What the HELL has happened to our country?!? - Guest Post
By POdVet on November 19, 2008 at 6:20 AM in Alsammarae, Aiham, Barack Obama, Chicago, Democrats, Tony Rezko
What the HELL has happened to our country?!? The party that was supposed to be for progressive values has turned into a bunch of race baiting, misogynistic thugs! The election fraud that the DNC screamed about in 2000 and 2004…they are now PAYING ACORN to commit! And our guardians of truth, the press has become a den of morons and liars unrivaled only in their incompetence anywhere in the world.
We’re spending BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars to bailout corrupt Wall Street insiders who have committed dozens of crimes their pet politicians refuse to even investigate! Our standard of living is visibly declining for the poor and middle class. And these kinds of things are happening all across the country in every aspect of American life!
Now I’m not going to blame all of this on the Jackasses masquerading as the Democratic party right now. It was in fact Republicans who started it! It was the party of *cough* “morals” *cough* that launched a witch hunt against Bill Clinton, and spent millions to set him up for getting a blow job. Now before anyone argues that point, think about this. Why did Monica decide to save a semen stained dress for months without washing it?!? That’s just EWWWW!!!
And remember who her next door neighbor was, the one who bought her place after she had to leave Washington DC. For those who don’t remember…that would be Bob Dole. And that witch hunt was led by Newt Gingrich, who was having an extra marital affair at the exact same time he was claiming Bill Clinton was unfit to serve in any capacity in the Government because he had one. Talk about your hypocrisy.
All of this has a root in the complete and utter failure of the MSM to do it’s job! They want the ratings now, to hell with the truth. It was their incompetence that led to 8 years of Bush as they praised him non-stop before the 2000 election, and took every opportunity to insult and tear down Al Gore. They did it again in 2004 when they kept running stories about Vietnam vets claiming all sorts of lies about Kerry. They knew they were lies, they knew when the courts ordered the ads pulled because they were lies. But they never reported on that aspect of it! And now they bring us Obama…with the VAST majority of them being so blatantly in the tank for him, even foreign press have commented on it when they themselves preferred him without any vetting. One has to look no further than the simple fact, that the masses in America have no clue who Aiham Alsammarae is.
Alsammarae is a name that should have been reported on every news channel in the world. He is wanted by Iraq and Interpol! Yet running around free as a bird in Chicago. He was convicted of stealing $650 million of US taxpayers money from Iraq reconstruction funds! Yet he was allowed to first make a donation to Obama, that was only returned after it was noticed by others. Then he put up his house as collateral to allow his and Barack’s dear friend Rezko to make bail….WTF?!? How were all of his US holdings NOT seized the second he was indicted for embezzling Iraqi reconstruction funds? Let alone allowing him to put them up for bail money for another now convicted criminal friend of Obama’s! Isn’t that the first thing the DOJ is supposed to do in such cases?
I could go on and on…but I think you get the gist. I am one Pissed Off Vet!
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I have had most of these sane thoughts. The best I can do is to continue on in my little personal sphere, educating the people I work with and come in contact with on a daily basis. I work in the restaurant industry and so meet and work with many many young people. I am proud to think I had a hand in creating a small group of INFORMED citizens, who are already spreading the word in their worlds.
I am poor and broke and unemployed, but by God I have a voice and I WILL use it. Maybe I don’t have an internet Army but if I created ten informed young voters who will never trust the infotainment (alias the “news”) and they each teach ten others and so on- we can perhaps keep this country free and alive! We survived Bush, we can survive this. hunker down, press on and keep educating voters!
I couldn’t agree more! In fact I’ve posted as much on several other blogs and even emailed Lady de Rothchild. Concerning putting together some resources to teach voters how to learn the truth themselves rather than believing the BS being spoon fed to them by the media or 30 second ads on TV. Hell I even joined FreeRepublic just to post the suggestion there. People voting in utter ignorance benefits no-one except those who don’t want whats best for America, only whats benefits them personally the most.
I love Bill Clinton. I would vote for Bill tomorrow. If Bloomberg can convince New Yorkers that term limits suck …. you get my drift.
But. Facts are facts.
Monica kept the dress because she was a kid and was going to hold it over him. Let’s get honest here. What he did was (pardon the pun) BONE HEADED and stupid. He got into trouble for LYING. If he had sat in the oval office and apologized to Hillary, Chelsea, and the “unnamed” young woman, so much of it would have just.blown.over. (another intentional pun). Who was the adult? Who was the President? Don’t go rewriting history. It is not attractive. And it doesn’t flatter anyone.
Let’s take this into consideration also:
Bill was wrong! He got caught and he did what most husbands do to their wives:
LIE!
The only problem is that in lying to Hillary, as president, he was also lying to us.
It was and still is a personal matter that the rest of the country had no business being privy to.
But the overzealous, tabloid press kept at it and at it.
Why oh why are these same people not as curious about 0bama and his ties, not to mention his personal life????
It’s truly a pity that the Enquirer were more curious about John Edwards’ tryst and Sarah Palin’s wardrobe than they were about Barack Obama’s curious collection of “admirers.”
WHOA you’re friggen kiddin me?
I had no idea of the Rezko ties to this guy! Oooo this could be big twabble for bawwy!! (fingers still crossed)
Hey it’s NOT (YET) JANUARY !!!
A N Y T H I N G CAN (and i hope) WILL H A P P E N
GREAT rant, POdVet. Of all the rants posted at NQ, yours comes the closest to what I feel right now. The entire USA and world is turned upside down and inside out. I feel like a stranger in my own land. It is a very strange feeling. I wish I knew the antidote.
I have given up on politics. There is no reason to fight it anymore. Apparently the media can get anybody elected. The constitution does not really matter anymore and has been thrown out and is no longer enforced. Bush proved that much during his Presidency. Democracy in this country died many years ago. The public is too lazy to even look up some basic detail on the guy they are going to vote for and just believe what ever they hear form the MSM. After all they voted Bush into office for a second time. The only reason Clinton got elected is because of Perot. I just don’t see how we can make any difference. The entire system is run by insiders and will be until everything falls apart and at that point everybody will be fending for them self .
It is really discouraging, isn’t it.
Going somewhere to a remote island is starting to sound very good.
I can’t deal with individuals who watched 0-zero’s “race” speech and thought he was so “wonderful” — and they couldn’t be bothered to learn any more about him.
Apparently the majority of voters were both stupid and lazy.
I endured the WA state caucus — and it was a freaking waste of time — I can never get those three hours back. A whole lot of Hillary supports endured many more hours at their caucuses — and in the end WE did not make the decision — the DNC had already anointed the ONE.
Democracy is dead in America.
It’s a banana republic — except that bananas are dying.
I am discouraged as well. This article accurately reflects my feelings as well. Huge feelings of helplessness and disenfranchisement. I watched strong supporters of Hillary who were angry during the primaries, completely switch over to support The One. Bought with the new coin of the realm Hope and Change. Would it help to have a peaceful demonstration? A peaceful walk to the White House waving flags and protesting? I don’t know any more. I’m just depressed.
Bill Clinton was the best president in the second half of the 20th century. Perot was not running 1996. Get over it.
Actually, tek… Ross Perot did run in 1996. And he received 8 percent of the popular vote.
But thanks for guessing.
P. S. No one with a brain would believe that insiders put Bill Clinton in office. Why do you think the Clintons are being pushed out? It’s not because of a stain on a dress, it’s because he made the corporate wealthy accountable and they hate him (and, consequently, Hillary).
Right you are, but I am not giving up, even though I am always defeated by the media. This is how we, as a great nation on earth, will collapse.
The media is run by the almighty dollar.
If we boycott the sponsers this holiday season the lack of dollars to the media might be a step into bringing back to what they are supposed to do.
report the truth not just opinions
Do not shop at companies who advertise on msm
shop at local companies who DO NOT advertise on msm
give to charities that help women and children instead of giving gifts
The best weapon we have is economic power.
Use it.
WOMEN,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS
PUMAS,BUBBAS,AND THOSE PEOPLE RULE
helenk, this is very sound advice. Where we spend our dollars will make a difference.
I’m not so discouraged. It’s interesting to me to watch how ideas/plans/programs are discussed. Some of John’s ideas are now being incorporated by Obama. Others? No.
As a democracy, we can hope that the result will be the best ideas put forth during the past 2 years.
Heaven knows, we really did need a change in direction. What we have been doing is certainly not working well.
Although I disagree with you about Bill Clinton, I am asking you to please not drop out. We have the power to reclaim our country. If we can get to the point where we will not accept the divisiveness deliberately created by the politicians and respect our differences while uniting against abuses by both parties, we can bring our own brand of change to Washington.
That is a damned good rant!!
Those of us who have bothered to investigate 0-zero are aware that the media REFUSED to do their jobs.
There are red flags all over —
As so many good fictional detectives in mystery novels tell us — FOLLOW THE MONEY. Millions and millions were flowing into the campaign of an inexperienced, unqualified, unvetted JUNIOR Senator — why?
He’s a Jr. Senator with no real accomplishments — and a whole boat load of shifty friends and acquaintances. We are watching the biggest con job in the history of this nation. Laws have been broken and ignored during this historic “win”. We’ve seen more lying from this one individual then perhaps Bush told in his first four years.
AND I DO NOT WANT TO SAY: “I told you so” again. I told you so — will not revive the economy, or bring back the dead.
A President who is f**ked up isn’t just a joke (and this one has NO sense of humor) but his mistakes can kill people. Ray-gun made a bad decision in Lebanon and over 300 marines paid for that decision with their lives.
Anyway — I’m singing to the choir.
I have some very foul names for the media floating around in my head . . . . imagine the worst and you can guess what I’m thinking.
Others have said this on this site: we need a plan. Boycotting is a start. I think we need to get organized. We need to do some brainstorming and figure out some solid solutions that will make a difference. I also hope the lawsuits against Barry will gain some traction, but I have little hope. If you’re interested in brainstorming some solutions contact me at alsnickers@yahoo.com
Foget Aiham Alsammarae - nobody knows who Rezko is! And his trial played all through the primaries - sentending postponed till after election day - not to spoil the mood.
Meanwhile, Roe vs Wade that served Obama so well, got kicked to the curb by W once again - now, not before the election.
http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2008/11/19/roe-gets-another-kick-in-the-guts-will-obama-do-something/
I agree it’s ridiculous about Rezko, but he has some small amount of deniability (even if sane people don’t believe it) with Rezko. Alsammarae was a KNOWN criminal wanted by Interpol and Iraq BEFORE Obama accepted that donation from him. And there is no way to spin it. He called the State Department to ask about him just prior to a private US security firm breaking him out of the detention center in Iraq.
POdVet your *rant* was so good. I believe we can make a difference. There is an idea nagging at me for months and makes me wonder if I did all that I could to inform voters before the election. We have a printer and I kept thinking I could create a flyer to pass out in front of a grocery store or put under the windshields of cars with some verifiable facts about Obama the media wasn’t reporting. There could be some local media attention from something like that to help get the word out. I am shy and I hate to think there was something else I could have done and didn’t for that reason.
I agree wholeheartedly w your post. I too have been very concerned since Nov. 4th, to the point of having bad dreams, not sleeping well and just generally being despondent. I don’t believe in any public officials too much. It is a rare one who really understands and is ready to fulfill their responsibilities.
Just remember, 50 million people did not vote for Obama. So when he starts pulling his crazy shit, those 50 million voices are going to get pretty loud.
I couldn’t believe it when Bush got elected and then re-elected. He has a past that would shame a hooker. This set a precedent and now Obama has pulled a scam. I believe Obama has not had to answer to anyone because he has played the race card. That is why alot of people don’t have to answer to anyone. But I will never give up on my country. I think when the chips are down, many others won’t either. It’s not going to be easy but anything worth having is worth fighting for.
God Bless America.
When El Presidente’s approval numbers drop under 50% we’ll be told that we’re obviously a racist country again. This will be a standard attack on the electorate for the next 4 years.
People have the Dems on a short leash. The Dems think they can get away with bamboozling the electorate and govern from the status quo.
