by Jon Bershad | Mediaite, December 1st, 2011

His current celebrity could be seen as an advance from his ridiculously unfunny previous venue, The Man Show.

So, what was it that inspired the Occupy movement? Was it a growing realization that the privileged had been gaming the system, making transition between social classes nearly impossible? Was it annoyance at a corrupt collusion between politicians and banks, one that kept those responsible for ruining our economy for future generations out of prison? Or was it simply a feeling that, were no one to speak up, things would continue to get worse? Well, according to Adam Carolla, the blame lies squarely on one sinister culprit; participation medals. In a lengthy rant on his hugely popular podcast, Carolla explained just how growing up in a culture of entitlement had created a generation of, as he sees it, “ass douches.”

According to Carolla, the Occupiers weren’t born out of a hatred for corruption, greed, or white collar crime, but, rather, years of being told that they deserve a medal no matter what. He explained his Incredibles-esque view thusly:

“We’ve created a bunch of fucking self-entitled monsters. And this has become the pursuit of my life where people are so far out of it in what they expect and what they think realistic is and what the set of rules that pertains to them versus the other guys- Because that’s what the bottom line is. ‘I want my Most Valuable Player trophy.’ ‘Well, you’re the slowest, fattest guy on the team.’ Why should he get one and I don’t?’ ‘Because he busts his ass and he runs a 4.4 40. That’s why he gets one.’ ‘Well, this is bullshit.’ And then everyone gets involved and everyone gives everyone a participation trophy and then everyone feels good about themselves but it’s not based on anything. You should feel good about yourself because of your accomplishments. Not because someone yelled at you to feel good about yourself and you got a fake fucking piece of plastic that was sprayed gold and had your name on a plaque at the bottom. And, when these people become adults and enter the work place”

Carolla argued that we’ve been raising our children this way for 25 years and now “we’re getting the first wave of these douche bags.” It’s an interesting theory although it doesn’t entirely explain the Occupiers that weren’t born in the 80s but are instead in their 80s.

Over at Breitbart.tv, they characterized this rant as being the only one to truly “capture” how their readers feel about the protest movements and I think they’re probably right. There’s a reason Carolla’s show does so well and I think this is probably exactly how many folks view the movement; as a bunch of douche bags.

Still, the Occupiers shouldn’t feel too bad. He called them “ass douches” and, after all, isn’t their whole goal to flush out some bad crap that’s clogging a system. Listen to the rant that follows.  Click on the player button. Remember, douche bags are hygienic products.

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by Stephen Lendman

Major media scoundrels can’t bear reporting good news they’d rather suppress, so they downplay and disparage it best they can. More on that below.  On Sunday, Syria’s state TV showed huge pro-Assad crowds in Damascus’ Saba Bahrat Square. By national referendum, they were eager to support constitutional reforms. They also backed state security force efforts against Western-backed killer gangs.

Russian Eurasian Institution head Alexander Doglen also endorsed draft constitutional changes. Islamic scholar Abdul-Rahman Ali al-Dalaa said they boost human dignity and religious freedom.

On February 27, Syria’s Interior Ministry announced Sunday’s impressive results. From 7AM, 14,185 polling centers opened across Syria’s governorates, as well as at border crossings, airports, mobile desert areas, and other locations.

Syrians are enthusiastic for change. Despite opposition boycotts, threats, anti-Assad media campaigns, and turnout hampered in violence-torn areas, 89.4% of eligible voters approved it. Another 9% opposed, and 1.2% of ballots were invalid.

Overall, 57.4% of Syrians participated. The total was impressive, given the risks voters took to show up.

Raw numbers included 8,376,447 voting among 14,589,954 eligible. Those for totaled 7,490,319 compared to 753,208 against.

The Constitution includes 157 articles. From its initial draft, 14 are new, 37 were amended, and another 34 reformulated. Among other reforms, political pluralism was established for the first time, as well as presidential term limits, and press freedom.

Reporting it, The New York Times headlined, “Syrians Said to Approve New Charter as Battles Continue,” saying:

Fighting keeps raging. Critics called it “too little too late, and Western leaders labeled (it) a farce.”

“Even before the result was announced, after a morning of new shelling in the beleaguered city of Homs and elsewhere, some Western leaders had disparaged the vote as having no credibility.”

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said it “fooled nobody. To open polling stations but continue to open fire on the civilians of the country has no credibility in the eyes of the world.”

In fact, Western-backed insurgents bear most responsibility for violence and instability to impose regime change most Syrians oppose. Their impressive turnout showed it.

Huge crowds voted in Damascus and other less violent areas. Voting continued until 7PM, and in high turnout areas until 10PM. Only then were centers closed.

Downplaying an impressive day, The Times said “(s)ome polling places appeared deserted, and at others, the opinions were divided.”

Hillary Clinton called Sunday’s vote an empty gesture, saying:

“It’s a phony referendum that is going to be used by Assad to justify what he is doing to other Syrians. So it’s a cynical ploy to say the least.”

Anti-Assad Syrian National Council (SNC) member Bassma Kodmani said:

“It is not going to work because the repression is continuing. They are caught up in this cycle, and it is simply to late.”

AP buried referendum results paragraphs into an article headlined, “Red Cross delivers aid to Syrian city of Hama.” It stressed violence and opposition boycotts over impressive results downplayed dismissively.

At the same time, EU nations imposed new Syrian sanctions. They include freezing central bank assets and those of certain government officials. Importing precious metals, diamonds, and minerals were also banned. Moreover, cargo flights may no longer land in EU countries.

New measures build on last September’s oil embargo and other multiple rounds. They’re effective after publishing them in the EU’s Official Journal. It’s usually within 24 hours of imposition.

A joint EU foreign ministers statement said:

“The EU underlines that those responsible for the violence across Syria will be held responsible for their actions. The EU supports the Syrian opposition in its struggle for freedom, dignity, and democracy.”

In fact, rogue EU states, like America, won’t tolerate democracy at home or abroad. They wage wars to prevent it.

For his part, Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned about intervening against Syria and/or Iran “under cover of humanitarian slogans.” In fact, “tragic events (are) driven not by concern for human rights, but a desire by some (nations for regime change and) to redistribute markets.”

Russian news agencies quoted him saying nations need to “decide their own fate independently.” He added that Western nations backed Arab Spring revolts to advance their own regional interests.

They very much want Syria and Iran regime change to assure them there against majorities in both countries.

Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.

Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening.

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By Branford Perry

And you thought the invasion of the body snatchers was fiction!

How tall are you, Private?

The Janusian party ⁽¹⁾ that monopolizes American politics, in particular its Republican face, has mastered a colossal feat: the turning of Grade A excrement into things that look, talk and sound like regular politicians, to the delight of its clueless legions and the consternation of just about everyone else. This  is no World News wacky news; it’s been confirmed by renowned political scientists. In fact, when we look more closely into it, we discover that this achievement has not only yielded run-of-the-mill politicos, impressive as that would be, but leading figures capable of aspiring to the corporate throne itself.

Since the first mutant appeared on the scene with the emergence of Ronald Reagan in the 1970s the prototypes have been continuously perfected by the party puppet-masters until now, when barely a trace of the offending substance can be seen or smelled, and the creatures can only be told by their pronouncements, which invariably lead any reasonable person to conclude that their brains are full of shit.

Indeed, when you take even a quick inventory of what these amazing creatures are saying and doing, all doubt about their true DNA vanishes.  Their domestic policies are as simple as they’re unadulterated hypocritical shit. (They simply want to shit on the vast majority of Americans.) Their foreign policy, if we can call it that, jingoist to a fault, and compulsively warmongering and imperialist, is shit. Period. Their ecological posture of wanton denial toward the most urgent problems afflicting the globe and countless species (including our own) is excrement writ large. Shit, shit and more shit. Indeed, their whole environmental policy is guaranteed to turn the whole planet into one big cesspool, which is, after all, the natural home of all shit.

