This Is Our House

As protesters all across America join in solidarity against the union busting tactics implemented by the right wing corporate thugs- Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin may be finding he has perhaps bitten of more than he can chew.

The Wisconsin protest drew over 100,000 union supporters Sunday holed up in the State Capital building. Police were given orders by the dictator to remove the public from the building by 4 P.M to which the Madison police department replied in a resounding no.

Madison police refuse to cooperate and have stated:


"This is not your house Governor Walker-this is all our house." 


Fox News has falsely reported that protesters have been abusive and confrontational to further convince ignorant viewers to side with the governor and see this as an us against them issue. Only problem is most of Fox's audience are "thems" those working class ignoramuses who keep fighting for causes against their own best interest.

Which is a pretty shrewd tactic if you think about it.

 The argument is: "Why should this guy get to bargain in his job-when I can't in mine."  and what these nimrods seen to be blind to- is the fact that standing at the bottom of the economic ladder is another guy  looking up at him asking,

" Why does he get to eat and live in a house when I don't."  Neither one says, "I deserve better."

Tea Party America seems to be effectively screaming "We're not worthy and neither are you."


The people on the ground say it best;

“First Governor Walker tried to take away workers’ rights, now he is trying to take away our Constitutional right as Americans to peacefully assemble,” said Steelworker Roy Vandenberg. “I have a message for Governor Walker, your plan to silence us won't work. We are not going away, and we will not be silenced.”


"Now the unions are being targeted on a nationwide basis. A war of elimination. If the unions are defeated then the major source of funding for the democratic party is removed as well. This is exactly what the neo-cons want. They want a one party America so they can control everything."

And this:


"Take notice Koch Brothers. Listen up. With all your money you cannot cloud my vision. You will not prevail. America is going to remain the lamp to the poor of the world that it always has been. You will never succeed in changing that. "

And yes Tea Party former middle class-The statement above includes you-don't you get it by now?

We the People are mad as hell now.... You've finally gone too far.


Yes, they have.


ickenittle

1933

On May 2nd, 1933, the day after Labor day, Nazi groups occupied union halls and labor leaders were arrested.  Trade Unions were outlawed by Adolf Hitler, while collective bargaining and the right to strike was abolished.  This was the beginning of a consolidation of power by the fascist regime which systematically wiped out all opposition groups, starting with unions, liberals, socialists, and communists using Himmler’s state police.


Fast forward to today and think about what is happening to Wisconsin.


Nuff said.


ickenittle

The Devil's In The Details

As the drama continues to unfold in Wisconsin, Governor Walker still insists his bogus bill is all about the budget. But what else lurks in this bill disguised as something else?


Buried deep in the bill is this little grenade;


16.896 Sale or contractual operation of state−owned heating, cooling, and power plants. (1) Notwithstanding ss. 13.48 (14) (am) and 16.705 (1), the department may sell any state−owned heating, cooling, and power plant or may contract with a private entity for the operation of any such plant, with or without solicitation of bids, for any amount that the department determines to be in the best interest of the state. Notwithstanding ss. 196.49 and 196.80, no approval or certification of the public service commission is necessary for a public utility to purchase, or contract for the operation of, such a plant, and any such purchase is considered to be in the public interest and to comply with the criteria for certification of a project under s. 196.49 (3) (b).


A no bid contract to sell off the states power plants. Wonder who doesn't have to wait in line to snap up such a deal?


Koch Industries?


You know the guys who "donated" two million dollars to get Walker elected?


The very ones who made him the man he is today.

Since when was Wisconsin up for sale?

A bought and paid for investment that looks to pay off in a big way.

Something smells a little fishy...must be a kochtopus.

ickenittle

Governor Walker's Budget Bull... Bill

It should be clearly obvious to anyone who doesn't depend on Fox News for their misinformation - that Governor (Li'l Hosni) Walker's  union busting bill never was about the budget as he has now refused to accept a compromise on the part of unions willing to accept pay cuts and shoulder more of their own pension and health care expenses. So what's Walkers problem? He wants to take away their rights.

"we just want to retain our collective bargaining rights"

Walker now says- "not good enough- I want all the candy in the candy jar." -meaning it's all about collective bargaining-was only about collective bargaining, and will always be about collective bargaining.

Budget crisis my ass.

Another neo-conservative disguised as a republican caught in a bald faced lie-backed up by the bald faced liars of Fox News-further propped up by billionaire boys club the Koch family-who hijacked the Tea Party splintering them into fragments creating what is now called the Kochtopus.

The Kochtopus's plan will be to pit American against American in the struggle over the last scraps of the middle class.

"The gravy train ended when our jobs went overseas- so get used to it." is the message from the tea party Kochtopuses.

Divide and conquer-distract and dissolve unions-strip the middle class then take over what is left using police state tactics then throw in a manufactured crisis before attacking Social Security and threatening a government shut down.(coming soon)


Now in its seventh day the rebellion continues against the repressive Walker regime.

Over 70,000 people have joined the struggle to push back the totalitarian dictator. Concessions have been made by the unionists to solve the manufactured budget crisis set forth by the lying dictator to destroy Democracy and strip away the collective bargaining rights of the last vestige of freedom protecting the middle class from further plunder by the Reich wing corporate overlords.

The Reich wing does not include traditional conservatives-nor traditional Republicans nor the grass root Tea Party. It is the manifestation of pure evil and greed drummed up by the Kochtopus corporate kleptocracy (rule by thieves) who are now hiding in the shadows staging a war pitting American against America.

Meanwhile Faux News stands behind the lie-promoting a war-creating enemies where enemies don't exist hoping to see chaos in the streets-hoping to be the first to cover the story.

Looking into recall laws in Wisconsin the freedom fighters find they can't dump the Gov. till 2012-so many are now suggesting to root out Republican members in Congress to turn the tides on governor Walker by recalling his fellow thugs. To kill the tree you must first attack the root.

This could prove an excellent means to pressure the dictatorship from within.

Nasty trick versus dirty trick.

Democrats and unionists have already shown their willingness to compromise and have tried to contact Walker by phone-but he refuses to talk -because compromise isn't ever an option in a totalitarian regime.









America under neo-con rule.

Fight the good fight Wisconsin.

What's left of the middle class depends on you.

.


ickenittle

Governor Dictator Continued....

Seems Egypt's Wisconsin's dictator Governor - Scott  Mubarak Walker has ruffled more than a few feathers in his grossly misguided attempt to bulldoze public workers by attempting to strip them of collective bargaining rights.

With the exception of police and firefighters- some of his biggest supporters-until they too found out they were supporting lil'-Hosni all along. Now they too have joined in Wisconsin's biggest protest since the Vietnam war.

Democrats have left the scene refusing to vote on his union busting bill. So what's a dictator to do when this happens? Call the State Police and have them round up the Democrats to force a vote. Only problem is- many have left the state.

Since Governor Thugster Walker started this fight with his heavy handed threats he has proven once again that bully tactics only rile up an already fed up constituency.

For three days the protest in Madison has been gaining steam with approx. 35,000 people filling the State Capital building.

Governor Walker has been accused of manufacturing the budget crisis in an attempt to break the unions after giving generous tax cuts to corporations which he then expects to make public employees pay for.

Before Walker Wisconsin had a budget surplus and within one month Walker had given it all away to corporate tax breaks and pay backs to the powers that be who paid to get him elected. Special interest groups gobbled up the states surplus and Walker then created a manufactured crisis on his hands- a phony budget shortfall that he manipulated using it to attack public employees unions.

Now Walker has threatened to lay off 6,000 public employees if his bill doesn't pass.

Whether you like unions or not -they do have a right to exist- and Taco Bell can only employ so many people at a time which is the kind of jobs Republicans have in mind for all American workers.

State workers have rights too- and that is another thing eating away at Republicans, they'd like a world where the little people are broke and desperate to fill all those jobs held by illegal migrant workers.

This is the vision these thugs have for America. This is just the beginning of the Republican plan. 

This country awards those worst at their jobs-the banking thieves and corporate executives who run their companies into the ground then go begging to YOU tax payer for a bailout-then they reward themselves with lavish bonuses while lining the pockets of greed infested corporate politicians.

And YOU out there- who don't want others to have good jobs- will find yourselves becoming serfs- working for the plantation owners also known as the GOP.

This you reward while demonizing a school teacher who has chosen a calling as a career-not for the big bucks-but for the betterment of you and your children.

We need more people who care-not less.

How many stock brokers and investment bankers does a country need? 




Faceless, Souless, GOP



Wisconsin wasn't broken until li'l Hosni showed up and decided to fix it.

Below is the real Republican plan.

"I can hire one half of the middle class to kill off the rest." Jay Gould.




ickenittle

Govenor Dictator

Governors to unions

Wisconsons' Tea Party Governor Scott Walker wants to take his new authority to a higher level.

 He intends to eliminate collective bargaining for state and public employees starting July 1st.

Under this plan public workers would be prohibited from collecting union dues and workers would see a bigger portion of their pay go to their own pension plans and medical benefits as well as being forced to accept pay raises based on the CPI index-and contracts would be good for only one year at a time thus throwing job security out the window.

His "get tough on unions" stance is part of the current demonetization of public workers unions brought about by the Republican Army as a way to further decimate the middle class by replacing good jobs with no jobs.

This bill is the first in the country to strip workers with the right to bargain-and would eliminate their right to strike. If anyone doesn't like his union busting plan-well too bad-because he intends to call in the National Guard in case things turn ugly and install Marshal Law.

The only unions exempt for his plan are law enforcement and firefighters who will still remain unscathed retaining their right to negotiate and collectively bargain. This will create a two tiered system where one group of workers is "lesser than" another which is a direct violation of the Constitution. He obviously doesn't want to upset the police as he may need them in his effort to make Wisconsin the first "official" police state in America.

Governor dictator must be expecting a fight on his hands with his threat of calling in the National Guard. After lowering the boom on public workers that they have been stripped of their rights. Governor Walker says he hopes everyone shows up for work as usual and  just does their job.

In case they don't -well he's prepared  if anyone utters the word "strike" he's got that covered too- because under his new rule strikers will be fired under as being a threat to state security, which he can determine as Emperor of the land wielding his sword of executive privilege to dispatch his enemies.

Dictator # 2

Republican Governor John Kasich of Ohio is working on a bill that would make it illegal to go on strike. His punishment plans include firing and docking pay to those threatening a strike. He also intends to remove prevailing wage for outside workers hired for construction jobs.

With no prevailing wage set by unions,workers hired for  construction jobs would find themselves at the mercy of the plantation overlords who would be happy to pay them slave wages.

Under his bill public workers would be stripped of any recourse in this "take it or leave it bill."
Public employees packed into the State House to protest what they see as a union busting bill.

More than 800 public unionists, including police and firefighters showed up to protest what they see as an all out attack campaign on unions by Republicans. More than 300,000 public employees belong to unions in Ohio, including teachers police, firefighters and municipal employees and state workers.

Joining the league of new right wing dictatorships are the Governors of Indiana, Idaho and Tennessee -all have legislation in the works to scale back or eliminate collective bargaining.

Republican regression.

Cut off your nose to spite Obama.


Oh Idaho-be careful what you wish for.

The Idaho state legislature is on the verge enacting an unconstitutional bill- RS20315 nullifying the Affordable Care Act- or whatever other federal law they don't like-and decide not to follow.

Only problem is- as the Idaho Attorney Generals office warns- it will lead to serious unintended consequences for the people of Idaho. It would end Medicaid to the state depriving Idaho of approx.1 billion dollars in Federal funding -stripping over 223,198,000 current Medicaid recipients of benefits.

According to AARP this decision would wreck havoc on heath care for the state and the GOP are simply playing politics with real peoples' lives.

Which sounds about right.

Another great idea from the party of no solutions.



It's a good time to be a lawyer in America.


ickenittle

Let Them Eat Plastic Cake

Better to eat the box.

China has a long dubious history when it comes to food safety.

There was that contaminated baby formula awhile ago that killed 11 infants and made countless others sick. Then there was melamine found in powdered milk (killer ingredient in formula) in which 300,000 became ill sending many to the hospitals. Then came the poisoned pet food that killed pets worldwide.

