Saintless

It’s only 2 minutes long, and it’s eerie how on-target Obama was with what McCain would say and do.

(h/t Glenden Brown)

A long time ago, in a place far, far away, I wrote about Bush giving himself teh power. To remain King of America, and ignore the next president. I only found this blog with a quick search, and I must say that even bringing this up made me feel like some kind of conspiracy theorist. But, respected blogger JM Bell also covered it back then, and he recently covered it again. Just watch the video, will you?

Don’t let this be a close election. Make it overwhelming, and you’ll prevent yourself from being a subject of fear-mongering King George III.

(h/t Open Congress)

McCain has done some slimey things in his past, but this outweighs anything I know about.

McCain’s new ad (if you can stomach it):

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLQhRiEXZs]

Do you see what they did there? They took a bill that was supposed to teach young children how to keep from being victims of child predators, and twisted it to make Obama look like some old pervert, and visually emphasized it with a truly funky picture of Obama, with his shirt disheveled, and a leer on his face. That bill wasn’t about giving condoms out to 5 year olds, it was about keeping them safe. But that didn’t matter to McCain. What mattered was winning.

Oh, and apparently, that same twisted lie was once before (unsuccessfully) used by Obama’s opponent in the Illinios State Legislature. McCain couldn’t even make their own lie up, they had to borrow one that hadn’t worked the first time.

Here’s what Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton had to say:

It is shameful and downright perverse for the McCain campaign to use a bill that was written to protect young children from sexual predators as a recycled and discredited political attack against a father of two young girls - a position that his friend Mitt Romney also holds. Last week, John McCain told Time magazine he couldn’t define what honor was. Now we know why.

So, what McCain essentially did there was, for those not more aware of what’s really going on, use America’s children to lie to their parents, and make them afraid of Barack Obama. The Politics of Fear are alive and well.

Olbermann’s special comment tonight was regarding tomorrow’s sad anniversary of 9/11/2001.

First he went into the GOP “9/11™ Tribute” at their convention, and how horrifying it was. The video was not a tribute to the victims of 9/11, their families, or even Americans in general. It was a tribute to the horrific deeds done that day, an attempt to make Americans remember the fear, and their hope was that Americans would then look to Republicans to save them from it happening again.

Doesn’t that make them the Terrorists, because they are attempting to inspire terror in the hearts of Americans, to further their own agenda?

Then he went into how McCain is blackmailing the US electorate with his claim that he can, will and knows how to capture Osama bin Laden. If he knows, what is he holding out for?

Wow, Keith really outdid himself tonight. Way to go!

There’s still a chance to catch the comment again during the 9:00 PM (MDT) hour, or over at MSNBC.

Via DCist comes this story about making a police state out of our nation’s capital:

D.C. police will seal off entire neighborhoods, set up checkpoints and kick out strangers under a new program that D.C. officials hope will help them rescue the city from its out-of-control violence.

Under an executive order expected to be announced today, police Chief Cathy L. Lanier will have the authority to designate “Neighborhood Safety Zones.” At least six officers will man cordons around those zones and demand identification from people coming in and out of them. Anyone who doesn’t live there, work there or have “legitimate reason” to be there will be sent away or face arrest, documents obtained by The Examiner show.

An executive order, huh? As of late, that seems to be some sort of code for “we know it’s not legal, but we’re doing it anyway”.

Salty Peaks Snowboard shop has a new commercial on X96, talking about the North American Union and saying that anyone who can disprove it will get a $2500 shopping spree at their store. They say to go to StopTheNorthAmericanUnion.com to find out more. The Salty Peaks Snowboard shop also has a link to that site at the very bottom of their web site.

Salty Peaks also happens to have a giant Ron Paul sign leaning against the base of their store sign by the road.

Now, I would dearly love to find an MP3 of this commercial, because I can’t recall exactly what it says. How am I to win this $2500 if I can’t have the details except on the radio?

Anyway, putting 2 + 2 together, I did a little Google search of the fear-mongering “informational” web site in question, and oddly enough, it mentions Ron Paul 117 times. All of these seem to be, of course, pro-Paul, since he wants to stop said union. A little more curiosity led me to find out that Barack Obama is mentioned about 60 times, Hillary about 80 times, John McCain about 127 times, Rudy Giuliani about 75 times and so on and so forth.

Of course, most of these mentions are on a message board, which you must be a member of to even view. Thankfully, Google has this nifty little caching feature, where you can view Google’s copy of a page. Here’s one message from their message board which I find interesting:

GOSCOOTIN
Mifflin’s Sentries

Joined: Jul 16 2007
POSTS: 34

Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:41 am Post subject:
We should of fought and stopped this crap years ago. It is so out of control right not we have to fight every day. They bring up one thing and the people get hot and they bring up something else to take the heat off the other. It’s endless.
We need to get more people involved. It amazes me that well educated people don’t have a clue about what is going on. Our country is being invaded and it’s hard not to notice!
We need to keep fighting. We will only win if we get control of our representatives. I’ve noticed a lot of them are being very quiet now because they were slammed by the people they represent. But there are others like Kennedy that will fight for amnesty no matter what. And you can’t trust any of them.
Bush thinks $3 million is too much to spend on securing our country, but he gives mulitple times that to La Raza organizations. Is there something wrong with this picture? Yes, Bush doesn’t want the border. And why should he? If the SPP passes, the borders will have to be opened again. America will be gone forever.
Every day I hear and see more crap going on and it just tears me up. I am never going to give up the fight tho.
We need to promote candidates that are for America. Like Tancredo, Paul and Romney. Someone that is as appauled about what is going on as we are.
God bless America!

