Here We Go Again Trump and Palin, Speak!

The National Restaurant Association, had to actually pay a settlement, because of actions by Herman Cain and the,  "Dynamic Duo of Stupidity", Donald Trump and Sarah Palin come storming out with "witch hunt" accusations against the media. Maybe I am missing something here, but if something occurs, how can you blame someone else for the results. Have you ever corrected a child. It goes something like this, "Jayden, your room is a mess and needs to be cleaned up." Jayden responds with, "But Miyah messed it up." Jayden is my seven year old grandson and Miyah is his four year old sister. My response is, "But who's room is it and who is responsible to keep it clean?"

 The Cain strategy is to blame the media for reporting on the episode, but no where does he take responsibility for his actions. He does not say anything about his inappropriate behavior. The DD of Stupidity, Palin and Trump, then take it a step further. The media, liberals, Democrats, progressives and anyone that does not believe the way we do, is on a witch hunt. They choose to ignore the fact that someone, Cain, did something wrong, sexual harassment and instead shift blame elsewhere.

What I find most comical about this is these are some of the same people that have perpetuated the idea that our President, was not born in Hawaii and is therefore, not legitimate in his role. Even after certificates of live birth were presented, they continued to throw this same ridiculous birther item at the President. So, once more see if I understand this correctly. A witch hunt is when someone did something wrong and the truth is reported in the media. However it is not a witch hunt, when an accusation is made and PROVEN wrong, then to continue to pursue the issue. I don't know about you but the Dynamic Duo of Stupidity sure looks at life through a whole different set of facts. I haven't even started with their sidekick the equally idiotic, our blacks are better then their blacks,  Ann Coulter. That my friends is another story!

Response to Anonymous!

I will always say, "thank you" to any reader that takes the time to respond and invite them to have a meaningful discussion on issues. I will also respond to comments and debate rather I agree or disagree with them. In this case first I want to thank the reader for calling me a liberal. If they take time to read more of my, "blather", they will also see the blog, where I spoke about being Liberal and proud of it. You stated that I had no facts or solutions. There were a couple, but this post was more opinion. I invite you to take the time and read some of my other posts and see my solutions. Solutions that are real, such as building our infrastructure and investing in education. Ideas like revamping the tax code and eliminating the loop holes. Ideas, like raising the Social Security age and eliminating waste in Medicare and Medicaid. The solutions are there, but one thing I will say is that, you seem to display the typical far right attitude. There is only one solution and that is cut taxes for the wealthy and corporations, while we reduce regulations. My greatest point in this post was we need to educate and invest to move America forward. I was also talking about the fact that the last fifty years, regardless of rather it was a Republican or Democrat in control, we have allowed the idea that we could cut taxes and regulation, to create a robust economy. My suggestion to anonymous is that maybe they should try a liberal way of doing things and actually read more then the captions, before they roll out their usual right wing tactic of the same old, stale talking points. Try it you may find you actually learn something.

Voting Rights Are Being Stolen!

The Republican and the far right wing are attacking the rights of voters under the guise of voter fraud. We do not have a serious problem with fraud and anyone who states otherwise is simply lying. We have less then one one thousandth of a percent of fraud during our elections and yet the Republicans in states all around the country are doing everything they can to suppress voters from getting to the polls. They are reducing the number of days that we can vote early. They are requiring photo IDs. I love the fact that in Texas students can not use current school IDs as proper identification, but are permitted to use their NRA cards for ID. Am I missing something here? This is an attempt to disenfranchise large groups of voters, that would tend to vote Democratic in elections. This is another example of the lies and scheming that politicians will use to rig the elections. We have serious problems and issues facing all of us today and this is what we are paying our elected officials to do. I am outraged by the timidity of the American people. Where is the outpouring of emotions and the fighting spirit to demand that the Republicans stop the suppression of our Constitutional right to vote? Come on America. Stand up and fight back. They are trying to take our rights and country away from us.

Republicans are Playing a Dangerous Game.

When the Democrats, during the debt ceiling debate, offered a ratio of ten dollars in cuts for every dollar in revenue increases, the Republicans should have grabbed that deal and ran with it. Instead they decided to pursue their philosophy of making Barrack Obama, a one term president. They are and still are ignoring the needs of America for the benefit of their own and their party's power. This is why we can label this Congress as the do nothing Congress. They had on their table, spending cuts, that according to them, was the reason they were elected to office. I disagree with cuts at this point in our fragile economy, but the Republicans had what they wanted and they failed to act.

Every day, since Obama was elected the Republicans have placed our country in a very precarious position, by ignoring the devastation that the average American is enduring. For what end? For political power? To get re-elected? They continue to do nothing and the people are paying a huge price. We are not investing in the areas that would create jobs and start to seriously move us forward economically. They are willing to sit back and watch the country fall further behind and with it the American people to fall further into a well of hopelessness and despair.

 Every poll that is available, shows the enormous support that the Occupy Wall Street movement has. They show the support for the idea of a fair and balanced tax system. They show a support for a non-rigged election system, where the concerns of all are considered over the concerns of the people throwing huge amounts of money at the politicians. They show a country where there is more pessimism then hope. The Republican answer is basically, who cares what the people want. Don't get me wrong, the Democrats have not been completely in favor of the average person and they have work of their own to do, but the Republicans are so far out of touch and they show no willingness to hear from us.

