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The Media Whoracle

Ahhhh…a Pink Floyd reference…nice.~

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 15, 2009 @ 3:48 pm

Holy moley….I just went and looked at what other investment ‘ventures’ this Oak was involved in. They got their finger in everybody’s pie, brother….

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 14, 2009 @ 6:11 pm

I swear I can’t stop looking at that profoundly disturbing mash-up of AH’s face above…LMAO~

Guess who’s gonna’ have nightmares?….LOL~

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 14, 2009 @ 5:41 pm

Exactly Adlib.
I have purposely sent posts with very Obama negative remarks that were posted, no worries. I also posted my interest in a less progressive thread as was wiped.
Something has happened over there and it’s all encompassing. It’s like someone with a ton of money told AH to ramp up the fights, keep up the scrubbing and any article that involves naked girls/guys, slebs, or any other NON-news story runs on the front page ALL day..where stories of people losing their homes, lives, self worth, etc…slip past in 2 hours. They have endorsed the blank check over there…

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 14, 2009 @ 5:17 pm

Well examined, Marion. I called her out about 4 months ago and got banned…not just once, but 4 times. I even wrote her a direct letter about how I felt with regards to her website slowly, then rabidly (and rapidly) becoming an obvious safe-haven for trolls and right wing lurkers. I had been a contributing member of Off The Bus (a feature blog spot of election volunteers)so it’s not like I was coming in off the street as an unknown. I was taken OFF the bus and had my account banned. Seriously, for asking a fucking question. It reminded me of Catholic school, where I asked too many questions and was stabbed by a nun with a pencil! I still have the pencil lead embedded under my skin !
In any event, AH is a media whore now. All of your history of her is spot on and SO many do not know or care about it. People don’t want to admit they’ve embraced a golden calf. She is dangerous and within the last 6 months she’s gone full tilt banshee. So has her site. I was just there reading the posts and not only do I see a vacuum of intelligent conversation, I literally see trolls as the majority of MOST posts! Any new headline is swamped immediately by the FOX News crowd absolutely destroying way any for the Libs to speak. It’s become a Town Hall meeting of tea-baggers! I was/am shocked, yet not surprised.
She is dangerous…’nuff said….

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 14, 2009 @ 5:01 pm

A Reckoning Long Overdue

I loved writing that one. It was a little jab at the anti-Darwin crowd and a reminder to all of us how little time we have here. One of my favs, too.
Thank you for reading them,…means a lot. I know poetry is a particular niche some like to read, and others hate…LOL~

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 14, 2009 @ 12:06 pm

LOL…Thanks for taking a look and NOT lying…haha~

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 14, 2009 @ 9:09 am

Agreed.
Yet, now that commercials seem like they ARE the majority of television programming on the air. AND given the quality of actual programming, maybe the ads ARE better tan the shows….LOL~

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 6:22 pm

LMAO~…No worries, sound…That was an attempt at humor…..

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 6:02 pm

Holy crap, …I posted that link to my poetry and everybody evaporated here! OMG,..they hate it and don’t know what to say!…LIE, LIE!….LMAO~

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 5:56 pm

Yep, …we’re all Working Class Hereos….well…most of the people are.

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 5:48 pm

Just downloaded Brave New World yesterday for a re-read. Good points!

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 5:35 pm

I wanted to share something with all of you that I did as a collaborative effort with another artist. We are both members of OvationTV (I don

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 5:11 pm

I mailed you, too.

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 4:46 pm

Great stuff!
See, all I need is a space about the size of a 2 car garage to set up my photo studio. But no one in this area is buying portrait packages AT ALL. Had to close up shop. Gotta’ find a better metro area…

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 3:43 pm

I mailed u.

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 3:37 pm

LOL…Understood.

Yeah, I sort of got into the whole Hydroponics thing back in the early 90s when I was tired of buying expensive pot and wanted to grow my own in a closet. LMAO~

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 3:22 pm

I don’t suppose your eldest has an opening at the store does he? LOL~
I’m sure he would have placed you if he had, right?

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 2:49 pm

Yep. Agreed.