(emphasis mine)

So, here’s the next response:

2ndamendsis
Site Admin

Joined: Jun 24 2007
POSTS: 682
Location: New Jersey

Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:57 am Post subject:
GO
this might interest you Very Happy
http://stopthenorthamericanunion.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=11

Working to get this information out. One step at a time and we’re building momentum!

Look at Hunter, Tancredo, Steve King & DeFazio’s amendments that MADE HISTORY this week! FIRST Anti-SPP amendments on legislation!!!
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In Memory of “G” ~ USASA 66-70

So, I can’t click through, since whenever you click a link to their forums, it redirects to a different page. I can’t find that particular thread through the Google cache. And, there’s no way to register, since clicking the register link also redirects you. I do wonder why these forums are so hard to get to - are they hiding something? What did that link that would make him “Very Happy” say?

The idea of the North American Union in ludicrous. It’s the same sort of fear-mongering that GW has used to keep Americans “in-line” and supporting his “war on terror”. Only, this N.A. Union bullshit is based on racism, scaring people into thinking that Mexicans are going to take over, and that they shouldn’t be here because…well…they’re Mexican. Ron Paul IS a racist, and that is why he has so many racist groups backing him, and why he has published racist statements, even though he attributes those statements to other people.

I don’t feel a need to fight back against Ron Paul, because he stands no chance of being our next president.

However, Salty Peaks is wrong for their commercial, wrong for spreading lies and racism, and wrong for promoting that web site. That web site is wrong for the lies and racism, as well.

I generally shop local, and I haven’t been inside of a Wal-Mart for a very long time. However, if I had the choice between Salty Peaks and Wal-Mart right now, I’d choose Wal-Mart.

If anyone has the Salty Peaks commercial available to listen to, please let me know. I’d even split the shopping spree with you.

Tags: North American Union, Ron Paul, Salty Peaks

This morning as I was cooking bacon, and had time to myself without the hustle and bustle of life, I wondered how I’d gotten to this point in my life. The point where I’m the Chair of this group, Utah for Obama, as well as Field Director for an area of Salt Lake for our county Democratic Party. Barely more than a year ago, my life seemed plenty full, between children, my boyfriend and work. How have I found the ability to add in the responsibility of helping out the county Democratic Party, as well as the one of leading a group dedicated to getting Barack Obama the Democratic Nomination this coming February?

More importantly, why am I doing this? It would be so much easier to throw myself into work, make some more money on the side to support my family and pursue my own interests, of reading, computers and living the good life. And it occurred to me that I felt threatened by our government. My children, and the life I’m living, are at risk because America chose poorly in the last two presidential elections.

Part of that risk is obvious - this pathetic war that our country is in. But, much of it is less obvious, and stands in the shadow of the war. Our government has taken away many of the freedoms and rights that I consider myself having been born to. Right now, I consider myself, and anyone else who disagrees with the administration, at risk of being hauled off in the night and disappearing to Guantanamo Bay, without true reason. I don’t consider this a likely thing, by any means. But, given the current administration, and the abuse of our Constitution that I have seen, it is within the realm of possibility.

And so, it’s not a matter of finding the time for these political activities. It’s a matter of knowing I have this responsibility, a responsibility to my children and family and friends, to help in whatever way I’m able, to bring a change to our government. A change taking us back to the America we once were, with the Constitution we hold dear. While our government may never be totally trustworthy, we are able to elect leaders who are. And I believe Barack Obama is the only choice we have in the next election, if we are to have those things.

Yes, I agree with his stance on leaving Iraq, and focusing on where the terrorists really are. I agree with his idea that our foreign policy should begin as a diplomatic one, and that war is not the only way. I agree with his idea that every American has the right to healthcare, and his ideas of helping change the inner cities through fixing the problems and not the symptoms. I agree with so many of his views. But, the same could be said of other candidates. The difference is, they are not holding out the same hope for change. I can see in their body language, in their history, that their idea of change is to maybe get out of the Iraq War, but it is not to bring about the Change to Washington, or the Change to a better America.

The other candidates may offer relief from the worst parts of George W Bush’s adminisration, but it goes no further. And I don’t believe we have to settle for the least worst candidate, this time. We can have a president who cares about the America that we all love, and every one of the people in it. His decisions won’t be party line, or influenced by a lobbyist who bought his vote. He will look at the bigger picture, and know that signing a bill that fixes one problem, and causes another, is not right. He won’t give us Universal Healthcare by plunging us into further debt. He will give us Universal Healthcare by giving us the best solution and finding the best way of funding it. He won’t pull out of Iraq and ignore the problems we leave behind. He will pull our troops out of Iraq while finding diplomatic ways of helping to fix the issues there. He will not do what he thinks is best for our country while lying to us. He will do what he thinks is best for our country, while trusting Americans with the truth.

And for those reasons, I believe that the threat of the Bush administration is only temporary. And I believe that I want and need to work to help other Americans, especially Utahns, to see the hope we have for our future.

Tags: George W Bush, hope, Iraq, Universal Healthcare