IRAN’S DICK…CHENEY IS SCREWING US
*10.28.07, everything but invading iran/syria/subduehezbullah….this is the blog I posted on another blog site that mysteriously disappeared…..all of it….puff… gone, everything. So much for my first amendment rights. The Iranian prez is addressing the united nations today, somehow I don’t think my grandpa would have let Hitler sleep-over in 1939. I cant spell his name but a rough translation is: asshole. What’s Tehran saying? Well….and I quote with thumb on nose….“nani-nani-boo-boo…you cant touch me“…..translates in any language, ask Jimmy Carter……see you tomorrow, maybe, maybe not.)
They say disasters happen in slo-mo, and Iraq has been as slow and predictable as a Super Bowl match-up between ice and sunlight, melting into a big bloody mess. That gives plenty of time for the geniuses who started the mess to come up with new excuses. But after a while….say three>>>>> years….excuses aren't satisfying enough, and they want something a little more aggressive, something that sticks to the ribs, some kind of Hungry-Man dinners for disasters. Chunky Soups for fiascos. So now Cheney's office has come up with a recipe for a new, finger-lickin' good Middle East.
Their idea is pretty simple: you just admit that Iraq has blown up into a mess, claim you always meant to do it that way, and then smile at the camera and say, "Just look what a great set of ingredients we've now got scattered all over the kitchen! Gosh-golly, let's make something great out of all this! Grab those intestines off the ceiling, gimme that hunk of thigh off the wall-clock, and toss that gob of smoking skull off the sink! Let's get cookin'!"
Step one is chopping up Iraq into three pieces - the P-word, "partition." It's got a kind of sense to it: if the Sunni, Shia and Kurds can't stop killing each other, let's just give each group its own little tribal homeland.
The reason Bush's people haven't latched onto this idea sooner is that they're supposed to be creating a free, democratic Iraq and it doesn't look good to break the place down into tribal homelands when you've gone around promising to make Iraq the Jeffersonian Democracy of the Middle East. But things are so bad now that nobody in the administration can afford to worry about PR problems like that any more. Torture killings are now officially the national sport of Iraq. When somebody gets out a power drill in Baghdad, nobody thinks Home Improvement. Instead, I hear Black & Decker is getting its own volume in the next edition of Jane's Weapons Systems.
There's just one little problem with splitting Iraq into three nice little homelands: Iran. If you smash Saddam Hussein's united Iraq, you've destroyed the one army in the region that could have held the Iranians in check. If you go in after that and replace a united Iraq with three little ethnic states, you've just made a big litter-box for the Persians to shit in. They can easily destabilize all three of the Iraqi statelets; in fact, the biggest, the Shia Iraqi statelet, won't even need to be stabilized. It'll side with Iran every time against the Sunnis. It won't have a choice.
Iran is the problem with the whole Iraqi adventure. It's like nobody who planned this war even thought about Iran, even noticed there's that big scary country just to the east of the place we're going to go invade and Mall-of-Americanize. So far, Iran has been the big winner in this war, and they haven't fired a shot or lost a man. Pretty incredible. Make me dizzy to think of it, as I said before, makes me wonder if Cheney isn't actually a mole parachuted into Wyoming a while back by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Must've taken months of electrolysis, but hey, those Iranian fanatics were willing to charge into minefields in the Iran-Iraq War; stands to reason one of them could put up with getting his back-hairs zapped and even having to live with that smartass Mrs. Cheney and their dyke daughter. It's the only thing that makes sense: Cheney has "Product of Iran" all over his DNA.
Because we've been doing the Persian Empire's dirty work for it from the moment we took out Saddam. What is it with these supposedly patriotic types always sucking up to Iran? In the late 80s it was Ollie North bringing them cakes, Bibles, and Hawk AA missiles on behalf of Ronald Reagan; now it's Bush and Cheney actually going to war to destroy the Persians' one local rival and leave Tehran in total control of the Persian Gulf. And now, by way of fixing the mess, we're going to make Iranian dominance permanent by splitting up every other state in the Middle East.
See, that's the beauty of Cheney's new plan: it doesn't stop at Iraq. The idea is to divide up every state in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia gets split into a Shia state on the Persian Gulf (where all the oil is), a "Sacred State" with Mecca and Medina, and someplace that ought to be called The Republic of Leftover Sand, with Riyadh and not much else. Lebanon turns into teeny, ethnically pure neighborhood states for Christians, Sunni, Shia and maybe Mormons. Yep, turns out all that Lebanese unity was a danger to the region, we've gotta go in there and break the place up a little more.
The really great thing about the plan is that it rewards America's long-term allies by totally destroying their borders. Turkey, the one country that stuck with us through all sorts of idiotic mistakes, gets rewarded for loyalty by having the eastern third of the Anatolian Peninsula lopped off and handed over to an independent Kurdistan. If you're a Turkish military planner, you must be jumping for joy over that one.
You may be wondering at this point, is Cheney insane? Well yeah, he is, but there's a kind of idiot's logic behind his insanity. You know how they talk about "a method in his madness"? And you know how every time somebody says that about anyone you know, you actually think to yourself, "yeah fine, but method or no method, he's still crazy and an idiot"? It's like that.
Y'see, our leaders have finally figured out that there's this Sunni/Shia split in Islam. I mean that literally: they've just figured out that there IS a split. Bush didn't even know about it, according to some Iraqi exiles who talked to him before the invasion. Well, all it took to get the Administration's attention focused like a laser beam on the Sunni/Shia family feud was a mere three years of chaos, half a million mangled Iraqi bodies, and two zillion IEDs. Minds like steel traps, these guys. Or lead fishing weights anyway - soft and heavy.
Even now, I don't think most people see why the Shia/Sunni split should matter to anybody. It's like, OK, they have a fight over the Caliphate way back when ….so what? Can't they all get along, like the man said?
Simplest way to understand it is think about how religion plays out in a place you actually know. Take Europe: the Europeans used to have religious wars all the time, pretty serious ones like the Thirty Years War - a third of the population of Germany wiped out….right up till Europe stopped having religion. And those wars weren't really all about dry theological stuff like what Jesus' middle name was, or what color the priest's collar had to be. On the ground, religious hate like that always translates into tribal hate about sex and hygiene and how those people smell.
Even in Oklahoma, where it's pretty calm in terms of religious wars, I grew up hearing Brother Art talk about the Osage….."Heathens" he called them….worshipping idols and having too many kids and being generally Indians and dirty. That was the main thing: they smelled, didn't have showers. (Wait….I am part Cherokee, sniff, sniff….mom, are Cherokees Indians? Sniff, sniff…..now get out of the tub and go play in dirt with filthy sister) Come to think of it, Shia are kind of like Osage Islamic types: stay-behind, ignorant people with too many kids, no money, weird gaudy ways of making religion. That Shia festival where they slash themselves, whip themselves, try to get attention in the street by bleeding on law-abiding hardworking Sunni….it's a lot the way we thought about “war tribes“. Of course sometime back in the fifties most native Americans turned into just another batch of white people, cleaned up and got on the pill, but that never happened to Shia. For the Sunni, Shia are like rats, swarming up out of the sewers unless you keep them down every minute.
That's the real hate that keeps the power drills and suicide Plymouths powered up in Baghdad. The Sunni who blow themselves up in Shia markets see themselves as pest exterminators for God, cleaning up the neighborhood one bomb at a time. Truth is, it's not hard to understand how a suicide bomber thinks; a lot easier than understanding how a republican accountant thinks, if you ask me.
And now Cheney's bright boys have suddenly decided that they no longer side with the Shia (the "majority") and instead to agree with the Sunni - even though it's Sunni Iraqis who've been killing our soldiers for the past three years, and even though they only make up 20% of the population. One thing about neocons, you'll never find them losing sleep over the deaths of American soldiers. They're totally willing to forgive all the Sunni bombers, because it's just dawned on them that these Sunni dudes are right: those dirty black-wearing self-slashing Shia are getting way too powerful. Shia rule Iran and they're the majority in Iraq (60% of the population). And hey, what about Hezbollah in Lebanon?
Shia! Total Shia! And they're all getting uppity at the same time!
This is where you want to grab Cheney by the throat and say, "That's because you took out Saddam, who kept the Shia in line, you idiot!" But it's no use. You might as well try to do missionary work on that little brain dinosaurs used to carry in their tails. Those brains work on their own time, and they swing a big spike. Only thing you can do is just get out of the way.
So now they're thinking…. real, real slow…. "Duh, Shia too strong now. Huh! Us better give lotta billion dollars to...duh, to other guy who no like Shia!"
And that, friends, is why the US government is now in the business of funding radical Sunni groups from Lebanon to Afghanistan. If it's Sunni, we'll fund it. If it promises to kill Shia, we're for it. Of course, Al Qaeda itself fits the bill that way, so would we fund them? Probably, according to a recent article by Seymour Hersh I just read.
Supposedly we're already funding the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, and they're kissing cousins with Al Q. We're annoyed with Syria for being next door to Lebanon - those durn pesky maps! - so we're funding the beheaders, just because they don't like the Syrian regime. And because the Israelis keep thinking that if they convince us to fu&k Lebanon up even more, somehow it'll be to their advantage.( Lebanon is dear to my heart and soul ever since I read about that roman pack-man headed to Damascus…seems he had a flame-broiled involuntary extreme make-over, the Beautician worked miracles, convinced me, thanks Big Guy) The Israelis seem to be on a crusade to disprove stereotypes. In their first years the Israelis disproved the stereotypes about Jews being wimps; since then they've been working overtime to disprove the one about Jews being smart. They haven't been right about anything in 20 years, but Bush and Cheney keep betting on them.
The idea behind all this weirdness, if you can even call it an idea, is that we'll keep breaking up Middle Eastern states till we've got a map the old-time British Empire could love, made up totally of little ethnically-pure states we can easily bribe or terrorize. And best of all, these little states will have most of the oil. The Persian oil fields are mostly along the Gulf coast, so we'll detach them from Persia and link them up with the Iraqi Shia state. Shouldn't be a problem turning a little place like that into a US protectorate. *(I do pray that my gonzo wit and caustic sarcasm is not lost on laughter.)
Brilliant, except no matter how you try to Balkanize the region, there are some ethnic realities in the way. Like, once again, Iran. Iran is a stable, powerful state with one overwhelmingly dominant ethnic group. They might not like it if you tried to detach their oil fields, and they could send in hundreds of thousands of troops to register their disapproval. And we'd counter with what? It's not like we can go to war with Iran. If we could, we'd already have done it, can you say Reagon or Carter?
Every dog in the gutters of Tehran knows we don't have the manpower to attack Iran. Bomb it, sure. But bombs won't do the job; even Cheney knows that. (I think.) If we manage to break the Middle East up into little Balkan states, we get a lot of chaos and an even more powerful Iran. There's that word again: Iran. It's like nobody in Cheney's office can hear that word. You want to say it at them all night, lie under the bed whispering it at them: Iran, Iran, Iran. Except I don't know if my patriotism actually goes that far, lying under that wedded-bliss bed all night. I'm willing to die for my country, but there's worse things than dying. Somebody else, a way finer man than me, needs to spend the night under the Veep's bed whispering, "Iran! Your homeland is calling, Cheney! Go back to Tehran where you belong!"
i forgot who wrote this credit to authur, likely those Canadians from bakersfield?, G.BREACHER....thanks info....
keep fighting the good fight, with your minds as weapons.................................kosmicdebris...................
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Twelve Issues that Matter for 2008
Twelve Issues that Matter for 2008
Remember, these twelve issues represent the tip of the political iceberg. But they are indicative of the corporate domination of the Democratic and Republican parties. There are many more where these came from. We’ll be adding them as we go along. Click on any of the issues below for more information
| | Nader | Obama/Clinton | McCain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adopt single payer national health insurance | On the table | Off the table | Off the table |
| Cut the huge, bloated, wasteful military budget | On the table | Off the table | Off the table |
| No to nuclear power, solar energy first | On the table | Off the table | Off the table |
| Aggressive crackdown on corporate crime and corporate welfare | On the table | Off the table | Off the table |
| Open up the Presidential debates | On the table | Off the table | Off the table |
| Adopt a carbon pollution tax | On the table | Off the table | Off the table |
| Reverse U.S. policy in the Middle East | On the table | Off the table | Off the table |
| Impeach Bush/Cheney | On the table | Off the table | Off the table |
| Repeal the Taft-Hartley anti-union law | On the table | Off the table | Off the table |
| Adopt a Wall Street securities speculation tax | On the table | Off the table | Off the table |
| Put an end to ballot access obstructionism | On the table | Off the table | Off the table |
| Work to end corporate personhood | On the table | Off the table | Off the table |
True definitions for common political terms
True definitions for common political terms
Now, it's my turn to do a little cooking and stew the English language. But instead of trying to create misleading definitions on the menu, my aim is to provide more realistic definitions for modern political terms being served. These ideological terms are, of course, jaded by my own tastes due to socialization and education seasonings, while I may or may not agree with some, this is how I honestly see the world. Basically boils down to: pick your poison, all our beliefs are chosen from the same buffet. No two people on the planet will load their plate exactly the same. Broccoli anyone?
Anarcho-Capitalism - An extreme form of Libertarian-Capitalism, where ALL (or most) services currently provided by government would be provided by private companies (This even includes services such as police forces, military, and judicial agencies). The only government would be weak local communities (perhaps with some state and national affiliations) that would contract this work out to private companies.
Anarcho-Socialism - An extreme form of Libertarian-Socialism, where ALL companies would be directly controlled by employees through workers councils or other such arrangements. Most private property would be abolished, but everybody would be given a fair share of the 'collective property' for his own use. And most importantly, all this would be done without a central government. (or with a VERY limited coalition of communities)
Anarcho-Syndicalism - An combination of Socialism and Capitalism, where the basic properties of the capitalist system would be maintained, but ownership of corporations would be handed over to the worker's (or to their Unions). The basic corporate structure would remain in tact, with the one exception that workers would hold majority ownership of all corporations, and only people that actually work for a company (the laborers who belong to trade unions) would be allowed to own stock. This majority ownership of corporations by the workers will empower them to make all key decisions in that organization, and entitle them to share directly in the profits. All leadership positions in the corporation would be filled by the workers themselves who would return to their old jobs after their term of service has ended. All government positions (if any) would be filled in a similar manner. Such a system would eliminate the need for current trade restrictions, since it is unlikely that a worker-owned company would elect to ship their own jobs across the border.
Anarchy - This is defined by The American Heritage College Dictionary as "The theory or doctrine that all forms of government are unnecessary, oppressive, and undesirable and should be abolished." However there are various schools of Anarchist thought -- raging from pure Anarchism, which favors absolutely no centralized control, to those that wish to temper this complete chaos with some sort of order (such as Anarcho-Capitalist, Anarcho-Syndicalist, and Anarcho-Socialist)
Anti - Smoking Religion - Belief that nobody would ever die if they succeed in banning tobacco. They seem to believe that people will live forever if they don't smoke. But in all actuality, a smoker's life expectancy is only diminished by about 6% ... and even that cannot be attributed entirely to smoking. This is because smokers generally not "health conscience" people to begin with. If they were, they probably wouldn't be smoking in the first place. (You don't see too many smokers hangin' around the gym or at health food stores.)
It is also a belief that tobacco related illnesses cost the government money. In reality, it generates billions of dollars in tax revenues while at the same time saving billions of dollars in Social Security and Medicaid payments by killing smokers off early. It is much cheaper to pay for a 65-year-old's cancer treatment, than to pay for his prescriptions & social security for 6 more years, then still have to pay for his cancer treatment - or even worse - his Alzheimer's treatment.
Capitalism - The belief that every man should be able to keep the fruits of his own labor, without them being stolen by the government for re-distribution.
Communist Party - Socialist. Enjoys single party rule, and complete government control of production.
Democratic Party - Primarily, a belief in State-Socialism (detailed below) heavily tempered by State-Capitalist beliefs along with some anti-nationalist, anti-religious, and pro-environmental tendencies. They favor control of the government by 2 parties, that way they can have somebody to blame when thing go wrong. Enjoys block votes from gays, teachers, blacks, immigrants, welfare recipients, members of the press, NAACP members, environmentalist, pro-choicers, Union leaders, and people who hate Republicans.
Dictator - An evil man who maintains power by intimidation and force, and refuses to obey the United States.
Educational System - An opportunity for special interest groups to re-program children. The prime obstacle to this agenda is the fact that local and state governments run the schools. This makes it difficult to enact these programs over the whole nation, since you have to convince every legislature and every local school board that you are right. But don't worry - both Republicans and Democrats are looking into ways for the federal government to 'improve' local school systems.
Fascism - To understand this term better, let's look at the dictionary definition:
Fascism - A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
Contrast this to the definition of another political system.
Monarchy - An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority.
Although these two terms are often treated as separate ideologies, I really can't figure out how "Fascism" differs from "Monarchy" in any significant way. Both are ruled by a single dictator, who often is strongly nationalistic. Both heavily suppress their opposition (as do most governments). Both control the economy, to some extent. The only notable difference is that a "monarchy" is typically concerned with bloodlines, while fascism is generally founded around a particular political ideology. But a "fascist" government could easily transform into a Monarchy after upon the death of its principle leader. I suppose the real reason for the separate moniker was to differentiate the leaders of embryonic Italian and German Empires of the 1930's from the "royal" leadership of the British Empire, which had already conquered a large part of the world.
Free Election - Supposedly, an election in which people are free to choose the candidate of their choice, completely unencumbered by the government. Of course, no such thing has ever truly existed, since all elections are regulated by the party(s) currently in power. As I have stated before, if voting really made any difference it would not be allowed.
Full life - Living to be old enough to develop Alzheimer's and multiple other ailments, and die a degrading death in a pool of their own feces in a nursing home (which they pay outrageous fees to stay in.... usually resulting in all of their assets being sold). This luxury is being mandated by politicians that wish to guarantee a safe world, in which nobody will die prematurely from their lifestyle choices.
Fundamentalism - Belief that government should be based on the fundamental principles of one particular set of religious beliefs, and that government should be intolerant of other religious views and to secularism. While this term is normally only used to describe Islamic nations, it can be argued that all societies posses some sort of Fundamentalist beliefs. (See: Religious-Right)
Liberal - Used to mean : "Free from narrow prejudice; open minded, especially, open to the reception of new ideas or proposals of reform.". Now means "Full of hatred for past Ideas, and completely intolerant of the people that still believe in them. Socialist." Most liberal arguments basically boil down to "Shut up in the name of open-mindedness and free speech!". The liberal observes evils in society, and then attempts to remedy the problem with an even greater evil.
Libertarian Party - Free-Market Capitalist. The U.S. Constitution is their bible. They favor multi-party rule of government, and believe that the state's power should be extremely limited. Receives block votes from people who have taken the time to actually read the constitution, and people who hate Democrats & Republicans.
Libertarian-Capitalism - The most prevalent form of libertarianism in the United States (When one hears the term 'Libertarian', you can be pretty sure they are not actually referring to this type). It is a belief in free-markets (little or no state intervention in the economy) and a strong belief in personal freedoms. Governments would only provide basic services (police, a judiciary system, and military). For the most part, this was the type of government supported by most of the founding fathers of the United States, but over the years our system has succumbed to various State-Socialist and State-Capitalist elements.
Libertarian-Socialism - The type of Libertarianism supported by people such as George Orwell and Noam Chomsky (more or less - it's difficult to quantify a person's personal beliefs in such a way). They despise oppression in all it's forms - whether it comes from an oppressive government, or from all-powerful corporations - and therefore seek to suppress all forms of power while at the same time allowing for a large numbers of personal freedoms. Like their Libertarian-Capitalist counterparts, they believe that there is a legitimate role for government in society (police, a judiciary system, etc.), but wish to expand the power of the state slightly so that the state has the power to promote economic equality.
Machiavellian Politics - Modern Politics.
Moral Majority - Neither "Moral" nor a "Majority". (See: Religious Right)
Native Americans - 1.People whose ancestors immigrated here over 10,000 years ago, and who were forced from their homes by European immigrants. 2. People who were born in the US, and are being driven from their neighborhoods by modern immigration.
Narrow Minded Bigot - One who does not speak Newspeak (political correction) as their sole language. Individuals who are oldthinkers.
Neo-colonization - The modern means of colonization. The whole reason nations of the past desired colonies was so they could obtain the goods produced therein. (England colonized India to obtain tea, and South America to obtain labor, United States attempts in progress to obtain Persian oil, post shah era)
We realized some time ago that attempting to govern a colony with too much work. A revolution could disrupt the flow of supplies, and turn these economic assets into economic liabilities. So today we allow our colonies to believe they are governing themselves, but we maintain puppet governments in order to protect our interest. It doesn't really matter who makes that laws - as long as those leaders allow us to take the produce of their county's labor through 'trade'.
People often complain about 'trade deficits', but this really isn't a bad thing. Do you really think that the British Empire really worried about having a 'trade deficit' with its colonies? I think not. That was the whole point of colonization - to take their stuff! Rape foreign lands for natural and human resources. Just think of where America would be if Japan didn't make our cars for us. We would only have half as many cars as we do today, also autos would be two or three times more expensive, however the trade off would be more american jobs. And everybody wants a car, don't they?
Organized Crime - Groups that make profit from actions deemed "illegal"... and these groups also posses enough political clout to make sure these actions are kept illegal.
If prostitution, drugs and gambling were made legal, organized would loose their primary reason for being, and would be force to become a legitimate business. But, that would mean they wouldn't be allowed to kill their competitors or charge outrageous prices for their services.....Plus... They would have to put up with government regulation, and they would have to start paying taxes ....that just wouldn't be good for business!!!
Open-Minded -. One who vigorously attacks anyone that isn't as closed-minded as themselves.
Prejudice - Acknowledging that there are differences between the various races and cultures, and preferring to be among people of like interest and culture.
Propaganda - The American Heritage® Dictionary defines this word as:
prop•a•gan•da - n. The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause.
When correctly used, this word can be used to describe any advertising campaign. But to most people, this word implies lies and deceitful information. Our media often accuses our foreign enemies of practicing propaganda - a statement which is a form of propaganda in and of itself. Most often, propaganda consist of simple catch-phrases which are easily digested by the masses. Is "don't taze me bro" one?
Racist - Belief that race is more important than culture. Would rather be among ignorant members of his own race, than intelligent members of a different race.
Religious-Right - Belief that government should enforce some of the basic fundamental principles of Christianity. (See: Fundamentalism)
Republican Party - Primarily, a belief in State-Capitalism heavily tempered by Libertarian and free-market beliefs along with some pro-nationalist, pro-religious, and militaristic tendencies. They favor control of the government by 2 parties, that way they can have somebody to blame when things go wrong. Enjoys block votes from Businessmen, Christians, Hunters, KKK, pro-lifers, and people who hate Democrats.
Rule of Law - A state in which all government officials obey the same laws that they lay down for their subjects. Of course, this is very rare - most often being found in countries that have recently gone through a revolution.
Sexual Misconduct -. A charge which must be taken seriously if the accused is conservative, but should be carefully examined if the accused is liberal.
Since liberals are the ones that created most of these laws in the first place, it is unthinkable that any of them would be guilty of committing this sort of crime themselves. The only explanation is that they are being harassed by gutter sluts that only want to become famous by harming an honest politician.
But, of course, if the charge is brought against a politician with conservative beliefs, we must applaud the honest woman who had the courage to stand up against these evil tyrants.
If you need to see examples of this policy in action, just compare how differently Clarence Thomas, Ted Kennedy, Bill Clinton, and Bob Packwood were treated by the press and the so-called "woman's rights" groups ... Clarence Thomas was nearly denied a seat on the supreme court because he flirted with a co-worker... Bob Packwood was hounded to do the "honorable thing" and resign ... Ted Kennedy is, of course, a Kennedy - what else would you expect from royalty? ... and Bill Clinton was simply a victim of a vast "right-wing conspiracy".
State-Socialism- The belief all members of society should receive a portion of what that country produces -- with this distribution of wealth under the direct control of the state. There are various schools of thought on just how equal those 'portions' should be - and how exactly redistribution should be achieved. At the very least, a Socialist wants to make sure all of their fellow citizens are 'cared for' by the state, and at most, they want to institute a system under which everyone receives equal pay - regardless of what kind of work they do. But in either case, they feel that centralized control of the economy by some sort of national government is the best way to supervise this redistribution. Under such a system, every able-bodied person would have a job and those who couldn't work (elderly, disabled, etc) would be cared for by the state.
