B’Man’s Patriot Watch: Ashley Sanders

You want some Nader ‘talking points’?

Why I’m Supporting Ralph Nader

Inspiring and some perfect advice for those who continue to tow the party line when that party ain’t aligning with your desires and needs. For those who are more concerned with using the party as a tool, a weapon, instead of pursuing what is right and nobel.

Modern Day Slavery: Racism and the Drug War

November 8th 1965

                               

The 8^th of November 1965

My God, I almost forgot how it was to literally see the Nam War every friggin’ night on television. Hours and hours of it. Not just clips and notes and briefs! Our son’s and daughter’s were dying then– , and we were watching! Just because you can’t ‘see’ what’s going on in Iraq… doesn‘t mean the same thing isn‘t happening.! So, remember when you go to the voting booth this November that history is repeating itself as we speak and we must stop it! … and stop it now, not in 2010!

 

How wings are attached to the Backs of Angels

Craig Welch takes viewers inside a surreal, meticulously crafted world to meet a mysterious protagonist and his otherworldly visitor. In this surreal exposition, we meet a man, obsessed with control. His intricate gadgets manipulate yet insulate, as his science dissects and reduces. How exactly are wings attached to the back of angels? In this invented world drained of emotion, where everything goes through the motions, he is brushed by indefinite longings. Whether he can transcend his obsessions and fears is the heart of the matter. A film without words.

                            

The REAL McCain: How Many Multi-Million $ Homes Makes One Elitist?

Are any of you rednecks still fooled by the bullshit that emanates from this senile old coot’s lying mouth? Are any of you poor southern folks (like me) believing this old dude and the idea that his competition is elitist when he own 7 homes (and most worth well over $1Million each).

If so, then you are far stupider than this old ignorant redneck ever thought you could be. Nor will I ever be able to help you heal from your dumbassedry. To continue to believe and support John McCain in lieu of his asshattery and blatant overwhelming aura of bullshit means that you are too far gone.

McCain’s Mansions

John McCain is soaring to new heights of hypocrisy on his wife’s personal jet. He flies around the country bent on duping the public into believing he’s “one of them,” a regular guy who can empathize with Americans facing an overwhelming economic crush. What’s more, he disparages those who oppose his ridiculous policy proposals as “elitist.” But who’s the real elitist?

The REAL McCain is a multimillionaire who owns ten luxurious homes. The REAL McCain backs President Bush’s tax cuts for big corporations. The REAL McCain empathizes only with the interests of our nation’s wealthy minority, not its money-strapped majority. But far too many are buying into McCain’s deceit because the corporate press won’t present the whole picture, so we created this video to educate the public about the REAL McCain.

Together, you have been a force in making sure The REAL McCain videos have been seen by nearly 6.5 million people. But as Frank Rich noted in his NY Times column yesterday, 40% of Americans hear too little about McCain from the mainstream media, meaning “the public doesn’t know who on earth John McCain is.” That’s why it’s crucial you ensure this video is seen by as many as possible, and that we use each and every tool at our disposal to get the word out. Send this on to five friends and family members, and tell them to send it to five people they know. Get it to your local news outlets and blogs and networking sites like Digg. Raise hell about McCain’s economic duplicity!

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney summed it up best when he said McCain “simply doesn’t understand the challenges America’s working families are facing because he isn’t remotely affected by them.” It’s up to us to tell people who McCain really is, a personal jet-setting elitist more concerned with corporate lobbyists than hard-working Americans.

WHY do reporters think they get truthful straight answers???

                                      http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4290944.stm

Inside the secretive Bilderberg Group : How much influence do private networks of the rich and powerful have on government policies and international relations? One group, the Bilderberg, has often attracted speculation that it forms a shadowy global government. As part of the BBC’s Who Runs Your World? series, Bill Hayton tries to find out more. The chairman of the secretive – he prefers the word private – Bilderberg Group is 73-year-old Viscount Etienne Davignon, corporate director and former European Commissioner. In his office, on a private floor above the Brussels office of the Suez conglomerate lined with political cartoons of himself, he told me what he thought of allegations that Bilderberg is a global conspiracy secretly ruling the world. “It is unavoidable and it doesn’t matter,” he says. “There will always be people who believe in conspiracies but things happen in a much more incoherent fashion.” Lack of publicity . In an extremely rare interview, he played down the importance of Bilderberg in setting the international agenda. “What can come out of our meetings is that it is wrong not to try to deal with a problem. But a real consensus, an action plan containing points 1, 2 and 3? The answer is no. People are much too sensible to believe they can do that.”

“…….There need to be places where these people can think about the main challenges ahead, co-ordinate where policies should be going, and find out where there could be a consensus …..”
Professor Kees van der Pijl

Every year since 1954, a small network of rich and powerful people have held a discussion meeting about the state of the trans-Atlantic alliance and the problems facing Europe and the US. Organized by a steering committee of two people from each of about 18 countries, the Bilderberg Group (named after the Dutch hotel in which it held its first meeting) brings together about 120 leading business people and politicians. At this year’s meeting in Germany, the audience included the heads of the World Bank and European Central Bank, Chairmen or Chief Executives from Nokia, BP, Unilever, DaimlerChrysler and Pepsi – among other multi-national corporations, editors from five major newspapers, members of parliament, ministers, European commissioners, the crown prince of Belgium and the queen of the Netherlands. “I don’t think (we are) a global ruling class because I don’t think a global ruling class exists. I simply think it’s people who have influence interested to speak to other people who have influence,” Viscount Davignon says. “Bilderberg does not try to reach conclusions – it does not try to say ‘what we should do’. Everyone goes away with their own feeling and that allows the debate to be completely open, quite frank – and to see what the differences are. “Business influences society and politics influences society – that’s purely common sense. It’s not that business contests the right of democratically-elected leaders to lead”. For Bilderberg’s critics the fact that there is almost no publicity about the annual meetings is proof that they are up to no good. Jim Tucker, editor of a right-wing newspaper, the American Free Press for example, alleges they organise wars and elect and depose political leaders. He describes the group as simply ‘evil’. So where does the truth lie? Professor Kees van der Pijl of Sussex University in Britain says such private networks of corporate and political leaders play an informal but crucial role in the modern world. “There need to be places where these people can think about the main challenges ahead, co-ordinate where policies should be going, and find out where there could be a consensus.” ‘Common sense’ Will Hutton, an economic analyst and former newspaper editor who attended a Bilderberg meeting in 1997, says people take part in these networks in order to influence the way the world works, to create what he calls “the international common sense” about policy. “…..Business influences society and politics influences society – that’s purely common sense ….” On every issue that might influence your business you will hear at first-hand the people who are actually making those decisions and you will play a part in helping them to make those decisions and formulating the common sense,” he says. And that “common sense” is one which supports the interests of Bilderberg’s main participants – in particular free trade. Viscount Davignon says that at the annual meetings, “automatically around the table you have internationalists” – people who support the work of the World Trade Organisation, trans-Atlantic co-operation and European integration. Bilderberg meetings often feature future political leaders shortly before they become household names. Bill Clinton went in 1991 while still governor of Arkansas, Tony Blair was there two years later while still an opposition MP. All the recent presidents of the European Commission attended Bilderberg meetings before they were appointed. ‘Secret Government’ This has led to accusations that the group pushes its favoured politicians into high office. But Viscount Davignon says his steering committee are simply excellent talent spotters. The steering committee “does its best assessment of who are the bright new boys or girls in the beginning phase of their career who would like to get known.” “It’s not a total accident, but it’s not a forecast and if they go places it’s not because of Bilderberg, it’s because of themselves,” Viscount Davignon says. But its critics say Bilderberg’s selection process gives an extra boost to aspiring politicians whose views are friendly to big business. None of this, however, is easy to prove – or disprove. Observers like Will Hutton argue that such private networks have both good and bad sides. They are unaccountable to voters but, at the same time, they do keep the international system functioning. And there are limits to their power – a point which Bilderberg chairman was keen to stress, “When people say this is a secret government of the world I say that if we were a secret government of the world we should be bloody ashamed of ourselves.” Informal and private networks like Bilderberg have helped to oil the wheels of global politics and globalization for the past half a century. In the eyes of critics they have undermined democracy, but their supporters believe they are crucial to modern democracy’s success. And so long as business and politics remain mutually dependent, they will continue to thrive. Story from BBC NEWS

 

Let’s go after ‘the moral right’ together! [for the $ n' votes]

All this is telling me is that this particular Church has much $$      

  video: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7566122.stm]        McCain

  video: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7566101.stm]        Obama

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7566019.stm  reference

US rivals try to woo Christians

US presidential hopefuls John McCain and Barack Obama have been trying to woo Christian voters at a televised religious forum in California.

The two men shared a stage for the first time since securing nomination. Speaking first, Mr Obama defended his support for abortion and same-sex civil unions, but said marriage should only be between a man and a woman.  Republican John McCain affirmed he was pro-life and that he strongly supported preserving the status of marriage. The forum, hosted by US pastor Rick Warren, was the senators’ last joint appearance before their official nomination as the candidates for November’s presidential election at their respective party conventions in a few weeks.  Three debates are scheduled to take place after the Democrat and Republican conventions. 

Moral failure — Mr Warren is best known for building Saddleback Church into a 20,000-member “mega-church” in Lake Forest, southern California, and for writing The Purpose-Driven Life.

Senator John McCain answers his questions on faith . At the beginning of the first hour-long interview, Mr Obama told the pastor that America’s greatest moral failure was its insufficient help to the disadvantaged.  The Democratic candidate noted that the Bible had quoted Jesus as saying: “Whatever you do for the least of my brothers, you do for me.”  He said the maxim should apply to victims of poverty, sexism and racism.  Mr Obama also reaffirmed his belief that marriage should only be a “union between a man and a woman”, although he also defended his support for same-sex civil unions and for the granting of similar rights to same-sex partners.  If he were president, he said he would not support a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage because the issue was one for state governments to decide.  On abortion, Mr Obama stressed he remained pro-choice and that he believed in the “Roe vs Wade” Supreme Court ruling supporting it.  However, he did say that he would seek to reduce the number of late-term abortions and unwanted pregnancies. 

‘Pro-life president’ — Mr McCain was asked similar questions by Mr Warren. When asked about America’s greatest moral shortcoming, he responded by saying that its citizens had failed to “devote ourselves to causes greater than our self-interests”.

Barack Obama was questioned over religion .  Appearing to criticise President George W Bush, Mr McCain said that after 11 September 2001 there should have been a push to encourage people to join the army, Peace Corps and other voluntary organisations, rather than an official call to “go shopping”.  When asked about his stance on abortion, the Republican candidate declared he opposed abortion “from the moment of conception”.  “I will be a pro-life president and this presidency will have pro-life policies. That’s my commitment to you,” he said to applause.  Mr McCain also said he supported preserving “the unique status of marriage between a man and a woman” and that he was against the decision taken in some states to allow same-sex marriages.  “That doesn’t mean people can’t enter into legal agreements. That doesn’t mean that they don’t have the right of all citizens,” he said.  Conservative Christians form about one-quarter of the US electorate. They largely support the Republican Party, but have not shown great enthusiasm for Mr McCain.  He identifies himself as Baptist and has made a strong appeal to social conservatives and evangelical Christians during his campaign.  But he rarely discusses his faith. Earlier this year he said: “I’m unashamed and unembarrassed about my deep faith in God. But I do not obviously try to impose my views on others.”  Mr Obama, a Christian, has made a point of discussing his religion on the campaign trail and has been courting religious voters with a presence on Christian radio and blogs, and other events.

 

Nader Audio: The Bloated Defense Budget

The Bloated Defense Budget

Going Broke Paying For Healthcare Does Not Mean You Have The Best Healthcare In The World

Let me slap you with a giant iron skillet: Families are going broke due to healthcare payments.

Compare to Canadians, Europians, Japanese and you see that they live longer, better lives and don’t go broke for doing it.

You can bitch about healthcare in other coun tries, but the data is blatantly clear (and proves the government and reTHUGlican wind-bag machine is lying to you)… we have pitiful healthcare that causes many to go broke. I am living the nightmare right now. Via surgeries on my back and my daughter’s surgeries, we have accumulated about $50K in debt and I pay $20K out of pocket per year on top of that.

Would it be worse without the insurance? Yeah.

But the point is that all the other industrialized countries don’t have this issue. Those people don’t end up broke feeding the fat cat health insurance CEO’s salaries. But I do.

What good is healthcare in the USA if you can’t afford it? What good is it if they can cancel on you at any time leaving you to file bankruptcy? In the study evaluated here, 75% of the of the bankruptcies came due to medical conditions AND to those who were covered.

Did you understand that? They had insurance, but it was denied or whatever. Then the people who had been paying for insurance had to go broke.

You are not protected. It is time we demand more.

“Anyone shy of a multi-millionaire, is JUST NOT SAFE.”

From BrassCheckTV:

The All-American Scam

More than half of bankruptcies in America are the result of medical bills.

A full 75% of those had health insurance!

In Canada, the UK, Japan and Western Europe, an outcome like this is impossible.

Americans are told they have the best health care system in the world and if they pay thousands of dollars a year for health insurance they’ll be protected.