Strike The Root Blog

The young insist, in their own way, that evil keep its distance:

Make your message clear, concise and easy to understand:

Only the state can get away with treating people like fenced cattle:

The O-bomb-anator looks for more targets:

Be a good slave and follow the leader- all the way to oblivion:

Who needs LSD to tune out and turn on?

Has the Prince of Darkness decided to make an appearance, or did Mc-Bama catch some bad lighting?

What goes better with peaceful sports competition that surface-to-air missiles?

If the slaves won’t accept your lies- gas the bastards:

A Roll Call of state slaughter….

….and the grisly, confirming evidence:

Is this what’s meant by “smaller government?”

Where would we be without the state on the lookout for terrorist jellyfish?

Not only do politi-gangsters see walls as solutions to numerous problems, they also seem to revere them:

What Neocon or state apologist could not be moved by this sight- the red, white, and blue; the stars, stripes, and barb wire?

Don’t say you weren’t warned. Asking honest, logical questions, directed at the state, can get you a kick in the teeth:

Taking the John-John bad boys behind the woodshed? We can only dream:

Big Brother’s snooping grows ever more obtrusive:

The Gang(sters) of Eight practice digging graves (The Erect One doesn’t need any practice)….

….while Sar-krazy points out room for more:

Rapidly deployed goons. Yea, I like this idea:

Killing for the state can be stressful:

Entrepreneurship knows no limits:

B.O.-bama is happy that the family jewels are safe- for now:

Global warming “science” gets even goofier:

Since wedding parties are confirmed legitimate targets for US Crusaders, can foosball games be next on the list?

Whoop-dee-doo. The people are plundered to give us panoramic pics of dirt. Listen to the sheeple ooh and ahh. Ain’t Amurrica great?

Costumes, as are uniforms, are for clowns:

Bomb Them! They Photoshopped a Missile!

JoMac smiles about killing Iranians and his upcoming meeting with good buddies:

A “lifeguard” gazing into the fog- kind of like the US military on 9/11….

….But rest easy, there’s always a doofus on patrol:

The Regime insists on playing with lightning:

Johnny Law shows off his newest toy- proudly stolen from a productive businessman:

Ever get that “boxed in” feeling?……

…….surrounded on all sides by hostile forces……

….yet sometimes fate allows you to turn the tables:

How appropriate- A Yankee War Rag filled with hot air:

How to protect your home from being foreclosed:

US Crusaders dine on freedom fries in a free, democratic Iraq. Support The Troops!:

Boobus americanus finds a cleaner alternative to keeping his head in the sand:

The Master gives more trinkets to the maimed….

….while breaking ground on a new location to warehouse the disfigured:

Extreme yard art for the extreme nationalist:

JoMac turns to head massage to relieve his confusion……

….about how 1200+ lost souls have not yet tired of killing:

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:

God, Jr. and Satan, Jr. share a chuckle:

It takes courage to challenge the powers that be: :

A birds-eye view- “Current society is rapidly being transformed from vertically-structured, institutionally-dominant systems into horizontally-interconnected networks. Our world is becoming increasingly decentralized, with questions arising as to the forms emerging social systems may take. The study of chaos informs us that the multifaceted, interrelated nature of complex systems render our world unpredictable.” Butler Shaffer:

Fighting for “freedom” just ain’t enough- they got to fight each other, as well:

There goes the neighborhood:

Big Brown turns against the state:

JoMac is not pleased with the Supremes:

Mad Mike loses it. What would Daddy say?

Because we can -The state wants to humiliate you before you can fly the friendly skies:

Obama-Mama didn’t say nuthin’ ‘bout no ‘whitey’:

Multi-talented- The Decider and the The Director:

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 judge said to us, “Only free people are lucky enough to perform.” He was speaking to a group of fifty of us who were about to go through the long, tedious motions of voir dire in a Ft. Worth criminal court. I tried not to laugh out loud.

Not being registered to vote, I was surprised to have received a jury summons in my mail six weeks prior. After cursing about it, I found out that in Texas, they grab people from the drivers license rolls, since there aren’t enough registered voters otherwise. No wonder–even if I didn’t view voting as an act of violence, I wouldn’t risk going through the horrid experience of jury duty again by daring to vote.

I read through the list of disqualifying questions, looking for an out. No dice, either I would have to lie, which I will not, or I was stuck going. Now, I do happen to believe in the merits of a legal system, just not one enforced by a government; I would have been much more willing to acquiesce were it to be a civil trial.

Instead, I ended up in front of a man being tried for narcotics possession. Geez, what a waste of taxpayer money, but at least that provided me with my out. When asked if anyone would be unwilling to sentence the individual, I was the second one with my hand up (the first guy said, “no, I know guys in prison, and no one deserves that horror”). “I don’t believe in drug laws,” I said, and was allowed to sit down, and eventually went home, not having to serve on the jury.

But that was after two days. I had to drive 22 miles each way, and after a full morning the first day waiting in a sea of voters and drivers, I was told to come back the next day and report to my appointed criminal courtroom. That’s 88 miles, or roughly 4.5 gallons in my old Explorer, about $16 of gas money at the time. I had to take off work both days. In Texas, your employer doesn’t have to pay you a thing; I’m fortunate to work for someone who did, and I’m very thankful for that. For my involvement, I got paid $6 for day one, and $40 for day two, which technically does not even cover the expenses of lunch and mileage. Seems like blood money, too.

Despite the judge’s words, I felt anything but free while enduring this onerous obligation. I was forced to abandon my job for two days, forced to drive a long distance, forced to go through a metal detector and proceed, unarmed, into an area full of armed guards. I could not communicate with the outside world, nor could I speak my true mind for fear of further imprisonment. There were no clocks and no windows within the courtrooms. The court administrator threatened us, indicating that armed men would show up at our doorstop if we neglected to return the next morning.

I felt badly for the defendant, but was far more interested in extricating myself from imprisonment, and that’s perhaps the worst crime of all. Some of the people that the defendants need most on the jury are doing everything they can to get out.

Is Her Highness ready to take a swing at Obama or merely strike out in her shell game with gasoline taxes?

One reason why the world is such a mess:

The Emperor takes a bow after he solves the country‘s economic problems (why didn‘t I think of that?):

A wonderful fantasy-  The last person is leaving DC on a wet, miserable day and has turned out the lights:

How much more misery are the Iraqi people capable of enduring?

The HIV fraud turns painful. Say farewell to the foreskin and common sense:

With the Real ID in trouble, the powers that be have another way for you to carry the Amerikan brand:

Sweeping up the Lincoln myths- a never ending job:

I think Princess Jenna is explaining to the little ones why Daddy is “saving their lives.” Or is she reading five year old, Bush-inspired fairy tales?

Some politicians manifest their gangster mentality better than others:

Hillary is a cinch to win the balloon animal vote:

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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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?