State-Capitalism - A capitalist system which is heavily influenced by the State. This differs from traditional 'Free-Market Capitalism' in that the State is permitted to enact trade-barriers, give tax-breaks to certain companies, regulate industries, 'bail-out' companies and investors that run into financial trouble, and engage in huge government expenditures in the private sector -- In short, the current American system. (although the American system also has many State-Socialist elements as well)
World Peace - Single world government, more of an impossibility than an ideology. Many think this idea will ultimately kill us all trying to achieve this goal. Problem solved, world peace.
Political Correctness (PC) is simply mind control advanced by a self-appointed elite who are attempting to make the people, especially the young, ignorant of their rights and RESPONSIBILITIES of being Citizens in a free and open society. The PC elite are trying at all levels to take away our God-given and hard fought freedoms and rights by using the courts and bureaucratic regulation to bypass the will of the people and short circuit the duties and obligations of our elected representatives.
The ultimate goal of these socialist/fascists is to impose a Social Democracy based not on the individual, but the rights of society in place of the Republic created by the founding fathers as spelled out in the greatest document of all time, the Constitution of the United States. You will no longer have "rights" that predate the Constitution but "privileges" granted by the government that they can give, limit, regulate, or take away at their whim.
These last few word and definition posts has been a collaborative effort by myself and many others of like mind who have found or exposed our language as a useful tool for concealing the truth by redefining the common accepted meanings.
I am flattered that I was sought out for my input on this endeavor. True visionaries throughout history were labeled heretics first before conventional acceptance. I do not consider myself a visionary nor a revolutionary but only a member of the human race that has been able to see through hypocrisy and peer into the hidden agendas, both personal and political, of those in leadership positions. The best tool I have is my God given common sense and the two eyes and ears He has blessed me with. I cannot say with any certainty if what the liberals or conservatives are doing or saying is right or wrong, facts and information are spun to fit a perceived truth based on popularity and not actual truth based on empirical knowledge.
What I can say for certainty is all of us are being misled by con men and these demagogues should be taken off their political pedestals and tried for treason. Truth is for sale and the cost is ultimately paid with our, "we the people", sweat and blood. The U. S. constitution may not mention God, but the very document that declared American Independence from England most definitely does. NO MORE BLOOD, BRO
………………………Kosmicdebris.......................................
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Category: News and Politics
STOP BIG MEDIA
Now, it's my turn to do a little cooking and stew the English language. But instead of trying to create misleading definitions on the menu, my aim is to provide more realistic definitions for modern political terms being served. These ideological terms are, of course, jaded by my own tastes due to socialization and education seasonings, while I may or may not agree with some, this is how I honestly see the world. Basically boils down to: pick your poison, all our beliefs are chosen from the same buffet. No two people on the planet will load their plate exactly the same. Broccoli anyone?
Anarcho-Capitalism - An extreme form of Libertarian-Capitalism, where ALL (or most) services currently provided by government would be provided by private companies (This even includes services such as police forces, military, and judicial agencies). The only government would be weak local communities (perhaps with some state and national affiliations) that would contract this work out to private companies.
Anarcho-Socialism - An extreme form of Libertarian-Socialism, where ALL companies would be directly controlled by employees through workers councils or other such arrangements. Most private property would be abolished, but everybody would be given a fair share of the 'collective property' for his own use. And most importantly, all this would be done without a central government. (or with a VERY limited coalition of communities)
Anarcho-Syndicalism - An combination of Socialism and Capitalism, where the basic properties of the capitalist system would be maintained, but ownership of corporations would be handed over to the worker's (or to their Unions). The basic corporate structure would remain in tact, with the one exception that workers would hold majority ownership of all corporations, and only people that actually work for a company (the laborers who belong to trade unions) would be allowed to own stock. This majority ownership of corporations by the workers will empower them to make all key decisions in that organization, and entitle them to share directly in the profits. All leadership positions in the corporation would be filled by the workers themselves who would return to their old jobs after their term of service has ended. All government positions (if any) would be filled in a similar manner. Such a system would eliminate the need for current trade restrictions, since it is unlikely that a worker-owned company would elect to ship their own jobs across the border.
Anarchy - This is defined by The American Heritage College Dictionary as "The theory or doctrine that all forms of government are unnecessary, oppressive, and undesirable and should be abolished." However there are various schools of Anarchist thought -- raging from pure Anarchism, which favors absolutely no centralized control, to those that wish to temper this complete chaos with some sort of order (such as Anarcho-Capitalist, Anarcho-Syndicalist, and Anarcho-Socialist)
Anti - Smoking Religion - Belief that nobody would ever die if they succeed in banning tobacco. They seem to believe that people will live forever if they don't smoke. But in all actuality, a smoker's life expectancy is only diminished by about 6% ... and even that cannot be attributed entirely to smoking. This is because smokers generally not "health conscience" people to begin with. If they were, they probably wouldn't be smoking in the first place. (You don't see too many smokers hangin' around the gym or at health food stores.)
It is also a belief that tobacco related illnesses cost the government money. In reality, it generates billions of dollars in tax revenues while at the same time saving billions of dollars in Social Security and Medicaid payments by killing smokers off early. It is much cheaper to pay for a 65-year-old's cancer treatment, than to pay for his prescriptions & social security for 6 more years, then still have to pay for his cancer treatment - or even worse - his Alzheimer's treatment.
Capitalism - The belief that every man should be able to keep the fruits of his own labor, without them being stolen by the government for re-distribution.
Communist Party - Socialist. Enjoys single party rule, and complete government control of production.
Democratic Party - Primarily, a belief in State-Socialism (detailed below) heavily tempered by State-Capitalist beliefs along with some anti-nationalist, anti-religious, and pro-environmental tendencies. They favor control of the government by 2 parties, that way they can have somebody to blame when thing go wrong. Enjoys block votes from gays, teachers, blacks, immigrants, welfare recipients, members of the press, NAACP members, environmentalist, pro-choicers, Union leaders, and people who hate Republicans.
Dictator - An evil man who maintains power by intimidation and force, and refuses to obey the United States.
Educational System - An opportunity for special interest groups to re-program children. The prime obstacle to this agenda is the fact that local and state governments run the schools. This makes it difficult to enact these programs over the whole nation, since you have to convince every legislature and every local school board that you are right. But don't worry - both Republicans and Democrats are looking into ways for the federal government to 'improve' local school systems.
Fascism - To understand this term better, let's look at the dictionary definition:
Fascism - A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
Contrast this to the definition of another political system.
Monarchy - An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority.
Although these two terms are often treated as separate ideologies, I really can't figure out how "Fascism" differs from "Monarchy" in any significant way. Both are ruled by a single dictator, who often is strongly nationalistic. Both heavily suppress their opposition (as do most governments). Both control the economy, to some extent. The only notable difference is that a "monarchy" is typically concerned with bloodlines, while fascism is generally founded around a particular political ideology. But a "fascist" government could easily transform into a Monarchy after upon the death of its principle leader. I suppose the real reason for the separate moniker was to differentiate the leaders of embryonic Italian and German Empires of the 1930's from the "royal" leadership of the British Empire, which had already conquered a large part of the world.
Free Election - Supposedly, an election in which people are free to choose the candidate of their choice, completely unencumbered by the government. Of course, no such thing has ever truly existed, since all elections are regulated by the party(s) currently in power. As I have stated before, if voting really made any difference it would not be allowed.
Full life - Living to be old enough to develop Alzheimer's and multiple other ailments, and die a degrading death in a pool of their own feces in a nursing home (which they pay outrageous fees to stay in.... usually resulting in all of their assets being sold). This luxury is being mandated by politicians that wish to guarantee a safe world, in which nobody will die prematurely from their lifestyle choices.
Fundamentalism - Belief that government should be based on the fundamental principles of one particular set of religious beliefs, and that government should be intolerant of other religious views and to secularism. While this term is normally only used to describe Islamic nations, it can be argued that all societies posses some sort of Fundamentalist beliefs. (See: Religious-Right)
Liberal - Used to mean : "Free from narrow prejudice; open minded, especially, open to the reception of new ideas or proposals of reform.". Now means "Full of hatred for past Ideas, and completely intolerant of the people that still believe in them. Socialist." Most liberal arguments basically boil down to "Shut up in the name of open-mindedness and free speech!". The liberal observes evils in society, and then attempts to remedy the problem with an even greater evil.
Libertarian Party - Free-Market Capitalist. The U.S. Constitution is their bible. They favor multi-party rule of government, and believe that the state's power should be extremely limited. Receives block votes from people who have taken the time to actually read the constitution, and people who hate Democrats & Republicans.
Libertarian-Capitalism - The most prevalent form of libertarianism in the United States (When one hears the term 'Libertarian', you can be pretty sure they are not actually referring to this type). It is a belief in free-markets (little or no state intervention in the economy) and a strong belief in personal freedoms. Governments would only provide basic services (police, a judiciary system, and military). For the most part, this was the type of government supported by most of the founding fathers of the United States, but over the years our system has succumbed to various State-Socialist and State-Capitalist elements.
Libertarian-Socialism - The type of Libertarianism supported by people such as George Orwell and Noam Chomsky (more or less - it's difficult to quantify a person's personal beliefs in such a way). They despise oppression in all it's forms - whether it comes from an oppressive government, or from all-powerful corporations - and therefore seek to suppress all forms of power while at the same time allowing for a large numbers of personal freedoms. Like their Libertarian-Capitalist counterparts, they believe that there is a legitimate role for government in society (police, a judiciary system, etc.), but wish to expand the power of the state slightly so that the state has the power to promote economic equality.
Machiavellian Politics - Modern Politics.
1. cunning and unscrupulous: using clever trickery, amoral methods, and expediency to achieve a desired goal, especially in politics (disapproving)
2. relating to Machiavelli: relating to or characteristic of the statesman and political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli.
Moral Majority - Neither "Moral" nor a "Majority". (See: Religious Right)
Native Americans - 1.People whose ancestors immigrated here over 10,000 years ago, and who were forced from their homes by European immigrants. 2. People who were born in the US, and are being driven from their neighborhoods by modern immigration.
Narrow Minded Bigot - One who does not speak Newspeak (political correction) as their sole language. Individuals who are oldthinkers.
Neo-colonization - The modern means of colonization. The whole reason nations of the past desired colonies was so they could obtain the goods produced therein. (England colonized India to obtain tea, and South America to obtain labor, United States attempts in progress to obtain Persian oil, post shah era)
We realized some time ago that attempting to govern a colony with too much work. A revolution could disrupt the flow of supplies, and turn these economic assets into economic liabilities. So today we allow our colonies to believe they are governing themselves, but we maintain puppet governments in order to protect our interest. It doesn't really matter who makes that laws - as long as those leaders allow us to take the produce of their county's labor through 'trade'.
People often complain about 'trade deficits', but this really isn't a bad thing. Do you really think that the British Empire really worried about having a 'trade deficit' with its colonies? I think not. That was the whole point of colonization - to take their stuff! Rape foreign lands for natural and human resources. Just think of where America would be if Japan didn't make our cars for us. We would only have half as many cars as we do today, also autos would be two or three times more expensive, however the trade off would be more american jobs. And everybody wants a car, don't they?
Organized Crime - Groups that make profit from actions deemed "illegal"... and these groups also posses enough political clout to make sure these actions are kept illegal.
If prostitution, drugs and gambling were made legal, organized would loose their primary reason for being, and would be force to become a legitimate business. But, that would mean they wouldn't be allowed to kill their competitors or charge outrageous prices for their services.....Plus... They would have to put up with government regulation, and they would have to start paying taxes ....that just wouldn't be good for business!!!
Open-Minded -. One who vigorously attacks anyone that isn't as closed-minded as themselves.
Prejudice - Acknowledging that there are differences between the various races and cultures, and preferring to be among people of like interest and culture.
Propaganda - The American Heritage® Dictionary defines this word as:
prop•a•gan•da - n. The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause.
When correctly used, this word can be used to describe any advertising campaign. But to most people, this word implies lies and deceitful information. Our media often accuses our foreign enemies of practicing propaganda - a statement which is a form of propaganda in and of itself. Most often, propaganda consist of simple catch-phrases which are easily digested by the masses. Is "don't taze me bro" one?
Racist - Belief that race is more important than culture. Would rather be among ignorant members of his own race, than intelligent members of a different race.
Religious-Right - Belief that government should enforce some of the basic fundamental principles of Christianity. (See: Fundamentalism)
Republican Party - Primarily, a belief in State-Capitalism heavily tempered by Libertarian and free-market beliefs along with some pro-nationalist, pro-religious, and militaristic tendencies. They favor control of the government by 2 parties, that way they can have somebody to blame when things go wrong. Enjoys block votes from Businessmen, Christians, Hunters, KKK, pro-lifers, and people who hate Democrats.
Rule of Law - A state in which all government officials obey the same laws that they lay down for their subjects. Of course, this is very rare - most often being found in countries that have recently gone through a revolution.
Sexual Misconduct -. A charge which must be taken seriously if the accused is conservative, but should be carefully examined if the accused is liberal.
Since liberals are the ones that created most of these laws in the first place, it is unthinkable that any of them would be guilty of committing this sort of crime themselves. The only explanation is that they are being harassed by gutter sluts that only want to become famous by harming an honest politician.
But, of course, if the charge is brought against a politician with conservative beliefs, we must applaud the honest woman who had the courage to stand up against these evil tyrants.
If you need to see examples of this policy in action, just compare how differently Clarence Thomas, Ted Kennedy, Bill Clinton, and Bob Packwood were treated by the press and the so-called "woman's rights" groups ... Clarence Thomas was nearly denied a seat on the supreme court because he flirted with a co-worker... Bob Packwood was hounded to do the "honorable thing" and resign ... Ted Kennedy is, of course, a Kennedy - what else would you expect from royalty? ... and Bill Clinton was simply a victim of a vast "right-wing conspiracy".
State-Socialism- The belief all members of society should receive a portion of what that country produces -- with this distribution of wealth under the direct control of the state. There are various schools of thought on just how equal those 'portions' should be - and how exactly redistribution should be achieved. At the very least, a Socialist wants to make sure all of their fellow citizens are 'cared for' by the state, and at most, they want to institute a system under which everyone receives equal pay - regardless of what kind of work they do. But in either case, they feel that centralized control of the economy by some sort of national government is the best way to supervise this redistribution. Under such a system, every able-bodied person would have a job and those who couldn't work (elderly, disabled, etc) would be cared for by the state.
State-Capitalism - A capitalist system which is heavily influenced by the State. This differs from traditional 'Free-Market Capitalism' in that the State is permitted to enact trade-barriers, give tax-breaks to certain companies, regulate industries, 'bail-out' companies and investors that run into financial trouble, and engage in huge government expenditures in the private sector -- In short, the current American system. (although the American system also has many State-Socialist elements as well)
World Peace - Single world government, more of an impossibility than an ideology. Many think this idea will ultimately kill us all trying to achieve this goal. Problem solved, world peace.
Political Correctness (PC) is simply mind control advanced by a self-appointed elite who are attempting to make the people, especially the young, ignorant of their rights and RESPONSIBILITIES of being Citizens in a free and open society. The PC elite are trying at all levels to take away our God-given and hard fought freedoms and rights by using the courts and bureaucratic regulation to bypass the will of the people and short circuit the duties and obligations of our elected representatives.
The ultimate goal of these socialist/fascists is to impose a Social Democracy based not on the individual, but the rights of society in place of the Republic created by the founding fathers as spelled out in the greatest document of all time, the Constitution of the United States. You will no longer have "rights" that predate the Constitution but "privileges" granted by the government that they can give, limit, regulate, or take away at their whim.
"In those wretched countries where a man cannot call his tongue his own, he can scarce call anything his own... Who ever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freedom of speech." "Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither."
--- Benjamin Franklin
These last few word and definition posts has been a collaborative effort by myself and many others of like mind who have found or exposed our language as a useful tool for concealing the truth by redefining the common accepted meanings.
I am flattered that I was sought out for my input on this endeavor. True visionaries throughout history were labeled heretics first before conventional acceptance. I do not consider myself a visionary nor a revolutionary but only a member of the human race that has been able to see through hypocrisy and peer into the hidden agendas, both personal and political, of those in leadership positions. The best tool I have is my God given common sense and the two eyes and ears He has blessed me with. I cannot say with any certainty if what the liberals or conservatives are doing or saying is right or wrong, facts and information are spun to fit a perceived truth based on popularity and not actual truth based on empirical knowledge.
What I can say for certainty is all of us are being misled by con men and these demagogues should be taken off their political pedestals and tried for treason. Truth is for sale and the cost is ultimately paid with our, "we the people", sweat and blood. The U. S. constitution may not mention God, but the very document that declared American Independence from England most definitely does. NO MORE BLOOD, BRO
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Category: News and Politics
STOP BIG MEDIA
Monday, June 2, 2008
In Lies We Trust: The CIA, Hollywood and Bioterrorism
In Lies We Trust: The CIA, Hollywood and Bioterrorism- “This feature length documentary about medical madness, cloaked in
bioterrorism preparedness, will awaken the brain dead. It exposes
health officials, directed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),
for conducting a “War of Terror” that is killing millions of unwitting
Americans. This urgent life-saving DVD comes without copyright
restrictions. Every viewer is encouraged to reproduce and distribute
copies to others. Donations to Tetrahedron Films to cover costs and
produce more films like this are greatly appreciated online at www.inlieswetrust.com or by calling toll free 1-888-508-4787.”
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this is shocking stuff.....must watch! read all of chycho's health news, very good information, american mainstream will ignore. information is power.
keep fighting the good fight, with your minds as weapon.
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bioterrorism preparedness, will awaken the brain dead. It exposes
health officials, directed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),
for conducting a “War of Terror” that is killing millions of unwitting
Americans. This urgent life-saving DVD comes without copyright
restrictions. Every viewer is encouraged to reproduce and distribute
copies to others. Donations to Tetrahedron Films to cover costs and
produce more films like this are greatly appreciated online at www.inlieswetrust.com or by calling toll free 1-888-508-4787.”
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| | | | | | | | | | this is shocking stuff.....must watch! read all of chycho's health news, very good information, american mainstream will ignore. information is power.
keep fighting the good fight, with your minds as weapon.
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US accused of holding terror suspects on prison ships | World news | The Guardian
what the world is looking at today, UK.........pity we have to go overseas to find out what going on here in the
US accused of holding terror suspects on prison ships | World news | The Guardian: "US accused of holding terror suspects on prison ships
· Report says 17 boats used
· MPs seek details of UK role
· Europe attacks 42-day plan
* Duncan Campbell and Richard Norton-Taylor
* The Guardian,
* Monday June 2 2008
An amphibious assault vehicle leaves the USS Peleliu, which was used to detain prisoners, according to the human rights group Reprieve
An amphibious assault vehicle leaves the USS Peleliu, which was used to detain prisoners, according to the human rights group Reprieve. Photograph: Zack Baddor/AP
The United States is operating floating prisons to house those arrested in its war on terror, according to human rights lawyers, who claim there has been an attempt to conceal the numbers and whereabouts of detainees.
Details of ships where detainees have been held and sites allegedly being used in countries across the world have been compiled as the debate over detention without trial intensifies on both sides of the Atlantic. The US government was yesterday urged to list the NAMEs and whereabouts of all those detained.
Information about the operation of prison ships has emerged through a number of sources, including statements from the US military, the Council of Europe and related parliamentary bodies"
Japan today.........
5:00AM Monday June 02, 2008
UNited StaTEs
US accused of holding terror suspects on prison ships | World news | The Guardian: "US accused of holding terror suspects on prison ships
· Report says 17 boats used
· MPs seek details of UK role
· Europe attacks 42-day plan
* Duncan Campbell and Richard Norton-Taylor
* The Guardian,
* Monday June 2 2008
An amphibious assault vehicle leaves the USS Peleliu, which was used to detain prisoners, according to the human rights group Reprieve
An amphibious assault vehicle leaves the USS Peleliu, which was used to detain prisoners, according to the human rights group Reprieve. Photograph: Zack Baddor/AP
The United States is operating floating prisons to house those arrested in its war on terror, according to human rights lawyers, who claim there has been an attempt to conceal the numbers and whereabouts of detainees.
Details of ships where detainees have been held and sites allegedly being used in countries across the world have been compiled as the debate over detention without trial intensifies on both sides of the Atlantic. The US government was yesterday urged to list the NAMEs and whereabouts of all those detained.
Information about the operation of prison ships has emerged through a number of sources, including statements from the US military, the Council of Europe and related parliamentary bodies"
Japan today.........
Washington's culture of deception
By Chuck Baldwin
A bomb exploded inside Washington, DC, last week, and, no, it was not the work of a Middle Eastern terrorist. It was the work of former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan. He, perhaps more than anyone else, was the face of President Bush’s White House. He faithfully served President George W Bush for close to a decade and served as Bush’s Press Secretary for some three years, resigning on April 19, 2006. He was also regarded as one of the most loyal and tight-lipped of the Bush insiders.
However, his new book, “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception” has exploded in the face of what history will probably regard as one of the most deceptive and manipulative Presidential administrations in American government. The Washington Post (and a host of other media) released a report regarding McClellan’s book last Wednesday......
Japan OKs ban on cluster bombs
05/31/2008
THE ASAHI SHIMBUNJapan said Friday it will accept the draft of an international treaty banning cluster bombs, except for the latest types, and eventually abolish all of those weapons owned by the Self-Defense Forces.
The decision, a turnaround from the government's traditional stance, came in response to an agreement on the draft treaty reached in Dublin on Wednesday.
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we do not care who or whom gets credit, get these people some help!!
Aussie troops leaving Iraq
5:00AM Monday June 02, 2008
NASSIRIYA - About 500 Australian combat troops pulled out of their base in southern Iraq yesterday, fulfilling an election promise by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to bring the soldiers home this year.
A British military spokesman in the southern city of Basra said the pullout from Talil base in Nassiriya was under way, but a spokesman for the governor of Dhi Qar province said it had been completed, with United States forces replacing the Australians.
"The Australian battle group is pulling out," the British military spokesman said..............
.questions, comments from rupert's ministry of propaganda? again, another story not to report.........to Americans.
keep fighting the good fight, with your minds as weapons!!
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Sunday, June 1, 2008
Hungry For Truth - Day 6 | 911Blogger.com
Hungry For Truth - Day 6 | 911Blogger.com:
hungry for truth | John McCain
Hungry for Truth – Day 6
Hungry4Truth.com
Blair is in terrific spirits and amazed at his own incredible energy. Temperatures reached 101F, but it’s a dry heat in Arizona. Blair is logging and maintaining his hydration. Traffic crews were out on 16th Street today diverting traffic into one lane which forced drivers to drive slowly past us for hours. We received about 15:1 ratio of well wishers for every negative gesture giving us a great emotional lift all day long. This is an amazing increase in the ratio from what we experienced 6 months ago with our street actions. Also of note, Blair is getting somewhat of a following from the folks that drive-by each day and live near McCain’s office, including lots of honking and yells of support. This is terrific stuff which I hope all of our supporters can envision and appreciate. We wish you all could be here with us.
We are approached by walkers routinely, most of whom take time to read our materials and ask us a few questions. We pass out “Hungry for Truth” fliers, AE911Truth evidence cards, numerous DVD s, and even gave away a few ‘hungry’ t-shirts to high school kids. We can also report that we noticed our first official surveillance vehicle that seemi" "Submitted by jkeogh on Sun, 06/01/2008 - 4:55am.
Attention STATION MANAGERS
The news/truth is comming!!!.
as hell is making wages on who Pays and with what........................the media "get honest" window is closing along with many victims stuck in the gap, the next scud-stud Anchor... Americas next new reality show. survivor anchorwoman, true people's choice awards in real-time.
keep fighting the good fight, with your minds as weapons!!
