The Brutal Silence

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Thursday December 01, 2011 · 7:26 AM PST

2011/12/01 · 07:26

"The President’s position is that obviously every municipality has to make its own decisions about how to handle these issues." That was the quote from Jay Carney, President Obama’s Press Secretary regarding the simultaneous clearing of multiple Occupy assemblies that happened in the early morning of November 15th. This flaccid statement is the official word from the Obama Administration on what was and continues to be a terrible violation of Constitutionally-protected human and property rights of the Occupy protesters. These American citizens did nothing wrong, and were brutally beaten, had their possessions (including thousands of books) destroyed and trucked away to landfills, and faced numerous variations of pepper-spray and other “non-lethal” attacks, none of which anyone reading this would consider acceptable to experience. Ever.

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Should a Strong Stand Be Taken on Police Brutality by President Obama?

19 votes Vote Now!

Should a Strong Stand Be Taken on Police Brutality by President Obama?

Yes, he has to say something meaningful to try and stop it

17 votes

No, he should stay out of it

2 votes

Where the Money is Matters

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Tuesday October 18, 2011 · 10:27 AM PDT

2011/10/18 · 10:27

My campaign to challenge Barack Obama in the Democratic primary season is moving swiftly now. This week, the focus is on raising the last $300+ to be able to file for the New Hampshire primary by October 24.

At the same time, President Obama’s flood of emails tout that his campaign is approaching one million small donors: “None of us can do this alone. We've always relied on each other, not Washington lobbyists or corporate interests, to build our campaign.” See, he wants us to believe that he’s running a “people” campaign, unlike those nasty corporate-supported Republicans.

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Thursday September 29, 2011 · 3:55 PM PDT

2011/09/29 · 15:55

We all agree that President Barack Obama is no fool. Harvard educated, a Constitutional law professor... no, this is a man who is sharp, and knows exactly what he’s doing.

That is why what his administration is doing with the Keystone XL pipeline is completely inexcusable.

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Is Obama Aware of Who Will Benefit from the Keystone XL Pipeline?

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Is Obama Aware of Who Will Benefit from the Keystone XL Pipeline?

Yes, he knows that the Kochs will get even richer from it.

21 votes

No, I don't think he's been briefed or worked it out on his own.

6 votes

Who is Aldous C. Tyler?

tmiwithaldous

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Saturday September 24, 2011 · 4:18 PM PDT

2011/09/24 · 16:18

In 1972, San Francisco found itself the home of many flower children, hippies, spiritual seekers and other people who believed that the grim world of that day could and should be made better, and so they gathered there to find others who believed the same, in this age before Facebook and Twitter, blogs and websites. My mother was one of them, having conceived a child while seeking out her own path in that joyously turbulent era. She settled in the City by the Bay while awaiting my arrival, and did everything she knew how to care for us both in the meanwhile.

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Wednesday September 21, 2011 · 3:17 PM PDT

2011/09/21 · 15:17

In an attempt to stave off GOP criticism of his "Buffett Rule", an "Alternative Minimum Tax" that would ensure that the wealthy would pay the same proportion in taxes as their secretaries, President Obama declared "it's not Class Warfare; it's math".

The problem is exactly that. While we, the un-wealthy 98% of Americans, have suffered casualties and found our lives destroyed time and again by the real and actual Class War that the pro-Corporate, top-2% wealthiest have been waging on us for over 30 years now, to Obama, it's "math".

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Tuesday September 13, 2011 · 12:18 PM PDT

2011/09/13 · 12:18

Greetings to all of you striving to keep the Keystone XL Pipeline from becoming a disastrous reality.

My name is Aldous C. Tyler, and I am gearing up my campaign to challenge President Barack Obama for the Democratic Nomination for President of the United States of America during the Primary and Caucus season of 2012. I believe very strongly that TransCanada's pipeline has three very basic problems with it, any one of which would be sufficient for me to reject it, were it my choice:

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Tuesday September 13, 2011 · 6:01 AM PDT

2011/09/13 · 06:01

President Obama is going to allow several thousand Americans to die over the next year to appease the Insane Clown Congress and their Corporate masters. By postponing the ground-level ozone regulations to cut back on smog, he is allowing the deaths of literally thousands of Americans which, according to the World Health Organization, is a highly prevalent killer around the world and in urban areas of America.

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Wednesday September 07, 2011 · 10:18 AM PDT

2011/09/07 · 10:18

I know that if we transmit the fire and enthusiasm of Wisconsin's activists to the rest of the country, we will destroy the GOP's hold on power in this great nation. Without that excitement, I see the exact opposite: an onslaught on We the People by They the Corporations (GOP/TEA) due to an uninspired Liberal and Progressive voting populace.

But, wait, you say, didn't you hear about how Wisconsin's recalls were such a failure? It's so sad that the activists could only win two of the six contests. Damn that Corporate money anyway, right?

While it is inarguable that Corporate money is the worst danger our democracy faces in the USA, if the rest of the above is what you know about Wisconsin's recalls, then the media coverage you got of it was the GOP-biased stuff. Allow me to help.

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Would You Be Willing to Support a Democratic Primary Candidate (not 3rd Party) to Challenge President Barack Obama?

171 votes Vote Now!

Would You Be Willing to Support a Democratic Primary Candidate (not 3rd Party) to Challenge President Barack Obama?

Yes, absolutely!

30 votes

Yes, if they were more Liberal/Progressive than the President

62 votes

Yes, but hesitantly

7 votes

Maybe, but I'm nervous about it

12 votes

No, I am not convinced it's worth it

42 votes

No, Obama is my ideal President

17 votes

No, I'll never vote Democratic

1 vote

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