Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all. – John Maynard Keynes

The Honduran coup is a scandal of unmitigated hypocrisy. Obama can end the coup with simple legal action, such as closing all access to money and ordering the closing of the U.S. military base in that country. But this takes clarity and true love of Freedom and Justice. We as a people are not there yet. We have no control of the dishonest corporate government that has usurped our nation and turned Democracy into a criminal plutocracy.

What security does the U.S. gain by killing thousand of civilians in Afghanistan? Our corrupt government is creating many desperates seeking vengeance by  suicide terror for the U.S. killing of their families. To pretend that we are spending billions and slaughtering thousands only to stop the Taliban from oppressing the Afghan people is outrageous bullshit. To claim we are spending billions for defense to protect the American people is ridiculous bullshit. The last invasion of the U.S. was a border crossing raid by Pancho Villa 100 years ago. Stop your pathetic bullshit! Stop military terrorist wars for satanic capitalist profits. Return to sanity and peace!

“In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that he did not also limit his stupidity.”
 Konrad Adenauer

XIII

Some for the Glories of This World; and some ~
Sigh for the Prophet’s Paradise to come ~
Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go ~
Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!

XVI

The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon~
Turns Ashes–or it prospers; and anon~
Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face~
Lighting a little hour or two–is gone.

XVII

Think, in this batter’d Caravanserai~
Whose Portals are alternate Night and Day~
How Sultan after Sultan with his Pomp~
Abode his destined Hour, and went his way.

The Justice Department said in legal filings that it will no longer use the term “enemy combatants” to justify holding prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.  Enough sophistry! It’s time to indict, try, or release all prisoners. We have a legal system allegedly designed to provide a modicum of human justice. Let us be the country of law we claim to be and drop the ridiculous criminal bullshit we try pass for legitimate legal authority.

Before the phantom of False morning died ~
Methought a Voice within the Tavern cried ~
“When all the Temple is prepared within ~
Why nods the drowsy Worshipper outside?”
(From The Rubaiyyat)

Wake! For the Sun, who scatter’d into flight ~
The Stars before him from the Field of Night ~
Drives Night along with them from Heav’n, and strikes ~
The Sultan’s Turret with a Shaft of Light.
(From The Rubaiyyat)

When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen  tomorrow,  I look back. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.