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hungry for truth | John McCain
Hungry for Truth – Day 6
Hungry4Truth.com
Blair is in terrific spirits and amazed at his own incredible energy. Temperatures reached 101F, but it’s a dry heat in Arizona. Blair is logging and maintaining his hydration. Traffic crews were out on 16th Street today diverting traffic into one lane which forced drivers to drive slowly past us for hours. We received about 15:1 ratio of well wishers for every negative gesture giving us a great emotional lift all day long. This is an amazing increase in the ratio from what we experienced 6 months ago with our street actions. Also of note, Blair is getting somewhat of a following from the folks that drive-by each day and live near McCain’s office, including lots of honking and yells of support. This is terrific stuff which I hope all of our supporters can envision and appreciate. We wish you all could be here with us.
We are approached by walkers routinely, most of whom take time to read our materials and ask us a few questions. We pass out “Hungry for Truth” fliers, AE911Truth evidence cards, numerous DVD s, and even gave away a few ‘hungry’ t-shirts to high school kids. We can also report that we noticed our first official surveillance vehicle that seemi" "Submitted by jkeogh on Sun, 06/01/2008 - 4:55am.
Attention STATION MANAGERS
The news/truth is comming!!!.
as hell is making wages on who Pays and with what........................the media "get honest" window is closing along with many victims stuck in the gap, the next scud-stud Anchor... Americas next new reality show. survivor anchorwoman, true people's choice awards in real-time.
keep fighting the good fight, with your minds as weapons!!
.....................................kosmicdebris.........................................................
Saturday, May 31, 2008
PAPER DOLLAR EMPIRE
PAPER DOLLAR EMPIRE - Why War for Oil...a brief history of how the american economic house of cards came to be.
For a country, or an empire, to go to war,
Either to gain more wealth
Or to defend itself.
The benefits must outweigh the costs.
In understanding ongoing things today
A little history goes a long way…
In 1945 was born with Bretton Woods the ‘American Empire’
The world had adopted a new reserve currency: the United States dollar.
It would be the backbone of international exchange.
And why not? The American economy was supremely robust
And two successive wars had taken their toll on Europe
Who was busy rebuilding the glory it had lost.
The idea was nothing really new, now or then:
To have a gold standard backing the US currency.
In truth the U.S. dollar wasn’t convertible to gold fully,
But foreign governments could ask to convert it on demand.
For quite some time this system worked
Most of those dollars were handed over to foreigners
in exchange for economic goods,
without necessarily the prospect
of buying them back at the same value.
But then Murphy’s spectre reared its mocking head
The US With irresponsible deficit management at home
And a pathological pursuit of war abroad
Against the global communist threat
In an little place called Viet-Nam
The once allies began losing faith in Uncle Sam
When in early 70’s foreign nations,
Notably Britain and France, demanded,
For their US dollars due payment in gold
On August 15,1971 The U.S. Government defaulted
This was termed the ‘Nixon Shock’ (or so I was told)
The free market of supply and demand
Would set the value of the currency.
Thus So far The US had extracted
An enormous amount of economic goods
From the rest of the world,
With no intention or more to the point
The ability to return those goods,
The world could not do anything about it
The world was powerless to respond,
The world was in a real sense being taxed!
Essentially, to the cynical well-informed outsider,
The U.S. had officially declared itself an Empire.
The Free-floating dollar soon precariously sank
While it was getting real expensive to fill up a tank
From that point on, to sustain this Paper Empire
And to continue to tax the rest of the world,
The United States had to force the world
To continue to accept ever-depreciating dollars
It kept printing in exchange for economic goods
And to have the world hold more and more
Of those ever-depreciating dollars.
It had to give the world
An ECONOMIC REASON to hold dollars,
And that reason was OIL.
In 1972-73 an iron-clad arrangement
Was forged with the House of Saud
Unwavering American support of the Saudi regime
In exchange for accepting ONLY U.S. dollars for its oil.
The rest of OPEC was to follow suit and also accept only US dollars.
Because the world had to buy oil from the Arab oil countries,
It had the reason to hold dollars as payment for oil.
Because the world needed ever increasing quantities of oil
At ever increasing oil prices,
The world’s demand for dollars could only increase.
Even though dollars could no longer be exchanged for gold,
They were now in effect exchangeable for oil.
The gold had now become black
The currency was now backed with this system
And -if warranted- with US military muscle.
The benefit of this system is for America indeed enormous.
For almost every country in the world
Needs to stockpile dollars to purchase oil.
Since Everyone accepts dollars because dollars can buy oil.
The world’s exports compete to capture dollars
To service their dollar-denominated debts
And to stockpile reserves of more dollars
To sustain the value of their own currencies.
America has the luxury of maintaining a trade deficit
Because its greatest export is in effect the dollar,
Which it can print at will.
This is called 'dollar hegemony.'
Simply put: the dollar rules!
The US produces dollars
While the rest of the world
Produces things that dollars can buy.
These dollars then make their way back home
Through New-York and London banks,
Recycled through the ‘petroleum exchanges’
Where Wealthy nation become eager to loan money
to US to finance its deficit through bonds of the treasury.
Collecting interest on the dollar
And leverage on US policy by owning its debt.
This system is called ‘petrodollar recycling.’
At this point in time
The dollar accounts for 70% of the world transactions
It has become the Economic Lifeblood of the globe.
Those who do not have the sign of the dollar
Cannot buy oil.
But history tells us there is always a breaking point
Even America couldn’t sustain this kind of spending indefinitely
As the US prints more and more dollars,
It loses value vis-à-vis the euro,
The new European Union currency.
Since EU nations are now the major purchasers of oil of the world
The pricing in euro may become tempting for the some producing countries
– that may want to profit as well as hit America where it hurts.
In the fall of 2000, There was a man
Who, instead of US dollars, did demand
Euros for his oil. His name:
Saddam Hussein.
This was purely a political decision.
‘No trading in the currency of the enemy state’ as he put it.
But at the end of the day
It became apparent that he meant business.
It could be said that some people obviously thought
That this practice if left unchecked might gain momentum
In the international community and challenge
The status quo of the mighty dollar
As reserve currency for the world
The now one true unshakable god
Of the western economy
Precipitating the demise of the dollar
– to put it another way:
The oil-for-paper empire was under attack
And the New-World Order responded.
2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom was go!
Indeed, two months after the United States invaded Iraq,
The Iraqi Euro oil accounts were switched back to dollars,
And oil was sold once again only for U.S. dollars.
No longer could the world buy oil from Iraq with Euro.
Iraq was now sovereign, and freedom would reign!
The Freedom to purchase oil in dollars, not euros.
So the war in Iraq was maybe not so much about
Iraq’s nuclear capabilities,
Or Iraq’s program of weapons of mass destruction
Or about defending human rights,
Or about spreading democracy,
Or even about seizing oil fields;
As it was about defending the dollar.
Not keeping the American public safe
But the actual US-lead-world economy safe.
The New-World Order had been defended.
An example had been set:
Anyone demanding payment in currencies
Other than U.S. Dollars
Could be likewise punished.
There was then Saddam
And now there is Iran.
Since the spring of 2003, Iran has required payments
In the euro currency for its exports both European and Asian.
Although the oil pricing for trades are still denominated in the dollar
Plans are being made by Iran to start a bourse
-a commodities exchange – for oil in Euros (of course) .
If this is allowed to happen then
The Dollar will be openly challenged
As a reserve currency on the global market
Some alarmists have labelled this a threat
To the US ‘more devastating than any atomic bomb! ’
A seemingly senseless war with Iran
With a nuclear-terror agenda
Would be more a of a pre-emptive strike
-A necessary evil for the right wing,
A despotic act seen by the left wing-
Against a more democratic world economy
An economy that is, in all cases, inevitable historically.
Let the reader be reminded that oil is a finite resource.
And the more dollars printed the more it depreciates
And that a deficit is seldom a positive thing.
In the Real world however there would be limited devastation.
Isn’t the global economy in too deep in this system already?
After all 70% of all trade reserves are in US dollars.
Any sudden shift in the value of the dollar would bring disaster for everyone
The modern world interlinked economy is such a fragile thing
A sudden blood transfusion might kill the patient.
Added to this that the system of using one currency
is mighty convenient for everyone in the oil industry
And like my father so often told me
‘Economy makes politics. Not the other way’
So nothing will happen overnight
Because nothing can.
But As history taught us
Time and time again
And as we choose to ignore facts
You cannot stop the march of events.
History stops for no one.
As one’s times come to an end
To let Another one’s begin
Each tragic play has to come to its final act
For a new one to be staged.
But to this author the real tragedy
Is the leaders inability to cope
To accept changes gracefully
To relinquish power
With changing tides of time
To cling to it like a dog to its bone
Blind ambition marred by lack of vision
That leads to Limited options.
That ultimately demand human sacrifice
In the end there is a price to pay
And the ones to pay are the people, WE, always
Which ironically have the power to affect changes
But almost always choose never to exercise it.
At present it could be said even surrendered it,
Out of ignorance - borne out of careful misinformation-
to gain a superficial sense of security
or worse, laziness, the results of comfort’s numbing addiction.
Cozing up to a beer watching the next war unfolding on TV!
For a country, or an empire, to go to war,
Either to gain more wealth
Or to defend itself.
The benefits must outweigh the costs.
So what will it be:
Monetary compromise
Or continued petrodollar warfare?
A question for the wise:
How much gold, oil or paper
Is worth for lives to be lost
And the living to suffer?
Or do YOU even care?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.'
- Abraham Lincoln
'Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government. Whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.'
- Thomas Jefferson
'The belief that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction was the main alleged reason for the March 2003 invasion of Iraq.'
- 2003 invasion of Iraq - Wikipedia
'The three current oil markers are all US dollar denominated: North America's West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) , North Sea Brent Crude, and the UAE Dubai Crude. The two major oil bourses are the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYME) in New York City and the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) in London. The proposed Iranian bourse would establish a fourth oil marker, denominated by the euro.'
- Iranian oil bourse - Wikipedia
Please don't take this all for granted. By all means do your own research and form your opinion on the matter. You can start with 'dollard hegemony', 'petrodollar warfare' at Wikipedia which are two very hotly disputed articles (neutrality) and may be deleted at anytime. Some interesting links from there, both pro and critical.
Keep Fighting the Good Fight - with your minds as weapons!
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For a country, or an empire, to go to war,
Either to gain more wealth
Or to defend itself.
The benefits must outweigh the costs.
In understanding ongoing things today
A little history goes a long way…
In 1945 was born with Bretton Woods the ‘American Empire’
The world had adopted a new reserve currency: the United States dollar.
It would be the backbone of international exchange.
And why not? The American economy was supremely robust
And two successive wars had taken their toll on Europe
Who was busy rebuilding the glory it had lost.
The idea was nothing really new, now or then:
To have a gold standard backing the US currency.
In truth the U.S. dollar wasn’t convertible to gold fully,
But foreign governments could ask to convert it on demand.
For quite some time this system worked
Most of those dollars were handed over to foreigners
in exchange for economic goods,
without necessarily the prospect
of buying them back at the same value.
But then Murphy’s spectre reared its mocking head
The US With irresponsible deficit management at home
And a pathological pursuit of war abroad
Against the global communist threat
In an little place called Viet-Nam
The once allies began losing faith in Uncle Sam
When in early 70’s foreign nations,
Notably Britain and France, demanded,
For their US dollars due payment in gold
On August 15,1971 The U.S. Government defaulted
This was termed the ‘Nixon Shock’ (or so I was told)
The free market of supply and demand
Would set the value of the currency.
Thus So far The US had extracted
An enormous amount of economic goods
From the rest of the world,
With no intention or more to the point
The ability to return those goods,
The world could not do anything about it
The world was powerless to respond,
The world was in a real sense being taxed!
Essentially, to the cynical well-informed outsider,
The U.S. had officially declared itself an Empire.
The Free-floating dollar soon precariously sank
While it was getting real expensive to fill up a tank
From that point on, to sustain this Paper Empire
And to continue to tax the rest of the world,
The United States had to force the world
To continue to accept ever-depreciating dollars
It kept printing in exchange for economic goods
And to have the world hold more and more
Of those ever-depreciating dollars.
It had to give the world
An ECONOMIC REASON to hold dollars,
And that reason was OIL.
In 1972-73 an iron-clad arrangement
Was forged with the House of Saud
Unwavering American support of the Saudi regime
In exchange for accepting ONLY U.S. dollars for its oil.
The rest of OPEC was to follow suit and also accept only US dollars.
Because the world had to buy oil from the Arab oil countries,
It had the reason to hold dollars as payment for oil.
