Strike The Root Blog

Armed with smiles and reassured by an ignorant public, a new reign of terror is set to begin:

The newest gangsters-in-the-house show themselves off:

Welcome back. The place just isn’t the same without a Kennedy crook prowling the hallways:

Gather ’round, children. Get the young’s attention….

….and fascinate them with the tools of war…

….to inspire service and sacrifice:

Gitmo to be closed? Let’s find some other primates to lock up:

Got my eyes on you. Even thugs need an amusing diversion:

It’s the only life they’ve known. The insurgency starts young:

Pull over and we’ll talk. Just your friendly neighborhood jackboot walking his beat:

A sign of events to come?:

‘Bama’s proposed cabinet is looking like clones of the Bush Era:

Coming soon to your neighborhood:

A jail cell for the future Ex-Emperor? No such luck:

Where? I’m still searching:

Collectivism-on-the-Mall….

….and ancient, comical writings on the Capitol wall:

The state gets serious about keeping recruits in line:

Looking for healing. She touched his robe!:

A sense of urgency. Get them while they last:

A few lucky ones are able to escape the clutches of US crusaders:

Burying the dead of wars long past- a job never finished:

Confusion. The Emperor defends the free market.…

….but still reassures the bankrupt dinosaurs:

Keep them busy doing something. Obama‘s job policy:

Obama’s centurions aim to keep The Empire alive:

Together again? And you thought she was finished?:

Power mad- Nationalists think they can hold back a hurricane:

McCain rallies are looking eerily familiar….

….as are his supporters:

And the ceremony for the innocent victims killed in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan is when?

Sometimes the state grants just a bit of slack:

Puzzling mysteries. Scientists seek the origin of the Neo-con brain:

Sarah is responding well to training:

Emotional weakness will only allow the terrorists to win:

When not busy caging you, they bully, order, and abuse:

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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The Pope claims to be ashamed of his church’s sex scandal but has no problem walking with a mass murderer. What would Jesus say?

Valient American crusaders span the globe to protect us from vicious poppies:

A year older but none the wiser:

Bowing before boots is not a sign of a sound mind:

Get your Pope mug while they last. Church-ianity is all about marketing:

Lots of piggys pulling on the teat in DC:

Mothers go searching for their kidnapped children….

…..but the state sends them packing:

The state claims its compassion for children, yet it sends their fathers off to die or be maimed in foolish, useless wars:

War is a racket. You create the violence then claim to be a hero in repairing the damage:

The Emperor waves his approval to Chinese government tyranny:

Start ‘em young and keep ‘em dumb:

With Condi-Girl retiring, will suitors come a-callin’?

The Grope and the Dope listen to some groovy, state worshipping tunes:

The Voodoo Man implores you to quit leaning on your guns and religion:

The Emperor gets teary-eyed over a dead soldier boy:

The state claims to own you at birth and parents comply:

Don’t you know they own you for life?

Now, children, listen to the nice policeman:

Agents of the state are amused or indifferent as you scramble for a morsel to eat:

Agree to become a slave and win a Wi!

The politicians keep talking………….

…….and the children keep dying:

Armed robots are turning on their “masters.” Al Qaeda is everywhere!

Hand over the children for a Barack blessing:

The War Meister works hard to persuade the legions. Apparently he’s successful since there are no new reports of mass desertions. They enlist as liars and they die as cowards:

Dude, we know the feeling……. 

…………He’s the type of individual not to be trusted with sharp instruments:

The fat cats are walking tall after their bailout:

Zimbabwe votes. Maybe their candidate will make them all billionaires!

Married in Iraq. Who says love and war aren‘t compatible?

A clear case of profiling:

Times are getting tough. Even Ben agrees:

Sometimes, you just have to get in their face:

The only means of self defense remaining if the gun grabbers have their way:

Who says the police can’t protect everyone,…………

 ……..ready at a moment’s notice to take action?

The Emperor offers hope to those imprisoned in cubicles:

People are wetting themselves about seeing Obama. Will they touch his robe?

Bush finds his place on the backside of the bush. Is this a preview of his place in history?

Hillary works hard in Wisconsin but winds up cutting the cheese:

Fidel puts himself out to pasture:

Coming soon to your neighborhood:

Gun Free zones create still more grief:

All the sheep are psyched about the big Texas showdown. Who has the most vicious thugs in their gang- the Dixie Mafia or the Chicago Mafia?

Another child abandoned to serve the needs of the state.  Who’s your daddy?

In the US, The Man prefers the taser. In the occupied Palestinian territories, it’s the rubber bullet:

The Empire’s embassy goes up in flames. Maybe the event will inspire a repeat of history:

B.O. is getting grief about “authorship issues.” I guess he has at least one thing in common with MLK:

No goat book? What will he talk about………..?

………..Ah, now we’re back in familiar territory. The Emperor offers us the first book to be shelved in his new library:

The Climate Christ is adorned with his rosary of deceit and lies, achieving “peace” by being anti-life. How we all long for the day when he makes his ultimate sacrifice to Gaia by ceasing to breathe- the ultimate carbon tax:

The lifestyle Gore wants for everyone but himself:

Ol’ Nappy Head continues his life-long crusade against individual responsibility.  Mista Jesse seems to have missed this story:

Someone is wrong:

Just one of an untold number of injured and frightened children in Iraq. Just a little longer, sweetheart, until the boys earn their college money:

Remain in fear. There is always a new enemy around every corner:

Notice the glee in their eyes as the state bribes you out of your means of self-defense:

“Why should I waste my ‘beautiful mind’ reading to children like you?”

 Changing bad habits at the point of a gun:

The Lincoln myth remains frozen in the American psyche…..

…..while his worthless fiat money gets a cosmetic upgrade:

It’s about time:

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: