Life in the Empire
The Pitchforks and Torches log
But, what if they aren't.
Seems recent events might actually be understandable given the desperation and limited alternatives some of these 'violent' individuals were faced with...
Like the guy from Florida who shot his previous employer....
"ORLANDO, Fla. - Jason Rodriguez's marriage long ago went sour, his home taken in foreclosure, his job lost to incompetence, his finances sunk in bankruptcy. It was a "stress overload" for the man accused of a deadly shooting rampage at his former office, his lawyer said Saturday.
The 40-year-old man whose life seemed to just keep getting worse was charged Saturday with first-degree murder, accused of killing one and wounding five Friday at his former office. He said nothing in his brief court appearance Saturday, but his attorney portrayed him as a mentally ill man who fell victim to countless problems."
Then, there is the couple who have been charged with 'torturing' a couple of loan modification scammers...
"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As Los Angeles housing advocates launched a campaign warning of mortgage rescue scams, a couple hit by foreclosure are charged with torturing two loan-modification agents they suspected of fraud, authorities said on Monday."
And we all know what happened when the army asked a muslim to go to his 'homeland' and kill his own people. Too bad they couldn't hear his objections.
Anyway...
Here's a good article on the reason we'll be seeing a lot more those violent outbursts in the future.
As Foreclosure Nightmares Increase, Will More Homeowners Pay Off Th...
"The economic crisis revealed late-capitalism's central offense: Human beings are being transparently treated if they were mere transactions. And they're going postal over it."
Or maybe they're beginning to see the entire government as the criminal enterprise it has become, and realize that that's why there's no justice for them. Maybe they now realize that the only way they'll ever experience justice is to take it by force. As Bush once said..."freedom isn't pretty." Maybe the 'war for freedom', has finally come home.
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Permalink Reply by waldo mobile on
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I still have not figured out how to post much of anything here.and the old laptop getting tired. I'm talking about the Machine
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Permalink Reply by waldopaper on
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On yonder hill there stands a creature...
Notes from the field:
Notes from the next generation:
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keyboard turd you is a Mr creosote bandwidth eating hog.
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Permalink Reply by BO on
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Waldo seems to be stuck in a feedback loop between two universes. Is it time to call Dr Who?
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Yes I am actually "blogging" from my car. Is that some sick shit or what? Need to text and drive when speaking to the machine.
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Sure wish I had that VW bus. Drrool.
Don't be texting and driving Waldo. We be too old for that. It's a suicide mission.
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Just because you can does not mean that you should.
Memorial is becoming like a Groundhog Day for me. Memories are made of memes (naturally) of the "what the fuck happened" kind. Old geezers riding their hogs for krakkkerland's meme day parade to "honor those who served and died." Served what? Died for what? Riddle me that one batman, and meantime will retire to the teepee to ponder packing the "freedom isn't free" meme up their bums with a 12-lb. brass Napoleon.
So that is why Gettysburg is starting to be a comic opera. Elizabeth's Groundhog Day is Reformation Day... Halloween... 1863. Nobody was more into the what-the-fuck-happened zone than Elizabeth. Hover through fog and filthy air. You saw what the wigwam looks like now. Well I got a plan to fix it!
Stay tooned.
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Duct tape and PVC -- my kind of construction. And an almost Wassily chair. Nice.
Get some solar panels to charge your new phone and you can watch Glenda Jackson in Elizebeth R keep her own wig warm.
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Permalink Reply by pan on
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Good article on the mission creep of militarized police.
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Tis what you get with the creep of totalitarianism. Which at this point, is pretty much a fate accompli.
Picked up some sort of third-world stomach bug from eating at a local mexican restaurant -- which is pretty much all restaurants in our area since all the cooks are Mexican. Gawd I hate dealing with our crappy health care system. It's become a total crap shoot whether they're going to heal you or make your ailment worse.
World population has tripled over my lifetime....from 2.5 to 7.5 billion human beans. When we anglo-saxons' immigrated to America, we devistated the native population with our diseases. Now it seems, we anglos' are dealing with a reverse scenario due to mass immigration, overcrowding, and probably global warming.
No doubt the government knows that this shit is unsustainable, and soon enough, the war is going to come home. That said, they might as well get some practice in.
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Don't eat out much at any restaurant. And never send the food back because I don't want it to come back with someone spitting in it. Last time I got sick from going out was in Missouri when the server tripped bringing the food and took it back to the kitchen - most likely threw the burgers and fries back under the heat lamps and brought them back out to us.
Of course, if there was more funding for government inspectors maybe the sanitation issues in restaurants would be less problematic....but we can't do that because Capitalism, not regulation, will make sure we keep healthy!
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Just made an appointment with 'Digestive Health Specialists.' Soonest they could get me in is over a week from now. Guess they don't view dissentary as life threatening. Said they only deal with 'chronic problems' so basically, if you have a disease that can't be cured by your doctor, you need to go to emergency. Then I s'pose the 'Digestive Health Specialists' get called-in to work on your case at exhorbitant rates. Such is the system we have.
Is there really any question why the peeps are angry?
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