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Do you remember the USS Liberty incident, the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Operation Northwoods or the Watergate scandal? The United States Government lied to the American people and covered up the facts. It happened then and it's happening now! What's worse than lying is not telling us at all!

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!


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Will America Let an Admitted ZIONIST Live in the White House?
Monday, August 25, 2008
By Your-Rights.com

In this video, Barak Obama's newly picked running mate, Joespeh Biden ADMITS that he is a ZIONIST!

During his speech introducing Joseph Biden as his running mate, Barak Obama said he liked Joeseph Biden's strong foreign policy skills.

Can the United States afford to let an admitted Zionist live in the White House?

Wikipedia says: The term, Land of Israel "should not be confused with the State of Israel, which is a smaller modern political state within the region."

The pro-Israeli propaganda machine tries very hard to make people confuse the State of Israel with the Biblical reference, the Land of Israel.

The Land of Israel is of Biblical reference, whereas the State of Israel is a modern terrorist state. You will say the same thing if you read and understand the references linked within this article.

Western media is loaded with pro-Israeli propaganda and the United States strongly supports Israels terrorist actions.

It is not fair to list Israel as a terrorist state without also pointing out that the United States routinely carries out Israeli foreign policy.

How can such an insignificant country control the largest bully in the world? Quite simply because they have infiltrated the highest levels of the United States government.

Do you now understand why it is asked if America can allow an admitted Zionist to live in the White House?


Un-Learn: The Zionist Brainwashing Of America


You are strongly encouraged to explore the following sites. There is a huge amount of information in the first two linked sites about the Israeli Palestinian conflict minus the Zionist, pro-Israeli propaganda.


Examples of REAL news from REAL people:

1. There Are No Sunglasses

2. AATW

3. Harsh words: but true -- The language used by al-Aqsa TV shocked me, but there's no denying it reflects the reality of the Palestinian experience.


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Learn the REAL Truth About the Conflict in Georgia and the Partial Truth the Main Stream Media is Selling You
Saturday, August 16, 2008
By Your-Rights.com

Learn what the main stream media isn't telling you about the conflict in Georgia.

These articles sum it up pretty well.

Report: Georgia, NATO and the spread of war (Includes video)

America Watches the War in Georgia with Dumb Goggles (The Nation)

EU Minister Calls for Closer Russia Ties After Caucasus War


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UPDATED: Ron Suskind: White House ordered forgery to link al-Qaeda/Saddam to 9/11 attacks
Saturday, August 9, 2008
By Your-Rights.com

This should be more than enough evidence to HOLD THESE CROOKS ACCOUNTABLE for their DECEITFUL, murderous, CRIMES!


UPDATED AGAIN! This is HUGE! Out Damn Blot: A Letter to Colin Powell By Ray McGovern August 15, 2008

UPDATED: In damning transcript, ex-CIA official says Cheney likely ordered letter linking Hussein to 9/11 attacks.


Here's a quote from Ron Suskind's new book, The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism:

The White House had concocted a fake letter from Habbush to Saddam, backdated to July 1, 2001. It said that 9/11 ringleader Mohamed Atta had actually trained for his mission in Iraq — thus showing, finally that there was an operational link between Saddam and al Qaeda… The letter also mentioned suspicious shipments to Iraq from Niger set up with al Qaeda’s assistance. The idea was to take the letter to Habbush and have him transcribe it in his own neat handwriting on a piece of Iraqi government stationery, to make it look legitimate. CIA would then take the finished product to Baghdad and have someone release it to the media.


MUST WATCH! Video: Keith Olbermann Interviews Pulizer Prize Winner Ron Suskind About His Newest Book. August, 4th 2008 (YouTUBE link)

This article is a MUST READ! Read the article and all the related links.

Bush finally admits that Iraq had "NOTHING" to do with the attacks on the World Trade Center.

THEY LIED... It's time to hang 'em high!!! (audio is by Jay Mankita)

Just think... an estimated 1.2 million deaths since this war started!

Over ONE MILLION PEOPLE might still be alive today if the Bush administration hadn't committed these crimes!!!

Chant it with me... IMPEACH! IMPEACH! IMPEACH!

Read the articles of impeachment against US President George W. Bush (PDF) and US Vice President Richard B. Cheney (PDF).


RELATED:

READ IT!   George W. Bush ADMITS he approved torture!



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Please Help Send Karl Rove to Jail
From Secretary of State Project - Friday, August 8, 2008

In 2004, plans were put into motion to crack down on voter registration drives in poor and minority communities, suppressing votes and stripping citizens of a constitutional right. Evidence points to Karl Rove as the mastermind behind this plan and it's time he was held accountable. Join the Secretary of State Project and thousands of Americans in urging the House to take a stand against Rove today.

Don Hazen
Executive Editor, AlterNet.org


Karl Rove is above the law


Karl Rove has gone too far. It's time to make him pay.

The GOP's master trickster has his fingerprints all over a dirty scheme to suppress our votes. It's exactly the kind of scheme that the Secretary of State Project was formed to fight. And right now, we have a unique chance to hold Rove accountable for his acts.

Click here to help send Karl Rove to jail.

For those not following Rove's story, here's a bit of background. In 2004, Justice Department lawyers started getting strange instructions from Washington -- crack down on voter registration drives. But not all registration drives, mind you; just ones that registered poor and minority voters. The idea was to harass progressive organizations and keep poor and minority citizens from getting to the polls.

Many Justice Department lawyers, Republicans and Democrats alike, balked at these unscrupulous orders. They (rightly) refused to carry out a partisan witch hunt. And wouldn't you know it, Washington started cracking down on THEM -- firing a host of them and passing up others for promotion, in what came to be known as the U.S. Attorneys Scandal.

But who gave the vote-suppression orders in the first place? All signs point to Karl Rove. A long trail of evidence indicates that Rove cooked up and executed the whole scheme. To uncover the truth, the House of Representatives has launched an investigation. They sent Rove a subpoena. He ignored it. Repeatedly.

Now, the House is considering a measure to hold Rove in contempt of Congress. Last Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee voted, 20-14, to hold Rove in contempt. The vote now goes to the full House. If found guilty, he could go to jail. No, it's not enough punishment for his years and years of crimes, but it's a huge start.

Join hundreds of thousands of Americans urging the House to take a stand against Rove and his dirty tricks.

By holding Rove in contempt, we'll send a loud and clear signal to all Bush's cronies -- America's elections must be free and fair. Voter suppression will not be tolerated.

After you sign the petition, consider making a contribution to the Secretary of State Project and our candidates. Support from donors like you helped us raise $500,000 in 2006 and win 5 of our 7 elections. Help us continue building the movement against voter suppression, stolen elections and dirty tricksters like Karl Rove.

Becky Bond, Treasurer
Secretary of State Project


Paid for by the Secretary of State Project, www.secstateproject.org, Becky Bond, Treasurer, and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

(Your-Rights.com received no compensation for this posting.)


See also: Another petition to send Karl Rove to jail

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U.S. Military recruiters target children with violence
From Wisconsin Network for Peace & Justice - Thursday, July 3, 2008
By Steve Burns

Wisconsin Peace Activists scored a victory over U.S. Military recruiters who use the Military's ultra-violent video game, "Virtual Army Experience," to target children.

Military recruiters were using the game to target children as young as 13 -- or possibly younger -- at Milwaukee's Summerfest.

At least one version of the game appeared to acclimate children to the killing of brown people. Every character in the game was either a brown "Arab Terrorist" or a U.S. Soldier. Civilians were totally absent from the game, thus avoiding any "conflict of interest" in the players' conscience of the possibility of innocent civilians being killed.

The killing of brown people seems to be one of the main goals of the U.S. Occupation of Iraq. Randi Rhodes reported on her Air America show in 2007 that a U.S. soldier, unsure of his orders, asked for confirmation of whom to target. After some conversation, the soldier was told to target "brown people."

In May, the Washington Post reported that the U.S. military fired more than 200 Hellfire missiles into the crowded Baghdad slum of Sadr City. Since the illegal war started in March of 2003, more than 1.2 million Iraqi CIVILIANS have been killed, according to the UK-based ORB polling agency.

When it comes to electronic encouragement for violent behavior aimed at our youth, the Army wins. Grand Theft Auto can’t compete with Grand Theft Oil.


