Strike The Root Blog

Condi Rice points to more sanctions for Iran……

…….despite witnessing the blood she has already shed:

U.S. Troops sacrifice more children in Iraq. But don’t be too hard on them.  They’re just deceived boys earning money for college.  What’s wrong with that?

The never ending idiocy of the Drug War:

The Emperor finds a new friend. A desperate search for wisdom, perhaps?

Lady Laura finds a new friend You must wear thee ribbon!:

The state’s assassins, considered “heroes,” are awarded trinkets……..

…….while those that disagree are crushed:

It’s aggravating work being a war whore:

Maybe this guy can levitate the US out of Iraq:

The late great Frank Zappa once said, “The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way, and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theatre.”

Consider the following:

Ecuador’s president has just effectively told Washington to kiss that country’s national rear end—he’s vowed not to renew the US Federal Megastate’s expiring “lease” on a death base within its borders. (He has left open the option of renewing the lease on the condition that Ecuador can set up its own death base in Miami, but something tells me that may go over like a lead balloon with the imperial bureaucrats, not to mention Miamians.)

Frustrated US troops in Iraq are engaging in some civil slackery, what they jokingly refer to as “search and avoid” missions: Parking their humvees in some out of the way place and pretending to be on patrol. Seems its done wonders for their life preservation.

The empire’s pretty curtains are falling away, revealing a hollow and empty husk; a mere facade.

So my question is this: If Ecuadoran bureaucrats refuse to heed the empire’s demands, and if the empire’s own stormtroopers are refusing to follow orders—why don’t millions of Americans do likewise here at home?

UPDATE: Roger Young’s latest blog post shames me into remembering that not nearly enough imperial stormtroopers are slacking off as much as they should be.  

The Emperor is confused. “What is that, some kind of Halloween get up?”

Let the Boomer Bankruptcy begin:

Uncle Sugar, doing his thing in Iraq. I guess paying them is better than killing them:

“I love it [my gun]. I like holding it and going outside to kill evildoers:”

Let the children play. Let the power of their laughter silence the machines of war…..

….so as not to further endure the daily occurrence of state sponsored misery:

The fiery spirit of Pope John Paul II lives on:

Homeland Security shows off its newest equipment:

City governments around the country continually debate hiring more police officers when the crime rate rises. Of course, all this accomplishes is increasing tax rates and increasing the revenue of donut shops.

An example of true crime control can be seen recently in Dallas, TX when a business owner shot and killed a burglar, not once, but twice in a month. This is one man that understands that the only person that can protect you and your property is you. As the gentleman’s neighbor puts it, “taking car of your own.”

The left-leaning site Counterpunch.org has a piece on line commenting on the irony of Al Gore being awarded the Nobel “Peace Prize”:

“…Al Gore - as vice-president under Bill Clinton between 1993 and 2001 was never heard or seen as a peace-maker. Clinton-Gore had a crash program for building up US military facilities and made military allies all around Russia - and missed history’s greatest opportunity for a new world order.

“In contravention of international law and without a UN Security Council mandate, they bombed Serbia and Kosovo, based on an extremely deficient understanding of Yugoslavia and propaganda about genocide that has caused the miserable situation called Kosovo today (likely to blow up this year or the next), and they bombed in Afghanistan and Sudan.

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Queen Hillary wants to build a road to nowhere:

The new Castle for the Crusaders is put on hold:

America is still good at growing freakishly large vegetables. Take that Al Qaeda!

Bloodthirsty Blackwater strikes again in Iraq:

Hands up! The TSA has new toys to invade your person:

US Crusaders may be changing killing fields- from Iraq to Afghanistan:

This time they really mean it:

When will the Gore Goofiness ever end?

Now armed with the cackle, the only thing missing is the broom:

Chicago, the City of Big Shoulders, is about to become the City of Big Tax Increases, as evidenced by Mayor Richard Daley’s proposed 2008 budget:

“Daley unveiled a proposed $5.9 billion budget plan Wednesday that contains $293 million in tax, fee and fine increases, including a $108 million property tax hike—a record amount for him. The owner of a $250,000 home would pay about $100 more a year under Daley’s proposal, according to city budget officials.”

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Sagging pants may be banned in Opa-locka - 10/11/2007 - MiamiHerald.com

I was working in Miami last week and saw this “style” all over Miami-Dade County, even in Homestead and had to laugh out loud several times at how idiotic these kids look.   They could barely walk with their belts tied tightly around their legs below their butts to keep their pants from falling to their ankles.  Some even appeared to be in their early twenties.  But making a law to stop this silliness is the worst kind of tyrannical reaction.  The sad part is that (so far) the on-line poll is indicating that 71% of the people voting support the idea. 

What about shame?  This crazy style can’t last too long.  I think laughing at them is punishment enough with no need for police action.  The police should be happy that these fellows can’t outrun them with their pants down to their knees.

There are hundreds of these videos available now, but this one sickened me. This is “felony battery”, “obstruction of justice”, and “resisting arrest” when a bureaucrat tries to kidnap you off the street.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10VKwULQbb8

Princess Jenna’s new book has lots of pictures so even daddy can undertand it:

KindaWacko Rice is impatient for more bloodshed:

“This government does not torture people.”  Would The Emperor lie to his subjects?

Not everyone is thrilled about Musharraf’s recent victory:

A final prelude to war? The Pentagon’s dominatrix declares her distaste for Iranians:

As if fighting the American-led genocide in Iraq was not trying enough- now, there is a threat of a cholera outbreak:

Terrorists, Ed and Elaine Brown are kidnapped by the Federales and jailed for 63 months. This will give them many opportunities to be shown the law:

A constant river of tears for civilian victims in Iraq: