Become a Roman - or Remain an American
08-11-07 - revised 08-17-07
mpg

Goodbye Uncle Sam
Must Read - A quote...."What does it feel like to turn your back on your country? As increasing numbers of US military personnel head for Canada to escape service in Iraq and Afghanistan, three deserters explain what drove them to such drastic action"

Actually they're NOT turning their backs on their country; they're Americans leaving the New Roman Empire, adamantly refusing to become a Neo-Romans themselves.

It's a choice everyone now living in what was once formally known as the United States of America will have to make.

Become a Neo-Roman - as roughly thirty percent of this population has already chosen to do; to become an idolater, a money worshiper, to abase yourselves before the wealthy, to violate, defile and make a mockery of your "professed" religious beliefs while avidly supporting the destruction of everything those beliefs represented, to desecrate and ignore the constitution, the bill of rights and other "quaint" documents, to desire power above all else, to countenance torture, murder and other abominations against millions who have done you no harm, to actually enjoy the degradation and humiliation of others, to spit on the good opinion of mankind, to secretly revel in what has been done in your name so you can have a more comfortable life, to pretend you didn't know what truly happened on that day called 9/11, to engage in the art of plausible deniability, to live the lie while others who naively and foolishly believe, die for ideas you publicly declare but gave up long ago.

Or remain an American – To remain true to the often stated principals of this nation, to become a stranger in a strange land, to gaze in horror upon a culture and a people where more than a third of the population and all of it's elites are no longer recognizable for having forsaken the ideas they once professed to believe, a place where these Neo-Romans no longer even attempt to live up to their sacred principals, moral obligations, covenants, bonds or the oaths they swore to uphold....a people and a country  where one third of it's former citizenry and all of it's elites have renounced their citizenship and have voluntarily endeavored to make this formally imperfect union into a sick, twisted, vicious, sadistic, perverted, blasphemous, vile, nightmarish version of the Roman Empire….into a land of the living dead

The choice is still your's, you can choose to remain true to yourself, to America's stated values and ideas - or you can choose to join the New Roman Empire and become a Neo-Roman.

It's your choice. - mpg
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BAE profits soar on Iraq conflict  ---  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6938085.stm
A quote...."The UK's largest defence firm, BAE made a pre-tax profit of £657m ($1.4bn), compared with £378m a year earlier.  -  BAE said the "high tempo" of UK and US military operations was increasing demand for land systems to support armed forces overseas."

To all the men and women in the US and UK armed forces, thank you for the sacrifice of your lives, your bodies, your morals, your ethics and your very humanity to promote BAE's bottom line.

The wealthy elites of both nations wish to express their gratitude for what you have done....keep up the good work. - mpg
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White Elephants  ---  http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/081007Avnery.shtml
Must Read - Some quotes...."Ostensibly, the arms are needed to strengthen Saudi Arabia against the Great Satan: Iran. In Saudi eyes, this is now the great danger."  -  "Allah, in his infinite wisdom, has seen to it that almost all the huge Middle East oil reserves are located in Shiite areas: in Iran, in the South of Iraq and the Shiite areas of Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf principalities. If these reserves slip away from US control, it will cause a drastic change in the balance of power, not only in the region but in the entire world.  -  Therefore, the strengthening of Saudi Arabia—ruled by conservative Sunnis—makes a lot of sense from the American point of view....."

For more on this quote see....The CONversation - 09-04-06 - MPG  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/theconversation-blog-mpg-090406
See also....Ghawar is Dead - Long Live PNAC - 03-07-07 - MPG  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/ghawarisdead-blog-mpg-030707
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Fatigue cripples US army in Iraq  ---  http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2147052,00.html
Must Read - A quote...."Exhaustion and combat stress are besieging US troops in Iraq as they battle with a new type of warfare. Some even rely on Red Bull to get through the day. As desertions and absences increase, the military is struggling to cope with the crisis."

A Horrible Milestone  -  Group's Estimate of Iraqi Deaths to Cross One Million  ---  http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m35266&s1=h1
A quote...."For the past month, the non-profit group JustForeignPolicy.org has provided an ongoing estimate of the number of violent Iraqi deaths attributable to the 2003 invasion. Sometime within the next week, their tally is expected to cross one million Iraqi deaths. (The group will issue a press release when this occurs.)"

Continuing violence boosts funeral industry in Baghdad  ---  http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=21747
Related article - A quote...."BAGHDAD - The continuing violence in Baghdad is fuelling a boom in the funeral industry.  -  Back in Saddam Hussein's time, coffin maker Abdul-Wahab Khalil Mohammed used to sell one or two coffins a day at US$5-US$10 each. Now he produces an average of 15 to 20 coffins a day and charges $50-$75 for each one."

The Iraqis are losing their water, their electricity is failing, their infrastructure is crumbling but the funeral business is booming.  Bush must be so pleased with himself, he's finally discovered the one task he's really good at....killing lots of innocent people in truly horrible ways, his mom and dad must be so proud of him. - mpg
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Clouds of war are looming  ---  http://archive.gulfnews.com/opinion/columns/region/10145835.html
War Warning - A quote...."Recent diplomatic activity in the region, involving international powers with vested interests, doesn't look like a good omen. For the past two decades, such hype has always led to disastrous developments."

Kucinich Calls Out Clinton’s Nuclear Blunder  ---  http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070811_kucinich_throws_down_the_gauntlet/
A quote...."Once again, as with her stance on the Iraq war, