Hope For America

Demonstrating that there is some semblance of normalcy in this country, the message boards are alive with statements condemning the coming Tea Party movement as a fascist takeover. It is. The uneducated, poor and just plain stupid have flocked to this false tea party movement like the second coming, not realizing they are voting for their own demise. Lowering taxes on the rich will not help. Cutting regulation will not help. One blogger wrote that voting for the tea party is like cutting your nose off your face and then doing it again because it hurt so much. All stats show what will happen come November should the Tea Party gain power: Gridlock. At a time when steps need to be made to do something to fix things, the obstructionist policies will end this country, especially the floundering middle class which has all but disappeared in this country, along with our health care and jobs. Oddly (not really) polls done by different groups show radically different outcomes. Fox news and Rasmussen polls show tighenting or widening gaps for Republican candidates, while others show Democrats pulling away in some states like CT and CA. The nature of the polls seem to be in question as robo calls all favor the Repubs while live callers pick Dems. Are people too ashamed to tell a live person they are picking the nut bag candidate or are the questions worded in such a way to elicit a specified response? For all voting Republican, know that the current outrage over Democrat ads suggesting foreign money is being used by the Chamber Of Commerce is entirely justified. The Republicans killed a bill that would have demanded that all those new attack ads you see everywhere nowadays would have to be honest as to who was funding them. As a result, ANYBODY could be posting the ads, including foreign sources. Do you really want China influencing American elections? NO. But Republicans don't care. And for anybody collecting unemployment, your checks will stop come January if Republicans gain control of the House or Senate. Social Security and Medicare will come under fire next, so if your collecting don't get to used it. And anybody with a pension is screwed because they are about to be seized by the feds to help pay off the tremendous debt that they have no hope of paying off. There is a section of our populace that is going to vote us into a fascist dictatorship. How do I know? History. Hitler arose form similar situations playing out know. Such a government was attempted in 1936 and foiled. The robber barons are trying again, this time with American support. If you know anybody who follows the Tea Party, stop them by any means necessary. They cannot be allowed to win. Our Country is at stake.

Grim Reaper Circles: What TV Series Is Next

Ratings this week shows that some shows are circling the drain, particularly NBC whose shows on Wednesday are dying week to week. The awful awful, awful Law and Order:LA is spiraling out of control with it's rating down 33% since it's premiere three weeks ago. SVU, still strong after all these years, is seeing it's rating killed by being sandwiched in between the soon to be cancelled Undercovers and LA. Some are contributing the fact that both leads in Undercovers are black and therefore unworthy of white America's attention, but the more likely factor is the blah factor of two dull leads and crappy writing. Can you honestly say that if Zoe Saldana and Denzel Washington were in this show the ratings wouldn't be sky high? Race only matters when you do something racist with it (Outsourced I'm looking at you). Thankfully that show is not doing well either. Thursday's saw some sort of hope for NBC from 8 to 9:30 with their comedy block all up from last week and had an inspired live episode on 30 Rock that saw many a star factor. The Apprentice continues to delcine and I think it's only a matter of time before it gets moved, possibly to Saturday where it will join the ousted Outlaw. Cable continues to outperform with shows like Jersey Shore, Teen Mom, South Park and Sons of Anarchy all doing better than most big five shows, finishing in the top five for the night for some. Tonight sees the weakest night of TV with shows like Medium, Good Guys, and CSI:NY all on the bubble for cancellation. It will be the last season for all of these series even if they do somehow make it till the end. CSI and it's like are dead. New material is needed. Get cracking writers.

Foreclosuregate- What it Really Means

Now that the banks have been caught red handed stealing houses and money from our hard earned accounts, can we finally stand up as a people and rebel against this tyranny. THE BANKS ARE SCREWING YOU. This is not a republican or democratic issue. It is an American one. And because of this mishandling, we could possibly see the end of this country. The fraud going on is criminal at best and treasonous at worst. If the government won't do anything to help why should we do anything to help them such as pay taxes or follow any laws. Luckily, all 50 attorney generals are looking into this but the too little too late factor may be in play. According to news reports, banks hired anybody including homeless off the street to help file paperwork. None of this meant any of it was actually read, just signed off on. Because of this, soon there are going to be more legal lawsuits than the courts can handle. As no one knows, not even the banks, who owns what, this is going to be a long messy fight. Experts say that this could go on for as long as ten years. If in that time no one can prove they own the right to said property they will be forced to write it off. This could wipe out many a financial institution. The truth of the matter is the banks conspired to artificially raise housing prices as not only a way to make more money but to get people into debt slavery to pay for these overpriced homes. The banks have failed us. The Fed has failed us. The government has failed us. Both dems and repubs have failed us. How long are we going to take this nonsense. Only when we stop complaining to each other over nonsense like gay marriage (who cares, let them get married and be miserable like the rest of us already) and abortion. We have more pressing matters than Obama's birth certificate. WE ARE BEING FLEECED. And no one seems to care. If you are in foreclosure, fight for your house by any means necessary, and in this case, violence is justified. Make them throw you out if they can which they won't, especially not if your armed. That's a news story no one wants. Our houses should be OUR houses, not the banks. Only by standing up and saying NO in a loud voice can we be heard. And we must be heard because the next step is actually slavery which we are headed to like a rocket. Who out there will stop this misery? I suspect many a militia is training for just such a thing as are our own troops being set up to help take us down. The elites must be stopped. Our survival is now at stake. Revolution looms.

Grim Reaper Strikes Down Outlaw

The TV Reaper has struck again. Freshman series Outlaw has bit the dust. The final four episodes will be in the graveyard of Saturday nights before meeting it's timely maker. Let's be frank here. This how was terrible from day one. A Supreme Court Justice who quits his position to become a defense lawyer? Really? Was this the best you could come up with? And Jimmy Smits couldn't read the writing on the wall for this misfire? Smacks all around for this dud. I am stunned it ever made to air let alone the graveyard of forgotten shows. Detroit 187, the Whole Truth and Running Wilde are all praying for a miracle or else they risk the same fate. All three have been reported to be coughing blood, turning pale and killing the brain cells of those that watch. Their deaths appear imminent.

America the Stupid

Proving my point on why I don't belive in democracy as a functional way of running things, a new poll has come out demonstrating that stupidity has run rampant in this country and that these are the morons who will vote us into a fascist dictatorship ala Weimar republic Germany all over again. According to a Bloomberg National poll, 50% are pessimistic about the future of the country and rightfully so. We are headed down a deep dark hole from which there is no return. Most of us, Republican or Democrat can see that. What is most shocking though is how some of us, a mojority in some cases, want that change to happen. While short term, three in five say things have gotten better, most people people feel it is a temporary fix. TARP has been vilified even though it cost far less than anticipated and may have indeed saved the housing market. Tax breaks for small busniess are also wanted and this is probably a good idea. Also a great idea is taxing the rich to higher levels and ignore the garabge over the jobs they create which is true if you live in China. What isn't great are the tea party ideas on how to allocate money which if implemeneted will end this counrty. A shocking amount of people want privatization of Medicare and Social Security, a horrific idea. If you want to end these programs let some for profit entity take them over. It has NEVER worked with government deregulation. NOT ONCE. I dare you to find any instance where this has worked. Airline deregulation equaled monopolies and worse conditions for flying. The once cheap flights and getting higher and higher due to lack of comeptition. Cable deregulation led to much higher rates. Banking dereulation led to the econmoic disater. The list goes on and on. And you want to turn over your health care and retirement over to people who will kill you over for a nickle? Brillant. They also want cuts to programs that pave roads, fix bridges and basically keep us alive. They want an end to unemployment benefits, unless they are out of work and then the positions shift. They also are asking for a curtailing of student loans beacuse who needs to go to college anyway. Douchebags. This is the nonsense we as a rational people are competing with, self described morons who have zero undertsanding of how things work. They are going to vote us into an Armageddon. Anyone voting Republican this year needs their head examined.

I See A Cliff Acomin"

Bad news I can deal with. But with each and every passing day, the news seems to get worse and worse and nobody seems to care. But then again why should they. We cannot stop the inevitable so why not ignore it and go on with our lives? Denial is a great place to live until reality catches up with you. Our news media focuses on the absurd and trivial lately. World news is almost entirely absent from our radar unless we look it up ourselves. Regular readers (I know I have a few) know that my background is in religious studies, philosophy and anthropology. I have also postulated a theory some twenty years ago that religious strife would be the next world war. I have nothing against Muslims. I know quite a few actually and consider some close friends. But I fear for them should things spiral out of control like we are in real danger of happening. And while I believe writing about will do little good, maybe somebody out there might read this and rethink their position on bigotry and hate. This week though I see a real problem brewing, one being whispered about in the highest levels of government.
Recent Al Queda propaganda talks about German born (i.e. white) Muslims with Western passports. Supposedly they are to hit soft targets like hospitals and restaurants in the DC area. Whether there is any truth to this however is unknown. Our government lies for their our purposes and to spread a little fear before an election never hurts. There is a real danger here though, just maybe not so close to home. It has been confirmed that a massive build up of weaponry is being supplied and used by Iran, Lebanon and Syria. Scud missiles were recently spotted by Google Earth of all things in Syria, upsetting the Israeli government. China has also been supplying a new air force to the region, changing the balance of power. As tensions in the area are already sky high, this cannot be viewed as good news. There is still talk of a Hezbollah uprising in Lebanon, as soon as this weekend perhaps.
War is said to be looming, our economy is in a shambles and the freaking tea party is somehow ahead in fundraising in Nevada. I really wish I cared more about Lindsey Lohan or Kim Kardashian or even the Sahari's. I wish I didn't have to know what's coming. Buckle up because Gavic Princip is returning. And this time, he might kill us all.

A New Philosophy: The Altruistic State

As I have discussed before, I believe we need a new way of thinking. The altruistic state is the only way to survive. In such a state, the government guarantees a good job, health care, a safe place to live and a livable wage. When all four components are there, stress and problems will become insolvent. Incidentally, one of the greatest Presidents ever, FDR, tried to implement this late in his life but died before he could implement it. How different would our lives be if this great man had accomplished such a thing? It is also why I believe conspiracy theories over Pearl Harbor are nonsense. FDR was no globalist as seen by his actions. He was AGAINST the big corporations who tried to have him killed and replaced with Gen. Smedley Butler. Butler turned in the conspirators (the real conspiracy) in front of Congress and while no names were ever officially given, Prescott Bush, DuPont and a dozen other robber barons were believed to be behind this. Where is this kind of leadership now? We needed a FDR. Obama has given us Bush lite.
The Tea Party is dramatically moving into dangerous territory. It has been uncovered that the billionaire Koch brothers are funding the organization with direct help from Republican Dick Armey. This is not grass roots. This is a fascist takeover, ala 1936 all over again. Only this time they don't need to kill anybody. Obama's doing a bang up job discrediting himself everyday. By giving up on a public option on health care he accomplished nothing. By passing a credit card bill that did a little to help but just barely is why peope are so mad. FDR made sweeping changes even against Republican spats. The democrats have got to grow a pair. Stop negotiations by giving up your most important pieces to gain traction on nothing. Let the Republicans filibuster. The last time this happened, they got the blame and helped save the Clinton presidency. Another could do wonders. Why you didn't let them do it for middle class tax cuts is beyond me. It would have looked terrible. At least NY governor hopeful Paladino and Delaware witch O'Donnell are plummeting in the polls showing some kind of common sense. If only the people in CA and NV would listen.
The tea party is leading us to destruction. We need to forget about Republicans and Democrats and find a way for all of us poor folk to come together and forget about gay marriage and abortion for five seconds as the world is crumbling underneath us. I think the fact that we are headed for a disaster of unprecedented scale is more important.
We need fewer gun laws, fewer regulation on small business, much more regulation on big business, less taxes on the poor, more in the rich; this isn't rocket science as you can see. Most of us, regardless of party, religion, or race would agree with most of these items. Gun control is a hot property but statistics do bear out safer areas were guns are more prevalent. And we need them to protect against our runaway government. The altruistic society is the only way. Let's hope we're smart enough to get there.