From now on committing suicide is an act of war and agression

You know there is something seriously wrong with your leadership when they imprison people without charge or recourse to the law and then claim, 4 years down the line when the prisoners have become so desperate that they have taken their own lives that their suicides must be considered an act of war against the American people.

Diebold and the corporate media are the nails in the coffin of US Democracy

This Rolling Stone article is really shocking. A must-read for anyone who believes that election fraud in the USA is impossible.

Over the past decades, exit polling has evolved into an exact science. Indeed, among pollsters and statisticians, such surveys are thought to be the most reliable. Unlike pre-election polls, in which voters are asked to predict their own behavior at some point in the future, exit polls ask voters leaving the voting booth to report an action they just executed. The results are exquisitely accurate: Exit polls in Germany, for example, have never missed the mark by more than three-tenths of one percent.(17) ''Exit polls are almost never wrong,'' Dick Morris, a political consultant who has worked for both Republicans and Democrats, noted after the 2004 vote. Such surveys are ''so reliable,'' he added, ''that they are used as guides to the relative honesty of elections in Third World countries.''(18) In 2003, vote tampering revealed by exit polling in the Republic of Georgia forced Eduard Shevardnadze to step down.(19) And in November 2004, exit polling in the Ukraine -- paid for by the Bush administration -- exposed election fraud that denied Viktor Yushchenko the presidency.(20)

But that same month, when exit polls revealed disturbing disparities in the U.S. election, the six media organizations that had commissioned the survey treated its very existence as an embarrassment. Instead of treating the discrepancies as a story meriting investigation, the networks scrubbed the offending results from their Web sites and substituted them with ''corrected'' numbers that had been weighted, retroactively, to match the official vote count. Rather than finding fault with the election results, the mainstream media preferred to dismiss the polls as flawed.(21)

Read entire article here

Top Ten Signs of the Impending U.S. Police State

"...the War on Terror will never end, nor is it meant to end. It is designed to be perpetual. As with the War on Drugs, it outlines a goal that can never be fully attained—as long as there are pissed off people and explosives. The Long War will eternally justify what are ostensibly temporary measures: suspension of civil liberties, military expansion, domestic spying, massive deficit spending and the like. This short-lived moniker told us all, “get used to it. Things aren’t going to change any time soon."

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The fight between Capitalism and Democracy

I saw a documentary recently where one of the guests ended the program by explaining that our current society is seeing a war being fought between democracy and capitalism, and it seemed as though democracy was definitely losing out at this point in history.

The following article is an elaboration on that theme. Although quite militant in its style, it seems to hit the nail right on the head when it comes to analysing the relationship between politics and money. Think about it: all the major lobby groups in washington are working for the big corporations that are pushing for policies that will ultimately increase their profits. They're not looking for policies that will increase the standard of living of the population. They are not concerned with the public. Only with their profit and loss accounts.

When you see this, you start to understand the nature of our problems.

"Every aspect of American politics is enacted within the shell of Plutocratic corporate rule. Therefore, the Plutocratic tree will continue to bear the fruit of Plutocracy, regardless of which party is in power. During the past fifty years of the American experiment the difference between Democrat and Republican has become increasingly subtle. In essence there is only one party—that of wealth and privilege. The people and the public good are without meaningful representation in government. There are a number of small opposition parties operating in America but the system precludes them from becoming major players.
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The American government in its various incarnations was not created to serve the interests of the people. It was designed to serve capital and to create wealth for the upper echelon by exploiting the working class and plundering the earth. In fact, it is a voracious predatory crime syndicate devoid of conscience that creates perpetual war while simultaneously pilfering the public treasury. It remains in power only through the collusion of its obedient servant, the commercial media and a disengaged public.
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Capital is particularly onerous in that it socializes costs but privatizes profits—an especially insidious form of corporate welfare that is inherently unjust. Long ago the corporate government and the commercial media conspired to create a propaganda empire without equal that keeps the people ignorant and inundated with superfluous lies. Virtually all other industrialized nations have socialized medicine and free higher education for those who seek it. But in America our wealth is plundered in wasteful and repressive militarism, massive corporate welfare and tax cuts for the wealthy."

Read the whole article here

Depleted Uranium - Far Worse Than 9/11

Prior to her death from leukemia in Sept. 2004, Nuha Al Radi , an accomplished Iraqi artist and author of the "Baghdad Diaries" wrote:

"Everyone seems to be dying of cancer. Every day one hears about another acquaintance or friend of a friend dying. How many more die in hospitals that one does not know? Apparently, over thirty percent of Iraqis have cancer, and there are lots of kids with leukemia."

"The depleted uranium left by the U.S. bombing campaign has turned Iraq into a cancer-infested country. For hundreds of years to come, the effects of the uranium will continue to wreak havoc on Iraq and its surrounding areas."


Dr. Hardan also states:
“I arranged for a delegation from Japan’s Hiroshima Hospital to come and share their expertise in the radiological diseases we are likely to face over time. The delegation told me the Americans had objected and they decided not to come. Similarly, a world famous German cancer specialist agreed to come, only to be told later that he would not be given permission to enter Iraq.”

Not only are we poisoning the people of Iraq and Afghanistan, but we are making a concerted effort to keep out specialists from other countries who can help. The U.S. Military doesn’t want the rest of the world to find out what we have done.

Read the rest of the article here

Letter to the president from an ex US diplomat.

On March 10, 2003, diplomat John Brown wrote an open letter to then-Secretary of State Colin Powell submitting his resignation in protest against the onrushing invasion of Iraq. He wrote in part: "The president has failed: To explain clearly why our brave men and women in uniform should be ready to sacrifice their lives in a war on Iraq at this time; to lay out the full ramifications of this war, including the extent of innocent civilian casualties; to specify the economic costs of the war for ordinary Americans; to clarify how the war would help rid the world of terror; to take international public opinion against the war into serious consideration." And he added that this administration in its "unjustified use of force" was "giving birth to an anti-American century."

Now, he writes directly to the president:



By John Brown

TO: The President

FROM: A former American diplomat

SUBJECT: Waking up in the middle of the night

Mr. President: Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night? Do you? Do you ever wake up sleepless in the middle of the night?

What have you done in Iraq? Do you ever realize, in the middle of the night, what you've done? Do you?

1. You've caused over 2,370 American soldiers to die in an impoverished land that never attacked us. Was that the right answer to 9/11 or the "threat" from Iraq? Do you ever ask yourself that question?

2. Because of your Iraq invasion, thousands of U.S. enlisted personnel are maimed, physically and mentally, for life. What can you tell these victims of your war? That you're honored by their duty towards you, our "mission-accomplished" commander-in-chief?

3. Your decision to go to war has led to the death of tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis. Do you have any remorse for this, Mr. President? Or was it that, for you, Iraqis only really deserved to serve as props in "shock and awe" -- your name for your made-for-TV porno/violence program at the beginning of the war, produced and distributed directly into our living rooms by the mainstream media? (Thank you, Fox News.)

4. Will you ever, ever accept responsibility for making torture all-American at Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, and elsewhere? And the Statue of Liberty -- why, tell us why, did you allow it to be replaced by that image of an abused, hooded, helpless prisoner on a box? Aren't you the least bit concerned at how America is seen by the rest of the world because of your war -- as a brutal aggressor nation, dismissive of the opinions of mankind?

5. What about your mercenaries ("Pentagon contractors") that our tax dollars pay for? Who are they? What are they doing in their multi-thousands in Iraq, and to the Iraqis? Do you know? Or don't you care to know?

6. You said you wanted to "rebuild" Iraq -- but isn't it true that all you've really done is construct a Roman-Empire-style camp, a "Green Zone" for Iraqi collaborators (whom you now mistrust) and U.S. personnel in the heart of Baghdad that is an invitation to insurgent mortars? Haven't you -- tell the truth -- destroyed in Iraq more than you have built? Haven't you?

7. You say Iraqis now live in a land of "freedom" -- but what kind of freedom? How can it ever be like the Four Freedoms of Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- freedom of expression and worship, joined with freedom from want and freedom from fear? As electricity fails and bombs terrify citizens in Baghdad, where is the freedom you promised Iraqis, Mr. President?

8. Your occupation of Iraq has led to a bloody sectarian conflict. Why do you and your ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad now blame the Iraqis for their problems? Don't you share responsibility for the desperate situation they are in?

9. Your trillion-dollar binge of destruction in the cradle of civilization -- who will pay for it? The widows of our soldiers? Our young people, already too debt-burdened paying for their educations? Or their baby-boomer parents who may see their pensions evaporate to support your war?

10. Why can't you truthfully tell us, Mr. President, the reasons you led America into war? Was it for the WMD, for regime change, for the oil, for grand neocon visions, to avenge your father, to win elections at home? What were your real intentions? Are you afraid to tell us? Or is the truth that, deep down, you never really knew?

11. And, Mr. President, as you contemplate another war, this time against Iran, won't you ever wake up in the middle of the night, and stop more madness before it is too late?

Thought for the day

"Be nice to everyone. Those who deserve it the least need it the most"
- Bo Bennett

OK, so it's hard to remember this when someone is actively trying to piss you off and taking pleasure in it, but you can't deny the truth of what it says.

And does that mean that those who deserve it the most need it the least? Probably.

Humor: Bush and God

George W. Bush dies after a fatal walking accident.
He decides to try his luck and struts right up to God's office and knocks on the door.
God opens the door.