But after pouring my heart out for months just looking for work or temporary shelter, I am still where I am. Jesus, ya’ know…I’ve donated a CAR to charity a couple years back, who does that? I did. I’ve written and published 2 books! I have experience in a few fields and still can’t gain any ground. I am humiliated and shamed and feel as though I don’t deserve my situation. I feel like Steve Martin in The Jerk! I walk around this house just grabbing at my life’s history and hoping I get to keep it! It’s crazy and I need help, but…poor me right? That’s how people treat you when you’re wounded. I hope my angel comes along soon…~smile~

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 2:43 pm

Oh geez, Hope! God, that had to have hurt something fierce! I was playing baseball once and was catching. The batter fouled a ball off his bat right into my mouth. It hurt worse than I can probably recall…knocked out 2 front teeth and I walked around all week talking like MushMouth from Fat Albert.

So good to hear you’ve got some good support there. You are blessed to have someone right there for you. And yes, I know about the swallowing your pride thing.

And I’ll tell you this much, too. I am trying to keep my predicament to myself as much as possible because it seems once you let people know your situation, they fade away. Over at HP those who I thought were friends just bailed on me. I know it’s unsavory to cozy up to misery, but damn….Really hits you where you….well…live.

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 2:18 pm

The thoughts are appreciated. (hug)

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 2:04 pm

Just finished that article from Levine.
wow,…that was 2 years ago!
At least it’s not just me seeing this dis-ease.
So many I talk to (open minded, intelligent people anyway…not the Sister Sarah followers) feel this way as well. They see something coming….

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 1:43 pm

I know, Hope..I really, really know what you’re saying. Not only do I feel that I failed as a parent and am no longer a ‘contributor’ to society, I just feel miserable, trapped and at the end of my tether. I talk a good game, but make no mistake…I’m in bug trouble and terrified. I keep telling myself that all I need is a job. Then I can rent a place and do the ‘right’ things in the ‘right’ order to get back into the good graces of society and not be some homeless, toothless doomsayer on the street corner. I feel no self worth. It does wear you down.
Ya’ know…when I was younger I thought of communes and hippie’s as weird, smelly pot smoking losers that couldn’t make it in the ‘real world’. The older I got the more respect I started to have for their independence from ‘the man’ and how they did shit their own way. Now I feel like one of them. There almost NEEDS to be a place where all of us…displaced or disadvantaged people could gather and just …live. Forget heading to WalMart for another flat screen, socks, steak, toys and Chinese apparel and just …live. I grow so very weary…

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 1:41 pm

Thank you, javez for the kindness. I really do not have any idea what my path is in life at this stage. Anyone have a garage, basement or driveway I can use to stay off the streets? LOL~ (wish I were kidding)

BTW, I wish everyone here would take a look at this website and it’s presentation. It’s a little long, like 15 minutes, but it’s interestingly dismal and something I think we should all post everywhere for people to see.

http://storyofstuff.com/

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 12:48 pm

It is illegal. And most of us out here just see example after example of how the rich get richer, the wealthy are entitled to special treatment for a myriad of treats and those in power seem to skate away from criminal activities unscathed where if it were you or me, we would be sent away to serve a sentence. We the rabble, in order to be indentured in a horribly less than perfect Union…yada, yada…..

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 12:44 pm

Kemarn,

Agreed.

And if the Amish cast me out, there’s a weird, but thriving hippie commune not far fro, here..LOL~

Seriously, these hippies were the group that left Haight Ashbury in the 60s and traveled east. They stopped here and haven’t left. They even have a website…www.thefarm.org

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 12:29 pm

Hmmm…I live near the Amish. I better start making nice. LOL~
Thanks, Kesmarn…yes I am in a helluva predicament. I have no options or opportunities. Cant’ catch a break anywhere. Luckily, I’ve only got a little farther to fall before true bottom.
Yes, I have known those people you talk about. Yet, briefly in their defense I’d like to add to a comment I made a few days ago about a majority of Americans seem to be suffering from some sort of PTSD. I mean, whenever I have car issues, I think, ..”well…here we go again with an unreliable vehicle that is built to break”…I’m not a mechanic so they could tell me anything and I’d still have to pay it to get my ride back. This applies to everything, appliances, cars, etc, ….there is a planned obsolescence factor built into everything for the purpose of consumerism and capitalism.

Example: Craftsman replaces or repairs all of their stuff if it breaks. Sold exclusively through Sears. Guess who might not survive next year? Sears. Black and Decker have no problem selling dodgy stuff because they’ll just make and sell more.

We as a people have bought the mantra of, ‘..well,..what do you expect for that small price?’…You get what you pay for. They’ve taught us all to expect to replace EVERYTHING in a few months or years. And we all just nod our heads.

So yes, there are a ton of consumers out there that just let their crap fall apart, but then again…we’ve been brainwashed to get that NEW model or version every year or two. Gotta’ keep up…gotta’ be the poser who has the latest or you’ll be ridiculed or embarrassed. And in today’s society, isn’t that the most horrible thing to have happen?

BTW, has everyone noticed how astoundingly ‘defensive’ everyone seems to be anymore? You can’t seem to have differences today without being totally dismissed, ridiculed or written off.
This one thing concerns me greatly.

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 10:56 am

Agreed.

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 10:24 am

I started thinking very intensely yesterday when I received a notice in the mail letting me know that in addition to facing homelessness after losing my career, that my health insurance benefits will now expire on Jan. 1st.
I began thinking about the endgame. After reading the original post here this morning I just keep shaking my head.
What IS the purpose of a government keeping it’s citizens from good healthcare? Or why do corporate CEOs and failed bank officials still collect and hand out bonuses after our bailout to them? Talk about a ‘fuck you in your face’ kinda’ action! (my apologies for the heated language) Why does every Administration allow these lobbyists to continue destroying America? I mean, I’m no genius, yet I called the housing crisis a year and a half before it collapsed! So, that tells me smarter people than I in high places saw it, too. In turn, that tells me a load of these people stood to gain from the whole credit default swap bundling thievery.

Let’s just say I’ve been thinking about ALL of the evil we see in our Government and Wall Street and Insurance, etc, etc….
So, …coming full circle I again think….What is the endgame? If a nation destroys it’s middle class, it’s manufacturing base, and it lessens it’s ability to function without a Chinese credit line, it’s dependence on fossil fuels, and an ever expanding and very organized, vocal group of Christian thought-killers that worship ignorance, fear and hate….among SO many other issues,…what is the endgame?

It can’t ALL be greed. Really….this seems to be engineered. We all know the President only has limited power. Most decisions are made four doors down between those that CAN and those that CAN PAY. There is a machine in place. A ‘too big to fail’ kind of machine. But I still can’t help but think, surely the powers that be realize sooner or later we the people will rise up against this tyranny, right? Sooner or later…

Jesus, we once had a group of people turning Boston Harbor into a VERY large British biscuit dunk for a helluva’ lot LESS than what we see today! When Bush suspended Habeas Corpus, I thought this nation would explode….nothing…When we were torturing prisoners, I thought the same thing. Nothing.
Now I see that there is a real possibility of the GOP taking back a majority next year and I wonder,…can we as a nation afford for these truly evil human beings to start making decisions for us again? And they are gonna’ eat it up and punish the Libs at every opportunity.

So I will end my rant here and still I wonder…what is their endgame? I’m not a huge conspiracy nut or anything, I just can’t figure out why a nation would knowingly enrage the masses by nearly destroying us all.

Deep down I feel a massive event in the offing. Something maybe global. Something….big.

I feel it way, way down….

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 9:53 am

Stupid is a Pre-Existing Condition: Whatever Happened to Suffering Real Consequences?

Oh…one more thing before I drift off.

I wanted to share a great website of FREE downloadable eBooks. You won’t believe the selection. It’s a massive resource if you have a Kindle or similar ebook reader. There is a limit of 5 books every 2 weeks, but hey…it’s free. Hope some of you might be able to snag some great reads…

http://www.truly-free.org/

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 8:16 pm