Oct 13, 2004
Project for a new American Century - the
Mein Kampf for the Fourth Reich
Oct 13, 2004
The "president" struts his way onto the
ash heap of history.
May 10, 2005
US Totalitarian Tendencies exposed
Those who grew up during the peak years
of the Cold War are struck by an emerging pattern in US foreign policy.
The pattern suggests that throughout those Cold War years, the US
projected on the Soviet Union its own intentions and inclinations,
accusing the latter of seeking to set up a world government, seeking to
spread the Soviet version of communism to every corner of the globe,
when in fact it was the US which sought to impose its form of corporate
cannibalism on the whole world.
May 1, 2005
The gagging of dissent
When the US went to war against Iraq, a majority of people in the US
opposed the invasion but their voices, writes Lewis Lapham, "couldn't
make it past the security guards at the White House or CNN" and were
muted to faint echoes "in literary journals of modest circulation, in
the letters to the editors of the Washington Post or the New York Times,
among a scattering of guests on National Public Radio, in the farther
reaches of the Internet".
May 1, 2005
Google To Implement Bias Towards
Mainstream News
May 1, 2005
Religious right seeks judiciary that
dissolves church-state separation
Theocracy in Middle East--no. Theocracy in America --si.
April 11, 2004
Combat Veterans dare call it treason-Wake Up
America!
April 8, 2004
Bush Seeks To Void Damage Award To Gulf War POWs
He has a much better place to put that money.
By his fruits you will know him: head of
Bush Liars' Club in his own words and actions
New Book Reveals Ties Between Bushes,
Saudi Royal Family, & bin Ladens
Administration Ignoring Saudi Terrorist
Financiers
Bush Lands on Aircraft Carrier Lincoln
FINALLY, THE TRUTH ABOUT BUSH'S MILITARY SERVICE
RECORD
George W.'s Missing Year
Bush was serving in a champagne unit that was refuge for the area
sons of privilege. Its ranks included John Connolly's son, Lloyd Bentsen's
son, John Tower's son, SEVEN Dallas Cowboys, and two sons of the
businessman who got G W Bush into the Guard ahead of hundreds of others on
a waiting list.
Nearly two hundred manila-wrapped pages of George Walker Bush's service
records came to me like some sort of giant banana stuffed into my mailbox.
I had been seeking more information about his military record to find out
what he did during what I think of as his "missing year," when he failed
to show up for duty as a member of the Air National Guard, as the Boston
Globe first reported.
The initial page I examined is a chronological listing of Bush's service
record. This document charts active duty days served from the time of his
enlistment. His first year, a period of extensive training, young Bush is
credited with serving 226 days. In his second year in the Guard, Bush is
shown to have logged a total of 313 days. After Bush got his wings in June
1970 until May 1971, he is credited with a total of 46 days of active
duty. From May 1971 to May 1972, he logged 22 days of active duty.
Marty Heldt is a farmer. He told us, "I
spent 17 years as a brakeman [for the railroad] before moving back to the
farm. That job had some long layovers that gave me a lot of time to read
and to educate myself." He lives in Clinton, Iowa
1999
newspaper stories
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July
4, 1999, L A Times Bush Received Quick
Air Guard Commission
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July
3, 1999 Dallas Morning News Bush's stint in
Guard scrutinized
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September
6, 1999 Dallas Morning News Barnes was asked to
help get Bush in Guard
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September
8, 1999 Dallas Morning News Bush
denies favoritism in gaining Guard post
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September
10, 1999 Judge says Barnes has to
testify on Bush, Guard post
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September
26, 1999 Dallas Morning News Adviser asked Barnes
to recall Guard details before Bush joined race
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September
27, 1999 Dallas Morning News Barnes says he urged
Guard slot for Bush
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July
28, 1999 Washington Post At Height Of
Vietnam, Bush Picks Guard
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September
22,1999 Boston Globe Bush reportedly was
helped in joining Guard unit in Vietnam era
2000
stories dealing with Bush's missing year in the Guard
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May
23, 2000 Boston Globe One-year gap in Bush's Guard records
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May
24, 2000 Boston Globe Bush defends guard record
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May
24, 2000 CNN Bush
dismisses reports
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June
18, 2000 London Sunday Times Missed Drug Test Grounded Bush
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June 25,
Washington Post Records of Bush's Ala. Military Duty Can't Be Found
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July
28 Boston Globe Most recent major coverage
The Military
records of George Walker Bush
Document 2 - ( doc2.gif)-Second
Bush request for temporary transfer
Document 4 - ( doc4.gif)
-Annual Officer Effectiveness Report part 1
Document 5 - (doc5.gif)-HQ
disallows transfer
Document 6 - ( doc6.gif)-lt.
Colonel Brickens Response
Document 7 - ( doc7.gif)
-First transfer request
Document 9 - ( doc9.gif)-Annual
Officer Effectiveness Report part 2
Document 10 ( doc10.gif)-
Chronological Listing
Document 11 - ( doc11.gif)-HQ
approval.
Document 12 - (doc12.gif)-HQ
request for more information
Document 14 - ( doc14.gif)-Bush
duty assignments
Document 16 - (doc16.gif)-1973
days credited.
Document 17 - ( doc17.gif)-Orders
to report for active duty.
Document 20 -
( Doc20.gif)-
Bush request for discharge from
Texas Air NationalGuard and Transfer to inactive reserves
Document 21 - ( Doc21.gif)-
Texas Air National Guard OK for
transfer to inactive reserves
Document ANG22 -( ang22.gif)
- Bush discharge papers
Document 23 - ( doc23.gif)-Penalty
for bad attendance
Document 24 -( doc24.gif)
-Statement of intent: "Flying is lifetime goal."
Document 25 - ( doc25.gif)-TXANG
Request to be notified if Bush is assigned to reserves. May 72
Document 26 -( doc26.gif)-
Contract of Service
Document 27 -( doc27.gif)-
Request Discharge
Document 28 - ( doc28.gif)-"Not
available for administrative reasons."
Document 30- ( grounded.gif)-
Bush's suspension from flying.
This is a cover letter from the National Guard Bureau (I
wrote to the pentagon and they sent the request to the NGB) http://www.cis.net/~coldfeet/cover2.gif
Here is the unaltered Document 99 Note that there is no handwriting applied to this document. The one used
by George Magazine has been altered at a later date.
