Once Upon a Time Upon a Dream

We watched two amazing things last night. The first African American man became the Democratic nominee for President of the United States and the powerful Clintons chose their country over their ambitions. Truly an American moment of conscience and decency. THAT was the best of American values and tradition.

Did you see Beau Biden and his dad Joe Biden? There wasn’t a dry eye in the entire Convention Hall. Michelle was crying, Jill was crying, the delegates were crying, Members of Congress were crying, and Beau and Joe were both choking back tears. Believe your own instincts. What you saw and felt and KNEW was REAL. The pundits, and the “heads” and the haters are the illusion.

Today [August 28th, 2008] is the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther Kings’ “I Have a Dream” speech. And from that dream we will pull a new reality.

. . . on the shoulders of hundreds of thousands of decent and brave men and women of the Civil Rights Movement will stand Barack Obama. One man representing the hopes of all decent people will proclaim that AMERICA IS after all, the GREATEST NATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. Or as my mom used to tell me, “We will get there because we live here ONLY IN AMERICA Randi. Only in America”.

Love your country when it’s right. Right it when it is wrong and the American Dream expands, widens, and deepens to include EVERY Americans’ dream.

Slowly yes, but surely if the people are good. And we are good. That’s what makes us great! ~ Randi Rhodes http://www.therandirhodesshow.com/index.php?/archives/72-Thursday,-August-28,-2008.html

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Perceptions . . .

Green Visions

The Shire refers to an area settled exclusively by Hobbits and largely removed from the goings-on in the rest of Middle-earth.

(Beliefs)

Do you believe
In what you see
Motionless wheel
Nothing is real
Wasting my time
In the waiting line
Do you believe in
What you see
Nine to five
Living lies
Everyday
Stealing time
Everyone's taking everything they can
Everything they can
(Zero 7 - In the Waiting Line)

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"Catharsis"
We all have suffered so much heartbreak -- through caring for our families to enduring our human family's wrath -- this breaks hearts to two parts.

Truly . . . these two pieces of one heart will never re-fit because tiny bits seem lost forever. Sometimes Emily Dickinson -- lives in a room of her own choosing, savoring the beautiful moments life gives, while trying to perform the

impossible -- searching for the missing pieces.

She's not really LIVING like everyone else as she views the other through her window -- other hustling about in the thick of things. Yes, she's shut out the hustle - life's dream - America's dream - because it's too ugly or overwhelming -- THOSE demons, her demons -- THE pain, her pain -- though sour AND sweet -- it's really

"LOVE I blame!" she cries - it is in the twist - jaggedly defined: At least the two hearts keep telling her this.

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When everything feels like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive
And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd
Understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am.
(Iris, by Goo Goo Dolls)

A symphonic play-out for Barack and Joe -- toward a new mythology . . . life lives.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK6KK7NhdQU

MCain's McC*ntrification of Women

McCain expands the vocabulary of the average Americ*nt (NSFW)
http://www.236.com/feed/2008/06/17/mccain_expands_the_vocabulary_7191.php

Madonna Not Happy With Roman Church

In other news:

uPsiDe dOwN bAlLoon tRee loves

Valentine's dAy!

Bush/McCain's Amputation Nation

If someone advertises No Cash, No Credit No Problem are they lending you money out of the goodness of their heart? How can they lend you money when they know you have NO CASH and NO CREDIT? America's Lowest Earners pull in $650 Billion every year for companies that prey on the working poor. Today we examine how an entire industry of smarmy business, seedy practices and outright illegal activity is on the hunt for low income earners and their tiny bit of cash......and the slave-like consequences for those who fall victim. ~ Randi Rhodes http://www.therandirhodesshow.com/index.php?/archives/61-Wednesday,-August-13,-2008.html

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We all feel a little "battle hardened" and "stretched thin" after 7 1/2 years of non-stop pounding from the Bush regime, which has been totally enabled by Senator John McCain who has repeatedly voted against the American people and in favor of big business or war (the two ARE interchangeable - you know - business . . . war).

