Our Politicians at Work | The New Budget

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Rio

Should we get them that bigger computer?

“House Minority Leader  Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, pictured standing, far right, speaks while colleagues Rep. Barbara Lambert, D-Milford and Rep. Jack F. Hennessy, D-Bridgeport, play solitaire Monday night as the House convened to vote on a  new budget. (AP) 

The guy sitting in the row in front of these two….he’s on Facebook, and the guy behind Hennessy is checking out the baseball scores.

These are the folks that couldn’t get the budget out by Oct. 1, and are about to control your health care, cap and trade, and the list goes on and on….

Should we buy them larger screen computers – or – a ticket home, permanently?

This is one of their 3-DAY WORK WEEKS that we all pay for (salary is about $179,000 per year)”.

 

Dr Lynn Drittenbas sent me this on an email titled “A picture that is worth trillions” with the request to,

“KEEP THIS GOING! DON’T LET IT STOP WITH YOU!” So here it is! Is it any wonder that we are in the state we are in?

 

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Support Bradley Manning | Courage to Resist | Pay Pal

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Rio

Bradley: In prison for denouncing war crimes

Just received this email from “Courage to Resist.” Join them and support Bradley: www.couragetoresist.org

“In response to protest, PayPal reinstates our service!

paypalOn Thursday morning, Feb. 24th, Courage to Resist and the Bradley Manning Support Network released a statement “PayPal Cuts Service to Courage to Resist, Bradley Manning Effort”. We did so only after nearly a month of attempting to resolve the impasse with senior PayPal staff.

Hundreds of our supporters responded immediately by contacting PayPal, dozens of major websites highlighted PayPal’s action against us, and over 10,000 people signed an online petition promoted by Firedoglake–all within six hours! By Thursday evening, PayPal relented. There is no doubt whatsoever that this small victory was a direct result of folks like you raising your voice on our behalf. Thank you!

The PayPal issue didn’t affect the primary way we receive donations, and the funds frozen by PayPal were less than $1,000, but we simply couldn’t allow this to happen without making a ruckus.”


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Democracy Now! | A Daily TV/Radio News Program | Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Rio

If you care about recovering our democracy you should have access to, Democracy Now—A daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 900 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the United States.

For news that the corporate owned media will not report.

This is their website: Democracy Now


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President Barack Obama’s Budget Cuts | George W Bush’s 9/11

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Rio

Disappointing!

I heard that President Barack Obama is doing budget cuts to decrease the national debt. He is cutting on many social programs; I know libraries are cutting hours.

The way to get out of debt, however, is by bringing the real terrorist of the 9/11 “attack” to justice, and bring our troops  home. There is enough evidence (even though most have been destroyed) to suggest that Ex President George W Bush and his hidden allies demolished the buildings to have an excuse to go to war. Check: www.buildingwhat.org And that’s where the deficit is created; in wars that help the corporate state and cripple the economy while sacrificing our soldiers and citizens in the name of greed (not freedom).

Will there be an investigation? If there isn’t an investigation our justice system is not to be trusted and the very fabric of our society is in jeopardy.

But wait! Who will do the investigation? The “shadow government” will thwart any possible investigation; the criminal will not solve the crime. We have to face it, the very fabric of our society is in jeopardy. The very least we can do is face it.

More about George W. Bush here: http://www.rutherford.org/oldspeak/articles/interviews/oldspeak-griffin.html

And here: http://www.realchange.org/bushjr.ht

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Tony the Vet in Del Rio Texas | Walking the Talk | Walkathon

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Rio

Tony the vet is in Del Rio, Texas raising awareness. The man is walking his talk. He should be in New York this year on Sept 11, 2011 to pay homage to the victims of the terrorist attack perpetrated by president George Bush and our “shadow government” against their own people. (See A Loose Change and go from there.) Let’s bring our troops back!

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Small Business Help | Middle Class America Stronger

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Rio

Our government has a hidden agenda which is very much in favor of the corporate giants. Middle class america will probably descend into poverty soon if things continue their course. So when I ran into a way to help the small business owner I thought I should let all know. It may re-energize small business.

I would like you to check this out and please give me your opinion; please let me know if you see any loopholes. Thanks!

It is called ‘The Customer Advantage’ and here is the link for the videos: http://rgc.thecustomeradvantage.com/

 


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Gifford | Palin | Perspective

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Rio

Apparently the guy who shot congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford was mentally disturbed. But when Ms Palin says that “Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own, they begin and end with the criminals who commit them.” she is wrong; everything is interconnected. The fact is that our country is going on a downhill spiral, becoming more and more violent.

And I dare say that the root of the problem is our corrupt government. It makes me laugh when our politicians speak about our shinning democracy. What democracy? We have a Corporate Dictatorship. The reason we have not been able to get to the bottom of John F. Kennedy’s assassination is because the murderers are the ones who are really in power; we have an immoral “shadow government” in control; our politicians are betraying us. And they have a lot of  blood in their hands, our blood. A John F. Kennedy

If you have any doubts about what I state here, check this video showing conclusive evidence that the 9/11 “attacks” were an inside job. Then do your own research. (The original video (Fox News) was taken down due to “copyright infringement)” (If you can believe that) So I had to replace it.


You can also check Loose Change at: A Loose Change

Let’s consider the fact now that when a government is so immoral and corrupt that they resort to murder to stay in power the country affected is on its way down, probably in chaos. But, don’t take my word for it (after all, who am I to tell) do your own research.

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Why the World Needs WikiLeaks | Julian Assange

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Rio

I found this video about WikiLeaks on TED.com.

Considering the power that the corporate state wields over our government  and the media at the moment (we are not a democracy anymore), WikiLeads deserves our support. Julian Assange is doing his job; most of our media is controlled by private interests. Check it out:

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March for Human Rights | Julian Assange | Freedom of the Press?

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Rio

March for human rights (12/11/2010) ended successfully at Hoover High in City Heights, SD CA.

Arrival

This poster got me to thinking that not only in Viet Nam we need freedom of speech.  Julian Assange  is still in jail. And Ms. Hillary Rhodam Clinton who a few months back was criticizing China for not allowing freedom of the press is now condemning Assange for exposing criminal actions for which no one has been charged. Is there freedom of the press in America? Democracy? Where are we heading?  New World Order

One of these young ladies will be Miss Vietnam.

Viet Tan: To overcome dictatorship and establish democracy in Vietnam.

“Viet Tan engages in actions that empower the Vietnamese people. Specifically, we seek to roll back existing restrictions against two basic human rights: freedom of expression and freedom of association and assembly. These freedoms enable a civil society.”

Trinh Le, the event organizer, at my table.

Beautiful lady perusing my book, A vagabond in Mexico. It throws some light in the immigration problem.

Breakdancing

Support Ron Paul!

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War! What good is it for? | Bring back our Troops! | Collateral Murder

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Rio

“Update: On July 6, 2010, Private Bradley Manning, a 22 year old intelligence analyst with the United States Army in Baghdad, was charged with disclosing this video (after allegedly speaking to an unfaithful journalist). The whistleblower behind the Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg, has called Mr. Manning a ‘hero’. He is currently imprisoned in Kuwait. The Apache crew and those behind the cover up depicted in the video have yet to be charged. To assist Private Manning, please see bradleymanning.org.

5th April 2010 10:44 EST WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad — including two Reuters news staff.

Reuters has been trying to obtain the video through the Freedom of Information Act, without success since the time of the attack. The video, shot from an Apache helicopter gun-sight, clearly shows the unprovoked slaying of a wounded Reuters employee and his rescuers. Two young children involved in the rescue were also seriously wounded.”

I could not get access to the video in You Tube, too many restrictions. But you should be able to see it following the link below. what is shown here is not uncommon practice in any war, but the media is controlled by the ones profiting from war, so we never see it.  http://www.collateralmurder.com/

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