I Was a Little Frazzled After the Raid But I AM Back

At 1:50am on Friday October 28, 2011, I was sleeping in the medic/nurse's tent at Occupy San Diego. I was woken up by screams and domestic terrorist in raid gear with black masks covering their faces, to hide their identity like cowards, marching in single file line. These terrorist had machine guns in hands, long batons, guns on their waist and voices or terror. They demanded that we leave the place we had been occupying or go to jail.

Within seconds, a couple of these domestic terrorist had manhandled a young man and started hauling him to a police van, underneath the west part of the civic center plaza under the event sign. This young man was not resisting arrest and had no time to gather his things and get out. Right after this another young man was being hauled over to the same van.

The woman that was also sleeping under the medic tent had left within seconds of these domestic terrorists arriving. I sat there in awe wondering if I should stay and be arrested or leave. I choose to leave and gathered my computer case and small rolling suit case and left the area through the doors of the civic center that led to the trolly tracks.

As I walked out of the area, I felt a deep sadness. How could I leave my friends behind when I hear them screaming? What could I really do when hundreds of domestic terrorist have machine guns, batons and other guns and we have no weapons. I was shaking uncontrollably. I started to call a couple friends that wanted to be informed if a raid occured.

As I begin to write and think back on the domestic terrorist raid, it reminds me of what has been going on in my own life for the last 10 years. That is why I will not sit down and shut up. I know first hand what it is like to have the 1% and even your own family terrorize and destroy your life and then blame you. They have taken everything from me many many times. What they took is stuff, what they can never take is who I am and what I stand for.

I am Live @ Occupy San Diego We Were Raided Last Night

Hi vistors to my site. I want to thank you for stopping by and keeping Sarah Palin out of the White House. I have been trying to do my part to expose her since she came on the scene in 2008 with John McCain. But after she announced she was not going to run for President I decided I wanted to be apart of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

I will still follow what Sarah Palin does, but I am living at Occupy San Diego and experiencing first hand this awesome movement. Please follow me on my blog http://www.occupyit.blogspot.com/. We were raided last night unexpectedly and it was something I have never witnessed in my life.

Over 200 police officers with all the gear, guns and batons to kill and destroy. You had no time to think if you did not start moving out of the area you were grabbed by officers and escorted into one of their vehicles. It was violent and scary. Over 40 people arrested and harmed with this raid. I have to leave right now to get back in the action, but please spread this around and make it go viral.

We lost all our donations and many people their belongings. The police were throwing it all away. Please support us anyway you can. Thank you and will write again soon.

In Search of a Palin Presidency

Even Tim Phillips the President of the Americans for Prosperity admits that the GOP slate of candidates is unimpressive. He expresses his disappointment with the candidates by saying that there is no “Perfect Candidate.”...  Read and watch video:   Malia Litman

Pain Inflicted by Palin Continues

Back from South Korea, Sarah and Todd Palin appeared in Tupelo, Mississippi this weekend. Tupelo is a town of roughly 35,000 people and became famous as the birth place of Elvis.  It wasn’t cute enough for Sarah to wear blue suede shoes to the event...  Read more:   Malia Litman

Occupy Wall Street Sign In San Diego

10 years ago

We had

Steve Jobs

Bob Hope &

Johnny Cash

Now we have

No Jobs

No Hope &

No Cash

Don't Let Wall Street Take Your Street

As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies.

Photo rights: Christopher Rios

As I observe, listen and participate in the occupy movement in San Diego I am encouraged to fight this battle in a peaceful and nonviolent way. It is just the beginning of a New Revolution. The movement is growing everyday and people from around the world have joined in solidarity to fight the 1%. Some are using force to get their message and frustration heard.

Photo rights: Christopher Rios

Others like myself are participating as peaceful citizens. All walks of life gather around San Diego Occupy. Six days ago before we had to take our tents down, we were feeding more homeless people in one day, than the soup kitchens in San Diego do in a week. People that claim the homeless are lazy and do not want to work are wrong. They are part of the 99% that have been oppressed by the 1%.

Photo rights: Christopher Rios

It is time to stand up for human rights and use our voices. Corporations are NOT people. They are successful by the work of others. Yes they created and developed idea's that created a business. Yes they hire alot of people, but that does not give them rights as people. Minimum wage should be increased and medical insurance should be free for all. The 1% relies upon the 99% and they would not have all their resources and assests without them.

Photo rights: Christopher Rios

As we protest against the 1% that have money to bail them out of their lies and illegal dealings the 99% are going to jail fighting for their rights. Something is drastically wrong with this imbalance of power. Federal agencies need to fully investigate and prosecute the Wall Street Criminals who clearly broke the law and helped cause the 2008 financial crisis. It is time for the 99% to NOT sit down and shut up. Head to your local occupy and start to participate and volunteer.

