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Or should I say, evil has become ubiquitous thread.

Some say it's during times like these that we will witness the true character of men.

Well, here's a little snippet from today's news that shows that sometimes when the going gets tough, and the tough are getting going, some of the morally and financially bankrupt assholes that helped jump start the depression think they deserve a Mediterranean cruise. On taxpayer's money no less. Twas then I realized we're going to be seeing a lot more of this. The darker side of human nature...

For insensitivity, Wachovia refuses to be outdone
"While waiting to see if the government will relieve it of bad loans, the bank prepares to send 75 employees on a Mediterranean cruise."

Stick that up your ass, Pelosi and Franks.

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Carl Safina says: it's money and ideology.


"Regain sense of common cause, basic national unity, sense of purpose and direction."

Won't happen until enough people see it. And that may be happening soon: "...All oceanic life forms will die in the region. The oil is a toxic mix that suffocates the life in the water. The gulf is one of the world's 4 oxygen creation zones and has some of the largest coral reefs. The most beautiful waters in the world in the Bahamas and Florida coast will soon be gone forever. This is a terrible tragedy and global ecosystem killer. The planet's ecosystem will be directly affected by this disaster, all life forms and weather patterns will be adjusted."

Will THAT be enough?

What more can be said? What if these images were played over and over on the TV like the falling "911" buildings? What if you sent these images to everyone you know? Would you be accused of "spreading negativity?" What would all the "religious" people you know say about this? Would they say it's part of God's "plan?" What kind of person would "believe" in a god that "planned" things?

Were not the dead Iraqi children enough? Were the horribly deformed births from the US depleted uranium munitions not enough? The decapitated Appalachian Mountains are not enough? What will it take before we stop operating this death-machine? Is it because we have to "pay our bills? Is it because we have to "pay our taxes?" Is it because we have to "feed our families?" Do we still want more? How much is enough?

Who will care about a dead dolphin?

Will the "religious people" remember, "I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me?"

Is this "totally impractical?"
Lets just hope some incensed muslim blows 'em all away during their little misguided protest.
Sigh.....

Burn a Quran Day at Xian Church.
Make of THIS "technology" what ye will. Seems to me, "Metal Storm" technology will make the most "modern" assault rifle as obsolete as a Springfield muzzle-loading smoke-pole... which STILL managed to put plenty of blokes below the ground before "smokeless" powder managed to dominate the scene some 40 years later. EVEN THOUGH it (contained 'cartridges,'- high 'oxidation) was already on the scene when most of the lads went to meet their Creator.

I believe that since there are much greater rewards for terminating life than sustaining it (reversed by the 1,0000-year 'culture of looting) we have come to some sort of apex. This (if true)i s a truly horrifying leap in weapons. Why hasn't this been done with Solar Panels?
Give it wheels or tracks and a name and you have the nightmare Ahnold the Govenator tried to tell us about in the movies.

The Solar Panel idea is a good one but only if you send one of these off on an extended roaming mission all by itself. Solar technology should be advanced enough to make the barrels themselves the solar collectors. But where would the gadget load up on ammo?
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20100923/UN.UN.World.S...

I found this interesting reading. Somebody finally said it out loud, on the world stage. Of course the US and all its sycophants were outraged.
Unfortunately it was the demonized (and thus easily dismissed) Ahmadinejad so it actually adds to the arsenal of the pro-official government approved conspiracy theory movement ("not only are you a Truther conspiracy theorist, you agree with the rants of that crazy Iranian")
I know, it really sucks. But I also believe ANY one who says it will continue to be shouted down.
Hell, look at the reaction any of us got on the "Chimp" when we said anything about this. You were called a conspiracy nut and your threads were banned. But even though it was Ahmadinejad that said it at least it was said.
My answer to that is an easy and honest one anyone can check on-line and off-line ; I was there first. The Iranian learned of the inside job from me and truth seekers like me. What he does with the info is his own doing, not mine, not ours.

Zero
It's pretty much a done-deal. Those of us who accepted the "inside job" paradigm in 2001-3 have had our lives changed permanently BECAUSE (among other things)... if "they" could/would do THIS ("911")... what ELSE are they capable of... and why?

Centers of discussion... like Snarking Chump (currently hand-out, hat-in-hand) have suppressed such discussion (as "inside job") primarily for "realpolitik" reasons... and are reaping the whirlwind... as are we all. The "911 Official Story" was so shaky and shabby by 2002, incredulity at the chest-thumping "invasions" was the natural next step.

We are WAY beyond that now. Even if a vast majority of USAns woke up to the falsehoods of the "911 Event" tomorrow, what difference would it make? NONE whatsoever. The prevailing paradigms are locked-and-loaded and will roll down an unconceived path (in spite of the Fats' crude attempt at "information management") to a mystic conclusion.

The ideological "Capitalists" will cling to concealed ideology like drowned-Queekueg's Coffin... to the very END. It's WAY too large, fast and complex to guess what to "do." "Composting pottys" turned out to be largely a scam. Buckle down and brace for the largest-most-obvious part of the "Crash," who knows what THAT is?

For example, the "Crash of Capitalism" has been happening like a slow-motion train-wreck for the past 150 years. Who notices? Unless the lights go out and there's noplace to shit...NOBODY. How do you address the folk still stuck in the "liberal-conservative" Republicums-Dimmercreeps Weltanschaung?

Galileo looking thru his telescope... "oh fuck... the EARTH revolves around th eSUN!!" Shhhh ...shsshhhh...Maybe SOMEDAY "they'll" understand.
Twas Copernicus that made the discovery that the sun was the center of our solar system. Galileo just championed the idea while, as usual, the church condemned it.

Personally, I don't see much difference between those times and now. Except they had art and opera. And we have project runway and dancing with the stars.

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