Carole Borges

Breaking news! WMDs found and destroyed.

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:42:00 +0000

"The last VX-filled land mine went on the conveyor belt into the incinerator beginning at 11:51 a.m. Altogether, 361,802 munitions and 293,003 gallons of nerve agent have been processed at the facility. That included VX-filled munitions and GB-filled munitions."

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/12/last_of_nerve_agents_destroyed.html

No folks it's not Iraq and Saddam. These are our very own WMDs.

"Officials at the Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility said this is a milestone because it means 99.5 percent of the risk to the community from the chemical stockpile is now gone."

Hmm..I wonder how much they publicized this risk while they were stockpiling the lethal toxins in such huge quantities?

I love this nail-polished car!

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:09:00 +0000

http://bellasugar.com/2627519

"Lots of ladies in my church donated nail polish, and lots of ladies at Weight Watchers, too," she told the newspaper. Bell estimates that 100-250 bottles of nail polish were used to accomplish this feat — a feat that took 13 months to finish. Whoa.

Beware the Ingestigators. The Fat Tax is coming.

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:53:00 +0000

If you have a jiggley butt you really ought to worry. Now that cigareets have been taxed up the ying yang and only millionares can afford them, the Ingestigators are once more on the move, flashing their beady telescopic eyes around wondering what to eliminate next. These people are the descendants of the group who banned booze, then moved on to pot, and now they are eyeing the icon of icons in American culture. A Fat tax on Coke is their aim. $5.95 for an 8 ounce bottle.

Maybe you don't realize it, but Coca Cola is costing our country a fortune folks. People are frigging dying from the stuff. Addicted Coke addicts are plugging up our society so badly it is almost impossible to get around anymore. Ever try to get on a bus? Who! Try to get through any door nowadays and you will see what I mean. Someone is always stuck in front of you, trying to turn sideways, trying to jiggle through. And it is ALL Coke's fault. All sugar's fault really, but the Ingestigators know you have to start small, so Coke will be their main target.

Now I am not against large people. I think love handles are sexy and jowls an academic asset, but then I am very liberal about ingesting things. I am the arch enemy of the Ingestigators. If I had my way and oddles and oodles of money, (enough to bail myself out) I'd be sitting here now with a glass of French absynith on my desk and a nice fat joint in my hand instead of this whole wheat bagel and lemon tea. Ha! Ha! You know I'm just kidding of course!

Being concerned about health is important. Recently I stopped smoking on my own, well Chantix helped a lot, but I just find it curious that these movements sweep across the country, lawsuits are filed, gadzillions of dollars are offered in settlements in the name of helping those afflicated with addictions and then presto! That money disappears faster than the recent bank bailouts. So now the Ingestigators this week announced Coke is their target. I predict the outrage will be enormous.

No pun intended.

Sharing an article published this summer

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:09:00 +0000

Furl all Scupperlips and Haul up the Anchor
By Carole A. Borges

I guess you could say I bought the Ms. Bligh as a kind of revenge. After spending my whole life living aboard an old Alden schooner my father was eternally restoring, and then helping my first husband Joe spend a decade building a fleet of ferro-cement boats in Boston, I wanted to know what it felt like to be a captain.

With her clipper bow, raised taff-rail, and black hull, my 27 foot Kenner ketch looked like a small pirate ship.

Because I’d been dry-docked for so long, I thought it wise to get a second opinion, so I called my brother, Capt. Fatty Goodlander, a world famous sailor who writes for Cruising World magazine.

“I think I got a real bargain,” I boasted.

When he first saw the Ms. Bligh, Fatty gave an appreciative smile. ”It is kind of odd though,” he giggled, “how much she resembles you. She’s sagging a bit in the transom, a little too wide amidships, and she probably has a leaky bottom.”

See what I mean? I was a woman desperate for empowerment.
* * *
“Well, she’s built strong,” Fatty said after the survey. “However the previous owner, obviously a landlubber, filled the whole transom with blown-in foam. It’s saturated with water. You’ll have to dig it all out and rebuild the box.”

Disappointed to hear labor was involved, I watched my brother draw up a schematic showing me exactly what I’d have to do.

The next morning when I saw Fatty off at the airport, waves of insecurity washed over me. I couldn’t remember half the terms he’d used, and his drawing, which had looked so simple the night before, suddenly seemed as complicated as a manual on spaceship construction.
* * *
When I saw Greg and this other guy coming down the dock, my heart sank. What had I expected? Robert Redford? Rubbing his gnarled fingers against a scratchy grey beard, the old man rolled a fish-like eye along the length of Ms. Bligh. “Well, I’ve gone farther with less,” he croaked.

The day we left, Capt. Andy showed up with a huge fishing chair on a high pedestal. As he began wrestling it into the cockpit, lashing it down with bungee cords and duct tape, I protested.

“You can’t bring that,” I told him. “It’s way too big. It looks ridiculous.”

“Well, I ain’t going without it,” Andy growled. “My back’s bad. I can’t do this without a good chair.”
* * *

The Ms. Bligh heeled over as the sea darkened and the wind picked up. Water shot up through the half-dismantled motor well, and the sea swirled around my ankles. I’d yelled for Andy to take the sail down, so he was crabbing his way back along the deck when the big wave hit, and it knocked him right into his fishing chair. Wobbling from the impact, it swiveled first right then left. Then the bungee cords snapped, and the flat steel base came buzz-sawing across the cockpit.

“I told you that thing was a menace,” I snarled.

Andy tossed me a dark look, mumbling something about women only being allowed in galleys.
* * *
On the morning of the last day of our cruise, I sat sipping my second cup of coffee when Andy finally poked his head out of the hatch. A bit wall-eyed and smelling suspiciously of rum, he clambered into the cockpit beside me.

I pointed to a line of buoys on the chart. “Here’s the channel under the bridge,” I said. “We ought to be in Key West by dark.”

As he hobbled to the bow to raise the anchor, I yanked the cord on the outboard and started the boat moving slowly forward. “A little more. A little more,” he was saying. Then, I heard a big PLOP.

It took me awhile to register the fact that he had gone overboard. Racing up to the bow, I could feel my heart rocking like a bell buoy in bad weather.

“Get a rope. Get a rope.” Andy groaned. His flabby arms shook from the strain of having to hold onto the chain beneath the bowsprit. His skinny legs wrapped around the bob-stay looked like a pair of octopus tentacles.

I still have no idea how I managed to get him back on board.

“I’m going to go below for a few minutes,” he said.

It took me a long time to feel brave enough to peek into the foc’sle hatch to see how Andy was doing. Already, I could imagine myself calling the Coast Guard on the radio I didn’t have. “Ahoy there, this is the captain of the Ms. Bligh. I have a dead man aboard my boat. Can you come right over?”
* * *

Now some people may think it wimpy of me to sell my boat after only one trip, but let me assure you, hanging that FOR SALE sign in Ms. Bligh’s rigging gave me an enormous sense of relief.
* * *
After I sold the boat, I moved to Knoxville, TN, a safe distance away, I thought, from any temptation I might have to become water-borne again, but a few weeks ago, I discovered a marina down by the Gay Street Bridge. The boats were mostly runabouts and small cruisers, the kind that seldom need repair and can be driven like a car.

Dazed as a drunk entering a neighborhood bar, I somehow found myself stepping inside the office,

“How much do you charge for a slip?” I asked.

copyright2008@caroleBorges
This first appeared in Pacific Yachting 2008

Tree Visions

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:07:00 +0000

Night time often brings strange visions and voices. Dreams but more than dreams as they are tied to waking life and seem especially important. Sometimes I rememeber things, sometimes not, but last night trees were the topic of my nocturnal musing. I suppose I might have been concerned about the destruction our environment, but trees have always had special meaning for me. In a book I read a while back, they were called "the standing people" and it listed all the things trees had done for humankind. It was amazing---from false teeth to crutches to food. Anyway, in the dream this bit of dialogue was especially vivid. Never having been to Paris I can't vouch for their superior concern for trees, but the thought was that "in France trees are things you get to know. In America trees are things you cut down to make a highway". I woke for a minute after this dream full of sadness and amzed at the clarity of that statement, then I went back to sleep. This morning I surfed around seeking more information on "the standing people" and I came across this site. That's what is so wonderful about the Web. It can be used in sacred ways. Today I will remember and say hello to every standing person I meet. I will doff my hat to a tree.
http://www.theblueridgehighlander.com/Hemlock-Gift-Giver-of-the-Standing-People/

Oh, oh, You better watch out. You better not pout. Karl Rove is making a list.

