Saturday July 14th 2007
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Bastille Day Weekend Edition - Quotes posted at
CounterPunch
"The mighty are only mighty
because we are on our knees. Let us rise!"
--Camille Desmoulins
"A person came in and announced the taking of the Bastille, the
governor of which is beheaded, a crowd carries his head in triumph
through the city. Yesterday it was the fashion at Versailles not to
believe there were any disturbances in Paris. I presume today's
transactions will induce a conviction that all is not perfectly quiet."
--Gouverneur Morris, a framer of US Constitution, at
the Royal Gardens of Versailles, July 14, 1789
"If I could have found 2,000 men filled with the anger that tore my
heart, I would have placed myself at their head, stabbed Lafayette to
death, burned the despot in his palace and impaled our odious
representatives on their benches. When I proposed this to Robespierre,
he listened to me in horror, paled and remained silent."
-- Jean-Paul Marat, L'ami du peuple.
"One must frighten those who govern; one must never frighten the
people."
-- Antoine Saint-Just
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Summit
in Kennebunkport
Must Read - A quote...."
07/12/07 "ICH" -- -- -Presidents Bush and Putin concluded their brief
summit in Kennebunkport, Maine without resolving any of the main
issues. Bush seeks Putin’s help to pressure Iran into giving up its
nuclear enrichment program and Putin wants Bush to abandon his plans to
deploy the US Missile Defense System in Czechoslovakia and Poland. No
progress was made on either topic."
Putin
Makes Good On Threats, Pulls Russia Out of Arms Treaty - posted at
-
BuzzFlash
Related article :
Bush to Putin at Kennebunkport -You don't give us your oil and gas, we
break'a your face, we break'a your country.
Putin to Bush - F-ck you and your PNAC'ing Neocon cronies.
We all have our limits....Putin has reached his. - mpg
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The
Bush Family and their 50 Year War Against the USA [and everybody else]
A quote...."Bush. That's the only name you need to know --
Bush. The same Bush family who are strongly allied with the UK
Tory government and its most staunch right-wing. You may remember
our country's history with Tories. - King George the
younger's swagger and smirk say it all. This C student,
this wash-out at everything he has ever tried, this trust fund
barnacle and unashamed beneficiary of nepotism, knows he's better than
we are in the eyes of these people. He is merely displaying his
primate tendencies, but he can ignore that because he doesn't believe
in that silly evolution stuff." - That's because he never
evolved, he's still a chimp - mpg
BILL
MOYERS JOURNAL | Impeachment Panel - Part I | PBS - (PBS- Win
Media/QT
- 071507 24m 16s)
BILL
MOYERS JOURNAL | Impeachment Panel - Part II | PBS - (PBS - Win
Media/QT 071507 17m 28s)
Must View - A
quote...."TOUGH TALK ON IMPEACHMENT BILL MOYERS JOURNAL explores the
talk of impeachment with Constitutional scholar Bruce Fein, who wrote
the first article of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, and
THE NATION's John Nichols, author of THE GENIUS OF IMPEACHMENT"
Panel
Demands Records on Tillman's Death
A quote...."The White House and Defense Department have turned over
nearly 10,000 pages of papers mostly press clippings but
the White House cited "
executive branch
confidentiality interests" in refusing to provide other
documents." - bold/italics by website author
Earth to Bush:
"The Chaos in Iraq You Now Decry was Caused By You!"
Must Read - A
quote...."Having watched our pathetic president's July 12th news
conference concerning the "Initial Benchmark Assessment Report," I felt
the urge to applaud Helen Thomas for verbally assaulting George W. Bush
for the war criminal and mass murderer that he is. God bless her for
asking: "Mr. President, you started this war, this war of your
choosing, and you can end it alone, today, at this point…Don't you
accept - don't you understand, we brought the Al Qaida into Iraq?"
Poll:
Nearly Two-Thirds See Bush 'Surge' as a Failure
A quote...."President Bush may be trying to rally support for his
strategy in Iraq, but his efforts are not faring well with the American
public, according to the latest NEWSWEEK Poll.
Nearly two thirds of
Americans believe that the president's troop “surge” has been a failure,
poll respondents said." - bold/italics by website author
Fighting
rages across Iraq as Bush claims military “progress”
A quote...."President Bush’s attempts last Thursday to justify the
open-ending US occupation of Iraq by claiming that his “surge” strategy
is making progress bear no relation to reality. What is taking place is
the same inconclusive war of attrition against a hostile population
that the US military has been waging for four years to secure its
domination over the country and its resources. More American soldiers
and more aggressive operations have simply resulted in more casualties,
more detentions and a deepening of the atmosphere of fear and loathing
towards the US presence."
UK
prepares to cut troop numbers in Iraq
A quote...."British forces in Iraq are preparing to withdraw their
remaining troops to the airport base in Basra in the south of the
country in August, handing over control of the last province they
control to Iraqi forces. - If their most optimistic
forecasts are realised, only 1,500 British troops will remain in the
country by the end of the year, defence officials told The Observer
this weekend."
Whoever said it was lonely at the top sure knew what he was talking
about, especially if you're describing a moronic sociopathic stupid
vessel
of evil like our great "decider". - mpg
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Iraq
PM: Country Can Manage Without US ‘Any Time They Want’
A quote...."BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday that
the Iraqi army and police are capable of keeping security in the
country when American troops leave “any time they want,” though he
acknowledged the forces need further weapons and training."
Robert
Fisk: TE Lawrence had it right about Iraq
Some quotes...."'Back in 1929, Lawrence of Arabia wrote the entry for
"Guerrilla" in the 14th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. It is
a chilling read - and here I thank one of my favourite readers, Peter
Metcalfe of Stevenage, for sending me TE's remarkable article - because
it contains so ghastly a message to the American armies in Iraq.
And...."It [the rebels] must have a friendly population, not actively
friendly, but sympathetic to the point of not betraying rebel movements
to the enemy. Rebellions can be made by 2 per cent active in a striking
force, and 98 per cent passively sympathetic ... Granted mobility,
security ... time, and doctrine ... victory will rest with the
insurgents, for the algebraical factors are in the end decisive, and
against them perfections of means and spirit struggle quite in vain."
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Out of
Iraq and Into Iran?
War Warning - A
quote...."Pressure at long last is
mounting
across the U.S. political spectrum and
heartland
for either a withdrawal of American forces from Iraq, or a dramatic
pull-back from the front-lines. You'd think the neocons and their
congressional supplicants and the Christian-Likudist "Amen Chorus"
would be chastened, hesitant, or dispirited. To the contrary, they're
launching a full-court press for a major military blitz against Iran.
U.S.,
Iran do Persian Gulf squeeze
War Update - A
quote...."ABOARD THE USS JOHN C. STENNIS — Iran and the United States
remain so far apart on so many issues that they refuse to talk about
them. - But in the cramped sea routes of the Persian Gulf,
U.S. and Iranian warship sailors and fighter pilots speak to each other
daily. - They have to. They're practically jostling one
another in courteous games of surveillance, counter-surveillance and
geopolitical posturing. - "We are operating very close to
their territorial waters in a very confined space with a tremendous
amount of traffic, be it the small dhows, be it the supertankers going
up to the oil platforms," said U.S. Navy Capt. Sterling Gilliam Jr.,
commander of air operations for this nuclear-powered supercarrier and
its associated ships"
Ahhhh....an "incident" would be soooooo easy to arrange. All
you'd need is one special "black op" and that would be that. - mpg
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USS
Enterprise joins two other U.S. carrier groups in Persian Gulf
War Alert - ABU DHABI —
The U.S. Navy has deployed its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier the USS
Enterprise — the longest naval vessel in the world and which carries 66
aircraft — for Gulf operations. Officials said this marked the second
deployment of the Enterprise in the Gulf in 14 months. -
The Enterprise, which left the Gulf in November 2006, is to join the
USS John C. Stennis and USS Nimitz carrier strike groups."
See also....
John
C. Stennis Strike Group WESTPAC 07 Deployment &
USS
John C. Stennis (CVN-74)
See also....
Nimitz
Strike Group WESTPAC 07 Deployment &
USS Nimitz
(CVN-68)
See also....
Enterprise
Strike Group MED 07 Deployment &
USS
Enterprise (CVN-65)
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Cindy
Sheehan: Strange Bedfellows
Must Read - A
quote...."Since I announced my challenge to Speaker of the House Nancy
Pelosi a few days ago, I have been very thrilled that issues such as
impeachment and the inherent corruption of the "two" party system have
been brought to the forefront of public discourse. Every interview I
have done has given me the opportunity to throw the impeachment issue
out there. The democratic blogosphere has predictably lined up against
me and must be very frightened because they are repeating the
scandalous lies of the right. Wow, the right and left are finding
common ground over slandering me. I must be a uniter."
Outraged
that Sen Lieberman has publicly called for bombing Iran, CODEPINK
member Leslie Angeline, Arrested
A quote...."Leslie was arrested at Sen. Lieberman's office this morning
a little before 11 am while trying to get a meeting with the Senator.
The senator was speaking on the floor of the Senate around the time of
the arrest. Arrest happened very quickly after the group entered the
office. Mother on 21st Day of Fast Implores Sen. Lieberman to Promote
Diplomacy, Not War With Iran "
Protester
raid cost police £111k - [that's about $222.000]
A quote...."Brian Haw, 57, has held vigil in Parliament Square for six
years, using a megaphone to attack the government policy on Iraq.
- Seventy-eight officer shifts were devoted to the overnight raid
to scale back Mr Haw's encampment on 23 May 2006, Scotland Yard figures
show."
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The
robbery of the century
A quote...."I have previously written [1] about the impending failure
of US mortgage borrowers, whose failure to pay would affect not only
the US economy as many of them declare bankruptcy, but also worldwide
markets, as the risk has been widely sold to investors in other
countries, with the bulk of the losses coming in Asia. " -
See also....
Goldman,
Merrill Almost `Junk,' Their Own Traders Say
A quote...."March 2 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Merrill
Lynch & Co. and Morgan Stanley, which earned a record $24.5 billion
in 2006, suddenly have become so speculative that their own traders are
valuing the three biggest securities firms as barely more creditworthy
than junk bonds."
