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blackhorse

    • 10 Mar 10
    • 4:46 pm

    Tire of nonsense.....I am tired of your nonsense... Maybe the Blackhorse should be President , cause right from the get go , it was clear to this 'horse that ol' Buckfush or President Bush as you fanatics referr to him , was both misinformed in addition to lieing about so-called WMD... Looky here , it's real simple see , Rumsfeld sold Saddam all of the weapons he had back in the 80's...Do you really BELIEVE that from that point on that the US GOV'T WAS NOT MONITORING SADDAM AS FAR AS THE WEAPONS HE PURCHASED.... If you do believe that Saddam …

    Posted to Sorry, Rove, Bush Did Lie About Iraq
    • 10 Mar 10
    • 5:14 pm

    Cabdriverinchicago , first hello , second this is the former Redhorse from some time back , during the discussions on the 9/11 hoax... Third ; it seems that you and I are the only logically thinking individuals on this particular post... The neo-cons are in full force , in their attempt too obfuscate and obliterate facts , history as told by their own handlers( AS YOUR POST CLEARLY STATES ) , and of course , good ol' common sense.... One would guess that this ostentatious behavior is par for the course or rather obligatory behaviuor for those who believe that because …

    Posted to Sorry, Rove, Bush Did Lie About Iraq
    • 10 Mar 10
    • 5:28 pm

    Mitty , I must admit you do raise some interesting points of reference , but your conclusions are all wrong....If the evidence is murky , it makes absolutely no common sense what so ever , too invade another indepentent nation.... Its easy to say, yes lets go to war , if you are not the one being bombed or fighting in the conflict...The stakes are too high for this kind of guessing game... The decision to invade Iraq , based off of all of the reasoning that have been laid out by your fellow conservative poster , don't amount to any …

    Posted to Sorry, Rove, Bush Did Lie About Iraq
    • 10 Mar 10
    • 5:55 pm

    Pretty words Mitty , but JFK was no friend too freedom , or for that matter , when has Amerika truthfully been a democracy... Capitalism and democracy are like the Catholic church and phenopilia , a disgusting combination , that is unspeakable in every way.... Excessive patriotism is like a drug , once you are under the influence , its hard to get sober.... "...Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved , all are not free..." Again if this is true Mitty , than we are all slaves ,true ? ? ? Invading Iraq does not make anyone free... …

    Posted to Sorry, Rove, Bush Did Lie About Iraq
    • 26 Feb 10
    • 4:50 pm

    Hi Maria , just wanted to drop you a line....I will comment on this article next week....Bye now and take care......This is the so-called " SHOCK DOCTRINE " in effect...... Blackhorse...........

    Posted to Helping Haiti, for a Price
    • 02 Mar 10
    • 4:59 pm

    The problem WTH is that you don't use a hammer to drive a screw ; wrong tools for the right job... Why would a company like Blackwater , who has been intimately involved in the genocide in Iraq , be interested in "SAVING " Haiti from itself...Blackwater and all of these other military contractors are not in Haiti for the good they can do , they are there as ' disaster capitalist ".... Additionally the money they make from these endeavors , is your money , tax dollars that could be spent on little things such as " job developement programs …

    Posted to Helping Haiti, for a Price
    • 03 Mar 10
    • 8:20 am

    For one thing Ben , you the tax payer are paying for it....... Two , it's not needed , it's part of the US policy called " shock doctrine ".......... Profiting militarially off of the misery of others..........

    Posted to Helping Haiti, for a Price
    • 18 Feb 10
    • 4:49 pm

    whattheheck , I do agree with your analysis , but as far as Obama , one has to give this guy more time.... I have never seen in my 50 years on this here planet , so much anger and disrespect for the office of the president....Bush could have shown up drunk , and nobody would have said a thing , but now that Obama is in office , it's like open season on the guy... He gets it from both ends , radical leftist and neo-con rightwingers...People have forgetted about those 8 looooong years of Buckfush and his bumbleing band …

    Posted to Obama and the State of Democrats
    • 23 Feb 10
    • 4:24 pm

    WTH , my apologies for not getting back with you sooner......The point I was trying to make is that Obama is in a different situation based on the race issue...Sense he has taken control of the presidency , threats on the presidency have gone up a whopping 400 percent , the man gets 30 threats a day , no other president has had to deal with that kind of situation....Understand these threats are not just on him but his family also... Additionally , I think it is too soon to label the guy as a get along go along type , …

    Posted to Obama and the State of Democrats
    • 24 Feb 10
    • 4:41 pm

    WTH , as far as the race issue ; just 'cause nothing is said out loud doesn't mean it's not a problem , race has always been the silent killer in Amerika..... Now concerning the 60's ; yes , the 60's civil and human right campaigns were extremely important , but the reaction by the power elite is even more important , based on the fact that is when this industrial military complex really began to take shape....All those black folks marching around arm and arm with white folks ," talkin ' bout liberty ande justice for all " ; scared …

    Posted to Obama and the State of Democrats
    • 25 Feb 10
    • 3:54 pm

    WTH .......Being black doesn't make him either better or worse........ If only everybody thought that way , but the fact is that a lot of the criticism coming his way has a tinge of bigotry in the mix.....I am not referring to you , but that is the way I see a lot of what I hear.... I was under no delusions that Obama would do anything drastically different than any other president , many black politicians have fallin' short of their stated glory.... If in four years he has not accomplished anything , then sure , vote the guy out …

    Posted to Obama and the State of Democrats
    • 26 Feb 10
    • 4:32 pm

    True , true , so true , but WTH , you have to understand that the industial military works programs that you speak of was most probably funded by tax payers dollars... To be truthfully a CAPITALISTIC endeavor , the manufacturers would have to fund said projects on their own , but I seriously doubt if that was the case...... Isn,t that a big part of the scuttle-butt behind the funding for the so-called health care bill , many congresspersons keep calling the Obama plan socialist , because Obama wants to fund the project with tax payer dollars..... Big time capitalist …

    Posted to Obama and the State of Democrats
    • 11 Mar 10
    • 3:54 pm

    Scorp...In one of your posts it seems that you mistakenly separate slavery from capitalism....Fact ; without slavery , whether in Europe , Asia or Afrika , capitalism would have never gotten off the ground.... Read , Capitalism and Slavery , by Prof. Emeritas at Howard Univ. and former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Dr. Eric Williams.... Dr.Williams gives a complete economic breakdown as to how the transatlantic slavery trade was the birth place of the contemporary capitalist state gov't......

    Posted to Obama and the State of Democrats
    • 16 Feb 10
    • 4:25 pm

    No surprizes here....Fascism is definitely on the attack....In this humble ' horses opinion , the horizon is covered with the trillions of dollars that the corporate industrial complex has pillaged and or plundered from the Amerikan tax payer..... One simple action that regular folks can take is to remove your assets from the large corporate owned banks and place that money in a locally owned neighborhood bank or county run credit union... With the majority of Amerikan citizens understanding these issues at a reported 4th grade level , it is difficult to assume a more pro-active strategy , basically because most …

    Posted to The Corporate Takeover of U.S. Democracy
    • 17 Feb 10
    • 8:11 am

    Keber....The Blackhorse spells it with a " K " , amerika.....

    Posted to The Corporate Takeover of U.S. Democracy
    • 17 Feb 10
    • 4:53 pm

    Keber , by definition " Fascism is the corporate control of gov't .......

    Posted to The Corporate Takeover of U.S. Democracy
    • 23 Feb 10
    • 5:00 pm

    Jimmy , I don't know what history you have reading , but big gov't , small gov't , is not the point....When corporations , and Blackhorse has yet to see a corporation that is leftist in it's political ideology ; but when corporations inject massive somes of money into gov't , thats fascism... Yes ol' Hitler was getting monies from corporations, what do you think got Joe Kennedy in trouble as Ambassador to England , why did ol' Prescott Bush get in trouble , FOR SELLING PETRO AND IRON ORE to the Nazis....Both where involved in funnelling monies to THE NAZIS...It …

    Posted to The Corporate Takeover of U.S. Democracy
    • 23 Feb 10
    • 5:20 pm

    Additionally Jimmy , in reading some of your other posts , it is apparent that your political ideology is in the way....You sir may believe in small gov't and the likes, but your party bosses are involved in the bamboozlement of you and your thinking ; which is clearly in juxtaposition against your own best intersets...Small gov't , ya right this is were you justify the trillions Buckfush spent on the so-called war on terror.... Your so-called conservative ideologies have nothing to do with this question...In fact , my advice to you sir , would be to suspend your political beliefs …

    Posted to The Corporate Takeover of U.S. Democracy
    • 25 Feb 10
    • 4:29 pm

    Wow....is right Jimmy.....Sorry about you shoulder problems , I have a few aches and pains in the shoulder and back area , so I do understand...When your back or shoulders hurt , sitting or standing can be difficult , so take care..... As far as the Republican or Democratic parties , like everything else in Amerika , it is a total contradiction , say one thing do another....My analogy is that politics in Amerika is like those cheesey soap operas on the tube ( personally I don't watch them because they are so fake ), but I do watch politics because.... …

    Posted to The Corporate Takeover of U.S. Democracy
    • 01 Feb 10
    • 4:10 pm

    Blackhorse is glad to see that not all prison for profit operations work.... Unfortunately for the good towns folk of Hardin , this mismanagement of town funds has the possiblity of sounding the last gasping breath of Hardin....

    Posted to The Strange Fruit of Desperation
    • 13 Jan 10
    • 5:18 pm

    mak & Payne ; forgive me for my blunt response , but you guys think like white folks ; maybe cause you are white folks..... Look it , all you complainers have seemed to have forgotten what has been going on in Amerika for the last 8 years , shit forget the last 8 , how about the last twenty ; or lets go back to the beginning of this whole fiasco in 1619 and the establishment of slavery..... The point is that Amerika has never been the nation , that white folks think it is , much less what it …

    Posted to Bigger Than Obama
    • 14 Jan 10
    • 5:09 pm

    Sir , you are a bit sensitive , no ? ? ? Secondly , it is Mister , don't know to many women that would refer to themselves as Blackhorse..... Now concerning my comment.... Racism , by definition , is the denial of economic resourses based on phenotype... Sir ; please explain how I , Blackhorse have denied you anything , you are free to disagree ; and as far as this 'horse is concerned free to earn all the money and property your skills and desire dictate ,true....So what is so racist about my response ? ? ? I hear …

    Posted to Bigger Than Obama
    • 14 Jan 10
    • 5:31 pm

    edit spell check.....Strategic not stategic

    Posted to Bigger Than Obama
    • 15 Jan 10
    • 5:47 pm

    This is why I write in thrird person.......... As for your situation , I am truthfully saddened to hear of those problems...Blackhorse was born and raises in Washington, D. C. , although now I live in Maryland....My father passed suddenly 18 months ago , my mother who was legally blind ,and a cancer surviver , passed exactly 1 year and a week after my fathers death , from a brain tumor and my oldest cousin who was like a little sister to my father , and had a brillant career as a civilian managerial supervisor for the military , has been …

    Posted to Bigger Than Obama
    • 22 Jan 10
    • 4:10 pm

    Unfortunately , no surprizes here , same ol' , same ol'.... Capitalism is out of the box , everything is for profit... Next thing you know , folks will have to pay for the fire dept. to come and put out the fire at your home... Imagine your home is on fire ; the home owner calls 911 , and the operator , after confirming that they have the correct address says ; " OK sir , we have confirmed your address , will that be Visa or Mastercharge ? ? ? ".....

    Posted to This Is Your Country on Drugs
    • 03 Feb 10
    • 10:19 am

    The only problem I can see with Starbucks , and this can go for any business that imports products from another region of the country or another nation ; is the cost of fuel and overhead , which basically is a sustainability issue..... Globalization can cause problems for growers in situation such as this , because they are forced to sell for prices that are not profitable..... Now if one wishes to pay 3 and 4 dollars for a cup of coffee , thats up to the individual......

    Posted to Our Coffee, Ourselves
    • 23 Dec 09
    • 4:01 pm

    In concept I agree , but when the rubber hits the road ; I 'm not so sure....A merika is a extremely racist nation ; zenophobia is a breakfast food , until you deal with these facts , the future is up in the air....

    Posted to Leftists, Liberals—and Losers?
    • 23 Dec 09
    • 5:12 pm

    Additionally , the problem of divide and rule is so deeply rooted in the so-called Amerikan mindset , that any real change has got the originate from grass root movements....Any one who truthfully believed that Obama would or could induce the changes that have to take place is naive , look , I voted for the man ; but I was damn sure that at best all Obama could do was to " HOLD FAST ".... This system of gov't in Amerikan , from an historical basis ; has alway been a oligarchy of rich landowning white folks.....These plutocrats have from …

    Posted to Leftists, Liberals—and Losers?
    • 23 Dec 09
    • 5:25 pm

    Not to mention the fact that many of these " ostentatious cripples ", regardless of ethnic or phenotypical differences are indeed quite content in their state of unconsciousness , they will in fact be resentful of any or all attempts at enlightenment , as to and regarding the true state of affairs in their beloved Amerika... Zenophobia is only the first problem to be tackled , the excesses of nationalistic amerikanizationalism are like an onion ; as you pell back the layers , the more you will cry...

    Posted to Leftists, Liberals—and Losers?
    • 04 Jan 10
    • 4:48 pm

    Damn....There was a whole lottaof talkin' goin on while the ' horse was away....And double damn , Scorp is on the snoop , looking for the light at the bottom of the well... Hi Maria , I see you are in on this subject , too , excellent.... Eugene , I do agree that a grass roots movement is keg , but I am not so sure about the " hearts and minds " rhetoric.....What has to be understood is that the indoctrination that I mentioned has been in effect for so long ; hundreds of years ; and the lack …

    Posted to Leftists, Liberals—and Losers?
    • 05 Jan 10
    • 5:23 pm

    Maria , first hello....Secondly , what nation is your flag ? ? ? And third , you hit the nail right on the head....Living in the States is indeed a trip , any true , serious conversation about current affairs is look at as extremely uncool , boring or folks think that because you don't have a professional degree in a particular subject of interest , you don't know what you are talking about...

    Posted to Leftists, Liberals—and Losers?
    • 05 Jan 10
    • 5:37 pm

    Case in point is that guy Rick Maifeld on the Honduran conversation....He and Natalie will argue to no end on pionts of fact that can be clearly seen and or understood by the naked eye or thru plain common sense...Rick does not know that the Federal Reserve is a privately owned corporation , he challenged the Blackhorse to " prove it "...Well I gave him a list of the banks that own the Fed , nothing back from the guy...Nataliie is worse , but this is the mainstream status quo in the Amerika...Don't think or reason , ah no , react …

    Posted to Leftists, Liberals—and Losers?
    • 12 Jan 10
    • 5:26 pm

    Scorpy , you and I both know capitalism is a died dog....The problem with the capitalist model is that it is too absolute... So-called socialism , is a false flag ideology also ,because folks such as yourself take an all or nothing approach to everything...Your industrail military complex ideology , kills both dogs , whether socialist or capitalist.... The key is moderation , balance ; profit is ok , but when the situation gets to the point where gov't is selling is soul for a fist full of dollars ; thats fascism , you know ; the corporate controll of gov't.....If …

    Posted to Leftists, Liberals—and Losers?
    • 12 Jan 10
    • 5:57 pm

    Pancho and Maria....Blackhorse thinks that Obama is probably looking at his wife right now and thinking..." sweets , why didn't you talk me out of running for this job..." The situation in Amerika is such that no individual , " especially the first president of the US that is openly a man of color,[ there have been other presidents of color but they all passed for white] ,"can do anything to help the common citizen.... The state of affairs is so corrupt that , right now all this guy can do is untangle the knot of bullshit Buckfush { thats f_ck …

    Posted to Leftists, Liberals—and Losers?
    • 29 Jan 10
    • 3:51 pm

    My knowlegde in the so-called aftrelife is not based on religion , it is based on physics....One of the basic facts in physics , is that energy can neither be created or destroyed...Now , to this ' Horse, the fact that human life is based on the our animated state , in other words , energy propells us through life , the phenomenon known as death cannot exist....The visual physique will give out , but the essences of who we are as individuals cannot , regardless of what you think or believe...That energy is called the soul , now what happens …

    Posted to The Dark Side of the Bright Side
    • 18 Feb 10
    • 4:13 pm

    Ducky , I am not sure what you are getting at by something more....If what you mean is life after death , yea sure , I know this exists , that was the point of what I was trying to convey..... Most would say they believe or conversely ,that they do not believe( in life after so-called death ), but what I am saying is that I know that this phenomenon is a fact , based off of basic physics.....

    Posted to The Dark Side of the Bright Side
    • 05 Nov 09
    • 3:55 pm

    Over 150 human beings have been released for death row in the last 10 to 15 years ... Understand that all of these folks are innocent , not maybe or we thing they are innocent ; they are without a doubt , " not guilty ".. So the question should be or more directly the affirmation should be ; that no one convicted of a capital crime should be sentenced to death...... Human error is something that cannot be overlooked in light of the state executing an innocent individual and then finding out that this person was not guilty... Life in …

    Posted to America's Real Death Panels
    • 15 Oct 09
    • 3:12 pm

    Drugs....Drugs....Drugs...That unfortunately is the reason for Afghanistan fraserpat ; the situation is such that overtly the talk is about so-called terrorist , but the real deal is the poppy seeds....Herion... Strategics also play a role in this situation , but the drugs rule the day, in short...............

    Posted to Get Out Now
    • 08 Oct 09
    • 3:36 pm

    Caribou steaks you make very cogent observations...There is just one problem...Human beings need to BREATH, preferrably clear, clean oxygen ; for some odd reason nature made us that way....Trees have something to do with making this stuff called oxygen, and gee-wizz , if we don't get this stuff we sufficate...Not a very pretty thing to go thru , kindof uncomfortable...Ya know... Now human beings have been on this here planet for let's just give a roundabout number of say 1 milloin years, without any real damage to the enviroment..Ya know, living life , make love to your woman, having babies , …

    Posted to The Politics of Enchantment
    • 10 Oct 09
    • 9:11 pm

    See...Blackhorse was sure reasonable minds exists out there in the cyber-world ; Jana Rossier kills 3 falsehoods with one stone.. That's some mighty fine shoot'in gal......... Thank ya......

    Posted to The Politics of Enchantment
    • 22 Jan 10
    • 5:34 pm

    Ya know , basically my personal feelings towards Obama are that he is at his core a good man , that the situation is the problem at this point ; more than the individual in office... When I voted for him , I knew what I was getting , so there is no need to bad mouth the guy now ; at less not yet.... The global oligarchy that we speak of has been in effect for quite some time ; I , again personally ; never expected Obama to be able to fix any of these problems in the first …

    Posted to Barack Obama and the 'Unipolar Moment'
    • 22 Sep 09
    • 2:55 pm

    Blackhorse can definitely agree with the senator...Reparations is a key issue that is rarely discussed with an eye toward seriously obtaining the leverage needed to get the bill passed. The economic slavery being imposed on the financially disenfanchised citizens of New Orleans should unfortunately serve as an extremely unfriendly reminder of who, what and how amerika has used and abused ever indigenous population it has ever come in contact with........

    Posted to Chronically Displaced in NOLA
    • 02 Sep 09
    • 2:31 pm

    Touchy issue...But Blackhorse thinks this is another situation that calls for a little common-sense...The bottom line is this, if someone; anybody wants to commit suicide , especially because of a terminal illness, they are going to kill themselves....I don't see the sense in wasting tax dollars , not to mention man/woman power to go after folks that are obviously just helping an individual in need , do what they have to do...It just doesn't make much sense.......But then again , ain't that amerika ? ? ?

    Posted to Live Free, Die Free
    • 02 Sep 09
    • 2:37 pm

    All the while...ROME BURNS ! ! ! !..Again a little common-sense can go a looong way............

    Posted to Why Kansas Matters
    • 25 Aug 09
    • 3:28 pm

    Leslie D Patrick.....Although you may be somewhat accurate about the south, the north ain't much better, and Peoria is probably no better than most southern towns. See , what most white folks do not understand is the blatant racism that goes on behind your back.Northern cities have been just as bigoted and racist as any southern town on the map. The difference you just wrote about is only on the surface, the subtle ways in which people express viewpoints and ideas, the culture nuances that don't make the news are very much in play.But when all is said and done northern …

    Posted to Dixie Media Versus Unions
    • 18 Aug 09
    • 6:56 am

    The quote unquote , so-called progressive movement or political ideology identified as progressive is getting the beat down on so many issues because they or I should say we(Blackhorse considers himself a progressive)are not organnized. Progressves has a lot going for them,namely common sense and very solid ideas and solutions to social problems, but we do not effectively organize. It's like the power structure is playing hard ball, and we are off somewhere playing whiffle ball......

    Posted to Who’s Got the Power?
    • 14 Aug 09
    • 7:22 am

    Efffective article , the points are well taken...The problem is that most Amerikans think that one day they will also be rich. This may happen , and one must also consider what ones definition of rich is , but the stats point in a different direction. The point is that most amerikans idenify with someone or something that they are not , this is not a good thing , too be sure. This false idenification of reality. Secondly , most amerikans don't understand that the few privileges that workers do enjoy,where fought for and won by so-called socialist workers party groups, …

    Posted to The Me-First, Screw-Everyone-Else Crowd
    • 14 Aug 09
    • 2:58 pm

    This situation is a two-headed sword. The eight-hundred pound gorilla in the room that nobody is recognizing, is that the curriculm is the main problem , both from a cultural and financial perspective. The main theme as Blackhorse sees it is that ; first of all, the elite in amerika that originally set up public education, did so with very low and limited objectives; basically that was to provide workers for their businesses or corporations. This model has not changed. Secondly, cultural and financial curriculms where not included, so what we have now are school systems that at there best, still …

    Posted to We’re Public ... No, We’re Private
    • 17 Aug 09
    • 3:06 pm

    Mr. Frank Valdez, what can be said about the situation in San Antonio, TX; is beyond comprehension except to respond with my sympathies for the students and families involved. It is clear that not only do the good people of Texas want to uneducate, miseducate and break the will of the students in your city, they also what to keep all of the folks involved separate and unequal. Blackhorse was born and raised in Washington,D.C., the public school system in this town is as bad or worse than most, there is no doubt in my mind that the under-performance not so …

    Posted to We’re Public ... No, We’re Private
    • 17 Aug 09
    • 3:13 pm

    Sir...You also mentioned the military, aside from the accurate points that you made, it is also quite strange or sad or again quite criminal; that most young people that find themselves in the military, get better treatment and a better standard of education than in high school..This can't be a mistake when you look at the money going to the military in relation to the education budget...Just a thought..........true.

