I see from post below that you are on an inter-isle conference call…… get here when you get here. Stand tall on that phone!

Here is one of Fiona’s new tunes that she featured at SXSW… Every Single Night…

Aloha, Dearie…! Quite the conversation…! Fortunately, as a 20 yr. Commo Chief, I learned early on, how to multi-task…! ;-)

Also a relatively new tune, released on a brand-new album…

Queen Of California…

I’m watching Bill Moyers program on torture…. and weeping for my country. Also, of course, disgusted that John Yoo and his cadre and Bush the Lesser and his cadre are walking free. I don’t know how we will stop this madness, but I am thankful to you and your folks for fighting the good fight. Thank you, CT.

It is my duty to do so, Dearie…! No if, ands, or buts, about it…! *g*

Stay safe tuez and all the SE pups… Tropical Storm Beryl Strengthens, Nears US Coast… Ain’t it rather early for any Tropical Storms in the SE…?

Just heard the “Too Big To Fail” song at NW FolkLife, and you can’t see the video at YouTube because the site won’t let me post it. Try the links at Failin’By 9′s web site instead: here.

And I admire your dedication to your duty, CT. I am saddened and also appalled by those who have so dishonored their duty. What is amazingly uplifting about Moyers’ program is that they show so many citizens who behaved properly, who tried to … and also did….stand up. The Bush Cabal was too strong………..but Bush is gone now. And now, sadly, it’s the Obama Cabal. There should have been hearings, courts martial, civil and criminal trials. Instead, “We look forward, not backward.” The shame…. it burns!

‎”Fact is merely what enough people believe, and truth lies only in how fervently they believe it.”

” There is still hope for any country that remains as easy to love as this one, in no small part because this is still the best country in which to be a public crank. ”

“Americans can awaken on a fine and sparkling spring morning happy in the knowledge that hundreds –nay, thousands – of their fellow citizens believe that space aliens landed in New Mexico, that Lyndon Johnson had John Kennedy killed from ambush, that the Knights Templar meet for coffee twice a month in the basement of the United nations building, and that the Bavarian Illuminati control everything from the price of oil to the outcome of the fourth race at Louisiana Downs. Let us be clear. This is still the best country ever in which to peddle complete public lunacy.”

From”Idiot America” by Charles P. Pierce

What also horrifies me is that what they talk about in terms of breaking people down is a touch of what I feel every time I fly….. that purposeful humiliation, someone touching my breasts, running their hands down my braids, x-raying my body….. just everything to make citizens feel powerless. If I didn’t have family, I would leave the USA immediately…. for where? I don’t know, but surely there is a place where citizens are not assaulted by their government on a regular basis.

Aloha, raven, any sort of youtube linkie…?

The shame…. it burns! Just like all that DU and WP we’ve dropped in our latest ‘crusades’…! 8-(

…this is still the best country in which to be a public crank… *heh* I’m a danged cranky individual to start off with, Coach Bill…! ;-)

I’m sad. But I’m also mad. I have no problem comprehending that abused populations will hate Americans (both good and bad Americans….how would they know we aren’t all bad!). If I am so angry at my government, how could I imagine that others who are actually suffering drone attacks and such wouldn’t be furious beyond words!

OCCUPY!

*heh* Being an avid Middle East fanatic, I do like this particular clip, raven…

Sinai Mountain Breakdown…

For me it is very uncomfortable that torture does not make people uncomfortable. A society that is OK with war, torture and wanton killing. I dressed in the hooded outfit of the torture victim wired for shock ( Abu Ghraid the one standing on a stool) when my US Rep came to speak four years or so ago. The local Dems were uncomfortsble but not about torture about a distraction from their candidate.

No idea. Try this one.

Linkie OK, embed not.

And what will we do when Moyers finally packs it in? Who will stand up? Who will have a voice?

Aloha, bb…! We’re on the veritable, Eve of Destruction…

That was brave of you. I don’t know if you could do that today. We seem to be getting worse, not better. All this “looking forward” doesn’t seem to be helping one bit~

I have been inundated with “God Bless and Protect Our Troops” messages all weekend. And with no malice or disrespect toward any particular soldier, I am left with the question,

“Why the hell would he do that?.”

The TV series 24 seemed to innoculate watchers on purpose to torture. I know one woman who could not miss it. Sadistic.

