IS KARL ROVE, MASTER MANIPULATOR, FAILING THIS TIME?

Karl Rove had had a book written about him during Bush's presidency, as Bush's Brain.  That didn't come as a surprise because the lack of substance in Bush was quickly apparent in his oral output and all the decisions that were bad for the economy and the country that he was talked into supporting.  His goal has never been made clear to me other than the power he held and the company he kept.  Clearly, Mr. Rove is not for the middle class but sustained by very large dollars which he has been able to wrest for those willing to 'invest' in his vision of the US 'future government'.  He has set up the Super PACs though he still is not getting the results he wants.

Craig Unger has written a thought provoking article on Rove  The Tea Party and the Right: Is Karl Rove Losing it?  

It is strange to hear just who has really been running the country behind the scenes on so many aspects.  We have heard much about the Koch brothers, Sheldon Adelson, Grover Norquist, and some others.  0Naive people think that Obama is in control of whatever should, does or does not happen.  That is so far from the truth.  Apparently the average person is totally out of the sphere of the real powers that make decisions. That makes most voters totally unaware of exactly what they really get when they vote. 

Please do not waste your vote for more of the years when people are lied to and left powerless.  Vote for Obama,,,he may not be perfect but he is the best of the choices available to us with his goal to make a better America for all and a level playing field.

ANONYMOUS ON A NEW CHARGE: THE KOCH BROTHERS

Charles and David Koch

Anonymous, the group of hackers who have set themselves up to make our world a better place by exposing some of the greatest cheats and liars is off on a new quest.  Stephen Webster has written an article about David and Charles Koch whom Anonymous believes they are attempting "to usurp American Democracy."   He writes:

"The decentralized protest group "Anonymous" has a new target: no, it's not a middle eastern dictator, a major bank or even a bit player in the military-industrial complex.

It's none other than tea party financiers Charles and David Koch, who were being targeted, an open letter.:"

 Reasons are not visible to the average American eye.  After all, the Koch brothers give away many dollars to wonderful causes.  However, they also give money to the political parties for their own specific needs.  When Scott Walker fell for the ruse that he had David Koch on the phone, he let a coupe of 'cats' out of the bag.  It was pretty clear how he looked up to David Koch and wanted him to know what a good agent he had been for him.  Hopefully this will be the end of Scott Walker's political career soon.

While the article is not a short one, I would suggest you take a look at it and pass your own judgments as to whether Anonymous is on a wild goose chase.  That has not been a usual for them.  They don't waste a lot of time and do a lot of homework before they make their play.  Stay tuned...the democracy may get saved after all, along with a middle class in America.

WHO IS REALLY TAKING THE COUNTRY?

The Teapartiers mantra is 'Take back our country'.  Just who has taken over our democratic country has been a question that is not unsolved, just not declared openly.  A recent article by Nathan Diebenow announces that Progressives are ready to 'uncloak' the secret financers behind the Tea party. "The Sunday, Jan. 30 event thrown by Common Cause, a nonpartisan, grassroots organization, aims to educate attendees in California to the Koch brothers who will be strategizing nearby with their mega-wealthy allies to win the 2012 elections."

The Tea Party is financed far beyond the many small contributions most of the Teapartiers themselves can give.  If has long been rumored that the multi-billionaire Koch  brothers are the 'angels' behind it all. Now, assuming that might be true, the next question must be, "Why?"  What is in it for them?  Certainly they need no more money, though money is clearly power.  Thus, is it power they are after?  If so what is the power they desire?  The Tea Party wants to 'take back the government'.  I was always taught that plotting to overthrow the government is an act of treason.  Are the Koch brothers, then, treason perpetrators?


Also from the article:  "Comedian Bill Maher on Friday lashed out at the followers of the Tea party movement whose activities are funded by Koch's Americans for Prosperity group.
"The Founding Fathers were everything you despise. They studied science, read Plato, hung out in Paris, and thought the Bible was mostly bullshit," he said.

'Who' is never enough.  We need also to understand the 'why'. It is the only way to protect ourselves. Had we appreciated that bin Laden was not only interested in violence and killing but, rather, to economically disable our country, we might not be in the economic mess we are in today.