GOD: Hello George, what are you doing here? Surely you must have taken a wrong turning when you left Earth.
GWB: Hell no, Lord! I've come to claim ma rightful place up here in heaven, right next to you an' that favourite philoph.. Phisoloph.. Philoloph.. Oh you know, that guy Jesus whose work I promoted during my time as president.
GOD: Promoted? Explain.
GWB: Well Ah said that he was my favourite phisoloph.. er Philol.. er thinker. Yeah. Someone once asked me who my favourite thinker was an' Ah said Jesus ‘cos he changed ma life.
GOD: That's all very fine and fruity George but you seem to have forgotten that up here in heaven, we don't look at the words you speak in your life, we look at your actions. So tell me, how did you apply my Son's philosophy to your life?
GWB: Well Ah wenna church every Sunday. I've even got the news reports on CNN and FOX News to prove it.
GOD: We don't get CNN here George. It seems all the AOL/TimeWarner reps who tried to sell us that channel spontaneously combusted whenever they entered my office. And FOX News was removed from our comedy channel years ago. Their spin was becoming too offensive. And anyway, going to church every Sunday won't guarantee you a place in heaven. I need results George. Show me some hard data on what you did for the human race during your life.
GWB: Well ah got rid a thousands of those evil no-good terr'ists who wanted to harm our way of life in Amerka.
GOD: which terrorists do you mean exactly?
GWB: Ya know, those terr'ists down in Eye-rack
GOD: George, you know very well that there were no terrorists in Iraq before you invaded it. I’ll be the first to admit that we had a little problem with the leader there, but I can assure you that there were no America-hating terrorists there at the time. The country I placed under your stewardship was under no threat from Iraq.
GWB: Holy shit Lord! Dick Donny and Karl assured me that Saddam was involved in 9/11 and was even planning more attacks!
GOD: Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11. You even admitted that on TV don’t you remember? As for the real perpetrators, well, that’s another story altogether. I’ve heard through the grapevine that JFK here wants to talk to you about that. I’ll see if I can set up some kind of video conference with hell when you get there. Would sure love to see your face when you hear what we’ve been hearing about 9/11.
Oh and that reminds me, there’s something else I wanted to talk to you about. During your term as Governor of Texas, your fondness for the death penalty rather perturbed me. I noticed that during your 5 years as governor there you approved more executions than any other state at the time. What was it they called you? The Texecutioner? I had so hoped that you would review many of those convictions, many of which were shaky to say the least. I only know how many of those executed might have been innocent in the first place. Did you ever stop to think about that George?
GWB: Er, could you repeat that Lord? There were a few too many words there for me?
GOD: Very well. I’ll phrase it more simply for you: Why do you like killing so much, George?
GWB: Hey don’t look at me! I was simply upholding the constitution of the United States of Amerka and our beloved Texas State constitution. I faithfully executed the office of governor during my term in Texas.
GOD: And a good number of other less fortunate individuals too, it seems…
GWB: They were all criminals Lord. Rapists, armed robbers, murderers! They killed people! Just like that!
GOD: Quite.
GWB: So how about it Lord? You gotta let me in, here.
GOD: As I said Dubya, show me some results. Hard data about what you did for the human race.
Did you for example raise the general level of spirituality amongst your public? Did you increase the LOVE George? You know, Barry White and all that.
GWB: Barry White?
GOD: Yeah, he da man, Dude! Didn’t ya just love him?
GWB: What?
GOD: The Voice, George! The Voice!
GWB: Er, wasn’t that Sinatra?
GOD: No, no no. All he ever did was sing about doing it his own way. Never said anything about Mine. And anyway, we finally lost him to the mafia. No, Barry was definitely my Main Man.
GWB: I can’t believe what I’m hearing.
GOD: Funny, I remember Barry’s mom saying exactly the same thing the morning his voice broke!
GWB: Well I dunno Lord. I always went to church on Sundays and prayed for your guidance. Didn’t you hear me?
GOD: Of course I did, George. And I always answered your questions.
GWB: How come I never heard you then?
GOD: I guess you never took the time to listen. You see George, when you ask Me for guidance, you have to know how to listen for My answers. Don’t expect me to send them by post or email. You have to take time to hear My replies. They come in your quiet moments, when you’re free of all distractions.
GWB: You mean as voices in my head? Jeez, I had loads of those during my presidency! Was that you all the time?
GOD: No George, that was Karl speaking into your earpiece. So come on George, tell me what you did in your life.
GWB: Well I worked real hard during my time as president God.
GOD: Nonsense. Half-way through your second term you’d already beaten that B-movie actor Reagan’s record-breaking total of days off at home. At least he had an excuse. He was nearly 70 when he started his first term and Nancy was running the show anyway by the time he started his second! Oh yes, and how hard were you working when Andy Card told you your country was under attack, huh? I send you down there to take care of this great land of opportunity, someone starts attacking you big time and all you can do is just sit there like a bored schoolboy wondering if this was still part of the script they handed you that morning! Hard work indeed. Give me something else.
GWB: Er, well I was always telling it like it is Lord. They always said I spoke the truth.
GOD: Oh puh-lease George, I know you only ever read the words they gave you parrot fashion without ever knowing what they were saying, but didn’t you ever take the time to ask what it was you were actually talking about? You know it sure would have helped you at those press conferences every time your earpiece signal got jammed. No George, you actually lied most of the time I’m sorry to tell you. I know it might come as a shock but you were going to have to find out sooner or later and now is certainly as good a time as ever.
GWB: Well Clinton lied too, God!
GOD: Yes but he managed to worm his way out of it in real style. He went so far as to argue about the meaning of the word ‘is’! To be! Being! The most fundamental aspect of this whole universe I made! The act of being! And Bill comes right along and brings the whole thing into doubt! Unbelievable! Man, if only he knew what he’s caused up here since he said that. The philosophers don’t know what’s hit them. They’ve been at each others throats ever since! And Descartes has been working non-stop on a new theory.
GWB: Who?
GOD: Descartes. You know, "I think therefore I am", George. (pause) ...On second thoughts, no, forget it. But Descartes has been busy I can tell you. And he’s now come out with the complete opposite of his original theory! What is it now? 'I think therefore I am NOT!' You should have seen it when he gave Socrates his theory to check it for errors. I should have seen it coming actually but hey, there’s a first time for everything. Socrates was reading it through. He reaches the last section and suddenly vanishes in a cloud of reverse logic. Plato was a bit miffed I can tell you. Descartes really let the shit hit the fan with that one. Mind you, when you see what his new theory implies for those who ARE and you look at the current state of Earth, I have to admit he might be onto something.
GWB: How do you mean?
GOD: Never mind. Now, I believe you wanted to tell me how you’ve earned your place here.
GWB: Well, I enacted tons of laws to protect our environment. I mean, we’ve now got the Clear Skies initiative, and I enacted laws to reduce green house gas intensity around the world.
GOD: Come on George, that was a deal that you thrashed out with the big energy corporations. And you know how concerned they are about the environment. What happened to the Kyoto agreement?
GWB: You know I couldn’t have signed that agreement Lord. That would have led to measures that would throw millions of my citizens out of work. And you wouldn’t want my people poor and destitute now would you God?
GOD: Yes George, but what’s the point of keeping all your people employed if they ultimately have no earth on which to live? Think about it. You seem to have got your priorities wrong. Take care of Mother Earth first. Then I can make sure that your people are taken care of on a global scale, including those of your country!
GWB: Hell, I never thought about it that way God.
GOD: No that’s right. But I’m still waiting George. I need to know what you accomplished during your lifetime on Earth. Especially in this period. There’s enough hate going round the world at the moment my son. I’m specifically looking for people who tried to reverse this trend during their lifetime. It’s really very simple. There’s only one question to ask yourself at the end of your life. Did your actions spread love or did they spread hate? The net effect of all your accumulated actions. Come on, don’t be shy. You can tell me everything. What did YOU do to help? Did you get your subjects to show more respect and kindness towards each other? Did you try to fight hate with love? Did you give the hate no chance to spread?
GWB: Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down Lord, please. Too many questions!
GOD: OK. I understand. I’ll put it simply: How did you spread the love George?
GWB: Er, the what?
GOD: The LOVE! Did you make love your main thing?
GWB: Oh, you mean sex Lord?
GOD: Unlikely George, but I suppose that is one way.
GWB: Oh no, I’m not supposed to tell anyone about that Lord.
GOD: George, you can tell me everything.
GWB: Well, I do remember Condi getting all physical with me in the oval office one evening. Man, she could really make a man beg for it! Does that count in spreading the love God?
GOD: Unfortunately not. Condi’s amorous advances towards you were actually nothing more than a sneaky plan put into place by your friend Karl.
GWB: What?
GOD: Yes George. Karl knew that Condi would do anything to become Secretary of State. So, in true Rove fashion, he told her the only way she could get the job would be by agreeing to have sex with you and letting him watch through a one-way mirror. He’s like that you know. Always spying on everyone from the shadows.
GWB: Shit! You mean Karl pimped my Rice?!?!
GOD: I suppose that’s one way of putting it, yes.
GWB: Shit! But how… Oh no! That means he must have got to Laura too, then!
GOD: No George, Laura was your wife.
GWB: Oh yeah.
GOD: So, George, I think we’ve more or less wrapped this up don’t you think?
GWB: Yeah, Lord. You’re gonna let me in right? I mean, I tried my best at being a good president. I really did.
GOD: Well I don’t know. Although… I have to admit, in some respects you really did increase the amount of joy in the world.
GWB: I did?
GOD: Yes George. The world of comedy and humour has been enormously enriched by your time on Earth. And I can tell you, in this day and age, humour is not something to be taken lightly.
GWB: Uh, yeah! Exactly Lord! That’s it! I did good after all. Come on, please! I promise I’ll do anything you want. Please Oh please God! I’ll be good. I’ll be real good!
GOD: Oh, alright George. Congratulations then. You made it. Come inside and we can get started on the paperwork.
GWB: So I get to come in God? Ya really mean it? Oh thank you God! You won’t regret this. I promise.
GOD: Oh I know George. I know.

George walks into God’s office and sits down.

Meanwhile, God seems to be going through a sudden and unexpected metamorphosis. All of a sudden, a trident appears in his left hand, his feet turn into hooves, a pointed tail grows from under his robes and 2 horns emerge on either side of his forehead. A smirk slowly spreads across his face:
"There’s only one thing I like more than admitting new souls into hell, and that’s making them beg for it! Mwa ha ha ha ha…."

Cover-up: toxic waters 'will make New Orleans unsafe for a decade'

Toxic chemicals in the New Orleans flood waters will make the city unsafe for full human habitation for a decade, a US government official has told The Independent on Sunday. And, he added, the Bush administration is covering up the danger.

Read whole article here.

Timeline of Bush's activities and statements during the Katrina catastrophe

This is really a must-see video.

A challenge to all Bush supporters (if there are any left):
Watch this timeline put together by the guys at the Daily Show and then afterwards, say to yourself "Bush is a president who cares deeply about his country."
You see? It's impossible.

click here

FEMA will send firefighters to NOLA in order to.... hand out flyers!?!?

This is truly unbelievable. This article in the Salt Lake Tribune is telling how FEMA has decided to take about 1000 firefighters from all over the country and train them on how to hand out flyers in NOLA!!!!!

Who the hell is making this up? Think about it. You've got hundreds, maybe thousands of people still stranded in NOLA who desperately need all kinds of help. You've got the mayor of New Orleans pleading on national TV for extra firefighters as his are so exhausted, and FEMA have decided that the available firefighters that the country can send down to the gulf states need to follow courses on sexual harassment and how to hand out flyers! It really does defy belief.

I guess some of the more extreme conspiracy theorists would argue that FEMA is actively trying to sabotage the rescue and relief efforts going on in NOLA in order to just be able to write off that state as ultimately that will be the cheaper solution for the bankrupt USA. I know it sounds wacky but when you read this article, you can actually start to believe that because FEMA's actions are truly so moronic as to border on the surreal.

