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February 24, 2008 at 08:41:58

Election 08: Circus-Diversion-Stall

by "Hoss" David P. Page 1 of 1 page(s)

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Is it lost on everyone that the election has turned into a big circus side show? I mean in all this talk about change look at what's not changing and in fact, while we worry over Hillary's sincerity and ability to "open up" and marvel at the oratory skills and likability of Barack Obama, and chuckle at that "old rascal" John McCain getting some, the price of gas is going through the roof, the war spending and casualties continue to mount and the monetarist policy is trying to put out the fire of inflation and more uncertainty with Gasoline. Throw in the unworkable ethanol program and the punishment on food staples it is delivering, the fact that Israel is continuing it's oppression in the occupied territories unabated and now this Kosovo-Serbia thing is coming back to bite us on the backside, plus China and Russia are mad about all this and the satellite shoot down, what are our candidates talking about?

Xerox machines, plagiarism and how much the wives just love this country. Are we really that stupid? I think so considering how much we care about Hillary's marriage, Barack's vapid speeches and John McCain's philandering. You can't just blame it on the narrow focus and diversion of the Main Stream Media anymore, because you're seeing it here now at this so called cut above web site for the alternative views. I don't care how if Hillary ever has a warm and fuzzy moment and connects with my heart, I don't care if Barack Obama is ever sincere or even original, I don't care what John McCain does for his lobbyist girl friends, I don't even care if the candidates offer intelligent solutions to any of these things I've mentioned, at this point I'd be relieved to just hear them acknowledge that these things are going on speak sensibly about them. I don't want to hear, "We'll chase Osama Bin Laden through the gates of hell if we have to!"

I'm sick of this election circus. I'm sick of the punditry, polls, faux political analysis, and strange DNC rules. I'm tired of hearing about the fund raising, I've quit watching the debates, they're meaningless and have been so for a long time. I can only conclude that what we're going to get in 09 is just more of the same. The same watching Israel justify oppressing, starving and blowing up the Gazans while keeping the entire Middle East unstable, the same unaffordable energy costs, the same effort to spark a new highly profitable arms race for the military-industrial complexes in the USA, Russia and China, more expensive food staples while the congress and farmers pretend that ethanol is somehow going to help alleviate anything, More inflation and reduced standard of living while our FED and it's skewed monetarist policy threatens to send the American economy, and everyone in it, off the tracks. More Iraq, More free trade, higher health care costs with or with out new taxes or new Insurance mandates, more phony bi partisan squabbling masking this underlying fascist-Communist controlling our Government, agenda.

I could go on, but I'm talking in a vacuum, I'd like to think I'm at least preaching to the choir, but I think even the choir is worried about the sex lives of the preacher or the congeniality of the hostess. The choir doesn't even notice the church rafters are full of rats. More War On Terror, more enemies than you can shake a stick at. More reality TV, More talk of change while the things remain the same or get worse. You have to hand it to those with the agenda, they know Americans better than Americans know themselves. More Stock Market Games and now suddenly girls are wearing red again. Well, I admit that red at least works for me.

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Fulbright in 1966-67; Visiting Lecturer in American Literature with Baghdad University/Texas University Exchange Program. Guest Lecturer for the American Authors Lecture Series for the United States Information Service in Iraq.

Co-authored with Carole Chaney "Baghdad Letters" in 2003, a collection of letters and journals written in 1966-67 in Iraq.
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Jay FarringtonFulbright in 1966-67; Visiting Lecturer in American Literature with Baghdad University/Texas University Exchange Program. Guest Lecturer for the American Authors Lecture Series for the United States Information Service in Iraq.

Co-authored with Carole Chaney "Baghdad Letters" in 2003, a collection of letters and journals written in 1966-67 in Iraq.
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reading between the lines

Hoss, I agree with you but I call it the American Democracy Dog and Pony Show. Also, did I sense that you didn't say something except in your title: "Diversion-Stall" suggests something ahead we are not expecting. They are stalling until, what?

by Jay Farrington (13 articles, 2 quicklinks, 9 diaries, 155 comments) on Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 6:11:17 PM

I am a simple man of eclectic interests and tastes with no particular academic credentials. I still perceive, think, read and write somewhat. Writing music is a hobby of mine

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"Hoss" David P.I am a simple man of eclectic interests and tastes with no particular academic credentials. I still perceive, think, read and write somewhat. Writing music is a hobby of mine

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Diversion & Stall

Oh, I don't know, how about just wrapping up Iraq. Do you see anything in this campaign that is doing that? Price of gas, monetarist policy, how about that?

Like I said, I'd be happy to just hear some acknowledgement by the candidates of some the real things that are eating our country alive. I'd enjoy hearing something that sounded fair for Israel and the people stuck in their Occupied territories, not hearing it. They're just stalling and diverting attention away.

Thanks though Mr. Farr for dropping by my little page here.

Take Care,

Hoss David P.

by "Hoss" David P. (51 articles, 5 quicklinks, 14 diaries, 338 comments) on Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 6:47:23 PM

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Only real change will be underwear

Nobody is even hinting at the biggest issues facing this country and the entire world at this moment:

- 9/11 truth - it's ok, you can say it out loud - we all know it was an inside job, used to start horrendous wars, the fake war on terror, and all manner of human misery in the extremous. Tell me again about your egregious Department of Homeland Criminals, torture and all.

- the treasonous SPP/NAU agenda. When you do good things, you do it out in the open in broad daylight - when you are trying to screw everybody, you do it in the dark, in secret, and against everyone's best interest.

- the systematic campaign of poisoning the population with heavy metals from the Chemtrails program - look up everybody, and then look it up on your Google.

- the use of Depleted Uranium poisoning the earth for ages to come - not to mention mutilation, birth defects, etc.

- rampant election fraud - voting is a complete waste of time until we institute hand counted paper ballots in a transparent process - witnessed and verified by ordinary citizens. We don't need computers to tabulate the accrual of simple integers behind closed doors.

- the awful, omnipresent march forward of one-world government and the New World Order.

- the war in Iraq - based on proven lies - systematic genocide

- the war in Afghanistan - same as above

- the entire fraudulent Go Green agenda, replete with carbon taxes - yes, we need to control pollution, but we are not the cause of temperatures rising on many planets right now, including the Earth.

Of course, these are just things that I think are important and not being discussed - but what the hell do I know?

by CasaZaza (6 articles, 0 quicklinks, 3 diaries, 148 comments) on Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 8:03:57 PM

Which goes to the question

What change? With the people we have to choose from? As you say, none of the horrendous challenges we face are being touched. MSM or Corpstream Media are complicit as are the Republicrats and the candidates. DAMN!

by Jay Farrington (13 articles, 2 quicklinks, 9 diaries, 155 comments) on Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 8:28:43 PM

Lifelong reader, sometime writer with eclectic tastes and libertarian leanings. Don't hold my semi-notorious Berkeley history against me, I settled down so completely after 40 that I can barely recall my loosy-goosy self. But it sure beats going to the same party every night.
LaudymsLifelong reader, sometime writer with eclectic tastes and libertarian leanings. Don't hold my semi-notorious Berkeley history against me, I settled down so completely after 40 that I can barely recall my loosy-goosy self. But it sure beats going to the same party every night.

if it ain't superficial

it ain't America!

by Laudyms (0 articles, 807 quicklinks, 10 diaries, 403 comments) on Monday, February 25, 2008 at 1:34:08 PM

Wonderful Jefferson quote

on another website today:

"Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless... the time for fixing every essential right on a legal basis is [now] while our rulers are honest, and ourselves united. From the conclusion of this war we shall be going downhill. It will not then be necessary to resort every moment to the people for support. They will be forgotten, therefore, and their rights disregarded. They will forget themselves, but in the sole faculty of making money, and will never think of uniting to effect a due respect for their rights. The shackles, therefore, which shall not be knocked off at the conclusion of this war, will remain on us long, will be made heavier and heavier, till our rights shall revive or expire in a convulsion." - Thomas Jefferson - http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/JEFFERSON/ch17.html

by Laudyms (0 articles, 807 quicklinks, 10 diaries, 403 comments) on Monday, February 25, 2008 at 4:13:33 PM

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richardKent State, Graduate work in philosophy of logic, of science, Ph.D. SIU neuroscientist, forensic neuropsychologist, PostDoc Medical College of Ohio, Preferred activities: Restoring British motorcycles, cars, Matchless, Austin Healey, Triumph, Jaguar, building an engine, programming a computer. Other stuff: SDS 1968, antiwar,911 truth advocate, anticorporatist, anti-classist, anti-neocon, pissed off. Best thing: Father. Blessed.

get your dilantin.....

I see the convulsions coming on.

Can't see much to disagree with above. The chemtrails? Well after that german article in the last week or so.... perhaps the scale is tipping towards believing even in them....

The folks who get so caught up in the faux elections seem to be devolving into the perils of denial coupled with wish fulfillment..... or maybe they're simply dissociating into the fugue.......

by richard (0 articles, 5 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 789 comments) on Monday, February 25, 2008 at 10:46:44 PM