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:02:00 +0000

In his new book about the Bush administration Karl Rove plans to prove this great president was submarined by people with closed hearts and evil intent. "I've got behind-the-scenes episodes that are going to show how unreceiving they were of this man as president of the United States," Rove said, adding: "I'm going to name names and show examples."

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/110976/

If Rove intends to out all the Bush-haters in Washington, across America and around the globe, he's going to need a United Van Lines truck to haul the manuscript to the publisher.

One last attempt to whitewash this president who really should have been impeached can never erase the truth of the Bush legacy.

I am so glad that nightmare is finally over!

George Bush sucked, Karl. You only get coal in your stocking this year.

And so now we wait...

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:54:00 +0000

The news has re-expanded now to include the world. It's not just Barack Obama and the race to the White House. Mumbai. Iraq. Pakistan. Thailand. The world boils and seethes endlessly. Can Obama do anything to calm this situation?

Last week shoppers trampled to death a guard who was trying to protect a pregnant woman from being injured by a crowd who was eager to shop on Black Friday. One observer said simply," They wanted their electronics." Money worries slide across the bottom of the TV screen. More bad news. Gas is down, but everything else went skyrocketing and is still sky-high. The cable company now has to raise its fees. The bananas, one of my staples, cost like steak. We won't even discuss the way the trap doors of the credit card industry are opening now. It's circular. It's scary. Like the childhood game that ends with "we all fall down".

Sometimes there is too much to contemplate. Too much to worry about, so those are the times that I resort back to the old Zen saying: Chop wood. Carry water. That's when I clean my closet or sort through old photo albums or walk around the block doing deep breathing under a starry sky. That's when I find gratitudes to weave together, to create something I can snuggle under and feel warm. Like my kids. The dogs. My writing. My extended family. My cat. The way my yard looks in summer. The little house I now call home. My safety zone insured. The warmth of friends both virtual and cyber.

Whether or not things will get better in the world---that's too big a subject for me right now. Whether or not Barack Obama will be able to pull America up from the nosedive she's been on, all I can do is wait and see.

It's Christmas time, but I don't feel very Christmas-like yet. Peace on earth. Goodwill to men. That's the present I want, but who can bring it to me? The moon rises over the ridge at the end of my street. I turn the lights out. A good night's sleep, that's all I need. The dogs and I settle in. My mind lets go. It's enough.

I heard people were calling TV about lights in the sky tonight

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:02:00 +0000

They turned out to only be Jupiter, Venus and the moon moving unusually close together. When I heard that, I figured the callers must have been people living outside the cities because hardly anyone looks up at the sky anymore due to the faintness of the planets and stars. Too many bright lights. Way too many bright lights.

Star gazing gives me a wonderful feeling though. To realize that the same stars I'm seeing are the ones the cavemen and ancient sailors looked at, to know that my mother in Calidornia is seeing the same stars tonight as my brother in Thailand, it gves me a feeling of closeness that is quite incomparable.

Memories of my father teaching us to name all the contellations and stars aboard the boat we lived on is one the dearest recollections of childhod I possess. I wrote these lines in a poem. It was a very personal moment between my father and me.

"Vega. Deneb. Altair. There's Ursa Major,
chasing her little cub Minor across the sky."

How many constellations do you know?

This is a great site to learn how to recogize constellations and stars or one to use as a refresher. It's simple, but created in a way that gives you a sense of the vastness of space.
http://www.quietbay.net/Science/astronomy/nightsky/032.html

Intrigued?

Here's a star gazing club you can join in Knoxville. No experience needed. Just eyes and a desire to learn more about the big blue bowl over our heads.
http://www.knoxvilleobservers.org/events.html

Blue Cross may soon fly you to India for surgery? Huh?

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:32:00 +0000

"The health insurer Wellpoint is testing a new program that gives covered patients the option of going to India for elective surgery, with no out-of-pocket medical costs and free travel for both the patient and a companion."

Talk about outsourcing! I'm not someone who thinks American healthcare is the only healthcare that is excellent, but it does strike me as another example of something being a bit out of kilter with our capitalistic system. If we can't compete with other countries what will happen to us? I'm definitely no financial wizard. Numbers make want to flee the area faster than mosquitos at a picnic, but this perplexes me.

"The quality is comparable" to care provided in the United States,
Dr. Hashmi said. All the physicians speak English, and patients can
share their medical records and consult with a surgeon in India
before making the trip, she said.

The pilot program arranges for patients to be picked up at the
airport and provides special meals to prevent food-borne illnesses.
The program complies with the American Medical Association guidelines
on medical tourism and uses hospitals accredited by the Joint
Commission International.

Dr. Hashmi said it had actually been easier to evaluate the quality
of medical care abroad than in the United States. "There is a lot
more willingness to share data about complication rates, the total
number of procedures and the outcomes," Dr. Hashmi said. "We're able
to get detail per hospital and per physician."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/health/21abroad.html

Pass the frutas please!

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:22:00 +0000

I found this to be hysterically funny.

"Choosing the right scent could take years off your face, reports the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago. In a study, men guessed women's ages while smelling three scents and judged women to be nearly six years younger when wearing a perfume with notes of pink grapefruit."

http://health.yahoo.com/experts/healthieryou/4850/look-5-years-younger-today/

It gave me an image of hundereds of aging women loping through my "Fellinni" Kroger with their sagging arms (I know I have them!) full of pink grapefruits. Also how would you get men you dont know to sniff you in the first place? Slide alongside them in the checkout line. Reach across their nose for a beer glass in a bar. Ha ha! Without quirky weird this world would be so serious I'd probably be contemplating suicide.

She's baaaaack! And she's an ordained Dudette now

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:00:00 +0000

As a newly ordained Dudeist priestess, and a member of a church whose mottoes are "Enlighten up" and " Just take it easy, Man". I invite you to explore the Dudeism path. As you can see by this excerpt of Dudeism text, we are not hard-core Evanglical-types. Join or not...no Dude or Dudette is going to push you toward Dudeism. To BE or not to BE, that's up to you little Dude or Dudette.

"Come join the slowest-growing religion in the world - Dudeism. An ancient philosophy that preaches non-preachiness, practices as little as possible, and above all, uh...lost my train of thought there. Anyway, if you'd like to find peace on earth and goodwill, man, we'll help you get started. Right after a little nap."
http://www.dudeism.com/

Carried to the infinite, Dude becomes the ALL. As in this cmmercial, no other words are necessary when you're in the middle of a Dudeistic moment

Gone fishin' fer now

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:27:00 +0000

I'm taking a post-election break to clear my head and fill the well again with other less intense things. I may show up from time to time on KnoxViews though.

Ah, what a sweet night!

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:54:00 +0000

I wept salty tears as I thought back over the years to the many sacrifices made by so many to bring this to fruition, to the work done by both blacks and whites to help eliminate our nation's ignorance. I thought of my own marches during the Civil Rights Era in Washington and in Chicago, even when to march risked terrible consequences. I thought back to Dr. King and his eloquence and the agony of hearing the words, "They shot Dr. King."

Tonight I saw Jesse Jackson biting his lip with tears streaming down his face, and I saw the light in the young people's eyes as they realized it was a new day. I pictured Michelle and the kids living in the White House, the promised puppy scampering from room to room.

Then I thought how never again can anything any ignorant racist says have the same impact because today my county, my beautiful America chose to elect a president based on his beliefs rather than the color of his skin. This was an amazing act of trust and an act accompanied by great joy. It will take a while to sink in. Over the last few weeks a black Republican friend of mine kept saying cynically," Do you really think this country is ready to elect a black man?" Well today I can tell him. Today I can affirm what he was afraid to dream.

Yes, we can. Yes, we can. Yes, we did.

Why is Palin exposing her kids to so much media?

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:32:00 +0000

It's nice that Sarah Palin is proud of her kids, but I'm getting to feel a little sorry for them because of the way they are spending so much time in the spotlight. The girls are obviously really comfortable and enjoying the huge amount of applause and attention that erupts every time they show up, but is this real life?

I found it so much more appealing when Obama tried to push the media away when he took his daughter trick-or-treating. Palin's kids don't need protection from the media, I guess, but there's something about odd about that to me.

I don't really admire Palin's dragging the kids into every picture. Tonight they are actually interviewing one of the kids on Greta. The littlest girl looks so tired. She has her head resting against her Sarah while she goes on and on about politics. The older daughter, the pregnant one, sits with Trig on her lap trying to amuse him.

I wonder how her children will feel about all this in ten years?

Funny spoofster stuff. My shame knows no depths

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:24:00 +0000

Don't let this happen to you. Identified on national TV and exposed as a non-voter, all my excuses sounded lame. It is an effective and creative way to get people to vote though.

But don't all hockey moms wear Valentino?

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:21:00 +0000

This is from a NY Post interview. "The VP hopeful reportedly has a secret team of fashion gurus who dress her for events -- and the stylists aren't afraid to splurge! For her RNC speech to accept the nomination, she donned a $2,500 Valentino jacket!"

Oh, yeah. Hockey moms of the world unite. Abandon your WalMart gear to wear nothing but Valentino. That way you can help Sarah Palin maintain the fantasy that she is "just like you".

Even if she had no idea how expensive these clothes were, it doesn't reflect well on her avowed determination to get the most for your tax bucks when shopping for things like healthcare.

http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2008/09/palin_the_substance_of_style.php

Former McCain family slaves say they will vote for Obama

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:07:00 +0000

Recognized by some white members of the McCain family, these black McCains share a common history with John McCain. They bring their own stories of family courage and even military service to add to the McCain family history. There has not been any DNA tests performed to see if there is a biological connection between the black and white McCains, but Lillie McCain said it would be "highly likely that there was" considering the historic relationship between white slave masters and black female slaves.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122419511761942501.html?mod=article-outset-box

Trash talking African American reverend for Palin spews venom

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:37:00 +0000

Okay so the totally irrational subjective hatred for Obama and the blatant attempt to do anything to bring him down is not news. It's old hat. However, every now and then a new face of hatred emerges. This one is especially ugly.

Traditionally it has always been especially low-down and nasty to attack a black man's mother.

Hey Rev. Yo Mama wear Army boots too!

Rep. Michele Bachmann wants Congress investigated in order to rout out the "anti-Americans" there.

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:37:00 +0000

This Sarah Palin look-alike today called for an investigation by the media in order to flush out the secretly anti-American people we have elected to Congress. A page right out of McCarthyism, and this was in concert with a huge wave of renewed attacks againt Barack Obama. Today the Republicans were robocalling and appearing everywhere suggesting this Bill Ayers fiasco was part of a consistent anti-American sentiment on the part of Barack Obama. They were still calling his brief encounters with Ayers "paling around". The whole thing is very distasteful, but more than that it reveals that these McCain supporters really do believe in a whacko conspiracy heory that "liberals" (shudder-shudder) have some evil plan to bring down America. Nancy Pelosi, Henry Reid, these are examples of the anti-Americans they are warning about.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/10/17/bachmann_obama_anti_american/?refid=0

Whatever you do, don't bite those Chinese hair bands.

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:16:00 +0000

According to a Chinese newspaper article printed in 2007 and found to be factual by HoaxSlayer.com, these hairbands pose a potential threat everyone should take seriously.

"People could be infected with AIDS, (genital) warts or other diseases if they hold the rubber bands or strings in their mouths while waving their hair into plaits or buns," the paper quoted a local dermatologist who gave only his surname, Dong, as saying.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j0DcqENG9L1Z3TnL94DJdaJuhXfA

The danger in this Chinese product is insidious because no one would ever think biting a hairband could cause such a serious health problem.

Malevolent Michelle Malkin at it again...

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:16:00 +0000

Today Michelle Malkin was on the "Fox and Friends" morning show bashing McCain for saying he'd rather lose an election that win a dirty one. Apparently many Fox fans and Republican radicals are feeling offended and let down because the raw meat they were being fed has suddenly dried up. When McCain saw the error of his ways, and to his credit began trying to temper the tone of his campaign, what did his loyal followers do? They booed him.

