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Argh! New Parenting Advice? Follow the Dog Whisperer

11-27-09 3:56 A GMT-08
Because you want to have to support and control your kids all their lives like you do your dog. So don't explain things, just control. So much missing in this article. I'm wondering where that rolled up newspaper is hidden. You can't just get kids to obey without question without something to back your up. That back up is usually the threat of punishment or previous bouts of explanation lacking in dog handling because they don't understand us.

Rightwing uproar over Best Buy’s ‘Happy Eid al-Adha’ wish to Muslims

11-27-09 3:49 A GMT-08
RWNJs furious that store celebrates November Muslim holiday instead of December Christian one, RIGHT NOW! Oh dudes? What about Chanukah? Christians don't care as long as they can impose their will.

Sandra Tsing Loh:

11-27-09 3:36 A GMT-08

Thanksgiving Held After Massacre of Pequot Indiians

11-27-09 3:33 A GMT-08
@blogdiva linked to her blog post about a thanksgiving feast held after a massacre of Indians in 1637, after which a day of Thanksgiving was proclaimed. I'm pretty sure that there was an earlier one, but the 1637 incident shows how negligent in feeling white Christian societies have been towards others.

The Nation: Why Not Tax Wall Street?

11-26-09 9:06 P GMT-08
Proposals to reign in Wall Street start to emerge says William Grieder. I certainly hope something in that direction is accomplished before the fever fades.

9 Insider Secrets to Getting Hired

11-24-09 7:07 P GMT-08
I don't know if these tips work, but this US News report at yahoo.com sounds like the extra effort will pay off. Good luck if you're out there searching for a new job. I'm going to put a copy in a personal spot, in case I even need these hints.

WP: Hasan Had More Contacts with American-Yemeni Iman al-Aulaqi (al-Awlaki)

11-21-09 8:04 P GMT-08
Report says the Major and the cleric discussed money transfers and other actions (that has Sen Levin calling the Ft. Hood shooting spree a terrorist action.) Still, there were two terrorists in Massachusetts who never acted because MA has strict gun laws. Texas has very lax codes. Another factor is the lack of full and complete checks of anyone who buys the most dangerous types of guns, like the cop killer that Hasan used.

Lies about ACORN set off Twitter Mob with #acornfacts

11-20-09 5:36 P GMT-08
Twitter is the most fun when the Tweeps start a big mob action themselves. And this one was glorious. Actually better than the Swine Flue mob that erupted last spring.

Washington Post- ABC News Poll President's Numbers Mostly Positive

11-20-09 5:05 A GMT-08
Seeing all the lies told about him, just staying in the plus column is a major victory.
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Goldmans Sachs to Give "A Good Trading Day's Haul" Back to American Public

11-19-09 9:33 A GMT-08
$100m for each of 5 years, or 2.3 percent of 2009 bonuses will be "tithed" out to small businesses over the period.

Poll: Americans Want a Surcharge on the HIghest Earners in US To Help Fund Health Care Reform

11-19-09 9:02 A GMT-08
Oh that's a poll that has to be redone so that Mainstream news can use the second, doctored one as proof that this one was wrong.

Too Many Breast Cancers Diagnosed by Mammograms?

11-18-09 8:08 P GMT-08
LA Lady: I've seen this in my own family. My sister found a series of "lumps" by self examination as promoted in the 80s. Each one caused extreme stress and expensive medical bills as it was removed and examined though we haven't had breast cancer in our immediate family whether post or pre-menopausal type. Luckily, she had good employer based insurance for it. So I'm for the new guidelines. Why get women into unnecessary "pre-existing condition" problems for lumps, even cancerous ones that disappear rapidly. Eat lots of fruit, veggies, whole grains, and other whole foods you can find at a local farmer's market.

The Nation: Newsweek Taps Bush Aide For Obama Reporting

11-18-09 6:53 A GMT-08
If it seems like Republicans are pushing the news, that's because they are.
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Alert Net at Reuters: Why boosting food output is not enough to beat hunger

11-18-09 6:36 A GMT-08
Inequality, not lack of supply creates hunger as food is priced out of the reach of the poor according to report. Thanks to @Liam_Fox at Twitter.com

Huffington Post: 18 Biggest Falsehoods in Sarah Palin's book

11-18-09 5:55 A GMT-08
You can also vote to tell them which whoppers you think are the worst.

Palingate: So how many abortions do these people claim Sarah had?

11-18-09 2:47 A GMT-08
I get lost in the long winding narrative. But they seem to imply that Trig is a rent a baby. But if a woman has an abortion why rent a baby about the time hers was to be born?

Exxon Gets their Iraqi Oil Field Deal

11-16-09 12:45 A GMT-08
Exxon gets 80% of "one of the largest" oil fields "in the oil rich south" according to the UK Telegraph. I know this is old news to some, but I just wanted a record here of the fact, and to inform anyone who hadn't heard yet. It did happen as we said it would. bTW, Telegraph, isn't the name of the largest partner usually first in news about a partnership? WTF?

Jenny Sanford Endorses Opponent to Husband For Next Year's Governor's Race

11-12-09 6:12 P GMT-08
Mrs. Sanford is no political lightweight either. This could send ol' Mark off to Argent... Oh wait. The pretty journalist isn't going to need a washed up old pol. Well maybe he can pitch a tent on the Appalachian trail, or join the soup lines with the rest of the unemployed homeless, the folks that Republicans usually ignore.

Massachusetts Man Says He Was Fired for Telling Colleague Her Gay Marriage Is Wrong

11-11-09 8:08 P GMT-08
Link goes to Fox News. Just wanted to make a comment. I've been there. You're taught by the fundie church that by standing up to "the infidel" you're going to win brownie points with God and get ya closer to the big man on that sea of glass when you die. And in the meantimes you're earning creds with your Christian buddies, a war story to tell and make yourself look good. Or maybe you know you're a tool for the Christian dominionists. Don't play martyr, now. I'ts just makes you look like a fool.

Examiner.com -- Robert Taylor: The Fort Hood massacre: more blowback from America's interventionist foreign policy

11-10-09 9:17 A GMT-08
Good piece. Agrees with the Bible that They who live by the sword will die by the sword.

Health Care Around the World: Why American Health Care for Uninsured is Like that Of 3rd World Nations

11-07-09 7:39 P GMT-08
Interview with TR Reid on the 4 methods of health care in the world and the types of insurance and other bundled medical programs in the developed world found in the nations of the world.

Neda's Mother: She Was Like an Angel

11-07-09 7:16 P GMT-08
Her mom, talks about Neda's life. New: Neda found it impossible to get work because she was divorced.

Why negative thinking makes the world a better place

11-07-09 5:32 P GMT-08
Writer's brush with positive thinking program illustrates how focusing on a positive outlook can hurt in the long run. 'come to think of it, positive thinking started out as a busineess ploy, didn't it? A ploy by already powerful and rich white men to ingnore the harm their business practices have on the world. Maybe they should go back to the EST scam. Oh yeah.that was for underlings. h/t @R_A_W at Twitter.com

Jake Tapper Interviews Roland Hedley Jr. On Twitter

11-07-09 7:03 A GMT-08
Over his new book based on his Twitter posts. (Has to be a first.) The Insufferably sufferable journalist opens up to the ABc's Political Punch columnist, or not. Now I know what I want for Christmas.

Focusing on Ft. Hood Killer's Beliefs Are an Easy Out to Avoid the Deeper Reasons for the Massacre

11-06-09 9:19 P GMT-08
Fort Hood and it's vicinity have have a lot of problems with killings and low morale. The fact that Hasan did not act until the day before he was to be deployed shows his actions were more about being denied his right to avoid war than because of his religious beliefs. Hat tip @ontd_political at Twitter.com for link

New book tells how Right Wing and business push mainstream news media into a right wing bias.

11-05-09 4:18 A GMT-08
Calls liberal bias of news media "and urban legend" and shows how the right forces news media to back up their own propaganda. Hat tip Twitter colleagues, probably either @maafa or @mparent77772

Meg Whitman's radio whoppers

11-02-09 5:04 P GMT-08
Right Now Ms. Whitman is a California concern, but such things go on in your state as well, and it's good to see some reporting on them which we do this far from the election. Beside should she win the governor's seat she's likely to be running for president by 2016 at the latest.

ROFLMAO Slate Imagines Barack Obama's Facebook Wall

11-02-09 4:26 A GMT-08
Must read. No registration required.

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The Real Meaning of Thanksgiving? If you're unhappy, STFU.

