my mind.
Now, what do you think of Colin Powell's backing of Obama? I just know you have an opinion on that one. For me it seems like a stamp of approval since Powell is my "idol" and has been for several years.
JE
And Attila prattles:
Powell's endorsement was no surprise. Neither was Rush's claim that it was racial. Guess Rush didn't hear about the other former Secs of State for Obama. The pundits of hate have to pull the usual knee-jerk racist scapegoat trick; they got nuttin else.
Powell, hmm, mixed fellings about the chap. Good soldier and all, but he was too good about helping brass cover ass re behavior in 'Nam and one Lt. had to be the scapegoat for a whole lotta bad, from what I have heard from many vets (and the pictures several shared with me to back up their claims of the evils of war).
I do think Powell did try to dissuade the malAdministration from the invasion of Iraq. But he was just too naive. Thought all played by the same rules. He just didn't understand how evil some can be. Once they 'made the decision' good soldier Powell marched to the UN and tried to sell the decision.
He is a sadder, and much wiser man now. And he knows, along with so many other brilliant servants of this nation, that we cannot afford any more years of bad governance. He knows what is on the line, and he knows much more about it than you and I.
Glad for his endorsement of Obama. It will give permission for many more strong voices from what used to be the 'loyal opposition'. I welcome more voices from the old GOP. I know they love America just as much as I do, though our priorities vary. I hope Powell will inspire them to wrest control of their party from the corporate cannibals who have used and abused church congregations, wedge issues, diversions, and the truth to stay in power and steal from America.
And I hope the Grand Old Party takes Newt and all his adherents out to the woodshed, spanks their asses so hard they will NEVER be able to sit on a government chair again, and then dig in to help us clean up the mess the neo-con wastrels have left us.
America is too important to be given over to vile men for lack of energy to fight them. I am damned glad Powell has fallen out of lock-step with the neo-con ranks. I am damned glad he has joined the effort to restore this nation to greatness by pointing out the reasons Obama will be a more deserving, better serving, wiser leader for those efforts.
We The People are the only salvation for this great nation. It has always been so. Obama can inspire us toward that enormous and sacred work. Powell made the case brilliantly.
Soldier Powell has learned the lesson that sometimes, you have to say 'NO!' to immoral orders, buck the chain of command, and stand for what is right. He has made that point most eloquently.
I hope a lot of my old vet friends welcome him into the fold of those who truly know the cost of war and work toward justice as a better means or winning peace. He may now be deserving of their noble companionship.
JE, I have always had mixed feelings about Powell. He was never a hero to many of my vet friends, so I could not muster much love for him beyond respect for his obvious talents, efforts, and service. But he has shown great courage of late. He has given a lesson to others in the GOP that there comes a time to take a stand for what is best for the nation. He has finally found his own voice. With that, should come redemption. Honest efforts should be rewarded with honest admiration and affection.
I hope a lot of old warriors nod to Powell, that he finds redemption for past errors in their acceptance. I pray many shades will lend him courage for the coming years, that he may continue to help America regain its place as a good and just nation.
Oh, and vote for Obama! Colin Powell has been up close and personal with what bad leaders look like. With his experience, his support for Obama is pretty heavy.
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