Rise Above

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Tuesday August 02, 2011 · 11:04 AM PDT

2011/08/02 · 11:04

I'm angry.

I'm fucking seething.

So many years of betrayal after betrayal...lie after lie...crime after crime...
So much sadism inflicted on so many...so much humiliation, degradation and pain...
No good deed left unpunished. No evil left unrewarded.

So many others here just like me: eyes popping, veins bulging, red faced and baring teeth.

I need atavism. I need catharsis. I need to punch somebody in the face and laugh when they smash mine back. I need a visceral, real rallying cry.

Join me in the mosh pit below.

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What's your favorite American protest song?

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What's your favorite American protest song?

"The Pledge" - Saul Williams

0 votes

"Fortunate Son" - Creedence Clearwater Revival

1 vote

"We Can't Make It Here" - James McMurtry

0 votes

"Uncle Sam Goddamn" - Brother Ali

0 votes

"I Ain't Marching Anymore" - Phil Ochs

1 vote

"Poverty of Philosophy" - Immortal Technique

0 votes

"When The President Talks To God" - Bright Eyes

0 votes

"Rise Above" - Black Flag

1 vote

All of the above and more!!!

0 votes

Want my money? Get a spine.

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Friday October 19, 2007 · 10:34 AM PDT

2007/10/19 · 10:34

A couple months back I received a fundraising request from the DNC, right after one of the myriad Congressional cave-ins. The letter went on and on about "enacting our agenda" and "increasing our majority". In my disgust I wrote in block letters across the form "Want my money? Get a spine." I have since adopted this as my mantra for contributions this upcoming election cycle.

Today Chris Dodd got my money. I hope he gets yours, too.

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Wednesday October 17, 2007 · 9:55 AM PDT

2007/10/17 · 09:55

Yesterday I received an email from Senator Dianne Feinstein responding to a message I had sent excoriating her for her vote for the Protect America Act. You can read her response, including the full text of a letter she received from Admiral Mike McConnell, and my counter-response below the fold. Warning: this is a long post but it's worth your time.

I encourage all of you to keep constant pressure on Congress on this issue. We cannot allow them to cave.

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Monday June 18, 2007 · 11:39 PM PDT

2007/06/18 · 23:39

Today was one of those days when the sheer volume of utter lawlessness of the B*sh administration just came crashing down, wave after wave after wave...and yet I click through on Buzzflash and find an article of Democrats whining about how they know people want action but, gee, they just can't seem to summon the spine. Reid thinks they "set the bar too high" and Pelosi says "we can only do so much". Of course, they ignore the one thing they CAN do, especially if the Republicans are going to sabotage every effort to pass any legislation whatsoever that isn't dictated directly from the mouth of the Dear Leader or Darth Cheney themselves:

Impeach.

So I decided to write to Speaker Pelosi. Maybe if she hears from enough of us she'll get the hint.

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Tuesday March 20, 2007 · 10:46 PM PDT

2007/03/20 · 22:46

From AP via Yahoo! News "Bush warns Dems to take offer in firings":

A defiant President Bush warned Democrats Tuesday to accept his offer to have top aides testify about the firings of federal prosecutors only privately and not under oath or risk a constitutional showdown from which he would not back down.

Is it back on the table now, Speaker Pelosi?

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Should the Democratic leadership threaten impeachment if the B*sh administration refuses Congressional subpoenas?

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Should the Democratic leadership threaten impeachment if the B*sh administration refuses Congressional subpoenas?

Yes

187 votes

9 votes

Not Sure

5 votes

Brain ripping, Orwellian wingnut howler of the day

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Tuesday February 20, 2007 · 7:38 PM PST

2007/02/20 · 19:38

From Yahoo News:

Bush views Britain's troop cutbacks as "a sign of success" in Iraq, said U.S. National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe.

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Sunday January 28, 2007 · 5:33 PM PST

2007/01/28 · 17:33

My father is a dyed in the wool, Red State wingnut. Even he was shocked when he received the following email. Warning: it's racist, xenophobic, factually inaccurate and disgusting. It can't even get the candidate's name correct in the subject line.

It's the naked face of the extremist Republican Party in it's rabid warmup to 2008.

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Wednesday January 10, 2007 · 4:22 PM PST

2007/01/10 · 16:22

As we move dreadfully towards B*sh's imperial decree that 20,000+ more US warfighters head to his illegal war of LIES in Iraq, I find a small bit of irony in some research I'm doing.

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Friday December 22, 2006 · 12:52 PM PST

2006/12/22 · 12:52

It's Friday, everyone else is making their political points better than I could, my wife is coming home early and there's a good bottle of red waiting...

...so I'll spend my daily dairy remembering and thanking Joe Strummer for his contribution to music and so many lives. Indeed, a couple years back I had an email exchange with an old high school friend who works in Yemen. He told me listening to "Sandinista" in his basement made him decide to dedicate his life to helping others and go into non-profit work. I'm sure my friend's on a rooftop after spending the day working with his farmers, chewing qat and thinking of Joe as well.

Cheers, Joe.

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Which punk singer most influenced you?

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Which punk singer most influenced you?

Joe Strummer (Clash)

69 votes

Colin Abrahall (GBH)

1 vote

Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols)

7 votes

Joey Ramone (Ramones)

33 votes

Stiv Bators (Dead Boys)

1 vote

There's that "Long War" mantra again...

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Wednesday December 20, 2006 · 8:54 AM PST

2006/12/20 · 08:54

In the Washington Post interview B*sh yet again revealed the true strategy:

"And the fundamental question is, 'Will Republicans and Democrats be able to work with the administration to assure our military and the American people that we will position our military so that it is ready and able to stay engaged in a long war?'"

They are hell bent for leather on manufacturing their new "Cold War"...aka, "The War on Terror", "The War of Civilization", "The Long War"...their multi-generation death factory whose dual purpose is to control the oil flow and keep the military-industrial complex, the last functioning manufacturing industry in this country, rolling in cash for decades (while keeping themselves out of the klink and at the top of the heap in the process).

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Friday November 03, 2006 · 12:53 PM PST

2006/11/03 · 12:53

I've been watching the recently bubbling stories in the MSM about potential voting machine "problems", wondering a mild WTF? I mean, cries of foul have been met with yawns and "conspiracy theory" dismissals for years. What gives? Read More

Iraq: What Exactly Did We Go To (Pre-emptive) War Over?

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Thursday November 02, 2006 · 7:42 PM PST

2006/11/02 · 19:42

I got into it today at work with the office wingnut. I was happily working away in my office when I heard him start in on Kerry "calling people stupid" due to the botched joke bust up. Read More

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Want my money? Get a spine.

Feinstein on Protect America Act

My Letter to Speaker Pelosi

So he wants a Constitutional Showdown, does he?

Brain ripping, Orwellian wingnut howler of the day

The Ugly Soul of the Republican Party

"Surge" circa 1815

Joe Strummer, R.I.P.

There's that "Long War" mantra again...

OMG, how f'ing, diabolically, brilliant!

Iraq: What Exactly Did We Go To (Pre-emptive) War Over?