    Posted to We’re Public ... No, We’re Private
    • 30 Sep 09
    • 3:35 pm

    Apparently , this is another case of unwelcomed US involement in the affairs of Latin Amerikan nations.It appears that whenever independent nations attempt to regulate there own affairs , the US believes it is there right to intervene......... Robin Ray....Blackhorse is not sure where you get your information...But the US, invaded Iraq and Afghistan in violation of international law..This so-called freeing of nations is just code language for " imperialist aggression " against countries that either have resourses that the US wants ; or these nations are strategically ie geographically located on the globe in a way that benefits the US …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 30 Sep 09
    • 3:58 pm

    It really doesn't matter what part of the world you live or your social so-called class... Latin amerika , afrika , iraq , iran or middle class amerika...These corporate thugs want your money...There is a saying among the super rich..".Their money is their money; and your money is their money..." The true capitalist are 24/7 thinking , plotting , planning and of course executing their plans to get what little money , land and resourses the rest of us have worked so hard for... Now if you and some …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 05 Oct 09
    • 3:44 pm

    Robin Ray....Unfortunately I am from the US, and equally unfortunate is the response you have written. It seems that you are a fan of authoritarianism as long as it benefits your perspective, and is in opposition to those that wish to handle their nations affairs in whatever manner these individuals see fit. Additionally , your so-called free market capitalism is the raison d'etre behind this whole mess in the first place..The lords and thugs you speak of are in fact your own governmental authorities, covertly and in some cases quite openly involved in illegal actions that bring about the subsequent subterfuge …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 08 Oct 09
    • 2:28 pm

    Skeeter..........from Blackhorse...................NUTS................

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 08 Oct 09
    • 3:05 pm

    Additionally....In reading many of the right -wing responses to this article , Blackhorse repeatly comes across references to the constitution of the Honduras....And the rule of law...?? Know forgive me if I am wrong ; but in my studies of history , didn't good 'ol George Washington the first slave owning president of these here United State of Amerika , break the law in his revolt against them English...And didn't good 'ol George Bush call the US constitution, quote " just a GD piece of paper ". I make this observation based on the belief by many of you good 'ol …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 10 Oct 09
    • 9:03 pm

    Dear Robin , Skeeter ; unfortuntately Blackhorse is not able to get across to you two neo-con fans that covert takeovers of independent nations is not a good thing...Additionally your continued reference to Zelaya as a criminal that deserved to be removed from the Presidency of Honduras; overlooks the fact that former Pres. Bush stole two , not one , but two election; started two wars illegally, presided over the biggest economic downturn known to mankind and in the humble opinion of this horse was involved in the covert false flag operation called 911.... Now if that ain't grounds for impeachment …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 13 Oct 09
    • 3:18 pm

    Skeeter , whats funny is a frustrated neo-con such as yourself trolling on progressive web-sites such as this...Whats the matter ? ? Can't get any play in your own neighborhood ? ? Natalie , I understand your frustration with Obama , but remember this guy has got a extremely big mess to clear up....Additionally, threats on the presidency have gone up significantly ; some 400% sense his election to that office...The man has to step lightly right know....And remember also that the job of being president has nothing to do with us, it's about striking an unequal balance between the powerful …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 14 Oct 09
    • 2:57 pm

    Thank you Maria...Blackhorse is through with this bunch of skallywaggs... Natalie I have to disagree , given the position he is in, I believe you and others are being a bit over critical..........

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 15 Oct 09
    • 3:04 pm

    Natalie...You are hiding behind a false sense of nationalism ; it is becoming quite clear to this horse that your problem with Obama has nothing to do with policy , and everything to do with who Obama is... Get off that sinking ship and deal with the fact that Obama is a man of afrikan heritage , that his middle name is Hussien , and that he is without a douft the most powerful intellect in the White House for at least the last 30 years... Now blackhorse is sure you don't want to deal with that reality... But if it …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 16 Oct 09
    • 7:21 am

    Robin....The facts are that Obama is an outstanding individual....Your complains are completely unfounded...Blackhorse knows it must be difficult to be in a state of denial; but your response is so typical that it's hard to take anything you said as a point of fact...Anyway , have a good time in your myopic little world; cause the rest of humanity is gonna move on...........

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 20 Oct 09
    • 3:45 pm

    Maria your post is both thoughtful and correct...History is the best teacher , but it appears that folks of the Natalie elk are not concerned with the peoples facts.. If it ain't on FOX news or some other corporate media "con"-glamorate , if it can't be spun or spined into unrecognizable incohesivness; well then it ain't fact... This is the kind of nonsense that makes guys like Rush Limbaugh rich ; just a well spoken idiot , with no truth behind it... Natalie blindly believes the ridiculous rhetoric of the rightwing so-called conservatives, she is all to happy to suspend whatever …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 21 Oct 09
    • 3:39 pm

    Natalie....You are either very confused or very corrupt; eitherway your reasonings about your support for the removal of Zelaya are extremely inconsistent with so-called US policy... Every example you state for your support of the coup is a red light that the US gov't runs regularly.... To this horse; is appears to be the height of hypocracy to loath Zelaya; making accusations concerning his so-called criminal behavoir ; when the US gov't has committed these same violations of Constitutional law , not to mention international law... Why are you so concerned with the so-called twig in Zelaya's eye when there is …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 23 Oct 09
    • 2:09 pm

    So how did I miss the point , suga ? ? ? You seem to believe there is some kind of universal belief among the Honduran population that a coup is the way to handle the situation... Blackhorse does not agree with this analyse, in fact my feeling is that this is a covert false flag operation.. The issue of the Honduran Constitution is secondary , in my opinion... You keep making this the excuse for the coup, I believe it is just that , an excuse....

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 23 Oct 09
    • 3:17 pm

    Additionally , we see that violence is being used to put down those in opposition to this coup...All these " happy " citizens of the Honduras that you have referred to, are it seems at odds with your inaccurate analysis of what is really going on...Elderly citizens , school teachers , anybody involved in the resistance of the illegal removal of the lawfully elected Zelaya are being targeted... Zelaya is at odds with the wealthy of his nation , they are false flagging this guy , because he is attempting to improve the conditions for poor Hondurans... Natalie your fantasy salutations …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 23 Oct 09
    • 3:39 pm

    Skeeter...You are in fantasyland also...Look " thee plane...thee plane..." People , innocent people are being murdered by your new so-called gov't....... All these laws you and your fiend Natalie are crying about , seem to have more to do with Zelaya's attempts to help the poor citizens of Honduras and very little to do with any real violations of the Honduran Constitution... Look , just quit all of your fake ass sophist constitutional nonsense and admit that you and Natalie are in favor of a violent military takeover of a legally elected foreign citizen " Zelaya " and the unlawful overthrow …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 12 Nov 09
    • 4:38 pm

    Robin it is interesting that you make those last points , despotism , tyranny and theft ( by the way it's " TYRANNY "not " TYRRANY " )..... Anyway ; this is the way of the right -wing facists ; the all to common repugnantly zenophobic rhetoric... Your hypocritical rantings are the delight of only those , such as yourself.. And Natalie ; it is equally interesting ; that you find individuals that are for some odd reason interested in the truth ; obsolete and objectionable ; (my observations of your rhetoric )............ Your shallow beliefs in the mainstream media propaganda …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 26 Oct 09
    • 2:34 pm

    Maria ; thanks , a sense of humor is necessary when dealing with dinosaurs..... To the rest of you folks ; maria is correct ; this subject is so elementary that a first grader could see this a mile away...But such is the truth of the youth.. Skeeter , Robin , Nata-lie or anyone else that is all for the slaughter of the innocent , Blackhorse would suggest that you go to Al-Jazeere ( English version) or DemocracyNow.org and get some facts on this subject from human beings that are actually on the ground in Honduras... I , for my own …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 30 Oct 09
    • 3:30 pm

    Man.....I

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 30 Oct 09
    • 4:22 pm

    Apparently my comments didn't post.... Again....Natalie , Skeeter , Robin , where the hell are you guys ??? Did you check out Al-Jazeera and the DemocracyNow news link ? ? ? Is it possible that now that you have some real investagative news about the situation in the Honduras; that you ain't got nothin' to say ??? Blackhorse says possible cause we all know how you guys hate the facts about any real situation in the world ; especially if it involves morality and reasoning abilities.... Anywho....Talk to the me.......Pretty pleeeaaase..... I'll play nice, really I will ; even thou you …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 02 Nov 09
    • 4:27 pm

    Inaru....Never assume that Natalie actually knows anything about the world other than what her handlers what her to know....That's how brainwashed people behave.... Aside from all of my cynical statements ; to the contrary Blackhorse has sympathy for the plight of folks such as Natalie and the rest , we all have people like her in our families or even friends that thing that way . We all know that they are misinformed or even crazy... So whats a sane person to do? ? ? ... Terminal ostentatiousness or crippling arrogance always leads to incompedent pronouncements... Lookit ol' gal Natalie believes …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 04 Nov 09
    • 4:21 pm

    Nata-lie , again with the false representations of fact , that dog is already dead , the vote that counts now is the reinstatement vote ; which to my knowledge has not happened... Nata-lie , Blackhorse remembers your idiotic denials of the rabbits ad infinitum posts concerning the 9/11 hoax.... Always with the illegal nonsense , Blackhorse has to agree with Inaru , if you actually met or had actually contact with anybody from the Honduras , you'd be calling the INS to come get these so-called " illegal aliens"....... Just as fake coming in as you are going out, just …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 05 Nov 09
    • 8:29 am

    Natalie , dear , may I call you sweety ; this is why Zelaya proposed an addendum to the constitution ; that hopeful the Honduran people would seize the oportunity to rewrite a constitution that fits the needs of regular working Hondurans... Those of his class ( Zelaya ), meaning the rich , obviously are not in agreement with this agenda Natalie , it's really just that simple Natalie.... Your other nonsensical rant has to do with a basic chance at democracy , something you Natalie have been ranting about all along ; but when put on a plate in front …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 05 Nov 09
    • 4:16 pm

    Natalie what types are you talking about ? ? ? George Bush , Dick Cheney ? ? ? You continue to overlook the fact that apparently the good folks of the Honduras want a new, new , new constitution...You ding batty ol' girl , no one is affirming that a well written constitution that works for the people of the nation in question should not be followed... Again and again you over play your hand ..... Are you stupid or just a ding bat racist that doesn't believe in the rights of the masses........... This nation ; amerika has just completed …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 06 Nov 09
    • 8:14 am

    Thanks skeeter and Natalie it is good to see you two go, make sure to take all of your myopic friends with you... Interestingly though skeeter , how do you know what most folks are thinking... You remind me of post world war 2 nazi germany , nobody saw what was coming around the corner , everybody believed the rhetoric of Hitler ( Bush), and nobody was willing to change until it was tooo late............ Additionally your rhetorical musings are in fact extremely similar to the rantings of the right -wingers now and then....Ramping up the fear , but at the …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 06 Nov 09
    • 4:26 pm

    Ohhhhhh Natalie my dear........ Blackhorse has read your links.... The Wall Street Journal is exactly the type of periodical that one would not read to get the inside info on matters concerning the rights of regular people.... See Natalie my dear and skeeter also for that matter , this " horse " is less concerned with the law of the land as opposed to the human rights of the masses of people that will be held in account for said laws , that you and skeetey seem to trumpet over the will of the people... Laws ; anybodies laws are only …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 06 Nov 09
    • 4:49 pm

    P.S...... In post 11/6/09 at 2: 14PM Blackhorse made reference to " post " world war 2 germany , when obviously I meant " pre " as in per-vue or more directly pre-war......my badd.

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 09 Nov 09
    • 4:20 pm

    Oh my poor , poor Natalie , you are so confused I don't know where to start , it's just utterly impossible to get you off of that ostentatious right-wing facist loving soapbox of yours.....My question to you ( because Blackhorse will not attempt to address any of your recalcitrantly phrased concerns) ... Why do you believe that your ultra nationalist white supremacist perspective is sustainable ,especially in a world economy where the people that have been traditionally under-represented are demanding reparations for resourse that have been stolen ( your code word for said theft is of course " free trade …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 09 Nov 09
    • 4:44 pm

    Robin any sane individual who has been paying any attention at all to world affairs would know that George Bush the " grand puba " of the neo-conservative facist propaganda machine is extremely relevant to the discussion of any of these objectives....... But you are correct about one fact; Blackhorse can and does " do better " as you have stated ; unfortunately for you my dear, you cannot and do not " do better "..One would suggest that you apply yourself to a more human perspective and eliminate the need to be a flunky for rundown ideologies that have no …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 10 Nov 09
    • 8:32 am

    Maria....Number one thank you ...Two blackhorse is not poor , but rich in the knowledge of self and by the way hard work...Natalie doesn't hurt the horse ; she only digs herself deeper into the depths of her own confusion. I will go to work and address Natalie and Robins numb- nuttyness at a later date..... Bye now...........

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 10 Nov 09
    • 4:34 pm

    Natalie ; what the hell are you babbling about now..... Blow J , I mean OJ ,what the blepping _uck does that have to do about any of this..... But I will throw you this bone , OJ is a idiot , but being an idiot doesn't make you a murderer...The police dropped the ball on that case , sloppy investigative work , offc. Fuhrman walking around for two days with OJ's blood sample in his pocket...The whole case was miss handled...Nicole had all kinds of people coming threw her home , doing drugs while the children were home...Anybody could have …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 10 Nov 09
    • 4:48 pm

    Additionally , racial harmony ; Natalie racial harmony to someone such as yourself is black folks keepin' their mouths shut and going along to get along...Racial harmony , you have no, absolutely no freakin' idea of what the bleep you are talking about...you are more lost on this issue than any other... You are indeed one of the most extremely misinformed individuals on this planet ; truely myopically putrefied... I never thought Blackhorse would say this , because I am all for letting the discussion go were it goes , but Natalie dear ; return to Zelaya and the Honduras....lol lolo …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 10 Nov 09
    • 5:36 pm

    Finally Natalie dear , you have gone on ad infinitum about the law being the raison d'etre of all humankind , so obviously you understand that a jury in a capital murder case has the responsiblity to uphold the letter of said law ; true? ? ? So if there is any doubt in the collective minds of the jury , they are bound by the law of the land to come back with a verdict of not guilty ; true... So what is your problem child.... Don't trust black folks eeh ? ? ? Or is it that you trust …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 13 Nov 09
    • 5:03 pm

    First of all Natalie dear , if you don't know who you are , why are you asking Blackhorse ? ? ? Secondly ; it seems that whenever you have any rebuttal , all you do is reverse the arguement ; this is extremely unoriginal and quite boring Natalie ; you are boring Blackhorse..In the future ; all that I ask is a small amount of originality , please... Now concerning fascism , although the ' horse is guilty of the mispelling of the word " repeatedly ", I am qiute sure of it's meaning which is the " corporate controll …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 16 Nov 09
    • 5:17 pm

    Well finally Natalie my dear , you have explained your ideological position in terms that Blackhorse can know understand ; disagree with for sure , but now I can at least understand where you are coming from.... Now as to why you clump socialism in with fascism and nazism is a mystery to the Blackhorse ; one would guess it has something to do with your libertarian-conservative beliefs....Which I do not trust.... I will give you this bone ; the Democratic party is a piece of _hit...There history of racism , before the civil rights movement ( the so-called Dixie-crats and …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 01 Dec 09
    • 8:30 am

    Natalie....Two quick points , one , the election was heavily boycotted by the poor citizens of Honduras; two, the citizens in general in the Honduras do not feel that the elections are valid based off of the fact that the gov't is considered " de-facto "...

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 02 Dec 09
    • 4:09 pm

    Natalie.....The only folks that are misinformed propagandized citizens are amerikans such as yourself.... Most so-called latin-amerikan countries have populations that may not have much materially , but one thing is clear , and that is that these folks are extremely well informed and participatorial when it comes to politics and their human rights... See your problem is that you keep confusing the lazy political behavior of amerikans , with the active involvment of citizens from other nations.... Why folks such as yourself find humor in the misfortune of others is always a wonderment to the Blackhorse ? ? ? One would …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 04 Dec 09
    • 5:03 pm

    Natalie , Nastalie , Natalie , your obstinate obstruction of facts is truely a delight to the Bush-aryanist and other fascist elements world wide... You are wasting your time and talents with these meddlesome topics ; they would be of much greater use at say FOXNEWS or some other right-wing propaganda complex.... How or why you have chosen to be a spokeswoman for this ; "pedagogy of the peculiar " is obviously the outgrowth of a spontaneous and impulsive need to show your drone-like effusionary devotion to ideologies so egregiously obscene that when juxtaposed with say the ideologies of the pedophile …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 07 Dec 09
    • 8:31 am

    Natalie...You have never made sense.................

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 07 Dec 09
    • 4:05 pm

    See Natalie ; that's the problem with your so-called ideology.....There is not such thing as " individual liberty ".. Either we all have liberty or none of us have liberty...If the people in Honduras do not have their full flow of liberty , you are foolish to believe that you have your liberty..One cannot be mutually exclusive from the other...That's like trying to split air , you can't; we all breath the same air...If you fart in LA , UNFORTUNATELY ;we smell it in DC..... That's what so comical about you and yours Natalie ; it's like you live in some …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 08 Dec 09
    • 8:32 am

    Natalie...You have been " over " for a long , long time............ Blackhorse needs no thesauras ; I talk like that all the time........... Besides thats what leaches do.......lol lol lol

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 09 Dec 09
    • 4:52 pm

    So basically Rick ; you need the advice of a legal professional ; specializing in Honduran law ; to tell you what is moral or immoral , legal or illegal.... Zelaya was remove from office in his pajamas....Blackhorse is sure that ; whatever his so-called offenses may have been that to remove a sitting , legally elected president from office in the middle of the night , while he is still in his sleeping apparel ; is not in accordance with the legal language of the constitution of the Honduras or any other sovereign nation... It don't take rocket science to …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 10 Dec 09
    • 8:08 am

    Ricky....Excuses ,excuses ,excuses, truely sir do really expect the Blackhores to go for your liar scenario.... Your as bad as Nata-lie ; at least a little creativity ;sir... Maybe an original thought ? ? ? something that the Blackhorse has not read before.... It's interesting that ; reading your comments is like a snapshot of ; say some mainstream propaganga news organization....

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 10 Dec 09
    • 4:36 pm

    Damn little Ricky ; you are a pesky little bastard aren't you....First off lets get this straight from the jump....Blackhorse is not about to waste my time or yours , for that matter ; disspelling your myopic world perspective ; " point for point ; as you have requested....If you sir , wish to remain among the egregiously misinformed , that is your god givin right ; there is nothing I could or would say or do to change your beliefs... Now , I am not a lawyer nor am I versed on the constitution of the Honduras , but having …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 10 Dec 09
    • 5:47 pm

    .....to this Blackhorse , it appears that the basis of your argument is one of having the proclivity of an intellectually insipid ass-wipe.... Additionally , if at this late date in the his-story of amerika ; you sir ; are not aware of the geo-economic manipulations of the Fed , then again it has been the experience of this individual that to take the time and energy to explain ; would in fact be a waste...Just like the so-called education (indoctrination )that you believe you have recieved ; you have wasted your time and no douft your parents money ; because …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 11 Dec 09
    • 10:59 am

    First off little Ricky , the double post happens all the time ;computer typo error; not much we can do about that...Weak attempt at humor on your part.... Now concerning my posts ; as usual you guys on the neo-rightwing side have no original perspectives to share ; so you copy my style... Blackhorse , will take it as a compliment , although your attempts are weak , as always.... I have presented my views on this subject matter ; the fact that you either do not understand or cannot understand is not my problem ; it is yours... And as …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 11 Dec 09
    • 12:33 pm

    Well little one ; seems that the Blackhorse has taught you well....eh ? ? ?

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 11 Dec 09
    • 5:46 pm

    Oooh little Ricky and Nata-lie ; two of a kind....Yes ; " in these times " fiendish trollers are together again....A phenomenal dou of placebo minded wannabe obfuscationist , with a collectively held irrational world perspectives.... Whether the issue of the day is the Honduras , or back here in the good ol' United Snakes of Amerika ; little Ricky and Nata-lie can always be depended on by the lunatics on the neo-conservative so-called libertarian right-wigged-out party ; to provide the abundance of irrelavant scripted propagandistic bullshitt misinformation needed to keep the terminally misguided Amerikanizationalist ; asleep at the wheel...A job …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 15 Dec 09
    • 4:53 pm

    Damn little ricky , if being an ostentatiously misinformed idiot was a capital offense , you would have been strung up and hanged as soon as your little pee-brain hit the street...But none the less you have survived , to the detriment of all humanity..... Know I am sure you are aware of the few facts that the 'Horse is about to present , and that only one as arrogant and self ass-suredly stupid as yourself would post those questions , so that I can answer them correctly , only to have you deny the facts again , ad infinitum.... First …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 15 Dec 09
    • 5:27 pm

    Additionally article 3 of the constitution states as such : Nobody should obedience to a USURPER gov't NOT TO THOSE WHO ASSUME FUNCTION OR PUBLIC JOBS BY THE FORCE of ARMS of using MEDIA or procedures that VIOLATE or unaware that this constitution and the laws..The acts verified by such authorities are ZERO...People have the right to appeal to the INSURRECTION in DEFENSE of the consttutional order..... Now Blackhorse is sure that little ricky will not agree with these facts as stated ; but this is the info requested....true. Secondly , the Fed is owned by a number of banking concerns …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 15 Dec 09
    • 5:39 pm

    Now your last little bone was the point about corporations and gov't subsidized loans , boy you really don't know this do you ; hey it's really none of the Blackhorses business , but where do you live , next door to Sarah Palin , hell as dumb as that chick is ; I'm sure she knows about subsidized gov't loans.... The Blackhorse can't prove anything , if one is not ready to understand , but the fact that the Gov't basically gives money to large corporations is nothing new , what was this whole bailout of the banks about......I guess …

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 23 Dec 09
    • 3:52 pm

    Little ricky , oh little ricky ; where the heck are you..... Strange , Blackhorse has responded to your request , concerning the Honduran constitution....... No responds ? ? ? Nata-lie , yu who , hello ! ! ! Nothing for 8 days ? ? ? ...... Oh well , so very strange , but indeed telling ; no ? ? ? I will be on vacation ' til Jan 4 2010 , so have a safe and enlightened holiday season and new year..............

    Posted to The Honduran Connection
    • 28 Jul 09
    • 2:46 pm

    Well Meredith Banks ; often the reasons have nothing to do with guilt..In the last couple of years , over 150 former death row convicts have been exonerated and released from prison. These individuals were found to have been wrongfully convicted and senctenced to death. Think about it for a minute ; as hard as it can be to overturn a wrongful conviction, then add to that the stigma of a death penalty verdict....How many others are suffering on death row under wrongful convictions?? Yes ; you are correct , many of these unfortunate individuals are there for a reason; poverty …

    Posted to My Brother on Death Row
    • 21 Jul 09
    • 2:18 pm

    DJ Plaster....Question......show who what is wrong ??

    Posted to Queer Prehistory
    • 22 Sep 09
    • 3:14 pm

    Mgmax ,jmbreland, Asher and SMEngman all of you individuals are in some odd or unrecognized state of denial....I believe the true clinical term would be ostentatious cripple...As individuals you are so hung up on this amerikanizationalism that it cripples you in any attempt to truthfully understanding what is really going down...You impose your fears about the truth of who you and your so-called leader george bush is; a war mongering,murdering thief ; onto others who have done nothing of the sort...Please in the name of your own sanity , GET HELP !!!

    Posted to Republicans: A Threat to the Republic?
    • 23 Sep 09
    • 3:08 pm

    SMEngmann..........Again with the ostentatious cripple act...If by now you don't understand that 9/11 was a false flag operation , you are not only in amerikanizationalism denial mode ; but you are also quite naive in your quackery ; pal... Amerikanizationalism referrs to that foolish mentality of you so-called god fearing patriotic amerikan citizens who believe every lie your former president ; little georgie bush tells you...Again look up the word " ostentatious " add the word cripple , and you will have a fairly sound definition of the term...... The fact that you and your buddies believe the nonsensical rhetoric of …

    Posted to Republicans: A Threat to the Republic?
    • 23 Sep 09
    • 3:30 pm

    Oh and by the way SME; maybe you can explain how building 7 was ; using the term " pulled " in a manner of seconds....40 story buildings don't just get pulled...And please don't give me that pollyanna bullshit about damage from the twin towers....Explain how you " pull " a 40 story building..cowboy ? ? Just like that , with no prior knowledge that this building would have to come down....Way toooo many inconsistencies...bucko, Way toooo many inconsistencies........... Can you spell...FALSE FLAG OPERATION........fool... And look two posting, and no rhetorial redundancy....

    Posted to Republicans: A Threat to the Republic?
    • 25 Sep 09
    • 2:58 pm

    At last a somewhat balanced perspective aquaticko , although Blackhorse does not agree with your opinion that the last administrations so-called war on terror was a success, in this humbled horses opinion the neo-cons policies have made amerika more vunerable than before... Before this so-called 9/11 and the so-called war on terror, radical muslim clerics were preaching that amerika was going to invade a sovereign Arab nation. the word on the street in most Arab nations was that these " radical clerics " were nuts... But what a minute ; here comes the neo-nazi whattabe cons , led by Bush or …

    Posted to Republicans: A Threat to the Republic?
    • 07 Jul 09
    • 3:38 pm

    Ya know , I'm not so sure the newspapers are dying out , so much as they are really just trying to save a buck...It doesn't take much insight to see that by cutting back on their workforce and blaming it on the internet ; they save money. I understand that folks are using the net for news , but the real problem for this Blackhorse is that the newspaper at least the Washington Post is basically a peice of garbage..The reporting for the most part is extremely bias if not down right racist , local news concerning young people or …

    Posted to Death of the Newspaperman
    • 14 Jul 09
    • 2:50 pm

    Talleyrand....So your implication is that basically there are stories to be reported , but the phenomenalist noise is so loud from the sensationalists , that unbiased or under-reported perspectives get pushed to the wayside....Even by the so-called mainstream publications. Question Talleyrand , following your point , as stated ; you are in the jounalistic business as an freelancer / editor ; in your opinion is this noise coming more from the neo-con right -wingers or is this phenonenal mischief basically " business as usual " ?

    Posted to Death of the Newspaperman
    • 15 Jul 09
    • 3:39 pm

    That's an interesting point of view Calvin Loh....Independent citizen journalist may not have the credentials or the journalist creditability as say a " big name " celebrity journalist , but they do have the power ( freedom ) ; to go where they choose and report on any particular subject that may be of interest or present itself. Example ; the general public may or may not find former House Rep. Cynthia Mckinney (Ga.) of interest , but she did run for the '08 presidency on the green party ticket ; then of late former representive Mckinney was arrested or more …

    Posted to Death of the Newspaperman
    • 06 Jul 09
    • 2:44 pm

    In a society such as amerika, it never ceases to amaze this Blackhorse ; how that if just a little bit of common sense were employeed ; just a little bit....sooo many of the problems that face communities and shall we say " regular folks ", could be avoided.............Thank you for your responses in the affirmative both Bill W and Jay Baulikki..................True

    Posted to All-American Squatters
    • 24 Jun 09
    • 3:30 pm

    BLACKHORSE here....it is clear this is a good idea....unfortunately in amerika with it's Industrial Capitalistic Military Complex ,revolutionary actions such as these are looked at as criminal or in some way inappropriate....Amerika has always valued profit over people...the bottom line corporate capitalists never considers the well-being of others or the effects of their FREAKIN' OUTLANDISH GREEED on the larger populations, not just in the U.S., but around the globe. These is a global problem...The sad reality is that many of us could easily be in these boat...True.

    Posted to All-American Squatters
    • 03 Jul 09
    • 3:31 pm

    When you think you're seen and heard it all...now this, absolutely disguising .The other thought that comes to mind ,is that at this point , I am not that surprized or even shocked ; you become to some degree desensitized , or maybe indifferent . I am truely at a loss for words...nothing...absolutely nothing can justify this insane nonsense ; and that's an understatement...This is criminal and genocidal.

    Posted to Their Island, Our Shame
    • 25 Jun 09
    • 3:22 pm

    Blackhorse is not surprised that Obama is back pedaling on this...Everybody thinks Obama was going to be this progressive force for change , but you have to remember that, first of all his record politically this more of a middle of the road type of guy. Secondly,he has no real agenda for change...yes he won the election hands down...but the republicans played a stupid hand in picking Palin for the VP spot... they basically rolled over liked a cheap hoker. But now that Obama has to govern, nothing has changed, the corporate lobby is going to press the flesh hard for …

    Posted to Skewed Debate
    • 10 Jul 09
    • 7:29 am

    I will have more to say on this subject later ; but one point needs to be made , and that is that progressives are not organized enough to really accomplish anything...Until that happens , we will just have to sit back and wonder ; what ever happened to basic " common-sense ".

    Posted to Teabags vs. Douchebags
    • 10 Jul 09
    • 3:28 pm

    Well , I guess the main point that jumps out at blackhorse is this criticism of Obama ; this belief that he is not as progressive as the left wanted or expected that he should be. The point is well taken; but me thinks a tad misplaced . Take into consideration the mess, no calamity ,no catastrophe ,no chaos that Obama inherited from that neo-confused administration of the Bush/ Cheney era. Secondly , lets consider the fact that Obama is the first president to admit that he is of afrikan heredity , point in fact ; there have been others , …

    Posted to Teabags vs. Douchebags
    • 10 Jul 09
    • 3:54 pm

    Know we expect this one man to somehow assume the office of the presidency ; and assimilate this choatic nonsense into a disciplined ,orderly , transparent and affective gov't . Again this will take time , if it can be done !!! Finally , his life has been threatened more times then the secret service would care to acknowledge. So in the end , all that I am tryintg to point out is that , Obama has stood up to all of the excessively negative rhetoric , even to the point of being blamed for things done before he was in …

    Posted to Teabags vs. Douchebags
    • 03 Aug 09
    • 3:55 pm

    Unfortunately not patrick hattman ; as long as profits can be made for the imperialist war mongers who run this industrail military corporate state complex... No amerikans will never learn. Additionally , the citizenry has to stop being suckers for every amerikanizationalized scam these war profiteers run. The real question should be ; when will mainstream amerikans wise up too the scare tactics used to convince them that their tax dollars should be spend on this industrail war machine and it's molestational intentioned objectives, instead of spending that money on social programs in their own communities?? But then again , amerika …

