tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124424082024-03-05T09:24:23.741-08:00The Incredible Link: Truth in Politics and GovernmentWe the people, rely on the men and women we elect to public office, to act on our behalf for the good of all. But what we've been getting are lies, twists, partial truths and spin. See something wrong, report it here. Let's talk about it.The Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-14194662922134538292008-11-06T11:15:00.001-08:002008-11-06T11:15:57.506-08:00Lest We Forget!I have a Dream
By Martin Luther King, Jr.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity.
But one hundred years later, weThe Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-24461302743597436332008-11-06T11:14:00.001-08:002008-11-06T11:14:36.583-08:00Lest We Forget(Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963 )
The Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-57432072577315703242008-11-05T11:20:00.001-08:002008-11-05T11:20:01.203-08:00Fired up. Ready to Go!November 5, 2008
The United States enters a period of potential metamorphosis. Promises made should be promises kept, and yet, if we expect a President Obama to be able to accomplish all those things we hope for we shall be sadly awakened in a world much the same as we experience today; a Bush world view.
I recall with awe the most important words spoken by Obama during his came. "Change The Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-80774001609694114162008-11-02T11:36:00.001-08:002008-11-02T11:36:50.705-08:00Head Off Voter Fraud!!!ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION
Many states have already felt the sting of Republicans pushing their voter deception and removal schemes. Today in Colorado 30,000 voters were added back to the voter rolls by diligent voter protection agencies.
Illegally removing voters from voter rolls is worse than Acorn's occasional registration of Mickey Mouse or the Dallas Cowboys. The The Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-41617818499922936692008-10-30T11:45:00.001-07:002008-10-30T11:45:44.512-07:00“NI**ER PLEASE! It’s called the White House!”I saw this quote on a T-shirt on the Internet.
Mimesis was defined to me as the act of a group of people "picking on" or "bullying" the least of the group. Think of the football team chastising the geek. Think of the rally team sneering at the fat girl.
It's not pleasant, especially if it happens to you. It means you're out – you don't belong.
But it means more than that. It means that there areThe Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-23319105015505708222008-10-28T15:46:00.001-07:002008-10-28T15:46:36.336-07:00Political Communication in the 21st Century and How We Get DupedHere's the good news. The American political system is designed on a system of checks and balances. It depends on what the founders called "an informed citizenry." The bad news; it's becoming her and harder to find an informed citizenry! The question is, why?
Anthropologist Desmond Morris wrote in his book The Naked Ape that mankind's society began to deteriorate when the societal unit, the The Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-29217125499820831002008-10-27T16:34:00.001-07:002008-10-27T16:34:44.314-07:00Where Does Gregoire Budget Deficit Come From?I've been listening to Dino Rossi bad mouthing Governor Christine Gregoire concerning the state budget and what he says we will be in the hole because of the Governor's spending. Yet, in all his facts he has conveniently omitted the fact that Washington will be paying about 15 Billion dollars to cover the cost of the illegal war in Iraq – a war that Rossi and Republican GOPs support. Rossi is The Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-49071148846136439012008-10-17T15:58:00.001-07:002008-10-17T15:58:14.747-07:00We Must Do Better!I'm always amazed to read the comments on the newspaper blogs. I don't know why I even read them. It's virtually all crap being said about our candidates. No one give specifics - it's all generalizations, lies, distraction, and rubbish. How can anyone engage in a debate with "nothing"?
I'm talking both sides of the arguments. I say 'If you can't back up your comments with fact and reason (not The Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-57036397417283564932008-10-16T15:07:00.001-07:002008-10-16T15:07:35.605-07:00Smile
The other day I went downtown to run a few errands. I went into the local coffee shop for a snack. I was only there for about 5 minutes, and when I came out, there was this cop writing out a parking ticket. I said to him, 'Come on man, how about giving a retired person a break'? He ignored me and continued writing the ticket. His insensitivity annoyed me, so I called him a 'The Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-81268948013598656282008-10-16T09:32:00.001-07:002008-10-16T09:32:36.633-07:00Concerning the Kitsap Commissioner Race for District 2
The Kitsap Commissioner's race for District 2 parallels state and national GOP for dirty tricks. For Republicans these races are about power and promoting Republican ideology.
Local GOP campaign techniques are now modeled on Karl Rove and George Bush's bag of dirty tricks. We expected the GOP scandalous Dirty Tricks would eventually trickle The Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-27593074379554619772008-10-15T12:13:00.001-07:002008-10-15T12:25:42.993-07:00Whoever controls the message controls the perceived reality. And perception is everything!
Virtually nothing happens in a political campaign except that it is designed to happen.
Straight Talk Express and Maverick, are efforts by John McCain's campaign to control his message and create a desired perception that he is the kind of politician who can be trusted to speak the truth about everythingThe Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-52824346481395296472008-09-20T09:37:00.002-07:002008-09-20T10:36:47.478-07:00John McCain's Position on Gov't Regulations
I've been watching this whole Wall Street bail out, and I'm not happy about it. It seems that when the "big business" folks get into trouble the government is all for saving them. Yet, as we saw when the "average Joe" was going belly up and was unable to pay their mortgages, the boys in Washington said "Too bad."
Doesn't that beat all? Washington is supposed to be "Government by the people, forThe Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-47358047162604680752008-09-20T09:32:00.002-07:002008-09-20T10:39:15.362-07:00John McCain Used to be Maverick, but Now . . .The Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-2483205006879229692007-11-10T22:12:00.000-08:002007-11-15T23:27:55.513-08:00Truth Or ConsequencesI’m thinking about Political tricks and spins, and the more I think, the angrier I get. I’m not angry at the Political Parties. I’m angry with my self. There have been tons of indications concerning the propaganda movement toward totalitarianistic methodology.
What do I mean by that?
Simple really. For example, back in the late sixties, Republicans realized that if you control the message, you The Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-59531513183145111772007-09-10T12:33:00.000-07:002007-09-10T12:39:23.992-07:00Iraqi War ReportAs I listened to Ambassador Crocker report to Congress, he made big point of the damage it would cause in human suffering, economic calamity, and the political ramifications in the area, if the United States should pull out of Iraq, and I am left wondering what the hell was this administration thinking when they took on the task of empire building in the first place?
It is quite a bit late for The Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-55545709302310391152007-08-14T16:04:00.000-07:002007-08-14T16:30:13.707-07:00Democrat Grassroots Program for 2008Date: July 30, 2007TO: Dedicated Democratic LeadersFROM: Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD),Chairman Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)
RE: Growing the Democratic Majority in Congress
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The 2008 election is already in full swing and our candidates are hard at work across the country, campaigning for their vision of America’s future. They are meeting voters, mobilizing The Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-29071140824291252822007-08-14T15:32:00.000-07:002007-08-14T15:55:48.801-07:00Liberal Means ProgressiveWhat is a Liberal?
Do you have to be “Liberal” to be a Democrat? Do you have to be a “Democrat” to be Liberal? In other words, are Democrat and Liberal synonymous? Republican Operatives are constantly trying to define what it means to be Democrat. They would have America believe that Democrats are Liberal and that Liberal is extremely bad for America. Of course under the current Republican The Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-19282303926488174942007-08-14T15:07:00.000-07:002007-08-14T15:12:01.641-07:00Beware and Be Prepared for Radical Republican Media BlitzesAs Democrats, we must be informed, not only in our own candidates and issues, but also what is happening in the Republican camp. Note that all Republicans are evil or bad. They are not. But there is a group that came into power with Snoot Gingrich. These folks have little or no conscience. They lie; create phony evidence to promote their causes. They smear opponents with lies, half-truths and The Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-14598768823415504462007-07-06T11:31:00.001-07:002008-12-08T13:08:20.743-08:00Don't Let Bush Rewrite History
We forget the lessons of our past. Even worse, those in power rewrite the history to suit their own needs and agendas.
There was much discussion around 1763 concerning the methodical, step by step, usurping of liberty and rights of the people by those in power. So much so that John Dickenson said in 1768 “These unspeakable calamities come not from dust, come not causeless.” And furthers asks “The Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-8132228185626753002007-07-06T09:25:00.000-07:002008-12-08T13:08:21.364-08:00An Uneventful Fourth of July
I attended two Fourth of July parties. I visited with old friends and new friends and had a pretty good time. The second party was on the hill in Port Orchard just above the fireworks barge. Talk about a view! That's where I took this picture.
The only thing missing was any conversation (and that includes from me) concerning our wonderful nation and the the condition it's been put in by a rulingThe Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-14099370565735117272007-07-06T09:20:00.000-07:002007-07-06T09:23:54.441-07:00Conservatives and UFOsWhy do so many radio stations that carry
· Bill O’Reilly
· Sean Hannity
· Glenn Beck
· Rush Limbaugh
· Dave Ramsey
· The Drudge Report
· Michael Savage
· Jerry Doyle
And their ilk, also carry
Coast to Coast AM with George Noory
Which deals with UFO's, strange occurrences, life after death, and other unexplained (and often unexplicable) phenomena.
Hmmmm. Interesting. And, oh, by the way, "The Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-70237266475169519942006-11-09T22:34:00.000-08:002006-11-09T23:03:10.003-08:00Posturing, Posturing, PosturingIf you ask a McDonald's Restaraunt owner what are the three most important considerations when opening a new store, she will tell you "Location, Location, Location!" The political version of merchandising is "Posture, Posture, Posture!"
The President has postured himself as now being willing to make certain changes and conditions conducive to bipartisanism. For example, Bush's firing of RumsfeldThe Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-122083342191626422006-11-09T21:05:00.000-08:002006-11-09T22:29:31.323-08:00Pelosi and Dems Call for New DirectionSpeaker Elect Pelosi has been pushing the Democrat’s Plan for the future “A New Direction For America”. It seems the Republican Party’s claim that the Dems have no plan has clearly been political spin designed to scare voters into voting for the GOP. It didn’t work.
So what do the Dems have in mind? I’ve copied a couple of things including the Six Priorities for ‘06. Take a look:
Democrats The Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-53708567699511354242006-11-08T08:11:00.000-08:002006-11-08T09:46:46.513-08:00"Bush's Brain" Can't Do MathI listened to National Public Radio last week as Karl Rove was being interviewed at "Radio Day" held under a large tent on the Whitehouse grounds.
Among other things, Rove said:
"Politics is a complex equation.""I'm looking at 68 polls a week. You may be looking at 4.""I'm looking at all the races. I'm looking at all these and they add up to a Republican House and a Republican Senate.""You mayThe Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12442408.post-79880849400924548372006-11-07T10:11:00.000-08:002006-11-07T10:18:51.030-08:00VOTEVOTE TODAYThe Incredible Linkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275150805587029707noreply@blogger.com0