"There are all of these guys with all of this training and we're sending them out to hand out a phone number," an Oregon firefighter said. "They [the hurricane victims] are screaming for help and this day [of FEMA training] was a waste."
Firefighters say they want to brave the heat, the debris-littered roads, the poisonous cottonmouth snakes and fire ants and travel into pockets of Louisiana where many people have yet to receive emergency aid.
But as specific orders began arriving to the firefighters in Atlanta, a team of 50 Monday morning quickly was ushered onto a flight headed for Louisiana. The crew's first assignment: to stand beside President Bush as he tours devastated areas.

Read the article here.

FEMA will prevent Americans from seeing the horror in New Orleans

If this was happening in one of those totalitarian states elsewhere in the world, we would call it illegal censorship aimed at preventing the people from discovering the true ineptitude of their leaders.

To think that this is America in the year 2005. It's just surreal, not to mention frightening in its implications.

Details here.

Chertoff has dodged the bullet himself one too many times.

Michael Chertoff was on Meet the Press last sunday explaining why he didn't think the situation in New Orleans was so desperate and catastrophic:

"I remember on Tuesday morning picking up newspapers and I saw headlines, 'New Orleans Dodged The Bullet.'"

You mean these headlines Mr Chertoff?

Open letter to Dubya. From a soldier

This letter is powerful. It sums up the complete and utter disdain that the president and his administration have shown for the plight of the hundreds of thousands of ITS OWN CITIZENS caught in the nightmare that has become New Orleans.

Any leader in his position who TRULY cared about his own people would have taken IMMEDIATE and drastic action to prepare for the coming catastrophe.

Bush was incapable of stepping up to the plate for the simple reason that he is incapable of feeling compassion. It might be as simple as that. Forget the fact that he has a low IQ and has about as much leadership in him as a sheep. All he needed to have was true compassion for the people of New Orleans. Then he would have cut short his vacation as soon as he was told that this could be a serious storm, i.e. before it actually hit, and could have appointed a competent person to take complete control of all relief operations.
But no. He just bungled from one disastrous press moment to another, at each step running behind the facts and developments. So obviously unaware of the enormity of this catastrophe.
The only positive thing to come out of this is the fact that many of the people who voted for Bush last year have now woken up to the fact that their president is a true moron.

People are dying, in America, of dehydration, hunger, and disease, because we took too long to respond to an emergency. The US Army can drop a bomb with pinpoint precision overseas within an hour of receiving the mission, and they’re telling me it took our leaders THREE FUCKING DAYS to drop food and water on our own soil?

...Your citizens are dying, and I personally hold you responsible for their lives. As the president, you are a public servant, NOT a king. Your job is to serve the people of the United States of America and to uphold the Constitution, not to preach your Biblical beliefs and to play golf. I’m sorry the hurricane disrupted your vacation. It must be awful for you, but I assure you, it’s far worse for the victims.

Read the whole letter here

New Orleans: the cost of the Iraq war

By Sidney Blumenthal

In 2001, FEMA warned that a hurricane striking New Orleans was one of the three most likely disasters in the U.S. But the Bush administration cut New Orleans flood control funding by 44 percent to pay for the Iraq war.

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How New Orleans was lost

Hurricane Katrina has blatantly exposed the disastrous consequences of the Bush administration's abuse of the national guard. The national guard is supposed to protect the homeland. They exist in order to help in cases of national emergency, in situations precisely like that of hurricane Katrina.

The National Guard is in Iraq because fanatical neoconservatives in the Bush administration were determined to invade the Middle East and because incompetent Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld refused to listen to the generals, who told him there were not enough regular troops available to do the job.

After the invasion, the arrogant Rumsfeld found out that the generals were right. The National Guard was called up to fill in the gaping gaps.

Now the Guardsmen, trapped in the Iraqi quagmire, are watching on TV the families they left behind trapped by rising waters and wondering if the floating bodies are family members. None know where their dislocated families are, but, shades of Fallujah, they do see their destroyed homes.

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Janet Jackson and Pat Robertson

I remember an incident on American TV last year when a certain black female popstar happened to expose her nipple for about a second or two. The result was national outrage. The whole of the media industry was up in arms, heavy fines were slapped on the broadcasters involved and an enquiry into how this could ever have happened was immediately announced. Serious action was taken to assure the US public that such a brazen act of dangerous and subversive pornography could never again threaten the innocence and sanctity of their family lives

Two weeks ago, an influential 'religious' celebrity publicly called for the assassination of a democratically elected leader of a foreign country. There was no official outrage. There was no enquiry to establish how this could ever have come on TV. There was no heavy fine imposed on the broadcasters.

Why not?

George, Katrina and the storm

Unfortunately, very few people in America know the real name of Hurricane Katrina because the coal and oil industries have spent millions of dollars to keep the public in doubt about the issue.

The reason is simple: To allow the climate to stabilize requires humanity to cut its use of coal and oil by 70 percent. That, of course, threatens the survival of one of the largest commercial enterprises in history.

In 1995, public utility hearings in Minnesota found that the coal industry had paid more than $1 million to four scientists who were public dissenters on global warming. And ExxonMobil has spent more than $13 million since 1998 on an anti-global warming public relations and lobbying campaign.

In 2000, big oil and big coal scored their biggest electoral victory yet when President George W. Bush was elected president -- and subsequently took suggestions from the industry for his climate and energy policies.

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Humor: Bush and God

George W. Bush dies after a fatal walking accident.
He decides to try his luck and struts right up to God's office and knocks on the door.
God opens the door.

GOD: Hello George, what are you doing here? Surely you must have taken a wrong turning when you left Earth.
GWB: Hell no, Lord! I've come to claim ma rightful place up here in heaven, right next to you an' that favourite philoph.. Phisoloph.. Philoloph.. Oh you know, that guy Jesus whose work I promoted during my time as president.
GOD: Promoted? Explain.
GWB: Well Ah said that he was my favourite phisoloph.. er Philol.. er thinker. Yeah. Someone once asked me who my favourite thinker was an' Ah said Jesus ‘cos he changed ma life.
GOD: That's all very fine and fruity George but you seem to have forgotten that up here in heaven, we don't look at the words you speak in your life, we look at your actions. So tell me, how did you apply my Son's philosophy to your life?
GWB: Well Ah wenna church every Sunday. I've even got the news reports on CNN and FOX News to prove it.
GOD: We don't get CNN here George. It seems all the AOL/TimeWarner reps who tried to sell us that channel spontaneously combusted whenever they entered my office. And FOX News was removed from our comedy channel years ago. Their spin was becoming too offensive. And anyway, going to church every Sunday won't guarantee you a place in heaven. I need results George. Show me some hard data on what you did for the human race during your life.
GWB: Well ah got rid a thousands of those evil no-good terr'ists who wanted to harm our way of life in Amerka.
GOD: which terrorists do you mean exactly?
GWB: Ya know, those terr'ists down in Eye-rack
GOD: George, you know very well that there were no terrorists in Iraq before you invaded it. I’ll be the first to admit that we had a little problem with the leader there, but I can assure you that there were no America-hating terrorists there at the time. The country I placed under your stewardship was under no threat from Iraq.
GWB: Holy shit Lord! Dick Donny and Karl assured me that Saddam was involved in 9/11 and was even planning more attacks!
GOD: Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11. You even admitted that on TV don’t you remember? As for the real perpetrators, well, that’s another story altogether. I’ve heard through the grapevine that JFK here wants to talk to you about that. I’ll see if I can set up some kind of video conference with hell when you get there. Would sure love to see your face when you hear what we’ve been hearing about 9/11.
Oh and that reminds me, there’s something else I wanted to talk to you about. During your term as Governor of Texas, your fondness for the death penalty rather perturbed me. I noticed that during your 5 years as governor there you approved more executions than any other state at the time. What was it they called you? The Texecutioner? I had so hoped that you would review many of those convictions, many of which were shaky to say the least. I only know how many of those executed might have been innocent in the first place. Did you ever stop to think about that George?
GWB: Er, could you repeat that Lord? There were a few too many words there for me?
GOD: Very well. I’ll phrase it more simply for you: Why do you like killing so much, George?
GWB: Hey don’t look at me! I was simply upholding the constitution of the United States of Amerka and our beloved Texas State constitution. I faithfully executed the office of governor during my term in Texas.
GOD: And a good number of other less fortunate individuals too, it seems…
GWB: They were all criminals Lord. Rapists, armed robbers, murderers! They killed people! Just like that!
GOD: Quite.
GWB: So how about it Lord? You gotta let me in, here.
GOD: As I said Dubya, show me some results. Hard data about what you did for the human race.
Did you for example raise the general level of spirituality amongst your public? Did you increase the LOVE George? You know, Barry White and all that.
GWB: Barry White?
GOD: Yeah, he da man, Dude! Didn’t ya just love him?
GWB: What?
GOD: The Voice, George! The Voice!
GWB: Er, wasn’t that Sinatra?
GOD: No, no no. All he ever did was sing about doing it his own way. Never said anything about Mine. And anyway, we finally lost him to the mafia. No, Barry was definitely my Main Man.
GWB: I can’t believe what I’m hearing.
GOD: Funny, I remember Barry’s mom saying exactly the same thing the morning his voice broke!
GWB: Well I dunno Lord. I always went to church on Sundays and prayed for your guidance. Didn’t you hear me?
GOD: Of course I did, George. And I always answered your questions.
GWB: How come I never heard you then?
GOD: I guess you never took the time to listen. You see George, when you ask Me for guidance, you have to know how to listen for My answers. Don’t expect me to send them by post or email. You have to take time to hear My replies. They come in your quiet moments, when you’re free of all distractions.
GWB: You mean as voices in my head? Jeez, I had loads of those during my presidency! Was that you all the time?
GOD: No George, that was Karl speaking into your earpiece. So come on George, tell me what you did in your life.
GWB: Well I worked real hard during my time as president God.
GOD: Nonsense. Half-way through your second term you’d already beaten that B-movie actor Reagan’s record-breaking total of days off at home. At least he had an excuse. He was nearly 70 when he started his first term and Nancy was running the show anyway by the time he started his second! Oh yes, and how hard were you working when Andy Card told you your country was under attack, huh? I send you down there to take care of this great land of opportunity, someone starts attacking you big time and all you can do is just sit there like a bored schoolboy wondering if this was still part of the script they handed you that morning! Hard work indeed. Give me something else.
GWB: Er, well I was always telling it like it is Lord. They always said I spoke the truth.
GOD: Oh puh-lease George, I know you only ever read the words they gave you parrot fashion without ever knowing what they were saying, but didn’t you ever take the time to ask what it was you were actually talking about? You know it sure would have helped you at those press conferences every time your earpiece signal got jammed. No George, you actually lied most of the time I’m sorry to tell you. I know it might come as a shock but you were going to have to find out sooner or later and now is certainly as good a time as ever.
GWB: Well Clinton lied too, God!
GOD: Yes but he managed to worm his way out of it in real style. He went so far as to argue about the meaning of the word ‘is’! To be! Being! The most fundamental aspect of this whole universe I made! The act of being! And Bill comes right along and brings the whole thing into doubt! Unbelievable! Man, if only he knew what he’s caused up here since he said that. The philosophers don’t know what’s hit them. They’ve been at each others throats ever since! And Descartes has been working non-stop on a new theory.
GWB: Who?
GOD: Descartes. You know, "I think therefore I am", George. (pause) ...On second thoughts, no, forget it. But Descartes has been busy I can tell you. And he’s now come out with the complete opposite of his original theory! What is it now? 'I think therefore I am NOT!' You should have seen it when he gave Socrates his theory to check it for errors. I should have seen it coming actually but hey, there’s a first time for everything. Socrates was reading it through. He reaches the last section and suddenly vanishes in a cloud of reverse logic. Plato was a bit miffed I can tell you. Descartes really let the shit hit the fan with that one. Mind you, when you see what his new theory implies for those who ARE and you look at the current state of Earth, I have to admit he might be onto something.
GWB: How do you mean?
GOD: Never mind. Now, I believe you wanted to tell me how you’ve earned your place here.
GWB: Well, I enacted tons of laws to protect our environment. I mean, we’ve now got the Clear Skies initiative, and I enacted laws to reduce green house gas intensity around the world.
GOD: Come on George, that was a deal that you thrashed out with the big energy corporations. And you know how concerned they are about the environment. What happened to the Kyoto agreement?
GWB: You know I couldn’t have signed that agreement Lord. That would have led to measures that would throw millions of my citizens out of work. And you wouldn’t want my people poor and destitute now would you God?
GOD: Yes George, but what’s the point of keeping all your people employed if they ultimately have no earth on which to live? Think about it. You seem to have got your priorities wrong. Take care of Mother Earth first. Then I can make sure that your people are taken care of on a global scale, including those of your country!
GWB: Hell, I never thought about it that way God.
GOD: No that’s right. But I’m still waiting George. I need to know what you accomplished during your lifetime on Earth. Especially in this period. There’s enough hate going round the world at the moment my son. I’m specifically looking for people who tried to reverse this trend during their lifetime. It’s really very simple. There’s only one question to ask yourself at the end of your life. Did your actions spread love or did they spread hate? The net effect of all your accumulated actions. Come on, don’t be shy. You can tell me everything. What did YOU do to help? Did you get your subjects to show more respect and kindness towards each other? Did you try to fight hate with love? Did you give the hate no chance to spread?
GWB: Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down Lord, please. Too many questions!
GOD: OK. I understand. I’ll put it simply: How did you spread the love George?
GWB: Er, the what?
GOD: The LOVE! Did you make love your main thing?
GWB: Oh, you mean sex Lord?
GOD: Unlikely George, but I suppose that is one way.
GWB: Oh no, I’m not supposed to tell anyone about that Lord.
GOD: George, you can tell me everything.
GWB: Well, I do remember Condi getting all physical with me in the oval office one evening. Man, she could really make a man beg for it! Does that count in spreading the love God?
GOD: Unfortunately not. Condi’s amorous advances towards you were actually nothing more than a sneaky plan put into place by your friend Karl.
GWB: What?
GOD: Yes George. Karl knew that Condi would do anything to become Secretary of State. So, in true Rove fashion, he told her the only way she could get the job would be by agreeing to have sex with you and letting him watch through a one-way mirror. He’s like that you know. Always spying on everyone from the shadows.
GWB: Shit! You mean Karl pimped my Rice?!?!
GOD: I suppose that’s one way of putting it, yes.
GWB: Shit! But how… Oh no! That means he must have got to Laura too, then!
GOD: No George, Laura was your wife.
GWB: Oh yeah.
GOD: So, George, I think we’ve more or less wrapped this up don’t you think?
GWB: Yeah, Lord. You’re gonna let me in right? I mean, I tried my best at being a good president. I really did.
GOD: Well I don’t know. Although… I have to admit, in some respects you really did increase the amount of joy in the world.
GWB: I did?
GOD: Yes George. The world of comedy and humour has been enormously enriched by your time on Earth. And I can tell you, in this day and age, humour is not something to be taken lightly.
GWB: Uh, yeah! Exactly Lord! That’s it! I did good after all. Come on, please! I promise I’ll do anything you want. Please Oh please God! I’ll be good. I’ll be real good!
GOD: Oh, alright George. Congratulations then. You made it. Come inside and we can get started on the paperwork.
GWB: So I get to come in God? Ya really mean it? Oh thank you God! You won’t regret this. I promise.
GOD: Oh I know George. I know.

