Strike The Root Blog

Flooding victims have more problems than they realize….

….especially if they try to enter their homes without the permission of Johnny Law:

“Will this Amerikan bred trailer trash ever leave?”

Regular foot care is a necessity if you’re going to vote with your feet:

Father Fidel (adorned in a spiffy jacket produced by evil capitalism) solicits advice on how to deal with his impending Hell:

The Emperor admires his handiwork….

…and the reason he’s so loved around the world:

Jackboots practice for the coming hot summer:

Where will all the Washington piggys run to when their empire is drowned in red ink and death….

…..and where will all the FEMA piggys run when all their levees fail?

Sometimes, killing for and defending the criminal state can be too much for an individual to bear:

Ideas are bullit proof:

You just have to know how to talk to them- or not:

A safe charity trip for Mama McCain- kids too young to have been bombed by her husband:

Don’t risk stopping- and be overcome by the stench of lies:

Ain’t nothing like a good ol’ baptism to get you right with God before heading out to kill for Jezus….

 ….and make the world safe for children:

How to still enjoy your spirits when in the prescence of the dispiriting state:

Now the Bareback Boys get their turn at state sanctioned marital misery- it least in California:

You can crawl if you want but you’re not getting out:

Scott Horton has posted an interview with freelance investigative journalist Christopher Ketcham at Antiwar.com Radio that I highly recommend.

Ketcham discusses his latest article for RadarOnline, “The Last Roundup”, in which he tells of a government data base (or perhaps network of government data bases) allegedly code named “Main Core”, which may contain names and personal information on as many as 8 million Americans considered to be potentially obstructive of Uncle Sam’s “Continuity of Government” operations in the event of some kind of national crisis or emergency. These individuals “could be subject to everything from heightened surveillance and tracking to direct questioning and possibly even detention,” according to Ketcham.

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In addition to initiating two major wars and vastly expanding the warfare state, adding on a whole new program to the costly state socialist health insurance boondoggle, innovating new legal interpretations in order to permit torture of mere suspects (including their children), and subjecting increasing numbers of Americans to government surveillance, George W. Bush is about to pull off one more massive Federal power grab before he leaves office:

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is proposing a sweeping overhaul of the way the government regulates the nation’s financial services industry from banks and securities firms to mortgage brokers and insurance companies.

The plan would give major new powers to the Federal Reserve, according to a 22-page executive summary obtained by The Associated Press.

The Fed would be given broad authority to oversee financial market stability. That would include new powers to examine the books of any institution deemed to represent a potential threat to the proper functioning of the overall financial system.

Wow.

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The young and clueless look to B.O. for change. Is he the Black Kennedy? Is the claim of “change” a Zbig lie?

Government produces NOTHING, except poverty, inflation……..and grieving mothers:

The State never sleeps- except when it’s on duty:

Make yourself at home. What are the odds these clucks were invited?

Ain’t too proud to beg. The Temps are tarnished by association:

Watch the slave choose between Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-Dumber. Which makes a better master?

How you’ll be commuting to work if the warming wackos have their way:

Bad news for the Hell Bitch. What was meant to be appears to be in danger of not happenin’.  In the weeks ahead, watch the corporate media work overtime to rescue the anointed one.

Jo-Mac is feeling anxious and Rush-ed- there’s more killin’ to be done:

Time to escape the FEMA fumes. Just another reason why this agency stinks to high heaven:

The Dry Drunk Decider vents his rage toward indifferent children:

This whole business of shooting down an “ill-fated” spy satellite has had me suspicious from the beginning- and the Russians seem to agree.

I would not be surprised if this “rogue” satellite was nothing but a piece of junk metal to begin with, sent into space to do exactly what it is doing now- threatening to fall into the earth’s atmosphere and contaminate the earth with its supposed “toxic fuel.”

What a great opportunity this is to show those Ruskies (and whatever state or non-state entity who doesn’t bow to the American Empire) exactly what can happen to their satellites and spacecraft if Leviathan is perturbed. The military is always anxious to find something new to blow up and destroy with their latest play things, provided courtesy of the American tax slave.  Success will mean increased funding and jobs galore for the military industrial complex. Failure will also mean increased funding and jobs galore for the military industrial complex (the only reason the State fails is because lack of funding).

Wouldn’t it be wickedly humorous (and admittedly, sad) if the missile blew that worthless floating beer can out of the sky, instead?

Than the government gangsters could honor the dead space cadets by closing down NASA and leaving space to worthy, peaceful people and pursuits.