“All this “looking forward” doesn’t seem to be helping one bit…”

It was never intended to. You can’t investigate or prosecute someone for doing things you intend to keep on doing .

Sorry situation, No…? 8-(

Moyers is one of the last sane souls amongst the whole sordid lot…!

It seems as if we are caught in that endless loop: we have to honor the kids we’ve sent to be maimed and killed by sending more to be maimed and killed. I didn’t hear one word about Pat Tillman’s sacrifice today … and suspect I’ll never hear his name again. 60 Minutes had a segment on brothers serving together in war….but they didn’t manage to mention that Pat Tillman and his brother served together.

And I’ll bet that not 1 in 100 knows that Pat Tillman was actually married and left a widow behind.

*heh* Because, as a 20 yr. Vet, I’m proof positive that we’re not all murdering, Megalomaniacs…! ;-)

” I’m a danged cranky individual to start off with,…”

I have my moments too but that is not the way the author uses the term. “Batshit crazy” is the contemporary euphemism or maybe try good old fashioned “whacko”.

Well said sir.

Just to be sure…! ;-)

I take the moment as it is for me here and now. Work out eat organic live food mostly and stay busy ith projects like growing my own. Organic beefsteaks are starting to have tomatoes maybe a month. The wheat is almost ready to harvest and the corn is a few inches high. Every day put in something to grow. Started weight training again. Always something to take car off. A week of sun coming so plants grow. One step at a time. Sleep well.

Big Brother is coming to your town

Students in Texas to be monitored with microchips

Officials at the Northside Independent School District in rural Bexar County, Texas have approved a plan to track the whereabouts of each and every student by requiring them to walk the halls with identification cards in their pockets that are equipped with RFID microchips.

…One step at a time. Sleep well. Pleasant dreams, bb…! ;-)

Well, I surely do hope that the folks in rural Bexar County, Texas feel safe from …. well, whatever! Do they know that they are guinea pigs? If it goes well with them, then the cards can be sent out to all American (formerly free) school districts. Ain’t it great!

This sorta false bravado always pissed me off, to no end…! *gah*

How did we get here??? I watched young men — good young men with lousy numbers — get blown to Kingdom Come. And here we are doing it again.

We’re all just Apemen, afterall…! ;-)

Again and Again, and, Again again…! 8-(

CT, I once accompanied a dear friend to a meeting of WWII war orphans…. I’ve never forgotten how touched I was by people my age missing their fathers who were killed in WWII. My S-in-L is a Vietnam vet. I deeply honor those who served when they were called. But I would try to dissuade any kid today from joining up for the kinds of ‘wars’ we are fighting now….’cept I know they do it for financial reasons….i.e., lack of choice. What a sorry state of affairs.

Amen, Dearie…! A mere pipe dream, these days…Happy Christmas (War Is Over)…

Imagine if caring people could come up with enough jobs so that no poor kid from the hopeless-generation would ever, ever sign up to become fodder for the .0001%ers….. imagine if every kid could have a decent and purposeful job so that they didn’t have to sell their soul to serve the needs of the .0001%.

I’m actually working tomorrow(painting again), and then, waving signs in front of Helco from 4-6 pm, I hope ya’ll enjoy the extended weekend…! Mahalo, and, I hope to see ya’ll tomorrow nite…!

Aloha Oe…!

Hmmm. Interesting, and disturbing. In no small part because I live in Bexar County…most of the county is occupied by San Antonio! Very little of it is rural. The Northside District is actually the largest in town; only a small part of it might be called rural.

I’m going to follow up on that, but not tonight. I am hoping it’s exaggerated or distorted, because that story has several other factual mistakes, which make me wonder about the heart of the story. I hope it’s wrong, or misinterpreted something.

I was just driving by on my way to bedwhen I saw that reference to Bexar County! Hope everyone has a good Memorial Day.

“… so that they didn’t have to sell their soul to serve the needs of the .0001%.”

One more reason the “job creators” don’t.

This thread is closed, it seems .. but these are rational, loving people speaking out .. THIS is America .. this is “democracy” ..the freedom to speak our minds .. and for many of us, the knowledge that none of us are ever really alone .. ’tis a refreshing thought .. sleep at peace, all ..

” the knowledge that none of us are ever really alone ..”

Amen to that!