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Nov 29, 2006
Nov 26, 2006
Love Is God/God is Love...
..is this love?...
http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/91301/thumbnails (warning: very graphic images)
..or this?
..so much to bear.
MixMasterE
Nov 11, 2006
Remembering Ed Bradley (1941-2006)
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/09/national/main2165871.shtml |
Rest In Peace, brother.
-MixMasterE
Nov 10, 2006
The Smackdown by MixMasterE
That imbecilic smirk is gone.
That arrogant, callous, combative, ego-maniacal swagger has been wrestled to the ground and fresh dirt awaits its' covering. The epitaph should read, "Pride Goeth Before Destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall".
Yes, the U.S electorate finally awakened from its' slumber and exercised its democratic power to recalibrate the scales and endeavor to recast & uphold the ideal of a government 'for the people, of the people, by the people'.
A staggering 7 million+ more votes were cast in favor of the Democrats giving them more of a 'mandate' than what Bush claimed he had in 2004. The poor wannabe cowboy aint whistlin'
Symbolically, it's a New Day (in
(http://www.housedemocrats.gov/issues/issue.cfm?level2id=98&CFID=5946501&CFTOKEN=35803025)
With death, torture, scandal, hypocrisy, inequality, propaganda-as-news and the authoritarian tilt this nation was going in prior to the beat down the GOP took, We the People are Long Overdue a Break from all this shit!
So, in the euphoria of the moment, suspend critical interrogation and prognostication just a sec & raise your glass to the seismic shift.
Nov 6, 2006
A Heads Up Before Voting
Hey, Before You Vote!!!!!!!!!!
Check this very useful link:
http://yesmagazine.org/newsletters/vote2006.html
...and in case you missed this disturbing documentary:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=hacking+democracy&hl=en
...being a citizen is essentially a state of mind...sleep-walk at your peril.
-mixmastere
Amnesia: When You Awake, You Will Be Free by MixMasterE
Seldom a day or week goes by without some revelation of yet another hypocrite facing the funk of his/her own doing, especially those esconced knee-deep in variants of some conservative political ideology and/or static fundamentalist cosmology. A quick recap of the incredible wrecking train that is Bush's GOP:
--The Big Lie that is The Liberation Of Iraq has exploded in their dumb faces
(even a recently retired CIA agent had to admit this sham: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/21/60minutes/main1527749.shtml)
--Terrorism is a much greater threat now than ever before ( for the doubters:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/reports/2006/nie_global-terror-trends_apr2006.htm )
--Katrina showcased for the whole world to see gross incompetence, cronyism & classism/racism at the highest level.
--The Tom Delay-Jack Abramoff-Randy Cunningham-Bob Ney Corruption Tour Bus
( business-as-usual?You decide...
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Republican_'culture_of_corruption
http://www.populistamerica.com/democracy_in_america__corruption
--The shredding of the Constitution with the Patriot and Military Commissions Acts.
(Amnesty International raises a number of concerns regarding the Patriot Act : http://www.amnestyusa.org/waronterror/patriotact , and here's the other shackle to drive Freedom into the dust: http://www.rense.com/general74/mil.htm )
--Mark Foley and Reverend Ted Haggard as poster children for Family Values. Yep. Pump your followers with grandiose, self-righteous facades to keep the coffers full and sooner or later..well..you know the sad tale)
Voters who intend to vote for a GOP candidate in tomorrow's electoral farce, should bear a few points in mind and possibly rethink your stance:
*Real median hourly wages have declined almost 2% under Bush. And this, five years into what they call an economic “recovery”.
*GDP growth is falling rapidly, down from 5.6% in Q1 to 2.6% in Q2 to 1.6% in Q3. Q4 will almost certainly be negative, the onset of a new recession.
*The nation’s savings rate has fallen below zero, the first time since the Great Depression.
*Home prices have just taken their biggest plunge in 35 years.
*Two million more people are in poverty than when Bush took office.
*Forty-eight million people have no health insurance, four million more than when Bush took office.
*Three million high wage manufacturing jobs have been lost under Bush, sent to China so Bush’s wealthy backers can make more profits using Chinese slave labor.
*The trade deficit has exploded to over $800 billion a year, up from $377 billion in the last year of the Clinton administration. Oops.
*With his record budget deficits, Bush has added $3 trillion to the national debt, more than any president in history. By the time his administration leaves office, it will have created more debt than all previous presidents COMBINED.
*As a result of Bush’s record debts, the nation is forced to borrow almost $3 billion a day, most of it from foreigners. Not since before the Civil War has the U.S. been so dependent on foreign capital. Oops.
*A full 70% of Bush’s $1.6 trillion in tax cuts went to the top 20% of income earners, those making an average of $190,000 per year. The bottom 40% of income earners, those making $14,000 a year, got a total of 5%.
*A higher share of national income goes to corporate profits than at any time since 1948.
*A lower share of national income goes to wages than at any time since 1947.
As a result of all of the above, income inequality—an inverse proxy for the vitality of democracy—is the greatest it’s been since the 1920s, just before the Great Depression (http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1103-02.htm).
...nuff said.
--The Big Lie that is The Liberation Of Iraq has exploded in their dumb faces
(even a recently retired CIA agent had to admit this sham: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/21/60minutes/main1527749.shtml)
--Terrorism is a much greater threat now than ever before ( for the doubters:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/reports/2006/nie_global-terror-trends_apr2006.htm )
--Katrina showcased for the whole world to see gross incompetence, cronyism & classism/racism at the highest level.
--The Tom Delay-Jack Abramoff-Randy Cunningham-Bob Ney Corruption Tour Bus
( business-as-usual?You decide...
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Republican_'culture_of_corruption
http://www.populistamerica.com/democracy_in_america__corruption
--The shredding of the Constitution with the Patriot and Military Commissions Acts.
(Amnesty International raises a number of concerns regarding the Patriot Act : http://www.amnestyusa.org/waronterror/patriotact , and here's the other shackle to drive Freedom into the dust: http://www.rense.com/general74/mil.htm )
--Mark Foley and Reverend Ted Haggard as poster children for Family Values. Yep. Pump your followers with grandiose, self-righteous facades to keep the coffers full and sooner or later..well..you know the sad tale)
Voters who intend to vote for a GOP candidate in tomorrow's electoral farce, should bear a few points in mind and possibly rethink your stance:
*Real median hourly wages have declined almost 2% under Bush. And this, five years into what they call an economic “recovery”.
*GDP growth is falling rapidly, down from 5.6% in Q1 to 2.6% in Q2 to 1.6% in Q3. Q4 will almost certainly be negative, the onset of a new recession.
*The nation’s savings rate has fallen below zero, the first time since the Great Depression.
*Home prices have just taken their biggest plunge in 35 years.
*Two million more people are in poverty than when Bush took office.
*Forty-eight million people have no health insurance, four million more than when Bush took office.
*Three million high wage manufacturing jobs have been lost under Bush, sent to China so Bush’s wealthy backers can make more profits using Chinese slave labor.
*The trade deficit has exploded to over $800 billion a year, up from $377 billion in the last year of the Clinton administration. Oops.
*With his record budget deficits, Bush has added $3 trillion to the national debt, more than any president in history. By the time his administration leaves office, it will have created more debt than all previous presidents COMBINED.
*As a result of Bush’s record debts, the nation is forced to borrow almost $3 billion a day, most of it from foreigners. Not since before the Civil War has the U.S. been so dependent on foreign capital. Oops.
*A full 70% of Bush’s $1.6 trillion in tax cuts went to the top 20% of income earners, those making an average of $190,000 per year. The bottom 40% of income earners, those making $14,000 a year, got a total of 5%.
*A higher share of national income goes to corporate profits than at any time since 1948.
*A lower share of national income goes to wages than at any time since 1947.
As a result of all of the above, income inequality—an inverse proxy for the vitality of democracy—is the greatest it’s been since the 1920s, just before the Great Depression (http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1103-02.htm).
...nuff said.
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