Monday, May 28, 2007
My momma wrote this....=)
Bush as a businessman usually cut a deal or had family or company cut a check to allow him to run off with a large profit of ill-gotten gain. That was for money. We need to cut the losses he has inflicted on the American people..losses of any peace-loving, non-combative, decent reputation we had in the world. We need to cut the loss of the lives of all those who fight on in Iraq long after S.H. is out of power.
We need to cut exhorbatant profits to large corporate controllers and benefactors in Iraq & elsewhere, as well as right here in America from those who boss and bargain away our ports and U.S. property, and put us in debt to such as China to pass on the cost of this war to future generations, and rob current generation of hope for any decent retirement and healthcare.
We need to cut short this administration by proceeding with impeachment proceedings, as well as voting out all those who would bow to any president's will to proceed to command a preemptive war against another nation.
We, as Americans, need to cut off the depletion of our Constitutional rights, and demand a republic with representatives who realize that their bosses are not in the White House or Pentagon, but in homes and on streets throughout America.
And that's just for starters. The only running we need to do, is to run for office and run out the crooks and cowards who will vote themselves raises, but will not vote for a decent minimum wage..one that will not give any less to the immigrant seeking citizenship, one that will restart that "illegal" means illegal, against the law, when it comes to hiring and paying below a decent minimum wage to all honest workers.
We need to cut out the core of information robbers and raise the protection to internet users, home-owners, etc. to guarantee swift procecution of identity theft and theft of our property rights by municipal and corporate entities...who should be run out of business.
Kae Bee blogged at 2:59 PM
Monday, March 19, 2007
Walter Reed...and Democrats didn't care?! Puh-leeze.
Walter Reed...sweet heavenly buckets, what does one possibly say about Walter Reed, and this scandal (tragedy is more like it) that surrounds it. It takes my breath away, and certainly not in that good, swoon-y way.Some people, mainly the people who are having fires lit under their behinds for it, sat "OH! But it was only this one section...blah blah blah...there weren't so many rats...blah blah blah...the mold wasn't so wide-spread...it's all a huge Democratic conspiracy!" (of course this isn't a direct quote...simply what I hear when they speak) etc, etc, etc.
But, honestly, does that make it any better? Even if it were true? It doesn't. We sent these men and women over there to defend our country, and at times risk their very LIFE for it, and when they come back, battered, bruised, and broken, they aren't even given a pillow to put their damn heads on?! Are you freaking kidding me?
And the Republicans...the so-called military party, are (as far as I can tell, please point me to a link quoting one if there exsists one) playing this down, and certainly are not as righteously indignant as they truely should be. The Republican have attacked Democrats time and time again for "trying to defund the troops", "put them in harms way", and so on and so on, when (ironic and darkly humorous as it is) this has been going on right under their noses then entire time.
They promised "swift action" (washington post article), but so far all that's happened is a gaggle of generals stepping down or being fired, and more and more people becoming outraged. And with the growing opposition towards this administration and this unjust war, it would seem they might possibly want to take a slightly stronger stance on it. For that matter, I'm not sure I've heard our "commander-in-chief" once speak out, or hell, even make a statement on it. If he has, I'm willing to bet that he has pretty much said (in my interpretation of generally all of the words that come out of his mouth) "Gee golly, folks, that sure is a shame that it happened, and I'm sure that our WONDERFUL heads of the Army will get on that ASAP... now I'm a'gonna have me one of those fancy sandwiches our chef makes, and go lay back on one my cushion-y, plush beds, and watch some of that Bill O' Reilly."
Kae Bee blogged at 8:03 PM
Non-Binding Resolution...might as well be an invisible resolution.
I wrote this a few weeks ago, virtually minutes after the Democrats passed the non-binding resolution. In the weeks since, just as I suspected, President Bush has not so much as aknowledged the exsistance of it. I just got around to digging this out of my word processor, and well, here it is.As I sit here, something occurs to me. Democrats started out with a splendid idea...it was simply, bring our troops home. However, apparently, SOMETHING happened during the course of that thought process...something obviously spectacular. Spectacular enough to make them stop, halfway in the middle of that idea...of that thought, and say “WAIT! No, no, not bring the troops home...I have a better idea. Three words! It’ll be great! NON-BINDING resolution! It’s the answer to ALL of our problems!” and that was the end of the, previously, so-called splendid idea of bring our troops home.