This is the cover letter from the Reserve Personnel
Center in Denver CO http://www.cis.net/~coldfeet/Den_cov_letter.gif
Here is a PR release http://www.cis.net/~coldfeet/He_gets_high_PR_release.gif
Second page of the PR release http://www.cis.net~/coldfeet/afterburners.gif
FOIA request http://www.cis.net/~coldfeet/FOIApg1.gif
FOIA request http://www.cis.net/~coldfeet/FOIApg2.gif
30 May 1969 NYT (p. 5, col. 1)
Other less privileged men face penalties
NYT 7 July, 1967, pg. 2, col. 7...
NYT 18 July, 1968, pg. 9, col. 5
Feb 11, 2004
BUSH RELEASES MILITARY SERVICE
RECORDS AND PROVES HE
WAS AWOL NEARLY TWO YEARS.
Bush has had the White House release his disputed
military pay records, and the results are not what George Bush obviously
hoped for and what his PR man is spinning so superficially. The records
show George W. Bush was paid for only 9 days' service between May 1972
and May 26, 1974, when his 6 years in the Texas Air National Guard were
up. That's 9 days out of 2 years while your fathers, sons, brothers,
comrades-in-arms, uncles, and friends were dying in Vietnam.
February 13, 2004
Seeking Memories of Bush at an Alabama Air Base:
AWOL during war usually brings severe penalty
February 14, 2004
Watching the White House Press Secretary dance
around Helen Thomas's questions about George's community service while
in the National Guard
Bush's Military Service is not the issue. George couldn't afford
to take a drug test was that would have been shown his use of cocaine
continuing, a condition of his sentencing that he remain clean. In holding back Bush's military records, Rove has made the military
records the issue, and has managed to divert the media from the real
issue, which is the community service. If those legal files ever get
out, showing that Bush was convicted of a serious drug offence, his
political career will be finished. The real reason that Bush went AWOL
was that he couldn't afford to take a drug test. If word of
the failed drug test had filtered back to the court, he would have gone
to jail. His fear of the criminal legal consequences is why he went
AWOL, and that's why the community service is the key to understanding
what is going on here. By concentrating on the military records, the
media is walking right into Rove's trap. Helen Thomas once again shows
us what a REAL journalist is supposed to do. She had a little help from
her friends. Liar's Tap Dance Here
Hatch Leading Charge to '1984,'
Critics Warn
Once determined to get government of people's backs, now
destroying the Bill of Rights.
Orrin Hatch |
By Christopher Smith
The Salt Lake Tribune
WASHINGTON -- At the same time coalition
forces are bringing liberty to Iraqis, organizations on both
the left and right of the U.S. political spectrum say members
of Congress led by Sen. Orrin Hatch are trying to strip
precious rights from Americans.
Utah's senior Republican lawmaker last week quietly
proposed and then retracted an amendment to eliminate the Dec.
31, 2005, expiration date of the expanded electronic
surveillance authority given to the Justice Department under
the USA Patriot Act, the sweeping anti-terrorism legislation
quickly passed after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the
Pentagon and World Trade Center.
There is growing debate over the complex law's full
implications to privacy and civil liberties. Some Republican
members of Congress now openly express regret they voted for
the bill that Hatch had a direct hand in crafting. Rep. Don
Young, R-Alaska, recently called it the "worst act we ever
passed . . . stupid, it was what you would call 'emotional
voting.' "
George W. Bush Resume
Past work experience:
a.. Ran for congress and lost.
b.. Produced a Hollywood slasher B movie.
c.. Bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas, company
went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.
d.. Bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took
land using tax-payer money. Biggest move: Traded Sammy Sosa to the Chicago
Cubs.
e.. With fathers help (and his name) was elected Governor of Texas.
f.. Accomplishments- Changed pollution laws for power and oil companies
and made Texas the most polluted state in the Union. Replaced Los Angeles
with Houston as the most smog ridden city in America. Cut taxes and
bankrupted the Texas government to the tune of billions in borrowed money.
g.. Became president after losing the popular vote by over 500,000 votes,
with the help of my fathers appointments to the Supreme Court.
Accomplishments as president--
a.. Attacked and took over two countries.
b.. Spent the surplus and bankrupted the treasury. c.. Shattered record
for biggest annual deficit in history.
d.. Set economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12
month period.
e.. Set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock
market.
f.. First president in US history to enter office with a criminal record.
g.. First year in office set the all-time record for most days on vacation
by any president in US history.
h.. After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, presided
over the worst security failure in US history.
i.. Set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips than any other
president in US history.
j.. In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their
job.
k.. Cut unemployment benefits for more out of work Americans than any
president in US history.
l.. Set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12 month period.
m.. Appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than
any president in US history.
n.. Set the record for the least amount of press conferences than any
president since the advent of television.
o.. Signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than
any president in US history.
p.. Presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to
intervene when corruption was revealed.
q.. Presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history and refused to
use the national reserves as past presidents have.
r.. Cut healthcare benefits for war veterans.
s.. Set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously
take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the
record for protest against any person in the history of mankind.
(http://www.hyperreal.org/~dana/marches/)
t.. Dissolved more international treaties than any president in US
history.
u.. My presidency is the most secretive and un-accountable of any in US
history.
v.. Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US
history. (the 'poorest' multi-millionaire, Condoleeza Rice has an Exxon
oil tanker named after her).
w.. First president in US history to have all 50 states of the Union
simultaneously go bankrupt.
x.. Presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud of any market
in any country in the history of the world.
y.. First president in US history to order a US attack and military
occupation of a sovereign nation.
z.. Created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history
of the United States.
aa.. Set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases,
more than any president in US history.
ab.. First president in US history to have the United Nations remove the
US from the human rights commission.
ac.. First president in US history to have the United Nations remove the
US from the elections monitoring board.
ad.. Removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of
congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US
history.
ae.. Rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant. af.. Withdrew from the
World Court of Law.
ag.. Refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by
default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.
ah.. First president in US history to refuse United Nations election
inspectors (during the 2002 US elections).
ai.. All-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign
donations.
aj.. My biggest life-time campaign contributor presided over one of the
largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former
CEO of Enron Corporation).
ak.. Spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US
history.
al.. First president in US history to unilaterally attack a sovereign
nation against the will of the United Nations and the world community.
am.. First president to run and hide when the US came under attack (and
then lied saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1)
an.. First US president to establish a secret shadow government.
ao.. Took the biggest world sympathy for the US after 911, and in less
than a year made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly
the biggest diplomatic failure in US and world history). ap.. First US
president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view
my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability. aq..
