Strike The Root Blog

US Crusaders are always on the look out for easy targets:

Your cash ain’t nothin’ but trash:

After decades of sticking its nose into other people’s business (and getting its ass kicked), maybe this should be the new symbol of Amerikan nationalism:

Why can’t we all just get along? Lenin and Czar Nicholas II have a chat:

Golfing in the Green Zone. Just the beginning of much larger imperial plans:

Prepare to be stimulated:

The jack boots protect us from evil doers, no matter the size or species:

Hitting the water pipe now and then takes the edge off of war:

A global warming fanatic’s wet dream:

Military recruiters try a more honest approach:

Hillary is a cinch to win the panhandler vote:

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:

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:

Recruitment starts early in life:

Always a refreshing sight- youths challenging the state:

The Emperor meets with a believer:

He’s back! No doubt, to “assist” those returning from Iraq:

A reasonable alternative to war:

Where’s Daddy? Perhaps, here……….

Will the Empire drown in its debt?

Slick just can’t get enough attention:

Whoa- Big surprise! Social Security is broke!

The Emperor reminds all to be good, obedient tax slaves:

Crusaders-to-be get some practice killin’ Hadjis:

Guess who got the raw deal in this exchange? The life of a loved one is exchanged for arms full pretty rags and a hand full of trinkets:

Warming wackos freak out over a crack in the ice:

So?

Obama supporters are ecstatic to be promised heaven on earth:

An appropriate way to pay taxes:

El Diablo’s earth-bound warriors sing praises to Lucifer:

The Exalted One gets the red carpet treatment- or is that the sea of blood he has produced:

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 war whores are upset that billions won‘t be flying their way:

Time to put Algore in his place:

Dead (non-American) children are no longer considered relevant to US crusaders:

There’s nothing more entertaining than watching a state tyrant caught with his pants down:

The Emperor pleads for still more Hispanic bodies to fight his wars. He‘s working hard, selling them on the romance of killing:

The demonic force meets the immovable force:

It’s party time:

A war criminal’s hands can never be cleaned:

The “new” Abe is just as ugly and even more worthless:

Johnny Mac claims he can run the world but seems incapable of combing his own hair:

Those ballots look heavy. Why not just vote with your feet and your money?

Tibetans resist the occupying Chinese thugs. Will wimpy Amerikans ever show the same courage to resist their occupiers?

The Emperor greets one of the few with a comparable resume:

The Emperor passes the mike on to the next red state fascist. Can this one talk in complete sentences?

The dove of peace seems always to be entangled and surrounded by state-sponsored violence:

Ever feel outnumbered when defending yourself against bullies?

The Queen is all for peace.  She ain’t no monster:

And while we’re at it, let’s stop the whores making wars:

Pray that the war god will bless you with an abundance of targets:

The medicated, slavish sheep still believe!

How the state cares for children. If their bombs don’t kill them, their craters make great playgrounds:

Shat-tered. Uncle Sam gets a taste of his own medicine. Is this the first strike against the “professional liars?”

“Why do you have to fight?” - student.

“Because there’s very bad people out there that are trying to do bad things to good people.” -Sgt. Jerrett Peake.

“But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.” -Jesus Christ:

The Brits get a new killing machine:

On the way to buy groceries in Zimbabwe:

The Emperor show his displeasure to those who would stop torture:

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.

More and more shops in New York City are gladly accepting Euros instead of dollars:

“Not far from Chu’s downtown wine emporium, Billy Leroy of Billy’s Antiques & Props said the vast numbers of Europeans shopping in the neighborhood got him thinking, ‘My God, I should take euros in at the store.’

“Leroy doesn’t even bother to exchange them.

“‘I’m happy if I take in 200 euros, because what I do is keep them’, he said. ‘So when I go back to Paris, I don’t have to go through the nightmare of going to an exchange place.’” 

It shouldn’t be too surprising that in a world of competing fiat currencies, Americans would sooner or later start to accept and hold a currency that is relatively more scarce and in more demand—and hence more valuable—in place of their own hyper-inflated/hyper-devalued US Federal Reserve Notes. 

Read the whole thing here.

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.