Richard Volaar

                 
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Award winning poet, writer and refugee from the educational testing industry. Richard agitates, supports and motivates activists of all kinds, the most well-known being Cindy Sheehan. Web developer and designer by day, writer by night, Richard has the disposition of an observer and essayist. Richard has fallen in love, one day at a time, with the writing of Raymond Carver, while sparring, verbally, with the flying monkey right since 1998. Richard built his first computer from scratch in 1977 and had his heart broken for the first time in 1980. It has been stomped on and dragged behind a Chevrolet for many miles since that time. Thanks in no small part to Republican partisan politics and internecine policies.

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Saturday, June 20, 2009
The Barbershop Diaries, Volume I, Issue 5!!
Come read the latest from the web's most erudite cyber-barber....

Saturday, June 13, 2009
Palestinian Boy, 15, Hanged By Relatives
(5 comments) Ugliness does transpire on both sides.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009
A Semblence of Justice: Shell Forced to Settle Over Saro Wiwa Murder
Too long it takes for the people to be served by their corporate masters.

Friday, June 5, 2009
The Barbershop Diaries, Volume I, Issue 4
Notoriety, according to this week at the 'diaries, is just another form of propaganda designed to cloak from the person seeking the notoriety what the real issues surrounding their life actually are.

Friday, May 29, 2009
Unleash the Hounds of Hell
No more weasel words, no more bulls*t. None of these American-enabled vermin could ever represent anything I would ever believe in.

Monday, May 25, 2009
Barbershop Diaries, Vol I, Issue 2
Arrogance and waste were the backbeat this week, gentle readers, with a strong aftertaste of misunderstanding...

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Somali Pirates Got Game
(4 comments) As the oily globe churns

Monday, April 27, 2009
Swine Flu Who's Who
(2 comments) Thomson-Reuters is the dirty swine of this story.

Friday, April 24, 2009
If You Really MUST Foment Violent Revolution...
(3 comments) ...don't be an idiot...they have all the ammunition

Monday, April 13, 2009
I Understand I Voted for Him
(1 comments) We really didn't have any other viable options and most of his staff and, certainly he, knew this sad fact.

Thursday, March 26, 2009
Oklahoma City Bombing Linked to Mossad by CBS News Investigative Reporter
(3 comments) Before there was 9/11/2001, there was Oklahoma City, April, 1995.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Rush Limbaugh: Proof that Ann Coulter Has Had Sex with Buffalo
Not the fabled White Buffalo, either.

Saturday, February 28, 2009
Outsourcing: The Evolution of Irresponsibility
(2 comments) Credit Default Swaps? Why not outsource your organization's problems for fun and personal profit?

Friday, February 13, 2009
Short Story: BoyZ JuS' WaNnA bE lOvEd
I thought I'd portray the quintessential American alpha male of the last forty years or so. The one I think the world sees. This one may take more than one installment -- when you're packin', you're packin'.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Wanna Know Why Membership at OEN Is In Decline??
(17 comments) Like, d'uh...

Tuesday, February 3, 2009
The Real Matrix
(4 comments) Listen carefully to your children...or someone else's.

Saturday, January 31, 2009
Short Story: GiRlS jUsT wAnNa HaVe FuN! *
* At your expense.

Thursday, January 15, 2009
Inaugural Assassination Alert: FEMA To Be Involved In Security!!
(3 comments) Jeez...I hate being such a misanthrope: if you're right and their cover is blown, you look like an idiot when nothing happens...and if you're wrong and just being paranoid, you look like an idiot. Truly no-win for Mr. HappyTalk...alas, duty calls. Paul Revere must have been out of his friggin' mind in the first place.

Friday, January 9, 2009
From Oakland to Greece, F*k the Police!!
Police abuse is government-sponsored terror.

Saturday, January 3, 2009
Yellowstone: Caldera Rumbling Since 12/26/2008
(1 comments) This is scary, folks...

Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Cynthia McKinney's Life Endangered By Israeli Warships!
(4 comments) Wow. This woman has grown a couple since 9/11 and has demonstrated what it means to be a patriot in my book.

Monday, December 29, 2008
Gut Feeling: Someone Needs To Check This Out
(1 comments) There's too many coinky-dinks going on here....

Sunday, December 28, 2008
Slaughtering Palestine: Leave No Innocent Blood Behind
(2 comments) I think we could be missing the point here....

Saturday, December 27, 2008
If Gay People Were Straight With Us
(2 comments) Time to put on the war paint, progressives. It's not about Obama any longer.

Thursday, December 25, 2008
Connell Death: Where Are the Condolences?
(3 comments) Larissa makes a key, late Christmas Eve observation....


Sunday, December 21, 2008
Greece Fire: The Flames Are Spreading!
(3 comments) [[NoSurveill]]


Wednesday, December 17, 2008
We're Fooling Ourselves: This Will Be WORSE Than the Great Depression
(2 comments) [[SLFed]]

Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Real Fascism, Real Protests: Greece Ten Days On
(4 comments) The prospect of losing 100,000 jobs next year throws Greeks into the streets for TEN DAYS?

Sunday, December 14, 2008
I Love Arabs!! Bush Gets A Pair of Size 10's At His Face!!
..and Dana "TooMuchCapuccino" Perino gets a black eye from an errant microphone!


Saturday, December 13, 2008
2700 District Attorneys, 1 Book and one PO'd Prosecutor!!
(7 comments) [[Boogie]]

Thursday, December 11, 2008
RIP: Gary Webb, American Hero
(3 comments) On 12/10/2004, Gary Webb allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself twice in the head.


Wednesday, December 10, 2008
$2900.00 to Go: Prosecute George W. Bush for Murder!!
(6 comments) [[Boogie]]

Monday, December 8, 2008
Whyfore Mumbai: Ahhh...Another Pipeline
(1 comments) Not to be cheeky, but why should the Hunt Brothers get to make all the money?

Saturday, December 6, 2008
The Beginnings of a Manifesto: Dear Mr/Missus(es) Muslim
(1 comments) This needs to be in the public domain so that it has some time to cook outside of the "planning" desks of people with inflated opinions about their "access" to classified information.

Monday, December 1, 2008
Mumbai, Chabad, a Coup by India's Right Wing and Roland Carnaby
(2 comments) It just keeps getting curiouser and curioser

Monday, December 1, 2008
Spooky Stuff: Chabad House Loaded With Mossad Connections
(6 comments) And it gets better, folks

Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving: Pope Too Pooped to Properly Pontificate
Talking back to Catholics is alot like shooting fish in a barrel for me anymore. If they didn't already exist, we'd have to invent them.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008
"Dubious" Individuals Threaten Madsen Over Carnaby Shooting Reports
(3 comments) Ladies and gentlemen, the Mossad controls freedom of speech and thought, GLOBALLY, once again.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008
South Texas: What About Cheney and Gonzales?
Love to listen to the morning news and compare it with reality...

Monday, November 17, 2008
Liquid FEAR: What IF Bush Were the Antichrist??
(4 comments) "Fear is the chief activator of our defects of character." -- Bill Wilson, Alcoholics Anonymous

Friday, November 14, 2008
Bush IS the Antichrist: How Much Plainer Could Turley Have Made It?
(15 comments) I didn't catch this watching Rachel last night. When I saw the transcript in print, it took my breath away. Briefly. I think it was the cannoli.

Friday, November 14, 2008
Important: The Problem with Gay People
(9 comments) Proposition 8 in California has raised an issue that I might have some unique insights on.

Friday, November 14, 2008
Boolean Algebra and Probability Theory Prove Official Explanation Inadequate
(39 comments) Gotta love the diehard official explanationeers.

Thursday, November 13, 2008
Who Else Was A Chickenhawk Coward Guilty of Treason?
(3 comments) Drum roll, please.

Monday, November 10, 2008
860 Million People Per Year...for Five Years
...or, 9 times as many humans as were murdered in the 20th century

Friday, November 7, 2008
Obama Supporters: Time for a Chuckle
(3 comments) Gotta check this out...it's hilarious.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008
SENATE RACES: Alaska, Georgia, Minnesota, Oregon
We MUST WIN these four seats. We must organize, we must go over the precinct votes versus exit polls with a FINE TOOTH comb.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008
FIVE MORE SEATS....
...we need a lock on the Senate.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008
They're Stealing Texas
(2 comments) There's No Friggin' Way...

Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Okay, People: The Irrefutable 911 Evidence of Government Complicity in the Crime
(10 comments) To a certain extent this is food for trolls who simply can not believe what they will not believe, but it's compelling information from thoughtful people...and this is just the online information. There's printed information available in the form of books.


Tuesday, November 4, 2008
COLORADO: This Is Rove's Bullseye!!
[[rfkca]]

Monday, November 3, 2008
911 Foreknowledge: Warner Bros Exec KNEW
(1 comments) Foreign Policy Journal reporter Jeremy Hammond on the SNAG du jour

Sunday, November 2, 2008
The 911 View From Texas: It Was A Lucky Shot
(71 comments) Once again, never underestimate the power of stupidity in keeping history from veering off towards truth.

Sunday, November 2, 2008
John Dean: Best Form of Republican Rule Is Not to Have One
Got Dean?

Saturday, November 1, 2008
Don't Overlook This, Folks: Obama on Halloween Night
(3 comments) This was incompetence, pure and simple.

Friday, October 31, 2008
The Vote In San Antonio
The news is finally breaking through. On the last day of early voting.

Thursday, October 30, 2008
WASH POST: Gun AND Ammo Sales UP 10% This Year
More to come, folks.

Monday, October 27, 2008
America the Bipolar
(1 comments) ...and the beautiful.

Monday, October 27, 2008
ALERT:: Bailout Bill: Three Card Monty to Attack Regionals ::
So much for your mortgage. Open up a vein and kiss your real estate and your retirement, "bah-bye."

Friday, October 24, 2008
Check This Out: Why I Love The Web!!
This is totally inspired. Brilliant.

Thursday, October 23, 2008
Alan Greenspan to World: I Sowwies, I Should Have Inhaled
One for the record books, folks.

Thursday, October 23, 2008
Alan Greenspan to World: I Sowwies, I Should Have Inhaled
One for the record books, folks.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008
60-80 Nukes In Taliban's Hands: First Iceland, Now Pakistan
Rupee has lost one-third of its value in the last year. Its basket of 100 stocks has lost 40% of its value.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Jordanian Sources: Mossad Chief Assassinated
(4 comments) You heard it here, first. Maybe second.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008
A Progressive Agenda: Our Laundry List
(3 comments) Add your own...read mine and everyone else's...why or why not?

Thursday, October 16, 2008
Joe the Plumber Isn't Even A Plumber!!
(6 comments) He's a friggin' leech and a squatter.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008
CIA Agent Shooting: Video Shows Excessive Force
(1 comments) Shocking video of the end of the life of an American patriot.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Marching Orders: Nine States to Watch the Polls Like A Hawk
In order of priority to ensure that any electoral victory is as free and fair as it can be.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Satire: Southwest Texas Under Attack!
By librarians! By ninjas! Oh, my!

Sunday, October 12, 2008
Solution: 2700 District Attorneys, 1 Book -- 1 Donation
Superbeans.com Bob Alexander is a man of sterling reputation and exudes the integrity necessary to pull this off. Let's DO this. NOW. Today.

Saturday, October 11, 2008
Brooksley Born: A Woman Scorned Who Could Have Saved Our Economy
This background story of the early machinations of the Chicago School of economics should alert the entire world as to the nature of human avarice and the consequences of gender oppression.

Friday, October 10, 2008
Day 10 of the State of Emergency: FIRE!!
If you don't know where you're going...

Wednesday, October 8, 2008
State of Emergency!! -- Military Members/District Attorneys: We Are In A COUP -- Do NOT Obey Unlawful Orders!!!
(8 comments) Arrest this administration. Immediately! Treason and subornation of treason is taking place NOW!!


Monday, October 6, 2008
New Obama Short from Da 'Hood
(1 comments) A friend of mine helped produce this film, and it's really pretty good. It's only 5 minutes and worth the watch.

Monday, October 6, 2008
George W. Bush, Stolen Cars from Houston Sent to Lebanon and the Murder of US Troops
(4 comments) Hot off the presses. More evidence of criminal corruption and enabling of the Bush Crime Family.

Friday, October 3, 2008
Sarah Palin Sex Tape!!
(3 comments) Political satire or political reality?

Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Moscow Post: McCain Is A Soviet Mole
(5 comments) Lovely. If it's not Israel, it's Russia. Next thing we know, George Soros will be found to be a member of the House of Rothschild.

Monday, September 29, 2008
The Credit Markets Are ALREADY Frozen, Folks...
(1 comments) C'mon...are we idjits?

Sunday, September 28, 2008
If Obama Were The Antichrist And You Weren't A Racist
Mayor Danny Funderburk of Fort Mill, S.C. was "just wondering" if Barak Obama, Democratic candidate for President of the United States, was the Biblical Antichrist – the one for whom the number "666" spells his name. Emotional retardation is just one of the many effects of Nixon's "Southern Strategy."

Saturday, September 27, 2008
Blowing John McCain's Mind: Using Unresolved PTSD In This Campaign
Time to take off the gloves, kiddies. If the white boys want to wrap Johnny Wetstart in the flag and paint Obama as an uppity house negro, we need to use some psychological jujitsu to land this lunatic in a local grin-bin.

Thursday, September 25, 2008
Prepare Yourselves: PD 51 Being Explained to Obama & McCain This Very Evening
(3 comments) It just came to me while I was about to nod off to sleep....

Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Madsen: News of 9/11 WTC North Closed Circuit Video Surfaces
(7 comments) Existence of classified, closed circuit video piped in to complement George W. Bushes' reading of My Pet Goat surfaces.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008
INN World Report Inaccessible Through IE
This is just plain weird. Given INN's position on 911 Truth, however, it is not surprising.

Friday, September 19, 2008
Israel Shocked: 10 Russian Warships Appear at Syrian Port at Tartus
(2 comments) Israel is just shocked. Shocked, I tell you.

Friday, September 19, 2008
Web Slowing Down: Another Fascist Dirty Trick?
(7 comments) Has your experience been different? Where do you connect to the web?

Thursday, September 18, 2008
Groady, Totally: High School Rival Hacks into Pitbull's Email Account
(8 comments) You'd think, by now, that everyone could spot one of Karl Rove's sophomoric dirty tricks when they pop up in the MSM. Alas, not yet.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008
A Bailout? Here's Some Perspective...
...we're in wayyyy over our heads, boys'n berries

Monday, September 15, 2008
If You Put Lipstick On John McCain, He's Still George Bush
A turn of phrase means everything.

Sunday, September 14, 2008
The End of Time Has Already Come and Gone: Where Were You?
(2 comments) What might it feel like to have the theological rug pulled out from under you? Alot like the present moment, as it turns out.

Saturday, September 13, 2008
What I Know About PTSD, My Friends
(4 comments) Guess what happens when a person of poor character gets PTSD...you end up with an abusive jerk who feels sorry for themselves.

Saturday, September 6, 2008
Fundies: Great News! Everybody's An Atheist By A Quarter 'Til 2!
[[Moses]]

Tuesday, September 2, 2008
So You Want REAL Class Warfare??
(1 comments) The cynical, overpaid, overbred elites of the US have overplayed their hand. They accuse the disorganized, Progressive Left of class warfare, but they know nothing of the sort. Perhaps it is time they learn.


Thursday, August 7, 2008
Rove Documents From MI-6 Prove Obama Not Natural-born US Citizen
[[CindynMe]]

Thursday, July 24, 2008
9/11 Truth: Shutting Up the Loudmouths
(35 comments) I've had some success with this simple statement, spoken with authority, down here in the armpit of Southwest Texas

Monday, July 21, 2008
"Chert/Chort" & "off" -- Russian for "Son of the Devil"
(2 comments) Russian is such a fun language!

Sunday, July 20, 2008
Houston, We Have A Problem...
(27 comments) No intelligence agency anywhere in the world actually believes that Iran's nuclear program, ultimately, is intended for purely peaceful means.

Friday, July 11, 2008
We ARE A Nation of Whiners
If we're going to allow ourselves to be bullied and have our intelligence insulted, let's accept the assessments of Big Bruddah and see where it takes us, shall we?

Thursday, July 3, 2008
No War in Iran Without US OK.
(3 comments) It's not physically or logistically possible for Israel to send its jets over that distance.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Get Out Of Houston...NOW!!
(11 comments) The sh*t is ON.

Sunday, June 29, 2008
Obama Supplicants: Are You Red-Pillers or Blue-Pillers?
Obama's recent betrayals suggest the seriousness of the choices we have before us.

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