The American people can no longer afford to wait for answers and solutions to our problems. The time to act is now, before they destroy us. The Republicans are attacking voting rights, abortion issues, our rights to peaceful assembly and speech, collective bargaining and any other right that they can get away with. There is a class war going on and has been in full force for over forty years. The elite have been winning for all of those forty plus years. The final volleys have yet to be fired. The time is here now to join the fight. Support the OWS movement. Support the rights of women to make the correct choice for them. Support voting rights for all citizens. Stand now and let the Republicans know they will not take our freedoms away. We must first speak out with words and then speak out with our vote. We are 300 million strong! We are the ninety nine percent! We have the right and the power. Let us all use it.

Police Violence Has to be Halted!

Looking back just a couple of months ago, in Wisconsin and other places around the country, many of the same people, that are involved with the Occupy Wall Street movement were standing up and fighting for the same police officers that are now attacking American citizens. Why are these police officers now involved with bullying and strong armed tactics against citizens that are exercising their Constitutional and God given right to peacefully assemble and speak out against the tyrannical corporate elite that are controlling our country? I am sure they are following orders given to them by their superiors and they are following them blindly. This was not acceptable for our soldiers, to use the excuse, they were following orders and this was when they were faced with combat situations.

The police are being utilized as the enforcers for the corrupt elite and politicians that are not willing to, or are not intelligent enough to realize, that the current system is rigged and they want to continue to pull the strings. The police have to start reacting as people, as American citizens and not paid thugs. We have to demand that the police stop the military attacks on Americans. They have to enforce the law, however, they also have to use compassion and intelligence in their dealings with the majority of protesters. When they encounter the extremes, they should, as quietly as possible, move in make the arrest and then move back out. They have to consider the safety of the public they are surrounding and violating civil rights.

I am not some wide eyed radical. I for the most part support the police, that are sometimes placed in very difficult situations and then criticized  for their every move. Far too long minorities have endured the brutality of police departments and now we are starting to see the trend increase against more and more citizens. The time for the police to stand with the protesters instead of against them is now. What do we have to do to demonstrate in our own country. In Libya when they started attacking the people, America and NATO allies came together to protect the innocent. Are we now to the point where we invite NATO planes to protect U.S. citizens? I, for one, hope not.

What The Occupy Wall Street People Are Trying To Do!

I have to laugh when I hear media and politicians trying to explain what the OWS folks are doing. They want to have everything wrapped into a nice, neat, little package and delivered to them, so they can start telling everyone what is wrong with OWS demands. They will tell us that we are naive and that what we want could not possibly work. They will invent new lies and slogans to show all of the ordinary people how wrong we are. That is, in my opinion, one of the best reasons that the movement should not be so specific. The people involved and who support the OWS movement, should keep the ideals and direction, right where it is at the moment. For one it scares the hell out of the elite. They are not sure how to counter us and it keeps them guessing. Two, we should not limit ourselves in any way. The only way for the American people to gain back control over our country and ourselves is to go after it all. Why should we limit this movement to some small part. We should and deserve to have everything that we, the majority, demands. Is this not what we were taught in school? We were lead to believe, that we lived in the greatest country on earth and could achieve any goal we desired, if we worked hard. Are we to believe this was all a lie? Maybe the elite meant it to be, but I bought it and now I want the rewards for all Americans.

OWS is growing and if we are not able to be there in person, we should support them in every other way we can. We should talk to others and keep them involved and up to date with the latest information. We have for to many years, turned our attention away from our politicians and allowed them to drive us to this point. We have to take control back and use the power of the vote to force the direction toward the benefit of the average American. The elite and power brokers depend on us not paying attention and we assist them each time we turn away from the issues. We have to take responsibility for our actions and make the leaders, start doing what is in the best interest of America's citizens. The OWS movement is trying to make us all aware of the destruction of our country by the elite and corporations. The top one percent want it all for them. Don't let the bastards win! We are over 300 million strong. They have no chance!

Ignorance Is Bliss!!!

Ignorance in America and around the world certainly is at the center of where we find ourselves today. The Occupy Wall Street movement is gaining momentum and recognition, but many of the people that could benefit the most from OWS's direction, either do not care enough or enjoy their total lack of knowledge or awareness. Many times I have asked, when are we going to wake up and start to demand fairness in education? When will we ask the wealthiest to guarantee economic equality? When will we confront the unevenness in access to health care? When will the people that are elected, to work for the average person, be held accountable for the disproportionate resources that are available for the elite and corporations and are denied to the poorest of America's citizens?

When I have questioned people about the OWS, the usual response is that they have heard something about it. They shrug and then want to move away from the subject. The other response I seem to hear frequently is that the people that support this movement and the people participating in it, are envious. Envious, please! They are missing the point, that the wealthiest people, or at least the largest percentage of the wealthiest people, have exploited the free market concept to amass huge fortunes and are unwilling to pay a share for the betterment and advancement of the rest of society. I, for one am not envious! I want fairness and a sense from those at the top, they have a responsibility to give back some of the fortune, to support our infrastructure and maintain a high degree of life in the United States.

This morning, I listened to Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, on Morning Joe. He related a meeting he had with a CEO of a large, American based company. This CEO, who was not identified, stated that he did not care about the local economy, since they were international. They did not have to worry about the people either in their neighborhoods or the country, because they could not control how much money his corporation made and the bonuses or salaries paid to him and his team. They are in over 130 different countries and would do what ever they wanted. This is the direction that corporate America is going.

The American citizens and the citizens of the world, need to listen. They need to quit dismissing the problems as something they cannot control. They need to awaken to a new world order, that places the needs of the average citizen above the greed of a few. We all need to be aware and do our own work to learn what is happening around us. We need to shed the yoke of ignorance and all of us become leaders.

Malcolm X once proclaimed, " If you're not careful, the newspaper will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing."

Remember who controls the press and media. We must stop the ignorance.