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HURRAH FOR HOLLYWOOD
To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government and the sure and gradual deterioration of the public morals. This everlasting compelling of honesty, morality, justice and the law to bend the knee to policy, is the rottenest thing in a republican form of government. It is cowardly, degraded and mischievous; and in its own good time it will bring destruction upon this broad-shouldered fabric of ours. I believe the Prince of Darkness could start a branch hell in the District of Columbia (if he has not already done it), and carry it on unimpeached by the Congress of the United States, even though the Constitution were bristling with articles forbidding hells in this country. And if there were moneyed offices in it, Congress would take stock in the concern, too, and in less than three weeks Fessenden and Washburne would fill it full of their poor relations. What a rotten, rotten, and unspeakable nasty concern this nest of departments is, with its brainless battalions of Congressional poor-relation-clerks and their book-keeping, pencil-sharpening strumpets. Mark Twain Theater was alive and well tonight with the Sun, Mercury and Neptune in the 5 house in Aquarius. The Sun was anxious to do itself proud in its fallen sign Aquarius, and both the Sun and Mercury are in close conjunction to Neptune and squaring Jupiter. Mercury, the ruler of the Ascendant and Midheaven is closely rolling toward Neptune and a square to Jupiter. With those aspects all we needed was Jimmy Cagney marching up center aisle playing "It's A Grand Ole Flag." The speech, begun at 9:12pm, and this is the good news, the Ascendant was at 27 degrees Virgo. That's a very late degree and 27/28 degrees went all around the zodiac, indicating that this speech might be too little too late for the American People. The NN in the 7th house of partnerships suggesting a need for reliance on others to initiate or accomplish anything of value. The ruler of the 7th (Pisces) ruled and co-ruled by Jupiter and Neptune tells me that our "friends" knew he was throwing out a lot of Texas cowpies. If anyone was really listening they would, could recognize the hubris and razzle dazzle right away. Both the President and Governor Kane were more concerned with their delivery than the sincerity behind their words, in fact the sincerity was missing in action for both of them. The only advantage Governor Kane had was the Libra Ascendant and Cancer Midheaven that had slipped into place by the time he spoke. Venus sextiled Jupiter and trined the Moon giving a better face on the Governor's speech, a perceived trustworthiness that slowly makes its way to the top, but still the attempt to razzle dazzle. While th showmanship was evident, Mercury will still slide over Neptune and that will wash away all he said as well as any positive jump in the polls. Sadly Mars in the 8th House in Taurus and Uranus opposing his Mars indicates that he is "dead" serious about war with Iran. The media pundits tonight were the most interesting, they were constantly saying "the people like the President, they really like him." Made me wonder what the real polls say because the frenzy around the "selling" of poor George was intense. Reminded me of the way a mother tries to sell, to a kid, a particularly disliked food. You almost feel sorry for how hard they are having to sell him. People who felt positive about this speech, were feeling positive about anything tonight particularly with the Neptune aspects and Mars in a VOC position. Introducing the "I am within my right to spy on all of you" was a good move at least the GOP thought so, but the South Node was on Bush's Neptune and in the end he may not get away with it, still the Neptune on his SN obscured his true agenda. It's a surreal experience sitting there and listening to words without meaning or authenticity, knowing that all his words and intentions are accepted by the American People it will mean the end of democracy and we imagined democracy. Still there is the ring of "too little too late," I just don't know if that's for him or for us. The Sun was inconjunct the US Sun and GWB's Sun, I don't think he knew what he was saying and neither did the citizens of this country. As a Post Script. The Jupiter/Neptune square accounts for the inflated prices of gasoline and inflated profits of oil companies. Those oil companies have refused to testify in front of Congress again, they just flipped the government off and with the approval of George W. Bush.
Sally Cheyne McDonald on Feb 1 | Link
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Just saw the new article, so I haven't read it yet. I just wanted to comment on the SOTU speech. Bush, to me, looked weak, and vulnerable. Very interesting. Posted by: Pat C on February 1, 2006 04:18 AMCap'n Sally, thanks so much for the Twain quotes which nicely introduced your (as usual) brilliant analysis of the SOTU. All, here's a good site for copy and paste purposes to share with others to show all the lies and "misinterpretations" that were in the thing. Posted by: shylurker on February 1, 2006 04:22 AMMy husband spent the whole time yelling at Bush. Bush's blue eyes turned brown. Cap'n Sally, thanks so much for the Twain quotes which nicely introduced your (as usual) brilliant analysis of the SOTU. All, here's a good site for copy and paste purposes to share with others to show all the lies and "misinterpretations" that were in the thing. Posted by: shylurker on February 1, 2006 04:32 AMSorry about the double-post. Cap'n Sally, please feel free to delete. Posted by: shylurker on February 1, 2006 04:34 AMThanks, Sally. Glad to hear it won't last, all this razzle dazzle. Even the pundits are nay saying a little. I personally don't think he will attack Iran. He hasn't got the support of the rest of the world (that didn't stop Iraq, I know) and more importantly, he hasn't got the money. But we, and the Congress are one little bit wiser now...and I don't think this manuever will work again. It is Russia and China we will be fighting...in regards to Iran. Just an opinion. Posted by: Beasley on February 1, 2006 04:36 AMI just heard Arianna Huffington say "there was nothing memorable in the speech" and that was so true. The words were ok, but nothing of substance, except his little smirk at the end of his "I can spy on you if I want" remarks. That may be the only thing people take away from this speech and Kane did not rebute that not with any passion. The Democrats really should stand up to this FISA thing, maybe when Venus goes direct they will find a little more umph in their approach. Maybe not, maybe we are moving toward a third party because these two are singularly disappointing. Posted by: Sally on February 1, 2006 04:46 AMDoes anyone want to hear the latest info I have received from the higher realms? It's rather frightening, but it will give everyone here a little more clarity in what is taking place in our world. NEO, you asked if they are vampires, kinda, but not really.
Cybear, I wanna hear it! Meanwhile, here's an interesting piece of legal information....: http://www.ontheissues.org/askme/arrest.htm Posted by: Gary on February 1, 2006 05:00 AMExcellent synopsis Sally. Neptune never seems to be used in a positive way by Republicans, and it always seems to be present when they talk. First, about half way through he speech, my husband said,"I'd give a thousand dollars to anyone who would stand up and yell sieg heil". Coming from him, I was shocked. Strong words, so he must actually be frightened. Second, I wasn't too impressed with the delivery style of Tim Kaine, but he is a good man. He and Gov. Warner brought the State of Virginia out of bankruptcy after the Republicans cut all the taxes and more. I had the impression that Bush is scared to death. I just have a gut feeling there is something more going on in Washington by the people in Washington that is threatening Bush. If so, not a moment too soon. BTW, it looks like they are moving so many of the bad guys out of the east coast, to Colorado. Yikes! Posted by: Pat C on February 1, 2006 05:01 AMWell, Pat C, Cybear, anyone up for the latest Crazy I know, and not trying to ratchet up the fear levels, but still..... Posted by: Garry on February 1, 2006 05:05 AMThere are no higher realms. The truth is that we are all equal in this universe. And the only thing "vampiric" about these guys is the godlike power we hand over to them when we let them strike fear into our hearts. Just say no to fear. Posted by: Giacomo on February 1, 2006 05:08 AMWell Garry, interestingly, there are several new nuclear power plants being built on the east coast. There is very little publicity about it of course. We must have the Fairness Doctrine returned and the break-up of the monopoly of the media in order to have any kind of democracy. It is required in order to have an informed public. Posted by: Pat C on February 1, 2006 05:10 AMWhy Cindy Did It (powerful beyond words) http://fourcity.dvia.com/flash/no_bravery/ Well, here's the good news on this day, 02/01/06. In a top 1% of the country income area in Northern Virginia, a real Democrat defeated a conservative Republican in a special election for the state stnate: 62%-38%. The election was held after the Republican incumbent resigned! That's a huge shift, just huge. Happy speech day Mista President, you turkey. Sally, your dead on target. It should have been Rep. Murtha! Posted by: mike on February 1, 2006 05:12 AMOk, I'm posting what my impressions were (from the last thread, again) into this thread in the hopes that somebody will agree/disagree. I was heartened by Sally's wisdom, and also by Nancy Waterman's who says Pluto square the Ascendent Virgo...big manipulative speech. Here's my amature take: PQ I got more of the Dems responses by watching ABC, though I'm sure the rest of MSM also filmed it. Cameras in cat town...MSM. Nothing new here. Foreign policy clear...globalization. Great strides in democratic statehood all over the world. Keep forcing ourselves down everybody's throat. Privately held medical savings accounts. No new taxes, just cut the hell out of anything that really matters to gladden the soul. Muddy reality. Befuddled view of the world. Now, 'bin Ladin is conjoined with Iraq ..."terrorists like 'bin Ladin are trying to take over Iraq..." implying that's why we are staying there...peachy, ok: so that's the NEW reason. (Never mind we created the vacuum.) Still, if we leave we will create hell on earth...more hell than even Israel could stomach. So there we are folks. US solar return looks like a big depression coming our way. Our 12th house in the 4th with Moon/Jupiter conjunct squared by none other than our old friend Saturn on a Leo ascendent. Happy July 4th. Jupiter/Saturn aspects often bespeak money fluctuations. This speech's angles 1/7 are mutable. In other words, wait a minute things are going to change. The rulers are Mercury/Neptune and Jupiter. Mercury and Neptune are conjunct in Aquarius in the 5th (creative lying, and idealism unfounded, like a child's)not far from the Sun which is also in the 5th conjunct Chiron. The angles square Pluto. Big transformations? Close-to-the-Galactic-Center transformations. Jupiter, the other ruler of the descendent is opposed to Mars. Big fight. Big money fight. (Scorpio/Taurus) Venus, mistress of money, is sitting sweetly in the 4th house conjunct Ceres. She hasn't gone direct yet. She is in Capricorn. I think, though not sure, she is still heliacal. She is ruled by Saturn which is opposed to the whole mass of the Aquarian stellium. Reality check, reality check. A cocktail of mutual reception...Sun/Saturn (Aquarius/Leo) and both in detriment. Watch Uranus. I think this planet will rule the whole show. And of course, there will be a lunar eclipse in Virgo within 1 degree of opposition to the vertex of this chart in the 6th, also square Pluto. Eat them words. Posted by: Beasley on February 1, 2006 05:12 AMOk, I'm posting what my impressions were (from the last thread, again) into this thread in the hopes that somebody will agree/disagree. I was heartened by Sally's wisdom, and also by Nancy Waterman's who says Pluto square the Ascendent Virgo...big manipulative speech. Here's my amature take: PQ I got more of the Dems responses by watching ABC, though I'm sure the rest of MSM also filmed it. Cameras in cat town...MSM. Nothing new here. Foreign policy clear...globalization. Great strides in democratic statehood all over the world. Keep forcing ourselves down everybody's throat. Privately held medical savings accounts. No new taxes, just cut the hell out of anything that really matters to gladden the soul. Muddy reality. Befuddled view of the world. Now, 'bin Ladin is conjoined with Iraq ..."terrorists like 'bin Ladin are trying to take over Iraq..." implying that's why we are staying there...peachy, ok: so that's the NEW reason. (Never mind we created the vacuum.) Still, if we leave we will create hell on earth...more hell than even Israel could stomach. So there we are folks. US solar return looks like a big depression coming our way. Our 12th house in the 4th with Moon/Jupiter conjunct squared by none other than our old friend Saturn on a Leo ascendent. Happy July 4th. Jupiter/Saturn aspects often bespeak money fluctuations. This speech's angles 1/7 are mutable. In other words, wait a minute things are going to change. The rulers are Mercury/Neptune and Jupiter. Mercury and Neptune are conjunct in Aquarius in the 5th (creative lying, and idealism unfounded, like a child's)not far from the Sun which is also in the 5th conjunct Chiron. The angles square Pluto. Big transformations? Close-to-the-Galactic-Center transformations. Jupiter, the other ruler of the descendent is opposed to Mars. Big fight. Big money fight. (Scorpio/Taurus) Venus, mistress of money, is sitting sweetly in the 4th house conjunct Ceres. She hasn't gone direct yet. She is in Capricorn. I think, though not sure, she is still heliacal. She is ruled by Saturn which is opposed to the whole mass of the Aquarian stellium. Reality check, reality check. A cocktail of mutual reception...Sun/Saturn (Aquarius/Leo) and both in detriment. Watch Uranus. I think this planet will rule the whole show. And of course, there will be a lunar eclipse in Virgo within 1 degree of opposition to the vertex of this chart in the 6th, also square Pluto. Eat them words. Posted by: Beasley on February 1, 2006 05:14 AMPoll: Did the preznit persuade you he's got a great plan for the country, or what? (I garbled the question, but do go vote.) http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11121234/ Posted by: shylurker on February 1, 2006 05:14 AMGiacomo - Um, I beg to differ. There are multiple levels of existence and we are not all equal. And by no means am I afraid of these people. Take a few trips down the rabbit hole, meditate for hours on end, work 30 years in the Magickal arts and then you may understand the different realms that we exist in. Information flows when you are able to plug into it. Posted by: Cybear on February 1, 2006 05:26 AMCybear, what's the latest from the higher realms? Posted by: Garry on February 1, 2006 05:28 AMCybear, what did you get? Posted by: Pat C on February 1, 2006 05:29 AMCybear, we would love to hear what you see or feel. I never argue with anyone about astrology nor do I take offense because it doesn't matter. I don't have to convince anyone that I know what I know, nobody has to defend that. I hope you didn't take offense at Giacomo, because I don't think any was intended. Pat C, living in Colorado I can attest to the fact that there are some real crazies from Washington moving here, makes me nervous. Mike. What can I say except yahoo. And you are right about Murtha, I am not saying Kaine (guess I spelled it wrong before) isn't a nice guy but he could not deliver a rebuttal. Beasley, good take also, both Mars and Sun were in their exhaulted houses but in signs that were in their fall. There was so much in this chart tonight plus Jupiter square Neptune is the bubble that burst and that square is going to be there off and on for sometime to come. Shylurker, god bless you, I voted in that poll and the no's have it over the yea's Garry, that prediction was around for the last super bowl, but I do so love your eagerness to explore the unknown the predictions, the information out there. I love the way you examine it all. Morgana, I watched the speech tonight with one of my daughters and like your husband I was on my feet yelling at the screen. She kept saying Mom, Mom calm down. I was furious at the NSA statements, just furious. Love you all Posted by: Sally on February 1, 2006 05:42 AMPoll: Should the DC police have arrested Cindy (for wearing a t-shirt inscribed with the number of our troops killed in Iraq)?
(I garbled that question, too, and I enjoyed doing it.) Posted by: shylurker on February 1, 2006 05:49 AMYes, do tell us, Cybear. And my apologies to anyone if my vampire remark in the last thread inspired fear of any sort. I actually intended it as more of a rhetorical question. Posted by: NEOBuckeye on February 1, 2006 05:51 AMDr. Dean replies to whatever it was the preznit said tonight:
Garry, Pat - First of all I'll explain how this info comes to me. Sometimes it's like a movie that comes out of the blue, sometimes it's a feeling of complete nothingness and then a very clear thought occurs or when I am deep into meditation when there are flashs of brilliant colors, beautiful faces, beings, buddha's, flowers, animals and a feeling that cannot be put into words. I think I have been sitting for 15 minutes and an hour has gone by. I emerge in a state of bliss when that happens, but I have been startled by some very dark things as well. So, what we are dealing with here are basically soul stealers or at least that what comes to mind. The whole purpose of the soul is enlightenment, nothing more, nothing less. There is no heaven, there is no hell, but there is balance and those who oppose balance are those who control. It does not matter if it is the left or the right, the good or bad, the black or the white who controls, it can all be bad without balance. Anyway, these events and people are what keep humans bound to this earth by leading people down the dark path that will eventually be the destruction of what we have here. There are only a few that really control the planet and I will not put that out here for all to see. It would not be a good thing. NEO asked if they are vampires, in a round about way they are. They use humanity as play things, but they are not aware of it. They are like black holes, sucking life out of everything in order to feed their lust for power. That is why they are never stopped and leave a wasteland behind them. When they finish up here they will move on to the next realm. More in a few minutes....I'll be back Posted by: Cybear on February 1, 2006 06:06 AMMy take on the speech: I turned the volume down and cranked up Sam Seder's commentary on Air America. That was the only way I managed to maintain my composure through it all. And even then, I still felt disgusted every time I saw one of Bush's stupid smirks. And I still think it's ridiculous how the Washington crowd continues to go out of its' way to kiss Bush's sorry behind, the way they did tonight. He was just as out of place as ever, and I'm thinking to myself "is this the best we can do for leadership??" This country, home to so many great ideas, inventions and minds has now fallen down to its knees in worship and reverence of utter idiocy and willful, raging, back-slapping ignorance! What a dishonor and a disgrace. It reminds me all the more as to how out of touch with reality they all are. Posted by: NEOBuckeye on February 1, 2006 06:06 AMWell, Cybear, I don't think it takes a great deal of research to figure out who the actual controllers are. Anything one mortal man can hide, another can reveal. We know them. The Bankers and the Corporatists. The Bilderbergs, for whom so many of our highest ranking politicians and government officials act as servants and soliders for the cause. And any group of people who gather to determine how to maintain their power and authority AT THE EXPENSE of the masses. We know who they are. Now, if only we could get all of the masses to awaken and come to know who they are. And realize why the controllers remaining in control is not in greater humanity's best interests. Posted by: NEOBuckeye on February 1, 2006 06:19 AMhttp://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?emx=x&pid=54458 Thomas Powers on Spying, Lying, and Saying No On the day that Ayman al-Zawahiri appeared in his nine thousandth video from -- assumedly -- the remarkably technologized wilds of the Afghan-Pakistan border region, mocking President Bush for a botched Predator-drone missile attempt on his life, another article caught my eye. In a piece in the Los Angeles Times, headlined CIA Expands Use of Drones in Terror War, Josh Meyer reported: "Despite protests from other countries, the United States is expanding a top-secret effort to kill suspected terrorists with drone-fired missiles as it pursues an increasingly decentralized Al Qaeda, U.S. officials say." These high-tech, long-distance "targeted killings" from the air -- they used to be called assassinations and Chris Dickey of Newsweek files them away under the rubric of "boys with toys" -- turn out, like acts of torture, to be staggeringly counterproductive. This one, which reportedly killed a number of women and children, shook the regime of Pakistani military strong man and U.S. ally Pervez Musharraf. snip... The Biggest Secret By Thomas Powers 1. The challenges posed to American democracy by secrecy and by unchecked presidential power are the two great themes running through the history of the Iraq war. How long the war will last, who will "win," and what it will do to the political landscape of the Middle East will not be obvious for years to come, but the answers to those questions cannot alter the character of what happened at the outset. Put plainly, the President decided to attack Iraq, he brushed caution and objection aside, and Congress, the press, and the people, with very few exceptions, stepped back out of the way and let him do it. Explaining this fact is not going to be easy. Commentators often now refer to President Bush's decision to invade Iraq as "a war of choice," which means that it was not provoked. The usual word for an unprovoked attack is aggression. Why did Americans -- elected representatives and plain citizens alike -- accede so readily to this act of aggression, and why did they question the President's arguments for war so feebly? The whole business is painfully awkward to consider, but it will not go away. If the Constitution forbids a president anything it forbids war on his say-so, and if it insists on anything it insists that presidents are not above the law. In plain terms this means that presidents cannot enact laws on their own, or ignore laws that have been enacted by Congress. More... Posted by: Pat C on February 1, 2006 06:21 AMYes Sally, I wouldn't have wished them on you all. Cybear, I think you are entirely too kind to them. Thanks for the polls Shy. Posted by: Pat C on February 1, 2006 06:31 AMWhen I say never stopped, I mean that they are of the same energy. Ceasar, Napolian, Hitler, some of the Popes throughout the ages, Bush's and others may meet there demise, but another will pop up. About a month ago I saw a large number of dead hawks, had a visit by a great horned owl and then saw a baby eagle. The hawks are messengers. The owl told me that there are things working in the darkness, but they will be revealed soon and the baby eagle was lost. We don't get baby bald eagles here on the outskirts of Houston. I take notice of these events and it is very profound with the events we have going on now. Now, here's the last for now. That's about it for now. I put more things out as they occur. Posted by: Cybear on February 1, 2006 06:41 AMWhen I say never stopped, I mean that they are of the same energy. Ceasar, Napolian, Hitler, some of the Popes throughout the ages, Bush's and others may meet there demise, but another will pop up. About a month ago I saw a large number of dead hawks, had a visit by a great horned owl and then saw a baby eagle. The hawks are messengers. The owl told me that there are things working in the darkness, but they will be revealed soon and the baby eagle was lost. We don't get baby bald eagles here on the outskirts of Houston. I take notice of these events and it is very profound with the events we have going on now. Now, here's the last for now. That's about it for now. I put more things out as they occur. Posted by: Cybear on February 1, 2006 06:41 AMCybear, the birds, always the birds. I've been noticing them more and more lately. About every three days or so I have, for the first time ever, about 10 Ravens sitting in my front tree, but only one of then caws. Then the other night I had a dream of dead mockingbirds all over the same tree. Could be the NSA that's moving to colorado, but it's been unnerving to me. Posted by: Sally on February 1, 2006 06:47 AMOh My Sally! I forgot about the 2 dozen vultures, the big nasty evil looking kind I saw 2 weeks ago sitting in a field not far from my house. Ick. I'm really uncomfortable with that move as well. They are up to something. Posted by: Cybear on February 1, 2006 06:53 AM* PREDICTIONS FOR 2006 by Kathleen Goodyear ... While I see this year dominated by the breaking up of old, outworn patterns, new blueprints are starting to emerge via activation of the World Axis & the cardinal signs. The March total eclipse in Aries brings seeds of new beginnings even while Pluto is purging the old. I believe that the numerous transits to the leadership planet Kronos in early Cancer will both challenge dysfunctional leadership & challenge each of us to grow into more nurturing [Cancer] servant-leaders ... After Black Moon Lilith crosses the World Axis, she will line up with our supergalactic center, which can give those of us seeking a fresh point of view the connection with the wisdom of our supergalactic family, planting in us visionary seeds for the future. From this position, Lilith will sq Kronos, confronting outworn leadership styles & empowering new ones. And those of you who read my Jan article know that I believe that the sun-Ceres conj in Capricorn starting off this year heralded the rise of the Divine Mother, symbolized by the Empress of the Tarot, championing the law of life over the laws of men & helping us birth a new & just society. http://www.kathleengoodyear.com/ Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 1, 2006 06:55 AMNeo - It's not them. They play a part, but it goes beyond them, way beyond. It get's pretty esoteric. Posted by: Cybear on February 1, 2006 06:58 AMSally, Ravens are very powerful, they are about working magic. Could it be this site, you being the "leader" giving all of us a place to gather? A place where we working magick as a collective, with all of us directing our energy to a specific cause. Posted by: Cybear on February 1, 2006 07:05 AMRavens not only magick but messengers and I've thought of that, but the dead mocking birds in my dream? I figure that should be I just don't talk. Posted by: Sally on February 1, 2006 07:08 AMThe dead mockingbirds could be all of the voices and thruth that is being silenced now. That's a very powerful message. So very symbolic. Posted by: Cybear on February 1, 2006 07:21 AMThat should be truth....sleepy fingers.... Posted by: Cybear on February 1, 2006 07:27 AMThe most important thing in interpretation is how you felt when experiencing the mockingbirds. A dream analyst I know about recommends describing the object to someone as if they had no idea what a mockingbird is. In that description, often the answer is revealed. It's often not at all what you thought. Mockingbirds mimic other bird's calls. There is something here about communication. Maybe as a messenger, indicated by the ravens, the words need to be original from your perception and the ideas your own. On a collective level, I'd love to interpret it as all this horrible deriding communication going on is dying. Posted by: jm on February 1, 2006 07:37 AMAlso, you can study the tree and your feelings. How do you think most Americans are facing the future? http://www.cnn.com/ Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 1, 2006 08:13 AM"human animal hybrids"? You were absolutely right, Barbara, when you predicted some truly odd remark in your speech chart interpretation. Posted by: jm on February 1, 2006 10:06 AM"A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles. It is true that in the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public debt. If the game runs sometimes against us at home we must have patience till luck turns, and then we shall have an opportunity of winning back the principles we have lost, for this is a game where principles are at stake." Thomas Jefferson...after passage of the Sedition Act 208 years ago. And this from Firedoglake. "The Judiciary Committee hearings on Alito were a real eye opener for me and I think for many others as well. Not so much because the members of the committee were in such disarray -- that's been going on for a long time -- but because as we sat here together and watched them collectively I got a sense in reading the comments that some seismic shift was happening, that people finally realized that enough was enough. Something had to be done, someone had to start agitating for change and it wasn't going to come from within the Democratic establishment. We shook things up. People like Joe Biden and Barak Obama were extremely irked about being put on the spot. Diane Feinstein changed her vote, and it's entirely possible others did likewise and we just didn't hear it. We forced those who voted for cloture into publicly opposing us, and now we know where things stand. And everyone across the political spectrum knows we're here now. They are starting to get a glimmer of the kind of muscle we can put behind something we believe it. It was a great moment, a grand and noble fight and I am so proud of each and every one of you for taking part in it." Just imagine how you'd feel right now if this hadn't happened. Bulldozed, flattened, and totally dispirited. Sally, I just had to send you this information regarding your comment on the ravens and mockingbirds. I've studied for some time the interpretation of symbolism of animals. As you only gave a short description I must first caution that each person has a unique way of looking at symbolism in their life. What I might see may not be how you see things. However, I've copied from "Animal-Speak" by Ted Andrews the basic things that I think might possibly help you interpret your dream. There is more information than what I've listed below. Also, what came to me as I was pondering your statement was that the mockingbirds while dead, may well represent rebirth of something in your life. With the raven, this to me may mean a spiritual rebirth of you going into the darkness or void and coming out with a higher level of knowledge perhaps possibly (mockingbird) following your soul path. You may be ready to advance to a higher level of knowledge -- be it with your astrology or other universal knowledge. Does that tree you saw them in have any significance? Which direction does it face. There are so many things that might help interpret your dream. Also, you mentioned the number 10 -- that could be reduced to the number 1 and have significance, especially since you stated only one of the ravens cawed. (Is it time for you to lead others, for you to be the forerunner of new knowledge you've obtained by going to the void for the source of Universal consciousness?) Anyway, those are just a few thoughts I've had. It makes sense to me as we are on the cusp of expanding our spiritual consciousness. This is actually a message for all of us to hear. Below from: "Animal-Speak" by Ted Andrews 'Mockingbird -Keynote: Finding your sacred song (soul purpose) and Recognition of your innate abilities "It is a traditional symbol of the South..." The mockingbird is the master of languages -- spoken and unspoken, sung and unsung. It can read the language of the body and teach this ability to you. It can teach the secrets of all communication so that you can become more successful in life. This is reflected in the manner in which it finds its own food. On its shoulders are prominent white patches. As it walks along, it occasionally opens its wings, flashing the white patches. They reflect the sunlight, alarming insects in the area. When they react, the mockingbird sees them and snatches them for dinner. This ability to subtly stimulate response in others is part of what the mockingbird can teach you. It can help you to flush out injurious insects around you in your life and see where and who they are. The mockingbird will help you to recognize the subtle clues that others may miss. You hear the true song of others. Whenever the mockingbird arrives, look for opportunities to sing forth your own song. Follow your own path. Learn to take what you can and apply your own creative imagination and intuiting to i, so that you sing it forth int he manner and tone that is most harmonious for you and your life." Raven: Keynote: Magic, Shapeshifting, and Creation The raven is one of those birds that has a tremendous amount of lore and mythology surrounding it, and it is often contradictory. It is a bird of birth and death, and it is a bird of mysticism and magic..... With raven, human and animal spirits intermingle and become as one. This is reflected in its deep, rich shiny black. In blackness, everything mingles until drawn forth, out into the light. Because of this, raven can help you shapeshift your life or your being. Raven has the knowledge of how to become other animals and how to speak their languages. ...They are birds not intimidated by others, and they are very fast and wary. Because of this, they are not easy prey for other animals or birds. This implies the ability to teach you how to stir the magic of life without fear. They are also known for their amorous behavior, reflecting the strong creative life force to which they have access. This creative life force can be used to work the magic of spiritual laws upon the physical plane. It can be used to go into the void and stir the energies to manifest that which you most need. All this and more is what raven teaches. If raven has come into your life, expect magic, linking it with your will and intention. Raven speaks of the opportunity to become the magician an/or enchantress of your life. Each of us has a magician within, and it Raven which can show us how to bring that part of us out of the dark into the light. Raven speaks of messages from the spirit realm which can shapeshift your life dramatically. Raven teaches us how to take that which is unformed and give it the form you desire. The winter solstice and winter season is the time of greatest power for those with the raven as a totem....... It teaches how to go into the dark and bring forth the light. With each trip in, we develop the ability to bring more light out. This is creation." Posted by: Kathleen on February 1, 2006 11:38 AMSally, my mother, an Aquarius, had a thing for birds. She saved cards, Birds of North America, which came from baking soda or baking poweder from when she was a little girl and lived in the mountains of East Tennessee where she knew nature. She loved humming birds and blue birds. She believed they should be wild and not caged. She talked about a cousin who raised pet birds and cages full of them to sell. I learned about nature from her love of birds and flowers. Sally, my mother, an Aquarius, had a thing for birds. She saved cards, Birds of North America, which came from baking soda or baking poweder from when she was a little girl and lived in the mountains of East Tennessee where she knew nature. She loved humming birds and blue birds. She believed they should be wild and not caged. She talked about a cousin who raised pet birds and cages full of them to sell. I learned about nature from her love of birds and flowers. I think I was posting at the same time Kathleen was and I was not sure it went in and then I saw I two in and I read Kathleen's post which had not been there before. Sorry.bjt Posted by: Betsy on February 1, 2006 12:32 PMBetsy, I never tire of hearing from you. Here's some more interesting news. Abramoff just might make an appearance in the Boulis murder trial in FL. Apparently, he's definitely supposed to cooperate. Kenny-Boy and Jack, both in early Feb. That can't be welcomed news among a certain circle. Talking about birds coming home to roost! Posted by: shylurker on February 1, 2006 01:22 PMOops! Here's the link (and there's much more here): http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060131_kucinich_SOTU Kucinich Blasts Bush's State of the Union ................. http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060131_enron_docket Put the Politicians in the Enron Docket ................ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/be_quiet_everything_is_fine_20060131/ Lying About the State of the Union ................ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/cheney_denies_knowing_bush_39060127/ Cheney Denies Knowing Bush Talk about yer bi-model results! Poll: Rate up the preznit's show of last night. Oh, i'll have to add to the dream interpretation mix with a question. Do the dead "mocking" birds represent the supreme court in your dream, Sally? That was my immediate intuitive vision. Question on ley lines (of previous posts): Are they magnetic lines? Again, for some intuitive reason, i sense that if we were to SEE ley lines, we could travel upon them, and use them for healing. Excellent article, Sally. Repetitious, the Rez's speech was pompous; the false morality arrogance resonates alright. The "king of the hill" rhetoric will continue to fuel angst throughout the world. His cheap words are costly. karen Posted by: karen on February 1, 2006 02:18 PMHmmm...one of the post didn't make it on last night. There were 3 attempts to hack my computer last night....Got a little too close to something I think. After 2017 we will start to move into a better direction. Until then more chaos. Afterwards, about 100 years to rid the world of the lies that have kept people in fear for the last few thousand years. The Aquarian age will be fully in swing and the Piscian age will be a thing of the past. The shift has begun and balance is being returned, but it not a pretty sight for those who can "see". Posted by: Cybear on February 1, 2006 02:19 PMSally, the name "mocking" bird....is that important in your dream? Are the Ravens in your waking life or in your dreams? ................. http://villagevoice.com/blogs/bushbeat/archive/002397.php Fill 'Er Up With Fear The Permian Basin POTUS, beating Punxsutawney Phil to the punch by only a few hours, stuck his head out in public last night, saw the threatening shadow of GOP defeat this fall, and proclaimed something that we already know: We're "addicted to oil." The dreaded "peak oil" theory, ignored by most of the GOP until now, finally rated a peek by the Pennsylvania Avenue groundhog. But this one's a bad movie: When we woke up this morning, George W. Bush was still president. Talk about an endless loop: Bush, the failed "oilman" who is the son of a rich guy who himself dabbled in oil, wouldn't be the U.S. president if we weren't addicted to oil, and his family's pals in the oil bidness hadn't propped him up with their outrageous profits. And all he was doing in his State of the Union address was mouthing what one of his mentors, billionaire Richard Rainwater, has been saying recently. Bush's handlers are just trying to distract us, but the doomsaying is real. First, though, here's the part of Bush's speech I really liked, his rap about how "America has become a more hopeful nation." What a laugh. It was a fearmongering speech, but with the subject changed from Iraq and terrorists to oil. With typical push and pull, Bush's handlers sought to soothe us and scare us. There's no shortage of snake oil: Abstinence, he claimed, has really helped us. Too bad his father didn't practice it. Anyway, here's what Bush the Younger said: These gains are evidence of a quiet transformation — a revolution of conscience, in which a rising generation is finding that a life of personal responsibility is a life of fulfillment. Government has played a role. Wise policies, such as welfare reform and drug education and support for abstinence and adoption have made a difference in the character of our country. And everyone here tonight, Democrat and Republican, has a right to be proud of this record. (Applause.) More.... Posted by: Pat C on February 1, 2006 02:31 PMThe Ravens are real the mockingbirds were a dream and somehow were important. Also in my dream I was slightly amused by them, but when I awakened I was appalled. I'm also not sure they were mockingbirds I just labeled them that in my dream but they were hugh birds. Posted by: Sally on February 1, 2006 02:36 PM"There's no shortage of snake oil: Abstinence, he claimed, has really helped us. Too bad his father didn't practice it." Too bad poppy was fished out of the ocean. We would have never had to deal with him or his little shits. It fits right in with what I posted last night. Posted by: Cybear on February 1, 2006 02:40 PMSally, look too see if one of the Ravens left you a feather. Mockingbirds are also very familial and are very protective of there territory. Posted by: Cybear on February 1, 2006 02:44 PMSometimes I decide to do my self a favor. I have watched the state of the union speech every year for years. But last night I found an old mystery program that I had not seen and enjoyed every minute of it.
