Sunday Music: Walking After Midnight

From Texas, Girl in a Coma

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Originally uploaded by David C. Foster

Power to the monkey

I laughed so hard when I saw this I had to post it

Some people get it

Raquel Welch gets it, and she had a front row seat to the sexual revolution…

Seriously, folks, if an aging sex symbol like me starts waving the red flag of caution over how low moral standards have plummeted, you know it's gotta be pretty bad. In fact, it's precisely because of the sexy image I've had that it's important for me to speak up and say: Come on girls! Time to pull up our socks! We're capable of so much better.

Does CNN get it? Not so much…

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Raquel Welch.

HT SondraK

Socialism Conference

Keli Carender was invited to present the tea party side at this event. I went to support her efforts. She did a wonderful job

But first I had to endure an hour with Cindy Sheehan

I had a brief talk with her before her event, I even offered to buy lunch, but that ended quickly when I told her my stand on the issues.

So I walked around campus. I wanted to spend a few moments at the Intended Consequences display in the art building but no one was there to open it at 1:30 so I took a few photos from outside :)

At 2:00 Cindy began her panel with Richard Curtis, an “independent” candidate for the Senate Seat held by Patty Murray and one of the Socialist Alternative leaders and an editorial board member for Socialist Alternative’s newspaper, “Justice” that is often passed out at anti-war rallies, Philip Locker.

I did take notes, I will try to translate:

According to S.A. Capitalism causes problems that lead to social struggle.

Capitalist are redundant, we don’t really need them.

True democracies are formed from the struggle of communities up to a national form of government.

Is Cindy Sheehan Racist? She didn’t refer To President Obama as “President” I’ve been call such for less!

Cindy complained about how critics used her “motherhood” as a way to attack her position on the war, but wasn’t it her “motherhood” that she claimed as the foundation for her position?

Cindy referred to marriage has slavery i.e. she said she was a slave in her marriage, is that racist? To equate marriage to the crime of slavery. And is it degrading to the millions of families who are happy in their loving marriages? Also that line of reasoning is a key tenet within the Communist Manifesto.

Cindy plugged her book “Myth (no lisp) America” and her movie? “Revolution: A love story” claimed the title as her ideal. There was a mention of another movie “The Revolution will not be televised”

Panelist Richard Curtis pulled a Godwin when he mentioned that the Republican party was “turning fascist over the last 25 years”

The Tea Party will lead to a backlash towards the right…. No Mr. Curtis it is the backlash from the right.

and in the same vein of thought… More right thinking = Leftist activism.

One of the questioners noticed the “whiteness of the group” (must of been the tea partiers) said White people need to “Avoid looking like racist to be taken seriously”

a rumor that Patty Murray may drop out of the race?

Keli’s event started at around 4:30, we had so many show up they moved to a (slightly) larger venue. It was still standing room only.

Notes from the Debate… they’re a little less cohesive because I was recording, standing, and actually enjoying the event.

Ramy Khali Was the representative from S.A. who also led the WTO Riots protest in 1999. His stand was simple, all capitalism is bad in all forms and must be replaced by seizing all industry to be run by the people in a “democratic way” with all revenue being retuned to the people state

Ramy repeats the lie that 44 thousand people die every year from lack of insurance, the number of uninsured is now 47 million. That the WHO (an unbiased, yea I laughed too, organization of the UN) rates the US at 37th of all nations in health care.

Ramy insist that we end fossil fuels so I asked in the Q and A part about the use of land for such massive solar and wind farms needed to fill that need, he said that the deserts and farm lands could be used but neglected to address the inconvenient part about the loss of habitat in the fragile deserts ecosystem or the risk already documented to birds and other flying and migratory animals.

A constant theme was the need to seize the industries of Capitalism to allow for the wealth to be used for the people in the form of jobs and “livable wages” insisting that corporations who refused to hire or who laid off when the work was not available did so only out of greed and a disregard for the rights of the workers. That it was only by taking these jobs out of the hands of the wealthy could a fair system then guarantee workers rights. This could only be done with a complete disregard for the Constitution of the United States of America, something Ramy made no mention of.

I spent most of the 10 gigs of memory I had for my camera (two 4 gig cards and a 2 gig) on video so the photos are a little on the light side for this event, not much to take pictures of anyway just a bunch of people sitting around and listening to other people. I did however take a few other photos that I’ll post on flickr too.

Ok That’s it for now I have video to edit and I’ll post them here when they are done. The photos are up on flickr now

Update: It’s 11:50pm and the first video is done, the rest will have to wait until I’ve had some rest. (remember to give it a few minutes to process)

Update: Please forgive the typo in the opening title, I really do know how to spell “Seattle” Did I mention it’s almost midnight?

Ok here come the rest of the movies:

First question…

Many Tea Partiers have denounced Barack Obama and the democrats’ health care reform has socialist, Do you agree that the health care reform is actually Socialist and how do you think our healthcare system should be changed.

Questions two…

The financial crisis that began in 2007 since then millions of workers have been thrown out of work with the highest unemployment in decades and millions more live in fear of being thrown out of work and being unemployed. So how would Tea Party activist and how would socialist propose to deal with the unemployment crisis what concrete solutions do you advocate

Questions Three and Four

The new Arizona law is against undocumented workers, So I want to ask what the panelist think about this bill and how do you think immigration system should be reformed are you against Arizona law, do you support it. And what is your overall solution.

And

About the bailouts and capitalism. The 14 trillion dollar in taxpayer bailouts or various guaranties for the banks and financial system and that provoked an enormous political uproar in US society, one of the greatest actually in many decades, of popular anger and outrage at that bailout. So the question to both Kelli and Romy is does this show the capitalist free market, what happened in 2008 and that this economic crisis and the bailout of wall street, does this that the capitalist free market system failed?

This post is getting too long so I’ll place the Cindy Sheehan videos in a new one, she deserves her own place in hell …umm I mean here anyway.

Update: I had noticed that some people were spelling Keli's name differently then I had on this post, I did a little research and discovered that I was the one doing it wrong so I've made the necessary corrections, That will not be possible on the videos however. Sorry Keli, but in my defense I spelled it the way it appeared on the posters.

Another update: Here is a report from the other side, they lie!

The Tea Party movement, supported by Fox News and other corporate backers, has gotten an echo for their ideas amongst a significant minority of Americans particularly because of their opposition to the bailout of Wall Street. For this reason, Socialist Alternative members felt the Tea Party cannot simply be ignored or dismissed, and they proposed the debate to challenge their arguments in a public forum.

Last Update: The Cindy Sheehan post is done… And all the videos are mercifully short.

llama llama duck!

Dude…

HT: MCPO

Sunday Music: Deny All

Bettie Sevreert That’s the bands name not the girls.

She would look good wearing a trash bag

Thing is, this is not her.

Maybe this is her.

Downfall

When even love becomes distorted civilization will fail

A StarHead saga #12

A StarHead saga #12
Originally uploaded by photocoyote

On Broadway

Cool

We were ready for anything.

HT: Theo Sparks

Yea That’ll work, like a brick Battleship!

Really…

 

Did Chicago once have a brick battleship?

By all accounts it was. Constructed and furnished for $115,000, big money at the time, the Illinois rested on a foundation of piles and timber, on top of which sat a faux hull made of brick covered with concrete to give the appearance of steel. The superstructure, including guns, turrets, and armor, consisted of wood framing and metal coated with cement.

Sunday Music: Devils And Angels

Toby Lightman been around for a bit and got a little buzz but never really took off which is too bad because she is really good.

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Note: I didn’t find a YouTube for this song and the VH1 video has ads, sorry.

We are all suckers now

Here you go, have some hope and change…

President Obama's health care overhaul law will increase the nation's health care tab instead of bringing costs down, government economic forecasters concluded Thursday in a sobering assessment of the sweeping legislation.

Thank you sir, may I have another?

But the analysis also found that the law falls short of the president's twin goal of controlling runaway costs. It also warned that Medicare cuts may be unrealistic and unsustainable, driving about 15% of hospitals into the red and "possibly jeopardizing access" to care for seniors.

If only someone had tried to warn us… Oh yea someone did…

Voting for “Hope and Change” is like trading your prized cow for 5 magic beans…

Score Two

Say goodbye Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri your time on this earth is done…

now about those virgins…

Yea there’s a reason they are virgins.

Sunday Music: Beautiful Life

I absolutely love this band, the newest CD is called Water. If you want to give it a listen you can hear a bit of it on Fisher’s website. If you don’t own any Fisher music yet I recommend “The Lovely Years”

I made a Sims2 music video using their song “All I Ask”

This is really bad

Some say it is wrong to judge people, but we surely can judge their actions…

from an 80s TV game show in Canada.

via: HotAir headlines

note: This video is disturbing. Do not take this warning lightly!

The In Box

To the Editor:
I object and take exception to everyone saying that Obama and Congress are spending money like a drunken sailor. As a former drunken sailor, I quit when I ran out of money.

Found on: Jessica’s Well

I’m soooooo Stealing that

1. From bondage to spiritual faith;
2. From spiritual faith to great courage;
3. From courage to liberty;
4. From liberty to abundance;
5. From abundance to complacency;
6. From complacency to apathy;
7. From apathy to dependence;
8. From dependence back into bondage

in 'thank God'.

Tea in Olympia

So I scraped up enough money to get a half a tank of gas and drove to the Rally in Olympia had a great time and got hugged by a beautiful woman :) (married but beautiful) whose Identity I am forbidden to reveal. Not really but…

So about 3,000 people showed up with many wonderful signs. I made a very, very large set on flickr and it will take a while to get the movie up so I’ll put a small number of photos here and update with the videos when it’s ready

The laRouche guys were there so the press could report on the Hitler Mustache, they may, however, forget to mention that LaRouche is a democrat .

My first look at the crowd about 20 minutes till noon.

What we want…

What we don’t want.

My favorite Tea Partier, Not the the girl who hugged me, and not “Liberty Belle” but she is a friend of Miss Belle.

The Truth

I heart this sign.

The only threats were for the ballot box.

An infiltrator? maybe.

I could go on but I have a video to edit, visit my flickr page for more great signs

 

You can check my YouTube. Video’s will be there first, one is on the way now…

Update: So I found a liberal to harass… A member of the Tacoma Coffee Party… can you say “PWND”

Did you notice the “civil political discourse” when the first guy walked away, or when he started to talk about “Glenn Beck”…

Morning Coffee

I thought it was supposed to be the coffee that was "perky" lol!

From MYNorthwest

They don’t like us

So we now know of plans to frame the Tea Parties by having Liberal activist infiltrate our events. Meanwhile the Tea Party Movement is turning out to be more mainstream than the Mainstream Media. So while democrats are joining us, leftist are sowing distrust, don’t get caught in the trap. Here are some good guide lines from a California tea party group.

Photo from a DC rally ht:SondraK

So here are some tips for dealing with this situation, should it arise at your tea party.

1. Be prepared. Make sure your security team knows about the potential for disturbance, and your procedures for dealing with any issues. If you have law enforcement at your event, let them know about the potential threats in advance. Most are happy to remove people who intend to disturb your event.

a. Have a plan. We suggest that you handle every incident in a predetermined manner. Your preparation will allow you to handle any incident in a calm and reasoned manner.

i. No aggressive confrontation. Make sure all of your people know that they are in the media spotlight. Our behavior will be watched. So if you encounter these miscreants, be polite, and ask them to leave your event. If you have police there, ask them to help you.

ii. Video, video, video. Make sure you have teams of people with Flip cams or other easy format video, and make sure every single encounter of this nature is captured on videotape. Create the record. We’ll use it later to publicly humiliate the bad actors, and also to allow you to prove your version of the incidents if challenged.

iii. Partner up. If you are going to deal with one of these situations, always have at least one other person with you. It’s imperative that any situation not be your word against someone else’s. Have a witness and a helper with you at all times.

iv. Make signs that say “Infiltrator” (OR “Not One of Us”). This person is not with us.” Put a big arrow on it so that you can stand next to infiltrators and point at them. Usually this will embarrass them, ruin their prank, and they will leave. Plus it’s just plain fun and makes for great photos and video. Again…always with good humor, and a cheerful demeanor. It’s fun to mock the lefties, and it makes them truly crazy when you are nice.

b. Lay Out the Ground Rules. Talk about the issue of behavior and signs at the beginning of your event. Set the guidelines from stage.

i. No signs or behavior evidencing bigotry or racism of any kind will be tolerated, and people will be asked to get rid of them or leave.

ii. We are polite, law abiding people, and that’s how we run our events.

iii. Ask attendees to immediately report any suspicious people to event security or the police (according to your own guidelines).

c. Don’t worry…be happy. If you weren’t so good at what you are doing, and so successful at influencing the debate in this country, people wouldn’t feel compelled to try to shoot you down using sleazy tactics. You are dominating the political playing field, and doing so by being honest, operating with integrity and staying within the law. Be proud of what you are accomplishing, and enjoy your day.

I Paid my taxes, Now What?

I’m taking tax day off (April 15th)

There are two tea parties I can go to, one ends at 1:30 in Bellevue the other starts in Oak Harbor at 2:30 If I make the ferry I just might be on time.  and if I’m lucky I just might make it to Seattle before they wrap things up there.

Update: Day before Payday, and no gas money so I’m staying local, I may still try Oak Harbor too. we’ll see.

Update 2: Wait doesn’t Safeway (gas) take checks? Hmmm check back tonight to see what happened, The Olympia rally is looking mighty tempting.

Sunday Music: For Every Drop

By Sonya Kitchell 

And here is a bonus video (ok, I embedded this one by mistake and just didn't have the heart to delete it :)

Just outta the blue

So I belong to this mailing list for fan of a Canadian musician who is about to go on tour. in a talk about other tours this came up…

And in the same breath, I'm completely rocked by the very thought of GWAR
and Stevie Wonder possibly sharing the same stage. I'd beat up a room full
of old ladies to see that.  OK, not old ladies... I'd definitely turn a AK
on a room full of Teabaggers for a chance to see that, however!

I know most of these people are libs, but it’s just a shock to see this coming from people who for years talked about the need for tolerance.

Sunday Music: A Different Light

By Kerry Leatham all the way from London

Kerry Leatham 'A Different Light' from Luke Meadows on Vimeo.