Obama Wants People Who Speak of Government Tyranny Silenced

 Barack Obama actually said that young people should "Oppose all who speak of government tyranny." Now, not to put too fine a point on this, but that would mean that we should oppose everything the men who founded this nation said. That would mean we would need to cease being Americans- Willingly, and without question. Imagine Bush saying something like this: Everyone but Fox News would be screaming "Fascist" and "Nazi," and for those who disagree- Everyone but Fox News WAS screaming those terms about him with a whole lot less credibility during his Presidency. Bush did not revoke basic rights like Habeas Corpus for Americans like Obama; Bush did not purchase billions of rounds of ammunition for FEMA (FEMA!) and other non-military, non-police bureaucracies.

This is what happens when people who think "democracy" is the best form of government- Politicians pander to the public, and implement policies that benefit only their well moneyed benefactors.

 The reason politicians get away with this is people have forgot that democracy is an easy thing to corrupt. I know many people think democracy is "the way things should be," but think about this- The quality of the decision made by "majority rules" is dependant on the accuracy of the information the majority possess, and the recognition by the masses that every American has a (now theoretical, sadly) right to do whatever they desire so long as it is not a real burden on others. 

 Now reflect on this- 4 corporations control everything you hear, see, or read in mainstream media. All governments lie to their people about how things really are in their respective countries in the name of self preservation (they have dubbed it "the common good," but really it's to prevent mass outrage directed at themselves). Just because a majority of people have been convinced to believe a thing, does not make that thing true or "good," let alone a wise or benevolent course of action. Perhaps a brief tour of history s in order: 

 Popular notions held by the vast majority of people at one time or another:

People of different races were "inferior" (still held in some parts of the world)

Jews caused the (insert whatever bad thing happened here). This belief is still held in many parts of the world, and is one that has prompted the most vile acts of Western Civilization's history.

*USA* Blacks are the color they are as a mark of damnation, and can only attain Salvation through slavery. This was widely popular, particularly in the US South.

 I can go on- Especially with the ones based in misogyny, bigotry, and homophobia- But the point is clear. 

Some Gun Fact Observations

Anyone who thinks the second amendment is to cover hunting rights needs to take a civics and/ or US History class. The US Supreme court has ruled already on this (twice if memory serves, once in the 19th and once in the late mid 20th centuries) stating w/o ambiguity that the 2nd amendment is in place so that every legal adult citizen has his own arms to defend the Constitution from any threat it faces, not murder Bambi. Anyone who thinks the term "assault weapon" is valid beyond it's use as a propaganda tool knows almost nothing about firearms. Anyone who thinks "gun control" will eliminate gun crime, or that gun crime is even the most common type of crime in the nation, needs to a) see how well the drug control laws are doing and b) notice that of all crimes committed with guns, very few of them (along the lines of 1/4, actually it's only 16% of the recovered guns used in crimes are not stolen, so I am rounding up to the nearest quarter percent  for the sake of the anti gun people to not feel as stupid as they ought) were committed by people who legally obtained and possessed their weapons.
In other words, of the 260,000,000 guns legally owned in the us, 8,000 crimes (not just murders, but all crimes, including those resulting in nothing more than bent feelings, and derived from 32k total crimes multiplied by 1/4) were committed with guns legally obtained and possessed. The number of murders, then, committed by persons who legally obtained/ possessed their "assault weapons" then would stand at approx. 110 (1/4 of 438). That means you are more likely to die from a vaccination than you are from a legally obtained/ possessed "assault weapon," you are almost 200x more likely to die from government subsidized tobacco, and you are almost 200x more likely to die as a result of your health care.

Facts- Things people keen on destroying the US Constitution tend to ignore on favor of their agenda.

Sources

http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/united-states (cited report, follow the links on that page to the cited material)

A little food for thought

 13 of the top 15 welfare states are Democratically controlled. That accounts for 122+ ( I quit counting after what this means became clear) electoral votes. Barack Obama was elected by the votes from places where welfare is common. His most impressive victories came from the states where not only is welfare common, it pays better than a full time $8/ hr job.

 So how is it legal for a President to enact policy that buys votes? If this were a Republican President giving huge tax breaks to working Americans (while scaling back welfare benefits) in an election year, the Democrats would be screaming voter manipulation. I was alive when something like that happened, so save any moral outrage you would feign in response to that comment.


 It has become increasingly apparent, throughout the last several news days, that the governing bodies of this nation are completely corrupt. This economic situation we're in has destroyed the lower rung of the middle class, and our President has obliterated the lynch pin upon which all of our Constitutional rights are hinged upon. This is the stuff of Orwellian nightmares- and yet people still support this crook!

 When you look at the situation in Chicago, where people are being arrested for making "false terrorist claims," in which they are arrested and held based on hearsay, the outlandish amounts of police brutality being left unreported by the news- who did manage to report that the economy is getting better, which is a flat out lie. If you have even a shred of critical reasoning, you know that this is no longer "conspiracy theory" nut jobbery, but rather is a by-God historical event. So who is the nut here? People like me, who have said nothing outside of the truth, or people like the common American, who will tell you that it is okay our government has the authority to assassinate citizens at will?

Remember, this is the same government that classifies pepperoni pizza and dollops of ketchup as "vegetables."

So, as the title says, we are on our own. Our government does not care about the lower 80% of income earners in this nation- save for those they have designated eligible for lifetime welfare collecting- and are not going to do much in the way of protecting us from economic hard times. This was proven when the response to the stupidity that created this crisis was to reward it's architects with 10,000,000,000,000 dollars, positions of top tier authority in our department of treasury and within the Federal Reserve, plus immunity from prosecution even though much of the activities producing the crisis were illegal.

 You tell me what that looks like to you. Is it mere conspiracy theory nut jobbery, or can one reasonably draw the conclusion that the Federal Government has been nearly completely corrupted? Leave your reactions in the comment section below, and help support this blog!

The little things

SO, everyone heard Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are having a baby? If you haven't, a) I envy you- I truly do, because it's probably due to b) you haven't had to stand in a long grocery line lately. Now, typically this would be a subject for my other blog- the one that is fun. This, however, must be said here, as I am about to rant most profanely.

How goddamn sad is it that your average American is intimately aware of the details in the private lives of self centered ass hats and gold digging whores, but cannot tell you what their President or his Congress's voting record/ performance history on issues are? Aside from the political angle, how utterly pathetic is it that Americans are giving these two a pass on their long history of abhorrent behavior simply because the Average Americans' naughty bits tingle when they see them?  "Oh, I see you fucked over every person you've ever met, but since you make my genitals twinge, I am not going to hold you accountable." If you're someone who thinks that way, just don't speak to me.

Sometimes I wonder if it's really true that the overwhelming majority of Americans- rich or poor, black or white, blue or red- are nothing more than barely sentient talking monkeys, eagerly awaiting instructions from the glowy/ talky box in their living room on how to think, act, and what to believe.Kids aren't being taught about Nazis or the Holocaust in school anymore- unless their English teacher has a section on dystopian society. it gets a passing mention. I know of actual high school students who believe that Nazis are "just the bad guys from old Indiana Jones movies. They're not real." But they can tell you all about what Lady Gaga wore at the latest awards show. Good job, parents!

Speaking of neglectful parents, hey idiots- You, not your kids teacher, are responsible for making your kid study at home. You, not mall security, are responsible for supervising your child while shopping- and keeping them safe from harm. You, not me, are responsible for your "reproductive medicine," because frankly if you can't afford kids, don't fuck. Oh, you're a single mom and don't you deserve to have some fun? No, you don't- you lost that privilege when you decided to have children via unprotected, non-marital sex. Oh, you have child support payments that keep you from being able to buy a sea doo? Maybe next time you'll wear a condom, jack hole. You should be grateful it's a child support payment and not an AZT prescription.

Having re- read most of this, I am thinking maybe I should just stop going grocery shopping with the Mrs. Especially around the time these people get their welfare checks. They have iPhone 4's, their kids have iPod shuffles, and they're using food stamps. What in the righteous fuck?