As the news was delivered Friday, what most expected to be a time to mourn the United States not getting the Olympic bid, turned out for the right wing to be a victory. A victory to the Republican party, a defeat to President Barack Obama. At the cost of hurting this country in a time of desperate economic instability, the right rejoiced. I've been amazed time and time again by the childish games played by the right. The double standard expected to be status-quo, and I knew it was only a matter of time before I witnessed the Republican Party claim victory over its own citizens. Rush Limbaugh said "The ego has landed folks, the world has rejected Barack Obama" as he laughed and teased at the loss to this country. Glenn Beck told listeners to his radio show "Let me be the first to tell you this news, it's so exciting." It's become evident that the Republican Party, regardless of how oxymoronic or hypocritical has been in the past, has reached a new level of shameful anti-American rhetoric. In the video below, you'll see a gathering of conservatives at the Americans For Prosperity,  one of the main organizing groups behind the tea party protests and a notorious Republican support system begin cheering at the news that the US had been eliminated in the first round in the bid for the 2016 Olympic games in Chicago.

 For a party that is willing to blindlessly throw billions upon billions of dollars into two wars, yet simultaneously negating the expanding deficit until a point of recession is reached? These people call themselves "patriots"? As I said in a blog a month ago "The Republican party would rather watch this country burn to the ground, so they can say HA! to Barack Obama, then help fix it in any way." That there has been talk of a "bloodless military coo" is beyond me. If anybody needs to stage a coo in this country, it's the conservatives who have had their party hi-jacked by the racist, bigoted, hate mongerers like Beck, Hannity, Limbaugh, and Savage. Now I find more hang-ups and hypocricy in the conservative view point then most, but for a small minority of fringe extremist who sure like to bring attention to other peoples mistakes and failures, you'd expect them to acknowledge the insane deterioration of their own base. As a Progressive, I look to the Democratic Party to do what's right for the majority of the country I love. I see the errors in the ways of those I support as well as those I don't. What it comes down to for me is ironically values. Not Christian values, not conservative values, and not even so much as family values. The value of life. The value of your common wo/man. The value that stops at birth in the Republican party. The value of the less fortunate. Teddy Kennedy once said "We are giving assurance to the American families that help is on its way."

   To see a nation so torn, yet so united. So confused, yet so focused. It makes me wonder what will my children have to look forward to. Imagine, if you can. A country with Republican majority in the House, Republican majority in the Senate, and a Republican President in the White House. I don't mean now, I don't mean 10 years ago. Not 20 or 30 years ago but since the dawn of the 1960's. Now begin to shape in your mind, a world in 2009, an America. The war in Vietnam is still blazing, women can't vote or work for that matter. She's told her place is at home, in the kitchen. Blacks and Hispanics use separate restrooms and drinking fountains and are only allowed labor jobs. There's no such thing as a "minimum wage". Workers dream of organizing for rights, only to be shot down whenever they speak about it because the government listens to your calls and keys in on "agitator words" such as UNIONS and RIGHTS. The draft to Vietnam takes 30,000 young men every year, and only returns a fraction of them. Then denies them health care and psychological treatment when they return. Only the top 1% can afford to see a doctor, dentist, or optometrist. The list goes on and on and on. It's thoughts like these that keep me up late yet allow me to wake early. If we don't make a change, then who will? So I beg of you, Progressives and Liberals, now is our time. Now is the time to speak for every man, woman, and child. Every needy family. Every sick human who is no better or worse then you or I. The next time you're at work, or the grocery store, and you hear someone say something you KNOW is not true about our President, or our country, inform the dulled masses. Knowledge is our key. Facts are our weapons. Our sword IS our tongues. I've come to learn that the right wing hate machine has one great weakness. That's FACTS. The facts don't lie. You can argue idealism with them until your blue in the face but the truth, the truth is stronger then hate, fear, and lies combined.

                                                                             Aaron M. Norcia

     As I tip toe silently over to check out my window after every sentence or two I write, I'm forced to dwell on the speed in which it will take the Adolf Obama faction to reach my front door and take me away to a place were they put people like me. Christians. Fathers. Real American patriots. Do I have enough ammo to hold them off? After all, where would I go if I did manage to escape this situation? This country is becoming an Oligarchy. Irresponsible bank giveaways, dictator style czar's...
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    Here's my humble opinion as a father of a second grader and a political enthusiast of sorts. Every Public School in America is obligated to play the Presidents Address to the children. It IS Public Schools. If you don't want your child exposed to positive reinforcement either home-school or private school them. Any County, District, or school that refuses to play the Presidents address automatically loses ALL Federal Funding on the state level for it's unwillingness to participate in Publ...
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  As the House and the Senate come back from the August recess and the Commander in Chief returns from his vacation it has become apparent that it's now or never for true health care reform. The reich-wing has already made it clear that they will not participate in any type of reform proposed thus far. So as the President addresses the House and the Senate this Sep. 9th, I believe there's 2 things that the President needs to stress to not only the Senate but to the American people as well. Nu...
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    Well I've said it from day one. If they don't like it, then they can sit by and watch the rest of us flourish in it. And by that of course I mean Public provided Healthcare. For all the energy and conviction I see the right putting into the lies bestowed upon them by their "commanders" or "puppet masters" I have to wonder, what if they applied that emotion in a positive direction? Imagine if you could, a world where air and the simple art of inhaling it, could extend life. Or the term ext...
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    Once again the bile taste of stomach acids have risen in my throat to my mouth leaving a sick taste. I would love nothing more then to see the "higher-ups" prosecuted for war crimes and/or crimes against humanity. I know in my heart of hearts that's just not a reality though. I guess I've convinced myself that I'd be satisfied just seeing attention brought to the criminals who ordered these techniques used, or set guidelines that were CLEARLY not only against the laws of the "Geneva Conve...
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 As we all know the President is on vacation for another week. Rumors have it that he has finally come to his senses and plans to encourage Dems to drop bi-partisan efforts as soon as they return from break. Most of us Progressives think it's a long time coming. When this debate started and the Democrats preferred the "Single Payer" reform. The G.O.P. came out and were adamant that they wouldn't support any bill that contained the "Single Payer" plan. So the Dems, being the kind hearted indiv...
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What a refreshing site to see the Big Man himself, right there, with President Obama and V.P. Joe Biden in the "Situation Room" at the White House. One can only hope he's talking some sense into the President after he about shattered the hopes of millions of Americans with one single line. I got to thinking today while I was dazed off painting the kitchen at a house my Grandfather bought to re-sell. He's Obama. The great H-O-P-E Obama. President of the free world Obama. One of the smartest, m...
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Wow. If you've seen the pictures and even the video's I put up from my awesome experience this morning then you know. We Outnumbered the opposition nearly 7 to 1!!! When I arrived I got off the public transportation "light rail" right in the belly of the beast. Which was at that time only up to about 50 to 75 people. When you look at the pictures you'll see exactly what I mean. I even called up Dr. Mike Newcomb on 1480 AM to brag a bit but that's about the time my "rollercoaster" took a dive....
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   While looking for a good topic to write today's blog on I came across a couple of documentaries by Alexanrda Pelosi. One that caught my interest,
especially in the current times was a film called "Right America". It followed the McCain/Palin campaign across the U.S. during the 2008 election campaigns
and showed a glimpse into the lives of "real" rural Americans. Much to my amazement, not too much has changed in the South over the last 50 years. If anything it's only gotten even more ...
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