Politics 2012: Cain...Planned Parenthood?

The Talking Man.....A prelude to disaster

Two hundred and thirty days ago, Herman  Cain 'opened-up' with a comment that was prologue to for his 2011 campaign for the GOP nomination   On March 15, 2001, Cain said the following.

(The video has been disabled for embed by YouTube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEXUmVtXAZs

In early 2011 it should have been obvious to all political observers that Cain was going to approach his quest for  the nomination with unadulterated rhetoric.  Actually, allow me to change that word  "rhetoric" to "demagoguery".  

Kudos to Google!

Google Says "no" to request to take-down YouTube video of brutality

When does the Internet provide opportunity for people to see, hear, and read about our world? It provide information on a minute to minute basis and much of the information is of value to someone. If information is of value to someone, it is of value to (potentially) everyone.  I can personally count on one hand the number of people who are not frequent users of the internet and its gargantuan amount of information that feeds of brains.  The act of feeding the brain is basically a metaphor for knowledge.  Is it proper to attempt to stifle that flow of information for any reason?

The 10 Scariest Things That Hermain Cain Would Do If Elected President

Ah, Halloween!  A time to allow the mind to wander to that which is scary, that which is horrible, that which is unfathomable, and that of the possible.

A whimsical look at my 2011 Halloween fantasies about Herman Cain with associated 10 Scariest? (whimsical...I think Mr. Cain would find these points in line with his use of humor.)

Herman 'Citizen' Cain wins the General Election of 2012

A Commander-in-Chief for Turbulent Times

A few days ago I wrote an article about President Obama as the most legislatively productive president in modern times (possibly ever). Another valued perspective on the nation's 44th President, is his role as Commander-in-Chief.

President Obama joined a coalition this late spring that supported the Libyan rebels in overthrowing their autocratic dictator: Gaddafi. Amidst cries of 'do not intervene' from many in our nation, the president 'rightfully' declared that he would not sit idly by as was the case with the Rwandan genocide of the mid 1990s. The president made the right call, even if the uprising took far more than 'a few days.' History will record his decision and contributions to coalition leadership one of great. As we watched the horrible end to one of the world's most noted 'fathers of terrorism,' as ugly as it was, his support can be considered nothing say of 'great.' But, his legacy as Commander-in-Chief far surpasses the decision to join the coalition against Gaddafi.

CBO Confirms Income Divide...... as Dangerous as Shifting Tectonic Plates

I have written a few articles about the income disparity in the United States and how the gap has widened over the past few decades.  More specifically, I often explore how the nation's major corporations over-compensate their CEOs, while restricting employee pay and restricting actual filling jobs to an "uncomfortable" level. "Uncomfortable"?  Yes, "uncomfortable" for those who toil in the offices, the factories, the restaurants, the movie sets, the media studios, and any work area where there are middle class income earners.

{For sake of fairness, the nation's wealthy also includes many of our super hero athletes, actors, and entertainers, but that fact does not mean that many of those people are part of the 'we have our's, if you do not have yours, then it is your fault' crowd. However, most do not seem to be alarmed about the growing inequities in income. An inequity that will eventually boil-over into serious civil unrest}

"Agitate, Agitate"

During a recent trip to the nation's capitol, I had the distinct pleasure to visit the Frederick Douglass Cherry Hill House.

Yes, I visited the White House (a tour), I visited the MLK Monument, and I toured around other historical monuments but there was something about the visit to Frederick Douglass's House that remains emblazoned in my mind.

Despite arriving at the Cherry Hill House prior to the National Park's daily scheduled tour, I was allowed to watch a 20 minute film in the museum theater.   The video chronicled  the life of Frederick Douglas from his early childhood to his death. Much of the film was devoted to matters related to his life as a slave and his quest for freedom from slavery.  Of particular note was the film's end minutes.

Herman Cain, Yes Republicans’ Jungle Fever…

This article is cross posted from the NorthStarNews.com website.

 By Walter Fields

Official website; http://www.NorthStarNews.com

He is everything they fantasized about; a dark warrior with swagger, unafraid to chastise his own and a product of the Black experience. Unlike Colin Powell, he is no wishy-washy moderate supporter of affirmative action and apologist for fairness. Herman Cain is the GOP’s Black buck and the party has a bad case of “jungle fever” or “Mandingo mania,” whichever you prefer to describe their new interest in Black love.

