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Progressive Barack-naphobia
I just watched one of the most recent Jon Stewart episodes last night and was glad to see that along with a "Moment of Zen" tribute to the great Tim Russert at the end, he also tackled the issue of progressive "buyer's remorse" about Obama from a fresh angle. He coined a new term -- Baracknaphobia -- which I think is not just funny, but more than appropriate for our current situation. I"m sure most of us hope he makes it all the way for the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America's sake, but here at home in the consumer nations he won't end up providing anything that different. I was appreciative that he sparked the younger community into political interests again, but now his blind support has dangerous potential to get in true progressives' way. This primary season was extended purposefully, don't be lead to think it was just a random miscalculation. No primary season in history has been this long or this paid attention to every step of the way. Barack and Hillary getting front-runners will be a great mark in prosperity, but the cross-divisions that it created on the Democratic side worked all just a little too well for Republicans, and I"m sure our current shadow government. Not only do you have the simplistic "white-woman-vs-black-man" internal battles, but you have all news of current politics upstaged and almost slid right out of mainstream media. Why else but to draw attention away from the fascist institutions that Bush hopes to secretly erect past the point of disassembly before his term ends?! Not to mention that, quite sadly, the enthusiasm generated for Obama encourages progressives to pin everything on January 2009 and believe that there will be a BIG change, a turning point, a whirl-wind storm that will tear the old politics of Washington apart and we just have to wait.Barack says that only in America could his story be possible, and he's probably correct, but Cynthia McKinney, first Black congresswoman in Georgia, has a much truer American story. She was one of the first to raise questions about 9/11 and how much advance knowledge our government had, and was told to back off, stay down, don't rock the boat... by BOTH parties! The Georgia democrats ousted her in the 2006 election to make sure she wasn't there to vote on the war funding bill. She could've stopped it, her no vote would've been enough to cut our ravenous war parties off at the purse-strings! That's a true progressive, yet when I try to explain this to the Obamanites, they say that no, we should be happy to vote democratic this time around because there is someone who will REALLY challenge the system heading for Washington. Right...! It's not just the Republicans that need to be be knocked down, it's the oppressive machine of the entire Two-Party system! Cynthia says that her birthday present to herself a year ago was to declare her independence from the national leadership that ousted her and have continued to be complicit in war crimes. That's why she's running as a Green now, and we'd better all hope that she knocks out Nader at the convention this month and continues on strong into the general. Obama will go down in history, yes, but the only way that will actually be refreshing and satisfying for us so thirsting for systematic upheaval is if Cynthia McKinney is seen and heard right there beside him. She's the actual Black and female voice that needs to be heard now, forget Barack and Hillary!
Speaking of which, it's not just because he beat Clinton to the punch that women's issues may very well suffer under him. The Jeramiah Wright controversy (which was another form of societal over-reaction even though some of the the comments were in fact offensive) may have elcipsed this incident, but he called a female investigative reporter "Sweety" while cutting her off from a question. He later apologized publicly and apparently called her to give a private version as well, but the degrading sentiment seems to have stuck. He later embarrassed another reporter by commenting on his 'baby face' while he was trying to hit on a female counterpart in the audience. The great understanding Obama then took it upon himself (as was reported on NPR's "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" with the actual audio) to call the man and apologize for -- I kid you not -- "messing up his game!" If that ain't straight-up Good Ol' Boy mentality, I don't know what is.
Something is definitely changing in this country, the peoples' outrage and planet's unrest are both finally close enough to the surface that it will hit home in this national election. The best way to challenge our current structures is not to buy into the idea that the next president, however inspiring he may be now, will change them, but to say "YA BASTA," enough is enough, and reach forward as the people, the supposed ultimate authority in this nation, and demand they be changed DESPITE what the next figurehead may or may not do. That's where the true power always has been, and that's where it will be again. I"m almost glad we have an Obama now, a shallowly hopeful symbol set to maintain the basic roots of the machine, because now we can raise real hell and show that the people and only the people have spoken and even a compromise candidate is no longer enough!
Finally a goodbye to Hummers!!
