Strike The Root Blog

Mmmm…the sweet, fragrant aroma of change:

As Barack Obama’s opus, Team of Rivals, continues its rolling debut, the early reviews are in and the “critics” are full of praise for the cast:”[T]he new administration is off to a good start.”
– Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell.

“[S]uperb … the best of the Washington insiders … this will be a valedictocracy — rule by those who graduate first in their high school classes.”
– David Brooks, conservative New York Times columnist

“[V]irtually perfect … ”
– Senator Joe Lieberman, former Democrat and John McCain’s top surrogate in the 2008 campaign.

“[R]eassuring.”
– Karl Rove, “Bush’s brain.”

“I am gobsmacked by these appointments, most of which could just as easily have come from a President McCain … this all but puts an end to the 16-month timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, the unconditional summits with dictators, and other foolishness that once emanated from the Obama campaign … [Hillary] Clinton and [James] Steinberg at State should be powerful voices for ‘neo-liberalism’ which is not so different in many respects from ‘neo-conservativism.’”
– Max Boot, neoconservative activist, former McCain staffer.

“I see them as being sort of center-right of the Democratic party.”
– James Baker, former Secretary of State and the man who led the theft of the 2000 election.

“[S]urprising continuity on foreign policy between President Bush’s second term and the incoming administration … certainly nothing that represents a drastic change in how Washington does business. The expectation is that Obama is set to continue the course set by Bush … ”
– Michael Goldfarb of the neoconservative Weekly Standard.

“I certainly applaud many of the appointments … ”
– Senator John McCain

Barack Obama is a hit, say America’s leading neconliberal militarists!

The Great Change continues:

Barack Obama will announce his national security team today to approval from the military establishment and Republicans, distant cries of dissent from liberals and head-scratching from others.

The President-elect is expected to confirm the nomination of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, ask Robert Gates to remain at the Pentagon, and make General Jim Jones his National Security Adviser.

All three are heavyweight figures with whom Mr Obama has policy disagreements of varying intensity, and these choices are intended to emphasise his policy of reaching out to former rivals and opponents…

Yesterday Republicans were showering praise on these selections. Senator Lindsey Graham said that Mr Gates, President Bush’s Defence Secretary, had “led us through difficult times in Iraq” and that Mrs Clinton had a “little harder line” than Mr Obama on foreign policy.

Mmmmm…Smell that change, people! Don’t it smell oh-so-good? Mmm-hmmmmm…

Always plenty of saps to join in the fun, ….

….keeping the people mollified with bread….

….and circuses, ….

….leaving them exhausted from insatiable materialist appetites:

The Emperor contemplates his legacy….

….and “hangs” with the only folks who won’t put a rope around his neck:

Newman lives:

Warped state reasoning- a pretty rag will replace a father:

What to do? Charge ahead or let sleeping dogs lie?

Throughout the animal kingdom, liberty lovers object to Johnny Law and the mainstream media:

New York thugs-with-badges need some holiday overtime, so………Voila!:

Land of the Rescue….

….and Home of the Bailout:

The magic of democracy- Iraq will now belong to Iraqis “as long as the river still flows and the grass still grows:”

Preemptive insurgency- Obama, “let my people go:“

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?:

The harvest is good for Obama:

Now that the election is over and the sheep have been penned, it’s time to mark the supporters and dissenters:

With the gang wars over (for now), all the state’s children will be begging for goodies on Santa Obamas’ knee:

Future terrorists:

Vote or Die- the state IS life:

Swear allegiance and/or Die.   The state IS life:

Don’t they ever learn? The Lemmings insist on being taken to the cleaners still another year:

Your “freedom” of choice: One vote for fascism….

….or one vote for socialism:

Just useless stiffs. US Crusaders turn their backs on collateral damage:

Sugar Daddy for Africa:

Change? Despite a new American Emperor, expect more tears in Iraq:

The Messiah has been delivered! Now, just watch the world transform and the miracles occur!:

Go figure. The election of a Man with Melanin creates emotional upheaval. People are strange:

Who’s first to get whacked? The new Gangsters-in-Chiefs point out their first hits:

If the man is so popular, why does he need this kind of protection?