Well you all know about my white dove. And if you don't, a real one came to my window during the Hale-Bopp comet (1996-97) and left with the comet which I could see for months from that same window. An author friend saw a white dove in another borough and we sold a book together within a week. A white dove goes into every book I illustrate. White dove symbols were hot and heavy recently and I sold my manuscript to a big publishing house. The story is about the Mother energy, diversity, unity, ritual and fun fantasy. Not * fantasy = lies. I am also privledged to be facing beautiful gardens here in Brooklyn where crows, hawks, cardinals and white doves love to perch. Believe I am being visited by my guru, spirit giudes when I see birds. Mockingbirds might mean a 'whistleblower'. You are all brave to watch and listen to that thing called human on TV last night. Lately, I have a strong visceral reaction to Heil Bushler. Can't stomach him. Others from the lizard world affect me in the same way. They always have a dry mouth and smack their lips (Pat Buchanan makes me ill). Or have a gravely voice ala Clinton/Kissinger that sound like the bowels of hell. Just third eye/ear them and you can resonate darkness and lies. There have been others sent here to spread light into the world during the past century. Dr. Albert Hoffman, Timothy Leary, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Alex Grey, The Dalai Lama, Cindy Sheehan (needs a lot of protection), John Kerry and many others, some here on the site. Humanity will survive these times, but there will be great upheavals. The tsunami, earthquakes and what not. Also, we are on the verge of a major tectonic plate shift. Not a polar flip like some have predicted in the past, but a rearrangement of the planet that will bring about further shifts in cinsciousness. Posted by: Cybear on February 1, 2006 03:08 PMSame here Bhakti. I have a red tail hawk feather on my alter. Waiting for an Owl Feather to appear. Also have a Badger Claw and Bear Claw. I am also ignoring and avoiding looking at or hearing what these poeple say. Too negative. I vow to only watch and listen to those who spread a positive vibe. It's like Garry posted before about vibrations. If 25% of the population can raise their vibrations, the world will change. We are headed in that direction. Posted by: Cybear on February 1, 2006 03:13 PMJust like Hitler taught us, I meet with hundreds of young Indigos a year and been instilling love, nature, conciousness and how to think for themselves early in their lives. I'm a Goddess infiltrator :) * and his monsters can lick my red and orange code alert boots. Bring it on! Posted by: bhakti on February 1, 2006 03:25 PMJust like Hitler taught us, I meet with hundreds of young Indigos a year and been instilling love, nature, conciousness and how to think for themselves early in their lives. I'm a Goddess infiltrator :) * and his monsters can lick my red and orange code alert boots. Bring it on! Posted by: bhakti on February 1, 2006 03:25 PManyone hear anything about Nancy's Starlightnews.com being hacked? I cannot load it. Posted by: Sharon on February 1, 2006 03:31 PMKathleen Thanks so much for the info on the Raven. It is my Betsey, love your posts, but got to speak up for the mockingbird, who is so dapper and brave, and sings so beautifully. I have heard from those who know that he sings as well or better than the nightingale. Sally, thanks for your analysis of the SOTU. I watched the Whole Thing, then took an alka-seltzer and went to bed. Wanted to see how accurate I was with my little forecast. The big thing I missed was how unattached the whole speech was to anything in the real world. As though it was being phoned in from behind the curtain in Oz. Hollywood, indeed. The only time Bush said anything remotely like the truth is when he "warned" critics that only a certain style of criticism was going to be allowed (the extra-lite, extra-mild). I didn't note any "odd" remark, as I thought there would be--except the whole speech was odd. However, did note that in the general tossing of money (or rather, promissory notes) at problems he said that the government would "work with African American churches" to prevent HIV. Hmm. Guess he thinks only "those people" are at risk. Also, Bush didn't seem antsy to me, which I thought he would. Strangely, Sally, when Bush was speaking I got a flash of James Cagney--but it was the scene in a gangster movie where he is shooting it out with the police and yelling, "Top of the world, Ma." Don't know why I saw that--it doesn't fit the circumstances. BTW, did anybody note the timing for Alito's swearing-in yesterday? Posted by: Barbara on February 1, 2006 04:01 PMSally, I sent you an e-mail, but I also want to let you know that in my area, last year, I know they must have killed many birds to prevent West Nile. Posted by: Pat C on February 1, 2006 04:13 PMForgot to say, did you all notice that the "War on Terrorism" is now the "War on Tyrants"? And, "as long as there is a tyrant anywhere, we are not safe"? Oh, phluuzzee! Posted by: Barbara on February 1, 2006 04:15 PMSharon, try again. I had no problem loading it. Posted by: Pat C on February 1, 2006 04:23 PMHappy Imbolc folks! Light a blessed candle today. Sociopaths are really at war with the tyrant within and project it outwards. With the Galactic Center on Pluto/Shiva the truth is revealed through paradox to help unscramble double-speak. The little kids I meet do not like *. Watch out!!!! And to those outrageous arrogant stone throwers: All of those little Indigos and Crystal children will be coming of age in the next 10 to 12 years. Sally, in the last year since Aug 1, 2005, I have felt as if I had entered a new 'realm' or energy level, and it wasn't just me, other people felt it also...it was as if suddenly there was a depth and light and understanding which eventually faded, but left me changed. It happened on Aug 1...(the year before I was having epic dreams)...and involves communicating with the animal realm it seems. I started feeding feral cats (3 of them) and using Rescue REmedy in the water, and soon 1 of them was sleeping with me in my apt. The second one continued to hiss at me, but started coming in and sleeping on chairs with the other one. (the third one just comes for food). Last week I had another of those incidences....this time the second cat came in after I had dosed her food with Rescue...and I felt that same light/understanding (which once upon a time I also experienced with LSD)...and this little girl came and sat in my lap and I petted her...! Although it is now back to the usual, it was quite an experience, as I felt that I did communicate directly with her... Posted by: on February 1, 2006 05:08 PMSally, that was me...Judi G...I am at my daughter's and forgot the info...I also forgot to mention that I had another of those days at the park with my grandchildren...lasted about an hour and featured a raven couple....and I did feel directly connected....we were all in this bubble of otherworld nature together.... Posted by: on February 1, 2006 05:10 PMI always love hearing from you Cybear, and have "known" about Chicago & San Francisco for awhile now too. Here's some more info. on birds: The best days to look for personal omens are the two days before your birthday, and your birthday. Try to be in a place where birds fly frequently. (But not in a migration path in autumn!) Do this only when you're calm and absorbed in the process, when it's easy to keep the "answer seeking" - and only the seeking, only the question - in your mind. If, when first looking up, you spy 5 birds, romance, a gamble or "lucky" risk, creative projects, pleasure, vacations, and dealings with children will be significant in the year ahead. Love will be of the romantic, unrealistic kind - though that's not necessarily bad! If you see these birds the day before your birthday, they refer to your "inner world" - i.e., you're in a creative, romantic "mind set." If on your birthday, the 5 birds hint at "where you are" right now - for example, you're in a romantic situation or someone has his/her eye on you. 6 birds point to domestic bliss, hard work, and health concerns. Love will be sensual but might be tawdry, or face a crucial but not bond-breaking spat. 7 birds speak of face-to-face relationships: competition, opportunity, war, marriage, business partnerships or breakthroughs, fame, notoriety, negotiations, contracts, litigation, challenge, hand-shakes. Your life could go way up, or way down, depending on how you handle challenge. 8 birds indicate deep changes, probably caused by accident, illness, death, inheritance, tax regimes, investments, debt or mortgagers, extramarital attractions, sex and intimacy, pregnancy or childbirth - all the heavy stuff. Life's mysteries will come close to whisper to you; your subconscious will burst to the surface. Occult studies, dreams and "coincidences" grow prominent. 9 means far travel, university, publishing, religion, learning, perhaps a wedding. 10 indicates career, prestige, striving ambitiously, dealing with important people. 11 hints at a broad social circle, friends, popularity, dealing with public desires, art, entertainment, concerts, etc. 12 is a number of retreat, contemplation, rest, quiet, spiritual contacts, psychics, charity, government, institutions. 13 means "beginning again on a higher level." This is the 13th or "shadow house" in astrology, and the card of death and rebirth in the tarot. It might mean the present situation has to end. It can be a wonderful omen, full of green growth.
Here's one on SOTU and it needs help for sure. Posted by: Pat C on February 1, 2006 05:15 PMSally, great article and posts! Barbara, I didn't reward Bush with my time last night ... guess I wasn't up for poisoning myself ... Did he really say "War on tyrants"? Guess we should start at home then ... :) ------ Forgot to say, did you all notice that the "War on Terrorism" is now the "War on Tyrants"? And, "as long as there is a tyrant anywhere, we are not safe"? Hah! Posted by: Marta on February 1, 2006 05:28 PM
The White House should hire an anthropologist. Corporations have begun hiring anthropologists to help them improve product designs and interpret markets. And clearly, the Bush foreign policy team doesn't understand any of the markets where it is barging around ineptly trying to sell America and democracy. The brand value of America has been in steady decline. The state of the union is sour but the state of the world is chilling, thanks to a hideously ham-handed Bush foreign policy crew that was once billed as a seasoned "dream team." The more the White House tries to force-feed democracy to tempestuous parts of the world, the more it discovers that you may be able to spin and scare voters in the U.S., but the Middle East is not so easy to manipulate. W. believes in self-determination only if he's doing the determining. Fundamentalists in America like to vote for Mr. Bush, but elsewhere they're violently opposing him. It's stunning that nearly four decades after Vietnam, our government could be even more culturally illiterate and pigheaded. The Bushies are more obsessed with snooping on Americans than fathoming how other cultures think and react. One smart anthropologist reinforcing the idea that "mirroring" — assuming other cultures think like us — doesn't work would be a lot more helpful than all of the discredited intelligence agencies that are costing $30 billion a year to miss everything from the breakup of the Soviet Union to 9/11 to no W.M.D. to Osama's hiding place to the Hamas victory. Bush officials keep claiming they couldn't have anticipated disasters — from the terrorist attacks to Katrina — even when they got specific warnings beforehand. Busy building up the fake nuclear threat in Iraq, they misplayed the real ones in Iran and North Korea. In London Sunday, Condi Rice admitted that all of our diplomats and spies were caught off guard by the Hamas win. "I've asked why nobody saw it coming," she said. "It does say something about us not having a good enough pulse." Instead of paying the Lincoln Group millions to plant fake newspaper stories in Iraq, the Bush team might try reading real newspaper stories here. Instead of simply believing any fact that makes him feel self-important, the president might try reading history. Like many other presidential candidates I've interviewed, W. said he liked Winston Churchill. But if he really had read Churchill, he would at least have understood that the Middle East never turns out the way you expect. Churchill, who called Iraq "an ungrateful volcano," would not have been surprised by the new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll showing that close to half of Iraqis approve of attacks on American forces. The State of the Union is a non-event. But Bob Woodruff and his cameraman, Doug Vogt, being blown up by a roadside bomb has forced the media to focus on what the Bushies try to hide — all the injured and maimed coming home from Iraq. Mark Landler's Times piece noted that the ABC journalists came to the hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, "on a military transport plane carrying 31 wounded soldiers — about a normal daily influx for this hospital." As Denise Grady wrote in The Times, the survival rate in Iraq is higher than in other wars, but the wounds are multiple and awful: "combinations of damaged brains and spinal cords, vision and hearing loss, disfigured faces, burns, amputations, mangled limbs, and psychological ills like depression and post-traumatic stress." The Oilman in Chief lecturing us last night, after five oblivious years, about being drunk on oil, now that Halliburton and Exxon are swimming in profits — Exxon's revenues were bigger than the gross domestic product of either Saudi Arabia or Indonesia — was rich. A more honest TV moment was Christiane Amanpour labeling Iraq "a black hole." The "spiraling security disaster," she told Larry King, had robbed Iraqis of hope, "and by any indication whether you take the number of journalists killed or wounded, whether you take the number of American soldiers killed or wounded, whether you take the number of Iraqi soldiers killed and wounded, contractors, people working there, it just gets worse and worse." But, hey, how could the Bushies have known that occupying a Middle East country — and flipping the balance of power from one sect to another — without enough troops to secure it could go wrong? Who on earth could predict the inevitable?
Betsy, don't apologize. Your post on the Mockingbirds and Ravens was both very beautiful and very informative. Cybear, from my own astrological research, I also believe that 2017 will be the year to "pick up the pieces" and begin anew. This, of course, coming after a decade-long series of increasingly deep and dramatically transformative transits, not the least of these being the Uranus-Pluto Square of 2012-2015. With Pluto transiting the later half of Capricorn by the time the dust settles, there will likely be a significant focus upon reconstruction of governments and institutions with all of the capricornian attention to what works, and what is practical. I think it's safe to say that by 2017, Oil will no longer be our dominant source of energy. Whether its' dislocation comes by the implications of Peak Oil, Environmental Damage, Global Warming, or some combination of these three, it will simply no longer be possible, if our civilization is to have a real fighting chance at survival past mid-century. I would also say that this is the last hurrah for the Grand Old Party (and it is old), the Christian Fundamentalists and the NeoConservatives. The GOP-Lite Dems are already irrelevant. None of those in power today or their methodologies will mean or matter much to anyone, ten years hence. Posted by: NEOBuckeye on February 1, 2006 05:52 PMhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/martin-garbus/proof-that-bushs-removal_b_14818.html Proof That Bush's Removal of the Abramoff Prosecutor was a Political Deal to Scuttle the Investigation On Friday, January 27, immediately after Bush announced Noel Hillman the federal Abramoff prosecutor was leaving his position to become a federal judge, I wrote that it was a political deal to stop the Abramoff prosecution. I posted an article on Huffington Post on January 29th. We now know there was a political deal between the Bush Administration and New Jersey Democrats to get rid of the Abramoff prosecutor, Noel Hillman, by offering him a federal judgeship in New Jersey. It's a deal that had been in the making for over a year. We also know that in 2002 Bush got rid of a prosecutor. U.S. Attorney Black, who was about to indict Abramoff in Guam. That indictment also related to Abramoff's purchasing of influence. It's the modus operandi of this administration. Bush got rid of him, put in his own man, and the Abramoff prosecution ended. This year the Bush Administration agreed to give the Democrats who they wanted in exchange for the Democrats agreeing to remove the Abramoff prosecutor. Wingenton got her appointment; the Democrats agreed to the removal of Noel Hillman, and he accepted a judgeship. The approval of the two Democratic Senators from New Jersey was necessary for Hillman's appointment. Corzine gave that quiet approval just before he became governor. Frank Lautenberg on his website issued a press release, today announcing both the Wingenton and Hillman appointments, under the title "President Nominates Federal Judges for New Jersey." Both Corzine and Lautenberg knew they were removing Hillman. Why? Meanwhile the media has made no mention of the story. Posted by: Pat C on February 1, 2006 06:19 PM
West cowers from defense of Danes' liberty to draw By PIERRE TRISTAM It got little coverage in this country. But it seemed the Islamic Summit Conference gathering the lawmakers and intellectuals of 57 Muslim nations in Mecca on Dec. 7 and 8 might be a breakthrough for Islam and East-West relations. "The Summit," its final declaration said, "reaffirmed that Islam is a religion of moderation which rejects bigotry, extremism and fanaticism, and underlined in this connection the importance of combating deviant ideology using all available means, besides developing educational curricula that firmly establish the values of understanding, tolerance, dialogue and multilateralism in accordance with the tenets of Islam." Encouraging. But the same declaration went on to stress "the responsibility of all governments to ensure full respect of all religions and religious symbols and the inapplicability of using the freedom of expression as a pretext to defame religions." The emphasis is mine. It reflects a profound contradiction at the heart of Islam: Liberty and tolerance are all well and good, but on whose terms, and through whose means? According to the 57 nations of the Islamic Summit Conference, the terms are strict and the means still repressive, if necessary. The West is playing along. http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Opinion/Columnists/Essays/colESSAY013106.htm Posted by: wv on February 1, 2006 06:30 PM
The union beyond this president's bubble
Containing North Korea's nuclear threats has been a total failure. Bush's official encouragement to Iranians to boycott their last presidential election ensured that moderate voters stayed home, allowing a radical to replace a moderate and precipitating the ongoing crisis over Iran's nuclear ambitions. Fixating on elections ahead of diplomacy, security and social services in Iraq and the Palestinian occupied territories led to decisive victories for the Taliban-lite Hamas regime in Palestine, and the Iran-lite regime of Shiite radicals in Iraq. After $50 billion spent to "secure" Afghanistan, half the country is entirely out of the government's control, the Afghan president is a prisoner in his palace and the Taliban is resurgent. Relations with Europe are strained over the CIA's secret prisons and illegal use of European airports for torture planes' lay-overs and pick-ups. Defiant, leftist-populist governments are winning elections in Latin America in a backlash against U.S.-driven globalism. And even Canada's conservative win last week is proving only a mixed blessing for Bush: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's first act was to declare Arctic waters non-neutral, a slap at the Bush administration's stance. http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Opinion/Editorials/opnOPN67020106.htm Posted by: wv on February 1, 2006 06:38 PM
Cindy Sheehan tells of her experience last night. Hilarious take on SOTU a la Seinfeld http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/2006/02/01/state-of-the-union-review/ Posted by: wv on February 1, 2006 08:25 PM
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By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS Gentle reader, if you prefer comforting lies to harsh truths, don't read this column. The state of the union is disastrous. By its naked aggression, bullying, illegal spying on Americans, and illegal torture and detentions, the Bush administration has demonstrated American contempt for the Geneva Convention, for human life and dignity, and for the civil liberties of its own citizens. Increasingly, the US is isolated in the world, having to resort to bribery and threats to impose its diktats. No country any longer looks to America for moral leadership. The US has become a rogue nation. Least of all did President Bush tell any truth about the economy. He talked about economic growth rates without acknowledging that they result from eating the seed corn and do not produce jobs with a living wage for Americans. He touted a low rate of unemployment and did not admit that the figure is false because it does not count millions of discouraged workers who have dropped out of the work force. Posted by: wv on February 1, 2006 08:37 PMGreeting All,
By SHARON SMITH John Kerry's scheme for a last-ditch filibuster blocking Judge Samuel Alito's Senate confirmation vote backfired badly. To be sure, Kerry made an impassioned plea last Thursday: "It's our right and our responsibility to oppose [Alito] vigorously and to fight against this radical upending of the Supreme Court." Yet Kerry was not even present to read the above statement in person last Thursday or to attend the full Senate hearings. He had jetted off to Switzerland to join other representatives of the rich and famous at the World Economic Forum. His "vigorous" opposition was apparently conducted from Davos ("Save me a seat at the bar, Bono. I just have to make a phone call"). http://www.counterpunch.org/sharon02012006.html It is nice to hear from you, Mark. I share your concerns (and I'm sure we share m-a-n-y more). I think getting strongest possible right to privacy legislation through is the best way to protect us against all kinds of intrusions. I hope there will be a major push in that effort this year. That would stop so much of this reckless, unconsciensable snooping into the private lives of US citizens. To all: be sure to check this out. It's from one of the major conservative players.
Proof That Bush Policies Have Made Global Terror Worse Staying forever on his misleading message about how well the war on terror is going, George W. Bush decided to go with a familiar refrain in his State of the Union speech last night and declared “we are in this fight to win and we are winning.” White House spokesman Scott McClellan has been doing his best Gary Cooper imitation lately when he is asked about Osama bin Laden’s most recent podcast saying, “We do not negotiate with terrorists. We put them out of business.” And, at every speech given by the president before his hand-picked audiences, he uses the same money lines about “freedom on the march” and “terrorists on the run.” http://bobgeiger.blogspot.com/2006/02/proof-that-bush-policies-have-made.html Posted by: wv on February 1, 2006 09:08 PMOh, my, but Murtha is one tower of wisdom, strength and caring, isn't he?
Barbara, It is shocking and almost unbelievable that a letter such as the one from Cindy Sheehan would need to be written. Jill G., thanks for Alito timing. I think it is a pivotal moment in our history. Tennessee Guerilla Women has a good post with details about Cindy Sheehan's arrest and a good clear picture of her t-shirt, which wouldn't scare anybody except a cowardly tyrant. http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/ Posted by: Barbara on February 1, 2006 10:40 PMhere are some other comments on SOTU speech And here's how things look from inside the bubble: Pathetic and appalling. Posted by: shylurker on February 1, 2006 10:49 PMI love chickadees. No matter what the details, Cindy Sheehan accomplished the impossible once again. She stole part of the spotlight from George Bush. That's what we all need to learn to do. Stop feeding his ego. Stop grouping around his cage. Start to walk away and ahead. Sally, I think it is very interesting about your amusement while dreaming and your fear upon awakening, surrounding the birds. I wonder if this always the case. That the fear returns in the conscious state. The schism between the two is such a major problem for everyone, as we battle with fear all our lives. We are led to believe that fear lurks in the subconscious and the light of the conscious mind dispels it. I wonder if it is the opposite. Or a combination. This would change masculine/feminine theory. I think animals keep us company and are always there for us when we face the disappointments of trying to bond with other human beings. They are natural and do exactly what they are supposed to do, while I think humans are in an awkward evolutionary stage, becoming completely bipedal, and still confused. Animals give us comfort and companionship. Of course, mankind has abused the privilege, but the animals persist. It's revealing that we associate spiritual development with the ability to communicate with them Good 'ol St. Francis is a favorite. Birds are the chatterboxes of the world and we love their constant communication. And of course, we admire their ability to fly. Who's imitating who? While we attribute human characteristcs to non human entities, we also associate humans with animal archetypes.
jm, I agree that Bush is not evolved. I think he is on a sociopathic sidetrack which still exists within the homo sapiens species, but which may one day be left behind. A few weeks ago there was a long wire service article in the daily newspaper here about how human beings and chimps are much more closely related than are gorillas and chimps. I think this has been known for some time, but the chimps have been trying to hush it up. Posted by: Barbara on February 1, 2006 11:31 PMLOL, Barbara. Posted by: jm on February 1, 2006 11:37 PMBirds are the totem animal of Saraswati, goddess of wisdom and knowledge. She rules all the arts and sciences. So astrologers might look to Saraswati for the practice of their esoteric science. Sarawati sits on a lotus, two of her four arms plays the musical instrument called a vina. Another hand holds a book and the last one a japa mala, or worry beads, a tool to say the mantra silently. Usually accompanied by a swan or a peacock. These are the teacher yogis/yoginis. Posted by: bhakti on February 2, 2006 12:15 AMThis is wonderful. The connection between music and knowledge with Saraswati. I can see why, since these communicators do it with song. When I was in an ashram in India I used to spend every afternoon listening to the call and response of the birds. Music is one of the best ways for the brain to receive messages. There is less resistance , I think. And speaking of animal stories, I have long wondered if aesops fables didn't somehow have their origins in the buddhist Jataka. Posted by: kiwijeanie on February 2, 2006 12:37 AMWelcome aboard Mark!!! Non-musical sound is also one of the best ways to block the thinking paths of the brain. The evidence is mounting. One day in the grocery store, the loud, fast repetitious sound on the loud speakers, brought me to a standstill. I couldn't move or remember what I came in to get, let alone impulse pick something off the list. I asked the manager if he would please turn it down somem which he ddid with no problem. At the register I asked the clerk grocery store, how she could stand woerking there every day. who said 'Oh I just block it out." Yup makes it eay to block other things out as well. I don't know if this has been posted on a previous thread or not, but this is pretty interesting: a way to make our objections stand up.... (more at the site, sample letters...ideas....) Hmmm...still can't get on www.starlightnews.com. I see that you aren't haven't that problem, Pat C, but has anyone else had it? It's the first time it's happened to me. To introduce a new topic, I was listening to Rush Limbaugh today and have had a lot of thoughts connected to this. He is very devisive, but then so are we. It's hard not to be when we see extreme mistakes made by our government which are then covered up and spun. I've been thinking that both sides stereotype the other side. I know Limbaugh has loyal listeners, but even some of them must be tired of his repetitious putting down of Democrats and Liberals. I guess the bottom line is that we need to keep plugging at this BUT instead of in a polarizing way - in a positive way. Maybe we should try something new publically as in Bush has done such & such right but we suggest an even better way to do such & such. It is difficult to stay positive when you deeply disaaprove but it tends to work. Another thing to do is to emphasize what both sides have in common: the desire to have a decent world where communities flourish and all are safe and protected, especially children. I may not be exactly clear on this issue but maybe we need to be cagier and keep working for change in a way that is positive but seems more mainstream. For example, it would have been so great if Cindy Sheehan would have just been there in the audience last night, with corresponding press coverage. If she hadn't worn a controversal t-shirt, that would have happened. There is a time to protest and a time to blend in in a dignified way, and, when the opportunity is right, to say I understand what was trying to be done but there were errors made and this is a better way. Does anyone understand what I'm getting at? Dignity, strength, and graciousness can go a long way towards getting public support. ...in other words, instead of working so hard to dissent, why not just organize and do good and positive works. A Democratic party sponsored job corp, literacy program, working through religious institutions, etc. Posted by: Sharon on February 2, 2006 01:51 AMSharon, that happened to me (not with starlight news, but with The Onion).....I couldn't access it because Microsoft dropped all support fro the IE for Mac browser I was using...my older operation system for Mac then couldn't go to the Onion's site. So I upgraded to a new op system and now I can't get on to my bank online statements because THEY don't support my Safari browser! BTW...I did get on Starlight....and you should read Cindy Sheehan's account of what happened to her....blending in? She didn't want to go in the first place, the tshirt was all she had to wear, and Lyn Woolsey told the press she would be there (and gave her the ticket)....so she was forced to go. The good news is that she may file a first amendment rights violation case against the DC police....who have apologized now and dropped charges....too late! Posted by: JudiG on February 2, 2006 01:58 AMSharon, you mean the Dems should do what the Hamas have done in Palestine? Actually take care of the people's needs? I am afraid that the Democratic party can't do that officially....it is a party, not an entity of government....I am pretty sure that would be against the law. The have to do something more on the lines of getting people into something like a Federalist party in which the people who make the laws gain the powers... Posted by: JudiG on February 2, 2006 02:00 AMSharon, I wish someone would offer to redo Starlight News web site graphics...it is hard to read, garish and somewhat stupid, but mostly it gives me a headache and for all I know, could induce migraines! If I knew her, I'd tell her myself...so someone else, please...send her the message.. PS..Sheehan wasn't the only one told to leave the House chambers the other night...so was the wife of rep Young of FLA...http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_bush_speech_young her shirt said "support the troops".....go figure. Posted by: JudiG on February 2, 2006 02:07 AMI didn't mean to say the site was stupid (Starlight) just that the astrologer is good and the graphics don't relect the content....isn't there someone else who noticed that? Pat QP, Bhakti? She needs help... Posted by: JudiG on February 2, 2006 02:16 AMSally, The speech chart is a bowl with a handle, or bucket with the handle being Saturn in Leo. Release point. Any feelings about this? Saturn in Leo ...time for a king to die, or some such metaphor? In the 11th...a bunch of kings. Congress disapproves of the Sun playing in the 5th? The group will challange the position of the king? I would love your input on the handle. Posted by: Beasley on February 2, 2006 02:32 AMOoooh. Go to dailykos.com and read Georgia10's article posted at 7:17:28 this evening. Most interesting. El Torturo is coming under fire. Not only that, but one of those firing is Fitzgerald, and in the letter being cited, he has wording that seems to imply that email from both the preznit & vice was deleted--which is a no no. Dear me! Anyone recall what has been specifically predicted re El Torturo? Posted by: shylurker on February 2, 2006 02:40 AMSharon, I definitely agree with you as far as offering a better way, plan and vision than the GOP. The Dems actually have a couple of fringe PACs doing exactly this, but without the media muscle to get their views and voices out into the mainstream, versus the mind-numbing poison spewed forth by the likes of Limbaugh and Faux News, it mostly seems like wasted effort and energy. On the other hand, I read one theory at DU today suggesting that Gov. Kaine who gave the Dems' response to Bush's SOTU address last night, along with "Limbaugh-Lite" talk radio host Ed Shultz have actually been set forth to infiltrate the RW ranks. I'd like to believe that this is part of an organized Democratic strategy, but there is little over the past several decades to suggest that this is indeed the case. Posted by: NEOBuckeye on February 2, 2006 02:56 AMAha Sharon...just got an email from a friend on a conference with George Lakoff (the Berkeley prof. who dissected the republican lexicon for conning america)....and one of the speakers had ties to the late Paul Wellstone...and I remembered that the Wellstone Foundation is doing much good for the nurturing of young and upcoming people who wish to be in public service....so there is something the liberal side is doing....but it isn't from the democratic party. Posted by: JudiG on February 2, 2006 02:59 AMNeo...I heard a guy from Chicago call in to Schulz today to thank him....he is 38, and a conservative....but he said, and I quote "You are a man! (just like me)...you make everything so clear, and so I have begun to think in a different way because you explain it so clearly." If that is inflitration, that is why Ed is being moved into so many new markets....! Posted by: JudiG on February 2, 2006 03:02 AMNot only daily Kos and El Torturo, but: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/007576.php this is an administration which will bleed us to death with a million zillion paper cuts...each of them of course, shredding the Constitution in the process....
OH MY...does this remind you of 22 minutes of deleted tapes made by Ms Woods, prez Nixon's sec't????? "In an abundance of caution," he (Fitzgerald) writes, "we advise you (Scooter) that we have learned that not all email of the Office of the Vice President and the Executive Office of the President for certain time periods in 2003 was preserved through the normal archiving process on the White House computer system." Posted by: JudiG on February 2, 2006 03:15 AMOH MY...does this remind you of 22 minutes of deleted tapes made by Ms Woods, prez Nixon's sec't????? "In an abundance of caution," he (Fitzgerald) writes, "we advise you (Scooter) that we have learned that not all email of the Office of the Vice President and the Executive Office of the President for certain time periods in 2003 was preserved through the normal archiving process on the White House computer system." Posted by: JudiG on February 2, 2006 03:16 AMThere's an auction in Colorado, to benefit the Carter Foundation, with his paintings, a piece of furniture he made and bottles of wine, produced by him. Well, his first decision is encouraging...could be for show, though: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060202/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_death_penalty Posted by: Garry on February 2, 2006 04:06 AMAah! Fitz!