Herman Cain, the pizza man extraordinaire, is the latest in a line of Republican race shields, Black conservatives that the party embraces as the authentically Black expressions of support for right-wing extremism. In the 1980’s the party had a case of the Clarences – including the likes of Clarence Pendleton and 

 Clarence Thomas as two examples of good Black folks. In the 90s, Ward Connerly earned his stripes as Mr. Anti-Affirmative Action, ripping apart California’s efforts to make college admissions more racially inclusive and setting of an anti-equity stampede. Now, a new Black hero has arrived on the GOP scene and Allan Keyes must be worried because his position as the go to Black right-hand man is now in jeopardy. The new Black conservative icon is Herman Cain, the born out of poverty, Morehouse graduate, corporate success story that the GOP is now holding up as the new Black modern man. What is not to like about Cain? His life story is inspiring, he is funny and intelligent. Those attributes cannot obscure the fact that his candidacy is as thin as one of those pizzas he use to shuck and his scorched earth rhetoric is tolerated only because he is a Black novelty.

CEO Pay and Class Warfare

Do you want to see how far along we as a nation have moved toward "idol worship" or demurring to our 'stratospheric  few who are 'uber' wealthy .

The information contained in this article is not for the naïve, the innocent, the very young, or people who do not give a damn about their fellow Americans.  The information includes links to two articles that are seriously jaw-dropping.

HuffPost BUSINESS....
Despite growing income inequality, and global protests criticizing the wealth gap, CEO compensation now exceeds pre-recession levels, totaling billions of dollars. But the majority of corporate shareholders don't seem to mind that CEOs are netting such high pay.

Politics 2012: 'Survivor' GOP

As I watched the Jay Leno Show this evening, I was reminded of a piece that I developed over this past weekend.  Leno asked President Obama how he felt about the cast of people campaigning for the GOP presidential nomination.

"I am going to wait until everybody is voted off the island.  I am  going to wait until they narrow it down to one or two....", President Obama responded.

Last weekend, while on a  train out of Washington D.C.'s Union Station, I experienced a mental flash about how the current GOP quest for a candidate for president reminded me of the CBS Survivor series. (A premonition, maybe?)

“Birther” ????? "Arrogant" ?????

 

“Birther” talk bubbles up again

GOP political posturing continues to languish.  Am I reading this correctly?   Did Perry allow himself to resort to a bottom dwelling tactic?  Did he actually make a reference to visiting the irreverent Donald Trump?

Occupy Wall Street: Oakland Raids!

SFGate for the San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that Oakland, California police raided  Occupy Wall Street during the early morning hours.

Apparently,  prior to the arrests the following  announcement was broadcast via megaphone to the protesters.

Cain Would Amend Constitution if Elected President; Problem... Wrong office Mr. Cain

Every time I say to myself, "I am going to give Herman "Citizen" Cain a few days break, he goes and makes another major verbal 'throw-up' from 'no where'.

His latest? (video only)

The GOP candidate told Christian Broadcasting Network that he would sign a constitutional amendment banning abortion.

"I feel that strongly about it. If we can get the necessary support and it comes to my desk I’ll sign it. That’s all I can do. I will sign it," he said.

Herman, Herman...the President of the Untied States has no involvement in Constitutional Amendments.  If you knew more about U.S. politics you might have possessed that very important tid-bit of information.

The Wall Street Journal 99 % Widget and CNN’s Play to the GOP Base

Ever wonder what specific percent you are as you consider the Occupy Wall Street 99% (er).  The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Blog Real Time Economics has a neat interactive widget that will give you your percent by simply entering your income.  Widget Link...

Needless to say, but we know that we are not part of the 1 per cent.  Therefore, the exercise is purely one of very temporary entertainment but one that kind of feeds the brain.

Occupy Wall Street: Growing to Order?

A group of activists hold a strategy meeting

I wrote earlier about Occupy Wall Street and potential donors.

MSNBC.com is reporting $300,000 in donations and food stuffs housed in a storage space in Manhattan. Verena Dobnik, MSNBC Correspondent, asks a relevant question.

Could this be the peak for loosely organized protesters, united less by a common cause than by revulsion to what they consider unbridled corporate greed? Or are they just getting started?