It seems our unprecidented and outrageous gas prices have forced yet another tipping point in our quick-shifting Anglo-American psyche. GM has found that the market for those annoying Hummer uber-monstrosities is being cut off by the throat as even those inconsiderate enough to want one can no longer afford down-payments or especially fill ups. They are pulling in a last-ditch effort marketing campaign to see if sales can be revived, but if the economy is as crunching as many can clearly see it is, that will not help them. It's long overdue, perhaps, but at least it will be a speedy and efficient death. They're teetering on the edge of the cliff, it's time to make sure they're pushed over swiftly! Die, Hummers, die!!! The symbol of military strength inappropriately awarded upon individuals has been a broader threat to our cultural paradigms and hopefully a good chunk of that animosity and immature attitude will leave along with them. They were a disgrace, and unlike the EV1 electric sports cars, we will be dancing ecstatically dancing at their funeral! We can also breathe a sigh of relief that it's a root problem that caused their downfall, making it quite clear that, while the market for regular SUVs might continue for now, there will be nothing worse to take the Hummers' place. Good riddance!!The Distraction of "Trendy" Money Designs
I remember all the hype of the "new ones" back in 2002-3 (the first of many trendy designs on money bills), not to mention the "state quarters" for which the public went oh-so-crazy. Being swept up in the consumerist excitement and a bit too young to understand the flow of economics, I then didn't realize the dark secrets behind these cutsy designs. It would've been socially blasphemous back then to suggest that these were purposeful attempts to increase the already top-heavy rate of inflation, but now it's all to clear. The more new designs are created, the more megaloads of bills are printed at the press or coins created at the mint. The more bills and coins created, the less their net worth in relation to the rest of our monetary structures. Our Federal Reserve (aka The Fed) has been printing up new bills at an unprecidented rate for upwards of thirty years now, and the consequences are crashing down on us all over this country. They must have known after the turn of the millenia that economists would catch on to the scheme before long, so they brilliantly disguised their out-of-control minting with new designs that would have the public not just accepting continued influxes of extra bills and coins, but in fact demanding it. Ohhh, I want some of those big-headed Washingtons! Ooohh, I have to collect all the state quarters once they're made! We all remember the hobby, but it isn't so fun and fancy-free looking back. The new fives are all over the place now, but fortunately the public is waking up. The Fed is technically a private corporation unaccountable to any law or restriction of any government, and despite what we're still told to believe, they aren't looking out for the financial interest of the country. Whether the reason is that they were dense enough to hope the reprinting could continue without reprocussions in our lifetimes or they are scientifically creating a recession to drive forward a shared currency like the Amero, it is still despicable that once again the individuals least involved are left paying the heaviest price! It was restless spending (especially of borrowed money) on the individuals' part that got us into the Depression of the 30's and only a World War that truly got us out, but now it's been the ravenous spending on the part of corporations and the Fed that got us in and it will be a more-than-possible World War (the horror!) that will only plunge us deeper. Our best hope lis that local economies will become creative and adaptable enough to weather the storm and lay the groundwork for a better model in the future. The crash will be major, no question, but once the worst is over, it will also be one of our best opportunities for a historical new start and clean break from the usual brutal economics so often bent on squeezing the middle class into the poor and the poor off the map.Club Hindenberg (Scene 1A)
Note: As I mentioned in the Intro, the Bilderberg Group is a secret collaboration of the world's most powerful elites. These parody script installments use variations on their titles instead of names, but every character represents a real person and practically all events and concepts are based on facts pieced together from different sources, including Wikipedia, the 1988 book the Shadows of Power, the 1999 book Who’s Who of the Elite, and the 2004 exposé The Syndicate: The Story of the Coming World Government. I invite you to conduct your own research about this and, though realizing this is quite gravely serious and working to expose it, also be able to take some weight off by being able to laugh at these characters.Persona Dramatis (for this scene):
Personal Assistant for the Rockaplayer Executive= PARE
Assistant to the Throne of the Robchild Heir= ATRH
Chief of Staff for the Governor of Texas= CSGT
Chief of Staff for the Governor of Kansas= CSGK
[Scene opens with the two governors' chiefs of staff waiting uncomfortably in the dark depths of a seculded parking garage. Both are holding the lastest official reports of the office of their state department. They shiftily look at each other and then scan the bleak silent area for expected visitors yet to arrive. They finally hear footsteps echoing through the concrete construction as two stealthy figures approach them in trench coats. They glance at each other again nervously as the faces of their visitors come hazily into view. The two pairs of people stand about fifteen feet apart for an awkward moment until finally the more statuesque of the mysterious figures speaks bluntly.]
ATRH
Are you certain neither of you were followed?
CSGK
(Timidly) Umm... yes. We both had our security trail behind discreetly, just far enough to not draw attention but close enough to preempt anyone who may have tried to also pick up on our trail.
ATRH
Very good. You follow directions well.
CSGK
Well, thank you, but can we understand what this is all about now? Why did we have to meet so privately at the bottom of a parking garage? It's very surreal, very Deep-Throat.
CSGT
Why'd you have to say "Deep-Throat," doggonnit? I know that was the code-name of a big Washington informant in the past, but not it just makes it sound gay!
CSGK
Oh, for crying out loud! I told you not to let your northern-Texan homophobia ruin this meeting...!
ATRH
It's ok. It doesn't matter. Never you mind...
PARE
We're here to discuss something much, much more momentous than any one person's personal prejudices.
CSGT
Who's prejudices are you callin’ non-momentous?!
CSGK
God! Would you let it go already?
PARE
What we're here to offer you, good Chiefs of Staff, is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for your bosses. This is something that will change their lives forever. You don't want to pass this up, believe me!
CSGK
Both of our bosses have been governor for years and years. Mine looked like she was only going to get voted in by a very slim margin the first time, but she perservered and pushed through to win the office by a very unexpected landslide. What could be more rewarding than that, Sir?
CSGT
Yea, my boss is very content as the governor as one of the biggest states in the nation, biggest in the continental area. Hell, he's taken the seat that was nary seven years ago occupied by the man who is now our president! He ain't gonna want ter be giving that up any time soon!
ATRH
Heh heh heh. We expected such a reaction out of the two of you at first. You don't even know who we are, do you? You have an idea, that's for sure, but you have no clue who we actually ARE, am I right?
CSGT
How the hell should we? We dun only followed your advice this far because you were able ter be patched through to our secure lines at the mansions by the CIA.
ATRH
Quite right, and you better believe the CIA could get us through much stronger secure lines than the piddly comm systems of a governor's mansion.
PARE
The truth is we represent some of the most influential figureheads in the entire country and very well on the face of the planet! (Chiefs of staff glance at each other and then back at the visitors with suspicion) You may not believe it right now, but our bosses are far more powerful than yours, any governor's, any federal departments, or even the president himself! Our bosses work covertly on a level higher than the federal government and launder political control through closed-door round-table groups and international financial organizations. (C's of S raise eyebrows, taken aback)
ATRH
I know you think you have the inside loop in politics as top advisors to your state's governor, but the rabbit hole goes much deeper than even you would think.
PARE
I thought it was that the "ladder goes many steps higher."
ARTH
What? Well, I guess it could be that, perhaps. I always liked the rabbit hole analogy because it's more easily understandable as something that already goes to unknown levels, as in the depths. Plus it's a story everyone has heard of before.
PARE
Yes, but we don’t want to think of our governmental systems in terms of depths, do we? It is much closer to resembling a ladder, one thing on top of the other. Native reservations, then the U.S. citizens…
CSGK
Native Americans have dual citizenship to the U.S. and their tribal nation.
PARE
Oh, hush! Well, I guess that’s something you’d know about working in the tiny little State Department, huh? (CSGK raises eyebrows, then lowers them in a glare) Grr, fine! Native reservations, then the REGULAR American citizens… then the city governments, the county on top of that, then the states, and then of course the federal. That’s where I’m sure even you think the ladder ends. But, unbeknownst to even the states, there are still a few rungs above that. There’s the international organizations, IMF, World Bank, WTO, those sorts of things. Then even above that is the UN and the ever-elusive Council on Foreign Relations. Every president, not to mention main-running presidential candidate, for more than five decades has actually been hand-picked and secretly indited by the Council on Foreign Relations. They call themselves a bipartisan organization, heh heh, but that really means ALL-partisan! (C’s of S look dubious again) Yes, that’s right. Republican, Democrat, even some of the stronger Independents, it doesn’t really matter. They own all the horses in the race! This is how politics REALLY works, good Chiefs of Staff. (C’s of S exchange glances again, wide-eyed)
ARTH
I still like the rabbit-hole analogy better…
PARE
Will you shut up?! You know this is bigger than all that! It doesn’t matter. Plus, you don’t want to spoil the best surprise of all, do you? (C’s of S do a stunned double-take back to PARE with undivided attention) Ohhh yes! It’s not even over yet. Heh heh heh…
(C’s of S’ eyes dart around between all three other people, more nervous than ever) You see, little teeny tiny State Chiefs of Staff, with everything we just covered, we STILL haven’t even gotten to the level of OUR bosses!
CSGK and CSGT
(Gasp!) What?!
PARE
Yup, yup, yup! That’s right! Better believe it, baby! Our bosses are at the very very VERY top of the elongated ladder!!
ATRH
…Bottom of the deepened rabbit-hole.
PARE
Whatever!
{To be continued…}
Intro to my upcoming Club Hindenberg (Bilderberg Group parody) scripts...
Welcome, interested and concerned readers!The parody scripts I've been writing and will soon post here are of course funny, but also based on an entirely real and gravely serious collaboration of secretive and unaccountable globalist elites that have for decades been secretly threatening all countries' sovereignty and constitutionalism as well as individual civil liberties, accessibility of options, and, ultimately, the human journey. This collaboration is made up of the 130 or so most influential crime-bosses in the world (it used to be only men, but now several women are also involved in the tyrrany), and they meet at the beginning of every summer in highest-class resorts, alternating across the continents each time, to manipulate world events and further centralize authoritative power between governments. This pseudo-organizaiton, which has become known as the Bilderberg Group due to the fact that their first meeting took place at the Hotel de Bilderberg in Holland upwards of a generation and a half ago, is, by its own hush-hush existence, a violation of the U.S. Logan Act, as well as many other countries' check-and-balance codes against corruption. The confrences themselves are not secret per se, the European Parliament even had to make a public comment about some of its members being involved back in 2003, but the true objectives are kept under lock and key, the attendee list is only released very begrudgingly after the fact, the particular resort is surrounded by many battalions of security guards from all nations, and any reporters travelling to the same city during that time are constantly detained and harassed at the airports. Thanks to rigorous work by newly-deemed "info-warriors," the 2007 confrence was the most-covered in history and a lot of this information is now fully avaliable on Wikipedia, so I advise you all to look it up and take down notes in case it's ever mysteriously yanked from the site. What they're doing is unconsionable and we need to wake up and do everything we can to fight back. Look into it, then if you're as outraged as practically everyone would be if they knew, then find books about it, call your senators, call the Office of Government Oversight and Accountability, demand investigation and transparency. Let them know the people will no longer be their puppet zombies and they won't get away with it much longer! Most importantly, though it is beyond shocking and irritating to the max, don't let their ideas drain your energy. I started down that road when my eyes were opened, but I fortunately realized quick that it would only lead to even darker places. Keep it in mind, but also know that we the people are shining stars above their petty greed. They will come crashing down, it's just a matter of it will be before or after they've bent the world to their will. Stay alert, but let yourself laugh about it. Life is still too short, and as much as they might take from the nations, the states, and the people, they can never take the wonder, mystery, miracles, and perpetual silver-lining of life! Above our apprehension, we can see the sheer absurdity of their tactics, and it's in that light that I offer you the future parody scripts called Club Hindenberg for your hilarity and enjoyment. Stay tuned here ( and not too much to mind-numbing TV lol)....