Long time lurker, newbie to astrology. I am posting in response to WV's Sharon Smith's article above. The article reads like another hack job on Kerry. 1) Kerry is not on the judiciary and could not have influenced the hearings on Alito. He was in the mideast (Iraq, Isreal, and Pakistan) trying to figure out how US should proceed; given how the administration misinforms Congress he needs to be ther to see what is true and what is not. It is part of his job as a senator and as a member of the Foreign Affiars committee. In a time when America's reputation has been tarnished, he was meeting homeless Pakistanis and haning out school uniforms. 2) When he came back, he reveiwed the hearings and decided he needed to Both he and Kennedy made impassioned pleas to there colleagues to filibuster Alito at the Wednesday caucus. When no one would stand with Kennedy, Kerry did and called for the filibuster. Yes he was in Davos on Thurs, but so were other Senators and he was there doing his job as part of the Finance Committee. He was back in the Senate on Friday. This whole Davos thing is a red herring and righht wing tallking point. I like Kerry and tired of seeing him trashed. IF we trash the ones that stand up for progressive values, it makes it harder for the next Democrat to stand up. We need to reward the ones that do stand up, each and evey time so that they don't always stand alone. Think how different our world would have been if the Democrats and the people stood behind KErry when he unmaksed Iran-Contra and BCCI. Posted by: kitticup on February 2, 2006 07:40 AMSorry about all the typos. I will preview in the future. Posted by: kitticup on February 2, 2006 07:59 AMWelcome, kitticup. What an adorable name. Alito's first decision. Very interesting... Alito Sides With Mo. Inmate on Death-Row New Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito split with the court's conservatives Wednesday night, refusing to let Missouri execute a death-row inmate contesting lethal injection. http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/02/02/D8FGQUCGM.html Posted by: kristl on February 2, 2006 09:40 AMSorry, Garry, didn't see that you had already posted the link on Alito. Posted by: kristl on February 2, 2006 10:55 AMHealth Workers' Choice Debated (Proposals Back Right Not to Treat)
About half of the proposals would shield pharmacists who refuse to fill prescriptions for birth control and "morning-after" pills because they believe the drugs cause abortions. But many are far broader measures that would shelter a doctor, nurse, aide, technician or other employee who objects to any therapy. That might include in-vitro fertilization, physician-assisted suicide, embryonic stem cells and perhaps even providing treatment to gays and lesbians. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/29/AR2006012900869.html?sub=AR Pluto going into Capricorn can't happen quickly enough. Posted by: on February 2, 2006 11:52 AMYou gals. I got some chuckles reading the posts. Bhakti I gotta hand it to you, woman. Your words sent a frisson of pleasure through me. I have never ever heard anyone express my sentiments so exactly as hoodwinked as they all were: "Or have a gravely voice ala Clinton/Kissinger that sound like the bowels of hell." Clinton's voice drove me insane. I had to leave the room. That scratchy, strangled, high pitched croak with no bottom, resonance, or depth. I'm so glad it's over. And this snot nosed whiny one too, soon to be over. If there is a merciful god it will send me a president with bass in his voice. I'm so glad, pq, that you spoke up about the noise in the store. I agree completely with what you said. Posted by: jm on February 2, 2006 12:21 PMThat's just so disgusting. Just how may personal control freaks can any society stand? ............ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/02/politics/02spend.html?_r=1&th=&oref=slogin&emc=th&pagewanted=print House Approves Budget Cutbacks of $39.5 Billion By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG The vote helped President Bush deliver on his promise to rein in federal spending while underscoring deep anxiety within his party over cutting social welfare programs in an election year. The measure represents the first major effort by lawmakers since 1997 to cut the growth of so-called entitlement programs, including student loans, crop subsidies and Medicaid, in which spending is determined by eligibility criteria. It passed 216 to 214, with 13 Republicans voting against. The Senate, with Vice President Dick Cheney casting the decisive vote, approved the spending cuts in December. The bill now goes to the White House for Mr. Bush's signature. Coming on the heels of the State of the Union address, the vote was a critical test of Mr. Bush's ability to hold his fractured party together. The House also voted Wednesday to extend the broad antiterrorism bill known as the USA Patriot Act until March 10, giving House and Senate negotiators time to settle differences on another of Mr. Bush's priorities, a measure to revamp the act and make it permanent. The spending bill, which covers a five-year period ending in 2010, will achieve savings of $6.4 billion in Medicare, the health care program for the elderly, through a variety of changes that include higher premiums for all beneficiaries, with steeper increases for the more affluent and a freeze in payments to home health care providers. In the Medicaid health care program for the poor and disabled, $4.8 billion will be saved in part by increasing co-payments and reducing payments for prescription drugs. Mr. Bush said that he looked forward to signing the legislation and that the budget proposal he would send to Congress on Monday "will continue to build on the spending restraint we have achieved." After years of cutting into social programs, the budget vote spotlighted how difficult it will be for Mr. Bush to press ahead with even deeper cuts this year. While the bill has strong appeal to fiscal conservatives who are Mr. Bush's Republican base, it makes party moderates nervous — so much so that four switched their votes to oppose the bill after intensive lobbying from advocacy groups over the holiday break. Determined to see the measure pass even as they knew it would make life tough for party members, Republican leaders waged their own intense lobbying campaign. Representative Roy Blunt of Missouri, the Republican whip and acting majority leader, could be seen on the House floor deep in conversation with his colleagues as the roll was being called, apparently counting votes until the last minute so he could determine which moderates could be released to vote no. More... Posted by: Pat C on February 2, 2006 12:23 PMMy post comment was referring to the health worker article. Posted by: Pat C on February 2, 2006 12:25 PMPat C, I've started to think in terms of what can be salvaged and resurrected from this infestation and destruction. Maybe state programs and community organizations. And the vote was a little too close for Republican comfort. The holiday switcheroos are significant. Posted by: jm on February 2, 2006 12:46 PMHey Guys, My morning ritual is to read Astroworld and DU. I haven't been able to open the DU discussion pages "error encountered" for the past 1/2 hour. Anyone know what's going on? Posted by: suji on February 2, 2006 01:21 PM
The Rant One con too many To use those sports cliches that pundits like to deploy when talking about politics, President George W. Bush needed to hit a home run in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night to save his sagging, corrupt Presidency. Instead, he fouled out. Offering nothing but pathetic political platitudes, Bush fell back on his tired, overused con game of “trust me, I’m your President.” Problem is, America no longer trusts this man who has lied, abused the Constitution and misused the power of the Presidency to further his tarnished political goals. In another sports analogy, Bush looked like a tired fighter, worn out, against the ropes, flailing wildly but seldom connecting. The con man is out of cons. He has gone to that well once too often and no one is buying his snake oil. http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/printer_8093.shtml Posted by: wv on February 2, 2006 01:37 PM
Garry I don't think W is repressed, how else do you Good morning, suji. If you scroll down the main page a bit over at DU, they have an advisement that they will be down around noon on Thursday for some kind of technical improvements. I doubt they meant 'around nine' rather than 'around noon', so I suspect they're having some sort of technical calamity that developed while preparing for the technical improvements. Just a guess. Posted by: shylurker on February 2, 2006 02:32 PMsuji, DU is up now. Posted by: shylurker on February 2, 2006 02:52 PMThanks, Shy. Say, I assume that there is a NAFTA chart somewhere. I'm not sure how one intersects the chart of an event with a nation (synastry?) properly. Has anyone looked at NAFTA/US and how the next decade appears? I was just reading the Paul Craig Roberts article on Counterpunch and it got me thinking about how easily what seem on the surface to be good ideas can be perverted. I like Sally's approach to looking for the best points/the relief valves/hopeful areas in even the worst of charts. I'm a great believer in the power of light coming from focussed thought that clears out the dross so that the well meaning can "see" better and take action. I was thinking about whether astrology can help provide an idea about how/where to focus this type of energy. However, I must admit that I am still baffled about the validity of the typically used system versus the sidereal chart. I would think that use of sidereal takes away a layer of "accumulations" and distortion But, maybe we are talking about working more with personality issues in political astrology and the Copernican type of chart is more valid for that. Thoughts about mitigations in the NAFTA/US chart or about Copernican versus Sidereal positions for entities like countrie/events or major political figures? Posted by: suji on February 2, 2006 03:12 PM
New observations of the object, which goes by the designation 2003 UB313, show it to have a diameter of some 3,000km - about 700km more than Pluto. The measurement was undertaken by a German team using a telescope in Spain, and is published in the journal Nature. It is likely to bolster claims for the body to be given planet status. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4667100.stm Has anyone given much thought to Bolton, the UN and the Iran, Israel, and Palestine mess? Boy Chimp said he would attack Iran if they were to attack Israel. Could it be that the UN will put pressure on Iran through China and Russia eventually drawing them into this mess? It would accomplish the PNAC agenda without making us look like the bad guys. Any thoughts. I think that Israel and Palestine will be in all out war later this year, provoking Iran and then setting off a chain of events that we do not want. Another take flashed into my mind on the dynamics of universal energies working thru Aquarius/Leo. When the energy is flowing, the Collective (aquarius) nurtures/supports the Individual (leo) to develop call s/he can be in creativity/joy (leo) so that the Individual then adds its bit of creativity/joy to the collective. The dissociated egoic Collective/Individual me-me-me self is unable to see wholes... it's either/or. Then we see some pretty bizarre stuff. In reference to the pharma articles above, the egoic individual demands its way only ("I don't like dispensing birth control") & looks to see how its way can be forced on the Collective at the expense of many individuals. Otoh, the egoic collective (aquarius) would be comfortable with establishing "rights" on womens' bodies (leo) as units of "farms" to be seeded/harvested in "crops" of particular humans that may be desired for different purposes such as mechanized-mind slave labor. Anyhow, no matter the Split in an egoic-centered culture, it's loony-toons/bizarre. I was thinking how we get to watch all this played out on the World stage & how it ultimately hasn't a snowball's chance of "winning" in a microwave. On some inner level, we are raising our consciousness by contrast. After sorting out, we will evolve... in fact, sorting IS evolving. HumanBecomings "muddle" their way thru Life... "muddle" as notes wonderful peace activist Harrison Owen in his "Practice of Peace." I sure like that... "muddle." Somehow, it is kind awa funny. Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 2, 2006 04:06 PMFrom Salon SOTU: The Six-Sentence Disaster A major metropolitan area wiped nearly off the face of the Earth, and it merits only six sentences on the next-to-last page of the President's State of the Union Address tonight?!?!? Can there be any more proof that the federal government is washing its hands of the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. Dozens and dozens of paragraphs on rebuilding other nations, but barely a mention of New Orleans. Even more amazing is how Democrats could not see this gaping hole in the President's speech, at least not in the interviews I watched. Give credit to NBC Nightly News Anchor Brian Williams for seeing it and directly asking Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) about Bush's after-thought treatment of rebuilding the Gulf region. But Obama glossed right over Williams' on-target question, didn't rise to the bait in the least. No wonder Democrats cannot win elections. Posted by: wv on February 2, 2006 04:19 PMIn reference to egoic collective/individual dynamics, see the real size of israel to the mideast & the real size of mideast/israel in context to its "place" in the world. TaHA!! Nice perspective. Well... the screaming squeaky wheel gets all the attention "they say." Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 2, 2006 04:20 PMohps... forgot the map. http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/as.htm Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 2, 2006 04:21 PMIn the me-me-me egoic paradigm, some of "us" have been stuck in the notion of masses of no-count "little guys" with few only-count "big guys" causing no end of physical harm to all of Gaia. No better imo with a switch to masses of only-count little guys with few no-count big guys. Now, I wonder, how would Universal Self see it? Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 2, 2006 04:57 PMSally,
REPUBLICANS ~ Go to great lengths to elevate their right-wing base REPUBLICANS ~ Reduce complex issues into simplistic, dishonest mantras REPUBLICANS ~ PROMOTE their most out spoken and aggressive members REPUBLICANS ~ Adept at making their unpopular positions appear MAINSTREAM REPUBLICANS ~ Define themselves by their own self-created myth of what they are REPUBLICANS ~ Think standing for freedom is curtailing our freedom REPUBLICANS ~ Prematurely sounding battle cries for next falls elections * Japan & Australia now pulling out of Iraq too. Coalition of the shrinking. They probably have seen the light and realize that they are not helping fight a war, but are being used as police and protection for Haliburton. Posted by: Cybear on February 2, 2006 05:14 PMSomeone needs to spray that squeaky wheel with some wd-40, it's beginning to get on my nerves. It is a constant agitation to the world. Posted by: Cybear on February 2, 2006 05:17 PMWhen fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis, American novelist & playwright; Aquarius (1885-1951) & the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1930 Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 2, 2006 06:24 PMWorth watching a commercial for: http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/02/02/sotu_address/print.html Posted by: Teresa on February 2, 2006 06:50 PMI think this took place around 2:10pm EST, Washington, DC John Boehner was House Republican Conference chairman from 1994 to 1998. Rep. John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, was chosen to become the new House majority leader Thursday, CNN has learned. He upset Roy Blunt of Missouri in a 122-109 vote. John Shadegg of Arizona dropped out after a first ballot loss. Party rules forced Tom DeLay to step down as majority leader in December after he was indicted on money laundering and conspiracy charges by a Texas prosecutor. November 17, 1949 Cincinnati, Ohio Posted by: Pat C on February 2, 2006 07:32 PMJill SH posted on Starlight News, "Thru c-span to cincinatti.com, last posted at 1:55 pm, announces Boehner’s win.". Thanks Jill! Posted by: Pat C on February 2, 2006 07:53 PMAnyway... they're both crooks. ;O) Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 2, 2006 08:06 PMJoanna, that's a wonderful quote from Sinclair Lewis. Thank you for that. This photo of Cindy angered me and makes me want to weep. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11120353/#storyContinued Posted by: Pat C on February 2, 2006 08:08 PMThe Maine Civil Liberties Union has learned the FBI has a surveillance file for the Maine Coalition for Peace and Justice. http://www.wlbz2.com/home/article.asp?id=31196 That would be me!
February 1, 2006 Altered States Let me make a shameful admission: I really, really enjoyed the State Of The Union last night. No, not the speech itself. What I took pleasure in was the over-the-top pomp and circumstance of the whole ridiculous extravaganza: The politics of the standing ovations; the carefully choreographed details, right down to the first lady's pink power suit; even the politicians jockeying for position in order to be seen in ostensibly casual banter with the president as he made his way from the hall. The speech may not be of much political import, but if you come at it with the right attitude, it can make for great theatre. Much of America disagrees, however – even the political junkies. Writes Josh Marshall: "I have a confession: I'm not sure when the last time was when I watched the State of the Union address. I think I may have watched it in 2003. But I'm not even certain of that. Perhaps a glance through the archives would show that I watched a bit of it last year, I don't know…The truth is, I find it unwatchable." http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2006/02/01/publiceye/printable1269982.shtml Posted by: wv on February 2, 2006 08:30 PM"Flag," "Cross"... in western culture, they're both major trance inductors. There are several others, of course. Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 2, 2006 08:33 PMTaHA!! These days, one could also include the Ladies' Power Pink Suit as a trance inductor... tho mebbe not a major one. Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 2, 2006 08:37 PMToo bad if pink t'weren't ones' color. No election "win" for you. Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 2, 2006 08:38 PMIf one can stand some really good news these days, pull back a bit from the difficult news, here's some... * Dawn of a New Day in Latin America http://www.daykeeperjournal.com/feature.shtml Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 2, 2006 10:05 PMHey!! "Chris Matthews is another one with a whiney voice Posted by jm That wasn't me. Que passa? Oh well. Posted by: jm on February 2, 2006 10:15 PMFor years after JFK's death every gay man in LA went to halloween parties dressed in pink suits with simulated blood spatters....for what it is worth.... This morning, after a rather sleepless night, rain, etc, I turned on the morning news and saw part of an interview with our hunky young SF mayor, Gavin Newsome....he mentioned that in the next few months, SF will be starting a program of health coverage (first in the nation) where people will have a card which will entitle them to go to a neighborhood clinic....I missed whether this was for the low wage people, uninsured, homeless or all of the above (his homeless program has been a resounding success...Care not Cash)....but it is to be historic in this country. Actually taking care of people's needs....whatta concept....and just in time, considering the disaster waiting to happen with healthcare and that draconian republican bill going to the preznitwits desk. My my, combine THAT with the pharmacists not wanting to dispense medicine THEY DISAGREE WITH....(my cousin is a pharmacist and keeps saying nothing will happen...well now they are trying to change state laws....those creeps.) Ed Shutz was right yesterday when he said this is the most selfish generation alive....it is all about the egoic ME, right Joanna? Posted by: judiG on February 2, 2006 10:19 PMoh shoot jm, that was one of the funnier things you've posted....and you didn't? Posted by: judiG on February 2, 2006 10:20 PMon DU Listening to the chatter from my perch on Capitol Hill makes it clear that the Democratic Party is in dire need of guidance. So here is a Republican's humble suggestion on how to gain traction with the majority of American voters. Hammer home these three themes over the next ten months. 1. There is a culture of corruption in Republican-run washington. Keep it simple, stupid. And tell Ted Kennedy to keep his head down in 2006." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086 Posted by: judiG on February 2, 2006 10:29 PMOK...another post over at DU (and I say...whatt EVERYONE should know, Jewish or not!): 1. For School Prayer and Amending the Constitution: Rep. Boehner supported a school prayer amendment to the United States Constitution in 1997 (H.J.Res. 78), 1999 (H.J.Res 66), and 2001 (H.J.Res. 52); voted to permit school prayer "during this time of struggle against the forces of international terrorism" (House Roll Call Vote 445, Nov. 15, 2001); and voted to only allow federal aid to schools that allow prayer (House Roll Call Vote 85, March 23, 1994). 2. For Forced Religion in Anti-Poverty Programs: Rep. Boehner voted to permit taxpayer-funded anti-poverty programs to require aid recipients to join in religious activities. (House Roll Call Votes 16 and 17, Feb. 4, 2004) 3. 100% Against a Woman's Right to Choose: Rep. Boehner received a "0%" pro-choice score from NARAL Pro-Choice America in 2005. 4. For Religious Employment Discrimination: Rep. Boehner voted to permit taxpayer-funded anti-poverty programs to engage in federally-funded employment discrimination. (House Roll Call Votes 15 and 17, Feb. 4, 2004) 5. Against the Rule of Law in Ten Commandments Case: Rep. Boehner voted to prevent the Justice Department from enforcing a court order to remove a 5,000 pound Ten Commandments monument from Alabama's state supreme court. (House Roll Call Vote 419, July 23, 2003) 6. Against Common-Sense Environmental Safeguards: Rep. Boehner voted for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (House Roll Call Vote 122, April 20, 2005); voted to gut the Endangered Species Act (House Roll Call Vote 506, September 29, 2005); and voted to weaken the National Environmental Policy Act (House Roll Call Vote 242, June 15, 2004). 7. For More Religious Employment Discrimination: Rep. Boehner voted to permit taxpayer-funded job training programs to engage in religious discrimination when hiring and firing employees with federal funds. (House Roll Call Vote 46, March 2, 2005) 8. Against Confronting Proselytizing at the Air Force Academy: Rep. Boehner voted against an amendment to squarely address religious coercion and proselytizing at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. The amendment criticized "coercive and abusive religious proselytizing" of cadets at the Academy while observing that "expression of personal religious faith is welcome" throughout the military. (House Roll Call Vote 283, June 20, 2005) 9. Led the Effort to Inject Religious Employment Discrimination into Head Start: Rep. Boehner added a controversial amendment in September to a previously bipartisan School Readiness Act which would "allow federally funded early-child-care providers to discriminate on religious grounds," according to The Forward. The Forward notes, "The federal government transfers about $6.7 billion annually to 19,000 Head Start providers in 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia." Jewish groups opposed to the measure, according to The Forward, include the "Anti-Defamation League, the Union for Reform Judaism, the American Jewish Congress, the American Jewish Committee and the National Council of Jewish Women." 10. Pushed Ohio Schools to Embrace "Intelligent Design:" People For the American Way reports that Rep. Boehner and fellow Ohio Republican Rep. Steve Chabot wrote to the Ohio school board claiming that legislative language required that references to "Intelligent Design" be included in Ohio's science standards. In fact, such language was removed from the relevant education bill before it became final. http://www.njdc.org/search/detail.php?id=495
I sent that in, as stated above, have no idea I don't know if this has been posted, but it's an article about the other person who was escorted out during the State of the Union address ... if the story is true (and not republican propaganda), it just goes to show that good people come in all kinds of packages ... Posted by: Marta on February 2, 2006 10:46 PMwv! You little iconoclast and brat! I'd love to take credit, but I wouldn't have the nerve to suggest boxers to him. I try valiantly to stay above the belt! Marta there were 3 people escorted out....the third one was a 'foreign' (read dark skinned with an accent?) guest of a congressman, the second the wife of a congressman wearing a 'support the troops' tshirt, and the first the mother of one of the dead soldiers on her tshirt....you know who I mean... Posted by: judiG on February 2, 2006 10:56 PMBoehner has 14 ....get that! fourteen former staffers that are lobbists right now according to NPR report at 5:00 p.m. I had hoped all along that he would not be selected because of his deep ties to Ohio (questionable ethics are extremely suspect with me). And ramming through the Patriot Act in Ohio by Taft seems to me totally unbelievable. Such sinister ramifications and consequences. And watch other states follow suit just as they will follow Mass. legislation that Walmart should pay 8% for healthcare for workers...a good proposition though. How on earth could they even contemplate such a move given their constant non-stop stream of corruption and a 17% approval rating for Taft. Ohio's no-impeachment clause must be changed! Such out and out arrogance with this current Republican legislation in Ohio. My gosh....when is it going to stop and how do they continue to introduce corruption upon corruption, endlessly? Doesn't anyone in Ohio care about their future? With the passage of the Patriot Act the corrupt legislation has guaranteed their party control regardless of their dirty deeds. As far as Boehner goes, It looks good right now, but in essence the Republican House is just trading one corrupt leader for another. Nothing will change in terms of true reform until the Congressional Oversite rules are ENFORCED and meetings restored. Judi G. I didn't understand your comment about Ed Schultz......I, like NEO Buckeye, think him conservative-lite and he has angered and frustrated me many times. I don't listen to him anymore. Panders too much to the right. Is that why he got on Armed Forcs Radio, because he is really a moderate conservative? Posted by: Beverly on February 2, 2006 10:58 PMMarta I am more distressed about the judgement of others based on nothing but a label almost more than anything else. The quickness to judge, invalidate, and hate is rampant. We end up shortchanging ourselves when we miss the potential for allies. I've seen this on liberal sites where more and more conservatives are changing sides. Some are really seeking refuge and the relief is palpable. It helps to recognize any seed of potential. My feeling is that when this is over, the breakdown of our government will require cooperation between the parties with so much work to be done. Posted by: jm on February 2, 2006 11:13 PMEd schultz used to be a Republican. The one thing about him now is his appeal to western independents. The demographic in the west is changing fast and he is probably a bridge for those whoe will be voting democratic more and more. The environmental and alternative energy factor is huge there. Schultz does a lot on these issues and conservatives identify with him, trust him, and might follow him out of bondage. The independents are probably our most important voting bloc. Posted by: jm on February 2, 2006 11:20 PMThings will be wrapping up with Pluto in Sag now. I think we will soon see what the extreme philosophy(Pluto/Sagittarius) has done. The dangers were developing for a long time when the Democrats and Republicans became one and their policies indistinguishable. When we get beyond all this personal bullshit and on to governance, we will stop putting so much energy into these insignificant likes and hates and start looking at actions and policies. The Dems represent the middles class, small business, and poor, the Repubs, wealthy and big business. This has to be redefined and the balance restored. Social programs and immigration probably will have to be modified(federally and responsibly) as we recover, but the wealthy tax cuts are a big issue. I think the purpose of this extreme time was to do this as democrats and Republicans all find their identities. The vote yesterday on the budget was significant. Every single Dem voted against it, and 13(I think) Repubs broke ranks and voted with their sensible moderate viewpoints. Eventually we will have to become responsible as Pluto transits Capricorn. Absolute rule by the elite just doesn't work. Posted by: jm on February 2, 2006 11:52 PMOf course, this on-going corruption in Ohio is all Rove's doings and perhaps that has been his strategty all along since Ohio's Govenor can't ever be impeached, he can mastermind all the corruption he wants and still maintain control. David Gergen gave the most magnificent analogy last night on Bush's SOTU. He said basicly "170 miles of wood levy has not been replaced or repaired as yet and it makes me think of all the problems that are not being addressed by this administration that will eventually breech the levies, come tumbling over, all at the same time, just as Katrina broke through the levies last August and destroyed an entire city." Posted by: Beverly on February 3, 2006 12:05 AMjm, thanks for the words on Schultz. I never knew he was formerly Republican. I thought him very conservative though because of his ball sportstalk, (seems constant when I want politics), a whole hour he spent on the pro's of hunting (killing animals) last fall. I had to quit it. Sounds too much like the All Conservative, All The Time, Ted Nuggent. You have been writing alot lately jm...It is so interesting to read it all. Your ideas are so unique and thought provoking...always. Posted by: Beverly on February 3, 2006 12:16 AMHello All! One thing that immediately "sparked my intuition" about Boehner being appointed is that he may well be a "repeat of DeLay". That is, with all his ties to lobbyists, and given the current lobbyist scandals wouldn't it be great if he too came crashing down like DeLay? The arrogance of the Repugs to appoint yet another greasy pal of lobbyists could well backfire! It would be a very hard "knock" for the smug "moralists" of the Repug party. Any one have any astrological insights on my gut feelings? I sense the spiral dance may go 'round yet once more for the Repugs (and through the fire pls). In the meantime, I am working hard to overcome the nausea factor from actually watching Shrub's state of the Disunion for 5 whole minutes. (is there anybody home at all behind that smirk?) Swamp Posted by: Swamp on February 3, 2006 12:19 AMhttp://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2006/1754 (See also http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060201/NEWS01/602010358 ) As Alito takes Supreme Court seat, Ohio GOP guts election protection Section 35-05.18 of HB3 requires restrictive identification requirements for anyone trying to vote in an Ohio election. Photo ID, a utility bill, a bank statement, a government check or other government document showing the name and current address of the voter will be required. Oh, Beverly. Thank you. Encouragement is honey in the rock for me. You can't imagine how much. Posted by: jm on February 3, 2006 12:35 AMYou can see it, smell it, feel it; Venus turns direct at 4:18 am (EST) at 16:01 Capricorn. SCHOOL GROUNDS FILLED WITH BOYS AND GIRLS IN GYM SUITS. The need for physical activity and play. Society has learned that a balanced combination of intellectual study and physical activity is necessary for the harmonious deelopment of the human personality. We often forget this under pressure of of money-making and other duties, this symbol reminds us of that. (Dane Rudhyar) All those duties that have gone wasting, the financial problems, the delayed projects and payments, the book that won't come together, the diet you've been thinking about can all get off to a start tomorrow when Venus goes direct. It goes direct in the US 2nd House, what we value has been reviewed and we are going to try to effect some changes. We will now find out for sure what people think about being spied upon, what do we think about the new Bush request for billions more for the war. What do we want to do with NO, what do we want to see happen in Washington DC that has obviously become corrupt beyond - what? Take a breather tomorrow, take a walk, clean closets and start moving forward before the retrograde motion of Mercury. We've been in constant retrograde for months now, first Mercury, Mars, Venus and now Mercury again, this is some year for review for the rest of the year. Posted by: Sally on February 3, 2006 12:59 AMhttp://www.thenation.com/doc/20060213/chester The End of the Internet? by JEFF CHESTER [posted online on February 1, 2006] The nation's largest telephone and cable companies are crafting an alarming set of strategies that would transform the free, open and nondiscriminatory Internet of today to a privately run and branded service that would charge a fee for virtually everything we do online. Verizon, Comcast, Bell South and other communications giants are developing strategies that would track and store information on our every move in cyberspace in a vast data-collection and marketing system, the scope of which could rival the National Security Agency. According to white papers now being circulated in the cable, telephone and telecommunications industries, those with the deepest pockets--corporations, special-interest groups and major advertisers--would get preferred treatment. Content from these providers would have first priority on our computer and television screens, while information seen as undesirable, such as peer-to-peer communications, could be relegated to a slow lane or simply shut out. Under the plans they are considering, all of us--from content providers to individual users--would pay more to surf online, stream videos or even send e-mail. Industry planners are mulling new subscription plans that would further limit the online experience, establishing "platinum," "gold" and "silver" levels of Internet access that would set limits on the number of downloads, media streams or even e-mail messages that could be sent or received. To make this pay-to-play vision a reality, phone and cable lobbyists are now engaged in a political campaign to further weaken the nation's communications policy laws. They want the federal government to permit them to operate Internet and other digital communications services as private networks, free of policy safeguards or governmental oversight. Indeed, both the Congress and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are considering proposals that will have far-reaching impact on the Internet's future. Ten years after passage of the ill-advised Telecommunications Act of 1996, telephone and cable companies are using the same political snake oil to convince compromised or clueless lawmakers to subvert the Internet into a turbo-charged digital retail machine. The telephone industry has been somewhat more candid than the cable industry about its strategy for the Internet's future. Senior phone executives have publicly discussed plans to begin imposing a new scheme for the delivery of Internet content, especially from major Internet content companies. As Ed Whitacre, chairman and CEO of AT&T, told Business Week in November, "Why should they be allowed to use my pipes? The Internet can't be free in that sense, because we and the cable companies have made an investment, and for a Google or Yahoo! or Vonage or anybody to expect to use these pipes [for] free is nuts!" The phone industry has marshaled its political allies to help win the freedom to impose this new broadband business model. At a recent conference held by the Progress and Freedom Foundation, a think tank funded by Comcast, Verizon, AT&T and other media companies, there was much discussion of a plan for phone companies to impose fees on a sliding scale, charging content providers different levels of service. "Price discrimination," noted PFF's resident media expert Adam Thierer, "drives the market-based capitalist economy." More... Posted by: Pat C on February 3, 2006 01:18 AM"SCHOOL GROUNDS FILLED WITH BOYS AND GIRLS IN GYM SUITS." I'm rather hoping that those girlz n' boyz will be doing a massive protest at our very dirty white house, pull the vapid one out, & announce an end to cruel & rancid politics as usual. That would be good exercise don't you think Miss Sally? ;O) Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 3, 2006 01:23 AMWe're coming up spring/summer... we might could see a whole lot of very serious protesting by folks... particularly the young & the severely disenfranchized. They'll figure they ain't got nothin' to lose. A summer of fire (leo). Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 3, 2006 01:29 AMThem fatty-cats might be smackin' their thin lips so much over all the ill-gotten cream that they don't remember the national guards are away from their home states being maimed & killed. There won't be the malebot power to quell furious acting-out protestors I would imagine. That'd be fun. Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 3, 2006 01:35 AMI guess you noticed as did I, Judi, that Sinclair didn't say IF fascism comes to America... he said WHEN. Yup... them old pink supremacist wargeezers were brot over by the dozens after WWII to S & N America to bide their nefarious time... crouchin' like big smelly spiders in their hidey-holes (no knock to You, Grandmother Spider!)... waitin' to restart major ops once again. Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 3, 2006 01:59 AMDid you notice, ((Pat C))? Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 3, 2006 02:01 AMJoanna, I did, and I read it a couple of times to be sure. Could we channel him to see if he know what we should do now? Posted by: Pat C on February 3, 2006 02:13 AMOh, they mustered a few blackwater employees to deal with N. O. didn't they? Seen on the CNN crawler tonight............ Won't the increased demand drive up the price??????? PQ Posted by: on February 3, 2006 02:26 AMRemember when Rep Trafficant ( of the strange hair cut) was sent to jail for corruption? ( 2 years ago?) Wasn't he from Ohio? He kept protesting that he was innocent & the Gomint. was railroading him.
By Manuel Valenzuela George W. Bush is a corporatist without intelligence, an unknowing, incurious, detached and ignorant human beings, a puppet to much brighter individuals, a tool for the corporate world. He does not care for the unenlightened souls that see him as Dear Leader, nor the soldiers he sends to either die or sacrifice mental health. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11756.htm Pat QP....that genealogy move by Ancestor.com happened about the middle of the time I was doing genealogy...it pissed me off royally. Luckily, the LDS web site came on line (a caveat..some of the Mormons will lie about ancestors just to get them in the record - and into heaven-, and they sure as hell are not careful genealogists, so be carefull if you do take info from there)....but can you believe that the US Census reports which WE the people paid for has been privatized by Ancestor....jeez. Some people are photocopying records and posting them on the Gen Web sites just to help out those of us who don't want to spend the $60 bucks a year to join)...the unrelenting privatizing is going to make us feel as if we are in a prison of our own desires....addicted to whatever it is that gets us out of what this world is becoming. OY.... Joanna....I missed the reference to Sinclair, what did I miss? I got lost there....and I thought fascism already was here! Ed Shultz is Ed Shultz...just because I quoted him (because I was in my car for 20 minutes) doesn't mean I love his work....although he seems to have mellowed alot. He is the hottest property in radio, and will bury Limbaugh eventually....and if he wants to hunt, that is his business....I am not fond of that particular sport....although I might like clay pidgeons....but I don't live out there. He is doing important bridging, I think. What everybody forgets in their zeal to have all minds think alike is that they don't. I am begining to think that Venus going direct is directly suaring my Mars, at least it feels like it. Things need to be said, no matter what feelings are getting hurt....if the truth needs to be said, people should have the privilege. Dog knows how long we will have it at this rate. Unless that thing about the change in world currency...the dollar being dumped.....changes everything for us.http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=4103 Posted by: judiG on February 3, 2006 03:11 AMps....that internet privatization....I already AM paying the cable company in a tiered rate structure!!!!!! I am in the middle layer. And this is San Bruno, CA, which is the only cable company allowed here....I chose the middle layer ($50/mo) when I was working more and needed a fast upload/download speed. SBC is the only other alternative ....and I don't trust them. Posted by: judiG on February 3, 2006 03:16 AMI gave up my budding interest in geneology pretty fast. I, too, enjoy Ed Shultz. On the occasional day when he irritates me, I turn him off. But he's doing a really good job reaching republicans, independents & libertarians. Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 3, 2006 03:58 AMand he's pretty darned good at chewing up freepers. I like when that happens. ;O) Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 3, 2006 04:07 AMKeith Olbermann reporting on Bush lying - actually had a guest newspaper reporter who said: "there's no other way to say it and the democrats are afraid to say it" re: NSA also reporting on the billions missing from Iraq AND on a new memo found!!! between junior and his poodle planning to bait saddam into attacking a fly over plane so they could declare war. There might be a transcript, or it might be on his blog , Thursday Feb 2 - msnbc now if the rest of them will have the guts to pick it up and run with it... Posted by: Pallas1800 on February 3, 2006 05:42 AM* Michael Rogers at http://PageOneQ.com has posted a video clip related to the NSA spying on the American people. It lasts about 10 min. It's one of the most stunning video clips [E.F.'s] ever seen. Quotes from this video are in wide circulation in the Internet. Here is your chance to see the real thing. http://pageoneq.com/news/2006/bush_020206.html Beverly, I wouldn't look to Gov. Taft as the primary source of Ohio's corruption, though his hands are far away from being clean. Nor would I give Rove any real credit for the ills of this state. They were up and running rampant years before he ever was. Can't say I've got much on Boehner. But being that Cincy is a full-tilt, glaring Red NeoCon Town these days -- and it has always been Conservative -- you can expect at least as much from him. On the bright side, Boehner will eventually do for Cincinnati and Ohio what DeLay has done for Sugarland and Texas -- bring a great deal of the corruption going on in the darkness to light. If you really want to see corruption that is mighty bold and proud of itself, look to J. Kenneth Blackwell, the Secretary of State AND Chairman of Bush & Cheney's 2004 re-election campaign in Ohio. He's running for Governor this year and believes that he's unstoppable. Maybe, since he's got Diebold and its' voting machinesin his back pocket. He also believes that God is on his side, is the favorite candidate of a certain band of "Christian" pastors who want to abolish the Ohio Constitution in favor of the Ten Commandments, wants to criminalize abortion, and pretty much lay the smack-down on anyone who doesn't worship his rear end. Ironically, he's African-American, and as Secretary of State, presided over the disenfranchisement of thousands of African-American voters. Nice guy. Really. Personally, I think the GOP is digging its own grave. Particularly within Ohio, but elsewhere and nationally as well. Their men make plenty of destructive changes to our government, and then color them through the giant wurlitzer to be positive, revolutionary changes. In truth, they are the final, desperate actions of a rather pathetic lot whose minds and hearts have long frozen cold to any meaningful hope or vision for the greater good of humanity, and have resorted to clinging to the old tried and true 1950s/Norman Rockwell/Imperialist delusions with desperation. These people are absolutely terrified beyond madness of an imminent future that they simply cannot and will not control. But times are a changing fast. When Uranus transits Aries and squares Pluto in Capricorn just a few years from now, the entrenched Republicans will be completely overwhelmed and swept away by the forces of change they so desperately fear and are struggling to subdue. For the record, I really don't have anything against Ed Schultz. Although I am much further along the left side of the political spectrum than him, and don't necessarily agree or support all of his views, right now I count just about anyone as an ally who is working for constructive change against the destructive actions of Bush, Cheney and the NeoCons. And we do definitely need people who can reach out to Moderate Conservatives, Libertarians and others who have become aware of the Bush Regime's madness and feel alienated from the GOP. If Schultz can generate more awareness about alternative energy solutions and bring some of the ex-Bush people to a common ground with us in these areas, I say more power to him. Posted by: NEOBuckeye on February 3, 2006 07:33 AMI'm celebrating Venus Direct. I had a delicious plate of spaghetti (Healthy Harvest whole wheat..fantastic) with my homemade sauce and now I'm going to play with my satins and velvets upstairs by my locust tree. Here's to Venus: (((((((Astroworld)))))))) Posted by: jm on February 3, 2006 08:19 AMshylurker. Canadians are the #1 buyers of USA companies! (CNN) WV, http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2006/1754 (See also http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060201/NEWS01/602010358 ) As Alito takes Supreme Court seat, Ohio GOP guts election protection Section 35-05.18 of HB3 requires restrictive identification requirements for anyone trying to vote in an Ohio election. Photo ID, a utility bill, a bank statement, a government check or other government document showing the name and current address of the voter will be required. More... Posted by: Pat C on February 3, 2006 02:30 PMLast night a five week extention of the Patriot Act was passed. Posted by: Pat on February 3, 2006 02:38 PM
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11756.htm Posted by: wv on February 3, 2006 02:51 PM
Julia Day in Qatar MediaGuardian.co.uk Arabic-language media have an unprecedented chance to take over as the world's premier news source because trust in their US counterparts plummeted following their "shameful coverage" of the war in Iraq, a conference heard today. Newsweek's Paris bureau chief, Christopher Dickey, said the US media were dying because of cutbacks and weren't interested in covering the world outside America. http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,5390038-103550,00.html Posted by: wv on February 3, 2006 02:56 PM
by Patrick J. Buchanan "The road of isolationism and protectionism may seem broad and inviting, yet it ends in danger and decline," railed President Bush in his State of the Union. Again and again, Bush returned to his theme. "America rejects the false comfort of isolationism. ... "Isolationism would not only tie our hands in fighting enemies, it would keep us from helping our friends in desperate need. ... "American leaders from Roosevelt to Truman to Kennedy to Reagan rejected isolation and retreat." Why would a president use his State of the Union to lash out at a school of foreign policy thought that has had zero influence in his administration? The answer is a simple one, but it is not an easy one for Bush to face: His foreign policy is visibly failing, and his critics have been proven right. http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?print=yes&id=12168 Posted by: wv on February 3, 2006 03:01 PMGood morning, all. Oh, dedacherry, you were definitely blessed. How very wonderful. Posted by: shylurker on February 3, 2006 03:01 PMjm, I totally agree with you ... I am more and more hating the labels and looking for the kindness and humanity that lies in each of us and am heartened where ever I find it. That's the seed that needs to be nurtured. Posted by: Marta on February 3, 2006 03:02 PM
By TONY BATT
On Thursday, Reid shrugged off questions about money he received from tribal clients of Abramoff, who pleaded guilty last month to three felonies after being accused of exchanging meals, travel and gifts for political favors. Advertisement http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Feb-03-Fri-2006/news/5696811.html Posted by: wv on February 3, 2006 03:04 PMPoll (oh, this is a good 'un): How effective is the "Patriot" Act against terrorism? Scroll down just a bit; it'll be on your right.
The White House memo By: Gary Gibbon Channel 4 News tonight reveals extraordinary details of George Bush and Tony Blair's pre-war meeting in January 2003 at which they discussed plans to begin military action on March 10th 2003, irrespective of whether the United Nations had passed a new resolution authorising the use of force. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11766.htm
By Paul Levian Judging from the rather frantic behind-the-scenes efforts of Russia and China in Iran, they seem to appreciate that the Iranian leadership is in for a big and probably deadly surprise. http://www.devilducky.com/media/40716/ Posted by: Pat C on February 3, 2006 04:05 PMBush/Blair Memo http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,,1700881,00.html Bring in the legal charges please. Posted by: Pat C on February 3, 2006 04:16 PMOh, that was sooo, so funny Pat C! ROTFLMAO! Posted by: Cybear on February 3, 2006 04:41 PM Comment Jonathan Steele Guardian George Bush's presidency still has three years to run, but this week's state of the union address had an unmistakably ebb-tide air. Its tone - "chastened, deferential, modest" in the words of the Los Angeles Times - suggested that the president felt the waves of power were flowing against him. Nor does the change in Bush's demeanour this week result mainly from fading support among Americans for what will be remembered as the central decision of his presidency, the mistaken war on Iraq. His unprecedentedly low poll ratings certainly affected his mood on Tuesday night, and one sharp-eyed New York Times reporter noted that "he smiled seldom and only winked once". But the reason for Bush's gloom goes much deeper. http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,5390416-103677,00.html Corruption of the press: talkin' about yer smokin' guns. Go to this entry: (February 03, 2006 -- 10:58 AM EST // link) Who's yer daddy, CNN? http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com Posted by: shylurker on February 3, 2006 05:00 PMIn realm of political illusion, the world’s a stage Gene Lyons http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Editorial/144438/ Why do Republican-oriented pundits spend so much energy lashing Hollywood for its sins? Professional jealousy. Partly because so many Americans imagine the world beyond Wal-Mart as a movie set, the Bush administration does its best work in the realm of illusion. I was reminded of this when a Kansas student recently asked President Bush what he “as a rancher” thought of “Brokeback Mountain.” On cue, Cowboy W. allowed as how he hadn’t seen it and would rather discuss “ranchin’.” The TV networks ate it up. Never mind that it was sheer fakery. Bush is no more a rancher than he’s a brain surgeon. He may know something about the tax advantages of cattle depreciation, or his accountants do, but about actual livestock? Nothing. He bought the Crawford spread in 1999 as a backdrop for his presidential run. Otherwise, he’s spent his whole life in cities. Even today, Bush owns no cattle and doesn’t ride horses. He ropes and brands mountain bikes from golf carts. He doesn’t walk that way because he’s leg-weary from time in the saddle; he’s imitating John Wayne and Clint Eastwood. Even the laconic mumbling’s partly an act. Bush is the living embodiment of the Texan proverb, “All hat and no cattle.” The French word is “poseur.” But aren’t all politicians actors in the TV age? Basically, yes. The danger comes from viewing the whole world as an action/adventure film, as many Americans seem to. How else to understand the apparent willingness to scrap the U. S. Constitution and allow the president to claim dictatorial powers in his cinematic “war on terror”? See, because the guy writing the script is Osama bin Laden, a charismatic religious fanatic thought to be hiding somewhere in the Pakistani outback. Nobody really knows. The way Bush acts, you’d think the evildoer was lurking under the presidential bed. Almost everything the administration has done since letting bin Laden slip away in the mountains of Afghanistan in 2002 couldn’t have been better calculated to advance al-Qa’ida’s cause. ... Posted by: Pat C on February 3, 2006 06:52 PMAll too many “poseurs” In our human world. Posted by: Pat C on February 3, 2006 06:56 PM
I think he's playing 'Jack Twist'...anyone who
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Poll: Hamas victory did not affect Kadima, but weakened Likud A month after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon left the public stage and a week after Hamas's victory in the Palestinian legislative elections, an Haaretz-Channel 10 poll reveals Israeli voters remain consistent in their positions and voting intentions. The poll was conducted on Tuesday by Dialog under the supervision of Professor Camil Fuchs. Six hundred fifty people were surveyed. It is quite boring to recite: Had the elections taken place now, Kadima, which last week presented its impressive Knesset candidate list, would have won 43 seats (one seat less than in the previous week) and Labor would have won 21 seats (no change). The Hamas' victory did not strengthen Likud as predicted, and the party even lost a seat compared to last week (13 seats compared to 14). No major changes were listed in the situation of the rest of the parties. Green Leaf, which last week almost reached the election threshold is now buried under it and Uzi Dayan's Tafnit, which may have Ehud Barak as its chairman, is nowhere near the election threshold. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=677651
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The thing that drives one crazy about the Hamas victory is first of all the defeat of the Israeli brain. Not because Hamas swept the vote against all our assessments; that often happened to Mina Tzemach, too. What gives rise to concern is that the Israeli government is not free of the curse of the conception. The mistaken assessment stemmed from a dust-covered way of thinking. It has for years dictated the animosity to Hamas, just as political idiocy had previously turned the Palestine Liberation Organization and Fatah into Satan and Satan's spawn. Never mind that it was that way at the beginning, when Israeli governments both left and right tried to promote failed organizations like the Village Leagues as partners. But the lesson should have been learned. After people who met with the PLO were sent to jail (even Ezer Weizman once faced that threat), handshakes were exchanged on international lawns. How did it happen? Because at a very damagingly late date, it was realized that they represented the Palestinian majority. Even then, all governments after Rabin turned up their noses at them. Ehud Barak talked with Yasser Arafat as if he were a mafioso who had to be made an offer he could not refuse.
Condoleezza Rice's anti-Russian stance based on sexual problems According to Condoleezza Rice, Russia's actions towards Ukraine did not characterize it as a respectable member of the Group of Eight. The statement from the high-ranking US official sounded like a reprimand from a strict babysitter that was teaching its baby to behave. http://english.pravda.ru/russia/politics/11-01-2006/9488-condoleezza-0 wv, I'm probably one of two people who hasn't see it yet. I will, eventually, and I have hight expectations from all that I've heard. ....... Cybear, I laughed so much at that video! I was compelled to play it over several times. As a matter of fact I think I'll go back and watch it again right now. Posted by: Pat C on February 4, 2006 12:15 AMpq The satins and velvets are drapes and pillows. But the moon was in Aries last night and I encountered disaster. I made a big mistake, got into a frenzy, cut my finger on my seam ripper, and a molar stared whining. I won the battle though. The drapes are done. Here's a good one from my local paper: "Bolton bangs Gavel, but no one there to hear:
Hahahahaaaa... I 'spose the UN Sec Council knows how to deal with a bratty little bang-boyz anyway. They're probably quite decent babysitters. I think, for example, Kofi Annan is tops! Posted by: on February 4, 2006 12:40 AMPat C I loved that video and sent it to about 50 of
Bring On The Screeching Harpies These missing Cheney e-mails are very intriguing. This is particularly so because we went though a similar event during the Clinton administration and the Republicans went completely apeshit over it.... There can be no complaints from the Republicans about Fitzgerald investigating this. None. The precedent was set just five and half years ago --- by them. 2/2/2006 Posted by: wv on February 4, 2006 12:53 AMWith our Sec of State teetering on her high heels whilst threatening the world, Mr. Popularity banging away in an empty room, the Evil Dick limping and gasping for breath, Rummy probably drunk, and the problem child forcing a tiny grin in front of his masters, I fear our government is a true laughingstock. Oh wv! I want to see them......all! I am so in the mood to laugh these days. For now, here is a pretty decent link for you, in case you haven't seen it. ((((jm)))) Posted by: Pat C on February 4, 2006 01:09 AMFriends talked me into putting in a chimney for the woodstove: safer & cheaper than triple walled stove pipe up through 2 stories of old dry wood construction. It's always been funny to me how inflection of voice to change the meaning of the same word can overwhelm the information. such as: You had a glass of water. Said with a placid expression. vs Yooooooooou had a glass of WAAAAAAATER! Done with a scowl. Amazing, really. Now consider: Boener wore a sweater. Done with placid experessinon. vs DEAN wore a SSSWEATERRRRRR! Done with a scowl. There you have it. Posted by: Pat C on February 4, 2006 02:02 AMNYRB Jimmy Carter & the Culture of Death http://www.nybooks.com/articles/18670 ................. The Great War for Civilisation http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400041510 Posted by: Pat C on February 4, 2006 02:13 AMThe US has been grabbed by insane children... Lord of the Flies writ large... that's what's "running" this country. Today, it's too hard to take. Pluto hit 26 Sagg today... degree of the GC. Did anybody else note a difference from the ordinary inner? Posted by: on February 4, 2006 02:44 AMYes, I did. Posted by: Pat C on February 4, 2006 03:05 AMThe shift you may have felt would have been Venus going direct, Pluto on the Galactic is a long term transit and its effects are very subtle unless you have a personal planet (Sun, Moon, Merc., Venus or Mars) in it's path, even then the effects are subtle in nature and unfold over a long period of time. The outer planets are historical markings with the inner planets setting off events. Posted by: Sally on February 4, 2006 04:02 AMI got a lot done today. That's a good thing. On the other thing, I felt really disgusted with all the news and events of ours and other governments. Posted by: Pat C on February 4, 2006 04:10 AMThat should have been, "On the other hand...". Posted by: Pat C on February 4, 2006 04:12 AMDowntown in the arts district tonite (Dem headquarters there) the excitement was high. I wouldn't be out here if this were otherwise. For me, this is one of the most invigorating times I've experienced in American politics and I am anxiously awaiting this election season. It promises to be fun. The sparks of conflict are going to give us a Sagittarius fire. Ooooh boy! Even though the budget vote was politically engineered with the 13 Repub votes against, it indicated moderation lurking and waiting to surface after this extremism that hardly anybody likes. For some reason, when Gore Vidal sold his Italian property and came home permanently, I got a feeling that politics here was going to get really exciting. I know how much he loves the game. Fasten your seat belts as Pluto in Sag takes us on a wild ride in the midway. Posted by: jm on February 4, 2006 06:10 AMGC.............. Last night I read in the Oct.05 issue of Art In America. A review of an exhibit at the Japan Society in NY Oh, that's such an excellent and insightful post PQ. You validate some of my own observations, and expand on them. I'm not sure I would have brought them all together so well. Thank you for that one. ......... jm, was that you that said you are working on it? Not to worry. I was referring to my own mistake, not yours at all. I'm having the same problem lately. Posted by: Pat C on February 4, 2006 02:30 PM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2006, AND THEREAFTER AUSTIN, Texas -- "We're on the offensive in Iraq, with a clear plan for victory. First, we are helping Iraqis build an inclusive government, so that old resentments will be eased and the insurgency will be marginalized. Second, we're continuing reconstruction efforts and helping the Iraqi government to fight corruption and build a modern economy, so all Iraqis can experience the benefit of freedom. And, third, we're striking terrorist targets while we train Iraqi forces that are increasingly capable of defeating the enemy." -- George W. Bush "The Iraq war has been a disaster." -- CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour. -- The number of terrorist attacks per day in Iraq grew from 55 in December 2004 to 77 per day in December 2006. -- Electricity production in Iraq has not yet recovered to prewar levels, and the electricity in Baghdad is on less today than it was under Saddam Hussein. On the other hand, telephone and Internet use are up. -- While there are no hard numbers, there are repeated reports of the loss of educated, middle-class Iraqis, especially doctors, fleeing the country because of lack of security. -- Iraq today produces less oil than it did under Saddam Hussein. The current oil minister is Ahmad Chalabi, onetime darling of the neo-con set and convicted of bank fraud in Jordan. -- The majority of Iraqis favor complete American troop withdrawal, though the timeframes they prefer vary. "To the extent we stay there with big forces indefinitely, Iraqis will come up with all these theories that we really want to stay here for their oil. We want to use their country as a springboard for more aggression. They still see us as occupiers ..." -- Michael O'Hanlon, Brookings Institute. http://www.creators.com/opinion_show.cfm?columnsName=miv I can't take all the credit Pat C.
Yes, but wv, IS Fitzgerald going to investigate the missing e-mails. That's been my question for the last two days. Has anyone heard anymore on this interesting revelation and what it could mean? Could missing e-mails be enough to have Libby's case dismissed, which is what his attorney is working toward according to very brief news reports I heard yesterday? Remember Alberto Gonzales gave the White House 24 hours, (maybe 48) to respond to his request to retain all documents and communications related to the Plame outing. I am asuming that is when they were deleted. Can't Fitzgerald supeona the hard drives? He better! NEOBuckeye: I have this idea in my head that if we want to know what is going on in our country, behind the scenes, we must look to Ohio to show us as it will be revealed there first. Posted by: Beverly on February 4, 2006 08:19 PM Sally, my NN is on the GC. Now tPluto is there. It feels as if the veil between is pretty much gone. You know, close your eyes, take two steps, and you're in another realm. Interesting dreams for the dream diary these days too. The question I have is, what do I do with it (with the NN involved it's a destiny issue, right?)? Posted by: Jill G on February 4, 2006 08:47 PM Beverly Beverly, I got the impression from Fitzgerald's statement is he already had the goods on the deleted emails. And those boyz are whizzing their britches. The other thing TM is missing is in the net Bush is using to capture the baddies, he is scooping up corporate communications going over those same wires, they can get everything. What a hoot, they can suck off company information and use it to the Republicans best advantage and their corpo subsidiaries. The Corporations are no safer from government intrusion then we the people. Posted by: Morgana on February 4, 2006 09:48 PMNor are the courts, congress, all THEIR families, friends, acquaintences, nor any OTHER govt/heads of state in the World, etc.... yup, lil mr bushie-doodoo-toes has it all. Well, we'll see... I'd be afraid if I was him... I'd be VERY afraid. Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 4, 2006 10:54 PMhttp://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5504a7.htm?s_cid=mm5504a7_e Yup. It all comes down to THEIR lack of privacy in their peep show. We are all open books. Jill, integrative medicine is in the wings and I don't think it can be stopped. Allopathic physicians themselves are crossing over now, sensing the trend. The proposal to freeze and cut Medicare (and Medicaid) is frightening though, as myself and so many other baby boomers reach our sunset years. Having worked in a medical school for 20 years, I noticed that system wasn't perfect but it seemed to be working. Jill, in Burlingame, CA, the hospital associations put the birthing unit into the hospital in Burlingame and other specialties in San Mateo....and the birthing unit combines both midwivery and regular C-section emergency and planned. My daughter had both her children ('01 & '03) with the same midwife, who was so terrific....not only that, she was funny ..... a standup comedienne/midwife! She kept us all (except Emily) laughing like crazy.... Posted by: judiG on February 5, 2006 12:06 AMPS...not doing a commercial plug here, but thought some of you interested in art might enjoy this....http://www.bacag.org/ I am involved in this, and Linda, the owner, wants me to teach. I am too burned out right now, but maybe in a year....my first piece is the sketch book page one on the right Pat QP...thanks for posting the Art in America article...an artist friend of mine had just written a similar take on the world, and I read that consecutively.... Posted by: judiG on February 5, 2006 12:09 AMThere is a lot ahead as Capricorn rules the elderly and we deal with this through struggle. Pluto is survival, life and death, the masses, etc. I think we will be looking at extreme life extending measures and the wealth involved in all of this. Who's going to pay for our elders' care? Someone will, but this is still a mystery. When Uranus goes into Aries, the young and new will challenge the old. That's when innovations will be advisable. Preventative medicine being a workable alternative. Lovely work, Judi. So much talent on that website, including yours. Posted by: Sharon on February 5, 2006 01:28 AM
By Charles Sullivan We allow the most atrocious lies uttered by political and moral prostitutes to go unchallenged. These lies are endlessly recycled in the commercial media until they become ingrained in the public conscience as truth. Worse than burying our heads in the sand, we bury them up our collective ass. How do you like the view? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11786.htm
Geraldine Bell Observer Celebrity took an unusually nerdy form at this year's Sundance Film Festival. The man everyone wanted to meet, talk to and be seen with wasn't a film star or daring new director. It was a politician, who is in his sixth year of retirement and more famous for what he didn't achieve than for what he did. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,5391655-102280,00.html Posted by: wv on February 5, 2006 02:49 AMWonderful work, Judi. Thanks so much for letting us know. Brought back memories of decades ago when my figure-painting friends despaired over the death of art. It lives! Posted by: shylurker on February 5, 2006 03:30 AMWish I were there. I would love to participate! Your drawing is terrific, far and away the best likeness, you've captured her essence! Paul Bagala and Carville on evening Russert show: Bagala exposes dimboy: "While he was talking about how the US is going to develop new energy sources, he was laying off 25% of the scientists at Los Alamos working on alternative energy source." too bad Bagala doesn't write an editorial in the America needs to start mirroring back the lies to Nice, Judi. Beautiful job on the nose. Posted by: jm on February 5, 2006 07:18 AMGore is dead-on about Global Warming. We cannot afford to resort to traditional methods of "crisis management" and wait until the machine is already in full motion, and the world is overwhelmed and devestated by the effects of rising temperatures and climate changes, before we respond. If we do wait, it will very likely be too late to do much if anything to stop it, or even to slow it down. I don't know that humanity will become extinct, as some astrologers have suggested, if we take no action to change our apparent course, but I do suspect that our surviors and descendants, few as they may be, will leave rather troubled, if not bitter and short lives for our failure to act when we still possessed the power and means to do so. IF we act today, however, we may not be able to stop global warming entirely or immediately, but we could possibly mitigate its' effects until such a time in the future that we have the ability to do so, or we are able to more or less adapt to a changed world. Then again, we may actually find the means to command control over the weather, and therefore climate, rendering global warming, as well as hurricanes, tornadoes and droughts a thing of the past. This would indicate a "graduation" to Kardashev Type I Civilization status, which is where we need to be aiming for long term sustainable survival of humanity. Astrologically, I suspect that we won't see real action of any kind to combat Global Warming until the upcoming Uranus-Pluto Square, with Uranus in Aries bringing the innovations as jm suggests, and Pluto in Capricorn bringing about the much needed restructuring of our governments and power structures. Depending upon how well (or poorly) we fare, when Pluto eventually leaves Capricorn for Aquarius, we'll either see a great uplifting for humanity, or a dramtic struggle for our survival, versus the imminent crises of global warming, overpopulation, shortages of food, water and enery. Even in the best case scenario, these issues or related ones may manifest in some form or another. Whatever we do over the next 40 years, mankind will either soar higher than ever before, or see its' fate sealed when Pluto transits Pisces and opposes Uranus in Virgo (2046-48). Posted by: NEOBuckeye on February 5, 2006 07:39 AMThe entire human collective holds the power on earth and the way it's distributed is a reflection of where we are at this time in history. The same with the corporations. We can't rid ourselves of them. We are too dependent. Katrina revealed the need for us to grow up and take care of our survival. Pluto in Cap. We can't go through the tangled federal bureaucracy any more. We can't depend on this parent. We will have to help each other and take things into our own hands. The extremes we are experiencing now are only serving to guide us to this. The less money we get from them the more autonomy we all have. If we take responsibility from the smallest point, the bottom up, we have a chance of creating a decent government. Toppling corrupt leaders is temporary. We have to get to the roots. So the endless crying and complaining might have to subside somewhat. Halfway through this election season something interesting will occur. In June the nodes of the moon will change sign from Aries/Libra to Virgo/Pisces. I expect a change as war and peace issues morph into service and delusion issues. But most important, with the North Node in Pisces, there is a chance that we will all come to grip with our paranoid delusions. The delusion of a consolidated terror force for one. Terrorism is a fighting tactic that will always be around and needs to be correctly dealt with through the international detective and police forces. Pluto on Galactic Center today, which is my birthday. Feb. 5th. So much to tell after my mother's 100th last week. The long and the short of it is that I had to take her check book away from her. She went down fighting..."the bank's fault!" I hate insulting her dignity like this. My frontal assault is to write any Dem with a mouth about their spineless display of what can only be construed as complicity and corruption. No meat here. Posted by: Beasley on February 5, 2006 05:29 PM((((((((((((((Beasley)))))))))))))))) Blessed Be, dear Beasley... it'll be all right. Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 5, 2006 06:45 PMRe: Global Warming I listened to James E. Hansen, Phd., NASA talk with Tom Ashbrook Friday evening. His appearance on the program was delay because the administration told him he couldn't do the show! The topic wasn't distinctly global warming, but his attack by the Administration to silence him. He will tell you all about it and it is chilling! He is a quiet spoken man who is very concerned about what his scientific studies reveal. He is not giving us a lot of time to turn things around. The administration is so serious about his talking, that Mr. Hansen stated he had to "seek legal counsel" to cover his job and what he could and couldn't say. Just outrageous! Initially I thought it would be a typical environmental show, but found myself sitting on the edge of my seat, not eating anything crunchy so I could hear every word or going to the restroom.....it was that good! wv and Morgana, I just think it strange that he would even communicate the event to Libby's lawyer. If the e-mails were important to the case, he should have/still can subpoena the hard drive. Computer communication is never totally lost eventhough deleted. The conversation can be found. That is unless Mr. Poindexter at the request of Bush/Cheney removed all evidence with his Total Information Awareness. It never dismantled as we were led to believe. They just went underground. I don't think there would be any ruckus from the people or Congress on this issue eventhough it looks like it could be a felony (impeachable?) rather than high crimes and misdemeanors. I don't know. No public interest in outing a CIA operative from the people eventhough news ran the story extensively last summer. Why would they care about missing e-mails which might implicate a crime? Most think it O.K. to warrantless wire tap. I don't think Fitzgerald is going to cover this investigation and achieve the results I would like to see. I think he will and is protecting the administration and all will just blow over. I would love to be wrong. Posted by: Beverly on February 5, 2006 09:20 PM"if we take no action to change our apparent course, but I do suspect that our surviors and descendants, few as they may be, will leave rather troubled, if not bitter and short lives for our failure to act when we still possessed the power and means to do so." From Noah's Flood to the sinking of Atlantis to Excluding all out nuclear war, I would expect the cycle of destruction and life to continue. As far as weather is concerned, yes, science will be able to and probably is already manufacturing weather, and earthquakes...but will never be able to stop Mother Nature's actions. Global warming and global cooling is a cycle, certainly one which we have hurried with our carbon fuel burning; nevertheless the cycles of melting glaciers and freezing temperatures have occurred as cycles long before there were cars and oil and burning of coal and nuclear weapons. Some things can be changed and some things can't. In the matter of global warming and cooling, "what will be, will be". That's Mother Nature's bailiwick, and I don;t think homosapiens Happy Birthday Beasley! And best wishes for your coming year. How special, a birthday with Pluto on the Galactic Center. You have to do your solar return and tell us what it looks like....and what this feels like. You're making history! Are you starting a book on it? Posted by: Pallas1800 on February 5, 2006 09:23 PM
Happy Birthday, Beasley. I enjoy your nightly astro recaps immensely. It is so true about the cycles of the earth. You have to be very careful about jumping to conclusions and going into panic and doom. Beasley, i wish you the very best, i love to read your posts and am glad to spend time in your presence in this little cyberport. Warm thoughts flowing outward. JM, ja i've read and followed similar research. A friend workded for several years in Antarctica on global warming projects the information gathered so far is full of conflicts. Posted by: tseka on February 6, 2006 01:44 AMBeasley, Appreciate your passion, caring, sense of purpose & intelligence. May you continue to be greatly blessed and your year filled with health, happiness, self-development and spiritual growth & peace. May you live to not just 100 but 120 and feel love and enjoyment every minute! By the way, I had to do the same with my mother, but she was about 78 at the time. To have a mother who is capable of using a check book to such an esteemed age is very special. Old age ain't (always) easy as Betty Davis said but it can be very interesting, entertaining, miraculous and special. Posted by: Sharon on February 6, 2006 02:10 AMHappy Birthdyay Beasley, I do not post often but often read and love yours !! Many days of laughter and joy ! Posted by: flo c. on February 8, 2006 05:23 AMI agree with you .
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