Un-4chan-ately...
VA mall shooting suspect charged with malicious wounding. Why not attempted murder?
Friday, April 12, 2013
Monday, October 17, 2011
Tea Party Likes Bank Haters, But Not Hippies...
Liberalism is not the problem
The founders of this country would call themselves liberals. And I understand the classical definition differs somewhat from the present day vernacular, but essentially we are talking about individual freedoms. Those two words mean many things to many different people. Your individual freedom may disgust someone else, and the freedoms they exercise may infuriate you. But that's the trade. I tolerate you, you tolerate me. This is essential, and man are we collectively getting it wrong on a daily basis.
Many within my Ron Paul and quasi libertarian circles are still pounding away in the "occupy wall street is nothing but lazy, dirty, socialist hippes" drum circle. Now, I know there's hippies there, and you don't like them. I say get over it, they aren't even half of the protesters. You generalize them because you have never truly accepted liberty as a philosophy for all people. You are only interested in your own personal liberty. This is the mindset that gives capitalism a bad name. You truly are only concerned with yourselves. There is a word for that -- greed. You are the greedy wall street capitalist. You invested in stocks whose criminal executives have bought the federal government. Your pension fund managers have bought these companies. You invested, you took a risk. I will shed no tear if you lose money in the eventual shut down. You made the wrong bets, and have actually sided against the people. You haven't the first idea of the concepts of liberty and freedom.
Occupy Wall Street is another leg of the Liberty movement. Let's march forward on two legs, Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street hand in hand. No Obama, no neocons. Throw out all the corporate whores. Don't listen to Cornell West or the Koch brothers. If your only goal is to get Washington out of Wall Street's way, then you have been successfully duped by the corporate machine. Wall Street and the Federal government are in this together, but Wall Street is holding most of the chips. Learn this fact or be destroyed by it.
The founders of this country would call themselves liberals. And I understand the classical definition differs somewhat from the present day vernacular, but essentially we are talking about individual freedoms. Those two words mean many things to many different people. Your individual freedom may disgust someone else, and the freedoms they exercise may infuriate you. But that's the trade. I tolerate you, you tolerate me. This is essential, and man are we collectively getting it wrong on a daily basis.
Many within my Ron Paul and quasi libertarian circles are still pounding away in the "occupy wall street is nothing but lazy, dirty, socialist hippes" drum circle. Now, I know there's hippies there, and you don't like them. I say get over it, they aren't even half of the protesters. You generalize them because you have never truly accepted liberty as a philosophy for all people. You are only interested in your own personal liberty. This is the mindset that gives capitalism a bad name. You truly are only concerned with yourselves. There is a word for that -- greed. You are the greedy wall street capitalist. You invested in stocks whose criminal executives have bought the federal government. Your pension fund managers have bought these companies. You invested, you took a risk. I will shed no tear if you lose money in the eventual shut down. You made the wrong bets, and have actually sided against the people. You haven't the first idea of the concepts of liberty and freedom.
Occupy Wall Street is another leg of the Liberty movement. Let's march forward on two legs, Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street hand in hand. No Obama, no neocons. Throw out all the corporate whores. Don't listen to Cornell West or the Koch brothers. If your only goal is to get Washington out of Wall Street's way, then you have been successfully duped by the corporate machine. Wall Street and the Federal government are in this together, but Wall Street is holding most of the chips. Learn this fact or be destroyed by it.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Tea Party Should Stand With Occupy Wall Street
Being a socially liberal fiscal conservative I have a lot of friends on both sides of the political spectrum. Many of you in the Tea Party are seeming to have a very hard time realizing that this dissent against Wall Street is in your best interest. Wall Street owns the White House, and Congress. Yes they do. This is that corporatism that has turned the US into late 1930s Italy. I've seen some very petty and ludicrous comments on the right about the Occupy Wall Street protesters. I have watched a lot of footage and I assure you it's not all smelly jobless hippies, and artsy yuppies.
Here are just a few examples of some of the vitriol being hurled at the protesters by the right media:
And just listen to Bill O'Reilly's smug smugness as he will literally say anything to discredit the Occupy Wall Street Protesters
This complete lack of understanding, and the disgusting loyalty to the modern day royalty of the super wealthy is plainly seen for what it is. Wall Street has bought the media, those "1 percenters" have declared war and their propaganda machine is running full blast. Now, to be clear I am in favor of free markets with minimal, common sense only regulation, but large interests have taken control of this country. They may have always had this level of control, and people weren't politically engaged enough to see it. Either way OUR EYES ARE OPEN.
Whether you hail from the left or the right, essentially you want what's best for you and yours. What's best for us all is taking the corporations out of governance. Watch how many of the grievances of the Tea Party, and Occupy Wall Street are solved by ending lobbying by corporations. Many of these "1 percenters" own corporations that are wealthier than the entire US government. Who is really the big fish making all the decisions in that interplay?
People relax and stop attacking each other. If you are mad at the system, we're all on the same side.
Other Thoughts:
1. Gary Johnson should have been in last night's Bloomberg debate
2. I like Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan, but I sure don't trust him because of his federal reserve and wall street ties.
3. Mitt Romney is about to implode.
4. The Cubs will still suck even with Theo Epstein
Cheers and good day!
Here are just a few examples of some of the vitriol being hurled at the protesters by the right media:
Patrick Howley, an assistant editor at the American Spectator, wrote over the weekend that he had infiltrated the protest group in order to discredit it...
source: UK Guardian
And just listen to Bill O'Reilly's smug smugness as he will literally say anything to discredit the Occupy Wall Street Protesters
Transcript: Juan Williams and Bill O'Reilly on "The Factor" FOXNEWS
Williams: First of all look at those Occupy Wall Street movement that you’re seeing right there first hand. It’s now spreading and it’s in LA, S, Pittsburgh, Boston,
O'Reilly: But you don’t think this is spontaneous do you?
Williams: Yes, I do, it's organic.
O'Reilly: Oh, they’re NOT! There’s groups behind them, professional people, these people, we sent Jesse Watters and these people just wander around…
Williams: Yea, but they’re jobless,
O'Reilly: They’re jobless because they don’t want to work! They admitted it to us. They won't work for the corporate man.
Williams: That’s not true. There is high unemployment among the young Americans because this economy is having such trouble
O'Reilly: Let me break it to you. if you have a college degree in this country, unemployment is 4.5% OK, Juan! So all these people, take a shower and they can get a job if they went to college. That's all.
Williams: No, what you're missing is they're underemployed...
Williams: These people can't find jobs or they're finding jobs flipping burgers and they're not happy. A lot of young people and guess what, you said the independents won't buy this.
O'Reilly: Yea.
Williams: There was a Fox News poll last week that says 'president Obama's class-warfare hopeful or divisive and the Fox Poll said 56% of Americans agreed that president Obama's class warfare described by the republicans is hopeful and positive and guess what, most independents agreed with it.
O'Reilly: I mean maybe the poll, the way the question was worded.
O'Reilly: I don't think Americans want this country to be divided over money and class. I agree that they are a lot of fat cat gangsters on Wall street and I've been outspoken about that. This ain't this. It's about I hate Capitalism, I want this socialist nirvana and I'm going to disrupt everybody's life to make my point. I'll give you the last point.
Williams: Here's what you're missing. In th elast Fox poll, in the Washington Post poll say they agree with the president that taxes should be raised on people who are making more than two hundred and fifty thousand. They agree right now that the rich aren't paying their fair share and if you go back to wall street, those guys are getting big bonuses, big payouts even after the government bailed them out...
This complete lack of understanding, and the disgusting loyalty to the modern day royalty of the super wealthy is plainly seen for what it is. Wall Street has bought the media, those "1 percenters" have declared war and their propaganda machine is running full blast. Now, to be clear I am in favor of free markets with minimal, common sense only regulation, but large interests have taken control of this country. They may have always had this level of control, and people weren't politically engaged enough to see it. Either way OUR EYES ARE OPEN.
Whether you hail from the left or the right, essentially you want what's best for you and yours. What's best for us all is taking the corporations out of governance. Watch how many of the grievances of the Tea Party, and Occupy Wall Street are solved by ending lobbying by corporations. Many of these "1 percenters" own corporations that are wealthier than the entire US government. Who is really the big fish making all the decisions in that interplay?
People relax and stop attacking each other. If you are mad at the system, we're all on the same side.
Other Thoughts:
1. Gary Johnson should have been in last night's Bloomberg debate
2. I like Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan, but I sure don't trust him because of his federal reserve and wall street ties.
3. Mitt Romney is about to implode.
4. The Cubs will still suck even with Theo Epstein
Cheers and good day!