Now there is a bizarre product showing up in markets in parts of china like in the town of Taiyuan, in Shaanxi Provence- plastic rice. Fake rice is a product sold as a cheaper alternative to the real thing which due to food inflation in China leaves poor families giving it a try.

This fake rice is actually made out of potatoes, sweet potatoes and synthetic industrial plastic which acts as a binding ingredient keeping the "rice" grains firm after cooking.

The Chinese Restaurant Association has warned consumers that eating three cups of this rice is like the equivalent of eating one plastic bag.

Luckily for the Chinese if anyone gets sick or dies from eating this crap-the CEOS will pay dearly. The Chinese justice system is swift and harsh. Those to blame for the poisoned milk were executed including the company CEO-and the families of the prosecuted were charged for the bullet.

But here in America poisoning people is always a "mistake."

All you can shit! In a chip!

Americas' plastic snacks.


Remember back in the 90's Lays came up with a "new" non- fat snack product called WOW which gave Americans an "all you can eat" snack chip that you could eat as much as you wanted without gaining an ounce. These WOW chips contained Olestra a  fat substitute discovered by Proctor & Gamble who really thought at the time they had come up with a miracle product.

 This synthesized form of plastic allows chips to be fried to the crispy perfection American chip consumers demand-minus the fat and calories.

What more could a snack company dream of? Just think of all that money you could make selling a snack happy American something they could over indulge in-especially- the little ones- the biggest chip consumers of all.

And profit they did-at first to the tune of $400 million the first year alone. Then things turned sour-seems the human body just isn't designed to digest plastic. So all sorts of unpleasant eruptions occurred. People became ill with stomach cramps diarrhea and ... (egad).... anal leakage!

Seems WOW chips had the same effect on the human body as mineral oil which is used as a laxative.

Apparently this was OK at first until too many people complained and Lays pulled the product off the market.

Which makes you wonder-just what happened to all those re-called chips?

They probably ended up in animal feed making the rounds, eventually winding back in the food chain-where we got WOWED and didn't even know it.


Know what happens when a chicken eats a Styrofoam coffee cup?

Tastes just like chicken

They poop little plastic pearls.


Just don't try it at home.



ickenittle

The Rich Are The Biggest Deadbeats.

Have you heard the one about the guy who bought a house he couldn't afford as being the cause for the real estate meltdown? You know that deadbeat and bum who deserved what he got because he was so greedy?

Compare that bum to the rich guy who bought a house he couldn't afford who stopped making payments even though he could afford to- but is still waiting to hear from the banks while squatting in his lush surroundings, living the high life as he shovels money into his slush fund each and every month.

This guy isn't greedy-this guy isn't a deadbeat-this guy is a "strategic defaulter," a savvy businessman who knows it's dumb to throw good money after bad.

The rich default with flourish.

The rich are foreclosing in spectacular fashion via the strategic default.

Strategic defaults are becoming the new financial recovery instrument of underwater luxury buyers. No morality issue here, this is pure business.

 Currently one in seven homeowners with loans over a million are seriously delinquent. Compared to 1 in 12 for the general population. So while Joe Ordinary gets kicked out of his home-Joe Luxury isn't even bothered by the bank because the banks can't afford to take back that high end house because it will not square with their books.

So what's a bank to do?

 If they take back that million dollar house now worth $700,000 they have to take a loss on their books that still says that $700,000 dollar house is worth a million. Or they can keep that cool million looking nice and sharp on those books and just let the deadbeat stay-let him maintain the property until the miracle happens and housing values do a turn around.

Its a waiting game and Joe Luxury knows it so he's going to stay in that house as long as he can. He doesn't want a loan modification-he is using the house as way to regain his down payment and other expenses required to get into the house.He may even buy a new car or two- with all that free money burning a hole in his pocket.

 Joe Ordinary on the other just wants a place to live-wants that modification to which the banks say "sorry loser we can make more money letting you drown-modifications don't benefit us they just benefit you." And while Joe Ordinary struggles the banksters string him along squeezing as much out of him with empty promises, and uses the media to bash him in the process.

Though Joe Ordinarys' home is worth less-it wasn't worth that much in the first place and the bank has a better chance to sell it down the road.There are more people like Joe Ordinary out there buying homes in his price range.

Mr. Luxury on the other had is sitting on a property that has few buyers.Until real estate values rise Joe Luxury can sit tight keeping all that cash for himself. Remember this; when Mr. Luxury does it it is considered a business matter, but when Joe Ordinary does it he is vilified as a deadbeat. The reason behind this is volume-there are millions of average Joe's out there. and a banksters' worst nightmare is all of those regular folks going the way of Joe Luxury. The thought sends chills up their spines.

 So they use social pressure to demonize Joe as being a greedy deadbeat who thinks he's going to get a free house. This is a lie of course- because the average buyer just wants a loan modification. This Joe isn't trying to game the system like Joe Luxury.

Banks before the crash..

Before the financial crisis- a bank with a million dollar loan counted it on its balance sheet as an asset, when "mark to market" was suspended during the crisis the loan that was non performing (payments not being made) meant it became a liability on the books-but now that liability is allowed to remain on the books as an asset.  Yes, an asset.

So as long as the bank hangs onto the property (letting deadbeats stay) they can keep looking good on paper-but in reality they are living in a fantasy world-where these assets are actually liabilities.

These pretend assets are the only thing keeping the government from seizing the banks-and everybody simply looks the other way trying to ignore the fact that banks are insolvent. As long as the Federal Reserve keeps them afloat with 0% interest rate loans- this fairy tale could go on until we become Never Never Land.


Do as I say, don't do as I do....So say the banks.




Morality Versus Business

Since rich deadbeats see these properties more as investments rather than "home sweet home," they can make the decision to cut their losses without getting mired down in all that morality business.

 They don't see themselves as deadbeats and will make the best of a bad situation-cutting losses and walking away. It isn't about right or wrong-that morality thing, that issue belongs to the little people- who  will fight tooth and nail to do"the right thing" even when it means financial Armageddon.

Now more than ever before... more Joe Ordinarys' are catching on and following the path of the strategic default. Support groups are popping up in every state helping one another shake off the shame and give a little of that shabby treatment back to the banks.After all it wasn't the buyers who designed those "liar loans" making those who really couldn't afford a home believe they could. And it wasn't the buyer who created the fictional underwriting or securitized loans, in violation of mortgage laws.

Most of all it wasn't the Joe Ordinarys' of the world who created the moral hazard of mistrust and down right thievery. The banks did it all without the question of morality getting in the way-it's just business you see- "don't take it personally."

Just remember the old bible quote that says, "do unto others as they do unto you."


Do unto banksters what they have done unto everyone.


ickenittle

Arizona Wins Most Stupid State Award- Again.






Come To The Arizona Freak Show.

  There must be something in the water in Arizona.

Led by Republican Senate President Russel Pierce- Arizona intends to introduce a bill (Senate Bill1433) that lets them pick and choose which Federal laws they want to follow or ignore.

If passed into law a 12 member committee within the state legislature would grant itself power to ignore current federal laws by nullifying any Federal statutes- by a majority vote.

The Arizona -is-a-stupid-state- bill-would let Arizona defy the Federal Government granting itself the ability to reject laws it doesn't want to follow-which isn't legal by the way-but doesn't seem to matter to these tiny brained halfwits.

Since the legality of such and action is dubious at best, Arizona might be picking a fight it will only lose. According to  Article VI, Clause 2 and the fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made, under the authority of the United States shall be the supreme law of the land, and judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution of laws of any state to the contrary not withstand.

Not only does Arizona want to defy the Federal government but they also want to abolish 14th Amendment that guarantees all people born in the U.S. are citizens of the U.S.

Arizona also wants to nullify the Clean Air Act as well. Senator Silvia Allen is promoting the "freedom to breath act" which she feels assures Arizonans their god given right to choose to breath in toxins if they so wish-after as she states; "There is absolutely no evidence carbon dioxide, from power plants, vehicle emissions, or elsewhere,harms anyone."  Senator Allen believes America has become a Socialist Country.

Oddly these fools running the asylum seem to have forgotten they swore an oath before taking office-each and everyone swore;

"I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution and laws of the State of Arizona, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, and defend them against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and I will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office of Senator of the State of Arizona, according to my best ability so help me god."

