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International StarWarz Day
May the 4th be with you… That started as an intellectual or at least nerd pun. The underlying fear slowly builds up. As does the deficit, the vast majority of which is subsidizing wars which in turn are a giveaway … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, News, Personal Notes, Perspective, Policy, Recollections, Semantics, To Dwell on the Obvious, War machine
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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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Homeland Insecurity Budget Report: My prediction: More Government Terrorism
Homeland Security and their associates such as the Military, Police and privateers like Blackwater Xe are the REAL Terrorists, who have robbed America blind and then stole the seeing-eye dog. Using in typical extortionist manner, threats from Other Gangs to … 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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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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Crime and Punishment and The CSCS Baby Killing Award
Tony wrote a piece about the ambiguous nature of prosecution in America, a DA can decline to prosecute anybody, or so it seeeeeeeems and somebody felt it amusing to write in offering to have sex with him. On the other … Continue reading
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Costa Rica, Iraq and the TSA maybe not in that order
Although I did notice that I put their names in alphabetic order. Just a coincidence. TSA says “Big Brother is always right, STFU you silly peasants”, Costa Rica declares environmentalism “Terror Plot”, and the U.S. Military police are apparently running … Continue reading
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Speaking of Nicaragua…
The Artist, formerly known as School of the Americas, THE largest and best funded State-sponsored Terrorist Training Camp in the world, whose alumni include some of Colorado Springs cops, (as I understand, some of the “Homeless Outhrach” officers) used some … Continue reading
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US to send 46 Navy ships to Costa Rica
That’s right, it was not Puerto Rico, but Costa Rica, whose congress approved the mobilization of 46 US Navy vessels in its harbors, including the billeting of 7,000 uniformed US Marines to conduct humanitarian and drug-war operations. Did permission come … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Castro, combat, Condi, Congress, Costa Rica, Drug, Fidel Castro, freedom, Gunboat Diplomacy, helicopter, Helicopters, humanitarian, IRA, Iran, IRS, Israel, Marines, Military, Navy, OAS, Opera, Puerto Rico, RICO, Rove, US Navy, Venezuela, War, Water
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Hysterical Revisionist Virginia Tea Party attempts another test of Anti-Smart Bomb Strategy, EPIC FAIL!
As we approach the Sesquicentennial (150 years) of the Civil War (massive contradiction in terms) the Commonwealth of Virginia attempted to pass off a “Confederate History Month” with no mention whatsodamnever of slavery. Even with decades of attempting to show … Continue reading
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America Wins! Tea Party LOSES!
One of their congressional whiners, from Michigan: “The American people know you can’t reduce health care costs by spending $1 trillion or raising taxes by more than one-half trillion dollars. The American people know that you cannot cut Medicare by … Continue reading
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Cool Runnings vs selling out the whales
Forget putting together a Winter Olympic delegation to tap into your nationality’s PR budget, the real money is in the International Whaling Commission. Right now Japan is showering aid to nations willing to enroll in the IWC, to help Japan … Continue reading
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The Caracas Commitment Si Se Puede
You might imagine the multinational corporate media would blackout the talk of a 5th Socialist International. They are most determined to censor the issues which the world’s leftist parties are resolved to address. Where Obama 2008 and Copenhagen 2009 project … Continue reading
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Four conflicted images of Costa Rica
CARATE, COSTA RICA- Even on the less beaten paths of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rican residences were preoccupied with security. Ticos, as locals call themselves, were uniformly welcoming, but every property was protected by locked gates. The Bienvenidos flier you … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertising, America, American, Argo, Beef, Biodiversity, climate, Cooking, Costa Rica, Cult, Deforestation, diversity, Farming, fast food, Fire, Food, forest, Gates, hamburger, immigration, Map, Migra, Natural, NFL, police, reason, Security, tomato, Tomatoes, tourism
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a heart of stone
I found this rock in Costa Rica, wet with seawater and the color of red jade, on a miles-long stretch of sand. A heart-shaped message, freed from the somber rainforest, presented to me – I think – by Cupid himself!
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Tagged Art, Costa Rica, forest, Love, Nature, Rainforest, Rock, Water
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Raytheon makes most popular US export
A middle aged tourist whom I met in Costa Rica told me that he was an engineer for Raytheon. He was anticipating cutbacks like everyone else facing the economic climate, but he really hoped that lawmakers would come to their … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Business, climate, Costa Rica, cutbacks, economic recovery, Industry, military contractors, Raytheon, TB, weapons industry
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Costa Rica a prototypical Western Democracy
PUERTO JIMINEZ, CR- Touring Costa Rica has been interesting. Considering the turmoil of Central America, it may be a shining example of a functional Capitalist Democracy. It´s got a healthy middle class and a relatively contented populace. Can it offer … Continue reading
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Delinquencia vs Los Evangelicos and those caught in between
I haven’t yet written anything about my Nicaragua trip and I hesitated to do so without giving it some thought. Just what did I see when I was there and how to explain it to my fellow Americans… lol? This … Continue reading
Posted in Dear Diary, Perspective, Sight-Bites
Tagged America, American, Americans, ARN, beggars, Bible, Central America, Chaos, children, CIA, Costa Rica, courage, Crime, criminal, Criminals, Death, DIA, EPA, Evangelical Movement, Evangelicals, Family, Fire, Fun, Gangs, God, Government, IRS, Jesus, Latin, Left, Media, Neglect, Nicaragua, nude, PLO, Poverty, POW, power, racist, Rap, reason, Right Wing, Songs, US government, Video, War, youth, youtube
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Nicaraguan transport strike Made in USA
MANAGUA, NICARAGUA- We crossed into Nicaragua from Costa Rica last week, unprepared for a national transportation strike that had just begun. The cause of this strike is simply that gas prices are going up rapidly, and gas is currently 50-70 … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Chavez, Corporate, Costa Rica, DIA, Energy, EPA, Government, Hugo Chavez, Media, misinformation, Monopoly, Nicaragua, NPR, Ortega, Rap, Shell, Shell Oil, Sport, Strike, transportation, US government, USA, Venezuela
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Ancient Costa Rica for sale
The kids are still on Christmas break and are starting to show definite signs of cabin fever. To stave off a domestic implosion, we took a trip up to the Denver Art Museum yesterday. The DAM recently opened a spectacular … Continue reading
Posted in Philanthropy
Tagged America, American, arks, BIA, BSE, Business, Central America, Christ, Christmas, CIA, Costa Rica, coup, Craft, Cult, Culture, Denver, Denver Art Museum, Earth, Environment, exploitation, Gold, History, IRA, Left, Love, Mexico, Museums, Natural, Paris, parks, Passion, Philanthropy, PLO, Research, South America, Spanish, Thinking, Treasure, USA, War, wife, World Trade Center
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