Palin Schedules Next Speaking Engagement In Mississippi Because of AFA

Sarah Palin getting closer to Hate Groups
This weekend, Palin is scheduled to speak at another one of these conferences, which is being held in Tupelo, Mississippi ... and she has reportedly decided to speak at this event because of its proximity to the American Family Association...  Read more:   Right Wing Watch

It's Time to Octopi Everything

Why Occupy Everything?

Photo rights: Christopher Rios

They have sold our privacy as a commodity.

They have taken our houses through an illegal foreclosure process, despite not having the original mortgage. They purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the media.

They have taken bailouts from taxpayers with impunity, and continue to give Executives exorbitant bonuses.

Photo rights: Christopher Rios

Silence is NOT an option.

Use your voice to stand up against corporate greed.

Attend a local occupy in your area.

Photo rights: Christopher Rios

Whether you lost your home, job, or just came back from fighting another illegal war we are the 99% standing up to the 1%. We are demanding that change happens.

Photo rights: Christopher Rios

As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of it's members: that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights, and those of their neighbors:

Photo rights: Christopher Rios

That a democratic government derives its just power from the people, but corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people and the Earth; and that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by ecomoic power.

Photo rights: Christopher Rios

We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.

Photo rights: Christopher Rios

We Have The Power to Change things. It will not be easy or fast, but with patience and persistence it will Happen.

Be a job creator and quit using the machines at the store and banks.

Do business with people.

Photo rights: Christopher Rios

We are the 99% that have the power to make things happen.

Albert Einstein said: We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when created them.

Photo rights: Christopher Rios

I am Live @ Occupy San Diego

Why Occupy Wall Street and All Streets?

Photo rights: Christopher Rios

Because we are the 99%. Wall street and all streets belong to each of us.

Are you tired of the rich getting richer and the poor, poorer? I am. Had enough of corporations buying elections? I am. Angry that minimum wage is not enough to support you and your family so you have to work many jobs? I am. Pissed off that the same crooks get to sit on the supreme court, house or senate with no term limits? I am. Fed up that wars continue, while education and jobs and going down the toliet? I am.

That is why I am at Occupy San Diego and will continue to be here until my voice, along with my brothers and sisters voices, are heard and our demands are met. Below is a picture of what our camp looked like before we were forced to take it down.

Photo rights: Christopher Rios

But that did not stop people from continuing moving forward to Occupy San Diego. As of today, there is one tent left, and many sleeping bags on the floor around the outside of the Civic Center.

Photo rights: Christopher Rios

This movement is a seed, that will bloom into a beautiful flower. Nobody said it was going to be easy or fast. So as we water the seed with nutrients of love and patience, we will watch and take action to make the seed grow for the welfare of the 99%.

Photo rights: Christopher Rios

The monopoly the 1% has had, needs to be distributed down to the 99%. Greed is a weapon on mass destruction. 8 years in Iraq, the bank bailouts, the corrupt politicans with life term limits need to go. People need to be bailed out not banks. Wars need to end and education and jobs need to be created. Politicans, Supreme Court Judges, and all Public Servants should have term limits.

Photo rights: Christopher Rios

Photo rights: Christopher Rios

As we send jobs out of the country so corporations can pay people pennies while they make billions. It is time to stop what you are doing and stand up for a New Revolution. Occupy Wall Street has an agenda to make that Revolution happen. I urge you to jump on the bandwagon in your area and take back your streets, cities, states and country one day at a time. Get involved in your local chapter and make it happen starting today.

The Global Misperception of Sarah Palin

Yesterday’s post related to the International Threat Sarah Palin has become. Among the many comments responding to this article, “jadez” said:

“well my time here has come to a close. if you people really believe what you write here then its no place for rational people. try reading some international newspapers if you want to understand all those people who you think take palin serious. you will find they are not as stupid as americans. see ya... 
Read more:   Malia Litman

Don't Hold Out Hope for Palin

CALLER: She’s the anti-Obama! She’s the clearest difference from Obama.

RUSH: I don’t disagree. Look, I don’t disagree with you about that — and I can’t tell you how frustrated I got and still get when I travel around. I have friends scattered all over the country and I’ve got quite a few of them, particularly the wives, who just hate her. They just hate her! It is beyond rational. It’s beyond rational. There’s no way I can talk to ‘em about it. That’s incidental to the story... 
Read more:   Hot Air

Sarah Palin a Potential Kingmaker for GOP Candidates

Since Sarah Palin announced days ago that she would not run for president, underdog GOP candidates are seeking to solidify Tea Party support with an endorsement from the former Alaska governor... 
Read more:   The Christian Post

The Tease Says Not

Undoubtedly many Americans, not least among them television producers, are disappointed by Sarah Palin's decision not to run for president.

