As we read “The Time Machine,” published in 1895 by H. G. Wells, we learn of a dreamer obsessed with traveling through time. He builds himself a time machine and, much to his surprise, travels over 800,000 years into the future. The world has been transformed with a society living in apparent harmony and bliss; but as the Traveler stays in this world of the future, he discovers a hidden barbaric and depraved subterranean class.
I am not certain that I fully understand how the Time Machine worked--it had something to do with time being a fourth dimension of space, and our inventor had discovered a way to travel through it.
But I do know quite a bit about the Slime Machine and how it works. It does not take the Traveler into the future, but rather briefly into the past; and then the traveler makes a quick return to the present, hoping to carry back a lot of “slime”.
What is the Slime Machine and how does it work? The prototype of the Slime Machine was built in 1995, exactly a century after the publication of “The Time Machine." The earliest model was built by the newly-elected Republican members of Congress, who arrived in our nation’s capital with Newt Gingrich and the “Contract with America.”
The Slime Machine at first operated on the fuel provided by lazy, complacent, and corrupt Democrats. The machine did not rely on legitimate investigative reporting, however, but upon a staged smear. It relied upon turning a mole hill into a Mt. Everest. The Republicans who invented the Slime Machine took a page out of “Mein Kampf” for their smear techniques, with special interest given to the use of propaganda, as quoted here:
“The receptivity of the great masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous. In consequence of these facts, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand by your slogan.”
Using the techniques mentioned in “Mein Kampf", the Republicans decided to hone in on the biggest target of all -- the Clintons. Without going into detail, I can only report that the Clintons were cleared of all the charges that the Slime Machine had generated in the Whitewater scandal. And this was after Ken Starr had spent $70 million of taxpayer money taking the Traveler back in time with the hope of returning with slime. But even though they were not prosecuted , the damage to the Clinton’s good name and reputation had been done.
These are not your father's Republicans. These Republicans take no prisoners. Cross them and, even if you are one of their own, they will have you rubbed out. They tasted first blood during the Clinton years, and like piranhas in a river, will attack any beast unfortunate enough to fall or be pushed into the water. So when they picked Texan George W. Bush as their candidate, they decided it was time to see just how far they could take the smear, and just how far they could push it.
The first victim was a Vietnam War hero -- triple amputee Max Cleland, a Democrat,. Again it worked. Oh, how it worked! All they had to do was say something over, over, and over again, and voters internalized it and voted against the target. How easy. Why the hell hadn't they thought of this before?
Then the big show began with the Bush vs. Kerry campaign. Here you had Bush, who avoided going to Vietnam by hiding out at a Texas National Guard armory -- when he even bothered to show up -- and over there Kerry, who had volunteered to serve in Vietnam, winning medals and getting wounded. This smear had to be extra sleazy. And so it was.
John Kerry had been a hero for over thirty years, but when he opposed George W. Bush in the 2004 Presidential Election, the Slime Machine took the Traveler back in time and came back with the news that Kerry wasn’t a war hero after all. Not only that, but the machine also discovered that Kerry was a waffler, a flip-flopper. There was the term they were looking for. Did it work? Just recently, four years after the smear, a fellow blogger said that she couldn’t stand Kerry because he is such a flip-flopper. This in spite of the fact that an objective assessment of Bush and Kerry will show that Bush is much more of a “flip-flopper” than Kerry had ever thought of being.
How many more times do we have to bear witness to such drive-by muggings of political candidates and war heroes before someone puts a stop to it? I don't care if it's Republicans or Democrats behind it, misinformation is misinformation, a misrepresentation is a misrepresentation, a distortion is a distortion, and a lie is a lie; and there should be consequences -- legal consequences as well as political.
And to those voters out there -- on the right and left -- so anxious to believe the worst about someone they don't want to win: Do you really prefer thugs and liars?
Since we have all been witness to the smears of the Slime Machine on Barack Obama, I won’t include them here. Go to snopes.com and fightthesmears.com for a list of them.
Remember the Traveler in “The Time Machine” who discovered a hidden barbaric and depraved subterranean class 800,000 years into the future? The difference is we have such a class in the here and now in the Slime Machine.
Video. Countdown: The Slime Machine. Keith reports on how low the race is going to go with the Republican slime machine attacking Obama. Rachel Maddow weighs in.
Video. NBC Cindy McCain steps up Obama attacks
Cindy deserves an Academy Award for her performance. The only problem is that John McCain also voted against the bill to fund the troops two months earlier, for a different reason.
Replacing the Ten Amendments (Bill of Rights) with the Ten Commandments
Replacing the Ten Amendments (Bill of Rights) with the Ten Commandments
The United States Constitution has a clause that clearly states that “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.” In the case of a president or vice-president, this has been interpreted to mean that they cannot be required to adhere to or accept any religion or belief. Even the oath “So help me God” was not a part of the original presidential oath. Those Americans who favor the separation of church and state often cite the “no religious test” clause as indicating the intent of the original Framers of the Constitution that there should be no entanglement between church and state, or involving the government in any way as a determiner of religious beliefs or practices.
The fact that Sarah Palin’s home church, the Assembly of God, in Wasilla, is considered to be a weird religious sect by some individuals does not disqualify her for office. She was a practicing Pentecostal from her teenage years through 2002. Some of its members speak in tongues, believing that only God can understand what they are saying. Six years ago, Palin left Assembly of God to join the non-denominational Wasilla Bible Church. But the Assembly of God says she still returns for special conferences and events, such as the graduation of ministry students in June.
Voters certainly should consider her worldview when exercising their vote. In addition, voters should be aware that Palin’s religious beliefs are outside the mainstream of the religious beliefs of Americans. Palin, for example, does not believe in evolution and wants Intelligent Design taught in public schools.
Palin’s church believes that its members have been given the gift of prophecy. They believe that Sarah Palin attained her positions as governor of Alaska and a VP candidate as a result of those gifts. They also believe that she is destined to become the President of the United States. They believe further that Wasilla is a part of God’s plans not only for Alaska, but for the United States and the entire world.
If the McCain/Palin ticket wins in November, voters should be aware that Palin, although a sincere, Christian woman, has certain extreme religious ideas that would guide her should she succeed John McCain as president. She opposes abortion, EVEN IN THOSE CASES IN WHICH THE MOTHER’S LIFE IS IN DANGER. Let's consider this scenario: a teenage girl is on her way home from school when she is abducted and violently raped by a deranged sociopath. Later, she finds that she is pregnant. Palin would require her to go through with the pregnancy, EVEN IF IT ENDANGERED HER OWN LIFE.
As Commander-in-chief, Palin could face a conflict of interest. She believes that we are living in the End Times and that Jesus Christ will return within her lifetime. Why worry about international conflicts. After all, the End Times require a belief in the apocalypse.
There is nothing wrong with having a personal belief in the End Times, but conducting foreign policy under those beliefs is another matter. Furthermore, if one believes that we are in the End Times, why worry about the national debt and the destruction of the environment.
We have learned that as the mayor of Wasilla, Palin tried to inject her religious beliefs into the selection of books for the library. She once asked the librarian about the process of banning those books that had inappropriate language. When the librarian refused her request, Palin threatened to fire her for not giving full support to the mayor.
Palin believes in Christian Reconstructionism. The implementation of Biblical Law is central to the mission of building the Kingdom of God on earth. The way to get to Biblical Law is through politics. Therefore, God's law as manifested in the Bible should govern. References to the Ten Commandments are more than symbolic. It reflects a belief that the Bible, NOT THE CONSTITUTION, represents the final legal authority. The Ten Commandments take priority over the Ten Amendments (Bill of Rights).
Is the United States headed toward a theocracy?
Video. Sarah Palin and Her Wacky Religious Beliefs Part 1 of 2
Video. Just how religious is Sarah Palin? Part 2 of 2
I Knew That I Had Been Touched By Love (Author unknown)
I knew that I had been touched by love the first time I saw you, and I felt your warmth, and I heard your laughter. I knew that I had been touched by love when I was hurting from something that happened, and you came along and made the hurt go away.
I knew that I had been touched by love when I quit making plans with my friends, and started dreaming dreams with you. I knew that I had been touched by love when suddenly I stopped thinking in terms of "me", and started thinking in terms of "we".
I knew that I had been touched by love when suddenly I couldn't make any decisions by myself anymore, and I had the strong desire to share everything with you. I knew that I had been touched by love the first time we spent alone together, and I knew I wanted to stay with you forever because I had never felt this touched by love.
I Love You (A poem by Roy Croft)
I love you, Not only for what you are, But for what I am When I am with you.
I love you, Not only for what You have made of yourself, But for what You are making of me.
I love you For the part of me That you bring out.
I love you For putting your hand Into my heaped-up heart And passing over All the foolish, weak things That you can’t help Dimly seeing there, And for drawing out Into the light All the beautiful belongings That no one else had looked Quite far enough to find.
I love you because you Are helping me to make Of the lumber of my life Not a tavern But a temple; Out of the works Of my every day Not a reproach But a song...
You are reading the title of this video correctly. McCain and Palin are whipping the mindless Republican crowds into a frenzy of calling Obama a terrorist and screaming "Kill him!" This is so far past the line that it is becoming criminal and dangerous! Especially after all the threats and attempts on Obama's life.
Video 1. "KILL HIM!!![OBAMA]." PALIN SAYS NOTHING.
What have we become as a nation? Is it possible any longer to hold a civil presidential election? Are we headed for a fascistic dictatorship?
Video. 14 signs of fascism-The USA turning into a fascist country?
UPDATE: The two presidential candidates in the United States presidential election have squared off in a debate dominated by the financial crisis and who is best to tackle it.
Snap polls by US television networks taken after the debate awarded it to Democrat Barack Obama, who seemed as comfortable as his rival in the "town-hall" format, which Republican John McCain is said to love.
A CNN national poll found that 54 per cent of those asked thought Senator Obama won, while 30 per cent said Senator McCain was victorious.
A CBS survey also gave the debate to Senator Obama - 40 per cent to 26 per cent. (Source: ABC News. October 8, 2008)
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Sarah Palin Helps Lincoln Deliver The Gettysburg Address
Sarah Palin Helps Lincoln Deliver The Gettysburg Address
by Whit's Whittlings
The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln ( NICE TO MEETCHA. HEY, CAN I CALL YA ABE?)
Four score and seven years ago (GOSH DARNIT,THERE YOU GO, POINTING BACKWARDS AGAIN) our fathers (HOCKEY MOM) brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. (DARN RIGHT!)
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing (TESTIN’)whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. (GENERAL MCCLELLAN) We have come to dedicate a portion of it as a final resting (RESTIN’) place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. (BLESS THEIR HEARTS) It is altogether fitting (FITTIN’)and proper that we should do this. (YOU BETCHA!)
But in a larger sense (YOU GUYS)we can not dedicate - we can not consecrate - we can not hallow this ground. (SOCCER GAME) The brave men, living (LIVIN’) and dead, who struggled, here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here (DOGGONE IT!), but can never forget what they (JOE SIX-PACK) did here. (DARN RIGHT!) It is for us (MAVERICKS), the living, (LIVIN’) rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they have, thus far, so nobly carried on. (DARN RIGHT!) It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining( REMAININ’)( before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain (DARN RIGHT); that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people (JOE SIX-PACK), shall not perish from the earth. (YOU BETCHA)
(I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION MY BROTHER, WHO I THINK IS THE BEST SCHOOLTEACHER IN THE YEAR, AND HERE’S A SHOUT-OUT (WINK) TO ALL THOSE THIRD GRADERS AT GLADYS WOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. YOU GET EXTRA CREDIT FOR LISTENING TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN DELIVER “THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS.”)
Video. Saturday Night Live has the VP debate down cold, with a little help from Queen Latifah playing Gwen Ifill.
Tina Fey, of course, has become the permanent comedic embodiment of Sarah Palin, and now Jason Sudeikis has taken on Joe Biden.
Video. "Sarah Palin" (Tina Fey) and "Hillary Clinton" ( Amy Poehler) on Saturday Night Live 9/13/08
Video. 2-year-old recites Gettysburg Address
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