People like Michelle Malkin have no loyalty to any candidate, all they support is more violence because that's what they thrive on, that's what brings in the cash and the fame they desire. Malkin keeps trying to say the Obama camp is doing the same thing, but anyone with a brain knows how ridiculous that is. Obama's crowds haven't booed him for saying anything about wanting to speak about the issues instead of ranting against his opponent; instead, they applaud such statements.

For Malkin to be urging McCain to continue to arouse hatred against Obama is at best irresponsible. I don't think McCain himself realized what the lines he was being fed, his advertisements, and Palin's nastiness were evoking. At least I hope he didn't. If he did this knowingly, then the last shred of respect left for McCain will be ripped away, leaving him naked to charges he is a very angry man who has lost his moral compass.

Total economic confusion and now this?

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:29:00 +0000

Nobody seems to have the answers. Being cool right now seems a little removed. Being too agitated seems futile. Sometimes I think I get it. Other times I worry I don't have a clue.

America as we know it, life as we know it seems to be changing, maybe even crumbling. Then along comes an e-mail like this. The minute I read the bit about no election, I got scared. Yes, deep down I realize there is always the fear we will be the generation that sees democracy end. We know the cost of war has brought down empires larger than ours. We know our government has failed us and that the American dream grows dimmer and dimmer, but we still have hope.

I don't know who this Steve Vincent really is. His group www.EndTheFed.US touts some fringe element politicos I'm not very fond, so I'm not all that impressed. Still, sometimes the "fringe" hits on things that prove to true, and I do want to continue to have the courage to hear all sides, even the weirdest people speak out on important issues. In this case I hope this guy is dead wrong, but it did kind of shake me up. Perhaps we're all feeling very vulnerable right now?

Message from Steven Vincent.
==================================================
The night before last I wrote the following with the intention of sending it out to the group. I changed my mind and did not send it, fearing to be an alarmist.

'World markets are plunging in a panic as the banksters have severed access to credit making investment and speculation impossible. The Dow futures market is showing a nearly 400 point drop in response to a borderline crash in Asia and Europe tonight. It appears Morgan Stanley will be the next big bank to go under. In all likelihood this week will see the biggest stock market crash in history. Rumors abound that municipalities and States will default on their bonds this week. California and Massachusetts look like good candidates. The cessation of many government services and checks could follow. Iceland and Pakistan are on the verge of bankruptcy. Wonderful, a nuclear armed Islamic state thrown into chaos.

My guess is that we could see disruptions in the supply of food within two weeks, with food riots within a month.

If that is the scenario then we may see the suspension of the election and...well I can't bring myself to say it.

I do not write this casually and I do hope that I am mistaken. I ask God that I be completely wrong. But is what the situation appears to be at the moment.

May God Bless us all and keep us safe.'

Today the Dow plunged 600 points (7%) in the final hour of trading. It should not have done so; it was set up for a rally. That it has done so is a clear indication that a total market meltdown and financial economic crash is upon us. The banksters, having enslaved formerly free markets to the cheap, sleazy drug of easy credit have now cut the addict off from its supply. We are now seeing the retching of withdrawal and the tremors of death of the global economy.

Today's Headlines

Stocks in U.S. Tumble as Dow Industrials Drop Below 9,000; GM, Exxon Slide
Mutual Fund Withdrawals Jump to Record $72 Billion as Investors Seek Haven
GM Shares Fall to Lowest Level Since 1950; S&P May Cut Automaker's Rating
Leveraged Loan Index Plummets to Record as Hedge Funds, Banks Sell Assets
U.S. Treasury Plans Bank-Stake Purchases Within Weeks to Shore Up Capital
Iceland Seizes Kaupthing as Banking Industry Collapses Under Debt Weight
VIX Options Index Climbs to Record Above 60 as Credit Market Stays Frozen
Bush Will Meet With G-7 Finance Chiefs to Tackle Credit Crisis, Aide Says
Libor Holds Central Banks Hostage as London Rate Freezes Worldwide Lending
Fear Trumps Greed as Market Worries Amplify News, Paralyze World Economy
Royal Bank of Scotland Loses Credibility After Goodwin's ABN Amro Purchase
Central Banks Fail to Alleviate `Logjam' in Money Market: Chart of the Day

