After the month long funeral of Navy Pilot, Congessman (Keating 5 founding member), Senator and War Hero John McCain, despite all evidence to the contrary, he is still dead.
You should have been in Detroit. Between Aretha Franklin's marathon extravaganza and John McCain, we were funeraled to death. Franklin's send-off was four days and full of scandal. Pictures of Bill Clinton ogling female performers, ministers offending the family, lots of Trump bashing, and the gaudiest of white hearses. I did love her red shoes, however. The only redeeming value in the entertainment extravaganza is that her death stepped all over McCain's death. Too soon?
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"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
You should have been in Detroit. Between Aretha Franklin's marathon extravaganza and John McCain, we were funeraled to death. Franklin's send-off was four days and full of scandal. Pictures of Bill Clinton ogling female performers, ministers offending the family, lots of Trump bashing, and the gaudiest of white hearses. I did love her red shoes, however. The only redeeming value in the entertainment extravaganza is that her death stepped all over McCain's death. Too soon?
not so hidden message to those willing to "listen". The question becomes, can revolutionaries use this to their advantage, or will it be just another opportunity passed by.
@Big Al
I must have missed it - but not surprising.
not so hidden message to those willing to "listen". The question becomes, can revolutionaries use this to their advantage, or will it be just another opportunity passed by.
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"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
@Raggedy Ann@Raggedy Ann
Observing the reaction, I think the message is one many of us already know but it validates it without a doubt. The message being none of them are on our side, including Trump. It clearly shows the power struggle within the ruling class and that the alliances cross party lines. It completely shoots the two party system out of the water imo. That's the opportunity.
@Big Al
I have to completely agree with you. They are not on our side - ever. We are the dirt beneath their shoe and the sooner we realize it and respond appropriately, the better.
I've been reading a few things that people are "waking up." I hope the predictions are correct. TPTB are starting to cannabalize one another. That latest dust up over an anonymous op-ed in the NYT just got the pot boiling even more. Who will get thrown in? Dinner, anyone?
#2.1#2.1 Observing the reaction, I think the message is one many of us already know but it validates it without a doubt. The message being none of them are on our side, including Trump. It clearly shows the power struggle within the ruling class and that the alliances cross party lines. It completely shoots the two party system out of the water imo. That's the opportunity.
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"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
@Raggedy Ann
are all in the same club of entertainers, whose theatrically staged, media-hyped differences with each other are only as real as what pro wrestling culture calls “kayfabe”?
@Big Alwhoosh! goes the sound of invaluable lessons, whoosh!
Thanks. I speak only for myself of course, and not The Resistance(TM). Just because R-McCain is dead, doesn't mean anyone should vote for a D-Value Democrat, that would be redundant and foolish if you ask me.
Nobody 2018 peace
not so hidden message to those willing to "listen". The question becomes, can revolutionaries use this to their advantage, or will it be just another opportunity passed by.
The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?
The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." - JFK | "The more I see of the moneyed peoples, the more I understand the guillotine." - G. B. Shaw Bernie/Tulsi 2020
It was better reading about McCain's funeral than actually having to watch it. Watching it would have made me so nauseous that my supper would have been on the floor. For real.
But I understand your point...
#8 It nauseated me as I'm sure it did with anybody possessing a moral compass, i.e., anti-warmongering pro-peace world view.
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You should have been in Detroit. Between Aretha Franklin's marathon extravaganza and John McCain, we were funeraled to death. Franklin's send-off was four days and full of scandal. Pictures of Bill Clinton ogling female performers, ministers offending the family, lots of Trump bashing, and the gaudiest of white hearses. I did love her red shoes, however. The only redeeming value in the entertainment extravaganza is that her death stepped all over McCain's death. Too soon?
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
And no better death to step on!
For J. McStain's funeral--if only we can keep him underground.
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNuVifA7DSU&frags=pl%2Cwn]
By dying, John McCain provided an invaluable
not so hidden message to those willing to "listen". The question becomes, can revolutionaries use this to their advantage, or will it be just another opportunity passed by.
What's the message, Al?
I must have missed it - but not surprising.
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
I'm being obtuse, sorry.
Observing the reaction, I think the message is one many of us already know but it validates it without a doubt. The message being none of them are on our side, including Trump. It clearly shows the power struggle within the ruling class and that the alliances cross party lines. It completely shoots the two party system out of the water imo. That's the opportunity.
Thanks, Big Al ~~
I have to completely agree with you. They are not on our side - ever. We are the dirt beneath their shoe and the sooner we realize it and respond appropriately, the better.
I've been reading a few things that people are "waking up." I hope the predictions are correct. TPTB are starting to cannabalize one another. That latest dust up over an anonymous op-ed in the NYT just got the pot boiling even more. Who will get thrown in? Dinner, anyone?
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
That McCain, the Obamas, the Bushes, and the Clintons
are all in the same club of entertainers, whose theatrically staged, media-hyped differences with each other are only as real as what pro wrestling culture calls “kayfabe”?
Vote D! LOL
whoosh! goes the sound of invaluable lessons, whoosh!
Thanks. I speak only for myself of course, and not The Resistance(TM). Just because R-McCain is dead, doesn't mean anyone should vote for a D-Value Democrat, that would be redundant and foolish if you ask me.
Nobody 2018
peace
John McCain is dead?
I'm still not buying it.
The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?
Another patriot gone before his time:
The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?
That is funny. And I mean that as highest praise.
I’ve been biting my tongue for days.
This has been one “wild and crazy” weekend!
EDIT: deleted video
I'm tired of this back-slapping "Isn't humanity neat?" bullshit. We're a virus with shoes, okay? That's all we are. - Bill Hicks
Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa
Hit me, Fred!
McCain (or even Aretha) still can't top the Godfather of Soul:
And they’re still fighting over his estate
12 years later.
Idolizing a politician is like believing the stripper really likes you.
Franco is now so dead
That he's going to be exhumed and buried elsewhere, by order of the Spanish Govt.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
For those sick of McCain glorification:
The McCain Death Tour Reaches Its Imperial Apotheosis
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." - JFK | "The more I see of the moneyed peoples, the more I understand the guillotine." - G. B. Shaw Bernie/Tulsi 2020
I'm sorry I read the Counterpunch article
It nauseated me as I'm sure it did with anybody possessing a moral compass, i.e., anti-warmongering pro-peace world view.
I'm glad I read it
It was better reading about McCain's funeral than actually having to watch it. Watching it would have made me so nauseous that my supper would have been on the floor. For real.
But I understand your point...