The end of the line

I fear the end of the fight is near. Headlines today included two things that made me cringe.
First home values drop again. Second the US government is now going into the business of policing the internet.

The home value thing really sucks. It says that class warfare is still going strong and that nothing that is being done to fight back-the protests, US/UK Uncut, the recall elections are going to change the fact that anything owned by the middle class (or what is left of it)-their time, their skills, their pensions, now most lately their homes is worth anything anymore. The things NEEDED by these people-food, energy, medical care, etc-well that is just going to keep going up and up.

And what can be done-the corporations have taken over the government. Now they are fighting hard to eliminate those eligible to vote. But even if you do vote, there is no saying that the election is going to be fair because they bought the courts (See Kloppenburg V Prossner). And that is at the state and federal level. Im talking about Thomas and Scalia of course.


And none of this would make news because corporations own all of MSM, so the only resistance people could show through their crippled unions was over the social networks on the internet. So here comes the government (read corporations) to police the internet. Anonymous warned that they were going after free internet access via piracy claims. Facebook is apparently closing down populist organizing sites.

So we can organize and protest to the ignoring masses or something real can happen. We need to shut the corporations down. Seriously. Nothing short of a mass synchronized walking away from the corporate overlords will do anything at this point.

Sounds cynical, and maybe I am just in a crappy mood about Kloppenburg's announcement today. But if anyone has a better idea have at it.

BTW I stopped blogging in order to join the Facebook exchange of ideas because I felt the need to get information out there in a format people would see. I do not know if I will blog again. There does not seem to be much that can be done with words and/or votes anymore

THE SKY IS FALLING

And nobody is paying attention.
Michigan has ceased to be a democracy. Already four cities have fallen to the financial martial law of Snyder.
Abortion and labor rights are under attack in many states being demolished.
And there is no Supreme Court to take them on because many of the "Justices" have been paid for by the corporations.
The crazy birthers have actually got legistlation in place to insure that Obama cannot be placed on the 2012 ballot there.
Again, unconstitutional but who is defending the constitution?
Who is defending the people of this country, those of us not brainwashed by the right?
We are defending ourselves, we have to. We have to educate those that have been taken in by corporate media and tell them the truth. There is no news on TV, well except a few cable channels and some weather and sports. That is why I post here now. I want my children to have a future, I want this to be the same America I grew up in.
I spend most of my time on Facebook trying to reach people.
Too bad nobody listens except for the choir

And the war goes on

Not the one in Libya, but the one in America, against the middle class. It is surreal what the new dictator is trying to do, along with dictators that took over other states. They want to rip money from the poor, the working, the schools, anything that is publicly owned and ran and give it to the wealthy.

These people are ruthless. It is not enough to be uber rich but they want power too. And they want everyone else to be poor. And they got us all fighting against each other so that not as many are fighting them.

But some are. A lot are. From London, to California, Ohio, Wisconsin, Canada (they threw their neocon out bless their hearts).

And so am I. In the last ten years my family's standard of living has plummeted. My husband is in the same job, took another job in fact, but we can no longer take vacations, buy a car, have birthday parties for our kids. But most of all we cannot even have time with our kids together since he needs to work so much. This is not the life we planned on. And now we do not even know if his pension will still be there and allow us a retirement.

But I am done crying for the life that was taken from me by the uber rich. I am fighting now, not for myself but for my children. Even as I must work hard to fight the tyrants leaving little time for them I am doing it for their future, so they have a better one than me. So it does not turn back into the baron robber nighmare America of the 1890's That is all that is left for me to do.

Madison and beyond

Yesterday I watched via live streaming internet the rally in Madison. I wished I could have been there. I wish that spirit of fighting and determination were with me here. But here I have doctors, family members, neighbors, my children's friend's parents that think that my husband is a lazy good for nothing greedy union member.

They did not think this last month. They thought he was an upstanding officer of the law. He did nothing different to change their opinion.

What changed was politics. Scott Walker got elected and although he vowed to make public sector employees pay more for benies, he said nothing about stripping them of their collective bargaining rights. So naturally there were protests. Okay, many many many protests that made me believe there was life in the working families of America after all. Then the rhetoric went insane.

That is how my hard working husband, who has to work two jobs by the way became a lazy good for nothing slob and hippie too.

Maybe it is the TV. I remember my daughter once watching commercials and asking for everything she saw. She asked for Dora's kitchen although she already had one. She even asked for a life insurance policy when she was four! If TV has that much of a hypnotic effect on people then maybe it should come with some warning labels.

