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Richard Calderhead The Fighting Liberal


Obama to Win in 2012!(or...?)
Itsez is now...very concerned...about 2012. Way too much Corporate Cash is gushing into the Marketplace. And we have only 172 Days to Go!

It won't be...Easy. Itsez has been way out front in calling for an... "Easy" Win for Obama in 2012. Well....if you've been looking at the recent Poll Numbers....you may be starting to wonder about just how..."Easy"...this one is it gonna be? Answer: Forget Easy.

My take on the GOPster Klown Show...was that NO Thinking American could even THINK of actually Voting for ANY OF THEM. It was one absolutely Absurd Schmuck after another...from NineNineNine to....the TexAss.

But...(and it was apparent a long time ago that Mitthead would end up on Top)...Mitt began to gain groiund. Starting, of course, with the obvious CASH ADVANTAGE the the Pigsters enjoy.

Obama can court Hollywood until the Kows Come Home....but...Obama simply cannot compete with those Big Oil Billions.

And...as for appealing E N D L E S S L Y for the Little People to cough up $3 or $5 or $10...it has clearly shown it's....limitations.

(The 99% only have so much money... and as of May, 2012....we are getting OVERWHELMED with Donation Requests. Virtually ALL of them are for
Good Causes....by the way.)

We are hearing Horror Stories from ALL OVER AMERICA about the virtual TSUNAMI of PAC and RichGuy Bucks....flooding in. The Answer?

Impeach Judge Roberts...plus as many of his Activist Hard Right Judges as possible. Then....OVERTURN CITIZENS UNITED.

This is the SINGLE MOST PERVERSE AND EVIL RULING to come from SCOTUS....since....Bush v Gore. (THAT disaster will Echo Through All History as a Gigantic Debacle. And we are STILL PAYING FOR IT!)

OK...ain't gonna happen....anytime soon. So....THEN WHAT?

I thought....just a few WEEKS ago...that Sensible Americans knew that 99.9%
of our current Economic (etc.) Problems....were Bush Induced. And that given the really rather amazing performance of Barack Obama....PLUS the Idiot Lineup opposing him....Obama was simply going to....Win In A Walk.

Toss in bin Laden....and you could TAKE IT TO THE BANK!

But....there's some Slippage on the Way to the White House for Term II.

Now what? WHAT COULD POSSIBLY ACCOUNT
FOR AMERICAN WOMEN SUDDENLY FAVORING
MITT OVER OBAMA????????????????????
What...Mitt is so....Cute?
How SHALLOW can America's Women BE?

Where the Hell did THIS Curve Ball come from?
(Is that CBS Poll that says it is true actually just another
bit of Corporate Misdirection?)

You mean....THERE IS NO WAR ON WOMEN??????
(There IS...and any Thinking American (not caught up in Beck/Limbaugh/ Hannity MindScrubb Nonsense.......KNOWS it's TRUE!)

So...there it is: Women are shown leaning toward...The MittHead!!???

Get this: I think Mitt Romney is one of the most....DESPICABLE CREEPS... ever to run for the American Presidency!

His Ghastly Record at Bain Capital is now a matter of Public Record.
It cannot take you more than 30 seconds to drag it up on Google.
At Bain....MittHead is shown to be a COLD BLOODED KILLER...out for just One Thing: Enhancing his own/Bain's.....Personal Fortune!!!

Screw The Workers! Steal their Pension Funds! Fire Them!
Throw them to the Wolves! And? Who Cares???

Surely you HAVE heard the latest Mitt-a-Sketch Howler:
"I stand by what I said....whatever it was!"

Mitt has said such BIZARRE statements as:
"I deserve credit for Saving Detroit!"

Anyone conversant with Wall Street Bankster Shenigans KNOWS that the SUREST way to Make $$$ Millions.... is to DESTROY AN INDUSTRY
(like Detroit ... America's Premiere Industry...)....out of the ruins of the Industry...oh, there would be $ Billions and $ Billions to be made!
(But only for the Vulture Kapitalists!)

Romney never stops attacking Obama over....The Debt! Huh? The DEBT???
Obama didn't create the Debt! Bush did!!!

It was BUSH'S $3 Trillion Tax Cuts and .... $3 Trillion Wars...that got us into this Mess!

Now get this: Romney's own plans would actually INCREASE OUR DEFICIT!!!

And...MORE Americans would vote for Mitt....than Obama? God Help Us!

President Obama Wants to Hear From You!
This Link takes you straight to The White House: www.whitehouse.gov

Itsez Who? As far as I know...I am the only Living American who was an
actual eye-witness to both Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, as well as the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in 2001. When I was a kid...everyone I knew respected and admired FDR. Sure...there were a few "Republicans"
who sniffed at The New Deal, but we forgave them for their Silly Old Ideas. Who would have ever guessed that, led by the Hateful Ronnie Reagan in 1980, those "honorable" Republicans would morph into today's MoneyMadRepUglyCons???
One of my key tasks with Itsez is to point out the Sheer Stupidity and Core Mean Spiritedness of what used to be...the Grand Old Party.
What we're seeing right now...is an unparalleled display of Corporate Greed
...while THEY are fighting Tooth & Nail.....to resist Anything Obama.

J.P.Morgan's $2 Billion Screwup!
Monday, May 14. Oh, relax! Their "esteemed" CEO, Jamie Dimon...kisses it off as a result of...Risky Bets. He now says they will..."Admit it...Fix it...and Move On!" Now THERE is a Real CEO. He Mans Up...admits the Goof....and...uh ....goes on with Business As Usual. OK? NO....IT'S NOT OK!

Losing a $Billion Bet here or a $Billion there is NOT FUNNY!
Even for JPMorgan...the Nation's Largest Bank.

Trouble is...the Big Banksters are saying:
"Oh, Chill Out. We'll Fix It."
And that little matter of "Maybe we could even lose ANOTHER $BILLION or so....before we get this cleaned up..." is just Biz As Usual. Yeah. Of course, the GOPster Enablers are all too willing to
Go Along with all this.

This time...Early on....we actually know who the Rogue Trader is!
He's one Bruno Iksil...now known as The London Whale. (Previously...he was simply known as JP Morgan's Most Powerful Trader.) This time we KNOW WHO the Rogue Trader is! When Ugly Rumors began to spread several weeks ago about The Whale...and his CRAZY TRADES...Jamie kissed it off. It was
"A complete Tempest in a Teapot!” (Really. That's what he said!)

Dimon has publicly stated...over and over again....that the 2008 Crash was
"an Aberration"...that could Never Happen Again". Huh? You gotta be Kiddin', Jamie!

Get this: Iksil has ALREADY possibly accumulated as much as
$100 Billion Risk...in this...Whale!!!!!!  

From the Bankster Rumor Mill...we hear that Rival Hedgies "outsmarted" Iksil...and while he kept digging himself in deeper....he got in SO DEEP he
could no longer cover his losses!!!

So now....Iksil is down...$2 Billion...and sinking. Where does it all end?
Why is this STILL GOING ON - DOWN WALL STREET WAY?

And...most important....DOES IT MATTER? (To You and Me?)

