Democrats Support Troops More Then Bush!
Weird Wally is confused. While Bush, Cheney and many Republicans continue to insist that Democrats are weak on terrorists and don’t support our troops, many Republicans vote for tax cuts for the top 1% of income earners and, at the same time, cut funding for Veterans returning from Iraq.
Supporting our troops, to WW, means walking one's talk.
So, let’s take a look at what Bush says and, what he does.
WW has no comment. He justs ask that you follow the links below for a while and see what you come up with:
http://www.rawstory.com/showarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.armytimes.com%2Fnews%2F2007%2F02%2FTNSreedinspect070227%2F
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17316437/site/newsweek
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17315490/site/newsweek
Trust me,
Weird Wally
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Bait and Switch
It’s just come to Weird Wally’s attention that the White House has reversed its long standing policy of not talking with its enemies. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, recently announced that the Unites States would participate in area talks with Iraq’s neighbors, including Syria and Iran. But as far as WW can tell, today’s scenario is a bait and switch and is only a small snapshot in time. WW would rather look at patterns that go beyond a mere photograph in time.
Take the Baker Hamilton Report, for instance. While most of us thought that it would give this administration time to clean up its act and fess up to mistakes, Bush appoints study groups and commissions to study the report and, at a time of their choosing, announces that instead of backing out of the shit, he is plunging forward into the deep shit.
Then too, there were UN's Weapons inspectors in Iraq, before Bush insisted they get out because of a coming U.S. invasion. The inspectors had not as yet found anything.
What will likely happen with this new initiative we participate in is that Bush enters it with a hidden agenda, stalls for time, pisses people off then announces to the world that, he doesn’t care what the rest of us think, “I’m gonna do whatever the fuck I want to!”
And when he does it, we’re not gonna believe what we are seeing and by the time we figure out what’s going on and play catch-up to Bush and his cabal of neocons, they will have already put things in place for their next scam. Which means, we will be forever playing catch-up unless, of course, we figure out their secret agenda.
And for the first time in WW’s recent memory, Occam’s Razor may or, may not apply
Occam’s Razor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam
And that’s because we have been taken into the Twilight Zone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone
Trust me,
Weird Wally
It’s just come to Weird Wally’s attention that the White House has reversed its long standing policy of not talking with its enemies. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, recently announced that the Unites States would participate in area talks with Iraq’s neighbors, including Syria and Iran. But as far as WW can tell, today’s scenario is a bait and switch and is only a small snapshot in time. WW would rather look at patterns that go beyond a mere photograph in time.
Take the Baker Hamilton Report, for instance. While most of us thought that it would give this administration time to clean up its act and fess up to mistakes, Bush appoints study groups and commissions to study the report and, at a time of their choosing, announces that instead of backing out of the shit, he is plunging forward into the deep shit.
Then too, there were UN's Weapons inspectors in Iraq, before Bush insisted they get out because of a coming U.S. invasion. The inspectors had not as yet found anything.
What will likely happen with this new initiative we participate in is that Bush enters it with a hidden agenda, stalls for time, pisses people off then announces to the world that, he doesn’t care what the rest of us think, “I’m gonna do whatever the fuck I want to!”
And when he does it, we’re not gonna believe what we are seeing and by the time we figure out what’s going on and play catch-up to Bush and his cabal of neocons, they will have already put things in place for their next scam. Which means, we will be forever playing catch-up unless, of course, we figure out their secret agenda.
And for the first time in WW’s recent memory, Occam’s Razor may or, may not apply
Occam’s Razor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam
And that’s because we have been taken into the Twilight Zone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone
Trust me,
Weird Wally
Will the 2008 Elections Actually Happen?
With the bizarre behavior of the Bush Administration doing what it wants regardless of what common sense and common good dictate, Weird Wally has been very paranoid of late. It’s pretty obvious that Bush and his neocons lied to us in the past continues to do so and, will continue to do so in the future. There is the Iraq surge of 21,000 new troops, but rumor has it will be closer to 50,000. Despite the administration’s continued denial that it has no intention of invading Iran, WW needs more then mere words to believe them. Canceling the surge and bringing home the troops would, for instance, help WW to match Bush’s behavior with what WW, and most everybody else sees.
Is it possible that things are getting so out of control so fast that many high-ranking career military officers would resign before carrying out orders to take any kind of action against Iran?
“Some of America’s most senior military commanders are prepared to resign if the White House orders a military strike against Iran, according to highly placed defence and intelligence sources.
"Tension in the Gulf region has raised fears that an attack on Iran is becoming increasingly likely before President George Bush leaves office. The Sunday Times has learnt that up to five generals and admirals are willing to resign rather than approve what they consider would be a reckless attack.”
For the complete article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1434540.ece
Maybe we won’t turn out like Nazi Germany after all, but as our more competant and ethical generals resign, the faster those who are incompetant and unethical will rise to take their places. The thing is, Bush will promote them, but can Congress or, anyone else stop him?
And if not, what might happen to the 2008 Elections?
Trust me,
Weird Wally
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With the bizarre behavior of the Bush Administration doing what it wants regardless of what common sense and common good dictate, Weird Wally has been very paranoid of late. It’s pretty obvious that Bush and his neocons lied to us in the past continues to do so and, will continue to do so in the future. There is the Iraq surge of 21,000 new troops, but rumor has it will be closer to 50,000. Despite the administration’s continued denial that it has no intention of invading Iran, WW needs more then mere words to believe them. Canceling the surge and bringing home the troops would, for instance, help WW to match Bush’s behavior with what WW, and most everybody else sees.
Is it possible that things are getting so out of control so fast that many high-ranking career military officers would resign before carrying out orders to take any kind of action against Iran?
“Some of America’s most senior military commanders are prepared to resign if the White House orders a military strike against Iran, according to highly placed defence and intelligence sources.
"Tension in the Gulf region has raised fears that an attack on Iran is becoming increasingly likely before President George Bush leaves office. The Sunday Times has learnt that up to five generals and admirals are willing to resign rather than approve what they consider would be a reckless attack.”
For the complete article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1434540.ece
Maybe we won’t turn out like Nazi Germany after all, but as our more competant and ethical generals resign, the faster those who are incompetant and unethical will rise to take their places. The thing is, Bush will promote them, but can Congress or, anyone else stop him?