Because the world needed ever increasing quantities of oil
At ever increasing oil prices,
The world’s demand for dollars could only increase.
Even though dollars could no longer be exchanged for gold,
They were now in effect exchangeable for oil.
The gold had now become black
The currency was now backed with this system
And -if warranted- with US military muscle.
The benefit of this system is for America indeed enormous.
For almost every country in the world
Needs to stockpile dollars to purchase oil.
Since Everyone accepts dollars because dollars can buy oil.
The world’s exports compete to capture dollars
To service their dollar-denominated debts
And to stockpile reserves of more dollars
To sustain the value of their own currencies.
America has the luxury of maintaining a trade deficit
Because its greatest export is in effect the dollar,
Which it can print at will.
This is called 'dollar hegemony.'
Simply put: the dollar rules!
The US produces dollars
While the rest of the world
Produces things that dollars can buy.
These dollars then make their way back home
Through New-York and London banks,
Recycled through the ‘petroleum exchanges’
Where Wealthy nation become eager to loan money
to US to finance its deficit through bonds of the treasury.
Collecting interest on the dollar
And leverage on US policy by owning its debt.
This system is called ‘petrodollar recycling.’
At this point in time
The dollar accounts for 70% of the world transactions
It has become the Economic Lifeblood of the globe.
Those who do not have the sign of the dollar
Cannot buy oil.
But history tells us there is always a breaking point
Even America couldn’t sustain this kind of spending indefinitely
As the US prints more and more dollars,
It loses value vis-à-vis the euro,
The new European Union currency.
Since EU nations are now the major purchasers of oil of the world
The pricing in euro may become tempting for the some producing countries
– that may want to profit as well as hit America where it hurts.
In the fall of 2000, There was a man
Who, instead of US dollars, did demand
Euros for his oil. His name:
Saddam Hussein.
This was purely a political decision.
‘No trading in the currency of the enemy state’ as he put it.
But at the end of the day
It became apparent that he meant business.
It could be said that some people obviously thought
That this practice if left unchecked might gain momentum
In the international community and challenge
The status quo of the mighty dollar
As reserve currency for the world
The now one true unshakable god
Of the western economy
Precipitating the demise of the dollar
– to put it another way:
The oil-for-paper empire was under attack
And the New-World Order responded.
2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom was go!
Indeed, two months after the United States invaded Iraq,
The Iraqi Euro oil accounts were switched back to dollars,
And oil was sold once again only for U.S. dollars.
No longer could the world buy oil from Iraq with Euro.
Iraq was now sovereign, and freedom would reign!
The Freedom to purchase oil in dollars, not euros.
So the war in Iraq was maybe not so much about
Iraq’s nuclear capabilities,
Or Iraq’s program of weapons of mass destruction
Or about defending human rights,
Or about spreading democracy,
Or even about seizing oil fields;
As it was about defending the dollar.
Not keeping the American public safe
But the actual US-lead-world economy safe.
The New-World Order had been defended.
An example had been set:
Anyone demanding payment in currencies
Other than U.S. Dollars
Could be likewise punished.
There was then Saddam
And now there is Iran.
Since the spring of 2003, Iran has required payments
In the euro currency for its exports both European and Asian.
Although the oil pricing for trades are still denominated in the dollar
Plans are being made by Iran to start a bourse
-a commodities exchange – for oil in Euros (of course) .
If this is allowed to happen then
The Dollar will be openly challenged
As a reserve currency on the global market
Some alarmists have labelled this a threat
To the US ‘more devastating than any atomic bomb! ’
A seemingly senseless war with Iran
With a nuclear-terror agenda
Would be more a of a pre-emptive strike
-A necessary evil for the right wing,
A despotic act seen by the left wing-
Against a more democratic world economy
An economy that is, in all cases, inevitable historically.
Let the reader be reminded that oil is a finite resource.
And the more dollars printed the more it depreciates
And that a deficit is seldom a positive thing.
In the Real world however there would be limited devastation.
Isn’t the global economy in too deep in this system already?
After all 70% of all trade reserves are in US dollars.
Any sudden shift in the value of the dollar would bring disaster for everyone
The modern world interlinked economy is such a fragile thing
A sudden blood transfusion might kill the patient.
Added to this that the system of using one currency
is mighty convenient for everyone in the oil industry
And like my father so often told me
‘Economy makes politics. Not the other way’
So nothing will happen overnight
Because nothing can.
But As history taught us
Time and time again
And as we choose to ignore facts
You cannot stop the march of events.
History stops for no one.
As one’s times come to an end
To let Another one’s begin
Each tragic play has to come to its final act
For a new one to be staged.
But to this author the real tragedy
Is the leaders inability to cope
To accept changes gracefully
To relinquish power
With changing tides of time
To cling to it like a dog to its bone
Blind ambition marred by lack of vision
That leads to Limited options.
That ultimately demand human sacrifice
In the end there is a price to pay
And the ones to pay are the people, WE, always
Which ironically have the power to affect changes
But almost always choose never to exercise it.
At present it could be said even surrendered it,
Out of ignorance - borne out of careful misinformation-
to gain a superficial sense of security
or worse, laziness, the results of comfort’s numbing addiction.
Cozing up to a beer watching the next war unfolding on TV!
For a country, or an empire, to go to war,
Either to gain more wealth
Or to defend itself.
The benefits must outweigh the costs.
So what will it be:
Monetary compromise
Or continued petrodollar warfare?
A question for the wise:
How much gold, oil or paper
Is worth for lives to be lost
And the living to suffer?
Or do YOU even care?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.'
- Abraham Lincoln
'Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government. Whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.'
- Thomas Jefferson
'The belief that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction was the main alleged reason for the March 2003 invasion of Iraq.'
- 2003 invasion of Iraq - Wikipedia
'The three current oil markers are all US dollar denominated: North America's West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) , North Sea Brent Crude, and the UAE Dubai Crude. The two major oil bourses are the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYME) in New York City and the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) in London. The proposed Iranian bourse would establish a fourth oil marker, denominated by the euro.'
- Iranian oil bourse - Wikipedia
Please don't take this all for granted. By all means do your own research and form your opinion on the matter. You can start with 'dollard hegemony', 'petrodollar warfare' at Wikipedia which are two very hotly disputed articles (neutrality) and may be deleted at anytime. Some interesting links from there, both pro and critical.
Keep Fighting the Good Fight - with your minds as weapons!
From The Minute Menace……………brought to you by
……..………………..Kosmicdebris…………………………….
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Friday, May 30, 2008
Radio Free Oklahoma premieres Saturday 5.31.2008 | 911Blogger.com
Radio Free Oklahoma premieres Saturday 5.31.2008 | 911Blogger.com: "OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING
Radio Free Oklahoma will premiere tomorrow on WTPRN. The Hosts will be Chris Emery, Holland O. Van den Nieuwenhof and Andrew W. Griffin.
Radio Free Oklahoma will present issues related to the NASCO super highway, Real ID card, the continuing investigation of the Oklahoma City bombing and several other subjects requiring a thorough review NOT offered by the mainstream media. In addition, past and present historical events and individuals with close ties to Oklahoma will be reviewed.
Chris Emery says that discussion of 9/11 will occur as well as OKC and other related events.
Should be interesting listening.
http://www.wtprn.com/listen.shtml
Call-in Number: 512 646-1984
Time: Saturdays, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm CST"
Technorati Profile Tahlequah, OK.
Radio Free Oklahoma will premiere tomorrow on WTPRN. The Hosts will be Chris Emery, Holland O. Van den Nieuwenhof and Andrew W. Griffin.
Radio Free Oklahoma will present issues related to the NASCO super highway, Real ID card, the continuing investigation of the Oklahoma City bombing and several other subjects requiring a thorough review NOT offered by the mainstream media. In addition, past and present historical events and individuals with close ties to Oklahoma will be reviewed.
Chris Emery says that discussion of 9/11 will occur as well as OKC and other related events.
Should be interesting listening.
http://www.wtprn.com/listen.shtml
Call-in Number: 512 646-1984
Time: Saturdays, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm CST"
Technorati Profile Tahlequah, OK.
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t r u t h o u t | 05.31
The country is buzzing today over a tell-all book by former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan. In his explosive memoir, McClellan reveals that the Bush administration ran a "political propaganda campaign" to mislead the American public on the war in Iraq.
But he takes it one step further, implicating the mainstream media for its role in "enabling" this propaganda: "The national press corps was probably too deferential to the White House" in spreading the president's case for the war, McClellan writes. The mainstream media didn't live up to its watchdog reputation. "If it had, the country would have been better served."
This should be a shock to everyone. The president's own spokesman lays a large share of the blame for Bush's pro-war propaganda on the media's "deferential" treatment of White House spin.
Please become part of a growing people-powered campaign to investigate this scandal and make media more accountable to the public:
Make Mainstream Media Answer for Spreading Pro-War Propaganda
Click on the link above and sign a letter that urges House Committee Chairs Ike Skelton, John Tierney and Henry Waxman to convene full congressional hearings about propaganda in the news.
The media's complicity in promoting this war was confirmed Wednesday night by CNN correspondent Jessica Yellin who said that network executives had pushed her not to do hard-hitting pieces on the Bush administration as the nation readied for war.
"The press corps was under enormous pressure from corporate executives, frankly, to make sure that this was a war presented in a way that was consistent with the patriotic fever in the nation," Yellin told CNN's Anderson Cooper. (Watch the video).
More than 100,000 Free Press activists and allies have already urged their members of Congress to launch an investigation into the media's role in spreading pro-war propaganda. By joining their call, you will be part of a massive coalition of citizens, bloggers and independent media who refuse to let Big Media off the hook:
Expose the Propaganda 'Enablers' and End Fake News
McClellan's memoir comes on the heels of an April 20 New York Times exposé, which revealed an extensive -- and likely illegal -- Pentagon program to recruit and place pro-war military pundits on nearly every major news outlet in America. Congress has promised to investigate the Pentagon’s role in the scandal, but it shouldn't end there.
Our democracy is in peril when mainstream media fail to question the official view and put the interests of ordinary Americans first. This watchdog role is especially critical during a time of war.
Sign the letter and then tell your friends to help send a loud message to Congress: We're not backing down until the truth comes out.
Gratefully,
Timothy Karr
Campaign Director
Free Press Action Fund
www.freepress.net
P.S. Thanks to you, Free Press is leading the charge to hold media accountable for spreading propaganda. Our next step is to run a powerful ad to put Congress on notice to act. Contribute now and send the message: We're not backing down.
start asking questions please, while we still can!!
http://letsibeledmondsspeak.blogspot.com/
Kill The Messenger, the documentary about FBI translator & whistleblower Sibel Edmonds, will be screened at the DOXA film festival in Vancouver on Saturday evening.
The Vancouver Sun lists Kill The Messenger as one of their 'Best Bets' for the festival.
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As some of you know, I've been traveling for the last few months and haven't posted anything on Sibel's case for a while - unfortunately not much has happened in the interim.
There are still tickets available for the screening of Kill The Messenger at the DOXA festival in Vancouver on Saturday night. You can get your tickets here.
You may have already seen some of my YouTubes about the film. The trailer is here. In this new 5 minute clip from Kill The Messenger, Sibel's ACLU lawyers discuss the case.
From the clip:
Ann Beeson: It’s really phenomenal to me that any court can look at her case and say: "No, it can’t go forward, proceed or win her claim."
Ben Wizner: What you have here is the Attorney General of the U.S saying: "The plaintiff can’t even set foot inside a court because the entire case is a state secret."
Ann Beeson: The defendant is the Justice Department, it’s the FBI that committed the wrongdoing. And it’s the Justice Department’s own internal oversight body that has concluded that our client should win.
Ben Wizner: The danger is that if the government succeeds in that really overbroad invocation of the ‘State Secret Privilege’ in this case, it will be a very easy tactic for the government in future cases to avoid accountability and to avoid responsbility.
Ann Beeson: A brick wall and another brick wall and another brick wall!
And at every turn, it’s was the federal government who is preventing her from having,… from getting any justice!
Ben Wizner: And that cannot be!
Ann Beeson: Not in our democracy.
Ben Wizner: No, it can’t be!
Also from the clip:
Sibel Edmonds: Look! When the Attorney General came initially and invoked the State Secret Privilege, ok ? He cited two reasons: "to protect certain 'sensitive’ diplomatic relations," and "to protect certain foreign business relations of the United States."
