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THE GREAT AMERICAN CON

Brilliant! Bloody brilliant! When do we get the video???

» Posted By NanaMex On March 15, 2011 @ 7:38 am

Friday Music Thread – Friends and Lovers

Mike de Velta -The Wedding Song (Under the Lilac tree)

» Posted By NanaMex On March 11, 2011 @ 11:42 pm

Wisconsin and Learning from Our Mistakes

How did you get that from his song? Seriously?

» Posted By NanaMex On March 12, 2011 @ 7:40 pm

Apology accepted. And a Nana hug thrown in. 😀

» Posted By NanaMex On March 12, 2011 @ 10:37 am

The point of Dave’s song was that we are constantly distracted by side shows that keep many from seeing the issues that need to be considered when voting.

I don’t care if a candidate is old, young, handsome/pretty, ugly as sin, black, white, gay, str8, tall, short, fat, thin, able-bodied, disabled, Christian, Muslim, Atheist, or even Druid. No one should base their vote on any of those factors. It’s the issues that matter.

» Posted By NanaMex On March 12, 2011 @ 10:28 am

I am glad we cleared that up. 🙂

» Posted By NanaMex On March 12, 2011 @ 10:16 am

I have never, ever stayed at home rather than vote. Ever. And have stated several times, on here, that those who don’t vote are a major part of the problem. So please don’t yell at me. Thanks.

» Posted By NanaMex On March 12, 2011 @ 10:11 am

Just give me something worth voting for.

» Posted By NanaMex On March 12, 2011 @ 9:30 am

There was a sly gov’nor named Walker
Who fancied himself quite a talker
On the phone late one day
He got carried away
Revealing he was a Koch Fawker.

» Posted By NanaMex On March 12, 2011 @ 9:19 am

Slugs and blobs?

» Posted By NanaMex On March 12, 2011 @ 8:58 am

Isn’t that the freaking REPUB Motto?

» Posted By NanaMex On March 12, 2011 @ 8:57 am

x 2.

» Posted By NanaMex On March 12, 2011 @ 8:54 am

Arianna’s Marie Antoinette Moment

Ariana and HuffPo lost their appeal for me when the demonising of Assange was given so much attention, making the whole Wikileaks issue about the man rather than the message. It seemed that I was spending more time stating “it’s about the message, not the man” that there was little time left for other issues.

All of the rest of my own issues with HuffPo have been stated in these comments much better than I could have said them.

» Posted By NanaMex On March 9, 2011 @ 5:55 pm

Every single comment I made on HuffPo that referred to Cheney was moderated out. Every single one, including a statement that “one difference between Cheney and Biden is that Cheney thinks before he speaks”. Even that got killed.

Makes me wonder exactly what AH’s relationship with the man really is.

» Posted By NanaMex On March 9, 2011 @ 5:43 pm

Boehner is, as far as I can remember, the first person to shed tears after a speech by Jullia Gillard. At least in public. Can’t for the life of me figure out what she said to bring on his tears.

» Posted By NanaMex On March 9, 2011 @ 5:30 pm

Yes Virginia, There is Class Warfare

Just sent the link for an interesting blog very much on topic. Most have probably seen it, but in case not:

The Birth of the People’s Party
By Robert Reich, Robert Reich’s Blog
08 March 11

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/274-41/5200-the-birth-of-the-peoples-party

» Posted By NanaMex On March 9, 2011 @ 1:42 am

2nd song, Dumbing Down:

http://www.triplejunearthed.com/Finn

An uneducated populous is much easier to control.

» Posted By NanaMex On March 9, 2011 @ 1:31 am

Years ago I would have totally agreed with you about C-level executives being sociopathic, but I married a man who is “Unconcerned about the adverse consequences for others of one’s actions.”, only because he is oblivious to that kind of emotion. While he was a million $ a year success in business (now retired and broke), he failed to keep long term employees due to this inability to recognise how his actions and words affected other people. He is only unconcerned because he is unaware. He has something called Aspergers Syndrome. Underneath that seemingly uncaring surface, he has a heart of gold, and an honest sincerity in what he believes, much of which is diametrically opposed to what I believe. But when arguments are put to him rationally, with charts and graphs and photos, he can and does have the occasional change to his views. Most recently being his change of heart over the issue of mandatory detention for boat people, and is now counted among those who oppose the practice.

My point is, these kinds of people are not ‘dishonest’ in the sense of being blatant thieves, and they are not necessarily uncaring. Most sincerely believe they are right in the way they conduct business, being actually unaware of the effect of their practices.

This does NOT excuse their actions or behaviour, and I am NOT making a case for all exec’s being Aspie, but it might explain some of it. And it could form a basis for how to get through to some of them.

» Posted By NanaMex On March 9, 2011 @ 1:28 am

I agree with you there, and I do believe that the ‘fight’ that oil/gas/coal are putting up is a sham. They are also very much looking forward to the money making side of cap & trade.

