The real, actual "Matrix"

Or at least, the Republican, Right Wing Matrix they want you to stick with:

Quote of the day--on government bribes and what's wrong with our government

"In the real world, there are only two ways to deal with corporate misbehavior: One is through government regulation and the other is by taking them to court. What has happened over 20 years of free-market proselytizing is that we have dangerously weakened both forms of restraint, first through the craze for 'deregulation' and second through endless rounds of 'tort reform,' all of which have the effect of cutting off citizens' access to the courts. By legally bribing politicians with campaign contributions, the corporations have bought themselves immunity from lawsuits on many levels."

--Molly Ivins,  (August 30, 1944 – January 31, 2007) American newspaper columnist, populist, political commentator, humorist and author

Link:   Molly Ivins - Wikipedia

Quote of the day

"We're losing what's left of our democracy under a tsunami of big money.

On Day One after Election Day -- whoever wins -- we must mobilize and organize to get big money out of politics: campaign finance reform, public financing of elections, reversal of Citizen's United by constitutional amendment if necessary, full disclosure of all sources of money used to campaign for or against any candidate."

--Robert Reich,American political economist, professor, author, and political commentator.

Please join him and his--this/our--effort here: https://www.facebook.com/RBReich?ref=stream

Other links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Reich

It seems we all want our country back

This seems to be a recurring--very recurring--theme in our country.

If you feel, like so many do, that we need "our country back," help push to kill campaign contributions.

With them, the wealthy and corporations are able to buy their--our--representatives and so, their legislation, our laws and finally, our government.

If we don't get the big, ugly, corrupting money out of our election system, it will never get out of our government and nothing will change.

It's simple as that.

Thanks to Donna over at her "Just Me" blog for this video and link: http://donna-justme.blogspot.com/

Getting the money out of politics: Flagstaff, Arizona leads the way

If there's any one thing that gives me hope for America, it's that I think all people in the country who care about it and who think things are going wrong can, in fact, agree on one thing. That is, I think we virtually all agree that we need to get the big, ugly, corrupting money of corporations and the wealthy out of our election system and so, our government.

Put more simply, we need to get the money out.

One more thing today I ran across that has given me hope for us all, this article:

Flagstaff Is the First Arizona City to Pass the “Get Money Out of Politics” Resolution

"On Tuesday, May 1, 2012, the City Council of Flagstaff, Arizona passed a resolution condemning the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Citizens United vs the Federal Election Commission and called for a 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution to overturn the decision and allow states to regulate campaign contributions. The resolution states in clear terms that contrary to the Supreme Court’s ruling, corporations are not “persons” protected by the constitution and do not have 'political speech rights' under the first amendment. Flagstaff is the first city in Arizona to weigh in on this issue."

To repeat: we have to get the money out.

And I think we all know that. Everyone, of course, except the corporations and wealthy who buy our politicians and their legislation and so, our laws and finally, our government know and agree on this.

And thank goodness.

Now, the thing is, the only way it's going to happen is if we--the people--make it happen.

This, then, is a start.

Thank you, Flagstaff, Arizona for leading the way.

Link: http://www.pdacommunity.org/arizona/1620-flagstaff-is-the-first-arizona-city-to-pass-the-get-money-out-of-politics-resolution

A new poll out right now and more from "W", the Chief Knucklehead

There's so much information coming out right now, about this last nightmarish 8 years of the Bush Administration it's dizzying.

Truly.

If only Molly Ivins were here to write about it--she was so right about this idiot.

Get this:

It seems "W" said "So what?" when told that there was no Al Qaeda in Iraq before he invaded that country in 2003. (Link to story and video here:
http://crooksandliars.com/cernig/bush-admits-al-qaeda-wasnt-iraq-invasion-so)

So what??

Are you effin' kidding me?

So what, George?

SO MORE THAN 4,219 AMERICAN SOLDIERS WOULDN'T BE DEAD!

So more than 100,000 Iraqis wouldn't be dead.

So thousands of American soldiers wouldn't be crippled by your stupid war.

So many more thousands of American soldiers wouldn't be suffering from PTSD.

So thousands of Iraqis wouldn't be crippled by your illegal, invasive, tragic war.

So we wouldn't still be in Iraq.

So we wouldn't have squandered the heretofore good American name and reputation if we didn't go in.

So there wouldn't be 2 million Iraqi refugees in the Middle East right now because their home country was blown apart, completely in violation of international law.

So there wouldn't have been an Abu Graib.

So there wouldn't have been all these pointless tragedies, stemming from this clusterbuck you created.

Anyone can go on and on here.

So what?

So we've squandered how much American capital on this mess so now we're in the largest debt of our country's history, just when we need money and infrastructure and jobs and much, much more, at home?

Holy cow.

How flip can one get?

Answer: "George Bush flip", that's how, and it's the worst, ever, like his Presidency.

And how does the American people feel about the "Knucklehead in Chief" now, at the end of this hellish nightmare?

Sure, most want him out of office.

According to a just-released poll from CNN, 75% of us want him out. (Link to original story here: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/26/bush.poll/index.html)

And that stands to reason.

But, get this--only 28% think he's the worst President ever.

Further proof, ladies and gentlemen, that Americans just don't know history--even their own.