An even more delicious petition in the White House system has come to my attention in the meantime. This petition demands that Barack Obama engage in a public, one-hour debate with Edward Snowden, the man who heroically exposed the unconstitutional Big Brother spying program, and who is now on the run from the feds.

The petition reads, “President Obama, you have said that the NSA’s blanket tracking of Americans’ phone calls and collaboration with tech giants “struck the right balance” and that you “welcome this debate”. You must agree that this issue is worthy of your time, and as our president you are the best qualified person to make the case in favor of broad surveillance. To make the opposing case, we can think of no one better than whistleblower Edward Snowden. Like you, he has access to the data showing the tradeoff between securing America and damaging democracy (which at this point the public does not). He speaks with breathtaking clarity, and has left behind a comfortable life, facing death for the strength of his convictions. If you are as strong in yours, you owe him (and us) 1 hour of your time for this.”

Until Barack Obama can summon the courage to face Edward Snowden, here’s another debate: This one is the debate over extreme government surveillance programs between Barack Obama the presidential candidate and Barack Obama the President.

(Warning: If your stomach is sensitive to extreme hypocrisy in the morning, you might not want to play this video)

Let’s be honest about this: Since 2008, it’s been quite clear, to those who cared enough to pay attention, that Barack Obama never had any intention of dismantling George W. Bush’s electronic surveillance operations. In 2008, Senator Obama broke his previous promises and voted in favor of the FISA Amendments Act. We protested it. Voters ignored it.

In 2009, independent progressives did their best to hold Obama to his promise that he would reform the Patriot Act and the FISA Amendments Act. But, we pointed out that Barack Obama kept the NSA spying going. A talking toilet from Irregular Times spread the warning that, under Barack Obama, the military’s National Security Agency was spying on Americans. Yes, we were so desperate to get the word out that we animated a talking toilet.

Democrats pretended it wasn’t happening. Obama got re-elected.

All the while, the Green Party has been paying attention, and speaking out against the Homeland Security surveillance state. In 2012, Jill Stein solidly criticized Obama for continuing George W. Bush’s old anti-liberty policies.

Now, in 2013, the presidential campaign is over, but the Green Party has not grown silent. The Green Shadow Cabinet is speaking out in protest against the National Security Agency’s spying against the American people.

Shahid Buttar, the Director of Civil Rights Enforcement, has responded to the revelations of Barack Obama’s unconstitutional seizure of millions of Verizon telephone records by pointing out the a larger context to the problem: When extraordinary powers are wielded by the government, we can’t trust secret courts to protect our constitutional rights. Buttar writes, “Courts exist to enforce our rights in the face of government abuses. That’s one of the central geniuses of the founding fathers and the system of checks and balances they constructed. But when the decisions are secret, they stop being judicial in character. Law is built on mutual references among courts. When the law can’t reference itself, it stops being law, and emerges as something very different: in this case, a rubber stamp allowing any manner of dragnet violations impacting law-abiding Americans and our fundamental rights.”

YouTube censored the video. The Catholic League and the Archbishop of Canterbury are in a tizzy of outrage about it, which shows priests hanging out and dancing around with sexy young people (which is something that apparently does happen). There’s a stigmatification, and some eyeballs, and blood.

What’s the big deal? There’s a whole lot more gore and sex in the Christians’ holy book than what’s contained in this short video. So, why ban it? Why would Christians get offended?

Perhaps they’re miffed that someone made something a bit more interesting than the tired old material they’ve been working with?

Here’s one argument that’s probably not going to be effective: People who mock gun owners are going to be chased down by a two thousand year-old zombie who will burn them alive for daring to express opposition to gun rights.

That’s the argument made by an angry gun owner going under the code name “Arizona”, who writes, “JIM CARREY,has a short time left in this world ,as does all the other demoncrates in california,so let him have all the fun he wants,HIS TICKET has already been punched by his own hand,LUCIFER will welcome him home again,ALL the hollywood demoncrates are leaving soon and thats the good news,they traded their soul for stardoom,and soon it will be payday for their daddy LUCIFER,cause he will be collecting up their soul for transport to hell,tis,tis,tis,they made their choice,and SO did JIM CARREY.”

What do you think? Would you want to be anywhere close to “Arizona” while he’s got a gun in his hands?

The Jim Carrey comments are referring to the following video:

“Micro Chip Implant Coming March 23, 2013″

“The New Health Care (Obama care) law H.R. 3590 Also HR 4872 requires all US citizens to have the RIFD microchip implanted. It will contain all your personal data heath and bank accounts etc. Its also a GPS device being monitored. they can deactivate it at any time if they find you suspicious or not loyal to their government or go against them or their system and you will lose everything you ever had.”

You may have seen these predictions… but now March 23 2013 is HERE! In this video, I look for my microchip … and I find a microchip right there ON MY ARM.

Documentary evidence! What more could you ask for? Oh, it’s here, all right. It’s here.

“Your voice matters. You decide the issues. You choose the candidates.”

Last night and this morning, the following advertisement started appearing on TV screens around Maine, the state in which I live:

Minutes ago, the Online Sentinel confirmed what own my eyes saw today.

Americans Elect promised you that its process wouldn’t be rigged.

Americans Elect swore that its corporate leadership had no favored candidates, and even enacted official rules and bylaws to prohibit that.

When it fundraised, Americans Elect told you that the delegates of Americans Elect would be the ones to choose candidates.

Americans Elect official corporate rules and bylaws declared that in order to change those official rules, it would have to post public notice and allow delegates to overrule such changes: “Any Delegate who wishes to reverse any decision of any Committee or Board may do so by sending a statement of 500 words or less by email to the Board within 72 hours after notice of any decision is posted on the Website.” No such notice has been made.

Americans Elect has threatened to sue the pants off people interested in building local Americans Elect chapters independent of corporate headquarters.

But all on its own, without any change of rules as provided for in its bylaws, without any notice to its delegates, the corporate board of Americans Elect has funnelled half a million dollars in two days into advertisements blanketing the state of Maine with promoting Angus King for Senate.

Without any democratic process, the Americans Elect corporation has appropriated its funds for the direct and undemocratic support of a major political candidate’s re-election campaign. This is a direct contradiction of the principles, rules and bylaws Americans Elect committed itself to for the 2012 elections.

No promise Americans Elect can ever make can restore this broken trust. There is simply no reason to ever believe Americans Elect again.

There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. That that’s an entitlement…. And so my job is not to worry about those people.

But how should he work this message into a campaign slogan that can fit on a bumper sticker?

Romney 2012: Forgetting 1 in 2 Americans one day at a time
Vote Mitt, Forget the Rest
Mitt Romney: Half of you Americans are bums. Vote for me.
Mitt Romney: Losing the Vote 47% at a time
Romney 2012: 47%? Let Them Eat Stock Options!
Romney 2012: 146 million Americans are not worth my time

I don’t have it just right. Help me. Help me help Mitt help the 1% as he knows best.