Now, they‘re saying: That whole information, eveything is classified.
We don’t know what diplomatic relations they are referring to. They must be ashamed of it! They don’t want to mention it. So we have certain diplomatic relations that prevent criminals being prosecuted here.
And I am talking about criminals in the United States of America. American citizens! I am not referring to only foreigners here!
Some of those people have been named here
DOXA's blurb for the film is:
In the wake of September 11, 2001, Sibel Edmonds is approached by the FBI. As an American of Iranian and Turkish origin, Edmonds’ linguistic skill set makes her a valuable asset to the Language Services Unit, where she spends months translating high-security clearance documents. One day shortly after reporting the possible infiltration of her unit by Turkish spies to her supervisors and their supervisors, Edmonds’ world is turned upside-down.
Instead of seeing her colleague become the target of an investigation, she is interrogated, then unceremoniously fired and warned not to pursue her claims any further as she would be watched and listened to. In the years that follow, Edmonds is transformed into the country’s first public National Security whistle-blower and a prominent First Amendment advocate (the ACLU calls her the “most gagged woman in America”). Sibel is fighting for the very ideals that American democracy relies on and is facing, against overwhelming odds, some of the most reckless and powerful officials in the U.S. government. She brings her case to Congress, the 9/11 Commission, the media and the Supreme Court, facing down not only the FBI, but also then-Attorney General John Ashcroft, Vice-President Dick Cheney and then-National Security Advisor Condelezza Rice.
Sibel has granted the film crew full and exclusive access to document her story and her struggle as we zero in on her “secret”—the network of nuclear black-market, narcotics and illegal arms trafficking activities. Playing like a big-screen adaptation of Frontline, Kill the Messenger is a riveting true spy story that presents one citizen’s unexpected journey through the politicized quagmire that is America’s War on Terror.
The Vancouver Sun, in their 'Best Bets' of the festival says:
"This French film documents the cold, crass efforts by officials in the U.S. to bring down Sibel Edmonds, an American of Iranian and Turkish origin who was hired by the FBI as a translator after Sept. 11, 2001. Reporting the possible infiltration of Turkish spies turns her life upside down: she is interrogated, fired, and subjected to a relentless campaign of intimidation. Edmonds doesn't back down as she takes her fight to Congress, the 9/11 Commission, the media, and the Supreme Court. Saturday, May 31 at 9 p.m. at Pacific Cinémathèque."
Hopefully the screening of the movie will trigger some media attention to this case. When the documentary was first shown in France, all the major papers wrote about it. Here is a selection (apologies for some clunky translation):
Le Monde.
The history of Sibel Edmonds could be used to make a John Grisham 'whodunnit.' A few days after the attacks of September 11, the young woman of Turkish extraction is recruited by the FBI. She is in charge of the translation of the phone-tappings, the interrogations and the documents within the framework of the antiterrorist fight. Sibel Edmonds speaks Persian, Farsi and Azeri.
In December of the same year, she is contacted by a colleague from the FBI who tries to recruit her for the account of a mysterious Turkish lobbying organization. By denouncing this manifest case of espionage and by revealing that the FBI hides information over September 11, Sibel Edmonds found herself at the heart of the incredible business of State.
After the Children of Tranquility Bay, a beautiful documentary on the American camps of behavior modification, the film-makers Mathieu Verboud and Jean-Robert Viallet have made a film full with suspense and revelations about these men and these women - the "whistleblower" ("those who blow a whistle") - which denounce the dysfunctions of an organization or an administration. An attractive diving (?), sometimes a little difficult, in the mysteries of the reason of State in America.
AP (France)
The much-awaited documentary "Kill The Messenger" is showing Tuesday on Canal+. Mathieu (Verboud) and Jean-Robert Viallet met Sibel Edmonds whose life was transformed into nightmare after her ousting from the FBI. In a 84 minute film, they deliver the impressive testimony of Sibel Edmonds.
The young woman is 32 years old when she is recruited by the FBI as a translator, four days after September 11, 2001. She is charged with translating wiretapped conversations, some related to the 9/11 attacks. Sibel Edmonds was born in Teheran from Turkish parents, and spent the first 18 years of her life in Teheran and in Turkey, before landing in the U.S and marrying an American.
But her world gets turned upside-down when she discovers that a colleague is involved with illegal activities implicating Turkish officials. The filmmakers report the rest of Sibel's story. She reports the incident to her superiors and gets fired from the FBI. After her firing, she goes to the U.S Congress. Months pass and Sibel Edmonds realizes that nobody makes the slightest move. The young woman tells her story to the media. Time has come for Attorney General John Ashcroft to classify the whole Sibel Edmonds case as a"State Secret." If the young translator continues to speak, she'll go to prison. Determined, yet powerless, Sibel Edmonds suffers two years of loneliness.
In 2003, the Bush government accepts the creation of a commission whose role is to investigate the government and intelligence failures that led to 9/11. Sibel Edmonds then will carry out a long battle in order to expose her case: Turkish spies infiltrated the FBI and the government is apparently aware of these spies. July 24, 2004, the 9/11 Commission Report comes out, but Sibel's testimony is not included. The young woman is regarded as a "whistle-blower", she is joined in her fight by intelligence agents from the FBI, the CIA and NSA. The two filmmakers find leads pointing to the role of Turkey, Israel and Pakistan. In the 80's, at the time of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the U.S and Turkey were instrumental in helping Pakistan acquire nuclear power. Turkey appears to have acted as a back-door conduit for some of those operations. Later on, Israel came into play, too. At the time, the CIA knew everything but turned a blind eye, even when Pakistan started selling its technology to friendly countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Libya. By then, nuclear proliferation had gone out of control and the U.S let it go. In the 90's, when the Talibans were in power in Afghanistan, some nuclear equipment even landed in the hands of Usama Bin Laden.
In addition, American-Turkish Council (ATC), a powerful American lobby, has for many years facilitated trade of the weapons with the assistance of Israel. And it is in an indirect way that Sibel Edmonds denounces the secrets of these diplomats and secret agents with her superiors. In spite of this, the young translator finds herself entangled in a spy case whose ramifications are beyond the knowledge of the young woman and the TV viewer at the same time. Besides being thorough, the investigation is captivating and alarming. Sibel's case is so complex that it look like a labyrinth without exit.
Le Figaro.
“A Woman to Cut Down” - the true story of a woman recruited by the FBI after September 11 then sanctioned for her uprightness.
Perhaps the Public imagined that with the Children of Tranquility Bay (film on a center for young difficult Americans, rewarded in Fipa), programmed last May on France 2, Mathieu Verboud and Jean-Robert Vialley had reached a peak in the originality of the writing. But the public didn't count on this new investigation worthy of the best whodunnit by John Grisham…
The difference is that this is a true story. That of Sibel Edmonds, called “the most explosive woman of September 11”, an involuntary detonator of a politico-legal explosive business.
“It is while working on the phenomenon of “Whistle Blowers”, these employees who denounce the illegal intrigues their incredible owners and stories (Enron, pharmaceutical laboratories…), that we could come into contact with it”, tells Mathieu Verboud.
Shortly after September 11, this American born in Iran and having grown up in Turkey, who speaks Persan, Azeri and Turkish, is recruited by the FBI to translate kilometers of phone-tappings. Corruption, drugs, money laundering, companies screens, nuclear black market… what she will discover is amazing. But when spies infiltrated within the department of translation try to recruit her, she decides to inform her bosses. It is there that her life gets rocked…
Attempt at intimidation, reprisals, Sibel Edmonds is finally laid off… She turns to the Congress, then towards the Dept of Justice, but the Bush Administration chooses to muzzle this too-awkward witness, “to kill the messenger” like one says to the FBI, by exhuming an old law: the “secret States' privilege”. In short: Silence or the prison. Why? To hide what?
The Pitiless Microcosm of Washington
The business could have stopped there. But this is just the beginning for the small translator, flag-carrier for “whistle blowers”, a long struggle which the film-makers capture. A crusade for the right to the truth. And for the public, a diving haletante (?) in the twists and turns of the espionage. “When a woman leaves in war, she is never innocent" continues Mathieu Verboud. If a whistle blower can cause an earthquake, imagine when it is about September 11. It was thought that she knew an enormous secret. But the objective was also to show how the world of information had managed the terrorist attacks, the political pressures and the incompetence of the bureaucracy. ”
A work of really good investigation which required ninety days of filming and which took on board the film-makers during six months in the life of this “woman to be cut down”: "She authorized us to follow it all the more easily - as the press did not support her. She uses her public image like a strategy. But she gave us total freedom - so long as we did not ask about her specific secret.”
Their film thus points the failures of the internal investigations of the FBI, the hazardous methods, the flip-flopping, lies of the heartless microcosm of Washington, fully supported with testimonies, official speeches and recorded footage. Thus they follow senior officials, federal employees, intelligence agents (FBI, the CIA, NSA) who did not hesitate to come forward: “They needed to speak. In the information also, there are honest people. I wanted to show that the political power was certainly instrumental, but never the State had handled them as much”, insists Verboud.
The camera tracking faces, expressions, faintnesses. The result is the height of the ambition. Their accounts, pure and hard, are so rich in revelations and leaves the audience, incredulous, flabbergasted or disgusted, and will have the feeling of watching a psychological thriller which mixes suspense and reflexion. Just some lengths will be reproached. It certainly is a complex business.
This documentary which could have been only one investigation into how the Bush Administration defies national security, goes well beyond.
Putting in prospect the strange bonds between the American politicians, Turkey, Israel, Pakistan, diplomats, secret service, multinational weapons procurement, nuclear programs - léaire (?), this film casts an unexpected light on the global environment and the crisis in the Middle East."
Armenews
"Film on Canal+ Don't miss - based on Vanity Fair's investigation - Sibel EDMONDS/FBI, Turk-English translator who translated the communications between the Speaker of the House and Turkish officials to receive bribes in order not to allow the resolution of the genocide to Congress in 2000
The life of Sibel Edmonds took a nightmarish turn when she was fired for mysterious reasons. Young translator having joined the FBI after September 11, she was sanctioned for her uprightness. Indeed, it discovered that one of her colleagues covered illegal activities of Turkish and American officials . She immediately informed her superiors of them. Their answer was to fire her. But the young woman decided to inform the media. Having allowed the cameras of Mathieu Verboud and Jean-Robert Viallet to follow her in her search for truth, she defies the FBI today.
The muzzled truth
A WOMAN TO BE CUT DOWN is a true espionage thriller on the only American citizen who dared to defy the F.B.I so that the truth bursts, and to ensure the Americans the safety that their government owes them.
“This real-life Whodunnit” is especially the history of Sibel Edmonds and her combat: how a translator, link of the complex chains of American information, discovers wiretaps blaming officials from America her allies. How it will defy those which threaten it, to overcome its fears and to defend the freedom which justifies its work for the country. And how, in the name of this same principle, the American authorities will prevent Sibel from speaking.
There is a true phenomenon around the translator, who has broad public support. Last April, Sibel Edmonds received from Paul Newman the “2006 First Amendment Award”, eminent distinction decreed by the PEN Club, an association in support of writers and the freedom of expression.
Revealed secrets
The work of the film-makers, at Sibel's side, explores the stakes of secrecy, was since the first day blocked by the State which justifies the threats against the young woman. Since September 11, 2001, the safety of the United States however allows innumerable distortions to the sacro-sanct personal freedoms. But higher interests seem to dictate the policy of the Bush administration…
Agents of the American Intelligence Community nevertheless “remain patriots” who validated the investigations of Mathieu Verboud. Those carry out in Turkey, Israel and to Pakistan, in the slides of the ministries for Justice and the Foreign Affairs, the F.B.I and the Pentagon. They join other significant businesses and mix business with weapons, technological espionage, nuclear black market, heroin traffic, money laundering, corruption - in particular with the American Congress - and serious threats, directly relating to national security.
A captivating and alarming investigation."
L'Humanite
"“To always deny, always hide”. This is the currency of the American secret service. Sibel Edmonds learned to her costs.
Recall the facts. Only two months after having been employed by the FBI translation department, this woman of Turco-Iranian origin will be approached by Turkish spies within the service. After having referred about it to her superiors, she is laid off without explanation, and decides to attack in justice the FBI.
In vain, her lawsuit is rejected without reason and the Minister for Justice issues the secrecy of State on the business, thus prohibiting her from speaking about her discoveries. This documentary with the simple but effective realization plunges us in the slides of the administration Bush and it is far from being reassuring!"
L'Express
"Who? Shortly after September 11, Sibel Edmonds, American of Turkish origin, is approached by the FBI to become translator in one of the most secret units. Patriotically, she accepts the job.
What? Quickly, the film demonstrates the presence of spies in the pocket of Turkish lobbies. It tells of the hierarchy, which dismisses her whole case. Sibel tries to warn the Congress, then justice, of her discoveries. But Justice Minister John Ashcroft stamps her entire case with "States Secrets"
Why? Mathieu Verboud and Jean-Robert Viallet reveal, in a palpitating investigation, the combat of this young woman against the FBI initially, then against the American authorities, whose lies hide behind the sacro-holy safety of the State"
Libération
Sibel Edmonds is 32 years old when she is contacted for the first time by the FBI, a few days after September 11, 2001. Like numerous other translators, this American, usually speaking Turkish and the Persian language, is committed to make up for lost time of the American information to decipher thousands of hours of phone-tappings.
A few weeks later, Sibel translates sulfurous conversations about money laundering, trafficking of weapons and drug, and corruption implicating American, Turkish and Israeli political personalities... Two months later, Sibel is approached by one of her translator colleagues and her husband. They propose to her, without ambiguity, a financial arrangement if she does not transmit all information which she translates. Informing her bosses at once, Sibel Edmonds enters an infernal process which lasts nearly five years. Because all her direct higher interlocutors and direction of the FBI order her to keep silent. And when she alerts the Department of Justice, she is immediately fired from the FBI and is formally prohibited from speaking. This extremely rare procedure, Secret State Privilege, obliges her to keep her silence, even in front of a judge, in the name of the secrecy of State.
The documentary clearly aims at presenting Sibel Edmonds like an angry, passionate American. The title says it all, since her combat becomes extensive since she created a coalition of "whistle blowers", a term indicating those which denounce the dysfunctions of the State, she gathers a hundred former members of the FBI, NSA, the CIA and Justice...
It is difficult to really understand why Sibel is silenced: the deep lack of curiousity of the American agencies about counter-espionage or a corruption installed at the most top of the State? One can only choose.
After the first US screening of Kill The Messenger in DC in February 07, a panel of journalists and lawyers discussed the film - James Bamford, Bob Parry, Kristina Borjesson, Ben Wizner and others. You can see a ten minute video of that here. Sibel also gave a short speech at the event, as did the two French co-directors, that video is here. I liked co-director Jean-Robert Viallet's observation:
Why are French people doing this film? Because nobody in America did it.
Kill The Messenger has been shown a few times in the US, but I'm not aware of any reviews appearing in the mainstream press. Hopefully our Canadian friends will take the lead of their French, rather than US, counterparts.
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Document Your Arrest
Designers have begun to tackle the erosion of our rights. Gabriel Lam has created Miranda, a wearable black box-like arrest documentation device that records video, audio, motion, impact, location, and other data and streams it over cell phone networks to third party observers such as the ACLU. By creating a visual, aural, and data snapshot of an arrest, it can provide evidence of police brutality (or stop it before it happens), or can prove that officers conducted themselves properly.
PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THIS ADVICE. A wide variety of people are arrested every day and the majority of the individuals make the same mistakes which make there situation even worse. Many of these reactions are understandable, however some defy logic and reason. Nobody plans on being arrested, but you may be arrested for simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Share this with your colleagues, friends and family because it will come in handy for many of you. The basic rule is to simply listen to the officer and do as your told, "Put Your Hands Behind Your Back"
Do NOT do any of these Ten Things:
1. Talk.
Do not say a word to the officer. Shut the F. up! I cannot stress to you the importance of this rule. Do not talk! Do not attempt to convince the officer of your innocence. Everyone is innocent, no one should be arrested and no one should be in jail and that is all the officer hears all day every day. He / she does not care generally whether you are innocent or guilty and there is nothing that he / she can do at this point. Most times, when people speak to officers they say something that makes their situation far worse. Keep your mouth shut, there will be plenty of time to talk later.
2. Run.
I said above to listen to the officer and follow his / her instructions. Do not be scared and do not let the liquid courage aka alcohol convince you that you can outrun the twelve officers and helicopter that will track you down. Also, police become highly suspicious that someone running has a weapon and may be quick to draw their weapon. Additionally when they do run you down expect much stronger force used to subdue a fleeing suspect.
3. Resist Arrest.
Perhaps the most important thing not to do is touch the police officer at all! Again, sober up quick and follow what the officer says. Many people attempt to bump the officer or swat an officers hands away. This often falls under the assault statutes and now a minor misdemeanor arrest becomes a FELONY. Thus a reckless driving charge leads to a year or more in state prison. Additionally, touching the officer in any way can lead to a batton in the mouth.
4. Believe the Police.
It is perfectly legal for the police to lie to get you to make an admission. The police frequently separate two friends and tell one the other one ratted him / her out. Because of the lie, the other friend now rats the first friend out. Police and detectives also state that "it will be easier" to talk now...LIES!!! DON'T BELIEVE THIS BS! It will only be easier for the police to prove their case!
5. Searching.
Do not allow the police to search anywhere! If the police officer asks, they do not have the right to search and must have your consent. If you are asked make sure you proclaim to any witnesses that "You (the police) do not have consent to search." If they perform the search anyway, that evidence may be thrown out later. Also, if you consent to a search, the officers may find something that you had no idea you had placed somewhere, ie: marijuana left by a friend.
6. Look At Places Where You, Want Police to Search.
Police are trained to watch you and react to you. They know that you are nervous and scared and many people look to the areas that they don't want the police to search. Do not react to the search and do not answer any questions. LOOK DOWN AND KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!!!
7. Do Not Talk Shit to the Police.
I don't care if you have been wrongly arrested and the true culprit is standing in front of you. Don't talk shit! Police hear all day that my dad is the Governor's Assistant's Intern and I will have your badge for this! Police have a lot of discretion in the upcoming charges brought. Police can add charges, change a misdemeanor to a felony, or even talk to the prosecutor that is ultimately prosecuting you.
8. If Police Come to Your Home, Do not Let Them In and Do Not Step Outside Your Home
If the police are confident you have committed a felony, they are coming in anyway, because they generally don't need an arrest warrant. Make it clear to the police by stating: "No you may not come in", or "I am comfortable talking right here", or "You need a search warrant to enter my home." If they return, your attorney can arrange for you to turn yourself in should that be necessary and you will spend no time in jail between the hearings.
9. Outside Your Home Arrested, Do Not Accept Offer to Go In Your Home for Anything.
The officer may say to you, how about you go inside and change, freshen up, talk to your wife, husband, get a jacket, or any other reason. The police will graciously escort you in and then tear your home apart searching through it. Also, do not let them secure your car. Your car is fine. Remember they are lying to you. They don't give a damn if you are really cold or if you need to talk to your wife or husband.
10. Don't say a word.
It's incredible how many people feel that they can convince the officer, the booking officer or a detective (if your case reaches that stature) that they are not guilty. YOUR CASE IS NOT DECIDED BY THESE PEOPLE. They have no affect on your records. Wait to speak to your lawyer! The courts give enormous weight to "confessions" during this stage. A suspect is almost NEVER released after being arrested.
Follow these ten simply rules religiously and many of your rights will remain intact. I don't care how nervous, scared or drunk you are, THESE RULES ARE VERY IMPORTANT, and will help you tremendously in the short and long run.
Quick Test Question
An altercation occurs with your live in girlfriend. When the police arrive they find you on the sidewalk, a few houses down the street. Your girlfriend points you out and the officers then arrest you for assault. During the arrest, they let you know that they do not intend to question you. They just need your name and address. What do you do?
Answer
Well the police are lying to you and rule number 1 is to keep your mouth shut, so you don't say anything. Your name is all you may need to give. If you give your address, that may indicate that you live together converting your alleged crime from a misdemeanor to a felony. An officer will attempt to get you to make an admission, especially when they have no evidence. KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT! credit the peoples bill of rights
I have a few more practical suggestions. I am not trying to sound alarmist anymore because nothing can surprise me the days, my paradigm has totally shifted!! Hell I am not even a realist anymore, I’m more of an acceptance-ist?, working on the courage to change. A few thoughts from experience, some observations and critical scenarios I have put under scrutiny. In no priority, but to be aware.
We are non-violent, we are not there to shout down the oppressors, we are there to make a statement, an appeal to the American public, (the neocons call them talking points), if you cant defend your position verbally, keep your mouth shut…when the media ignore us we have a constitutional right to petition the gobernment.
you will, like above, appear smarter and above abusive and petty “might make right arguments“….note them as fools and walk around them…find the PRESS, the press will ignore until all of us get out in any real numbers, and show them how many of us believe there is a better way.. because we have the capacity to reason, violent denomination is counter to all life sustaining mechanisms and organisms, our current path is seppuku.
representing ourselves and the country we love.
We do not owe our loyalties to a party or a family, we owe our loyalties to our country, our nation, the liberty of the people, the very land we stand upon.
The bush regime is not the commander in chief of me.
The money congress spends is our money, period! .we got the sheet music to a new musical chair game.
All three branches of government belong to the people, accountable by our proxy.
Out supreme court is impotent, both figurative and literal…?
We want everyone in the bush held accountable, start to finish, to impeach bush now would be a pardon,
We will spend our money on education and infrastructure instead of arms, aircraft and illegal wars, spying on people, star wars shit?.
Our security depends on the quality of character of our educators be they in the home or state, fear and demagoguery will no longer be tolerated.
Our continental borders will be secure when we quit arming everyone. guns, drugs, intel money.
I personally didn’t ask bush to beg the Saudi for the second time for more gas, then go to isreal and kiss ass……saying basically that at least 290 million of us don’t mean fuck to you…….much less what the rest of the world thinks…prince gorge the fool, has selfish-heart been takeN?
Wearechange has identified agent provocateurs. (if you don’t know what agent Pee’s are, well….you might not need to be protesting-war alone at a peace functions).
All ways, every minute out, make sure someone’s got your back, and sees everything you see, as above, camera phone’s may be our salvation, if possible, and even if familiar with the area, go ahead and scout out the area of the protest, note the resources and conveniences, potential hazards and emergency/escape/evac/ redeploy locations at secondary. rally points.....
don’t worry about their tesla ray guns at big crowds here yet, they are just scare us into submission…(if anyone got killed, social change happen for real after kent state.)
Remind them historically when the first amendment doesn’t work, the seconded one will!! And I mean that, there are some mad hostile folks on both sides, most of us true hardcore libertarians have grown weary as peacemakers………somebody pick-up the torch or the fire is going out.
Remember, document the particulate matters.
keep fighting the good fight....with your minds as weapons!
......................kosmicdebris......................................
Ultimately, it all comes
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 18:37.
Ultimately, it all comes down to who you know. ie: I was followed on the highway by an off-duty police officer one evening, there was nothing I could do to get him off my ass! He changed lanes every time I did!!! I became so fed up with him following me after about an hour that I got off at the next exit...as you can guess, he followed me! He parked behind me in the right lane of the exit, got out of his unmarked car, came over to my driver side door. I rolled down the window and asked the man why he continued to follow me around the interstate? He said that I passed a car from the center lane ending up in the right lane. I replied, "Yes, I was trying to get you off of my ass, Sir!!! I then pulled out one of my Dad's business cards(my Dad was a Lieutenant on the police force, at that time...he is now retired) and stated that I would be happy to let my Dad know that you followed me for at least an hour on the highway, putting me in danger and the others on the highway in danger with your irrational following techniques. He handed me his business card in return, apologized very nervously and asked me to call him if I needed any legal help in any way in the future and asked me to please not tell my Dad about this. How empowering!!(sp) I have been pulled over for speeding, as well, in the past and got out of it EVERY TIME by mentioning who my Dad is!!! This may sound unfair to those of you that think I used my resources to my benefit unjustly. My reply to you is, your damn right I did!!!; if the police in USA continue to use their resources unjustly, you are damn right that I will do the same to them!!!!
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