January 24, 2014

Yup, headquartered in Issaquah! Go Washington!!! Love 'em!!! n/t

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?cat=Costco%20Corporate%20Headquarters&city=Issaquah&state=WA&zipcode=98027

January 24, 2014

Mitt's batting 100 again. Just before Bridgegate, he said he'd put his big money behind Christie...

We haven't seen the last of these cranky fascist billionaires by a long shot. They have the money and the time on their hands to do all the mischief they can, and they will. Nice touch by Mittens, not minding what Assad Junior and Assad Senior have done in Syria.

Shows the style of a Romney presidency and a Christie presidency. Not that he would have been on the job like Assad. The only position he was running for was robosigner in chief as planned by Grover Nordquist:

...But never forget, the power broker behind the GOP is Grover Norquist, and here is a quote that explains why Mitt is not accpetable under any circumstance:

"All we have to do is replace Obama. ... We are not auditioning for fearless leader. We don't need a president to tell us in what direction to go. We know what direction to go. We want the Ryan budget. ... We just need a president to sign this stuff. We don't need someone to think it up or design it. The leadership now for the modern conservative movement for the next 20 years will be coming out of the House and the Senate."

http://www.westernprogressive.com/2012/02/norquist-wants-a-yes-sir-republican-president.html

Note, Grover knows that they do not need, nor even want, a leader in the white house, just a ribber stamp. They very weakness of Mitt --->IS<--- the selling point, just a W's low IQ was the selling point back in 2000, after all, they want the real leadership to go on behind the scenes, away from any voters...

to DonViego:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002522182

Just as Christie promised the Koches he'd be for them. We're being devoured by sociopaths. They have plans:

...A video was posted in which someone filmed Paul Ryan, a Koch brothers lackey all the way, meeting his followers and put it on youtube.

He began with the anchor baby argument, but at :55 in the video, he says their goal is to turn enough states red to get them to pass a repeal of the 14th Amendment. He framed it in terms of illegals because of welfare, but this much more dangerous than it first appears.

Those people ate it up, because that's how they get the lower in society to vote for what they want, division based on hatred. But consider the other clauses in the 14th upon which many of our rights depend.

In addition to the Reconstruction part of the Amendment there is Birthright Citizenship, and the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses. We know what their intentions on voting rights have been; their assaults on the poor and every kind of 'minority' civil rights. They wouldn' stop at ending birthright citizenship, or any form of gender rights, labor or environmental protections.

They want this country back to something far older, oppressive than most of us ever knew. Here is the video, the thread and my further comments. I hope that people will listen to this:

Paul Ryan Casually Drops This Slur And Shows The GOP's Effort To 'Reach Out' Is B.S.

to Playinghardball:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017117146

My comment here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017117146#post3

Think two steps ahead, this is not just about bigotry. They know that will garner attention of those who believe they need to discriminate and those who are resisting that. While we must resist, think long-term.

It's always about money and power with all the works of the Koch brothers, their candiates and ALEC.

This is what is being planned in the private rooms and country clubs across this nation. They have the money and a plan. We must mobilize and keep going, not get demoralized by every passing thing that the media tells us. They are playing for keeps.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2861698

The won't stop so we can't either. No sleeping or mocking this stuff away because they mean what they say and they have done exactly what they've said they would, state by state.

January 24, 2014

BEST RESPONSE EVER to what they want is right HERE:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024324819

It dissects the conservative - in this example the platform of the New Jersey Libertarian Party - philosophy and shows why it's insane and will lead to exactly what is in the OP.

It's a must read for evaluating what is so wrong with conservative thinking.

January 24, 2014

Fox Nation vs. Reality: Racists Don’t Like Obama Because He’s Black. Who Knew?

http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?cat=417

Just a little more source material. I wanna laugh, but it isn't funny. As far as DUers making it all about them, I hope to see less. As Number23 said to me on a thread:

Your ignore list is obviously well and appropriately stocked.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024250704#post65

That it is.

January 24, 2014

Martin Luther King: And One Day We Must Ask The Question...

Martin Luther King: And One Day We Must Ask The Question…

Posted by Mark on January 20, 2014 at 9:04 am.

Martin Luther King, 1967:

The movement must address itself to the question of restructuring the whole of American society. There are forty million poor people here. And one day we must ask the question, Why are there forty million poor people in America? And when you begin to ask that question, you are raising questions about the economic system, about a broader distribution of wealth. When you ask that question, you begin to question the capitalistic economy. And I’m simply saying that more and more, we’ve got to begin to ask questions about the whole society.

We are called upon to help the discouraged beggars in life’s marketplace. But one day we must come to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. It means that questions must be raised. You see, my friends, when you deal with this, you begin to ask the question, Who owns the oil? You begin to ask the question, Who owns the iron ore? You begin to ask the question, Why is it that people have to pay water bills in a world that is two-thirds water? These are questions that must be asked.

Now it is time to answer the questions he asked:

Dom Helder Camara, Archbishop of Recife:

When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.

Pope Francis:

As long as the problems of the poor are not radically resolved by rejecting the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation and by attacking the structural causes of inequality, no solution will be found for the world’s problems or, for that matter, to any problems. Inequality is the root of social ills.

President Barack Obama, 2013:

For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it... Our journey is not complete…

http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=11304

January 23, 2014

Glenn Beck And The Doctrine Of Nazi Kittens:

Posted by Mark on December 1, 2010

The Fox News Professor of Practical Dementia delivered a particularly thought provoking lecture today on his radio university. I dare you to make sense of it:

Glenn Beck: This is the oldest argument in the progressive movement. It is the argument between, not state capitalism, because this isn’t capitalism.

This is a new sort of capitalism. No it’s not! It is socialism. No, it’s state capitalism. No it’s not! Put the Thesaurus down. It is socialism, not capitalism.

And when you say “state” you mean “national.” National Socialism. That is what Mussolini and Hitler did. National Socialism. State Capitalism. They’ve changed the name...

More at the link:

http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=3347

Another version:

Beck muddles definitions of capitalism, socialism, and communism beyond recognition


December 01, 2010 8:55 pm ET filed under MMtv

Comment by News Corpse

December 01, 2010 9:38 pm ET
 
But Beck's logic is flawless.

State = National.

Capitalism = Socialism.

Thus State Capitalism = National Socialism.

Ergo Progressives are Nazis.

It works with anything.

Try it yourself with...say...Furry Kittens.

Furry = National.

Kittens = Socialism.

Thus Furry Kittens = National Socialism.

There you have it. Unassailable evidence that furry kittens are Nazis.

http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201012010038

See, it works for EVERYTHING!

January 23, 2014

Seven Hours in Kiev. Judge for yourself:

Kiev war zone: Mass riots in Ukraine on January 22

Streamed live on Jan 22, 2014

Riot police brutally dispersed protesters from central Kiev in the largest operation since the latest outbreak of violence this week. The crackdown led to open street battles in Kiev. Thick black smoke broods over Kiev's skies.

FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES:

http://on.rt.com/nzmznd

RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air

Subscribe to RT!

http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday?feature=watch

Like us on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/RTnews

Follow us on Twitter:

http://twitter.com/RT_com

Follow us on Instagram:

http://instagram.com/rt

Follow us on Google+:

http://plus.google.com/+RT

RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.

No newspeople are talking over or giving their opinions on this video. See some interesting comments from people here, there and elsewhere in the comment section below the video.

Some people don't like RT, but this could be history in action recorded. Or not, as some of the videos with RT commentors say.

Before I got to this video, I watched a half dozen videos with many differing views presented of the players, the history, reasons, good and bad, and the purpose of the protests.

I may post them in the thread just to complete the thread. There may be no interest in them. Otherwise, I leave you with this.

January 23, 2014

The WSJ's economic opinions are never neutral. And its writers are not paid to tell the truth.

January 23, 2014

It wuz duh debbil! Or Wiley Coyote, sez Lewis Black:

Looney Tunes should file a copyright claim against the GOP using their material to run on.

Just sayin'

January 23, 2014

That's his sick wife by his side, no? She was enjoying the bullying. Disgusting demagoguery.

That will ALWAYS be my image of him and her. It's incredible Democrats voted for him. Between that and Tampa, we know what kind of animal he is.

You don't act like that, bullying a person in public, humiliating them, and not have something wrong inside, and so does that woman with him. It's not a difference of opinion, passion or anything like that.

He shouted her down and denied her the right to speak in a democracy. That is how a country loses its freedoms. It's pathological and he'd be no different than the fascist rulers of Europe in WW2.