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Soulful Interlude:

Janis Joplin's Take Another Little Piece of My Heart (Bushed America)

Come on, come on, come on, come on now
Didn't I make you feel, oh, George Bush, like you were the only one?
War profiteers didn't I give you nearly everything that a human possibly can?
Donald Rumsfeld you know that I did
Cos each time I tell myself that I,
I think I've had enough
Oh, I am gonna show you John McCain, that a human can be tough
I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on
And take it!
Take another little piece of my heart now Dick Cheney
Break it! break another little bit of my heart now!
Yeah, have a, have another little piece of my heart now Master Card
Cos you know you got it and it makes you feel good
Yes it does.

Yeah you're out on the street, Phil Gramm you're looking good
Deep down in your heart, you know that it ain't right
No, no.
Cos you never never never hear me when
I cry out at night
Halliburton, I cry all the time!
And each time I tell myself that I can stand the pain
Oh you take me in your arms,
I sing it once again
I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on
And take it!
Take another little piece of my heart now Countrywide.
Break it!
Break another little bit of my heart now Lobbyist, yeah
Have a, have another little piece of my heart now Bush America
Cos you know you got it, it makes you feel --It makes you feel so good.

(Thank you Janis Joplin. Now . . . back to business, I mean war, no, I mean business . . .)

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For Christians, stealing, or lying, or fraudulent practices of all kinds is a sin. For Christians, it should be that NOT telling a critically ill person in the hospital that they are signing their life away to a credit card with exorbitant interest charges should be a sin - it's called usury - it used to be against the law.

Invading a sovereign nation called Iraq based on lies is the greatest sinful lie of all. Millions of lives lost, and for what? Oil? It sure wasn't for America's national security. We are less safe now, thanks to George Bush, Dick Cheney and John McCain.

The greed of these leaders bears no love, but instead, a greedy predatory cry for more! Their dark illusions are just that . . . illusions - in the dark.


Yet these leaders keep taking more and more - now not even asking for your permission to take more - they just steal it while you're not looking, or when you are so down-and-out and just sick and tired, you throw up your hands and say here ya go, take my house, take my car, take my life's savings, take my arm, take my leg. HELL, you can even take my mind, take my son, take my daughter, take away all my constitutional rights, but you can't have my soul or my love, because you don't know where they are, nor have you ever known where to find them.

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Valerie in torture dungeon: It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses and apologized to no one. I shall die here. Every inch of me shall perish. Every inch, but one. An inch. It is small and it is fragile and it is the only thing in the world worth having. We must never lose it or give it away. We must NEVER let them take it from us. I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope that the world turns, and that things get better. But what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that, even though I do not know you, and even though I may never meet you, laugh with you, cry with you, or kiss you, I love you. With all my heart, I love you. ~ Valerie. (from movie, V for Vendetta)

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Yet some say, the sun is coming . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itf6XLPo874

Pin Wearers and Patriots

If you ever wanted to know (for yourself) what is a patriot?

If you want to know what went on with bio-terrorism attacks in this country; who did it, and what's being done to bring the perpetrator to justice and where's the investigation - you are a true patriot. If you find this whole scenario with Congress being either intimidated, accomplices or some combination of both, by the Executive Branch; if you find that curious and disturbing: then you are a patriot. If you realize that Republicans have voted against these troops while claiming that they advocate for the troops - to the exclusion of Democrats who have been trying to get bills passed for the R & R - equal to - you're in combat - heavy combat every day for a year - you should come home for a year. And John McCain, just for example, has voted against that.


If you know that John McCain voted against helmet liners; if you know that John McCain voted against body armor; and if you know that he had voted against the inserts for the vests; and voted against V.A. funding bills repeatedly; and has created a pattern of being against V.A. medical benefits: If these are disturbing facts to you - You are a patriot. That's how you know.


It's not - you can wear a lapel pin - or not - and still be a patriot. But you can't wear a lapel pin and vote against these things - like accountability or supporting the troops in a meaningful tangible way and call yourself a patriot. You can't. It's impossible. You're just a pin wearer. You're a person who wears a pin - nothing more - nothing less. Just a person who wears a pin. That's not very much. But that's what you are.


But if these are the questions that burn a hole through your gut as an American and disturb you deeply - no matter what your party affiliation is. If you think that tactics matter. If you think that the end is not justified by any means - and that means matter - the way you play the game. For those who, you know, like the little league: it's not who wins or loses - it's how you play the game? It IS who wins, and it IS who loses, and it's HOW you play the game. If you view politics that way - you're a patriot. It's just that simple. ~ Randi Rhodes,

August 1, 2008 http://www.therandirhodesshow.com/ondemand.php http://www.therandirhodesshow.com/index.php?/archives/53-Friday,-August-1,-2008.html


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The Real Patriot Speaks


I'm a monster . . . SO?