Right after they gave out all those huge bonuses to themselves too, it
must be one of those strange inexplicable coincidences.
Let's see how this goes shall we, the Fed encourages Banks to give
millions of loans to people who don't have the ability to pay them back
(i.e. pump money), the banks have the Financial firms repackage them
and sell them to any sucker who wants them, like your pension plan,
state pension plans, stupid foreigners....you know - the usual
idiots. The Financial firms get windfall profits for simply
shuffling worthless paper to unsuspecting investors, (some not so
unsuspecting, but a little kick back goes a long way....no?) and the
entire economy goes into the tank with this pump (the money supply) and
dump (the worthless paper) scheme. So in the end the Bankers
(through
fees) and the Brokers (through larger fees) make “buco bucks” and the
suckers get left holding an empty bag.
This ALL SOUNDS SO FIMILIAR - Where is
Michael (Milk'em)
Milken, "
I
certainly hope so"
Charles Keating
and the
K(ch)eating
Five anyway? - mpg -
posted
03-04-07
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Musharraf’s
Madrasa Muddle
Must Read - A
quote...."The storming of the Red Mosque is not the victory that
General Pervez Musharraf and his supporters in Washington
proclaim. Rather, it represents the abject failure of the Pakistani
president’s policies. The shaky military junta seems to have few
answers to the central question of containing religious extremism in
the sect-ridden Pakistani society. With a growing number of citizens
challenging the authoritarian system, U.S. support for Musharraf is
more and more out of touch with Pakistani reality."
Beware
Dick / Navy may get a Sunburn in Persian Gulf
A quote...."As Dick ( Dr Strangelove ) Cheney amasses his three carrier
attack groups in the Persian Gulf ~ Iran has amassed a stockpile of the
most advanced anti-ship cruise missile in the world THE SUNBURN which
combines a Mach 2.1 speed (two times the speed of sound) with a flight
pattern that hugs the deck and includes “violent end maneuvers” to
elude enemy defenses. The missile was specifically designed to defeat
the US Aegis radar defense system: Allen L Roland"
Chinese-Made
Armor-Piercing Bullets Found in Iraq, Afghanistan
A quote...."Is there a China connection with Iraq and Afghanistan? Yes,
according to a departing senior Pentagon official, who says that the
Chinese-origin armor-piercing bullets -- of particular concern to U.S.
and coalition troops - have showed up in the two countries. This
article, from the Financial Times, came out a few days ago, but I think
was lost in the shuffle of Iraq news, so it's worth highlighting here:"
Are
we Already at War? - Have US-enabled Kurds killed 200 Iranian
Troops?
A quote...."Since the US Senate has in its wisdom
laid the
groundwork for a war on Iran
on the extremely thin grounds of an unbalanced and gullible NYT story,
it is worth pondering the degree to which we are being spun once again
by shadowy forces whose salaries we are paying!"
Turkey
boosts troops at Iraqi border: sources
A quote...."DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey's army has boosted
troop levels in the restive southeast to more than 200,000, most of
them stationed along the border with Iraq, security sources told
Reuters on Friday."
AIPAC
Gives "Kiss of Death" to Abbas
A quote...."'Politics breeds strange bedfellows'... there is no other
way to describe this new glowing love affair between Abbas' puppet
regime and AIPAC. Is this not proof that this new 'leadership' of the
Palestinian people is working only in the interests of Israel,
abandoning completely the desires of their own nation?"
Top
Secret: We're Wiretapping You
A quote...."It could be a scene from Kafka or Brazil. Imagine a
government agency, in a bureaucratic foul-up, accidentally gives you a
copy of a document marked "top secret." And it contains a log of some
of your private phone calls."
An
Open Letter to CNN
A quote...."Well, the week is over — and still no apology, no
retraction, no correction of your glaring mistakes. - I bet
you thought my dust-up with Wolf Blitzer was just a cool ratings coup,
that you really wouldn’t have to correct the false statements you made
about “Sicko.” I bet you thought I was just going to go quietly
away. - Think again. I’m about to become your worst
nightmare. ‘Cause I ain’t ever going away. Not until you set the record
straight, and apologize to your viewers. “The Most Trusted Name in
News?” I think it’s safe to say you can retire that slogan."
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Ms.
Palfrey confirms that Mr. Burkman's business with her was escort
service related - posted at -
BuzzFlash
A quote...."Other blogs are already all over this, but to clarify a bit
more -- One of Deborah Jeane Palfrey’s outgoing calls (Sunday, January
15, 2006) was placed to an Arlington, Virginia, number listed to
registered lobbyist/firm John M. (Jack) Burkman & Associates, 1530
Key Boulevard #1222, Arlington VA 22209.
L.A.
Archdiocese to Pay $660M for Abuse
Related Story - A quote...."LOS ANGELES (AP) - The nation's largest
Catholic
archdiocese has settled its abuse cases for $660 million, by far the
largest payout in the church's sexual abuse scandal, The Associated
Press has learned."
You think the term "related story" was a mistake gentle reader??
Think again. Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase.... "children can
be
so expensive" doesn’t it? - mpg
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FIAT
EMPIRE - Why the Federal Reserve ... - (Google - 58 min 53 sec -
Dec 5, 2006)
Must View - A
quote...."Find out why some feel the Federal Reserve System is a
"bunch of organized crooks" and others feel its practices "are in
violation of the U.S. Constitution." Discover why experts agree the Fed
is a banking cartel that benefits mainly bankers, their clients in need
of easy money and a Congress that would rather increase the National
Debt than raise taxes."
For more on this see....
Effective
Fed Funds Rate 03-24-07 - mpg
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A
Model Economy Proves The Statistical Bias of Capitalism
A quote...."Have you ever wondered why a few people end up owning and
controlling the vast majority of a society’s wealth, or why
aristocracies inevitably develop in practically every culture, past or
present? Have you pondered the egregious wealth inequality in the US
where the top 1% owns the wealth equivalent of the bottom 95% combined?
"
Milk
Costs Surge Due to Corn -
posted at -
BuzzFlash
A quote...."Several factors are creating a sort of "perfect storm" for
milk prices this summer. Americans are drinking more milk. Add to that,
droughts in major milk-producing countries like Australia.
- But another key factor is the demand for ethanol, according to
Chris Galen, a spokesman for the National Milk Producers Federation.
Ethanol is increasingly being used as an alternative fuel for gasoline."
Bill
Clinton : First Necon President
Must Read - A
quote...."Bill Clinton seems to get blamed by this Neocon
administration for many things, but most of all for “losing bin Laden.”
The ugly truth is that, in this case, they are probably right.
Clinton’s team probably had good information on Osama’s whereabouts
most of the time, since they were playing on the same team for most of
Clinton’s two terms. It is becoming clear from the accumulating
evidence that Bill Clinton resurrected Ronald Reagan’s Afghan strategy
of using Islamist guerillas as his own covert foreign policy in Europe
and other intransigent hot spots that seemed to be immune to normal
diplomacy. Clinton’s foolish toying with Islamist killers is probably
the spark that ignited the international jihad against America."
Misreading
Iraq, Again
A quote...."George W. Bush and his neoconservative supporters are
hailing some signs of cooperation between Iraqi Sunni tribal leaders
and U.S. forces in rooting out al-Qaeda extremists in Anbar Province as
proof that Bush’s military occupation of Iraq is finally working and
should not be ended by Congress." - "But the Anbar evidence
could be read almost exactly the opposite way: that it is the growing
belief among Sunnis that the American occupation is nearing its end
that has caused some of them to view the U.S. military as a lesser evil
and position themselves for what they perceive as the next phase of the
conflict"
Won't they feel foolish as the US stays in Iraq for another twenty
years? - mpg
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Iraqi
Unions Fight the New Oil Law
A quote...."“It doesn’t serve the interests of the Iraqi people,” says
Faleh Abood Umara, general secretary of the Basra-based Southern Oil
Company Union and the Iraqi Federation of Oil Workers’ Unions. Umara
recently toured the United States, advocating both national control of
Iraqi oil assets and immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from
Iraq." - See also....
Iraqi
Labor Leaders Blame US for the Bloodshed in Iraq and say Get Out!
A quote...."Don’t tell Faleh Abood Umara or Hashmeya Muhsin Hussein
that want the U.S. quit Iraq, but that you’re worried about a resulting
civil war. - The two Iraqi labor leaders, currently in
Philadelphia
as part of a U.S. tour sponsored by a coalition of American labor
unions called U.S. Labor Against the War, say the U.S. is the cause of
all the violence in Iraq, and argue that the sooner U.S. forces leave
their country, the sooner things will start to get better -
posted 06-28-07
Iraqis
to U.S. Congress: Back off oil law
A quote...."WASHINGTON, June 8 Iraqi union leaders met with a U.S.
congressman they say is their biggest friend in Washington, urging a
united front against Iraq's draft oil law. - Faleh Abood
Umara, general secretary of the Iraq Federation of Oil Unions, and
Hashmeya Muhsin Hussein, president of the Electrical Utility Workers
Union, called the proposed law a theft of Iraq's oil." -
posted 06-09-07
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Turkey:
US Arms End Up in Kurdish Hands
A quote...."WASHINGTON (AP) - Turkey's ambassador to Washington said
Wednesday that U.S. weapons have been turning up in the hands of
Kurdish guerrillas staging attacks in Turkey."
Kurdistan:
Dangerous Passage - Turkey embraces 'hot pursuit' in northern Iraq.
A quote...."May 8, 2006 issue - Could another front be opening in the
Iraq war? Over recent weeks, some 200,000 Turkish troops, backed by
tanks and helicopter gunships, have massed along the mountainous border
with Iraq."
PKK
Introduces Use of IEDs Against Turkish Targets
A quote...."The casualties suffered since the beginning of June in
Turkey's military operations against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
members in its southeast region provide a disturbing illustration of
the spread of technology and techniques among terrorist groups."
Regarding the article shown
above and for any of the bull you
might read later on in our nation's mass-faux-media, understand this -
I.E.D.s & E.F.P.s can be
made by
anybody. A five year
old could make them. All you need is a plastic ring (like a PVC
pipe) a screw on bottom, some squibs, some high explosives and concave
copper sheet for the top....that's it - mpg -
posted 07-09-07
For the truth about I.E.D.s & E.F.P.s see........
In
Iraq, anyone can make a bomb
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'Tell
the Americans it's Their Turn to Do More' - posted at
America's
Pub Int Agncy
A quote...."Aggressive military action against extremists' has cost
Pakistan's security forces dearly … Pakistan has suffered immensely due
to its blind cooperation with the so-called 'war on terror."
Let's make it quite clear to anyone reading this blog. American
policy considerations in Pakistan are as follows - The Pushton tribes
and the Taliban are bad because they're an insurgency that will prevent
US control of the Afghanistan "corridor" for access and pipeline routes
to the Caspian basin. al-Qaeda is good because they offer no
threat to the US's strategic assets and always provide good grist for
the Neocon’s slaughter machine. - mpg
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Iran
Asks Japan to Pay Yen for Oil, Start Immediately
War Warning - A
quote...."Iran asked Japanese refiners to switch to the yen to pay for
all crude oil purchases, after Iran's central bank said it's cutting
holdings of the U.S. dollar. - Iran wants yen-based transactions
``for any/all of your forthcoming Iranian crude oil liftings,''
according to a letter sent to Japanese refiners that was signed by Ali
A. Arshi, general manager of crude oil marketing and exports in Tehran
at the National Iranian Oil Co. The request is for all shipments
``effective immediately,'' according to the letter, dated July 10 and
obtained by Bloomberg News."
Why is this a War Warning? - Because it's exactly
what
Saddam did
before the
US bombed the heck out of Iraq. - mpg
Iran
Agrees to UN Nuclear Inspection
War Warning - A
quote...." U.N. nuclear inspectors banned earlier this year
by Iran from visiting a heavy water reactor will now be allowed to
inspect it before the end of July, the International Atomic Energy
Agency said Friday - In a further sign of
compromise, the IAEA said the country also agreed to answer questions
on past experiments that the international community fears could be
linked to a weapons program."
Why is this a War Warning? - Because it's exactly what Saddam did
(to no avail) before the US bombed the heck out of Iraq. - mpg
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U.S.
Treasury Holds Disaster Drill in Tampa Bay
War Warning - A
quote...."The language of the press release states that the purpose of
the exercise was to test the ability of financial institutions, federal
and state regulators, state and local government officials and state
and local first responders to quickly get to their feet after any
disaster. This is open ended and indicates that this could have been a
drill to prepare for any number of disasters from terrorism to a
natural disaster or an economic collapse but the main focus clearly
revolves around the financial community. The question is why the focus
around the financial community?"
Ron
Paul: U.S. In "Great Danger" Of Staged Terror
War Alert - A
quote...."Presidential candidate Ron Paul says the U.S. is in "great
danger" of a staged terror attack or a Gulf of Tonkin style provocation
while also warning that a major collapse of the American economy is on
the horizon and could be precipitated by the bombing of Iran and the
closure of the Persian Gulf."
We Won, You
Lost
Must Read - A
quote...."You can’t blame us that you lost. We’re winners. The end
justifies the means, just ask Dick Cheney. And you made it so easy. Who
could’ve believed intelligent people would accept the boondoggle that
installed a pathological twit of criminal pedigree as President of the
United States of America? The vote fraud was so obvious, not even
counting W’s brother Jeb, governor of Florida, guaranteeing Florida
would go to his brother. It was all so crooked the Supreme Court had to
intervene and screw it in all the way. Verifiable evidence of massive
fraud, but spectators swallowed it. Sure, quite a few people voted for
W that first e-fraud cycle, probably at least half as many as tried to
vote for Gore. And their willingness to accept the fraud because their
twit got the nod was just that much more loss. The second coming of W
was even more amazing, loss squared. With our electronic voting
machines, and electoral Rove-a-lution, we own the vote count. Like
Joseph Stalin said: "It’s not the people who vote that count; it’s the
people who count the votes." Maybe you’ve heard about old "Uncle Joe"
on the History Channel?"
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9/11 - From The History
File...Unocal and
the Afghanistan pipeline
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Pot,
Meet Kettle: 'NYT' Hits Bush For Al-Qaeda Claims -- After Public Editor
Blamed Paper
A quote...."In a
remarkable column today, Clark Hoyt, the newly arrived public editor at
The New York Times, charges that the Times in recent weeks has too
often gone along with the new drive by the White House and the military
to blame insurgent attacks on al-Qaeda. The column arrives on the same
day the paper calls for a U.S. pullout in Iraq. - E&P
and other news outlets last week had noted the same tendency in the
Times in the reporting of Michael R. Gordon and others. A top Times
editor admits to Hoyt that the paper's reporting in this regard has
become "sloppy."
Website
That Predicted London Bombs an Intelligence Agency Front
A quote...."The website in question, Al Hesbah, has been attacked by
other similar jihadist Internet forums for being a tool of intelligence
agencies to monitor and entrap Islamic extremists."
One of the now recently retired Rumsfeld's P2OG ops. at work. - mpg
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PERU:
Escalating Conflicts Put Pres. García on the Spot
A quote...."LIMA, Jul 12 (IPS) - Three people dead, several injured,
and fire at an airport: the results of a wave of protests in Peru,
regarded as the worst social crisis since Alan García became
president nearly one year ago. Thousands of teachers, workers and
peasant farmers continued the mobilisation Thursday."
Chavez
thanks OAS for not intervening in the RCTV case
A quote...."Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez thanked all Organization
of American States, (OAS) country members for not supporting a United
States proposal to “intervene” regarding the non license renewal for
Radio Caracas Television, one of the country?s main opposition
television stations."
Poor Calamity Condi, sure hope she doesn't have another
snit
fit. - mpg
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Fine
Dining
A Quote...."Some years ago, I had occasion to have dinner as the guest
of the minister of defense in Switzerland. It was the one and only time
I ever experienced the fancy life we often see in the movies.
- The dinner was held in a 300-year-old mansion in Berne. There
was one servant for every two guests, and we were served one of those
many-course meals on fine china and silver. Then we retired to the
library for cigars and brandy."
Argentine
Supreme Court revokes pardon of former military chief
A quote...." Buenos Aires - Argentina's Supreme Court on Friday revoked
the pardon granted to a former high-ranking military officer over human
rights abuses during the country's last dictatorship. - The
Buenos Aires court ruled a pardon granted in 1989 by former Argentine
president Carlos Menem to General Santiago Omar Riveros, now 83, was
unconstitutional. - The decision could pave the way for the
lifting of other pardons, Argentine media reported, including that
given to former military ruler Jorge Videla who led a coup on March 24,
1976."
To the Bushists, their bootlicking lackeys and their enablers in the US
who’ve committed similar crimes, it doesn't matter how much you think
you still control events in the here and now, you should all ask
yourselves where you'll be ten, twenty, or thirty years from now.
Ask yourselves if you think this government and the American people
will have the same tolerance for torture and murder as they currently
have, ask yourselves if you think your victims will ever forget what
you've done?
Ask yourselves if that knock on your door ten or twenty years from now
is the pizza man....or justice long delayed, finally catching up to
you. - mpg
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The
Mainstream Media’s Michael Moore Inferiority Complex
A quote...."In a world full of political provocateurs and public
hotheads, why is it that only Michael Moore triggers the media’s
all-too-absent obsession with factual accuracy? Because he scares them."
Michael
Moore on Countdown with Keith Olbermann - (YouTube - 9 min 40
sec - Added: July 12, 2007)
This is fun. - mpg
Killing
the Constitution: How I Became a Radical Twenty Years Ago Today
A quote...."Many think they now see through the Democrats’ complicity
with the Bush administration’s illegal wars and unconstitutional
actions. If they think this is new, they don’t know that half of
it. - Exactly twenty years ago today, on July 13, 1987, I
witnessed the Democratic Party establishment covering up — and
therefore helping — the subversion of the U.S. Constitution. It was
actually on national TV, but few seemed to care."
FBI
lied to get ISPs to turn over data
A quote...."THE FBI'S counter terrorism unit sent a large number of
fake emergency letters to phone companies, asking them to turn over
phone records immediately."
Selectees Clinton, Edwards
Plot Against Kucinich, Obama
A quote...."It makes perfect sense, of course. “Following a debate
during Thursday’s Democratic candidates forum at the NAACP convention,
news agency microphones picked up comments by Sens. Hillary Clinton and
John Edwards as they discussed limiting future debates to only
’serious’ candidates,” reports Newsroom America. “We should try to have
a more serious and smaller group,” suggested Edwards. “We’ve got to cut
the number,” Hillary responded. “They’re not serious.”
DC
Madam Sex Scandal Jokes
A quote....""Family values conservative Republican Senator from
Louisiana David Vitter admitted he has had sex with prostitutes.
Apparently years ago this Senator Vitter guy had been seeing one of the
DC Madam's escorts. You think the Senator's embarrassed? How about the
hooker? Now the whole world knows she had sex with a politician, eww."
--Jay Leno
I like this one. - mpg
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Thursday July 12th 2007
Bush's
Russian Invasion
A quote...."Well we aren’t really invading Russia, at least not this
week. The point is that Bush’s invasion of Iraq bears a striking
resemblance to Hitler and Napoleon’s invasions of Russia, with the
potential for similar disastrous results."
Opposition
to American Oil Grab Is Unifying Iraqis
A quote...."U.S. President Bush may be right: Iraq's oil law, although
highly controversial, could be a "benchmark for reconciliation."
- When Iraq's council of ministers last week suddenly approved
the law, critics of various stripes united in opposition. Shiite and
Sunni political parties alike denounced it, vowed to defeat it, even
threatened to ensure Parliament can't take it up. It is seen by some as
weakening the central government and giving too much to foreign
companies."
Iraqi
Deaths Due to US Invasion
A quote...."The number is shocking and sobering. - It is at
least 10 times
greater than most estimates cited in the US media, yet it is based on
the only scientifically valid study of violent Iraqi deaths caused by
the U.S.-led invasion of March 2003."
Abusing
Iraqi Civilians
A quote...." 07/10/07 "The New York Times" --With no end
yet in sight for the long dark night of the Iraq war, The Nation
magazine is coming out this week with an article that goes into great
and disturbing detail about the brutal treatment of Iraqi civilians by
some U.S. soldiers and marines. "
The Other
War: Iraq Vets Bear Witness
Must Read - A
quote...."Over the past several months The Nation has interviewed
fifty combat veterans of the Iraq War from around the United States in
an effort to investigate the effects of the four-year-old occupation on
average Iraqi civilians. These combat veterans, some of whom bear deep
emotional and physical scars, and many of whom have come to oppose the
occupation, gave vivid, on-the-record accounts. They described a brutal
side of the war rarely seen on television screens or chronicled in
newspaper accounts."
The
Language of Dead Bodies
A quote...."I’ve been cutting trees. The woods on the
north side of my house is thick with gray trunks of dead fir and
spruce. Neither old nor particularly large, these trees have been dead
and dying for some time, killed by acid rain or spruce bud worm or
something complex and harder to diagnose."
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Down
in the Flood: The Senate's Blank Check for War on Iran
Must Read - Red War Warning
- A quote...."As you may know -- unless you rely on the corporate media
for your news, of course --
yesterday the U.S.
Senate unanimously declared that Iran was committing acts of war
against the United States: a 97-0 vote to give George W. Bush a clear
and unmistakable casus belli for attacking Iran whenever Dick
Cheney tells him to." - bold/italics by website author Note
: this is the first
Red War Warning
that's been posted
The
March to War: Détente in the Middle East or "Calm before the
Storm?"
War Warning - A
quote...."Despite the discussions of détente in the Middle East,
the peril of war is still a real menace that threatens to proliferate
globally. The dialogue taking place between the U.S., the E.U., Russia,
Syria, and Iran seems to be merely a transient point in the timeline of
the Middle East and Central Asia. The ongoing international discussions
focused on the Middle East are part of an instant in time and history
that will come to pass. Attached to these discussions are the fate of
the Middle East, or so it may seem. With certainty, only time will tell
what will unfold in the Middle East and become recorded in the annals
of history."
Intel
Report: al-Qaida Takes Aim at US
War Warning - A
quote...."The draft National Intelligence Estimate is expected to paint
an ever-more-worrisome portrait of al-Qaida's ability to use its base
along the Pakistan-Afghan border to launch and inspire attacks, even as
Bush administration officials say the U.S. is safer nearly six years
into the war on terror"
Republicans
and the Coming Terror Attacks
War Warning - A
quote...."Evidently all this talk of coming terrorist attacks is just a
Republican strategy. According to Capitol Hill Blue, a secret memo that
was leaked in 2005 "suggests that a new attack by terrorists on U.S.
soil could reverse the sagging fortunes of President George W. Bush as
well as the GOP and 'restore his image as a leader of the American
people."" ***
GOP
memo touts new terror attack as way to reverse party's decline
War Warning - A
quote...."A confidential memo circulating among senior Republican
leaders suggests that a new attack by terrorists on U.S. soil could
reverse the sagging fortunes of President George W. Bush as well as the
GOP and "restore his image as a leader of the American people." ***
*** Website author's note : Capital Hill Blue removed the article
because.... "As a result of an internal review by our staff, doubts
were raised about the original source for the material used in this
article."
Edwards
Statement On President Bush Remarks On Iraq
War Warning - A
quote...."he president claimed that the same people attacking U.S.
troops today are the ones who perpetrated 9/11. It must be nice to live
in a world where your actions have no consequences. There was no group
called Al Qaeda in Iraq before the president's disastrous mismanagement
of the war gave them a foothold, a fact the president flagrantly
ignores. After being discredited again and again, the president is
still trying to link Iraq and 9/11 - a rationale for the war that
virtually everyone except Dick Cheney has now recognized was false."
Regarding the constant mention of al-Qaida in the articles shown above
see....
Everyone
we fight in Iraq is now "al-Qaida" -
posted 06-24-07
Related article -
War Alert -
A quote...."Josh Marshall
publishes
an e-mail from a reader who identifies what is one of the most
astonishing instances of mindless, pro-government "reporting" yet:....
It's a curious thing
that, over
the past 10 - 12 days, the news from Iraq refers to the combatants
there as "al-Qaida" fighters. When did that happen?
Until a few days ago, the combatants in Iraq were "insurgents" or they
were referred to as "Sunni" or "Shia'a" fighters in the Iraq Civil War.
Suddenly, without evidence, without proof, without any semblance of
fact, the US military command is referring to these combatants as
"al-Qaida".
Welcome to the latest in Iraq propaganda.
Web site authors note : I just got back from a weeklong vacation (6-16
to 6-24 '07) and while catching up on my reading - I noticed the exact
same
thing.
Regarding the three articles shown above see also....
Fake
Intel
Sheehan:
Distinct Chance Of Staged Attack, Martial Law
War Warning - A
quote....""I definitely think that is a distinct possibility, that
there will be some kind of attack whether it's manufactured or
real....I think it's really possible that these people will do that -
why would he [Bush] put in that presidential directive if he didn't
need to use it - I think it's really really frightening," Sheehan told
The Alex Jones Show."
German
TV: Kurds Used to
Attack Iran - link broken/detected/replaced - 10-27-07 - orig link
@ http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=921 - CF
War Update - A
quote...."Last month, as the corporate media mulched over renewed
Pentagon claims Iran is providing deadly IEDs to Iraqi “insurgents,”
German television reported the Maoist Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or
Partiya Karkaren Kurdistan (PKK), has “killed over 200 Iranians,” a
handful by way of IED, according to a PKK terrorist quoted by German
ARD television (original in German)."
Tell
the Media to Stop Lying About Iraq and al-Qaeda
A quote...."If by some small miracle someone missed it, the Bush
administration and America's corporate-owned media are desperately
trying to convince the people of the United States, that al Qaeda and
not Sunni insurgents and Shiia militias is the primary force opposing
Mister Bush's occupation of Iraq. That is a blatant lie. All the
National Intelligence Estimates, including the one released this week,
have consistently found 'foreign fighters' to account for only two and
six percent of all forces in Iraq."
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9/11 - From The History File...9/11
- Bank Buys Broker for CONCEALED DEMOLITION
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Code
Pink: Those Pesky Peaceniks
A quote...."WASHINGTON — When a lawmaker’s office is stormed, a hearing
is
disrupted or a protester is handcuffed on Capitol Hill these days, it’s
a safe bet the activist being hauled away will be female and wearing
pink. -
CodePink,
a group spawned by Bay Area peace activists, has become the vibrantly
hued public face of the anti-war movement in Washington. Launched in
2002 to oppose the Bush administration’s invasion of Iraq, the female
activists are gaining new attention as a thorn in the side of
Democrats, urging the new leaders of Congress to move faster to end the
war.
Pelosi's
Sinking Fortunes
A quote...."House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took power in the House of
Representatives in January on a wave of public enthusiasm and hopes
that Congress would finally start holding the president to
account. - Not quite six months out, it's becoming apparent
to Democrats who were looking to her for leadership that she's not
about leading an opposition party; she's about posturing and hoping for
better days in 2008, but not much else."
Regarding the article shown above, see also....
Constitution vs. Failed
Impeachment: Is it Worth it?
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Barbara
Boxer: Impeachment "Should Be On The Table. This Is As Close As We've
Ever Come To A Dictatorship"
A quote...."Here's Barbara Boxer on the Ed Schultz Show yesterday.
Though she wimped out a bit at the end, she was mostly strong on the
necessity of considering impeachment."
Kucinich:
Impeaching Cheney first step to restoring the rule of law
A quote...."Speaking at the NAACP sponsored candidates forum in Detroit
today, presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) called for
the impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney."
White
House invokes broad executive privilege claims to block congressional
testimony
A quote...."Former White House Counsel Harriet Miers refused on
Thursday to appear before the House Judiciary Committee to answer
questions about the Bush administration’s decision to fire a group of
US attorneys last year. In justifying her decision to ignore a
congressional subpoena, Miers cited a Justice Department opinion
released this week that asserts broad and unprecedented claims of
executive privilege."
House
Panel Clears Way for Contempt Proceedings Against Miers
A quote...." A House panel cleared the way Thursday for contempt
proceedings against former White House counsel Harriet Miers after she
obeyed President Bush and skipped a hearing on the firings of federal
prosecutors. - Addressing the empty chair where Miers had
been subpoenaed to testify, Rep. Linda Sanchez ruled out of order
Bush's executive privilege claim that his former advisers are immune
from being summoned before Congress. - The House Judiciary
subcommittee that Sanchez chairs voted 7-5 to sustain her ruling. If an
agreement with the White House is not reached, the full Judiciary
Committee could convene hearings and vote on whether to hold Miers,
Bush's longtime friend and former Supreme Court nominee, in contempt.
Ultimately, the full House would have to vote on any contempt citation"
Guards
steal $282 million from a bank in Baghdad
A quote...."BAGHDAD: In an astonishing heist, guards at a bank here
made off with more than a quarter-billion dollars on Wednesday,
according to an official at the Interior Ministry."
El
Salvador’s Anti-terrorism Law Claims Victims
A quote...."Recently, that process of healing has been put to the test
due to the jailing of 14 local and national activists arrested July 2
during protests in and around the small colonial city of Suchitoto.
Dozens of social movement organizations coalesced in Suchitoto due to
plans by Salvadoran president Antonio Saca to unveil there his
administration’s new “National Decentralization Policy.” Many local
activists view that policy
as a thinly veiled plan
to privatize water resources. Among the 14 protesters arrested
were four staff members from the Association of Rural Communities for
the Development of El Salvador (CRIPDES) who were intercepted and
forcibly removed from their vehicle. - bold/italics by website author