On the bright side, Palin has proved (finally) that there is a God.

How so?...  Read more:   Chicago Tribune

What Are The Odds? - A Guest Post by Rationalist

The other day, Andrew Sullivan posted on the odds of success of conspiracy theories. Though I call myself "Rationalist," I am not by any stretch a numbers geek. Still, I thought it was very interesting, and I believe it is useful for examining the Sarah Palin pregnancy hoax. I especially like it because everyone keeps facetiously asking:...  Read more:   Laura Novak

I Have No Words

Palin supporters discuss God’s plan for Sarah and how they can draft her to run for president just like it was done to General Eisenhower some 60+ years ago… 

Read more:   Oz Mudflats

Sarah Palin Brings Bristol to South Korea

Bristol Palin is tagging along with her mom, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, on a trip to South Korea this week. The former gov is scheduled to speak at an economic forum in Seoul.

“In South Korea with my momma :)” Bristol wrote on Facebook on Monday...  Found @:   Politico

Sarah Palin's Smart Not to Run, Supporters Say [Most Commented]

Sarah Palin wasn’t ever really going to run for president, was she? That’s Donald Craig Mitchell’s guess. In an Op-Ed that discusses Palin’s decision not to run, Mitchell says she’s long prioritized her celebrity career over her commitment to public office, reminding us of Palin’s lucrative deals that followed after she quit as Alaska’s governor, including a seven-figure contract with Fox News... 
Read more:   LA Times

Sarah Palin Says US Due for A Woman President

Palin said Tuesday at the World Knowledge Forum that there "will be a woman president of the United States of America, and I look forward to that day."...  Read more:   Las Vegas Sun

Sarah Palin is NO Mother Teresa

From the moment Sarah Palin announced she was not going to seek the GOP nomination, one question has haunted me... 

Read more:   Malia Litman

Fallout from Sarah"s cop-out

The former “Wasilla Warrior” has become the Wasilla Wuss.
Even that most base of former acolytes, John Ziegler, is embittered.
Sarah, baby, you’ve lost them all... 

Read more:   Joe McGinniss

Our View: Time for Sarah Palin to Go Away

We can’t say we were sorry to hear Sarah Palin announce last week that she won’t be a candidate for president in 2012.

For starters, she isn’t qualified. In fact,...  Read more:   Sun Times

The Case of the Locked File - A Guest Post by Cyn

 I have worked as a social worker in my state for 15 years. In that role, I determine eligibility for financial assistance and help clients apply for SSI when appropriate. This is why I found Palinoia’s excellent post on the Palins and a possible insurance dilemma so fascinating. Her research was terrific,...  Read more:   Laura Novak

Palin: Already Almost Forgotten

In  the end, she exploited, abused, or embarrassed almost everyone who had believed in her...  Read more:   Frum Forum

Palin's One-Man Iowa Operation Can Finally Stop Spending His Savings On Her Non-Campaign

Yesterday, when Sarah Palin officially confirmed what most people already knew -- that she was not running for president in 2012 prospects -- my thoughts turned to Peter Singleton. Singleton is a 58-year-old lawyer from California who took it upon himself to work on the Palin campaign that never materialized in Iowa. Back when we decided the time had come to drop Palin from our weekly round-up, on the grounds that it was pointless and actually sort of insulting to the actual people putting forth an actual effort to mount something that looked like a campaign, Singleton was on our minds. After Palin's big announcement yesterday, ABC News was quick to reach out to the guy:...  Read more:   Huffingtonpost

Steve Jobs And Sarah Palin: Uniter Vs. Divider

There seemed more than a little irony in Sarah Palin's announcement that she wouldn't be running for the presidency being eclipsed Wednesday evening by the death of the high-tech titan Steve Jobs... 
Read more:   NPR

Rejoice!

Our Three Year National Nightmare Is Over!

Palin talks to Mark Levin here (her voice is the deeper one). Her explanation is, as usual, opaque. But the idea that this person is protecting her family...  Read more:   The Dish

Mentally Ill Fictional Humanoid Sarah Palin Not Running For President

We, together with the rest of Middle Earth, are now some fifteen seconds away from never ever thinking about Sarah Palin’s toxic reign of idiocy ever again, forever! IT’S TRUE: on this, the 278th day of 2011, may we all remember it forever (the next twelve seconds), gangrenous grifter-quitter grandma Sarah Palin Announced She Is Not...  Read more:   Wonkette

Palin Will Not Seek the GOP Nomination

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will not seek the Republican nomination to challenge Barack Obama for the White House, she said in a statement sent to TIME.

“After much prayer and serious consideration, I have decided that I will not be seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for President of the United States,” Palin wrote in a statement from her home in Wasilla, Alaska. “As always, my family comes first and obviously Todd and I put great consideration into family life before making this decision. When we serve, we devote ourselves to God, family and country. My decision maintains this order.”... 
Read more:   Time Swampland
Sarah and Todd my wish for you, is that you are held accountable for all the people you have destroyed. May an orange jumpsuit be heading your way.

Will Palin Be Forced to Run?

First it was Mitch Daniels, who refused to run. Then it was Paul Ryan, who also refused. Now it’s Chris Christie, who’s refused so many times he could write a book called “How to Refuse the Presidency” out of it. Rick Perry is getting dragged down, Herman Cain’s appeal is dubiously lasting, and no one seems to like Mitt Romney.

So what’s a disenchanted Republican voter searching for the next big thing to do? Turn to the one person who hasn’t definitively ruled out a run – who’s always been there to provide wish fulfillment fantasies to a certain loving segment of the GOP base – Sarah Palin...  Read more:   Frum Forum

GOP guy on 2012: Freedomworks 'impotent' to stop Romney, Palin 'third-tier'

The last time Republicans tried to win the White House, Steve Schmidt served as senior campaign strategist for the McCain/Palin ticket. Last night, he surveyed the field...  Maddox Blog

GOP Looks Past Sarah For 2012

Only a distinct minority are gazing longingly toward Wasilla – or wherever else Palin is in her secretive, largely apolitical travel schedule... 
Read more:   Politico

So Long Sarah

Campaign In 100 Seconds: Whatever Happened To Sarah Palin?

I was at the 2008 Republican National Convention and on the convention floor when Sarah Palin give her GOP-VP-nomination-acceptance speech. It was kinda scary. So this video is pretty satisfying... 
Must finish reading short article @:   SLOG

I Hate You

Since I managed to make just about every Sarah Palin fan on earth mad on Friday by quoting Palin, I decided I would go on and make everyone else mad too.

I actually am no one’s guy because I think none of the... 
Read more:   Red State

Profits from the Koch Brothers’ Iranian Treason Pay Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck

If you’ve ever been enraged by the hypocrisy of the never-ending drum beat for “small government” by the Sarah Palin/ Glenn Beck type Tea Partiers, buckle your seat belt...  Read more:   Politicususa

Reagan Did Not Wait Until The Last Minute

The 2012 presidential election season has not been a normal one in many ways. History teaches us that every election season brings something new we haven’t seen before – but...  Red more:   Red State

Sarah Palin: Is her caribou cooked already?

So, does it even matter now if SP drives her beautiful bus straight through the gates of tradition into a rogue race?... 

Read more:   Free Republic

Levi Johnston's book. Deer in the Headlights, or Boy Trapped Under Sarah Palin's Bus Tire? Part Two.

Bristol's odd, and very politically convenient, pregnancy with Tripp Johnston...  Read more:   The Immoral MInority

Total Dominance! Red State Straw Poll: Sarah Palin 52.4% Herman Cain 21.4% Ron Paul 10.2% Rick Perry 7.3%

I find this truly and absolutely delicious.

There have been a lot of presidential straw polls since silly season started, some going all the way back to a year ago this month. I’ve seen all kinds of results, but I’ve never seen such a blow-out victory for any candidate... 
Read more:   A Time For Choosing      A Palin Lover wetting his pants!

Palin's déjà vu? Alaskans recall her unshackled when she quit governorship

Those who knew Palin best said she felt trapped in the Alaska governor's mansion, restrained from lashing out at her critics the way she wanted because with power comes responsibility. Elected officials are, in some ways, expected to avoid shooting off their mouths willy-nilly. The president, gosh darn, can't say just anything that pops into her or his noggin' because, well, what the POTUS says can have broad national and international implications, you betcha...  Read more:   Alaska Dispatch

Joel Pollak on Anthony Weiner, Andrew Breitbart, and Why Sarah Palin Could Be the First Jewish President

CF: When will we have the first Jewish president?
JP: I think if Sarah Palin runs, she’ll be the first Jewish president.
CF: What?
JP: Sarah Palin is treated as Jews have been treated for generations: no matter what she does, she’s wrong. She’s either too religious or not religious enough;... 
Read more:   Chicago Mag

Fla. primary move: "It messes everything up"

"That means for Chris Christie or Sarah Palin who might jump in the race, they have to get started even faster...  Read more:   CBS News

I Told You People She Was Not Running

It is now October even in Alaska and Sarah Palin has not announced by her own deadline...  Read more:   Red State