THIS CHRISTMAS GIVE ABRAMOFF - THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.

James Hirni will be charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He is from a long list to fall - that have and will. What makes Hirni so important is his connections, especially to whom he donated money. He loved to donate money to Senator Mitch McConnell(Rep) and Senator Pat Roberts(Rep) and Senator Bob Corker and Senator Jeff Sessions as well as House Minority leader John Boehner.

Do we expect Hirni to roll over on McConnell, Roberts, Corker, Sessions and Boehner. We don't know. Likely not, though it may depend on the time he will end up serving. I called Pat Roberts office and instead of answering any questions they gave me the "transfer shuffle". I have little patience for that kind of annoying behavior.

When I called Boehner's office, I got the "transfer shuffle" also but at least it was short and I was transfered to someone that was willing to say a few words. Specifically, they were unaware of the charges to Hirni. When asked if they were directly involved in the "Friends of John Boehner" PAC they said yes (Which sort of means he has no friends and must run the PAC himself I guess). When asked if they would be returning or donating the money that was given from Hirni the person answering said they were sure they would do that.

I was told by Senator Sessions office that the person who handles press always returns phone calls and that actually sounded promising. Now, that was noon Pacific time and I got a call back at 12:19. I was impressed. But when I said I was independent I was rushed off the phone and told if he responded that someone would let me know. I actually forced my email address on her after I was "clicked". "Clicked" you ask? That tell tale noise when someone on an extension hangs up after listening. She said "It must have been on your end"(mine). To which I responded, "Someone is listening to another extension on my cell phone? Oooookay". I will update you if I actually get a response - doubtful.

I called McConnell's office and they didn't want me to talk to anyone and instead sent me to their website where I could submit a request. Mind you, this was not for press, what it basically means when they request that is, "We don't want to hear from you but you can vent here provided that you realize we don't care and will not respond." Been there with Nancy Pelosi and others and didn't feel like asking again. No politician likes to be asked questions and it annoys me when they never respond. The definition of crazy being "expecting something different every time you try to do the same thing".

At Corker's office I had a strange call. When asking if the Senator would be releasing a statement and if the monies donated would be returned and/or donated, the person who answered stated that the Senator had nothing to do with donations to his campaign and that she would find a number for me (of which she never did). I asked, "So you're saying that even though someone who is about to be charged with wire fraud in the Abramoff investigation, who donated money to the Senator's campain, that the Senator has nothing to do with that?" She said, yes, that's true.

Wow, reporting is a pain in my ass.

LANIRE... The Follow-Up

READ TWO BLOGS DOWN, "A CONVERSATION WITH LANIRE ABOUT PROP 8"

He went ahead and sinned anyway. He was thinking of not voting at all so there wouldn't be a problem but he changed his mind in the voting booth and voted yes on prop 8. I'm a minority but not black so I cannot really comment on why he did it - but I will anyway.

Lanire is black and should have realized that this was the same as an attempt at banning marriage between blacks and whites in the 60s. His family took the religion of their enslavers and learned to hate from it. But it may or may not have been his fault. Instead it may be the fault of his Baptist minister in South Central for telling him how to think. I did ask Lanire to go to his minister and ask which sin was worse. He said he would but he did not.

Now I have to rethink my friendship. Lanire is good in many ways but I don't know whether or not I should overlook this.

This election could have meant. "OBAMA IS THE NEW PRESIDENT ELECT!" with all caps and an exclamation point but with the passage of prop 8 it's only, "Obama is the new president elect." with a period.

Man and Woman Equals Brother and Sister or Father and Daughter or Mother and Son!

The Knights of Columbus may have really screwed up this time. Writing law is very complex. You must write it in the negative.. If you write it in the positive then it can be viewed very widely, The proposed change in the California constitution will read, "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." Previous to this, marriage was not really defined. Now, with such a narrow definition, blood relatives may marry. Since the marriage laws only say "cousins may marry" and does not touch on direct blood relatives this change in the constitution will allow someone to marry a person in their immediate family.

A CONVERSATION WITH LANIRE ABOUT PROP 8...

I know, it seems odd to blog about a conversation. But when you realize what our conversation was about then you might understand.
First, I should explain who Lanire is. A retired short-haul truck driver who retired after 45 years on the job - That's right! 45 years! He is black and has had many many children and has grand children. Lanire is very aware of the civil rights era and he's also very much involved with his church. He's an all around nice guy who is very liberal on his views.
The following conversation is not verbatim but it is surely what was discussed about proposition 8 in California. Proposition 8 changes the California Constitution to say "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." I am voting "NO" and I asked Lanire what he thought about it.

Lanire: Is that the marriage one? I'm voting yes.

Me: Why would you vote "yes"? Do you support marriage between brother and sister?

Lanire: Of course not, I'm voting "yes"

Me: Well you know that laws are written in the negative as in "shall not" or "may not" or "will not" because if you put in the constitution what is allowed then it can be looked at in a broader sense. They want to amend the constitution to say, "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." but they don't limit it to "those who are not related" so if you vote yes that means you support marriage between brother and sister or mother and son or father and daughter.

Lanire: I do not!

Me: Well you do support incest and marriage if you vote yes on 8.

Lanire: But I have to follow the bible and the bible says that men with men is an abomination.

Me: Well the bible says that you should not force your beliefs on others and that they have to come over to Christianity on their own and that forcing youur beliefs on someone else is sinful. So if you vote yes on prop 8 then you're going against the bible.

Lanire: But the government is telling me what to believe and I want to stop that... I believe in separation of church and state. The government should not tell me or my church what I can or cannot do.

Me: But if you vote yes on 8, that's what you are asking for.

Lanire: It is not!

Me: Suppose a church wants to marry two men or two women but the government says "no". Wouldn't that be the government telling a church what it can or cannot do?

Lanire: I'm black and can't stand the government taking away my rights or treating me like a second class citizen. My beliefs are sacred to me.

Me: You're right and I'm sure you remember the 60's and what we all fought for. They wanted to stop whites and blacks from marrying in some states, wasn't that horrible?

Lanire: Damn straight, unconscionable.

Me: Yet you want to do the same thing.

Lanire: No I don't!

Me: But if you forbid someone who loves each other from marrying just because of a physical characteristic that's exactly what you are doing. You're taking away the word black and inserting the word gay and trying to pass a law that continues discrimination!

Lanire: But marriage is supposed to be between a man and a woman.

Me: Lanire, let's recap. You are a black, churchgoing man who believes in the rights of the individual and believe in the church. Yet, first, you want to allow marriage between a brother and sister. Second, you want to install discrimination into the California Constitution. Third, you want to allow the government to tell the church what it can or cannot do. And fourth, you want to go against the bible and force your beliefs on everyone when the bible clearly states that you're not supposed to.

Lanire: But if you let gays marry then why not brother and sister?

Me: And that's how we started this conversation.

Will Conservative Republicans Accept Sarah Palin As She Is?

On Saturday Night they were "Live From New York!"
Sarah Palin showed up this past Saturday for Saturday Night Live along with other celebrities. When a Baldwin informed Tina Fey that "The real one" was there she told the audience "bye"... or maybe not. She could have been precognitient. Is it possible that, unwittingly, Tina Fey said, "bi"? The next few seconds were very telling as frame by frame passed.
"Oh my God!" said my friend, Amanda, "Did Sarah Palin just check out Tina Fey's tits and ass?!"
A frame "bi" frame review would seem to indicate that it was true.

I brought the footage to a body language expert to get his take on the incident. Dr. Frederick VonFakendoc of the Derfalsenberg Institute on Body Investigative and Type Correlative Humanity reviewed it and gave me his thoughts on each frame and the subconscious thoughts of the Id. He said, "The Id is filled with energy reaching it from the instincts, but it has no organization, produces no collective will, but only a striving to bring about the satisfaction of the instinctual needs subject to the observance of the pleasure principle." I asked for a more layman type of explanation. He went frame by frame and discussed the deep subconscious feelings that Sarah Palin was holding as well as those of Tina Fey.

"Frames 1 through 5 show the uncontrollable urge of Governor Palin to look at Ms Fey's breasts. Between frames 1, 2 and 3, Ms Fey realizes that the Governor has begun staring and by frame 4 it is outwardly manifested with the beginnings of a smile."


"By frame 5 it has turned into a full smile and in 6 Ms Fey is struggling to hold in her pleasure at the thought of another woman being sexually attracted to her. Mind you, even though the Governor fixates for a full 12 or more frames, it is still the subconscious Id at work. Ms Fey is more aware of her camera surroundings and her Ego keeps her from the blatant fixation as that of the Governors because the Ego is what controls the Id from manifesting itself to the conscious world."


"Frames 10, 11 and 12 show Tina Fey struggling. Her Ego has forced her teeth to grit under the pressure of her Id to get out because subconsciously her Id is very aware that the Governor's eyes are still fixated on her breasts. The Body language of the Governor is very telling in these few frames in that her Id is completely controlling her movements. She slows down as Ms Fey passes so her Id's pleasure center can get more pleasure."

I asked, What does that mean?
The Doctor said, "The longer she is in front of her, the more time she has to view her breasts. As Ms Fey does the actual passing, the Governor actually leans back to get more of a glimpse."

"In frames 13 through 19 Ms Fey has passed the Governor and is then able to relax her Ego's hold on her Id because the Id is an impulse that at this time has less to act on. But the tide against the levee is still strong. As her Ego relaxes her Id shows itself with a somewhat less powerful smile than it would have been. But still powerful enough. Her Id, since in a weaker state at this point, is allowed somewhat free rein. By frame 19 she begins to look back at the Governor, however, the Ego does not allow her to look back on the Governor's side for fear she'll be discovered. Also, in frame 19, the Governors Id begins manifesting itself uncontrollably once more as it directs the Governor to begin staring at Ms Fey's hind end so that the Governor's pleasure center can again be satisfied."


"By frames 20 and 21, as Ms Fey begins looking back, the Governors Id again manifests itself as she licks her lips while staring at Ms Fey's hind end. The Governor literally 'stops in her tracks' from frames 18 to 21 to satisfy her Id's pleasure center. And by frame 23 Ms Fey is completely subconsciously aware that she was ogled which also gives her Id and pleasure center much pleasure."


"In frames 22 and 23 there is the tell-tale sign of the Governor's Id's imagination as she looks down in an attempt to put all that she has seen into an image of Ms Fey nude so she can again satisfy her pleasure center."

I asked, Doesn't she know?

The Doctor said, "They are both unaware of their outward manifestations because the Super-ego will not allow them to be aware. You see, Ms Fey does not want to feel pleasure from the Governor because she doesn't believe in her ideals and the Governor does not want to feel pleasure from another woman because she fears that her peers will push her away. Yet she's obviously attracted to the same sex."

I then asked, Are you saying that the Republican Party would reject the Governor if they knew of her true lesbian or bi feelings?

"I wouldn't want to put words in their mouths and the Id, Ego and Super-ego of the Republican Party is really entirely to complex and unusual for me to comment on unless I had a few years to study the complexities."

I thanked the Doctor for his insight and left.

The question still remains. Are the Republicans willing to accept and outwardly bisexual Vice President in Sarah Palin? The past would indicate an obvious NO. But the past would also indicate that an unwed pregnant daughter of a candidate would also cause concern among the Republican Party. So I guess now I really understand why the Doctor said, "... the Republican Party is really entirely too complex and unusual..." because they contradict themselves on every flip and flop.

Though this is all based in true Freudian psychology I'm sure you should look closely at the name Doctor Frederick VonFakendoc from the institute D.I. B.I.T.C.H. and ask yourself, "How many grains of salt should I take with this article"?

On the other hand. Video doesn't lie.
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The US Dollar, Economy and Wall Street

At this point it's looking pretty grim. Since Bush's appointment to the presidency the US Dollar has fallen to about 63% of its previous value. Mind you, there are different ways to calculate this but we need to start somewhere.

