December 27, 2015

To Progressive Turnout & Left Action: Ban Voting Machines, We Cannot Fix a “Fixed” System

This article is specifically directed to the following people:

At Progressive Turn Out Project:
Henry Pascal
Ram Villivalam
Mike Murray

And at Left Action:
John Hlinko

Your two groups, Progressive Turn Out and Left Action have sent out an email requesting people to sign the following petition:

“ it's time to bring our voting machines into the 21st century. Sign the Progressive Turnout Project's petition to tell Congress to fix our outdated voting infrastructure”
“ Tell Congress to bring our voting machines into the 21st century >>

It’s been 15 years since Florida’s hanging-chad ballot debacle, yet few states have fixed their unreliable voting systems. Congress has a duty to protect our votes, but on this core issue, it has failed.

Click below to tell Congress to fix our outdated voting infrastructure so everyone can exercise their right to vote:”

Taking a leadership role in motivating, organizing, recruiting, and pursuing a purpose driven political campaign carries with it a number of significant responsibilities. High up on this list, is the necessity to not mislead your audience, who you seek to mobilize. By not misleading them, this means that you do not present erroneous, deceitful, deceptive, and/or misleading “facts”, concepts, themes, and the like to the people which you are portending to offer leadership to. Coinciding with this, it is imperative that leaders and advocates carefully and strategically use the art of defining and “framing” their subject matter to enhance their communication effectiveness to their audience. Words and phrases do matter. This is a skill which the Repugs have elevated to a fine art, note the success of wordmaster Frank Luntz. However, they do this by using a foundation of lies, deceit, and complete fabrication. On our side, we must avoid this foundation of deceit as it invalidates and discredits any of our positions. Further, if one invokes a specific subject, it is imperative upon the “leader” to become as knowledge as possible to present and advocate for an unimpeachable position.

This is a philosophy and foundation upon which I operated on when I was fighting against electronic voting machines and which I conveyed to those in our election integrity activist group. There is no reason why it should not be your foundation as well.

All of which takes us to your petition and email blast.

Let’s start with your basic premise, “ …it’s time to bring our voting machines into the 21st century”

The problem is the entire concept of electronic voting machines. They were conceived and exist for one purpose, and one purpose only, to “FIX” elections. That means to facilitate “Tabulation Manipulation”, to rig the vote, to alter and change vote counts. Electronic voting machines exist for that purpose only. Any claims that they exist for expediency of election results are specious excuses, and nothing else. Electronic voting machines have eviscerated any semblance of transparency and accountability in the American voting system. They have made a mockery of the concept of American Democracy via a free, open and honest voting process. There exists a recent historical account of various acts of Tabulation Manipulation by electronic voting machines in American elections since their introduction in 2000. Electronic voting systems cannot ever be made secure from manipulation, period. The answer is not to “fix” a system which was created to FIX elections. The answer is to remove electronic voting machines from existence in America.

So, why is your petition and email blast so unacceptable?

Since all of you to whom this article is addressed are assuming leadership roles in the Progressive Movement, you bear a responsibility to not deceive your audience. Yet your basic premise, hook, message and petition is based on, at best, a dubious and inaccurate foundation. It is the absolute wrong message to send out to a Progressive audience.

Your groups are trying to capitalize on and capture the Bernie supporters, many of whom are becoming newly politically aware and involved, and who obviously have Progressive views. However, many of these new activists have not been exposed to extensive information about electronic voting machines. Which is why your petition is so wrong, for the reasons stated above.

Your position actually runs counter to that taken by most knowledgeable Progressives. What I see in your petition and blast is not an effort to educate new Progressive folks, but to exploit an extremely serious problem with a very superficial, misleading and inaccurate sales pitch. Thereby failing miserably in your duties and responsibilities as Progressive movement leaders.

The only acceptable solution to the problem which your petition is addressing is:

Ban all electronic voting machines and systems.
Paper ballots hand filled out
Hand Counted

December 20, 2015

Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil” Played At Trump Rallies –WTF ?

“Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul to waste”
…
“Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game”

According to an article in the Washington Post, by Stephanie McCrummen, describing the scene at the Trump Rally in Mesa, Arizona, inside a cavernous hangar, at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, the Trump Rally organizers played the Rolling Stones songs “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Jumping Jack Flash”, to jack up the crowd even more. Driven by the Trump campaign’s delusional sense of omnipotent messianic superiority, these budding Fascists probably think that this song is actually an homage to the Great One, Donald Trump. Add to that, the fact that Trump rallies are basically New Age Klan Rallies, they seem to believe that this song is their theme song.

Nothing could be further from the truth. This song is about the evils of such men as Trump and his Mighty Whitey Militia flock.

[link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cheers-a-punch-a-slur-what-its-like-in-the-crowd-at-a-donald-trump-rally/2015/12/17/ff5bcf76-a4fa-11e5-ad3f-991ce3374e23_story.html|https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cheers-a-punch-a-slur-what-its-like-in-the-crowd-at-a-donald-trump-rally/2015/12/17/ff5bcf76-a4fa-11e5-ad3f-991ce3374e23_story.html
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From SongFacts, on "Sympathy for the Devil” :
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=509

“The lyrics were inspired by ‘The Master and Margarita’, a book by Mikhail Bulgakov. British singer Marianne Faithfull was Mick Jagger's girlfriend at the time and she gave him the book. Faithfull came from an upper-class background and exposed Jagger to a lot of new ideas. In the book, the devil is a sophisticated socialite, a "man of wealth and taste”
…
“Keith Richards (2002): "Sympathy is quite an uplifting song. It's just a matter of looking the Devil in the face. He's there all the time. I've had very close contact with Lucifer - I've met him several times. Evil - people tend to bury it and hope it sorts itself out and doesn't rear its ugly head. Sympathy for the Devil is just as appropriate now, with 9/11. There it is again, big time. When that song was written, it was a time of turmoil. It was the first sort of international chaos since World War II. And confusion is not the ally of peace and love. You want to think the world is perfect. Everybody gets sucked into that. And as America has found out to its dismay, you can't hide. You might as well accept the fact that evil is there and deal with it any way you can. Sympathy for the Devil is a song that says, Don't forget him. If you confront him, then he's out of a job." (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France, for above 2)”
...
“Other historical events alluded to in the song include the 100 years war ("fought for ten decades&quot and the Holocaust ("and the furnace stank&quot . (thanks, Phil - Rochester, NY)”

Being a hardcore Stones fan, I saw their first public concert in L.A., at the old Long Beach Auditorium, and many times since. I saw them do this song and “Midnite Reaper”, they both really went together, in ’68 and ’69, and at Altamonte. Believe me, this song does not honor Trump and his brownshirts, it decries them.

So, people out here in the last vestiges of DemocracyLand, what do we do about this shit?

Like their song, how ‘bout some “Street Fighting Man”. Let us contemporize that, and start a Twitter campaign,, oh let’s say :

#No Rolling Stones at Trump Rallies”

I do not use Twitter myself, but perhaps all you folks can start this going.
What do you say people??

“Sympathy For The Devil”

“Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul to waste

And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the Tsar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
(Woo woo, woo woo)

I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made
(Woo woo, woo woo)

I shouted out,
Who killed the Kennedys?
When after all
It was you and me
(Who who, who who)

Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached Bombay
(Woo woo, who who)

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
(Who who)
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
(Who who, who who)

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game
(Woo woo, who who)

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
(Who who, who who)

So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
(Woo woo)
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, mm yeah
(Woo woo, woo woo)

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, mm yeah
(Who who)
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, mm mean it, get down
(Woo woo, woo woo)

Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
(Woo woo)

Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame

Oh, who
Woo, woo
Woo, who
Woo, woo
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah

What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name

Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah
Woo woo
Woo woo"

Songwriters: RICHARDS, KEITH / JAGGER, MICK

Sympathy For The Devil lyrics © Abkco Music, Inc.

November 27, 2015

I read those lyrics

When I was researching this song, I read lyrics from a bunch of his songs
Good stuff, all of it
Timeless

November 27, 2015

“Free & Equal Blues” by Josh White-Relevant in 1941 and Relevant Now

“I went down to that St. James Infirmary
I saw some plasma there
I up'd and asked that doctor man
Now was the donor dark or fair

The doctor laughed a great big laugh
And he puffed it right in my face
He says, "A molecule is a molecule son,
And the damn thing has no race.
…”

The more things change, the more things remain the same. Although this song was written by Josh White, in 1941, appearing on the album “Southern Exposure”, it continues to be relevant, poignant, and powerful to this day. Or, as the famous American philosopher, Muddy Waters said, “It’s talkin’ ‘bout the same thing”.

I heard this song on Sirius’ Bluesville, on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, the day after the video was released of the murder of Laquan McDonald, by a Chicago police officer, and within days of Black Lives Matter protestors targeted and shot by white supremacists in Minneapolis.

This is just another episode in the rapidly growing, very real socio/political juggernaut of racist based hatred, white supremacist violence, and fundamentalist, religious extremist terrorism against ethnic non-Caucasians, women and non-Christian extremists in America today. As each day goes by, this movement and its values are fed by politicians, (Donald Trump, et. al), a media machine (Fox and conservative talk radio) and fundamentalist religious extremist “pastors”. After eight years of an intensive campaign promoting race based hatred against Obama and an entire demographic population, this religious, white supremacist hatred has been legitimized and mainstreamed. Combined with “Open Carry of Weapons” laws, a perverted sense of genetic and religious entitlement, and Dyylan Roof’s racist call to action terrorist mass murder of nine Afro American people in a Charleston church, white supremacists are now engaged in open assaults, physical and psychological, on their perceived enemies, on a daily basis in America. And, they are added and abetted by similar minded politicians who have enacted voter suppression and race and demographic targeted repressive laws.

Thus, in this context and environment, this song becomes that much more relevant, meaningful, current, and powerful

I probably have not listened to this song for 45 years. Knowing that it was fairly old, and moved by how powerful, timely and well-crafted it was, I Googled it as soon as I stopped driving, in the parking lot of Ralph’s Market, in Malibu. Some juxtaposition there, huh. As great as the song is, the story of Josh White is equally impressive, and moving.

One of the things about the blues is how well crafted, in the hands of a great blues writer, with a sparseness of words, a complex story and imagery can be told and conveyed. Such is the effect of this song.

The blues was borne out of the poverty and extreme harsh socio and economic conditions faced by Black people in the South. Hence it is naturally conducive to have developed an underlying sense of social consciousness as part of its very foundation. The music of the blues was the media of their culture, and as such, the music was an expression of their lives and existence. The blues is no stranger to writing/singing about the misery wrought by the aftermath of slavery, Jim Crow laws, and racism. Probably, for good reason, the most notable song is Billie Holiday’s morally haunting “Strange Fruit”. As it turns out, Josh White wrote and sang about these issues quite eloquently, yet in an almost simplistic manner. Some, in the past have called this “Protest Music”, but in the ‘60’s, music, no matter of what genre, which addressed socio/economic/political issues, was appropriately categorized as “socially conscious” in its being and nature, its “Gestalt” so as to speak.

In my Google search, I found an incredible article by Elijah Wald, entitled “Josh White and the Protest Blues”, (published in Living Blues magazine), detailing the life and career of Josh White. http://www.elijahwald.com/joshprotest.html

I highly recommend that you read this. I sat there, in the parking lot of the Malibu “Ralph’s Market”, the day before Thanksgiving, mesmerized reading this, all the while the rich and famous were coming and going at the market. Seriously. Ain’t your common folk ‘hood, there.

In “An introduction to Josh White”, Elijah Wald writes :

November 5, 2015

GOP Debate was “Who Is the Biggest Wuss”

Well, it seems that each of the GOP (Grifters on Parade) Debate has a specific theme.

The first debate, on Fecal News, was basically the Fecal News whoremongers “Whore Showcase”. All the Presidential candidates lined up like a hooker line up at the Mustang Ranch, where all the potential buyers were able to inspect the goods to see which whore could provide them with the “special” services they desired. There was a full range spread out there on stage, from the high priced crème de la crème, Pretty Boy Marco Rubio, the most desired, willing to please any and all requests, down to the bargain basement fluffers in the opening low budget debate. And they made it real clear, you give us the money, and we will be your own personal servant. And let me tell you, the Fecal News Whoremongers were oh so proud of their stable.

Debate number two was essentially “The Who Has the Biggest Dick” contest. Each of the contestants did their best to prove that they could kill the most people, wage the most wars, exploit graphically the misery of miscarriages, and tell the biggest lies. I was waiting for one of them to whip out a jar of blood and drink it onstage, kind of an Ozzie Osborne moment.

Debate number three, well, for this one, they brought out the Republican “Scare America” donkey show. These intellectual geniuses got so wrapped up into demonizing the moderators that they actually bought into their own bullshit and managed to intimidate themselves. They seemingly had an ongoing contest on stage to prove who was the biggest wuss. The only way to tell, was to inspect their underwear to see who wet themselves the most. The maintenance crew should have put up those yellow “Caution Wet Floor” warning stands in front of each “contestant”.

Now, let’s take a look at this fabulous stable of whores.
At the top of the charts, we have Donald “I’m Yuge” Trump. He’s got so much money, you can’t quite buy him, or maybe you can. Cream, in their song “Politician”, has him covered :
“Hey now baby, get into my big black car.
Hey now baby, get into my big black car.
I just want to show you what my politics are.
I'm a political man and I practice what I preach.
I'm a political man and I practice what I preach.
So don't deny me baby, not while you're in my reach.”

