Strike The Root Blog

I was on my way to purchase foodstuffs at my local Walmart when I came across as heavy a police presence that I’ve seen in some time. Was it the Black Jesus, schlepping through the neighborhood, gathering still more apostles? Or was it the Desperate Queen, working diligently to preserve her kingdom in the coming primary election?

Then, when noticing I was in sight of Ft. God/Six Flags Over Jesus (how the cynical among us refer to Prestonwood Baptist Church), I remembered today was the scheduled funeral for the Dallas police officer with the poor driving skills. Everywhere I glanced I saw parked police and sheriff patrol units. In the sky were no less than four police helicopters hovering over the area like dragonflies seeking prey. The cost to the taxpaying public for this show of gangster solidarity must be enormous.

What disturbed me the most was the assortment of civilians along the sidewalks, awaiting to pay their “respects“, no doubt, to the funeral caravan to come. My, my how Americans love the taste of leather and the crack of the whip.

This display left no doubt who the important are among us. They are the uniformed mob (police and military) who defend and preserve the tyranny of the state. Their lives have far more value than the peons they claim to “protect and serve.” And there is no limit to the wealth they will confiscate to glorify their exalted position.

Bow down to your master, small one, and be thankful they don’t take more.

On March 19th, a group of anti-war protesters will surround the IRS building to mark the 5th anniversary of the massive injustice that is the invasion and ongoing occupation of Iraq. The objective is some good old-fashioned, non-violent civil disruption.

(Though if they really want to annoy the military-industrial complex at its financial source, they should consider a blockade of this building, too.)

Thanks to Francois Tremblay for the tip.

People are wetting themselves about seeing Obama. Will they touch his robe?

Bush finds his place on the backside of the bush. Is this a preview of his place in history?

Hillary works hard in Wisconsin but winds up cutting the cheese:

Fidel puts himself out to pasture:

Coming soon to your neighborhood:

Gun Free zones create still more grief:

All the sheep are psyched about the big Texas showdown. Who has the most vicious thugs in their gang- the Dixie Mafia or the Chicago Mafia?

Another child abandoned to serve the needs of the state.  Who’s your daddy?

In the US, The Man prefers the taser. In the occupied Palestinian territories, it’s the rubber bullet:

The Empire’s embassy goes up in flames. Maybe the event will inspire a repeat of history:

B.O. is getting grief about “authorship issues.” I guess he has at least one thing in common with MLK:

No goat book? What will he talk about………..?

………..Ah, now we’re back in familiar territory. The Emperor offers us the first book to be shelved in his new library:

A Dallas police officer was killed on his motorcycle as he helped escort Her Highness to a rally.

Officer Victor Lozada , who had spent 20 years bullying people, apparently thought he could do the same with a concrete railing- and lost. Physics always wins out. Perhaps he mistook the railing for a kid with a skate board.

No doubt he’ll be eulogized as one who died “serving his community.” The Anointed One has already made the cliché statement: “This reminds us once again of what our men and women in law enforcement do every single day, and it is important that we respect and appreciate their service.”

Monkey manure.

Does anyone else find it annoying how these gorillas on motorcycles tear down the street, literally plowing the commoner traffic out of the way- just so some political gangster can move, unhindered, by the nuisance of traffic and stop lights?

Does anyone else then find it ironic that this particular political gangster is rushing to make a speech on how she will work tirelessly to protect and improve the lives of the same common man?

Stick figure slideshow. Language warning.

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Via RadGeek.com comes this gut-wrenching report:

“PAGO PAGO, American Samoa - American Samoa’s delegate to the U.S. Congress is calling for an investigation into the death of a baby at Honolulu International Airport.

“Delegate Eni Faleomavaega has asked the Department of Homeland Security to begin an investigation into death of 14-day-old Michael Tony Futi last Friday.

“The baby had been flown to Honolulu for emergency heart surgery. He died while detained inside a customs’ room at the Honolulu airport with his mother and a nurse.”

Maybe they thought the baby was actually a terrorist disguised as a 14-day-old baby with heart problems?

The young and clueless look to B.O. for change. Is he the Black Kennedy? Is the claim of “change” a Zbig lie?

Government produces NOTHING, except poverty, inflation……..and grieving mothers:

The State never sleeps- except when it’s on duty:

Make yourself at home. What are the odds these clucks were invited?

Ain’t too proud to beg. The Temps are tarnished by association:

Watch the slave choose between Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-Dumber. Which makes a better master?

How you’ll be commuting to work if the warming wackos have their way:

Bad news for the Hell Bitch. What was meant to be appears to be in danger of not happenin’.  In the weeks ahead, watch the corporate media work overtime to rescue the anointed one.

Jo-Mac is feeling anxious and Rush-ed- there’s more killin’ to be done:

Time to escape the FEMA fumes. Just another reason why this agency stinks to high heaven:

The Dry Drunk Decider vents his rage toward indifferent children:

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.

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?

No, not Roger. Congress and its self-righteous buffoons, that’s the disgrace. Well, Roger may be one too, but they haven’t proven that yet. Congress has already proven their disgrace over and over.

Roger, a fallen, humbled man, stumbling over words, “misremembering” things (is he perhaps a long-lost member of the Bush clan?), admonished by High Ranking Members of the United States Congress. Or so the news reports portray–a sad, piteous image. Pity? I don’t have any pity for Roger. He looks to be a lying sack of you-know-what, as does his accuser McNamee.

What in the world does this have to do with governing a country? Why are Henry Waxman and his fellow bullies badgering ball players?

I used to believe in the US government and its constitution until I realized that it’s a joke of a document, one that our government tramples on daily. This circus of a hearing is one more example of abusing the constitution, but who cares?

I know little about Clemens, as baseball “bin very very borin’ to me,” and so I don’t know if he’s someone worth defending, but I hope he shows some cajones and tells Congress to go to hell, particularly Henry Waxman. It’s none of their business.