This is incredibly infuriating.
Offline Just got back from the gym, feeling really energized and got online. Then, all that energy just went bye-bye after seeing THIS...
http://news.yahoo.com/senate-approves-662-billion-defense-bill-012555722.html
Democratic-controlled Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a massive, $662 billion defense bill that would require the military to hold suspected terrorists linked to al-Qaida or its affiliates, even those captured on U.S. soil, and detain some indefinitely. The vote was 93-7 for the bill authorizing money for military personnel, weapons systems, national security programs in the Energy Department, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. Reflecting a period of austerity and a winding down of decade-old conflicts, the bill is $27 billion less than what President Barack Obama requested and $43 billion less than what Congress gave the Pentagon this year.
*sigh*....Even beginning to wrap my head around this might cause part of my brain to pop. I mean, I know WHY the senate can pass this, even after facing a temporary government shutdown earlier this year and being TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS in debt; there's money in war and we still fear for our collective lives even when the economy's inevitable collapse is staring us right in the face. Lobbyists are like the overbearing mothers to these officials when there doesn't seem to be any hope in sight; they coddle their children by saying "shhh, shhh, it's ok; everything will be alright as long as we have guns, bombs and a properly funded military." We don't know what else to do but throw money at weaponry in order to protect us from threats that don't exist to not only sooth the delusional masses, but ease the minds of these pathetic, backwoods, redneck Republican supporters that get butt-fucked every year by the very government that they support. It's even worse now because the Democrats are seemingly more and more on the same page as Republicans by backing this bill; not that that's a shock because they were always in sync with one another with the main goal of global control in mind among other aspects of social manipulation.
It's just...FUCK!...I'm done...any thoughts, guys?
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It could've been worse.. I guess.
Maybe if enough of you move here the US will lose enough income and information resources that even the politicians will wake up?
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I doubt it.
If anything, we'll erupt into another civil war and the rich will get out leaving us holding the ball. If the government were asleep, they're all Snow White and it would take a charming prince named "revolution" to get them out of bed.
out of bed and against the wall, if i'd have anything to say about it.
if a socialist revolution occurred in the US, revolutions across the developed world would likely be immanent, and those rich runaways would run out of places to go. it wouldn't be like 1917, when revolution happened in a feudal backwater and was strangled in its crib by the stalinist thermidor and the ridiculous idea of "socialism in one country." revolution must be worldwide or not at all. if it begins in the US, it will very likely succeed.
the problem is, when the vacuum comes, will there be a revolutionary party capable and willing to seize power? right now, that looks unlikely. if civil war were to erupt tomorrow, we could all expect a fascist, populist reaction that would plunge us all back into the dark ages. then, if humanity were to have any hope of not losing 300 years of progress, it would mean taking to the hills, the forests, the mountains, and the caves, and beginning the long war of resistance. in a country like the US, such a war might take generations. it would be the only cause worth anything anymore.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
On a lighter note, bunnies are soft and cuddly.
There about a zero percent chance of anything resembling a true Socialist revolution on American soil. Besides Socialism being an utter and complete failure, there's too much of a tradition of Capitalism and Private Property ownership.
The current problems aren't caused =by= Capitalism, per se, but by the complete corruption of our existing =politicians=, and by the growing number of Sheeple who get their news and education from paid entertainers -- Rush Limbaugh, et alia.
"Obviously I'm convinced of the existence of G-d. I'm equally convinced that Atheists who've led good lives will be in Olam HaBa going "How the heck did I wind up in this place?!?" while Christians who've treated people like dirt will be in some other place asking the exact same question."
i have absolutely zero interest in bringing anyone on this board around to my way of thinking on this issue.
revolution has never been made via debate. revolution has always been a fait accompli, one way or another. the next one will be too.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
There are other kinds of Revolutions. The first American Revolution was about getting rid of British Aristocrats. The second American revolution will be about getting rid of American Aristocrats. Neither was or will be Socialist or Communist.
"Obviously I'm convinced of the existence of G-d. I'm equally convinced that Atheists who've led good lives will be in Olam HaBa going "How the heck did I wind up in this place?!?" while Christians who've treated people like dirt will be in some other place asking the exact same question."
the american revolution was a bourgeois-democratic revolution, and, judging by the evidence, not terribly popular with the average colonial. it didn't get rid of any aristocrats. those "british aristocrats" became the "american aristocrats" because they didn't want to pay their taxes. it was a fait accompli handed to both the british military establishment (most of whom were imported from the isles) and the majority population of poor yeoman farmers who fared no better under the new system than the old.
"communist revolution" is a misnomer. it's by definition impossible.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson