One of the things that defines a fascist in my eyes is their desire to hurt or destroy those that they disagree with.
During the Bush Administration CIA officers and contractors used guidelines set by the Attorney Generals office to interrogate suspects.
In my youth I was not known for my kindness or my pursuit of legal endeavours. Having been "interrogated" by both military and civilian police in my youth and having read the accounts of interrogation by the CIA I can tell you that the police who have interrogated me are far more guilty of torture than any CIA officer.
Once I was taken to a hospital by police, strapped between two stretchers and beaten. When they felt they had beaten me enough on one side they flipped me over and beat me on the other. While they were beating me I chewed through the gag and told the police what a great job they had done gagging me, in rather colourful language. A doctor came in and rescued me or I might have died. I filed a report. I had witnesses. Nothing happened.
Being blessed by Christ and saved I look back and regret calling the police who tied me up and beat on me a bunch of fucking cowardly pigs. I also forgive them for the actions they took against me and the lies they undoubtedly told to save their own asses.
I do not recall any thing like that being done to any of the "detainees" and yet instead of looking internally to the way police behave within the boundaries of the United States President Obama is having a beer with a cop who obviously arrested a friend of his for being a black man who didn't know his place.
Talk about hypocrisy.
Not all cops are scum, and most of the ones who do scummy things are not scum all the time. The problem is we don't hold them accountable for being scum when they are.
Cops have a difficult position, just as CIA officers and contractors do.
The State of Louisiana and the State of Kentucky were being sued by Janet Reno because of their treatment of juveniles. In the court paperwork there is a story about an inspection where one young girl, pregnant and with aids, was observed to be bruised. When she was taken aside and questioned about her injuries she explained that the corrections officers had beaten her and that she couldn't take it any more and just wanted to die.
The Bush admin dropped that lawsuit when they came into power.
In my opinion that was far less hypocritical than what the Obama administration is doing now.
If the laws are not clear enough we need to rewrite them.
I did not read one story of CIA interrogation that sounds anywhere near as disgusting as mine.
The Obama Administration needs to go after the scum bags IN our nation that are torturing people like the kid I used to be or the girl in the Louisiana Juvenile facility.
Until then those Demophyte hypocrites can kiss my ass.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Monday, August 03, 2009
The United States and Veterans and others
I served in the United States Army starting in 1978, went inactive reserve in 1981 after 38 months of active service and finished my inactive reserve in 1984.
Basically, veterans who served between 1977 and 1985 get very poor educational benefits and many of us had other benefits, like VA medical, taken away from us.
The United States has always found excuses to screw their veterans and they always will.
Back in 1932 President Hoover (R) had a cavalry unit attack a group of WW1 veterans and their families who marched to Washington demanding their veterans benefits. Patton actually saber whipped a veteran who had saved Patton's life during WW1. People, children, were killed during this attack. The veterans were called socialists for demanding that the United States government fulfill its promises. Search "Bonus March"
The United States governments failure to keep its promises and live up to its treaties is notorious world wide.
The French sided with the fledgling United States during the American Revolution. Without the French assistance the United States would never have been created.
The United States saved the French in two World Wars and took over the French disaster in Vietnam.
Today people do not remember that the United States and France share an interest in Liberty, throwing off the shackles of the monarchy, that other nations have only pretended.
The United States often forgets about its obligations or pretends it has no obligations.
Over the last several hundred years Native American Indians, African Americans, Chinese Americans, Veterans and almost every other ethnic or political group you can mention has been subjected to the failure of the United States to keep its promises.
Every administration more promises are made and broken and made and broken promises, its own promises and other administrations promises. Even promises that the United States has a legal obligation to fulfill.
This is the core reason the United States is so hated and disrespected in international circles.
The US cannot and never has lived up to its own standards either at home or in international policies.
The first step the United States government has to take is to admit the mistakes of the past, particularly the slave mongering, segregationist supporting Democrats.
Once we have admitted the mistakes, not keeping our word, we need to keep promises. Period. I don't care who makes them and how popular they are.
The promises we make are LAWS passed by Congress and signed by the President. These promises are reviewed by the Judiciary.
We need to keep our promises, to our people and to the rest of the world.
Basically, veterans who served between 1977 and 1985 get very poor educational benefits and many of us had other benefits, like VA medical, taken away from us.
The United States has always found excuses to screw their veterans and they always will.
Back in 1932 President Hoover (R) had a cavalry unit attack a group of WW1 veterans and their families who marched to Washington demanding their veterans benefits. Patton actually saber whipped a veteran who had saved Patton's life during WW1. People, children, were killed during this attack. The veterans were called socialists for demanding that the United States government fulfill its promises. Search "Bonus March"
The United States governments failure to keep its promises and live up to its treaties is notorious world wide.
The French sided with the fledgling United States during the American Revolution. Without the French assistance the United States would never have been created.
The United States saved the French in two World Wars and took over the French disaster in Vietnam.
Today people do not remember that the United States and France share an interest in Liberty, throwing off the shackles of the monarchy, that other nations have only pretended.
The United States often forgets about its obligations or pretends it has no obligations.
Over the last several hundred years Native American Indians, African Americans, Chinese Americans, Veterans and almost every other ethnic or political group you can mention has been subjected to the failure of the United States to keep its promises.
Every administration more promises are made and broken and made and broken promises, its own promises and other administrations promises. Even promises that the United States has a legal obligation to fulfill.
This is the core reason the United States is so hated and disrespected in international circles.
The US cannot and never has lived up to its own standards either at home or in international policies.
The first step the United States government has to take is to admit the mistakes of the past, particularly the slave mongering, segregationist supporting Democrats.
Once we have admitted the mistakes, not keeping our word, we need to keep promises. Period. I don't care who makes them and how popular they are.
The promises we make are LAWS passed by Congress and signed by the President. These promises are reviewed by the Judiciary.
We need to keep our promises, to our people and to the rest of the world.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Economy Improving, Unemployment Way UP, Consumer Spending down!
This always kills me.
Economic data has been politicized in the Obama Administration to the point where they are claiming the recession that started after the democrats took congress has bottomed out.
Orders for durable goods are steeply down. Durable goods are the things that people typically use to make consumer goods. Essentially this means business think business down the road is going to be really bad.
Consumer confidence is way down and Unemployment is way up. This data supports the durable goods orders, people won't be buying stuff that businesses won't be making.
So what is up? Home sales typically go up in the spring and summer and with the 8K tax credit people are buying existing homes. Good thing too since Obama is trying to sell government bonds to a bloated market and that will push interest rates up.
Auto sales are up for July and probably August thanks to CARS. Morons who bought gas guzzlers are getting paid for their irresponsibility while responsible people are once again getting screwed by the demophytes.
The economy is tanking. Period.
I wish it weren't. You know what they do with engineers over 40, don't you? They shoot them. If you are not in marketing or management by 40 you will eventually get tanked, after all who needs experienced engineers when they have inexperienced college grads who make less money?
Welcome to the future, where your products are designed by inexperienced people with an academic background and very little understanding of the applications of their education.
Economic data has been politicized in the Obama Administration to the point where they are claiming the recession that started after the democrats took congress has bottomed out.
Orders for durable goods are steeply down. Durable goods are the things that people typically use to make consumer goods. Essentially this means business think business down the road is going to be really bad.
Consumer confidence is way down and Unemployment is way up. This data supports the durable goods orders, people won't be buying stuff that businesses won't be making.
So what is up? Home sales typically go up in the spring and summer and with the 8K tax credit people are buying existing homes. Good thing too since Obama is trying to sell government bonds to a bloated market and that will push interest rates up.
Auto sales are up for July and probably August thanks to CARS. Morons who bought gas guzzlers are getting paid for their irresponsibility while responsible people are once again getting screwed by the demophytes.
The economy is tanking. Period.
I wish it weren't. You know what they do with engineers over 40, don't you? They shoot them. If you are not in marketing or management by 40 you will eventually get tanked, after all who needs experienced engineers when they have inexperienced college grads who make less money?
Welcome to the future, where your products are designed by inexperienced people with an academic background and very little understanding of the applications of their education.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Conservative Comentators and Freedom
Colin Powell had some advice, not what I would call good advice for the majority of people.
Colin Powell tells us not to get upset when cops treat us like crap, just wait until after it is over and then sue the jerk.
I guess if you have deep pockets like the commentators at Hotair.com or Colin Powell that makes a lot of sense.
It loses the rest of us that don't have deep enough pockets to pay an attorney to file a lawsuit against a government that is making us pay to defend them from treating us like crap.
Suppose you get treated like crap by a cop. Suppose the lawsuit is worth a million dollars. Suppose you can get 4% interest. The government, or a corporation or anyone with deep pockets, can pay some lawyer 40 grand a year just to delay the proceedings forever.
Not a big deal to morons with deep pockets. A really big deal for the rest of us.
My bottom line is, and always will be no matter how many police state supporting idiots come up with other policies, Cops should be able to defend an arrest in front of a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.
If a cop cannot prove an arrest was necessary beyond a reasonable doubt, without the courts giving the cop more credibility than any other citizen, then the cop should be charged with violations of civil rights. Period.
Cops should be at least as afraid of violating someones rights as any individual is of being arrested by some cop having a crap day.
Colin Powell tells us not to get upset when cops treat us like crap, just wait until after it is over and then sue the jerk.
I guess if you have deep pockets like the commentators at Hotair.com or Colin Powell that makes a lot of sense.
It loses the rest of us that don't have deep enough pockets to pay an attorney to file a lawsuit against a government that is making us pay to defend them from treating us like crap.
Suppose you get treated like crap by a cop. Suppose the lawsuit is worth a million dollars. Suppose you can get 4% interest. The government, or a corporation or anyone with deep pockets, can pay some lawyer 40 grand a year just to delay the proceedings forever.
Not a big deal to morons with deep pockets. A really big deal for the rest of us.
My bottom line is, and always will be no matter how many police state supporting idiots come up with other policies, Cops should be able to defend an arrest in front of a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.
If a cop cannot prove an arrest was necessary beyond a reasonable doubt, without the courts giving the cop more credibility than any other citizen, then the cop should be charged with violations of civil rights. Period.
Cops should be at least as afraid of violating someones rights as any individual is of being arrested by some cop having a crap day.
Breaking News from MSNBC: Flash Pretty Women can't be smart!
An Anchor on MSNBC mused that Sarah Palin was popular because she is "hot".
First, I really don't think Sarah Palin is "hot". Michelle Phifer is hot. There are a lot of women who are hot, Sarah Palin does not make my "hot" list. She is pretty though.
So aside from having totally different tastes in women what does this comment mean, at least to me?
In my opinion the comment proves that this moronic MSNBC Anchor thinks pretty women can't be intelligent and competent.
I dated a woman with really big breasts once. I mean really big, huge. She was over weight, but, the rest of her body was pretty much in proportion to her breasts. She was tall too, so she was a big woman. We talked about weight once and she explained that she was happier being proportionate than she was when she was thinner.
Last I heard, about ten years ago, she had gone through a breast reduction and she had lost weight to become her idea of proportionate.
I didn't think of her as being any prettier, more intelligent or more competent (she had a masters already).
As a society we have varying tastes in looks. Over time the societal idea of beauty changes and we can see that by looking at sexual icons of the last one hundred years.
As a society we tend to choose the better looking person if we believe the competence and intelligence levels are the same.
Barney Frank is evidence that ugly people can achieve positions of power and authority, at least in my opinion. I am sure there are some people out there who think Barney Frank is a hunk ;-) Liberal Demophytes have skewed ideas.
The idea that "pretty" or "hot" women can't be smart is offensive to me.
The idea that any person has to conform to societal pressures to look or dress in a specific way is offensive also, but, lets face it. Society has it's own bigotries and those are not going to change.
People who do not look "appropriate" to society in general will be shunned, long hair, pink hair, piercings, tattoos, etc. The "better" looking a person is the more likely the person is to succeed in our society.
Individuals are not society though, and we change society one person at a time.
Morons like this jerk at MSNBC need to become more tolerant of the way people look so we can develop a more tolerant society.
First, I really don't think Sarah Palin is "hot". Michelle Phifer is hot. There are a lot of women who are hot, Sarah Palin does not make my "hot" list. She is pretty though.
So aside from having totally different tastes in women what does this comment mean, at least to me?
In my opinion the comment proves that this moronic MSNBC Anchor thinks pretty women can't be intelligent and competent.
I dated a woman with really big breasts once. I mean really big, huge. She was over weight, but, the rest of her body was pretty much in proportion to her breasts. She was tall too, so she was a big woman. We talked about weight once and she explained that she was happier being proportionate than she was when she was thinner.
Last I heard, about ten years ago, she had gone through a breast reduction and she had lost weight to become her idea of proportionate.
I didn't think of her as being any prettier, more intelligent or more competent (she had a masters already).
As a society we have varying tastes in looks. Over time the societal idea of beauty changes and we can see that by looking at sexual icons of the last one hundred years.
As a society we tend to choose the better looking person if we believe the competence and intelligence levels are the same.
Barney Frank is evidence that ugly people can achieve positions of power and authority, at least in my opinion. I am sure there are some people out there who think Barney Frank is a hunk ;-) Liberal Demophytes have skewed ideas.
The idea that "pretty" or "hot" women can't be smart is offensive to me.
The idea that any person has to conform to societal pressures to look or dress in a specific way is offensive also, but, lets face it. Society has it's own bigotries and those are not going to change.
People who do not look "appropriate" to society in general will be shunned, long hair, pink hair, piercings, tattoos, etc. The "better" looking a person is the more likely the person is to succeed in our society.
Individuals are not society though, and we change society one person at a time.
Morons like this jerk at MSNBC need to become more tolerant of the way people look so we can develop a more tolerant society.
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