See, it would seem, to most people with any functioning brain process, whatsoever, that if you voted to START (or give the President the permission to start) a war, then you could, at some point, vote to STOP it (or to tell the President to stop it). Basically deciding to tell Mr. Bush, that NO, you’ve been a bad boy, a bully, and we simply cannot allow you to play with missiles and bombs any longer. But instead, we democrats, decided to propose a NON-BINDING resolution, that actually just says “Um...yeah...we kinda don’t like you killing people anymore, could ya maybe stop, oh wonderful president?”.
So, what we did, was at about 3:17 pm, on February the 16th 2007, we suggested to the president that we didn’t think the war, and the troop surge was such a good idea. We even got 17 Republicans to vote with us. But, um, what exactly do we expect him to do now, hm? Say “Oh no! My mistake...the thousands of American protestors on my ranch, and in Washington, and damn near everywhere else, didn’t tip me off at all that y’all didn’t care for this troop surge. Hold on, while I change my mind.”. I mean really.
Don’t get me wrong...this war angers me to a point that was simply inconceivable until this point. We’ve had soldiers dying in this mess for NOTHING. Not to say their lives are worth nothing, but they’re being sent over there to fight for an administrations lies. Nothing more.
Kae Bee blogged at 8:03 PM
Saturday, September 30, 2006
9-11, and the magic of getting the word out.
Okay, I'm back after a little (well, long) break. This will probably be normal though...three in depth posts, then nothing for awhile, and then some more. Just my style, I suppose.While reading the October issue of Vanity Fair magazine, I found in the letters to the magazine section, several varying opinions on a article they published about a documentary entitled Loose Change. That brought back to my mind a news report of the same nature, on one of the major news stations. Loose Change is a documentary (that started out as a movie) developed by three 20-somethings on their lap-top with very little else. Dylan Avery, Korey Rowe, and Jason Bermas. It all started in May 2002, when Dylan Avery started writing Loose Change, which began as a fictional movie about himself and his friends discovering that 9-11 had been not been done by terrorists, but by our own government.
Well, two years go by, and in researching for this movie, he seems to realise that this "fiction", might possibly have more fact to it than not. And so it turns into a documentary. Another two years pass, and in April 2005, Phil Jayhan (of ) provided a financial boost, and Loose Change was released on the internet, "on a whim".
The original version cost only $2000.00 to make, and was edited on no more than a lap-top, and a couple of software programs. They encourage people not to take their words for it, but to research it on their own. And I think that is commendable, because the American public is so poorly educated that any opportunity anyone has to give them a little push is great.
They have a wonderful blog themselves, on their website, Loose Change-2nd Edition, which I have a link to at the top of my page.
Now while reading their site, I saw that Alex Jones had given a review of their movie, "I've seen alot of 9-11 films. There's a lot I don't carry because they have disinfo in them. But Loose Change just puts out the questions, and has alot of powerful evidence. The power of it is incredible.".
I've known about Alex Jones for most of my teenage years. He came on our local access channel here, and ever since he just always seemed to have the facts, and ALWAYS encouraged others to research for themselves. He's very passionate about what he believes in, and I think that that is really something lacking in people who get the news out these days. At least being passionate about the right things.
He saw 9-11 coming. Kid you not, guys, he darn near predicted it. If you do take the time to look over his websites, (, , ) I won't be surprised if some of the stuff you see seems a litte "out there". However take the time (and show your intelligence) to look over the articles, and review the facts, and the evidence. I can be completely honest and say I don't really know what happened with 9-11...the only people that do, either took that knowledge to their deaths, or are so powerful that if they have their way, the American public will never find out. The only hope we have is to question, question, question, until we start getting answers.
Because one thing I do know, is someone seriously screwed up. And sorry guys, it wasn't Bill Clinton. Can't blame a Democrat this time. And this time, as they say, that was all you, guys.
Onto another thing, American Blackout. See Greg Palast article here: . They're screening the movie in theaters all over the US, and I can personally say that me and my family are going to try and attend one, and I think it's wonderful. Even nearly five years later, no one can try and say that the issue of disinfranchised voters, and people being told months after they voted, that Sorry, nope, your vote didn't count because we have you down as a convicted felon, when they aren't convicted felons is messed up. And won't be getting un-messed up anytime soon...only when all the secrets are aired, will we be able to "get over it", as those super-republican conservatives tell us to do all the time.
So I encourage anyone who reads this to please go see the movie. Even if you don't believe there was fraud in Florida in 2001. Just go to inform yourself. And if you can't make it to a screening, order a copy of the DVD. Knowledge is power, and that can never be over-stated.
And finally, to end this post, Bill Maher. I used to watch Politically Incorrect all the time when it was on ABC. They aired it very late, around 11 pm I recall, and within a couple of years, well, POOF! it was gone. Once I found out why (ABC didn't agree with a statement Maher made about the war) I was mortified. However, then HBO started airing "Real Time with Bill Maher", and all was well with my little world. Well, almost. Because they still give Anne Coulter a microphone on news shows...but we can't all have what we want.
Anyway, I was looking at Bill's Blog, (great illiteration, huh?) hosted by Arianna Huffington's blog, and saw a post that pretty much illistrates my opinion of G.W.B.
Bill writes:
So a judge has ruled that not only is Bush's warrantless wiretapping program illegal, it's also unconstitutional. And not just unconstitutional, but doubly unconstitutional; it violates both the 1st and 4th amendments. We're talking a smackdown of Judge Judy-esque proportions.
Now, I'm not really pushing the impeachment of George Bush, unless it's about lying about that fish I talked about last season. Them I'm all for it.
But if this decision stands, and this program is unlawful and unconstitutional, federal law expressly makes the ordering of surveillance under the program a federal felony. That would mean that the president could be guilty of no fewer than 30 felonies while in office. Moreover, it is not only illegal for a president to order such surveillance, it is illegal for other government officials to carry out such an order. And that means Alberto Gonzalez could be tried, convicted, and deported.
So let's just say for the sake of argument that the Supreme Court upholds this decision and says Bush broke the law and violated the Constitution. President Clinton was impeached for lying under oath in a civil case, a case that had no bearing on the public as a whole. This would - unquestionably - be a greater offense.
How would you square impeaching Clinton and not impeaching Bush? Or would Bush have to sleep with this judge in Detroit?
Gotta love these guys, getting the word out, any way they can.
Kae Bee blogged at 7:30 PM
Saturday, July 29, 2006
Cindy Sheehan, and whatever happened to bein' neighborly?
Well, apparently while I wasn't paying attention we started segregating towns by political party.This from an article off of WOAI, out of San Antonio. (Article in entirity can be viewed here: http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=07BCFC1F-B939-4429-B05E-48DB1890A1C5)
Like many folks in President Bush's adopted hometown, 83-year-old Robert Westerfield isn't exactly rolling out the welcome mat for the town's newest resident, war protester Cindy Sheehan.
"I'd wish they'd go away and never come back," Westerfield, a lifelong Crawford resident, said Friday while sitting on a bench outside a gas station on Main Street. "I wish she'd stay away. Crawford's a Republican town, and she's a dumb Democrat."
Sheehan, whose monthlong war protest near Bush's ranch last summer attracted more than 10,000 demonstrators, recently bankrolled the purchase of a 5-acre parcel near downtown to be used for future protests, including one next month.
The group said it outgrew its 1-acre lot provided by a sympathetic landowner about a mile from Bush's ranch, where several hundred demonstrators returned to camp over Thanksgiving and Easter.
Gerry Fonseca, a Vietnam veteran who attended the protests in August and April, returned to Crawford in June to help the group look for property.
Fonseca said he doubts that any Crawford landowner would have sold to Sheehan or other protesters, so he didn't reveal his connection. Fonseca, who lost his Slidell, La., home in Hurricane Katrina, told sellers about that part of his life and that he wanted to build.
He bought the $52,500 lot in mid-July, using insurance money that Sheehan received after her oldest son Casey was killed in Iraq in 2004.
Fonseca revealed the plans to his new next-door neighbor while seeking permission for electric lines to be strung 160 feet across the neighbor's property. Fonseca said the man initially agreed but then refused after others found out and became angry that the lot would be used as the new war protest site.
"I can understand why they were upset, but I didn't expect so much resistance," Fonseca said. "We are going to do everything we can to be good neighbors."
The land is comprised of about half pasture and half tree groves. Trucks began dumping gravel Friday for a driveway, and water lines will be installed next week. Fonseca said he is still trying to arrange for electricity to be hooked up, as well.
Although the site is more than 7 miles from Bush's ranch, it will have more space for the group's large activities tent, camping area and parking.
"This is close enough. We're still protesting in the community that he (Bush) chose to live in," Fonseca said.
Sheehan said that when the camp is no longer needed, she plans to donate the land to the city for a park to be named Spc. Casey Sheehan Memorial Peace Park. Sheehan said it would have a playground, because "Casey loved children and peace."
