Some things people are not going to agree on. It's going to require some to over power the opinions of others to get what they want. Take slavery for example. A whole lot of people, even to this day, didn't want slavery abolished. But it was abolished.
As much as half the country didn't want Jim Crow and segregation ended, but it was anyway.
Many people don't want gay marriage, but we have that anyway. Many people don't want marijuana legalized, but we have that anyway.
In the end, what does it boil down to?
It was the right thing to do. It got done regardless the opinions of those opposed because it was the right thing to do.
Did it take the 99% to accomplish it? Of course not, much of the 99% was opposed. So there wasn't solidarity amongst the 99%, but there was solidarity amongst those who were fighting for what was right.
How many does it take? Who knows, but it was a minority of people in each case that got it done. Maybe a majority of the public approved of the change, but a minority of the people did the work to get it done.
American cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead once said: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
Much of the public is either in favor of U.S. imperialism or pragmatically accepting for various reasons or they don't even know what the damn word means.
But ending U.S. imperialism and Empire is the right thing to do. So it's going to get done. It has to get done. And it's going to get done by a minority of the people, even a small group as Margaret Mead inferred.
It takes the people that will not compromise on the issue to get it done. That's how it works. There was no compromise for many on slavery, civil rights for blacks, gay marriage, and marijuana legalization. There can't be compromise or it won't get done.
We must end U.S. imperialism. It is crucial to this country and the world. There can be no compromise on that.
Hillary Clinton won't end it. Donald Trump won't end it. Bernie Sanders won't end it. Our political representatives WILL NOT END IT.
We're compared to those during Trotsky and Lenin's time as obstructionists to the good of the movement. Not just childish but infantile. "Lenin wrote about the same ultraleft obstructionism in the early days of the Russian Revolution—he called it "an infantile disorder." Infantile indeed—like children, certain far-left pontificators are lost in their private dreamworld of stark reds and blacks, of clean polarities and heroic resolutions, stubbornly insulated from the grimy real world of grays and halftones, of swarming strife, complexity, and perversity."
I don't know what these people don't understand.
Bernie Sanders supports U.S. imperialism, lock, stock and barrel. I haven't seen a single Sanders' supporter say otherwise. Some fabricate the notion that he will reduce military spending and alter the Empire's vicious and racist imperialist agenda, but there is no evidence for that in his words or his deeds. He's a zionist who will support the Zionist quest for Greater Israel, just like Bush and Obama have. He's a military industrial complex adherent who will stay the course on the militarization of every corner of the planet.
But the moderate/conservative white left think it's all worth it because Sanders is fighting against wealth inequality and promises Single Payer. As well described by John V. Walsh at Counterpunch:
"So the question must be put. Is it moral to support a candidate to get some more goodies in return for the sacrifice of ever more lives by the US military machine? Or if this moral appeal does not move the Sanders supporters, then the prospect of a new World War with Russia and/or China should give them pause. As a decades long worker for Single Payer, I am not willing to gain Single Payer as Bernie promises at the cost of more war, death to innocents in the developing world and perhaps annihilation of humanity. The task for Bernie supporters is to demand and get an antiwar stance or drop their support. Not only is this a winning strategy as opposed to the losing strategy Sanders is now pursuing; it is the ethical position." http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/09/21/dont-get-berned-again-the-sanders-bribe/
People are dying, countries are being destroyed including our own because of U.S. imperalism. It's nothing but racist anglo-saxon white supremacy redeux in the 21st century to support any politician that supports and adhers to U.S. imperialism. American exceptionalism rampaging the world so it's citizens can dream about Single Payer and fifteen bucks an hour minimum wage. The ruling class that controls the U.S, government, and Bernie Sanders, appears to be barreling uninhibited toward World War III. Call it childish, infantile, whatever. Those blindly supporting Sanders while he continues with his advocacy of U.S. imperialism and Israeli Zionism are the childish ones. No, childish isn't the word for that. It's out and out support for imperialist murder and racist apartheid.
So screw that William Kaufman and other Sanders (and THEREFORE Democratic party) supporters and your solidarity for your fake movement. It's not that fucking complicated. I'm not signing up for any more imperialism and will not take part in any movement to continue it. You want solidarity for a movement, try joining the far left's movement of no more compromise. It's big, it's getting bigger and I can guarantee you they aren't voting for Bernie Sanders. Dream on about Bernie Sanders changing his position on U.S. imperialism. It won't happen, live with it. When you find your morals let us know. Maybe when you have to vote for Clinton you'll wake up. But I doubt it, you had seven years of Obama and still don't get it.
We're in a vortex, a marijuana/war OF drugs (like the War OF Terror) vortex where up is down and right is wrong and legal is a felony.
