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I am a Musician, political Junkie, Father, Husband, who cares very much about the United States of America and what is being done to the Ideals and citizens of this great Nation.

I want to restore the Constitution and the Bill of Rights to what the founders of this nation intended to protect us from.

I was born in Niagara Falls, N.Y. and I now reside in Florida. I am tired of the media being manipulated by Faux News and right wing propaganda that leading our Democracy into the moral and financial abyss.

I want the American people to wake up and take back this country to restore it to be a beacon of freedom and liberty to the world again.

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SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, November 17, 2007
The most recent FISA bill The most recent FISA bill is an affront to the rule of law that the founders of this great nation wanted to protect us from.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 3, 2008
Does America have long to remain a democracy? We have let the politicians dismantle the Constitution. They have broken the antitrust laws that Teddy Roosevelt put in place to protect us, and now we have the oil companies making the energy policies and the 6 giant media corporations controlling the information we receive on the main stream sources
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 25, 2008
Who's to Blame For The Wall Street Crisis? We All Are. This financial crisis is not rocket science. It's just like the obesity crisis. It ain't the good carb bad carb, the good fats bad fats, it's the calories stupid. If you eat more than you burn you get fat period.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 31, 2008
How to become Governor of Florida throw the presidency to Buba and enrich your friends and family Jeb Bush Inc. (and for you who can't remember back to 2000 was the governor of Florida who handed Buba W the presidency beginning the great decline of the USA) isn't doing too bad these days.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, January 7, 2010
Screw you Mr. Potter... And BoA Too! "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore" was the anthem in the 1976 film Network. I'm going to make this my anthem and do something to take my two cents out of the coffers of the to big to fail bankers we just bailed out who have controlled the financial policies of this country since the Reagan years.
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, January 14, 2011
The State of the Union 2011 Even though with both the left and right criticizing Obama he still has accomplished a lot and I believe he will do even more as we begin the second half of his first term. I wanted to vent in angry indignation in my writing how I was not satisfied with the progression of change but as I researched my point of view I have found that Obama hasn't done so bad after all.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, April 3, 2010
The Federal Reserve, Zombie Banks, and Other Monsters We Need to Kill Well apparently Bloomberg News has given us another reason to get rid of the Federal Reserve. Lost in all the noise surrounding the "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" we have some news on financial reform. On March 19, Bloomberg won its lawsuit against the Federal Reserve for information that could expose which "too big to fail" banks in the United States are zombie banks not dead just merely rotting.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, September 9, 2008
The Republician Convention is over now let's check the facts Well the two parties have had their conventions bought and paid for by the corporate high rollers. All the candidates got to speak and stretch truth as politicians do.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, August 8, 2009
Protesters don't want any government interference with health care Unfortunately most of the protesters that don't want the government to interfere with their health plans don't understand the way American health care works right now.
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, January 29, 2010
The Best Way to House the Haitian Earthquake Refugees We have a humanitarian disaster bigger than the one already occurring on the ground in Haiti. When the rainy season comes, with all the tropical storms and hurricanes that come plowing through this area every summer, we can count on a disaster that could dwarf the death toll from this earthquake.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Spotlight on McCain-Palin Associations The Republican's will be getting the blame of this economic crisis we are in by the independent voters this election. The only way that they can take the conversation from the issues that face the Nation like the war, health care, social security, and the economy, is by changing the subject.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 18, 2008
Until We Have Campaign Finance Reform Nothing Will Change in Washington. Bailout schmailout the only answer to fixing most of the problems that face America is to scrap the current way that our politicians have to become pimps for special interests to get elected.
(21 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 13, 2007
Why impeachment is off the table. Well maybe it is a little clearer why the first thing Pelosi did after she became speaker of the house was to take impeachment off the table.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, May 16, 2011
The Reason We May See $5 a Gallon Gas. Unless congress keeps a leash on the speculators we will see the price of gas at historic levels before summers end.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 11, 2008
Obama Fight Back Pleeeeease.!!!!! They are swiftboating Obama and if he and Biden don't stop using the rope a dope tactic like Mohammed Ali did to wear-out his opponents, they will get KO'd just like Kerry and they will be left in November scratching their heads and saying, are the American people really that blind.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 26, 2008
OBAMA still isn't a Muslim!! I was on my gig on Saturday night playing the blues in a bar. The regular bunch of guys and dolls are in the audience and on the break somehow the talk turned to politics. Low and behold I get from to reasonably normal and intelligent people to Ditto head dummies. From the Coultergeist calling Barack H. Obama "B Hussein Obama" to coworkers emailing Obama the Muslim pictures and stories linking him with al-Queda.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, June 28, 2009
The Real Reason Your Gas Prices Are Rising So let's tar and feather those nasty oil company executives for taking advantage of us poor working stiffs. But wait, it's not the oil companies pulling a fast one, it's the Wall Street speculators, some of the recipients of billions of dollars in taxpayers' bailout money.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, January 26, 2008
$300 Bucks holy crap what a windfall. Are the American people are too stupid to see this ploy as kissing babies in an election year.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, November 1, 2008
The Real America for Lipstick Wearing Pitbulls You know what gets me angry? It's watching Sarah Palin talk about how she is a real American. By her definition myself and more than half of the country must be fake Americans.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, August 30, 2012
What Chris Christie Failed To Say In His Keynote Speech Chris Christie fails to say that the special interests and the rich need to share the sacrifice too
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 4, 2007
Rush Limbaugh really is a big fat idiot!! Rush Limbaugh calling heroic Armed Service members and Veterans "phony soldiers" WTF!!!
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, February 22, 2010
Let's form a Red, White, and Blue Party There is a lot of trash talk from the Right and Left sides these days. From the liberal blogs to the Glenn Limbaugh's. The problem with politics in AmeriKa today is that there is the Red party and the Blue party but there doesn't seem to be a Red, White, and Blue party.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, October 27, 2007
What the hell has happened to my country?? simple man's view of where we are and how we got there
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, February 10, 2008
The right wing smear machine says Obama is a Muslim so they must be right!!! It amazes me how stupid the American public has become. Then again with the amount of people who tune into Rush O'Reilly, and Glenn Coultergeist and the like, really can't be counted on to think for themselves.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, May 16, 2008
George Bush can't even spell appeasement It seems that the sorry excuse of a president, George W can go over to Israel and label democrats as in favor of appeasement of terrorists. For the first time, I somewhat agree with the Neanderthal in the White House.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, November 6, 2008
Now let's see if Obama can unite a country in serious fiscal trouble. America faces several serious fiscal challenges. Deficits are running rampant, the economy has weakened, Social Security is unsound and Medicare health care spending is growing and will continue to put immense pressure on the budget. Borrowing by the federal government will reach unsustainable levels soon. The tax policy will need a major overhaul and Obama and congress will have to take steps to confront these issues.
(10 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, July 18, 2008
Who Says Bush Isn't A Socialist Last weekend Henry Paulson the Treasury Secretary appointed by Bush and the former head of the Goldman Sachs investment house announced that Bush /Cheney would ask congress to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 19, 2009
Peace and Liberty Through Intelligence, Strength and Integrity Today we stand on the verge of a total change in philosophy of how our federal government will behave nationally and internationally. I believe that we have elected a new leader in Barack Obama, who possesses the intelligence, strength and integrity to bring Peace and Liberty
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 5, 2009
Enough is enough stop the bailouts and start the Nationalization Here we go again more bad news from A.I.G. For the last 30 years both the Democrats and Republicans gutted the basic laws and enforcement i.e.: financial regulations, anti-trust prosecutions that prevented financial institutions from becoming as we have been told "too big to fail" and David Sirota said in his latest column If It's Too Big to Fail, It's Too Big to Be Private.
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, September 28, 2007
Stop the next war before it happens Let's end this build up to go to war with Iran.
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, February 2, 2008
Join the Neo-Convicts at Freedoms Watch and get fascinating emails. This email is from a Neo-Convict group called Freedoms Watch and maybe the name of this group should be called Watch Freedoms Disappear. We can expect the same type of horse crap from this group as you saw in 2004 from the Swift Boaters for Truth in the 2004 election.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Fascism at the Democratic Convention Alright Democrats what is this BULL$#!T about not being able to protest within earshot of your super delegates.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, October 6, 2007
Ok Mr. Bush, time to pay up for your war. The best way to end Republican support of the occupation of Iraq is to make them pay for
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Are We In the Twilight of the Great America George W Bush has opened the flood gates of ruin on this once great nation. While still powerful unless we do an about face in the next presidency we will be mirroring the decline of the British Empire.
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 20, 2008
Why we will be paying $5 dollars a gallon for gas and how we can get back control. Most Americans I know are resigned to the fact that the price of gas is going to hit 5 dollars sooner than later. How did we get to this and what can we do about it?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Let's get back to issues The last several days are a good example of how to divide your base and let another rightwingnut win the presidency.
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, November 14, 2008
Wasteful Abuse of the Taxpayer Bailout Funds Where is the outrage? Have we been lulled into a trance by the victory of Barack Obama for priesident? Something must be done immediately. I urge all citizens to begin calling and writing their representatives and demand accountability and transparency to this massive public bailout of the private sector.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, October 15, 2007
Mike Rants on the current state of affairs in the good ole USA What our government doesn't tell you will leave you destitute in your old age and our sons and daughters dead on a foreign battlefield.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, October 17, 2007
