Big Bend Bikers for Freedom, It's still a journey

I wrote our first post for this site Tuesday, Nov 28, 2006 which can be read here:BIG BEND BIKERS FOR FREEDOM How was I to know? A member of ABATE of Florida at that time, I knew then that wasn't going to last.  At that time ABATE of Florida was known as "A Brotherhood Against Totalitarian Enactments."  And as far as that goes, I'm still ABATE.  Maybe not in a group, but as a mindset.  Since then ABATE has changed to "American Bikers Aimed Towards Education".   Some things change, some things don't. My profile is still the same. I'm still fairly sure that nothing is really for sure.  Which could lead into some fairly long existential rambling but I'll save you the pain for now.

What I continue to find interesting, is that since way back before I strung this albatross around my neck I have had an affinity for the underdog, individual rights and general mistrust of what people tried to "teach" me.  Which is like a double edged sword.  The advantage is that one becomes forced to seek out answers that are not often found in textbooks.  The disadvantage is that one spends a lot of time learning things the hard way.   What I rarely do however, is waste time wishing things could have been different.  Hell they are different.  They have always been and will always be. What is intriguing is how one gets labelled over time.  We have gone from "let it all hang out" and "do your own thing" to persons of that very generation who want to label everything.  They want to put everything in a "class" and then put up fences that keep you from roaming from field to field.  Your either right, or your left, because by God you can't be both. You can't just be you.  But then how many of  us really know who we really are? That's sad. And here I said I was not going to existential.


But as I sit and look over the course this "blog" has taken in relation to where we are today, i.e. Occupy Wall Street I am reminded of another band of idealistic young people who took to the streets to "make things right".  That too was a movement.  That too was a revolution.  The wreckage of which brings us to "Now" and I have to go, WTF?  Deja Vu maybe?  So I see this band of young people whose message is/was ours starting to get heard.  Starting to grow.  And I have to feel a bit energized.  Or maybe that's just euphoric recall.  Because I also have to feel fear for those kids that Occupy Wall Street.


Idealism is a wonderful thing. But Idealism coupled with naivete can be fatal.  ALL movements have those among them whose motives are not what they seem.  Often times those are the ones that become leaders.  We have leaders now in America.  How many do you trust.


If you wish revolution in the upper left hand corner by the search box are some terms that will take you to posts that will provide you the case for it.  But first create the revolution within yourself.

Go here for Our Occupy Wall Street Page:

Occupy wall street-streaming video, twitter feeds, chat

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things.  The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling that thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.  The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." -- John Stuart Mill

Argue for your limitations and they are yours-Richard BachAdd to Technorati Favorites

Big Americn Banks laundering drug money, so why did they need a bail out?

For those not familiar with Bloomberg, it is the financial new and information corporation founded by New York Mayor Micheal Bloomberg that made him billions. And we bailed them out? Just so ya know!

Elizabeth Warren, what is it about America the corprations don't get

In one minute and 17 seconds she blows every corporate argument away Do you think they freaking get iT!Add to Technorati Favorites

So how do like it now that we are bailing out Europe

O.K. Your out of work or scared of being out of work.  Your still pissed because we bailed out the bankers who are still partying on your dime. The politicians in Washington, whichever side of the aisle, couldn't take a dump if it depended on a vote. So yeah things are screwed up right?  But hey, your still trying to be a good citizen.  Doing the best that ya can at doing all the right things.  You know, how you were taught to be a good boy and not to rock the boat.  Well how about we ask you this, how would you feel if you knew we are now bailing out Europe?  Cause we are.  Hell we have been all along....  emphasis ours

From Bloomberg Business week:

(Updates Basel liquidity statement in 24th paragraph.)September 28, 2011, 2:36 PM EDT

Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve, chastised by Congress for lending money to foreign institutions including a Libyan-owned bank, is once again the lender of last resort for banks around the world it knows little about.

Three years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., money-market borrowing rates for dollars are rising, leading the Fed and European Central Bank to make the currency available to Europe’s institutions for as many as three months. U.S. prime money-market funds cut their exposure to euro-zone bank deposits and commercial paper, or short-term IOUs, to $214 billion in August from $391 billion at the end of last year, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. data.

The failure of regulators worldwide to address European banks’ fragile dependence on short-term funding is “putting the Fed in a really awkward position,” said Karen Shaw Petrou, managing partner at Federal Financial Analytics, a Washington regulatory research firm whose clients include the biggest U.S. banks. The swaps with Europe “are an extremely advantageous political football” for critics of the Fed, she said.

The extended funding comes as the U.S. central bank is already under fire for its unprecedented monetary stimulus. Republican leaders including Representative John Boehner of Ohio and Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky wrote Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and the Board of Governors on Sept. 19, asking them to “resist further extraordinary intervention in the U.S. economy.”

Lawmaker Criticism

Our two Party system is dangerous

I didn't know George Washington was still alive, but he is. And he has a blog. And here are his thoughts about two party systems

I’ve repeatedly warned that there is a scripted, psuedo-war between Dems and Repubs, liberals and conservatives which is in reality a false divide-and-conquer dog-and-pony show created by the powers that be to keep the American people divided and distracted. See this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this,this and this.

In fact, the Founding Fathers warned us about the threat from a two party system.

John Adams said:

There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.

George Washington agreed, saying in his farewell presidential speech:

Nevada Bikers sue over Helmets law

Motorcyclists sue over enforcement of Nevada’s helmet law

By Steve Green (contact)

Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011 | 4:31 p.m.

