Dr. Ron Paul

He has gained alot in the media lately, only because of his fundraising. On Guy Folkes Day, Nov. 5, his guys raised 4.7 million, not bad. all over the internet. He is gaining more and more respect by the media. But are the American people listening?

No they are not! They are, however, listening to the crap the media is feeding them about Mitt and Rudy, the big two; then they mention Huckabee and McCain as outside chances. But unfortunately for the media, Paul and his entourage just keeps plugging along and raising money.

Me? I like Paul's style, he is confrontational and committed to what he says. That is something sadly missing in the leaders of the pack. But I have a problem with a few of his stands. Like his vote on SCHIP, his stand on Social security and medicare. Those are major issues for me so that would preclude me ever voting for Paul.

IMO, Paul deserves more exposure than he is getting from the media. If I were him and I became a front runner, none of them would get access to me or my people. Pay back is a bitch!

Why Is Shopping A Story?

The shopping on "Black Friday" was a major story all day on the major media outlets. Why? What about the shopping habits of these people is worthy of an all day story? If one is out shopping you would not see the story. If one was at home, why report it?

The answers are--corporations own the major media and they want to influence the people into believing all is good with the economy, that is why so many are out shopping. Well, that is bullsh*t! It is just another attempt to get the people to believe that all is well when it is not. People are losing their homes, they are spending more for food and gas. If you are a working class family, there is nothing good in the economic news. If you are a massive investor then you will like the news. But if you have to eek out an existence on the salary that you now make, all is looking dismal.

News Of The Day

Here is the list of stories run on T/giving Day on MSNBC.

1--Holloway death story
2--Peterson in Chicago and his missing wife
3--Gen Sanchez statement
4--Pakistan story
5--Macy Parade
6--Utah tazer incident
7--Truck catches fire
8--Train wreck
9--Dog show

Not a bit of this is useful if you are a writer or analyst. All the news I can use. News 24 hr a day. The best political team on TV. What a steaming pile of shit!

What The F*ck?

A Saudi woman is raped by 7 men and she gets 6 months in jail and 200 lashes. Think about this! She is a victim and she is condemned to this retaliation. This is a country that the Bush family has strong ties with. Will they intervene? Doubtful!

Where do we as Americans draw the line? We have stuck our noses in Burma, but they are not a family friend. The admin has said that it cannot dictate how a country deals with its citizens. thinking....thinking.....is that not what we have done in Pakistan? Is that not what we have done in Burma? On and on and on...Saudi is a family friend of the Bushes, so they can do whatever they feel is good in the name of whatever they choose to invoke, without any interference from washington.

The woman was RAPED, let me say it a gain, the woman was RAPED! She is a victim and she is condemned to public humiliation. Makes me proud of my government. NOT!

This is what you get when you give fat cat pigs power and give them a free hand at running the world. You should be proud of your f*cking laziness!

Who Is Your Candidate?

Good question! But I am speaking as a writer. I will bet that 80% of you will say Rudy or Mitt or Clinton or Obama. Why?

For one thing the media is picking them for you. There are other candidates with far better vision of the future than these couple. look at CNN they seem to be firmly behind Clinton; MSNBC seems to be drawn to Clinton and Obama. They seldom give the others a shot.

The last Dem debate for CNN--the network lost in that one. Why? They allowed Clinton to stack the audience and then allowed lots of applause, cat calls and boos. It was a pathetic endeavor. CNN allowed it to get out of control. They allowed it to be the Clinton/Obama show with few interjections from the others. It was pathetic!

I was not surprised at all, they have been a staunch supporter of Clinton from the start and they give her every opportunity to be the star of the debates. Real visionaries are not allowed to answer the hard questions, but rather are asked menial bullshit questions and then move on to the leaders for the biggies.

So your candidate is most likely pick for you. They(the media)are marginalizing the others to influence the outcome. They want a cat fight and not a policy fight. So do most Americans.

CHUQ

A Few Thoughts On Society

Just a bit of the info that is sadly missing in the news. Average Americans have known for years that the economy, their economy has been in the toilet, while the media tells them how well the economy is doing; but that is for those with 7 figure incomes.

The income divide between white and black families has grown again and for the last 30 yrs it has continue to widen. The equality that has been promised for a 100 yrs has never quite made it to the mainstream.

Let us look at crime--the number of policemen killed in the line of duty has gone up and those killed with a firearm are as follows:

NY--22
Fla--18
CA--12
LA--8

The deaths are up by 31% and deaths by firearm is up 37%. Something to think about.

Maybe it is just a coincidence, but the top 3 states are lead by Repubs--just saying, not accusing.

What Do Kucinich And Thompson Have In Common?

At a recent Labor forum, Dennis got cheers, applause for his stances on the labor movement and unions. He spoke to the workers and they responded. He was by far the best candidate on the stage as for as labor was concerned. More on this in a moment.

Huckabee is a Baptist preacher and his views on abortions and gays and values are the same as the religious right. He is everything the rank and file are looking for in a candidate.

Where am I going with this. Dennis position, no matter how popular with labor got him no endorsements, instead the union's leadership went to Hillary, Edwards and Dodd, so far. Huckabee, his stands on the issues are in line with the religious right but instead they want to go with Rudy and Thompson so far.

What does this mean? It means these people are endorseing those they think can win the election not the ones that hold similar views. and that is the problem with this whole system. It is about winning not what is right.

Change is desperately needed, but the American people will allow this system to go on and on until there is no way out. Sad that the best person for the job is seldom in the running.

