Thursday, September 22, 2011
General Assembly Occupy Wall St.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Occupy Wall St, Harlem and Bronx Dudes
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Hey, it is the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Harlem and Bronx NY. I can see that you haven't forgotten. This weekend, LPACTV will be releasing a major feature called "9/11: Ten Years Later", detailing the intended consequences of the September 11th attacks, including the post-9/11 presidency of Barack Obama. What we expose is the role of two foreign governments, Great Britain and Saudi Arabia, in tandem with leading members of our own government, in planning and financing this act of war.
Over the next 48 hours, LPACTV will be broadcasting several supplementary archival videos during our prime time segment, including Lyndon LaRouche's historic live appearance on the Jack Stockwell show, which occurred simultaneously with the attacks, plus interviews, webcast excerpts, and other crucial background material.
Watch the trailer for the upcoming feature film, and stay tuned for continuing coverage over the coming days.
Over the next 48 hours, LPACTV will be broadcasting several supplementary archival videos during our prime time segment, including Lyndon LaRouche's historic live appearance on the Jack Stockwell show, which occurred simultaneously with the attacks, plus interviews, webcast excerpts, and other crucial background material.
Watch the trailer for the upcoming feature film, and stay tuned for continuing coverage over the coming days.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Obama and Hurricane Irene, Which is Worse
Hey Harlem and Bronx dudes, Obama is looking pretty weird
these days. And let's occupy Wall St on Sept. 17. Did you catch his jobs tour to all those rural places
where mostly white guys and girls still live? LaRouche was right, it's Glass Steagall and credit for production,
or we are dead meat. Ain't Obama ignoring the hood? And now there is Hurricane Irene, off with the
electricity, not so much in Harlem, but more in Newark, NJ in Bridgeport, CT.
Janet Napolitano was forced to cancel her Sunday press
conference on the Hurricane Irene disaster, after this writer
pointed out on the air that Obama is a far greater disaster.
Addressing FEMA Administrator Fugate, who had been the last
speaker, I said that I had no criticisms of Fugate's recent work,
but that Fugate should admit that Obama is the real problem.
Obama has cancelled the satellite monitoring on which we rely for
accurate storm prediction once storms reach the U.S., I said, as
the acting National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) Administrator has just admitted. Obama has bankrupted our
cities and states, so that the "recovery" Fugate forecast is
impossible, because the cities and states lack the resources
required to recover.
"Obama is the worst President we've ever had."
Fugate interrupted to ask, "Is that a question or a
statement?", to which I responded, "Is Obama the worst President
ever?"
Fugate non-answered, "Thank you. I want to thank the
voluntary organizations for their very substantial help in this
crisis...." He went on to chronicle the thousands of volunteers,
the funds and other support mobilized by the Salvation Army,
Baptist denominations and others,-- as if to say, "This President
has destroyed the US government,-- thank God we have the
Salvation Army to fall back on."
At that point, the phone lines went dead, and the telephone
operator called out repeatedly, "Madame Secretary, we aren't
getting any audio." After about ten minutes of this, a voice
came on declaring the press conference over.
Reviewing the video on C-SPAN, where it should be available
until some time Monday morning, I saw that Secretary Napolitano
began whispering to the other participants while I was speaking.
As soon as Fugate finished thanking the charities, she ended the
event, hustling the speakers off the stage and out the door.
these days. And let's occupy Wall St on Sept. 17. Did you catch his jobs tour to all those rural places
where mostly white guys and girls still live? LaRouche was right, it's Glass Steagall and credit for production,
or we are dead meat. Ain't Obama ignoring the hood? And now there is Hurricane Irene, off with the
electricity, not so much in Harlem, but more in Newark, NJ in Bridgeport, CT.
Janet Napolitano was forced to cancel her Sunday press
conference on the Hurricane Irene disaster, after this writer
pointed out on the air that Obama is a far greater disaster.
Addressing FEMA Administrator Fugate, who had been the last
speaker, I said that I had no criticisms of Fugate's recent work,
but that Fugate should admit that Obama is the real problem.
Obama has cancelled the satellite monitoring on which we rely for
accurate storm prediction once storms reach the U.S., I said, as
the acting National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) Administrator has just admitted. Obama has bankrupted our
cities and states, so that the "recovery" Fugate forecast is
impossible, because the cities and states lack the resources
required to recover.
"Obama is the worst President we've ever had."
Fugate interrupted to ask, "Is that a question or a
statement?", to which I responded, "Is Obama the worst President
ever?"
Fugate non-answered, "Thank you. I want to thank the
voluntary organizations for their very substantial help in this
crisis...." He went on to chronicle the thousands of volunteers,
the funds and other support mobilized by the Salvation Army,
Baptist denominations and others,-- as if to say, "This President
has destroyed the US government,-- thank God we have the
Salvation Army to fall back on."
At that point, the phone lines went dead, and the telephone
operator called out repeatedly, "Madame Secretary, we aren't
getting any audio." After about ten minutes of this, a voice
came on declaring the press conference over.