What actually DID happen in 2008....Who Actually Got HURT?

When America woke up The Morning After (OK....it happened on a Rolling Basis)...this is what we know: American Home Values (which is where MOST OF THE MIDDLE CLASS HAS WHATEVER WEALTH THEY OWN)....had plunged by more than 30%!!!

And, years later....Millions and Millions of Americans are still UNDERWATER ....that is....they still owe MORE on their Mortgages than they can get if they actually SOLD THEIR HOMES!!!

In other words...while Wall Street IMMEDIATELY resumed the Gold Plated Salaries and Princely Bonuses....AMERICA has been whacked....hard....by all those Losses!

Luxury Apartments in Manhattan have just soared to
NEW HIGHS; while Middle America sees ENTIRE
CITIES falling into Catstrophic Ruin!
Thanks, Jamie and you other Bankster Monsters!

So...where is Obama on all this?

Scenario One: Obama kept the Attack Dogs from mauling Wall Street...for the simple reason...that if REGULATORS REALLY BASHED WALL STREET ....the competing global Financial Markets would swoop down....and America would be relegated to a 2nd Tier Player in Global Finance.

America could even be DESTROYED...as THE World Financial Power!
(This is not a frivolous Possibility.)

SO....Obama was led to believe that he would cooperate in a Work Out...to allow Wall Street to continue as Number One....but with certain...."New Rules" to "modulate" the "Excesses"....then we'd be able to remain Number One.

Amazingly....it WORKED! America/Wall Street....remained Number One...but somehow Wall Street has not learned Lesson One about their Excesses.

And...while the Rich are again ROLLING IN DOUGH...millions and millions of Average Americans are facing...futures that are Bleak Indeed.

Much...if not ALL...of the Pain...could be alleveiated or solved by a simple Financial Transaction Tax! More on THAT Topic....soon.

Obama Rocks...2012.
Friday, May 11. If you are following the evolution of the Collective Progressive Voice in America ...among the Most Important Publications is....Rolling Stone! Rolling Stone? Isn't RS that Wacky, Pot-Smokin' Hippie Music Mag? Well...that's where it started, alright. But today....it's hard to find a more Hard Hitting Magazine...than Jan Wenner's Rolling Stone!
A couple of Decades ago...I absolutely NEVER picked
up Rolling Stone. I had...."better things" to do.
But....in this Period of Monstrous Political Stress in
Our America, it turns out that finding Clear and Accurate Opinions...and FACTS...is Daunting.

Matt Taibbi is Jan's 5-Star Attack Dog Writer....and he's Taking No Prisoners. (Think of Matt's description of Goldman Sachs: "The...Giant Vampire Squid...wrapped around the Face of Humanity, relentlessly jamming its Blood Funnel into anything that smells like....Money.”)

That sort of th ing really Freaked Out Goldman’s Chief Executive, Lloyd Blankfein!

This week...it was Tim Dickinson who grabbed my attention. He tells us about Team Obama 2012. I searched in vain for Tim's email (some writers stay hidden away behind their Publication or Website Shields...or they use Twitter, etc.)...others allow their email address to be visibile to The Public.

Tim accurately describes the INCOMPREHENSIBLE behavior  of Obama's 08 Team after the Election!!! We...the Loyal and Enthusiastic....were simply DUMPED by Obama's....Advisors! (Tim doesn't even try to smooth this over).

WE WERE DUMPED. Period. Full Stop.
(I did some serious work for Newbie Obama in 2008....when I was an Early Backer....but there is NO WAY I will Re-Up for THAT Tour in 2012.)
I'll Do My Own Thing....but no more of that Silly-Ass Campfire Crap.

So...The Under 35s....will they Turn Out and Turn On...their Enthusiam Button
.....for Obama? (Why WOULDN'T THEY??? The ALTERNATIVE is....Yikes!!!)

Which brings us straight to Rahm Emanuel (Rahmbo)....who acted like a Butt-Kickin' Chicago Poll....when he was Obama's White House Chief of Staff.

Since Rahm quit to become the 55th Mayor of Chicago.... I hear nothing but BAD NEWS from the Windy City! Are you aware that Rahmbo PRIVATIZED the Parking Meter Biz in Chicago? It's as OBSCENE DEAL....(which allowed Ramhbo Cronies to make ENDLESS PROFITS...for DECADES...)...at the Expense of the Public! Huh? THIS is how a DEMOCRAT Governs????

Now: How much did Rahmbo have to do with Obama...Turning His Back On His Base? (And....sad to have to ask)....but how much of Obama's trashing of
his Base...was Pure Obama?

Tim describes the New War Room...staffed by...Volunteers...who have been given Happy Slappy New i-Toys....to track the New Army of Eager Acolytes
who will create the momentum for Obama to Win in 2012.

Uh...what is WRONG with this Picture? Hmmmmm?

Is this just a New Gaggle of Naïve, Simple-Minded
Wanna Be Democrats...who think that this Obama
is the Old Obama? (Boy...does THAT sound familiar!!!)

Never Forget This: After his HUGE Win in 2008....
Obama got "Shellacked" in 2010. I think he (we)...got Whacked......simply because he.....Wimped and Waffled.

It is ABSOLUTELY TRUE that....in the face of 99.9% Intractable GOPster
NO VOTES...Barack Obama HAS produced a Long List of Wins!
(Not the least of which is...Obamacare!) But...so far....NOBODY has even come CLOSE to explaining why Obama Went...Spineless...for those early Years!

But this is 2012. American Voters are NOT STUPID! Women....Latinos...College Students...all those Endless, Gushy Profits and
Tax Breaks to Big Oil...the List of Absurdities is....Endless.

The Republicans have just One Master: Money!

Bush Union of Man and Woman...Civil Unions... Don't Ask Don't Tell.

And now a word about the President's (new) Pro-Gay Position:
It was time for Obama and the Democrats to finally come out IN FAVOR of Gay Rights. The contrast between Bush/Mitt, etc., and Obama could not be
any more OBVIOUS.

But...get this right: THERE IS HUGE RISK HERE! It may even cost Obama
the 2012 Election....and it may also cost MANY DOWNTICKET DEMOCRATS their shot at Beating their RepUglyCon Opponent!

Shorthand Alert: By taking the Pro-Position...vs the Totally Despicable Mitt Romney...he may have handed several Swing-States to the RepUglies!

If THAT is the result of Uncompromising Gay Rights Advocates (who couldn't wait until 2013?)....then....(well.....more on the THAT....later.)

Greed...American Style.
Monday, May 7. More and more and more Facts keep coming in...about the really and truly SAD state of Our America. Over the past 40 years...America has increasingly been slipping and sliding....further and further into the Iron Trap of...Oligarchy. The PlutoCrat/KleptoCrats want it ALL. ALL of it...(read Money). And...they will absolutely stop at NOTHING to get it. But...You/We already know that. Sorta. They spread their Insidious Influence across the Land...starting in Red States captured by Radical Right GOPster Governors.

