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Re: Corruption in Government
By: AGelbert Date: November 9, 2014, 2:51 pm
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sure (1+ / 0-)
it is possible, if you change the Senate rules.
It is not possible if you allow all the foot-dragging
Seeking to be as wise as Fioral
by GideonAB on Fri Nov 07, 2014 at 11:07:41 AM EST
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* [new] Senate "rules" (2+ / 0-)
But they won't do that. Ever since Cheney got bent out of shape
because Jeffords foiled his attempt at getting Republican
control of the Senate by going independent, they have INVENTED
out of WHOLE UNCONSTITUTIONAL CLOTH, the BULL**** that a super
majority is needed and other TRIPE like being able to
"filibuster" by sitting on your ass.
Anybody that thinks all the press hype before this S- election
was not deliberately aimed at pushing the LIE that Republicans
were "favored" so the voting "results" would match the
propaganda is naive.
Get this, people: There WAS NO HORSE RACE HERE, PERIOD. The
people want democracy and they are not going to get it as long
the Fossil Fuel Fascist Oligarchs continue in power in this
inverted totalitarian dictatorship.
And the oligarchs NOTICED our VAST dismay at these elections and
are going to do the old tactic they have ALWAYS done. It's
called TWO STEPS FORWARD and ONE STEP BACK. Yeah, they
attributed that to the Communists during the cold war. But the
FASCISTS in the USA are the EXPERTS at it.
So NOW you will see the senate make a lot of noise about
progress, renewable energy, democracy, blah, blah ,blah, blah
and pass some token legislation like extending wind power
subsidies (that are a PITTANCE) compared with fossil fuel
subsides. All this will be TRUMPETED by the fascist press as
"defeats" for "conservatives".
In fact, it is this "one step back" that will be followed by
world class crushing of what is left of progressive laws in next
year's session. But for NOW, the job of the press is to PUT ALL
OF US TO SLEEP, GET IT? You DON'T? Don't Worry, YOU WILL!
So ALL those nice articles (that have already started) about
"not despairing" are not worth a TINKER'S DAMN!
The ONLY tool we have to fight this is to STOP consuming (all
the way to the bare subsistence level for a decade or so) and
STOP participating in the economy (NO STOCKS!) and ACCEPT being
poverty stricken until it brings the ****ing corporations to
their knees. NOTHING ELSE WILL WORK because we DO NOT HAVE
DEMOCRACY in the USA.
And you know what? I doing think even 20% of Americans have the
intestinal fortitude and integrity to go poor to take down the
rich fascists in charge.
There are solutions and I have, in the links below, identified
the problems and outlined the solution. But Americans are too
materialistic to get it. We have become those donkey kids in the
Pinocchio movie.
So, YEAH, it's OVER. Have a Fine Fascist Day.
The Lady Justice Legal Scales mean the OPPOSITE of what you
think they mean
Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. on what the LAW
was ALL ABOUT
Fascist Big Ag uses Food Disparagement Law and
the Patriot Act to threaten Truth tellers!
Golden Rule Government: A Lawful System Based on Caring instead
of Conquest
by Agelbert on Sat Nov 08, 2014 at 06:08:47 PM EST
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* [new] Amen, Agelbert! (3+ / 0-)
I've been on to the corporate takeover of democracy in America
for about 15 years now. The one thing that continues to elude
me is the end game. Big Ag had a definite end game; Earl Butz
had a real vision for the transformation he wrought in American
agriculture, but he wasn't out to destroy the country. 'Get Big
or Get Out', his motto, was intended to eliminate small farmers
and the inefficiencies that so much localized production brought
to the table, but he wanted the displaced farmers to head into
the factories. It made sense in the post war world, and though
he created a lot of ghost towns on the Plains and destroyed a
way life for poor Southern farmers who'd managed to deliver
their produce to a local cannery where they also picked up work
for a few weeks at the end of the season, he met his primary
objective - cheap food for American consumers. Yes, food prices
have been going up the past few years, but that's partly the
toll of normal inflation, increased demand from Asians who have
finally climbed out of desperate poverty, and (probably mostly)
market speculation by WS firms freed from the constraint of
having to have some kind of tangential relationship to the
commodities they are dabbling in by the Commodities Futures
Modernization Act of 2000. Repeal that Republican piece of ****
legislation and food prices will plummet.
