Groundhog Days

After a few days offline, a few comments on the first items to catch my attention. Beginning with Sibel Edmonds. Will everyone please stop giving Ms. E. the attention she seeks so she'll stop parroting previous decades? On the air at PrisonPlanet (Alex Jones) Edmonds said what the "left" has said for 3 or 4 decades. Nothing new, but presented as "revelations." Such as : "Edmonds has also previously gone on record with revelations of government run drug shipping and other organized crime operations." No! Imagine my shock. According to Edmonds we "… the American public have not heard who the real culprit is behind 9/11. There is money laundering, and certain narcotic and weapons procurements involved." Heard the same thing during Vietnam's Golden Triangle, Air America, etc., and let's not forget Clinton/Poppy Bush drug running Mena, etc. I can't seem to 'rev' this 'elation' of gun and drug running. The "real culprit" of course being (like Ms. Sibel) the big teaser.

OBL back and live from somewhere on tape. William Blum, an icon of the "left" saw his book sales for Rogue State jump from 205,763 to number 86 at Amazon. Why? Because Osama (CIA operator) mentioned the book in his latest "statement." I have had Blum's Rogue State for a few years and it's not worth the paper it is printed on. No depth, nothing new, just a rehashed synopsis of US imperialism and third world rape which any good leftist has kept a tally of for decades. Save your money, unless you prefer curling up with a book that briefly lists countries the US has screwed (other than our own), which you should already know.

I see Alito and Abramoff are still at the top of most liberal cause lists.

What a waste of time. As for the judge, we (you and me, the unwashed) are going to get who we're given. You can pressure your pols for or against but in the end we will get the man/woman whom our "betters" believe best suit their needs; unless you're under the silly notion that activists (a tiny portion of US society) have the power to make a difference. (Real activists who make a difference don't live long: MLK, X, Evers, Hampton, etc.)

Abramoff. A once upon a time powerful lobbyist who pled guilty to fraud, tax evasion, and bribing public officials. This is new? The majority of Joe Blows couldn't tell you who Abramoff is or care who he is. The "left" will make the usual foreboding predictions and use the same old hammer of how important this case is to exposing the current administration; because of Abramoff's "ties" with said administration, his access to the White House, his fundraising for Bush, and/or the Jewish ties, etc.

If you think highlighting this administration's corruption and/or collusion with Jewish groups is going to change anything for the better then perhaps you cannot or do not remember the Reagan, Bush I, and Clinton years. Government spying on everyone, constitution in peril, minions and treason were the oft used terms then too. God I feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day but without the usefulness of acquiring new knowledge as Murray did.

Which brings me the question. Ever wonder after the last 3 or 4 decades, with all the "left" icons of knowledge and enlightenment (Chomsky, Cole, Blum, Bowles, Chalmers) dozens of 'em, and all the "whistleblowers" and high profile activists (dozens of 'em) the left has had no impact on anything for the masses? Like higher paying jobs, rising standard of living, education, healthcare, etc.?