May I opine? OWS is not at its peak. It has room for growth and it factually has not spread as far as it will spread worldwide. Dobnik asks the question based on the following.

Cain’s 9-9-9 Plan is Smoke and Mirrors

....And political B/S from one who knows it best ...Herman Cain

Herman Cain is smart enough to know that Americans love their jingles and their catchy phrases. He also knows about that special talent that few have mastered; to get strong approval from people who have power. Power, as it relates to being appointed to a CEO position, or to secure favor for one’s political aspirations, are the same. People who aspire to the highest level of corporate America have to understand a credo that is critical to success, “Always manage up.”

Occupy Wall Street, MLK, Monument to Freedom, and a Tribute to Martyrs

Yesterday, I had an experience that ranks among those that I will never forget. I took a tour of the White House and within an hour visited the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Monument. Ahhh, the reasons for my visit to the nation's capital. Yet, based on what has to have been some sort of divine intervention, a for-fee limo driver entered a hotel lobby and wiffed-away a couple of people awaiting a taxi to the White House. I was one of those who joined the limo driver vs. the fared taxi. The driver of the limo as a young man, grew up in the very home town in which I currently reside. Mr. D. Smith took me to the Frederick Douglas Cherry Hill Home of the former slave and eventual U.S. Government employee. The experience was as good as it gets( for an avid history buff).

The day completed a two week period that will join the history of those who fought for freedoms withheld from millions in the United States.  A few words in recollection of those who fought against injustice and a tribute to the new who are fighting as you read this piece.

Rabble, rabble, rabble!!

So...Did you catch that hot mess of a debate last night??

Wow!

By the end of it I had a bet going with my husband on who was going to throw the first punch! I n the end, neither one of us won but we were both highly entertained, yet sadly disappointed that nothing besides the usual, 999, repeal, repeal, repeal, plan was offered.

Let's break it down in simple terms. Rabble, rabble, rabble. 999, apples, oranges, fruit basket.

Rabble, rabble, rabble. Illegals. Rabble, rabble, rabble. Fences, boots on the ground. Rabble, rabble, rabble. Ooh, a double fence!, anchor babies! Rabble,rabble,rabble. Gardeners, educating illegals' children. Rabble, rabble, rabble. Repeal Obamacare. Repeal Dodd-Frank. Repeal, repeal, rabble, rabble rabble. Christian, Mormon, cult, my religion is better than yours, rabble, rabble, rabble.

ANDERSON! He's picking on me! Rabble, rabble, rabble!

There was also the standard "Obama will be a one term President". Thanks Michele, we can always count on you for that tidbit. Craaazy rabble!

Rick Santorum and his  rhetoric about abortion, birth control, and family values. Rabble,rab-b-l...

Ron Paul, was being Ron Paul.   Rabble.

The fun and games last night were between Perry and Romney. Talking over each other. Who had the "better" record as Governor. Accusations, whining, pouting, touching, raised voices. The only thing missing was the boxing ring. The gloves are coming off. The next debate, has alot to live up too!

In the end, after all the rhetoric and accusations had subsided, the viewing public had been subjected to another two hours of the same old song and dance complete with no real solutions for  the issues this country is dealing with today.

Typical!

 

I am Lamb12

Mr. Cain...Are you serious?

Do you think running for President is a joke?


Do you think the views you are spouting on TV are just humorous little tidbits to make some folks laugh? Do you honestly think that your "joking" will keep you relevant in the polls or get you the GOTP nomination? Get you elected?

Mr. Cain, either you have been eating way too much of your mediocre pizza or you have been doing too much Koch Bros. Probably both.

Fox New's Geraldo Rivera "Powdered" at OWS NYC

Geraldo Rivera just before 'powdering' at OWS NYC

Geraldo Rivera is a longstanding progressive. In fact, he has been known for years as an unapologetic liberal.

Rivera visited the Occupy Wall Street protests again over the weekend.  That visit went as badly as his first visit and worse.  He was powdered by a protester. Rivera handled the powdering well and gave good advice to those who express 'hatred' of his presence.

Haley Barbour Predicts Cain to Sweep South. Really?

Haley Barbour Speaks

“If Herman Cain is our nominee running against Barack Obama, I think he’ll sweep the South,” Barbour said on Laura Ingraham's radio show. 