But the folks who make non necessities, which covers most things
sold in every store in the first world, have set out to destroy
their own customers. Those billions of Asians who can now
afford to eat on a regular basis are going to want safe, potable
water before they want iPhones and they'll need plumbing and
electricity before they can buy dishwashers. Is it possible
that the captains of industry are too ill informed to know that?
And if they destroy the first world by reducing us all to the
level of those Asian factory workers, they really will be stuck
with all the bills; they use roads and bridges, too. Poor
countries are not nice places to live, even for the very rich
(they're quite dangerous, making most of them no go areas), so
they'll make their own lives unpleasant while they make ours
hell. I just don't get why they can't seem to see that, to say
nothing of the fact that there's a limit to how much you can do
to an infinitely powerful entity like the US military, staffed
entirely by members of the middle and working classes, before it
turns and kills you. An angry, beleaguered middle class started
the French Revolution; we're getting close to part deux.
by CatKinNY on Sat Nov 08, 2014 at 11:32:24 PM EST
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* [new] I Have Said For Years (1+ / 0-)
That I will probably live to see the end of The United States as
we know it. Because you can only squeeze so much before those
being squeezed finally push back.
The question is...just how far into the corner will people allow
themselves to be backed....before they finally explode?
And that is what it will come to. We will have another Civil
War, but it won't be a nice, neat North versus South thing...it
will be a hundred different factions all fighting each other for
the rancid bits of what was once a great nation.
It will be hell on Earth. I hope like hell it doesn't happen
while I am still alive. But I am betting it will. Because
things are getting worse and worse and worse for the middle and
lower classes...and there is only so much deprivation that they
will tolerate.
It would be ONE thing if the wealthy, too, were suffering. They
might be willing to endure more suffering if the wealthy were
also suffering. But they aren't.
The wealthy, in fact, are profiting - and doing so on the backs
of everyone else.
The wealthy are self-aggrandizing and by doing so CREATING the
misery for all below them. And the people know it.
The pitchforks are coming.
Remember that song from Megadeth "Peace Sells?"
I find myself thinking about that song all the time now. For
those who don't know it, the lyrics follow: (I am going to bold
things that mirror my own feelings at the moment...
Peace Sells - by Megadeth
What do you mean, "I don't believe in God"?
I talk to him every day.
What do you mean, "I don't support your system"?
I go to court when I have to.
What do you mean, "I can't get to work on time"?
I got nothing better to do
And, what do you mean, "I don't pay my bills"?
Why do you think I'm broke? Huh?
[Chorus:]
If there's a new way,
I'll be the first in line.
But, it better work this time.
What do you mean, "I hurt your feelings"?
I didn't know you had any feelings.
What do you mean, "I ain't kind"?
I'm just not your kind.
What do you mean, "I couldn't be the president
Of the United States of America"?
Tell me something, it's still "We the people", right?
[Chorus: (repeat)]
If there's a new way
I'll be the first in line,
But, it better work this time.
Can you put a price on peace?
Peace,
Peace sells...,
Peace,
Peace sells...,
Peace sells...,but who's buying?
Peace sells...,but who's buying?
Peace sells...,but who's buying?
Peace sells...,but who's buying?
"Sometimes, you just have to be offensive to offensive people"
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- Max
Nofziger, former Austin City Council Member (This still
qualifies as one of the best life-lessons I ever got)
by Kalisiin on Sun Nov 09, 2014 at 09:21:46 AM EST
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* [new] Great lyrics! (0+ / 0-)
Thank you for the song. It's a keeper!
by Agelbert on Sun Nov 09, 2014 at 02:22:01 PM EST
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Re: Corruption in Government
By: AGelbert Date: November 10, 2014, 3:23 pm
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Re: Corruption in Government
By: AGelbert Date: November 19, 2014, 5:18 pm
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Excellent Post by a Pediatric Dentist about Government
Corruption through increased bureaucratic hurdles and expenses:
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[quote author=Eddie link=topic=3684.msg60090#msg60090
date=1416411688]
I'm sure some of you read John Michael Greer's Archdruid
Report, and you might have caught last week's post talking about
the inevitable creep of more and more intermediaries stepping
into the space between producers and consumers, taking some
small piece of the action --- which, as he rightfully pointed
out, drives up the cost of goods and services and acts a very
effective barrier to anyone wanting to create a new business ---
in a civilization on the decline.