This issue, currently being touted as a ‘price on carbon’, aka a tax, is about to bring Julia and her government down, thanks to the spin being put on this by the opposition (with the help of a Rupert majority owned media), while they devise their own scheme to do the exact same thing. A thorn by any other name still hurts like hell.

The state & federal governments have been selling off state owned assets as fast as they can, and then screaming how this ‘carbon tax’ is going to cause us all to pay double for our power and petrol. No chit? Of course it will cost more, because the government won’t be running the power companies, Kellog Brown and Root (aka Halliburton Downunder) subsidiaries will! Prices will go up, quality of delivery won’t, and the profits will go through the roof.

Australia has been blessed by a huge growth in the Middle Class over the past 2-3 generations, but that has come pretty much to a screeching halt, although the majority are not aware of it… yet. We now have the most expensive housing in the world. The average 3br 1b 40 year old house in the city is selling for $2-5 MILLION! Where I live, a house like my Mum’s in New Mexico would go for $750,000 easy, while in Roswell the executor can’t unload it for $36,000. Rentals in cities start at $300 per week for a 1 br in a dingy neighbourhood!

The banks and mortgage companies get their claws into 90% of newly wed couples, because “it’s just un-Australian not to own your own house and block of land”. These people are all working, some 2-3 jobs, to maintain a middle class standard of living, while pumping out babies (one for dad, one for mum, and one for the Commonwealth) to help populate a vast country. All to the detriment of their children and the stability of their families.

The bubble is about to burst. Many of the entitlements that are guaranteed to each and every citizen and permanent resident of this country are going to suffer due to the cost of multiple natural disasters. Insurance companies are refusing to pay many, if not most claims, insisting that a ‘flood’ and a ‘river rise’ are not the same thing at all. Tens of thousands of home-owners, small business owners and farmers will never see a single cent from either insurance or the government. Yet they still shoulder the debt they have on those homes and businesses and farms. The state of Queensland government has no insurance at all!

The war on the middle class has begun here. Raise taxes, cut entitlements, cut public sector wages (we threw the last government out over WI type ‘right to work’ laws) a little more this election cycle, a little more next election cycle, state by state until the fortunes of the middle class plunge under the weight of a burden that is not shared by the resources companies (BHP, BP, ALCOA, Rio Tinto, Koch industries, etc)that chew up the land and spit the wealth into big steel ships and sail it away, to the sound of cash landing in their overflowing ‘Scrooge MacDuck’ vaults.

Australia has been Americanised in very many ways, most of them good. But this latest falls in a similar category to baggy jeans worn below the unders. It’s ugly.

» Posted By NanaMex On March 9, 2011 @ 12:09 am

Will China Collapse?

Trying to assess China by using Western rational is always a mistake. China and it’s people are, and never have been anything like European or African societies, from where our own societal models evolved. At no time in it’s history have the people experienced what it is to be an individual. They have always been ruled by Warlords, and have maintained their aloofness from the rest of the world with only a few partial and temporary incursions by Spain, Portugal, England and the Japanese, all of whom they dispatched once they had enough of the arrogance and the opium (in the case of the Brits).

China has 63 million single males under 30 years of age with no prospect of a wife. The solution is to send those young men to work in other countries where they have better prospects. (Yes, kidnapping of women is a problem at this time)

China has long term plans for it’s people, and is showing a change in direction that is designed to both sooth the word’s fears of war and re-invigorate it’s people’s pride in being the worlds oldest surviving civilisation. Recently the study of the Teachings of Confucius have been made mandatory in schools. Dilapidated and neglected Temples and Shrines are being restored, and the Terracotta Warriors are being touted as an example of the enduring power of China throughout many centuries. China wants it’s people to be proud to be Chinese.

China is spending massive amounts on it’s infrastructure, high speed rail and new cities with ready to occupy business centres where Technology will reign. Older, polluted cities will be abandoned as heavy industry is relocated to more modern and lower polluting facilities.

China is spending massive amounts on establishing medical missions in Africa and in other war and disaster regions of the world, building schools and hospitals and seemingly not asking for anything in return but friendship. That lucrative contracts for mineral rights soon follow is inevitable, but it is done with a sense of respect for the countries involved.

China is buying huge areas of agricultural land all over the world, including Australia and the USA. In their own farming regions the move is to develop sustainable agricultural practices, the technology to be exported to their newly acquired farms throughout the rest of the world.

China is building massive alternative energy projects, not just in it’s own country, but throughout the world.

China currently has no bases in other countries, is active in no wars, and is the largest creditor nation in the world.

In short, China is not going to instigate any wars. Why should they when they can simply BUY the rest of the world?

» Posted By NanaMex On March 10, 2011 @ 3:20 am

Friday Music Thread – Peace, Love and Taking It To The Man

Resonance Project “Fire In Your Liberty” Hanoi 2008 for Stop Child Executions.

Full disclosure: The lady singing is my ‘business partner” in Global Thunda Network.

» Posted By NanaMex On March 10, 2011 @ 3:51 am

NEW PLANETPOV FEATURE: Email Notifications of Replies to Your Comments

I vote for that. My allowed time sitting at a keyboard is limited, so it would be nice to be able to see what comments & replies I should deal with quick smart in a dedicated email folder. Other disabled users might also find that useful. 🙂

» Posted By NanaMex On March 9, 2011 @ 2:00 am

The View From Here: An Open Letter to President Obama

My apologies, I did kind of disappear. I have not been well. It was not my intention to ‘hit and run’ 🙂

I had commented some before I posted, but yes, it was pretty quick. That’s because I could see from reading the various posts and comments that this place was/is loaded with intelligent people who are able to have rational discussions without the usual name calling crap. I will be sticking around. That said, I may vanish for days at a time due to health issues. My body is seriously paying me back for having too much fun in my younger years.

Very nice to meet you, Chernynkaya, and thanks for your honesty.

» Posted By NanaMex On March 8, 2011 @ 3:45 pm

Thank you very much. Most appreciated. 🙂

» Posted By NanaMex On March 8, 2011 @ 8:52 am

Thank you! Have done! And thanks for the kind welcome![img]http://gravatar.com/nanamex[/img]

» Posted By NanaMex On March 8, 2011 @ 8:51 am

It was never my intention to leave the USA. When I met my husband and agreed to marry him, the intention was for him to join me in the USA. But as we made plans he became ill with Ross River Virus, something that doctors in the USA would have been inexperienced with, and because of this pre-existing condition he would have been unable to get health insurance. So, at age 51 I packed my bags and came to join him here. While I miss family and friends, thanks to the internet I can remain in contact with those who still wish to be in contact. Unfortunately most of them saw my leaving as ‘deserting my country’, and my loud expressions of disgust over the 2000 election and the aftermath alienated many ‘my country right or wrong’ friends.

The view of the USA from out side of it’s borders is dramatically different from the view from inside, hence my ‘the view from here’ lead in to the title of my post.

The 2nd year I was here, I had an accident at work that led to a long stay in hospital. In the same ward with me was a lovely lady of about 35 who was dying of cancer. She told me she was a teacher, from Bosnia, and that her cancer was a result of cleaning up the playground of her school after it had been the target of a depleted uranium bomb dropped by the USA during the war. That was my first meeting with a victim of a war crime committed by the USA. I cried for weeks. Since then I have met many refugees from Bosnia, from Iraq, from Afghanistan and from other places that have been on the receiving end of our bombs and guns and…..

I have also learned more of the history of WW2 in the South Pacific, stuff we were never taught in school. I have witnessed, via news stories never seen in the USA media, of rapes, child molestation, murders and other crimes committed by USA troops while on R&R in other countries, including Australia, where the USA whisked the perpetrators out of those countries and never allowed them to face trial for their crimes. I am not talking a few, but hundreds of cases!

It was never my intention to leave, but it turned out to be the best move I ever made, as well as the most enlightening.

» Posted By NanaMex On March 8, 2011 @ 5:11 am

This pattern of not voting has always been a sore spot with me. I voted in every election from the day I was old enough, and when ever possible volunteered to work at the polling station. Never registered as a party affiliate, but always as a DTS, as I believed that issues were more important than party, still do. However I spent much more time working on democratic campaigns than republican, with the exception of John Anderson. In that campaign I worked in the (Tenn) state campaign headquarters as the volunteer coordinator.

I also helped get thousands of voters registered, and many years spent the entire of election day driving people to the polls and home again, at my own expense, without ever asking which party the voter was affiliated with.

Australia requires it’s citizens to vote in Federal elections, or to at least show up and be ticked off. Failure to do so results in a $60 fine. Even then there are many who find ways to keep their name off the rolls. As far as I am concerned, anyone who doesn’t vote has given up their right to complain if they don’t like what those elected do.

IMO it is the DUTY of a citizen to present at the polls and cast a vote. Failure to do so, as I said before, means you have NO RIGHT to complain. NO RIGHT to an opinion as to the conduct of your elected officials.

» Posted By NanaMex On March 8, 2011 @ 4:40 am

Having just spent over an hour reading through the discussion, I am heartened to know that my little rant has elicited such response. Whether you agree or disagree, the exchange of views that my post stirred is, very simply, awesome. I bow to you all.

PS: would someone please tell me how to add my avatar to my posts? I have searched and searched for that answer. 🙂

» Posted By NanaMex On March 8, 2011 @ 3:55 am

Christchurch Earthquake – A First Hand Account

Thanks for this. While we on the other side of the ditch have watched in horror at the devastation, and with shame at the actions of a small handful of our countrymen who have tried to take advantage, we have nothing but admiration for the spirit and resilience of the people of our sister nation. G’donyas.

» Posted By NanaMex On March 1, 2011 @ 9:40 pm

50 Ways To Leave Your Blogger

Hey Foxhole, good to see you. New here myself, but finally located the kettle. ‘ave a cuppa and set awhile.

» Posted By NanaMex On March 9, 2011 @ 6:11 pm