But here in the real, non TV world I can only hope for the spirit of Madison to reach my community and go beyond before all public servants, muslims, liberals, gays, unwed mothers and ....oh I am sure this will go on until almost all people are lazy good for nothings unless you are a billionare and all the rest are stripped of all our money rights and dignity and what remains of the humanity of some of us

No I hate Scott Walker

I apologize to anyone who sees the picture of the evil dictator on my blog. I chose to monetize this site, but do not have control over who puts their bullshit on it. BTW, that Scott Walker poll is bogus and is a right wing viral thing that seems to be everywhere.

Anonymous can you make that go away?

Democracy is in serious danger

Today an extreme Governor took extreme measures to illegally pass an exteme and unpopular agenda against the wishes of the people.

This is not democracy. This is not the United States of America as called for in the Constitution. This is the first step of the last stages to complete fully the corporate takeover of America.

Tonight I will pray that people will do whatever it takes to win back democracy. I know they are tired, busy, disheartened, but if we do not we will not survive. Already wages are falling as prices are rising. In the last ten years my family's lifestyle has been drastically altered. Now with Walkergate it could be completely devastated.

I look at my precious children and want to cry. Why did I think that Russia and Guatemala were poor countries and they would be better off here? Now I wonder about their future, and if we will have to leave this country in order to provide them a better life

Protesters? What protesters?

It is funny that after the initial protest in Wisconsin the media is downplaying the protesters. Or worse, giving voice the legislators who call them slobs.
Think back to Obama's Health Reform Act. The protesters then, known as the "Tea Party" was a real movement, real people (paid for by the Koch brothers) You could not turn on a news station without hearing about Tea Partiers. They were a real political force. Politicians spoke for them. Also paid for by the Koch bros.
Maybe these protesters need to wear weird hats and give themselves a catchy name. Freedom party. Or Democracy party. Or middle class party.

Still locked out of the capital

Against court order, the dictator of Wisconsin is still keeping the public out. We have no corporate media on our side all we have is our collective voice and he is trying to silence that.
Today he starts a bus tour to try to improve his popularity. God help us all if he does.
God help us all if his bills pass.
I want my children to have schools to go to. I want workers to have rights.
THIS IS AMERICA FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
Where is Obama, who ran on education? Hello, the schools in Wisconsin are under attack.
And it is happening in Ohio too, and New Jersey. Our country is falling into oligarchy all over the place. The great American Dream may end forever if we do not win this now.
And if Obama does nothing and therfore loses the next election I expect the Repulican president will do like Libya and send troops to kill protesters
What did you idiots vote for?

We lost the capital

It seems the momentum is dying. How can people so callously cut people's wages, financial aid, health care all the while giving tax cuts to the weathly.
They are going to continue to do it unless all the people stop fighting each other and band together against the real enemy-the banks, the Koch brothers, the oil companies. Why tear a pound of flesh out of workers.

News flash-we have household budgets too. Why should we lose our homes because we have to bear the sole burden of budget shortfall causeed by the greed of the weathy?

This is insanity. It is a nighmare I wish I could wake up from. I want to get a Snotty Walker punching bad and hit it until I feel better

We hold the capital and have a new ally

It looks like my fellow Americans are not going to give up. They know too much is at stake.
Protesters will not leave the capital and the police will not arrest them (go figure, since the right calls them lazy idiots freedloading off the taxpayer).
Anonymous the Wikileaks attack hacker has also joined forces both with a heartfelt message of support for us and condemnation of the oppressors and also with cyber attacks.
I am beginning to think we can win this thing after all. "We the People" will truly have a country again.
Thanks protesters and anonymous. I think I will sleep a little better tonight

This is not democracy

This is an undoing of democracy. Today the State Assembly of Wisconsin voted to strip people of the right to collective bargaining. "But this is America, I thought, built on people's basic rights to life, liberty, free speech, etc."

Then I realized this was not the first strike at democracy. And although the corruption at the top negates democracy also I am specifically talking about attempts and victories of stripping rights away from people.

For years now women's rights have been under attack. Gay rights as well.
Why is the nation that prides itself on being the "land of the free" trying to take as many freedoms as possible away from its citizens?

The nation at war

No I am not talking about our wars of oil, or any war abroad. I am talking about the class war where ground zero is Madison and my husband's income is at stake.

We have actually been in a class war since Reagan busted the union over thirty years ago. The ante was upped by Bush and his tax cuts to the wealthy, and even Clinton's trade agreements. The middle class has been struggling to keep their standard of living and along comes the housing crisis.

First we had to take second job, with practically everyone needing a two income family. Then we had to work longer hours at these jobs for less pay. Then we simply had to borrow because we could not possibly work anymore. Then the debt option was taken away.

So here we are, busted, tired, out of options and here come the new republicans to try to deliver the death blow. If they succeed this country will never be the same. I do not know how so many people carry on with their days. I cannot sleep a full night anymore, even with sleeping pills.

I still cannot understand the evil mind of those so greedy to do this.
Or the working class that support this war agains them. I believe Jesse Jackson called them turkeys celebrating their own thanksgiving

God/ess protect us all

Its all about greed

Ground zero Wisconsin. Walker just admitted his "budget" is really an attempt to bust public sector unions. And if it works here, it is going to happen nationwide.

And the good citizens in this country are divided. Not the 2% or so who union busting will help against the rest, but like an even split.
Its because they have been brainwashed to believe that their financial woes are not because of Wall St, tax cuts for the wealthy, corporations sending jobs overseas.

No, they have been somehow convinced that their enemy is their neighbor. The teacher, the elderly, the fireman, the poor children, anyone who would require a payment either for services provided, money they contributed, promises made, from a government.

And they have been convinced government is bad. Government is bad only for those top 2% who are laughing about the rigged elections, the Supreme Court Justice bribed to do Citizens United to this nation, the mass stupidity of the people who are so scared and so burned out financially and emotionally they are willing to put on silly hats and point a finger at their neighbors who are fighting for everyone's future.

I do not understand the greed. So many homeless, hungry, sick and unable to get medical care, and those who are not are scared spitless that they could be next. How do you do that to a nation and happily take your tax cut and buy another yacht? Is it because you bought your church and paid the clergy to tell you that it is okay? Or do you truly believe that you deserve the lions share of everything and the rest deserve suffering? Are you godlike that you can make so many so unhappy? Have your people think up a response (and I am sure you can buy a good one)

For the rest of us we have to stick together. Union won rights are on the line again. Freedom and democracy have to be fought for constantly. Like our friends in the Middle East who hopefully will all win their battles, we can longer sit in apathy as rights and money disappear. All the time we have to defend what we have. Because the greedy are out there and they have no heart

New Year's resolutions for the world

It's been a while. I have been mostly disappointed with politicians and how they are handling things.
I wish scientists ran the world. They mostly look for answers and solutions rather than re-election. Take all the new technologies being developed to replace fossil fuels.
Of course, the big oil does not want that to happen. Never mind we are all going to run out and the polar caps are melting.
Which brings me to another point. We know the polar caps are melting. We know sea levels are going to rise. We know costal cities are at risk. The only actions taken seem to be to try and get people to consume less fossil fuels. What is they don't. What is the contingency plan? Is there anyone trying to save the coastal cities, maybe by digging canals to reroute the water, building levees or anything like that? I am not an engineer but I think it would be worth looking at something like that.
And the upcoming water crisis. The polar caps are melting-tons of freshwater pouring into the ocean. Can we harvest some of that?

So here's the resolutions
Stop waging wars and start working on solutions.
Somebody has to addess the problem of coastal cities being underwater by the end of the century.
Try to harvest melting polar waters
We need multinational politics to do this and to address the abuses of multinational corporations. The middle class in America will never come back until there is a global middle class, complete with global unions.
No corporate backing of politicians anywhere anytime. I would do away with politicians altogether, but at least make them all have some kind of education requirements, especially in some kind of science or solution orientated discipline.

Go Wikileaks and House Dems

Why is everybody who hates the government and loves freedom so against the Wikileaks shedding a little sunlight on what our so called freely elected government doing with our hard earned tax money?

One of the founding principles of this country was freedom of speech. Unless you offend some big people. I say if they are thinking of doing or saying something that would offend them if it ever got leaked, they should not be doing it. It is about time somebody held these people accountable.

This is real freedom of the press. Speaking of press, or Faux press, I wonder if some of Wikihackers can take down Fox. Please please please, it would be a wonderful Christmas present. Replace lies with truth:) Jesus would like it too, I think.

And as much as I worry about tax rates going up, I have to give kudos to the House dems for fighting the Republican tax cut extensions. It's a little bit too little and too late to actually try to start being the majority party, but better late than never. Geez, if the Republicans are running the country from a minority position now what is going to happen when they get the majority?

I shudder to think. At any rate, I am officially a Socialist now. There is little difference between most Dems and the Reps at this point, and I do not know why Socialism is being touted like a dirty word, but I've researched it and it seems a more reasonable way to govern, not being run by corporations or by government but by the people. Our Constitution is actually more socialist than it is Oligarchy, but that's not what you will hear on Fox. And if you should wonder about class warfare and who wants to start it, get out of your daze. We have been in the midst of a class warfare for some time now and the middle class is losing badly, partly because they do not even want to admit the bombs are being aimed at them daily.

The election went badly, the people are going to suffer unless we take our first amendment rights seriously. Thank you Wikileaks for taking the lead on this

Take back from Wall Street

Two years ago I lost all of my home equity to the housing price collapse. Who got bailed out? The banks. Sweet.
Then my home, which is now worth less than I owe on it is getting even more expensive to live in. Property taxes, a water project, rising insurance costs, etc have forced me to look into home refinancing.

Now these banks, which got away with all the money, dare to charge 2-4K for refinancing and then demand you have the equity which dissappeared into Wall St.

I remember last year (or was it the year before?) when there was a big movement to move your money out of the big banks. Well, I have one better. Move your money out of Wall Street.

The current Congress inc. would love to give Wall Street not only the pensions and homes it already stole, but our Social Security and Medicare as well. I say no way. Starve this beast that is called Wall St. I say we take it down and take every penny out of it, put it into CD's in local banks, or even under your mattress. If the Democrats did not make them pay for their crimes, you can be twice as sure the Republicans will not. Heck, they will reward them. The only thing that can be done is the people taking their money out and leaving them as drained as our bank accounts and pensions and home equities are.

Since there is no way to elect an uncorrupt government the people must take steps on their own. Draining Wall St would be a good start toward social justice

The morning after

Today I am truly in a daze. Everyone expected Republicans to win, but my state was hit hard. There is truly nobody in this state that represents me now. I feel like I have moved into the deep south.
I can only hope the survivors in the Senate do what I hated the Republicans for doing-filibuster and obstruct. Not because I think bringing the country to a complete halt is a good idea, but their agenda is too extreme-killing education, social security, medicare all so the wars can continue and the rich can continue to pay no taxes.
So what is the future for my children who receive a public education? Property taxed will have to soar, so we may even not have a place to live.
I sincerely think about moving to Canada.
They ousted Russ Feingold! One of the good guys, one who wanted to reform campaign finance. That is probably why they are his target.
Welcome to the Corporate states of America, where the legislative process is bought by the highest bidder. Where corporate profits trump people keeping their jobs and homes.
I lived through eight years of Bush, and I fear these next two years are going to be worse because the right has become even more extreme, violent even.
God/Goddess bless us all and protect the middle class so we may live through these next two years without losing more homes and jobs.

Lets get government out of the way

So the big corporations can do openly what they are doing now secretly (well almost)-running the country. And not just our country, the world. With The Chamber of Commerce headquartered in India it is hard to believe that they have American worker's interests at heart.

Anyone reading please watch some non Fox TV, a little Dylan Ratigan, Huffington Post, just for one day. I listen to conservatives. Actually had an aha moment when I found out why people are willing to throw Social Security to Wall St-because they don't want their future on the whims of Congress. Indeed, the next Congress, if things go as predicted, will immediately work at whittling away at SS. So I can see that POV. I can honestly understand it. I don't want my income at the mercy of whatever yahoo gets elected either, but I dont want it in the hands of Wall ST either. That is why it would truly pay to watch DR or some other show so that you realize there is not much difference between government and Wall St. The safest place for your money is actually under your mattress.

It's not that I do not want a government, I just do not want a corrupt government. I want my trash picked up, roads to drive on, clean drinking water, police and fire departments, and hey it would be great if I could eat anything without having to fear bacteria, chemical, and/or glass contaminents in it.

So yes, we need a government, we just need one for the people and by the people. And those people who want government out of the way-just what do you think they want them out of the way of? To turn a completely blind eye to more sticking it to workers and consumers. Everyone just accepts blindly that wages need to come down. But they also accept that tax cuts will stimulate the economy. Well what do you think depressed wages do to the economy? The emphasis on tax cuts is just to try to eliminate the government, not to stimulate the economy. The corporations that run this country now don't give a rat's behind about this country's economy. They are too invested overseas.

Well at least there is talk of China doing something to alleviate the pay gaps there. It is sad to believe that the vast majority of Americans have been brainwashed to believe the corporations are good and are not going to screw them, they need to do away with what's left of our pitiful government not under control of the overlords in order for things to get better. Our only salvation will be when the Chinese revolt against their working conditions, and the Indians, and the South American, etc. Our labor movement cost a lot of lives, I imagine theirs will too. Too bad we could not use our experience to shake ourselves out of the daze and lead the world in this again.

Rescue

Wow, it was really great to see people working together, from the government to the mine owners, to other countries, and the mine workers themselves to save lives.
This stands in sharp contrast to the Tennesee fire department that let a citizen's home and pets burn to the ground and to death.
Contrast this also to the freeze in SS benefits and the calls to actually get rid of social safety nets and to repeal health care reforms.
If the people in Chile had the 'every person for themselves' 'tude we would probably be hearing a story of death and suffering.
People and politicians take note. Helping others in need is good.

On the subject of Social security I find myself personally taking a hit. As is my husband in his wage freezes. We are all sacraficing because of this economy.

Take note multinational and/or national corporations. You need to lower your prices too