No one has pointed out the stakes of the conflict but I will

"With President Obama capitulating to John Boehner on when he'd be permitted to deliver his jobs speech to Congress, Michael Tomasky wonders whether the president will ever fight for policies he believes in."

via Barack Obama: Still Acting Like a Wimp, Refusing to Fight for Jobs - The Daily Beast.

This article and the headline noted in the link immediately above is in the same ballpark with Boehner's diss of the President. No one has pointed out the stakes of the conflict that only a few even understand and admit. Obama understands it. He has the advantage of experience that John Boehner will never begin to comprehend. As for the author of this piece (or maybe it is also the headline writer) unless you can see the present juncture of history as no less momentous than the one that Lincoln presided over, don't even bother to consider yourself a worthy interpreter of what is happening. The stakes are overturning the corporate domination of  the US led by big oil. In such a battle the winner is the one who has a mind.

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Speaking of Jaws of Hell Try Harold Simmons on for Size

Meet the Shady Dallas Mega-Billionaire Industrialist Pouring Money into Rick Perry's Coffers | | AlterNet:

For those with strong stomachs.


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Deadly States Jaws of Hell

5 Deadliest states of the USA - Holy Kaw!:

"1. Texas - Rattlesnake

By both population and landmass, Texas is the second largest state in the USA. And it is because of this immense size of 261,797 square miles (696,200 km2), and wide-ranging terrain that this particular territory has grown an infamous reputation as the toughest, wildest and most dangerous of all 50 states - whether that’s because of cowboys or rattlesnakes remains uncertain."

I would say it's because of people like the late Malcolm Wallace and their high-placed cronies and any politicians tied to the wealthiest clique.


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Parsing The Jaws of Hell

James Ellroy, 24 and Hell - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com:

"How the Jaws of Hell Became

My Description of the

Evil We Create on Earth"


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Is the corporate stranglehold total?

Is This the 'Worst Congress Ever'? - Digg: "Corporate control over government is beginning to reach a point of no return (in otherwords, there are systemic and institutional problems that prevent government from doing its job no matter who is involved."

I would say damned near

And if the Koches can keep Democrats from voting
And Obama is defeated

The Bush scoop will be complete

And the jaws of hell will close

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Corporate Dirty Work Should Be Investigated in Advance

I am tolerably convinced that all companies have a "jaws of hell" option which emboldens them to hire criminal sorts to do any dirty work they need done. Since the jaws of hell involves violence and death, it is understandable that nicer sorts suppress the impulse to blow whistles or even express fears. We now know that the Murdoch empire is in the jaws of hell realm. Even when death is not the result, the lethal is never beyond possibility. I hope that we are emboldened  by the Murdoch fall to consider this delicate area as a prime subject for "regulation" in the future. Advance regulation. Advance whistle blowing. Corporate enterprises of any sort are inherently inclined to amorality and immorality, merely because of the workings of pride and power and lying and other elements of gradual corruption. Democratic revolution has to do with lessening these evil tendencies and reducing the lethal impact of power and privilege. Did you know that in the US poverty is right up there with auto accidents as a cause of tens of thousands of deaths annually?
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