I've been an unhappy witness to this process for my whole
career, but this week I was gob-smacked by a fine new example: A
brand new scam known as Online Hospital Credentialing.
Now, a few of you who know me, know that I'm a dentist, and some
of you know that I carry a board certification in pediatrics (
another intermediary, but never mind that one right now).
The thing is that pediatric dentists usually have hospital
privileges, because we have to treat lots of patients in the two
year-old category, and some as young as nine months. This is
because young parents don't always get the message that a baby
over six months old who goes to sleep with a bottle (or a
breast) in his/her mouth is at great risk for nursing bottle
caries.
And unfortunately, in our present day culture, some infants are
the victims of serious neglect, and get bottles put in their
mouth with soda pop, sweetened milk, and the like, and can get
what is known as "rampant decay". Last week I had to remove 18
of the normal 20 primary teeth on a three year old special needs
child who was such a victim. Needless to say, these procedures
are best accomplished with the patient asleep under general
anesthesia. Hence the need for me to have a relationship with
one or more hospitals.
In modern times, there has always been a credentialing process
for doctors and nurses, but over my 25 year career, the process
has gotten increasingly complicated and rigorous, which might
seem to be a reasonable and necessary thing, but lately, since
Big Insurance has corporatized medicine completely, it's started
to get really out of hand.
Not only do I have to resubmit all my credentials annually ( and
there are many small credentials I have to prove), now we have
to go through a similar process for our assistants. With me and
the three assistants I keep credentialed, it seems like we are
caught in a never-ending loop of paperwork. These are employees
of mine, not the hospital. In the operating room the hospital
typically provides me and the anesthesiologist with only one
nurse, known as the circulator, whose job it is to bring
patients from the admissions area to the OR, accompany the
patient to recovery after the procedure, and to write what has
to be documented in the medical chart.
To actually help me do my job, I typically bring two of my
employees, who do the same sorts of things they do in the office
to assist me. Set up the room, take x-rays and digital photos,
hand me things, and provide four of the hands involved in what
we refer to in our business as six-handed dentistry.
When I started twenty-five years ago, there was NO credentialing
required for these folks. Either by the hospital or the dental
board. Now they (or their employers) get to pay a nice tribute
annually to the dental board. And, as of this week, they (me)
also get to pay an additional $225 a head to...an online
credentialing service, that saves the hospital (aka giant
insurance conglomerate) the pesky trouble of making sure they're
qualified to do their job.
Even though they don't ACTUALLY work for the hospital. They work
for me, and not only that, I am legally responsible for their
every action. If they do something wrong that causes a problem
for the patient, it is my malpractice insurance that has to
cover them.
So, bottom line, I now have to pay an extra $775-$1000 in fees
to practice at the hospital.
Tough noogies, you say! That's why they pay you the big bucks.
Well, get this. That ain't all. No that ain't all. Not a by a
long shot.
They now want proof that I, and each staff member, had all our
childhood immunizations. Don't have proof? Fine. Just get them
redone. Also we HAVE to get a flu shot, something I'm opposed to
on principle. And a TB test. And Hep B vaccine. Proof of
immunity to MMR, which for me requires a blood test, since I'm
old enough to have actually had measles.
All in the public interest, you say? Well then, let the hospital
pay for it. After all, they are a hospital and it would cost
them next to nothing, right? But no, I have to pay for all that.
Work out the logistics of sending me and my staff to some
doctor's office during work hours, with significant lost income
AND multiple doctor bills.
And WAIT, there's MORE! My employees must now submit to a
CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK and a DRUG TEST. I can sign something
certifying that I have done this as a normal part of the hiring
process...but guess what? By participating in this whole dog
and pony show, I also have to sign that this "online
credentialing service" can audit my personnel records, to prove
I'm not lying.
This whole ball of wax is being sold to me as a way of
"simplifying" the credentialing process. I'd die laughing at
that if I weren't so absolutely and totally angry that I could
spit.
By the way, the "online" part of online credentialing means that
MY office manager has to input all the data into this "service
package". I'm not exactly sure what the company that I'm paying
to look up my and my employees collective skirts is actually
doing to earn their $225 a head. Looks to me like they bought
some software, and now they are set for life.
Because they are getting this not only from all the doctors and
their employees, but also from each and every hospital employee
as well. Ka-ching! And probably most of the employees will have
to pay for it, not the employers. I pay for my employees, but I
have no requirement to do so.
if you have no compassion for my plight, how do you think this
impacts a low level doctors office employee who is a single
mother making maybe $15 bucks an hour?[/quote]
Agelbert NOTE:I agree with Doctor Eddie.
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If the gooberment
wants you to jump through some bureaucratic hoop in order to
enrich some corporate welfare queen that runs a hospital, then
the gooberment should make we-the-people ALL pay equally. But
that would negate the whole point of corrupt practices disguised
as "fer yer own good" requirements. ;)
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The two million dollar TRUTH about Trayvon Martin in 3 minutes:
By: AGelbert Date: December 6, 2014, 9:48 pm
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[move][font=courier]The two million dollar TRUTH about Trayvon
Martin in 3 minutes:[/font][/move]
:o
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Or just watch the following video starting at the one hour mark:
8)
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Re: Corruption in Government
By: AGelbert Date: December 8, 2014, 11:55 pm
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POLICE in our POLICE STATE =
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“So… now what?” he asked. “We can move forward with this notion
that police officers wearing body cameras will make them more
judicious in their use of force, but it seems pretty clear that
they just don’t give a f uck, and the court system is content to
allow them to keep on not giving a f uck.” Police “are not
regarded as citizens also beholden to the law. They are an armed
force charged with maintenance of a status quo steeped in white
supremacy and anti-blackness.”
Full EXCELLENT Mychal Denzel Smith
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article:
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Re: Corruption in Government
By: AGelbert Date: December 9, 2014, 5:19 pm
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Outstanding comment by Spencer at
Truthdig.
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It's a keeper for anyone interested in the sad truth in our
Fascist Country.
NOTE: Many of the non-video links below are BAD. I chased them
down and the proper links are on the next post after this one.
8)
Spencer
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answers
Tom Raquer
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December 7, 2014
For a moment, I'm going to pretend you're not a privileged,
ignorant troll...One or more cases? Most professional police
force? You think these are isolated incidents? You think a
misdemeanor doesn't turn into a felony when a corrupt cop needs
to cover his/her as* for brutally assaulting/murdering someone
"in the line of duty"?
Try doing some of your own research instead of being spoonfed
data from the very entities (NYPD) that perpetuate the injustice
that their biased research helps conceal.
You are wrong in so many ways, your logic is severely flawed,
and your arguments are fallacious as hell...below is the tip of
the iceberg of what cops are getting away with all across the
country and the justice system is either impotent when it comes
to holding them ACCOUNTABLE or downright facilitates criminal
cop's impunity to being held RESPONSIBLE for their actions
(there's your evidence...go educate yourself and in the
meantime, politely f**k off...or perhaps you'll be educated by
the next cop you run into...I sincerely hope not, but if you
continue to pretend that this isn't a problem, eventually that
problem is more likely to come knocking down your door):
Cops murder Kelly Thomas, a gentle homeless man with
schizophrenia, because they didn't want him sitting in that area
and threatened to “f--- him up” before killing him:
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Cops threw flashbang into baby's crib (with children's toys all
around the yard of the house and with no police work to justify
the warrant).
HTML http://www.salon.com/2014/06/2...
Cops shoot and kill a 7 year old girl who was asleep during a
midnight home raid (while film crews were filming for TV):
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Cop kills unarmed man holding baby:
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Cops shoot to kill without even identifying the target:
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Cop shoots and kills homeless Albuquerque man for no
reason:
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Cop kills innocent, unarmed father in a stairwell because he
claimed the stairwell was dark:
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Cop’s record cleared for accidentally shooting boy in head:
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ormationliberati...