When Bush was appointed the DOW was about 10,400. Today, after the most recent tumble, it is about 10,600(down 2,350 points from just a years ago) and still plunging.

Now let us compare the two when you take into consideration US Dollar value.

Under 7,000 points. Meaning, if you had invested $100,000.00 in the DOW in December of 2000 and then took into consideration the stock market rise and the devalued dollar then you would now have $63,000.00 simply because the Republicans made you believe stock VALUE was going up for 7.5 years when only the price was. All that time, the actual value had decreased compared to the rest of the world on average unless you invested in Gold or the Euro(which I suggested to all my investing friends in 2000 seeing who was going into the White House - they didn't listen being they were right-wingers and I couldn't know anything).

So now let us look at it all...
If you were poor, you're poorer
If you were rich, you still are but you're a poorer rich.

Please look at my October 9th, 2007 blog for another chart of importance.

Why The GOP Does NOT Want To Count Non-Citizen Residents

With a little help from Rawstory.com for this article.

The GOP plans to pad their representation by removing non-citizens from the 2010 census. Under their party platform they are saying, "The integrity of the 2010 census, proportioning congressional representation among the states, must be preserved," and, "The census should count every person legally abiding in the United States in an actual enumeration."

Under the 14th ammendment they purposefully left out the word citizen for that section. I don't know how the GOP can claim this...
In section 1 they use the word "citizen" but in section 2 they leave it out. And after they say "excluding indians non-taxed". Had they wanted to exclude non-citizens, they would have written that in as well. The republican base just wants to do this so they can save themselves from losing more representatives because they are going to get a trouncing in November. They need to keep their numbers up somehow. In the early 70s after the Nixon debacle they raised their numbers by coddling to the religious base and used Roe v Wade to add to their numbers. If you read the actual Roe v Wade wording you would think a true conservative would have been FOR the decision. The wording basically says that the government should not decide what you can do with your body. Keeping the government out of your lives has traditionally been a staple of the GOP. Anyone wanting the government deciding on what you can or cannot do is labeled a socialist. The GOP spun the decision to make it about the actual abortion so they could rally voters on an emotional issue. They want to do this again by rallying voters on their fears.
The following is taken from the 14th ammendment. You'll notice in part 1 how they mention citizens and in part 2 how they just say "persons".
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1.All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State.
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If there was a true conservative left in this country they would help to halt this move by the GOP. If conservatives don't rise up to take their party back there will be no party left for anyone to join... Not that they would want to right now.

AmerMccain Gothic

Very scary when you look at the history of American Gothic!

The Sudden Interest In Prescott Bush.

Funny how this was hidden by the media for years and they suddenly come out with it when it's too late.

Yes, Prescott S. Bush(Bush 43s Grandfather) had ties to Nazi Germany and the Union Banking Company that financed them but that's not the worst part. That worst part still remains hidden by the right-winged media.

I was SCREAMING about this in 2000 and the media didn't want anything to do with it! The media, including The View, are beginning to realize that people are angry that they conveniently stop informing the public when it's most important for us to hear because it's most important to them for us not to hear it.

The Republican agenda furthers the financials for big media and that is why media withholds information from the public. If they released that information it would hurt their bottom line because they don't want to have a President in office who would reign in corporate power. The media now realize that they have to appear even handed by bringing this up 8 years too late. I'm sure they'll bring up the things they are hiding about McCain when it's too late later.

Hundreds of news people and talk show hosts knew of this back then - including the BITCH Behar - and they failed in their newsperson's "hypocratic oath"... of which there is none but should be. They should have brought this up back then and now they pat themselves on the back for "a job well done".

WELL DONE MY ASS!!!

TOO LITTLE TOO LATE!!!

The news media has lost all credibility because they are run by the corporations.

Your job... find out what they are hiding about McCain and spread the word.
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NOW, "THE WORST PART" that they are still hiding. Senator Prescott Bush tried to overthrow the government and FDR to install a Fascist government.

THE MEDIA HAS CONVENIENTLY FORGOTTEN ABOUT THAT FOR 8 YEARS.
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NOW, MORE OF "THE WORST PART"...
Prescott Bush ran a company called "Hamburg-America Line", which came under investigation in the U.S. for Nazi Propoganda activities in 1933.
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NOW, EVEN MORE OF "THE WORST PART" That has been well hidden by the right winged media.
Bush43s Great grandfather was a railroad robber baron.
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Here we have four generations of Bush family that have been corrupt and fascist and yet the newsmedia has conveniently forgotten all of it until it was too late.

There needs to be a "Hypocratic Oath" for the news media and there needs to be a law.
The law should state that corporations are NOT allowed to guide the principles of their news media.

What is Mother's Day really About?

The Origin of Mother's Day

Mother's day is about peace. It's about not allowing your sons to die at war and not allowing your son to take the life of another mother's son during war. This came from the civil war from mothers who knew mothers on the other side whose sons died.

As originally envisioned, "Mother's Day" was a call for pacifism and disarmament by women.

Early "Mother's Day" was mostly marked by women's peace groups. A common early activity was the meeting of groups of mothers whose sons had fought or died on opposite sides of the American Civil War.

This one day of the year would be spent with your mother instead of off dying or killing another mother's son! And Mother's day was a scream from Mothers who wanted to be heard in a time they were not listened to.
If men gave up their ploughs for war then Mothers will give up their work at home for peace.
They were sick and tired of losing their sons to war!

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Mother's Day Proclamation.

Arise, then, women of this day!
Arise, all women who have hearts,
Whether our baptism be of water or of tears!

Say firmly:
"We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies, Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause.
Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.
We, the women of one country, will be too tender of those of another country To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs."

From the bosom of the devastated Earth a voice goes up with our own.
It says: "Disarm! Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice." Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil at the summons of war, Let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel.

Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.
Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means Whereby the great human family can live in peace, Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar, But of God.

In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask That a general congress of women without limit of nationality May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most convenient And at the earliest period consistent with its objects, To promote the alliance of the different nationalities, The amicable settlement of international questions, The great and general interests of peace.

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Solution to the Florida Michigan Debacle

The argument was made a very long time ago that Florida and Michigan are each a cross section of the US. They felt that they were more important than other states as far as what their vote meant. Nevermind that in both states it was Republicans who decided to cause these problems with the Democratic party.
So, since the idea is that they are a perfect cross section of the people of the US then we will seat their delegates. We will take their delegates and divide them equally among all 56(?) primaries/caucuses. My math comes up with 6.5 delegates per voting district be it state or territory or whatever. DC gets 6.5 and California gets 6.5, so do the upcoming Pennsylvania and Puerto Rico areas. If you wanted to divide them up percentage wise, that would be fine too but I like my 6.5 each better.

TREASON, VOTING & RUSH "little blue pill" LIMBAUGH

Everyone may be arguing about who signed what affidavit and who voted for whom in Ohio but you may need to look deeper into the laws to find true wrongdoing. This time, it would include Texas and Pennsylvania and any person in any state. Under section 2385 of the treason laws they spell out that it does not only cover the US government or just the state government when trying to overthrow the government. It doesn't just end with the government...

"Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States or the government of any State, Territory, District or Possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision therein"

When the treason law states "any political subdivision therein" it does not state anything geographical. A political subdivision could be considered a political party and thereby mean that those who crossed party lines to wreak havoc with the Democratic party may be described as committing treason against a part of the United States. That's not just Ohio, people - that's everywhere including the upcoming Pennsylvania race.

Subverting the government is an attempt to overthrow by not allowing the true will of the people to decide.

Everyone who has participated or will participate should be tried and if found guilty, get the appropriate punishment which is, "shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction."

As far as the fat boy Rush "little blue pill" Limbaugh is concerned you need not look any further than the first line of this treason law... "Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, advises, or teaches..." Yes, the fat boy has indeed committed treason!