Hope, change, hope change… and what are we getting so far? Bill Clinton admin-lite. That’s what happens when you put an inexperienced president and his staff in charge.
here is my prediction. obama is a one termer and nothing more. i also happen to think that mccain would have been a one term president as well, but that was mainly due to age.
Actually, I remember reading that over 57 million Americans voted for McCain and Sarah Palin. The Obama win was very far from a “landslide” as some MSM like to report……and then there was/is ACORN and the fraudulent registrations and votes throughout the country. I suggest we all re-read Dr. Lynette Long’s website on Caucus Fraud. My point is….considering what the Obama camp did to their own party members…..one can only imagine what they probably did to McCain and Palin.
Agree with you post podvet…except your foolish talk about J Kerry…the fake vet. I will take the side of the honorable swift boat vets over one fraud. Everyone knows that served in Nam that cheap purple hearts were handed out all the time. Kerry is and was a fraud.
Really? were you there? Or did you get this insider knowledge from the rerun of MASH where Frank got a Purple Heart for an egg shell injury?
I believe that Kerry was actually in Viet Nam, as was Al Gore, which is far more than your apparent hero George Bush did. Hell, Jane Fonda was far closer to the action than Bush.
Go buy a Christmas turkey and compare waistlines.
tell you what churl go to a small website I put up for my Marine Corps reunion. Or look up medal of honor recipient Ronald Coker. Its easy to do, Im the only surviving member of that fireteam.
Not smart to assume. There is tons of evidence that Kerry was a Vietnam fraud.
http://www.geocities.com/mikereunion
I wont claim to personally know what happened in Vietnam. But I do know that the “Swiftboat” vets, did NOT serve with Kerry, and 10 of the 11 vets who actually did serve with him publicly backed Kerry on this. The doctor that was one of the swiftboat guys and claimed Kerry’s 1st purple heart was undeserved is NOT the doctor who signed Kerry’s medical records. And some of those same people are the ones who in 2000 made false attacks against John McCain’s record on several issues, even saying “came home from Vietnam and forgot us.” Now I’m not by any means saying Kerry would have been a great President, I think he would have been completely ineffectual. But better 4 years of stagnation, than 4 years doing everything wrong.
I suppose you think JFK was also a fraud?
Yes, he was. A very ill man that was on a boatload of legal and illegal drugs. A drug addict. A sex addict, even sleeping with his sister-in-law.
A con and media creation. Just like Sen. Obama
Yes, I’m all for exposing JFK for the slimeball, ineffective president that he was.
Camelot? Figure it out. JFK was all myth.
Like Hillary said LBJ signed the Civil Rights Bill.
Yet Kennedy is remembered with awe and affection by blacks.
This is part of the reason Caroline endorsed 0bama. She is preserving the myth for her children.
JFK is also responsible for the Bay of Pigs, increasing our presence in Vietnam, wire tapping Civil Rights Leaders and nearly staring a nuclear war.
mark, tell you what we don’t like the dems much right now but that doesn’t mean the pathetic swift boat crap is acceptable. put a sock in it.
I wonder how many men or women, born to a schoolteacher and a secretary, without the aid of affirmative action or rich foreign friends, could put themselves through college, raise a family, and then become governor of any state, including Alaska, only to be called a dumb c***t. That’s what happened to Sarah Palin. It was an all-American success story turned into a gigantic sneer. And how many men could avoid true service to their country like Bush, and even less service, obama, and end up President while the real heroes are mocked. Stay tuned to rewarding empty suits and empty heads. Stay tuned to the misogyny and sexism in the 21st century.
oooooooh, right on!! well said….
The tragedy of this election. I see the MSM is still dissing Palin. They must be scared to death of her. She’ll be back. It is upsetting to live in country where trash talk is accepted as journalism.
She will land a huge huge huge book deal and tell her story. And they are talking upwards of $8 Million for the advance. That should get her some major interest from advisers. The only thing she needs to focus on is saying “no” to people who want to mold her into something she isn’t. If a Massachusetts accent can get elected, then, wtf is wrong with hers?
I thought it was great to see how many people liked her, and for the reasons you mentioned. She is pretty impressive in many ways.
Even her lack of guile on TV was sort of refreshing to me.
I’m afraid her very reasoned approach to abortion, however, just wouldn’t sell to moderate and liberal women. They obviously did not trust her on that issue. And her lack of national experience was a problem, given Mccain’s age.
But she did a fabulous job, and the fact that the media was caught with its pants down on the latest “jump on the bandwagon to smear Palin” hoax was truly, truly a beautiful sign-off to this election.
I laughed myself silly over here watching the media pretend they hadn’t done exactly what she said they were doing.
Truly worth the price of the ticket this year…..
Linda Tripp was her name and she was a White House aide from George H. W. Bush’s administration transfered to the Pentagon in 1994. Tripp became Lewinski’s confidant, advised her to keep the dress “as evidence” and began recording their phone conversations on the advice of Lucianne Goldberg. In 1998 Tripp turned the illegally taped conversations over to Ken Starr. 49 Democrats in the Maryland Legislature signed a letter to the state prosecutor demanding that Tripp be prosecuted before she was charged by state authorities with violating Maryland’s wiretap law.
But a little known fact was that Linda Tripp had done much the same thing to George H. W. Bush and staff member Jennifer Fitzgerald (although she denied it) causing speculation that was the reason she was fired and not kept on by the GWB administration.
And, like Barry Soertoro’s government applications, Tripp lied on her application for employment with the government when she answered “no” to the question “Have you ever been either charged or arrested for a crime?” on the Department of Defense security clearance form.
And yet Tripp settled a lawsuit with our government giving her $595,000 of our tax dollars, a retroactive promotion, retroactive pay at the highest salary for 1998, 1999 and 2000. She also received a pension and was cleared to work for the federal government again.
And we wonder why Barry Soertoro is preparing to move into Our White House when it appears corruption and dishonesty is always rewarded.
Amen to that!!
Our entire political and financial system has been corrupted by creed and incompetence! The MSM is a corporate controlled institution, we are no better than Putin’s state runned media outlets. In our case, we are led to believe that we have a fair, open honest media. We need to break the monopoly controlled MSM. As for our system, Rome burns as our corrupted leaders in bed with international corporations rip our system apart. Too much drugs, too much “let me have some of that public bread!” We are fast becoming pagan Rome.
greed
If the New Dems start openly favoring the corporations as the Bush administration did, then, finally, the people of this country will wake up and demand change–REAL change. It’s disturbing to me that they are determined to “rescue” the auto makers–for at least the third time. It’s unfortunate that so many good workers lives would be impacted if the auto makers fail. That is precisely why the government should be regulating these companies, that the execs can’t walk away with a fortune while average people go under.
If an industry is considered “essential” and if it gets in trouble the PEOPLE have to bail it out, then maybe that industry should be under the auspices of the government to begin with so millions of workers don’t lose everything.
First, its necessary to have an ethical, well-functioning government. Good luck with that.
The average UAW is paid $71-$73 per hour. The average worker in my hometown is paid $7-$8 per hour. I sure don’t feel like paying taxes to subsidize other workers pay that is 10 times greater than what I pay taxes on. I say let the Auto Manufaturers operate in the capacity they can afford or let them sink.
Private jets to the meeting on the Hill to beg for taxpayer money?
Follow Gov. Palin’s lead. SELL THE PLANES
“…..All three CEOs - Rick Wagoner of GM, Alan Mulally of Ford, and Robert Nardelli of Chrysler - exercised their perks Tuesday by flying in corporate jets to DC. Wagoner flew in GM’s $36 million luxury aircraft to tell members of Congress that the company is burning through cash, asking for $10-12 billion for GM alone….
….Wagoner’s private jet trip to Washington cost his ailing company an estimated $20,000 roundtrip. In comparison, seats on Northwest Airlines flight 2364 from Detroit to Washington were going online for $288 coach and $837 first class.
After the hearing, Wagoner declined to answer questions about his travel.
Ford CEO Mulally’s corporate jet is a perk included for both he and his wife as part of his employment contract along with a $28 million salary last year. Mulally actually lives in Seattle, not Detroit. The company jet takes him home and back on weekends….”
Thanks for this info. indeed why do we have to save thier ass when they live like nothing has changed and fly with private jets to screw us more. these bustards
AIG management spent $400k for a weekend at a luxury spa. The excuse they gave? They were under stress as a result of the failure of the company. After they received their second handout from congress, they went again. The second excuse? They had to wine and dine clients for the sake of their failed company. When gas was selling for $4/gal, GM was still advertising Hummers, Ford advertising Expeditions and Chrysler advertising Navigators. Meanwhile, Toyota, Honda and Subaru were advertising hybrids and small cars with good gas mileage. Before the peasants chopped her head off, Marie Antoinette said, “Let the eat cake”.
“them”
Hell yes.
One law cannot be broken without breaking all the laws. In breaking one law the law breaker is essentially saying the law, any and all law, does not apply to me. Today our nation has no foundation, we are simply ruled by the person or persons who wield the most influence and that person or persons are guided by their own selfish desires instead of rules, regulations, and/or law. The president elect does not agree with our Constitution, meaning he is a law unto himself.
Yes, our country’s foundation are the laws…We our system of laws. It all suffers when one law is ignored..
Great rant! As a vet, you have a right to be even angrier than the rest of us.
Alsammarae was jailed in Iraq and escaped. He is now living lavishly in the Chicago area after being featured on 6o Minutes. Unbelievable. How many freedoms have we had to give up for our so-called homeland security?
It is true that we live with a media that is no better than Pravda. IMO, the election outcome was fixed, as it was in 2000 & 2004. The New Democrats are no better than the NeoCons. It will pain me everyday that Hillary is not POTUS. That said, it looks like she will be in administration and I feel happy about that. McCain will be an adviser, and I am still hoping for RFK, Jr. for Sec. of Interior. If not, he will take Hillary’s Senate seat. All good.
It’s weird how this is shaking out. It’s almost like a triumvirate because Obama knows he can’t go it alone and IMO, he knows he gamed the system. I will keep hoping that some good will come out of these three (Hillary, McCain, RFK) good leaders being at the helm.
I do not want Senator Clinton or Senator McCain any where near backtrack’s regime.
All that will do is silence any dissent and muzzle the people who love this country and want the best for it.
He will then have the congress on their knees more than ever doing what he wants.
With both senators still in congress there might be a small chance of someone giving a damn about the people of this country.
WOMEN,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS
PUMAS,BUBBAS, AND THOSE PEOPLE RULE
Po vet:
Pissed off Vets are Democracy’s first line of defense.
Po Vets from the French & Indian Wars formed “The Sons Of Liberty”.
Po Vets from the Revolution Joined Daniel Shay and overturned “The Articles of Confederation”.
Po Vets have always agreed with the following:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.–Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
It Just Might Be Time For Another “Do Over”????
That is a beautiful document.
Pod Vet
Excellent post.You raise good points.
Thanks!
“I could go on and on…”
Yes, indeed. Maybe the next rant could suggest some possible causes for this loss of balance, to put it nicely.
Laissez-faire capitalism, a corrupt justice system, immorality and yes, conspiracy phobes, New World Order scheming could all be part of the explanation.
We all have some soul searching to do.
For my part, I will be watching closely to see how the Supreme Court deals with challenges to Obama’s eligibility for the Office of President and I will be watching closely to see what happens to Special Prosecutor, Patrick Fitzgerald under an Obama administration.
What has happened to our country? Here is what has happened: In 1980, Ted Turner created a 24-hour news service called CNN. Since then, the beast has grown into a multi-headed hydra that has sucked every brain cell out of our heads in 24-hour news cycles that mesmerized, hypnotize, and irradiate our brains, turning them into mush. Our characters have become infected with the same disease, so that we now are chronically ill with STUPID.
” And our guardians of truth, the press has become a den of morons and liars unrivaled only in their incompetence anywhere in the woé”
Dont be too proud.
I live in France and I simply cannot find a single sincere word to describe the news papers here.
Thank you, PO vet! You read my mind and, I bet, the minds of millions of other people in our great country. This IS a great country and will continue to BE a great country if people like you fight tooth and nail for it. We must keep exposing the corrupt individuals and groups that dared trample on our Bill of Rights to push fascism on America.
One person, one vote and a free and fair press are the cornerstones of democracy. We MUST work to restore the USA. I say keep writing/calling the media, form our own grassroots movement, fight back on any racist or misogynist attacks and expose this lying, cheating, stealing fraud with FACTS to anyone who dares praise him and his corrupt junta.
Let the next American Revolution begin!
Why did Monica decide to save a semen stained dress for months without washing it?!?
Get real. What young woman wouldn’t treasure the bodily emissions of one of the great statesmen of the 20th century?
Also, if Monica hadn’t saved it, President Clinton could’ve lied like a dog and said he never had sexual relations with that woman.
Oh, wait…
I think what’s happened is that people think about government in the only way they can relate, which is from an overly personal viewpoint. The role of government is sort of mixed up these days. Are they moral leaders? Are they administrators of government agencies? Just what ARE they?
Makes it hard to define a standard for election. Right now, it’s pretty much of a beauty contest. The one who says what people want to hear the most and looks the best wins.
We’re back to buying elections, that’s for sure.
Are they moral leaders? Are they administrators of government agencies? Just what ARE they?
We have had an immoral administrator for 8 years. Were you not advocating just yesterday for here’s the new boss … same as the old boss?
Advocating?
No, but I’m willing to give him a chance.
Frankly, nothing to lose by doing so, in my opinion, and a lot more to lose by staying mad.
I didn’t get so burned up over Bush being reelected, either, Beebop.
It’s my nature to move forward and see what happens.
I agree with your comments, and the country is changing rapidly, not for the better in my opinion.
While there is enough blame to go around, the root of the problem ultimately lies with the electorate. That sounds trite for more and more we seem to be losing our power.
BUT, I can guarantee that the majority in this country are tuned out even now, and could tell you the entire life story of their favorite movie stars, but hardly know the states and capitals!
It will continue to get worse as we lose more and more of our older generation.
Sassy, you are exactly right - the majority of people in this country haven’t the foggiest abt how gov’t functions, much less who most of the people are in Congress…Sad.
Great rant, POdVet! Thanks for speaking out!
Al Qaeda No. 2 Insults Obama With Epithet
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,454536,00.html
The folks who think the disagreement is or ever was about “skin tone” have had it all wrong all along. The larger issue that lies underneath this is perceived “colonialism” masquerading as “skin tone” issues. In other words, the anger is more over the imposition of American values to the rest of the world. Not by force, but by influence, by marketing of products and by the media. We aren’t going away, and neither is our way of life without a fight… so these guys will be perpetually at war with us… until they either win or are annihilated. Obama can’t change human nature. And he can’t put salve on a problem that is mis-identified.
First, I always assumed Monica saved the dress as a memento. Good grief, if the Repubs were going to set Bill up, why not use a woman with some intelligence?
And, as for Bobo–if about 40% of voters had not sat out the election, he might have gone down in flames. The American people allow this to happen time and again. They’re too lazy or feel too inadequete to sort out the facts, or they’re too discouraged, or they vote by party. Some believe the major parties are too alike, and most certainly think almost all pols are crooks. They listen to movies or music channels way more than Olbermann or Hannity.
I hope Bobo totally shocks his backers and turns out to be a middle-of-the-road appeaser. It will be better for the country and will give the rotten, lying, scumbag “journalists” their just due!
I recall very well, that on the very day Monica popped up in the news Newt Gingrich was already starting the impeachment process. So, to say Clinton was impeached because he lied is rediculous.
Then to find out later that Gingrich was having an affair with a subordiante at the exact same time he was crucifying Clinton for the same thing is just insane to me.
The Democrats are playing dirty, but the Republicans are the ones that made the game dirty to start with. I hope they redifine themselves into a party that is more moderate.
Is it really? You can’t be impeached for a blow job. You CAN be impeached for lying under oath, which is what he did. Sorry, but it’s simply the truth.
I’m going to keep saying this until people get it:
Until we address the images of women in film/tv that Hollywood sends out, misogyny will live.
It’s not just the conditioning of males, it’s also what it does to females. Women are taught to be objects at an early age.
Even with the so-called female ’super bad super heroes,’ the women are objectified in unseemly ways.
If you compare the film roles of women pre-1970 to today, the difference is like night and day. This is not to say that actress from by-gone days were not sexualized. They were. But because of sex code restrictions, they had to produce movies with female characters in strong, more human roles. Mildred Pierce with Joan Crawford is an example. There were far more movies where women were seen at least as human beings. Those were the images that fueled the modern day Feminist Movement. And it was the lack of powerful images after the 1970s that killed feminism in the next generation of women.
This is not to say that sexuality should be censored out of films. But there needs to be balance and there’s not now.
Excellent post!!! Let’s hope the leadership of the GOP is listening and gearing up for the future in 2010 and 2012. Had Mr. McCain done better with the women-vote across the nation the election day outcome would have been considerably different. Reshape the GOP into a party that all Americans can be proud of again…
The GOP gets so hung up on two social issues - love the unborn, hate those fags! - that I dont hold out any great hope.
If they could get away from their lunatic 5% and be the party of smaller government/lower taxes/civil society they would have my business.
I am just not sure they can do it. And of course we have a press that will focus on the worst aspects of any non-socialist, which doesnt help at all.
Get out of bedroom politics Republicans, and you have my vote.
PO’ed Vet. I have often wondered why this cat is not cooling his heals in a jail cell.
Oops that right…he is above the law. I wonder what it cost to get out of the brig in the green zone and get a first class ticket to the Windy city.
And WHY did he have a Chinese passport on him, in his on his first “attempt” at “escape” ?
Curosity would kill some cats, not this time.
I’m with you! I think the corrupt media, driving their own weird agenda, and foregoing all principles of journalism is the root of all the problems we face today. They pushed Bush, they pushed the Iraq war, they fairly hogtied Clinton during his presidency and then let up on him after he was out. We’ve stopped watching them in our house. They’re not worthy of our time or support.
Others here have hit on some of these points, but here goes:
What has happened to our country?
1) The new media (cable news, talk radio, blogs & the internet, exploded into a 24/7, multi-channel news cycle that fed the public’s paranoia, its desire to be titillated by “reality” drama, then fed off of the individual’s sense of isolation until it had created a nation of semi-literate news propaganda junkies and “American Idol” fans.
2) Both of the major political parties saw this political “market” and decided to exploit it by hyping “hot button” issues that were emotional, irrational, and peripheral.
3) Both sides of the political spectrum (although the left was far more successful than the right) injected extreme, radical partisan politics into the educational system, especially into higher education. They both radicalized the younger generations of Americans and dumbed them down by discouraging the transferal of hard knowledge of civics, and by teaching revisionist versions (old revision or new, equally monolithic and incorrect) of history.
4) The result of this was a populace ripe and ready to accept the “cult of personality” type of politics.
5) The professional political elite, i.e., old political families, career politicians, and old PACs/influence groups, used these factors to tighten their grip on the political system and, indeed, on political discourse itself, thus strangling or squeezing out new ideas and new people. At this point, their control of the system is almost complete.
6) Finally, the “New Democrats” of today stole (and added to) the playbook from the “New Republicans” of the 90s, who had in turn stolen it from the “Old Democrats” of an earlier generation/generations, and in turn … well, you get the idea.
“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”
I totally agree with you pissed off vet. We tried our best to educate those who voted for Obama, but their eyes and ears remained closed, they still are.
Until Obama runs our country and our Constitution into the ground (And he will) they will not listen.
His actions should have been a red flag to all Americans, yet not even a majority of us wanted to know more than just the fluff the MSM was passing off as news.
His associates alone should have been enough to prevent him from getting the endorsement of the DNC, who by the way should have never endorsed anyone.
This election was an inside job that started years ago, right down to the acceptance speech being on the anniversary of ML King’s I have a dream speech. How obvious.
We have to live with that greased pig for four years, those ignorant voters did this to us, had they bothered to educate themselves they never would have done this to our country.
I can only hope and pray that Hillary is still here to pick up the pieces after yet another failed administration.