Day: July 7, 2011

I Guess I Am Not The Only Conspiracist

Recently, I wrote that the games being played with the debt and such could be viewed from a conspiracist’s point of view…..that is that games are being played in Washington by our elected officials to keep the economy in the tank as a way to influence the outcome of the 2012 elections…….I said then that I do not want to believe such a game was being played but that the whole drama of the debt ceiling and taxes and deficit cuts was staring to stink of a political move….I also said that I would NOT put it past the asswads in Washington to be doing this……surely….I must be mistaken, huh?

Maybe I am not as crazy as I thought I was……..seems that someone else sees this as a political game for the election……..it seems Sen. Chuck Schumer has a thought on all these dramas within dramas……

In a blistering speech at the Economic Policy Institute — a progressive think tank — Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) asked a question that’s been on the minds of many Democrats and progressives: Are Republicans sabotaging the economic recovery as part of their quest to defeat President Obama next year?

“[W]e need to start asking ourselves an uncomfortable questions — are Republicans slowing down the recovery on purpose for political gain in 2012?” Schumer said. “Senator McConnell made it clear last October that his number one priority, above everything else, is to defeat President Obama. And now it is becoming clear that insisting on a slash-and-burn approach may be part of this plan — it has a double-benefit for Republicans: it is ideologically tidy and it undermines the economic recovery, which they think only helps them in 2012.”  (Thanx to TPM)

Could we be mistaken?  Or is it possible that our politicians would be playing a deadly game with the lives of the citizens?  By now…the average citizen should be aware that they are of NO importance to politicians except during an election….the sooner we learn this the sooner we can attempt a change…..

Well, we know that politicians play games and we know that most will do anything to get re-elected…..so with that….I guess it is possible.

The F*cker Is Back!

From the VOMITORIUM

I always like to give my reader a little history now and then, I believe it helps them in making informed decisions about their elected officials….this time it is a little personal history thrown in…….

Back in the 1990’s when I was at my peak of political activism….I was asked by a local TV station to appear on a show to debate David Duke……for those who may be a bit young and NOT remember the name, let me help….David duke is the past or former KKK head man and back in the days I mentioned he was running for the governorship in Louisiana……I was asked because of my extreme liberal political writings and such and the TV station thought it would be a good show for two extreme political people to go at it….they were thinking ratings……I agreed but the show was cancelled when Mr. Duke and I had a run in in the hallway before the show….I will not go into the specifics but let us say it was NOT a pleasant encounter for either one of us…..my problem with this was that Duke had been on the show several times with NO rebuttal to his racists shit and I had asked the station if they were acting ass his agent……I guess they just wanted me to shut up and planned for Duke and I to duke it out (verbally, that is)….but things did not work out as well as I had hoped……anyway….you are probably asking just why do I bring all this past stuff up, right?

To answer your question…….The F*cker Is Back!

Talking Points memo is reporting……..

The current field of 2012 GOP presidential candidates is pretty boring. You’ve got several grouchy old men, a pizza magnate, and a walking anal sex joke. So why not a white supremacist? Sure, the GOP has noted xenophobes like Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul, but they lack the panache of an openly racist candidate. But that could soon change, as 1990s throwback David Duke prepares to embark on a tour of 26 states to feel out his chances of putting the “white” back in the White House.

The original version of the story appears here: http://gawker.com/5818023/david-duke-is-considering-a-white-house-bid

Besides Duke, several other “racial realists” — among them Neo-Confederates, Neo-Nazis, Klansmen, and other assorted “white nationalists” — have their eyes on government offices across the country.  I seems that the so-called “nationalists” are making a comeback just as they have in Europe……

Look at the damage the Repubs are doing on the state level….can you imagine what we would have to look forward to if these racists started making head way also?  The agendas at the state level smack of the prejudices of the past and of the white supremacist movement in general…….