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Bush Knew About Torture Techniques AND Approved Them
Monday, April 14, 2008
By Your-Rights.com

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!


To quote the medical examiner from the autopsy report:
''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.

George W. Bush ADMITS he approved torture!



Bush: "I Was Aware" of Harsh Tactics (cached)
ABC News
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."


What makes me the most angry about this whole mess...

Ron Suskind: White House ordered forgery to link al-Qaeda/Saddam to 9/11 attacks

The FBI has no hard evidence connecting bin Laden to 9/11 (search)

NO LINK has been found between al Qaeda and Iraq before we invaded. (search)

George W. Bush tells a reporter that Iraq had "NOTHING" to do with the World Trade Center 9/11 attacks. (video)

U.S. and Allied Intelligence Services Had Penetrated The Highest Levels of Al Qaeda Prior to 9/11
(search) (old link)

BUSH DID NOT LIE! There WAS a connection between Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein! The connection was the BUSH FAMILY!!!



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.

THEN, George W. Bush authorizes innocent people to be tortured for information about ties to al Qaeda that didn't even exist before our illegal invasion!

Then the C.I.A. DESTROYS THE EVIDENCE OF TORTURE as a Judge Sought Interrogation Data!


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!

So, after knowing all of this, why hasn't the United States Congress STARTED IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS?

Maybe it is because THEY ARE MAKING TO MUCH MONEY FROM THE WAR!


RELATED:

Loose NUKES: Secret ILLEGAL U.S. Government Backroom Deals

Bush Consolidates the National Security State

Proof that George W. Bush had advanced knowledge of 9-11 - George W. Bush Can't Remember His Own Lies

Bush, Cheney subject to arrest for War Crimes

Rumsfeld Charged with Torture in French Court

MSNBC: 9/11 Commission findings based largely on testimony waterboarded out of suspects. In other words, forced confessions rather than investigations

Proof: BUSH AUTHORIZED TORTURE plus Waterboarding videos


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DU - Depleted Uranium: Poisoning Our Planet
From truthout.org - Tuesday, April 8, 2008

READ THIS ARTICLE AND WATCH THE VIDEO!!!

If you only look at one thing today... this is the one you need to see!

Our soldiers and millions of Iraqi citizens are exposed to depleted uranium every day!


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Fossil Fools Day, April 1st, 2008: International Day of Action Against the Fossil Fuels Industry
From Rising Tide North America (RTNA) - Wednesday, March 26, 2008

The International Rising Tide network and its allies are calling for a day of action against the fossil fuel industry on April 1st 2008 ... FOSSIL FOOLS DAY!

Confronted with MELTING ICE CAPS ( Video ), unprecedented species extinction, droughts, and extreme weather the fools at the head of the fossil fuel empire continue to plunder the earth, with the governments as willing court jesters at their side.

Been feeling like the level of climate activism in North America hasn't matched the severity of the climate crisis? Well- so have we.

It's time we ask ourselves, how serious are we about stopping climate change?

Virtually everything we consume requires an energy input and unleashes a climate impact.  Everything. Make it a habit to always bring a few reusable bags to the store and consider the climate impact of every purchase. If every American who is asked 'paper or plastic?' responds with 'no thanks,' we'll cut more than a billion pounds of CO2 this month -- that's the equivalent of taking 1.3 million cars off the road! Find out more: newdream.org


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Antarctic shelf 'hangs by thread' - A chunk of ice the size of the Isle of Man has started to break away from Antarctica in what scientists say is further evidence of a warming climate. ( Video )

Deny Climate Change, Make a Cool $10,000 - Scientists PAID to dispute climate study

BP Greenwashes Tar Sands Exploitation - "Tar sands extraction isn’t just another hurdle for environmentalists to combat. It merely reveals a simple truth: when it comes to 'being green,' even the most publicly boastful of the oil corporations -- such as BP -- will keep their promises only as far as their bottom line allows."

Land Deal Could Open Alaska Wildlife Refuge To Oil

It's Not Your Grandfather's Oil Industry - The oil industry's "nationwide publicity drive to clear up what it calls 'common and surprising misperceptions'" about its record-breaking profits continues.

