Strike The Root Blog

The world has seen one too many Georges’:

Has Huck found a way to silence media criticism?

Gun play is just kid’s play in Iraq:

Sorry, Your Highness. You won’t be able to screw your way to the White House, this time. Like Bill, you may just have to leave a trail of bodies:

Benazir Bhutto says goodbye. More proof that politicians are good for just one thing- target practice:

Once the state strips you of everything you own there’s nothing left to do but run:

The Emperor gives a Christmas shout out to his legions:

The Devil Came on Horseback: Documentary by a retired Marine captain who takes a job as a military observer in troubled Sudan. He witnesses and photographs daily atrocities by the Sudanese Arab government against the Africans in Darfur. After 6 months he returns to the US seeking a solution from the US government. Of course, he receives none and only token, “car ribbon” support from individuals. Though his concern is admirable the good captain never seems to realize that the state is not the answer, but the problem.

I Know I’m Not Alone: Musician Michael Franti travels to Baghdad and the occupied Palestinian territories to talk to people about living in an occupied land. He also shares his music with them while listening to theirs. Very moving at times.

Pierrepoint: Interesting biopic based on the life of Britain’s premier executioner from 1938-55 who hanged over 600 people, including many Nazi war criminals.

No End In Sight: Documentary gives a blow by blow account of the failed occupation of Iraq by the US military and USG’s ignorant, incompetent, and arrogant policy makers.

Journey From the Fall: Vietnamese drama about a family’s ordeal after the fall of Saigon in 1975. A man’s wife, mother, and grandson escape the country (part of the massive exodus of boat people) as the father tries to escape the re-education camps where he is held captive.

Home of the Brave: You know a war has gone on too long when Hollywood is putting out movies about it long before the war is over. Samuel Jackson does his usual fine work as one of several Iraqi war veterans who have trouble readjusting to home life and relationships. All of them come back with physical, and even more troubling, mental scars. Every generation seems to be surprised that people come back from war screwed up in the head- some much more so than others, of course. No one seems to realize that those who’ve volunteered have already suffered a lapse of reason, morality and sound judgment long before they fly across the world and confront the state’s latest enemy.

Talk to Me: Don Cheadle is very entertaining playing the part of Petey Green, a maverick radio DJ in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. Mr. Green wasn’t afraid to broadcast the truth, whether people were ready for it or not.

Best of the Colbert Report: About 3 hours of Stephen Colbert, much of it hilarious. The best material is his interviews with idiot Congress critters.

Innocent Voices: This one will rip your heart out. Drama based on a true story about a family and their village who work to survive the El Salvadoran civil war in the 1980’s. The Salvadoran army tries to stay one-up on the rebels by “recruiting” (what civilized people call kidnapping) all boys that reach the age of 12. All the state’s terror is supported, of course, by US military thugs and your tax dollars.

Michael Palin- Pole to Pole: Monty Python’s Michael Palin travels from the North Pole to the South Pole-   as much as possible by land and water. He encounters a variety of cultures, each with its own unique values and problems. Everyone should have the opportunity to take such a trip.

Reign Over Me: Adam Sandler plays a grief-stricken widower who loses his entire family in one of the 9/11 planes. An old college buddy, played by Don Cheadle, tries to help him escape the alternate reality that Sandler has created to deal with his pain. Perhaps, it’s sometimes better to allow individuals to deal with their post-traumatic stress on their own terms rather than force therapeutic treatment upon them.

Amazing Grace: An inspiring historical drama about William Wilberforce, the 18^th century politician who crusaded for the elimination of the British slave trade; a business protected, of course, by the British state. Watching this made me wonder if there is an equivalent personality out there to now take on the elimination of the state, itself. Sorry, Dr. Paul, it’s not you.

I picked up the Daisy beginner air rifle this Christmas to begin safety and skill training with my sons. The box is emblazoned with a

!WARNING:

“ACCORDING TO CALIFORNIA LAW. DO NOT BRANDISH OR DISPLAY THIS AIRGUN IN PUBLIC - IT MAY CONFUSE PEOPLE AND MAY BE A CRIME. POLICE AND OTHERS MAY THINK THIS AIRGUN IS A FIREARM. DO NOT CHANGE THE COLORATION AND MARKINGS TO MAKE IT LOOK MORE LIKE A FIREARM. THAT IS DANGEROUS AND MAY BE A CRIME.”

Thanks for the reminder to stay out of California.

What The Troops were doing on 9/11:

Her Highness is looking a bit haggard and the campaign has barely begun. Perhaps she‘ll still get her opportunity to topple the republic:

April 15^th is not that far away:

Here’s one way to make peace in the Middle east:

Are aliens warning us of the Fed‘s inability to walk the financial tight rope?:

No doubt, Rudy is one spooky dude:

Hey, kids! Let’s play “hostage:”

‘Tis the season.  Even Santa gets a war hard on:

Big, tough soldier boys need their soft, cute puppy dogs to get them through. What ever happened to military toughness?

No one dare stand in the way of Israel’s wall building:

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:

My boys are watching a Saturday morning animated show called “Eon Kid”. They retell the underlying story in the opening credits: the Eon Kid is trying to stop the bad guy from using a giant robot to overthrow something called the ”Centralized Defense Federation”.

I can’t help but think, “Centralized Defense Federation? How bad an idea can overthrowing that be?” 

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:

Happy Pearl Harbor Day, everybody!

After all, if it wasn’t for that Jap-attack snapping this “isolationist” country from its slumber, “We” would never have transformed into the Mighty American Empire, and who then would have protected “Us” from not only the Japs, but the Russkies, the Chinks, the Koreans and all other assorted Commie-Gooks, the Mexican landscapers, and most importantly, the Islamo-Nazis????

Yes, it’s quite sad that a few thousand individuals had to die on that fateful day, but isn’t that a small price to pay in exchange for a permanent cocoon of complete security??? It is due to their glorious sacrifice that today we are all free to play video games, sing along with Don’t Forget the Lyrics! and just generally have a good time partying with our “capitalist” system.

God Bliss America!!!

I received in my e-mail this morning some correspondence from a family member whose mind is clearly in thrall to Throne and Altar.

The e-mail was forwarded to him by someone whom I can only imagine is himself some kind of jackboot-licking Amero-Fascist. Here’s the complete text in all its power-loving, state-worshipping glory:

“It is time to change from REDNECK humor to TRUE AMERICAN Humor! Only it isn’t seen as HUMOR, but the correct way to LIVE YOUR LIFE ! If you feel the same, pass this on to your True American friends. Y’all know who they are…

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