You can't see me. I wear a mask. That's what masks are for. Just ask Batman, or Mr. Spidey Sense himself, Spiderman. Masks are important in my world, except I never take MINE off like those other guys. Don't need to shave, use botox, get face lifts, clip nose hairs and what-not . . . thrifty . . . I tell you! I just add a little petroleum jelly to my outer shell, and voila! all shiny and new to ME and you.

Conscious? I let my unconscious be MY guide.
It's so easy, it's so easy . . . Tra-la-la!!

Learned it when I was really little, and it's worked for ME forever and ever. I'm on autopilot! No thinking or pondering or worrying. And it feels great! Humanity can screw itself. I'm in control and I've screwed the heart of humanity so many times I've lost count. LOL!! I serve the "SYSTEM" and it feels good. I want for nothing, and nothing wants me. So?

You ask: Do I ache for love?? What's love, when you have the whole world to screw!!! There's just not enough time in the day for me and my mask. And oh, how I do love my mask. My mask is the one TRUE LOVE of my life. And oh . . . did I mention my flowing black robe? Another part of my charming persona. Ordered it on the Real Patriots Shopping Network, 1-800-Hitler Gotta Haveit. Let my svelty gloved hand do the dialing.

Wait a minute . . . who are you? And why am I telling you all my secrets?

It's Bob . . . you know me.

Bob? Which Bob. I've screwed a lot of Bobs, but I can't say that I remember you, specifically.

I drive a black Corvette.

Oh, you. Get outta here! You're not THE Bob are you?

I am THE ONE.

I've followed your work closely, Bob. The "Cause" thinks you are shockingly awesome, but I must say when you kicked the trash can - that kinda had to be your lowest point. Couldn't you have done more? I mean that was kinda whimpy to just get up and run away like that in front of the teevee and everybody, and all you could do was hurt a trashcan? . . . what a man . . . NOT!

Oh, I made up for it the other day, Real Patriot, I can assure you. I smacked a homeless man and kept on driving. I did it in memory of . . . the Gipper.

Bravo. Now . . . why are you here?

Humm . . . I need a new mask?

What's wrong with the one ya got?

People are starting to see through me?

Damn, it's an epidemic around here - this transparency thing, AGAIN! You are NOT my first customer today either. I'm startin' to get worried. Can't stop scratchin' my balls!! Do you have any idea what scratched up balls look like when they're made out of steal?

Real Patriot, my name is Bob, and we are not toe-tapping in a Minnesota Airport bathroom stall, okay?

Oh, please do not bring that episode up . . . oh wait, did I just step right in the middle of THAT innuendo. LOL!!

Uh, no stepping OR tapping -- forget the mask order, Real Patriot, I'll fend for myself. Looks like we're all on our own now - like rats on a sinking planet.

Speak for yourself, Bob, I'm not the last trick in town - the "SYSTEM" will never die - apparently you forgot about the new babies.

What new babies?

The Snowflakes of course. Millions of Snowflakes will come of age in the year 2020. We live Bob, we thrive - we cannot be stopped.

Apparently you didn't hear what Adam Chandler did . . . did you?

What now?

He slipped into Rummy's Snowflake Factory and switched the petri dishes.

Adam Chandler is a soap opera actor on All My Children - NOT real!

He's very real, Real Patriot, and the left's secret undercover, billion dollar hero. I'm afraid if all you've got left is Snowflake babies, our "Cause" is indeed doomed and dying. The babies will not be of Rummy's seed but of Chandler's seed. Even Paraguay is no hideaway now, thanks to Adam Chandler. He's buying land there and everywhere at wholesale prices and giving it away to those jail-bird immigrants and Hemp growers who want to cure the energy crisis we created! We're doomed, I tell you!! Next they'll be wearing OUR lapel pins!!


Rats!!! Out-foxed by a soap-box star!! Curses!! I'm melting now . . . where'd ya go Bob?


Undercover Patriot, Adam Chandler