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I'm wondering if it would be possible--in a practical sense--to change the Supreme Court so that it has to have exactly one member from each circuit court, and that every case from a particular circuit automatically requires the recusal of the justice from that circuit.
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At moments like these, I like to leaf through my dogeared copy of Emmanuel Goldstein's classic treatise, The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism. Imagine his prescience at having written, way back in 1984, that "War is peace" -- words that no doubt inspired George W. Bush to say, in 2002, "I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace." How inevitable it all must seem from the armchairs at the top: an irresistible force, a social current that carries them along in the grip of an ice floe of airtight logic and lack of conceivable alternatives, until suddenly one day it all disappears, usually when the money runs out and the empire implodes. I doubt that anything will distract them -- our bureaucrats and legislators -- from rituals of combat or satiny dreams of war-based boom times until the oil dries up and climate change becomes too fierce to ignore.
"Shock and awe" brought to by CNN, Fox, NBC (Comcast), ABC (Disney) and their corporate advertisers - cars, beer, male sex enhancement drugs, and where to invest your 401k before the next 'crash.'
The rhetoric is mind numbing. CNN - all of them - are little more than terrorist media delivery messengers for the maligned voices of terror. Americans did not scare easily in the face of the Cuban Missile Crisis as the world stood on the edge of absolute destruction. America stood tall and united to bring WWII to conclusion with five years.
Shock and awe.
Terrorists. Ebola. Strange viruses in the mid-west. A fired employee kills and decapitates a coworker. Father in Atlanta kills six and then himself. Detroit is little more than a shell of what was American greatness. Black men shot and killed for being black.
Shock and awe.
As with most war, it is easier and more profitable to sell images of the battle than understand the financial and political injustice that blossoms into war. NPR interviewed a reporter with years living with the Kurds in one of the oil richest nations in the world. Iraq oil brings in $85 billion per year. Much like Reagonomics, it doesn't trickle down very far.
The US mis-managed Afghanistan which gave us Bin Laden. The US mis managed Iran, fired the army, and left the country broke and ruined - with US weapons scattered throughout the region.
There are many who subscribe to the forever war. The religious. The politicians committed to hold on to power. The corporations, lined up to fill there coffers with oil and gold; the bimbo blonde reading a TelePrompTer.
We will never bomb their hearts and minds into submission.
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The past 30 odd years of Reaganomics have seen a continual and accelerating decline of the living standards of the middle and lower classes. The discontent and unrest that this would normally foment must be diverted towards External Enemies, hence the need for an endless war now. This discontent is also the reason why the surveillance of the population is now essential.
But what's to be done about it? The corporates and the 1% now control (and actually write) the legislation for their own benefit. This won't change by "democratic" means as our political system is no longer a democracy. We now only get to choose which corporate lapdogs are nominally in charge. We, the people no longer have ANY say in the running of the country. Will our great nation become like Bangladesh, Cambodia and a host of other fourth world basket case nations?
I listen to Hartmann on sirrus. He was on channel 127 but it is gone I can seem to find him up here in Canada. Any suggestions.
This is kinda weird. I agree with Alice AND Marc. We get enough advertising Everywhere.
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Remember how it worked in Florida. People stood in lines all day for their right to vote. You want to get the vote out, threaten their right to vote. I predict we'll have record democrats voting for this mid-term election.
The Roman Empire also now and then opted to pay tribute to various enemy combatants as a way to avoid warfare. Instead now in modern times our "enlightened" capitalist leaders choose to arm enemy combatants as a way to whip up the business of killing for profit. I don't see much difference between this mentality and that of gamblers attaching metal spurs to gamecocks.
I got an interesting email from our friend Dennis Kucinich today about this very topic. He provided two links revealing the way both Senate and House members voted for and against the appropriation for funds to back Syrian rebels against ISIS. Isn't that how we created this problem in the first place? His advice was quite simple. Note who voted for it and plan to vote them out of office on your earliest convenience. On this one issue they have shown that they no longer deserve to hold power.
http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/113/senate/2/270
http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/113/house/2/507
Aliceinwonderland ~ Agreed! It's difficult to say whether or not Mr. Brush deserves a flag more for demeaning this forum or for trivializing this most serious subject? I'm just going to let the webmaster worry about that one.
The GOP is not interested in so-called "voter suppression", which I presume is what is being passed off as voter ID. We have voter ID and there's no problem; in fact, it was the Democrats who introduced it years ago. It simply proves you are who you say you are and prevents voter fraud (insomuch as that can be prevented). Actually, and this is where both parties conspire, are efforts to keep voter turnout low in order n order to control the outcome; by keeping voter turnout low, the incumbent party has a better chance to keep the seat. It works the same way as gerrymandering. What is needed is, first, to find ways to get more people registered and to partisipate in the voting process. Some nations (including second tier ones) are using electionic online and call-in voting; sometimes we seem incapable of here in the US.
Secondly, we need independent groups, like universities or non-partisan civic groups or indivduals, to do the redistricting of districts. People believe the system is rigged (it is) and corrupt (it is). We need to find a find to convince people that their vote counts. If we don't, then there is only one other way to change the system and no one really wants that.
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D'oh! The Willard hotel is at 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. and the term "lobbying" actually originated with the UK Parliament, where some, if not all, votes are (or were) recorded by signing a book in the lobby.
Is there a place where the South Pacific origin stories are collected, or would we have to find them one at a time?
And is there a place to read the epistulary conversation Thom mentioned between Abigail and John Adams?
What is the point of being concerned with health care accessability when there is a highly generalized conspiracy theory against doctors? I think Thom should encourage his followeres to be somewhat more specific and careful in their criticisms of professionals. If there is a medical condition or illness that is not obvious on the surface, how would the condition be discovered if the physician did not order certain diagnostic tests? When unqualified people make blanket statements about something that is complex, i don't think that is at all helpful. Are there abuses in the medical profession? Are there any in the legal profession? No profession is 100% perfect. The fee-for-service basis of much of our medical system contributes to an incentive to do things that may not always be necessary. But doctors are highly trained people who are there to either rule out or discover medical problems that may need attention. Life is more complex and varied than certain members of this site sometimes understand or are willing to admit. People might consider complaining about the high cost of health care not only to elected officials, but to hospital administrators and to the dean of medical schools. I once wrote to the dean of the medical school at a state university in my state, which is the second largest medical school in the country. I complained about the large number of people who could not afford and did not have health coverage and therefore could not obtain medical services unless they went into debt. He wrote back and said that he was doing everything he knows to help facilitate health care, and that doctors who provide free health care may earn less than those physicians who do not, which may not be fair. Doctors probably have to pay back student loans which are even greater for medical schools than for people in other fields. Public officials generally do not have day-to-day experience dealing with people with illnesses and are not doctors or nurses. They have to be reminded that they have a lack of knowledge as to how serious, painful, and difficult even a relatively minor illness can be.
If our government is to help more people in more ways, it is not just legislation in Congress that would be involved. The government is not organized in such a way as to have agencies that are willing and able to respond to existent needs in sufficiently reponsive, professional, logic ways. I know someone who works for a federal agency who complains of excessive bureaucracy and inflexibility in trying to get things done. In the Chicago area, there are accusations that Edward Hines Jr. Hospital, which is the largest VA facility in the metropolitan area, has a secret waiting list which has been used to make it seem as if patients are being seen more promptly than actually has been the case. A fire at the Aurora, IL FAA air traffic control center set by a disgruntled arsonist closed down Chicago's two airports for a day and threw off flight schedules at many connecting airports. There wasn't an adequate backup system or plan to prevent these temporary cancellations. What is needed is not just political reform, but also educational reform and government functioning and administrative reforms.
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Now think of Willard Mitt Romney.
On the Stephanie Miller Show, they said 1400 Pennsylvania Ave. is the Willard Hotel, where the term "lobbyist" originated.
This is one of the hardest polls I have ever took; NOW the only thing we have to do, is convince Mike Papantonio to accept the nomination FOR AG.