THE TAO OF SPARTACUS JONES

Two neighboring ranchers were talking one day, discussing the merits of family.
One rancher had five sons.
The other had five daughters.
They commenced to debate which was better, sons or daughters.
"My five strapping boys will be able to help me work the place," said one rancher proudly.

The other rancher thoughtfully rolled a cigarette and then with a sly smile replied," My friend, your five sons will be spending their time at my place helpin' my five daughters help me work the place. But don't worry, I'll give you a hand when you need it."


Nope.
Life ain't fair.


sj

Artwork by Doreman Burns

Ruins of a Dream

The undoing of democracy as a substantive ideal is most visible in the illegal legalities perpetuated by the Bush-Cheney regime and reproduced under the presidency of Barack Obama that extend from the use of military commissions, the policy of indefinite detention, suppressing evidence of torture, maintaining secret and illegal prisons in Afghanistan to the refusal to prosecute former high-level government officials who sanctioned acts of torture and other violations of human rights.

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Spring's Almost Here...

....I can see the deer in my backyard.

sj

I Want the Truth!

Nearly 3000 people died.
343 firefighters.

We owe it to them -- and to ourselves-- to determine who was responsible for this arson/mass murder and bring them to justice.

The obliteration of America, the shredding of the Bill of Rights, the War on Iraq, the War on Afghanistan, The Patriot Act, spying, torture assassination -- all of it has been predicated upon this one event.

This is THE issue fundamental to the future of America.
Not the economy.
Not the environment.
Because we won't be able to fix ANY of those problems unless and until we fix this one.

sj

Stand Up. Fight Back.

I had a professor once who lived through the Nazi reign in Germany.
He told me that a grandchild of his once asked him, "How could you let that happen?"
Knowing he had done nothing to resist, to dissent, to fight back, he said, his only answer was to weep -- and now, he'll never stop."

I couldn't understand him at the time.
Now, I do.

One day, a child may you, "What did you do during that time?"
How will you answer?

Don't be a "good German."
Fight the Reich.


sj

They Told Us So

Obama is a Liar: Illegal Wars, Fraudulent Bailouts, Egregious Assault on Civil Liberties Ralph Nader and Cynthia McKinney were Right About Barack Obama By Chris Hedges

Global Research, March 2, 2010

Truthdig - 2010-03-01

We owe Ralph Nader and Cynthia McKinney an apology. They were right about Barack Obama. They were right about the corporate state. They had the courage of their convictions and they stood fast despite wholesale defections and ridicule by liberals and progressives. Obama lies as cravenly, if not as crudely, as George W. Bush. He promised us that the transfer of $12.8 trillion in taxpayer money to Wall Street would open up credit and lending to the average consumer. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), however, admitted last week that banks have reduced lending at the sharpest pace since 1942. As a senator, Obama promised he would filibuster amendments to the FISA Reform Act that retroactively made legal the wiretapping and monitoring of millions of American citizens without warrant; instead he supported passage of the loathsome legislation. He told us he would withdraw American troops from Iraq, close the detention facility at Guantánamo, end torture, restore civil liberties such as habeas corpus and create new jobs. None of this has happened... Read the rest at: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=17875 sj