Time For The Earthling Party

For the Peoples that live on (not with) today's Earth, there seems to be only three basic choices for living amongst each other. The first would be, as Noam Chomsky recently referred to it, the prevailing Empirical Corporate State. The second would be the Mono-Theocratic State (Jews, Christians, Muslims); a natural response to an oppressive material empire that takes all and leaves nothing but despair and misery. And the third would be the one I inhabit; the Earthling.

All over the world, we (Earthlings) have been systematically rounded up and made to choose between the first two systems. Funny, too, that either choice is an eventual death sentence; for to choose one, or the other, is to swear a blood oath against the other system.




With today's media and citizen journalist's capabilities, there is little for either system to hide.(And we never get to hear from the Earthling, because we don't have a 'dog' in the fight. But when you see the dead, most of them are Earthlings.) So, for the last 10 plus years, both sides have been operating belligerently in the open. I am not so naive as to suggest this hasn't been happening since the beginning of the nation state, it's just, in today's world, we all get to see and hear the same remote event, at the same time.

In our hearts we know these people's plight and we say to ourselves, or out loud, "There, but for the grace of god, go I". The differences between some Iranian and myself are environmentally and economically imposed; at our essence we are the same. We want to have children. We want them to have a good and peaceful life. We want to grow up in a safe and clean environment far away from any 'ism', so that they may have an opportunity for a life of abundance. So they may have the basic human right to connect to this Earth in whatever fashion makes them happy, whether that be spiritual, material, or none of the above.

There is a war being waged between the Material Empire and the Religious Escape, but ultimately it is us Earthlings that pay the price.

How To Save The Republican Party; An Open Letter To Michael Steele

Cartoon by Nate Beeler



Brother Steele,

It should be painfully obvious why you got your job; you are black, 'hip', and most of all, expendable. Who are you, who were you, and who will you be next year? Think about it, man. Why in the hell did they offer you the job? Why in the hell did you take the job? If you thought for a second that the Grand Old Party drank the Obama Cool Aid and woke up to racial inequality and social injustice, you are more out of touch than corporate media makes you out to be.

We both know that when the ad hoc leaders of the Republican party are hatred and fear spewing radio personalities, something has gone terribly awry. You have consistantly gone back on your statements when they proved to upset Limbaugh and his puppet Hannity. Your days are numbered as the GOP Chairman, surely you know this.

So, if I may, let me propose a different outcome for you: seize your party by the balls. Look the Evangelicals in the eye and tell them to go back to their cave where they belong. Currently the GOP is enjoying an 18% approval rating, (roughly the same number of conservative right-wing fundementalists in the country). People have left the party in droves. What has happened to the Republicans is exactly what would happen to the Democrats if they chose to embrace Earth First as their fountain head. Yes, that's where the money was in the '80s an '90s, but look at where the fringe took the party; reckless, historical spending, full involvement in foreign affairs, endangering our military by putting it in uneccassary and illegal wars, promoting an intolerant and exclusive America that kow-tows to corporations, while stripping the republic of it's resources.

What makes America the "home of the free, and the land of the brave" is just exactly that; FREE and BRAVE. not secretive and fearful. So, my bother from another mother, can you hear the train acomin'? This is your time, man. Take back the party from the crazy religious right. Admit that what was allowed to happen to your party was a mistake, and declare yourself, once again, free from the restraints of state affairs being dictated by some religious bastardization. This isn't about power or control. This isn't about keeping your job or looking Cool to obtain the young vote. This is about history. This is about freedom. This is about America.

So what's it to be, my man? Do you want to stay on as the black lackey that allowed the Republican party to die under it's own intolerance? Or do you want to go down in history as the man who took the Republican Party back from the ledge of fanatical suicide? I'm pretty sure, at the end of the day, when you look in the mirror, you know in your heart of hearts what an amazing opportunity you have to be a great American. Just as I'm sure that when you are on your death bed, only you can answer the question; did I have the balls to be a great American?

Well, do ya, punk?

Honduras, Again

There is no question we are behind the recent coup in Honduras. President Manuel Zelaya is in the U.S. today before he returns to Honduras tomorrow, Thursday, July 2nd. He will not be meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, or President Obama.

Zelaya's return to Honduras did not even make the front page of the New York Times. Most major news organizations and blogs have already back paged the coup. It's only been a day. Why is it that a military coup in a neighbouring country isn't an immediate threat, but the "immediate" threat of cave dwellers in Afghanistan "following our troops home" to commit acts of terrorism, is front page news daily?

Make no mistake about it, this is our coup. Honduras tows the U.S. line in Central America. They are quite literally bought and paid for. The leaders of this coup, and every other coup in the region, were trained on American soil, at the School of the Americas at Ft. Benning, Georgia.

The question is not whether we were behind the coup, but why. Why?
Was it Zelaya's position on nationalizing Honduras' agribusiness? Or calling for an end to the U.S. War on drugs? Hard to say, hard to say.

But this has a more personal feel to it: the democratically elected president of a neighboring country is roused out of bed, in the middle of the night, in his jammies, at gunpoint, and whisked away to a 'neutral' country. Can anyone say Jean-Bertrand Aristide? Didn't Aristide also try to raise the minimum wage? And who is the new envoy to Haiti? You got it, Mr. Bill Clinton. Atrocious.

What happens on July 2nd, 2009, will be a clear indication of the depth of Obama's Corporatism. Not Capitalism, Corporatism.

And this is our backyard.

What's that old adage about making a mess where you sleep? It's getting awfully stinky around here.