And if not, what might happen to the 2008 Elections?
Trust me,
Weird Wally
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Sunday, February 25, 2007
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Affairs of State
About nine months ago, Weird Wally started coming across gossip involving George Bush and Condoleezza Rice doing the wild thing. Every time a juicy tidbit came his way, WW tuned it out. First off, WW didn’t and does not now believe it. And even if true, it is none of WW’s business.
But, at the same time, we are just starting to reemerge from a nation of sheep and stepping up to the plate of reality. Since our plates hold a meal we don’t want to have to eat, we try to not look at what’s on it, but we have no choice.
It is common knowledge that George and Laura Bush are having relationship problems and this is sad.
Fact of the matter is, WW can’t help but wonder if our President has lost his mind?
Or, maybe, he is being drugged by a shadowy group of neocons both inside and outside of the government.
Pondering stuff like this is why WW likes to read fiction as opposed to opinions that folks try to pass off as real.
On the other hand, there are those among us who can pass on truth and fiction and define the difference between the two.
http://wonkette.com/politics/condi/crazy-talk-we-cant-ignore-the-bushcondi-rumors-178417.php
After all, it’s a very mean and unsubstantiated thing to do to George and Laura Bush and Condi Rice. And if it’s a mean and unsubstantiated thing to do, Fox news probably has a hand in it!
Trust me,
Weird Wally
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About nine months ago, Weird Wally started coming across gossip involving George Bush and Condoleezza Rice doing the wild thing. Every time a juicy tidbit came his way, WW tuned it out. First off, WW didn’t and does not now believe it. And even if true, it is none of WW’s business.
But, at the same time, we are just starting to reemerge from a nation of sheep and stepping up to the plate of reality. Since our plates hold a meal we don’t want to have to eat, we try to not look at what’s on it, but we have no choice.
It is common knowledge that George and Laura Bush are having relationship problems and this is sad.
Fact of the matter is, WW can’t help but wonder if our President has lost his mind?
Or, maybe, he is being drugged by a shadowy group of neocons both inside and outside of the government.
Pondering stuff like this is why WW likes to read fiction as opposed to opinions that folks try to pass off as real.
On the other hand, there are those among us who can pass on truth and fiction and define the difference between the two.
http://wonkette.com/politics/condi/crazy-talk-we-cant-ignore-the-bushcondi-rumors-178417.php
After all, it’s a very mean and unsubstantiated thing to do to George and Laura Bush and Condi Rice. And if it’s a mean and unsubstantiated thing to do, Fox news probably has a hand in it!
Trust me,
Weird Wally
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Site Issues
The “comments link” has been enabled and readers are free to post their comments.
Thanks to Tom H., of, “Who Hijacked Our Country,” who helped Weird Wally figure out how to do this.
On the other hand…
Weird Wally is Pissed
Word has it that WW was going to isolate himself away and finish DVD disc numbers five and six of, HBO’s “Rome” series.
But when WW checked his snail mail, he found that the two discs from blockbuster.com, were both the same and only number five.
Oh well, shit happens.
Trust me,
Weird Wally
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http://rpc.blogrolling.com/display_raw.php?r=3859a1dce383cdfa1060f4321df2de73
The “comments link” has been enabled and readers are free to post their comments.
Thanks to Tom H., of, “Who Hijacked Our Country,” who helped Weird Wally figure out how to do this.
On the other hand…
Weird Wally is Pissed
Word has it that WW was going to isolate himself away and finish DVD disc numbers five and six of, HBO’s “Rome” series.
But when WW checked his snail mail, he found that the two discs from blockbuster.com, were both the same and only number five.
Oh well, shit happens.
Trust me,
Weird Wally
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Tuesday, February 20, 2007
We Are What We Eat!
The word is getting out faster then Weird Wally expected...
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) and cloned meat and dairy products are pretty scary things to think about, yet here we are and so are the GMOs and clones.
And, as word gets out, most will want to know what we are buying. Even Wal-mart is starting “certified food(s).”
This is a good thing, but places like Whole Foods won’t build stores in barrios and ghettos.
And Weird Wally understands this.
After all, a bad business decision is a bad decision.
On the other hand, where are all the products of failed farm experiments and questionable ethics, going to end up?
In barrios and ghettos, most likely.
And that is how life works.
WW was born and raised in the South Bronx and has been there and done that.
And, this is not a good thing for many good people
Trust me,
Weird Wally
The word is getting out faster then Weird Wally expected...
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) and cloned meat and dairy products are pretty scary things to think about, yet here we are and so are the GMOs and clones.
And, as word gets out, most will want to know what we are buying. Even Wal-mart is starting “certified food(s).”
This is a good thing, but places like Whole Foods won’t build stores in barrios and ghettos.
And Weird Wally understands this.
After all, a bad business decision is a bad decision.
On the other hand, where are all the products of failed farm experiments and questionable ethics, going to end up?
In barrios and ghettos, most likely.
And that is how life works.
WW was born and raised in the South Bronx and has been there and done that.
And, this is not a good thing for many good people
Trust me,
Weird Wally
Monday, February 19, 2007
Peace Pilgrim Found Dead in USA
Weird Wally recently received a communiqué from Hillbilly Hermit.
HH reports that the Peace Pilgrim’s body has been found. And she is dead and will no longer be posting to the net or, providing deep background information to Progressive Bloggers!
The upside is that our guys managed to get to her before the other side. And, while conducting a routine body search, here is what our guys found out:
"Why, of course people don't want war!"
Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece?
Naturally the common people don't want war: neither in Russia nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany.
That is understood.
But after all, it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.
"Voice or no voice, people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. All you have to do is tell them that they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.
It works the same in any country."
Herman Goering, at the Nuremburg Trials
Trust me,
Weird Wally
Weird Wally recently received a communiqué from Hillbilly Hermit.
HH reports that the Peace Pilgrim’s body has been found. And she is dead and will no longer be posting to the net or, providing deep background information to Progressive Bloggers!
The upside is that our guys managed to get to her before the other side. And, while conducting a routine body search, here is what our guys found out:
"Why, of course people don't want war!"
Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece?
Naturally the common people don't want war: neither in Russia nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany.
That is understood.
But after all, it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.
"Voice or no voice, people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. All you have to do is tell them that they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.
It works the same in any country."
Herman Goering, at the Nuremburg Trials
Trust me,
Weird Wally
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Game Over: Thirty-Six Sure-Fire Signs That Your Empire Is Crumbling
by David Michael Green
So. You've built yourself an empire, eh?
Well, bully for you!
What's next, you ask?
Well, now you've got to do what everybody does when they have an empire, of course. You've got to worry about it falling apart, mate!
But how to tell for sure?
Let me see if I can be helpful.
Here are some rules of thumb to keep in mind, thirty-six sure-fire indicators that your empire is falling apart:
You know your empire's crumbling when the folks who are gearing up their empire to replace yours start blowing up satellites in space. And then they don't bother to return your phone calls when you ring upto ask why.
You know your empire's crumbling when those same folks are cutting deals left, right and center across Asia, Latin America and Africa, while you, your lousy terms, and your arrogant attitude are no longer welcome.
You know your empire's crumbling when you're spending your grandchildren's money like a drunken sailor, and letting your soon-to-be rivals finance your little splurge (i.e., letting them own your country).
You know your empire's crumbling when it's considered an achievement to pretend that you've halved the rate at which you're adding to the massive mountain of debt you've already accumulated.
You know your empire's crumbling when you weaken your currency until it looks as anemic as a Paris runway model, and you're still setting record trade deficits. (Hint: Because you're not making anything anymore.)
You know your empire's crumbling when "the little brown ones" (thank you George H.W. Bush - certainly not me - for that lovely expression)in country after country of "your backyard" blow you off and proudly elect anti-imperialist leftist governments.
You know your empire's crumbling when you can't topple those governments and replace them with nice puppet regimes - like in the good old days - even if you wanted to. And you badly want to.
You know your empire's crumbling when one of their leaders comes to the United Nations and makes fun of your emperor, calling him the devil, and joking about smelling sulphur where he just stood. And though a few folks cringe, everybody laughs.
You know your empire's crumbling when just about your entire military land force is tied up in a worse-than-useless war launched on the basis of complete fabrications, that every day is actually making you less - not more - secure from external threat.
You know your empire's crumbling when almost half the soldiers in that war are high-paid mercenaries, and you don't dare institute a draft.
You know your empire's crumbling when you send soldiers into war with two weeks training and a lack of armor, and then you keep them there for three, four and five rotations.
You know your empire's crumbling when a member of the Axis of Evil can test missiles and explode nuclear warheads, and all you can do about it is mumble some pathetic warnings about how they better not do that again or there will be consequences.
You know your empire's crumbling when you even think that there is an Axis of Evil.
You know your empire's crumbling when a rag-tag military hodge-podgeof irregulars has you pinned down in an endless fight you can't win, but also can't lose.
You know your empire's crumbling when you're too dumb to even ban Humvees as a first step toward ending your dependency on a foreign-owned crucial resource.
You know your empire's crumbling when you trade your prior moral leadership on human rights issues for global disgust at your torture,'extraordinary rendition' (a.k.a. kidnapping for torture) and the dismantling of nine centuries worth of civil liberties progress.
You know your empire's crumbling when you blow off international law that you once helped create, and undermine the institutions of international governance that you once helped build.
You know your empire's crumbling when opinion polls confirm that every month you're more and more despised throughout the world.
You know your empire's crumbling when you can't even pull off the hanging of a tin-pot murderous former dictator without turning him into a hero.
You know your empire's crumbling when you're the richest country in the world, but nearly 50 million of your people don't have basic health care coverage.
You know your empire's crumbling when the World Health Organization ranks your healthcare system 37th 'best' in the world, just above Slovenia, and just below Costa Rica. (And far below Colombia, Cyprus,Saudi Arabia and Morocco.)
You know your empire's crumbling when instead of making it easier for citizens to obtain a higher education, you're making it harder and more expensive.
You know your empire's crumbling when your government gives tax breaks to industries as a reward for exporting your jobs elsewhere.
You know your empire's crumbling when the so-called 'opposition' party can't even turn that obscenity into a viable campaign theme and use it to clobber the worst emperor in your history.
You know your empire's crumbling when your middle class has been stagnant for three decades, while the wealth of the hyper-rich continues to climb through the roof.
You know your empire's crumbling when your reaction to that is to exacerbate the problem by enacting tax policies that massively increase further still the gap between the rich and the rest.
You know your empire's crumbling when the predatory class has taken over your government and is stripping the country of everything not bolted down to the floor. And then it sells the floor itself, as well,to your rivals.
You know your empire's crumbling when you're spending tens of billionsof dollars you don't own on new nuclear warheads and space weapons that don't work, to be used against an enemy you don't have.
You know your empire's crumbling when one of your cities drowns and your government does next to nothing before, during and after.
You know your empire's crumbling when a massive environmental nightmare is looming around the corner, and your emperor not only ignores it, but claims it isn't real while taking steps to exacerbate it.
You know your empire's crumbling when your emperor is warned by a CIA briefer of an imminent terrorist attack of vast proportions, and responds by remaining on vacation and dismissing the briefer with thewords: "All right. You've covered your ass, now."
You know your empire's crumbling when the same emperor drops everything to fly across the country from his vacation home in order to sign a bill intervening on the wrong side of a personal medical drama involving a single family.
You know your empire's crumbling when gays and immigrants are used as diversionary issues to keep people from thinking about the pillaging of their country and their wallets actually taking place. And it works.
You know your empire's crumbling when people are getting more religious and less scientific, not the other way around.
You know your empire's crumbling when your political leaders start to be chosen by dynastic rules of succession.
And you especially know your empire's crumbling when the most idiotic child of one of the least accomplished leaders in its history is not only crowned as the next emperor, but is even revered for a time by most of the public as a great one.
Rome? Britain? Spain?
At this rate we'll be lucky to end up like Belgium.
David Michael Green is a professor of political science at HofstraUniversity in New York. He is delighted to receive readers' reactionsto his articles ( dmg@...), but regrets that time constraints do not always allow him torespond. More of his work can be found at his website,www.regressiveantidote.net .m/display_raw.phr=3859a1dce383cdfa1060f4321df2de73
by David Michael Green
So. You've built yourself an empire, eh?
Well, bully for you!
What's next, you ask?
Well, now you've got to do what everybody does when they have an empire, of course. You've got to worry about it falling apart, mate!
But how to tell for sure?
Let me see if I can be helpful.
Here are some rules of thumb to keep in mind, thirty-six sure-fire indicators that your empire is falling apart:
You know your empire's crumbling when the folks who are gearing up their empire to replace yours start blowing up satellites in space. And then they don't bother to return your phone calls when you ring upto ask why.
You know your empire's crumbling when those same folks are cutting deals left, right and center across Asia, Latin America and Africa, while you, your lousy terms, and your arrogant attitude are no longer welcome.
You know your empire's crumbling when you're spending your grandchildren's money like a drunken sailor, and letting your soon-to-be rivals finance your little splurge (i.e., letting them own your country).
You know your empire's crumbling when it's considered an achievement to pretend that you've halved the rate at which you're adding to the massive mountain of debt you've already accumulated.
You know your empire's crumbling when you weaken your currency until it looks as anemic as a Paris runway model, and you're still setting record trade deficits. (Hint: Because you're not making anything anymore.)
You know your empire's crumbling when "the little brown ones" (thank you George H.W. Bush - certainly not me - for that lovely expression)in country after country of "your backyard" blow you off and proudly elect anti-imperialist leftist governments.
You know your empire's crumbling when you can't topple those governments and replace them with nice puppet regimes - like in the good old days - even if you wanted to. And you badly want to.
You know your empire's crumbling when one of their leaders comes to the United Nations and makes fun of your emperor, calling him the devil, and joking about smelling sulphur where he just stood. And though a few folks cringe, everybody laughs.
You know your empire's crumbling when just about your entire military land force is tied up in a worse-than-useless war launched on the basis of complete fabrications, that every day is actually making you less - not more - secure from external threat.
You know your empire's crumbling when almost half the soldiers in that war are high-paid mercenaries, and you don't dare institute a draft.
You know your empire's crumbling when you send soldiers into war with two weeks training and a lack of armor, and then you keep them there for three, four and five rotations.
You know your empire's crumbling when a member of the Axis of Evil can test missiles and explode nuclear warheads, and all you can do about it is mumble some pathetic warnings about how they better not do that again or there will be consequences.
You know your empire's crumbling when you even think that there is an Axis of Evil.
You know your empire's crumbling when a rag-tag military hodge-podgeof irregulars has you pinned down in an endless fight you can't win, but also can't lose.
You know your empire's crumbling when you're too dumb to even ban Humvees as a first step toward ending your dependency on a foreign-owned crucial resource.
You know your empire's crumbling when you trade your prior moral leadership on human rights issues for global disgust at your torture,'extraordinary rendition' (a.k.a. kidnapping for torture) and the dismantling of nine centuries worth of civil liberties progress.
You know your empire's crumbling when you blow off international law that you once helped create, and undermine the institutions of international governance that you once helped build.
You know your empire's crumbling when opinion polls confirm that every month you're more and more despised throughout the world.
You know your empire's crumbling when you can't even pull off the hanging of a tin-pot murderous former dictator without turning him into a hero.
You know your empire's crumbling when you're the richest country in the world, but nearly 50 million of your people don't have basic health care coverage.
You know your empire's crumbling when the World Health Organization ranks your healthcare system 37th 'best' in the world, just above Slovenia, and just below Costa Rica. (And far below Colombia, Cyprus,Saudi Arabia and Morocco.)
You know your empire's crumbling when instead of making it easier for citizens to obtain a higher education, you're making it harder and more expensive.
You know your empire's crumbling when your government gives tax breaks to industries as a reward for exporting your jobs elsewhere.
You know your empire's crumbling when the so-called 'opposition' party can't even turn that obscenity into a viable campaign theme and use it to clobber the worst emperor in your history.
You know your empire's crumbling when your middle class has been stagnant for three decades, while the wealth of the hyper-rich continues to climb through the roof.
You know your empire's crumbling when your reaction to that is to exacerbate the problem by enacting tax policies that massively increase further still the gap between the rich and the rest.
You know your empire's crumbling when the predatory class has taken over your government and is stripping the country of everything not bolted down to the floor. And then it sells the floor itself, as well,to your rivals.
You know your empire's crumbling when you're spending tens of billionsof dollars you don't own on new nuclear warheads and space weapons that don't work, to be used against an enemy you don't have.
You know your empire's crumbling when one of your cities drowns and your government does next to nothing before, during and after.
You know your empire's crumbling when a massive environmental nightmare is looming around the corner, and your emperor not only ignores it, but claims it isn't real while taking steps to exacerbate it.
You know your empire's crumbling when your emperor is warned by a CIA briefer of an imminent terrorist attack of vast proportions, and responds by remaining on vacation and dismissing the briefer with thewords: "All right. You've covered your ass, now."
You know your empire's crumbling when the same emperor drops everything to fly across the country from his vacation home in order to sign a bill intervening on the wrong side of a personal medical drama involving a single family.
You know your empire's crumbling when gays and immigrants are used as diversionary issues to keep people from thinking about the pillaging of their country and their wallets actually taking place. And it works.
You know your empire's crumbling when people are getting more religious and less scientific, not the other way around.
You know your empire's crumbling when your political leaders start to be chosen by dynastic rules of succession.
And you especially know your empire's crumbling when the most idiotic child of one of the least accomplished leaders in its history is not only crowned as the next emperor, but is even revered for a time by most of the public as a great one.
Rome? Britain? Spain?
At this rate we'll be lucky to end up like Belgium.
David Michael Green is a professor of political science at HofstraUniversity in New York. He is delighted to receive readers' reactionsto his articles ( dmg@...
Fear and Loathing to 2008 and Beyond
If you’re not scared shitless, you haven’t been paying attention. A lot of people who were initially just pissed are now starting to get scared and, Weird Wally is among them. There is a murky darkness and dimming of the light coming out of Washington that is engulfing our country. Politics has really changed over the past few decades and it’s who has the best sound bites as opposed to the best ideas. And the sound bites that seemed to work best were the most mean and nasty. After all, when you either have nothing to say or, want to divert people’s attention away from what you are doing to what you are saying, you make the attacks vicious and personal.
Right now, for instance, Hillary Clinton is preparing to be Swift boated (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiftboating) by the Republicans. But, Hillary, unlike John Kerry, will be kicking ass and fighting back.
http://www.rawstory.com//news/2007/GOP_hawks_agitating_to_Swiftboat_Clinton_0217.html
The John Murtha Smear
Brit Hume, of Fox News tries yet another personal smear to divert attention from the Whitehouse,
This really sucks on the part of Brit Hume/Fox News and WW is waiting for John Murtha to punch them both out.
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/18/hume-murtha-smear
The Subtle Affects of Living in Fear
If you can deal with reading long winded but insightful articles, this is a must read. http://jeffrey-feldman.typepad.com/frameshop/2007/02/frameshop_the_v.html. Best to print it out and since WW doesn’t have a printer, he had to read it on his screen. Still, it was worth it. WW has tried several times to obtain a printer, but as he’s leaving the store, those pesky Wal-Mart Greeters always seem to stop him.
Keep Up-to-date on Hate: http://www.splcenter.org
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If you’re not scared shitless, you haven’t been paying attention. A lot of people who were initially just pissed are now starting to get scared and, Weird Wally is among them. There is a murky darkness and dimming of the light coming out of Washington that is engulfing our country. Politics has really changed over the past few decades and it’s who has the best sound bites as opposed to the best ideas. And the sound bites that seemed to work best were the most mean and nasty. After all, when you either have nothing to say or, want to divert people’s attention away from what you are doing to what you are saying, you make the attacks vicious and personal.
Right now, for instance, Hillary Clinton is preparing to be Swift boated (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiftboating) by the Republicans. But, Hillary, unlike John Kerry, will be kicking ass and fighting back.
http://www.rawstory.com//news/2007/GOP_hawks_agitating_to_Swiftboat_Clinton_0217.html
The John Murtha Smear
Brit Hume, of Fox News tries yet another personal smear to divert attention from the Whitehouse,
This really sucks on the part of Brit Hume/Fox News and WW is waiting for John Murtha to punch them both out.
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/18/hume-murtha-smear
The Subtle Affects of Living in Fear
If you can deal with reading long winded but insightful articles, this is a must read. http://jeffrey-feldman.typepad.com/frameshop/2007/02/frameshop_the_v.html. Best to print it out and since WW doesn’t have a printer, he had to read it on his screen. Still, it was worth it. WW has tried several times to obtain a printer, but as he’s leaving the store, those pesky Wal-Mart Greeters always seem to stop him.
Keep Up-to-date on Hate: http://www.splcenter.org
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Friday, February 16, 2007
Giuliani fee for speaking at tsunami charity:
$100k and...A private jet
Did you make a contribuition to a tsunami charity or fundraiser?
During that time of intense appeals for donations, Weird Wally’s money was both funny and funky. In other words, like Dick Cheney once said when he got out of the draft, WW, “had other priorities.”
Because WW couldn’t make a donation at the time, however, he had to deal with some serious guilt issues.
But after learning what WW’s donation might have helped to happen, his guilt is suddenly gone. No way, does WW want to contribute towards paying Rudy Giuliani $100k and a private jet to speak at a tsunami fundraiser. Contribute to Giuliani; contribute to his Republican Presidential Campaign!
Learn More: http://www.rawstory.com//news/2007/Giuliani_fee_100k_private_jet_for_0216.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/498311p-420083c.html
Fareed Zakaria
As far as WW is concerned, Fareed Zakaria should run for president.
Fareed on Iran: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12318129/site/newsweek/?bctid=507843328
Fareed on Global Warming: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17080934/site/newsweek
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$100k and...A private jet
Did you make a contribuition to a tsunami charity or fundraiser?
During that time of intense appeals for donations, Weird Wally’s money was both funny and funky. In other words, like Dick Cheney once said when he got out of the draft, WW, “had other priorities.”
Because WW couldn’t make a donation at the time, however, he had to deal with some serious guilt issues.
But after learning what WW’s donation might have helped to happen, his guilt is suddenly gone. No way, does WW want to contribute towards paying Rudy Giuliani $100k and a private jet to speak at a tsunami fundraiser. Contribute to Giuliani; contribute to his Republican Presidential Campaign!
Learn More: http://www.rawstory.com//news/2007/Giuliani_fee_100k_private_jet_for_0216.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/498311p-420083c.html
Fareed Zakaria
As far as WW is concerned, Fareed Zakaria should run for president.
Fareed on Iran: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12318129/site/newsweek/?bctid=507843328
Fareed on Global Warming: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17080934/site/newsweek
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$10 Billion just up and Disappeared
While life in the U.S. for the average working person is going down the toilet and we struggle to balance our checkbooks, someone in Washington absconded with $10 billion.
Private contractors are making big bucks of off the Iraq war and, in many cases, they just submit a bill to the government and get paid for doing or providing nothing. If the truth were told, Weird Wally would like a gig like that. This $10 billion disappearing act occurred during a time when Republicans controlled both the White House and Congress and no one noticed. Now that Democrats are in control of Congress, the billion-dollar loss has been discovered and they want to know how it happened.
And so does WW. Although the Hearings in Washington were held yesterday (2-15-07), WW has heard little mention of it in the U.S. mainstream media and, as a matter of fact, WW learned of it through The Guardian, a newspaper published in the UK. The article is worth a read. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6418299,00.html
Another net resource is http://oversight.house.gov
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While life in the U.S. for the average working person is going down the toilet and we struggle to balance our checkbooks, someone in Washington absconded with $10 billion.
Private contractors are making big bucks of off the Iraq war and, in many cases, they just submit a bill to the government and get paid for doing or providing nothing. If the truth were told, Weird Wally would like a gig like that. This $10 billion disappearing act occurred during a time when Republicans controlled both the White House and Congress and no one noticed. Now that Democrats are in control of Congress, the billion-dollar loss has been discovered and they want to know how it happened.
And so does WW. Although the Hearings in Washington were held yesterday (2-15-07), WW has heard little mention of it in the U.S. mainstream media and, as a matter of fact, WW learned of it through The Guardian, a newspaper published in the UK. The article is worth a read. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6418299,00.html
Another net resource is http://oversight.house.gov
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Thursday, February 15, 2007
Is Barack Obama Really African American?
While all of the conservative radio talkers, Fox News and other right wing pundits are calling into question Barack Obama’s credentials as an African American, one thing is very clear to Weird Wally.
Neither Barack Obama nor WW could successfully hail a cab in midtown Manhattan.
After all, Obama and WW are both black.
Enough said?
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While all of the conservative radio talkers, Fox News and other right wing pundits are calling into question Barack Obama’s credentials as an African American, one thing is very clear to Weird Wally.
Neither Barack Obama nor WW could successfully hail a cab in midtown Manhattan.
After all, Obama and WW are both black.
Enough said?
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Bush’s Primary Mission Statement on Iraq
“When you are up to your ass in alligators, it’s hard to remember that your Primary Mission was to drain the Swamp!”
Weird Wally (WW): “So, what was our Primary Mission in Iraq?”
Bush Spokesperson (BS): “We are up to our asses in alligators and you dare ask about a Primary Mission. Don’t you realize, you are aiding the terrorists by merely asking that question?
WW: I’m sorry Sir Bush Spokesperson (BS), I don’t want to go to Abu Ghraib.
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“When you are up to your ass in alligators, it’s hard to remember that your Primary Mission was to drain the Swamp!”
Weird Wally (WW): “So, what was our Primary Mission in Iraq?”
Bush Spokesperson (BS): “We are up to our asses in alligators and you dare ask about a Primary Mission. Don’t you realize, you are aiding the terrorists by merely asking that question?
WW: I’m sorry Sir Bush Spokesperson (BS), I don’t want to go to Abu Ghraib.
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Same Shit, Different Day
Weird Wally has already seen this movie, except it was called “Iraq.”
That same movie is now being re-released as, “Iran.” WW didn’t like the first movie and likes the new release even less. Folks, we are living under the rule of King George. Wars are fought so that his friends can make billions and because, “he (Saddam) tried to kill my daddy.”
Things are now happening that WW never thought possible. Plundering the national treasury, a senseless war with another one on the way, the aristocracy getting richer and the peasants getting screwed.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/13/154246
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Weird Wally has already seen this movie, except it was called “Iraq.”
That same movie is now being re-released as, “Iran.” WW didn’t like the first movie and likes the new release even less. Folks, we are living under the rule of King George. Wars are fought so that his friends can make billions and because, “he (Saddam) tried to kill my daddy.”
Things are now happening that WW never thought possible. Plundering the national treasury, a senseless war with another one on the way, the aristocracy getting richer and the peasants getting screwed.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/13/154246
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Monday, February 12, 2007
Happy Valentines Day to Dick and Lynne Cheney
This has been a good day for Weird Wally.
But then again, any day that WW manages to avoid riding in the back seat of a Crown-Victoria is a good day (WW is African American).
And so, for that matter is Barack Obama, but that’s a whole other story that Fox News hasn’t a clue about.
Anyway, WW, being both lazy and shiftless, chose to finish viewing disk 2 of HBO’s “Rome” series and blew off everything else.
Sometimes WW feels blessed. He wanted to post something tonight, but didn’t want to deal with an increasingly depressing world.
Live from New York…
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Spoof_of_Valentines_Day_with_Dick_0212.html
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This has been a good day for Weird Wally.
But then again, any day that WW manages to avoid riding in the back seat of a Crown-Victoria is a good day (WW is African American).
And so, for that matter is Barack Obama, but that’s a whole other story that Fox News hasn’t a clue about.
Anyway, WW, being both lazy and shiftless, chose to finish viewing disk 2 of HBO’s “Rome” series and blew off everything else.
Sometimes WW feels blessed. He wanted to post something tonight, but didn’t want to deal with an increasingly depressing world.
Live from New York…
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Spoof_of_Valentines_Day_with_Dick_0212.html
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Sunday, February 11, 2007
Ali al-Marri
Weird Wally doesn’t even want to deal with this stuff, but has to.
It’s very sad that our government has come to this.
So very, very sad.
Who is Ali al-Marri?
Don’t even trust our own government to get it right! WW doesn’t even want to deal with this stuff, but has to and WW has been sitting on this Amy Goodman interview for several days...
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/1533231
Who do you trust?
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Weird Wally doesn’t even want to deal with this stuff, but has to.
It’s very sad that our government has come to this.
So very, very sad.
Who is Ali al-Marri?
Don’t even trust our own government to get it right! WW doesn’t even want to deal with this stuff, but has to and WW has been sitting on this Amy Goodman interview for several days...
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/1533231
Who do you trust?
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Saturday, February 10, 2007
War with Iran?
The possibility that President Bush may order an attack on Iran has been on Weird Wally’s radar screen for a long time. With our Navy moving major battle groups around in the area, something is happening. WW can only hope that what seems obvious is actually not the case. Right now, WW would rather believe what the Bush administration is saying about not opening up another front, instead of his own lying eyes.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0210-02.htm
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The possibility that President Bush may order an attack on Iran has been on Weird Wally’s radar screen for a long time. With our Navy moving major battle groups around in the area, something is happening. WW can only hope that what seems obvious is actually not the case. Right now, WW would rather believe what the Bush administration is saying about not opening up another front, instead of his own lying eyes.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0210-02.htm
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Friday, February 09, 2007
Weird Wally’s Addictions
OK, Weird Wally will be the first to admit to being a political news junkie, but lately, WW has taken no joy in the news.
As a matter of fact, even the mainstream media are scaring the shit out of WW.
So, what’s a nearly sane person to do?
Opt for some bread and a circus, of course.
And that is exactly what WW decided to do.
WW has started the HBO series of “Rome,” and giving himself some time for a “Rome,” marathon. WW will be back online within 24 to 48 hours.
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OK, Weird Wally will be the first to admit to being a political news junkie, but lately, WW has taken no joy in the news.
As a matter of fact, even the mainstream media are scaring the shit out of WW.
So, what’s a nearly sane person to do?
Opt for some bread and a circus, of course.
And that is exactly what WW decided to do.
WW has started the HBO series of “Rome,” and giving himself some time for a “Rome,” marathon. WW will be back online within 24 to 48 hours.
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Thursday, February 08, 2007
Did Jesus Wear a Crew Cut?
For all Weird Wally knows, He could have worn dreadlocks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadlocks
But what about the Shroud of Turin?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_Turin
Ok, WW requests a break on this one. Everybody knows that the image on the shroud is Jacques de Molay and why are we still going crazy over this shroud?
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_de_Molay&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=8&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Djacques%2Bde%2Bmolay%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DTSHA,TSHA:2005-18,TSHA:en%26sa%3DX
The Gospel According to Thomas: Jesus said, "Know what is in your sight, and what is hidden from you will become clear. For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Thomas
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For all Weird Wally knows, He could have worn dreadlocks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadlocks
But what about the Shroud of Turin?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_Turin
Ok, WW requests a break on this one. Everybody knows that the image on the shroud is Jacques de Molay and why are we still going crazy over this shroud?
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_de_Molay&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=8&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Djacques%2Bde%2Bmolay%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DTSHA,TSHA:2005-18,TSHA:en%26sa%3DX
The Gospel According to Thomas: Jesus said, "Know what is in your sight, and what is hidden from you will become clear. For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Thomas
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Wednesday, February 07, 2007
The Clones Are Coming
To supermarkets and restaurants near you.
Until recently, Weird Wally seldom stepped foot inside organic supermarkets and food boutiques. For WW, organic meant boring.
But the U.S. Food and Drugs Administration has approved that meat and milk from cloned animals, are ok for sale to consumers. Worse still, the products from cloned animals need not be labeled as such.
For WW, this approval means that he will be visiting organic supermarkets and restaurants more often. In other words, if WW doesn’t know exactly what he is buying, he’ll take his business to a place that can tell him.
Since cloning an animal is expensive, about $15,000 for a single dairy cow, only large and corporate farms can make use of the technology. But the FDA approval means that it will now be worth the expense. But as more people come to understand that the milk and meat they feed themselves and families, may come from a clone, the more they will avoid supermarkets and restaurants that can’t provide a guarantee that their food is clone free.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article1264944.ece
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To supermarkets and restaurants near you.
Until recently, Weird Wally seldom stepped foot inside organic supermarkets and food boutiques. For WW, organic meant boring.
But the U.S. Food and Drugs Administration has approved that meat and milk from cloned animals, are ok for sale to consumers. Worse still, the products from cloned animals need not be labeled as such.
For WW, this approval means that he will be visiting organic supermarkets and restaurants more often. In other words, if WW doesn’t know exactly what he is buying, he’ll take his business to a place that can tell him.
Since cloning an animal is expensive, about $15,000 for a single dairy cow, only large and corporate farms can make use of the technology. But the FDA approval means that it will now be worth the expense. But as more people come to understand that the milk and meat they feed themselves and families, may come from a clone, the more they will avoid supermarkets and restaurants that can’t provide a guarantee that their food is clone free.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article1264944.ece
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Tuesday, February 06, 2007
More Guns and Less Butter
Weird Wally shudders to think what life would be like if the Republicans still controlled Congress because, Bush’s budget would sail through yet, it calls for an 11.3% increase in defense spending.
Democrats, meanwhile, are holding Hearings and asking questions. Even the mainstream media are no longer ignoring the obvious and seems to be growing a little backbone. The massive corruption in Washington is less and less becoming politics dirty little secret and most of us are pissed.
There are some, however, who still don’t get it. When I asked a few conservative friends, why they were so upset with Bill Clinton and not by Bush, they shrugged it off by saying that all politicians are crooks.
But what about the numbers behind this 11.3% shift in priorities? For one thing, there will be cuts of, at least, $66bn over the next five years to Medicare, the system that provides healthcare to the elderly. In addition, Bush wants to snag another $12bn from Medicaid, which provides healthcare for the poor.
So, let WW get this straight. Bush wants to expand healthcare to the elderly, poor and, otherwise, uninsured Americans?
Sounds like bullshit to WW!
Meanwhile, take a closer look…
Weird Wally shudders to think what life would be like if the Republicans still controlled Congress because, Bush’s budget would sail through yet, it calls for an 11.3% increase in defense spending.
Democrats, meanwhile, are holding Hearings and asking questions. Even the mainstream media are no longer ignoring the obvious and seems to be growing a little backbone. The massive corruption in Washington is less and less becoming politics dirty little secret and most of us are pissed.
There are some, however, who still don’t get it. When I asked a few conservative friends, why they were so upset with Bill Clinton and not by Bush, they shrugged it off by saying that all politicians are crooks.
But what about the numbers behind this 11.3% shift in priorities? For one thing, there will be cuts of, at least, $66bn over the next five years to Medicare, the system that provides healthcare to the elderly. In addition, Bush wants to snag another $12bn from Medicaid, which provides healthcare for the poor.
So, let WW get this straight. Bush wants to expand healthcare to the elderly, poor and, otherwise, uninsured Americans?
Sounds like bullshit to WW!
Meanwhile, take a closer look…
Trust me on this,
Weird Wally
Monday, February 05, 2007
Who is Sophie Scholl?
WW posted this one a little over week ago, but thought it needed to be posted again.
In search of cheap, mind-numbing entertainment, Weird Wally found himself at a local video outlet, but nothing stood out. Just about ready to give up and go the library, instead WW chanced up a new release. The blurb sounded interesting but, no way, would “Sophie Scholl,” be mind-numbing. It’s a well-done take on a test of wills between a young German woman and the entire Nazi legal machine. Although WW despises the word “inspirational,” there isn’t any other way to describe it. Low key as it is, it’s a very intense story of a brother and sister and life in Munich in 1943.The thing is, the movie also speaks to our lives of today. Ever wonder what life would be like a few years down the road if the neocons ran this country?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Scholl
A government of fear is powered by fear. WW realizes that the previous sentence makes absolutely no sense, but it sounds so damn cool.
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WW posted this one a little over week ago, but thought it needed to be posted again.
In search of cheap, mind-numbing entertainment, Weird Wally found himself at a local video outlet, but nothing stood out. Just about ready to give up and go the library, instead WW chanced up a new release. The blurb sounded interesting but, no way, would “Sophie Scholl,” be mind-numbing. It’s a well-done take on a test of wills between a young German woman and the entire Nazi legal machine. Although WW despises the word “inspirational,” there isn’t any other way to describe it. Low key as it is, it’s a very intense story of a brother and sister and life in Munich in 1943.The thing is, the movie also speaks to our lives of today. Ever wonder what life would be like a few years down the road if the neocons ran this country?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Scholl
A government of fear is powered by fear. WW realizes that the previous sentence makes absolutely no sense, but it sounds so damn cool.