Introducing the coalSwarm - the emerging NO NEW COAL PLANTS movement

Oil for War - After invading one of the most petroleum-rich countries on earth, the U.S. military is running on empty.

Oil we are saying - GIVE IMPEACHMENT A CHANCE, regime change begins at home


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Discovery Channel Televises its Own HIPOCRACY
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
By Your-Rights.com

After purchasing the rights to ''Taxi to the Dark Side'', the Discovery Channel stated it WILL NOT TELEVISE the Oscar winning documentary film stating it is to ''CONTROVERSIAL!''

However, the Discovery Channel not only televised, but also produced, a short documentary about the John F. Kennedy assassination because they must somehow believe the John F. Kennedy assassination isn't controversial at all, even though, in every poll taken since this event, at least 50 percent of people who responded to the polls indicated they did not believe the Official conspiracy theory known as the Warren Commission report. (Poll data is from the actual Discovery Channel show.)

Not only do they air this ''non-controversial'' show, it is filled full of statements supporting the ''Official Conspiracy Theory'', including many statements from the actors in the show saying they are ''starting to come around'' to believing the propaganda and similar LEADING STATEMENTS.
STOP BEING PROGRAMMED BY YOUR TELEVISION! If you aren't sure about what is going on... read about SOCIAL ENGINEERING and PSYOPS, then sit down and do some serious thinking. It's time that you learned the TRUTH!
It is interesting how this ''documentary'', a.k.a. propaganda infomercial, conveniently left out any truly inconvenient truths, such as the location of John F. Kennedy's brain or discussing the small hole on the front of Kennedy's head and the large hole in the back and how this could very likely be strong evidence supporting a bullet entering the front of Kennedy's head through the bullet hole in the windshield of the car.

They also failed to mention anything about how FBI director J. Edgar Hoover had used Lee Harvey Oswald to infiltrate and spy on CIA operations during the Bay of Pigs or any other motives the CIA may have had to frame Lee Harvey Oswald.

This Discovery Channel show focused only on the material which could involve Lee Harvey Oswald. The only ''conspiracy theory'' ideas they showed were only ones that could be easily disproved.

It is hard to understand how a person could expect objective reporting of controversial material in a Discovery Channel show when they flat out refuse to air ''Taxi to the Dark Side'', an Oscar winning documentary film, full of objective reporting of ''controversial'' material.


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TELEVISION, A WEAPON OF WAR, AIMED AT YOU!
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
By Your-Rights.com

#1 -WATCH- How the Media is Hiding the REAL War in Iraq

If you view television in America, you will see MOST ANYTHING except WHAT IS GOING ON IN IRAQ! On television, most of the time, you see only WHAT THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA WANTS YOU TO SEE!

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 aren't sure about what is going on... read about social engineering and PSYOPS, then sit down and do some serious thinking. It's time that you learned the TRUTH!

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.


WHEN THE GOVERNMENT FEARS THE PEOPLE you have democracy, when the people fear the Government you have tyranny.

A robot with a television for a head showing the word obey on the screen. 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.

They attempt to limit Freedom of Speech indirectly, by limiting where people can exercise free speech.

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?

Is it still A SECRET HOW THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA HELPED WITH PRIOR VOTE FRAUD?

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?


RELATED:

So Wrong for So Long: Greg Mitchell on How the Press, the Pundits--and the President--Failed on Iraq

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?

The Media's New Aesthetic


Tags: CFR, CIA, Cocaine, 9/11 Investigation


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YOUR Laptop, Cellphone Data Copied by U.S. Border Agents
Saturday, February 16, 2008

How much more proof do you need before you realize that we live in a police state?

A short CNN segment documenting the violation of people's privacy by US Customs and Border Protection agents.

Electronic devices such as laptops and cell phones are sometimes confiscated and never returned.

WATCH THIS VIDEO: Private files on YOUR electronic devices can be copied and stored by US Customs.









If you aren't sure about what is going on... read about social engineering and PSYOPS, then sit down and do some serious thinking.


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C.I.A. Destroyed Tapes as Judge Sought Interrogation Data
From The New York Times - Thursday, February 7, 2008
By MARK MAZZETTI and SCOTT SHANE

At the time that the Central Intelligence Agency destroyed videotapes of the interrogations of operatives of Al Qaeda, a federal judge was still seeking information from Bush administration lawyers about the interrogation of one of those operatives, Abu Zubaydah, according to court documents made public on Wednesday.


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Sign the PETITION to Impeach!
Monday, January 21, 2008
By Your-Rights.com

Almost a quarter of a million people have signed this petition!!!

Click here to sign the PETITION to Impeach!

Why have we not yet started Impeachment hearings?

MORE INFO and GOOD IMPEACHMENT EDITORIAL

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. day.

Mr . King stood up for our rights. Now it is time for ALL of us to take the stand and stand up for our rights! Please join the almost quarter of a million people who have already signed the IMPEACH Cheney petition!

Please tell everyone you know to sign the petition for impeachment. At some point, Congress will have to listen to us! And if they don't, then we no longer have a democracy!


Also, here is a very short video I think everyone should watch.

You Will Never be Safe, no Matter What -- You Can be Free, Though


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ABSOLUTE MUST READ - Sibel Edmonds Case - Benazir Bhutto and The 'Islamic' Bomb
From Democratic Underground - Thursday, January 3, 2008
By lukery

This is very important information that you should know!

From the article:
"(Benazir Bhutto) said two things that sealed her fate. She said that if elected PM, she would allow US forces to hunt for bin Laden on Pakistani soil, and that she would allow the Vienna-based IAEA to interrogate the rogue nuclear scientist, AQ Khan about his nuclear smugglings to North Korea, Iran, Libya, etc. After those statements, she had no chance of surviving." -- UPI's Richard Sale
What Benazir Bhutto said in the following video is that she was going to expose the people who are financing Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organazations. The U.S. Government helped create Al-Qaeda!

What is interesting to note is that Benazir Bhutto said in this full, unedited interview that Osama bin Laden was murdered! [ link 2 ]

This statement was DELIBERATELY CENSORED by the BBC!!!

READ THE STORY!!!

But wait, there's MORE... Here is what appears to be OSAMA BIN LADEN'S FUNERAL NOTICE!!! And also this article from CBS News.

Knowledge is power! Ignorance supports Fascism and Tyranny!!!

Please click "read more" to read the rest of this excellent article! There are many references linked within the text. CLICK THEM AND LEARN!!!


One VERY IMPORTANT question that remains... is this the reason that Pat Tillman was murdered? Because he found out that Osama bin Laden was DEAD and was going to tell people about it?


Also read the original article and the discussion there.


Other reports of Osama bin Laden being dead:

Daily Kos

What Really Happened


RELATED:

National Security Whistle blowers Coalition

Video shows clearly, shots fired at Bhutto...



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Ron Paul Doesn't Believe In Evolution
From YouTube - Tuesday, December 18, 2007

"In addition to wanting to completely abolish welfare, abortion, the I.R.S., and government regulations on big business in regard to the environment, Ron Paul doesn't believe in evolution. Check the 3 minute mark of this video." -- freewilliamsburg.com

Question:

After all the years of studying biology and the other sciences realated to medicine, how can a doctor still not believe in evolution?

Answer:

Doublethink - The act of simultaneously and fervently holding two mutually contradictory beliefs. It is an integral concept of George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.


References:

HARD EVIDENCE of evolution


Tags: ron paul, evolution, creationism


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Proof: BUSH AUTHORIZED TORTURE plus Waterboarding videos
Friday, December 7, 2007
By Your-Rights.com

Printed on page A6 of the Friday, December 7th issue of the Seattle-P.I. is this Associated Press (AP) news article which says it all, right in the same paragraph.

They are too afraid to use the word "TORTURE!" and instead call it, "harsh questioning methods."

The article goes on to explain in the very next sentence that one of the "harsh questioning methods" is "waterboarding, which simulates drowning."

Here is the key paragraph...
"CIA Director Michael Hayden said the CIA began taping the interrogations as an internal check on the program after President Bush authorized the use of harsh questioning methods. The methods included waterboarding, which simulates drowning, government officials said."
Notice how the author seriously plays down the fact that Bush authorized torture by how they worded the paragraph. The sentences should have said this, "President Bush authorized the use of TORTURE, including waterboarding, which simulates drowning."
"His sufferings must be that of a man who is drowning, but cannot drown." - Lt. Grover Flint, Philippine-American War
You can clearly see that waterboarding is torture from the waterboarding video's listed below: (playlist)

Waterboarding video 1

In this video clip, Robin Williams shows us waterboarding. This is from the 1999 film, "Jakob the Liar."

Waterboarding video 2

This video clip is from the 1997 movie, "G.I. Jane".

Waterboarding video 3

This video clip is from MSNBC's "Countdown" with Keith Olbermann.

What do you think was the real reason the CIA destroyed those torture tapes?

They didn't want to risk anyone knowing what they really did!!!

Think about this for a minute... Is it possible that any of the video's presented here may be very mild in nature compared to what really happened in Guantanomo?

Waterboarding is listed at a war crime under the Geneva Conventions.

Demand IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS NOW!!!

There has been incredible naivety among Americans who have questioned whether or not Bush authorized the use of torture.

This is due to the Press NOT doing their jobs along with intense government secrecy, secret prisions, etc.

The only reason this article was even written was because the Government said it happened!

Where is investigative reporting???

Instead all we have is the Press parroting whatever Government officials are saying.

Related:

George W. Bush ADMITS he approved torture

Waterboarding is 'drowning', 'water torture': expert testimony

FOX Hosts: Waterboarding Not So Bad, Just a Washcloth on the Face

UCSB Students Dressed as Clowns Pun'k The CIA


Tags: bush, cia, drowning, impeach, tape, torture, torture video, torture tape, video, war crime, waterboarding


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Parents threatened with JAIL if they do not vaccinate their kids with vaccines which cause neurological problems
Saturday, November 24, 2007
By Your-Rights.com

Parents threatened with JAIL if they do not vaccinate their kids with vaccines which cause neurological problems.

Secret report reveals 18 child deaths following vaccinations

U.S. scientists back autism link to MMR vaccination

FDA recommends warning for kids

Bush To Veto Ban On Mercury In Vaccines

Links to: In Lies We Trust. Photo caption: When mercury hits your bloodstream - The vaccine - starts friday


Watch the movie, In Lies We Trust!


Ok, so there it is in black and white. Both this article and this article were in the Seattle P-I newspaper. The media isn't going to come right out and say it, however, how naive does a person have to be in order to be incapable of figuring this out?

Watch the movie ENDGAME to learn more about this issue!

To learn alot more about your childs education, read the book, The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America by Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt, which is a Barnes and Noble #1 Bestseller in its History of Education category. This book is available as a free e-book!


I included this link just for the McDonald's picture.


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Impeachment: If not now, when?
From Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Saturday, November 24, 2007
By LINDA BOYD

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.

Linda Boyd is director of Washington For Impeachment, washingtonforimpeachment.org. Citizens to Impeach Bush and Cheney, in Olympia: citizensimpeach.org


Related:

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EMERGENCY MEETING CALLED - Constitutional Crisis (video)

The BEST Reasons to IMPEACH BUSH and CHENEY!


Tags: impeachment


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A Call for Urgent Action
From National Wildlife Federation - Saturday, November 24, 2007
By Larry J. Schweiger

I was recently awakened by loud pounding on my apartment door in the dead of night. Before I could answer, the pounding returned. This time, it was even louder. I raced to find a fireman standing in a smoke-filled hallway announcing that the building was on fire. He sternly warned that I needed to leave immediately.

I did not ask the fireman if he was a Republican or Democrat. Nor did I question his professional judgment. I did not seek a contrarian's opinion about the potential of the neighbor's kitchen fire to spread. I didn't take a wait-and-see attitude about the fire. I simply followed his advice and got out.

I share this experience because I see a parallel between structural fires and global warming. If we truly believe global warming is happening and that it is an urgent threat to our communities, to our children and to the future of wildlife, we will act now!

I find it utterly dumbfounding that in poll after poll, Americans say they see that our world is warming with more rogue storms and floods, more massive forest fires, vast sheets of melting ice and severe and sustained droughts all over the world. However in the face of this threat, many people are doing absolutely nothing to respond. They acknowledge that we may be facing a climate crisis and then they go right back to sleep.