Comin’ on strong, is the one and only, The Evil Yoda, Ben Carson, the snake oil salesman, spiritual guru of the borg, pathological liar, grifter/con artist par excellence, vacuous all knowing of nothing sage, Afro Republican, holocaust and slavery exploiter for profit piece of shit. This is a man of true consistency, as anything and everything of which he speaks is a lie. Just give him your money, gaze into the vacuous, vapid, black hole bottomless pits of his eyes and he will provide you with a fraudulent sense of moral superiority and convince you that your ignorance is your salvation.

Leading the “Establishment” traditional whores, we offer you Marco “Pretty Boy” Rubio. Received a 100% Score on the Political Whore scale. He will do and say anything your imagination desires for a price. Nothing is out of the question for some money. Anyway you want it. Anytime you want it. Plus he is pretty too, not some used up, high mileage, worn out political skank. Fresh, if you know what I mean. No conscience to complicate things. You know, this is a real Friends With Benefits candidate here folks. You gonna get a real good time with this one. Gonna get your money’s worth here. Guaranteed.

Next up, is the pathetic “Vulture Neck” Jeb? Bush, lucky sperm, that can’t swim upstream. This sperm will never find the egg. Got his brother’s Metamucil touch, everything he touches turns to shit. Thought that he was guaranteed this one, as he started the voter registration genocide program in 2000. And demolished any semblance of voting based democracy in America. Karma is a bitch asshole.

Kasich (whatever the fuck your first name is): Get off the fucking stage and stay off until you clean up Ohio’s criminal voter repression acts and internet voting tabulation manipulation. Put election corruption criminals in jail instead of killing young black males.

Gnarly Carly Fecalrina – Another pathological liar. A prime example of failure upwards. You know that anything she says, she pulled out of her ass. She is the poster person of corporate ascendancy. Advance at the expense of others, no matter how much you lie about them, frame them, use them, fuck people over, just do it. Aside here- years ago, hubby Frank was in a band called the “Aristocrats”. Now, he and his loving wife, Gnarly Carly, are in the middle of the long running comedy bit, known as “The Aristocrats”. Eat your heart out, Gilbert Gottfried. As twisted and perverted your version of this bit is, it doesn’t come close to the GOP version.

Chris Crispee: You care about the working class? Really? REALLY? Go back to the basement in your Jersey house, close the door, and jerk off to Bruce Springsteen.

Arkansas Governor Mullah Mike Dingleberry: So, asshole, you want to shove Cristo Sharia law down America’s throat, under the guise of Religious Liberty and Freedom, and anybody that resists your fundamentalist extremist religious coercion and intimidation are equal to radical Islamic Terrorists and therefore are not entitled to any and all Constitutional rights and protections. Basically you equate fundamentalist extremist tyranny and totalitarianism with Religious Liberty and Freedom of Speech. Fuck off you piece of shit.

Texas Senator Chucky Cruz: You were a clerk to a Supreme Court Justice. And you do not know the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution of the United States? Another Cristo Jihadist whose intent it is to establish Christo Sharia Law, Christo Tyranny and Totalitarianism in America. Has anybody ever seen Chucky and Senator Cruz in the same place, at the same time? No, because they are the same evil entity. Chucky Cruz, the Evil Seed of Cristo Jihadists.

Rand Paul: Too bad that about 40% of what you say makes sense. The rest is well, you know yourself…just f’n bullshit.

Gone, but not forgotten-
Scott “Zombie” Wanker: One sleazy, slimy, beady-eyed, bloodless, soulless Zombie. Should be a background prop for Ivanna Cadaver on “Macabre Theater”. Ask ‘em nice, give ‘em a blow job and the Koch Brothers will buy the show for you.

And finally, we get to the bottom feeders, the bargain basement, how much money is in your pocket, The GOP Fluffers of 2016.

Lindsey Graham (Cracker): War. War. And More War. Kill ‘em all and let God sort ‘em out.

Bobby Jizzdoll : Another Christo Jihadist punk.

Santorum: Wrote laws to financially benefit developers. When he left office, was put on their payroll for a million a year. And this piece of shit has the nerve to claim moral superiority.

So, these are the beauty contestants in this process known as the Corporate and Religious Whores for sale exchange program, otherwise known as the GOP Presidential Debates. Take your pick, all bids taken, they have no shame, no conscience, no morals, they just want your money and will do anything you desire. They truly are the assets that just keep giving. Remember, the more money you give 'em, the more "Bang" for the buck you gonna get. Do not be afraid, join this contest to see who will be chosen as the 2016 Republikkklan Whore of the Year.

GRRRRR!!!!!

October 11, 2015

Ben Carson is the Yoda of the Borg

As one gazes into the vacuous depths of Somnambulistic Swami Ben Carson’s eyes, the viewer becomes acutely aware and impressed that these are eyes into the deep, endless, bottomless cosmic black hole ( astro physically, a la Neil DeGrasse Tyson) of limitless ignorance. Ignorance on a level obtained by only a gifted handful of the most unenlightened spiritual leaders amongst us.

Having obtained this highly vaulted and rarified level of spirituality and infinite ignorance has propelled Soma Ben into the position of being the spiritual guide and Guru of the Collective Conscious, aka the Borg. Being the possessor and practitioner of such great and immense intellectual, spiritual, and psychic powers requires boundless discipline, and Yoda Ben handles these responsibilities with delicate perfection.

Come, join us on a deeply spiritual awaking journey with our spiritual master and guide, Guru Yoda Ben Carson, Master of the Universe.

Supplicants, the Borg faithful, in the presence of their hallowed Savant, become enraptured with his passionate guidance into the vast realm of spiritual ignorance. Captivated by the vapid, vacuous glazed gaze of Swami Ben, the Borg flock are hypnotically seduced into a mesmerizing trance of a collective acceptance, belief and allegiance of and to a value system of mind numbing ignorance.

Rather than using his super powers of spirituality to elevate people’s values and beliefs to a higher level of intelligence, Yoda Ben’s powers are used to reinforce the feeble minded that their ignorance reigns supreme and is indeed the pinnacle of human intellectual development (can’t use the concept of evolution here). Hence, Soma Swami Ben does not challenge his minions beliefs, rather as their spiritual leader, he gives them comfort and positive reinforcement that their ignorance is their salvation.

As to an example of Yoda Ben’s vast power of Psychic Domination, one need only to view CNN’s Wolf Blitzer’s interview with His Holy One, Yoda Ben. Swami Ben’s assertion that the German Jews themselves were responsible for the Holocaust went virtually unchallenged by the Jewish Wolf Blitzer. This could only have been accomplished by Yoda Ben’s complete powers of mind control which were exercised on ole Wolfie, because, as a Jewish person myself, I cannot envision how any Jew could passively and submissively sit there and accept such a vile assertion without going Medieval on Yoda Ben.

As possessor and master of his vast and infinite knowledge of all matters of ignorance, it is no surprise that Swami Soma Ben Carson has become the Charismatic Spiritual Yoda of the Borg and not just another insipid, self aggrandizing, morally and ethically bankrupt, soulless, vile, Rethug politician.

GRRRR!!!!


Purpose of this article: For the past month, I have been trying to figure out what is the appeal of this guy. Why do they like him, in an almost worshipful way. To analyze this, one had to not look at it from my perspective & frame of reference, but from their perspective. And this is what I came up with.

I got this link & story from "Bush Bites" at Daily Kos- it is real good
:
Please check it out-
Bungling Surgeon Ben Carson Left Sponge In Patient’s Brain!
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/bungling-surgeon-ben-carson-left-sponge-patients-brain

October 10, 2015

Speakernado is empowerment for TeaBaggers and worse is to come

For all of you folks out there who are giddy and delirious with glee that this Speakernado situation is the demise of the Rethugs, guess again. This is not the bonanza Dems think that it is. This folks, is just the beginning of some really bad shit to come.

A group of 40 Teabaggers, under the ozymoronic (this is an apt combination of 2 definitions) title of “Freedom Caucus”, has been able to bring the Congress of the United States of America to a standstill. Next up in their battle plan is to bring it to submission. Having obtained the power to accomplish what they have accomplished this week, i.e. controlling who is to be Speaker of the House, they realize that they are on the path to complete control of the U.S. Congress. This accomplishment is an inducement and inspiration to get more people with the same political values to enter the GOP Congressional primaries in the next round of elections.

Now they know that they can, indeed take over our government.

There are a couple of factors which will ensure that they will succeed in Teabaggers winning more GOP primaries.
Firstly, it is well known that basically, the majority of Repugs voting in primaries are extremists, they are almost guaranteed that Teabaggers will win. The GOP really does not have an effective get out the vote plan which appeals to “moderate’ (I use the term loosely) GOP voters. They are not as motivated to vote in primaries as are ‘baggers. As a result of the constant propaganda machine from Fecal News, GOP voters are of such a low information level of awareness that they do not actually care about the damage done by ‘bagger candidates.
Secondly, the PACS, i.e. the Koch Bros., have an extremely large amount of money and an effective plan which is directed at the local, regional races. This plan and money virtually assures regional, local and state control over the election process. As a result, there will a whole new wave of ignorant subhuman colostomy bags coming into Congress after the next election, which will increase the ranks of the “Freedom to Fuck Up America” Caucus.

The question is, will Dems be able to recapture enough seats to counter this Assholenado onslaught ?

Aside: Well, Boehner, McCarthy, McConnell, et. al who were present at the Caucus Room meeting on the nite of Obama’s inauguration where ya’ all established your agenda to kill any of Obama’s policies, how does it feel to have the same thing done to you? By your own party members? By an extremist monster which you assholes created and is now out to destroy you?

KARMA’S a Bitch, ain’t it.

September 9, 2015

Mullah Dingleberry: Here are the laws which Clerk Davis has violated

Today class, we are taking the Great Mullah Dingleberry Challenge

Well, Gov. Mullah Mike Dingleberry, you and Kim’s husband, Goober Joe, challenged America to name and identify exactly which statutes and laws Mrs. Sharia Law Davis actually violated.

Whoop- Here they are :

Let us start at the Supreme Court level, you know, the same Court which gave America the egregiously repugnant Hobby Lobby ruling, which paved the way for your Freedom of Religion fundamentalist extremist religious tyranny crusade on America.

Article III of the U.S. Constitution :

http://constitutionality.us/USConstitution.html#art3

]Section 2. The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; — to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; — to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; — to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party; — to Controversies between two or more States; — between a State and Citizens of another State; — between Citizens of different States; — between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.

Which leads us to the “Supremacy Clause” of the U.S. Constitution:

ARTICLE VI

Clause 2 :This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwith-standing.

In case you did not know, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Marriage Equality, re.: same sex marriage, is legal in ALL states in America. All means each and every state for you and your doofus Borg army. Meaning, even if a given state, such as Kentucky, for example, does not have a same sex marriage is legal law, it is still legal and ruled to be Constitutional. Just because 75% of Kentucky’s inbred, chromosome deficient population voted against it. That is called mob rule. Sorry, Savonarola, the Constitution trumps Sharia law.

So, the Supreme Court established marriage equality as a constitutional right.

Which leads us to the specific Federal statues which our lovely, dear Mrs. Constitution Krusher Kim Davis has violated.

The legal term for this act is called: “Deprivation of rights under color of law”

Just sayin’ that must make you, Mullah Dingleberry, puke on your Holy Bible of Bamboozlement.

So, class, here are the Federal statutes:

18 U.S. Code § 242 - Deprivation of rights under color of law

[link:https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/242|https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/242

]“Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.”

Further, in 42 U.S.C. § 1983, (known as Section 1983) provides civil rights liability for deprivation of constitutional rights under color of the law:

http://www.constitution.org/brief/forsythe_42-1983.htm

42 U.S.C. § 1983, commonly referred to as "section 1983" provides:

“Every person who under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, Suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer's judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable. For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the District of Columbia.”

Thought you were real smart, eh, Mullah Dingleberry, with your pompous challenge. Maybe those voices in your head which you keep hearing were not from your God, but probably just the sound of drying fecal matter from having your head shoved so far up your self righteous, sanctimonious ass.

Message to all the fundamentalist religious extremist jihadists of America:

Yah, you have Freedom of Religion. It ends where every other American’s existence begins. Your repugnant claims that Restoration of Religious Freedom Acts entitle you and your religious thugs to control and manipulate American citizens’ existences and constitutional rights are the actual, factual, tangible acts of undue burden.

GRRRRR!!!!!

For a more detailed and historical account of the concept and statutes of “Deprivation of rights under color of law”

Please read my previous post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027139022

September 4, 2015

Kentucky clerk’s actions are about deprivation of rights under color of law

The refusal of Kentucky’s Rowan County Clerk Davis to issue same sex marriage licenses is not an act of free speech and religious freedom, but rather a criminal deprivation of rights under color of law, a gross violation of legally established rules of workplace religious proselytizing, and the coercive imposition of an undue burden of objectionable religious beliefs and practices onto the existence of others.

The assertions by Arkansas Gov. Mike Dingleberry and Lou’s ee Anna”s Gov. Bobby ChristoJihadist Jindal and various and sundry Fecal News talking rectums that this is about First Amendment Rights and Freedom of Religion and the repugnant Religious Freedom Restoration Laws is a smoke screen to establish their concept of fundamentalist extremist religious tyranny in America. There is a fundamental difference between freedom of speech and behavior and actions. Their behavior and actions deprive American citizens of our constitutional rights, which they are vigorously trying to accomplish with their repulsive invocations of Religious Freedoms and the creation and implementation of their Religious Freedom Restoration Laws, which are nothing more than legitimizing and codifying religious coercion, intimidation and tyranny. This is their attempt to establish ChristoSharia Law in America.

County clerk Davis’ refusal to issue same sex marriage licenses is a blatant denial of constitutional rights to these couples, and thusly is a criminal act known as “under color of law”. And for this, she must be prosecuted.

This is the legal definition of “under color of law” as it appears in the Federal Code:

18 U.S. Code § 242 - Deprivation of rights under color of law

[link:http://|https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/242]

“Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.”

Further, in 42 U.S.C. § 1983, (known as Section 1983) provides civil rights liability for deprivation of constitutional rights under color of the law:

[link:http://|http://www.constitution.org/brief/forsythe_42-1983.htm

42 U.S.C. § 1983, commonly referred to as "section 1983" provides:

“Every person who under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, Suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer's judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable. For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the District of Columbia.”

The settled law aspect of 18 U.S. Code Sec. 242 was established in U. S. v. CLASSIC, No. 618, (1941), by the Supreme Court in 1941.

[link:http://|http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/313/299.html]

[link:http://|https://supremejustia.com/cases/federal/us/313/299/case.html]

I am writing a bit about this case because I found it to be an extremely interesting read, as it was about election violations and I am quite interested in electronic voting corruption. If you have the time, I highly recommend reading this case.

Mr. Justice STONE, delivered the opinion of the Court.

Following are some excerpts from this case:
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Section 19 of the Criminal Code condemns as a criminal offense any conspiracy to injure a citizen in the exercise 'of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States'. Section 20 makes it a penal offense for anyone who, 'acting under color of any w' 'willfully subjects, or causes to be subjected, any inhabitant of any State ... to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or [313 U.S. 299, 310] protected by the Constitution and laws of the United States'.”

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Section 20 of the Criminal Code, U.S.C., Title 18, Sec. 52, 18 U.S. C.A. 52:

'Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects, or causes to be subjected, any inhabitant of any State, Territory, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution and laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such inhabitant being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be find not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.' (R.S. 5510; Mar. 4, 1909, c. 321, 20, 35 Stat. 1092).”

More:
The precursor of 20 was 2 of the Civil Rights Act of April 9, 1866, 14 Stat. 27, which reads:

'That any person who, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, shall subject, or cause to be subjected, any inhabitant of any State or Territory to the deprivation of any right secured or protected by this act, or to different punishment, pains, or penalties on account of such person having at any time been held in a condition of slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, or by reason of his color or race, than is prescribed for the punishment of white persons, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by fine ....'

And more:

Senator Trumbull, the putative author of S. 61, 39th Cong., 1st Sess., the Civil Rights Bill of 1866, and Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee which reported the bill, in explaining it stated that the bill was 'to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights and furnishes the means of their vindication. ...' Cong.Globe, 39th Cong., 1st Sess., p. 211. He also declared, 'The bill applies to white men as well as black men'. Cong.Globe, 39th Cong., 1st Sess., p. 599. Opponents of the bill agreed with this construction of the first clause of the section, declaring that it referred to the deprivation of constitutional rights of all inhabitants of the states of every race and color. Pp. 598, 601.

On February 24, 1870, Senator Stewart of Nevada, introduced S. 365, 41st Cong., 2d Sess., 2 of which read:
“'That any person who under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation or custom shall subject, or cause to be subjected any inhabitant or any State or Territory to the deprivation of any rights secured or protected by this act, or to different punishment, pains, or penalties on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color or race, than is prescribed for the punishment of white persons, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. ...'
In explaining the bill he declared, Cong. Globe, 41st Cong., 2d Sess., p. 1536, that the purpose of the bill was to extend its benefits to aliens, saying, 'It extends the operation of the Civil Rights Bill, which is well known in the Senate and to the country, to all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States.' The Committee reported out a substitute bill to H.R. 1293, to which S. 365 was added as an amendment. As so amended the bill when adopted became the present 20 of the Criminal Code which read exactly as did 2 of the Civil Rights Act, except that the word 'aliens' was added and the word 'citizens' was substituted for the phrase 'white persons'.”

My add : “White Persons” WTF !!!!!!????????

And more history on this statute:

[link:http://|http://www.constitution.org/brief/forsythe_42-1983.htm
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A GUIDE TO CIVIL RIGHTS LIABILITY UNDER 42 U.S.C. § 1983
42 U.S.C. § 1983 (emphasis added).

“Section 1983 was enacted on April 20, 1871 as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, and is also known as the "Ku Klux Klan Act" because one of its primary purposes was to provide a civil remedy against the abuses that were being committed in the southern states, especially by the Ku Klux Klan. While the existing law protected all citizens in theory, its protection in practice was unavailable to some because those persons charged with the enforcement of the laws were unable or unwilling to do so.[1] The Act was intended to provide a private remedy for such violations of federal law, and has subsequently been interpreted to create a species of tort liability”

And this definition of “UNDER THE COLOR OF LAW” :

[link:http://|http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/u002.htm
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UNDER COLOR OF STATE LAW

“Covers not only acts done by an official under a State law, but also acts done by an official under any ordinance of a county or municipality of the State, as well as acts done under any regulation issued by any State or County or Municipal official, and even acts done by an official under color of some State or local custom.
To act "under color of state law" means to act beyond the bounds of lawful authority, but in such a manner that the unlawful acts were done while the official was purporting or pretending to act in the performance of his official duties. In other words, the unlawful acts must consist of an abuse or misuse of power which is possessed by the official only because he is an official. A person may be found guilty even though he was not an official or employee of the State, or of any county, city, or other governmental unit if the essential elements of the offense charged have been established and the person was a willful participant with the state or its agents in the doing of such acts.
"Misuse of power, possessed by virtue of state law and made possible only because the wrongdoer is clothed with the authority of state law, is action taken `under color of' state law." United States v. Classic, 313 U.S. 299, 326 (1941)”

Elements of a Section 1983 Claim

[link:http://|http://legal dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Section+1983
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“To prevail in a claim under section 1983, the plaintiff must prove two critical points: a person subjected the plaintiff to conduct that occurred under color of state law, and this conduct deprived the plaintiff of rights, privileges, or immunities guaranteed under federal law or the U.S. Constitution”

and :

Section 1983 Litigation

[link:http://|http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lookup/Sect1983.pdf/$file/Sect1983.pdf]
Prima Facie Case

“To establish a prima facie case under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiffs must allege two elements:
(1) the action occurred “under color of law” and
(2)the action is a deprivation of a constitutional right or a federal statutory right.
11 The first element, discussed in Chapter 2, infra, involves a fact specific inquiry wherein the court must examine the relationship between the challenged action and the government. The second element is explained in Chapters 3, 4, and 5, which deal with the First, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments.”

As per the issue of workplace proselytizing, County Clerk Kim Davis’ behavior is without any doubt whatsoever nothing but gross and egregious workplace proselytizing.
The Webster’s Dictionary definition of Proselytizing is :
intransitive verb
1: to induce someone to convert to one's faith
2: to recruit someone to join one's party, institution, or cause
transitive verb: to recruit or convert especially to a new faith, institution, or cause

There have been a number of court cases involving workplace proselytizing and employers’ terminating employees for this behavior. Many cases have been ruled on in the appellate courts, all with the same decisions, which have allowed employers to terminate employees for aggressive religious proselytizing. A number of cases have been presented to the Supreme Court, but all have been rejected. Which means that the last rulings by courts at the highest level below the Supreme Court become the standard on this issue. This then is considered “settled law” on the issue. By her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples based on her assertions that they do not accept nor abide by her religious beliefs, her actions definitely become an extreme form of religious proselytizing, coercion, and intimidation. Thus it is legal grounds for termination.

Finally, at the core of the Religious Freedom Restoration Laws is the concept of “Burden”. It was the invocation of this concept that Scalia et.al. used to justify their ruling in the HobbyLobby case and the even worse decision in another case the following day (I do not remember the name of that case).
The acceptance of the concept of “undue burden” in this manner is totally ass backwards. When a person or persons invoke their claims of “Religious Freedom” and First Amendment Free Speech “rights” upon other persons who do not share these religious beliefs, this becomes actions and behavior, beyond mere speech. This behavior and action impacts and affects another person’s existence, by creating an involuntary alteration, manipulation, and modification which results in the second person’s constitutional rights being deprived. This deprivation of another person’s constitutional rights, against their free will and consent, by religious coercion and intimidation, becomes the actual undue burden of the invocation of the specious claims of Religious Freedom and First Amendment rights. There is absolutely no burden whatsoever imposed upon a person’s existence by preventing that person from depriving another American citizen of their constitutional rights. Rather, it is the act of and results of depriving an American citizen of their constitutional rights which is the real unacceptable burden of Religious Freedom behavior.
And lastly, the inane, asinine, and ignorant assertions by the aforementioned Religious Jihadist talking rectums that there are no laws or statutes which specifically codify same sex marriage and that Supreme Court rulings are not law, is just absolutely incorrect. FYI American ChristoTaliban, the purpose and duty of the Supreme Court is to judge and determine if laws, cases, and behavior brought before the Court are Constitutional or not. The Supreme Court ruled that same sex marriage is a Constitutional right and this right is the law in every state of the Union, whether a state has a same sex marriage is legal law or not.
In conclusion, my special, sensitive message to the Fundamentalist Religious Extremists shoving this down America’s collective throat, KMA

GRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!