Ergodic Musing

When fascism comes to America

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” When fascism comes to America it will not be labeled “made in Germany”; it will not be marked with a swastika; it will not even be called fascism; it will be called, of course, “Americanism.” … The high-sounding phrase “the American way” will be used by interested groups intent on profit, to cover a multitude of sins against the American and Christian tradition, such sins as lawless violence, teargas and shotguns, denial of civil liberties … “

- Halford E. Luccock

An Open Letter to our Brothers and Sisters in Law Enforcement

I write this in hopes that you will see the error of your violent way, that you will come to the realization that your continued violent acts towards your own fellow citizens is wrong.  I hope that you will stop being slaves to an authority that is corrupt and evil and in turn protect your true brothers and sisters against this mounting tyranny of fear, corruption and terror.

These people that are in the streets peacefully protesting are not your enemy.  They are the brave ones that are risking their lives in this material realm to bring to light profound greed, deception, theft, hypocrisy and even murder by our Corporate/Military/Political “masters” that you are just as much slaves to as they have been.  The difference is that they are enlightened to the facts of this corruption while you are still living in ignorance and darkness.  You still believe that by “doing your job” you will be exempt from the eventual outcome of this grand scheme of theirs.

In fact, by helping them to perpetuate their power base, you are condemning yourselves and your families to even more suffering both in this realm and the next.

These people that you are poking, beating, gassing, shooting, killing and suppressing by arrest and detainment, are the very people that could ultimately be your saviors and heroes if you would only join the cause.

I realize this it hard to fathom for most of you.  I also realize that you think you’re being responsible by doing your job to support your family.  In reality, you are merely perpetuating evil and corruption.  You are the violent arm of this regime that intends to rule by force regardless of the outcome.  You are the “enforcers” and will be remembered as such and be judged for your actions both in this life and beyond.  Violence begets violence.  Please remember that I told you this.

If you must to this job, then please be the example to your brethren and do it in peace, by peaceful means and with respect to others and their beliefs and convictions.  Do not incite violence but perpetuate peaceful discourse and deny your masters their wish for continued violence and unrest.

If you become the beacon of light and what’s right, then others will see this and come to your side.  Yes, there will still be those that condemn you and your ways, but before long, more will come to the right and light and then you will be vindicated and held on high for what you tried to do.

If you have the strength of will, please encourage others in your profession to stop hurting others and viewing them as malcontents and trouble makers.  These people are far more brave than most of us.  They are at the front lines of our struggle with ruling powers that are showing themselves to be sociopathic, evil tyrants that will do anything they have to do to maintain their perceived power over all of us including you.  Break the bonds of slavery and join with us against this tyranny.  Refuse their orders if they are in the wrong.  Refuse to hurt others in peaceful protest.  Refuse to go along. Be an individual and one that is a beacon of truth and light and right to others. Be brave and stop being cowardly.

Finally, I hope you will look into your own heart, your children’s eyes, as well as your own brothers and sisters and see what is right and true.  If you can see that your actions are right and true and you can honestly look at what you are doing and have done and assess that it is good, so be it. 

All any one of us can do is our best.  So, at the end of the day, if you can honestly say you’ve done your very best, that’s all that can be asked of anyone.  Look into your heart now … see the truth… did you do harm or good?  Based on that evaluation, what will you do tomorrow?

In Peace….

Crush Rush

Rush Limbaugh’s recent attack on Georgetown University Law Student Sandra Fluke is, at minimum, reprehensible and it’s time to put him out of our misery.

Why anyone with even a spark of intelligence gives him any credence is beyond me, but basic sense and intelligence is profoundly missing from the great wasteland of the Heartland of Amerika.  In his “storied” career, he has done little more than stir up the pool of idiocy that makes up a seemingly vast section of the current pool of morons living in this Country.  Most 5 year old’s would wonder why in the world anyone would think what he says is in any way conceivable and worth spending a nanosecond paying attention to.

That being said, he obviously has been very successful in pushing the buttons of a vast number of hypo-intelligent semi-humans for several years now and by virtue of this “entertainment” has shown that anybody with nothing good to say can and will be a financial success in the good ol’ US of A and have all the fame and attention one can possibly dream of.

The fact of the matter is he is an entertainer.  He is on the Radio and had the good fortune to have come into being by virtue of our beloved Ronny Reagan’s great idea of getting rid of the Fairness Doctrine.  Before everyone had the brilliant idea to de-regulate the Broadcast industry, Radio stations had to abide by an FCC addendum (in a sense)  of the Communications Act of 1934.  Created by the FCC in 1949, The Fairness Doctrine forced Radio Stations to air contrasting views.  What this meant is if there was a station editorial about a subject, the station had to solicit opposing or contrasting views and give them equal air time “at no cost”.   Radio at this time was held to strict ideals and the overriding mandate was “to serve the public interest”.  Station owners never liked the part about having to offer contrasting views airtime and especially where there was no revenue.  In 1987, the Fairness Doctrine was revoked by the FCC opening the door to the vile scum “Talk Show Hosts” we have today. 

Here’s the deal, Rush is an entertainer… he is not an educated, thoughtful purveyor of wisdom.  He’s our modern equivalent of a vaudeville act over the airwaves.  He’s an illiterate putz spouting stupidity over a microphone from a little room.  He’s a megalomaniac that now believes his own press releases… certainly a classic case of someone that believes their own bullshit.

Once again this blowhard has stepped over the line in disparaging a young lady that did nothing more than offer to speak to the fairness of having birth control covered by health insurance.  Somehow this halfwit spun this into her being some welfare slut whore that just wanted to have endless sex on the taxpayer’s dime…. Really people??   I personally believe that anyone that listened to this sick diatribe and gave it a hearty “ yeah he’s right” should be neutered and then subsequently shot as to not waste any more precious oxygen, but .. That’s just my opinion.

Ok… here’s the deal though and the real crux of this post.

This guy can be run out of town on a rail, so to speak, in rather easy fashion if we do what needs to be done.

Radio relies on Advertising for its revenue.  If a program garner’s no revenue, then there’s no point in airing it, regardless of its value or lack thereof.  So, what needs to be done is to send a message to any current advertiser and any that might think they’d like to advertise on the Rush Limbaugh Show that we, as consumers, will immediately cease consuming their product or service.  It’s really a simple formula when you think about it. 

In addition to consciously boycotting these advertisers, you also contact them and let them know exactly WHY you’re boycotting them.  If they don’t know, they won’t act.

Now, since this “show” is syndicated, you can do a couple of other things as well.

1)      Call/Write the local affiliate Radio Station Sales force and let them know that you will not be consuming from these advertisers and also that you will not be listening to their station EVER as long as they air the program.  You can even be slick and tell them that you are currently in possession of a People Meter (white lies, white lies).  The People Meter is the device by which ratings are done now.  No listen=No ratings=No advertisers.  Trust me, they’ll get the message.

2)      Call/Write the scum that syndicate and pay this POS – Clear Channel Communications/Premiere Radio Networks and let them know what you’re doing and how you feel.  Contact info is posted below.

So there it is.  If you really are sick of toxic talk show scum denigrating your brothers and sisters just because they have a big ass podium, knock their ass down from it and then they’ll figure out they really aren’t as smart as they might have thought.  Maybe, just maybe, they’ll get a clue and turn back into human beings before it’s too late.

Clear Channel Communications (parent company of Premiere Radio Networks, Inc.) 200 Basse Road San Antonio TX 78209 Phone 1-210-822-2828

Lowry Mays, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
LLowryMays@clearchannel.com

Mark Mays President and Chief Operating Officer
MarkPMays@clearchannel.com

Randall Mays, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer RandallTMays@clearchannel.com

Lisa Dollinger, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communication Public Relations lisacdollinger@clearchannel.com
pr@clearchannel.com

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Email - Lori Wellinghoff
Phone 1-REACH-OUT-70 (1-732-246-8870)

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Premiere Radio Networks, Inc. (Rush’s immediate employer)
15260 Ventura Blvd. 5th Floor
Sherman Oaks CA 91403 
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Members of the press, please contact: Amir Forester, 818-461-5404 aforester@premiereradio.com

Main: (818)377-5300 Fax: (818)377-5333 Toll Free: (800)533-8686

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Venn Diagrams

Monsanto = death by food

Militarized Police forces = death by violence

Federal Government out of control = death by Legislation

Economy destroyed = death by poverty

New American Fascism = death by association

Solution = Anarchy  = Death

Really, what is there to lose at this point?

Occupy Oakland - Movein Day musings

Yesterday, after finishing some errands and taking care of my usual weekend domestic duties, I was informed of a march by the Occupy Oakland (#OccupyOakland) group. Their intent, as I understand it, was to occupy one of the many vacant buildings in Oakland and turn it into a Community Center to help people in need from that area.

I was told that police were shooting at the marchers with rubber bullets and tear gas, so I immediately went looking for a live stream of the event and found #OakFoSho documenting this live on UStream.  What I saw was both disturbing and compelling and I ended up spending the next several hours glued to his live feed as well as one from #OccupyFreedomLA.  Thanks to you both for your work as independent journalists.  If I hadn’t seen these feeds, then I would probably be believing the utter bullshit the mainstream media is feeding the public about this event.

It’s more than just BS though, it’s outright lies.  I watched it unfolding.  I saw it with my own eyes through unedited and uncensored video feeds as it was happening.

Just to be fair though, I was not able to see the early part of the ordeal where very possibly there was some violent action from the marchers, however from the point in time that I started watching through to the arrests at the YMCA and at City Hall, the only instigation of violence I witnessed was from the Oakland Police.

At the point I began watching the live stream, the marchers were being pushed along the streets by lines of police. The line of police would run in unison forcing the marchers to move, then hold their line, regroup, then run in unison and in line again, doing this over and over as the marchers were moved back towards the Plaza area that was their “home base”.  During this action, many times the police would target individuals and take them down, very violently, and arrest them.  We later found out from one of the Sargents that spoke on camera, that they were targeting those that were suspected of throwing rocks and bottles.  There was also an account from a young man that had been detained where he stated that they told him he was being arrested for outstanding warrants.  He told them he did not have any outstanding warrants and upon finally checking, they acknowledged the fact that he was indeed correct and let him go.  To his credit, he told them that they needed to give him a ride back to where they picked him up from and they actually did!  He was then able to re-join the march.

There were actually two marches yesterday.  The first one where the marchers were unsuccessful in occupying the target building and then one later in the evening where the 400 some odd arrests took place.  This one I witnessed from start to finish.  This is where I can attest to the lies from the police spokesmen as well as Mayor Jean Quan and ultimately from our mainstream media outlets.

This march was completely non-violent and the only reason property was damaged was because of the “kettling” tactics used by the police to confine, surround and corral the marchers leaving them no exit and no choice but to break through a chain link fence.  Up to that point they had done absolutely nothing wrong and were simply marching towards their destination.  From there, things began to get out of hand, but from my perspective, only because of the police and the tactics they were using.

After most of the marchers escaped the first attempt at kettling by the police, they were able to regroup and in the video feeds of the streets you could see several vans of armor clad police moving into position.  This was what has now become the norm in these situations where dozens of jack-booted thugs arrive, dressed in body armor, Kevlar helmets and masks, sporting shotguns with rubber bullets, tear gas and of course those black batons they so love to use to beat people with.

So, now the marchers began to move again towards their final destination.  Only the march organizers knew where they were going and the group kept together pretty well moving along, dancing and enjoying themselves.  There was no rock or bottle throwing.  There was no yelling at the police.  There was only the marchers slowly, but surely, moving into the trap that police were setting for them.

You may have heard that they “occupied” and broke into the YMCA.  Well, what I saw is a group of marchers that, realizing they were being trapped, tried to move through the open doors of the YMCA building in an attempt to escape out the back.  You see, at this point, they were completely surrounded by the police and this is where the arrests began.

The officer in charge stated that the marchers were warned 3 times to disperse and because they didn’t heed these warnings, they were to be arrested.

I, for one, never heard any such warnings from the police in either of the two live streams I was watching. Not one demand from the police to the marchers to disperse…. not one.

The arrests themselves were relatively tame.  There was no resistance from the marchers.  There were some occasions of yanking and pushing of the marchers by some of the police however.

So at the end of it all, I’m affected… I’m disgusted… I’m a bit pissed off, but more than anything, I’m more in solidarity with these brave young people that are doing what all of us should be and should have been doing all along.  I say thank you for what you’re trying to do.

For those that say these Occupy protesters are just a bunch of punk kids that should just get jobs and quit whining, I say this.  What will YOU do when these fascist pigs we call our government come take you away?

Remember this?

First they came for the communists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Jew.

Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn’t speak out because I was Protestant.

Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.