CHUQ

Hate Hillary

It seems, IMO, that the Repubs do not have much of a platforms other than 9/11 and hate Hillary. It also seems that the message the conservatives are pushing is stop Hillary. Who is a conservative Dem. This is all so childish and infantile.

Notice that almost every audience cheers and whistles and applauds, wherever Clinton is paraphrased, but this is just silly, because it will not help a party that is consuming itself from the inside out, slowly but slowly. The GOP has got to run on its conservative ideas, maybe even some libertarian ones, but if the best they can do is "anyone is better than Hillary", they are gonna lose and lose hard.

CHUQ

A Green City

After Katrina there was talk about maybe New Orleans would be rebuilt as a green city. Environmentally friendly, but that did not work out. The Gulf Coast the same thing, it was not to be a environmental friendly area because of developers and the rush for money.

Greenberg, KS, you know, that poor town that a tornado all but destroyed. well the city has decided that it would be the first environment friendly city. They are rebuilding with energy efficient homes, the school will be built to use natural light wherever possible and the town is going to power itself with geothermal and wind power.

My hat is off to them, finally some Americans that are thinking beyond the next tax day. I wish them luck and much happiness.

Here Comes Those Rainy Day Blues

Fed guy, Bernanke, testified before Congress and he gave some pretty bad news. The economy in the last quarter and possibly the first 2 quarters of next year will be slow. The possibility of a small recession is darn good.

More info--retail sales for last month were slow and they are not looking for much of an increase for this month. Gold is increasing another sign, the dollar is dropping--another sign. But keep in mind that the two markets that are not used to calculate inflation are Gas and Food. The government says they are too volatile. So inflation will always look low when the two most important parts are eliminated.

I suggest that they start asking the average Joe how the economy is doing, there will be the most accurate, not some song and dance from the government that wants to look good.

Shame On Yahoo

Has anyone heard about Yahoo? It seems they gave the Chinese government info on a dissident that was posted governmental plans to crack down on any protests. These dissidents are now doing some extremely hard time in the lovely Chinese prisons.

Why? I would guess that it was to protect their market share in China. In other words it was a bout profit, not what was right. They could always come back and say they were sorry and that it would not happen again. WAIT! That is what they are saying in Congress.


Yahoo CEO and others are PIGS! They sold out a person to a life in prison to protect their profits. Makes me proud to be an American! When possible I WILL NOT USE YAHOO FOR ANYTHING!


I would ask others to join me, but thyat would be a fart in the wind!

How Do We Get A Good Government?

They asked smilingly! first of all, we as American voters, need to get past the good ol' boy bullsh*t. We will not find a good representative among those that are in politics today. These people, and I use the term loosely, are not about the will of the people, but rather about their next re-election campaign. That alone will be hard to overcome. It is a bout money and power, no waht is best for the people.

A move to a participatory form of government cannot not start on the national level. I has to be done locally, starting with the city councils and then move on to state Congressional races and then slowly into national politics. If this is to be successful, the people must be involved. Granted they are not use to being consulted in the arena of politics, but they are capable of running the country and in doing so be in control of their lives.

Candidates must form a personal relationship with the people they want to represent. It must be a face to face relationship. They people must be involved in every aspect of the process. This can be accomplished by having neighborhood councils, which meet once a week and they will decide what is to be the agenda for their politician. The people must exert influence in every aspect, job, schools, and organizations all within their respective neighborhoods. Once that is accomplished they will meet with their rep. and present him with the list of concerns and he will then act on THEIR concerns, not his/hers.

This is not an overnight sensation. It will take long and hard work to get the people totally involved in their own lives. This will stop all the bitchin' that voters do about their concerns. The representative has got to be someone who truly wants the best for his people. He/she has got to be a statesman and not a politician.

This is a simple explanation of what I see as the only saving grace to the American ideal of democracy. If not, then I see the country slowly sinking into the sea of imperialism and inequality. The voter is a lazy individual, that must wake up or lose everything that this country stands for; there is nothing to gain from a continuation of politics as usual.

CHUQ
06 Nov 07

A Democratic Pakistan

Are you kidding me? When has it ever been on a democratic road?

Musharraf came to power through military coup. The he appointed himself president. Then he gave himself many parliamentarian powers. And then he held elections, but before many opposition people were arrested and Musharraf got 98% of the vote. Now he has called a state of emergency, closed TV stations and newspapers and now is arresting more opposition people.

That is the short history of Musharaf and his travels toward democracy.

I found it interesting that he allowed an opponent, Bhutto, to return to the country. Then she was home for a week or so and left the country to visit family in Abu Dahbi. Now is that a coincidence? Did Bhutto know what was coming and ran for her life? Or did Musharaf wait for the most opportune moment to eliminate the democratic progress?

The US is still considering Musharaf an ally in the war on terror, but what of the democracy thing? What will be happening in the coming days will be very interesting to see how the US will handle it. The situation is one that could bite us in the ass.

Why Iran?

Well first of all, they have never apologized for the embassy thing back in 1979 and that sticks in the craw of the American people.

Think about this we do not want them to have nukes for whatever reason. We have tried saber rattling, we are trying sanctions but we have NEVER tried talking to them. Direct talks, that is.

Where would talking be less acceptable than blowing them up? A recent poll says that 57% of the American people will support a military action against Iran. That plays well for Bush and the Boyz.

We need, above everything else, some level headed logic in Washington. we have none now and if the election were today, we would have none with a new president. I think all Americans do not want the Iranians to have a bomb, but why would bloodshed be preferable to diplomacy? That is not a sane reaction to the situation.

CHUQ