They all said it-they all swore to it, and now they are violating it. Time to kick the bums out.

Arizona The Conceal/Carry State.

Maybe breathing all those harmless fumes in the air that they are "free to breath" is making Arizonans a little loopy.


Seems selling your capital building then leasing it back is a good idea too and writing racist laws that leaves you broke because every other state thinks you are insane and boycotts your ass. Yeah Arizona keep up the good work.

Governor Jan Brewer

Arizona's Gila Monster in chief Governor Jan Brewer has actually killed two people and another 96 languish, unable to afford life saving transplants after she slashed state funding. She also cut health care for children.

Brewer a known liar told a big one about her father being killed fighting Nazis.Brewer's father was in fact never in the military and died in 1951 of lung cancer. But the story sounded great at the time.

She was also the one behind the fabricated story of decapitated bodies being found in the desert-a pathetic attempt to push her agenda of vilifying Mexicans to push her legislation for racial profiling.

Like all bad ideas this lie blew up in her face causing several states to boycott Arizona which has hurt the state financially. Arizona has become the pariah state-a reputation it so richly deserves.

So go ahead Arizona-pass your nullification act-just don't let the border hit you on the ass- on your way out.

By the way Arizona-you can pay for your own border patrols, post offices,air force bases and all that extra fence to keep Mexico safe from you.

We won't miss you Arizona.


ickenittle

Pay China First- Pay Americans Later.

Yet another great idea from Republicans. New Republican legislation in the House and Senate would force the U.S. government to put China and other foreign governments ahead of the line when it comes to paying debt obligations. China would be paid before Social Security beneficiaries if the debt ceiling isn't raised this spring.

Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) intends to require the Treasury to make interest payments on our debts the first priority -ahead of paying Social Security or others owed money by the Treasury.

Only the right wing would choose China over its own citizens. Maybe they want to assure China and multinational corporations that America values their business before its own people- making it clear where their loyalties rest. Critics of the bill say it will have a reverse affect making the statement that if America is such a deadbeat when it comes to paying its own citizens- what guarantee is there the government will honor any obligations. It would effectively lower our credit standing in the eyes of the world.

This insane idea brought to you by the party of no worthy ideas what so ever- would essentially make obligations to the American people secondary to paying foreign governments-especially China.This pay Americans later mentality just cements the idea the GOP loathes the American citizenry and the question being asked is -does the full faith of the American government extend to a lot of foreign countries but doesn't extend to the American people themselves? If you are a Republican the answer is no.

More right wing lunacy.

Utah is on the way to making a handgun a state symbol. Like all states Utah has a state bird, a state flower and the honey bee is its state insect. Now the right wing wants to make the Browning M1911 its official state firearm.

"It's an implement of freedom that has defended America for 100 years." bill sponsor Rep. Carl Wimmer (R)said. "This firearm is Utah."

Flag of Mozambique

Considering the recent mass shooting in neighboring Arizona that left 6 dead-you have to wonder if some in Utah have lost they grip on sanity. Imagine innocent school children decorating their classrooms with colorful renditions of a firearm. Only two state representatives opposed the bill-both Democrats.

If adopted Utah will join Mozambique in using a firearm on its flag

Now that's something to be proud of.


Stupid is as stupid does.........

State lawmakers in South Dakota have introduced legislation that would require all residents 21 and older to to purchase a firearm beginning in 2012. Many people are saying-"You can't be serious" And as rep. Harry Wick (R) one of the bills sponsors says,"Do I or other co-sponsors believe that the State of South Dakota can require citizens to buy firearms? Of course not. But at the same time, we do not believe the federal government can order every citizen to buy heath insurance."

Maybe Harry's little soap box protest should be funded with his own money instead of wasting tax payer funds. Harry thinks he's beeing funny-Harry thinks he's making a statement-Harry is a fool.



Harry and Carl Meet Pat.

 Too bad South Dakota -You voted in this ass.



Maybe we should nominate Pat Toomey, Harry Wick and Carl Wimmer to be our Official National Idiots.


But they would have to stand in line behind the ever growing list of right wing candidates over qualified for the job.


ickenittle