Change? Bullshit!

9/11 State of Emergency Renewed

Obama Shelves Plan to Close Corporate Tax Loophole

Trillions for Wall Street While States Suffer

How obvious does it have to get before the sheeple see that Obama serves not the people, but the corporate vampires?

The Looting of America

"The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial
element in the large centers has owned the government of the U.S. since
the days of Andrew Jackson."
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt

None Dare Call It Bribery

Under conditions of growing unemployment and deepening social misery for working people throughout the US, President Barack Obama flew into New York City Tuesday to raise millions of dollars in campaign donations from America’s financial elite.

He was expected to clear at least $3 million, largely from a Manhattan bash with an entry fee of $30,400 per couple — the maximum contribution allowed by law.
[Story continues HERE]

Happy Birthday

John Winston Ono Lennon Oct 9 1940 - Dec 8, 1980

Why Obama Hasn't Brought Change, and Won't

The Awful Truth about American Politics

Over at OpEd News is a righteous rant by Stephen Pizzella which is worthy of wider distribution.
Here's a snippet:

Ever since the Democrats started squealing at the same corporate trough as the Republicans, the Left has responded by sucking on a hopeium crack pipe that the Democrats have been more than happy to fill with fluff victories about identity politics and other class lite issues that have little or nothing to do with the basic economic interests of the vast majority of Americans. In the process it has become what would be considered in any other Western democracy an oxymoronic joke: a Left without a defining class consciousness.

Go HERE to read the whole thing. Then share it with someone.

Alan Grayson Rocks!

A Democrat with a spine. What a concept!
Here's Rep. Alan Grayson, explaining the GOP's health care plan.



Then, when the Repubs demand an apology, he gives them this:



Which got him an appearance on the situation room where he took on Wolf and a pair of indignant Repubs...


How refreshing to see a Democrat who'll stand up and tell it like it is. I suggest he stay out of small airplanes.

9/11 Commission Rejects own Report as Based on Government Lies

The 9/11 Commission now tells us that the official version of 9/11 was based on false testimony and documents and is almost entirely untrue. The details of this massive cover-up are carefully outlined in a book by John Farmer, who was the Senior Counsel for the 9/11 Commission.
Continue reading HERE

Honesty in Amerika - R.I.P.

Truthout.org has published a most insightful essay by Henry Giroux entitled: The Politics of Lying and the Culture of Deceit in Obama's America: The Rule of Damaged Politics.

It begins: In the current American political landscape, truth is not merely misrepresented or falsified; it is overtly mocked.

Continue reading HERE. Do it now.

[image lifted from toonpool.com]

McChrystal Wants More Troops for Afghanistan

The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warns in an urgent, confidential assessment of the war that he needs more forces within the next year and bluntly states that without them, the eight-year conflict "will likely result in failure."
From WAPO

Since more troops means more $ for his corporate masters, I predict Obama will go for it.