by pox americanus » Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:39 pm
"Even if 9/11 was not a MIHOP or a LIHOP, but simply a colossal fuckup, there's enough evidence to convict the entire top tier of the current administration of criminal negligence on a massive scale. All the squabbling over minutiae is no doubt thrilling to them -- it keeps the energies of their critics from demanding consequences."<br><br>here here...hoorah!<br><br>"But how do we go about demanding consequences? " <br><br>the ant in the ear drives the elephant mad.<br><br>There's Bowman <br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://bowman2006.com/issues_az.htm">bowman2006.com/issues_az.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <br>running for the house in Florida. He's won the democratic primary. of course he's former mil/indust, and running in FLORIDA but... also Clint Curtis, (can you believe he running) that's a debate worth watching, huh? though i don't have a good bead on him or the race. Brad blogs loaded.<br><br>here's is a shameless plug for Max Kaiser. His vision of global actionable protest is so simple it's profound. he's a resistor of the global corporate occupation. A class war has/is being waged upon us. We are at the dawning of a newer shinier feudalism. I live well because of it. So, most likely, do you.<br><br>ok<br><br>so how to fight the beast. fire with fire. deny it capital. it's lifeblood.<br><br>"I like to think there's no such thing as bad companies, just<br>conflicted ones that haven't had their social irresponsibility<br>monetised yet."<br>-max kaiser<br><br>boycott's are good but, alone they are relatively feeble, at least in terms of actual fiscal pain. what you can do though is capitalize on the craven, cannabalistic nature of the hedgefund market. if they smell blood in the water they're going in. Karmabanque is an online virtual market that helps to identify corporations particularly vulnerable to a global boycott that could likely induce hegdefund movement, puts, bets that the companys stock value will go down. if enough money is "put" the "wise" investor will rightly assume the hedge is onto somethin and get out, further weakening the companys stock. That would cause real, fiscal pain and hopefully would inspire the offender into re-evaluating it's policies and business practices. profit is the only motive. it is truly Amoral. the market is (unfortunately) reality. or policy follows price, all else follows. you don't change the company, you change the market conditions under which it is allowed to thrive. consequently it should evolve or die. (of course the "free" market is the biggest lie of the bunch, if it were truly free, many of these dinosaurs would have died the natural death they so richly deserve long ago, but, unFortunately they are still being propped up by "us!" you and me! through the means of government subsidies, tax break handouts, insider trading, access to unreasonably cheap capital, risk-less speculation, all the tools of the monopolists trade, honed to a razors edge over the last two centuries, etc., blah blah), rigged? uh, yeah.<br><br>anyways he and his partner in crime, Stacey, podcast daily here: <br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://karmabanqueradio.com/">karmabanqueradio.com/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>and their show "the truth about markets" can be heard live in london every saturday night on Resonance 104 fm. you tube has some stuff as well...<br><br>educational and entertaining as all heck.<br><br>demand consequnces by denying them your money. <br><br>stop using your credit cards for gods sake.<br><br>get out of debt as soon as you possibly can (i'm in for awhile, educational loans, my plan of the y2k crash "servicing' that debt for me didn't quite work out as hoped)<br><br>(a few probably not so well thought out thoughts, off the top o my head)<br>-demand consequences by demanding that congress represent you<br>-end the recognition of a corporation as a legal "person"<br>-giving money to a politician is not "free speech". let em know you think so and you're watching.<br>-In all federal elections, demand (ok i'm gonna argue here against states rights) standardized voting procedures and uniform physical mechanisms that insure an accurate count and audit if needed. There must be a "reciept" Any discrepency beyond (+/- 6 percent?) between official results and the (statistically infallible, proven reliable beyond a doubt) exit polling, Automatically triggers a hand recount whether it is requested by the participants or not. All americorps volunteers and any student recieving federal aide in the form of scholarship and grants should be required to 'serve" in the election. i.e. polling staff, admin support, etc. remaining positions filled as needed. All positions held in this "Federal election staff" should be "official federal employees" vetted and paid part-time seasonal positions, subject to all rights and benefits, regulations and penalties of said. Expensive? Ha! who is it loves to say Freedom Isn't Free. I'm sure with a little (and i mean a little, as in any, bugetary responsibility, we could fund this with nary a pinch)<br>-responibility for the administration of and certification of all federal elections should be transferred to the IG and General Accounting Office. <br><br>demand consequences through the political mechanisms you can actually have a personal impact on. state legislatures. city councils, your various neighborhood organizations...which one? maybe the one You start. Doing what? uh, well how about once, twice, ect, a week you go out as a group, (you've got to know at least one person who would do this with you) regularly, at the same time, for the same duration. walk around your neighborhood with a gong or bell and ring it. (or something) ring it for ninehundred an eleven seconds or somethin, do it with regularity. like clockwork. Same day, same time. Eventually (maybe months) people's natural curiosity (and perhaps ire) may be aroused. When an inquiry is made, you then (having prepared literature, dvd's, cd's) inform them (calmly, rationally, respectfully) of what you are doing and why. Think of it as a mini parade, a vigil, a prayer, a protest, art, theatre, exercise, an opportunity to meet attractive like minded individuals of the opposite (or accommodating) sex... whatever, could be all those things and you may end up getting to know the folks around you a little better. Don't waste anyone's time arguing. You won't change anyone's mind and shouldn't aspire to. Just plant the seeds. Most folks know in their guts something has gone terribly wrong. Most folks are conditioned to distrust, tune out, most folks are too consumed with the very real struggles of the day to day but most folks are not cowards. Hell tptb love to say NEVER FORGET right? ok. We Won't. <br><br>All we want is a truly independent investigation, right? There is abundant evidence of a confict of interest as it relates to Executive/Editorial control of the 911 commission. <br><br>If the smell test of <br><br>"even the appearance alone of a conflict of interest should result in recussal..." <br><br>is reasonable, which it is, then how is it that this request for another investigation is paranoid, deluded, rash, ignorant, dangerous, disrespectful, opportunistic,... treasonous. <br><br>It's not too late but jeez it's gettin warm. The administration is now equivocating the saying of the above with the act of "providing sympathy and comfort to the enemy". gimme a break. seriously. <br><br>ok, thanks for the space. longwinded. sorry.<br><br>thanks gouda. great stuff, stay outta the honeypots, stick to facts. <br><br>speaking of ridiculous bushian rhetoric...this one sorta creeps me out: <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/12/AR2006091201594.html">"the third awakening"</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> <p></p><i></i>