Then last fall, county commissioners enacted roadside camping and parking bans to prevent similar protests. But some demonstrators returned to Sheehan's original makeshift campsite during the November and April protests for a civil disobedience action and were arrested. Sheehan was not among them.
In late June, Sheehan and four others sued the county over the ordinances, saying they want to return to what became an "international symbol of protest against the Iraq war."
Larry Nelson, manager of Crawford Country Style gift shop, said he does not think the protesters will cause traffic problems downtown or keep tourists away.
"When they're in town, it brings out the Bush supporters, and they do business with us," Nelson said.
Bill Johnson, owner of the Yellow Rose of Texas gift shop, disagrees with Sheehan's views of Bush and the war with Iraq and said he hopes protesters are considerate of their new neighbors. Last summer the group disrupted the peaceful country life of some rural residents near Bush's ranch, he said.
"I don't want her rights taken away. Her son fought and died for this country," Johnson said. "But on the other hand, she needs to be respectful for what our country stands for."
So there you have it. Not only is she supported by a Vietnam veteran, but she helps the city's economy by "bringing out the Bush supporters". But she's one of those "dumb Democrats". So, they want her out of Crawford? Well, I think that they're outta luck. See, the thing about Cindy Sheehan is that faced with a horrible loss, that of her son, Casey, she ACTED. She demanded answers, and when she got none, well, she just demanded louder. In my opinion she's acted with nothing short of extreme grace under fire. She's been thrown out of the State of the Union address, she's been arrested, taunted, mocked, and just plain disrespected, but she believes in what she says. Which is a lot more than I can say for alot of other people, who seem to love the sound of their own voices so much that they won't shut up.
So Crawford, it seems like you're stuck with her...you should thank your lucky stars.
Kae Bee blogged at 2:29 AM
Yet another story of abandonment in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Parts exerpted from an article on the Southern Poverty Law Center website (see original here: http://www.splcenter.org/legal/news/article.jsp?site_area=1&aid=183)May 11, 2006 -- In the chaos after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans' broken juvenile justice system completely abandoned 150 children locked in the city's adult prison, according to a report by the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana (JJLP).
"The water had feces and stuff floating around in it, but some people drank it anyway because they were so thirsty," 14-year-old Eddie Fenceroy told The Associated Press at a Tuesday news conference held to introduce the report.
"I don't think my son should have gone without food or water," said Lynette Robertson, Fenceroy's mother. "I don't think he should have been afraid that he would die. I don't think he should have had to go through any of this. No child or family should ever have to go through such a thing again."
The young prisoners were eventually evacuated, along with thousands of adult inmates, to a highway overpass. But not before they endured nightmarish conditions that left many with long-term psychological stress.
"Treated Like Trash" includes stories from incarcerated youths about their ordeal.
During their evacuation, some of the teenagers saw food floating in the dirty floodwater. "We tried to catch and eat it. That's how hungry we were."
-- E.F, 15 years old
"Kids were going crazy, shaking their cells for food and water."
-- T.G., 16
"It was scary, I didn't know what was going to happen or where my mom was. Kids were so weak from no food or water."
-- L.H., 14
The report also highlights an already-flawed system recognized as one of the country's worst. Even before Katrina, JJPL had documented unsanitary conditions, inadequate education, poor medical services and violence from guards at the youth detention facilities.
"[The report] illustrates the deep problems in New Orleans' system of juvenile justice and how we treat children here," said JJPL director David Utter.
This is a link to a PDF document, entitled "Treated Like Trash, Juvenile Detention in New Orleans, Before, During, and After Hurricane Katrina", and it was published by the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana. http://www.splcenter.org/images/dynamic/main/jjlpkatrina.pdf
It's extremely enlightening. We should be thinking about youth all over the United States that were treated poorly while inside our Juvenile Detention Centers. These are youth in need of the most attention and treatment, and yet there are stories all over the web of sexual misconduct, and even this: http://www.suffredin.org/issues/issue.asp?Language=english&issueID=53.
It's a sad thing. We concentrate on going to "fix" other nations, while the children on this one are suffering right now.
Another case of the system hurting, instead of helping a youth:
http://www.progressive.org/mag_cusac0701
"Last August, Wanda Yanello of Plano, Texas, was terribly worried. Her fifteen-year-old daughter, Heather King, had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The illness seemed to be accelerating. Heather was punching holes in the wall and was gone for days on end."