"He's likable. I think if [elections] were today, my wife would vote for Herman Cain," he (Barbour)  said, adding that his sons had taken a liking to Cain's campaign as well, telling him, "Dad, I like him. I like what he says."

About Cain’s proposed 9-9-9 plan,  “commonsensical.”  Barbour says it is commonsensical!

”We need to do things that say here’s what we’re for, here’s why we’re for it, and here’s how it’ll help our country and our communities,” Barbour said. “That is something Herman Cain has made in a real straightforward, simple to understand way.”

"You heard of the Citizens Councils? Up north they think it was like the KKK," said Barbour. "Where I come from it was an organization of town leaders. In Yazoo City they passed a resolution that said anybody who started a chapter of the Klan would get their ass run out of town. If you had a job, you'd lose it. If you had a store, they'd see nobody shopped there. We didn't have a problem with the Klan in Yazoo City."

Cain Declares Himself a Koch Man

The Koch Brothers are noted moneyed supporters of Right-Wing causes and organizations.

Mother Jones...

The Kochs also bankrolled the fledgling tea party by making massive investments in right-wing political advocacy groups such as Americans for Prosperity, as detailed by Jane Mayer in The New Yorker last year. More generally, the brothers have dedicated a portion of their vast wealth—and that of their benefactors—to influencing elections across the nationand swaying public opinion on everything from health care and fracking to labor policy and government spending.

Occupy Wall Street Hits Major International Capitals...and Moves Into Time Square (LIVE STREAM)

THIS PAST SATURDAY.....

NYC Times Square, Police at Ready!!!!!

OWS Live Stream...activity in Time Square.....

Gothamist.com is reporting

Thousands of Occupy Wall Street protesters have now begun filing into Times Square for a massiveOccupation Party, in part to celebrate the spreading of OWS across the globe today. The police have begun setting up barricades to keep the protesters within certain areas, and portions of the sidewalks have become almost impassable.

Despite what looms as potential for violence or brutality, Gothamist is reporting that the mod among the protesters is joyous.  The OWS is celebrating a day when OWS saw simultaneous  groups protest in major international capitals .

While he protesters march and chant, apparently tourists are watching  from behind police barricades.

Doug's Dozen: 12 Campaign Slogans for Chris Christie (please, Chris, it's not too late!!!)

This piece cross posted from the www.leftake.com website. Doug's Dozen: 12 Campaign Slogans for Chris Christie (please, Chris, it's not too late!!!)  by: DOUGMOLITOR OCTOBER 04, 2011 3:36 PM

Chris Christie just said he's not going to run for President?!  Nooo!  Say it ain't so, Chris!  You have more gravitas than any current Republican!  You don't have to run...we'll call your helicopter and you can ride!  If mobility is a problem, we can get you one of those Medicare scooters!  Oh, wait...Republicans aren't cool with the whole Medicare thing, right?  But dude, you would bring so much to the race for the GOP nomination!  I mean, just listening to you bat down that mouthy broad who wanted to know how you justify cutting public schools when your kids are in private schools:  "It's nunna ya bizness!"  That's what we love about you, Chris, your man-in-the-street quality. Well, actually, that was more like guy-in-a-dark-alley, but you get my point. Besides, I ALREADY WROTE a Doug's Dozen for you.  So just in case you change your mind, here's...

Occupy Wall Street, Class Warfare, and Russell Simmons

October 15, 2011

By  The Pardu

I find the recent flaps about class warfare typically convenient. Warfare in this context is nothing more that Right-Wing word-smithing for effect.  The very people (in congress and Right-Wing paid pundits) who preach that mantra are using it for purpose of induction. Induction into beliefs that help the Right indoctrinate people via ‘catchy slogans”. ‘Socialism’, death-panels, Momma grizzley’ moral majority, welfare (to denote poor black people), mainstream media, Obamacare, …just to give a few examples.

Founding Fathers?

The following article has been cross posted with permission from Benjamin T Moore Jr.

Developed and published: on Friday, October 14, 2011 at 4:45am

The "Founding Fathers" have pretty much gained "rock star" popularity these days. One might believe them to be the patron saints of the Republican party and authors of the conservative movement considering the frequency with which they're invoked at their events. Misrepresented and misquoted it's no wonder they're deified. We've lost all perspective on whom they really were.

Perhaps a bit of a refresher is in order?