Cop shoots boy in chest when he answered the door, mistaking a
Wii controller for a gun:
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Cops beat delusional man to death as citizens watch:
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Cops unleash attack dog on innocent college kid already being
restrained on ground by numerous officers, no punishment to
officers:
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Cops shoot and kill elderly man in his own garage at night while
checking out the wrong address:
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Cops shoot at man in streets in NY, hit bystanders:
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Cops lied to obtain a no-knock warrant and shot and killed a
grandma in her own home, then planted drugs to cover up the
crime:
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Cops shoots and kills honors student at college campus:
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Cops shoot and wound man getting cigarettes from his own car at
his own house for no reason at all:
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Cops kill man by compressing him while arresting him while he
was distraught:
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Police shoot diabetic man after his wife called for medical
help, they claim he picked up a
knife:
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Cops shoot man holding a toy gun in walmart with no warning and
lied in their report.
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Covert officers assault girls for buying bottled water, cops
thought it was alcohol:
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Cop shoot elderly man reaching for cane:
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Cops kill man with garden hose using a shotgun and no warning:
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Florida man survives 13 shots by officers while sitting in his
car:
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Cops almost shoot and kill a hospital-worker in her own home
with a warrant for an entire apartment complex and screaming at
her door:
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Cops raiding small friendly poker games with militarized
tactics, accidentally killing people-- dying man says “Why did
you shoot me, I was reading a
book.”:
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Cop beats handcuffed teen and is acquitted because video ‘should
only be used to protect cops, not prosecute them.’
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Cop purposely holds onto door handle so he would have the right
to shoot and kill a Sunday school teacher who was driving away
from the cops.
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Cops shoot girl who was backing up, lied to claim self-defense:
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Cops converse with then shoot man with sword in the back several
times, witness accounts claim the man was not threatening, cop
never turned on camera:
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Cops use dubious excuses to justify lethal force:
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Cop shoots homeless man who was deaf and doing woodcarving:
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Cop shoots man in back several times, then stands over him and
shoots again to kill him—questionable whether the man actually
was armed or not—conflicting evidence given.
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Cop attacks random people in crowd and punches NY judge, judge
shocked that cop not charged:
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Drunk NY cops shoot at people:
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Cop with dismal record shoots 12 year old boy with toy gun:
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Cop shoots and kills handcuffed man:
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Re: Corruption in Government
By: AGelbert Date: December 9, 2014, 6:32 pm
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Links for anyone interested… I have about 50 more pages of links
to these stories of cops killing innocent unarmed people, and
cops never get in trouble (at worst let go from the job)…. Cops
murder Kelly Thomas, a gentle homeless man with schizophrenia,
because they didn't want him sitting in that area and threatened
to “f--- him up” before killing him:
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Cops threw flashbang into baby's crib (with children's toys all
around the yard of the house and with no police work to justify
the warrant).
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Cops shoot and kill a 7 year old girl who was asleep during a
midnight home raid (while film crews were filming for TV):
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Cop kills unarmed man holding baby:
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Cop shoot elderly man reaching for cane:
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Cops shoot to kill without even identifying the target:
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Cop shoots and kills homeless Albuquerque man for no reason:
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Cop kills innocent, unarmed father in a stairwell because he
claimed the stairwell was dark:
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Cop’s record cleared for accidentally shooting boy in head:
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Cop shoots boy in chest when he answered the door, mistaking a
Wii controller for a gun:
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Cops beat delusional man to death as citizens watch:
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Cops unleash attack dog on innocent college kid already being
restrained on ground by numerous officers, no punishment to
officers at all:
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Cops shoot and kill elderly man in his own garage at night while
checking out the wrong address:
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Cops shoot at man in streets in NY, hit bystanders:
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Cops lied to obtain a no-knock warrant and shot and killed a
grandma in her own home, then planted drugs to cover up the
crime:
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Cops shoots and kills honors student at college campus:
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Cops shoot and wound man getting cigarettes from his own car at
his own house for no reason at all:
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Cops kill man by compressing him while arresting him while he
was distraught:
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Police shoot diabetic man after his wife called for medical
help, they claim he picked up a knife:
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Cops shoot man holding a toy gun in walmart with no warning and
lied in their report.
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Covert officers assault girls for buying bottled water, cops
thought it was alcohol:
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Cops kill man with garden hose using a shotgun and no warning:
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6S7LRrCru8
Florida man survives 13 shots by officers while sitting in his
car:
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Cops almost shoot and kill a hospital-worker in her own home
with a warrant for an entire apartment complex and screaming at
her door:
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Cops raiding small friendly poker games with militarized
tactics, accidentally killing people-- “Why did you shoot me, I
was reading a book.”:
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Cop beats handcuffed teen and is acquitted because video ‘should
only be used to protect cops, not prosecute them.’
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Cop purposely holds onto door handle so he would have the right
to shoot and kill a Sunday school teacher who was driving away
from the cops.
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Cop shoots man in back several times, then stands over him and
shoots again to kill him—questionable whether the man actually
was armed or not—conflicting evidence given.
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=159PM7ZKcv0
HTML http://www.reddit.com/r/Libertarian/comments/2o79z1/no_indictment_for_cop_who_killed_father_of_6_eric/
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Re: Corruption in Government
By: AGelbert Date: December 10, 2014, 7:55 pm
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Posted by me at Thom Hartmann's web site December 12, 2014.
Thom, HOW do you expect ANYTHING to change in this Fascist
Police State when you NEVER discuss the FACT that we DO NOT have
a Representative Republic? If we had the representation granted
voting citizens by our Contitution, we would have over SIX
THOUSAND representatives in the House! And YEAH, we can do that
with modern technology EASILY!
Fascism isn't coming to the USA; it is HERE! There is no way in
hell that we are going to get our government to do what
we-the-people want UNLESS we can have and elected Representative
for every 30,000 to 60,000 citizens, PERIOD!
You are always quoting the founding fathers and our Constituion,
yet you NEVER mention that our vote is worth ONE SIXTEENTH what
it was worth in 1800. WHY NOT!!!?
THAT is the KEY reason the corporations OWN OUR GOVERNMENT!
Don't tell me it is "impractical" to have an electronic congress
where we-the-people tell our 7,000 Reps what we DEMAND in no
uncertain terms.
The Pentagon has secure connections all over the world. A
congress can do the same thing and meet ELECTRONICALLY while
they STAY in their districts where we-the-people can keep them
from getting bought and paid for. You KNOW that! Yet you pooh
pooh the idea of having 7,000 or so Representatives in the House
of Representatives and one third as many senators.
You IGNORE the CRUCIAL (for the preservation of democracy
against oligarchic elite corruption) fact that it would be
really hard for corporations to buy that many elected
politicians.
As long as we DO NOT have appropriate representation in our
government, there is not a snowball's chance in hell that
torture, war profiteering, dirty energy welfare queen give aways
called subsides and police state privacy violations, brutality
and racist murders will stop.
Things are the way they ARE because the people in our government
REPRESENT the WILL of the oligarchic predators that WANT IT that
way, PERIOD!
If you are still reading (grin), here are the details:
The issue is FASCISM. Our "Jews" just happen to be African
Americans and the poor of all colors. But the Evil in Fascism is
ALWAYS a growth industry and those pretending they will not be
eaten alive by this predatory profit over people and planet
fascism are just plain Wishful Thinking COWARDS.
We are in the throws of Inverted totalitarianism. Chris Hedges
explains that in detail. I think you are familiar with that but
if you want to refresh your mind, just Google it and Chris
Hedges.
And YEP, it IS a police state but it is CLOAKED with the Color
of LAW (see definition of Color of Law) with all the trappings
(pure theater) of a representative republic.
Around the year 1800, the power of a (white, land owner)
American citizen's vote was reasonable (if all the adult
citizens had been allowed to vote). At that time a NEW Rep could
be added to a state if the Congressional district exceeded
60,000 population.
In 1918-19 the COUNT of reps was UNCONSTITUTIONALLY frozen.
You'll never get a lawyer to fight that, either. The historical
record is quite accurate as to the unconstitutionality of that
legislation. You probably know all about how the
unconstitutional income tax was pushed on us. But the BIG
BETRAYAL was the frozen rep count. This assured a fascist
takeover because corporations would get MORE influence while the
individual voter would get less.
At present your vote is worth one SIXTEENTH of what it was in
the year 1800! Representative Republic, my ARSE!
And if some learned counsel would pound the table about the
"progressive reform" of electing senators during the same period
(early 20th century) so state legislators couldn't be bought by
big wig money bags types, then tell them that it was a FICTION.
Why? because it was ACCOMPANIED by freezing the rep count!
What's that got to do with it? Tell said learned counsel to look
up the word "senate". The senate is NOT, and never was, a
democratic, representative or otherwise, of the PEOPLE; it is a
representative of the wealthy ELITE Powers That BE.
It is BALANCED (at least in theory) by the HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES. Remember it has the SAME power as the House
(except it isn't supposed to be able to INITIATE legislation -
like it unconstitutionally DID in 2008 with the bailout!) with
one third less members when this country got started.
As the number of reps got greater and greater from a population
increase, the elite influence increased on a senate with less
and less members in relation to the exploding population of the
states. I.e. LESS DEMOCRACY in an already undemocratic senate -
concentration of POWER in fewer hands!
In order for the proper balance to have been preserved with the,
admittedly more democratic process of electing senators instead
of having state legislators "elect" them, they HAD TO keep the
same ratio of senators to representatives!
They did not do that! They pulled a fascist one-two punch
(one-two-three if you count the Federal Reserve ripping the
power to print money away from the gooberment).
Keeping the, already pro-elite senate at two per state made it
EASIER to BUY THEM. Freezing the house count did the same thing.
I wrote an article explaining all that several years ago. Here
it is.
I'm talking about the sound bite of all sound bites, "No
taxation without representation". We can all agree that
representation is essential in a representative form of
government, right? Yes, we are a republic and the founding
fathers abhorred pure democracy.
But they did write into the Constitution that for every 30,000
citizens, NO MORE THAN ONE representative would be elected to
the House (but AT LEAST ONE per state).
You can see this is dated stuff. The constitution needs to be
CLARIFIED to reflect modern technology. The constitutional
clarification/amendment would be:
1) AT LEAST ONE representative for every 31,000 citizens.
2) The 'AT LEAST ONE representative per state' can be dropped
because it is ridiculous and outdated to even consider a state
with less than 30,000 citizens.
The corporatocracy would fight this tooth and nail because this
amendment would make our House of Representatives a democratic
organization for the first time EVER (in 1787 Native Americans,
women and African Americans were excluded - In 1911 when they
UNconstitutionally froze the rep count at 436, Native Americans,
women and most African Americans could not vote).
Since 1911 we have been in a time warp where corporate power
grew as our population grew. The fix was IN. Now do the math.
Assuming 2/3 of the population can vote, that means 200,000,000
votes. If you get one rep for every 31,000 voters, the House
gets 6451 representatives.
Consider, for a moment, how your vote has been watered down
through the years. The 65 reps back in 1787 represented about 2
million white men. In 1911 the 337 or so that voted to freeze
the upper bound of the number at 436 represented 90 million
mostly white men - NO WOMEN.
Now DAMNIT, PEOPLE! That was one of the most corrupt congresses
we have ever had! That was THE Rockefeller congress! That was
the Railroad baron congress! That was the congress that, in
1913, brought the federal reserve crooks into being! We went
from one rep for every 30,000 to 60,000 white men in 1787 to one
rep for every 500,000 voters in 2010.
Think about that. YOU and 15 other voters have the same power
that ONE WHITE MAN had in 1787!
And with the Citizens United Supreme treason, you are ACTUALLY
getting one rep for every (assuming 10,000 public and private
large corporation pacs) 22 rich corporations. THIS IS THE
REALITY.
[b]There is no valid argument for limiting the number of reps.
NONE.[/b]
We want a representative republic. We don't have one. This is
not a 'progressive' issue. This is about DEMOCRACY!
I wish to add that every single issue of importance to the
people in the USA which has been ignored, disdained, ridiculed
or trashed by the media and/or the government owes its'
continued repression to our lack of representation in congress.
The single argument against it is very old. I cede the floor to
Patrick Henry:
[quote]"But we are told that we need not fear; because those in
power, being our representatives, will not abuse the powers we
put in their hands. I am not well versed in history, but I will
submit to your recollection, whether liberty has been destroyed
most often by the licentiousness of the people, or by the
tyranny of rulers.
I imagine, sir, you will find the balance on the side of
tyranny. Happy will you be if you miss the fate of those
nations, who, omitting to resist their oppressors, or
negligently suffering their liberty to be wrested from them,
have groaned under intolerable despotism!
Most of the human race are now in this deplorable condition; and
those nations who have gone in search of grandeur, power, and
splendor, have also fallen a sacrifice, and been the victims of
their own folly. While they acquired those visionary blessings,
they lost their freedom." [/quote]
I imagine that Patrick Henry, who is famously quoted as saying
he smelled a rat in Philadelphia (the constitutional
convention), would have preferred one elected representative for
much fewer voters than 30,000.
He wanted to keep a sharp eye on the reps way back when. He
would probably be outraged and leading a revolution today. Today
we have the technology for an electronic congress. This congress
would not be the pampered tools for corporations we have now.
Their numbers would make OUR voices stronger than corporate
voices.
They would be more approachable and more willing to listen to us
with the 31,000 voters per district. We would HAVE A VOICE! Our
reps would rule for us.
Patrick Henry's rat was eaten by a Rockefeller T-Rex. We need to
kill this dinosaur. The damned thing will kill us all and then
start on it's own tail.
"People talk sometimes of a bestial cruelty, but that's a great
injustice and insult to the beasts; a beast can never be so
cruel as a man, so artistically cruel. The tiger only tears and
gnaws, that's all he can do. He would never think of nailing
people by the ears, even if he were able to do it." Fyodor
Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
"I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he
has created him in his own image and likeness." Fyodor
Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
"If you were to destroy in mankind the belief in immortality,
not only love but every living force maintaining the life of the
world would at once be dried up. Moreover, nothing then would be
immoral; everything would be lawful, even cannibalism." Fyodor
Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
"We as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values…
when machines and computers, profit motives and property rights,
are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of
racism, materialism and militarism are incapable of being
conquered." -- Martin Luther King, Jr. April 4, 1967
The wheels of "fascist progress" were turning fast and furious
in those first 20 years of the 20th century. But we had Bernays
to put lipstick on that fascist BOOT in our face. The media was
instrumental in keeping the lipstick in place throughout the
20th century and this century (see 911 lock step dumb playing).
The lipstick is coming off.
THE ABOVE SHOULD BE IN YOUR "SCREWED" SEGMENT DAILY!
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Re: Corruption in Government
By: AGelbert Date: December 18, 2014, 7:38 pm
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Re: Corruption in Government
By: AGelbert Date: December 19, 2014, 3:04 pm
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If you haven't read how hard some fascists that work for BIG
OIL are trying to SHAFT Russia, you will find much food for
thought in this article.
Please remember these are the very same politicians that cannot
allow us to get a proper cost of living increase, correct
inflation computation, infrastructure repair and adequate
unemployment insurance, workmen's compensation, welfare
payments, poverty level computations and social security
pensions because THERE AIN'T NO MONEY...
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SNIPPET: (ANOTHER SUBSIDY for Fascist Fossil Fuel BROWN SHIRTS!)
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4. Provisions for privatization of Ukrainian infrastructure,
electricity, oil, gas and renewables, with the help of the World
Bank and USAID.
5. Fifty million dollars to assist in a corporate takeover of
Ukraine’s oil and gas sectors.
6. Three hundred and fifty million dollars for military
assistance to Ukraine, including anti-tank, anti-armor, optical,
and guidance and control equipment, as well as drones.
7. Thirty million dollars for an intensive radio, television and
Internet propaganda campaign throughout the countries of the
former Soviet Union.
8. Twenty million dollars for “democratic organizing” in
Ukraine.
9. Sixty million dollars, spent through groups like the National
Endowment for Democracy, “to improve democratic governance, and
transparency, accountability [and] rule of law” in Russia. What
brilliant hyperbole to pass such a provision the same week the
Senate’s CIA torture report was released. [/quote]
Three Members of Congress Just Reignited the Cold War While No
One Was Looking
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