A Bi-Polar Government

The US as a government is bi-polar. Why? Well it shows some of the symptoms of the disease, like high energy, irritability, no accomplishments and confusion.

Look at the doings in Washington--lots of activity, no results; the leaders get cranky and the people stay confused. That my friends is a bi-polar government. And the best that they can do is come up with slogans that have no meaning other than to sell a point of view. They keep it simple and pointed so that the people can grasp what they are selling.

My personal fav has always been "stay the course", but there are others just as moronic and simple. "Drugs fund Terrorism", that is a good one, but no, Oil funds terrorism. For the biggest supporters of terrorism are oil producing nations, like Iran, Saudi Arabia, etc.

Another one I really like is the "Axis of Evil", remember that one, it was Iraq, Iran and Syria, oh yeah North Korea was in there somewhere, it is hard to keep up with who is the bad guy from year to year. But really, the real "Axis Of Evil" is 1--the genius of marketing and gullibility of the American people. And there is the real bad guys! You can sell anything to an American if it invokes fear and patriotism, neither of which is the truth.

The Americans want their reps to be team players, you know the old saying there is no "I" in team.....thinking.....they want their reps to be flag wavers, ass kissers and team players......thinking.......they are right there is no "I" in team, but there is in individuality, independence and integrity--those should be the qualities looked for in a leader. Personally, I want someone who is capable of thinking for themselves.

The problem, IMO, is that the American voter CANNOT elect a leader that knows what the truth is and is capable of voice the truth.

Stupidity is the rule in elections and that is just where the two parties want the voter--stupid and lazy! And guess what! They will vote yet another controlling SOB into the White House next election and then will commence to bitch about their leader. All I can say is a quote from a movie that I personally have no time for, Forrest Gump, "Stupid is as stupid does!" A really accurate observation of the American political process.

I am CHUQ and I have DEFINITELY approved this message!


CHUQ

30 Sep 07

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The Search For Clean Energy

What is this? Solar power? How about wind power? Not really! They are talking about Nuclear energy, at least at the governmental level. Why nuke? To begin with, corporations can control it and make the money. The others could be done cheaply and without corporate interference. Unfortunately the energy game is all about who will make the profits.

Since I am bad mouthing nukes let us look at it. Clean energy they talk about is the emissions from the plant and if that plant is operating properly there would be little emission. A plus, right? Not in my book! Seems that no one wants to talk about the by-product of the nuke plant--radioactive residue which will need to be stored somewhere. But where? Most normally in some salt deposit. You see the by-product has a half life of about 200 yrs, that means it will be a threat to the environment for many generations to come. Not to mention the possibility of the radioactivity would get into the environment, especially the water table.

The by-product of solar or wind power is what? Energy! Gee I wish I could say there was something else that would effect the population, but there is NOT!

Ask yourself, why is nukes so important? Just look at the situation and tell me you do not see the massive profits that companies can make off the plant.

Bush At UN--Part 2

As reported before Bush spent most of his time talking about countries with human rights abuses, Cuba, Sudan, Myanmar, do dah do dah. But wait! What about China, Vietnam and Israel? Say what, Professor? Yeah, Israel has been condemned by the UN for its human rights violations, and in response the Congress has a resolution on the books to condemn the UN for condemning Israel. looks like the AIPAC is getting their money's worth out of their paid representatives. Then there is Vietnam where a House resolution wants to limit aid to the country because of their violations of rights. We would not want to upset our trading partners like China and Vietnam, where US businesses are spending ba-zillions.

Selective bullsh*t! this is guy who does not realize it is Myanmar and not Burma. This was a game! Played by morons. Does anyone really listen to this guy? Apparently not or we would not let him open his mouth and show just how stupid he really is.

Bush At The UN

in the past the prez has talked and talked and talked.....condemning, damning, etc......just about everyone that did not agree with him. But Yesterday he spoke for about 15 minutes....(gasp)....and his two high points were that of Iran and Myanmar. Of course, Iran was a really a bad guy for the nuke thing and so on and so on.

But then he surprised me and probably most of the world by mentioning Myanmar. Does he know where it is? Anyway he said that "the American people were outraged" at the situation developing in the country. Wait!......thinking......thinking......how many Americans give a sh*t about Burma, yes Burma? Absolutely none! Sh*t who can find it on a map?

Anyway, Bush has announced sanctions levelled against the country because of the harsh treatment of the people by the military junta that now rules the country. Why?

The best I can come up with is that it is an attempt to show that the present admin has more on its tiny little brain than the oil in the Middle East. A deversion, if you will. But again, Americans could care less about the occurances in Myanmar. Since the US dropped the ball on the violence in Darfur, it wants to appear that it has learned its lesson. Bullsh*t! I need a nap!

CHUQ

Columbia Blew It!

For days before the visit of the Iranian president, the whole country was bad mouthing Columbia University for their invitation. All newspapers had front pages with derogatory headlines and editorials condemning them for their affront to dignity.

But wait! It was a trap and the president of Columbia spent almost an hour digging, insulting and an assortment of diatribes. Now Columbia is the fair hair boy of the papers, the President and all conservative wannabes. They are semi-heroic for setting the trap and then springing it on national TV. Please!

The Iranian president wins because it will be broadcast around the world and will be used to show just how much Americans hate Muslims. the US had some small support among the Iranian youth and now that support could be dead. They will portray it as not only is the government anti-Muslim but so are the schools and the people. Well done ass clowns!

The school president should have just said that Columbia and the people of the US are pleased, because of our need to understand all points of view, welcome the president of Iran and look forward to the exchange of ideas.

But instead they acted as if they were an agent of the Bush administration and embarrassed the country and the people to the entire world. Nice going, you moronic dildoes.

CHUQ

How Are Companies dealing With The Environment?

Are they serious about climate change, or anything else that pertains to the environment?

Well, Subaru has a plant in the US that is green. It has a zero landfill requirement and it has been deemed a wildlife preserve.

Let us think about that for a minute! What is their emissions? Did they pay the state for the wildlife designation? Of course they did. What part of this is a positive sign? Nothing, it is a marketing ploy to sell cars.

BP, British Petroleum, has changed its logo to a green and yellow sun burst. Clever huh? They are pushing the BP as Beyond Petroleum, but what has changed. Not much, their core product is the same and their emissions are about the same. It is still is the same company with the same by-products only the logo is more environmentally sensitive. Another marketing ploy!

Companies are not dealing with the real problem, they are just addressing the public face and making it more palatable to the people. None are worried about the short term they will leave the problems for the future generations to deal with, profits must be made and that is the bottom line.

CHUQ

What Is Political Progress For Iraq?

And what is the political progress that they speak of constantly? Is it elections? How about security? Just what is it?

These are pretty good questions and the answers are as about confusing as the questions themselves. Iraq held elections about 1 and half years ago, at that time that was the political progress, but now it was not enough. The passage of the rape of Iraqi oil know as the Iraqi oil Law was at one point a progress, but now it is not. Now Maliki wants to call for provincial elections, that would be a success, at least in the US eyes. But will it really be a success? Not really, just a ploy to placate a growing anti-war movement.

Then what is political progress for Iraq? I am not sure, but the road it is on now is not the road to political success or progress.

Iraqi lawmakers are NOT in control of their own political future, so any progress made will be progress for the US and Iraq is just a footnote in that struggle. I would guess that you would like an example. OK, Blackwater! The Iraqi government told Blackwater that they were no longer wanted in the country, but yet they remain and still work. Why? The US wants it so. They are needed to guard US diplomats in Iraq. But wait! Thinking....thinking.....Is that not the job for the Marines? Do they not protect diplomats in other countries? Then why is a private army needed to do the work? Is it the beginning of out-sourcing diplomat protection?

People! People! A hired gun by another name is still a mercenary! Security consultant is just being PC.

CHUQ


FACTOID!!!!!!!! The security consultant biz is worth $120 billion a year--that could be the big story. But remmeber that only a portion of the money made in Iraq is taxable; another draw in doubt.

The Humor That Is "Trickle Down" Economics

Professor, why humor? Back in the day there was "voodoo" economics and then it was "trickle down" economics, that is, simply put, where you give the rich and corporations heavy tax cuts and the savings will trickle down to all economic strata. The two Bushes are of this thinking.

Let us look at what really happened. Corporate profits have risen by 72% and the income of the richest 0.1% of the population has risen by 51%, while the working class has seen job cuts, stagnate wages, health care cut, etc. That predicted trickle has not made it to the working class; it will NEVER make it to the working class.

The trickle down is a LIE! It will never make it to the point that it was sold to the sleeping public. Where are the realists? Why does not the people have enough sense to see this? Good questions!

First, the realists told the American public it was not a good idea, but they ignored the warnings, just so they could save $7 on the taxes per week. Shortsightedness is the reason; the need for instant gratification is the reason, but the real reason is STUPIDITY! Oh sorry I answered both question with one answer--COOL!

May I suggest that the people spend a little more time educating themselves and a little less time with their butts glued to a sofa. Your only other option is to stay bent over with a jar of vasoline close at hand, that will help make the f*cking by the government a little more comfortable.

Peace, Out

CHUQ

Bush Silent On Syrian Airstrike

CBS/AP) President Bush repeatedly refused to comment Thursday on reports that Israeli planes guided by ground forces attacked an installation - believed to be the beginnings of a nuclear project - in northern Syria on Sept. 6.

U.S. officials have told CBS News that the strike destroyed a building Israeli intelligence believed housed nuclear equipment, and that it was launched three days after a North Korean ship docked at a Syrian port.

Why the silence? What type of equipment? was there any nuke material? These are questions that need answers. But I guess when you do not have the answers it is better to say nothing.

A building that was believed to have nuke equipment.....thinking.....thinking......is that the same belief there was about Saddam's WMD?

I am truly surprised that the President does not draw more flies with all the manure he shovels.

Enduring Relationship

Recently in a speech that Bush made he stated that the US would have an enduring relationship with Iraq.

In ChuqSpeak that means we will be in Iraq forever. like Germany, like South Korea, on and on.....So if you are an anti-war person then I suggest that you find a new hobby for our brave troops will be there for a very very long time.

Stay the course was replaced with a way forward which is being replaced with an enduring relationship.......the selling of an extended war and occupation is being sold to the American people. First it was the use of a general to sell the president's policy to the Congress and the American people--BTW, it worked! You bought the crap hook, line and sinker!

All I can say is that you need to prepare yourself for many more American deaths and injuries. But please spare me the rhetoric of why the war is a bad thing. You have the chance to end this obscenity but you choose to look the other way and let those who are profiting from the war, run the war and your lives.

I want the American public to be personally involved in the war. That alone will bring an end to it! For right now the war is not personal! it has been said the the military goes to war, the American people go to the Mall. If you turn a blind eye to what is going on in Iraq and elsewhere then you are a lazy, ill informed and stupid individual.

Enough said? NO! I will say more, but think about it for awhile.

CHUQ

Capitalism=Democracy

Now here is a concept that has been successfully sold to the world's public. Somehow if their is an open market then there will be democracy. Recently in the magazine Foreign Policy in an article written by Robt. Reich pointed out that the globalization of capitalism is eroding the power of the people around the world. A world where common good and government takes a back seat to big business.

Look around! How about China? It is a huge capitalistic country, but it is governed by communists, well those pretending to be communists. Democratic institutions are lacking in the country. Vietnam is becoming a major player in the world of big business, with Microsoft and others coming to the country in search of cheap labor--oh yeah--IT IS A COMMUNIST country!

Do you really believe that capitalism equals democracy? If so, you are probably a product of the failed Bush educational program of "No Child Left Behind".

Capitalism has NOTHING to do with democracy! A true democracy is in search what is best for all the people and is controlled by the people. There is no such government on the face of the earth. Go ahead look around--Find one! Good luck, you will need it!


CHUQ

Is There People Power?

If you want a short answer--then NO, there is no people power. Only the illusion of it. For instance, the immigration bill--they use this to show that people have the power--they point to the flood of emails, faxes, etc in opposition to the latest bill. This was an emotional issue and as such the people spoke out, they are manipulated that way, but let us check reality. The Congress did not have the votes to push it through or those emails would have wound up in the round file.

If they are truly concerned with the power of the people, then why not let them decide all debatable issues? HELL NO! They will only use it when it is too their benefit. The immigration bill is about RACE--white America sees their majority influence in jeopardy and they will speak out and try to prevent themselves from serving from a minority position.

I say if you are so hoped up on people power then put the major issues to them and let them decide--you know like heathcare, abortion, etc? A doubtful occurrance, but it is a thought.

The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

All the news is about this country moving toward democracy, or freedom or...,..you pick an adjective. But is it the will of the people or the money of the candidates that brings about this transformation?

Let us look at the upcoming election in the US; the candidates vying for the presidency combined will spend about $1 billion in the campaigns. Why does that not scare the American people?

Africa has been attempting to establish more democratic governments, especially on the West Coast of the continent. Countries like Sierra Leone and Nigeria and both of these are trumpeted by Washington as positive steps for democracy. Sierra Leone's elections were marred by scandal and violence. Nigeria, now here is a good example of what I am speaking of, the presidential candidates spent more than $100 million each during the campaign. The money was used for institutional graft, buy votes within their parties and journalists. Only about 10% was used for national ad campaigns. This in a country that people regularly starve to death. Money--Oil--Power are the only concerns--that is not DEMOCRACY!

This is a pandemic--Democracy is no longer an ideology it is a commodity!

My conclusion is that everywhere the people get the best government can buy. It is no longer about the will of the people, it is about the will of the wealthy and the corporations.

Disappointing, isn't it?


CHUQ

17 Sept 2007

What Does The Speech Mean?

This is an analysis of the latest Bush speech and it is a dosey.

First the surge was to help the Iraqis to come to some type of reconciliation, Baghdad was to be secured to allow this to proceed. But now the surge is all about the success in Anbar, which really does not have anything to do with the surge. This would have happened without the increase in troops. So this is crap!

Second, The Pres keeps harping on the importance of getting al-Qaeda as the bottom line. But yet the intel agencies say it is about the sectarian violence as the major problem facing Iraq. Bush is selling the AQ thing because it appears that it can be won--at least in his little mind.

Third, Mission Accomplished, Stay The Course, A Way Forward, yada, yada......The Pres keeps changing the mission to suit him politically and his lame ass policies.

Fourth, The draw down of troops will begin soon because the surge is working, Bush's terms, not mine. The surge was sold to the Congress as a temporary deployment from the beginning. So Priscilla is not doing any favors.

Fifth, Bush has stated that he accepts the report given by Patraeus.....thinking.....thinking.....what a breakthrough! Have you been listening to the Pres for the last month? Patraeus said NOTHING that Bush had not already outlined in past speeches. So to believe that the general came up with this plan on his own is just short of STUPID!

Sixth, Victory was never used in the Pres speech, he did however use the term "success" a bunch of times. So, that brings us to the crux of the speech:

The US is in Iraq for about a generation or more. Victory is no longer an option just a success is all the US is looking for. But what is the success? That is to be determined by the Admin--it may have nothing to do with the sectarian violence or homelessness or...........But you can bet your scrawny ass that it will have everything to do with OIL.

CHUQ

15 Sept 2007

Bush Speech Analysis

Did everyone watch the Pres do his thing on the Tellie? No? well we cannot have that so I will analyze it for you.

Troops will stay. How long? who knows! A minute amount will start coming home in the summer. What about the others? Eventually! When will the war end? Eventually! Iraqis have until January to reconcile. Then what? "NO comment"! Is the US safer? Yes it is. Why? (#$%garbled78.....) How long is the US committment to Iraq? Until there is a success! How long is that? (a shit eating smirk) .

There is your expert analysis and if you watched the speech you will agree with me.


CHUQ

A Paradox That Is Iraq

What is a paradox? Something unusual, an enigma. And according to the Patraeus report, Iraq is a paradox. Why?

Ok. if, according to the Report, we leave Iraq, sectarian violence will erupt, security forces will be ineffective,political process will collapse, and progress will cease. Thinking.......thinking......so Iraq is a wormhole! If you leave then you enter from the other side. Would some explain what is happening in Iraq today? Sounds like life as usual, whether the US is there or not. So why would we stay if nothing would change? Surely, you people can see the paradox here. If not, then you are probably a product of the "No Child Left Behind" program. Sad!

CHUQ

Rhetoric Analysis

Gen. Patraeus has made his presentation to the Congress. A helluva salesman! The Pres has chosen wisely, the general was right on target with the Pres. I would like to analyze some of the words, the political rhetoric.

Gen Patraeus--"I want to be completely up front for you." A term he used over and over and over and........But what did it mean? basically, it meant this is my story and I am sticking to it.

Next we have Ambassador Crocker--his catch word for the day was "Federalism" which he used over and over and.......But what did it mean? Glad you asked. Slowly but slowly Iraq is becoming 3 separate states, there will be NO strong central govt. Hell The Kurds are already signing deals with oil companies. Crocker is just setting the stage for the next big confrontation in Washington.


Just listen to the people in Washington--nothing they say is really what they mean!

CHUQ

THe Osama Message

I may enter this into the ASSIE Awards.


"This is a man on the run in a cave who is virtually impotent other than his ability to get these messages out," Townsend said on CNN's "Late Edition." "It is propaganda.


This was stated by White House Aide, Fran Townsend.

For someone who is impotent he sure controls the lives of a lot of people. I would say that he is pretty damn effective, there are many dead bodies to prove the point.

McCain"s Campaign

John McCain has an ad that states, "American Deserves Straight Talk".

Thinking......thinking......when was the last time America got straight talk from a politician?

I will give you a minute to consider the question......................(Pause for effect).......................


time is up! You seldom get straight talk from a politician. They tell you what you want to hear and you devour it and digest it and then make an absolutely disastrous decision based on what these lairs say.


THINK ABOUT THAT!

Announcement

I have started this blog to point out the bovine fecal matter, political rhetoric, that is used to influence and confuse the American people, well, all people. It may take me awhile to get the swing and stuff together. Please be patient and your time will be entertaining.

Thank you for your participation and support in this effort.

Chuq