Friday, October 7, 2011
Occupy Wall Street NYC Grievances - My Take
Occupy Wall Street Tea Party 22 demands protest New York City september 29, 2011 illegal foreclosure bailouts discrimination food supply torture colonialism
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Occupy Wall Street. - I Agree Mostly
BEGINNING OF NEWEST DOCUMENT, AGREED TO ON 9/29/2011
NYC General Assembly
The Official Website of the GA at #OccupyWallStreet
Declaration of the Occupation of New York City
Posted on September 30, 2011 by NYCGA
This document was accepted by the NYC General Assembly on september 29, 2011
As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies.
As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights, and those of their neighbors; that a democratic government derives its just power from the people, but corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people and the Earth; and that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power. We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.
They have taken our houses through an illegal foreclosure process, despite not having the original mortgage.
They have taken bailouts from taxpayers with impunity, and continue to give Executives exorbitant bonuses.
They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the workplace based on age, the color of one’s skin, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.
They have poisoned the food supply through negligence, and undermined the farming system through monopolization.
They have profited off of the torture,
confinement, and cruel treatment of countless
animals, and actively hide these practices.
They have continuously sought to strip employees of the right to negotiate for better pay and safer working conditions.
They have held students hostage with tens of thousands of dollars of debt on education, which is itself a human right.
They have consistently outsourced labor and used that outsourcing as leverage to cut workers’ healthcare and pay.
They have influenced the courts to achieve the same rights as people, with none of the culpability or responsibility.
They have spent millions of dollars on legal teams that look for ways to get them out of contracts in regards to health insurance.
They have sold our privacy as a commodity.
They have used the military and police force to prevent freedom of the press. They have deliberately declined to recall faulty products endangering lives in pursuit of profit.
They determine economic policy, despite the catastrophic failures their policies have produced and continue to produce.
They have donated large sums of money to politicians, who are responsible for regulating them.
They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil.
They continue to block generic forms of medicine that could save people’s lives or provide relief in order to protect investments that have already turned a substantial profit.
They have purposely covered up oil spills, accidents, faulty bookkeeping, and inactive ingredients in pursuit of profit.
They purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the media.
They have accepted private contracts to murder prisoners even when presented with serious doubts about their guilt.
They have perpetuated colonialism at home and abroad. They have participated in the torture and murder of innocent civilians overseas.
They continue to create weapons of mass destruction in order to receive government contracts. *
To the people of the world,
We, the New York City General Assembly occupying Wall Street in Liberty Square, urge you to assert your power.
Exercise your right to peaceably assemble; occupy public space; create a process to address the problems we face, and generate solutions accessible to everyone.
To all communities that take action and form groups in the spirit of direct democracy, we offer support, documentation, and all of the resources at our disposal.
Join us and make your voices heard!
*These grievances are not all-inclusive.
END OF 9/29/2011 DOCUMENT
They have taken our houses through an illegal foreclosure process, despite not having the original mortgage.
(Any supporter of contract law should not be in favor of the government rubber stamping the foreclosure of literally millions of homes where the mortgage document no longer exists. Why? Because Wall Street and the gov are in bed together, and that's nothing to "meh" about. It's 90 percent of our problem)
They have taken bailouts from taxpayers with impunity, and continue to give Executives exorbitant bonuses.
(Wasn't the Tea Party against the bailouts before Dick Armi started Freedom works and diluted the message down to simply "anybody but Obama"??)
They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the workplace based on age, the color of one’s skin, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.
(You don't see it, but that doesn't mean it's not there. Race has become a bigger issue once again, mostly because there is a lot of racism on the right still to this day. Not to mention the way Republicans treat homosexuals. That's discrimination, plain and simple.)
They have poisoned the food supply through negligence, and undermined the farming system through monopolization.
(7 conglomerates control the food supply. There is a revolving door between the FDA and the boards of several of these large agro companies. They use this regulatory control to set up barriers to competition, and circumvent the regulators themselves. Factory farming had dozens of shortfalls compared to "organic" farming, and the laws favor the former)
They have profited off of the torture, confinement, and cruel treatment of countless animals, and actively hide these practices.
(Other than the inhumane treatment of animals in factory farms which should make anyone disgusted, I am not a big animal rights activist so this is one of the three I don't agree with fully)
They have continuously sought to strip employees of the right to negotiate for better pay and safer working conditions.
(Unions serve a purpose. Now, what the scope of that purpose, and what types of professions can organize is debatable. I personally believe unions should have an expiring charter so they don't become entrenched political institutions constantly lobbying for increased pay and benefits. As far as what professions can organize, I am against public employee unions, but not private sector unions.)
They have held students hostage with tens of thousands of dollars of debt on education, which is itself a human right.
(In a society that cares whether it succeeds or fails education should be a right. Does that mean I think it should be handled federally? No. However, I wouldn't want to live in a state that had no education system. There's already too many dumb-asses on this planet.)
They have consistently outsourced labor and used that outsourcing as leverage to cut workers’ health care and pay.
(I love how people like to use the free market as an excuse to capitalize on the human suffering perpetuated by the governments we outsource most of our production to. Any truly principled Libertarian should boycott Chinese goods.)
They have influenced the courts to achieve the same rights as people, with none of the culpability or responsibility.
(Corporate person hood is strangely enough the most important issue of our time. It has to end. Corporations have more power than governments these days and they have less accountability. This becomes a larger issue as our society becomes more complex and interwoven.)
They have spent millions of dollars on legal teams that look for ways to get them out of contracts in regards to health insurance.
(This is another case of the haves buying out the have-nots for the lower cost of a lawyer rather than a settlement. I will defend the free flow of capital up until the point it's withheld through trickery because of greed.)
They have sold our privacy as a commodity.
(On a case by case issue this has many different potential twists and turns. Suffice it to say that all information will eventually be collected, about everyone. That said, we need to take steps to ensure that information is not misused. I think this is a legitimate roll for government.)
They have used the military and police force to prevent freedom of the press.
(Our military has been protecting US corporations overseas for decades. You know that's how Iran came about? Using our military for trade protectionism has cost taxpayers a lot, and who reaps the benefits? The corporate interest, which is usually oil or natural gas. Furthermore the NYC police have been brutalizing the protesters at Occupy Wall Street. That can be seen as the police working for Wall Street)
They have deliberately declined to recall faulty products endangering lives in pursuit of profit.
(This is a big issue, not as big as the bulk of this list but if you make a product that's faulty you should remove it from the marketplace. Three words: Celebrex, Bextra, and Vioxx)
They determine economic policy, despite the catastrophic failures their policies have produced and continue to produce.
(True. I don't see this as an assault on capitalism, but an assault on the "captured government corporate monopoly". Which is really the heart of the problem. The left right paradigm keeps us from seeing that we essentially want the same things.)
They have donated large sums of money to politicians, who are responsible for regulating them.
(This is the mechanism by which we have been enslaved.)
They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil.
(Oil gets subsidies. Why? It's a proven technology, why do they even need subsidy? In the case of innovation the government should take subsidy from the obsolete and give it to the emerging. If we are to subsidize at all that is.)
They continue to block generic forms of medicine that could save people’s lives or provide relief in order to protect investments that have already turned a substantial profit.
(In a world where Monsanto can patent biological organisms, and I can't put 5 seconds of Foo Fighters song in a youtube video, you're damn straight that our copyright system is screwed up.)
They have purposely covered up oil spills, accidents, faulty bookkeeping, and inactive ingredients in pursuit of profit.
(Inactive ingredients have raised the ire of many in both the traditional and homeopathic medical communities. There was a little covered oil spill just 2 weeks ago. We know Wall Street cooks the books. The Koch brothers have recently been exposed for covering up all kinds of accidents, and that's just one example)
They purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the media.
(The media is most definitely pro Wall Street. That's to be expected because guess what? You don't own whole networks or fleets of networks and newspapers without essentially being a big player on Wall Street. That's how corporations finance these media outlets. THEY ARE WALL STREET)
They have accepted private contracts to murder prisoners even when presented with serious doubts about their guilt.
(Capitol punishment increases the power of the state, and is morally reprehensible)
They have perpetuated colonialism at home and abroad.
(Clearly evident. Our military, protecting our corporations as they seize control over more governments across the globe. Paid for by you and me. Over 700 military bases in over 120 countries. Bring em' home!)
They have participated in the torture and murder of innocent civilians overseas.
(We are not the police of the world. We are not the righteous hand of God, here to impose his/her/it's will upon the world.)
They continue to create weapons of mass destruction in order to receive government contracts.
(I'm sorry but if you work for a company that lobbies for mostly government contracts you can't be a fiscal conservative. You are a corporate welfare recipient.)
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Occupy Wall Street. - I Agree Mostly
BEGINNING OF NEWEST DOCUMENT, AGREED TO ON 9/29/2011
NYC General Assembly
The Official Website of the GA at #OccupyWallStreet
Declaration of the Occupation of New York City
Posted on September 30, 2011 by NYCGA
This document was accepted by the NYC General Assembly on september 29, 2011
As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies.
As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights, and those of their neighbors; that a democratic government derives its just power from the people, but corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people and the Earth; and that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power. We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.
They have taken our houses through an illegal foreclosure process, despite not having the original mortgage.
They have taken bailouts from taxpayers with impunity, and continue to give Executives exorbitant bonuses.
They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the workplace based on age, the color of one’s skin, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.
They have poisoned the food supply through negligence, and undermined the farming system through monopolization.
They have profited off of the torture,
confinement, and cruel treatment of countless
animals, and actively hide these practices.
They have continuously sought to strip employees of the right to negotiate for better pay and safer working conditions.
They have held students hostage with tens of thousands of dollars of debt on education, which is itself a human right.
They have consistently outsourced labor and used that outsourcing as leverage to cut workers’ healthcare and pay.
They have influenced the courts to achieve the same rights as people, with none of the culpability or responsibility.
They have spent millions of dollars on legal teams that look for ways to get them out of contracts in regards to health insurance.
They have sold our privacy as a commodity.
They have used the military and police force to prevent freedom of the press. They have deliberately declined to recall faulty products endangering lives in pursuit of profit.
They determine economic policy, despite the catastrophic failures their policies have produced and continue to produce.
They have donated large sums of money to politicians, who are responsible for regulating them.
They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil.
They continue to block generic forms of medicine that could save people’s lives or provide relief in order to protect investments that have already turned a substantial profit.
They have purposely covered up oil spills, accidents, faulty bookkeeping, and inactive ingredients in pursuit of profit.
They purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the media.
They have accepted private contracts to murder prisoners even when presented with serious doubts about their guilt.
They have perpetuated colonialism at home and abroad. They have participated in the torture and murder of innocent civilians overseas.
They continue to create weapons of mass destruction in order to receive government contracts. *
To the people of the world,
We, the New York City General Assembly occupying Wall Street in Liberty Square, urge you to assert your power.
Exercise your right to peaceably assemble; occupy public space; create a process to address the problems we face, and generate solutions accessible to everyone.
To all communities that take action and form groups in the spirit of direct democracy, we offer support, documentation, and all of the resources at our disposal.
Join us and make your voices heard!
*These grievances are not all-inclusive.
END OF 9/29/2011 DOCUMENT
They have taken our houses through an illegal foreclosure process, despite not having the original mortgage.
(Any supporter of contract law should not be in favor of the government rubber stamping the foreclosure of literally millions of homes where the mortgage document no longer exists. Why? Because Wall Street and the gov are in bed together, and that's nothing to "meh" about. It's 90 percent of our problem)
They have taken bailouts from taxpayers with impunity, and continue to give Executives exorbitant bonuses.
(Wasn't the Tea Party against the bailouts before Dick Armi started Freedom works and diluted the message down to simply "anybody but Obama"??)
They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the workplace based on age, the color of one’s skin, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.
(You don't see it, but that doesn't mean it's not there. Race has become a bigger issue once again, mostly because there is a lot of racism on the right still to this day. Not to mention the way Republicans treat homosexuals. That's discrimination, plain and simple.)
They have poisoned the food supply through negligence, and undermined the farming system through monopolization.
(7 conglomerates control the food supply. There is a revolving door between the FDA and the boards of several of these large agro companies. They use this regulatory control to set up barriers to competition, and circumvent the regulators themselves. Factory farming had dozens of shortfalls compared to "organic" farming, and the laws favor the former)
They have profited off of the torture, confinement, and cruel treatment of countless animals, and actively hide these practices.
(Other than the inhumane treatment of animals in factory farms which should make anyone disgusted, I am not a big animal rights activist so this is one of the three I don't agree with fully)
They have continuously sought to strip employees of the right to negotiate for better pay and safer working conditions.
(Unions serve a purpose. Now, what the scope of that purpose, and what types of professions can organize is debatable. I personally believe unions should have an expiring charter so they don't become entrenched political institutions constantly lobbying for increased pay and benefits. As far as what professions can organize, I am against public employee unions, but not private sector unions.)
They have held students hostage with tens of thousands of dollars of debt on education, which is itself a human right.
(In a society that cares whether it succeeds or fails education should be a right. Does that mean I think it should be handled federally? No. However, I wouldn't want to live in a state that had no education system. There's already too many dumb-asses on this planet.)
They have consistently outsourced labor and used that outsourcing as leverage to cut workers’ health care and pay.
(I love how people like to use the free market as an excuse to capitalize on the human suffering perpetuated by the governments we outsource most of our production to. Any truly principled Libertarian should boycott Chinese goods.)
They have influenced the courts to achieve the same rights as people, with none of the culpability or responsibility.
(Corporate person hood is strangely enough the most important issue of our time. It has to end. Corporations have more power than governments these days and they have less accountability. This becomes a larger issue as our society becomes more complex and interwoven.)
They have spent millions of dollars on legal teams that look for ways to get them out of contracts in regards to health insurance.
(This is another case of the haves buying out the have-nots for the lower cost of a lawyer rather than a settlement. I will defend the free flow of capital up until the point it's withheld through trickery because of greed.)
They have sold our privacy as a commodity.
(On a case by case issue this has many different potential twists and turns. Suffice it to say that all information will eventually be collected, about everyone. That said, we need to take steps to ensure that information is not misused. I think this is a legitimate roll for government.)
They have used the military and police force to prevent freedom of the press.
(Our military has been protecting US corporations overseas for decades. You know that's how Iran came about? Using our military for trade protectionism has cost taxpayers a lot, and who reaps the benefits? The corporate interest, which is usually oil or natural gas. Furthermore the NYC police have been brutalizing the protesters at Occupy Wall Street. That can be seen as the police working for Wall Street)
They have deliberately declined to recall faulty products endangering lives in pursuit of profit.
(This is a big issue, not as big as the bulk of this list but if you make a product that's faulty you should remove it from the marketplace. Three words: Celebrex, Bextra, and Vioxx)
They determine economic policy, despite the catastrophic failures their policies have produced and continue to produce.
(True. I don't see this as an assault on capitalism, but an assault on the "captured government corporate monopoly". Which is really the heart of the problem. The left right paradigm keeps us from seeing that we essentially want the same things.)
They have donated large sums of money to politicians, who are responsible for regulating them.
(This is the mechanism by which we have been enslaved.)
They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil.
(Oil gets subsidies. Why? It's a proven technology, why do they even need subsidy? In the case of innovation the government should take subsidy from the obsolete and give it to the emerging. If we are to subsidize at all that is.)
They continue to block generic forms of medicine that could save people’s lives or provide relief in order to protect investments that have already turned a substantial profit.
(In a world where Monsanto can patent biological organisms, and I can't put 5 seconds of Foo Fighters song in a youtube video, you're damn straight that our copyright system is screwed up.)
They have purposely covered up oil spills, accidents, faulty bookkeeping, and inactive ingredients in pursuit of profit.
(Inactive ingredients have raised the ire of many in both the traditional and homeopathic medical communities. There was a little covered oil spill just 2 weeks ago. We know Wall Street cooks the books. The Koch brothers have recently been exposed for covering up all kinds of accidents, and that's just one example)
They purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the media.
(The media is most definitely pro Wall Street. That's to be expected because guess what? You don't own whole networks or fleets of networks and newspapers without essentially being a big player on Wall Street. That's how corporations finance these media outlets. THEY ARE WALL STREET)
They have accepted private contracts to murder prisoners even when presented with serious doubts about their guilt.
(Capitol punishment increases the power of the state, and is morally reprehensible)
They have perpetuated colonialism at home and abroad.
(Clearly evident. Our military, protecting our corporations as they seize control over more governments across the globe. Paid for by you and me. Over 700 military bases in over 120 countries. Bring em' home!)
They have participated in the torture and murder of innocent civilians overseas.
(We are not the police of the world. We are not the righteous hand of God, here to impose his/her/it's will upon the world.)
They continue to create weapons of mass destruction in order to receive government contracts.
(I'm sorry but if you work for a company that lobbies for mostly government contracts you can't be a fiscal conservative. You are a corporate welfare recipient.)
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Occupy Wall Street. - I Agree Mostly
BEGINNING OF NEWEST DOCUMENT, AGREED TO ON 9/29/2011
NYC General Assembly
The Official Website of the GA at #OccupyWallStreetDeclaration of the Occupation of New York City
Posted on September 30, 2011 by NYCGA
This document was accepted by the NYC General Assembly on september 29, 2011As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies.
As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights, and those of their neighbors; that a democratic government derives its just power from the people, but corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people and the Earth; and that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power. We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.
They have taken our houses through an illegal foreclosure process, despite not having the original mortgage.
They have taken bailouts from taxpayers with impunity, and continue to give Executives exorbitant bonuses.
They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the workplace based on age, the color of one’s skin, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.
They have poisoned the food supply through negligence, and undermined the farming system through monopolization.
They have profited off of the torture, confinement, and cruel treatment of countless animals, and actively hide these practices.
They have continuously sought to strip employees of the right to negotiate for better pay and safer working conditions.
They have held students hostage with tens of thousands of dollars of debt on education, which is itself a human right.
They have consistently outsourced labor and used that outsourcing as leverage to cut workers’ healthcare and pay.
They have influenced the courts to achieve the same rights as people, with none of the culpability or responsibility.
They have spent millions of dollars on legal teams that look for ways to get them out of contracts in regards to health insurance.
They have sold our privacy as a commodity.
They have used the military and police force to prevent freedom of the press. They have deliberately declined to recall faulty products endangering lives in pursuit of profit.
They determine economic policy, despite the catastrophic failures their policies have produced and continue to produce.
They have donated large sums of money to politicians, who are responsible for regulating them.
They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil.
They continue to block generic forms of medicine that could save people’s lives or provide relief in order to protect investments that have already turned a substantial profit.
They have purposely covered up oil spills, accidents, faulty bookkeeping, and inactive ingredients in pursuit of profit.
They purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the media.
They have accepted private contracts to murder prisoners even when presented with serious doubts about their guilt.
They have perpetuated colonialism at home and abroad. They have participated in the torture and murder of innocent civilians overseas.
They continue to create weapons of mass destruction in order to receive government contracts. *To the people of the world,
We, the New York City General Assembly occupying Wall Street in Liberty Square, urge you to assert your power.
Exercise your right to peaceably assemble; occupy public space; create a process to address the problems we face, and generate solutions accessible to everyone.
To all communities that take action and form groups in the spirit of direct democracy, we offer support, documentation, and all of the resources at our disposal.
Join us and make your voices heard!
*These grievances are not all-inclusive.
END OF 9/29/2011 DOCUMENT
I like to see people in the streets trying to take back control of their future from the power brokers at the top. The Tea Party and the Occupy Wall Street movements basically have the same core objectives. The problem with both groups is that one focuses on government, while the other focuses on corporations. It's clear that these groups are equally culpable in the ongoing plunder-fest that has rooted itself in our culture. By themselves these groups are just diametrically opposed screaming sycophants, essentially canceling each other out. The Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street need to drop their petty differences for long enough to correct the problems at hand. We have real problems.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Cyber War Across the Globe
A cyber war has begun. Unless you have been on a reconnaissance mission to the dark side of the moon over the last 2 weeks, you have heard of the wiki-leaks cables leaked to news media, and archived on a growing list of parent and mirror web sites. Many of these cables, although classified secret or confidential are quite harmless to US diplomatic efforts. The reason for classifying virtually all diplomatic cables, even those that don't pose an immediate risk to national security, is indicative of a government who sees truth, open-ness, and perhaps it's own citizenry as a threat. There are, of course, some very telling, sensitive material contained in a small fraction of these documents, implicating corruption at the highest levels of governments around the world. The powerful have received a bloody nose, and much like the BP oil spill, it doesn't look like this leak is being plugged any time soon. Wiki-leaks has released approximately 1200 of 250,000 secret government and corporate files that have been securely submitted by anonymous whistle blowers. Will the powers that be succeed in stopping the flow of information detailing their nefarious involvement in efforts to mold the world to their liking. Not if the Internet has anything to say about it. Corporate and government interests have attempted to cut off the flow of money and web access to wiki-leaks main site, and the government of Sweden has charged the organization's leader with seemingly unfounded sexual assault charges. Even with their leader behind bars in London awaiting extradition to Sweden, the body of wiki-leaks operates without a head. It has taken on a soul of it's own, and is no longer a person, or an organization, but rather, a force of nature. The door has been opened, and the movement is now unstoppable. Numerous government and corporate attempts to block access and funding to wiki-leaks have been met by a "data army" completely born organically and with no one specific country or continent to target in retaliation. This is not astro-turfing, this is not George Soros or Glenn Beck Rattling the saber for their particular brand of status-quo. This is the average person, and mankind in general, begging for the truth, and begging to have a say in what actions the power elite around the world in the name of humanity.
Video Commentary Available Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWqBrZFzvjY
Video Commentary Available Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWqBrZFzvjY
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Missing George W. Bush??
I was, and still am opposed to nearly every single action the Bush Administration took during his 8 year reign. But, believe it or not I have found a good reason to miss the Bush regime.
It's not because I miss the idea of a so-called fiscal conservative spending out of control on warfare & welfare alike. It wasn't that I suddenly woke up this morning believing the fairy tale that an aggressive US foreign policy is the only way to deter terrorism. I definitely don't lament there not being a hardcore evangelical in the White House with a list of Draconian faith based initiatives he'd like to pass. I am in no way affected by the lack of a white male as leader of the free world. My life is better without having to be represented by perhaps the worst orator in history.
HOWEVER...
There is one reason I miss GWB. Can you guess why? Because he was an easy enemy to rally against. He had those on the economic right and left equally pissed off. That's one thing many self proclaimed liberals don't understand any more -- That most fiscal conservatives never voted for, or even liked GWB. Tax cuts for the top earners doesn't matter to a fiscal conservative when spending is out of control.
We fought him with you. We fought against the war, and globalization, we fought against expanding medicare together strangely enough, we fought torture and wiretapping. We opposed the Patriot act, and stood up for an individuals right to civil liberties. We are fiscal conservatives.
What happened? Most of you are not holding your current President's "feet to the fire" on any of the issues I just mentioned. Millions of us went against our movement's President, giving aid and comfort to your movements--only to be abandoned at the prospect of a handout, and shiny empty promises...
Your President has not ended any wars. He hasn't stopped the outsourcing of jobs and third world victimization associated with globalization. He has plans to expand government control over your health care, which whether you are for or against will become insolvent as all systems in Europe are now. Torture, renditions and tribunals actually increased under his watchful eye. We are still wiretapping like crazy and now he wants a kill switch for the internet in the Oval Office. Last I checked you could still be detained as an enemy combatant or deemed a domestic terrorist for opposing the policies of your government under the Patriot Act. The only thing he has done is offer you bread and circuses, in exchange for more power and control over your life.
It's not because I miss the idea of a so-called fiscal conservative spending out of control on warfare & welfare alike. It wasn't that I suddenly woke up this morning believing the fairy tale that an aggressive US foreign policy is the only way to deter terrorism. I definitely don't lament there not being a hardcore evangelical in the White House with a list of Draconian faith based initiatives he'd like to pass. I am in no way affected by the lack of a white male as leader of the free world. My life is better without having to be represented by perhaps the worst orator in history.
HOWEVER...
There is one reason I miss GWB. Can you guess why? Because he was an easy enemy to rally against. He had those on the economic right and left equally pissed off. That's one thing many self proclaimed liberals don't understand any more -- That most fiscal conservatives never voted for, or even liked GWB. Tax cuts for the top earners doesn't matter to a fiscal conservative when spending is out of control.
We fought him with you. We fought against the war, and globalization, we fought against expanding medicare together strangely enough, we fought torture and wiretapping. We opposed the Patriot act, and stood up for an individuals right to civil liberties. We are fiscal conservatives.
What happened? Most of you are not holding your current President's "feet to the fire" on any of the issues I just mentioned. Millions of us went against our movement's President, giving aid and comfort to your movements--only to be abandoned at the prospect of a handout, and shiny empty promises...
Your President has not ended any wars. He hasn't stopped the outsourcing of jobs and third world victimization associated with globalization. He has plans to expand government control over your health care, which whether you are for or against will become insolvent as all systems in Europe are now. Torture, renditions and tribunals actually increased under his watchful eye. We are still wiretapping like crazy and now he wants a kill switch for the internet in the Oval Office. Last I checked you could still be detained as an enemy combatant or deemed a domestic terrorist for opposing the policies of your government under the Patriot Act. The only thing he has done is offer you bread and circuses, in exchange for more power and control over your life.
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