Bloody Hell America! From here in Australia, it’s looking pretty bad.

[Lorien]

- By Owen Beck


My Rant. Excuse the mildly vulgar language, but I think now is the appropriate time for some... mildly vulgar language.

Bloody Hell America! From here in Australia, it’s looking pretty bad.

It looks like there’s a strong reaction to establishment politics in America right now, and it seems to be dividing the country. The fear-mongering and war-mongering which has made a handful of people ungodly amounts of money and scared the shit out of many Americans, has produced a population of fearful xenophobes with a new god called Donald - a billionaire who says he “loves money”, but appears to hate various kinds of human being. Bloody Hell America! Be fearful of a god-man who loves war and money and wants control of your country!

At the same time, the opposite has happened in another part of the population. An old bloke called Bernie has been fighting social injustice for fifty years, and has decided he’s had enough! For the sake of those who are oppressed by establishment politics, he’s entered the fray of presidential hopefuls and many people are getting behind him. Bloody Hell America! Embrace a man who hates war and greed and has committed his life to providing opportunities and protection to you, your children and grandchildren.

Then there’s establishment politicians - the ones who study the crowd and then tell em whatever they think the current crowd wants to hear. They “try to tell the truth” when it’s convenient, but most often it’s not convenient - since while they’re constantly measuring the mood of their audience to determine what they should say, they’re also tethered to very big money.

For example, if someone consistently whores herself off to the $74Billion American Prison system, you can be pretty sure, Black America, that she hasn’t got your back like she says she has. For every one of you super-predators that gets brought to heel and locked up in some sausage factory, someone else is making shitloads of money that they can spend via their Super PAC.

They’re shape-shifters who change constantly throughout their political careers, so if you elect one, you never really know what you’re getting. Are there really Americans who would elect someone they know will be someone else when the wind changes?

Two current examples of establishment politicians shape-shifting can be seen in Rubio, who, having seen the impact of Lord Donald, has resorted to crude and childish schoolyard bullying. It’s not working for him really, and it shouldn’t. The other is Clinton, who seems to be ‘in transition’ at the moment, since, upon observing Bernie’s popularity, she suddenly realised she’s Bernie Sanders in a woman’s body, and she believes everything he believes… for the moment.

Bloody Hell America! Your next president will have a massive impact on the rest of the world. No shape-shifters and no self-proclaimed money-lovers please! And NO BLOODY WARMONGERS!

Bloody Hell!

[Uncle Joe]

1. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Lorien.

[ibegurpard]

2. It is.

And we're fucked regardless of which way it's most likely to go at the moment.

[HubertHeaver]

3. Thank you for your astute observations.

Just after 1:00 am here so I think not many have seen your great rant.

[Lorien]

12. It was written by an Aussie named Owen Beck

and posted to the "Bernie Sanders: Presidential Candidate for the People" group on FB. Always interesting to get an outsider's take!

[HubertHeaver]

15. I see. I usually catch that.

Thanks for posting it. I always like to see how we appear to the rest of the world.

[Paulie]

48. Can you post a link

I would like to like it there.

[Lorien]

56. I wish I could!

for some reason the page wouldn't let me select it as an individual post. The page can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/786752971370959/

[Rockyj]

84. Love those Aussies!

[OZi]

4. I think you and I have the same understanding of "establishment."

Many here don't seem to see it that way. Some here think establishment and "career politician" are the same thing.

Also, inb4 lock?

[grasswire]

6. lock for what? nt

[OZi]

13. The derogatory term for prostitute.

I get the impression certain things don't go over too well here. I'm still fairly new here though.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

38. Accurate, isn't it?

As in the story usually attributed to Churchill...(that was actually much older)

“They are telling this of Lord Beaverbrook and a visiting Yankee actress. In a game of hypothetical questions, Beaverbrook asked the lady: ‘Would you live with a stranger if he paid you one million pounds?’ She said she would. ‘And if be paid you five pounds?’ The irate lady fumed: ‘Five pounds. What do you think I am?’ Beaverbrook replied: ‘We’ve already established that. Now we are trying to determine the degree.”

Hillary has taken a lot more than 5 pounds sterling for her support of the private prison industry.

[Katashi_itto]

87. Pretty accurate.

[randome]

35. I voted to let it stand to show the writer and the poster for the intellectual dullards they are.

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[grasswire]

5. very good and very amusing!!

Wish I could rec it more than once.

[desmiller]

7. kick and rec

BIG TIME

[99th_Monkey]

8. Hillary "believes everything Bernie believes… for the moment." <--THIS. n/t

[platitudipus]

25. K&R

[DhhD]

42. Yes and Bill is currently apologizing for his Republican-lite, third way activities as the

Clintons are readying a huge jump Left before the rest of the primarying season.

[SammyWinstonJack]

55. Infuriating, isn't it?

[840high]

80. Yep

[Fairgo]

9. Oy!

I have taken to apologising in advance when people find out that I am an ex-pat.

The US is like this drunk uncle that you love, when he's sober and unarmed. He's currently on a bender and pounding on your front door with a 5th of wild turkey in one hand and a shot gun in the other.

[NJCher]

16. Love your vivid writing

I have to send this post 9 of yours around.


Cher

[Fairgo]

22. you bet!

[dchill]

10. "she’s Bernie Sanders in a woman’s body,"

LOL!

[PufPuf23]

11. You feel my pain for America, Australia.

Bloody hell!

[flamingdem]

14. Bloody 'ell is right!

Can somebody send help?

[Enthusiast]

30. Help? At the very least the United Nations should send election observers. Then the world,

and the American people, would understand how completely corrupted our election process has become. Maybe we could then unite to correct this fucking mess.

Stupid fucking wars and stolen elections should not be the regular state of affairs in the United States. Or is that just too much to expect.

[Ghost Dog]

36. Texas attorney general threatens to arrest monitors observing US election

State attorney general calls international group's plan to watch for fairness at the polls 'legally irrelevant in the United States'

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe has monitored several previous elections in the US.
Chris McGreal in Fort Lauderdale
Wednesday 24 October 2012 22.50 BST Last modified on Monday 11 January 2016 01.27 GMT
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/oct/24/texas-attorney-general-arrest-election-monitors

The Texas attorney general, Greg Abbott, has threatened to arrest international election monitors invited by liberal groups to observe the conduct of next month's presidential vote in states accused of attempting to disenfranchise minorities...

[Enthusiast]

37. I'm relieved that they have nothing to hide.

[Ghost Dog]

41. I recall the OSCE has previously observed some US GEs

and has called out the deliberate disenfranchisement and general making voting more difficult for minorities,and media bias...

[Enthusiast]

63. It's completely obvious.

[Ghost Dog]

97. Yes. The gerrymandering was also pointed out,

as I recall. I researched the OSCE's presence and findings during the 2004 GE, and postrd at DU. MSM reported nothing, though.

[highprincipleswork]

17. Perhaps easier to see from outside, but c'mon, how hard is it really to see?

[Enthusiast]

31. It is perfectly obvious and the media pretends it doesn't exist.

[Lorien]

57. The Taiwanese are even harsher:

[Old Crow]

18. Where's a link to the original text?

I want to be able to send it to some friends and relatives.

[Lorien]

59. Unfortunately the FB page it was posted to wouldn't let me select it

as an individual link. Maybe because he didn't post a photo with it as well? Anyway, it was posted to this page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/786752971370959/

On edit: here's a link to the author as well: https://www.facebook.com/owen.beck.9

[Old Crow]

62. Thanks; that helps. I appreciate it! (N/T)

[TIME TO PANIC]

19. K & R!

[bbgrunt]

20. big k and r!

[PatrickforO]

21. Totally. I can see how we SCARE THE SHIT out of the rest of the world,

even in good times. And when a guy like Trump is the GOP front runner, and the establishment is ratfucking Bernie to the max, these ARE NOT GOOD TIMES.

As an American, I'm scared too. Believe me.

[platitudipus]

26. ^^^this^^^

K&R

[iAZZZo]

23. not hillary.....

GOP hawks declare war on Trump; Prominent Republican hawks are debating whether to hold their noses and vote for Clinton instead.http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/trump-clinton-neoconservatives-220151

“Hillary is the lesser evil, by a large margin,” said Eliot Cohen, a former top State Department official under George W. Bush and a strategic theorist who argues for a muscular U.S. role abroad. Trump's election would be “an unmitigated disaster for American foreign policy." (emphasis added)

_____

[Geronimoe]

24. A slight correction

Bill and Hillary Clinton are a better Bernie Sanders than Bernie Sanders.

[platitudipus]

27. What ever that means? They sure do try to emulate him though.

[YOHABLO]

93. 'Parrot' him, yes, I think 'parrot' is more correct. 'Emulate' would mean they might >

carry out Bernie's agenda for the country; we know that's not going to happen.

[SammyWinstonJack]

58. What the bloody hell does that even mean?

[Trust Buster]

28. This bloke holds special sway. He's not a southern U.S. voter.....

[Jitter65]

33. Shame on you...nt

[Hydra]

86. Oh, no, please let him continue!

I'm sure it will be fascinating!

Even if it isn't, it'll be more free work helping for my advocacy. You guys are great for that!

[Enthusiast]

29. Kicked and recommended to the Max! You nailed it, Owen Beck!

We have had these malevolent actors throughout history. Now we have an entire presidential field of them. It is unfuckingbelievable!

[TubbersUK]

32. K & R n/t

[sendero]

34. The country ...

.... went off the rails somewhere around 2002 and hasn't really recovered. And the best efforts of the pols and the media to convince the hoi polloi that everything is hunky dory are faltering in the face of unrelenting reality.

[Jenny_92808]

46. Actually...

The reagan era is where it started. Trickle down and all (or should I say Tinkle down, if you know what I mean).

[potone]

52. Yes, he wrecked the country.

It just took decades for the full effects to be felt. We have never recovered from the Reagan revolution, and now policies that would have been considered reasonable in the 1970s are considered radical.

[Jenny_92808]

54. Your words are so true

That is why we need a political revolution. Go Bernie!

[Nonhlanhla]

39. Mildly amusing but also offensive

It was mildly amusing until the writer managed to get both sexist and racist in one sentence: "for example, if someone consistently whores herself off to the $74Billion American Prison system, you can be pretty sure, Black America, that she hasn’t got your back like she says she has."

The language of "whoring" has been consistently implied against Hillary, and used outright here. I know that the metaphor has been used against male politicians as well, but it does have a particular gender tone, one of smearing women throughout history, and it makes it impossible for me to appreciate this as a witty rant against the current political climate. This is followed up by a tone deaf bit of "advice" to African Americans about why they should not vote for Hillary.

[randome]

40. Just another 'shock jock' style of writing. A sign of poor writing skills.

We don't communicate with one another by trying to sound like Rush Limbaugh, saying whatever will get us the most attention.
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[ZombieHorde]

95. I had the same reaction to the whoring bit as you.

The AA bit is pretty standard, in my opinion, since politics is all about telling other people what to think and do.

[Jenny_92808]

43. Thank you for

saying it like it is.

[treestar]

44. that's one Aussie down

Is there a poll? Because maybe somewhere Down Under there is a Hillary supporter too.

[sufrommich]

45. Where is the link to this ? nt

[Martin Eden]

47. No DOMINIONISTS either! (Ted Cruz)

No doubt most of the rest of the world thinks America has gone stark raving mad.

[Arugula Latte]

49. Yeah. Hillary vs. Trump = Worst Presidential Election Choice Ever

[Orsino]

50. Well, you are looking at us upside down.

Those forces you correctly identify don't quite represent a majority, and I believe I can guarantee a Democratic next president, for whatever it's worth.

It appears we may, however, be doom in ourselves to another era of non-reform, growing inequality and further w a rmongering. I wish I had better news for you and for all.

[monicaangela]

51. Okay Lorien

That means we only have one choice for President.........SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS!!

[potone]

53. It's looking bad because it is bad!

Your analysis is correct. Lots of us are frightened. I have never seen a worse slate of candidates on the Republican side, and while there is no doubt that Hillary is highly intelligent, knowledgeable and competent, I don't think that she can be trusted to pursue the kind of change that this country--and the world--needs. Our foreign policy alone has caused immense suffering and squandered vast sums of money that could be put to much better use both domestically and abroad. As for our domestic policies, where to begin??? I both look forward to when this nightmare of an election is over and am terrified at what we, and the rest of the world, might end up with as the president.

Would Australia look kindly upon American political refugees? I don't think Canada will take us, and Mexico will probably end up building a wall to keep us out (thus ironically fulfilling Trump's desire). HELP!!!

[Colorado Rambler]

74. Any intelligent person would be terrified

by this circus of an election. It is simply unbelievable to me that so many Americans are that ignorant, that bigoted, that terrified that they would scamper after orangutan boy (no offense to actual orangutans) for their salvation. If Hillary does indeed end up with the nomination, I honestly question if she can inspire voters to come to the polls on her behalf. Even if she wins the election, there will be no winning for Americans (or Aussies or everyone else). Hillary is the candidate for the same old, same old - big money and Citizens United trumping over any attempts at a direct democracy (irony intended). And when I attempt to visualize what life would be like should Trump become POTUS - well, it simply boggles the mind. I question if the planet would survive the first year. I'm sure Trump would feel compelled to display the size of his whatever with a display of nuclear weaponry somewhere. US children will be fleeing to El Salvadore.

[George II]

60. Who is Owen Beck?

[ismnotwasm]

61. .

[Bread and Circus]

64. We are trying but Dixieland doesn't seem to want anything better than what we have had for 35 years

[malthaussen]

65. Mr Beck might consider...

... that the overwhelming percentage of AA voters who are law-abiding citizens are possibly offended by being lumped together with criminals, in being told that those who profit off the latter are a danger to the former. Indeed, the overwhelming percentage of AA voters who are law-abiding might just possibly wish that they not be lumped in at all with the AA criminals.

-- Mal

[artislife]

66. Kick.

[chapdrum]

67. As an ex-Brit,

I've given a lot of thought to where I'd relocate. Would probably be accepted by Britain, but it's roughly just as bad (Cameron) there as the U.S.

Given age and lack of wealth, chances are I'd not be accepted in a civilized country.

As a side note: The corporate media is greasing the path for the Republican charlatan "candidates." (It was great to see smiling Tom DeLay on with Chris Matthews recently. Just great.) Nothing new about that, of course.

But the stakes are now much higher. That doesn't alter their behavior at all. Of course.
They are just as stateless as their favored party's candidates. Even if they had spines, they wouldn't be called into duty.

[awoke_in_2003]

68. "if someone consistently whores herself off"

could this not have been put a different way? I am a Sanders supporter, but I am sorry- this sounds sexist.

[Lizzie Poppet]

71. FWIW...

...as a feminist Bernie supporter, I don't mind this usage. Whores come with penises, too.

But more importantly, there are more ways of whoring oneself than sexually, and doing donor's bidding in exchange for campaign money is a perfect example.

[840high]

81. .^that

[Lizzie Poppet]

69. Brilliant. (nt)

[WishfulThinker]

70. Thanks for speaking up from the outside!

Most Americans have NO IDEA of what the rest of the world is thinking about our mess! After a good laugh from many foreigners, comes an incredulous chagrin, followed by horror, that U.S. politics has sunk to such pitiful levels! This is the "democratic" standard bearer for the rest of the world?! - Racist Repugs who compare penis sizes and a female wolf in sheep's clothing who "claims" to care about common folk but who has had nothing but a history of self serving politics and dealings under the table with elitist corporations! For heaven's sake Americans- WAKE UP!!!

[chapdrum]

73. Right-most Americans have no idea,

nor do they particularly care.

If (for example) the Apple stores were to close for a week in order that said waking up occur, that might get some attention.

[LiberalArkie]

72. K&R

[abelenkpe]

75. Should have ended the whole thing after paragraph four.

[Rebkeh]

76. Bloody hell, indeed nt

[lastlib]

77. K & R!!!

THIS is what is going on! Can't we PLEASE get an adult in the room to run the clown car offstage? No GOPhers need apply, and Hillary needs to get a positive message instead of trying to be all things to all people. She can't pull it off. "The Whole World IS Watching!"

[retrowire]

78. Hey, I'm doing my best aussies!

I can't speak for the rest of my fellow citizens.

[840high]

79. K/R - Bloody Hell

[jwirr]

82. We agree. But please - would you tell Murdock to come home?

[Number23]

83. That was embarrassing.

[ChiciB1]

85. Big Kick For Truth! And I Happen To Know Many People From

other countries who are scratching their heads and wondering what's wrong with this country!

I know these people because of a "closed" FB page that's not of a political nature. It's a support group for another person and there are people from many countries who belong.

I can truly say that THIS COUNTRY is NO LONGER respected like it thinks it is! By the policies that have been adopted by our so called illustrious leaders, our name is MUD to many places. MUD is the nicest word I can use.

[WiffenPoof]

88. Well Played

Simply stated and on the mark.

[oldandhappy]

89. Thank you, well said.

[The Traveler]

90. Bloody hell indeed

So ... getting lots of questions about Australian immigration law lately? If you think it looks bad from there, just imagine how it looks from here.

Cheers, mate. Thanks for the post. K&R

Trav

[yuiyoshida]

91. Fairdinkem, mate!

[Thespian2]

92. Excellent Post...

My friends here in Nova Scotia think the Americans have lost their minds...Clinton and Trump...enough to gag a maggot...

[zentrum]

94. You said it.

I'm so glad it shows to the rest of the world.

And BTW, many here deny global warming too.

It's become an absurd, dangerous country.

All the industrialized countries that stayed in the commonwealth are doing better today than the "Revolutionaries". Except, of course, for native peoples. Bad for them all around.

[Ivan Kaputski]

96. k and r