They creep into States, Cities, Towns and Municipalities. They do not intend to stop until they have TRANFORMED ALL AMERICA ....into a Land of Lords & Vassals.
Who ARE these...Monsters?
They are Big Oil.
They are those Absolutely Monstrous Gas...Frackers. They are (naturally)...
the Ubiquitous.... Banksters...who Literally CELEBRATE Greed!
(Which Big Bankster actually said: "We are doing God's Work!" ???)

They now have control of SO MUCH MONEY....they (think they) can literally BUY The American Process. (They've already PROVEN it....they are already so GOOD at....Don'tcha Know....Buying Them Pols! And...Yes...Dems + Reps.)

Shockingly....they have ALREADY PACKED THE COURTS....from Local to State clear up to the Supreme Court. (Goodby...American Dream!)

So we FINALLY UNDERSTAND: The're out to Privatize....EVERYTHING!

When (if?)....they Destroy Social Security....do you really think they want to actually...DESTROY it? Hey, Wake Up, Morons!!!

They have no intention of DESTROYING Social Security (What....with all those $$$$ Billions gushing into the Social Security Lock Box every single year????
Are you just really and truly....just plain STOOOOOOPID?)
Nah...they don't want to DESTROY it....they want to....PRIVATIZE IT!

"Oh!" Oh...to be sure....NOW you..."Get It!" Yeah...they would Privatize it...and then RAPE It. Until they Destroy It through their Gross Greedy Stupidity!

Currently....they can barely restrain their Enthusiasm for....Education!
They don't want to just Destroy Public Education.

No....they Want To Privatize THAT...too!

They have already Privatized much of the Prison Industry! Oh, how they LOVE that one! It's a real Money Machine. (We'll have to go deeper into THAT SEWER...in the Near Future.)

While all THAT is going on....how are YOU doin'?

If You are up there in the Upper Tiers of the US Economy....
then we can pivot to my Favorite Phrase: "Recession? WHAT Recession???"

Up in Big Bucks Land...there IS NO Recession! It's just Bizness As Usual....the Private Jets are zoomng in and out of their Private Airfields....(no annoying TSA Thugs....with all their Gropin' and Grabbin'!)

Now...just when we begin to think this is another USA Only Trend...Mario Draghi....President of the European Central Bank...just gave an interview to the Wall St Journal. And what did this Eteemed Worthy actually Say?

"The Social Contract is Dead; we finally got rid of it!"

Oh, oh. Sounds as if the Entire World is being Run by the Rich. The UberRich.

So? So...what are "We"....the 99%...going to actually DO ABOUT IT?

I can Guarantee you One Thing: This Ain't Gonna Be Easy!

Greed & Venality!
Friday, May 4. Hey! When are "WE"....gonna Wake Up? We are SO CLOSE to slipping into an Irrevocable Plutocracy. We are actually THERE already...with the Rich getting literally Richer By The Day! Yet...hardly any Bankster is actually facing even One Weekend in the Klink!!! Why???

Don't Glide by this Question: What's going on here?

Did you know that the Stratospheric Prices on New York Apartments has just soared to NEW HIGHS! Huh? As I often say: "Recession....What Recession?" Did you know that the DOW has just soared to the highest point since Obama took office!!!???

Itsez Comments on bin Laden...below.

It is not that President Obama is not...Busy. Obama is juggling everything from Gay Rights to Closing Gitmo to Creating Jobs to Saving the U.S. Education System to Rescuing Detroit.....need I go on?

Meanwhile...there is the Small Matter of....Torture! Huh? Oh, Yeah. It's been Alive and Kickin' in Our America....since the BushBuffoon .... Terrorists!

John Yoo....(Ugggghhhh!)....blurted out the most DISGUSTING comment in recent memory. Speaking of Jose Padilla...whose latest Appeal was just shot down... The Utterly Disgusting and Totally Repulsive John Yoo...said:

"Padilla...has been "harassing" Government Officials he believes to have been responsible for his Detention and ultimate Conviction as a Terrorist. He has now lost before 2 separate Courts of Appeals......so now he'll need to find a new Hobby for his remaining time in Prison."

Padilla: Oh, my. Hardly your All American Boy.
But...what did he actually DO to deserve to winding up in a Dungeon...with AMERICAN Interrogators literally BEATING THE CRAP OUT OF HIM????

Oh...well...you know....Terrorists...Jihadists....post 9-11
....and all that. After 9-11... ANYTHING GOES!!! Waterboarding? Hey! Any form of Torture...that's
JUST FINE...with the likes of John Yoo.

And....WHY IS JOHN YOO EMPLOYED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA?

This is not an Episode of...."24". This is The United States of America!!!
How can a CREEP like Yoo....be allowed to draw a Salary at the
University of California????

My take: Let this Creep move to....Arizona! But GET HIM OFF THE PAYROLL at the U of C. (And I will PURSUE THIS!)

About the bin Laden Operation.
I remain troubled by the whole thing. I was right there on 9/11...when the
First Plane hit the World Trade Center. Itsez regulars know that every September 11...I write on some aspect of that ghastly Day.

We knew immediately that it was....bin Laden.
Then we watched as Bush unleashed US Forces on Afghanistan...to pursue and Capture/Kill bin Laden. Only...it didn't quite happen. Which is...a Problem.

Our guys had bin Laden trapped in a Cave in Tora Bora......and WERE EVEN LISTENING TO HIS CELL PHONE CALLS!

Uh...but...he was ALLOWED TO SLIP AWAY OVER THE BORDER INTO PAKISTAN!!! This has NEVER BEEN explained! Why? When Brian Williams did his VERY IMPORTANT STORY on Getting Bin Laden....he "glossed over" this particular and Peculiar Fact: We HAD him....yet....he slipped away. Why?

WHY...did that happen? (Why was the ENTIRE bin Laden Family allowed to
fly home after 9/11....when NO OTHER PLANES WERE ALLOWED TO FLY
IN AMERICAN AIRSPACE?? Hmmmmm?

Then...all those YEARS went by....and bin Laden remained....Unfound! Why?

So....Obama replaces Bush...and....SUDDENLY...bin Laden goes back on
The Most Wanted List! And...not that long afterward....Obama says:
"Go Get Bin Laden!" So...the Seals did the job! Bin Laden was....Dead.

I would have preferred that bin Laden be put on Trial...at the Hague...rather than just go in a blow him away. But....well....leave that be.

The OTHER thing that....bothers me...is that we lost a Blackhawk.
Not to Second Guess and/or....Nit Pick....but the Seals KNEW that the bin Laden Compound in Abbottobad....was behind THICK WALLS! Yet....from
what I have read....they "practiced" the Landing alongside WIRE FENCES!

Now we learn that the Blackhawk crashed because of Rotor Blade Updraft.
Oh, oh. Sounds like a MAJOR SCREWUP in Ops Prep.

Fortunately...everyone of our guys got out of the 40 Minute Operation got out alive. And.....Bin Laden is dead. Good Riddance.

TELL THE DAMNED GOPSTERS To Shut The Hell Up!