As I predicted, a global summit is being announced at which the bankster dictators will tell us their plans for remaking the world economy in their image. Anticipate a new global financial regulatory body (perhaps even a new World Central Bank) and moves in the direction of a World Currency. Please note that participation in such by the United States is predicated upon RATIFICATION by the Congress. If the Banker Dictatorship bypasses this requirement, we can take that as further evidence that the Constitution has in effect been suspended and that dictatorship is a concrete reality in America now.

State and Municipal government bankruptcies are likely within the next few weeks. My guess is that is what the action in the stock market is discounting right now. If you are in Massachusetts or California and rely upon state assistance, please prepare for disruptions.

Each of us must now decide what this means for us. You must make concrete preparations now. We are in an emergency situation, albeit a concocted and engineered crisis. This is an economic 911 and the measures following it are new versions of the Patriot Act and the Military Commissions Act.

Let's spring into action and inform the population of what is transpiring. People need to know:

'America is Now a Dictatorship'
'Oppose the Banker Dictatorship'
'The Financial 911 is a Scam'
'No Emergency Powers for Wannabe Dictators'
'Restore Constitutional Government NOW'
'End the Fed! Gold is Money!'

These slogan points should now appear on every freeway overpass, stuck on every sign, on flyers and posters. Thousands and thousands EVERYWHERE. Take it upon yourself to spring into action. Take the initiative and be creative. Build coalitions across the spectrum with others who will resist the Banker Dictatorship.

Here's a fast, cheap place to get large quantities of stickers: http://www.stickergiant.com/ Take up a collection among your local groups and get stickering!!

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Once again, I pray to God that I am an utter fool and an alarmist. Please God, let me be completely wrong. Or if not wrong, let this come to pass with a longer time frame so that good people can be better prepared for the inevitable. Please watch over us!

Your Friend in Freedom,

Steven Vincent

This wolf smells Palin fur & he don't like it.

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:49:00 +0000

Palin sends Pat Buchanan and Fox News into ecstasy spasms

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:53:00 +0000

It is clear, and it explains a lot, that Republicans don't care one wit about intelligence or truth. All they care about is labels, winks and jibes, whatever sells their product. Miss Congeniality rose to the occasion last night. She rattled off her memorized talking points very passionately in appropriate places and when she couldn't figure out the question or didn't know the answer she just switched to a different soundtrack.

Palin's folksy attitude may dazzle the Republicans who like their women to be cute as blank slates, like Laura, Babs, and Cindy McCain, but I couldn't help but always substitute Putin for Biden. Haven't we had enough of a president who can only read scripts? Palin kept suggesting Biden get amnesia, so he couldn't point to the failed policies George Bush and John McCain have been supporting for years. A clever trick, but the American people won't soon forget and don't want to forget what a shafting they got under the Bush administration's last eight years.

The conservative Republicans can enjoy the moment of bliss they felt over a non-collapse of their VP candidate, but there is no way that the answers she gave were better than Biden's answers. Her answers were informed more by a sense of timing and showbiz, than by political smarts.

This debate on a political level was a non-event. On a personal level, it was a boost for Palin who had recently been making a terrible fool of herself.

The transparency & truth Dude barring the Press?

caroleann1@yahoo.com (Marie Goodlander) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:35:00 +0000

Maureen Down has been banned from McCain's plane. As they strive to cover the Palin/Biden debate, other reporters feel like they are treading on thin ice. In interviews this week it was clear the guy who would have us believe he is "fighting for us" wants us kept in the dark,but considering Palin is running for VP and therefore only a heartbeat away from snowshoeing over to take charge of Command Central down on Pennsylvania Ave, it would seem reporters should be given plenty of freedom to insure the woman is who she seems to be. After all his lying and distorions, John McCain's word is simply not good enough for most Americans.

It will be interesting to see the debate coverage, but if this Huffington Post article is correct, it will be up to the bloggers then to speak out honestly about both candidates performance.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/kurtz-journos-checking-th_n_130248.html