Dissent is
patriotic. Blind faith is for children and groups who cannot
withstand scrutiny (and know fully well they cannot withstand
scrutiny, so they demand blind faith).
NOW. Google what I'm
about to post because it's all true. Some of what I'm posting are article headlines, to make things easier to find. Especially if you either do not know these things or even worse, disbelieve these clear, easily second-sourceable facts.
Under Obama, the US
has fallen to 49th in press freedoms. PFC Manning is in jail for
revealing Bush's war crimes. Edward Snowden had to flee the country
to reveal NSA spying upon Americans and the world. Obama reversed NSA
restrictions in 2011 and in 2013 went on Leno to say "There is
no spying upon Americans". He recently reversed more NSA
restrictions in the "CRomnibus" bill. He stated that his
administration would be amazingly open and transparent and just this
week declared that the white house doesn't have to grant FOIA
requests. Obama is executing civilians via drone in 8 or 9 countries with whom
we are not at war, with neither trial nor representation. He extended
Bush's "patriot act". Only a couple of days after NSA spying was allowed to expire, Obama sent lawyers to reinstate it. He signed 82% of Bush's tax cuts for
the rich into permanence in the "fiscal cliff' bill. He's
extended Bush's Iraq and Afghanistan invasions. He's extending Bush's
plans in the middle east (Syria being an main Bush target heard via
General Wesley Clark's youtube speech "seven countries in five
years"). In 2013 Obama said we must bomb Syria because chemical
weapons. In 2014 Obama said we must bomb Syria because ISIS. He bombed Libya without Congressional approval, an act both he and Biden called UnConstitutional when Bush threatened to do it. He's also bombed in Yemen, Pakistan, and Somalia. More countries than Bush. Hillary Clinton's state department brought in 3/4 of the world's arms deals with $100 billion in weapons sales to the Saudis alone, who behead twice as many people a year than ISIS.
Obama
just attained a classic aspect of the cautionary tale "1984":
Permanent war status.
He can bomb anywhere
he says ISIS are. Anywhere. What person in the history of the planet has ever had the power to kill anyone anywhere he wants?
ALSO.
We are experiencing
record income inequality under Obama and it's partly because he's
helped protect wall street from either investigation or prosecution
for their 2008 smash-and-grab involving an estimated $16 trillion
dollars. Obama handed over more than $12 trillion of that amount. 95% of new monies generated since then have gone to the 1%.
The jobs market has moved to low-paying, part-time jobs. Poverty in
America has risen startlingly. There is $1 trillion in student loan
debt he has done nothing to change; read Matt Taibbi's articles in
Rolling Stone on student loan debt and more. We are experiencing
record corporate profits and record low worker's wages. The 5%
unemployment statistic is a lie. If you know anything about Obama's
corporate-authored TPP, you'll know it's NAFTA on steroids and US
jobs will be heading overseas in droves, much less the astonishing
empowerment to corporate rights...medication costs will skyrocket.
There is an illegal
foreclosure engine in the US, with wall street's blackstone group
doing bulk purchases from the banks. Search foreclosure double
tracking and foreclosure robo-signing.
There is PLENTY of
warranted horror through which to question Obama, much less
prosecute. I haven't even mentioned his thrice signing the NDAA section 1021 which through lacking specific wording prohibiting it, provides for the indefinite detention of US citizens with neither trial nor representation (and he sent lawyers to overturn an "unConstitutional" ruling granted to Chris Hedges in Hedges v. Obama). Another recent NDAA crippled the Smith-Mundt act, which prevented the use of literal propaganda against US citizens by the government.
Or his allowing or ordering the militarization and nationalization of police departments through the DHS and bill 1033, which has to be against Posse Commitatus. And either ordering or allowing DHS to seize your personal electronics on a "hunch" anywhere along the border and up to 100 miles inland, smashing the 4th Amendment?
His reaction to the Torture Report of Bush's war crimes? He said "We tortured some folks". Not "We will open an investigation into Bush's war crimes." He said when he entered office he'd scrutinize Bush's legislation and overturn anything unConstitutional. And he lets them WALK despite a torture report indicating actual human experimentation.
Hate Bush? You should. So why does Obama go to such lengths to help the Bush disaster family? And why do democrats not give a shit that Obama completely allows him and Cheney to walk despite having handy a TORTURE REPORT?
Looks like if you criticize democrats it's TREASON! So much for accountability and doing the will of the people. They're only about themselves and you don't get to question them! The Occupy Wall Street movement NEVER said you can't criticize any president. On the contrary: We have stated that we are both strictly non-partisan and welcome dissent!
Oops, when republicans do it, it's BAD. When democrats do it, it's patriotic. Both parties point the same ugly finger at the other. Image from the Teanderthal Party. Note that I hated what republicans did to the Dixie Chicks. But it's okay when democrats do it?