Their exteriors can be deceiving, of course. They range from the Ken and Barbie doll types like Mitt Romney, and Sarah Palin, to the avuncular, but poisonous, Mike Huckabee.  Besides always giving the impression that he wears a suit one or two sizes too large, the rumpled Huckabee, who can spew shit and be a total suck-ass to the powerful like the rest of his ilk,  brings to mind what Gunny Sgt. Hartman (R. Lee Ermey) shouts at one of his rookie recruits in Kubrick’s classic Full Metal Jacket.  Observe:

HARTMAN

I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your Senior Drill Instructor. From now on, you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be “Sir!” Do you maggots understand that?

RECRUITS (in unison) 
Sir, yes, sir!
(The DI does his usual routine trying to instill the “fear of God” in the impressionable newbies. He whimsically renames each of the men, Pvt. Joker, Pvt. Snowball, Pvt. Cowboy, etc. One by one, Hartman does his best to humiliate the rookies. Below the pertinent repartee with Pvt. “Cowboy”.)

 HARTMAN

How tall are you, Private?

COWBOY Sir, five foot nine, sir!

HARTMAN Five foot nine? I didn’t know they stacked shit that high!
You trying to squeeze an inch in on me somewhere, huh?

COWBOY Sir, no, sir.

Now, how tall is Huckabee?  Five-ten?  Five-eleven? And I think Romney is six-foot-two.

Just imagine how amazed Stgt. Hartman would be.

⁽¹⁾ a.k.a. Uniparty, duopoly, Republicrats, Rethuglicans.

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ADDENDUM: You be the judge

Our proof that Huckabee is made of fecal matter

[The evidence is not hard to find, given how prolific the excrement people are, but the material below, excerpted from Newsmax.com’s INSIDER REPORT, which caters to coprophiliacs, should suffice.)

Huckabee: Americans Would Back Israeli Strike on Iran

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says the American people would definitely support an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities — but questions whether the Obama administration would back such a strike.
 
“I’m confident that there would be an overwhelming support from the American people,” the 2008 Republican presidential candidate told CBN News in Jerusalem on Monday.

“Whether the American administration would be as supportive, I don’t know.

“It’s one of those real concerns that many of us have — why the Obama administration hasn’t been stronger in its support for Israel in doing what it has to do.”

A bipartisan group of senators has passed a resolution declaring that it is unacceptable for Iran to obtain a nuclear capability.

“Now it’s been pretty clear, saying it’s unacceptable and all the options are on the table to keep Iran from having a nuclear device,” said Huckabee, who is hosting a tour of about 175 Americans in Israel.

“But it hasn’t been as clear as saying that should Israel [act] as a sovereign nation to protect itself and to preserve its own survival, if it takes the action, we will stand behind her and accept that.”

He added: “They’re not just doing Israel a favor. They’re doing a favor for the United States, but they’re also doing a favor for the Saudis, the Jordanians, the Kuwaitis, the people of Qatar and the [United Arab] Emirates. Everybody in the world is safer for Iran to be disengaged from nuclear capacity.”

Middle East expert Walid Phares said in a Newsmax.TV interview on Tuesday: “If the Iranian regime is very close to putting a weapon on a missile, then no questions asked, [the Israelis] are going to try to take action. They will try to coordinate with us or inform us at the end of the day.

“It has to do with the width of Israel. It has to do with Israel unaccepting the idea that they could absorb one strike.”

Many Israelis and Israel supporters abroad are concerned that if Obama wins re-election, he would no longer be motivated to court the Jewish vote and could turn against Israel, CBN News reported.

Referring to those concerns, Huckabee said that in a second Obama term, when the “political consequences” are behind him, Obama’s “true sentiments” might surface.

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