Maybe it's a matter of trust. We trust the local firemen. Why don't we trust the thousands of top-notch scientists who have published more than 10,000 climate-related studies warning us about a pending crisis? Why don't we listen to them in the same way we listen to firemen? Instead, Americans sit and listen while uninformed skeptics in the media challenge the integrity of the many published scientists of the National Academy of Sciences and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, even though many of these experts have been studying this matter in great detail for more than 25 years.

The scientific debate about global warming's causation is over. Yet we hear science and anti-science given equal footing by leading voices in the media. People walk away confused, doubtful and hesitant to act. Even fewer elected leaders are taking action. As I write this, the eastern half of the United States is experiencing an unusual October heat wave. As autumn temperatures reach the 90s in Washington, D.C., why is it so difficult for our elected officials to see the problem?

Perhaps we need to do more to communicate to the public what the personal steps look like so that we can all take measures to lower our personal carbon emissions. Perhaps we need to give people a pathway for greater social action to change the direction of Capitol Hill. After all, the pathway to solutions includes a combination of public policies and personal choices.

Maybe it's a matter of people not comprehending that the many recent signs we have been seeing are just the beginning of our troubles. The extent of sea ice in September in the Arctic was the lowest since we began measuring it. Scientists are now revising their forecasts for an ice-free Arctic down from 2070 to possibly as soon as the summer of 2020. That is a short 13 years away. Let me assure you that if we lose the summer Arctic ice, weather patterns will shift in ways we can scarcely imagine.

It has been said that a photo is worth a thousand words. If that's true, perhaps a time-lapse video of this summer's dramatic Arctic melt and rapid breakup is worth a thousand photographs. Don't take my word for it. Check out the rapid melt of the Arctic ice for yourself. [200MB video]

After the fireman warned me that there was eminent danger, I did not say, "Gee, thanks for alerting me. I truly believe you," and then go back to bed. Instead, I took immediate steps to safeguard my life. Fortunately, through quick action the fire was contained to one unit and did not spread to the entire building.

We each need to take quick action to stop global warming before it spreads any further.

NOTE: This article was published on page 8 in the December/January 2008 edition of the National Wildlife Federation magazine.

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The Day after Thanksgiving Day Sell of TRUTH
Friday, November 23, 2007
By Your-Rights.com

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!

Pentagon Demands Wounded Soldier Return Re-enlistment Bonus

Make sure to watch the video, too!




You just got a REAL glimpse of how things REALLY are...

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?

MIND CONTROL is REAL

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-op disinformation campaigns are used to confuse people and obliterate the truth?

Operation Northwoods is the "smoking gun" of false-flag attacks. The U.S. PLANNED FAKE TERROR ATTACKS ON CITIZENS TO CREATE SUPPORT FOR CUBAN WAR.

Questions have been raised about whether these events were in fact false-flag operations. However, anyone who studies the evidence can learn the truth.

The sinking of the USS Maine
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
The Attack on the USS Liberty
The Attacks on September 11, 2001

The U.S. also planned to conquer Canada and Mexico. The American elitists are definitely a bunch of power hungry war mongers!

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!

This stuff is REAL!!! OPEN YOUR EYES!!!

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!!!

Bush Link to Kennedy Assassination

That video brings to mind another event...

The assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan

What most people have completely forgotten about is WHO WOULD HAVE BECOME PRESIDENT upon Reagan's death. Think about that for a minute!

INFOWAR: Patentes del terrorismo militar MK-ULTRA USA. Proyectos nazis internacionales del Pentágono y programaciones de suicidio en la NATO. serie: Holocausto sexual mundial

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!

Related:

Tell the truth about Thanksgiving


Tags: brainwash, conspiracy, flase-flag, mind control, occupation of iraq,


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Fed's Seize Tens of Millions Worth of Ron Paul Dollars and Assets
From Your-Rights.com - Monday, November 19, 2007

The U.S. Federal Government has seized (stolen) tens of millions of dollars worth of gold, silver, copper and other assets including two tons of coins decorated with Ron Paul's visage.

Disney printed "Disney Dollars" and did not get raided by the Federal Government. Why the disparity?

You have probably seen similar coins on late night television commercials. Isn't it odd to you that only now, after Ron Paul has started campaigning against the Federal Reserve system, that the asset seizure occurred.

What is most interesting to note is that unlike the U.S. dollar, which is steadily decreasing in value, the Ron Paul coins are rapidly increasing in value!

Your-Rights.com has previously written about the Federal Reserve, click 'read more' for the full story and accompanying video.


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Tags: federal reserve, ron paul


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Port Militarization Resistance (PMR) at the Port of Olympia
From seattle indymedia center - Saturday, November 17, 2007
By Mollie

When the Government fears the people you have democracy, when the people fear the Government you have tyranny.

Hundreds of protesters sucessfully blockaded the Port of Olympia last week preventing military equipment from being transported through the public port. The Port of Olympia is located in Olympia, Washington.

As the Port Militarization Resistance (PMR) protests clearly show, a few people really can make a difference! Contrary to what the Government wants them to know, more and more people are discovering that their voices count.

Stop being programmed by your television! Wake up and join the resistance!

Check out these video's and photo's and see for yourself.




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Student Walkout Anti-War Protest
From Socialist Alternative - Friday, November 16, 2007
By Marianne Mork and Ramy Khalil

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.

Many links to media coverage.

Here are some video's and photo's.




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Why the U.S. Government is selling cocaine and other illegal drugs
From Google News - Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Ever wonder why the U.S. Government is selling cocaine and other illegal drugs? It's because the U.S. economy depends on the influx of liquid cash through money laundering (at least 1 billion dollars a day), without which we would suffer from a major economic recession. Read both the book, "Crossing the Rubicon," and watch the movie, "THE TRUTH & LIES OF 9/11," by Michael C. Ruppert to learn a lot more about how the U.S. economy is propped up by illegal drug sales!

If you study the economic data from Wall Street, you will discover that various markets are overvalued. Recently the housing market developed a leak and most of the hot air (over-inflated value) leaked out leaving housing prices much lower.

Click 'read more' (below) to see how the U.S. Dollar is at historic 50 year lows against the Canadian dollar, which is actually WORTH MORE than the U.S. Dollar!!! The British pound is also very high compared to the Dollar.

Related:

America is in serious trouble, A Call To Action


Tags: cocaine

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Bush shocked by few resources dedicated to Osama bin Laden after creating Iraq mess
From Newsweek - Monday, August 27, 2007

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!)


Watch more Bush video's

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:

Bush - "Truly not concerned" about bin Laden

Bush says that Iraq had "nothing" to do with 9/11

FBI says, "No hard evidence connecting Bin Laden to 9/11"

FBI Pressured to Gin Up Iraq-al-Qaeda Links

Document suggests bin Laden escaped at Tora Bora

WATCH THIS VIDEO - About 5 minutes into this video it starts talking about Tora Bora and how bin Laden escaped.


Tags: tora bora, Osama bin Laden


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Quebec police admit they went undercover at Montebello protest
From CBC News - Friday, August 24, 2007

Police came under fire Tuesday, when a video surfaced on YouTUBE that appeared to show three plainclothes police officers at the protest with bandannas across their faces. One of the men was carrying a rock.

Police said the three were told to monitor protesters who were not peacefully demonstrating to prevent any violent incidents, but they were called out as undercover agents when they refused to throw objects.
This line is an absolute LIE!
"but they were called out as undercover agents when they refused to throw objects."

If you watch the video, you can clearly see that the plainclothes police officers were there to do ANYTHING BUT "prevent any violent incidents"!!!

Favorite comment from digg.com:
Let's all dress up in black with bandannas over our faces and rocks in our hands and stand outside the police department. "We're not here to instigate... promise!"

As you can CLEARLY see from the video, the officers are the ones with the LARGE ROCK and the protesters are the ones DEMANDING that they PUT DOWN THE ROCK! What a bunch of LIES!

"To a certain extent it's self-fulfilling logic. You provide police with this kind of equipment and they end up using it and one way to justify it is to plant some people that toss a rock or two."


Watch all of the video's in the