"While on the street, Heather was raped, and her case was reported to the Richardson, Texas, police department. Yanello says her daughter at other times was beaten up, had twice attempted suicide, and was taking drugs.
"Two of the best psychiatrists in Dallas" diagnosed her daughter with bipolar disorder and recommended long-term inpatient care, Yanello says. But Yanello's insurance lapsed, and she couldn't afford the treatment."
"So she watched for an opportunity. And she found one when Heather went for a spin in Yanello's car. "She only took it for four miles, thirty-five minutes, but I had her arrested," says Yanello. "Every system along the way has failed my child, and I had high hopes that the juvenile justice system would come through." Heather King received a referral to a residential treatment program, and her mom picked out the facility. Yanello chose the Campbell Griffin Center, a 120-bed program, six hours away from home, in San Antonio."
"Yanello claims that Heather did not receive psychiatric care for the first four weeks. After that, the center allegedly refused to treat Heather for bipolar disorder, saying she had attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder in-stead. The center did give Heather medication for that, says Yanello."
"According to Yanello, the facility has also given Heather a pen to click whenever she feels manic. "I went to visit her," says Yanello. "She was pacing, clicking a pen. She was like a dog in distemper. It was a mess. To this day, she hasn't been treated for the diseases she went in there with. She's been in since February 20, and nobody will listen to me." No one will listen to Wanda Yanello because, in having her child arrested, she effectively gave up custody of her daughter to the juvenile justice system. Until Heather is released, Yanello has no say in her treatment. "I've lost all my rights," says Yanello. "I'm not allowed to speak to her doctor." Yanello fears for her daughter's future. "She is, at this moment, sitting in that place, manic for the last forty-five days, and no one's doing anything," she says. "I just know she's fifteen, and if I don't get help for her now, she's going to end up graduating from this juvenile crap to prison."
That is only a portion of the article. How long will it take for our system to realize that we're not in fact "leaving no child behind", but actually leaving them all behind?
Kae Bee blogged at 12:00 AM
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Yvette Cade
http://www.yvettecadefund.org/Yvette Cade is a 32 year old woman, from Clinton, Maryland. On September 19th, 2005, a judge in Prince George County, Richard A. Palumbo dismissed a protective order in place against Yvette's then husband, Roger Hargrave. On October 11th, Hargrave entered her place of business with a Sprite bottle full of gasoline, pouring it on her, chasing her outside and then throwing a lit match on her. Half of her body was burned, and soon her husband was found and sentenced to life in prison, with the possibility of parole in 15 years.
The first I heard of this was about 2 or 3 weeks ago, on The Nancy Grace Show, which airs on CNN. Why? It's always baffled me, why some stories get air-time, and yet others go completely unspoken of, to be pushed aside and forgotten, while others get major coverage and are on the news for days on end. Also, why other cases get results, and others are taken as lost causes, or the women are not believed or have no one that stands up for them, and their rights. True, there are some wonderful womens advocacy groups out there, but for every one woman that those groups help, there are hundreds more that are forgotten. In Yvette Cade's situation, yes Hargrave got this harsh-sounding sentance, but what has happened to the UNHONORABLE Richard Palumbo? He's been removed from domestic violence cases, and only just now has come under scrutiny from the judicial review board of Maryland. I'm pretty sure the most that could happen to him is to be taken off the bench. I believe the LEAST that should happen is that he be forced to pay most if not all of her medical bills, and never be allowed to practice law in any form, ever again, if not have to serve time himself. He made the crime possible to commit. He suggested Yvette undergo counseling with Hargrave, and when she said that that wasn't an option, basically told her to go elsewhere.
It's not just Yvette. It's many woman, everywhere. And not just one that are missing or attacked, but ones that have died, and no one been held accountable. Here are a few I suggest you look up, research about, and try and spread the word of yourself...it may be the only way their stories get heard. Write the major news stations and ask "WHY?"! Why aren't these woman getting equal airtime with the Elizabeth Smart's, and the Natalie Holloway's? Ask why. Because our power lies with that ability. The ability to ask why, and use our own minds to question the societal norms. Not just with this, but with many other things as well. So, here are their names:
Patty Brightwell Vaughan
Margie Schoedinger
Daphne Philisia Jones
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These are just three names, but maybe with them, there can be a start to accountability.
God Bless these woman, God Bless their families, and God Bless you for reading this.
Kae Bee blogged at 8:47 PM