"We Survived Citizens' United"

OK on three everybody cheer.  President Obama has won Florida!  For a sequel to the Martin Luther King song - "We Have Overcome".  We survived all the lying and dirty tricks and dirty money - - and in the process saved America from a ghastly fate. Actually a good slogan for our side after last Tuesday would be “We Survived Citizens’ United”.  Randy Rhodes talked about people who read the truth in a main stream publication but then after a minute or two they will slam it down in disgust, unable to bear reading more.  We told you about that sign that Dr. Levy saw over the store exit in that dream.  Maybe he did or didn’t know what it said, but all he knew is it was something he wouldn’t like if he thought about it any length of time.  Here’s a good adage for Jews to ponder.  If an angel appears and tells them that God has visible manifestations- - saying it can’t imagine that any such thing is possible – is rather silly. You have all these douche bags like Karl Rove and Dick Morris - - who makes Rove appear almost cerebral in comparison.  The thing is when our side messes up, we admit it.  For instance - - USC is guilty of deliberately letting some air out of the footballs used in the game against Oregon, to make them easier to catch.  USC threw an unusual number of pass attempts in this game.  Randy Rhodes reports interesting things about the right wing.  Rush Limbaugh and others on the right KNOW what the truth is and read the Wall Street Journal and the NY Times.  But they choose to lie about it on their radio programs.  Rush Limbaugh admitted last May that Mitt Romney was destined to lose this election but never breathed a word of his suspicious on his program.  Demographics are doing a trifecta against the right wing.  There is the sexual orientation thing with gay marriages.  There is the fact that we are becoming a nation or racial minorities.  And also the sheer number of college educated intellectual young people under thirty is increasing all the time.  Also psychologically working against the tea party is that they “gave it their best shot and lost”.  As it were “they left everything on the field and held nothing back”.  These people double down on their mis-statements, like Rush did expanding Mitt Romney’s 47% to now claim that fifty percent of the people are takers and freeloaders.  But as Randy also points out- - talking to these people is like talking to a brick wall because they have their own set of facts.  And if you try and take a stand on an issue they’ll pull up some information from a secret internet source not credible.

The President's first test of leadership will come today as to whether he is going to grow a sping during his second term, as Bill Press and others would very much like.  The President will be making a speech at ten o clock our time on averting "Tax-Mageddon" when the Bush tax cuts are scheduled to expire.  But we are the ones holding the whip and the Republicans have to agree to whatever terms WE care to dictate to them.  Personally I would allow ALL income tax rates to increase that four percent, just so the Right won't feel as though we are being unfair.  But what I would do is give us all the tax loopholes that will go away if we revert to Clinton era taxes.  The thing is nobody ever died from paying too many taxes.  Neil of KFI will tell you that the Bible says that nineteen percent is the "proper ammount" to give as a percentage of our incomes to the church.  And "God informs us that the more we give the more we get", and an evangelist wouldn't lie, would they???  Judy talks about certain inspection fees and stuff that she has to pay before she earns a dime of profit on her business.  My answer to her is "I want to increases taxes on actual Incomes.  If you don't make it- - you don't pay it.  It's just that Simple".  I'm saying that when we have inflation - - there have been times in the past when it was way over four percent.  That's all the president is asking now - - four percent - - preferably from everybody.  We all as good Americans - - can afford that.

Remember we told you “the stars don’t lie”.  And they didn’t.  We said that the economy would continue to improve till at least late April, when even our own astrologers foresee trouble developing.  This is besides an independent prediction that’s out there on the Internet already predicting that an “economic misstep” will be made in April of 2013.  We’ll wade that creek when we come to it.  But the media doesn’t give you the real stories.  Both Judy and I agree on that.  For instance watching FOX news yesterday I didn’t know when the state of Ohio was called for the President, that Obama led by less than a thousand votes or something, in the entire state.  I didn’t know that the President waited four hours before rendering assistance to the Bengazi ambassador situation.  Why the delay?  FOX interviewed this military officer who was actually there, so he ought to know.  But also they predicted that this Bengazi “scandal” would get more air play once the Elections were over.  We’ll see.  I thought the whole bit with Mitt Romney and Delphi parts and the insider trading thing would get press but it hasn’t.  But they are perfectly willing to inform us that Staten drugs are able to cure cancer now- - despite the fact that they give you brain damage, and a host of other side effects including liver damage.

There was a joke about buying rare documents I forgot to use in that shtick thing last night.  It goes something like this.  John Boehner says to President Obama “Hell no - - I’m not going for a ten to one budget cutting deal”.  And so the President comes back and says “OK now it’s seven to one.  Seven dollars in cuts for ever dollar in new revenue raised.  John Boehner says, “You’re going the wrong way, silly.  You’re supposed to be raising the offer.  Then the President comes back with “OK now it’s four to one” and John Boehner comes back and consults with his colligues and says “OK Mr. President, you drive a hard bargain; we’ll take it”.  An exchange like this occurred like this last night in a scene of "The Middle".  The line "You better hurry 'cause it's going fast" comes trippingly to the tongue.  By the way- - a latteral incisor is not a surgical instrument used in circumcision.  At nine it was “Criminal Minds” and I watched till almost ten o clock then retired.

A word about this whole "Divine Revelation" thing.  Evangelists will be happy to inform you that THEY have seen God and had an "experiance with God" and talked to him.  But they won't afford you the same prevelege.  People like Neil Savedra will tell you it's a sign of "non belief" in near Orawllian logic to say that you should somehow "expect' something from God.  Some will count it as near blasphamy for any member of the laety to male the slightest allusion to God visiting them in their lives.  What they will say that "God will show you that everything I preach is right" when what they mean translated is "I hope to wear you down psychologically so that you have no Will at all- - and will bend to the need to conformity to how you see the other people in our church behaving themselves."  Just think about THAT the next time these preachers get so cocky with you and belittle you for your "doubts".  They aren't against "doubt" per se, but they you want you to doubt YOURSELF.  The best way they can get you to live in a state of doubting your own ability to "believe' is to NOT answer ANY of the questions you may have about your religious issues. (Selah)

OK there you have Elizabeth and Wally in the photograph.  I do have better photos of Elizabeth - but you're lucky I didn't decide to use the pixelated version of this photograph.  I also have a pixelated photograph of a sunrise taken at the beginning of 2010 but perhaps I've used before, and just might use again.  Elizabeth just might be an angel because she never ages.  She hasn't aged one bit since I got here over eleven years ago.  I don't know how long she's been here, but as you know Peter was Mike's "senior" roommate before me.  He did things like demand that the bedroom window be kept wide open when it was 45 degrees and windy out.  He was very warm blooded.  Peter was more warm blooded than Mike,  and Mike was in turn more warm blooded than I am.  I am, in turn, more warm blooded than the lizzard matabilism typed around here who wear jackets on warm, sunny days.  Elizabeth is kind of like Gladys Kravetz on that "Bewitched" episode when she was zapped with a "Niceness" gun.  She is an ardent fan of both John Paul II and Chuck Smith.  She has kind of a bias tword father figures. One thing that struck me is the first day I met Valerie Shoffner- - Elizabeth kind of latched on to her like they were old friends- - and the connection puzzled me.  Of course Valerie lived on Monroe avenue in that Presidents street name tract.  Of course the LA Rams old training facilities were off of Polk Avenue or something.  Those were those brick buildings you used to be able to see from Lincoln Avenue before they put in those apartments.  You know Polk, the Democratic President that "I never count" if you're Ronald Reagan talking with Lincoln.  That's because he was a Democratic President who actually conducted a Successful - - - Imperalist War of agression.  Valerie didn't even know what city she lived in because she tells everybody she lives in Buena Park, when it's Anaheim.  Since I am fermiliar with that neighborhood myself because I've lived near there- - I ought to know where the boundary line is.  But everybody likes Elizabeth.  Loretta Hill has a nickname, "Precious" for her.  Most of us know her by a different nickname first given to her by her old boyfriend, Peter.  But I was going to tell you that Elizabeth says the first day Peter arrived here- - she was already here- - - and commented what a "big" man Peter was - - because of his girth.

VICTORY IN OUR RE-AL  on the Octogon Label

Season of the Witch (Al Cooper and Mike Bloomfield)
Misfire (Queen)
Why Does Love Have to Hurt So Bad? (Derek & the Dominoes)
When the Beatles Hit America (rec. early 1990's)
Elizabeth Reigns Over Me (Ringo Starr)
Well, All Right (Blind Faith)
T.N.T. (AC - DC)
Flashing Lights (Jimmy Page)
President Obama Election Night Victory Speech 21:20 on 11/6/12

OK the first two minutes of the You Tube presentation was edited out making it 23:20 as the breaking point on the time counterA word about "Flashing Lights" and most of these songs courtessy I Heart Radio.  This track is that rare hybred of psychedelic and Bo Didley Blues.  "All Right" is a Blind Faith track NOT on "Crossroads" and ditto for "Hurt so Bad".  The President's addressing the crowds election night serves as the back cover, and some double-imaged neon lights montage is used as the front cover..