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Sunday, February 04, 2007
More on Social Security
The way Weird Wally sees it; Bush wants to do away with Social Security so that those of us who are not in the top one percent in the economic class system get less control and money. And, when put in that context, WW can understand where Bush, Cheney and the other neocons are coming from.
http://www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=6033162&nav=2aKD
After all, if we age and are not alive and feeding the machine owned by the top one percent, what right do we have to live and breathe air?
What does WW wants to say about all of this…
http://www.wisaflcio.org/political_action/rightwing.htm
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The way Weird Wally sees it; Bush wants to do away with Social Security so that those of us who are not in the top one percent in the economic class system get less control and money. And, when put in that context, WW can understand where Bush, Cheney and the other neocons are coming from.
http://www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=6033162&nav=2aKD
After all, if we age and are not alive and feeding the machine owned by the top one percent, what right do we have to live and breathe air?
What does WW wants to say about all of this…
http://www.wisaflcio.org/political_action/rightwing.htm
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Saturday, February 03, 2007
Weird Wally’s Brain
Is it possible that Weird Wally could train his mind to change his brain?
If current research is any indication of the possibilities, WW’s answer would have to be yes.
During the past two years, empirical evidence has been busy shattering old beliefs. And the funny thing is, our brains were not hotwired by age two and, as a matter of fact, the wiring is capable of changing well into our seventies and beyond.
WW came across the audio of Science Friday, on National Public Radio and it’s worth the thirty-five minutes to listen it and learn about some amazing cutting-edge research.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7131130
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Is it possible that Weird Wally could train his mind to change his brain?
If current research is any indication of the possibilities, WW’s answer would have to be yes.
During the past two years, empirical evidence has been busy shattering old beliefs. And the funny thing is, our brains were not hotwired by age two and, as a matter of fact, the wiring is capable of changing well into our seventies and beyond.
WW came across the audio of Science Friday, on National Public Radio and it’s worth the thirty-five minutes to listen it and learn about some amazing cutting-edge research.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7131130
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Friday, February 02, 2007
The More Things Change…
Although initially published in November 2005, Weird Wally first saw it on Friday evening, after hearing of it from a friend.
It’s all about how our war in Iraq is all about oil and nothing much else and is a must read. To be honest, one might have a hard time believing what one reads, but you know that when there is smoke there is also fire, be it a simple flicker of a match flame or the massive burn of a forest fire. But one insight WW got from this article is, the more things change the more they remain the same, but over time, little bits of truths are revealed that might change our perceptions about who we are, as opposed to, who we thought we might have been.
http://www.tikkun.org/rabbi_lerner/news_item.2005-11-08.1681604982/view?searchterm=oil%20policy
After having read the above mentioned article, WW realizes that, for the time being at least, nothing else need be said except…
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Although initially published in November 2005, Weird Wally first saw it on Friday evening, after hearing of it from a friend.
It’s all about how our war in Iraq is all about oil and nothing much else and is a must read. To be honest, one might have a hard time believing what one reads, but you know that when there is smoke there is also fire, be it a simple flicker of a match flame or the massive burn of a forest fire. But one insight WW got from this article is, the more things change the more they remain the same, but over time, little bits of truths are revealed that might change our perceptions about who we are, as opposed to, who we thought we might have been.
http://www.tikkun.org/rabbi_lerner/news_item.2005-11-08.1681604982/view?searchterm=oil%20policy
After having read the above mentioned article, WW realizes that, for the time being at least, nothing else need be said except…
Bye for now,
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The Elephant Bush Refuses to See
One thing Weird Wally is very certain of, if you don’t know what you’re looking at, you will never see it. And that is a major problem for people suffering from personality disorders and other kinds of mental illness. Although knee deep in problems caused by their behavior and choices, they still don’t see their problems. Or, at the very least, they don’t see themselves as the cause of their problems. But then again, we’re talking mental illness.
Now as far as WW is concerned, people with disorders and other perceptual problems with the way they see the world, are always going to cause problems for themselves and those who love them.
But what happens when people with worldview perceptual disorders get into power?
For one thing, we might go looking for Weapons of Mass Destruction in a foreign nation despite the fact that the weapons don’t exist. Worse yet, we might be the basic cause of a civil war and not be able to see it for what it is. The late Saddam Hussein may have been right because this is, in fact, “the mother of all wars.”
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/_Iraq_has_elements_of_civil_0202.html
Bye for now,
Weird Wally
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One thing Weird Wally is very certain of, if you don’t know what you’re looking at, you will never see it. And that is a major problem for people suffering from personality disorders and other kinds of mental illness. Although knee deep in problems caused by their behavior and choices, they still don’t see their problems. Or, at the very least, they don’t see themselves as the cause of their problems. But then again, we’re talking mental illness.
Now as far as WW is concerned, people with disorders and other perceptual problems with the way they see the world, are always going to cause problems for themselves and those who love them.
But what happens when people with worldview perceptual disorders get into power?
For one thing, we might go looking for Weapons of Mass Destruction in a foreign nation despite the fact that the weapons don’t exist. Worse yet, we might be the basic cause of a civil war and not be able to see it for what it is. The late Saddam Hussein may have been right because this is, in fact, “the mother of all wars.”
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/_Iraq_has_elements_of_civil_0202.html
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Who Was Molly Ivins?
Amy Goodman explains…
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/01/1529226
Let's all go in peace,
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Amy Goodman explains…
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/01/1529226
Let's all go in peace,
Weird Wally
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Thursday, February 01, 2007
The New Age Weird Wally
Although Weird Wally doesn’t much go to the Spiritual side of life, there are times when a little bit of the Spiritual goes a long way. And so it is that not only does WW acknowledge that We are all One, under the sun but, also that Thoughts Are Things.
To WW’s way of thinking, life is all about choice.
But not everybody can handle choice. And besides, choice requires follow through. Sometimes, it seems, that choice is nothing more than a New Years Resolution gone bad.
What do you think?
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Although Weird Wally doesn’t much go to the Spiritual side of life, there are times when a little bit of the Spiritual goes a long way. And so it is that not only does WW acknowledge that We are all One, under the sun but, also that Thoughts Are Things.
To WW’s way of thinking, life is all about choice.
But not everybody can handle choice. And besides, choice requires follow through. Sometimes, it seems, that choice is nothing more than a New Years Resolution gone bad.
What do you think?
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Bye for now,
Weird Wally
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