Reviewing the video on C-SPAN, where it should be available
until some time Monday morning, I saw that Secretary Napolitano
began whispering to the other participants while I was speaking.
As soon as Fugate finished thanking the charities, she ended the
event, hustling the speakers off the stage and out the door.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
After Hurricane Irene, Watching TV reports
The power is on, despite Hurricane Irene passing through. We are up at a hotel in Hawthorne NY and we don't know if the roads will be clear to get back to the Bronx. The flooding in Elmsford NY, just about 3 miles south of where we are is quite shocking. We hope for the best, but traveling can be a drag. Next morning I may have to take the expressways to work, because the parkways in Westchester NY could still be blocked.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
We Want a Human Economy
Hey Harlem dudes, even the young people
realize that the time comes to grow up.
Well, from the discussion today, from the lunch
discussion, it became very clear that what you had said two days
ago, about the nixing of the youth movement, and the opportunity
for the folks who used to consider themselves part of the youth
movement, the opportunity we now have to become a force to be
reckoned with, in this country, but also across the planet. What
was discussed today, was the perfect complement to that, because
it has never been more clear that -- yes, we're in discussion
with important people, blah, blah, blah. The fact of the matter
is, they're in discussion with important people, because they're
in discussion with us, to the degree that we take ourselves that
seriously. And I think that one's importance is really only
defined to the degree to which they want to understand the
reality that we're in, 'cause it's not very good, and the few
opportunities we have take a helluva lot of courage and
imagination, and playfulness, but seriousness at the same time.
So this abolition of the youth movement really shouldn't
come as a great surprise to anybody: If you're serious about
what you're doing every day, you're serious about what you're
organizing around, it kind of strikes you as, "Oh, yeah! Right,
of course!" We would be in this position now, to be
mass-educating governments and people around the planet on what
it means to have a human economy, and people shouldn't think of
themselves as anything less than that.
realize that the time comes to grow up.
Well, from the discussion today, from the lunch
discussion, it became very clear that what you had said two days
ago, about the nixing of the youth movement, and the opportunity
for the folks who used to consider themselves part of the youth
movement, the opportunity we now have to become a force to be
reckoned with, in this country, but also across the planet. What
was discussed today, was the perfect complement to that, because
it has never been more clear that -- yes, we're in discussion
with important people, blah, blah, blah. The fact of the matter
is, they're in discussion with important people, because they're
in discussion with us, to the degree that we take ourselves that
seriously. And I think that one's importance is really only
defined to the degree to which they want to understand the
reality that we're in, 'cause it's not very good, and the few
opportunities we have take a helluva lot of courage and
imagination, and playfulness, but seriousness at the same time.
So this abolition of the youth movement really shouldn't
come as a great surprise to anybody: If you're serious about
what you're doing every day, you're serious about what you're
organizing around, it kind of strikes you as, "Oh, yeah! Right,
of course!" We would be in this position now, to be
mass-educating governments and people around the planet on what
it means to have a human economy, and people shouldn't think of
themselves as anything less than that.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
David Sirota: Obama Isn't a Liberal
This is by David Sirota from http://salon.com/ and it sort of confirms what http://larouchepac.com/ has been saying for weeks. This is Obama's coup against the constitution in the guise of the debt deal and the super congress:
Barack Obama is a lot of things -- eloquent, dissembling, conniving, intelligent and, above all, calm. But one thing he is not is weak.
This basic truth is belied by the meager Obama criticism you occasionally hear from liberal pundits and activists. They usually stipulate that the president genuinely wants to enact the progressive agenda he campaigned on, but they gently reprimand him for failing to muster the necessary personal mettle to achieve that goal. In this mythology, he is "President Pushover," as the New York Times columnist Paul Krugman recently labeled him.
This story line is a logical fallacy. Most agree that today's imperial presidency almost singularly determines the course of national politics. Additionally, most agree that Obama is a brilliant, Harvard-trained lawyer who understands how to wield political power.
Considering this, and further considering Obama's early congressional majorities, it is silly to insist that the national political events during Obama's term represent a lack of presidential strength or will. And it's more than just silly -- it's a narcissistic form of wishful thinking coming primarily from liberals who desperately want to believe "their" president is with them.
Such apologism, of course, allows liberals to avoid the more painful truth that Obama is one of America's strongest presidents ever and is achieving exactly what he wants.
Obama is not a flaccid Jimmy Carter, as some of his critics insist. He is instead a Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- but a bizarro FDR. He has mustered the legislative strength of his New Deal predecessor -- but he has channeled that strength into propping up the very forces of "organized money" that FDR once challenged.
On healthcare, for instance, Obama passed a Heritage Foundation-inspired bailout of the private health insurance industry, all while undermining other more-progressive proposals. On foreign policy, he escalated old wars and initiated new ones. On civil liberties, he not only continued the Patriot Act and indefinite detention of terrorism suspects but also claimed the right to assassinate American citizens without charge.
On financial issues, he fought off every serious proposal to reregulate banks following the economic meltdown; he preserved ongoing bank bailouts; and he resisted pressure to prosecute Wall Street thieves. On fiscal matters, after extending the Bush tax cuts at a time of massive deficits, he has used the debt ceiling negotiations to set the stage for potentially massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare -- cuts that would be far bigger than any of his proposed revenue increases.
As hideous and destructive as it is, this record is anything but weak. It is, on the contrary, demonstrable proof of Obama's impressive political muscle, especially because polls show he has achieved these goals despite the large majority of Americans who oppose them.
Importantly, though, Obama himself has not suffered from equally negative polling numbers. While his approval rating is not terrific, he is in decent shape for reelection -- and, more significantly, he has suffered only a minimal erosion of Democratic support. He is relatively popular, in other words, despite advocating wildly unpopular policies. Thanks to that reality, every one of his stunning legislative triumphs now has the previously unprecedented imprimatur of rank-and-file Democratic support.
In forging such bipartisan complicity with what were once exclusively right-wing Republican objectives, Obama has achieved even more than what he fantasized about when he famously celebrated a previous bizarro FDR. In an illustrative 2008 interview with a Nevada newspaper, Obama lauded Ronald Reagan for "chang[ing] the trajectory of America" and "put[ting] us on a fundamentally different path."
Reagan was a truly strong executive -- but the Gipper was nothing compared to our current president.
David Sirota is a best-selling author of the new book "Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live In Now." He hosts the morning show on AM760 in Colorado. E-mail him at ds@davidsirota.com, follow him on Twitter @davidsirota or visit his website at www.davidsirota.com. More: David Sirota
Barack Obama is a lot of things -- eloquent, dissembling, conniving, intelligent and, above all, calm. But one thing he is not is weak.
This basic truth is belied by the meager Obama criticism you occasionally hear from liberal pundits and activists. They usually stipulate that the president genuinely wants to enact the progressive agenda he campaigned on, but they gently reprimand him for failing to muster the necessary personal mettle to achieve that goal. In this mythology, he is "President Pushover," as the New York Times columnist Paul Krugman recently labeled him.
This story line is a logical fallacy. Most agree that today's imperial presidency almost singularly determines the course of national politics. Additionally, most agree that Obama is a brilliant, Harvard-trained lawyer who understands how to wield political power.
Considering this, and further considering Obama's early congressional majorities, it is silly to insist that the national political events during Obama's term represent a lack of presidential strength or will. And it's more than just silly -- it's a narcissistic form of wishful thinking coming primarily from liberals who desperately want to believe "their" president is with them.
Such apologism, of course, allows liberals to avoid the more painful truth that Obama is one of America's strongest presidents ever and is achieving exactly what he wants.
Obama is not a flaccid Jimmy Carter, as some of his critics insist. He is instead a Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- but a bizarro FDR. He has mustered the legislative strength of his New Deal predecessor -- but he has channeled that strength into propping up the very forces of "organized money" that FDR once challenged.
On healthcare, for instance, Obama passed a Heritage Foundation-inspired bailout of the private health insurance industry, all while undermining other more-progressive proposals. On foreign policy, he escalated old wars and initiated new ones. On civil liberties, he not only continued the Patriot Act and indefinite detention of terrorism suspects but also claimed the right to assassinate American citizens without charge.
On financial issues, he fought off every serious proposal to reregulate banks following the economic meltdown; he preserved ongoing bank bailouts; and he resisted pressure to prosecute Wall Street thieves. On fiscal matters, after extending the Bush tax cuts at a time of massive deficits, he has used the debt ceiling negotiations to set the stage for potentially massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare -- cuts that would be far bigger than any of his proposed revenue increases.
As hideous and destructive as it is, this record is anything but weak. It is, on the contrary, demonstrable proof of Obama's impressive political muscle, especially because polls show he has achieved these goals despite the large majority of Americans who oppose them.
Importantly, though, Obama himself has not suffered from equally negative polling numbers. While his approval rating is not terrific, he is in decent shape for reelection -- and, more significantly, he has suffered only a minimal erosion of Democratic support. He is relatively popular, in other words, despite advocating wildly unpopular policies. Thanks to that reality, every one of his stunning legislative triumphs now has the previously unprecedented imprimatur of rank-and-file Democratic support.
In forging such bipartisan complicity with what were once exclusively right-wing Republican objectives, Obama has achieved even more than what he fantasized about when he famously celebrated a previous bizarro FDR. In an illustrative 2008 interview with a Nevada newspaper, Obama lauded Ronald Reagan for "chang[ing] the trajectory of America" and "put[ting] us on a fundamentally different path."
Reagan was a truly strong executive -- but the Gipper was nothing compared to our current president.
David Sirota is a best-selling author of the new book "Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live In Now." He hosts the morning show on AM760 in Colorado. E-mail him at ds@davidsirota.com, follow him on Twitter @davidsirota or visit his website at www.davidsirota.com. More: David Sirota
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