Geometry of Purpose

Belated Congratulations for Fives Years
on Permanent Defense
Celebrating 5 years of facing the offensive likes of the Right,
and the offensive on the government and the middle class by
the likes of those like Tim Eyman.

Not that "3 strikes yer out" * does not work for baseball or should not be used to put repeat offenders in jail. It is too bad that at that rate Eyman is not at least out of the initiative business.

Geometry? Well there is the baseball diamond,
and then there is my paradigm I call The Power Broker Mountain Project [PBMP].
But I am thinking more of the parallel efforts which are being made not always in touch with each other, but headed in the same direction. My recent refocus on the local, means finetuning the approaches.

Two related efforts:
Not wanting to do justice to Culture Warrior Bill O'Reilly, I have coined, borrowed or claimed the position of Cultural Physicist, where everything matters. This effort led me to checking on an Internet parable (scroll down to The Tomato Company) and found the following Global Intelligence Briefing for CEOs found at The Braden Files by one Herb Meyer who by one American Thinker: "knocks the ball out of the park, explaining concisely and clearly the nature of the challenges facing Western Civilization."

And if I may connect more dots(and the ball park metaphor was not what I was going for) but I recall my poems on these parallels of sorts(the likes of who come to mind).

Right Face Left Faith

Great minds think alike
But being alike does not make right
Being right may make might
But more important is thinking
Right?

Being right is more likely
Why great minds will think alike
Thinking may not be so likely
In those that just think might
Right.

Faith is nowhere near alike
The truth that others think is might
Faith is might and more like maybe
Unless you only think it's right
Not maybe!

The physicist point?

Unified Poem

Everything
is but
a Wave
between
perspectives
in Time
and Space

Now to continue the path, and thanks again for the work of Andrew Villeneuve and Permanent Defense.

* just another initiative as segue

Local Action: Accountability

HOLDING SPOT: IN THE DOG HOUSE
Contact Your Rep:
Help finding your legislator
Washington State of Impeachment: After Downing Street WA
Another local group: EFOR Olympia March 1st
Backbone Campaign: March4th
National Comment On Washington: Democrats.com

Holding Spot: Meaning I shall return... to improve this spot or the links.
Note: last link below and and new Label: Local

Holding Spot: Local War Powers

Local Action Item: JustForeignPolicy.org Petition to Local Representative
(Comments which I added to the above action.)

It is very regrettable to feel
that such action is necessary and that it probably does not go far enough.
It is a shame
to tie the presidents hands in the defense of the nation,
but even more that he is not locked up *.

I am sure that these come as seemingly disrespectful words but no where near the disrespect too many Republicans and even some Democrats seem to have for the constitution and the rule of law, including cause and effect and the vicious cycle even talk of preemption starts and justifies to no end.

Check these quotes out: Bush accused

* I won't go on about what other so-called pundits or dittyheads suggest. But italics are added as a hint of modification to which I add: begins at verifying and checking and balancing accountability, way before any more trusting of the administration.

ON THE OTHER HAND: Holding Spot wise...[As in Don't let the dogs out... of the dog house. I will hold a spot here for later modification of another link THINK PROGRESS trend 08 / my running list
see below.

Seattle Viaduct Ballot: 4 results? Way to go!

Ironically not just a ploy for local content, I was reading up on the Viaduct plan even though I am an eastside resident and noted the phrase You win some, you lose some there are now more ways to go. [TOWN HALL VIADUCT FORUM 7PM THURSDAY]

The important thing is that Republicans can never say Democrats don't have any plans. We may have too many, and that is just where it starts. There are needless to say Democrats as the state, county and local levels and then there are the interests of the people as they see them whether they live in the city or even travel there, or not. The mixed message or results are explained by one word: Democracy. While it ain't pretty, it is better than most alternatives, which are usually some version of tyranny or anarchy, either of individuals or groups, combined with a lack of respect for any structure or rule of law or process.

It is only natural that with two options on the ballot, there could still be a problem if neither win, both win or they split the ticket and not the fare. There are valuable opinions at every level and the people are a part in sorting things out. Politics and economics are likely to still be on the table where there can still be trouble or more hard work which Democrats will be glad to do while Republicans will likely reap the fallout for their political and economic coffers.

All Politics is Local?

If you participate!
[Whether you are Blue, Red or Green or other part of the spectrum. Purple or Violet? OK I won't go there, on and on with the spectrum of possibilities that is. UPDATED: 7:42 PM This section and a bit of editing below.]

[3-15-07: Rachel Maddow guest: Tony Morello Axis of Justice .org]

This is a holding spot for a local progressive link, which will focus on how you can participate and how I will adjust the focus here. It should be obvious that this is mostly about politics, and mostly my context if not content. The following may evolve but for now, here is a spectrum of groups I have placed in some sense of order:

Northwest Progressive Institute:All Politics is LOCAL
Just Foreign Policy
Progressive States .org
Center for American Progress
FIREDOGLAKE / BLUE AMERICA: Umbrella

The sense is mine and I have hinted above, but the key perspectives or priorities are Local, Justice, States, National and the Goal. Now, the image that America is some semblance of a Democracy and a Republic, not just the parties, and the need for grass roots and an umbrella to protect us from the trickle down and improve what we power up.

LOCAL CONTEXT:[2:59 PM]
Senator Oemig's Bill
I'm Not a Lawyer but...
Ehren Watada's Case

LOCAL MEDIA: [3:01 PM]
Progressive Talk: AM1090
Local NPR: KUOW
Seattle Area Radio

LOCAL EVENTS: [3:05 PM]
CRABFEED

Don't forget to navigate labels. Explained a bit here.

LOCAL EXAMPLE: [4:03 PM] "gives reasons" Navigate comment as well below.

Slip of the tongue [2.]

I was going to be facetious and say in the tone of an Ed McMahon rejoinder to Johnny Carson: "I did not know that" instead of Slip of the tongue [2]
But
Bush as made some progress in candor at a Press Conference.

There were two exchanges that seem to bring light on our problems more than Bush or the Press apparently know. Emphases added for focus.

ONE:

THE PRESIDENT: I can say with certainty that the Quds force, a part of the Iranian government, has provided these sophisticated IEDs that have harmed our troops. And I'd like to repeat, I do not know whether or not the Quds force was ordered from the top echelons of government. But my point is what's worse -- them ordering it and it happening, or them not ordering it and it happening? And so we will continue to protect our troops.

TWO:

THE PRESIDENT: It's an interesting question. One of the problems -- not specifically on this issue, just in general -- let's put it this way, money trumps peace, sometimes. In other words, commercial interests are very powerful interests throughout the world. And part of the issue in convincing people to put sanctions on a specific country is to convince them that it's in the world's interest that they forgo their own financial interest

Two brilliant examples where congress should take charge of their powers[the purse, war and treaty] that we address concerns like these at home before they become questions of foreign policy and the press refocus as well.

Special thanks to Rachel Maddow for covering things that are important. While I heard these earlier in the day, yesterday, and then found the sources.

Spare the Rodney!

"I get no respect"
That is what the troops can say.
But who also gets no respect?

To put it plainly, lawyers and politicians have been the butt of jokes for quite some time, but it should be noted that "we the people" are the real bottom line.

What does this have to do with the issue of supporting troops? Talk is cheap, lives are dear. Law and politics should have the highest priority because of this connection. And that was not even where I started out on this course. My intention was to show that when all is said and done it matters who is in charge. So even behind what some say, what they do will be different. Context is always important, who says what is also important, but who is leading and who can follow it is the key.

It is too much to ask that those that disagree just shut up, but that seems what some are doing, without having the guts to even stay the course of saying it.

The point I can't put too plainly is that whatever is said, the context of who said it is important but that even different players taking the same course could do a better job, but it could be more important avoiding them.
[update beating around the job]

Slip of the tongue?

Barack Obama apologized for remarks about "3000 lives of the bravest young Americans..."

NBC co-host Campbell Brown on Today should apologize for what "it's difficult to say..."

In context? The media should apologize for the slip of coverage for Bush slips and who says what. It's not easy - to say?

Special apologies(rrrr Thanks) to Media Matters , for their work is not easy.

Speaking of hard work and supporting troops and saying it, the link below has an interesting week of saying it.

Use of Labels

This is just a note that labels are not always useful.
[liberals, conservatives, progressives, neo-cons, communists, fascists]
However, LABELS as they are used below, may be helpful. The previous post includes the addition of the "label" ESCALATION but could be used for almost anything the administration does. At this time it places a focus on world powers and how they get along. The Geometry of Purpose? label refers basically to a structure of how to get things done. For example; focusing on one's own intentions from the grass roots up, not trickle down. Hence the Power Broker Mountain Project. This post is to explain some of the workings of this writer.

Trivium, for example represent the basic medieval course work at universities: grammar, logic and rhetoric. You can see where I am coming from and where we are going. Quadrivium is the upper division of the liberal arts composed of; arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music.

Example of their use: Fuzzy Math and Fuzzy English = 1 heckuva result *

I will add to this post later, but another feature that I have just begun use of, is the search engine for the blog itself.(Just demonstrated click on heckuva) I will be inserting labels on previous posts, and clicking on them below will bring up that label's postings.

Bonus: LINK requires "Hard Work" of reading and more importantly filtering.

* in case more of a hint is needed, sometimes I am a hechuva speller as well.

You win some, you lose some.

Six party talks have reached an agreement over North Korea's nuclear program.

While Putin's harsh talk is straight from the soul.

And China tests it's own satellite defenses.

Reagan said, "Trust but verify", Bush had only to look into a soul and test the limits of trust and verification. Meanwhile, China and Russia are making progress in areas beyond our military-industrial complex.(Definition 7 or 8?)

Unfiltered Richardson.

"The New Realism and the Rebirth of American Leadership"
Governor Bill Richardson speaks at "Decision 08" before the Center for Strategic and International Studies[Proactively Bipartisan]

In related issues: I added the following comments to Senator Kerry's efforts.
More than a deadline...
Take war THREATS off the table!
See www.justforeignpolicy.org
Investigate the use of intelligence and hold the U.S. administration accountable to the constitution and international law. Hold the military-industrial complex accountable to the purse of congress and the people.
Back to the "Unfiltered Richardson" it is for you to read. But just from the introduction I note his background that attacts me. He is the firt to accept their invitation. Currently Governor of New Mexico and won 69% of the vote there. Former Secretary of Energy, Ambassador to the U.N., and member of Congress.

UPDATED LINKS[2-16-07]:
CAMPAIGN
Governor
CSIS TV

Senator Oemig to Petition Congress

State Senator Eric Oemig gives his reasons for pursuing accountability of the Bush Administration.

Articles of Impeachment and more info.

More on the Senators "hard work".

Even Republicans Support Impeachment

Obama goes for it.

I have an Audacity of Hope, not the book yet, but that we will have a great race for the next president of the United States.

[9:05 AM - follow-up]
There are rumors and I will let you google them, that Obama and/or Clinton will skip early primaries and debates. I will comment based on these rumors alone. Skipping a primary is just about how much time and money goes into a state. It should obviously not mean they are not on the ballot. Skipping a debate though is a matter of concern. Getting your ideas out and sticking your neck out is suggested, and not doing so is highly suggestive.

Trivium

At this point, now that we are really moving forward by looking back, I have begun the process of inserting labels on earlier posts* and Trivium is a recent word I learned and my first application is NO JOKE. Quadrivium is a later joke. But I assure this is no joke, and in fact pertinent to our course and our corrections.

*[Minor editing as in punctuation are also being done in this process of assigning labels and putting titles to their proper place.]

Impeachment Proceeding In Washington State

State Senator Eric Oemig of the 45th Legislative District
has agreed to sponsor a resolution to impeach President Bush
in the state legislature in Olympia.
There was quite a turnout at the announcement in Bellevue today.

The four articles which have been proposed:
1. Illegal wiretapping
2. Lying to Congress to initiate a war of aggression in Iraq
3. Torture and extraordinary rendition;
and
4. disdain for LAW and checks & balances

I may add that when Bush was running the 1st time he commented that when it came to legal technicalities he would let his conscience be his guide, and he has operated under that philosophy ever since.

The recent Watada mistrial should make it clear that when there was an agreement on the "stipulation of facts" but not on whether that was an offense or a defense AND it was also determined that the legality of the war upon which the Lieutenant used his conscience as his guide was not a matter for the military court, then it must have a hearing in congress if not the world court. While these are different events they have similar foundations.

The Constitution

I'm not a lawyer but...

my post on Lt. Watada's "Unbecoming" Mistrial seems to have gotten to a point that others seem to run around. [Breaking Related News * ]

Here is the crux of the matter:
"...the military judge, said the case could end in a mistrial if Watada’s lawyers refused to let the defendant answer the judge’s questions about potential inconsistencies with a "stipulation of fact" that Watada agreed to before the trial began. "

"The defense has consistently tried to call into question the legality of the war, because Watada said the war is illegal and a command to fight in Iraq is also illegal. But the judge has said the argument over the legality of the war is not a matter that can be settled in military court." *

Note that a crux must have two lines. It seems that the case cannot proceed under the "stipulation of fact" that the prosecution prepared and the defendant agreed to, yet the judge felt had inconsistencies that he expected the defendant to clear up and was not for the court to decide.

Later reports seem to confirm this thinking even without necessarily getting to that point so easily. That's what I am here for, even if an occasional misspelling or misthinking is occasionally caught. At least it is not as bad as the misjudgement that brought us here. Not that there will not be calls to stay the course.

By the way, is that not another error or actually what we should be doing? I may not be much for grammar and neither is "The Decider", but what we seem to have here is a missing preposition. We have never been on a course but it must be stayed. It may be a "Catch 22" or the "8th Wonder" but there is often a missing link and sometimes you have to follow them.

* [IMPEACHMENT EFFORT: see link go to February 1oth on calendar]
In my view, this is where the matter lies.

Senate Resolution.

Just say no.
Just say support the troops.

Neither will succeed unless something is either not done or actually done, rather that just saying.

After that the rest of the words are important too. The obvious difference being if you are also saying that supporting the president is supporting the troops. Then even the saying is once removed from anything or even nothing being done.

That is my "post-emptive" take on an airing of the recent failure in the Senate to vote on a resolution, for which I have not attached a link. But here are signs of progress from 7 Republicans.

By the way, another speaking out of class or beyond my pay grade which for these matters is zilch, but I believe that contrary to the above thinking the Republicans are actually getting things not done by not talking. I believe that by requiring a cloture* vote they are actually filibustering a vote, possibly without the talk. But of course it is more complicated than that, and of course political. Surprise, surprise. The irony is that the Democrats have agreed to debate some resolutions and the one they disagree with hearing is redundant and all of them non-binding, except to the effect on the war and the purse, which is their job.

*cloture is not the word here but Senate Rules that apparently require 60 votes under some circumstances or that they cannot even agree on them

Lt. Watada: "Unbecoming" Mistrial

“Very interesting" Oops, wrong accent or show.

“I see nothing" from Hogan’s Heroes may be the one I was stretching for.

My commentary has to do with whose perspective or spin is taken off from. As in “here comes the judge": "saying the soldier did not fully understand a document he signed admitting to elements of the charges." And this take from other participants .

My perspective? Should not intention count? And what was the intention of the war? And can this ever stop spinning if "intention" is not on the table, but the war was all about preemption of intentions. I am not sure just who understood what about the charge but the defense put it all on the table, and it was "not a matter that can be settled in military court."

NOT A MATTER THAT CAN BE SETTLED IN MILITARY COURT?

I believe that the 1st and 3rd bold are from "Laugh In" or similar times, but that is not to make light of the seriousness of our "defining" times, as in Bush's ideological run around the dictionary of about all that matters.

But as you can see from the vision thing, it may not work if you focus, and I could be wrong about the links. NOT EXACTLY BUT...

NOT A MATTER? THERE IS NO OFFENSE IF THERE CAN BE NO DEFENSE.
Ow! The irony of circular intention or "the yellow brick road". Or maybe it is that there are only three branches of government and conscience is where principles are found or lost or the battle ground we should be on.

Course Filter!

[Or finer filter file]
A funny thing happened on the way to this breakdown.

I was going to adjust my processing or filing routine and here is where I will leave it for now. TWO LINKS OR NOT TO READ! (in fits and starts is how this should read maybe, but my concern was that "OH NO!" what is this email from some organization.

Well here goes the rest of the course.
[Two links from that email.]
http://www.americansforhealthcare.org/
http://www.americansforhealthcare.com/bhctprinciples.cfm

As I began this filter I was barely into the filtering myself but after putting it down or rather cut and pasting and transferring to a file I read the second and found out the who. It does not matter, or does it?

The principles are the start. And just because some are seemingly on the "other side", that does not mean that all and more do not need to participate. So if you are a Union Hater or a Wal-Mart Hater, drop the hate and lift your mind to the possibility, but you must be a part before you can turn down the filter.

Maybe in conclusion for now...
A dialogue broke out
While I was just on the way to file it.

Swift Reading!

"Is Growth the Be-All and End-All?

Exactly.
Exactly.
Exactly.

The economy is neither.
(Grammatically I am uncertain if a comma is needed or where, or if none is more to the points.)
Meaning it depends on perspective, not to mention choice of words, and sometimes two are not enough and one too many.

Where am I going? Exactly. Well not to be redundant, but...

Where have we been? Ourstory.
THAT IS TOO THE POINT.
Exactly and NOT.

* * *
Tangent or more to the point later and backing up to the present, I used to label such work QCON (Quick Comment On the News) , the N could stand in for nuts, or where it leads or where they come from, but I segue now, to the point. Good Piece! Despite my preemptive take on it, meaning, I have not finished or even read too much of it, but am sticking my preemptive neck out. But here is the catch or rather another perspective that I have applied the same methodology as well as possibly the subjects. That is somehow seeing between the leaps that others make or seeing that they have leaped to or fro a starting point, as well as what got us here.(Ourstory) [grammatical note: yes "fro" as in... well suffice to say I did edit check the sentence a time or too, and let it stand.]
But one point, whether the chicken or egg:
Hmmm? (dot, dot, dot) or rather

Well... based on a mistaken impression found in search of "be all and end all" the following came up. In furtherance of my methodology it could be labeled "Course Filter".
Course as in navigable and holey. Or wholly and holy.

But again I tangent to a possibly better place, whether by intention or error this may be the point. Given that I was not sure of this path but the point I used to get here was in my mind presumptive or nonetheless a found by a search.

This may take a reread and result in no recourse but at least it is not swift boating or hit and run. ID the future or id the future or the exception proves my rule. The search is ours.

One fifth too many.

As in two sheets to the wind. Or is it three, but I won't push the drunk metaphor.
But whatever happened to the Fourth Estate? Now we have a fourth branch of government?
Whenever one gets too drunk for power you will find a fifth.

DC contractors are reported to be the fourth branch while "the press" has been neglected as an estate that merits some notice in "the will". While it is not just a case of follow the money, it could be a case of passing the buck in checks and balance.

Congressional Oversight Needed!

To clarify the intentions of our laws.
Executive Order Expands Presidential Power Over Agencies
truthout.org : TheNewStandard :
The same old course. Deregulation of regulation.
"guidance"?
Here is my comment "out of the blue" so to speak: They got caught on Iraq, they got caught on signing statements, they got caught on the Plame blame and now the only buck to pass is to save some cash. It may seem innocuous enough, "Clinton did it", but give an inch, they take the Nile. Actually they have not really been caught, they just shift their banks... Hmmm. Meaning there is still a fight to be fought, if they can't have it over there, it is at home meanwhile.

ACCOUNTABILITY!
The executive branch is charged with administering the laws not making them. If they are not clear enough, then there needs to be more laws. Not an independent department of market forces.

Now my "out of the blue" was actually brought to the ground, what really came to my mind from above was this:
Market forces do not supply needs! They only supply value to wants and balance others. I don't know who said that but I am pretty sure someone should have. If not, it should be decreed, and get on with the job of government.

Molly Ivins is remembered and not coincidentally her writing also found in the link Accountability above at Bush the Unitary!

Biden- Off Course.

Well, it was really my oops: as I said to someone this morning that he would not last long.
That is not the oops. As he opened his bid with poorly chosen words on Obama.

The oops, was my quick comment on the news, that I thought I was already right, as I heard the teaser on the Ed Schultz Show.

[Running List 08]

Epic Olbermann!

Re:Cyling the Course:
Bravo! or rather TruthOut and MSNBC!

This movie is worth watching again: The Olbermann piece, not the President's speech.

I would like to add to the script though:

Not only was the President's account of the war on terror fanciful, and 0 for 4 in his claims; but there is even less proof that these have anything to do with him and things having changed since September 11th, 2001 or whether there would even be that tragedy if such similar episodes had been followed. Meaning that there is not only little demonstration that such recent "terrorist acts" were very far along, but that his signing statements and the patriot act were at all necessary to prevent them or whether existing laws were the weakness before September 11th.

Watch your screen for Jaws III or is it the Screams.