Photos of some of the brutality done to the real, actual Occupy Wall Street movement. Obama said nothing, did nothing. Silence is consent. Especially when he protects Wall Street and instead of any banksters, nearly 8,000 Occupy Wall Street protest arrests were made...
"Occupy Wall Street is a people’s movement. It is party-less,
leaderless, by the people and for the people. It is not a business, a
political party, an advertising campaign or a brand. It is not for
sale.
We
wish to clarify that Occupy Wall Street is not and never has been
affiliated with any established political party, candidate or
organization. Our only affiliation is with the people.
Those seeking to capitalize on this movement or undermine it by
appropriating its message or symbols are not a part of Occupy Wall
Street."
"occupy democrats" are NOTHING to do with the Occupy Wall Street movement. They are a co-option of the people's movement by the corporate, capitalist democrats to use to build their wall street politicians.
The purpose of "occupy democrats" is to use populist and activist goals presented in images to build an engine to elect the wall street shill Hillary Clinton. They don't believe a thing they post excepting that it builds Hillary and the distraction of the false left-right paradigm, which only exists to misdirect attention from the corrupt financial entities who own both parties. They will post feel-good images as well as images stoking anger and mockery at the "other brand" (exactly as do the republicans regarding the democrats; get it?) to build support, which is power. When they've built tens of thousands of supporters they'll roll out the pro-Hillary images and =will not allow discussion= of her extremely clear corruption. You will be used as free advertisement for their wall street candidate, who is raising $2.5 billion in advertisement money... You were teased with free education and higher wages and now you must support those who are diametrically opposed to such, or YOU WANT REPUBLICANS TO WIN or some such idiot dogma...because both parties are owned by wall street and wall street gets paid no matter who is in office. Occupy Wall Street calls out these corruptions; it does NOT work to send them to office! It does not end conversation regarding political and financial corruption, it builds it!
Democrats only want more democrats, the model of a virus or cancer which only uses its host to reproduce at the host's expense:
We're against Hillary! Vote for Hillary! Is there enough face-palm? The example is from a different page and it goes to the general plan.
"occupy democrats" on Dec. 6, 2015 have just shown they're only about Hillary and use Bernie (and general social justice imagery) to build attention to themselves to push Hillary upon you, as I've been warning here for many months:
So if you like being used by a virus to build itself, fine. If you're with Occupy Wall Street and the people of this country and are AGAINST Wall Street, you're against Hillary, who clearly stated "Anti-Wall Street rhetoric is foolish". A Wall Street lawyer stated: “If it turns out to be Jeb versus Hillary we would love that and either outcome would be fine." "occupy democrats" want Wall Street in the white house...AGAIN, with all those disastrous results. They are fine with record low worker's wages and record high corporate profits and the suffering of the American people at the hands of the corporatocracy, because they clearly push those who are in its pockets and will continue its destructive course. Thanks democrats. You are as equally power-mad and unqualified as are the republicans. You don't care about the will of the people; Occupy Wall Street was the will of the people and you helped destroy us.
You do not get to challenge "occupy democrats" with clear facts. Quick example; more later in greater detail:
Note that Obama is a completely willing part of the problem they blame upon republicans? Yet they'd have you believe it's ONLY the republicans' fault. Children point the finger at others to avoid responsibility for their part. Propagandists blame others and reject dissent and censor fact-checking to build their power. What do you think is happening here?
As of June 7 2015, I am blocked from commenting on "occupy democrats"
page. Note the screenshots at the end of this article that I posted
facts and challenged their utter lack of ever questioning Obama
regarding his part in their complaints. Their page has an image saying
they support the Occupy movement; the real, actual Occupy movement NYC
GA Statement of Autonomy states "We welcome dissent". By their TREASON image
above, they believe dissent against democrats to be a literal crime
against the nation.
Dissent is
patriotic. Blind faith is for children and groups who cannot
withstand scrutiny (and know fully well they cannot withstand
scrutiny, so they demand blind faith). Fox News for democrats. You
never, ever have to consider your part in things, or the actions of
"your" people in the bigger picture. It must be nice to never, ever have
to take responsibility. Such howling irresponsibility is not acceptable
in either party. The Occupy movement is a call to responsibility, not
to smash dissent!
So why is that complete bullshit? Both Obama and Clinton are diametrically opposed:
-It took a genuine socialist mayor to pass a $15 minimum wage amendment in Seattle. It's taken marching and direct action by fast-food and Walmart workers nation wide to gain attention to the minimum wage issue. Obama and Hillary are extremely clearly in bed with the ultra-rich and the corporations who are driving the country's current record low worker wages and record high corporate profits. Even a $20 minimum wage will not effect the rising income inequality and the gentrification engine being used to further it. Corporations are also being allowed to pay exceedingly little into the social safety net and social services such as schools so continuing this also does no good; it allows corporations to continue vampirizing the country without being contested or prosecuted. Allowing the corporations and banks to run riot without punishment and then further weakening regulation does NOT create a reversal of this disastrous trend.
-In
2010 Obama privatized the student loan process to the government and
did not adjust it downward; he's continued raising interest rates and
Matt Taibbi says in an 10 year period the US government will earn an
expected $184 billion in profits. It's a usurious, for-profit engine
directly created by the democrat's leader.
-Obama signed 82% of the Bush tax cuts for the rich into permanence during the "fiscal cliff" scam. Those taxes would have gone into building the social safety net and social services but Obama and Bush have given that money to the very rich.
-Hillary charged the University of Las Vegas $225,000 to speak regarding rising tuition fees. That the money is going to their Foundation means nothing per information collected in my "Reasons to say NO! to Hillary 2016" article. Their Foundation is the seat of crony capitalism and favors given.
Hillary is also raising money from for-profit private prison lobbyists, who prefer young black men to be in prison instead of school. "Poor people, especially those of color, are worth nothing to
corporations and private contractors if they are on the street. In jails
and prisons, however, they each can generate corporate revenues of
$30,000 to $40,000 a year." HERE
-Free childcare? I don't even know where to begin.
-Free healthcare? "Obamacare" is an insurance regulation written by the republican Mitt Romney. Considering what Obama has allowed the big banks and student loan industry to do, it's no stretch to conclude that Obamacare will result in insurance companies becoming feudal and consuming each other into a small set of "too big to fail or jail" corporations.
-Do you know nothing of Obama's corporate-authored TPP which has been called a corporate coup and NAFTA on steroids (Bill Clinton signed NAFTA). It provides for among other things, US jobs to go overseas including to Malaysia, who engage in slavery and human trafficking. He's in bed with human rights violators (the Saudis as well, beloved of both parties, who behead more people a year than ISIS). Part of the TPP is said to favor big pharma by eliminating generic drugs, which will result in huge price increases to people who need their medication. Yeah, let's follow Denmark's lead...if that means moving in exactly the opposite direction.
Summary: You are having sweet pie waved under your nose to build your allegiance to a group who at their core are only about and will then push austerity and social cuts to help build the rich. You are being used. Period. This is a massive lie of omission. "You were promised a taste of honey and wine; what you got was a waste of money and time." ~Thinktree
THE DANGER OF THEIR CHOSEN, HILLARY CLINTON, WALL STREET AND CORPORATE PUPPET:
Hillary has no intent of reversing the Koch's "citizens united" or McCutcheon, so none of them can vote for her! I'm gonna hold them to this! :D
“'If it turns out to be Jeb versus Hillary we would love that and either
outcome would be fine,' one top Republican-leaning Wall Street lawyer
said over lunch in midtown Manhattan last week. 'We could live with
either one.'" HERE
Bill
Clinton himself signed, with the support of the democrat party and
republican party, legislation weakening or eliminating Glass-Steagall,
the act which separated investment banking from commercial banking. This
act alone is believed to be responsible for the planned smash-and-grab
of 2008 which directly led to the existence of the Occupy Wall Street
movement.
Their hypocrisy is extremely clear on the Hillary Clinton question...Hillary said "Anti-Wall Street Rhetoric is Foolish",
basically a rude gesture to Occupy Wall Street itself...and "occupy
democrats" whine over and over about the economy and that bad, bad Wall
Street, yet here are multiple images from them clearly supporting
Hillary, even for president: Here, Here, Here, Here, Here, Here, Here, Here, Here...
You get the idea. You cannot unquestioningly support Hillary Clinton
and also be against Wall Street. Period. Yet this propaganda engine,
often whining about Wall Street and having stolen the name of the Occupy
Wall Street movement, are pushing for her to become president. They are
not simply liars and thieves, they are extremely dangerous to the
country and to the world which has already suffered enough from Wall
Street and liars and war profiteers and crony capitalism which would
make Dick Cheney blush in comparison...they are only about the power of
the democrats no matter what the democrats say or do, and as such
empower the corporate and financial monstrosities who are the problem
itself. If you read the comments on their anti-Wall Street memes you'll
see that the misinformation is working...most democrats loudly blame the
republicans for 2008 and beyond.
Under Hillary's State
Department, the US took in nearly
three-quarters of world-wide weapons sales, with $100 billion of weapons
going to
the Saudis alone...the Saudis who have donated up to $25 million to the
Clinton Foundation and who have given Hillary $500,000 in jewels and who
are now waging a proxy war against Yemen for the US.
Hillary has said she'd attack Iran, so this puts her directly at odds
with their hero Obama's temporary nuclear deal with them. Contradict
much? So long as in the end the democrats have power is all which
matters. The party of peace? Sure. They're the damn problem. And they're
attempting to put Wall Street back in the white house, and bombs in the
air...for profit.
They push Hillary for president, who takes
money from private prison lobbyists, while saying private prisons are
bad. Are they stupid and do not understand they are doing this? Why not
question them about it...oh, that's right, that's TREASON. And as
they've done to me, they'll eventually block you from questioning their
clear hypocrisy.
More reading including
elucidation of and links to articles on information directly above
including "occupy democrats" images supporting Hillary:
One more quickie because it's so incredibly simple:
“'As a shareholder and director of our company, I’m always proud of
Wal-Mart and what we do and the way we do it better than anybody else,'
current Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said in a
speech in 1990, when she was first lady of Arkansas." ~Via Truthdig
"In six years as a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors, between
1986 and 1992, Hillary Clinton remained silent as the world's largest
retailer waged a major campaign against labor unions seeking to
represent store workers."
"Leaked internal documents show that Walmart’s strategy for fighting to
keep its workers from forming unions includes instructing managers to
report suspicious activity and warning workers that joining OUR Walmart
could hurt them."
"...Walmart considered the (labor organizing) group (OURwalmart) enough of a threat that it hired an
intelligence-gathering service from Lockheed Martin, contacted the FBI,
staffed up its labor hotline, ranked stores by labor activity, and kept
eyes on employees (and activists) prominent in the group." HERE
Yet "occupy democrats"
want her to be president of the United States. Walmart is bad and is
hurting the country, Hillary worked for and loves them, make her
president. Does not compute. Unless you'll just say anything to make
people vote for you because you appear to be on the people's side...while your goal is to elect those who are actually shareholders in the corporations you decry.
And another:
So toxic emissions from fossil fuels are bad? That must
mean that Hillary Clinton is as against them as are "occupy democrats",
right?
"Canada’s tar sands, deposits of sand saturated with bitumen, contain
twice the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by global oil use in our
entire history. If we were to fully exploit this new oil source, and
continue to burn our conventional oil, gas and coal
supplies, concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere eventually
would reach levels higher than in the Pliocene era, more than 2.5
million years ago, when sea level was at least 50 feet higher than it is
now. That level of heat-trapping gases would assure that the
disintegration of the ice sheets would accelerate out of control. Sea
levels would rise and destroy coastal cities. Global temperatures would
become intolerable. Twenty to 50 percent of the planet’s species would
be driven to extinction. Civilization would be at risk."~Game Over for the Climate
Hillary has stated
recently that she's "against" the KeystoneXL pipeline, which would begin
at the Alberta tarsands and end at the Koch's refineries in Texas (Thanks Greg Palast), yet she has a KeystoneXL lobbyist on her staff
and she's taken millions in contributions from those involved and her
state department allowed TransCanada to select the agency which would do
the environmental impact report upon it...cronyism. She is in bed with
something which would kill the planet. But by all means, make her
president or a republican will get to do the same thing, which would be
terrible.
How Occupy Wall Street and "occupy democrats" are absolute opposites.
"occupy
democrats" are my best example of how the two parties are
exactly alike. They have an image which declares it to be "TREASON",
all caps theirs, to ever question Obama. Treason can be punishable by
the death penalty. When they posted it, they tagged with text saying
"This cannot be stressed enough". Yet they spend endless
hours attacking "the other brand" and most certainly would
not give a second thought to very loudly publicly questioning a
president from "the other brand". Utter hypocrisy.
If you search them
on FB the result states "political organization". If you go
to their "about" page, it states they are pro-Obama and are
only about adding votes to the democrat party.
To any who have forgotten the core of Occupy and those monsters who
co-opt it for political gain, who forget Occupy was formed to fight
these very problems and not directly grow them:
"Occupy Wall Street is a people’s movement. It is party-less,
leaderless, by the people and for the people. It is not a business, a
political party, an advertising campaign or a brand. It is not for
sale. (snip) We
wish to clarify that Occupy Wall Street is not and never has been
affiliated with any established political party, candidate or
organization. Our only affiliation is with the people."
Occupy Wall Street is a leaderless people's social justice movement. Every voice is as important as any other. The Human Microphone (Mic check!) allows everyone to talk, everyone to strengthen the message. We make our own decisions. We bring justice where the political parties have obviously failed. Our three big principles are:
1. Remove money from politics. This means ending "citizens united" and McCutcheon. Obama has done nothing and Hillary Clinton isn't interested.
2. Reinstate Glass-Steagall, the act struck down by Bill Clinton which had for decades separated investment banking from commercial banking. Obama has done nothing. Hillary Clinton isn't interested.
