Who said this?

I might have just changed two names in it.

Follows:

What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is weekend warriors in this administration to shove their own ideological agendas down our throats, irrespective of the costs in lives lost and in hardships borne.
What I am opposed to is the attempt by political hacks to distract us from a rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income — to distract us from corporate scandals and a stock market that has just gone through the worst month since the Great Depression. That's what I'm opposed to. A dumb war. A rash war. A war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics. Now let me be clear — I suffer no illusions about Bashar al Assad. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to secure his own power. He has repeatedly defied UN resolutions, thwarted UN inspection teams, developed chemical and biological weapons, and coveted nuclear capacity. He's a bad guy. The world, and the Syrian people, would be better off without him.
But I also know that Assad poses no imminent and direct threat to the United States or to his neighbors, that the Syrian economy is in shambles, that the Syrian military is a fraction of its former strength, and that in concert with the international community he can be contained until, in the way of all petty dictators, he falls away into the dustbin of history. I know that even a successful war against Syria will require a U.S. occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences. I know that an invasion of Syria without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East, and encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment arm of al-Qaida. I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars.

Stand now...

As a student of history, I cannot view the events in Russian any other way: first, they'll come for the LGBT, there will be another group, and another, and another. When politicians and state sanctioned media outlets start talking like this, cattle cars and "camps" aren't far behind. A line must be drawn. Boycott NBC, Soichi, the IOC and any company, or person and celebrity that supports them. Stand now, or sons and daughters will stand later.

Honestly, the rights of people trump the "right" athletes have to compete. Sorry.

I'm going to use any avenue I have to stake a stand against this.

 Even the Third Reich observed the Spirit of the Olympics and let the "UnderMenchen" compete in 1936...  The Russians have stated that any Gay Athletes, supporters, or staff that show up will be imprisoned.  

 Does America have a perfect stellar record of upholding LGBT rights?  Hell, no.  Better than Russia, though.

http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/gay-peoples-hearts-unsuitable-for-life-says-head-of-russias-state-controlled-tv-news/politics/2013/08/10/72922

Big day, tough day

Saw behind the veil.  Decision made.

Best commentary on the gun debate - EVER.

Cogent, thoughtful and nails just about every point I could try to make.

Go here.  

Read it, then check out the comments.  Puts a finger on the pulse of things.  Totally worth your time.

But it could never happen here!

First it was Cyprus.  Now, Ireland.

http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-04-23/forewarned-irish-savers-have-just-been-cyprusd-and-theres-much-more-cyprusing

It will happen here.  But here they'll start with a nationalized retirement plan.

Sickening.

Crazed American, out.

http://politicker.com/2013/04/bloomberg-says-post-boston-interpretation-of-the-constitution-will-have-to-change/

"In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday the country’s interpretation of the Constitution will “have to change” to allow for greater security to stave off future attacks.

“The people who are worried about privacy have a legitimate worry,” Mr. Bloomberg said during a press conference in Midtown. “But we live in a complex word where you’re going to have to have a level of security greater than you did back in the olden days, if you will. And our laws and our interpretation of the Constitution, I think, have to change.”

No

Quote of the day

I like George Takei, but I find it amazing that somebody who has been personally put into an internment camp by his government can hold the position that only the government should have guns.

Marko Kloos

Via Smallest Minority

While everyone was waiting...

... for the last of the Chechnyan / Dagistanian commandos to be killed or apprehended, this happened:

http://www.zdnet.com/cispa-passes-u-s-house-death-of-the-fourth-amendment-7000014205/

Pretty much legal cover for unfettered surveillance.

Let it be known.  The Marathon Bombings might be viewed as the historical turning point, where the gloves came off and the existing police state have begun to flex their muscles.

I will begin the process now of weaning myself off of the "voluntary tracking / intelligence gathering tag" - i.e. my smart phone.

The kimchi's getting pretty deep.  All of these coincidences are quite implausible.

Crazed American, out.

Attention: Echelon / CISPA Task Force:  Go Fuck Yourselves.

Backpedaling

A while back I posted this:  http://troaca.blogspot.com/2013/03/yep-i-crazed-american.html

It was all about my admiration for Senator Reid.

I take it all back.  Perhaps he still respects the civil rights enshrined by the Bill of Rights - and is just playing harball politics.  Too f---ing bad - I don't care.  Tired of politics.  Throughout history - imagined tyranny has had a very bad habit of cropping up as quite real tyrrany, given the room to flourish.  I don't even own any "assualt weapons"...


REID: In the 1920s, organized crime was committing murders with machine guns. So Congress dramatically limited the sale and transfer of machine guns. As a result, machine guns all but disappeared from the streets. We can and should take the same common-sense approach to safeguard Americans from modern weapons of war.

That is why I will vote for Senator Dianne Feinstein’s assault weapons ban – because we must strike a better balance between the right to defend ourselves and the right of every child in America to grow up safe from gun violence. I will vote for the ban because maintaining law and order is more important than satisfying conspiracy theorists who believe in black helicopters and false flags. And I will vote for the ban because saving the lives of young police officers and innocent civilians is more important than preventing imagined tyranny.


Fuck tyrants, be they real or imagined.

Crazed American, out.

Attacked... and the usual suspects are back out

Someone or a group of someones or groups of someones are attacking the US as you read this.

Boston, attacked like so many other cities - innocent people killed and maimed.

Our leadership in Washington is under attack from Ricin laced letters.

Meanwhile people from the right and the left are out decrying the other and throwing blame around with little to no information.

We are a damaged, divided country.  G-d help us.

I weep for the pain that has been suffered, I fear for the nation I love.

I will not yield one inch of freedom, one iota of our imperfect yet noble union.

I and my fellow Americans are resolute and strong.

You can only kill us.  You cannot defeat us.

Crazed American, out.