Friday, February 27, 2009

I just had to... Bill O'Reilly is a moron.

I really wish Bill O'Reilly would choke to death on Bobby Jindal's erect member.

Here is some well assembled video explaining the nuances of Bill O's thinking and ability to rationalize.

Apparently he is one of those "Do as I say, not as I do" kind of s.o.b's.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

More truth...

http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/US_Special_Forces_counterinsurgency_manual_FM_31-20-3

My apologies for the blatant theft, but this is vitally important information that needs to be shared with the world.

The US has been perfecting and continues to perpetrate one of the greatest PsyOps black-bag jobs of all time. On her own people.

We don't have to take the BS from a government that continues to create puppet governments and battles against the freedoms and liberties of people around the world who suffer under dictatorships or unfair governments.

The leaked manual - at the link above - which has been verified with military sources, is the official US Special Forces doctrine for Foreign Internal Defense or FID.

FID operations are designed to prop up "friendly" governments facing popular revolution or guerilla insurgency. FID interventions are often covert or quasi-covert due to the unpopular nature of the governments being supported ("In formulating a realistic policy for the use of advisors, the commander must carefully gauge the psychological climate of the HN [Host Nation] and the United States.")

The manual may be critically described as "what the US learned about running death squads and propping up corrupt government in Latin America and how to apply it to other places". Its contents are both history defining for Latin America and, given the continued role of US Special Forces in the suppression of insurgencies, including in Iraq and Afghanistan, history making.

Revolution happens because people want change... change which may make their lives better. Until such a time as a flawless and functional government exists wherein all of the needs, wants and wishes of the entire populace are served, revolution will have a place in enacting change. As long as the disenfranchised believe that they have a voice - whether in uprising, public commentary, demonstrations or free speech - they will continue to use that voice.

The governments of all the countries in the world have no right to invade any other sovereign country, control or redirect the sentiments of the people, or otherwise affect the tide of dissent that may form from a suppressed populace.

Recognizing the innate sanctity of the opinions of all people (despite our personal disagreements) is the first step in finding a better world.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Quoting John McCain - POW traitor

I think it was on the fourth day that two guards came in, instead of one. One of them pulled back the blanket to show the other guard my injury. I looked at my knee. It was about the size, shape and color of a football. I remembered that when I was a flying instructor a fellow had ejected from his plane and broken his thigh. He had gone into shock, the blood had pooled in his leg, and he died, which came as quite a surprise to us—a man dying of a broken leg. Then I realized that a very similar thing was happening to me.

When I saw it, I said to the guard, "O.K., get the officer." An officer came in after a few minutes. It was the man that we came to know very well as "The Bug." He was a psychotic torturer, one of the worst fiends that we had to deal with. I said, "O.K., I'll give you military information if you will take me to the hospital." He left and came back with a doctor, a guy that we called "Zorba," who was completely incompetent. He squatted down, took my pulse. He did not speak English, but shook his head and jabbered to "The Bug." I asked, "Are you going to take me to the hospital?" "The Bug" replied, "It's too late." I said, "If you take me to the hospital, I'll get well."

"Zorba" took my pulse again, and repeated, "It's too late." They got up and left, and I lapsed into unconsciousness.

Sometime later, "The Bug" came rushing into the room, shouting, "Your father is a big admiral; now we take you to the hospital."

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Some of my favorite George W. Bush Quotes...

"I want you to know. Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me." -Nashville, Tenn., May 27, 2004

"Then you wake up at the high school level and find out that the illiteracy level of our children are appalling." -Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004

"Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no con-science, who kill at the whim of a hat." -Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2004

"I want to thank the astronauts who are with us, the courageous spacial entrepreneurs who set such a wonderful example for the young of our country." -Washington, D.C. Jan. 14, 2004

"We will make sure our troops have all that is necessary to complete their missions. That's why I went to the Congress last September and proposed fundamental - supplemental funding, which is money for armor and body parts and am-munition and fuel." -Erie, Pa., Sept. 4, 2004

"I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft." -Second presidential debate, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 8, 2004

"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country." -Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." -Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004

Sarah Palin may be...

Mother of poorly raised daughter who believed that pregnancy out of wedlock only happened to poor minorities.

Gun-toting redneck of the frozen white north.

Murderer and eater of caribou, wolves and polar bears.

A believer in a fictitious deity who may have been the absentee father of some Hispanic guy named Jesus (who may or may not have been born to a woman who "said" she was a virgin so that her boyfriend wouldn't leave her).

One of the millions of poor deluded fools who believe that global warming is a left-wing conspiracy.

Anti-choice, anti-condom, and anti-education.

Uneducated about most of the very important things a leader should know.

.... But she does look a hell of a lot like Tina Fey. I wish I could vote just so I could make her the VP so that Tina Fey could play her on an SNL skit about the government. It'd be worth a hundred years of war, countless casualties, and the largest debt in the history of mankind with a crypt-keeper President just so we could see more of Tina Fey. Tina Fey is funny.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Suggested reading...

For those of you who have lost touch with reality and need a little kick in the pants... don't come crying to me when the world poops on your head because you were uneducated about the decisions you didn't make.

A
Alongside Night by J. Neil Schulman
All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson
Among the Hidden by Margaret Haddix
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Ape and Essence by Aldous Huxley
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

B
Bend Sinister by Vladimir Nabokov
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley
Brown by Franck Pavloff

C
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Children of Men by P.D. James
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Chung Kuo by David Wingrove
Cities Of The Red Night by William Burroughs
Count Zero by William Gibson

D
Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
Dayworld by Philip José Farmer
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
Die Andere Seite by Alfred Kubin
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Doc and Fluff by Pat Califia
The Domination by S. M. Stirling

E
Elvissey by Jack Womack

F
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Farthing by Jo Walton
Fatherland by Robert Harris
Feed by M. T. Anderson
A Friend of the Earth by T. C. Boyle
The Futurological Congress by Stanislaw Lem

G
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Glass Bees by Ernst Junger
The Guardians by John Christopher

H
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut
Homeland by R.A. Salvatore

I
Idoru by William Gibson
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
"If This Goes On—" by Robert A. Heinlein
In the Country of Last Things by Paul Auster
Incal by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughes
The Iron Heel by Jack London
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis

J
The Jagged Orbit by John Brunner
Jennifer Government by Max Barry

K
Kallocain by Karin Boye
Kazohinia by Sándor Szathmári
Kongres futurologiczny by Stanislaw Lem

L
The Lost Thing by Sean Tan
Level 7 by Mordecai Roshwald
Limbo, (vt. Limbo 90) by Bernard Wolfe
Logan's Run by William F. Nolan & George Clayton Johnson
The Long Walk by Stephen King (ndp Richard Bachman)
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

M
The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Memoirs Found in a Bathtub by Stanislaw Lem
Messenger by Lois Lowry
Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
Moscow 2042 by Vladimir Voinovich

N
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Nineteen Eighty-Five by Anthony Burgess
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

O
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. LeGuin
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

P
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Pretties by Scott Westerfeld

R
Rammer by Larry Niven (A World Out of Time)
Ravage by René Barjavel
Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Running Man by Stephen King (ndp - Richard Bachman)
Running Out of Time by Margaret Haddix

S
Sea of Glass by Barry B. Longyear
Shade's Children by Garth Nix
The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner
The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner
The Shore of Women by Pamela Sargent
The Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya
Smith's Dream by C. K. Stead
Specials by Scott Westerfeld
Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by James De Mille
The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
Swastika Night by Katharine Burdekin

T
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis
This Perfect Day by Ira Levin
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Time out of Joint by Philip K. Dick
The Trial by Franz Kafka
The Turner Diaries by William Luther Pierce

U
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Utopia X by Scott Wilson

V
Virtual Light by William Gibson.

W, X, Y, Z
The Wanting Seed by Anthony Burgess
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Puppies.

Cyanide and Happiness, a daily webcomic
Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Live and let live.

Perhaps I am not alone in my libertarian/anarchist ways... or perhaps I am.
This country (the U.S.) sucks for a few reasons.
The country is polarized multiple ways... Republicans versus Democrats... Conservatives versus Liberals... religion versus intelligence

I am neither a Rep nor a Dem... I refuse to be labeled. Moreover, I agree with (and disagree with) certain portions of both party platforms. The founding fathers spoke out against political parties for obvious reasons. My views are not represented by these conglomerates of multi-millionaires vying for political control.

What are you if you:
1. believe that powerful and rich corporations (over $150 million in net profits annually) have a financial duty to provide a significant benefit (something like 30% of their profits) to the people, the land, the air and to society in general. Redistribution of wealth, etc.
2. believe that the government is not responsible for taking care of the populace on a permanent welfare basis with the exception of the disabled, elderly, veterans, and orphaned children. Specifically this is addressed toward the hundreds of thousands who ride the system through life. Able-bodied, youthful, non-veterans, etc. should have jobs and struggle like the rest of us. Or commit crime to get by.
3. believe that most of the laws on the books are stupid, lack common sense, encourage lawsuits, create a criminal state, and don't empower people to care or help one another. Additionally, what if you know that many of the people who are in prison are not truly criminals, but are simply idiots and people who need guidance. Lastly, much as I think that Capital Punishment should truly be reserved for those who have been convicted of a violent crime, the crimes need to have been PROVEN beyond a shadow of a doubt... rather than "hung" upon some innocent man who was the wrong color at the time of the crime.
4. believe that the entire political system is foul, rank and nonfunctional. All government positions should be assigned by draft and ability, similar to the Military draft system. Voluntary, required government service with short terms and no course for re-election. Laws, law changes, taxes, acts of war, acts of governance, international policy and rights of veto should be granted to the highest offices based on popular vote for all subject matter. If there is a law or tax proposed, all the voters vote and the act is passed. Anyone can make a proposal, the whole country votes. All state and national budgets should be open, free and clear for any professional licensed CPA to review and critique publicly. GOVERNANCE OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE AND BY THE PEOPLE!

I hate having a modicum of common sense.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Women's Training Courses:

1. Silence, the Final Frontier: Where No Woman Has Gone Before
2. The Undiscovered Side of Banking: Making Deposits
3. Parties: Going Without New Outfits
4. Man Management: Minor Household Chores Can Wait Till After The Game
5. Bathroom Etiquette I: Men Need Space in the Bathroom Cabinet Too
6. Bathroom Etiquette II: His Razor is His
7. Communication Skills I: Tears - The Last Resort, not the First
8. Communication Skills II : Thinking Before Speaking
9. Communication Skills III: Getting What you Want Without Nagging
10. Driving a Car Safely: A Skill You CAN Acquire
11. Telephone Skills: How to Hang Up
12. Introduction to Parking
13. Advanced Parking: Backing Into a Space
14. Water Retention: Fact or Fat
15. Cooking I: Bringing Back Bacon, Eggs and Butter
16. Cooking II: Bran and Tofu are Not for Human Consumption
17. Cooking III: How not to Inflict Your Diets on Other People
18. Compliments: Accepting Them Gracefully
19. PMS: Your Problem...Not His
20. Dancing: Why Men Don't Like To
21. Classic Clothing: Wearing Outfits You Already Have
22. Household Dust: A Harmless Natural Occurrence Only Women Notice
23. Integrating Your Laundry: Washing It All Together
24. Oil and Gas: Your Car Needs Both
25. TV Remotes: For Men Only

Wednesday, June 4, 2008