AP reports: “The federal government said Friday it will begin mailing out $40 coupons next week to consumers to help pay for converter boxes that will save their analog sets from becoming obsolete.”

In case you missed it, our nanny gummint decided in the past to protect us from analog TV signals by mandating that all programming be broadcast in digital format in February, 2009. The converter changes the over-the-air digital signal to analog. In other words, I’m forced to pay $40-$70 just to be able to keep watching the analog signal I get now. I’m not paying that money to get something new and improved- I’m paying merely to maintain what I already have! Thanks Gummint!

Our masters have seen to it to spend $990 million of your stolen money to pay for these coupons and “cover administrative costs, which are capped at $110 million.” Exactly what does a coupon administrator do, anyway? The job looks like it must pay pretty well. Where do I apply?

But guess what? Garbage doesn’t appear any more attractive through digital eyes than it does in analog. I got a better idea. I’ll quit watching altogether what little I watch now, which totals exactly one TV series. I can wait a little while and watch those episodes on DVD.

There’s no limit to what the state can do to disrupt, impoverish, complicate, confuse, and generally make one’s life miserable. What better way to fight back than not watch its number one source of propaganda?

I waited in line today to pay my annual property taxes (I don’t trust these people, so I wanted a receipt). Texas has no state income tax, so localities make up for it with property taxes. My home is a nice place, but no mansion; it’s 4 bedrooms and 3450 square feet, appraised at somewhere in the low $400,000s. (Wanna buy? I’m selling it in a couple months to move back to Colorado.)

The tax rate is a little less than 3%, typical for most of the municipalities around here. We received some sort of homestead exemption, bringing down their take to about $9700. Ouch.

Standing in line, I noted an Hispanic woman in front of me pulling out cold cash. She flashed six $100 bills and some odds & ends. The clerk mentioned something about lot #46, so I surmised trailer park. Doing the math, that’s probably about right; she’s sitting on a perhaps $25,000 trailer lot somewhere. Taxes, of course, still due. Perhaps she’s wise to park in that trailer no matter what her income rises to. I’m now tempted to buy a double-wide myself.

Behind me, an elderly woman mentioned something about being on a fixed income. Her house continues to appraise in value. Lucky her–her tax bill, too, continues to rise. I had heard of elderly people being forced out of their homes in the past, homes in which they had lived most of their lives and had paid off. Apparently our heroes, the Politicians, have finally granted significant exemptions for seniors.

Another big obscenity I noted was the intolerance for late fees. Here, government is far worse than the supposedly greedy credit card companies. My payment is due January 31. If it’s one day late or 28 days late, I pay a whopping $700 late fee, over 7%. Each subsequent month tacks on an additional $400 or so of late fees. Maybe my math is wrong, but that’s close to 50% per year. I doubt even Guido of the syndicate charges so much juice on a loan. Nah, Guido just snaps your leg; much less painful.

Back in August, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer—perhaps the most aptly named politician of my lifetime—had, through sheer force of his and the New York state legislature’s will, “guaranteed” certain “rights” for consumers of air travel. That law officially went into effect as of Jan. 1^st.

This “Passenger’s Bill of Rights” mandates that “passengers in New York who are delayed on planes for more than three hours will not be without basic amenities including: water, snacks, fresh air and working restrooms. And if they feel their rights are violated, they can report it and airlines could face penalties of up to $100,000 per passenger per violation.” The new law also creates costly new roles for government bureaucrats, i.e., a New York-based “consumer advocate” charged with coordinating communication between airline officials, Federal agencies and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in the event of serious delays.

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You can’t fool me:

Big Brother is watching closely…..

……but we still get “9 dead in O-Ma-Ha.” The cop/cowards are nowhere to be found.  “It appears this incident lasted a very few minutes. Shooting had concluded when officers arrived on the scene.”  More tax money for the state’s protection racket!

Minnie Mouse gets body slammed by the lead count:

Demonstrating for the natural rights of all men can be a very lonely pursuit. It‘s so much easier to follow the mob:

An uncooperative perp. How long will it be before he reaches for his taser?

Are more acts of revenge on the horizon?

The fate that awaits the homegrown terrorist:

When businesses make mistakes they lose customers and therefore, revenue. Market forces mandate correcting those errors or the business will close. When government makes mistakes they are rewarded with increased funding.

So it goes with Hillary Clinton’s proposal for $10 billion to repair and replace U.S. bridges. All this “other people’s money,” of course, will be handed out to the same nitwits and incompetents who designed and built the bridges that have failed and are failing. Makes sense.