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Thursday, June 21, 2007
DON'T UNDERESTIMATE MICHAEL BLOOMBERG
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is jumping the Republican ship for two good reasons ~ Bush is determined to take the party down with him in 2008 and, as an Independent, Bloomberg offers the electorate a fresh and compelling alternative versus seeing the Clintons in the White House again: Allen L Roland

Wednesday, June 20, 2007
HUMANS MAY NOT SURVIVE BUT NATURE WILL SURVIVE AND THRIVE
Make no mistake about it ~ if we destroy ourselves in a nuclear armageddon, nature will not only survive but it will rapidly thrive as all our monuments to human greed and power will quickly crumble to dust and vegetation. Nature is a living example of a loving plan in action and our human species, as others have in the past, will disappear if we don't surrender to our deepest and innate need to cooperate and love one another.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007
WHAT THE VANISHING BEES ARE TELLING US
(2 comments) What the unsolved vanishing bees are telling us is the same thing the vanishing field birds are telling us ~ we are at a critical ecological threshold in our evolution and unless we take dramatic steps to change our life threatening habits & excesses and, instead, embrace our interconnection with nature ~ the ecosystem will collapse and the human being as a species will eventually go the way of the vanishing bees.

Monday, June 18, 2007
BUSH WILL PARDON LIBBY WITHIN SIX WEEKS
It is common beltway knowledge that Libby took the rap for Cheney and that this administration is, in essence, a Dick Cheney administration with Bush serving as its titular head and oblivious cheerleader. As such, it is just a matter of when ( not if ) before Bush ( who answers to Cheney ) will pardon Libby and it most likely will be during the July Independence day recess or the Summer Congressional recess in early August.

Saturday, June 16, 2007
ON BEING A FATHER
I am the bow that has sent forth four children, as living arrows, into this imperfect world . I have been far from perfect as their Dad but I have always loved and cherished them on their separate flights. But what makes a stable bow ? Is it giving them what my father gave me ? Since I never had a father ~ I can only draw on what my grandfather gave me and in that sense ~ my children have been blessed.

Friday, June 15, 2007
THIS IS NOW THE DEMOCRAT'S OCCUPATION / THEY ARE NOT INNOCENT BYSTANDERS
(2 comments) The Democrats are playing games with the Iraq occupation and the American public is increasingly infuriated. The glaring truth is that the Democrats are playing politics and want this war/occupation to be solely George Bush's ~ but by passing the funding bill they have taken ownership for the continuation of this fiasco and have now firmly placed themselves on the same sinking ship with the Republicans as the polls so reflect.

Friday, June 15, 2007
GAZA REFUGEES CRY OUT / A SILENT WORLD TURNS AWAY
The media largely ignores the plight of the Iraqis and palestinians but their voices of truth seep through the concrete boardwalk of injustice like a lonely flower reaching for the sun. One of those voices crying out is Mona El-Farra , a physician and human rights advocate who lives in Gaza, and who speaks for all mothers who live in occupied countries.

Thursday, June 14, 2007
WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR ? LET LOOSE THE SUBPOENAS !
(4 comments) Absolute power absolutely corrupts and the Cheney/Bush administration is living evidence of it. Now is not the time for hesitancy, Now is not the time for procrastination, Now is the time for action. Now is the time for courage. Now is the time to restore our beloved constitution and batter down the walls of denial, hubris and executive priviledge. What are we waiting for ? Let loose the subpoenas !

Tuesday, June 12, 2007
LIEBERMAN IS CHENEY'S LOVE CHILD
(5 comments) Joe Lieberman is beholden only to AIPAC ( Israel's powerful Washington foreign policy lobby ) ISRAEL , and POWER itself . Dick Cheney represents the POWER that Lieberman almost had and still longs for ~ to the extent that he is now ready to sell his soul, party allegiance and self-respect inorder to claim a seat at the feeding trough with Cheney and his power brokers.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007
COMING SOON ~ THE SOPRANO'S / THE MOVIE
You heard it here first ~ all the clues are there if you observe the last scene closely. David Chase has brilliantly set up the next step for THE SOPRANO'S and that is THE SOPRANO'S / THE MOVIE which will open where this one left off ~ in the ice cream parlor ~ and will be the mother of all movie blockbusters. Clue ~ What was Steve Perry singing in the final scene in the Ice Cream parlor when the screen went dark ?

Monday, June 11, 2007
LIEBERMAN SETS STAGE FOR MILITARY STRIKE ON IRAN
(7 comments) The Cheney/Bush administration's designated War Pimp Joseph Lieberman ~ very close friend of Israel and AIPAC ~ all but declared on Face The Nation Sunday morning that a military strike on Iran was not only on the table but very likely. When we add that dramatic announcement to the recent firing of General Pace and the appointment of the zealous hawk Admiral Michael Mullen as his replacement ~ Three things become obvious.

Sunday, June 10, 2007
MOVIE OF THE YEAR / ONCE
This movie is so simple, real and unpretentious ~ that it will emotionally creep up on you and knock your socks off and that's without even mentioning the incredible music of Glen Hansard and his Irish band The Frames. In this superficial world it is rare to witness the power and profound simplicity of unconditional love ~ set to music ~ but ONCE pulls it off and more than deserves its Sundance award if not an Academy Award .

Saturday, June 9, 2007
THE REAL ID ACT / THE FUTURE IS FINALLY HERE
The real ID act, was first introduced in December, 2005 as an addendum to a spending bill for Afganistan that authorized a national ID system, to take effect 3 years from then, which would track every move that every one of us makes. Guess what, it's here again as an attachment to the Senate Immigration Bill (S. 1348) which is now working its way through the Senate and currently momentarily stalled ~ but still alive.

Friday, June 8, 2007
TWILIGHT OF OUR DEMOCRACY
I feel the erie twilight of oppression descending on America because we are just one " Major incident " away from Martial law and Bush assuming legal dictatorial rule over our Republic. The similarities with Germany in the late 1930's are frightening and ominous and we may be beyond the point of no return ~ particularly in light of Congress's recent blank check to Bush's illegal occupation of Iraq and recent reckless surge.

Thursday, June 7, 2007
THE RISE AND FALL OF JIMMY CARTER
(2 comments) For a brief moment in time, Jimmy Carter told the unequivocal truth " George W Bush is the worst president in the history of this country " A statement that atleast 60% of Americans firmly believe, a statement that atleast 80% of the rest of the world believes, a truth that was needed to be told by a national leader to this moral coward and unindicted criminal posing as a leader in the White House ~ and then Carter blew it .

Wednesday, June 6, 2007
JUNE 6, 1968 / THE DAY THAT HOPE DIED
June 6th , 1968 ~ I remember that day well, It is frozen in my memory. Cold stored with feelings of anguish, of shock, of disbelief, of immense sorrow. I awoke that morning to the crushing news of Robert Kennedys death.

Tuesday, June 5, 2007
IRAQ IS NOT KOREA / BUSH'S LATEST ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FAILURE
Desperate men do desperate things and George W Bush will do anything, including starting another war, to avoid the giant self realization that has been chasing him, like an inevitable crushing wave, his whole life ~ I'M A FAILURE! Comparing Iraq to South Korea is Bush's latest escape from failure ploy but the Center for American Progress quickly exposes this face-saving gambit before it gains any traction.

Monday, June 4, 2007
BHARARA CLOSING IN ON BUSH AND ROVE CRIME SYNDICATE
(4 comments) The only way to bring down the Cheney/Bush administration is to treat it like the crime syndicate that it already is. To that extent, the Democrats have enlisted Preet Bharara, Mafia buster extraodinaire, to spearhead their efforts to uncover corruption, mismanagement, incompetence and financial impropriety at the heart of the Bush administration. 20 investigations are launched, the subpoenas are flying ~ read and enjoy !

Sunday, June 3, 2007
IRAQIS ARE SICK OF THEIR CORRUPT GOVERNMENT
Let's get something straight ~ there is no effective Iraqi government . Most of its leaders, including President Talabani, have garnered their loot and are heading for far away places knowing that they are marked men outside the protection of the infamous Green Zone ~ which is becoming increasingly vulnerable. With 20 to 30 Rocket attacks daily in the Green Zone, Bush's face saving surge is doomed ~ it's another Saigon !

Saturday, June 2, 2007
PARTNERS IN CRIME / BUSH & TALABANI
The same basic arguments for keeping U.S. forces in Iraq have long been presented by reigning politicians. A cover story in Time magazine laid down the prevailing line: "Foreign policy luminaries from both parties say a precipitous U.S. withdrawal would cripple American credibility, doom reform in the Arab world and turn Iraq into a playground for terrorists and the armies of neighboring states " ~ That was in April 2004.

Friday, June 1, 2007
LETTER FROM A SOLDIER IN IRAQ / WHY ARE WE HERE ?
(5 comments) A soldier in Iraq asks in despair; Why are we here? After watching his roommate fatally wounded in a roadside bombing, an Army private wonders why the lives of good men are being lost when the Iraqis pose no threat to us and don't want us there ~ a good question which Bush cannot legitimately and morally answer: Allen L Roland

Thursday, May 31, 2007
MESSAGE FROM THE IRAQI RESISTANCE
Here is a short video message from the Iraqi resistance to George W Bush which is well worth listening to ; " We are simple people who choose principles over fear ~ once you said ' Bring it on ' and we did ~ do you have another challenge for us, Mr Bush ? " Propaganda, disinformation or the truth? You decide, but please remember ~ this is an illegal occupation, not the leading edge of Bush's self proclaimed war on terror.

Thursday, May 31, 2007
REPORTER FINALLY NAILS BUSH
(4 comments) Recently Barry Lank, a crack reporter, was able to get a White House press pass. He asked the tough questions the other reporters are afraid to ask, but did we ever see the footage of this? No, of course not but believe me ~ there was shock and disbelief in the Press Corps that day. There is obviously a conspiracy of silence around the White House ~ but nothing escapes the Daily Kos. Here is their embedded video link.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007
LETTER FROM A CRIPPLED BAGHDAD
(4 comments) The American media is not reporting the full extent of the damage we have wrought to a severely crippled Baghdad intrastructure and people ~ but civilian letters reveal the shocking truth for the world to see. Here is a letter from a shocked Iraqi who just returned to Baghdad which he now calls " The City of Garbage ~ You can find it everywhere. You can smell the stench of dead bodies wherever you go ~ no one is safe "

Tuesday, May 29, 2007
PACIFIC OCEAN PLASTIC STEW ENTERING OUR FOOD SYSTEM
(2 comments) This must read story is a wake up call to the world that we must help and cooperate with one another, especially pursuant to polluting our oceans, if we are to survive as a human species. Next time you look out at our beautiful Pacific ocean, as I often do, realize that there is a dead garbage patch of discarded plastic twice the size of Texas a few hundred miles away and it's growing !!

Monday, May 28, 2007
MEMORIAL DAY MESSAGE TO CONGRESS / YOU, NOT BUSH, ARE THE DECIDERS
Here is a must read article by George lakoff and Glenn Smith ( Rockridge Institute ) on how Congress can reclaim their traditional Constitutional role as the decider of overall military strategy in Iraq as well as six important talking points. It starts by rightfully framing this conflict as an OCCUPATION and not a WAR. As such, Bush is an Occupation President which implies a moral responsibility that is tragically missing.

Sunday, May 27, 2007
FRANK'S STORY / A P.T.S.D. VICTIM RISES FROM THE ASHES OF UNWORTHINESS
(8 comments) This Memorial Day let us pay homage not just to the soldiers who have died for their country but also to the walking dead ~ the victims of Post Traumatic Stress Dysfunction( P.T.S.D) ~ whose emotionally damaged psyches still carry the burden of killing for their country where quite often those killed were innocent women and children. Frank was such a person whose post Vietnam life had been spent running away from love.

Saturday, May 26, 2007
WHILE NO ONE WAS LOOKING / BUSH APPOINTS HIMSELF DICTATOR
(8 comments) With scarcely a mention in the mainstream media, President Bush has ordered up a plan for responding to a catastrophic attack or crisis which puts himself and Dick Cheney solely in charge of leading the Federal Government ~ a coup in waiting as war becomes eminent with Iran, Congressional investigations nip at their heels and the anti-war movement becomes more strident: Allen L Roland

Friday, May 25, 2007
WHY THE ANTIWAR LEFT WAS THROWN UNDER THE BUS
(2 comments) The antiwar left base was thrown under the bus yesterday by the Democrats because it is increasingly seen as irrelevant by the DLC and as a result ~ we are a step closer to a war with Iran. A war in which the Democrats will have co-ownership with Bush because they didn't stop him when they could have in 2007. Do not underestimate the powerful influence of AIPAC in this glaring lack of courage and conviction by the Democrats.

Thursday, May 24, 2007
NO DEADLINES / NO OPPOSITION PARTY / NO DEMOCRACY
Tom Toles Washington Post cartoon says it all ~ No Deadlines, just lines of dead as the body bags keep accumulating and the opposition party ceases to exist.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007
DEMOCRATS PLAYING A DEADLY POKER GAME WITH BUSH
(4 comments) George W Bush has nothing to lose by playing his losing hand in Iraq ~ the war is already lost, the occupation is crumbling and if he keeps raising the financial stakes ~ he knows the Democrats will eventually fold because they do not trust their winning hand ~ the vast majority of the American people who want this occupation ended now. Let's remind Congress who they work for, who they represent and who are the real deciders !

Tuesday, May 22, 2007
PENTAGON'S IRAQ LILY PAD SCHEME
(2 comments) As I have been saying for two years the Cheney/Bush administration has no intention of ever leaving Iraq and is already in the process of implementing its Lily Pad Strategy of many self contained bases in Iraq with the primary purpose of protecting our upcoming illegal oil grab ~ regardless if Congress votes for a withdrawal timeline. We've been had,folks ~ Unless we take to the streets and march on Washington ~ it's over !

Tuesday, May 22, 2007
GODFATHER / PART 4 ~ FREDO'S REVENGE
The Cheney/Bush administration has all the markings of a crime syndicate with its chief law enforcer, Alberto Gonzales, not only on the payrole but actively involved in its unlawful practices. And since Bush's pet name for Gonzales is Fredo, of Godfather fame, it was just a matter of time before the long awaited Godfather Part 4 sequel would appear on our video screens ~ here is the introduction and a short trailer ~ enjoy !

Monday, May 21, 2007
POEMS FROM A P.T.S.D. VICTIM AND SURVIVOR
(4 comments) Two days ago I posted THE WALKING DEAD / P.T.S.D in which I included a story about Cloy Richards, who lives in rural Salem, Missouri, and has served two deployments in the Marine Corps in Iraq. The military lists him as 80-percent combat disabled. His mother had to literally camp out in Washington, D.C. for 3 months recently to keep Troy from being shipped out. Cloy began to write poetry to find his voice and here are two.

Sunday, May 20, 2007
BUSH'S ONE FINGER F*CK YOU TO VETERANS, CONGRESS, THE WORLD & YOU
The latest polls indicate that 75% of Americans have no confidence in Bush or his administrations direction. However this short video clip of George W Bush sums it all up ~ Bush could care less what You, Veterans, Congress, America or the World thinks ~ He's convinced he is the decider and he just doesn't care what anyone else thinks. Power does strange things to deeply insecure people ~ like Hitler for those who remember.

Saturday, May 19, 2007
THE WALKING DEAD / P.T.S.D
(2 comments) And so our troops trudge on ~ fighting an enemy they cannot see, fighting for an illegal occupation they don't believe in, fighting to stay moral and sane in a foreign country where they are despised and hated ~ is it any wonder that they turn suicidal when Bush extends or demands another tour so that he will not have to face his incredible moral failure on his own watch. They are the walking dead ~ and Bush does not care.

Friday, May 18, 2007
THE SILENT SCREAM CONTINUES UNABATED / P.T.S.D.
THE SILENT SCREAM is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ( P.T.S.D ) ~ and atleast two out of every six American soldiers in Iraq has it or will experience it. When we take someone elses life in combat ~ we destroy a part of our own heart in the process and we may never psychically recover from this incident. In my work, as a psychotherapist, with clients with P.T.S.D ~ I concentrate, with great success, on opening their hearts .

Thursday, May 17, 2007
9/11 WAS A PLANETARY CALL TO UNITE OR PERISH
(4 comments) 9/11 was not a call to arms but instead a call to the heart and commonality ~ for the only way the war on terror can be won is through altruism, social cooperation and a worldwide war on poverty . As such, as I have long posited ~ 9/11 was a wake up call to the United States that we can no longer ignore the plight of our uneducated and poor brothers and sisters throughout the world. As such, we must either unite or perish.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007
9/11 QUESTIONS WON'T GO AWAY
(10 comments) The shocking Lawlessness of the Cheney/Bush administration was revealed, in all its glory, yesterday before the Senate Judiciary Committee ~ but this is a prelude to more shocking abuses to come. Here are 40 experts, including the Chairman, 9/11 Commission, Thomas H. Kean, and Vice Chairman, 9/11 Commission, Lee Hamilton, sounding off in short quotes about their misgivings with the 9/11 commission and the unanswered questions.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007
ACTIVE GENERALS READY TO REVOLT AGAINST BUSH IRAQ SURGE
(5 comments) The active Generals are close to fed up with Bush's denial of the Iraq quagmire and are ready to stage an intervention against his surge plan ~ as the American body count continues to accelerate. General John Batiste started the ball rolling by retiring ~ in protest against Bush for not listening to his commanders in the field. Yesterday the American Progress Report reported that more active Generals will soon join Batiste .

Monday, May 14, 2007
FURTHER PROOF THAT THE GLUE OF THE UNIVERSE IS THE UNIFIED FIELD
(12 comments) The basic underlying and uniting force of the universe is a psychic energy field of love and soul consciousness ( The Unified Field ) which lies not only beyond time and space but also beneath our deepest fears ~ It is also the powerful and mysterious uniting energy that holds the nuclei of atoms together and it is one in the same with the powerful and mysterious uniting force that is holding galaxies together : Allen L Roland

Sunday, May 13, 2007
REFLECTIONS ON MY MOTHER
My most precious memory of my mother was when she came to me after she died ~ for it was only then that the shackles of her victimhood had finally been released ~ it was only then that I could truly feel her profound love for me ~ as well as her joyous need to share with me her new awareness of this state of love, joy and soul consciousness deepest within herself ~ She was finally once again running free in the meadow ~

Saturday, May 12, 2007
DICK ' LAST THROES ' CHENEY VISITS IRAQ
Wearing his flack jacket, Dick ' Last Throes ' Cheney visits the Iraq green zone ( which is under constant mortar fire ) peddles his meaningless patriotic blather to the bewildered Generals and then, like a crazed vampire bat with his beady bloodshot eyes already focused on Iran, flies off to safety before the locals can target him ~ this is todays Iraq: Allen L Roland

Friday, May 11, 2007
GENERALS REVOLT WHILE BUSH GOES AWOL
(6 comments) Gen Odom says Bush has gone AWOL and Retired Gen John Batiste says on video " Mr. President, You did not listen ". The Generals know its time to leave, almost all Americans know it's time to leave and the vast majority of Iraqis want us to leave ~ so let's end our co-dependent relationship with this incompetent and oblivious cheerleader President who long ago sold his soul and will do anything to avoid facing failure .

Thursday, May 10, 2007
RESTORE HABEAS CORPUS
Imagine being thrown in jail with no explanation why. Sounds illegal, doesn't it ? It should be. Congress made a more than terrible mistake last October, and allowed President Bush to damage one of the oldest founding principles of our democracy. They gave the president the authority to seize people and hold them without ever explaining why ~ Tell your Representative to Restore our Constitutional rights to habeas corpus !

Wednesday, May 9, 2007
AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD US ...
(2 comments) It is the children of this planet who have been sacrificed on the alter of man's inhumanity to man and ceaseless quest for wealth and power ~ and it is the children of this planet who will eventually rise up and claim their rightful innate heritage of social cooperation, altruism and love. Listen to a 13 year old child, Severm Suzuki, from Vancouver, Canada ~ plead to the United nations for the future of her generation .

Tuesday, May 8, 2007
LAUGHTER / THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
Have you ever been conducting a serious dialogue and suddenly you can't stop laughing and it just compounds to the point where you cannot control yourself any longer. Can you imagine doing it on camera live before a national TV audience ? Here is France's Dr Philipe losing it while conducting an interview with an extremely shy couple who have decided to finally sleep together after five years of marriage.

Tuesday, May 8, 2007
NO BUT'S, NO WHAT IF'S ~ IT'S TIME TO GO !
(4 comments) There comes a time when the answer becomes so obvious that it is impossible to ignore. No more denial, no more wishful thinking, no more patriotic blather, no more but's and no more what if's regarding our illegal occupation of Iraq ~ quite simply, it's time to go ! Allen L Roland

Monday, May 7, 2007
AUSSIES ON LEADING EDGE OF GLOBAL WARMING WAVE
The inevitable creeping hot wave of global warming has already reached Australia and it very well may be the first climate change-and driven natural disaster to strike a developed nation. Take note, America ~ the Bush administration's denial and head in the sand approach to global warming has had a willing ally in Australian Prime Minister John Howard who will face an economic disaster if there is no rain in 6 to 8 weeks.

Saturday, May 5, 2007
A NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND HORROR STORY
(5 comments) My recent post NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND IS LEAVING COUNTLESS BEHIND received a very positive response. But one letter from Jeannie really stood out and is the perfect example of how Bush's Education fiasco, NCLB, is leaving countless children behind.

Friday, May 4, 2007
WALL STREET SOARS WHILE MAIN STREET SINKS
Are you wondering, as I have, why the Stock market can be making new historic highs while average Americans, like you and I, are trying to make ends meet. Wonder no more, for it should not surprise anyone ~ for it is more than obvious that the Cheney/Bush administration sold its collective soul to major corporations many years ago ~ and, as Robert Reich explains, could care less about what happens on main street.

Thursday, May 3, 2007
END THE OCCUPATION / THE FLIES HAVE CONQUERED THE FLYPAPER
American soldiers are dying in greater numbers every day surrounded by increasing hatred and the accelerating desire for revenge from an illegally occupied country ~ who is finally realizing the extent of this blatent military power and oil grab. We are rightfully hated and reviled in Iraq ~ and it is taking its psychological toll on our soldiers and the American public ~ the flies have conquered the flypaper.

Wednesday, May 2, 2007
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND IS LEAVING COUNTLESS BEHIND
(4 comments) Once again, we have another example of a Bush boondoggle masked or framed under a slogan like " Stay the Course " or in this case " No Child Left Behind ". I have yet to meet a teacher who does not have major if not serious reservations about this program but few have articulated the problems better than Karen Johnson of the Tennessean ~ who compares the program to a really bad TV reality show.

Wednesday, May 2, 2007
THE REALITY OF BUSH'S WAR
(2 comments) The reality of bush's War is that it's a stalled occupation where extended tours have wiped out the morale and efficiency of our troops, where we are hated and reviled by over 80% of the population, where virtually nothing has been accomplished except the exposure of the depths of the moral vacuum that exists within the Cheney/Bush administration: Allen L Roland

Tuesday, May 1, 2007
SEEING THROUGH THE HEART / GLOBAL LOVE DAY 2007
The great dawning and, I would add, inevitable realization of psychology, science and religion is that our separateness is an illusion measured by the state of our consciousness and that our ultimate reality, once again measured by the state of our consciousness, is the realization that we are all united and part of a loving and indivisible whole ~ and we resist it at our peril : Allen L Roland

Monday, April 30, 2007
A MESSAGE TO AMERICA FROM IRAQI NATIONAL RESISTANCE
(3 comments) Thank you, Dahr Jamail for consistently digging beneath the Cheney/Bush smokescreen of deception and spin and siphoning out the truth ~ the Iraqi Resistance fighters are freedom fighters to their fellow occupied Iraqi's and their numbers are growing every day. If I were an Iraqi, as I am an American, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms ~ Never! Never! Never! Nor will they !

Sunday, April 29, 2007
EARTH / AS SEEN FROM SPACE BY THOSE WHO VENTURED THERE
Only those who have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and trod the untrespassed sanctity of space can fully experience the miracle of our Earth's fragile, precarious and fortunate existence. I have sensed it as a high altitude Navy fighter pilot at 60,000 feet, skating on the edge of space in my silver Interceptor jet, and was deeply moved ~ but only an astronaut can adequately describe our small blue space marble called home .

Saturday, April 28, 2007
FINALLY, A TRUE VOICE OF DISSENT ~ MIKE GRAVEL
(8 comments) The Gravel truck is in full gear and Democrats take note. Gravel told the truth with righteous anger and touched a nation more than ready for the truth from its leaders ~ and would be leaders. The reaction to Gravel's performance has overwhelmed his campaign. His aides said they got more requests for interviews yesterday than in the first 12 months of the campaign. For those of you who missed it ~ here's a 7 minute video.

Friday, April 27, 2007
GRAVEL REFUSES TO GROVEL / WINS FIRST DEBATE
(10 comments) Just as I was beginning to nod off during the first Democratic debate ~ lulled to sleep by careful, posturing, groveling candidates beholden to AIPAC and the Military/Industrial complex ~ Mike Gravel woke me up with his wit, authenticity and seeming ability to sense what Americans really wanted to hear ~ the truth and righteous anger over a badly managed war, occupation and economy. The New York Times said he won the debate .

Thursday, April 26, 2007
WE ARE THE DECIDERS / IT'S TIME FOR FREEWAY BLOGGING
George W Bush has all but declared that " He is the decider " but the United States Constitution declares that " We Are The Deciders " ~ so let's remind Bush, in no uncertain terms, on April 28th ~ that We Are The Deciders . Be a freeway blogger and here's how it's done ~ My simple suggestions for signs are WE ARE THE DECIDERS ! IMPEACH THE LIARS ! or my favorite SEND THE TWINS ! Here's your short upbeat instructional video.

Wednesday, April 25, 2007
ONE TIMETABLE BUSH MUST EVENTUALLY FACE
(2 comments) Bush's karmic fate will be to experience his neocon bubble of denial rapidly deflate as the Congressional investigations deliberately but surely reveal the truth of his blatent abuses of power. It will be a painful but sure political death where he will become firmly cemented into place as America's worst and most incompetent President. Eventually, he will long for his ignominious departure on January 20, 2009.

Wednesday, April 25, 2007
THE PRINCE OF INEPTITUDE / PAUL WOLFOWITZ
I wrote this post on March 18, 2005 when George W Bush named Paul Wolfowitz the head of the World Bank. What was obvious then has been proven even more obvious today with his recent shenanigans at the World Bank. Bush has surrounded himself, as the king of ineptitude, with an ensemble of princes of ineptitude including Wolfowitz, Bolton, Rumsfeld, Bremer, Feith, Meirs, Gonzales and the Emperor himself ~ Dick Cheney.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007
THE ONLY TRUE SOLUTION FOR IRAQ IS WITHDRAWAL
The unsolved ongoing true problem with Iraq not only involves America's self-serving greedy oil interests but must address the reality that we are illegally occuping Iraq and the so called Insurgents are in reality ~ Freedom Fighters. Let me make this clear ~ This is not a war, this is an illegal occupation of Iraq. The first step toward rectifying this illegal intrusion and moral dilemma is leaving as soon as possible.

Monday, April 23, 2007
GEORGE W BUSH IS YOUR PRESIDENT / NOT MINE
George W Bush answers only to those special interest groups who voted for him and feels no need to answer to those Americans who voted against him ~ thus, millions of Americans can rightfully claim, including myself, that he is not our President. Now Nancy Greggs bluntly speaks for the millions of Americans, who have no president, and candidly explains the 14 reasons why George Bush is a clueless idiot and not her President.

Sunday, April 22, 2007
THE TIMELESSNESS OF LOVE AND SOUL CONSCIOUSNESS
(5 comments) What lies deepest within us is a state of love and soul consciousness which extends beyond time and space and reveals itself in its universal urge to unite. It gently holds us , as if in two giant hands, and asks only that we play our part in a universal loving plan : Allen L Roland

Saturday, April 21, 2007
TEN REASONS TO IMPEACH CHENEY AND BUSH NOW
Vermont senators voted Friday to call for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, saying their actions have raised "serious questions of constitutionality." Please join myself and millions of Americans in standing with Vermont, whose state motto is FREEDOM AND UNITY, in calling for the impeachment, on April 28th, of George W Bush and Dick Cheney for the following ten reasons.

Friday, April 20, 2007
GINSBURG'S DISSENTING VIEW WILL PREVAIL ON ABORTION RULING
(5 comments) The Republican far right's celebration over the Supreme Courts recent decision regarding partial birth abortion will be short lived ~ for Justice Ginsburg's fervid dissent framed the abortion question in the far broader constitutional context of women's equality rather than privacy. This is an argument that will isolate the far right and should draw a fifth Justice once the compelling legal arguments are framed and made.

Thursday, April 19, 2007
BUSH'S HEAD STILL STUCK IN IRAQI QUICKSAND
Gandhi got it right ~ we are the perfect example of diluted fascism ~ controlled, as Germany was, by a small cabal of neocon fanatics with their own agenda. Even though Bush's head is stuck in the Iraqi sand ~ refusing to acknowledge his momentous and costly failure of institutionalized revenge in Iraq ~ we the people must seize the moment, end the occupation and bring the listing Republic back to its constitutional bearing .

Wednesday, April 18, 2007
VA TECH KILLINGS SAD REFLECTION OF BUSH WORLD
Rivero's Law states that all organizations and countries will eventually reflect the character and moral values of its leaders ~ so it should not come as any great surprise that Cho Seung-Hui made the same decision, from the same place of misplaced anger, on Monday, April 15th, 2007 that George W Bush made on March 20th, 2003 when he preemptively attacked, slaughtered and economically raped Iraq. Who shall we judge harsher ?

Tuesday, April 17, 2007
OH MY GOD, WHAT HAVE WE DONE ?
How can we forget the devastation wrought by the first Atomic Bomb used in anger on August 6, 1945. I think the whole world shuddered and mirrored what Enola Gay co-pilot Robert Lewis wrote in his diary ~ " MY GOD , WHAT HAVE WE DONE ? " But now those same words can be exclaimed when we look back at the shocking events of the year 2000 when our Republic was seized in a Neocon coup that has morally shaken our very foundation.

Monday, April 16, 2007
DEMOCRATS MUST CALL CHENEY'S BLUFF
(2 comments) This is it, folks. The final showdown. Dick "The natural state of man is war" Cheney has been forced out of his bunker and is daring the Democrats to put up or shut up. This is a Cheney administration, a Cheney occupation and in the ultimate act of arrogant chutzpah he is calling the Democrats hand on rightfully setting a withdrawal deadline. All we need now is Condi Rice talking about the threat of mushroom clouds at the U.N.

Saturday, April 14, 2007
KURT VONNEGUT / A FORCE OF NATURE
(4 comments) As I scanned the obituaries regarding the death of Kurt Vonnegut ~ I was looking for the one that would capture the true essence of this unique man, the one that would capture his spirit and vitality that was, quite literally, a force of nature. Who else but Vonnegut could write ~ " If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:' The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music.'" ~ I found it ~ enjoy !

Friday, April 13, 2007
A READER RESPONDS TO CALL FOR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
(1 comments) Dan kelley responds eloquently to the call for civil disobedience in my article THE DUTY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE .

Friday, April 13, 2007
KURT VONNEGUT 1922 - 2007 / DEATH OF A PATRIOT
(4 comments) Kurt Vonnegut Jr. died Wednesday at the age of 84. The brilliant and prolific writer remained an astute social commentator and critic of American politics throughout his life ~ and in particular the Bush presidency and preemptive attack on Iraq. How fitting that his words, written on May 14, 2003, should be read again in the context of Bush's now failed war and illegal occupation of Iraq.

Thursday, April 12, 2007
THE DUTY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
Cheney and Bush still see themselves as the deciders and their preemptive agenda is still in play. The timid Democrats are about to be sucked into funding the Iraq fiasco and thus setting the stage for being responsible for its consequences when Bush leaves office in 2009. The Green Zone has been penetrated ~ if Bush doesn't pull up stakes, then we must take to the steets and bring the country to a standstill. It is our duty !

Tuesday, April 10, 2007
IRAQ HAS RIGHT TO RESIST OUR OCCUPATION
Iraq is not the central front of Bush's war on terror but instead an illegal occupation and affront of such mind numbing moral consequences that America may well bear the deep psychic wounds of this deceptive travesty for decades. Who will pick up the bullhorn and call it what it really is ~ An Illegal Occupation fueled by false patriotism and promoted by two unindicted criminals ~ Dick Cheney and George W Bush.

Monday, April 9, 2007
HILARIOUS VIDEO / BLACK BUSH
Satire can be an important weapon when dealing with the entrenched hubris, deception and constant spin of the Cheney/Bush Administration. Here is a seven minute must watch video by Dave Chappelle which is just outrageous enough to be not only hilarious ~ but downright timely. Click on and enjoy ~ BLACK BUSH

Sunday, April 8, 2007
AN EASTER EQUATION FOR LOVE AND WORLD PEACE
The root cause of man's inhumanity to man is our separation from love ~ a love that not only lies deepest within each one of us but a love that binds and unites the Universe. Let us breath fire into Einstein's most famous mathematical equation E=mc² and apply it to a Unified field of love and soul consciousness which could lead us to our ultimate fulfillment as human beings and our individual part in a universal loving plan.

Saturday, April 7, 2007
THE URGE TO UNITE IS THE GLUE OF THE UNIVERSE
A Unified field of love and soul consciousness exists not only beyond time and space but also deepest within ourselves ~ as well as beneath our deepest fears. The principle property of this Unified Field is the urge to unite. If we compare this with Darwin's evolutionary theory, Darwin's only error was to substitute matter for spirit as the motivating force of the Universe. As such, man is the product of an evolution of love .

Friday, April 6, 2007
THE RESURRECTION MYTH / JESUS WAS DIVINELY HUMAN
(1 comments) Jesus was an evolutionary forerunner for a state of love and soul consciousness that also exists deepest within each one of us. With the acceptance of a Unified Field of love and soul consciousness, the bible, virgin birth and the resurrection stories assume symbolic, not literal significance. Jesus represents the transistion from an externalized old testament God to an internalized new testament god of of love and altruism .

Thursday, April 5, 2007
BASEBALL / THE TIMELESS SPORT OF SUMMER
(2 comments) Baseball is a summer game ~ meant to be played when the sun is high, the days are long and the heat is stifling. It always seems unnatural being played early in the year ~ almost as if it defies the fresh awakening of spring with its languid promise of the hot, lazy and timeless days of summer. Baseball was the sport of my childhood ~ and only the late Eugene McCarthy seemed to fully understand this timeless sport of summer.

Tuesday, April 3, 2007
A LITTLE RAIN ON HILLARY'S PARADE
The early spring rain of huge financial contributions has stirred the dull roots of the Clinton campaign ~ breeding lilacs out of the dead political landscape, mixing memory and desire but a closer look is warranted ~ at the risk of casting some cruel cold rain on Hillary's parade. For the cruel rain falling on Hillary's campaign is that most of her contributions are coming from three Zip codes in New York,L.A.and Washington .

Monday, April 2, 2007
WHAT, NO BAGS, DUCT TAPE OR HUMILIATION FOR THOSE BRITISH PRISONERS
(3 comments) Oh, how I love satire and the British are so good at it . Witness Terry Jones , film director, actor and Python, as he compares the civilized Iranian treatment of their captured British Soldiers with our well documented humiliating prisoner treatment of waterboards, hoods, duct tape, beatings and isolation. Enjoy this ridicule ~ because we deserve it !

Saturday, March 31, 2007
WHY WE SHOULD NOT SUPPORT SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING BILL
Amid the political posturing regarding the Supplemental funding bill ~ two key points should be emphasized 1. The supplemental bill does not prohibit an unprovoked attack on Iran. 2. The supplemental Bill does not end the occupation of Iraq. The stage is set for more preemptive mayhem by the Cheney/Bush administration and this bill does nothing to diminish that threat. Here is a point by point breakdown on this bill.

Friday, March 30, 2007
BUSH'S MARCH MADNESS
(2 comments) Saudi Arabia has rightfully called America's continued military presence in Iraq an ' Illegitimate foreign occupation ' ~ a term the blogosphere has been using for over four years. Until we, meaning the American people and media, start calling this fiasco in Iraq an OCCUPATION ( and not the Administration framed ' the central front of Bush's WAR on terror ) we will not grasp the moral and political consequences of our actions.

Thursday, March 29, 2007
BUSH STILL DODGING THE TRUTH
The worst enemy of the Cheney/Bush administration is the truth. For if the truth is allowed to penetrate the bubble of executive branch hubris and denial ~ the whole corrupt, arrogant and self serving facade of this administration would be stripped away and its rotten core would be there for the world to see . As such, The ONION satirically reports on how the Secret Service is prepared to keep that very thing from happening .

Wednesday, March 28, 2007
AMERICA'S CONTINUED CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY / RADIOACTIVE GENOCIDE
I wrote this post in January 2006 but it gets a steady play on my archives ~ so I am reposting it for this crime is ongoing. Currently, more than 50 percent of Iraqi cancer patients are children under the age of 5, up from 13 percent. Children are especially vulnerable because they play in areas that are heavily polluted by depleted uranium. As such, America's continued crime against humanity is radioactive Genocide.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007
BUSH'S IRAQ EXIT PLAN FINALLY ANNOUNCED
Unable to deal with his massive Iraq failure, a word George W Bush has been running away from his whole life, Bush is most likely to strike out at Iran and blame them for his misfortune ~ rather than twist in the wind any longer as an increasingly vulnerable and irrelevant lame duck president. The ONION takes it from there and announces Bush's new exit plan ~ through Iran ( as rumblings of an April 6th attack hit the web )

Sunday, March 25, 2007
THE FALLING ANGEL ON 9/11
Little has been written about the 200 plus people who jumped to their deaths from the World Trade Towers on 9/11. I maintain that the jumpers were heroes. There came a moment as they clung to those windows high above New York, with the unbearable heat and smoke drawing closer ~ that they chose to jump, versus burn to death, and in that moment of complete surrender they became graceful sacred angels returning to source.

Saturday, March 24, 2007
DEAR SCOOTER
Sorry I can't help you out ~ Laura and I are very sad that you are taking the rap for Uncle Dick but please be assured that we are feeling your aloneness. Think of your sentence as a heroic sacrifice for your President and Vice President whom you have sworn to protect ~ even at the jeopardy of the constitution and your own well being. There's a medal of Freedom waiting for you but we'll let the dust settle. Shred this now.

Friday, March 23, 2007
CHENEY/BUSH CRIME SYNDICATE CIRCLE THE WAGONS
We are eventually talking about obstruction of justice and blatant Executive branch abuse of power with the Cheney/Bush administration ~ and they will take " executive privilege " to the supreme court before being forced to open up Pandora's Box and fully reveal the high crimes of their corrupt administration. Here's Jon Stewart's hilarious but right on take of this situation.

Thursday, March 22, 2007
GORE STILL MAN TO WATCH
As Hillary and Obama knock each other out ~ the smart money is waiting for Al Gore whose knowledge, foresight, international acclaim and respect are all qualities sadly lacking in our present leader as well the knights in waiting. My 2008 dream ticket still remains Gore/Feingold ~ two men of integrity and principle who just might right our listing ship of state. Gore's new book in May will accelerate Gore's draft movement .

Tuesday, March 20, 2007
PRIMER FOR WITHDRAWING FROM IRAQ NOW
Here's how we can drive a wedge in the Cheney/Bush argument of staying the course in our four year illegal occupation of Iraq ~ which ( in Bushspeak ) means " We don't want to and never intend to give up the oil ~ regardless of how many lives are lost " Just circulate copies of three-star General William Odom's debunking of the misconceptions about Iraq on the McLaughlin Report on Nov. 20, 2005 which still applies now .

Monday, March 19, 2007
DEATH OF A PRESIDENT / A BRILLIANT AND TIMELY FILM
March 20th, 2003 was a day of infamy ~ for it was the day the United states preemptively and illegally attacked a sovereign country, Iraq ~ and after four years Iraqis are less secure, our troops are less prepared, the world is less safe and the American people are increasingly less patient in demanding Bush to end this costly nightmare by bringing the troops home. It is in such settings that calamitous events usually occur.

Sunday, March 18, 2007
LET'S PURGE BUSH AND HIS SURGE
It's time for a giant purging of not only Bush and his surge but the poisonous vapors of a Cheney/Bush administration which have infected all Americans ~ leaving us defiled and shamed by their ongoing abuses of power. The Mayans have given us the obvious answer by cleansing their sacred archeological site immediately after Bush left the scene ~ on his recent photo Op tour of South America. Mark Morford provides our answer.

Saturday, March 17, 2007
HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY 2007
I've always felt that Danny Boy was a lament to a lost child within ourselves ~ who longs to be free and sing his/her authentic song with joy, intention and purpose. Enjoy !

Friday, March 16, 2007
ALBERTO GONZALES / THE FACE OF FASCISM
(6 comments) Alberto Gonzales is the legal face of an ultranationalist ideology that not only externalizes evil but condones evil in its own practices of torture and extreme punishment. In this post, I compare his hearing testimony and his record and follow it with a short essay by Marguerite Feitlowitz, SALON, who calls him the TORTURER GENERAl.

Tuesday, March 13, 2007
HOUSING BUST UNDERWAY / FORECLOSURES SOAR / STOCKS CRUMBLE
(2 comments) Hold on to your assets ~ The deepest housing decline in 16 years is just beginning and will get worse. Todays Dow Jones plunge of over 242 points is reality setting in. The ripple effect of a collapsing housing market where well over a million Americans could lose their homes will touch every segment of our economy and lead to the mother of all recessions ~ despite the actions of the ( PPP ) Paulson Plunge Protection Team.

Monday, March 12, 2007
WHY WE SHOULD NOT SUPPORT IRAQ OCCUPATION / IT'S BASED ON LIES
The preemptive war and occupation of Iraq in 2003 ( based on lies) has brought us to the doorstep of oppression ~ It reminds me of this famous quote from Hitler's minister of propaganda, Joseph Goebbels ~ a position that Karl Rove now holds with George W Bush ~ " If you tell a lie and keep repeating it people will eventually come to believe it. Thus, the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie and the greatest enemy of the state.

Thursday, March 8, 2007
PAULSON'S 'PLUNGE TEAM' MANIPULATING STOCK MARKET
With U.S. manufacturing already in a recession, the dollar weak, consumer spending flat, the sub-prime real estate market in shambles, foreclosures peaking, housing sales tumbling, margin debt at all time highs ~ the stock market has had every reason to correct itself but it appears that the Plunge Protection Team may be artificially manipulating the market behind the scenes to create the perception of financial stability .

Wednesday, March 7, 2007
CHENEY'S DARK SHADOW LOOMS OVER LIBBY VERDICT
Everyone now knows what we, in the blogosphere, have been saying for over three years ~ That Dick Cheney's shadow government has been behind every deception, lie and abuse of power in the Bush administration. When this Pandora's Box is fully opened ~ Cheney will be finally seen for what he truly is ~ America's most dangerous unindicted criminal. Libby, as such, is the poster child for the corrupt Cheney/Bush administration.

Tuesday, March 6, 2007
BUSH'S ONGOING WAR AGAINST VETERANS
British and American coalition forces are using depleted uranium (DU) shells in their occupation of Iraq and deliberately flouting a United Nations resolution which classifies the munitions as illegal weapons of mass destruction ~ and then ignoring the after effects by not acknowledging the victims as war casualties. This is just one blatant example of how veterans have been shortchanged by our AWOL reservist president .

Thursday, March 1, 2007
HERE'S TO THE CRAZY ONES
(4 comments) The robin doesn't sing because it's happy ~ it's happy because it sings. Singing your song means celebrating who you are with enthusiasm, joy and purpose ~ regardless of the risks. I've always lived on the edge and been a little crazy in living my dreams ~ completely trusting and having faith in myself ~ for to fully live your dreams you must be willing to take risks, to overcome fear and yes ~ to be alittle crazy.

Wednesday, February 28, 2007
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED / WE GOT THE OIL
The illegal war and occupation of Iraq was always about OIL and now the big sting is there for all the world to see ~ and Cheney, Bush and all their Big Oil cronies are grinning from ear to ear. The new Iraqi Oil Law, drafted ( behind closed doors ) by U.S big oil executives, and soon to be approved by the U.S controlled Iraqi parliament represents the blatant rape and plunder of a sovereign country's oil wealth by America.

Tuesday, February 27, 2007
THE PERFECT STORM / DOW TUMBLES AS MARGIN DEBT PEAKS
As investing on margin hits an all time high on Wall Street, and housing foreclosures hit record highs ~ all the ingredients for the perfect storm are rapidly falling into place . In 1999, total outstanding household debt was $6.4 trillion. As of the end of the second quarter of 2006 total outstanding household debt was $12.3 trillion ~ the day of reckoning has arrived and the stock market is just beginning to take note.

Monday, February 26, 2007
RADICAL THERAPY IS REALLY SELF HEALING
Once we stop denying love and realize love and joy lie deepest within ourselves, beneath our fears and pain ~ self healing can rapidly occur and without having to see a therapist. I have been practicing short term self-healing therapy for over 30 years and I am continually amazed at how quickly my clients can heal themselves ~ once they take responsibility for love.

Monday, February 26, 2007
RADICAL THERAPY IS REALLY SELF HEALING
Once we stop denying love and realize love and joy lie deepest within ourselves, beneath our fears and pain ~ self healing can rapidly occur and without having to see a therapist. I have been practicing short term self-healing therapy for over 30 years and I am continually amazed at how quickly my clients can heal themselves ~ once they take responsibility for love.

Sunday, February 25, 2007
40 THINGS THAT ONLY HAPPEN IN MOVIES
(1 comments) In honor of tonight's Oscars, here are 40 things that only happen in movies ~ and many of them happened in this years best picture THE DEPARTED. Things such as ..... It is always possible to find a parking spot directly outside or opposite the building you are visiting or When paying for a taxi, don't look at your wallet as you take out a note. Just grab one out at random and hand it over. It will always be the exact fare..

Saturday, February 24, 2007
THE SECRET REVIEWED / MORE CANDY FOR THE EGO
I have a great deal of respect for the strategies and devices of the ego and I see yet another painless strategy and ego candy at work here for obtaining material wealth ( this is endlessly stressed in The Secret ) without taking responsibility for one's life or for that matter doing anything ~ except visualizing wealth and happiness. And there you have the Secret ~ no guilt,no effort,no worries ~ more candy for the ego .

Wednesday, February 21, 2007
BUSH DUMB ENOUGH TO ATTACK IRAN
(2 comments) Bush is playing with dynamite regarding Iran and is one dumb misstep away from not only starting WW III but destroying our Republic in the process. The true test of a persons character is not how they handle adversity ~ but how do they handle power. In that regard, George W Bush has a severe character disorder and is certainly dumb enough to not only attack Iran but to create unending carnage and chaos in the Middle East.