There are more people who believe in "conspiracy theories" than you may think. Question everything you're told. If it doesn't make sense, then something is wrong. Do some research and investigate!
ISTANBUL - Four Iraqis are suing two US firms and their employees for allegedly torturing them at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Bagdad five years ago.
Their lawsuit is against private security contractor CACI International and two of its interrogators, Daniel Johnson and Tim Dugan, and the translation agency L-3 (formerly Titan Corp) and its interpreter, Abel Nakhla, lawyer William Gould told AFP in Istanbul on Monday.
Their complaint was to be lodged Monday at courts in Maryland, Ohio and Washington — the US states where the alleged torturers live — as well as Michigan, where L-3 recruited most of its interpreters, said Gould who met his Iraqi clients in Istanbul.
He said the court cases would show that the accused were in Abu Ghraib and involved in a CONSPIRACY that included the torture of the plaintiffs.
Cause of detainee death was HOMICIDE according to Army CID investigation autopsy!
An autopsy was performed as part of what seems to be part of an Army CID investigation of a detainee. The medical examiner said the cause of death was HOMICIDE!
''This 47-year-old White male, [redacted], died of blunt force injuries and asphyxia. The autopsy disclosed multiple blunt force injuries, including deep contusions of the chest wall, numerous displaced rib fractures, lung contusions, and hemorrhage into the mesentery of the small and large intestine. An examination of the neck structures revealed hemorrhage into the strap muscles and fractures of the thyroid cartilage and hyoid bone. According to the investigative report provided by U.S. Army CID, the decedent was shackled to the top of a doorframe with a gag in his mouth at the time he lost consciousness and became pulseless.
''The severe blunt force injuries, the hanging position, and the obstruction of the oral cavity with a gag contributed to this individual's death. The manner of death is homicide.''
This autopsy report by its self is very disturbing. And on top of that autopsy report, we have George W. Bush admitting he not only knew what was going on, but that key administration officials discussed specific torture techniques and George W. Bush approved of the torture!
President Bush says he knew his top national security advisers discussed and approved specific details about how high-value al Qaeda suspects would be interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency, according to an exclusive interview with ABC News Friday.
"Well, we started to connect the dots, in order to protect the American people." Bush told ABC New's White House correspondent Martha Raddatz. "And, yes, I'm aware our national security team met on this issue. And I approved."
The four things that makes me the most angry about this whole mess...
So... The REAL Terrorists attacked on 9/11. George W. Bush used these attacks to ILLEGALLY invade a country that had absolutely nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks. Then George W. Bush captures the people who tried to protect their country from his illegal invasion.
Then... George W. Bush imprisons these INNOCENT people with no charges, no access to an attorney, no Habeas Corpus.
All of this torture, George W. Bush says, is to ''protect'' the American people from the al Qaeda threat that didn't even exist before Bush invaded Iraq!
NOTE: This article has been updated with new links!
Please watch all nine segments of this short video compilation that shows how the main stream media sanitizes and filters what we know. It's doesn't last very long, please take the time to watch.
If you took time to watch these video's, you have seen some prime examples of how the media has glamorized the war and sanitized and censored what you know. As the video's have shown, even if they run a correction later, the damage has already been done. The myth perpetuates.
The government and the main stream media carefully select what you may see on your television. They are very careful to limit or censor anything that may cause a PUBLIC REACTION.
Just remember, these same ''objective'' and ''unbiased'' media networks tell us what they want us to know about ''their'' presidential candidates. Any other candidates, such as Dennis Kucinich or Ron Paul, are minimalized or IGNORED ENTIRELY, whenever and wherever possible.
DO YOU KNOW... How many people are running for the Presidency of the United States of America? You might be surprised at THE ANSWER.
How is it that you probably have never heard of these other candidates?
Is it really a fair election if any one of these other candidates would be much better than the candidates the main stream media supports?
It is up to you... all of us, to make sure that elections are fair and that our votes are counted accurately.
We must devise a publicly funded system where every person who desires to run for president has just as much a chance at becoming president as any other candidate.
We need PUBLICLY FUNDED ELECTIONS! Is it fair that only the most wealthy of candidates get national exposure and those who are not wealthy remain unknown?
FRONTLINE: Bush's War - Trace the evolution of President Bush's war on terror from 9/11 to the present.
BUYING THE WAR - How did the evidence disputing the existence of weapons of mass destruction and the link between Saddam Hussein and 9/11 continue to go largely unreported?
"More than one million Iraqis have died as a result of the conflict in their country since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, according to research conducted by one of Britain's leading polling groups."
It's time for Bush to STOP LYING and get ALL of our troops out of Iraq, NOW!
Lawmakers need to stand up for the Constitution and support impeachment
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. -- Article II, Section 4
On Nov. 6, Rep. Dennis Kucinich introduced articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney on the floor of the House of Representatives. For one shining moment the will of the majority of Americans and the promise of this nation's founders were truly represented.
The detailed charges were solemnly read from the House podium and televised on C-Span. House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer made a motion to table the bill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lobbied hard for votes to table.
In a stunning turnaround, House Republicans changed strategy and voted decisively to prevent tabling the impeachment resolution.
Pelosi was defied by 85 Democratic members who voted against tabling the impeachment resolution. This includes John Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and six committee members. The resolution was quickly voted back to the Judiciary Committee, where it is not resting quietly.
Judiciary Committee member Bob Wexler wrote, "The American people are served well with a legitimate and thorough impeachment inquiry. I will urge the Judiciary Committee to schedule impeachment hearings immediately and not let this issue languish as it has over the last six months. Only through hearings can we begin to correct the abuses of Dick Cheney and the Bush administration."
Impeachment is squarely on the table, and momentum is building. A year ago, almost no elected official breathed the word impeachment. Now impeachment has hit the House floor, and our electeds have gone on record. Millions of Americans are demanding an end to executive abuse of power.
After six years of state of emergency, the Patriot Act, the Military Commissions Act, continual war and occupations, our Constitution is deeply in crisis. Americans are in danger of losing our system of government and civil rights if they do not roll back the Bush administration's assault on the rule of law.
Allowing Cheney and George W. Bush to finish their terms without being impeached means future presidents are free to copy their lawless behavior. Of course many important issues deserve the attention of Congress. But the Constitution is the foundation of our democracy, not just an issue. Without the Constitution, we have nothing.
Polls show that 74 percent of Democrats and the majority of American adults support impeaching Cheney. "Never in our history have the high crimes and misdemeanors been so flagrant, and the people of our country know it," writes local author Richard Behan.
Kucinich has targeted Cheney first, but investigations will implicate the president as well. For the first time in the history of the Gallup Poll, 50 percent of respondents say they "strongly disapprove" of the president. Richard Nixon had reached the previous high, 48 percent, just before an impeachment inquiry was launched in 1974. With these numbers, why aren't Bush and Cheney gone already?
The vice president is accused of:
purposely manipulating intelligence to fabricate a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction in order to justify an attack on Iraq;
deceiving Congress about an alleged relationship between Iraq and al-Qaida;
threatening aggression against the Republic of Iran, absent any real threat to the United States.
These violations of the Constitution and international treaty are just the tip of the iceberg. More articles of impeachment can be added at any time, and ample evidence to convict is on the public record. Representatives need to introduce articles regarding:
illegal war, in violation of both international treaty and the Constitution;
widespread domestic wiretapping in violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a felony. Bush already has admitted to this;
condoning torture in violation of federal laws and international treaties;
rescinding habeas corpus, the cornerstone of Western law since the Magna Carta;
obstruction of justice regarding U.S. attorney firings;
subversion of the Constitution, abuse of signing statements and rescinding habeas corpus.
It's astounding that our representatives to Congress carry on with business as usual knowing that Americans lack habeas corpus and a working code of law. I want my representative, Dave Reichert, to block the doors of the House until habeas is restored as a basic human right in this nation!
In light of Bush's steady drumbeat for war with Iran, Kucinich said he will consider an impeachment resolution against him.
"Impeachment may well be the only remedy which remains to stop a war of aggression against Iran," he says.
"The most conservative principle of the Founding Fathers was distrust of unchecked power. Centuries of experience substantiated that absolute power corrupts absolutely. The Constitution embraced a separation of powers to keep the legislative, executive and judicial branches in equilibrium," Bruce Fein, a constitutional lawyer and associate deputy attorney general in the Reagan administration, said in the October 2006 edition of Washington Monthly.
If Congress were serious about oversight, there already would be dozens of bills and resolutions calling for impeachment of Bush and Cheney. The "Unitary Executive Theory" violates the principle of balance of power in the Constitution. The president cites this "unitary" power in hundreds of signing statements that say he can ignore laws passed by Congress.
The First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments are all now subject to the caprice of government officials. The Military Commissions Act allows U.S. citizens to be detained without due process if they are declared enemy combatants. Without our permission, this country has become an exporter of torture.
Congress has failed to provide oversight and exercise its authority to rein in a criminal administration. Only swift action on impeachment can redeem it now. The people have done the heavy work of bringing impeachment forward. Representatives need only ask if the allegations are serious enough to warrant investigations.
