DNC SHOW IN CHARLOTTE - STARRING BARACK OBAMA AS THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER

It pains me greatly to have this macabre DNC theatre beginning this week in what used to be a Southern jewel of a city.  But it is what it is.   So let's see what this production is promoting so far.

The star of the show, the protagonist if you will, is a man who refuses to take responsibility for any detrimental result of his own policies.  He is a hero in his own mind.   He lives in a world where everyone around him tells him he is golden.  His greatest talent is tooting his own horn.  If someone were to tell him he is a lackluster ne'r-do-well, good for nothing, blowhard, what would he do?  How would he react?  If someone asked him to give a truthful accounting of the results of his actions, what would he say?  We know what he says.  He knows how to spin.  That is what he does.....spin and lie.  That is what serves as leadership in his mind.  And the media spins and lies right along with him. 

I will never believe he is the innocent bystander to the destruction of our nation, as he would have you believe.  He may be a narcissist, but he isn't completely stupid.  He knows what he is doing to the nation.  He can laugh off the critics even if they are correct.  Why?  Because this destruction is deliberate.  You don't get the joke?  The ideology he represents was meant to do exactly what has happened.  Taking America down.  Debt and unemployment, leviathan government, unelected bureaucratic rule.  These are all his intentions.  Can he say that out loud?  Of course not.  He only knows how to tell you how great he is and how great he will be...IF he only gets another 4 yrs. to complete his job.   

As you look at the line up of other "stars" showing up in Charlotte for the DNC, you will see a gamut of other ideologues who hate America.  Then there are the naive sycophants who think this lying President IS America.  Bill Clinton giving a keynote speech is like having Lenin show up to support Stalin.  (Just ignore the rigor mortis.)  Hip hip hooray for Marxism!!  Let's tell everyone what a great plan it is!!  And by the way, your mode of transportation to get to this play is light rail, tiny electric cars, or bicycle.....or you can get there on foot.  (Stars take planes and limos.)   

Cameo appearances by the likes of Sandra Fluke add luster to the ideas that everyone should pay for all others' sexual preferences, no matter how odd they are.  LGBT'ers will be highlighted for comic relief.  Jimmy Carter comes to lend an elderly crutch for all the failed policies of past communist presidents.  Really.  (We could add a tribute to Woodrow Wilson, FDR, and the rest of the Progressive Democrats here.)  What does Carter add?  Carter did his part to wreck both the economic strength (see Community Reinvestment Act)  and the military strength of the nation (see removing the Shah of Iran in order to prop up the Muslim Caliphate). Musical headliners like Jeff Bridges and James Taylor are showing up to sing for their masters.  Brad Pitt will show up, just to be seen.  It's all so very cliché and predictable. 

The show starts tomorrow.  Leave your mind at the door and just go with flow.  It's bound to be quite a fantasy trip!

THE DNC IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - PRACTICE FOR THE POLICE STATE

I can't help but wonder what it means when a gathering of politicians today requires a police state to protect them from citizens.  Just philosophically speaking, what has transpired to make politicians so fearful of mobs of protesters?  Could it possibly mean that there are a lot of people upset about what politicians are doing?  

You need to know, I'm not the type to hiking around a government building or stalking politicians while carrying a sign or screaming slogans at tv cameras.  Not my personality...thank you.  And I grant you there are plenty of lunatics around.  That's obvious.  That said, there is reason for protest in today's heavy handed government environment.  People need to be speaking up. But I wonder if the politicians are getting the message.  People are not happy out here.  It seems a lot of people aren't happy our here.  Many of them coming from different angles of angst.  Some want more government. Others, like myself, want a lot less government. 

I have no idea what is in store for Tampa for the Republican Convention.  Probably much the same as what is happening in Charlotte.  What is happening in Charlotte?  I've heard from a reliable source that NATO will have troops in Charlotte, but can't find proof of it yet.  Nonetheless, here are some clues:

Roads Closed for Convention  

"To prepare for the DNC, the Secret Service has requested 2 miles of concrete barriers and more than five miles of 9-foot “anti-scale” steel fence. In addition, the federal government requested nearly 8 miles of lightweight metal barriers and portable barriers designed to withstand the impact of a 15,000-pound car at 30 mph.
The planned road closures will vary during the week, but are expected to begin at 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 2. Some could last for four days, according to a 19-page document released Wednesday morning.
There are three vehicle checkpoints for both areas surrounding Time Warner Cable Arena and Bank of America Stadium.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Chief Rodney Monroe says managing traffic “is probably our biggest test” during the convention.
Perhaps the biggest inconvenience is the federal government’s plan to close the John Belk Freeway from Interstate 77 and Independence Boulevard, for Thursday Sept. 6. That section of Interstate 277 handles 80,000 vehicles a day."

This from another Site

"With the help of the federal funds, Charlotte plans to add 2,400 to 3,400 officers from outside departments to its force of more than 1,750."

And this from yet another Site

"The U.S. Secret Service dictated almost every aspect of the security plan, and will do so again in Charlotte, reports the Charlotte Observer. "

 Meanwhile, I expect to see nothing and hear nothing from media on protests.  Nothing or very little...especially at the DNC in Charlotte.  Measures have been taken to keep protesters out of sight and out of the way.  Politicians and law enforcement are busy keeping protests way out of the way.  It's most likely that the attendees of both the DNC and RNC conventions will never lay eyes on or hear protesters at all. 

From the Tucson Sentinal in May

"According to legal scholars, one category of restrictions has mushroomed in importance in the last decade. Known as "spatial tactics," these restrictions literally divide the city into some sections where demonstrators will be allowed to gather and march and others from which they will be barred from doing so. In some cases, the tactics also impose other legal constraints on demonstrators within certain parts of the city, such as prohibiting them from carrying certain items, or changing the process through which they may apply for permits."

"The use of spatial tactics — such as exclusion zones and euphemistically-titled "free speech zones" have been the subjects of numerous lawsuits by groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union. Broadly, however, many of these tactics have survived constitutional challenge."

Well, I guess it's nice to have "Free Speech Zones."  I thought the rule was that unless you were yelling "FIRE" in a theatre, everywhere in America was a "Free Speech Zone," (I should say within limits of polite protocols in certain settings such as classrooms and church, for instance.)  But not being able to shout at a politician or be within shouting distance sort of defeats the purpose, doesn't it?  You've heard the phrase about "speaking to an empty room?"

And that's the point.  Defeating the purpose.  The political class is fast becoming the most isolated class in the country.  They don't want to hear it from citizens, I guess. I don't know where all of this is headed, but if Charlotte and Tampa are any indication, we are more than headed to a police state.  Now that we have drones permitted to hover over us conducting surveillance and the government beefing up every agency with millions of hollow point bullets, it does make one wonder.

Actually, it doesn't make one wonder too much.  It's plain as the nose on your face.  Politicians are running scared of people and enlisting law enforcement to keep people away from them.  People are becoming afraid to speak up for fear of being labeled a "terrorist."  An environment has been created where no one is safe and all are suspect. 

We can hardly be a "Free" country when all are under threat and free speech is stifled.  A police state is definitely emerging. And we are all going to witness the latest manifestation of that through the two political conventions this year.  

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/08/08/3439951/dnc-2012-security-plan-roads-closed.html#storylink=cpy

Signs of the Times / Tea Party '09

My Signs for Tomorrow's Tea Party
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Not since I was in high school have I spent time working on rally signs. In that case of course it was for sports enthusiasm. I'm normally not the sort of pep rally person and I certainly don't jump onto bandwagons. This is the huge exception. It takes a lot to get me riled. But I can't think of a more worthwhile cause than doing something to recapture our government from the Socialist / Fascist / political thugs who have taken over our lives. So tomorrow I am heading to Charlotte for the Tea Party. I am pinning tea bags to my shirt and I am carrying these signs. We need to do this...we cannot let this despicable bunch of hypocrites and power mongers take our lives like they are doing. Please go....please speak out. Sitting there in your comfy chairs watching the country go down on the telly, sitting there being outraged is not enough!!!! SPEAK OUT!!!