George walks into God’s office and sits down.

Meanwhile, God seems to be going through a sudden and unexpected metamorphosis. All of a sudden, a trident appears in his left hand, his feet turn into hooves, a pointed tail grows from under his robes and 2 horns emerge on either side of his forehead. A smirk slowly spreads across his face:
"There’s only one thing I like more than admitting new souls into hell, and that’s making them beg for it! Mwa ha ha ha ha…."

The Paranoid Shift

Why is it so hard to believe serious people who have repeatedly warned us that powerful ruling elites are out to dominate "the masses?" Did we think Dwight Eisenhower was exaggerating when he warned of the extreme "danger" to democracy of "the military industrial complex?" Was Barry Goldwater just being a quaint old-fashioned John Bircher when he said that the Trilateral Commission was "David Rockefeller's latest scheme to take over the world, by taking over the government of the United States?" Were Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt or Joseph Kennedy just being class traitors when they talked about a small group of wealthy elites who operate as a hidden government behind the government? Especially after he died so mysteriously, why shouldn't we believe the late CIA Director William Colby, who bragged about how the CIA "owns everyone of any major significance in the major media?"

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9/11 Conspiracy finally reaching mainstream media in the UK

The Daily Mail newspaper in the UK has finally seen reason and decided to go ahead with the publication of an article that exposes the inconsistencies and downright deceptions in the official version of what happened on 9/11. The article stops short of offering us an explanation of what they think could have happened. That kind of theorizing is always left up to the reader. But it is clear from the article that what the Bush administration has been trying to make us believe about 9/11 just doesn't stand up to the slightest scrutiny. There are too many gaping holes in the official version of events for us to be able to take it seriously.

The article appeared in the August 6th 2005 edition of the Daily Mail. Unfortunately, it wasn't published on their online site. However, you can read the entire article here.

Blair even snubs Cook for his funeral!

Robin Cook dies and Tony Blair can't be bothered to attend his funeral. Nice one Tony! Excellent PR!

Blair calls Robin Cook an outstanding extraordinary talent but can't even be bothered to attend his FUNERAL! They used to be colleagues at the highest echelons of power in the UK. And he can't be bothered to take time off to pay his last repects to one of the few men of principle in British parliament.

The kind of behaviour you'd also have expected from some notorious leaders of the 20th century. What was it I read today? If Thatcher could be bothered to go to Ted Heath's funeral, the least Bliar can do is go to Cook's.

Ohio, the election, and America's servile press

Even so, the evidence that something went extremely wrong last fall is copious, and not hard to find. Much of it was noted at the time, albeit by local papers and haphazardly. Concerning the decisive contest in Ohio, the evidence is lucidly compiled in a single congressional report, released by Representative John Conyers of Michigan, which, for the last half-year, has been available to anyone inclined to read it. It is a veritable arsenal of “smoking guns”—and yet its findings may be less extraordinary than the fact that no one in this country seems to care about them.

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Oil Shock

I've been saying it for a few years already but nobody seems to want to believe me. The fact of the matter is oil is drying up. Everyone knows that as we all know that oil is a finite resource. But what few people want to admit to themselves is that oil is going to dry up a lot quicker than we would like. In other words, the consequences of a steadily diminishing supply of oil are going to be felt a lot sooner than we had originally planned for. That means in OUR generation folks. Not in that of our children or grand-children. That is why Iraq was invaded in the first place. The neo-fascists in washington had to act now rather than later.

It's as if we're finally heading toward the end of the oil era. And the transition -- as we've seen at the pump recently -- may be a brutal one. The oil gauge is slowly moving toward empty...and the world's largest suppliers say they won't be able to fill us up again

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The Daily Show

Congratulations to Jon Stewart and his team at The Daily Show.They are now also getting international recognition.

Last night on dutch TV they appeared in an article on Nova, the dutch equivalent of 60 Minutes. Not sure what the gist of the article was as I missed the beginning but the fact that they are getting mentioned on major european news programmes is significant.

Already many TV viewers here in the States claim that they get a better perspective on world news by watching The Daily Show than by watching the news programmes that are fed to us by the 5 large media conglomerates.

Check this out for example:

Polling conducted between July 15 and Sept. 19 among 19,013 adults showed that on a six-item political knowledge test people who did not watch any late-night comedy programs in the past week answered 2.62 items correctly, while viewers of Late Night with David Letterman on CBS answered 2.91, viewers of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno answered 2.95, and viewers of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart answered 3.59 items correctly. That meant there was a difference of 16 percentage points between Daily Show viewers and people who did not watch any late-night programming.

Welcome to the USSA

Oh I hate having to write about this again and again. It's so depressing and I often ask myself if it's morally justifiable to intentionally confront people with the terrifying reality of their own fascist political system when clearly most people would rather believe that their government is kind, benevolent, compassionate and wise.
But it's just that this whole period of Bush's 2 illegal presidential terms is so important for people to fully understand. We need to fully comprehend what has happened to the executive branch of the government and the players filling its roles since Bush was selected by the Supreme Court in 2000.
That's why there will always be bloggers out there who tirelessly publish information that is readily available to those who search it out (i.e. not in the mainstream media) in order to educate others about the nature of the cabal currently calling the shots in Washington.

Here's another article worth reading if you want to know how the country is slowly progressing towards a modern-day version of 1984.

What Primakov finds funny are what he calls these "right wing flag wavers" that were so anti-communist and now they're supporting a state policy of internal passports.

The irony is deafening.

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Goering, War and the People

"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger."

-- Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials

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Bush vs. Hitler

But the coup by the plutocratic supporters of George W. Bush in the year 2000, coupled with the invasion of Iraq, changed all that, revealing how easily Americans can be manipulated, how willing they are to be lied to, and how vacuous the freedoms of speech and press have become when the bulk of information is filtered through corporate-controlled media that profit from jingoism, propaganda and dishonesty. But, perhaps most disturbingly, these events demonstrated that even though the words "freedom, democracy and human rights" are chanted like mantras by political leaders, many Americans have apparently welcomed, or at the very least are blissfully unconcerned about, the erosion of freedom, the abuse of human rights, and the nation"s growing transformation from a democracy into a neo-fascist dictatorship.