"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo Today is a day that the American people should mark on their calendars as the day the terrorists won. On this day October 17, 2006 Mr. Bush signed the Military Commission Act of 2006. In this horrible piece of legislation, the right of habeas corpus was affectively stripped from the U.S. Constitution.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Freedoms Watch – The new Swift Boat Veterans for Truth We have a new noise machine coming out just in time for the 2008 elections. This neo-convict organization that is run and supported by the former Bushites. The Washington Post lists the following members and donors for this fear mongering spin machine. • Bradley A. Blakeman (president, a former deputy assistant to George W. Bush). • Ari Fleischer (board member, f
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 19, 2007
What the country needs now is a WTF political party We need a new political party and maybe it shoul be called the WTF party.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 23, 2007
These guys are starting to P!$$ ME OFF We have King George W Bush and Dick "Tator" Cheney on the Tube wanting to start WWIII. Where are the Democrats or should we name the Pelosi / Reid end of the party the Fraiddycrats.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, September 14, 2007
Move On attacks general Petraeus. Attacking general Petraeus isn't the answer.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, September 24, 2007
What can Democrats do? Whay can't Democrats get anything done?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, July 11, 2008
Open Letter to Senator Obama With friends like these who needs enemies? Senator Obama have you been taken over by the body snatcher pod of Bill Clinton.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The Senate FISA Bill is coming up soon contact you Senators and tell them you want accountability. Last month the fear monger who still illegally occupies the White House, tried to bluff his way into getting the House to grant immunity to the Telecom industry for illegally spying on American citizens./ Enough of you patriots out there said enough is enough and told your congressmen to stand up and protect the 4th Amendment to the Constitution. You told them that we want protection from the government spying.
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Why is there such a rush to start a war with Iran? Bush and Cheney are egar to rush to war with Iran.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 18, 2008
McCain / Palin A Bridge to the 19th Century the Real Bridge to Nowhere We have to look at our energy policies with future generations in mind. The Bush / Cheney administration has bankrupted this country. They did nothing to address America's dependence on foreign oil. Their reckless spending, preemptive war, and war profiteering by the friends of this administration, has put America in debt so far who knows how long it will take to recover.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Just how relevant is Reverend Wright. am so sick the media attention to the newest star Huckster Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Just how relevant to fixing this country problems is Reverend Wright. The great so called God fearing Black crusader who now is going to exploit this rift with Obama to peddle his upcoming book no one would have read until now.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 11, 2007
Somebody is finally standing up to Dick "Tator" Cheney and it isn't a Democrat. Condoleezza Rice was the first to object to the saber rattling against bombing Iran. Now Cheney and his rabble of neo-convicts have a more formidable opponent in Robert Gates the Secretary of Defense
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, October 8, 2007
When will congress read the Constitution? With all the saber rattling toward Iran and the talk of an air strike against Iran it seems that another war is inevitable, but wait is there an answer?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, October 10, 2007
American democracy is in terrible trouble Two bills were introduced yesterday to fix the Protect America Act but only the FISA Modernization Bill introduced by Rush Holt, will fix the Protect America Act
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 6, 2008
Stop Big Media from dismantling media ownership limits. The Senate who once in a while gets some thing right, has passed a bipartisan resolution of disapproval that would nullify the Bush appointed FCC's attempt to stop diversity in media ownership by dismantling longstanding media ownership limits
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Is it just me or does this upcoming presidential election looks more like a VEGAS sports booking parlor? I watch a lot of political news shows like Tim Russert, Face the Nation, Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann, Joe Scarborough and some others that analyze news and politics. What I keep getting is that this is a football game and not an issue driven presidential election.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, June 12, 2008
Save FISA In February 2008 the House of Representatives did its job and rejected the Bush / Cheney FISA "reform" proposals there by protecting our Constitution but now the Senate is getting ready to give W's pals in the Telecom immunity for breaking the law.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, September 21, 2007
Move On attacks the wrong Commander
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 20, 2008
I am ashamed of 293 Members of Congress Another dark day in history as the Democrats or there new name should be the Fraidycrats cower in fear and give W and Dick what they want, immunity to the giant corporations of the telecom industry for illegally spying on Americans
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 13, 2007
Today I'm going to rant a little
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, September 17, 2007
Constitution Day 2007 Alberto Gonzales steps down as Attorney General.
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, September 16, 2007
Congress stand up and save this democracy. Since WWII has congress refused to insist on enforcement of Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitutiton - WHY?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 16, 2007
The Neo-Convicts keep up the call to arms to attack IRAN. The way to handle Iran is through containment and deterrence. Some say containment is unpredictable and risky, but after dealing with this administrations disastrous occupation of Iraq, look at the unintended, uncontrollable consequences of this war, is it wise to start another preventive war with the logically challenged planners of this Iraq war.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, February 14, 2008
FISA IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE AND HERE COME THE TERRORISTS AGAIN!!!! Our Commander in Chief is rarely articulate unless the boogey man of terror pops his head out of the hole like a Whack-a-Mole game and scares the hell out of George.

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