Prolonged Detention - Rachel Maddow's Comments

Where is the News Coverage

I have searched and have not been able to find major news sources covering the tar sands sit-ins at the White House that lead to the arrests of 1,252 people.  It's an impressive list, including top climate scientists, Texas and Nebraska landowners, First Nations leaders, Dr. James Hansen, Bill McKibben, Gus Speth, Daryl Hannah, Josh Fox and Naomi Klein.

Dr. James Hansen is arrested protesting

 the TransCanada KeystoneXL pipeline 

in front of the White House, August 29, 2011 (Photo by Ben Powless)

Reports on the protest and sit-in from the main-stream media are completely absent.  One might expect the arrests of 1,252 in front of the White House, including so many notables might have garnered some attention.  I haven't found any.  Although, the Washington Post was the first mainstream article to pop up regarding the tar sands and the white house.  

Then there is the Forbes article.

Where is the coverage regarding this outcry and these arrests?

Religious leaders protest the pipeline as U.S. Park Police arrest United Church of Christ minister Rev. Mari Castellanos, August 29, 2011. (Photo by Justice and Witness Ministries)

Special thanks the Evironment News Service all of the photos came from this article.

Vaccines? No Legal Recourse!

(Photo: Wired.com)

On June 15, 2009, Secretary Sebelius signed a declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act to extend liability immunity against tort claims to individuals and entities involved in all stages of 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine development, testing, manufacture, distribution, prescribing, administration, and use.

Liability immunity means that there is no legal tort claim that can be pursued in state or federal court. Individuals and entities that receive liability immunity under the declaration include manufacturers, distributors, States, locals, Tribes, and other entities that supervise or administer a vaccination program, and health care professionals or others authorized under State law to prescribe, administer, and dispense vaccines (Including police and military forces), when they are carrying out activities in accordance with the conditions stated in the declaration.

Think I am making this up? Here's the government's link.

One way the government can prevent situations like the video of my last post. Just say no one can be held responsible for crippling and killing Americans.

To Vaccinate or Not To Vaccinate? What Does History Tell Us?

The following videos are of a CBS "60 Minutes" documentary on the swine flu epidemic of 1976 regarding the government's propaganda program and response to the injuries that followed:

Come find me.

Obama's Preventive Incarceration Speech

President Obama has called for the creation of a legal system that will allow for the indefinite detention of people that our non-fascist Homeland officials might deem dangerous in the future...AND he did this standing in the presence of the original Constitution of the United States!

That's right, you don't need to commit a crime or even be charged with a crime.  

Is anyone really surprised?

This is the same Constitutional scholar, Barack Obama, that told the American people that FISA is necessary and, by default, the 4th amendment is not. 

Thank you for being diligent, Rachel.

Amazing 1,474-Megapixel Photo - How To!

David Berman created an amazing work, a 1,474 megapixel photo at President Obama's Inaugural address.  The photo is an AP photo from 2005, I could not post his because of it's amazing size.  The resolution is really quite amazing.  

He says he found Yo-Yo Ma taking a photo with his phone.  I was able to see security details on rooftops and scan the photographers in the crowd  .  

Check it out here.

I initially heard about this through the photobusinessforum blog.

If you are like me and have to know how this is done and how you can do it yourself, this is how it's done:

(Click on the picture to be taken to the Gigapan site.)

Inauguration Day 2009 - Austin, TX

Photos from today's gathering at Scholz Garten this afternoon.  

Many came to watch as Obama was sworn in as President.

It was packed in front,

packed in back,

...And packed in the back garten.

One of my favorite shots from the day:

Christmas Shopping or Stockpiling Weapons?

It was a scene I could only compare to shopping malls at Christmas time in the 1980s.  We drove up North Lamar into a traffic jam. We had to go see what all of the commotion was about.

 There were Sheriffs directing traffic, cars parked up and down both sides of the streets including most of the surrounding lots near the Crocket Center were full and the Center Parking lot was obviously at capacity.

It wasn't black Friday and it certainly isn't the 1980s. 

 

It was a gun show in Central Texas just after the election.

This photo does not begin to demonstrate how packed it was there.

Homer Simpson Tries to Vote for Obama

The future is here. Watch as Homer attempts to place his vote for Obama. If you are concerned about electronic vote tallying, get informed and involved here.

Even the cartoons leave out all of the rest of the candidates for President. Granted, the Simpsons is a show on Fox.

Police Threaten to Gas Veterans at DNC.

I wonder if they were granted access to speak at the convention or if they attempted to approach the convention again. I wonder if they would claim victory and leave so quickly if someone wearing a suit says something reassuring again.

I hope that both campaigns speak to veterans and citizens about important issues. I also hope that both camps become defenders of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Obama Declares Victory - Can We Concentrate Now?

So...Can we start paying attention to what the Congress and Senate are doing? This epic-length battle has been a blue dress of distraction.

Yes, the battle for top diplomat and commander-in-chief should be important to us, but not all-consuming. Congress and Senate are as much to blame for what is happening with the United States and around the world, if not more. They were elected to represent us and act as a check/balance with the Judicial and the Executive branches.True, they are not doing their jobs the way they should and neither are we. We are just as guilty because we have not demanded accountability from our representatives. We have not remained diligent and have released control of our republic to scoundrels, crooks and liars.

Please get involved in local and state elections while we still have a chance to.

Betting on the Election

I found this on Slate. It is a tracking of political futures.

Click here to see an overview of changes for the month in the 2008 Democratic Presidential Nominee Race.

	Intrade		Iowa Electronic		News Futures
Candidate	Price	Change	Price	Change	Price	Change
Barack Obama	90.00	+3.600	89.50	+0.069	94.00	+5.000
Hillary Clinton	8.60	-4.800	4.20	-0.078	6.00	-8.000
Al Gore	2.30	-0.500	n/a	n/a	1.00	-1.000
John Edwards	0.20	+0.000	0.20	+0.001	1.00	+0.000

Note: Click a market name in the above table to see a graph of those movements (which are updated once an hour).

Tim Russert - "The Nominee"

In case you haven't been near a TV lately, here is Tim Russert and Keith Olbermann discussing the Democratic presidential race:



Have a great day everyone!

Reject the Politics of Fear

I guess it's just a Hillary Clinton Day. The following video is of Casey Knowles, the young girl in Hillary Clinton's 3 a.m. "Be afraid, be very afraid!" ad.

In her own words:

"I reject the politics of fear that Senator Clinton uses to drum up votes."

I realize that this is an Obama ad. I am not endorsing Obama, but rejecting the politics of fear. In this case, it was an attempt by Hillary to put fear into people's hearts and minds and offer herself as the solution. I believe it is important that we all reject the politics of fear than ANY candidate employs and recognize it for what it is: PROPAGANDA.

The Candidates on Education

If you locate videos that encompass more of any of the candidates views on education, send them to me and I will post them.

Barack Obama speaking about education in Beaumont, TX:



Hillary Clinton speaking on education at Washington Lee High School in Virginia:



McCain on education presented by the Des Moines Register:



Ron Paul at the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, June 16, 2007:

Obama March

An Obama march (7.2 miles) is escorted down the highway by police and exits at Liendo Parkway.



It great to see so many people getting involved in this campaign.

Is This an Endorsement?

Rocketboom field correspondent Chuck Olsen talks to Christian Fundamentalists about Mike Huckabee, Barack Obama, and the End Times in Lynchburg, Tennessee.



I am flummoxed as to what to say about this. Reading is not unGodly.

Chuck Olsen is also the producer of The Uptake.