Philip and Jenny Cain: InspiredMumblings

I’m not endorsing any candidate or party, but I had to post this as it is the cheapest and funniest political ad I’ve ever seen.

Where are the politicians who support peace?

Goodwill? Love? Patience? Kindness? Compassion?

I have no friends nor champions in this Democratic Congress and Republican White House. I’m so disgusted, I’m having trouble sharing the context of this post. Just follow any news source (but if you choose Fox News, try to at least get a second opinion from CNN or better yet, NPR). My personal free-speech-protected opinion, which I’m entitled to (for now), is that we are in a mindless war with Iraq. We have knowingly immersed ourselves in an unwinnable religious civil war.

And now we’d like to take on Iran. Well, gee… that’s great.

And for all you conservatives - remember that I’m NOT a Democrat or Republican. I’d hardly call myself “liberal.” I’m just slowly discovering that pacifism is a passion of mine, deep down inside.

The White House just released this Executive Order:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070717-3.html

Read it and then reread it. It’s for real. There are no 5th Amendment rights or Habeas Corpus available for anyone who falls under the specified criteria of posing “a significant risk of committing an act or acts of violence…” in regards to the Iraq occupation, or funding such acts. All property and interests of the “offender” will be possessed. You can also read clearly that this is specifically referring to United States persons (a group that includes United States citizens), not Iraqis and not just “Enemy Combatants” or criminals. Not that I in any way support violent acts, in protest of the Iraq occupation or otherwise. However, if the government deems you to pose a significant risk of committing (meaning prior to even committing) such an act, then this Executive Order immediately and prejudicially removes your rights.

To be fair, the Department of Treasury has responded to questions about the EO - “Tuesday’s broad executive order on freezing Iraq-related financial assets is solely intended to target supporters of the Iraqi insurgency.” But if that were truly the case, the wording in the order would need to reflect it.

Marshal Law is the next logical step. I for one welcome our new fascist NeoCon overlords.

“So who cares? No one in the world gives a f**k about atheists anyway.”

That comment says a lot about the commenter. I saw it on this article about the first openly nontheist Congress member.

How to play:
* 1. Tune into CSPAN, PBS, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, the Fascist News Netw…errr, FOX, or even one of the traditional three networks.

* 2. Wait for a NeoCon or proxy to appear at a speaking engagement, press conference, interview, or talking head confrontation.

* 3. Mark off squares as buzzwords are used.

* 4. Celebrate any 5 in a row by shouting “I am not a terrorist” loudly enough that the perfectly legal wiretaps can pick it up.

Play now! - NeoCon Buzzword Bingo.

Just in time for the State of the Union Address - you can watch it for free live on CNN Pipeline.

via BoingBoing

While you’re out there rubberstamping your favorite politicians, remember this documentary:

Skip ahead to 1:09:46 for the absolute best part: a “real-world” hack of an electronic voting machine, using only a tampered memory card.

He founded the Libertarian Party. I am baffled as to why he is running in our district (8). Unless of course, he lives here. In that case I’m just surprised that he lives here.

Sorry for the recent onslaught of political posts. That’s what blogs are useful for, though.

Forget Kyl vs. Pederson. Forget Graf vs. Giffords.

Oprah asked Bill O’Reilly on to her own “No Spin Zone” for a little “Town Hall” discussion. Yeah! I’m actually watching as I’m writing this, so we’ll wait and see who “wins.”

It’s getting a little tense. I love a good fight!

Update: To make things clear, I don’t think Republicans are the only idiots in Washington. Democrats are idiots, too.

“In all this time, I’ve yet to find a good way to convey to the non-technical public how well and truly screwed up we presently are, six years after the Florida recount. So now it’s time to hit the panic button: In this article, I’m going to show you how to steal an election.” from How to steal an election by hacking a vote over at ArsTechnica.

This guy reveals the relatively easy methods of hacking around e-voting machines and stealing elections. A must read for all geeks, conspiracy theorists, and concerned voters.

via Slashdot

I found a site that has a test you can take which will measure where you are on the political compass. The idea is that the traditional left/right political scale only accurately measures economics, so they’ve made created a compass that has social politics on an up-down scale. The site is internationally acclaimed. It’s important to note that where they say “neo-liberalism” they are referring to the economic right, the opposite of communism, which in America we label “conservatism.” I understand the logic. That would mean that most American conservatives prefer a “liberal” (as in free) market economy, which on this chart places them on the right.

So here is where I score - My Political Compass.

Economic Left/Right: -6.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.82

And here’s a chart provided by the site, to which I added myself, using my score values. I guess I better go get some literature on The Dalai Lama.

Take the test!