George Bush and Dick Cheney promote an imperial presidency. They assert that the executive is the most powerful branch of government, undermining the judiciary and Congress in violation of the Constitution's bedrock principle of shared power among three co-equal branches. This subverts the very nature of our system of government.
"This is an attempt by the president to have the final word on his own constitutional powers, which eliminates the checks and balances that keep the country a democracy. ... That's a big problem because that's essentially a dictatorship," Fein said.
Washington For Impeachment and Citizens to Impeach Bush and Cheney are working to inform the public, collect signatures to petitions, provide forums, and lobby representatives. Washington was the second state to sponsor a bill for impeachment in the state Legislature.
Washington State Democratic organizations have passed resolutions in 11 Democratic legislative districts, five counties and the Washington State Democratic Central Committee. Jay Inslee, D-Bainbridge Island, has received impeachment resolutions from almost every legislative district within his congressional district. When will he represent the will of his constituents and honor his oath to protect the Constitution?
The national movement to impeach is a non-partisan effort to restore the Constitution and the rule of law. People across the political spectrum can unite to preserve the Constitution and civil liberties given to us by the founders. Impeachment is the peaceful, orderly, constitutionally prescribed way to rid ourselves of a lawless administration.
The issue is not about removing Bush and Cheney as much as it is about preserving the Constitution and redeeming the office of the executive. The Constitution is the contract of governance between the people and the government. What happens when major portions of the contract are violated?
Congress has failed to call the president and vice president to account, so citizens must turn up the heat. Members of Congress who fail to demand investigations are covering for criminals. Every elected official has sworn an oath to "support and protect the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic." Anything less than impeachment and a full repudiation of the Bush administration's crimes and violations of the law is a dereliction of duty and a betrayal of the public trust.
If we want our democracy back, we need to roll up our sleeves and get to work to clean out the House.
It is common knowledge that a large number of Americans are apathetic about many issues which may harm them. What they don't realize is how they came to be this way and why.
The REAL truth is... people are AFRAID to know the REAL truth!!! They are afraid to take the RED pill!! What they are actually afraid of is TRUTH that challenges their brainwashed concept of reality!!!
I am constantly trying to get people to "wake up" and free their minds. People like to "brush off" any coincidental facts which challenge their belief systems. However, these facts are presented in a way as to make them be seen as conspiracy "theories" when in fact they are very real conspiracies.
For those who have a hard time believing these facts, let me throw this impossible to "brush off" fact at you... but WATCH OUT because this one is going to sting a bit!!! This is just to show you how much the Bush administration REALLY "supports" our troops!
The next time you hear someone tell you how great President George W. Bush is... Just remind them of this! If this were just one incident, it would be coincidental, HOWEVER, this is but one incident out of an inconceivable number that have happened since George W. Bush has been President!
Now that you have one eye cracked open a bit... Why not open it even further by watching the video's listed at the top of this page. Ever heard the saying, "Everything you know is wrong." ...Think about that for a minute... It's not our fault that we are brainwashed.
One reason that we are brainwashed is because Ruppert Murdoch owns half of the media in this country, along with about six other corporations. You can challenge this, but will you? Or are you to apathetic to do anything?
Welcome to the age of mind control. It's been here for a while. Now if only we can realize how brainwashed we really are!
Here are SIX different DOCUMENTED times that a flase-flag attack was either planned or carried out against the American citizens by their own government in order to rally support for an agenda that can only become a reality through a fear campaign. And these are ONLY the ones that we KNOW about!
There is a great deal of skepticism about whether these events could be false-flag operations. So, to start off, I will give SOLID PROOF that, yes indeed, this is factual information. Just keep in mind the impact there would be if "everyday people" knew what really happened with some of these events! Do you think this would have any bearing on why psy-opdisinformation campaigns are used to confuse people and obliterate the truth?
Questions have been raised about whether these events were in fact false-flag operations. However, anyone who studies the evidence can learn the truth.
And, of course, this list would not be complete without including the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. You have probably seen some films about the JFK assassination, but do you REALLY know the REAL truth? Here I present to you something to seriously challenge what you THINK you know about the JFK assassination!
But first, a few words from the conspirator-in-chief himself, Geroge H.W. Bush. Remember, his father DIRECTLY FINANCED Hitler!
You may not now have time to watch all of the following video, but PLEASE come back and watch it! Do it for everything that is dear to you... Knowledge is power! Study these facts. Do some research on your own! LEARN THIS INFORMATION!!!