FRANK LUNTZ SEZ....What?
Monday, April 30. Frank Luntz...the GOPster's Favorite Word-SpinMeister
....has just published a piece... in esteemed The Washington Post, no less...
about "5 Myths" concerning RepUglyCon Conservative Voters.
Huh? THIS I gotta read!

First...let's see how he describes his Conservatives....what they REALLY think, according to Luntz. Then...we'll attempt to "decipher" all this in terms of the 2012 Election. Ready?

1. Conservatives are against Big Government.
Luntz says this is nonsense. He goes on to say that they simply want more EFFECTIVE Government! Luntz claims that much of the appeal of Paul Ryan and his Budget...is because it...."Cultivates Accountability".

Rebuttal: What Hogwash! The GOPster Mantra is as always: "Small Government."
As their Spiritual Leader says: "Shrink it until it is so small we can drown it...in the Bathtub!"

2. Conservatives want to deport all illegal Immigrants.
Luntz says Conservatives want to keep the Productive Ones. He has a clever phrase for the Conservative Take on Immigration:
"We need Tall Fences and Wide Gates."
This is so Bill Gates can import Indian Tech workers...at cheap prices...vs those Stanford Alumns...who demand More Per Hour. Etc. (Oh...and since Reagan gutted the California Education System....we ain't producin' that Home Grown Talent the way we used to!)

3. Conservatives Worship Wall Street.
Luntz says Conservatives favor....Main Steet over Wall Street!!! (Huh?)
He claims that Conservatives believe Businessmen (including Small Businessmen) would be better at solving America's Problems than....Wall Street...which has clearly Gone Off The Tracks!

And, naturally....INFINITELY better than....Those Democrat Politicians!

4. Conservatives want to (his word: "Slash")...Social Security & Medicare!
Luntz says Conservatives believe in Choice & Competition to reduce current
Healthcare costs. He then goes on to say that Social Security..."should work."

Swing straight back to "Small Gov." If Government was out of the way...then The Free Market would...via Competition....reduce costs. How Fairy Tale can these Boobs actually be? In the....storied Olde Days...Competition (and Anti-Monopoly Legislation)... could INDEED...reduce costs. But this is 2012.

Please: Can you IMAGINE where we would be if Conservatives had PRIVATIZED Social Security....and RISKED AMERICAN'S RETIREMENT SAFETY NET...in Wild Speculation during the Bush Years???????????

Millions of Americans would be sleeping under Bridges today!!!!

Today...Gigantic, Monopolistic Empires such as Wall Mart.... crush their Local Competitors. Ditto Verizon, Time Warner....who are actively SCREWING THE PUBLIC! (When was the last time you got a LOWER PRICE for your TV Package?)

5. Conservatives don't care about Inequality.
Luntz trots out these numbers: 66% consider Inequality...a Problem.
And 21% consider it...a Crisis!
That is just Statistical Yammmaablabber.

Income Inequality...close to FROZEN IN THE SYSTEM....is just
about the WORST thing that has EVER HAPPENED to Our America!

By Contrast....Luntz says that Conservatives
want to increase Opportunity...so that All
Americans have the Tools and Freedom to Prosper...
and maybe even...get Rich!!!

Here we enter a Blur of....Fantasy & Group Think.
Increase "Opportunity"? Luntz CANNOT be serious. Increasingly...."Opportunity" in America is now a TOTAL FARCE.

Opportunity exists....solely for the Graduating Class of Harvard U!!!

That is....for the Sons/Daughters of the Rich and Privileged. AKA...The Money People. THEY get the...Opportunities. THEY get to climb the Corporate Ladders. THEY get the Golden Parachutes...when it's time to...Retire.
They are the one who will....Get Richer. And Richer. And MUCH Richer!!!

The rest of the Sheeple....just muddle along. Poor. And THEY WILL STAY THAT WAY. Until....the day they die.

Did you know that America STILL IS GOOD OLE' NUMBER ONE?
Oh, Yeah. We are now Number One among All Industrial Nations...in the Category of....Poor People below the Poverty Line!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OhMyGod! HOW did this ever HAPPEN?

Conservatives are SURE that Liberals want to REDISTRIBUTE INCOME ...making the Rich...a bit less Rich.

Conservatives say that we need BETTER ENFORCEMENT in order to cure
our Problems, and that we don't need MORE (NEW) RULES.

Luntz says that "Conservatives....are outraged that there hasn't been a single prosecuton by Obama" in the Vast, Bankster Scandals!.

He slips in: "If Martha Stewart was convicted....why was no one from Goldman Sachs?"

How do we Bottom Out this Absurd piece of Right Wing Propaganda???

Stay Tuned.

Enjoying The Show?
Friday, April 27. Or should I say....The Farce? I sometimes have to PINCH myself when I watch the Obscene (and Oh, So Predictable) Klown Show being put on by the GOPsters and the MSM!!! We have the Utterly Absurd Rick Perry...(what an ABYSMAL ASSHOLE!!!)...then that Pop-Up Libertarian
Ron Paul....Klown is Too Nice a Term)....followed by that INCOMPARABLE GoofBall...."Nine/Nine/Niner"...and the Sanctimonious Sanctorum...oh, the Beat Goes On.

Which brings us to the Inevitable GOPster Candidate...Mitt Romney.
I literally DESPISE the BAINster....Mitt the Etch A Sketch Will O' The Wisp!

This CREEP has garnered his $250,000,000 Fortune...mainly by (wait for it)...
SCREWING WORKING AMERICANS!!!!!!! Read Robert Reich on just how the Bainsters take a Perfectly Viable US Corporation....and sytematically Gut It!

THAT is absolutely NOT the American Dream at Work!
This is ALL ABOUT GRINDING THE MIDDLE CLASS INTO DUST!
And allowng the 1% to run off with All The Money.

Meanwhile....they want to...CRUSH SOCIAL SECURITY! (What Middle Class American is FOR such a CATASTROPHE....as THAT???)

They want to...CRUSH MEDICARE! (What Middle Class American is FOR
such a CATASTROPHE....as THAT???)

They want to...CRUSH STUDENT LOANS! (What Middle Class American is FOR such a CATASTROPHE....as THAT???)

They WOULD HAVE TOTALLY DESTROYED Detroit and the American Car Industry! Only Obama stood between THEM and that Catastrophe!
Note that between GM/Volt (Car of the Year)....and Chrysler... we have an UTTERLY ASTONISHING TURNAROUND OF AMERICAN BIGGEST INDUSTRY! Who'd a Thunk It....(if you lissen to the GOPsters!?)

Stop! What the HELL is all this about? Are the RepUglies so TOTALLY OUT OF TOUCH that they just don't GET IT....that MOST Americans consider
Social Security, Medicare and (affordable) Student Loans....only FAIR AND EQUITABLE???

When I went to College....it was basically....FREE!
What the HELL ever HAPPENED to Our America?

Huh? Am I Lost and Confused? Am I nothing more than
...an Old LEFTY? A (ugh!)...COMMIE...even?

No. None of the Above. I am a Loyal FDR Democrat.
(I saw him speak from a Cruiser in Virginia...and heard his
Inspirational Voice on the Radio during some of his Fireside Chats.)

Sadly....FDR died too soon to include such initiatives as Affordable Housing as a RIGHT...in his ongoing Plan for America! 

Get this Krystal Klear: The GOPsters will....given another "Favorable" Election (think 2010)....DESTROY the American Middle Class....and further Reward the...1%!!!!!

That is literally EXACTLY THEY WANT TO DO!

Now...quickly...tell me...how can their OBSCENE PLAN FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS....ever find ANY American Voters to go their way????

And...the GOPster Governors who recently WON in their States......have the most ABYSMAL RECORDS FOR JOB CREATION...anywhere in America!!!!

Again....WHO WOULD EVER VOTE FOR THESE PEOPLE????

Let's see: The Koch Brothers. (No Comment Needed.)
Assorted Millionaires and Billionaires. (Careful here...not ALL of them are Obscene Monsters)....but MANY of them actually ARE.

And...a Multitude of Corporate MBA-types....who want nothing less than to Get Rich... no matter WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN UNTIL IT ACTUALLY HAPPENS

America is now (nearly) RUN...by Corporate/Get-Rich Monsters!
And....(hold tight)....THEY WANT IT ALL! They want Every Dollar they can wring out of or extort from the Other 99% of Americans.

If you have not read Matt Taibbi's March Story on Bank of America....you OWE IT TO YOURSELF to get your hands on that Magazine....and READ IT!

Taibbi describes an absolutely OBSCENE MONSTER....who runs B of A...and how his GREED has totally obliterated any sense of Fairness or Honesty coming out of B of A. And THIS was the Fabled Bank of America.....a Bank based on Fairness and Equality....that gave Working Class and Middle Class Citizens a....Fair Shake!

Taken over by the Corporate GreedMonsters who now....CONTROL AMERICA!!!

THEY WANT TO....WHAT???
Monday, April 23. What the HELL is going on now....in Our America???
We just lived through the Utterly Absurd GOP Primaries...with one Clown looking more STUPID/INCOMPETENT/INCOHERENT...than the last! Huh?
THIS is what has become of the Grand Old Party???
Fact: The GOP was captured by the Railroad Oligarchs...after the Civil war. (Even Honest Abe was involved....as a LOBBYIST for Railroaders!!!)
They've been the Party of Big Money 1% ever since. Keep that in mind.
And...it ain't gonna change....any time soon. Just ask the Koch Brothers! So...ANYTHING they Say or Do....can be seen through the lens of:
If Big Money WANTS IT....the RepUglies will Do It. (If they can.) And?

What are they actually SAYING they will do if they Win? Destroy Social Security
and Medicare....that's what!

Can you BELIEVE IT?
The ONLY thing standing between THEM...the Gopsters...and the Representatives of the 99%...is a Strong Democratic Party. Got that?
So? Where are we right now, today....
on April 23, 2012??????
I dunno. That would be my Answer....if I was paying any attention at all to the MSM, and ESPECIALLY if I paid the SLIGHTEST attention to the Fox Fix World.

Why is Rupert Murdoch allowed to retain Ownership of a Media Empire
that is seeking NOTHING LESS THAN TO DESTROY AMERICA????? Would someone in the (Laff Out Loud)...."Current Administration"...PLEASE Answer that Question?

Recommendation To Barack Obama:
Starting Today.....Fact Check O'Reilly/Hannity...etc.,
RIGHT OUT OF BUSINESS!

Or are you waiting for US....the 99%...to do that Job
for you? Hmmmmmm?

We are INUNDATED with False Numbers: Gallup (a Corporate Sellout if there ever was one)....tells us that..."White Blue Collar Workers will Vote for Mitt."

Huh? White....UNION Workers in Ohio prefer....Mitt to Obama?

Are we truly to believe that American (Union) Workers would rather have the Bain Guy run America...than the President who SAVED DETROIT....???

If the Workers don't GET IT....then send Joe Biden out there to the Factories and TALK SENSE TO THESE GUYS!!!!

Hey...I worked in a Factory. I knew those guys. It was a Union Shop. Except that you could DECLINE TO JOIN! I saw EXAMPLE AFTER EXAMPLE where the Lowley Blue Collar Workers....were able to solve "Problems"....that the Degreed Engineers upstairs....were totally flummoxed by!

Right this very minute....PigRat Ryan and his Tea Party Fanatics....are TOTALLY COMMITTED to Destroying.....Social Security. Huh?

This FDR Program has been HUGELY successful...and has saved countless MILLIONS of American from lives to Poverty in their Senior Years.

The Best Part...is that Social Security is a Pay Go Program....where "we" the American Workers...pay money out of every Paycheck to provide for a Safety Net upon our retirement! (What...you expected Wall Street or Big Biz to help?)

Social Security Reality:
1. The Poor....get Screwed once again. If you have Crap Jobs all your life...you do NOT get anything like Pension Plan Income when you retire. Far from it:
POOR PEOPLE OFTEN ACTUALLY DIE BEFORE THEY DRAW A DIME OF SOCIAL SECURITY! (Hard Work does that for you.)

2. On the OTHER hand...if you were one of the....Affluents...then you might have a tidy extra Income after Retirement....$5,000 or $10,000...or more!

And, naturally...if you were a High Earner...you bought a House...Stocks & Bonds, etc., and YOU are the Cruise Boat Targets: "Live It Up in....Tahiti!"

Now...quickly.....wind forward to YOUR 65th Birthday! When YOU, TOO can begin to collect your Social Security Check each month!

For the Richy Rich.....this "piddling amount" is nothing less to them than
Chump Change. For Many...soon to be MOST Americans....this is the financial
Life Saver that keeps them out of Homeless Shelters!!!!!!!

Now...getting back to that Obnoxious 1%....they could CARE LESS about the Less Fortunate. "Go Die" is what the T Party Ghouls screamed at their Rallies!

So....where do we go from here?

Do we toss out a Decent, Balanced President....in favor of a Bain Capital Monster.... who delights in saying: "I like to fire people...!"....and who DID fire people....by the Thousands.....to MAKE MORE PROFITS!!!!!

Hey! I got up off my Butt last Week...and went to an Occupy Event.
Signs and all. We did it to DEMAND that America Tax The Millionaires and Billionaires. PLUS...we said: "Save the Post Office!!!"

What did YOU do....Partner?

President Obama Wants to Hear From You!
This Link takes you straight to The White House: www.whitehouse.gov

Itsez Who? As far as I know...I am the only Living American who was an
actual eye-witness to both Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, as well as the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in 2001. When I was a kid...everyone I knew respected and admired FDR. Sure...there were a few "Republicans"
who sniffed at The New Deal, but we forgave them for their Silly Old Ideas. Who would have ever guessed that, led by the Hateful Ronnie Reagan in 1980, those "honorable" Republicans would morph into today's MoneyMadRepUglyCons???
One of my key tasks with Itsez is to point out the Sheer Stupidity and Core Mean Spiritedness of what used to be...the Grand Old Party.
What we're seeing right now...is an unparalleled display of Corporate Greed
...while THEY are fighting Tooth & Nail.....to resist Anything Obama.

