Be ready for 5.00 a gallon of gas. I am sure it will be blamed on the Obama Administration. The unstability of the Middle East, will impact the world. I think the USA, is still considered part of the world.
When we hear the word revolution many will instantly start recalling images from the books or movies about bloody battles, people being oppressed, and human rights being abused, etc. In one sense this is not all wrong if we go back into history and see that in order to change the regimes that our countries had those days the fastest way of changing the regimes was by using violence as a means not as an end. Unfortunately, violence brought more violence and up to this date many governments are in power, not because people like them but because they have more damage power.
Getting close, here at home, USA, we can see that our governments are really servants of only a few powerful individuals that only care about their own interest. Our government has failed to fulfill the promises of our constitution, moreover, they have sabotaged the attempts of many fine people to do it.
A revolution in USA is not only possible it is actually happening. Now a days the revolutions are not done violently but instead by educating and empowering people. Today’s revolution can clearly be identified by looking at the real leaders around the world that little by little are changing the pseudo democracies and by changing the capitalist economic model. People are waking up from the lethargy that our false leaders, corrupt media, etc. have put us into. Thank the almighty there’s still visionaries in our world that have values and that live up to those values. The real leaders are embracing freedom, democracy and human rights, they are raising their voices and more people are listening. This is the real revolution and it is happening right now here at home.
Jared Loughner, the young man allegedly responsible for the tragedy in Tucson, seems clear that he is a mentally unstable individual whose motivations for committing such a horrific crime remains unknown. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't have a conversation about current political discourse and how it has gone too far.
The very real dangers of mainstreaming extremism. For the past two years, we have argued that the type of violent rhetoric that is now common on Fox News and talk radio creates a climate of fear, suspicion, and paranoia that could lead to another Oklahoma City.
Last fall, I was especially concerned with three assassination attempts directly linked to Fox News contributor Glenn Beck. Soon after Beck joked about poisoning then-House Speaker Nancy Palosi, in effigy on his set, a man threatened to firebomb her San Francisco residence. The man's mother said her son got all his ideas from Fox News. In March, Washington Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, received a death threat saying that she had a target on her back, and it would only take one bullet to accomplish his objective. The potential assassin, Charles Wilson, was eventually arrested and convicted for repeatedly threatening to kill Murray. During the sentencing phase of his trial, in a memo Wilson's cousin submitted to the court arguing for leniency, his actions were blamed, in part, on being "under the spell that Glenn Beck cast."
California gunman Byron Williams said he was inspired by Beck—whom he called a "schoolteacher on TV"—to attempt to assassinate the staff of a liberal philanthropic foundation in San Francisco.
After the third incident, Sarah Palin should of set an example by condemning her Fox colleague's violent and revolutionary rhetoric. On Beck's radio show, he and Palin jovially mocked our concern. For seven minutes on air, the pair joked about the plea to tone down the rhetoric. Beck said it was "laughable," "sad," and compared it to the "smelly kid in third grade." Palin giggled and said It was "silly," "pathetic," and "desperate" before ultimately concluding "I stand with you, Glenn."
Even now, in the weeks since the Arizona shooting, the right wing has insisted that there is not a problem with current political discourse and attacked anyone—like Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik—who suggests otherwise. Palin, whose removal of the now-infamous map showing gun sights over 20 congressional districts would seem to suggest she knew it was wrong, warned those "journalists and pundits" that the mere act of discussing extreme rhetoric would "incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn."
That's why we must reach out to Fox owner Rupert Murdoch, and to the FCC telling them that they must take a stand. Murdoch, has the power to order Beck and Palin to stop using violent rhetoric on the airwaves. If they fail to do so, he must fire them or be held responsible for the climate they create and any consequences thereof. The FCC, has the power and responsibility on what should be considered revolutionary rhetoric, and sanction such trash.
"RELOAD!" Sarah Palin shouted at right-wing supporters via Twitter on the Tuesday after President Obama signed the House health care bill. On her Facebook page, she posted a U.S. map with crosshair targets in states where she's planning to campaign against moderate Democrats who voted in favor of the health insurance overhaul. "We'll aim for these races," she wrote, in the "first salvo" leading up to the midterm elections. A few liberal commentators don't find that kind of rhetoric amusing.
Honestly, where in any decent, civilized society is there room for Sarah's tweet, "Don't retreat, RELOAD!"? While some may dismiss that as silly rhetoric, or even humor, it is anything but. One only has to recall some of the weirder moments during the last presidential campaign, especially the Sarah Palin rallies. Some of those people were not only whacked-out, conspiracy nuts, they were more than willing to take "justice" as they defined it, and use whatever means necessary to achieve it, including violence. And they are armed.
I would not find it surprising if someone from the Department of Justice rang Palin, up to advise her that what she is doing is inciting violence - which is a federal offense. As if it weren't bad enough that people were spitting on legislators, yelling epithets and wearing sidearms into Starbucks, here comes Sarah Palin using the language of guns ... and this in a country that has seen political assassinations in our lifetime. Hate speech, anyone? I would suggest to McCain's Mistake that she, well, think before she speaks. Or better yet, just stop talking.
Most (but probably not all) Palin supporters may insist the tuckered-out former Alaska governor meant "reload" metaphorically. But in a country where angry right-wingers carry guns to see the president speak, and spit on African-American congressmen, I thought it was a chilling statement. Will any Republican denounce Palin's language?
The armed and dangerous theme isn‘t just in the streets and at the protests. It‘s now the vernacular by which supposedly mainstream conservative politicians address their followers.
Palin's rifle scope map is the kind of image one might expect to see in an ad for a violent, first-person shooter video game. Again, neither the language nor the imagery Palin uses are neutral. For Palin, the concepts of political "organizing" and "volunteering" are recast as the functions of a rifle. "Campaigning" is re-imagined as a counterassault on a war battlefield. Even more disturbing, Palin re-imagines the traditional U.S. map as a military kill list. Engaging in election politics is framed as violent assault.
When seen in the context of this violent rhetoric by the highest-profile figures in the Republican Party, recent calls for gun violence seen at Tea Party rallies on Capital Hill take on new meaning.
Of all the images to convey about her movement, it is revealing that Sarah Palin chose one associated with violence. Palin's rhetoric comes amidst a surge in right-wing extremism, a time during which she should be urging cooler heads to prevail instead of fueling the most radical elements of her base. ... I don't care how much money Sarah Palin might want to make off her political celebrity, if she were the patriot she claims to be, she'd be doing everything in her power to rein in the rising tide of right-wing extremism.
Another loser, John McCain, the GOP presidential candidate in 2008 who selected Palin as his running mate, defended her against host Ann Curry's charge that she is using "incendiary" language. "Those words have been used throughout of my political career," McCain said. "There are targeted districts, and there are areas that we call battleground states, and so please, that rhetoric and kind of language is just part of the political lexicon. There is no place for threats of violence or anything else, but to say that someone is in a battleground state is not originated today."
Gun metaphors are part of politics, from "targeted districts" to "under fire" to "took a shot at the presidency." For all her demagoguery and ditziness, Palin isn't inciting anyone to violence. The vandalism and vile epithets that have been aimed at some supporters of health care reform ought to be condemned, but it's a reach to attribute them to Palin and other loose-tongued Republicans.
Another example of political rhetoric:
"Medicare is the binding commitment of a caring society." In one of President Bush's State of the Union Address, he described what medicare is to the public. I honestly could not make any sense of his statement. It sounded like he was trying to make Medicare into something it is not. It appears that Mr. Bush was just trying to sound intelligent in my opinion. "Axis of evil" This is the term by which President Bush referred to North Korea, Iraq, and Iran; he used this term so people would associate these countries with "evil". He was giving enemies a name that made them look worse to the public. "Weapons of mass destruction" President Bush used this term to make the atomic/nuclear weapons seem imminent ...
People heard and believed this phrase, any action that Bush chose to carry out on Iraq would seem justifiable. "Evil doers" Rather than naming the specific people or group he was speaking of (such as Osama bin-Laden or members of the Al-Qaeda network), Bush referred to them as "evil doers", which is a very emotionally charged phrase, used to ensure that the public shared his sentiments toward the "evil doers". In the war with Iraq Americans want to really know why did the United States go to war with Iraq? There are several conclusions that people have come to. Some of the main reasons that the United States went to war with Iraq was because of the belief that Saddam Hussein was harboring terrorists in Iraq and that he had in his possession weapons of mass destruction whether they were nuclear or gas bombs the United States had no idea. When also looking at reasons why the United States decided to enter into war with Iraq was because of the oil and the debate of how much is too much for a barrel of oil. Also that the United States wanted to get Saddam Hussein out of power and charge him with harboring WMD's ... ” The reliability of our intelligence and whether or not going to war with the Iraq was a good thing to do or not. Only time will tell all true reasons of why the United States went to war with Iraq, for now we can only go on what the Bush Administration told us and that of our own suspicions. My own suspicion is that "W", had a score to settle with Saddam, after Hussein, threatened Bush Sr., while president. He settled his score alright with the sacrifices and the many death of our brave men and women of our armed forces.
On October 19, 1781, the decisive military campaign of the American Revolution culminated with the British surrender to combined American and French forces under the command of George Washington. The Siege of Yorktown effectively ended the six-year struggle of the Revolutionary War and set the stage for a new government and nation.
As with any of my posts', they are known to be controversial, but always open to debate. Wheather on my Blog, my Facebook page, or my Tweeter account. I am real and can back my writings with ample research.
Researched and Composed by Fred Herrera
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