"A prosecutor in southeastern Washington has charged three teens with felonies for marijuana possession, saying a new law demands the higher level of offense. The Lewiston Tribune in Idaho reports the teens ages 14, 15 and 17 have been charged in nearby Asotin County with felonies that could net them up to five years in prison. The offense was previously a misdemeanor with a maximum 90-day jail sentence. Asotin County Prosecutor Ben Nichols said Senate Bill 5052, which the Legislature passed and Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law this year, contains the new language. "If you are a minor, a person under 21, it's a felony no matter what," Nichols said. The bill's sponsor, Sen. Ann Rivers, R-La Center, said the tougher penalty was designed to deter minors from trying an adult drug. "We have to send a message to our kids: This will hurt you in more ways than one if you decide to participate," Rivers said."
Hey well, fuck you Ann Rivers, R-La Center, and you too Jay Inslee for signing that piece of shit war OF drugs legislation. (It's my blog, I'll curse if I want to - besides you fuckers sent me to the Navy during the Vietnam war where they taught me to curse, so you'll have to live with it.)
Besides, what do you say to such fucking ignorance!
I wonder if it ever occurred to Ann Rivers, R-La Center that the people of Washington State, at least those with brains who voted against the War OF Drugs to not really legalize marijuana, did so because of the insane penalties the ruling class has enacted on the serfs because of the weed?
Evidently not because she's still living in the Stoned Age. Or maybe it should be the UnStoned Age.
Do we put kids in jail if they're caught smoking cigarettes?
Did you know La Center is a Casino town? Ya, poker and booze, booze and poker all the time. Anytime you want it, step right up and La Center will get you drunk and steal your money. And you can smoke cigarettes until your lungs fall out in nice designated smoking legal cigarettes areas outside the casino doors. I know because it's right up the road from where I live. What? Hypocrites you say? Damn right. I've never heard of this Ann Rivers but now that I have, maybe I can put a fly in her ointment. Let's see, a letter to the editor of the Columbian might do it. If they'll publish it.
So Inslee tries to walk it back. What did he think he was signing? Does he sign all his stuff while his head is in the sink?
"An Inslee spokeswoman told The Tribune, however, the felony charge for minors is not what he intended in a law focused on regulating the state's medical marijuana system. "I can only tell you that this was not the intention that the governor had when working with legislators on this bill," Inslee spokeswoman Jaime Smith said. Smith said parties had agreed at the time that keeping marijuana out of the hands of minors was a priority, "but there are other ways to do that without charging them with felonies."
Gawd.
That's far from the only problem with saying marijuana is legal in Washington State. It's only legal if you follow the rules setup by whoever decided on the language of the reeferendum as voted by the sheeple. If you have too much (over one ounce), if you grow your own in the back bedroom, or if you smoke it in the wrong place, you are still a wanted criminal in the War OF Drugs.
Some say progress. Ya, I guess so. But not from the stupidity. The War OF Drugs continues full steam ahead. People need to wake up.
Recent reports indicate Iran's mineral reserves rank in the top ten in the world.
"Iran possesses 7% of the world’s total mineral reserves worth about $700 billion but this figure could rise to $1.4 trillion with new discoveries, a mining official says. The country is one of the top 10 mineral-rich countries where 68 types of minerals have been identified so far, including the world’s largest deposits of copper, zinc and iron ore."
And that could be just the tip of the iceberg:
"Bozorgmehr said Iran’s known mineral reserves have been found on explorations over only 7% of Iran’s total area. “This figure shows very well that our known and unknown potentials in the mining sector are high.”
And guess who leads the list of countries with the largest natural gas reserves? Yep, Iran, although some disagree and think Russia is numero uno. Either way huh.
Now Class, does anyone think that the psychopathic western ruling class which has been pillaging the earth for oil and other natural resources for well over a century, particularly in the Middle East, are going to leave Iran alone and let it manage all it's rich resources all on it's own?
Nobody? Good! Everyone seems to be catching on this morning.
Next class we'll discuss Venezuela. That country is ranked number two on the world's oil reserves list. We'll talk about when a blessing is really a curse.
"If everyone who said they wanted Peace, really wanted Peace, we would have Peace"
Sometimes I feel like the people of this country don't even know we're officially in a "State of War" where all civil liberties can be taken from the serfs if the ruling class believes it's necessary for their War.
"The President explained that terrorist actions "continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy and economy of the United States."
"I have sent to the Federal Register… the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism declared in Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, is to continue in effect beyond September 23, 2015," Obama stated in a letter sent on Friday.
The letter was sent to Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner and to Vice President Joe Biden in his role as President of the Senate, the White House Press Office stated.
"The crisis constituted by the grave acts of terrorism and threats of terrorism committed by foreign terrorists, including the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001… has not been resolved," Obama stated.
Obama noted the state of emergency needed to be continued, but did not offer any date or estimate as to when, if ever, it might be lifted."
Why is this not an issue with the people, especially those that say they want Peace? Why are the Bernie Sanders supporters giving Bernie a pass on his support for the War OF Terror?
A "Peace" movement calling itself "Occupy Peace" is formally launching today at a rally in Kingston, NY.
The "movement" is being organized by the Trends Research Institute and it's owner Gerald Celente, an American trends researcher who evidently thinks one of the next trends is going to be Peace.
The rollout today in New York, which is a long way from Peoria and even farther from Seattle, includes notable celebrity Peace activists Ralph Nadar and Cindy Sheehan who will speak to the crowd on the street. Such notable retreads should inspire tens of people to carry forward the message of Peace throughout the world.
The mission:
"The institute will work with inspiring and peace-minded historians and other experts to create a program that provides the tools to make peace a driving force in the halls of government and in the living rooms of Americans. Most notably, the movement will promote these tenets:
» No foreign entanglements. » Wage war only when imminent threat exists. » Zero tolerance for illegal wars based on lies and retreaded failed reasoning. » Build communities here, not foreign nations elsewhere. » Let the people vote on whether to fund wars."
-No foreign entanglements. Pretty vague and says nothing about color revolutions and regime changes, the CIA, NSA, State Department and all the NGOs and other organizations that seek to destabilize countries around the world for power and greed.
-Wage war only when imminent threat exists. OK, all they have to do is lie, which is every time.
-Zero tolerance for illegal wars. Again, all they have to do is make sure their lies work, which they always do.
-Build communities here, not foreign nations elsewhere. This is confusing because the Empire isn't out there building communities in foreign nations. It's out there destroying foreign nations.
Let the people vote on whether to fund wars. Does this mean the Syria war? No, it doesn't because it's not a U.S. war according to the U.S. government, it's ruling class media and the vast majority of the sheeple public. How are the people going to vote on CIA and State Department operations to destabilize countries and governments?
I like the idea of the people voting on the issue of war. That's called democracy, direct democracy. I can't argue with that one. The problem is war is so disguised nowadays. The ruling class has innumerable ways to spread violence, i.e., the opposite of Peace, across the globe with it's Full Spectrum Dominance doctrine and the lies and false narratives that are drilled into the sheeple's heads by the ruling class owned media. But if they can find a way to create a direct democracy approach to official war, their efforts would be fully worth it.
No mention in these tenets of U.S. imperialism and Empire or of Full Spectrum Dominance. Therefore it won't work. Unless we address the primary focus of U.S. foreign policies, which is to maintain the U.S. as the preeminent superpower on the planet, i.e., Supremo Empire, nothing can be done because the actions of the Empire can be disguised as other than aggressive Empire actions, such as we're seeing in Syria, Ukraine and Yemen and saw clearly in the now devastated Libya.
Under these tenets the War OF Terror can be justified because it's supposedly not based on lies (even though it is) and an imminent threat can always be made to exist.
So good try Gerald, I wish you and Cindy and Ralph luck, but this isn't going anywhere. But hey, it's better than Bernie Sanders' plan for Peace which includes a kinder and gentler drone program and using Saudi Arabia and terrorists to fight U.S. wars and destroy countries. Maybe it can provide a spark. All we need is a spark.
No guts no glory.
Say it Gerald. IMPERIALISM.
Ah heck, I don't want to be too critical. All they are saying is . . .
There have been a number of books and videos put out about the Clinton crime family. The video below is a recently released effort from Infowars titled "The New Clinton Chronicles 2015".
The primary feature of this video is testimony by Larry Nichols, a former Clinton "insider", who was with the Clinton's during their Arkansas years and evidently performed many nefarious acts for the Clintons including participation in drug smuggling and even as a hit man. He's obviously been around awhile and has made his accusations known well before this. Of course the ruling class machine and it's sycophants have done their best to discredit him and his messages. So take Larry Nichols as you will. But relative to the following claim one only has to use their own common sense and logic to determine if it makes sense.
He claims that the email scandal was actually manufactured by the Clinton's and their associates to place Clinton in an underdog position instead of the overwhelming favorite (the anointed one) and to get it out of the way before the Republicans can use it in the General election. He points out that the email scandal was broken by the NY Times which as he puts it "has never been anything but a PR firm for the Clintons" He says, "there's no way the NY Times would break a story that could do damage to her.
"They have used the email scandal to catapult them into the underdog status."
He makes other claims in the video that I won't focus on now. For instance, he claims after Clinton is elected, within 6 months she will appoint Bill as Ambassador to the U.N. and after another 6 months engineer his escalation to the position of Secretary General of the U.N., using their work with the Clinton Foundation to pave the way. I guess we'll just have to wait and see on that one. It sure wouldn't surprise me.
But relative to the email scandal, his theory actually makes a lot of sense and correlates with the path it's taken. Not only has Clinton become something of an underdog but the email scandal seems to be shaping up to be water off a duck's back. And think about the collusion necessary to pull something like that off. From the Justice Department to the ruling class media to the Democratic party leadership to well, even Bernie Sanders himself, the knowledge of and participation in such political theater is not only quite amazing but perfectly logical and fitting with the evil and manipulative political system in this country.