    Posted to Casualties Continue in Vietnam
    • 26 Jun 09
    • 4:15 pm

    Whattheheck....this logic or truthfully Blackhorse should referr to this train of thought as illogic or mislogic or fearmongering; but none the less ; only makes sense if one is say....clairvoyant or possible has the ability to read minds...Amerika cannot and should not go around torturing humanbeings in the obscure hope that in some pervented way this will prevent the possiblity of a terrorist attack . To the contrary , my over zealous friend or should I say fiend...this ungodly behavior , may or does cause individuals too plot said terrorist activities...Furthermore one must also take into consideration the poor unfortunate bastard …

    Posted to The Psychologists of Torture
    • 26 Jun 09
    • 4:32 pm

    Now scorpy you know this Obama bashing...is just your little way of being the petty little man that you have always been . Face it ; Obama is ten times the man you could never be...accept it...Obama is not the cause of Amerikas problems , it's pinhead Bushy , such as yourself that have caused Amerikas problems..Take responsiblity for your own nonsense , be a MAN for once in your life ...Stop hating...Blackhorse would say more , but I'm late for my workout...Back too bash you at another time........................true

    Posted to The Psychologists of Torture
    • 26 Jun 09
    • 4:45 pm

    P.S...WTH...Blackhorse has missed talking with you...I have been off-line for some time now...If you don't recognize my lefty style..this is or was at one time none other than your old antagonist REDHORSE!!! I see not much has changed in your reasoning ablities in the past couple of years...one would guest that the old sayings are the truist , unfortunately " You can't teach an old dog new tricks "...Well anyway " Hello", and remember too always live and learn.........Bye now...

    Posted to The Psychologists of Torture
    • 02 Jul 09
    • 7:26 pm

    Now as concerning my spelling of the word Amerika...with a K..Blackhorse is of the ethnic group commonly referred to in amerika as afrikan-amerikan...Blackhorse also considers himself a culturally centered individual living in amerika , commonly referred to as an afrikan from amerika..there is a difference..one points to bondage..slavery..the other articulates freedom ,residency as a citizen of this nation, but not defined by it's racist history and point of fact present condition...Now in that process of enlightenment and study of one's afrikan history...Blackhorse became aware that the letter " K " is primary in the development of language and writing...So I choose …

    Posted to The Meltdown Goes Global
    • 02 Jul 09
    • 7:07 pm

    OK...Mr.Thiel what I was trying to say is this.......I am interested in understanding , if you agree with Mr.Hayek's assessment , then how do you find a disagreement with the analysis that capitalism is the cause , raison d'etre if you will , of fascism. Is this not the point of fact that Mr.Hayek is alluding too, that capitalism is the apparatus ; the appeasement ; to the establishment of the fascist corporate state...How can you Mr. Thiel, separate the two entities from coming together..if this is in fact your thesis...Is this not what " IKE " warned against " Beware …

    Posted to The Meltdown Goes Global
    • 02 Jul 09
    • 4:11 pm

    Man this sucks , half of my post did not print , what the hell is going on here !!!...Damn!!!..Mr.Thiel , Blackhorse will have to respond to you at another time , my apologies...........What a #%$& piece of *#@%...Damn. Not ever a F%#@!! edit function !!!

    Posted to The Meltdown Goes Global
    • 02 Jul 09
    • 3:12 pm

    Well , well ,well Mr.Thiel you are indeed an interesting fellow...Blackhorse did view your link to Mr. Hayek , can't say I disagree with his analysis , especially as it pertains to Bush and the neo-con agenda. But I'm curious as to why you would consider Zinn's perspec tive "negative " and " annoying revisionist ", when if you agree that Hayek is on point ; then isn't a revisionist viewpoint needed ? Mr.Hayek's definition of terms is in fact "FASCISM ", the corporate takeover of gov't...private economic enterprise under centralized gov't controll , is the term Webster's uses, but the …

    Posted to The Meltdown Goes Global
    • 02 Jul 09
    • 7:29 am

    Mr.Thiel...Given the limit version of history ie " God bless Amerika " that most of us are accustom to being indoctrinated with ; Mr.Zinns version of history is in my opinion extremely well balanced . Blackhorse would like to thank you for responding , although your retarded rhetorical musings are quite typical of folks from your region of the nation...I am never at a loss for why old line yaahoo's such as yourself cruise these progressive websites. Must be your own little self-esteem issues. True.

    Posted to The Meltdown Goes Global
    • 01 Jul 09
    • 4:12 pm

    Additionally...Mr. Thiel capitalism has caused considerable distress on much of the world community , so that individuals such as yourself , can live in relative comfort...Your prosperity is by default...being that you were born in amerika as opposed to say Iraq...maybe you are a rich boy , trained to be rich by others....Amerikans use up 80% of the world resources as opposed to being only 5% of the worlds population...No wonder that so-called Somali pirate is as you contended pointing a gun at you and yours...One man's pirate is another mans Coast Guard...With all the over fishing by large corporations in …

    Posted to The Meltdown Goes Global
    • 01 Jul 09
    • 3:25 pm

    Paul Thiel thy ego is quite large is it not....Congrats on paying off your house , but to brush off unions , is the same mistake most amerikas make analyzing the topic of capitalism and it's effects on one's ability to make a decent living...You mention all the jobs you had to take too pay your bills...Do you have a family, if you do, then what was the effect of your extended absence on your children...Did your wife work also, these are issues that take a toll on family life...My point is that your situation may have been vastly different than …

    Posted to The Meltdown Goes Global
    • 09 Jul 09
    • 3:24 pm

    inthfapt.... can't make out your flag of origin , but I sure agree with your statement. In amerika socialism is the absolute law of the land if you are rich or run a hedonistically huge corporation , that has convinced congress that if it goes bankrupt the sky will fall. But if you are just a regular ol' blackhorse , no luck for you ,or I should say " no money "....In amerika the saying goes , " socialism for the rich ; capitalism for the poor ".

    Posted to The Meltdown Goes Global
    • 09 Jul 09
    • 3:56 pm

    I'm sure many of those Jewish tenants are turning over in their graves , at what the Zionist are doing to the reputation of the Jewish people...None the less...This is an excellent example of what can be accomplished if people work together , and apply a little common-sense. Social policies do work for regular folks ; not just for the filthy rich.

    Posted to Building Utopia
    • 25 Jun 09
    • 3:31 pm

    Hopefully...legalization will soon be a reality..But Blackhorse wouldn't bet on it.....If you lif a spliff...you best do it in private..regardless of the law, we are living in some very repressive times......true.

    Posted to An End to the War on Weed?
    • 26 Jun 09
    • 3:47 pm

    Well let Blackhorse jump in on this one...Really this is quite simple. Common sense would dictate that this is a civil issue..therefore as citizens ; people have the right to equal protection....The emotions behind this issue are the real boogymam in the closet . Amerika has always made basic human and civil issues complicated because it is basically a repressive society. In a Industrial Military Complex type of society, the state apparatus cannot let ciitizens truthfully express themselves, because at the end of the day....that is how they; meaning the state ; be it federal ,state or for that matter local...this …

    Posted to Same-Sex Marriage in the Heartland
    • 01 Jul 09
    • 7:30 am

    Drugs won't be legal in amerika , cause the money is too thick , with the illegaliztion policies...Also Blackhorse is not to sure that the numbers of users or abusers will go down also ...Hollands abuser numbers are low , because no one is going after users... Having said this , I do agree Ms. Baker that legalization would be a good policy...Note too the user though, if legalization becomes the law of the land, one would be wise too use in private,this is a very repressive society...and laws can be changed back.......True.

    Posted to De-escalating the Drug War
    • 09 Jul 09
    • 3:44 pm

    8 years of little ol' Georgie Bush , and look what that got us...two futile wars , a dead economy...and years too go before we can possible see any light....Politics and religion mix like dog crap on your carpet...even after you clean up the mess..the stench lingers...

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