Strike The Root Blog

Stout looking sperm, I must say. But can these boys swim?

It’s ultimately up to each individual to escape his own, singular prison:

Staying medicated is for the cowardly……

….. but the Pentagon sees it as the most effective method for keeping The Troops in fighting shape:

Behold His mighty hand!  A futile attempt to part the waters:

JoMac is all smiles at the prospect of more dead Americans to help his campaign:

It takes more than large scale symbolism to create peace:

Strike the root by striking TV (Tranquilizing Vector) from your daily life:

Don’t think of it as a bomb crater. Think of it as “nation building:”

May I suggest one more (appropriate) monument in Washington?

It would appear that the legally privileged gangsters of “the People’s” Republic of China have traded the boot stamping on a human face for the calm, soothing injection to oblivion within the comfortable confines of a “mobile execution chamber.”

By way of Disinfo.com, I found this report by Tim Boucher:

What is that fine looking vehicle, you ask? Why, it is part of “China’s new fleet of mobile execution chambers.”

Makers of the death vans say the vehicles and injections are a civilized alternative to the firing squad, ending the life of the condemned more quickly, clinically and safely. The switch from gunshots to injections is a sign that China “promotes human rights now,” says Kang Zhongwen, who designed the Jinguan Automobile death van.

The AOL News link that Boucher cites doesn’t appear to be working, but I found this June 2006 USA Today article on the execution of convicted murderer-rapist Zhang Shiqiang in one such death chamber-on-wheels (which appears to be the article Boucher quoted and attempted to link):

The country that executed more than four times as many convicts as the rest of the world combined last year is slowly phasing out public executions by firing squad in favor of lethal injections. Unlike the United States and Singapore, the only two other countries where death is administered by injection, China metes out capital punishment from specially equipped “death vans” that shuttle from town to town…

For years, foreign human rights groups have accused China of arbitrary executions and cruelty in its use of capital punishment. The exact number of convicts put to death is a state secret. Amnesty International estimates there were at least 1,770 executions in China in 2005 — vs. 60 in the United States, but the group says on its website that the toll could be as high as 8,000 prisoners.

I could just see something like this being supported by both major parties here in the United States. Why, just think of all the “terr’rists” they could round up and execute!

And it’s all perfectly humane! No muss, no fuss.

(Cross-posted at The Postmodern Tribune.)

Flooding victims have more problems than they realize….

….especially if they try to enter their homes without the permission of Johnny Law:

“Will this Amerikan bred trailer trash ever leave?”

Regular foot care is a necessity if you’re going to vote with your feet:

Father Fidel (adorned in a spiffy jacket produced by evil capitalism) solicits advice on how to deal with his impending Hell:

The Emperor admires his handiwork….

…and the reason he’s so loved around the world:

Jackboots practice for the coming hot summer:

Where will all the Washington piggys run to when their empire is drowned in red ink and death….

…..and where will all the FEMA piggys run when all their levees fail?

Sometimes, killing for and defending the criminal state can be too much for an individual to bear:

Ideas are bullit proof:

You just have to know how to talk to them- or not:

A safe charity trip for Mama McCain- kids too young to have been bombed by her husband:

Don’t risk stopping- and be overcome by the stench of lies:

Ain’t nothing like a good ol’ baptism to get you right with God before heading out to kill for Jezus….

 ….and make the world safe for children:

How to still enjoy your spirits when in the prescence of the dispiriting state:

Now the Bareback Boys get their turn at state sanctioned marital misery- it least in California:

You can crawl if you want but you’re not getting out:

Witnessing the unending praise of the late Tim Russert has confirmed to me how key the mainstream media is in promoting the actions of the state and defending its crimes. Just read the copious complements coming from leading government elites. Even the Emperor, was not at a loss for a kind word. How can I take seriously a journalist who seems to be so loved by those who willfully destroy the freedom, lives, and fortunes of others on a daily basis- and call it democracy? Shouldn’t a worthy journalist have spent his career exposing the crimes and inherent evil of state institutions rather than mediate its silly, freak show debates among political partisans?

Instead, Mr. Russert made a nice living for accomplishing the following:

Promoting the idea that the American state is a legitimate authority over all matters of individual’s lives, no matter how minute the subject of concern.

Promoting the false left-right paradigm instead of the truth.

Promoting the idea that state domination of individual lives is a necessity for survival.

Promoting the idea that the needs of the nation-state collective (as perceived by the ruling state elites) outrank the needs of individuals (as perceived by those individuals).

It’s a dark period of loss for friends and family of Mr. Russert but, by default, his absence from the broadcasting pulpit allows the light of truth to shine a bit brighter.

God, Jr. and Satan, Jr. share a chuckle:

It takes courage to challenge the powers that be: :

A birds-eye view- “Current society is rapidly being transformed from vertically-structured, institutionally-dominant systems into horizontally-interconnected networks. Our world is becoming increasingly decentralized, with questions arising as to the forms emerging social systems may take. The study of chaos informs us that the multifaceted, interrelated nature of complex systems render our world unpredictable.” Butler Shaffer:

Fighting for “freedom” just ain’t enough- they got to fight each other, as well:

There goes the neighborhood:

Big Brown turns against the state:

JoMac is not pleased with the Supremes:

Mad Mike loses it. What would Daddy say?

Because we can -The state wants to humiliate you before you can fly the friendly skies:

Obama-Mama didn’t say nuthin’ ‘bout no ‘whitey’:

Multi-talented- The Decider and the The Director:

You might as well relax as you watch your stolen, hard earned dollars blasted into oblivion:

The Anointed One submits to numerical defeat so,…..

……it’s time to turn to Plan B….

……and to make some arrangements:

Just a fist bump for the wife……

….but hugs all around for the masses:

Aquatic redundancy:

Helicopter Ben turns to a different type of aircraft to carry out the Fed’s monetary policy:

Home sellers are getting desparate:

Lady Laura plays “catapault the propaganda” with the Afghans:

Scott Horton has posted an interview with freelance investigative journalist Christopher Ketcham at Antiwar.com Radio that I highly recommend.

Ketcham discusses his latest article for RadarOnline, “The Last Roundup”, in which he tells of a government data base (or perhaps network of government data bases) allegedly code named “Main Core”, which may contain names and personal information on as many as 8 million Americans considered to be potentially obstructive of Uncle Sam’s “Continuity of Government” operations in the event of some kind of national crisis or emergency. These individuals “could be subject to everything from heightened surveillance and tracking to direct questioning and possibly even detention,” according to Ketcham.

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Ridicule is one of the best weapons in our arsenal!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0vyxgJLJVA&feature=related

Once a frat boy……

…….always a frat boy:

Even Chelsea is stunned by the huge debt:

Moms get their kids back…….but not without a lot of state baggage:

Neocon kooks terrorize the fashion world……

….but “terrorist adornment” surely is not as offensive as Fashion for Peace:

Certainly a more productive and peaceful pursuit than being president:

Rolling Blunder- Maybe these motorcycle Viet-Vets have been inhaling too much CO:

The half-billlion dollar discovery by NASA- there are rocks on Mars:

Some of the last people remaining with “total autonomy:”

Room for another head? Time for the dead white guys to move over for The Anointed One:

A trail of blood……..

…..that leads to: