'N.R.I.:  New Republican Icon'

A blog stands as a person or group's opinion.  This blog is where I post my own personal opinions.  Today, in my opinion, I believe The Republican Party of America should change its icon from an elephant to a pig, for a more honest representation of what this political party is all about.  After all, Republicans have been feeding at the trough of hypocrisy and wastefulness for quite some time now.  And look at what The Republican Party stands for today.  They were in control of our government for those first wasteful six years of George Troubleyou Bush's disasterous reign of terror and destruction, and they, The Republicans, gave George Troubleyou Bush absolutely everything he wanted for those first six years and his spending and wastefulness went unchecked and without veto.  What that gave us when he left office was an economy on the brink of total collapse and debt higher than ever before, and NOW, The Republican Party wants to blame that on someone else, namely our first dark-skinned President, while at the same time they do nothing but try to block anything he is trying to achieve.

This election of 2012 is the most important election in my lifetime, if not in our history.  This election is about ideology vs. ideology, good vs. bad, right vs. wrong, and The Republican Party is on the bad/wrong side of this ideological "fight".  The Republican Party has been completely overtaken by extremist right-wingers who would rather destroy America than see it thrive and grow responsibly, all for the sake of their self-imposed higher morality.  There is nothing higher or superior about the morals of The Republican Party, although, their hypocrisy is higher and superior, that's for sure.

On second thought, a pig is too kind a creature to represent such a vile, destructive, and hateful political group.  With all of the legislation against not just women, but American citizens, The Republican Party is not only waging a war on women, but The Republican Party is waging a war on all citizens of The United States of America that don't follow their inferior ideology.  We should call The Republican Party's war on America 'The Great Republican Dispiriting War'.  The Republican Party should be renamed The New American Taliban Party, or NAT, for short.  How fitting!  As small as gnats are they can be very annoying, buzzing about, biting, sucking blood, looking for mischief just to survive.  And that title is also appropriate because, like the Taliban of Afghanistan, The Republican Party wants to impose harsh and restrictive codes of conduct on the citizen's of our society because they think that is what their "god" would want.  Hogwash!!!  I would laugh out loud if it weren't so fucking pathetic.

Yes, that is what I will call The Republican Party for the rest of this political campaign, The New American Taliban Party.  Maybe even for the rest of my life, unless they are totally defeated in November, which is what they deserve.

The Republican Party is The New American Taliban Party.

TEA = Taliban Extremists' Arm. 

'Galaxy One'

We're products of higher power, truth be told

The story of just one should not be sold

There are powers of two at work, that's why we're here

The story of just one is most what I fear

We are placed here on Earth to do our best

But not to destroy this planet in jest

We think we know best, without knowing the rest

If we are seeing the best that we can do

I'm left feeling a little blue

We strip all its' resources expecting long life

But we're really causing this planet great strife

Flaming balls is how this earth will end

A stronger message I cannot send

The intelligence we humans do possess

Sometimes comes without great process

From the very first galaxy, we come from the center

For each time on an earth as a human we enter

Or a worm, a bug, a rabbit, a snake

Any life with energy is what we must take

To honor our Gods of which life we are given

To accomplish better, of that we should be driven

To do much better at saving this earth

And doing away with all war and dearth

For it's from the center of all things we come

Disbelief is the only thought of some

To this place of beauty as we think we know beauty

To preserve and evolve is really our main duty

Of the life we're given, it's eternal in length

To believe in such does take great strength

Is that asking too much to honor our makers?

To prove that we all can be movers and shakers

'The Drunken Fury of The King'

This is representative of The King during the "Bush years".  That would be the second Bush's (43) wasteful eight years, as the first Bush's (41) one term was mostly innocuous, not as wasteful as the son's.  The King is usually a stoic individual, but those long, wasteful eight years, at times, proved to be too much for The King to contain his outrage at the lies and deceit which brought about a historic invasion of a sovereign nation, causing unnecessary death and debt. And the wastefulness lasted not only for those eight years, but we are still living in the aftermath of the effects. Those long, wasteful eight years stand as an indication of the very best that "we the people" can expect from a Republican leader in the White House.

'The Queen's Fury'

As for these two pieces of art, the story they tell is that The King was allowed an expression of emotions in an open manner brought about by a little too much imbibing, whereas the Queen was able to keep her emotions in check by way of her regal stoicism.  Well, that, and she never has more than two glasses of wine at public events.

I'm thankful for the gift of creativity and the ability to express my emotions through art.  I can't imagine how I would have expressed my outrage during those long, wasteful eight years if I did not paint.

In all seriousness, I have listened to dabates about whether George W. Bush was the "worst" President in our history, but as far as I am concerned that word matters not.  One thing that is NOT up for debate is that George Troubleyou Bush was the most wasteful President in my lifetime.  Not only was he a wrong, wrongful, wrongheaded, wrongdoer, he was a Wasteful Waster of Wastefulness Waste!  He belongs behind bars for the rest of his life on this earth, along with the rest of his cohorts in crimes.

Check your halo!

 'The Crucial Fix'

I am not a Christian, Jew, or any other monotheist, but I do believe that a man named Jesus walked on this earth in antiquity.  I am a DuoTheist.  I call my "religious" beliefs Carlism, therefore, I am a Carlist.  Even though I believe that Jesus roamed this earth before, I also believe that the name of Jesus has been grossly misrepresented on many levels throughout history since his death.  I believe that Jesus was a "left-wing liberal" who set out to bring an end to conservative rule in his society because of the greed and waste of what he saw as "corporate capitalism" of his day.  Jesus upset the apple cart and he paid a price with his life, and the conservatives that ruled during his time felt the only way to "fix" the problem that they saw in Jesus, was to kill Jesus so he could no longer be of influence with his words.  For the conservatives back then, the crusifixion of Jesus was a crucial fix to what they saw as a problem.  I believe that Jesus threatened everything that the conservatives stood for as well as their grip on power during his time so they used him as an example.

Fast forward to now.  Many people do believe that we will see a return of Jesus to this earth at some point.  I personally do not believe we will see THE man that was named Jesus, but I do believe that the people of this earth will see a man that will represent a modern incarnation and embodiment of the man that was known as Jesus, only this time around he will have a different name and he will be here not as a god but as a representative of gods.  Think of this modern man as a 'velvet mouthpiece' for our Gods.  I believe that he will have a lot of answers to problems we have on this earth.  I do not think he will be able to walk on water, and while I accept the possiblity that he will be able to perform 'miracles', I doubt the tasks he can accomplish will be true miracles as we humans define them.

This earth inhabits many people that identify themselves as believers in Jesus Christ, but if and/or when he "returns" to this earth how many of those believers will truly "believe".  I believe that it will not be so clear cut as to He being Him.  My point is I believe that many who say they believe in Jesus will doubt what the man says when he appears and tells us that he is THE MAN sent here by Gods.  And I do believe that he will be here to bring change to humankind for the good of all humans.  That would make him a progressive individual.  And taking into consideration how broken of a society this earth is, he is going to need to spread his progress liberally.  One more thing that I believe concerning this matter is that I believe THE MAN sent here by our Gods is on this earth right now, yet to show his face to the people of this earth, yet to be recognized, yet to spread HIS WORDS.  His incarnation cannot come soon enough in this modern age.

'Circus Master for The Ignorant'

Words are an important strategy for political campaigns.  Words are chosen to give negative association with one side or the other.  Republicans are much more successful at this strategy than Democrats, at least they have been more successful for the past twenty-plus years.  Words like "liberal" and "progressive" are two examples and yet, the words are used as camouflage for the person or group using the words.  The Republican Party successfully used those two words while promoting George W. Bush as their best choice for America.  "Liberal" and "progressive" were two words that were used to conjure up negative feelings about "the other side", but the interesting thing is that George Troubleyou Bush was one of the most progressive presidents we have had in a long time.  He was progressive at bringing about two wars for the Conservatives and he was very progressive at spending the heck out of our taxpayer's dollars and nearly bankrupting our Country.  And he was progressive at being the most wasteful president in our modern age.  Too bad he made his progress so liberally.  Too bad his progress wasn't for the good of our Country.

The Republican's demonizing words only serves as camouflage for their own hypocrisy, but it has worked so well in the past because American voters so willfully choose ignorance when it comes to politics.  It is with amazement that we see this political party using this tactic once again in another campaign season with the hopes that enough American voters will be fooled by the hypocritical camouflage and vote for their party's candidates, allowing The Republican Party to once again inflict its' damages on our society.

Another word that is commonly used to demonize those that disagree is "socialism".  The conservatives have beaten that dead horse to a bloody pulp.  The health care law that was passed two years ago is the perfect example.  Conservatives and The Republican Party have called 'Obamacare' socialism, which only magnifies their ignorance.  If they really understood "socialism", they would know that 'Obamacare' is nothing at all a product of a socialist society.  'Obamacare' is absolutely, positively a healthcare system designed by corporate capitalists for a corporate capitalistic society.

The Republican Party is THE political party of Conservatism and THAT is the true evil dark force in the United States of America.  The only strategy that "The Dark Party" is confident in is one of fear-mongering, with lies and distortions, using words as camouflage for their own flawed, hypocritical, inferior ideology.  Two Thousand Twelve is the time for a real awakening, a revolution by way of the voting booth here in America. End Conservative Rule! With that, we the people can end the hypocritical use of words as camouflage in our political campaigns.  It would serve as a strong message that the voters have chosen intelligence, not ignorance, while in the voting booth.

 'Mr. Disenchanted'

I once was asked “Why the long face?”

For on this earth I feel out of place

We wonder what’s causing the overheating of our globe

Man’s extraction of oil will cause this earth to explode

Our earth has a cooling system with a natural lubricant

The oil in the system, it’s the earth’s coolant

Massive explosion will cause great balls of flame

It’s all man’s fault and that’s really a shame

Extraction of oil

From under the soil

Will cause this earth to spoil

I'm Mr. Disenchanted, that’s why the long face

While discussing the truth of the warming of globe

The stripping of coal will help this earth to explode

Insulation of earth is what’s seen in coal

Some say moneymaking is only their goal

Coal is not a clean energy

Some strip it from earth and burn it with glee

Millions of years it took to produce

Give man just a while and of coal he’ll reduce

We’ll be left in the cold without insulation

Stop the mining now with no procrastination

But who’s listening to me, Mr. Disenchanted?

These wishes of mine probably won’t be granted

Yet remember my words come from me not

My Gods have told me why this earth‘s getting hot

For the reasons I’ve mentioned above, plus some more

With rising sea levels we’ll be looking for the shore

Ignore me, that’s okay, if you really must

But in my Gods words you really should trust

I’m disenchanted with life on this earth

That’s why the long face

So here I am now begging someone to listen

For my time on this earth; this is part of my mission

Stop drilling of oil, make that a goal

And also stop the mining of coal

With wind and water and solar we’ll see

Renewable energy is what it should be

That powers our earth that by gods we've been given

Of these goals I’ve set forth we all should be driven

To make the changes of here I have spoken

Please allow my words to serve as a token

Words of peace and energy I’ve hurled

Peace must come to all on this world

O, ye of long face

Mr. Disenchanted

That's why the long face

 'Through the Burka'

Wow, what a mess we have in Afghanistan!  Every day that passes the situation seems to get worse and worse.  In recent weeks we have seen images of our U.S. soldiers urinating on the dead bodies of Afghan civilians, accidental burning of Quarans, and a savage massacre of more Afghan civilians, including women and children.  Each time that something like this happens, the Afghans are driven to retaliate with actions of revenge which bring about more death of our military personnel and NATO "peacekeepers".  And all of this is taking place in a land that time forgot.  Afghanistan is perhaps one of the most underdeveloped nations on this earth.  And it's not for lack of trying.  For the most part, Afghanis are a barbaric people, by choice.  The word conservative doesn't even begin to describe life in Afghanistan.  The women of Afghanistan are forced to live in fabric prisons, to remain uneducated so that the "men" maintain the force of power in an incredibly sad existence.  I do not believe that the people of Afghanistan place a very high value on life, which may be part of the problem.  The Afghanis are eager to protest and kill "the invaders" when a few Quarans are burned, but then are satisfied to accept $400.00 from the United States government as payment for each family member killed by our soldiers.  Such is life, at least in Afghanistan.