Twelve motorcycle riders filed a class action lawsuit Tuesday against Clark County and five cities within the county, charging arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement of Nevada’s helmet law.
The suit filed in U.S. District Court names as defendants the county and the cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson and Mesquite; and Boulder City.

If certified as a class, the suit could represent more than 40,000 motorcycle riders in the county.
The suit, filed by Las Vegas attorney Travis Barrick, charges "defendants, through their agents, have an ongoing pattern and practice of issuing helmet tickets to the class members that are not supported by constitutionally sufficient probable cause, thereby violating the civil rights of the class members."
This violates the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution barring unreasonable search and seizure, the lawsuit says.

The suit also alleges violations of the 14th Amendment protections against arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement, charging the defendants, through their agents, "have an ongoing pattern and practice of dismissing helmet tickets when contested in the courts or appealed to the courts, thereby denying the class members their due process rights to challenge enforcement of the Nevada Helmet Law."
The suit also alleges there’s a disparity in fines and fees for helmet law violations with no rational basis for the disparities; and that the helmet law is enforced "as a pretext for invading the liberties and civil rights" of the class members.
Barrick wasn’t available to elaborate on the allegations and the defendants have not yet responded to the lawsuit.

Efforts over the years to repeal Nevada’s 1972 law requiring motorcycle riders to wear helmets as a safety measure have failed, most recently this year.Add to Technorati Favorites

Short notice PGR mission, tally area, CURTIS M. BECKWITH, SR., 72 US ARMY PARATROOPER

SHORT NOTICE 29 SEP 11, 12:00 NOON CURTIS M. BECKWITH, SR., 72 US ARMY PARATROOPER Services will be held at Flipper Chapel AME Church located at 708 Osceola St., Tallahassee, Fl 32310 at 12:00 noon. where we will form a flag line. After the service we will provide escort to Greenwood Cemetery near Griffin School (no address available) where we will again form a flag line. Extra flags will be available. STAGE: 11:00 am, McDonalds, 2800 South Monroe St., Tallahassee BRIEFING: 11:15 KSU: 11:20 Ride Captain Joe Parmer Cet1552@embarqmail.comAdd to Technorati Favorites

Tallahassee Red Light Camera's, the truth is out-follow the money

Our many Thanks to Z who sent us this update on Tallahassee red light camera's with full knowledge that we would immediately have a psychotic break requiring mass quantities of psychotropic drugs whilst flinging the cat at the TV set while doing an Irish jig on our swivel chair foaming at the mouth chanting our favorite mantra, WTF, WTF, WTF, WTF.................. 


But hey YO! Florida taxpayers! Just type in our little seach boxee thiingy the word RED LIGHT CAMERAS (we put it in capitals in case you can't spell it) and count the freaking posts we have made on how red light cameras are nothing but a proven rip designed to take your money and give it to the state and Goldman Sachs!

We even told WCTV here;Redlight camera post sent to WCTV (again),
WCTV sorta halfway mentioned their doubts which was ingenous as hell as we posted here Tallahassee red light cameras are not working-local news ...

In fact we have spent years posting on this issue.  WHY? Because it takes money out of your pocket and uses it to kill people!!!  Where were the Bikers Rights people on this thing, huh? ABATE of Florida?  Where were you?  Always Bringing Alcohol To Events maybe???


Well as we say, follow the freaking money............

Will Occupy Wall Street face the same fate as the TEA party-video

We, many other sites, printed media, the U.K. Guardian and Al-jazeera have been doing our best to bring you the info available about OCCUPY WALL STREET.  However, we and many other sites have been consistently asking, "where is the MAINSTREAM MEDIA", most notably the "lack" of coverage being provided by the three major cable news networks.  We addressed it in the following posts:
Sept., 19 Protestors occupy Wall Street, Government occupy's...
Violence breaks out on wall street video, Dylan Ra...
OCCUPY WALL STREET: Yahoo admits to blocking e-mai...
Occupy wall street, Is news blackout coordinated?
Occupy Wall Street gets 9 second Blurb from Micheal Moore, Network news is a money game
(this posted on september 20)

The September 20th post was a blurb on the Racheal Maddow show thrown in as an aside As Micheal Moore promotes himself and Maddow.  The Dyan Ratigan spot was a couple second shoot of the crowd whom he quickly dismisses to talk to a panel of experts so he can send us more of his newsletters that we about what we have been posting about since before he started sending out news letters.

BUT NOW, to see the video we post below starring who else, Micheal Moore on where else, Wall street, being broadcast by who else, The last word with Lawernce O'donnell,  If  you listen closely it will sound as if Micheal Moore, MSNBC and O'Donnell have been on top of this all along!

Do not get us wrong. Politics makes strange bedfellows.And we do think that after finally deciding that hey, this is news (and maybe the beginning of Moores next movie) they did a good job.  Forgive us however if we are somewhat suspect regarding their motives our sincerity.  And this brings us to an issue that the "REAL" occupy wall streeters, the "REAL" 99%'s may want to exercise a little vigilance over.

Unions joining OCCUPY WALL STREET, Rogue pepper spraying cop strikes again

Not a total rip from Zero Hedge as much of the info contained we have covered.

There are two new vids one of which is interesting for the fact that it catches "Rogue cop on the lose" illegally pepper spraying other persons, one of whom was a media photographer and not a protestor.  Videos will be placed at the bottom. Note the language that re-enforces what we have been saying along, these is not a "left" vs. "Right" issues.  That concept is a game being played on the American public so that we will fight each other as opposed to the "real" enemy.  Until that concept is fully grasped by the general public, constitutional violations and the wealth gap will continue unabated