It's Tin Foil Hat Day!

Yes, Halloween was only a week ago, but that does not mean all the scary stuff is gone. In fact, much of it is still lingering.

Our beloved Patriot Act has reared its ugly head once again. But thanks to the stalwart morality of librarians, we can all read Harry Potter in a somewhat uneasy peace. Since its induction, the Patriot Act has allowed the FBI unfettered access to our phone calls, emails, financial records, and even our library selections. What is even more disturbing is that those who hand over your information are legally silenced from informing you that it has been requested and confiscated. Thank goodness there are those that are not OK with this very Un-American past-time.

Kudos to George Christian, who is in charge of the digital information of several Connecticut libraries, for resisting and challenging this clear violation of our rights as citizens of this great country. I, for one, refuse to exchange my freedom for the promise of security. And if the last few months of hurricane responses are any indication of the amount of "security" this administration is offering, I'll take my freedom, thank you very much. Anyone still sitting on the fence on this issue is a fool.

A wise man once said:
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"

Amen, brother. Amen.

Even THEY admit they are crazy!

[Darkened movie theater. Suddenly, projected on the screen, a giant cross superimposed over this woman's face screaming at the audience]

IN A WORLD. WHERE CRAZY CHRISTIAN'S FANATICISM IS USED FOR POLITICAL GAIN.

Yes, kids.

We have been saying this for quite some time now, but this is the first time I have heard actual proof in the perpetrators own words. Lobbyist Jack "Gee your hair looks great" Abramoff and his former business partner Michael "Pretty Boy" Scanlon (it does sound like scandal-on, I can't make this stuff up) are accused of bilking Native Americans of about $66 million dollars and laundering it to pay for government favors. These plans are always pretty slick until you are caught. That is when the ugly details sprout legs and run about.

Scanlon, former aide of Tom DeLay (of campaign money laundering and conspiracy fame), confessed the source code of recent Republican electoral victories: target religious conservatives, distract everyone else, and then railroad through complex initiatives*. This is an excerpt from a memo that was read at a Capitol Hill hearing from Scanlon to a tribe that describes his plan to protect their gambling interests:

"The wackos get their information through the Christian right, Christian radio, mail, the internet and telephone trees," Scanlon wrote in the memo, which was read into the public record at a hearing of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. "Simply put, we want to bring out the wackos to vote against something and make sure the rest of the public lets the whole thing slip past them."

If anyone thought I had the tin-foil hat on before, let me just say, "HAH" and leave the evidence to stand on its own.

Wanted: Porn . . . For my iPod?

It had to happen. Any successful visual technology/media is always heralded by porn. Yes, porny porn porn. Adult material designed to titillate (pun intended). My person view is that the porn industry needs to jump on this. Hey, you need to be cutting edge and who wouldn't want their porn collection in their pocket?

For example, you are on a trip with someone or a group that is slightly more exciting than drying paint. Before PodPorn, you would entertain thoughts of murder by spoon. Instead, you can ditch those dregs and watch your favorite "boyfriend(s) or girlfriend doing that thing you love oh so well. I admit that I have been on trips where there was a big lull in the action, if you know what I mean. If I would have had my special boys there to entertain me for a bit, the overall enjoyment of the trip could have been salvaged. Now, I have another wonderful option! Yeah, I can hear you say "you could just watch a movie", which is true. But this is a road that is built on skin. If you want to play in the visual media world, you're going to have to get dirty.

Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge.

P.S. Yes, that is Jeff Gannon aka J.D. Guckert. If you don't know who this is . . . please Google. The story is just tasty.

Who DOES this anymore? Verlorene KKKinder

I have to give my main man, iBear, for "breaking" this story. Honestly, who in this day and age really thinks this way. If you are really of this mind-set, you probably need to hook up with these people, who are threatening to secede from the US of A (fingers crossed! Please oh, please oh, please!).

If you can go about your daily life without help or interaction from a person of a different ethnicity, sexual orientation, or country of origin, then please tell me where this place is located. I need to send a taste of the REAL America. Give them a big dose of Beef Vegetable Stew (forget that Melting Pot crap).

Seriously, these people need to have their own township or state (Georgia perhaps?)

Here is a link to the video of these demonic Olsen twins. Yikes.

That was one scary Halloween

Hello Kitties!

It's been ages since my last little blog adventure but as you well know, the world did not stop turning.

I had a happy Indictment Day. The only thing that would have made it better would have been Karl Rove receiving one of those lovely letters. You know, the ones that say, you, sir, are screwed. One for Cheney wouldn't hurt either, but you can't have everything.

Well, since Karl did not get his well deserved present in a hand-delivered envelope, he was able to get the plot of Super-Conservative, Crazy out of his Gourd Supreme Court Justice to the nomination table. Like anyone did not see this coming. Harriet Miers would have a better chance of running through hell without getting burned while wearing underwear made from price-gouging gasoline. Seriously. Put on your tin-foil hats if you must, but I am in agreement that this was a sacrificial lamb offered to the Democrats for them to scream a resounding 'NO!'. Then, when she is 'suddenly unable to be a nominee', out comes the hard right kook. Enter Mr. Samuel Alito. One big, scary Halloween trick from President Bush. Our rights look destined to go the way of a greasy,late-night breakfast after a night of bar-hopping.

However, there is a silver-lining in the fact that Bush is "slightly less popular than back fat is with super models" (thank you Rachel). The only people that will go along with this is his ultra-conservative, hard right, snake-wielding base constituents. And if these people are still hanging on the Republican teat after the overwhelming evidence of lies of going to war; vast incompetence in dealing with disasters (with forewarning) in these days of post-9/11; and the indictment of two high-ranking Bush Administration official and one SEC investigation (ala Martha Stewart) of another, then there is no hope for these red state yahoos.

Oh Scott McClellan, I so want to read your book when this Administration is done!

On the Next . . . Sick, Sad, World

As if this world isn't sick enough.
Must we endure George H.W. Bush slobbering all over Barbara.

ew. Ew. EWWWW!!!!

Toledo WHAT! Rollin' Hard in the 'Ledo!

Please excuse my ghetto demeanor, but I just had to say that. If you haven't heard or watched CNN over the weekend of October the 15, 2005, you may not have noticed a slight skirmish of a story in Ohio. Apparently, the self-proclaimed Nazi party of the United States decided to march in Toledo, Ohio in protest over a dispute a local white resident was having with black gangs. OK so far. I have nothing against people exercising their first amendment rights, even if I don't agree with them. HOWEVER, my problem is with the chosen venue and the history of the two, three, and four groups involved.

First of all, most protestors do not march throughout residential neighborhoods. These events usually take place at a courthouse, capital building, etc. But let us just say that this protest needs to happen in a residential area. Fine. They received proper approval. Fine. My question involves judgment of the city's officials, especially the mayor, who is black. Here is the question:

Why would you knowing allow a group known for inciting violent reactions and behaviors to march in an environment where violence is inevitable? I know that the black mayor does not want to be sued by Nazis because he would not allow them the freedom of speech, but at the same time he has a commitment to his citizen to keep them safe. Were the citizens of Polish Village (where the march was to take place near) given the chance to dialogue about this group's visit? Were the black citizenry (also where the march was to take place around) given this option?

I know that part of town and it is predominantly black and poor. With the history of violence, of lynching, of rape, of cutting off penises and displaying them in pickle jars on corner stores; why do you think these people reacted this way? Black people did the 'ignore it and it will go away' all the way up to the 60's. Yet there are still states that have not made lynching illegal, just as the federal government had not done years before.

If someone is known for killing you, why would you allow them free reign to advocate it in front of your house?

I'm not saying that the violence was justified, but it damn sure wasn't unexpected. The City of Toledo needs figure out if the citizens' rights are worth sacrificing versus hatemonger visitors'. Because of a dim-witted move by the city's administration, damage was wrought, people were injured, tempers were heightened, and hate was fed.

To the Administration of Toledo, Ohio: Pick up a fucking chess set and learn how to play the game.
To the Nazis: In the words of George W. Bush - Mission Accomplished.

UFO Freakiness!!!

OK kids. It's Halloween time and also my favorite season. So you will have to bear with me as I post some spooky (meaning "scary" and/or CIA) happenings.

Today's feature is UFOs (Unidentified Flying Object to those not in the know). There are Google maps of the US with sightings data from the National UFO Reporting Center. Here is a bit of the September 2005 visualization.

FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN INTERNET BANK CONTINUES

(October 3, 2005) — BankBlackwell (in organization), the first-ever African-American Internet Bank, has extended the completion date for its public stock offering to February 23, 2006. BankBlackwell is offering up to 1,664,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $10.00 per share. The Bank is offering its common shares directly to individuals and institutional investors.

BankBlackwell is pursuing a national grass-roots capital raising campaign that seeks to place Bank ownership in the hands of the community it serves. BankBlackwell is dedicated to creating wealth in the African-American community and is seeking investors who live in and support our community.

BankBlackwell intends to operate as a savings bank focused on offering selected financial services over the Internet to African-American individuals and churches and to all customers who seek value and convenience. BankBlackwell has received approval from the Office of Thrift Supervision to organize a federal savings bank and from the FDIC for federal deposit insurance.

www.bankblackwell.com.

Really . . . who knew?

I really have no explanation for this or this.

It was an off day.

Have You Seen This Man . . . Blog???

This has to be one of the greatest blogs I have read. It fits my sense of humor to a 'T'. Definitely someone to watch. Grrr.

Better Take Your Vitamins Before You Protest, Boys and Girls

Now I'm not too much of a tin-foil hat conspiracy theorist, but take this into consideration. On September 24th during an Iraq War protest, which featured the controversial Cindy Sheehan, the environmental air monitors picked up something strange on DC's national mall. Apparently, these monitors that help to detect signs of bio/chemical terrorism picked up evidence of a small amount of the disease agent Francisella tularensis, commonly known as "rabbit fever".

Now only 5% of untreated cases are fatal, but it does make for an uncomfortable time for the 95% majority. The non-contagious disease causes sudden fever, chills, muscle aches and pneumonia-like symptoms but is easily treated with antibiotics. Now this is a rare thing to find on the national mall when the majority of the 200 or so annual cases are in rural environments. Most people get infected with direct contact with a rabbit carcass (hence the name) or with a tick or other insect. My question:

Why was this rare, rural bateria air-borne and circling our nation's capital during a war protest with enough concentration to be detected by a BioWatch system?

All I'm saying is make sure you take your vitamins before you protest, boys and girls. Or at the very least, take a face mask.

Google "Cronyism", Watch the Bush Administration Roster Fly By

By now, all Americans should know (or at the very least speculate) that governments are not build to tell its citizens the truth. The purpose of government is for people to come together and do things for the common good that we otherwise could not do alone. That said, what government has become is a giant baby-sitter for adults who only need to be sat sometimes. Government is there to keep us from killing each other in our irrational, irresponsible momentary lapses in judgment. It is a good thing.

However, the government is run by the same sometimes irrational, irresponsible people it is attempting to protect. That is why we use our basic documents (U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights) for guidance. All good. Now flash forward to the conformation of Judge Roberts and the nomination of Harriet Ellan Miers (???) to the Supreme Court for lifetime (LIFETIME!) appointments. These are the people who will be interpreting how our laws benefit the common good. Roberts who could not answer the question "Would you agree that the opposite of being dead is being alive?" in a straightforward fashion. This administration is the most pitiful and underhanded I have seen. All governments lie. That is a fact. The primary reason they do is to, supposedly, protect its people. The name of protector given to this administration is a misnomer. Just as in the case of Mike Brown, someone is being shoveled through under the guise of our best interest when in reality it is just cronyism. If you cannot give a judgment in a confirmation hearing (Roberts) or you have no experience as a judge (Miers), how can you be expected to do your job? Lifetime appointment. That is the most frightening thought ever.

Bush Determined to Attack in the U.S.

Well as one can see, the vast illusion we call democracy is showing cracks. Mike Brown (Brownie) has been kept on as a consultant for FEMA. Are you kidding me? Someone who was fired from being an Arabian Horse lawyer; committed blatant fraud on his resume; had no real previous experience with managing disasters (obviously from his testimony); and last but not least, oversaw the inertia of an entire federal agency during our country's most devastating natural disaster in decades.

This debacle is only made worse by our Commander-In-Chief who apparently lost his pet reporter. No softball questions from her Mr. Bush!!! Mic Jagger might be helpful in finding her for you. I suspect she is hanging out with Jeff Gannon aka JD Guckert in a press room splashed with your picture and several bottles of Astro-Glide. How can anyone look at this mess and still feel a sense of pride in the fact that they made this choice less than a year ago? God help you if this is your second time at the rodeo with this cowboy.

I only hope that enough rope is given so that the right-wing can effectively hang itself. I only hope that the eyes of the people will remain open and press for accountability from this administration immediately.