the writer's muse

Don't Vote. Revolt!

2012-01-23T22:10:00.000-08:00

A friend told me that it's not so much the 1% that screw over the 99%, but more importantly it's the 20% that screw over the other 80%, which makes a lot of sense when you realize we live in a kiss-ass-corporate Plutarchy that rewards people for keeping the 1% where they are. You must know of the Peter Principle that states, "in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of

Thoughts on The Occupy Movement

2012-01-05T23:08:00.001-08:00

I’d like to point out something here I’ve been thinking about. I know, it’s a dangerous thing for me to be doing. But... I’ve been thinking that historically the occupy movement is really nothing different than what’s been done. One revolution after another and historically it seems to always go the same way. The revolutionaries get out into the streets, become exposed to the powers who then

MAY 1968 GRAFFITI: French Political Vandalism

2012-01-05T22:46:00.000-08:00

By Esteban Gil In the decor of the spectacle, the eye meets only things and their prices. Commute, work, commute, sleep . . . Meanwhile everyone wants to breathe and nobody can and many say, “We will breathe later.” And most of them don’t die because they are already dead. Boredom is counterrevolutionary. We don’t want a world where the guarantee of not dying of starvation brings the

KPFK and Pacifica: A Strong Independent Media

2012-01-04T08:55:00.000-08:00

by Dr. Marc Sapir Today KPFA-Pacifica is growing and thriving: Whose Radio Station? Whose Radio Network? We have to let communities in resistance speak for themselves through their own representatives. Do not recall Tracy Rosenberg. This recall is aimed at undermining KPFA’s and Pacifica network’s forward progress!!! For the first time in 4 years radio station KPFA and its parent

Chicken Alfredo

2011-12-19T22:34:00.000-08:00

I box fettuccine About a pound of boneless chicken breasts One third a bottle of white wine Half cup of Soy sauce I jar Alfredo sauce 1 cup of Chicken or vegetable broth Two white or yellow onions One clump of broccoli (3 shoots) or asparagus (or other vegetable) One cactus leaf (to cut cholesterol) One clove of elephant garlic Freeze the chicken at least for an hour so it can be cut cleanly

Wage Slavery in America

2011-09-11T02:29:00.000-07:00

'Off Limits' by Jon Raymond In the film, Manufacturing Consent, Noam Chomsky refers to wage slavery as something going on right now in America, not very different from the origin of the term when it referred to chattel slavery. People rent themselves out now in order to survive in the American corporate oligarchy. They are therefore not able to pursue their true passions and creativity,

Congressional Reform Act of 2011 - Hoax or Fact - It Makes Sense - But Beware

2011-08-18T02:09:00.000-07:00

A viral email is circulating concerning the Congressional Reform Act of 2011, which probably doesn't even exist. There is hidden code behind this email. lots of hidden code, which could serve any number pf purposes. It could be people looking to steal identities. It could be a government initiative to weed out "dissidents". Regardless, beware of this email. I think the idea of a Congressional

PHEAA: Scandalous, Infamous, Corporate All American

2011-08-05T04:57:00.000-07:00

The PHEAA is the infamous scandalous private student loan corporation that masquerades as a Pennsylvania State agency. They operate as AES (American Education Services) but use a PHEAA letterhead to intimidate loan holders into thinking they are a government agency. They send out bogus federal student loan default notices like this one to intimidate employers and debtors into signing over 15%

Chase: The Evil that Banks Do

2011-04-29T21:25:00.000-07:00

at The following is an email from ShowDown in America. Meet Virginia Holwell. Virginia paid her taxes this year. She worked for the state of Illinois for 30 years but was laid off last summer. Like many of us, she fell victim to the economic downturn caused by Wall Street and Big Banks. She’s getting on a bus from Peoria Illinois to JP Morgan Chase’s shareholder meeting in Columbus OH on May 16th

You won't find your Soul Mate while looking for your Replica

2011-04-24T17:07:00.000-07:00

I read a real genius "award winning" blog (appropriately titled guttervomit) about the chances of finding a soul mate, called Finding Your Soul Mate: A Statistical Analysis. Apparently this math whiz thinks that by factoring out potential mates by gender, sexual orientation, language, life expectancy, and the number of people you can potentially meet, you can determine the odds of running into

SUPPORT SB 810 California Universal Healthcare Act of 2011

2011-04-16T20:00:00.000-07:00

The following is an email from Maureen Cruise RN (retired) SB 810 "The California Universal Healthcare Act of 2011 has been reintroduced in the California legislature. Healthcare is a human rights issue. People are really suffering with premium hikes, increased copays, and denials of payment. These problems will not change with the recently enacted ACA federal reform. SB810 is advancing

Is "Uncle Tom" a Racist Term or Shade of Truth?

2011-04-01T22:23:00.000-07:00

It's not reasonable that Obama relentlessly plays both ends against the middle. He spews rhetoric to the effect that he is genuinely concerned about the people (and he may well be), while at the same time having been elected by Wall Street, giving them what ever they want at every turn, reneging on health care by ignoring both the public option and single payer (in favor of corporate insurance

America's Corporate Oligarchy Endangered by "Democracy Uprising"

2011-02-19T14:50:00.000-08:00

'The reason you can't get democratic leaders to join [the democracy uprising] is because they agree' [that unions should be busted]. 'Right in the middle of the Madison affair, the CEO of Goldman Sacs, Lloyd Blankfein, got a $12.5 million bonus and his base pay was more than tripled.' 'It was heartening to see that there are tens of thousands protesting in Madison... That's the beginning, maybe

Wolfowitz Sees Corporate Health Mogul as Egyptian Transition Leader

2011-02-10T14:32:00.000-08:00

Hossam Badrawi Today President Obama released a statement to the press that the U.S. will do all it can to support the orderly transition of Egypt to a [corporate oligarchy]. In a recent article in The American, Paul Wolfowitz states he sees a new transition figure emerging in Egypt; Dr. Hossam Badrawi, "a board member and strategic shareholder in Nile Badrawi Hospital, one of the largest

Olberman Remembered

2011-01-22T13:22:00.000-08:00

Congressional Reform Act of 2011

2011-01-12T11:15:00.000-08:00

From my friend Bruce Benson: The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc. Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure. I'm

The RAM: Helping Third World Countries like the USA

2011-01-07T08:49:00.000-08:00

Restrepo, or How I learned to Love War

2010-12-04T00:09:00.000-08:00

I'm going to be giving you spoilers here. So if you haven't seen Restrepo, you might not want to read on. But if you have no intention of seeing it, or have seen it, or are sick of war movies, then this is for you.First off, Restrepo is the name of a soldier who was killed in action. He was with the platoon of U.S soldiers chronicled in the film, Restrepo. As a reaction to his death, which

Medical Students to Senate Republicans: Repeal Is Not the Solution to Our Health Care Crisis

2010-11-29T23:13:00.001-08:00

While I agree with the students here, I question what part of the PPACA (Affordable Care Act) will actually survive to do any good. We've already seen the provision that blocks rates to increase repealed. With rate increases already in effect (or taking effect 1/1/2011) insurance companies now have raised rates by as much as 39% to make up for having to put 26 year olds back on their parents

Along the Road with the Mad as Hell Doctors for Medicare for All—the lost part: the Third travelogue

2010-11-03T01:39:00.000-07:00

By Marc Sapir