11-27-09 1:41 A GMT-08
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Wild Turkeys Celebrating Their Own Way
No enforced gratitude required
Nice display by the one guy.
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I've believed for a long time that holidays are used to keep people in line, a perspective that is shared with a writer in the current Psychology Today magazine. 

Jon Hanson of Harvard University analyzes ' Thanksgiving as "System Justification" ' and supports that view. 

  Of course, promoting the status quo describes the whole Christian religion as practiced by most Americans, but the Thanksgiving holiday is specially adapted to pay homage obeisance to the inequalities in society as just and good.  After all, if you are giving thanks then how can you get mad at the conditions in the world or the powers that keep people hungry, broke, or even homeless?  I'm sure every preacher, and politician, both of which are supported and promoted by subdued followers and generous right wing donors whether wealthy individuals or money happy businesses will be sure to use this holiday to bolster their own standing over others in society.

At least the liberal leaders are working to enact some changes, and liberal supporters work to keep their feet in the fire.

Maybe we should start a new holiday though called "Change Now". 

Okay, I'm sure someone can think up a better name, but you get the idea.

I suggest one of the big changes would be to stop listening to men talk about eating and watching football all day, and be more involved with preparing food or helping around the house.  I suck at cooking, so I spent some time cleaning bathrooms and the living room so everything would look fresh.  I also put myself in charge of loading and unloading the dishwasher.  I really should learn to cook more things, but Turkey Day is not the day to mess with learning.  A lot of things must be cooked just right today and there's only so much room in the kitchen.

I did not excerpt or completely summarize what Jon Hanson at PT wrote within this post.  Please visit the link above to read his article.

No truth to the rumor that we went silent for "No Complaints Wednesday"

11-26-09 2:08 P GMT-08
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Domed Buildings in Kiev
One tower seems slightly tilted
It's hard to remember that there are places in the world with no Thanksgiving.
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As my sister-in-law tweeted very early this morning, it may appear that we were silent Wednesday  due to the call from a Democratic Representative for a complaint free day before Thanksgiving, but we were just busy.

To add to our mortification, we remembered the last post was one that actually found some positive news. 

We really tried to do the extra work we needed to do to get the extra day off and not disappoint our clients, as well as doing a good cleaning job around the home to make it special for the kids, and still get something posted yesterday, but, as you can see it didn't happen.  

When I have some free time I'll finish what I started earlier today. 

Thanks for keeping that hope that we will find something depressing to take the edge off this feelgood family holiday.  

LOL

California Implements New Rules to Protect Salmon Streams

11-24-09 11:02 A GMT-08
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Cedar, Ponderosa Pine, and Dogwood, Yosemite Valley
Not just relaxing, the proper forestry can help salmon cultures revive.
There is a photo at the Bee of one spot on the stream about which they write.
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Logging has been banned from within 30 feet of certain streams that are well, suited for spawning and for  feeder streams to spawning ground.  The shade from trees near such streams keep the water cooler to enable successful reproduction.

Timber companies wail that they planted many of those trees and ones within 30-70 feet from the waterways which can only be cut up to 30%.  These rules apparently apply on private and public land.

 So a bit of good news in a state which has seen little of that in the last 6 years.

See Sacramento Bee "Bid to rejuvenate salmon will protect trees near streams"

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Alaskan Salmon Stream
Salmon can't spawn in warm water
One of the great strengths of salmon are their tolerance, even need of cool water and their strenuous feats of travel
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How Quickly Media Can Make a Scapegoat. Red haired boy beaten in Los Angeles County At Prompting of Facebook group, South Park episode to attack "Gingers"

11-22-09 12:31 A GMT-08
Picture of a ginger cat in Japan
Don't Even Think About It
Cats fight back if they need to
Treated well they can be fantastic, almost human companions, though, as noted by many women, needing less upkeep than most men.
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Last year a Facebook group, which Canadian Press reported at one time had 5000 followers, took a message from a 2005 South Park episode and called November 20th,a "Beat a Ginger day".  The cartoon episode might have actually been an attempt to show how discrimination is unfair and just plain stupid.  I haven't seen it. But it doesn't seemed to have worked as intended.

The beating of a 12 year old  with red hair on this year's anniversary shows that violent prejudice can work into action rapidly. Apparently November 20 has been selected as an ongoing selection for that to happen though concerted steps were taken in British Columbia to work directly against a re-occurrence of last year's violence.

 I think the political temper tantrums in our nation that are ongoing right now are adding to both prejudicial tendencies and breaking down of normal personal restraints.

We have groups practically promising violence and extolling the virtues of carrying weapons who join in groups to disrupt public discussion by our elected leaders.

Young people are just mirrors of their parents and lots of adults and corporations are focused on forcing their demands on the nation, no matter what the electorate voted for last year.

Mainstream news is going to use the news of the boy's beating to assert that going back to the old ways of getting all your news, entertainment, and morals from them is the way to live, ignoring the major wars and behind the scenes deadly atrocities, not to mention ongoing bigotry they themselves allowed and even at times inspired.

So we're stuck between a has been model of corporate sponsored media that helped create the horrors of the past and new media models that create smaller ones and are more transparently spurred on by the rampaging adults trying to replace democracy (or something close to it) with "me firstism" (except that corporations are discovered to be funding their transportation and even paying for their time so it becomes "corporations first and I earn money for shopping sprees-ism").

The 12 year old boy was attacked by "seventh and eighth grade students" who could be 1 to 2 years his senior.  It's a relief to know the attackers weren't older, but at that time of life a young man develops so rapidly that older students are a real threat.  I wonder whether this young man will face trouble returning to the school in which he was attacked and continuing his education. 

But, of course that probably happens with inner city kids who are often given no help, no counseling, and are arrested if they join groups from which they perceive they will get some protection, you know "gangs".

If the practice of attacking red heads spreads it could create a new underclass as students find it hard to get to school and concentrate once there.

We sometimes read of returning vets unable to pick themselves up, even if not the result of the physical injuries suffered in the wars started during the two Bush administrations.  And lets not forget those who turned into terrorists themselves like Timothy McVeigh, and John Malvo Muhammed who were both finally executed for their crimes.

This young man should undergo psychological examination and given all the help he needs to succeed despite what he has experienced.

But then what can you do for entire swaths of our inner cities as they experience threats and violence throughout their lives?  

Introducing a more just and equitable society, while making sure our police and citizens don't shoot (or arrest) first and ask questions later would probably help.

For more details see LA Times report and

Though the Calabasas boy was the only report I can find for violence this year, a   says that last year "anti-ginger" violence affected three schools in British Columbia.  The report continues that a Facebook group owner, 14, apologized for problems created by his "joke" anti-ginger production.

That latest cited report, dated November 20, 2009, doesn't say when that apology came and whether this years violence was a result of that group or another one.

We can doubt that violence against  red haired people will continue, or even spread to blonds and light brunettes.  The money and power structure is against that.  But this is a good look at how artificially created prejudices can promote true differences in  lifestyles that priviledged communities, and coporate controlled media, not to mention thousands of social media outlets then cite as a natural function of the lifestyles of those who they are discriminating against.

This year some reports say that many non red haired people were dying their hair to help show solidarity with their gingered friends and that groups called for hugging redheads rather than beating them.  

I hope the sappiness works.  Otherwise the outcome will not be worth the pain of reading about such goopy activism.  I would also like assurance that dark haired and dark skinned Canadian residents and citizens will get similar hugs and understanding.

BTW, searching on the demographics of Calabasas I found this at Neighborhood Link :

91302 is an affluent (median household income: $93,378) upscale rural zip code in Calabasas, California. The population is primarily white, and mostly married couples.

 So, in case someone thinks it might have been some nefarious darker skinned, poor teens doing the beating, that almost certainly isn't the case.  I knew the demographics from instinct because of the location of the city right up near Ventura County, but that wouldn't be obvious to everyone.

 

How to Desensitize a Touch Pad on a Laptop

11-20-09 11:11 P GMT-08

I have a cheap and now aging laptop. 

But the touch pad has always been iffy, tending to make the cursor jiggle or glom onto various links that I'm would be trying to pass quickly to get to another spot or the scroll bar.

I decreased the sensitivity via the software controls to the minimum and used a function that turns off touchpad completely when I'm typing.

Still it was pretty awful.

Tonight I realized the laptops with better control that friends have seem to have a thicker layer of  coating on the touch pad. 

So I decided to try covering the pad with some clear packing tape and that is working pretty well.  I can now roll over a link without the browser thinking I'm demanding to go to it.  Yet I don't have to hit the touchpad any harder to ask to visit a link's destination. Even the bubbles don't seem to affect use of the pad adversely.  (Packing tape is the 2+ inch tape used to secure boxes for shipping or storage.)

Cheap computers tricks.  Just one more free feature of our blog.  LOL

Okay, you might want to ignore the fact that we haven't had any other posts on computer help IIRCC.  But when we come up with something, we'll put it down.

I'm not a techie but I have one thing they might not, a lot of experience with cheap old computers.  So sometimes I might know something they don't need to know.

 

California Attorney General Puts Breitbart's Pimp and Ho Under investigation

11-20-09 10:02 A GMT-08
Panoramic crop of LA Skyline at Sunset
LA Sunset From Bill and Ted's Burg
San Dimas gets a different veiw than the South-Western one we can see from our local high spot.
But we get Alpenglow off windows of the Skyscrapers.
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As ACORN claims the latest video footage the hidden video attack team is again doctored to make conversations appear to be different than they are and California's Attorney General Jerry Brown is investigating the actions of James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles who secretly video taped conversations with ACORN employees.  Unacknowledged recordings of confidential conversations are illegal in the state.

An ACORN statement released after the tape says what one can see in the tape, heavy editing and manipulation of at least one employee involved.  The employee tried repeatedly to get them to go to some other agency and took the couple to the hall to hold what conversation she was having with them because it was not one that should be had within ACORN offices.

The philly office actually called the police and told them the couple had been talking about setting up an underage call girl racket.  

ACORN statement on the LA tapes:

1.    The tapes are clearly doctored and highly edited and it is our hope this will be responsibly reported on should this become a news story.

2.    The conversation took place outside of the ACORN office. The couple was taken outside of the office into the building-hallway (a common space) because the subject matter they were attempting to discuss was not appropriate and the employee made it clear that ACORN does not help with such things.

3.    The couple was brought to a neighboring agency that deals specifically with international abuse.

4.    The couple featured in the video did NOT portray themselves as a “prostitute” and a “pimp.”

5.    The couple described themselves as “a former prostitute escaping her pimp boyfriend in Miami” and the male as her “concerned friend, a student at USC” who had political aspirations. The male was NOT dressed in “pimp” attire but instead in a white shirt and pants. This contradicts what the “videographers” have stated in the press.

6.    The employee made repeated attempts to move the couple out of the office and building by suggesting a number of referrals of agencies or types of agencies to talk to.

7.    It is hard to respond to this tape. It is so heavily edited that it may be constructed to conceal the reality of the interaction.

 As you view the videos the statements become are born out.  In fact you can see the lady trying to aid what she thinks was an underage prostitute open and then shut a door.  She, apparently, thought she the pair was complaining about Hannah being pimped when she was underage and was trying to help her get restitution or aid.  

People don't automatically think the worst of others, at least of others who come to them for help.

I think that's what this shows.

This story isn't getting a lot of traction from mainstream news.  Finding the most requires  searching on "Hannah Giles" rather than "ACORN" or "O'Keefe". 

As I surmised a few days ago, this team destroyed their credibility last month with the videoless video that could be the result of extensive editing like the LA one.

And maybe OKeefe and Giles better stay out of the Golden State for a while.

See LA Times 'Top of the Ticker' blog  James O'Keefe releases another ACORN video -- this one from Los Angeles

Judging Army: Corps of Engineers Held Liable For Some Floods in New Orleans After Katrina

11-19-09 8:17 P GMT-08
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Abandoned Gingerbread House
Lower Ninth Ward, N. O.
The good news is that no bodies seem to have been found here.  Picture was uploaded in February 2009.  Still abandoned all that time or ?
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The flooding of the Lower Ninth Ward and St. Bernards Parish was due to negligence on a shipping canal from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico according to a decision on November 18, 2009 from a US District Court as reported by CNN.

 CNN also reports that that five out of six plaintiffs were eligible for damage awards from the flooding.  And I guess those will dwarf the $26k FEMA doled out to those who lost homes in the flood. "Lost your entire house?  Here's pocket change for you."  seemed to be FEMA's message.

Though the five winning couples got only about $170k each, the consensus is that 100,00 other homeowners will be eligible for awards as well.

See CNN "Court: Army Corps of Engineers liable for Katrina flooding" (no registration required) for details in a pretty thorough article that doesn't require registration or payment for access.

The sixth couple, who's home was in East New Orleans, was not awarded money or a victory or damages.  The Washington Post says that was because the judge concluded that the flooding of that area was not due to ACE negligence.

My thoughts:

If new rules hadn't been put in place forcing new housing to lack a bottom floor this could repopulate the Ninth Ward it seems.  Now that the flooding has been proven to be manmade, maybe they should rethink the restrictions as long as houses had a safe way to the roof or other safe spot at the height needed during the post Katrina flooding.

1800 killed.  Where have they been hiding that number?  That's much worse than has been reported before.

Yes, citizen this is our money, but we really owe these people and we will all be safer if we pay it out and make sure the Corps doesn't work like a bunch of slackers.

Micro payment receiving pundits in the comment section represent a libertarian lot mostly whining about people who live in floodable zones as well as other kinds of danger spots, ignoring the fact that just about every point in the US is a danger zone, if not for hurricanes and floods, then for tornadoes, earthquakes, slides, fires, etc.  Los Angeles will make Post Katrina New Orleans look like paradise if a big earthquake off shore unleashes the size Tsunami that is considered a possibility for the area.  I can guarantee if that happens half of us will end up in the Lower Ninthof New Orlieans looking for someplace safer to rebuild our lives.  And the "libertarian" commenters never think about what happens if a tornado wipes out half of the trailer park in which they live.  They'd probably even lose their entire stash of meth.  They don't seem to think about that, do they?

To get back to seriousness the constant clamor for reduced taxes by "friends" of fat cats is the biggest danger  to our nation today.   One day every libertarian and conservative activist will know that, but it is likely to be too late.

Hoffman Unconcedes in NY-23

11-19-09 10:07 A GMT-08

Doug Hoffman was the poster-boy for the new Conservative Republican-Libertarian-Teaparty-9/12 Party in the recent special election in New York's twenty third district, and this may be the first salvo in a new kind of campaign for the right, one which never ends. 

A fund raising letter from the Bob Hoffman campaign alleges that ACORN and unions teamed to game the NY 23 election results.

What I'm getting is that he's alleging that not all the eligible votes were counted.  

Shades of Minnesota 2008-2009.  Will we see a half-year plus hassle to verify, justify, and recount every ballot?

Or is this just about Hoffman having to  run against Bill Owens who won the vote count and has already been installed in the House of Representatives again next year, your just a kind of political bomb throwing for money (so easily diverted from campaign funds) and power? 

See Marc Ambinder at the Atlantic ""

Young Activists Declare War on Energy Independence. Can Mom and Apple Pie be Far Behind?

11-18-09 8:10 P GMT-08
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Santa Barbara Beach
Many nicer things to do in Santa Barbara than attend a convention of vindictive "take over the world for Exxon and Chevron" activists.
And what is their problem with energy independence? I guess they hate energy independence that isn't dependent on Big Daddy Oil Bucks.
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 Young activists have declared war on you, or at least your mind and have decided you're stupid enough you won't be able to see through their BS if they keep lying. 

These gung ho rebels liken themselves to the civil rights activists, disregarding that civil rights are natural rights and what they are pushing is a regressive national policy including more wars (which political analysts like Susan Eisenhower say will necessitate a wide-scale military draft.  They also forget to tell you that conservatives like them were against civil rights and fought  long and hard to keep people of color and women from having equal rights and they haven't stopped yet.

But some are asking their newly popular "young" (Okay Breitbart isn't that young) leaders what do the "big money bags that make young Republican activists rich" want them to work on?  One of two primary focuses is to destroy an organization to that promotes energy independence.  

Wait a minute isn't energy independence a lot like mom and apple pie?  Well, apparently not if that energy independence promoter is into alternative energy instead of drilling for gas and oil.

Another interesting thing about the LA Times is that they have not run puff pieces on young liberals and their organizations and actions.  But this is at least the second report from Sam Zell's LA Times promoting young conservative activists in the last twelve months.  Please notice Mr. Murdoch how much Sammie boy wants to be your buddy.

And, again next week LA Times reporters will be claiming to be fact checked and unbiased.  

One might even think that claim to be an act of propaganda, if he or she were of a skeptical mind.

See LA Times " " for details about what Human Hotdog Andrew Breitbart and his fake Ho were doing in Santa Barbara last weekend.

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