Delouse yourself. Washing off the stench of the state can be difficult for peace loving anarchists:

There’s nothing more squirrel-y than an exuberant patriot:

These days, even Barney is tense at the White House:

Time to sacrifice the sheep for Obama:

A jackboot takes one for the team:

Not everyone is onboard with the American Empire:

Who will the Orcs vote for? More power for Mordor, to be sure:

State flags make good snot rags:

Blood stains- the calling card of the US Crusaders:

Doin’ what they do best- hands in pocket, feet comfortably apart:

Sheep always listen carefully and do as they’re told:

The list is long for victims of the voting gang wars:

Wrap thy young in the cocoon of death….

….and never forget- Country, not your children, First:

“Are you a capitalist?” One day closer to Apocrypha Obamolies:

Will crossover voters play a part….

….in the “advance auction of stolen goods?”

State initiated violence keeps peaceful individuals on the move:

One crusader is thankful he’s not injured.  If only he could change his species:

The state’s need to regulate is never quenched….

….nor is its thirst for blood:

Is Jo Mac’s campaign in the toilet?

Just in case the election doesn’t work out, Sarah has a back up plan:

Safer ballots than electronic:

The human soul hits rock bottom when it applauds state servitude:

The Emperor gives the eulogy for the American economy and dollar (Imagine the same picture with Lew Rockwell giving the eulogy for the state):

Prepare for a future with lots of depreciating Obama funny money:

Brother, can you spare some M3?

Voting parasites, ashamed of their affliction, tend to hide in the darkness….

….as do the mercenaries they employ:

Hold on to your wallets. Sar-krazy makes a call for “economic government.”

A leap of faith. No matter who wins, expect a hard landing:

The Empire reaches out to those it has imprisoned:

Commerce always finds a way around walls and borders:

Delusion- noun; a persistent or false psychotic belief:

Hang ‘em high- and then finish the job:

Kuh-oool! Video games that kill:

Things are not so peaceful anymore at Walden’s Pond:

McCain/Palin are here to save the day:

In response to Joe Biden’s prediction that Dear Leader Barack Obama would face a major foreign affairs crisis within his first six months in office (read as: some foreign government[s] won’t do what he tells them to do), John McCain proudly declared while shamelessly pandering to Pennsylvanians yesterday (maybe they got a lot of adjustable rate mortgages?) that he’s already been tested by crisis:

McCain recalled being ready to launch a bombing run during the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, which Biden said over the weekend tested a new President John F. Kennedy and was the template for the kind of “generated crisis” the 47-year-old Obama would face within six months of taking office.”I was on board the USS Enterprise,” McCain, a former naval aviator, said in the capital city of Harrisburg. “I sat in the cockpit, on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise, off of Cuba. I had a target. My friends, you know how close we came to a nuclear war.”

As the crowd of several thousand began to swell with cheers and applause, he added with dramatic effect: “America will not have a president who needs to be tested. I’ve been tested, my friends.”

As the article notes, McCain has previously written of his experience in the Cuban missile crisis:

“The Enterprise, sailing at full speed under nuclear power, was the first U.S. carrier to reach waters off Cuba,” McCain wrote in his memoir, “Faith of My Fathers.” “For about five days, the pilots on the Enterprise believed we were going into action. We had never been in combat before, and despite the global confrontation a strike on Cuba portended, we were prepared and anxious to fly our first mission.”

He added: “Pilots and crewmen alike adopted a cool-headed, business-as-usual attitude toward the mission. Inwardly, of course, we were excited as hell, but we kept our composure and aped the standard image of a laconic, reserved, and fearless American at war.”

In other words, McCain and his fellow would-be executioners could barely contain their glee at the juicy prospect of dropping bombs on Cubans. Ye gods! In both his speech and the book you can practically hear him lick his lips in anticipation of the opportunities for slaughter he thought awaited him and his comrades.

(And take note of Biden’s creepy “Stand By Your Leader” exhortations in Seattle…)

(Cross-posted at The Postmodern Tribune.)

Joe the Plumber has had enough:

Some jackboots try a more folksy approach….

….to keep tyranny from becoming tiresome:

Three smiling gangsters:

Wall Street’s new rallying cry- “Ain’t too proud to beg:”

Babbling Bobbleheads:

Lined up for the firing squad? Not yet, but be patient:

Is JoMac headin’ for a fall?

B.O. collars a female to draft:

Cheney gets fixed up at a special hospital:

Some folks out there have a clue:

Even busy tyrant wanna-be’s take the time for a booty call:

Despite the shepherd’s record of failure, there’s still plenty of sheep to shear in Your America….

….Watch the Free Lunch Crowd sidle up to the always giving Federal teat:

What I would rather do than vote: