I'm beginning to be a bit embarrassed about my off-center political beliefs, but

Of course it's a conspiracy that must go all the way up to Count Barack Dracula Obama, Present Resident and Chief of the Zombie White House!

Yeah the only US politician who's impressed me in recent times was Sarah Palin because she was a straight-talking no-bullshit gal!
So there was a media and political conspiracy to discredit her and force her out of the frame.

Will try it again....
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/gathering-storm/
The link works for me when I test it...

It's easy to savage the politicians...but they have an almost hopeless task laid out for them.

People claim they want the politicians to do what the people want them to do. And of course, the politicians want to do what pleases the people.

How would you like to be a person trying to do what "the people" of A2K, for instance, was them to do? How would you like to be a person trying to please the people of A2K?

Our problem is that we have become an ungovernable people. And we try to lay the blame for our problem on everyone but ourselves.

WE are the problem, Lash...not the politicians and/or the media.

I read a similar article on facebook...and googled to see if it was examined anywhere else with similar facts,...and I found it here. The site is odd. It has some "TeaParty" slanted articles. I'll see what else I find that brings legitimacy to the article - or that reveals a lack of legitimacy.

I mean - did this happen in Iceland?

This was the facebook article. http://www.whiteoutpress.com/articles/q42013/iceland-s-random-republic-overthrown-by-corporations/

Frank, I'm not taking bribes from Monsanto and stashing away millions while people are being poisoned in their grocery store. I like you, but I can't believe you are buying that load.

They create laws that they are exempt from...

I've only ever voted ONCE in my entire 65-year life, and that was for a UKIP politician a couple of years ago because I like their no-nonsense tough style.
Hell will freeze before I vote for any of the useless foolish major parties!
"Which is the greater fool, the fool or the fool who follows him?"- ObiWan Kenobi

You made a lot of weird assumptions that are a great example of what I was complaining about.

appears to be a hoax....makes note to google MORE before posting

I don't think I am buying anything, Lash. I honestly feel that WE, the people...are the problem.

I know we regularly blame the politicians and the media and the nabobs of big business (I do it occasionally)...

...but the greater fault (in my opinion) falls at our feet.

The politicians are doing what we are all doing...which is to look out for self and family first...and then for our fellow beings. We choose our politicians from ourselves...so they are not only like us...the ARE us.

The media in America, with minor exceptions, has become part of the entertainment business. Some of the print media still has a bit of integrity, but even that is compromised by publisher biases...toward the right or left. The television and radio media is gone...GONE. It is damn near all business...and viewership and sponsorship is all that matters. If something gets reported...it is a lucky occurrence. If something particularly dreadful happens...it is a cause for rejoicing, because the news then dominates entertainment.

We truly are the problem, Lash. But I like you also and I do not want to fight you on this.

...but that basic belief persists. I do think we (all of us) are being sold out - and this has nothing to do with Obama or recent elections.

Maybe I'm not exactly sure what you're complaining about in which hasn't been well tread over a few hundred thousand times in any given week online.

What do you expect from a source that doesn't show an inkling of journalistic integrity when it has nonsense such as this:


This isn't journalism. This is pure opinion piece with nothing to distinguish as such.

Huh. Kind of at a loss for words on this one...

It is all quite simple, in my opinion, when one accepts the fact that this country was never meant to be for the benefit of all who live here now; meaning a diverse and heterogeneous society. It was once a very homogeneous society, and that is who it benefits predominantly, plus those who have learned to "play" by the rules, and learned to be like the founders. That actually represents a good percent of the population; however, this country is too valuable for every Tom, Dick and Harry to get a nice slice of the pie. Fact is, in my opinion, many do not deserve a nice slice, based on their behavior.

Being raised in a liberal religious faith also causes problems. The U.S. was never meant to be Scandanavia.

My prescription for lessening one's concerns is get an American flag and try to understand that that is the religion of the U.S.

Tsar, I may agree with your complaint. I'd read two articles ...gotten a bit of confirmation bias. I should have read more when I saw the same blurb you posted about the writer. However, why did you go off about Obama when he wasn't mentioned? I think *you* also fell sway to a bit of bias.

I *am* reading more. These guys poked some holes in the drama of the previous ones.

http://grapevine.is/Features/ReadArticle/A-Deconstruction-of-Icelands-Ongoing-Revolution

Not an hoax at all:

Pots and pans revolution

If you cannot see it, you will know why..

Thank you! It is VERY difficult to verify....

One more link:

Pots & Pans Worked In Iceland – What About America?

Although there may be conspiracy to keep people uninformed and misinformed no conspiracy to keep most of them stupid is necessary.