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New York City cab drivers are the latest victims in the assault by Big Brother on American independence. The ramifications are far reaching as one more step is taken. Aren't you hacked yet?
2007.08.31 -- Editorial
Running behind this week so, I'll just take a late summer breather. See ya next week, enjoy they holiday weekend.
RELATED ARTICLES 2007.08.22 -- Editorial
Farron Barksdale is dead. He's got bruises and an internal infection that is blamed for his death. But is the cookie cutter pattern of demise just another coincidence? The Alabama Department of Corrections says an autopsy will be done. But can it be trusted? This type of event in the criminal justice system seems to be escalating. Regardless of who's fault it is, it shouldn't have happened. The percentages of imprisonment are escalating while cheap labor floods in from Mexico, and neo-Nazi genetic engineering is proliferating. What really is it that "Homeland Security" is trying to achieve? What does the FBI actually do?
2004.01.28 -- Editorial
Barely three weeks after Farron Barksdale allegedly shot and killed Larry Russell and Tony Mims in Athens, State Senator Tom Butler jumped on the opportunity to exploit the tragedy for his own political gains, and the advancement of "big brother," at the annual public forum of the North Alabama Legislative delegation. At that meeting I spoke out against the arbitrary profiling suggested by Tom Butler in regard to gun-control legislation that eventually did pass in the Alabama legislature. I also noted at the time that 513 American lives had been lost in Iraq, ostensibly in defense of the Constitution, while Tom Butler exploited the two lost officers in his efforts to undermine the Constitution. Now, of course, more than 3000 lives have been lost in Iraq -- however, apparently not for the US Constitution. This article is an account of my participation in that public forum.
2007.08.15 -- Editorial
Another busy week and good riddance to Karl Rove! It never ceases to amaze me how the main stream media can obscure the obvious, I suppose to milk the story. Get this. He left because he's no longer needed to serve his lame, comatose, Dubya Duck. They don't have enough time to put the Republican Frankenstein back together again. Which leads me to also note the mainstream media seems unable to cover the Republican primary contenders along with Hillary and Obama. It's not that I love the Republican's so much, but let's face it, Bush is not a Republican anyway. Bush is a neo-Nazi. Maybe the big boys think the final election of either Hillary of Obama is a foregone conclusion, but I frankly doubt that either one can win the general election. Maybe if someone in the Republican ranks would step up a little more boldly, to denounce the illegal war for instance, they might have a chance of holding the Oval office one more time. Man, talk about a disaster.
2007.08.08 -- Editorial
Sitting at home in my easy chair, gripping my hot dog with one hand and a beer with the other, I await the evening news and the
official notificatioin of Barry Bonds drug induced record breaking home run. In that light, I dug to the bottom of the page and moved a column back to the top
from last February extolling the non-virtues of team sports in today's real world.
This week you'll aslo notice some fine tuning of my layout that I hope will facilitate more efficient downloading and indexing.
2007.02.07 -- Editorial
The super bowl is a shining negative example of how teams sports are no longer the remedy for social responsibility and in fact have become the driving impetus for group psychosis and social blindness.
2007.08.01 -- Editorial
Barry Bonds is posed to become the next homerun king of major league baseball. Accusations of his likely illegal drug abuse will cast a pall on the game for a long time to come.
2007.07.20 // 2007.07.25 -- Editorial
With J. K. Rowlilngs 7th and final edition in the Harry Potter series "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," being released on Saturday, I thought I would revisit another perspective on the world famous Harry Potter with all his witchcraft, voodoo, wizardry, and magic. I first ran this column on January 4th of 2002 and the discussion still seems relevant. Perhaps interestingly, there doesn't seem to have been much additional comment in the public dialogue along these lines, but either way that seems relevant unto itself.
Even still, Harry Potter isn't without religious controversy as the BBC has reported that religious politicians in Israel are accusing bookstores of religious insensitivity for their plan to open on the Sabbath in order to sell the book as it's being released. The Sabbath runs from sundown Friday evening to sundown Saturday evening. According to the BBC article, the Israeli Industry and Trade Minister, Eli Yishai, has threatened to fine any store that opens on Saturday. It is illegal to force employees to work on the Sabbath in Israel Never-the-less, booksellers remain unrepentant.
NOTE: Next week looks busy with summer chores, so I'll be taking off. I'll be back the week after that.
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Illinois Senator and Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama landed in Huntsville on Monday for a fundraiser at the Huntsville Heritage Club. Onlookers included casual diners at the local eateries in the area, while some gathered on the sidewalks for the occaision. Even two protesters were part of the mix who hope Obama will posture Hillary out of the equation in time for the Republicans to cash in on the general election.
2007.06.27 // 2007.07.04 -- News / Editorial
Gotta take a break this week for summer and next week for the fourth of July. Heh, heh, heh. Excuses! But, hay, when you're the owner and boss of the business, you can do that from time to time. In spite of my opposition to the demagoguery of W Bush and his war, I support the troops who fight in good faith for this country, and wish them all well and safety and Godspeed in coming home. Enjoy your holiday. See you back here on the 11th...convenient or not!
2007.06.21 -- News / Editorial
Lo...and behold. Like a flash of lightning, president George W. Bush ascended upon Huntsville, Alabama today with almost no advance warning at all. The first reports of the Head Honcho's visit were made public just early this week. Ultimately, "W" really didn't visit Huntsville at all. He did fly into Huntsville's "International Airport" on the western outskirts of town, and then headed another 30 miles west into another county to Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant where an offline reactor was recently restarted, and is said to be the first nuclear reactor to come online in more than ten years.
Perhaps the most notable of Mr. Bush's comments, on today the summer solstice and the first day of summer, is that the United States needs to begin building at least three new nuclear power plants per year beginning no later than 2015. One figure that I was unaware of, and somewhat surprised by, is that more than 60 percent of our oil consumption now comes from foreign sources. W also stated that in the 1970's our foreign oil dependence was around 25 %, a number that seems excessively high compared to other quotes I had previously been aware of. If our foreign oil dependence has indeed reached that level, then I have to say that it is just another example of Bush administration irresponsibility.
Even still, the message is clear. If we are to survive as an autonomous nation, we must begin to make the conversion to alternative fuel supplies, one being ethanol -- primarily derived from corn crops -- and another being the electricity that will be supplied by nuclear plants, like Brown Ferry, to recharge the ever touted high technology batteries that will one day power hybrid and electric vehicles.
2007.06.13 -- Editorial Video
It now appears that the second phase of groundwork is being set for a conflict with Iran. Since the potential nuclear gambit would resound as one were crying wolf, Saddam Hussein, wolf, the reasoning has apparently become Iran's supposed attacks on American soldiers in Iraq. Still, are we to believe? Speedo Gonzales dodged the Senate's no-confidence bullet yesterday. I called for his resignation (along with Bush's) months ago. More than fifty-thousand American's are being denied the right to travel on an airplane as the official government blacklist is checked for people suspected of terrorist activity each time a ticket is purchased. Even though you may have actually done nothing wrong, the US government could detain you and deny your right to travel freely. In honor of these travesties, and many others that we are facing in this once great land, and in honor of flag day tomorrow, I once again exercise my evermore precarious right to the freedom of speech by presenting this flag burning video.
2007.06.06 -- Editorial
Local "advocates" want a mobile health clinic for the homeless population. But, is it really just one more way to seperate "useless eaters" from the mainstream?
2006.06.21 -- Related Editorial
China has got a new makeover for you indeed. Noticing in last weeks USA Today, June 15 2006, that China now supports roving death squads that just pull into town with a recreational vehicle outfitted to mete out capital punishment in towns that can't afford their own killing apparatus. .
2007.06.01 -- Editorial
The FCC wants to up the Big Brother ante by requiring more accurate location tracking for all cell phones.
2006.05.17 -- Related Editorial
Even twenty years ago, I would have never, in my wildest dreams, imagined that so much obvious corruption in the White House would be so casually accepted by the American people.
2006.06.07 -- Related Editorial
I'm saying that Speedo Gonzales, Troy King, and others are overstating a single crime in an attempt to satiate their own sexual compulsions, while attempting to inflame the baser emotions of the general public, and to desensitize them to the larger scheme of Big Brothers control.
2007.05.23 -- Editorial
Gun control advocates and corrupt health care team up. Also comments on Jerry Fallwell's passing.
2007.05.16 -- Notice
Running short of time this week, although there is no shortage of topics to address. I'll be next back next week -- it's my job.
2007.05.02 -- News // Editorial // Photo
The recent passing of Huntsville, Alabama homeless icon "Howard" raises the questions of survival, self-sufficiency, and the real American dream as the city of Birmingham seeks to evict homesteading homeless people there.
PHOTO at left: Howard's house in downtown Huntsville included this second story "sound room" where he liked to sit and listen to music. Click on the headline for a larger photo and the rest of the story.
2007.05.02 -- Editorial
Now we all could become amoung the "frozen Cho's in!" And, speaking of double standards in this once great US of A (tele-texting that is), I still gaze in awe at how women continue to get away with murder, and then yell "harassment" and "glass ceiling" in the workplace.
2007.04.25 -- Notice
As of now it appears that I'll be taking next week off. See ya' next time.
2007.04.18 -- Editorial
Just a little bit this week in regard to the rappers who say that their artistic reflections are not the same thing as the old rich white man's good natured colloquialisms. Your right. It's not the same thing. The rap songs are worse in that they clearly and obviously celebrate a denigrative culture -- thereby further caramelizing the diseases of poverty and organized crime. In fact, various artistic expressions, in my opinion, isn't necessarily what freedom of speech is all about to begin with. Historic study will show that the framers of the Constitution were most concerned about political and social speech -- intending to protect the like of Don Imus' musings. Ok then, all the same in terms of censorship. If the rappers, and others wish to enjoy freedom of the press, and artistic freedom as well, then they have to accept the reality that sometimes someone's says something in the public sector that may be offensive.
2007.04.12 -- Editorial
"Looking back on when I was a nappy headed boy." The 1970's hit song by Stevie Wonder chimes along, and to my knowledge no one ever had a thing to say about that. How is that colored folks can call one another denigrating names and use foul language in their wrap music -- and thereby it is ok? Isn't that really a double standard?
2007.04.04 -- Editorial
Walker Lindh's Family is now calling for commutation of his twenty year prison sentence. No doubt. As noted by CBS news this evening, Walker was a kid who got caught up in a bad situation, way over his head, and never actually did much of anything wrong. Except, become the scapegoat focus for revenge of 911, and the death of CIA agent Michael Span. Bad timing, more than anything, is not justification for a twenty year prison sentence. The story behind the link here was first run on April 16th of 2002.
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2006.09.06
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2007.03.28 -- FOR SALE
With the Post Office preparing for the introduction of the new "forever stamp" next month, some philatelist are worried about the demise of variety and collectible stamps. However, the personalized stamp program continues to offer individuals the opportunity to create their own stamps, sometimes with rare photographs that make them universally collectible.
I photographed the Huntsville Depot in the summer of 2005, a few weeks prior to the New Orleans disaster, and haven't seen such a rainbow opportunity before or since. If you're interested in purchasing this rare collectible stamp, I've made them available for $5 each, or $100 for a sheet of 20. Each stamp is individually numbered, so you'll want to get one of the first in the series -- still available. You can also purchase the print in an 8" by 10" format, or a 14" by 18" format. The print also reveals the double rainbow -- visible on the left side of the photo, that was cropped from the stamp for sizing. Send me an email to order your stamp, or for more print information.
Be sure to include "feedback" in the subject line to get past the spam filter:
MrJimCasey@TOCC.tv
2007.03.21 -- Editorial
Fascism marches on in Alaska when the freedom of speech rights of a high school student are violated -- off campus! Principle wants to expand educators agenda.
2007.03.21 -- Special Rerun From The Vault
No one should doubt my opinion that Alberto Gonzales should be fired because of his politically motivated dismissal of federal judges. Of course, he was only pandering to the whims of Bush, who should have already been impeached. This article first appeared in June of 2006. It's interesting to note the pattern of events that prompted my comments on fascism, desensitization, and obsfucation. A little more...wait a little while...just a little more.
2007.03.14 -- Photograph
A photo from the vault. Depending on your age, you may have never even seen one of these, much less one from so long ago. Click for more.
2007.03.07 -- Editorial
This is the stuff of holocaust. It is real, it is happening, it is happening in the United States, and it is escalating under the farce of homeland security.
2007.02.28 -- Notice
Running behind again, so this week I'm taking off. See ya next month.
2007.02.21 -- Editorial
It's hard to take seriously the notion of a merger by the satellite radio companies when they haven't yet diligently pursued their potential audiences.
2007.02.14 -- Editorial
As noted by the cubicle man last week on his program and even in the local rag, many conventional music stores are now going out of business as a new generation of young people are opting to download songs from the Internet one singe at a time. How sad.
2007.02.07 -- Editorial
The super bowl is a shining negative example of how teams sports are no longer the remedy for social responsibility and in fact have become the driving impetus for group psychosis and social blindness.
2007.01.31 -- Editorial
"But," the national news media pundit asked, "is the United States ready for a black president." At first, I didn't exactly know what the sharply dressed man on the Sunday morning news program was TOCCing about. After all, Obama is not exactly black. Universal health care is the gauntlet thrown down by Mr. Barak, but are his chances disingenuous?
2007.01.24 -- Editorial
Last nights State of the Union Address by Mr. Bush was actually quite languid when compared to his previous dissertations. Notably absent were the replete compound overtures that caused sublime confusion and required between the lines analysis. In this case, the one thing that is clear is that the stage has been set for a showdown with the Congress over funding for additional troops for the Iraq debacle. If Speaker Ms. Pelosi can put her personal interests aside long enough, it's time to rally the troops in order to take over the reigns from the flagging president and cut funding forcing an end to the American involvement in Iraqi hostilities.
Aside from the war debate, all else really sounded like something the Democratic, ergo socialist Congress, might have forged for themselves. Not to misunderstand me. The issues are important, but I have learned already that what is said and how it works out in practice are often more than two different things. I will be watching the progress of Ms. Pelosi, and the new National Socialist Congress, closely and will be offering as much scathing commentary as I have for Dubya Bush when it is requisite. We will see.
2007.01.17 -- Editorial
Bush's raucous and haughty nature is apparent as he refuses to acquiesce to the will of the people.
2007.01.10 -- Editorial
Women haven't arrived, minorities haven't been served, civil rights aren't being recognized. Under the likes of Nancy Pelosi (or Hillary Clinton), it's not likely that they will either.
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Merry Christmas/Happy New Year!
A picture is worth a thousand words. Check this Christmas card out and I'll see ya next year. (I'll be taking New Years off, so I'll see back for the 10th of January.)