Once again, I have provided you with information that is meant to challenge your beliefs. Whether you investigate these facts is totally up to you. It is way to easy to "brush off" concepts which challenge your beliefs... doing this, however, is the procrastination which is keeping you from the truth!
Students across the Pacific Northwest walked out of school last Friday to protest the Occupation of Iraq.
These walkouts received an impressive amount of coverage in the mass media, reaching thousands of ordinary working people, soldiers, and military families with our message.
Donald Rumsfeld, the former U.S. secretary of defense, is facing criminal charges in France for ordering the torture of prisoners in Iraq and at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay.
The charges against Rumsfeld were brought under the 1984 Convention against Torture, ratified by both the United States and France, which has been used in France in previous torture cases.
The criminal complaint states that because of the failure of authorities in the United States and Iraq to launch any independent investigation, it is the legal obligation of states such as France to take up the case.
When Colin Powell gave his speech at the United Nations foretelling Iraq's WMD's, little did he know that he was practically sitting right on top of them!
N.Y.P.D. Statement -- "A joint F.B.I.-N.Y.P.D. Hazmat team responded today to the sixth-floor offices of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission at 866 U.N. Plaza at East 48th Street to remove small, gram-sized quantities of liquids including phosgene, a chemical warfare agent recovered by U.N. inspectors at an Iraqi chemical weapons facility in 1996. The phosgene was recovered along with another package containing nuclear magnetic resonance reference standards. The standards are used to calibrate chemical analytical material. The materials pose no threat to the public, and an evacuation will be limited to personnel occupying U.N. offices on the sixth floor of 866 U.N. Plaza, while the materials are removed."
I'm sure that something in that Newsweek article is true. However, I can tell you some of the things that aren't true. I think the best example might be this:
What the article says: Capturing bin Laden "continues to be a huge priority," says Frances Fragos Townsend, President George W. Bush's chief counterterror adviser.
What Bush said: (Watch this video and listen to Bush''s very (un)aggressive plans for capturing Osama bin Laden!)
The article mentions Tora Bora. This is closely related to the Pat Tillman fratricide incident. Here is PROOF that there is PROPAGANDA in this article. Listen to the words coming from Bush's mouth:
VIEWED from Iraq at the tail end of a 15-month deployment, the political debate in Washington is indeed surreal. Counterinsurgency is, by definition, a competition between insurgents and counterinsurgents for the control and support of a population. To believe that Americans, with an occupying force that long ago outlived its reluctant welcome, can win over a recalcitrant local population and win this counterinsurgency is far-fetched. As responsible infantrymen and noncommissioned officers with the 82nd Airborne Division soon heading back home, we are skeptical of recent press coverage portraying the conflict as increasingly manageable and feel it has neglected the mounting civil, political and social unrest we see every day. (Obviously, these are our personal views and should not be seen as official within our chain of command.)
The claim that we are increasingly in control of the battlefields in Iraq is an assessment arrived at through a flawed, American-centered framework. Yes, we are militarily superior, but our successes are offset by failures elsewhere. What soldiers call the "battle space" remains the same, with changes only at the margins. It is crowded with actors who do not fit neatly into boxes: Sunni extremists, Al Qaeda terrorists, Shiite militiamen, criminals and armed tribes. This situation is made more complex by the questionable loyalties and Janus-faced role of the Iraqi police and Iraqi Army, which have been trained and armed at United States taxpayers' expense.
A few nights ago, for example, we witnessed the death of one American soldier and the critical wounding of two others when a lethal armor-piercing explosive was detonated between an Iraqi Army checkpoint and a police one. Local Iraqis readily testified to American investigators that Iraqi police and Army officers escorted the triggermen and helped plant the bomb. These civilians highlighted their own predicament: had they informed the Americans of the bomb before the incident, the Iraqi Army, the police or the local Shiite militia would have killed their families.
As many grunts will tell you, this is a near-routine event. Reports that a majority of Iraqi Army commanders are now reliable partners can be considered only misleading rhetoric. The truth is that battalion commanders, even if well meaning, have little to no influence over the thousands of obstinate men under them, in an incoherent chain of command, who are really loyal only to their militias.
Similarly, Sunnis, who have been underrepresented in the new Iraqi armed forces, now find themselves forming militias, sometimes with our tacit support. Sunnis recognize that the best guarantee they may have against Shiite militias and the Shiite-dominated government is to form their own armed bands. We arm them to aid in our fight against Al Qaeda.
However, while creating proxies is essential in winning a counterinsurgency, it requires that the proxies are loyal to the center that we claim to support. Armed Sunni tribes have indeed become effective surrogates, but the enduring question is where their loyalties would lie in our absence. The Iraqi government finds itself working at cross purposes with us on this issue because it is justifiably fearful that Sunni militias will turn on it should the Americans leave.
In short, we operate in a bewildering context of determined enemies and questionable allies, one where the balance of forces on the ground remains entirely unclear. (In the course of writing this article, this fact became all too clear: one of us, Staff Sergeant Murphy, an Army Ranger and reconnaissance team leader, was shot in the head during a "time-sensitive target acquisition mission" on Aug. 12; he is expected to survive and is being flown to a military hospital in the United States.) While we have the will and the resources to fight in this context, we are effectively hamstrung because realities on the ground require measures we will always refuse -- namely, the widespread use of lethal and brutal force.
Given the situation, it is important not to assess security from an American-centered perspective. The ability of, say, American observers to safely walk down the streets of formerly violent towns is not a resounding indicator of security. What matters is the experience of the local citizenry and the future of our counterinsurgency. When we take this view, we see that a vast majority of Iraqis feel increasingly insecure and view us as an occupation force that has failed to produce normalcy after four years and is increasingly unlikely to do so as we continue to arm each warring side.
Coupling our military strategy to an insistence that the Iraqis meet political benchmarks for reconciliation is also unhelpful. The morass in the government has fueled impatience and confusion while providing no semblance of security to average Iraqis. Leaders are far from arriving at a lasting political settlement. This should not be surprising, since a lasting political solution will not be possible while the military situation remains in constant flux.
The Iraqi government is run by the main coalition partners of the Shiite-dominated United Iraqi Alliance, with Kurds as minority members. The Shiite clerical establishment formed the alliance to make sure its people did not succumb to the same mistake as in 1920: rebelling against the occupying Western force (then the British) and losing what they believed was their inherent right to rule Iraq as the majority. The qualified and reluctant welcome we received from the Shiites since the invasion has to be seen in that historical context. They saw in us something useful for the moment.
Now that moment is passing, as the Shiites have achieved what they believe is rightfully theirs. Their next task is to figure out how best to consolidate the gains, because reconciliation without consolidation risks losing it all. Washington's insistence that the Iraqis correct the three gravest mistakes we made -- de-Baathification, the dismantling of the Iraqi Army and the creation of a loose federalist system of government -- places us at cross purposes with the government we have committed to support.
Political reconciliation in Iraq will occur, but not at our insistence or in ways that meet our benchmarks. It will happen on Iraqi terms when the reality on the battlefield is congruent with that in the political sphere. There will be no magnanimous solutions that please every party the way we expect, and there will be winners and losers. The choice we have left is to decide which side we will take. Trying to please every party in the conflict -- as we do now -- will only ensure we are hated by all in the long run.
At the same time, the most important front in the counterinsurgency, improving basic social and economic conditions, is the one on which we have failed most miserably. Two million Iraqis are in refugee camps in bordering countries. Close to two million more are internally displaced and now fill many urban slums. Cities lack regular electricity, telephone services and sanitation. "Lucky" Iraqis live in gated communities barricaded with concrete blast walls that provide them with a sense of communal claustrophobia rather than any sense of security we would consider normal.
In a lawless environment where men with guns rule the streets, engaging in the banalities of life has become a death-defying act. Four years into our occupation, we have failed on every promise, while we have substituted Baath Party tyranny with a tyranny of Islamist, militia and criminal violence. When the primary preoccupation of average Iraqis is when and how they are likely to be killed, we can hardly feel smug as we hand out care packages. As an Iraqi man told us a few days ago with deep resignation, "We need security, not free food."
In the end, we need to recognize that our presence may have released Iraqis from the grip of a tyrant, but that it has also robbed them of their self-respect. They will soon realize that the best way to regain dignity is to call us what we are -- an army of occupation -- and force our withdrawal.
Until that happens, it would be prudent for us to increasingly let Iraqis take center stage in all matters, to come up with a nuanced policy in which we assist them from the margins but let them resolve their differences as they see fit. This suggestion is not meant to be defeatist, but rather to highlight our pursuit of incompatible policies to absurd ends without recognizing the incongruities.
We need not talk about our morale. As committed soldiers, we will see this mission through.
Buddhika Jayamaha is an Army specialist. Wesley D. Smith is a sergeant. Jeremy Roebuck is a sergeant. Omar Mora is a sergeant. Edward Sandmeier is a sergeant. Yance T. Gray is a staff sergeant. Jeremy A. Murphy is a staff sergeant.
Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company -- In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 and The Berne Convention on Literary and Artistic Works, Article 10, news clippings are made available without profit for research and educational purposes.
