Crap
What the
Crap is Happening?
By John
Johnson
(I wrote
this about Sept. 20)
The last time we talked, the Democrats were
starting their convention and the Republicans were about too.
Obama did give an inspiring acceptance
speech but as usual it was short on specifics and what concrete programs he
wants from his administration.
It was interesting that during the
convention, lobbyists and corporate interest threw very private parties for
delegates. So private that members of
the media were arrested for just standing outside trying to get interviews.
The Republican convention was a bit more
eventful. It started with police, FBI
and Home Security holding alternative media members at gun point for hours, I
guess just for the fun of it. Then later
the same arrested alternative media members as they tried to cover the brutally
attacked demonstrations, most notably Amy Goodman of Democracy Now (charges
against her were later dropped).
Of course the big news was the
appointment of right-wing radical - moose and wolf killer - witch hunter -
constant liar - the cipher Sarah Palin, which I guess proves the Republicans do
have a sense of humor.
As we go to press this month the
Those benefiting under Bush have
been the defense and multi-national contractor industries, with a trillion
dollars handed over to them, the excuse being the total destruction of one of
the oldest civilizations, Iraq, and of
course his old pals in the oil industries.
And during this time the thieves on Wall Street were working hard to
manipulate the financial markets to make themselves billions and billions. They got so greedy and crooked they started
to devour the boxes they were living in.
The current bail out is to insure they keep their homes, while millions
of others lose theirs. A problem is a
majority of people seem to be against it,
McCain and Republicans have implied they may be against it, while
(cowardly, brain dead and complicit ) Democrats are being stampeded to voting
for it - the Iraq War and Patriot Act
d‚j… vu all over again.
One of the ideas of this collapse
and bailout is to set up the next administration. If its a Democrat, he will inherit an
"emergency" and an empty shell of a government and economy and won't
be able to do much but put some bandaids on.
If its a Republican he will start to privatize Social Security and cut
most government programs and do away with any still existing regulations on
corporate structures.
As we go to press John McCain said
he was suspending his campaign to deal with the economic crisis in
If you aren't frightened out of your
shoes and still care, watch for the next month efforts of Republicans to fix the vote. Already they are doing things like sending
out phony letters telling Democrats to send their absentee ballots to a false
address. Procedures in many states are
being set up to disqualify Democrats on phony grounds. Voting machines can
still be manipulated. So far the
"official" Democratic Party has not being doing much, we know about,
to combat this.
To find out more go out and rent one
of my favorite movies "Blair Witch Project". Other than that, BOO (Marr Nealon's dog), happy
Halloween.
Please Mark Farjeon article. A good friend of mind Mark passed on to his
next challenge. He was really a good
guy.