Euphemisms

Egypt's military regime is justifying it's aggression against Morsi supporters by labeling them terroristss;sound familiar?  I think that most intelligent people have accepted the take-over as a coup;it's pretty hard find acceptable euphemisms for coup.But terrorists is an even bigger stretch.That's a US tactic.War on terrorism-label anyone that you want to get rid of ,a terrorist.Euphemisms come in handy.Manning &Snowden are treasonists;whistleblower or leaker of any kind,just isn't strong enough.Find an extreme enough euphemism and anything can be justified!

Ramblings

Is the latest terror threat valid?Even if it is,is the treatment valid?If it weren't for Snowden and the NSA hype would this threat be treated differently?I've thought from the beginning that something was amiss.This is not the way that a credible terror threat would ordinarily be handled.It looks to me as if the purpose is to justify
the NSA surveillance.Why the surveillance should not be addressed,I don't know.It just creates another disappointment with the Obama administration and its promise of openness-very disappointing.The irony of  the situation is that if this is a valid threat ,then it is being treated more openly,even if the response is exaggerated.That's precisely why I'm skeptical.Do the embassy closings have anything to do with Benghazi?

Why is all of the secrecy necessary?What should be kept secret?I know that NSA surveillance shouldn't be kept secret.What happened to transparency;of course,if you use a word like transparent instead of open or honest,you can be pretty certain that secrecy is close behind.Transparent usually implies a deceptive intent;at least in most cases.Secrecy is rampant;pandemic.Is Snowden guilty of treason for exposing secrecy?Who is really being betrayed?The government or the public that the government is supposed to represent?I cannot justify secrecy from the American people.There has been established abuse of this surveillance,extensive abuse.Snowden's claims have been pretty well substantiated,so it's time to investigate and abolish or revise NSA surveillance.

Privileged

The pentagon reportedly spends 1.5 billion on mansions,villas,extravagant housing for military generals and  upper military brass.While furloughing 680,000 workers because of the sequester this spending is evidently unaffected(200,000 dollar leases,220,000 dollar maintenance expenses,4 million dollar repairs,etc.).To add insult 320,000 was spent on a study that determined these expenses to be reasonable.And some complain about food stamps for hungry kids! I'm

IRS-501(c)(4)

What should we make of the IRS targeting conservatives relative to tax exempt applications?The discussion in entirety is pretty ridiculous,funny actually.PACs in general were pretty well exposed by Colbert on his TV show.;501(c)(4)s also.Any obviously political contribution creation should have been targeted and perfunctorily denied,whether liberal or conservative.According to Colbert's attorney,they didn't even need to apply,so the whole controversy was also entirely political and didn't warrant all the conversation that it inspired.We really need campaign reform!Really!

What is wrong with us?What is wrong with our society?.We need to start over,start at the beginning.Any individual,before he can do anything else,must have food,shelter,and adequate health care.Until he has those basics,his life will be consumed with that acquisition.That is the beginning!

When we talk about society,we often presume that these basics are a given and they should be.In our society,no one should have to be consumed with acquiring the basics.Sadly that's not the case.Too many are consumed with just that.

Our first concern should be resolving that problem.Everyone should have a chance.Everyone should have enough food for sustenance,somewhere to live comfortably,and adequate health care.It's unconscionable that individuals can have 60 billion+ of wealth when we have 30 to 50 million with almost nothing.It's unconscionable!.Why do we allow it ?Why do we allow Bill Gates to have 67 billion-billion! In wealth-and then laud him as charitable!How?While supposedly devoting his "life" to charity,he gained a billion dollars in wealth.That's really charitable!People,actual living people,are starving,have no place to live,no health care,and he has 67 billion and is considered charitablelHe's not.He's always cited as the classic example of the American dream!He's a classic example of America's failure.Why do we allow it!The classic examples of the American dream turn out to be classic examples of the American nightmare!Bill Gates could give 5 million people,$13000 dollars and still have 1 billion in wealth-what a sacrifice.

Give the masses a starting point.Expose these ideological entrepreneurs of the fixed free market system!The problem lies with the corporations and the rich and the ultra-rich and their control.Why do we allow them to take advantage of us, to increase their advantage.How can we be that stupid?How can we allow it to happen?How can we make the corporations give us health care and pensions and decent pay.It was that way before corporations.All of corporate profits(all!)now go to upper management.How can we,the people(sound familiar?)regain control of our lives?

The answer, of course,is in government.We,the people,must take control of the government.Corporations and the rich and ultra-rich that they have created ,are quickly obtaining complete contol of the government,rather governments at all levelsand we have allowed it.Part of the reason for their success is the intense anti-government propaganda that they disseminate-and it's good.They have most of the country believing that government is the problem;it is ,but not in the way that they say.The problem is that we don't have a government that represents the people.we have a government that represents the corporations and the rich.If we can't stop it we will have Big Brother and it will be because of our own doing!Don't believe the propaganda!Don't!Government can be our savior, if it is our government.If we don't take control now,it will take a revolution later and success may not be possible.We must demand campaign reform now,before it is too late.I hope it's not too late already!
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Love and lust

Lust is immediate.Love takes time.Sometimes love begins with an afterthought and after lust has diminished.And strangely enough,lust can be revived.

Faith and Logic

Faith should be introduced only after logic has been exhausted.