"People using CIA and FBI computers have edited entries in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia on topics including the Iraq war and the Guantanamo prison, according to a new tracing program." It was not known whether changes were made by an official representative of an agency or company, a CIA spokesman said, but it was certain the change was made by someone with access to the organization's network.
Dick Cheney talks about an American invasion of Iraq. When this video was made in 1994, it seems Dick Cheney used to be an honest man. It is scary how corruption can change people. Also watch The Young Adventures of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney! It's a pretty good satire.
Q: Do you think the U.S., or U.N. forces, should have moved into Baghdad?
A: No.
Q: Why not?
A: Because if we'd gone to Baghdad we would have been all alone. There wouldn't have been anybody else with us. There would have been a U.S. occupation of Iraq. None of the Arab forces that were willing to fight with us in Kuwait were willing to invade Iraq.
Once you got to Iraq and took it over, took down Saddam Hussein's government, then what are you going to put in its place? That's a very volatile part of the world, and if you take down the central government of Iraq, you could very easily end up seeing pieces of Iraq fly off: part of it, the Syrians would like to have to the west, part of it -- eastern Iraq -- the Iranians would like to claim, they fought over it for eight years. In the north you've got the Kurds, and if the Kurds spin loose and join with the Kurds in Turkey, then you threaten the territorial integrity of Turkey.
It's a quagmire if you go that far and try to take over Iraq.
The other thing was casualties. Everyone was impressed with the fact we were able to do our job with as few casualties as we had. But for the 146 Americans killed in action, and for their families -- it wasn't a cheap war. And the question for the president, in terms of whether or not we went on to Baghdad, took additional casualties in an effort to get Saddam Hussein, was how many additional dead Americans is Saddam worth?
Our judgment was, not very many, and I think we got it right.
If you don't really understand what the Iraq occupation is all about. The linked article will give you great perspective!
A comment from the article:
"This could not be more obvious -- America is helping repress dissent in Paraguay to help certain corporate interests take over the economy of Paraguay. In this case, it is a multi-national corporate SOY producer who intends to take over the campesinos [locals] farmlands, without compensation. Dissenters and protesters are shot on sight, or put in jail for up to 40 years. That producer is CARGILL."
This is what FREE TRADE is all about, to allow unchecked corporatism!
The video from the emergency meeting that was held in Seattle, Washington on Wednesday, August 1st, will be shown on Seattle's Local Public Access Channel, SCANTV.ORG, ONLY on Thursday, August 9, 2007, at 10:00 pm PACIFIC time on cable channel 77.
If you check the schedule the show will be aired during the time slot labeled "Social Justice Television (Political), Length: 0:58"
If you will read these two articles, you will understand this issue is of the UTMOST IMPORTANCE!
"Once this (latest Bush Executive Order) becomes law, he has all the tools Hitler and Stalin had to keep their respective populations in utter subjection to their will." Read the complete article: 30 days to absolute tyranny ...EVEN LESS TIME NOW!!!
"First they came for the terrorists but I wasn't a terrorist so I stayed silent and went about my business.
Then they came for those suspected of terrorism, but I certainly wasn't a suspect so I stayed silent and went about my business.
Then they came for those who defended those who were suspected of terrorism, but I wasn't defending such people so I stayed silent and went about my business.
Then, one day, they came and began to "suspect" me, so I stayed very, very silent and went about my business.
And that is how I lost my soul."
Here is more information about these issues:
Friday, July 20, 2007 JEFF KOSSEFF The Oregonian Staff WASHINGTON -- Oregonians called Peter DeFazio's office, worried there was a conspiracy buried in the classified portion of a White House plan for operating the government after a terrorist attack. As a member of the U.S. House on the Homeland Security Committee, DeFazio, D-Ore., is permitted to enter a secure "bubbleroom" in the Capitol and examine classified material. So he asked the White House to see the secret documents. On Wednesday, DeFazio got his answer: DENIED. "I just can't believe they're going to deny a member of Congress the right of reviewing how they plan to conduct the government of the United States after a significant terrorist attack," DeFazio says. Homeland Security Committee staffers told his office that the White House initially approved his request, but it was later quashed. DeFazio doesn't know who did it or why. "We're talking about the continuity of the government of the United States of America," DeFazio says. "I would think that would be relevant to any member of Congress, let alone a member of the Homeland Security Committee." Bush administration spokesman Trey Bohn declined to say why DeFazio was denied access: "We do not comment through the press on the process that this access entails. It is important to keep in mind that much of the information related to the continuity of government is highly sensitive." Norm Ornstein, a legal scholar who studies government continuity at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, said he "cannot think of one good reason" to deny access to a member of Congress who serves on the Homeland Security Committee. "I find it inexplicable and probably reflective of the usual, knee-jerk overextension of executive power that we see from this White House," Ornstein said. This is the first time DeFazio has been denied access to documents. DeFazio has asked Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., to help him access the documents. "Maybe the people who think there's a conspiracy out there are right," DeFazio said.
Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070717-3.html
The outrageous gutting of FISA-- the foreign intelligence surveillance act. And by "foreign" they now mean domestic. Because if you are inside the US making an international call, the government can now monitor that call with only the approval of Alberto Gonzales, the Torture Guy.
Endless War. Hundreds of Thousands of Dead Iraqis. Torture. Surveillance. Civil Rights and Habeas Corpus: Gone. Executive Privilege: No Accountability.
9/11 Questions?
Corporate Media. Corporate Government.
Tyranny. Fascism. Lies.
The Time Has Come. To Say NO. While We Still Have a Chance.
GENERAL STRIKE Tuesday 9/11/07 No Work. No School. No Shopping. Hit the Streets."
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''...he described his treatment in troubling detail. "They tortured me and cuffed me in an act called the scorpion and pouring cold water on me," the email quotes the detainee's complaint as saying. "They tortured me from morning until the morning of the next day, and when I fell down from the severe torture I fell on the barbed wires, and then they dragged me from my feet and I was wounded and, and they punched me on my stomach.''
People just like YOU have called their representative and, so far, 15 representatives have signed on to Dennis Kucinich's Impeachment Bill!!! WITH YOUR HELP, it will be more!
This is our BIG CHANCE to get Congress to get behind the Voters! EVERYONE is sick of the Bush and Cheney Cabal!!! Let's help them pack up their SH!T and get them the F*CK out of our Government!!!
C'mon, now. Don't wait around for someone else to do this, because the "someone else" is waiting around for YOU to do it! Understand? SO, DON'T WAIT. CALL YOUR REPRESENTITIVE. SEND THEM E-MAIL'S. THEN, WRITE THEM LETTERS!!!
BE PERSISTENT!!! LET CONGRESS KNOW THEY WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR NOT HOLDING BUSH ACCOUNTABLE!!!!!
I don't think I could find any better reasons for impeachment than what Randi Rhodes has posted on her blog! Make sure you READ THE LINKS in Randi's posts! This is where you will find the BIG TRUTH BOMBS!
If you read all the information in those two posts AND THE LINKS, YOU will be "madder than a Hornet" and CALLING your Congressperson and telling them this:
"With the Executive plainly subject to an intense conflict of interest, the appointment of an independent special prosecutor - as occurred in the Valerie Plame leak case - is necessary. But unlike in the leak case, here, the entire Executive branch, including the Department of Justice, is implicated. So, to ensure fairness, Congress or a court must mandate the appointment.
"If the President can intentionally violate the laws of this nation, then the fundamental structure of our government has been forever altered."
You will call your congressperson, right?! Do you need to make a note to remember? Please don't forget about this!
Just so you know, This is what can happen when you write your member of congress! I wrote my congressman and he signed onto Dennis Kucinich's Impeachment Bill, H.RES.333!!! See, it only takes a few minutes to call, e-mail or write your congressperson! FOR WHAT ARE YOU WAITING? FOR BUSH TO BECOME A DICTATOR?
It is a honor to share with you a letter from my Congressman, the Honourable Jim McDermott!!!
Thank you for your recent communication regarding impeachment. The actions of President Bush and Vice President Cheney have outraged many Americans, including myself. I am also infuriated by the poor judgment and ill-considered policies put forth by this Administration. And, by returning control of the House of Representatives to Democratic majorities, voters signal ed that they will no longer tolerate the one-party Republican rule that has shielded the President from any accountability whatsoever.
As you know, investigations are under way to examine disturbing Administration activities in many areas. These include not only the war in Iraq ; also under scrutiny are Bush Administration activities in the Justice Department, the General Services Administration, the student loan program, and others.
I will continue to pay close attention to these reviews and to the information they reveal. I will also continue to support efforts to curb and reverse the Administration's many damaging excesses.
I appreciate hearing from you.
Sincerely, M
Jim McDermott Member of Congress
P. S. - I have an e-mail newsletter available to anyone interested in updates on issues and events from the U.S. Congress or the Seattle area. To subscribe, visit my website at www.house.gov/mcdermott and click on "Newsletter Signup."
I received this letter on the 15th. I just now decided to post it hoping it would encourage others (YOU) to do the same.
Besides being personally responsible for the deaths of over 500,000 Iraq civilians and over 3,000 of our military troops, this has to be the most vile thing I have witnessed come out of the Bush Whitehouse.
( If you can read both of these articles and not want to Impeach Bush NOW!!!, I give up. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him THINK. )
PLEASE read the reference materials in this article!
It is time for everyone to take a very serious look at life and what life means to you. You must decide, in a very short time, if you value the lives of not only your spouse, your children, relatives, friends and neighbors; but also the lives of other people living in American and around the world that you have never met.
You must also ask yourself if you value the suffrage and loss of life that many, many people before us have sacrificed in order to uphold the Constitution of the United States and to defend our democratic process and values.
What you must decide is if the lives of these people are important enough to make sure that Bush and his followers cannot achieve their dreams of empire. The desires for world domination are unmistakably their motivations.
Leaving very little to the imagination, seeing their plot performed before our very eyes is like reading a poorly written fiction. For they are all around us, so abundant and clear, one must be very naive and ignorant to not see the signs of tyranny encroaching upon every aspect of our lives.
If you value your freedoms to live, work, travel, raise your family and most importantly, to be free without fear; to be able to accomplish your dreams, then it is time to make this decision.
As George W. Bush himself once said, "Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." This too, is what you must decide and you must decide this very soon. But before you decide, lets examine the definitions of a few words from Wiktionary.org.
One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; originally applied to an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
Anyone who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle, frequently in an attempt to coerce a more powerful opponent, such as a government.
Allowing large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture.
Any act committed by an official of a government against a prisoner of war which could cause undue pain, as clearly defined by many international agreements.
In every war there are acts of torture that cause the world to shudder.
(mainly literary) The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships.
"Formerly, the punishment for high treason was of a most barbarous character... Women were burnt. A male traitor was dragged or drawn to the place of execution and hanged; but while still alive, he was cut down and disembowelled. His head was then severed from his body which was quartered. The head and quarters, which were at the Kings disposal, were usually exposed in some conspicuous place -- the Temple Bar being a favourite spot -- after being boiled in salt to prevent putrification and in cumin seed to prevent birds feasting on them." 1952: James Avery Joyce: Justice At Work: (this edition Pan 1957) Page 105.
Providing aid and comfort to the enemy.
Now that we have refreshed our memory with what these terms mean. It is time to think about the decision everyone must make.
After you make your decision, it is then your civil duty to call, write and e-mail your representative to let them know where you stand! Use House.gov to find your representative's addresses. House switchboard: (202) 224-3121 -- TTY: (202) 225-1904
Remember the bullies from grade school? The Bush administration is no different! Stand up for your Constitutional rights! Don't let Bush and his bullies intimidate you! IMPEACH!!! DO IT NOW!!!
Do this not only for the reasons mentioned above, but do it also for your grand children's grandchildren! Do it for the future of our planet!
Your decision to be a responsible American and take action or to display your apathy through inaction will directly effect the lives of generations to come!
We are either going to sink or swim. Which one are YOU going to do?
There are grammatical errors in the above text which remain on purpose to reflect that the author was a product of the American public education system.
And there is a way. We are talking about something on a scale that can really make a huge change in this country and in the world.
We need more than fighting Bush's outrages one at a time, constantly losing ground to the whole onslaught.
We must, and can, aim to create a political situation where the Bush regime's program is repudiated, where Bush himself is driven from office, and where the whole direction he has been taking society is reversed.
We, in our millions, must and can take responsibility to change the course of history.
Acting in this way, we join with and give support and heart to people all over the globe who so urgently need and want this regime to be stopped.
This will not be easy. If we speak the truth, they will try to silence us. If we act, they will to try to stop us. But we speak for the majority, here and around the world, and as we get this going we are going to reach out to the people who have been so badly fooled by Bush and we are NOT going to stop.
History is full of examples where people who had right on their side fought against tremendous odds and were victorious. And it is also full of examples of people passively hoping to wait it out, only to get swallowed up by a horror beyond what they ever imagined.
Need more help to decide? If you don't read all of the references, at least skim through them! There is A LOT of information about what is going on in them!!!
We need more signatures and phones calls folks... Come on. If we can't do this simple thing how are we ever going to change anything about our government... They are just going to keep on doing what they are keeping on doing.... Let's make this happen... We all want this... Democrat, Republican, it doesn't matter... Let's get the warmongering communists out of office!
IF YOU CANT BE THERE CALL!!!!
On July 23rd phone John Conyers at 202-225-5126 or send him a fax with one click.
BE ACTIVE, GET IMPEACHMENT BACK ON THE TABLE Email Palosi here Or call, call, call!!!!! 1-202-225-0100 For high crimes & misdemeanors