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Former British MI5 Agent Says 'Many Similarities' Between London Bombings And 9/11

“To put it politely, there is downright hatred for Bush here on the streets of London. Many Brits feel, as I do, that he led us into this war and is actually responsible for making England a more dangerous place to live now than before the illegal war in Iraq.

The more I look at 9/11, the more I am convinced it was a staged event. I am convinced the U.S. government manipulated events - let it happen – to create a trigger for the invasion of Afghanistan, the invasion of Iraq and of course what they're trying to do now with the imminent invasions of Iran and Syria.

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1984, here we come....

Sometimes I just despair of what the fascists are doing to America and think 'what the hell am I writing all this stuff for on this blog? It doesn't make any difference anyway. I mean, even if you alert the whole of America to the measures that they're introducing into American law, it still wouldn't matter, they'll still pass all those orwellian laws to change the country into a police state. Hell, it's already happened. 14 of the 16 provisions of the Patriot Act have now been extended into permanent laws. So much for the sunset provisions that stated that these were temporary measures. Now it looks as though that was never their intention. They just needed an excuse to introduce the measures in the first place and later on they would make them all permanent while nobody was looking, or use the latest bombing in another country to convince the public that these measures are now for their permanent protection.

And what about this new drug law that they want to pass? According to the text, if you hear of someone buying a joint, you are compelled by law to report this fact within 24 hours, otherwise you can be arrested yourself and sent to jail.

It doesn't matter whether you support Bush or not, your first priority needs to be to your civil liberties.

In a country that loudly claims to be the bastion of freedom and democracy, the politicians seem to be feverishly busy trying to confiscate all those freedoms in order to turn the country into a real police state.

I remember all the conspiracy theories doing the rounds all those years ago stating that there was an evil elite running the show right at the top that has a secret plan to gradually turn the United States into a modern-day version of Orwell's 1984. Yeah right, we all thought, those are just crazy paranoid conspiracy theorists. Don't listen to them, they're just completely removed from all reality. That kind of stuff could never happen here.
Yeah right.

Public catching onto dirty deeds

by Bill Gallagher

...Additionally, Rove is a treasonous coward, the most manipulative and cynical political operative since Rasputin. He has brought his political venereal disease to public life and Rove's clap has infected a large segment of the once-respectable Republican Party. He has mainstreamed and brought to national practice his ruthless partisanship, grand diversions and deceptions and, above all, his model of winning elections by using any means necessary to destroy opponents.

..Rove's most sinister deed, so far, is the creation of George W. Bush as a marketable and successful political product. Rove made this turd blossom and the results for our nation and the world are catastrophic.

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The Unfeeling President

By E. L. Doctorow

But this president does not know what death is. He hasn't the mind for it. You see him joking with the press, peering under the table for the weapons of mass destruction he can't seem to find, you see him at rallies strutting up to the stage in shirt sleeves to the roar of the carefully screened crowd, smiling and waving, triumphal, a he-man.

He does not mourn. He doesn't understand why he should mourn. He is satisfied during the course of a speech written for him to look solemn for a moment and speak of the brave young Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.

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"Patrick Fitzgerald, Rove Has Got You In His Sights, Take Care"

And then there's the Attorney General who might just be open to a discreet tete-a-tete with Karl about how he can rein in Fitzgerald. After all, Alberto Gonzales is Bush's former attorney as Governor and President. He approved a record number of executions in Texas and signed off on the U.S. becoming a nation that condones torture. He's also number one on Bush's short list for a seat on the Supreme Court. In short, he's a full-fledged Bushevik "made man."

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Of course, there were no Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq. Tens of thousands of people have died as a result. Billions upon billions of our taxpayer dollars that could have been used to improve the lives of our people here in America have been wasted. And all Rove, Bush, Cheney and the GOP can do is defend outing a CIA operative who was trying to prevent the spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

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Bush is giving Rove carte blanche to take no prisoners in his effort to defend the indefensible, because if Rove is prosecuted for his treason, Bush is left without a brain -- and his veneer of credibility shattered beyond repair.

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So what do the French and Dutch 'No' votes actually mean for Europe?

By the looks of this article written by a Conservative Member of the European Parliament in the Telegraph, absolutely nothing.
The european constitution is still going to be implemented, whether we like it or not.

Hello? Can someone tell me why the hell we voted for this then?

You may have got the impression that the European constitution was dead - that the French had felled it, and the Dutch had pounded a stake through its heart. If so, think again. The constitution is being implemented, clause by clause, as if the No votes had not happened.

Read whole article here.

Yet more evidence 9/11 was an inside job

"9/11 was an inside job". There. I've said it. How does that make you feel? Happy because you've been entertained by another crazy gullible conspiracy theorist? Or does it make you feel uneasy because you've been hearing about this theory more and more and maybe, just maybe, it might be true? Or maybe it makes you angry because you see such statements as dangerous terrorist propaganda that's perverting the minds of honest God-fearing americans and convincing them that they need to hate their government at a time of war.

The question of how such a statement makes you feel is irrelevant. The only thing that matters is whether you are going to investigate it for yourself or not. If not, that's fine, but then you can never again comment on such statements until you've looked into it yourself. If you do look into it, then you'll start to uncover some disturbing evidence that the government does not want you to see.

Remember one thing folks: 40 years ago, when JFK was assassinated, the public never had the ability to do the kind of research that we can now. Back then there was no internet. We were fed our daily helping of government propaganda and that's all we had. Our sources of information were limited to a few TV channels, already owned by huge corporations, and some newspapers and magazines, also increasingly controlled by a few companies, and that was it.

Now we have the internet.

That changes everything.

Wittenberg claimed the high speed maneuver would have surely stalled the jetliner sending it into a nose dive, adding it was “totally impossible for an amateur who couldn’t even fly a Cessna to maneuver the jetliner in such a highly professional manner, something Wittenberg said he couldn’t do with 35 years of commercial jetliner experience

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Rove is a criminal! - But where are the headlines????

This is just typical of the MSM. We have here a very serious situation. One that's worthy of every newspaper headline in the country.

From all the different reports that have been coming out in the press, it's now become clear that Rove is the one who leaked Valerie Plame's name to the press in 2003. The blogosphere already knew this when it came out. But the MSM has understandably been rather reluctant to talk about this. Especially when you know the power that Rove yields in Washington. Finally they are talking about it, albeit in ways that still camouflage the degree to which Rove is guilty. CNN, for example, finish their article on it today by quoting White House mouth McClellan as saying that he doesn't want to comment on the situation because the investigation is still ongoing. (Remember the first rule of propaganda-journalism: you can fill the article with elements of the truth but always finish it with your required spin. In this case it's not the first impression but the last one that the reader takes home with them)

So now the situation is this: The chief political advisor of the President of the USA has been caught red-handed committing an act of treason. Literally. After all, you can go to jail for up to 10 years if found guilty of deliberately exposing the identity of someone working for the US intelligence service. (Kind of makes you look bad too huh Dubya?)

So Rove is guilty. We all know that now. Of course, republicans will try to convince us that there is nothing further from the truth but to those of us who have followed this from the very first day, there's no doubting his guilt. Especially when you know how Rove acquired his power in the first place, i.e. by completely screwing over the people who stood in his way, usually in illegal ways. Check out the excellent film "Bush's Brain" for further info.

You would think then that all headlines would be screaming this out on the front pages. Something like: "Presidential Advisor suspected of treason!" or "Whitehouse Guru implicated in Plamegate scandal!" Nothing of it.
Instead we get a non-descript title from our beloved "Be the last to know" CNN: "White House won't comment on Rove and leak investigation"

Your homework for this week:
1. Understand fully the gravity of what Rove has done, how he has harmed the USA.
2. Try to find a single headline in the MSM that conveys the seriousness of this.
Good luck.

London bombings - Netanyahu was warned beforehand...

If the london bombings were a surprise attack from Al-Qaida, then how do we explain the fact that Israeli finance minister Binyamin Netanyahu was warned beforehand that there would be a bomb attack?

I'm not saying islamic fundamentalists are definitely not to blame. We don't know that yet. But we need to scrutinize very carefully any claims by Blair and Bush that it was Al-Qaida who planned and executed this. Look at the evidence yourselves instead of blindly believing what your leaders want you to believe.

Remember, Blair has lost so much credibility due to his decision to support Bush's attack on Iraq that he'll do practically anything to justify that decision now. Blaming these bombings on Al-Qaida would help him regain the understanding and support of the british people.

Also, the Blair government is actively trying to push ID card legislation on a very reluctant British population. Just watch that resistance now melt after these attacks. It'll be just like the US Congress's resistance to the Patriot Act that magically disappeared after the fake anthrax attacks following 9/11.

More info on this here and here

Bush and his bike - it makes you think

How many times must Bush fall off his bike before people start thinking what the hell this prez is on? That's the third time he's fallen off his bike now. First time was on a Segway scooter in 2003, second time at his own ranch last year and now this.
And don't forget his choking on a pretzel and subsequent fainting in 2002.

I think it's clear that Bush exercises about as much control over the rest of his body as he does over his mouth.
When you consider that the president has a speaking age of about 8 years old (analyse the words and sentences that he comes up with when having to talk without idiot cards and I'm sure you'll come to the same conclusion) and a physical dexterity of about the same level of development, it really makes you wonder what this guy's problem is.

Bush decides to employ Saddam's torturers in Iraq

OK, so let me get this straight. At the beginning of the war we were told that Iraq had to be invaded and conquered because Saddam had lots of very bad weapons that could kill all of us here in the west.

When that turned out to be false the neo-fascists then told us that we had to invade Iraq in order to liberate the brave iraqi people from the brutal oppression of Saddam's evil regime, characterised by his notorious torture chambers and numerous prisons.

And now we hear that the US authorities in Iraq are now employing Saddam's old torturers in order to extract what little information they can from usually innocent iraqi men who have mistakenly been identified as enemy insurgents.

"IRAQI security forces, set up by American and British troops, torture detainees by pulling out their fingernails, burning them with hot irons or giving them electric shocks, Iraqi officials say. Cases have also been recorded of bound prisoners being beaten to death by police."

So Mr Bush, as you are crossing off another item from your list of reasons to tell the US public why we needed to attack Iraq, what's the next one on your list? That war is good for the economy? That war makes men out of boys? Or is it simply that word that starts with O, ends with an L and has an I somewhere in the middle? No surely not. Karl must have told you to delete that one from the beginning, I bet.

Read this article here

Conspiracy Theorists and 9/11

The fact of the matter is this: the evidence surrounding the events of 9/11 that has been comprehensively concealed from the public points to a massive government conspiracy to cover up what really happened. This is not just a theory anymore. If you take the time to look at the evidence (and there is plenty of it) you will come to the same conclusion. More and more people are now doing this. Like Bush's former chief economist for the Department of Labor Morgan Reynolds. Slowly, more and more Americans are waking up to the biggest scam of the century.

The reason why the average person has such difficulty accepting the evidence surrounding 9/11 is, I believe, two-fold:
1. People are reluctant to admit to themselves that their government is lying to them in a MAJOR way. We're not talking about official approval for the doctoring of a few economic indicators. We're talking about committing mass murder on a huge scale (in the thousands) and then launching an illegal war, killing further tens if not hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians in a faraway country, to steal the natural resources of that country.
2. it confronts you with another extremely painful realization: that if it is true that the government is concealing the evidence from our eyes, then that implies that the mainstream media is also in on it. In other words that your mainstream media is also lying to you. If that were not the case, we would have seen this evidence on TV and in the newspapers long ago. I reckon the feeling one gets upon this realization must be akin to something like discovering that your parents are child rapists in their spare time. All the trust and respect you had for your media, gone in a flash, to be replaced with a huge feeling of unease and anxiety about who you can trust.
Many people don't want to go there when confronted with the evidence. That is understandable. It is also ultimately irresponsible. If the government and the corporate media are committing crimes against its own people, then it is the people who will have to expose this. Nobody else will do it for them.

The proof is in the memo. It's impossible to argue around it.

This is quite clearly the single most important issue facing the American people this year: What are they going to do about the Downing Street Memo? It's very existence demands a show of outrage on the part of righteous american citizens who fully understand what the memo implies. It has just been proved beyond reasonable doubt that the so-called leader ('so-called' for let's face it, my money is on Karl calling more of the shots in the WH than Dubya) that the so-called leader of America is guilty of the crime of lying to his country in order to start a war. That is a fact. It is no longer a subjective viewpoint that can be argued away by some hopelessly short-sighted and defective pro-bush logic. It's basically a fact that you can't argue around anymore. Unless you're a philosopher, but we won't go there right now.

And what no doubt a vast majority of the media gazing public in the USA do not realise is that Tony Blair's government in the UK, by acknowledging the authenticity and credibility of the memo, has implicitly confirmed the conclusion that Bush lied to the American people and the US congress.

Hello?? Anybody there?? Does anyone over there realise what that means??? The president has committed a crime literally of historic proportions and nobody in the US media seems rather fussed about it. Of course, I'm not saying we're at all surprised that the media decided to ignore this. That was to be expected all along. After all, what good is the press if they can't be relied on to protect the prez in his moments of peril. In fact, I've found the story of specifically how the US media has danced around this unbelievable scandal to have been just as fascinating as the contents of the memo itself. No really, I mean that.

It's a tragic irony that precisely in this internet era of instant access to staggering amounts of information about world news, events and history, the traditional media can still succeed in hiding this scandal from the american people.

It's quite astonishing when you read about how the major papers have feverishly managed to bury the story every time on a page far removed from the first one where a much smaller percentage of the readers will eventually get to it. And even then, you normally have to read far into the article in order to learn what the issue is about in the first place.

Weird is not the word I'm looking for. Mind-boggling gets closer.


"This, my fellow Americans, is the hottest news out there in the big, old rest of the world. The story, which has been reported prominently in The Times of London since May 1, has gotten more hits on the Internet than any other in the newspaper's history."
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