Tag Archives: Banana Republics

The system lied… same as always…

The orientation for Jury selection banged on and on about the so-called ‘fact’ that the Revolution was fought and every subsequent Imperial as well, to give us the right to trial by jury. Bullshit. Also the “patriotism” of Americans taking … Continue reading

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Sacred Cows and scapegoating the Almighty (dollar)

I mentioned that the terms Sacred Cow and Scapegoat are used completely opposite their original meanings in the American Vernacular. And it goes well with my usual contention that people who demand that everybody speak English should, for conscience sake, … Continue reading

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My Lai every day

From Wikipedia: The My Lai Massacre (Vietnamese: th?m sát M? Lai [t????m ????t m?? l??j]; English pronunciation: /?mi??la?/ ( listen), also /?mi??le?, ?ma??la?/,[1] Vietnamese: [m??l??j]) was the mass murder of 347–504 unarmed citizens in South Vietnam on March 16, 1968, … Continue reading

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An 83% Payroll Tax, on the Workers and paid directly to the Corporations

That’s what I paid and, everybody who works for a “Slave Market” minimum wage Labor Contractor Service such as Labor Ready, Apprentice, Manpower, Kelly… The “tax” is paid to a Non-Governmental Organization, and is paid before the Worker gets his … Continue reading

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So there were a couple of words I had to look up when I first heard this

I was a kid at the time. The rant-song was called “The Americans” and written by a Canadian. He was apparently pissed off because the United States, arguably the wealthiest nation on earth at the time, wasn’t getting foreign aid … Continue reading

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Local Paper headline:”Ft Carson Boys died while Afghan Army Hiding”

Meaning, the Afghans who have a LOT more experience with this sort of things keep their heads down while being shot at. So, since all I saw was the headline I wonder if the Yellow Journalists at the Gag-Zette took … Continue reading

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Banana Republic Redux

Like the infamous Case Law which decided over a century ago that Guatemala, Costa Rica and El Salvador to be, while still “sovereign” nations, the property of American Banana Companies      And Cocaine, which was legal at the time, and Coffee, … Continue reading

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The Love it or Leave it crap again.

America has freedom still, or what little is left, because of the actions of Dissidents, not Conformists. The Army didn’t give us these freedoms, save by surrendering their claims to any authority to do otherwise. Most certainly the wars in … Continue reading

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Wikileaks spills “Afganistan War Logs” detail Task Force 373, US death squad

You thought death squads were only for banana republics? Meet covert US Task Force 373 which circulates in Afghanistan with a 2,058 name “Kill or Capture List” killing all witnesses, even policemen, who get in their way. The sudden transparency … Continue reading

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