The Secrete Service. Oh, Gag!
Friday, April 20.
What is THIS Story all about? One Version:
"Relax! Boys will be Boys!" Uh....yeah. Check. Some Macho (Young) Guys decide to Get It On during a Presidential Visit to a Foreign Clime.
So...at a Disco one night....they hit on some Top Tarts. But...Top O' The Chorus Line Tarts...don't come Free. The Price was to be....$800. (Wow!)

And...exactly how many Secrete Guys were there? The Count so far: 11.
And...how many Workin' Girls? (Something along the lines of One Agent to Two Tarts....uh.....20 Tarts.) Huh? Gotta Have 'em.....By The Bunch???
And then there was the little matter of ....actually paying up!

Gee...it seems our Esteemed Secret Service Fellas turned out to be... Deadbeats. Huh? They wanted to Sample The Wares....and then to
Duck Out when the Check arrived?
(Why is all this all so HIGHLY DISTURBING???)

One Quick Interpretation on this Story: For Big Bad Boy Macho American Spy Guys...(who are Fully Armed and...presumbably....packin').....it's OK to say:
"Who Needs to Honor A Deal with a bunch of Latina Whores????" Yikes. Or?

Next Problemo: What's this about.....Drinking On The Job?????
Gee...we recall that on the Night Before Dallas....the "Secret Service"...was
busy Having A Happy....for (Several) Hours.

Which why JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY GOT MOWED DOWN WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A SINGLE RETURN SHOT FIRED!!!!

Right now....we have the likes of ...."Obama had better have Bullet Proof Teleprompter..." And....that Idiot Ted Nugent...."I'll either be Dead or in Jail!"

Plus the Certified NRA Shoot To Kill Fascist Brownshirt Thugs!

Back to the Secrete Service...circa 2012. If there was EVER a President who is a Sitting Duck....it is none other than Barack Obama. You can start with the Southern Nigger Haters. And go on from there.

(JFK was WARNED not to go to Dallas; in THAT era....the virulent Hatred for Texas was BLATANT......"IMPEACH EARL WARREN!" screamed Billboards.)

Gee...that Crazy Young Men Meme just won't quit.

We have our Young Marines blowing away Muslims...
in this "Stan or that...Burning their Sacred Texts....
shooting kids, even....Hello My Lai!

Every time Barack Obama goes Public....he's open to
another John Hinkley type Weirdo.

You remember....that bland looking White Guy....(no Hoodies back then)...
just strolling by in 1981.....who turned...whipped out his pistol....and pumped
a shot into Reagan!!! Who said in the Hospital: "I guess I forgot to duck!"

Now cut to Fox...and the Daily, Non-Stop, 24-7...Lies and MisInformation...
It weaves an endless Wave Of Hate. Preaching Anarchy to Weak Minds!

OK...so....what sort of....Problem IS this one?

Just this: We could lose another President. Bang! As simple as that.

Millions of Americans listen to the likes of Ted Nugents and the FoxRats...and are encouraged to do no less than.....pull out their Guns!

For Reasonable Americans....we expect...we DEMAND...that the Secret Service DO THEIR JOB! That's their DUTY! And we DON'T want to think our Tax Dollars are going to....Latina Hookers!!!!!!

And, Please: Do NOT treat trips to a foreign land as a...Drunken Frat Party!!!!

A New Charter for America!
Monday, April 16.
As of April Fools Day, 2012...America is almost totally... Dysfunctional. We are in such a Push Me/Pull You state...that almost NOTHING is getting done. It is so simple to blame it all on the RepUglies.... who DO account for MOST of the Dysfunction. But with the Oligarchs calling the shots on Both Sides of the Aisle these days....we are Wheel Spinning!

So, as of today...Itsez is calling for a New Charter. A New Playbook
to spell out what America needs to do to....literally...SAVE Itself!

This will not be New (or News) to
you; the general Topics are in the
air 24/7.
What follows is a Summation of the Major Topics that Urgently need to be Addressed by We The People:

1. Fairness in America to ALL Americn Citizens. Whatever we USED to do....things like Free Public Education...the G.I. Bill....affordable College for All...are now a total FARCE. And what...Pray Tell... replaced Fairness was....Greed...Rampant Greed. (Think Bain Capital).

2. Income Inequality. The RepUglyCons destroyed that...with massive
Tax Cuts on the Very Wealthy. And by Reagan, Bush/Bush running MASSIVE Federal Debts. All this needs to be Fixed. Soon. And...it won't be easy.

3. The Military is Out Of Control. Its Budget...from Drones to Blackwater G.I.s to War after War after War...leads to a budget that is INSANELY EXPENSIVE. We need to reduce the Military to a size we can afford.
And the (new) Militarization of the Police is...ALARMING and needs to be dalt with IMMEDIATELY! Pepper Spraying Kids is OBSCENE!)

4. Healthcare in America. It's the topic of Raging Debate, Outrageous Costs, and the World's Worst System by far....for delivering Results-Oriented Care. From Birth to Death. Period. We do NOT need Health Insurance...we need Health Care.

5. Worker Fairness. Job Security...and Unions. Workers are BETTER OFF with Unions. Right To Work (for Less)...is a Proven Disaster.

6. Social Security. What a...Marvel. It's a Pay-Go System that actually WORKS! Yet...it is under CONSTANT ATTACK! (Who would Attack a Program that has been SO SUCCESSFUL for so MANY MILLIONS of Ordinary Americans? (I think kyou know the answer to THAT!) NOW we need to adjust SS to the realities of Modern America. And keep it working...forever.

7. Education. It is part of Fairness. It needs to be
re-thought on an Objective Basis: How can America
deliver a sound, solid education to every
one of our kids? And, trust me...Charter Schools are
NOT the Answer!

8. Reform the Court System. Activists Judges now
Occupy the Supreme Court...and Many if not Most of the Lower Courts.
This is an absolute CATASTROPHE!

9. Religion. Keep it OUT of ... our Government. Period.

10. Immigration. Huh? We have tens of MILLIONS of Americans out of work...and yet we are still allowing Millions to flow into America!!!??? Stop. Slam the Door. Then...open it up to ONLY those Foreigners who qualify....to VERY strict standards.

11. The War On Women is....Obscene. Women are the Equal of Men. Period.

12. Declare War on...Lies in America. If a bogus News Organization like Fox puts out Blatant Lies....they should be forced to PUBLICLY RETRACT THEIR LIES. Immediately. They are MISNEWSing their audiences. This Must Stop. If we have to Deport Murdoch to get this done....SO BE IT!

13. Right-Sized Government. This is HUGE. Too little...and we get Corruption (which we have right now....Thanks to the Oligarchs.) Too Much and we have Creaking Bureaocracies. Who needs THAT?

14. Climate Change. We owe our descendents a habitable Planet Earth.
What they are going to get unless we CHANGE THINGS NOW....is a Dead Planet. Unlivable. And...it is UNBELIEVABLE that we are letting this happen!

Itsez will discuss each and every one of these Topics....and eventually Publish a New American Charter.

Let the Fun Begin!