Search "occupy democrats" in the Facebook search engine and it says "Political Organization".
Their "about" FB page says:
"Occupy Democrats, a merger of the goals and interests of Occupy with those of President Obama's "new" Democratic Party..." "Our
mission is to Occupy Democrats on Nov.4th, 2014 AND BEYOND by voting in
a LANDSLIDE of progressive Democratic candidates! Daily posts re:
President Obama's second term , progressives..."
Occupy Wall Street
is by name, against Wall Street. Obama is blatantly pro-Wall Street.
"occupy democrats" are building votes for the literal and
direct enemy of the Occupy Wall Street movement, using our name to do
so. They are the worst co-option of which I have ever heard. When I emailed them regarding these issues and Occupy's actual declared position, they "lol'd" me and more, were very snotty. They don't care at all about Occupy, only the democrat party and its power. They are the antithesis of the people's movement.
They are political propaganda using our name and work and everything they post is a punch in the face to those who have suffered beatings and arrest at the hands of the democrats and their robocops while fighting the corrupt financial sector behind both parties. The corrupt financial sector Obama continues to both protect and bail out with our tax dollars.
"Barack Obama is a brand. And the Obama brand is designed to make us feel
good about our government while corporate overlords loot the Treasury,
our elected officials continue to have their palms greased by armies of
corporate lobbyists, our corporate media diverts us with gossip and
trivia and our imperial wars expand in the Middle East. Brand Obama is
about being happy consumers. We are entertained. We feel hopeful. We
like our president. We believe he is like us. But like all branded
products spun out from the manipulative world of corporate advertising,
we are being duped into doing and supporting a lot of things that are
not in our interest."
"occupy democrats" are to social justice media as Obama is to being a feel-good brand using us to build and enable corruption. When you share their propaganda you are building credibility and sympathy for the problem itself. By people who steal social justice activism movements to build power for the corrupt. Please note that the
real, actual Occupy Wall Street movement was spied upon, beaten,
arrested, attacked, and smashed under a democrat president and
majority. The worst attacks against us came in cities with democrat
mayors (excepting NYC and Miami). Two peaceful Veterans were nearly
murdered in "progressive democrat" Jean Quan's Oakland; the
attacks against Occupy continued in Oakland despite her, her staff,
and her police chief fully well knowing that crime in Oakland had
dropped 19% during the encampment. Quan accidentally leaked
participating in a conference call between some 18 city majors to
figure out what to do about Occupy encampments.
If you've forgotten what the real, actual Occupy movement faced for merely existing, here is a clear reminder. This is in "progressive democrat" Jean Quan's Oakland. Democrats who steal our name, who attacked us over and over, beat, bloodied, and arrested us for our activism, are the problem itself. Do not miss the part about the Oakland 1% demanding democrat mayor Quan end the encampment. We have evidence of a similar dynamic in Los Angeles. The 1% telling democrats what to do, to attack their enemies. And democrats did so for two years until Occupy was smashed and scattered. Democrats are no different than Republicans. Why would you possibly support them for destroying the movement and stealing our name to build their power, pretending to be us?
"occupy
democrats" serve the same purpose for democrats as fox news serves for
republicans: feel-good ego strokes to brand members and stoking hatred
against the other brand, all the while distracting from the 1% who own and drive both parties. Both are driven through astonishing lies of
omission. Left-wing nut jobs! Dividing and distracting the people has never been easier! I had the same experience at "democraticunderground.com", where I was a member for many years until I saw what the democrats did to Occupy and their own utter rejection of any factual criticism of Obama...you aren't allowed to truly reject him and to detail why. The resistance you'll meet... Here is their general position, and this is my response. I've been banned from there as well, unsurprisingly.
It's as Noam Chomsky said:
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient
is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very
lively debate within that spectrum....”
You can never question the party line or its representatives. Or you're out. Go question "occupy democrats" why they're not completely and utterly rejecting Hillary Clinton, whose statements and actions are clearly pro-Wall Street, including having stated "Anti-wall street rhetoric is foolish". You won't get them to reject Hillary. They're only interested in what builds their power regardless of whether it is in utter contradiction to their own supposedly stated position. All they'll be able to say, per the Chomsky observation above, is "Which democrat are YOU going to vote for?" And, detest the other brand. Forget about the corrupt economic sector behind it all. Misdirection. Iceland jailed their corrupt banksters and allowed the corrupt banks to fail, wrote off much usurious debt, and wrote a People's Constitution. "occupy democrats" are designed to distract from that beautiful solution.
"Ignorance
alone stands in the way of socialist success. The capitalist parties
understand this and use their resources to prevent the workers from
seeing the light. Intellectual darkness is essential to industrial slavery." ~ Debs
THIS is Occupy Wall Street: Seth Wenig THIS is what democrats did to Occupy Wall Street for two years:
1,400 robocops attacked Occupy LA. Here is a story of those arrests. This, under democrat Antonio Villaraigosa, who opened the DNC in 2012.
Rev. John Helmiere after meeting Seattle PD. Philadelphia democrat mayor Michael Nutter:
Occupy National Gathering; photo by Spiritualation
San Francisco democrat mayor Edwin Lee:
UPI_Terry Schmitt
Boston democrat mayor Thomas Menino:
No bankers arrested. Obama gave them $12.8 trillion and allowed the statute of limitations on that crime to run out. WE were beaten and arrested and faced endless intimidation from militarized police, yes, in cities with democrat mayors. Remember that the Oakland 1% told democrat Jean Quan to end the protests, and that we can figure out from where a similar order would have come from in LA...democrats attacked us because we pointed the finger at their masters. Both major parties have sold out the American people. "occupy democrats" say they support the Occupy movement. THIS is how the democrats supported us. Now they steal our name and pretend to be us and that we matter to them. After two years of beatings and literal domestic terrorism against us! "Section 802 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Pub. L. No. 107-52) expanded the
definition of terrorism to cover ""domestic,"" as opposed to
international, terrorism. A person engages in domestic terrorism if
they do an act ""dangerous to human life"" that is a violation of the
criminal laws of a state or the United States, if the act appears to be
intended to: (i) intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii)
influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction,
assassination or kidnapping." ~ACLU
A wonderful general perspective on the conniving corporate democrats and their tools and tactics; exceedingly well-worth the view:
The hypocrisy of their memes:
How
odd. In 2010, Obama moved student loans into being a government
subsidy. "...the government actually stands to make an enormous profit
on the president's new federal student-loan system, an estimated $184
billion over 10 years, a boondoggle paid for by hyperinflated tuition
costs and fueled by a government-sponsored predatory-lending program
that makes even the most ruthless private credit-card company seem like a
'Save the Panda' charity." READ MORE HERE
So,
Obama set up the US government to profit from student loan debt which
currently tops $1 trillion, and he keeps upping the interest rate (while
schools keep upping tuitions). So technically, this is Obama's fault.
He created and will not alter this intentionally usurious, wall
street-ish model. Funny how "occupy democrats" don't mention Obama's
part in this. If you only got your news from them, you'd think Obama was
an angel or something, when he's clearly part of the problem; the
problem Occupy actually fought. Who should be punished, as their image encourages? They demand someone be punished...
The
memes they post contain truth yet they do not care one whit about the
content of the memes, because quite often Obama and the democrats are
part and parcel with the "truths" about which they
complain, such as the one above.
1. Obama unflinchingly
signed legislation cutting food stamps by $8.7 billion. Search the article title "Obama offers to cut social security, medicare, and popular programs (again)". He's
done nothing to reverse the current $1 trillion in student loan debt
while the government acts as a usurious bank...which is no surprise
because it's the same debt-based business module Wall Street are
using through derivatives to smash cities such as Detroit into
"emergency management". Read Matt Taibbi's excellent
Rolling Stone articles on student loan debt and Obama's support of
this system for more information.
Quote: 2011: "Over
the past 30 years, college tuition has grown at 4 times the rate of
inflation. Now, with the current debt-ceiling talks, the maximum
award would drop by 45 percent. Nearly 1.5 million students would
lose their Pell Grants altogether."
Do you know anything whatsoever about the corporate-authored TPP or Trans-Pacific Partnership, which no one actually gets to read, which Obama is pushing via fast-track? Yeah, he's all for the poor and for jobs and for personal rights. GOOGLE IT.
2. Per the above
quote, the natural effect of Obama ignoring increasing costs is a
literal cut to education.
3. Single-payer. No
one is saying it.
4. Single-payer.
Obama isn't saying it.
5. There is zero
difference between the parties regarding war. Obama just received
permanent war footing with a permanent war budget. He may now bomb
anywhere in the world he claims ISIS are active. He's renewed the
"patriot act" and has thrice signed the NDAA section 1021
which provides through no clear wording against it, the indefinite
detention of US citizens with neither trial nor representation. He
sent lawyers to overturn an unConstitutional ruling gained by Chris
Hedges in "Hedges v. Obama". He's fine with DHS saying they
can seize personal electronics on a "hunch" anywhere along
the border and up to 100 miles inland, destroying the 4th Amendment.
He's fine with the continuing militarization and nationalization of
police departments, which has to be illegal through Posse Commitatus.
He's fine with the $1 trillion a year surveillance state, with PFC
Manning jailed for whistle-blowing Bush's war crimes, and Edward
Snowden having to flee the US entirely upon revealing NSA spying upon
Americans and the world. Note that Obama reversed NSA restrictions in
2011 (and again this last winter) and went on Leno in 2013 to say
"There is no spying upon Americans". The US has just
dropped to 49th in terms of press freedom in the world. Obama is
killing civilians with drones in 8 or 9 countries with whom we are
not at war. He's extended the Iraq and Afghanisan invasions. He's
used drones to execute US citizens abroad with neither trial nor
representation (Al-Awlaki's son; might have mis-spelled that). He's
part and parcel of the neocon agenda to expand wars in the middle
east, if you've seen General Wesley Clark's short talk on youtube
regarding "Seven countries in five years", with Iran,
Syria, Sudan, and others on their short list. Note that in 2013 Obama
declared we must bomb Syria because chemical weapons. In 2014, Obama
declared we must bomb Syria because ISIS. Spot the Trend?
Despite his early promises of massive government transparency in his
administration, just this week he's declared that the White House is exempt from the
FOIA.
He's allowed Bush
and friends to walk without investigation of any sort. His only real
statement regarding ongoing torture and actual human experimentation
describe in the unredacted sections of the torture report was "We
tortured some folks". Democrats snarl and froth at Bush and Cheney yet give Obama a complete and utter pass on having done NOTHING to either investigate or prosecute either of them, despite having a handy TORTURE REPORT to use. Utter hypocrisy. Democrats are the party of hypocrisy as it suits them. Permanent war? GREAT if Obama does it. BAD if anyone else does it.
6.
Obama unflichingly signed into permanence 82% of Bush's tax cuts for
the rich in the "fiscal cliff" bill. He's protected wall street from
either investigation or prosecution for the 2008 smash-and-grab of an
estimated $16 trillion dollars. Under Obama we see record income
inequality with record low worker's wages and record high corporate
profits. He's failed to reinstate Glass-Steagall (which Clinton
eliminated at the behest of Wall Street) and has failed to end the
well-known, years-old illegal foreclosure engine (search "foreclosure
double tracking" and "Foreclosure robo-signing") because Wall Street are
the ones buying up illegally foreclosed homes via their Blackstone
Group. He's done nothing about the massive off-shore tax fraud engaged
in by many corporations. And this last winter he unflinchingly signed
the "CRomnibus" bill which contains deregulation authored by Citigroup.
Anyone
aware of the literally corporate-authored "Trans-Pacific Partnership"
he's been attempting to fast-track without anyone actually getting to
read it will understand for whom Obama works.
Democrats
are apparently just fine with all of the above with only a couple of
very lonely voices saying anything to the contrary. And if you go to
most democrat websites and say these things, despite their being easily
searched out using the same internet to which we all have access, too
many will greet you with snarling, foaming anger and shouts of
"REPUBLICAN!" I've experienced it more times than I can count and it is
exactly the same thing republicans do when encountering information
inconvenient to their beliefs.
The
two parties are owned by the same corrupt corporate interests and are a
distraction to the American people organizing against them. The
democrats will savagely defend their power base whenever they perceive a
challenge, as will republicans. Most people aren't aware of that
because they've not taken part of anything which threatens the
democrats.
The
democrat party is an engine of the status quo. It doesn't back what we
perceive as positive change unless it is a popular notion which it may
ride...into power. "The democratic party is where social movements go
to die" is an old saw...Occupy didn't even attempt to do so. The NYC
General Assembly Statement of Autonomy clarify some interesting items...that Occupy
is strictly non-partisan, period. That we welcome dissent. That we are
not for sale. Yet here is "occupy democrats", a pro-Wall Street
organization claiming both our name and works and also demanding zero dissent against Obama. They don't care about anything but themselves
and their power. Same with the republicans. The only true difference
between the parties is a measure of the rate of entropy against the
people of this country. Any memories of an older, better democrat party
should be set aside. This is now things as they are.
LOOK! A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT! TWO MINUTES HATE!
HATE!
And if not actual hate, at minimum, a mob mentality based upon us versus them with never a thought that both parties are run by the same corrupt financial interests.
Another one! Even though Obama has extended Bush's Iraq and Afghanistan invasions, destroyed Libya without Congressional approval, bombed Syria (a neocon/Bush target), has attained a "1984" -ish permanent war status (and permanent war budget for the military-industrial complex) and drones in 8 or 9 countries with whom we're not at war...and even though Hillary has stated she'd attack Iran...HATE THE REPUBLICAN!!!!
BUT...never, ever question THEIR golden calf. TREASON can be punished by firing squad, you know. They dish it out endlessly and cry if you ever dare do the same. To them, questioning their party is a crime against the entire country. How again are the two parties different? Where again is freedom of speech? "We welcome dissent." ~The Occupy Wall Street NYC GA Statement of Autonomy, the real, actual Occupy Wall Street movement. I see your "dissent against democrats is TREASON" meme and raise you one Howard Zinn:
and a Kennedy:
and a Noam Chomsky:
"I don’t bother writing about Fox News,' Chomsky said. 'It is too easy.
What I talk about are the liberal intellectuals, the ones who portray
themselves and perceive themselves as challenging power, as courageous,
as standing up for truth and justice. They are basically the guardians
of the faith. They set the limits. They tell us how far we can go. They
say, ‘Look how courageous I am.’ But do not go one millimeter beyond
that. At least for the educated sectors, they are the most dangerous in
supporting power.”
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/noam_chomsky_has_never_seen_anything_like_this_20100419 Occupy obviously went too far!
Firstly, democrats do not speak for the American people. Occupy did. And democrats smashed us. THAT is the democrats talking...pay attention. AGAIN: "Both major political parties have sold out the American people." ~Occupy Wall Street.
Obama signed all of the above, unflinchingly or does nothing as it occurs. Does nothing (except protect Wall Street from either investigation or prosecution). "occupy democrats", a pro-Obama PAC, are utterly silent on Obama's actual crimes against the American people, yet DARE to claim they speak for us. "occupy democats" dare "speak" for the people of this country while being a pro-Obama Wall Street Political Action Committee. They are the worst sort of lying liars, privileged, selfish, entitled..they ARE the problem, all the while using the problem to gain power for themselves.
Obama,
their golden calf, is part of the reason homelessness is running
rampant with his protection and taxpayer bailouts of wall street, who
are pushing record income inequality and gentrification and an illegal
foreclosure engine upon this country. "occupy democrats" are literally
the enemy, using social justice media to decry what their
people helped create, while building support for the people who helped create
the problem they're decrying. Alligator tears.
This one is especially good because it proves the democrats depend upon uninformed voters as much as do the republicans. Obama's policies are in direct opposition to points 2, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11 and perhaps even more if you factor in the corprorate-authored TPP he's pushing which allows trade with countries who engage in literal slavery.
"occupy democrats" will apparently support anything which builds the democrats regardless of the depth of hypocrisy involved. Left-wing nutjobs! Fox news for dems!
The above is really great because:
-There were no liberals at the time of the American revolution. The war was fought by revolutionaries. That's a few ticks left of "liberals".
-Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican president, abolished slavery
-The 8-hour workday, the end of child labor, overtime pay, and the weekend came from the working class rebellions of strikes and direct action against the robber barons, and resulted in workers being murdered by Pinkerton or Baldwin-Felts enforcers. Research the "Labor Movement", the battle of Blair Mountain. People fought and DIED, not voted.
-Women gained the right to vote through direct action, marching, etc.
-Obama cut the number of years people are eligible for the Pell Grant.
-Civil Rights? Occupy was smashed for exercising our civil rights. And just ask people of color about their civil rights.
-Obama has offered to cut Social Security, Medicare, etc. TWICE.
-Obamacare was originally Mitt Romney's plan.
I'm not well-enough educated about the history of the rest of the items but considering the blatant trend shown herein of Fox news level lies/errors, I would not at all be surprised if there were even more.
And people vote for these liars? Liberals, run! They're lying about you!
After that, I was blocked from commenting.
Others have taken up the fight; only a matter of time until they're blocked as well! And again: The stock market represents his protection and enabling of wall street and their theft of an estimated $16 trillion dollars from the treasury and continued theft of our tax dollars and record income inequality with record low workers' wages and record high corporate profits...existing jobs are for less money. Unemployment figures do not include those who have stopped looking for work and whose unemployment compensation has run out. Does not mention that NAFTA outsourced an estimated 700K to 1M US jobs and that his corporate-authored TPP will be far, far, worse, and includes countries which still engage in slavery. Gas in LA is over $4.00 a gallon. National debt is at a record. Obama also signed into permanence 82% of Bush's tax cuts for the rich during the "fiscal cliff" scam brought about by the national debt. CNN article title from Feb. 2015: "White House: Deficit Will Increase 20% This Year (Despite Record Tax Revenue)". Wars? Obama has sent soldiers to Iraq again despite promises. US troops will remain in Afghanistan thanks to Obama "until the end of 2024 and beyond". He's droning civilians in 8 or 9 countries with whom we're not at war. He's attained permanent war footing and a permanent war budget for the war profiteers and for the Bush empire-building agenda. He destroyed Libya and has the Saudis engaging in a proxy war against Yemen (the US has sold $100 billion in weapons to the Saudis under Hillary Cinton's state department term alone).
Sure, democrats are awesome. Obama's DOJ head used to work for the banks, did nothing about the 2008 smash-and-grab, and upon leaving the DOJ, went back to Wall Street!