And then there is the issue of taxpayer dollars.  Here in America, we have an aging infrastructure and a less than ideal education system, but instead of spending our money here at home, our politicians choose to spend our money in a place like Afghanistan where it is not appreciated by a large majority of the population of that nation.  We can spend millions and millions of dollars constructing interstates to allow easier travel within Afghanistan, but that will not bring civility to the people.  And we can spend billions of dollars of our money in Afghanistan to give the people running water and electricity, but that will not change the mentality of the people.  The men will continue to be the dominate "rulers" and the women will continue to live, uneducated, in their fabric prisons.  Until that changes, nothing we Americans do will bring about positive societal change in the antiquated, barbaric land that we know as Afghanistan.  Afghanistan is a black hole here on earth that we dump our money into.  What a waste!!!  There is good reason that Afghanistan is known as The Empire Slayer.

'The Almighty Dollar' 

It's too bad about the weak value of the dollar

So weak, in fact, it makes me want to holler

In carlWorld, our currency is called the Zero

Its value is stable, I'm considered a Hero

Our coin, the One, is stable as well

With the weakness of the dollar, I fear, we'll burn in hell

But I'll worry not, only time will tell

I wonder what's causing its value, so low

Maybe it's time those false words on back go

In carlWorld, we worship gods of two

"In God We Trust" leaves me feeling blue

Those words serve as memo to remember only one

We all have two Gods that placed us under the sun

"In Gods We Trust" would be more fitting

On one of our Gods, the Dollar is shitting

When each time those words, with my eyes I do see

I ask our two Gods why this has to be

Add a letter to those words and the value might rise

"In Gods We Trust", that would be wise

A Mother and a Father, it's just that simple

To honor our Gods, I'll build a large temple

No need for pageantry, no need for a wimple

When it comes time to honor them, just say thanks

And live a good life not filled with pranks

I hope the dollar sees an increase in worth

The world would be joyful, filled with mirth

Mirth means laughter and merriment, joy and glee

With a valuable currency, that is what we all could see

I won't hold my breath, for I might turn blue

But these words I speak just might come true

And we'll all acknowledge our Gods of two

'Earth Candle'

The talking heads that belong to the oil and gas industries want us to believe that "fracking" is a harmless procedure that they use to extract oil and gas more cheaply so they can provide these forms of energy at less cost to the consumers.  But I believe that the "harmless" part is absolute hogwash.  Actually, bullshit would be a better word because it is total BS.  Fracking IS fracturing of the earth, plain and simple.  All humans should be outraged that this practice is allowed to continue.  Fracking should be halted immediately, no ands, ifs, or buts.

Unfortunately, with our broken government that we have here in America the Beautiful, the energy companies spend massive amounts of money lobbying members of Congress to keep quiet and allow this procedure of destroying our earth to continue.  Meanwhile, water supplies are being contaminated by the chemicals that are used as part of the fracturing process.  Who's looking out for the people?  Aren't members elected to Congress to represent "the people"?  Representing the citizens means that one cares about the citizen's.  Representing the citizens means looking out for the best interest and well-being of all of the people.

I realize I am wasting my breathe in speaking out about this.  Congress members are bought and paid for.  Money speaks, fracking continues as does the destruction of this earth, and those that were put in power to represent the people sit in their ivory towers, silent, but well paid and cared for by way of taxpayer's dollars.  Stop the fracturing of our earth now.  Stop "fracking" NOW!!!

'Cupid's Old Career'

I personally do not celebrate Valentine's Day, nor do I care much about it.  Having said that, most people that I know do celebrate the day and do give gifts to their loved one(s).  So, with that, I wish those that care a Happy Valentine's Day.  I have already stated on this blog that 2012 has started out as a pretty good year and that would make this February 14th a little extra special considering that the past three-plus years have been kind of dismal.  For Tuesday, February 14, I wish those that revel in its cause a Happy Valentine's Day, for those that don't, Happy Tuesday!  Have a good week.

'The Last Door'

Many people have been unemployed and/or experiencing hard times over the past few years.  Our economic hardships started way back in summer of 2008 as the eight year reign of horror and misleadership of George Troubleyou Bush's two terms was coming to an end.  It has taken almost an entire presidential term for our country to start getting back on track after the worst economic downturn since the 1930's.  We're not completely out of recovery, as we still have a long way to go, but we are doing much better and things are looking up for this new year of 2012.  One of the best things that I see happening in this recovery is that some jobs that were lost to foreign countries are returning to America.  Manufacturing jobs, that is.  During the collapse of our economy came a near-catastrophic collapse of our American automobile industry.  It is a very good thing that we had people in power, at that time, that made the difficult choices to lend a financial helping hand and save that industry.  It should come as no surprise that the car companies were mismanaged while an irresponsible Republican was in the White House.  Just a coincidence?  I think not.  A sure sign of poor leadership.  The Democrats are far from perfect, but at this point in time, I think the Democrats are better leaders for our "free enterprise" system.  Plus, the "jackasses" were our only hope for cleaning up after the elephants.

I, myself, have been a part of the percentage of people who has been unemployed/underemployed for most of the past three years, but things are looking up for 2012.  I have no huge financial income to speak of yet, but several opportunities have been presented and I think I see light at the end of the tunnel, and I think it is sunlight.  I'm looking forward to what the future holds in store for me this year, and I wish the very best to everyone else who has suffered during this time of hardship.

I'm just hoping that come November, when it's time to walk into the voting booth, we don't revert back to the same poor leadership that caused this mess in the first place.

'In Celebration of...'

...my first book publication.  Actually, two books.  I recently published two books of my art.  The first book is titled, Empire Patterns, and it contains original art and the patterns that are created with the original art.  The second book, Modern Fusion, contains my original art, no patterns.  Both books are 160 pages in full color.  Both books can be previewed at the link to my "bookstore".  I published my books through blurb.com.  My books can be purchased on the link, as well, each priced at $79.90 USD.  My Bookstore link:

http://www.blurb.com/user/store/CarlKojis

'Balloon Bordello'

Again, I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and best wishes for a healthy, happy, and prosperous new year.  And for those that are on the lunar calendar, Happy New Year a bit early (Lunar New Year is on the 23rd).  This piece of art was painted in winter 2004/2005, and I had every intention of continuing to paint on this wood panel in order to complete this artwork, however, I stopped painting on it and this is what it is, circa 2012.  I want to use it for this blog post.

I have a very good feeling about what lies ahead in 2012.  I don't think it is the end of days, although, I think many people are going to think it is the end times due to natural and man-made disasters, as well as sociopolitical upheaval around the globe.  I can expound on that last part a bit by saying I think that a "certain" sociopolitical ideology is going to lose its grip of power, worldwide, in 2012, mostly be way of the voting booth and revolution.  I also think that 2012 is going to be a time of great jubilation and glee by a large majority of the population of this earth.

Regardless of whether or not my "predictions" are correct, I do hope that 2012 represents a rejuvenation for mankind, a cleansing of sorts.  Maybe we are going to let go of the concept of "war as rule", or perhaps, we will work on ending hunger and homelessness.  My point is that I hope 2012 marks a time when we come together as one poeple around the globe and start solving this world's problems, whether they be natural or man-made.

For me, 2012 is going to be a busy, productive year as my plans to begin my sole-proprietorship kick into high gear.  As soon as all of the legalities are official, I will share my business plans that have been in the works for most of this year.  Needless to say, I am looking forward to what lies ahead in 2012, come hell or high water, or both.

Again, Happy New Year, and best wishes to everyone for a healthy, happy, and prosperous new year filled with peace.

'In Celebration of...'

Happy New Year!  Best wishes to all for a healthy, happy, and prospeous new year.

Be safe during the celebrations and good luck with the resolutions.