The Flashlight On....Corruption!
Friday, April 13.
In Election 2012, America Hangs in the Balance.
We can either...give Power back to the Democrats (who LOST IT IN THAT ABSURD LANDSLIDE of 2010...which Obama called a Shellacking)....or we can just Limp Along....held hostage by a now OBSCENE RepUglyCon Party.

What the Visual Shows....is the new "Flashlight" Strategy: Expose those Idiot "DIMocrats" who Vote AGAINST....The Public Interest!!!

Seriously Depressing: One DIMocrat actually voted AGAINST Foreclosure Disclosure...and guess why?
It turns out that this Congresman
has been flooded with CASH MONEY from none other than...THE GOP BANKSTERS!!!

Lissen Up: This Guy Has Gotta Go!

What we need to do is to Adopt This Model....for use by the Democratic National Committee....to BLOW OUT THOSE RETARD BLUE DOGS!

I ask a Simple Question: What GOOD is it to have a Statistical Majority in the Senate...for one example....WHEN SOME OF THOSE SAME DIMOCRATS will TURN AROUND AND VOTE STRAIGHT GOPSTER ON KEY ISSUES!!!!???

The Key to the Entire Initiative is: THE FLASHLIGHT!

This...Flashlight...turns a Hot Bright Light on the likes of Blue Dog Dems who turn their backs on the 99% of the American Public that are suffering while the Oligarchs, the Millionaires and the Billionaires....rake in
Vast Fortunes!

Let's say Congressman MaGooHow accepts $000,000s from The Banksters. Why? So that MaGooHow will vote NO on Regulations that impinge on the ...Profitability of that Industry.

Enter the Flashlight. Suddenly....Thousands and Thousands of Progressives
will be made aware that MaGooHow took that Dirty Money. Now what?

Suddenly, MaGooHow has no place to hide!
Suddenly, he is Outted...as a Filthy, Graft-Taking Pol!!!
...who doesn't Give A Fig about Average Americans!
He is, in other words....TOAST!

Whoa! Do you REALIZE what this MEANS?

Applied to Blue Dog Dems in the US Congress and Senate could suddenly get hit with the Glare of The Flashlight! Would that MATTER to a Blue Dog like Ben Nelson from....Nebraska? Maybe not.

But from that point on....any time Old Ben uttered so much as a SYLLABLE...
he would be flagged as A TURNOAT DEMOCRAT!

It would be much better for Democrats if they started RIGHT NOW to Build Back the Democratic Party in Middle America. How did we ever LOSE them, anyhow? Just because they are Fat....and Stoopid....shouldn't mean taht we lost eher their Votes!

RepUglies are....Gasp!....attempting to DESTROY the very Social Programs that are the Backbone of Middle Class and Working Class benefits!!!! Huh?

Are all those Stoopid Good Ole Boys....living off their Trust Funds and Swiss Bank Account Tax Free Income???? Huh?

Returning to the Congressman in question...he VOTED AGAINST the Horrendous Foreclosure Tsunami in his own California District....that threatens no less than 360,000 San Diego Families!!!!

How ABSOLUTELY OBSCENE!!!!

Mr. MaGooHow...you are One Sick MuthaFxxxxxer!

Who Wins in this case? The People! We...the 99%ers....Win.
Talk about Vox Populi!

Coming Soon: Has America been Taken Over by the Oligarchs?
The Example above suggests that....yes...in part, we have.
The Burning Question: Is American Fascism One just Election Away?

Stay tuned.

Try this on. There's a Whole New Business springing up out there: It's called Private Business for...
the Really, Really, Really....RICH.

Private Banking is nothing New....
I had the Private Banking Unit of Citibank...back in the day. (Nasty People....there at CitiCorp. One snippy MBA called me a..."Vendor" to my face! But let's just move on.)

In those days....it didn't take THAT much to Qualify as a Private Banking Customer. But...after the Clinton Boom Years...and especially after GeoWBush moved into Power....guess what? Now it takes....$50,000,000...to be Let in Through The Magic Golden Doors of the UberRich.

Oh...and that is not $50 Million....but...$50 Million in INVESTABLE ASSETS!
The 3 Rolls Royces don't count. The Private Jet doesn't matter. The Estate in Palm Beach and the Park View Penthouse on Fifth Avenue doesn't count.

Only your Stocks and Bonds and ready Cash....that's what Counts.

Do you happen to have $50,000,000 laying around? Not me.

I caught the announcement that Wells Fargo...just since November...has grown to $30 Billion!!!!! In just 5 months...they have 5 Billionaires and 13 Individuals with over $100 Million. (5 months!).

Well...Puppies....have you looked at the Stock market lately?
It's basically right back up there when the Bush Depression Caved in on us. (And they COMPLAIN about Obama?)

There are apparently 10,000 Households in the US with $50 Million...OR MORE.. in liquid assets. (Note that there are approximately 115,000,000 Households in the US.) That's were they get that "1%" figure.)

Oh...and...the Wells Fargo people have added something else:
These days...they toss in a Psychologist...to counsel the Richy Rich on how to "Deal with" All That Money. And...there's the Vital Matter of training the kids...you don't want them Squandering their Trust Fund Money on "Opportunists", etc., who might "Steal Their Money!"

I had lunch at the home of a Super Rich Heirress in none other than
Newport, R.I., and "Opportunists" were one of her Biggest Fears!

The UberRich want that Money to Last Forever.
To Grow to the Sky. That means:
1. No New Taxes. 2. No...."Death" Taxes. Etc, etc.
It means Total Freedom to move their Money - anyplace...anytime....whenever the Hell they want to.

If it weren't for The Alternate Media...you (and I) would never know about this New Way for the Banksters to make Money.
It would just be ANOTHER way....The Rich Get Richer.
And we'd be....Oblivious. As usual.

One place the UberRich put (some of) their Money...is into Foundations.

Which are....in the main.....A TOTAL FARCE! One thing they do is to provide cushy Jobs for the Sons/Daughers of the UberRich. That's where the Work is Easy and the Pay is Good. And? And they basically DO NOTHING.

Slick Willie...you remember him...is now worth some $80 Million...(according to the Top Line Google Search Results). That would pretty much assure him a place in the Wells Fargo Circle of...Richie Riches.

Any thoughts on all this?

Isabel Macdonald and Isabeau Doucet say this about one project from the Clinton Foundation: “What does it say about the reconstruction efforts in Haiti, if the very first project approved by the Commission that’s supposed to ensure accountability and transparency in Haiti’s rebuilding accepts this kind of project?”

Somehow...those Crappy, Infested Houses that became a Scandal after bush & Brownie screwed up the Katrina Recovery Effort...have resurfaced down in Haiti!
Mould, Filth and All! Huh? (this...from the "I Feel Your Pain" President.)

“Bill Clinton himself has his hands all over it, and he is the co-chair of this Commission that is supposed to ensure that Haiti is 'built back better.'”

BTW....what is Clinton actually WORTH these days? Hmmm? Google shows a cool $80,000,000 on the Top Search Result. (In other words....he'd qualify for inclusion in the Wells Fargo Banking Scheme.

Modern American Lynching...Circa 21012.
Friday, March 23. Trayvon is Dead. Nothing we say or do can bring him back. So what do we do? Well...we can't bring this All American Boy Back...but...the 99% are ALREADY DOING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE! The OUTRAGE is ENORMOUS. But....I can GUARANTEE YOU ONE THING: What NEEDS to be done....will NOT be done. Huh?
First of all...this is...Plain & Simple...a Modern American Lynching. This is nothing less than a product of Racism and Hatred!
If you think Racism is Dead in the Olde South ...you are delusional. Quick Story: I used to vacation in Florida. Down Florida way....Black Kids were very careful not to run afoul of the Police. Why? Oh....simple:
If the cops get a black guy in their Net....they have been known to simply drive to the State Line.... and tell him: "This is the State Line. Don't let us find you coming back into Florida....ever!" I could go on.....the Rules down there are: "Hey, Nigger...we don't fool around here!"

The Shooter...who MURDERED Trayvon....George Zimmerman...was packin' ...and he was LOOKING FOR TROUBLE!
Mr. Z has a record of FREQUENT CALLS to the Sanford, Florida, Police.
What was Z looking for that night? Vagrants? Rapists? Thieves?
Or...in the EXACT WORDS OF Zimmerman: "....Fuckin' Coons....!"

Too bad for Trayvon that he happened to go out for a snack that night.
Because, on the way back to the apartment....Z spotted him....and immediately took him to be One Of Them! (As he said...."Those A-Holes always get away!")

Southern Racists will fall back on their Old, Bred-in-the-Bone Hatred:
Niggers are No Account, Shiftless, Lazy....you get the idea.
Now add: "We White Folks need to be able to DEFEND OURSELVES"!
That's where you get the hateful "Stand Your Ground"...Laws.
This goes back to Your Home Is Your Castle. And YOU can DEFEND it.

Is there any reason to believe that this will change anytime soon?
No...not a Chance!

Well? What exactly needs to be done?

That is NOTHING BUT OLD NEWS!
The Answer is simple: Jobs.
If there were Jobs....Real Jobs...out there....
then there would not be MILLIONS AND MILLIONS
of Young Black and Hispanic who simply
CANNOT FIND JOBS!

Young men who fill our Jails....because so many inevitably get into trouble.
(In New York City...they grab you on the street...just because you happen to be Black or Hispanic!) This happened to one of my own employees...it was after work....and he was waiting outside a Deli....for his pal to get off work.
A cop came by....and shoved him into a Squad Car!!! They took him to the (Infamous) Rikers Island Lockup...and it took several DAYS to get him out!

Jose was EXTREMELY TALENTED...but...he happened to be...Hispanic.
In NYC...that's Just Too Bad.

One more NYC story: My own son....White...etc., was walking to his High School on morning. Two tall black kids came up from behind him.... "surrounding" him, as it were...and muttered: "Give us your money."

My kid (seeing he was outnumbered and outweighed)....reached into his pocket and handed them his Lunch Money. They melted away. Over dinner...he told me what happened. He asked me if he had done the Right Thing.
I said: "Yes." Period. (I later told him a story about MY experience as a kid,
but I said: "In today's America...you did the prudent thing. Period.)

Meanwhile...American Capitalizm has degenerated into a Total Farce.
ALL THE MONEY is now flowing to the Upper 1%. (Which makes me
FREAK OUT...with all that Cash....AND....WHY AREN'T WE TAXING THE
MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES????

It is now being aptly called: "Extractive Capitalism!"

Which means....what? Out of the Working Population....the Money...Profits,
et al., is being EXTRACTED from the General Economy....and siphoned off
into a Vast Sucking Funnel....that spews all that Wealth straight up into the hands of the UberRich!!!

And...who SUFFERS from this....Sick, Distorted Economic Model???
Visit Harlem sometime....and see for yourself.

Travon...we are So Sorry this happened. You will now become an Everlasting American Icon...one of the final Obscenities that flow from the Eternal Shame of Southern States Slavery. The South still pines for the lost Moonlight and Magnolias Way of Life. Let's face it: America's Eternal Shame.

Rest In Peace, Travon.

About Breitbart. He's dead. RIP. I have nothing....Charitable...
to say about this guy. I'll leave it at that. He was a Biased
Ultra-Conservative. He would stop at nothing to attack Obama..
...to Smear and Demean him. Including any and all....Democrats.
I stood 3 feet from Breitbart and photographed him.
This was at a Koch Convention. (Their side had ARMED GUARDS!)
We were just the 99%....standing up for what WE believe in.
Up close and personal, Brietbart looked....absolutely Thugish.
I will not add to my disdain for this Creep. Good Riddance.


And...the Stock Market??? It is
utterly laughable that Big Business keeps trashing Obama...in view of
the steady upward thrust of the
Stock Market since he took office.
It was the Incomparable Moron,
George W. Bush who TANKED the Economy. Or have you forgotten that? Obama has been working OVERTIME
to Stimulate the Economy...Create Jobs...etc., etc.
Uh...you think that the turnaround in the Dow was just...Luck?
Actually, Obama has been very concerned from Day One...about the overall health of the ENTIRE Economy. And...(see the Chart)...it WORKED!

There's an marvelous Old Saying that pretty much Sez It All:
"If you want to Live Like a Republican...then Vote like a...Democrat!

O(b)ama vs O(s)ama!
Obama got his man. Just like he said he would, way back in 2008, as he was battling John McCain for the Presidency.

Today I get to show
an Original Calderhead Cartoon...a Political Poster for the 2008 Election that just happened to be way, way ahead of History.

 

 

From the Itsez Election Chronicle...Circa 2008
The Nightmare...Finally Ended.

January 16, 2009: As the SuperFab Theatrics of Barack Obama's Inspirational Inauguration Roll Forward, Number 43 was last seen slinking out of town…
and into a History that is surely going to be most unkind to him.

Tomorrow will be All Obama…but today Itsez wants to put one more Nail in the Coffin of George W. Bush.

This is CRUCIALLY important;
History absolutely MUST properly label Bush for what he actually Was and Is:
Clown? Dunce? Moron?

His 8 Terrible Years call for Far, Far, Far more damaging terms.
History must be crystal clear about his Gross Incompetence and his willful Destruction of America's Leadership Role on this troubled Planet.

There IS no "Other Power."

There's not another Nation on Earth that can take our place.
You can thank the Founding Fathers and the American People for that.
We are an Amazing Nation. And the Election of Barack Obama proved it.

Some of us...thinking of New President Obama...were reminded of the
Big Song from "The Man from La Mancha":

"To Dream the Impossible Dream
To Fight the Unbeatable Foe
To Defeat the Rich - Cream de la Cream
To Win…and feel that Welcome Glow...
To Right the Unrightable Wrongs
The Whole World will applaud our Wins
It will be the Stuff of E'erlasting Songs
As Obama ousts Bush…For All of His Sins"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEWS:
A brand new
Format for Itsez;
Mondays...Key Issues.
And on Fridays:
A Thought Piece...etc.
OK?