First US president in history to have the people of South Korea more
threatened by the US than their immediate neighbor, North Korea.
ar.. Changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded
government contracts.
as.. Set all-time record for number of administration appointees who
violated US law by not selling huge investments in corporations bidding
for government contracts.
at.. Failed to fulfill my pledge to get Osama Bin Laden 'dead or alive'.
au.. Failed to capture the anthrax killer who tried to murder the leaders
of our country at the United States Capital building. After 18 months I
have no leads and zero suspects.
av.. In the 18 months following the 911 attacks I have successfully
prevented any public investigation into the biggest security failure in
the history of the United States.
aw.. Removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any
other president in US history. ax.. In a little over two years created the
most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided the US has ever
been since the civil war.
ay.. Entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less
than two years turned every single economic category heading straight
down.
Records and References
a.. At least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine
(Texas driving record has been erased and is not available)
b.. AWOL from National Guard and Deserted the military during a time of
war.
c.. Refuse to take drug test or even answer any questions about drug use.
d.. All records of my tenure as governor of Texas have been spirited away
to my fathers library, sealed in secrecy and un-available for public view.
e.. All records of any SEC investigations into my insider trading or
bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and un-available for public view.
f.. All minutes of meetings for any public corporation I served on the
board are sealed in secrecy and un-available for public view.
g.. Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding
public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and un-available for public
review. h.. For personal references please speak to my daddy or uncle
James Baker (They can be reached at their offices of the Carlyle Group for
war-profiteering.)
The 9-11 Coverup
WASHINGTON (CNN) --
President Bush personally asked Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle
Tuesday to limit the congressional investigation into the events
of September 11, congressional and White House sources told CNN.
The request was made at a private meeting with congressional
leaders Tuesday morning. Sources said Bush initiated the
conversation.
He asked that only the House and Senate intelligence committees
look into the potential breakdowns among federal agencies that
could have allowed the terrorist attacks to occur, rather than a
broader inquiry that some lawmakers have proposed, the sources
said.
Tuesday's discussion followed a rare call to Daschle from Vice
President Dick Cheney last Friday to make the same request.
"The vice president expressed the concern that a review of what
happened on September 11 would take resources and personnel away
from the effort in the war on terrorism," Daschle told reporters.
But, Daschle said, he has not agreed to limit the investigation.
"I acknowledged that concern, and it is for that reason that the
Intelligence Committee is going to begin this effort, trying to
limit
the scope and the overall review of what happened," said Daschle,
D-South Dakota.
"But clearly, I think the American people are entitled to know
what
happened and why," he said.
Cheney met last week in the Capitol with the chairmen of the House
and Senate intelligence committees and, according to a spokesman
for Senate Intelligence Chairman Bob Graham, D-Florida, "agreed to
cooperate with their effort."
The heads of both intelligence committees have been meeting to map
out a way to hold a bipartisan House-Senate investigation and
hearings.
They were discussing how the inquiry would proceed, including what
would be made public, what would remain classified, and how broad
the probe would be.
Graham's spokesman said the committees will review intelligence
matters only.
"How ill prepared were we and why? We are looking towards the
possibility of addressing systemic problems through legislation,"
said spokesman Paul Anderson.
Some Democrats, such as Sens. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut and
Robert Torricelli of New Jersey, have been calling for a broad
inquiry looking at various federal government agencies beyond the
intelligence community.
"We do not meet our responsibilities to the American people if we
do not take an honest look at the federal government and all of
its agencies and let the country know what went wrong," Torricelli
said.
"The best assurance that there's not another terrorist attack on
the
United States is not simply to hire more federal agents or spend
more money. It's to take an honest look at what went wrong. Who or
what failed? There's an explanation owed to the American people,"
he said.
Although the president and vice president told Daschle they were
worried a wide-reaching inquiry could distract from the
government's war on terrorism, privately Democrats questioned why
the White House feared a broader investigation to determine
possible culpability.
"We will take a look at the allocation of resources. Ten thousand
federal agents -- where were they? How many assets were used, and
what signals were missed?" a Democratic senator told CNN.
CNN Capitol Hill Producer Dana Bash and CNN Correspondents Jon
Karl and John King contributed to this report.
Democracy Now! Premieres the Full Interview with Bush Biographer J.H.
Hatfield Who Died 2 Years Ago of an Alleged Suicide Amidst Controversy
Over his Book Fortunate Son
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Historical 12" Action Figure of George W. Bush commemorating his days
as a cheerleader at prep school, only $39.99!
Be proud you're an American!
Thanks to MediaWhoresOnline.
Bush Body Count
In response to the recent media effort to paint America's hatred of
Bush as payback for the right wing's harassment of President Clinton:
That's a load of elephant dung. The Bush Body Count did start as
a parody of the so-called Clinton Death List, but as people researched
names and started reading old news stories and books, a picture of the
Bush family emerged that was, to say the least, disturbing.
Do I hate George Bush? Well, I'm afraid that I do, and if you knew what
I know you'd hate him too.
I hate what he is, I hate what he's done, I hate what his grandfather
did, and what his father did, and what his cronies did and are doing to
the planet.
Please don't rely on the media to tell you about George W. Bush and his
family - I beg you, find out for yourself. Read, research, learn.
Knowledge is power.
A Roster of the Dead
This is a list of bodies, a roster of the dead, who might have been
called Witnesses had they not met their untimely ends. Some of the names
on this list will give you pause. Some are rumor. Some you may find
incredible, and some frightening. Do your own research. You will draw your
own conclusions. We make no assertion but this:
There is not enough time to compile a list of the thousands who have
died and will continue to die under CIA-backed government actions, or in
wars started by a lust for oil or power, and fed by the bodies of young
men who believed the media propaganda.
George W. Bush is the face of the CIA, the face of the ruling elite who
couldn't care less about the masses, especially if the masses get in the
way of their greed. The evil that was present in Nazi Germany is present
in his heritage, and now present in America. God help us all.
Four 9/11 Moms Battle Stonewalling Bush Administration "If we
have an executive branch that holds sole discretion over what information
is released to the public and what is hidden, the public will never get
the full story of why there was an utter failure to protect them that day,
and who should be held accountable."
Vice President Cheney still gets paid by Halliburton
which makes billions on no-bid Pentagon contracts in Iraq--Isn't
that conflict of interest? Impeach Cheney and sue him for fraud and war
crimes.
Bush Administration "misjudgment" of results of War in Iraq is costing
US billions and lives Last March on "Meet the Press," moderator Tim
Russert asked Cheney: "If your analysis is not correct and we're not
treated as liberators but as conquerors, and the Iraqis begin to resist,
particularly in Baghdad, do you think the American people are prepared for
a long, costly, bloody battle with significant American casualties?"
Cheney replied: "Well, I don't think it's likely to unfold that way, Tim,
because I really do believe that we will be greeted as liberators."
Iran-Contra II or Iran-neocontra Scandal developing Xymphora Thursday, August 21, 2003
BLACKOUT
TREASON:
Four hours before the blackout
began emergency power equipment trading skyrockets on London Exchange
The Chloride Group (CHLD.L on the London stock market) is one of the
world's largest suppliers of emergency power equipment and power
monitoring equipment. "We are proud to offer the most comprehensive power
protection solution portfolio in the industry." Here's their website: http://www.chloridepower.com/hub/main.html
On an average day in the week prior to the blackout, an average of 346,581
shares of the stock changed hands. On August 14, nearly 20 times that
volume (6,729,370) of shares were traded in London 4 hours before the
largest blackout in US history. From http://table.finance.yahoo.com/k?s=chld.l&g=d
Date..........Volume......Adj. Close* |
Date..........Volume......Adj. Close* |
Aug-15-03 .3,212,380
54.03
Aug-14-03 .6,729,370 51.50
Aug-13-03 1,100,440 47.50
Aug-12-03 799,300
44.71
Aug-11-03 432,856
43.80 |
Aug-08-03 115,000
42.55
Aug-07-03 100,000
43.00
Aug-06-03 56,033
42.52
Aug-05-03 618,618
43.50
Aug-04-03 304,260
42.00 |
Once again, Deutsche Bank is involved as the single largest stockholder at
14%. In the stock trading leading up to 9-11, put options skyrocketed for
United Airlines, American Airlines, Merrill Lynch and other businesses
that were hurt by the "Attack on America." Most of those put
options were through Deutsche Bank whose previous Chairman of the Board of
Directors was Buzz Krongard formerly of the CIA.
Do you get the feeling we're not being told everything there is to know
about this power outage? We still haven't seen any results of the
investigation into the 9-11 stock trading anomalies.
GAO Investigators: Cheney Stifled Energy Probe--Think
Enron, think impeachment, think price manipulation, brownouts, think
blaming California Energy Crisis on a Democrat, Governor Davis
(Reuters) - Congressional investigators said on Monday that Vice President
Dick Cheney had stymied their investigation into his energy task force by
refusing to turn over key documents. The General Accounting Office, the
investigative arm of Congress, said it was impossible to tell how much
energy companies or industry groups may have influenced the task force's
2001 report because the administration withheld important records.
Condi's
Phony History Shows Her Willingness to Lie August 29, 2003
"There is an understandable tendency to look back on
America's experience in postwar Germany and see only the successes," she
told the Veterans of Foreign Wars in San Antonio, Texas, on Aug. 25. "But
as some of you here today surely remember, the road we traveled was very
difficult. 1945 through 1947 was an especially challenging period. Germany
was not immediately stable or prosperous. SS officers-called
'werewolves'-engaged in sabotage and attacked both coalition forces and
those locals cooperating with them-much like today's Baathist and Fedayeen
remnants."
According to America's Role in Nation-Building: From Germany to Iraq, a new study by former Ambassador James Dobbins, who had a lead role in the
Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo reconstruction efforts, and a team of
RAND Corporation researchers, the total number of post-conflict American
combat casualties in Germany-and Japan, Haiti, and the two Balkan
cases-was zero.
Dec 16, 2003
The Medicare Scam: How Putsch screwed Americans for
hundreds of billions - again
Dec 18, 2003
Chinese mega-bucks for Bush Crime Family
shows hidden business connections
Many observers were surprised last week when George W. Bush came down in
favor of the People's Republic of China, against a democratic referendum
in Taiwan. His weighing in on behalf of mainland China becomes more
questionable at a time when well-connected Chinese companies are funneling
large sums of money to Bush's brothers. |
The Unauthorized Biography of George H.W. Bush by Tarpley and Chaitkin
March
8, 2004
Bush's Insider Trading leads him to Presidency
while Martha Stewart goes to jail for recognizing weakness of her stock
Mar. 11, 2004
Bush administration ordered Medicare plan cost
estimates withheld: The Man CANNOT Avoid Lying. It's in his genes.
March 18, 2004
Medicare's chief actuary showed drug benefit costs
for GOP bill would be $150 billion higher: report had been snuffed by
Bush
March 18, 2004
Inquiry Set on Bribery Claim in Medicare Vote
The House ethics committee
voted on Wednesday to start a formal investigation into accusations of
bribery surrounding last November's vote on the Medicare prescription
drug law, signaling that an initial fact-finding inquiry might have
produced evidence of wrongdoing.
Watch Donald Rumsfeld lie and then dance around
the lie
January 25, 2004
American Ali Baba: George W. Bush and the Stealing
of America
Fraud Traced to the White House: How California's
energy scam was inextricably linked to a war for oil scheme
GOP-led House reneges on pledge to pass $3.2 billion
for VA medical care--100,000
Gulf War Vets unable to get help
22 February
2004
Cheney's corruption is monumental and thus far the
corporate media and the sheeple have allowed the sleaze artist to get
away with it.
January 9, 2004
Cheney Target of Criminal Investigation
Though neglected by major media in the United States, international news
sources report that French law enforcement authorities have made Vice
President Dick Cheney the target of a criminal investigation for his role
in a massive bribery scandal during his time as CEO of Halliburton.
Feb 6, 2004
Cheney's Staff Focus of Probe of Violation of National Security Law
against Revealing Intelligence Operatives
Jan 8, 2004
By Definition US Has Lost War on Terrorism
Bush has done far more damage to our freedoms than terrorists ever could
have and his borrowing and spending while giving tax cuts to his rich
friends will wreck the entire nation, something no terrorist could ever
dream of. Sounds like a perfect Illuminati agenda.
Courts & Conservatives Check Bush's Zeal
Courts are cracking down on the Bush administration's assertions of power
over detainees. Committees headed by conservative Republicans are calling
for oversight of Bush's restrictions on constitutional rights. And the
Bush administration is resisting every step - even expanding its troubling
conduct.
Nov 8, 2003
N. Korea has 'validated' nuke: Bush policy
ignites self-defense response ensuring Armageddon
The problem with invading Iraq and discovering that it never did have
weapons of mass destruction is that nations who don't have any weapons of
mass destruction are now scrambling to get them before the US shows up on
their doorsteps.
Nov. 3, 2003
The Pentagon is quietly moving to fill draft board
vacancies nationwide: soon American
mothers will pay with their sons and daughters
Gay Blade Limbaugh's Lover Reveals Rush Panders to
the Gullible for Ratings
January 21, 2004
No child left behind: more lies from George Bush
Bush's Data Dump--The administration is hiding bad economic news. Here's how.
 Remember
this image: Dubya flashing the Illuminati's sign of Lucifer
The Greatest Story
Never Told: Computerized Election Fraud - Ernest Partridge - Imagine the
following election procedure: Paper ballots are marked, in secret and
deposited by the voters in sealed ballot boxes. (So far, so good). The
ballot boxes are then delivered to the offices of a private firm, which
is publicly known to be a supporter of and contributor to one of the
political parties. Upon receipt of the ballot boxes, the doors are
locked and no one other than employees of that firm is allowed to
inspect and validate the counting. The ballots are then destroyed, after
which the results are announced. The firm's favorite candidate is
declared the winner. The final results vary radically from pre-election
polls. Sounds like a Soviet "election," doesn't it? Like something that
a dictator might dream up to assure himself a lifetime office. But
surely, such a "fix" is too transparently and shamelessly obvious for
anyone to think he could get away with it. And yet this scenario is an
exact analogy, in all relevant respects, to the "computer screen" voting
system that has been rushed into use, following the fiasco of the 2000
presidential election
VIDEO: The
Rigging of the 2000 US Presidential Elections featuring Greg Palast
November 6, 2003
More GOP Hypocrisy on Veterans Health Benefits--The
self-styled super-patriots in the GOP praised veterans -- then cut their
healthcare funding.
Yesterday evening on the House floor, Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., offered
some angry perspective on the Bush administration's "support for our
troops." A Vietnam-era Air Force veteran (although his own Web site omits
that fact), DeFazio rose to contest the happy-face rhetoric of his
Republican colleagues in anticipation of Veterans Day next Wednesday.
DeFazio's remarks about the real record of the self-styled super-patriots
in the GOP deserve to be quoted at length: "Here are some real facts,
unlike what we heard earlier today: 150,000 veterans are waiting six
months or longer for appointments; 14,000 veterans have been waiting 15
months or longer for their "expedited" disability claims; 560,000 disabled
veterans are subject to the disabled veterans tax, something we have tried
to rectify. "We have 373 cosponsors [to repeal that tax in the House].
There are only 435 people here. If 373 people want something, we should be
able to do it, should we not? That is a super, super, super majority. But
guess what? The Republican leadership, under urging from the president and
Secretary Rumsfeld and threats of veto from the president, are refusing to
bring up a repeal of the disabled veterans tax.
President Bush refused to spend $275 million in emergency money for
veterans' health care provided by Congress in the fiscal year 2002
supplemental appropriations bill. But of course he wants to do everything
he can to recognize the service of our veterans and our young men and
women.
Regime change deck of
"cards"
Will you believe it if you hear it from Bush himself:
But that's OK, if this were a dictatorship it'd be a heck of a lot
easier......just so long as I'm the dictator. George W. Bush on CNN.com, December 18, 2000
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- "You don't get everything you want. A dictatorship would be a lot
easier." -- From Paul Begala's "Is Our Children Learning?"
- "I told all four that there are going to be some times where we
don't agree with each other, but that's OK. If this were a dictatorship,
it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator."
-- CNN.com,
December 18, 2000
- "A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question
about it." -- Business Week, July 30, 2001
It's time to defend our liberties before Patriot Act II makes
protest a crime Insight into the provisions of the
Patriot Act II and helpful suggestions for members of the Peace Movement
for taking the next step in activism to protect civil liberties.
BY DAVID VALDES GREENWOOD
IT IS TIME for the peace movement to fight for freedom at home. While
protesters chanted in the streets, the Bush administration used the cover
of war in Iraq to design new encroachments on our civil liberties. In
addition to backing a proposed bill that would permanently extend the
Patriot Act, the Justice Department stealthily drafted the even harsher
Domestic Security Enhancement Act of
2003, commonly referred to as Patriot Act II. That document reveals a
concerted strategy to restrict our rights of citizenship - our freedom of
association, our rights to due process and appeal, even our access to
information.
Our legislators have not yet tangibly demonstrated the will to stop this
onslaught. Nor are they likely to do so unless they are made to believe
that constituents will vote them out of office if they do not. To make
that happen, the " peace " movement must become a protest movement, and
increase its numbers across the political spectrum. There's no time to
waste; if protesters don't act soon, they could face a time when our laws
make such organizing not only difficult, but criminal.
Few Americans are even aware of the proposed Patriot Act II. This
ignorance is unsurprising when you consider that its predecessor
-
which made sweeping changes in criminal investigation and judicial process
- was passed in less than a month's time, largely unexamined even by
members of Congress.
Patriot Act II's various provisions extend the life and the applicability
of Patriot I, dramatically adding to the categories of people who may be
investigated, curtailing due process and the right to appeal, and
authorizing unlimited secrecy on the part of the government to spy on and
detain citizens.
Nancy Murray, director of the Bill of Rights Education Project of the ACLU
of Massachusetts, describes the proposals as " really quite frightening,
both as a further erosion of our freedom, and as an indication of how this
government operates: the desire for secrecy, the behind-the-scenes
consolidation of power, and the emphasis on guilt by association. "
Among its provisions, Patriot Act II would allow for the classification of
individual US citizens as " foreign powers, " opening them up to greater
surveillance without requiring court orders. The word " terrorist " would
legally encompass anyone who, regardless of his or her knowledge or
intent, provides
(undefined) " material support " to someone else defined as a terrorist
(who may not even know that he or she has been so defined) for associating
with a group defined as a terrorist organization, whether or not the group
itself knows of its designation. The " terrorist " group need not have
committed crimes; it need only be " likely to, " with no parameters
establishing that likelihood.
This softness of definition is intentional, designed to provide
unprecedented legal authorization for broad powers of pursuit. Chris
Hoofnagle, deputy counsel of the Electronic Privacy Information Center
(EPIC), a not-for-profit research center focusing on privacy and civil
liberties, says, " If passed as written, it becomes very easy, without
knowledge or intent, to provide material support, which is where [the]
Justice [Department] is getting its convictions already. " (Case in point:
James Ujaama, an American Muslim activist, was initially charged with
funding Al Qaeda and conspiring to set up a terrorist camp; according to
the Justice Department press release, he pleaded guilty to donating
computers and cash to a school under Taliban rule, and to traveling with
someone who later attended a jihad training camp. All actual terrorism
charges were dropped - or " superseded, " in Justice Department terms -
but he will serve at least two years for his " material support. " )
Should you feel wrongly pursued, the law would make it impossible to do
anything about it. Patriot II would allow agents to pursue you without
court order or judicial approval, as long as they were acting in " good
faith, " another undefined phrase. They would be able to share any of your
personal information with any agency they deemed necessary in any
jurisdiction, but those agencies could not share this information with
you, nor could any person or institution tell you that it had been
compelled to provide your records. (While it is currently illegal for
institutions to reveal that investigative agencies have requested a
person's records, there is no specified penalty for doing so. Under
Patriot II, however, simply telling you would merit a jail sentence.) From
secret searches to phone taps to DNA testing, the government would have no
obligation to explain its actions to you, to a court, or even to any sort
of internal review.
This tactic reaches a brutal peak in the proposed approval of secret
arrests. Should you be arrested, no charges need be made known to you and
no admission made to anyone else - family, lawyers, or the press - that
you have even been detained, until you are formally charged in court at a
future time of the government's choosing (with no set time limits). This
abhorrent policy - the disappearing of citizens at the hands of their
government, which amounts to a suspension of habeas corpus - has never
been legal in our country; in fact, it is one of the things from which we
claim to have gone to war to free the Iraqis.
Furthermore, American citizens could be stripped of citizenship simply for
having provided the above-referenced " material support " to a designated
individual terrorist or organization. EPIC's Hoofnagle reminds us that
such support could be as basic " as giving to a charity you like, "
regardless of what you know about the money's use. The bill claims that
such action on your part indicates an implied willingness to relinquish
citizenship, and as a newly unprotected noncitizen, you would no longer
have the right to a hearing on the matter.
Consider the following example, which fully complies with the letter of
the proposed law. You share an apartment with Hamad, a college student
originally from Jordan. Hamad has often gone to pro-Palestinian rallies
and events, including one co-sponsored by an organization that
(unbeknownst to Hamad) has been declared terrorist for " likely " future
actions. Hamad's " association " with this group has led a zealous local
agent to declare him a " foreign power " and " terrorist. " Through
surveillance, agents learn that, while Hamad sought work last summer, you
paid his rent - clear " material support " - making you a " terrorist " as
well. The government revokes Hamad's visa, forcibly repatriating him, and
threatens to strip you of your citizenship. Without a lawyer and facing
potentially open-ended detainment, you agree to plead guilty to providing
material support, knowing that you are likely to serve jail time. The
government claims another conviction against terror, and you pay the cost.
Because, in spirit, the law is directed at truly dangerous individuals,
you might find that example exaggerated, but don't be fooled: law is
enforced according to its letter, not its spirit. As Hoofnagle notes,
citing cases involving surveillance laws and Patriot Act I, " This Justice
Department has proved it will stretch its interpretation of these laws to
the limit. " Past perceptions of due process are of no comfort, because,
as Murray says, " This bill throws out so much we've taken for granted for
so long. "
THIS IS OUR moment, a test for citizens of all political leanings who
claim to believe in constitutional guarantees. We must now stand up for
them here at home - past the fatigue, past the rhetoric, and without
compromise. Protesters must consciously reach beyond party lines to drive
a simple message home to the voters and to Congress: defense of American
freedoms is not a partisan issue. We cannot guarantee the values of any
nation but our own, and our sense of freedom comes from the Constitution
itself. Protest coalitions must become iron-willed defenders of these, our
highest national aspirations. There may be little chance of piercing the
myopia of the White House, but it is absolutely possible to establish a
beachhead in the Capitol building and from there defend the Constitution.
Unfortunately, for the time being, the most prominent protest coalitions
aren't focusing much attention on domestic-legislative issues.
International ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) is planning a May
conference on US policy in Iraq, but its lone domestic-policy action is a
student petition against FBI profiling. Win Without War's only current
domestically focused actions are intended to show troop support (by
highlighting the issues of veterans' benefits and Gulf War illness).
MoveOn, which has mobilized millions via the Internet, has surprisingly
little to say about Patriot Act II and domestic legislation. Founder Eli
Pariser explains that MoveOn is watching the situation but has no related
actions planned. He adds that MoveOn " will encourage our members to take
action when there's a leveraged opportunity to do so, " meaning " when a
little energy goes a long way. " (This approach seems best suited to
modest goals, such as MoveOn's " urgent " April 18 call for volunteers to
complain about CNN's coverage of anti-occupation rallies in Iraq - action
of admittedly limited effect, as the call itself noted it would " only be
'news' for a day or so. " )
This is not to say that MoveOn has no domestic agenda. According to
Pariser, " Our biggest priority right now is showing Bush the door in
2004. I really think that for those of us who are concerned about
America's foreign policy, a new president may be the only way to
permanently change it. "
Dennis Burke, executive director of Citizens for Participation in
Political Action (CPPAX), says the 2004 election is also his group's
primary focus. He adds, " Making that commitment now, and planning for
that work, is a great way to convert the anger and frustration felt over
the Iraq situation into useful progress. We won't have any real peace in
the world, or any justice at home, until that happens. "
The proactive, long-range approach taken by MoveOn and CPPAX is both
vitally necessary and paradoxically shortsighted. By failing to mobilize
now to defend civil liberties in Congress, these organizations risk the
passage of legislation that will affect our nation for years beyond 2004.
In the 20 months before any new administration can take the reins, a lot
of legislative damage can be done. Furthermore, these coalitions are
missing an excellent opportunity to define the terms of the 2004 election
as a vote for or against American freedoms.
The coalition most aware of this is United for Peace and Justice. While
still protesting US policy in Iraq and watching future US global policy,
co-chair Leslie Cagan says, the coalition is " trying to draw links
between those issues and domestic issues like the attacks on civil
liberties and shredding of the Constitution. " In May, she says, the group
will host a national teach-in, the only upcoming event sponsored by any of
the major coalitions to deal directly with legislative issues; slated for
broadcast on cable and the Web, its goal is to educate citizens on how
American foreign policy and the threat to domestic civil liberties are
connected. Meanwhile, none of the peace coalitions has proposed any action
solely dedicated to stopping Patriot Act II, the extension of Patriot I,
or what ACLU's Murray calls " piecemeal attempts to pass similar measures
now. "
Before it is too late to respond, protest coalitions must take immediate
and sustained action. Here are seven suggestions for how they can do so.
1) Form true coalitions. In order to preserve their ability to organize
freely and make positive change, coalitions need to put differences aside
and work together, using all their organizational power for a campaign
with breadth and depth.
2) Learn marketing. The Bush administration has demonstrated the value of
compact phrases ( " compassionate conservatism " ). It has also shown how
to stay on message, repeating core arguments until they define the debate,
and exhibit a discipline that the left needs to mimic.
3) Get out the word on American freedoms. With clarity of message -
American freedoms are in danger - extensive e-mail and phone chains must
send urgent updates on this issue, as far and wide as possible.
4) Tell Congress the word is out. Protest coalitions should let Congress
know that word of particular legislation has gone out and, when possible,
they should tell legislators how many people in their districts have been
alerted. Then, individual citizens should contact their representatives,
preferably by personal letter or phone call, making the stakes clear.
5) Make actions visible and sustained. While valuable, an e-mail campaign
can be dismissed as a " one-off " event, and legislators often hide behind
the claim that voters who do not visit, call, or write personal letters
are not that invested. Protests must be personal and visible, with actions
at the offices of legislators and public rallies, both urban and rural,
and must continue after the first wave of passion has subsided.
6) Broaden the base. Protest coalitions must reach beyond their natural
affinity groups to join forces with others who, as fellow Americans, have
a stake in defending our freedoms. If left-heavy protest coalitions cannot
see allies in fellow citizens of other political bents, the movement will
likely stall.
7) Bring in the voters. Because forestalling one bill is unlikely to
change the ideological agenda of those in power, it's up to the citizenry
to change who is in power at all levels. Coalitions must convince the
unregistered that it is imperative that they register, and convince those
who are registered that they must vote to protect their civil liberties.
If our strongest coalition leaders cannot yet see the urgency of
responding to the legislative situation, it may be up to their members to
drive the point home. Across the nation, millions have recently learned
how make to their voices heard. They should do so now within the movement,
for when we guarantee our own freedom, we are best able to defend the
freedom of others.
David Valdes Greenwood may be reached at mambobean@hotmail.com
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We recommend calling your local board of elections, or the Secretary
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The
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Bush election drive to tap Sept. 11 memories Wednesday April 23, 2003
Republican party plans
convention to coincide with third anniversary of attack
The Republican party has scheduled its 2004 convention unusually late in
the year, so that the climactic moment when President George Bush's
re-election campaign begins will nearly coincide with the third
anniversary of the September 11 attack, according to a report yesterday.
Links between Al Qaeda and the Bush Administration 15 March 2003
When people across the US find out that Al Qaeda is not linked to Saddam
but is in fact a creation of the CIA and that the terrorist warnings are
fabricated, the legitimacy of the Bush Administration will tumble like a
deck of cards. The perceived enemy will no longer be Saddam, it will be
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, et al.
Why is this important for the antiwar movement?
This relationship of the Bush Administration to international terrorism,
which is a matter of public record, indelibly points to the
criminalisation of the upper echelons of US State apparatus.
[Should be interesting to see how the
Republicans treat this bill. That should give a clear message to one and
all whether they are interested in fair elections, even though
corporations own the mainstream media. All Americans should be supportive
of this bill.]
You can find your
congress-person's contact info by clicking here.
You can find your senator's contact info by clicking here.
 He's desecrated everything else American, why not a
flag? According to the statute, "[t]he flag should never have placed upon
it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter,
word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature."
It's not necessarily high crimes and misdemeanors, but the
message is clear.
The President was meeting and greeting supporters on July 23, 2003 at
Beaver Aerospace and Defense in Livonia, Michigan where the alleged
transgression occurred.
Just Call Him Old Stonewall: The administration
should embrace, not avoid, independent investigations of both 9/11 and the
buildup to the war in Iraq.
Before there was WMD-Gate, before we became experts on nonexistent uranium
from Niger and the kinds of aluminum tubes needed to make nukes, our
intelligence wizards faced a much simpler and scarier question: Could 9/11
have been prevented?
The White House never wanted an independent commission established to
answer that question. Calls for a heavyweight inquest came from both
parties. The administration fought the bad fight and eventually lost.
Thankfully.
Remember Nixon's Dirty Tricks Gang? The Karl Rove Machine Rolls On It's no accident that Karl Rove was one of Richard Nixon's moles. Using
techniques developed by his first mentor, dirty-tricks strategist
Donald Segretti, Rove infiltrated Democratic organizations on behalf
of Nixon's infamous 1972 campaign. Rove's formidable talents came to the
attention of George Bush Senior, then incoming Republican National
Committee chairman, and the rest is history. Seven presidential campaigns
later, Rove masterminded a deluge of disinformation against John McCain,
whose upset victory in New Hampshire had given him a shot at the
Republican nomination. Word was spread among South Carolina voters that
McCain had fathered a black daughter out of wedlock (McCain had, in fact,
adopted a Bangladeshi girl), that McCain was a homosexual, that McCain's
wife had a drug problem and so on.
Now Rove is masterminding the Bush administration's press strategy...
Move Over Karl Rove, Another Karl Is in Training to
be a Professional Liar Orange County Executive Edward Diana is under fire after
his 24-year-old staff assistant, Karl Brabenec, and his friends
distributed fliers "for lots of beer, liquor and sex" at the Young
Republicans national convention July 11, inviting some of the nation's
brightest Young Republicans to what was advertised as a booze-soaked sex
bash in Boston.
"I had no prior knowledge
of this flier as it was created and distributed by friends of mine as a
joke," he said.
While Brabenec called the
planned bash - to mark his 24th birthday - a "surprise," the event has
been listed on the Young Republicans Web site for weeks with instructions
to "call Karl" at his home number in Slate Hill.
And others who attended
the convention in Boston, including former state Young Republicans
Chairman Steve Neuhaus of Chester, said Brabenec was standing with Orange
County Young Republicans Recording Secretary Jimmy Karalis, 26, and fellow
YR member Joseph M. Petriello as they passed the party invitations among
the crowd at Boston's posh Park Plaza hotel.
As the sapling is bent so
grows the tree.
George isn't jealous any longer since he got his
own action figure of himself in Top-gun Hero flight gear
Study of Bush's psyche touches a nerve
A research study from the National Science Foundation and
the National Institutes of Health, funded by the US government has
concluded that conservatism can be explained psychologically as a set of
neuroses rooted in "fear and aggression, dogmatism and the intolerance of
ambiguity".
As if that was not enough to get Republican blood boiling,
the report's four authors linked Hitler, Mussolini, Ronald Reagan and the
rightwing talk show host, Rush Limbaugh, arguing they all suffered from
the same affliction.
All of them "preached a return to an idealised past and condoned
inequality".
The authors also peer into the psyche of President George Bush, who turns
out to be a textbook case. The telltale signs are his preference for moral
certainty and frequently expressed dislike of nuance.
"This intolerance of ambiguity can lead people to cling to the familiar,
to arrive at premature conclusions, and to impose simplistic cliches and
stereotypes," the authors argue in the Psychological Bulletin.
Taped interview with Dr. David Kelly establishes
beyond doubt that Blair's spin-meister exaggerated the Government's case
for war against Iraq
No Prosecution of Heads of Enron, WorldCom The bankruptcies wiped out about 35,000 jobs
and more than $1 billion in employee pensions. Shareholders and former
workers at Enron say they lost $29 billion. Enron's recovery plan will pay
creditors less than one-fifth of the estimated $67 billion they're owed.
A Bigger, Badder Sequel to Iran-Contra: Corruption
and Treason in the Pentagon and NSC "What these people are doing now
makes Iran- Contra look like amateur hour."
Executive Order 13303-Protecting the Development
Fund for Iraq and Certain Other Property in Which Iraq Has an Interest May 28, 2003
Prevents "the threat of attachment or other judicial
process against the Development Fund for Iraq, Iraqi petroleum and
petroleum products, and interests therein, and proceeds, obligations, or
any financial instruments of any nature whatsoever arising from or related
to the sale or marketing thereof, and interests
therein, obstructs the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the restoration and
maintenance of peace and security in the country, and the development
of political, administrative, and economic institutions in Iraq. [In
other words, a legal device to prevent litigation or injunction against
stealing Iraq's assets.]
Terrorism as a Protection Racket
Did anybody notice?
While much of the Northeast and Eastern Canada was struggling to bring the
power back on line, the Bush Administration declared that the Blackout was
not caused by terrorists. Although no one could even pinpoint the cause of
the blackout or even the approximate region of the initial failure, they
could assert definitively that terrorism was not involved. How could they
know?
They seem to have a pretty secure handle on who does terror in the US
these days. What are the implications of this for the terrorism of
Oklahoma City, the World Trade Center, the Pentagon? And of the future?
If there is a terrorist attack this year or next, would it be fair to say
that the Bush Administration is pretty much in charge of that racket these
days? Running a protection racket from the White House would normally at
least get somebody impeached.
It helps to have the media, the Congress, and the Supreme Court in your
pocket.
Bush Administration Is Hiding Terrorists Emmanuel "Toto" Constant, head of the Front for the
Advancement and Progress of Haiti (FRAPH), that country's most infamous
right wing death-squad, and his second in command, lives in New York
City today, protected from the government of Haiti by the Bush
Administration.
Bush Administration is Supporting
Terrorists--Zionist Neo-conservatives Fulfilling Ancient Plan of Greater Israel. There is
no monolithic Jewish position on Zionism. Many Jews have opposed Zionism
in the past, and many still do today, whether it is from a religious,
leftist, liberal or humanist perspective. It would not be inappropriate to
say that Jewish critics of Zionism and of Israel's policies towards the
Palestinians are the ones who are upholding the great Jewish tradition of
ethical dissent and moral leadership. It also can be argued that Zionist
Jews who place power above morality are, in fact, the historical
aberration.
Once Again Asleep at the Helm: Bush and GOP voted
down modernization of electrical grid system two years ago.
In June of 2001, Bush opposed and the
congressional GOP voted down legislation to provide $350 million worth of
loans to modernize the nation's power grid because of known weaknesses in
reliability and capacity. Supporters of the amendment pointed to studies
by the Energy Department showing that the grid was in desperate need of
upgrades as proof that their legislation sponsored by U.S. Rep. Sam Farr
(D-CA) should pass. Bush Administration lobbied against it and the
Republicans voted it down three separate times on straight party line
votes..
POWER OUTAGE TRACED TO DIM BULBS IN WHITE HOUSE: Bush I and Bush II arranged to put out our lights.
A Bush-lover and media-whore repents and asks our
forgiveness
Not impressed with America's version of freedom,
Iraqis demand we leave Iraq
Chanting "Yes for Islam, No to America,"
more than 5,000 worshippers held prayers in open air at a street in
northern Baghdad's Sadr City, where U.S. forces shot dead one Iraqi and
wounded four during a protest earlier in the week.
"What happened (in Sadr City) clearly shows that America and international
Zionism have declared war against Islam," Sheikh Abdul Hadi al-Daraji
said.
"We tell you, the whole world and the United States of America that the
sons of Iraq will retaliate twice as hard against anyone who attacks us or
our sacred symbols."
Bush turns back on former POWs In evaluating public figures by the precept "judge
talent at its best and character at its worst," we need to look at more
than front-page news. During the first Gulf War in 1991, U.S. civilians
were used as human shields by Iraqi soldiers. These civilians sued the
Iraqis, won their suit, and were awarded millions of dollars by the court.
Because of a law which allowed court awards to be paid from frozen Iraqi
bank accounts in the United States, our citizens were paid $95 million
from Iraqi funds. A group of 17 POWs who were captured and tortured by the
Iraqis in the same war also brought suit, and they and their families were
awarded almost a billion dollars. But they will not receive a cent of it
because President Bush voided the law which allowed court-ordered payment
from frozen funds. And the government's reason for denying payment? "The
money was needed to rebuild Iraq." |
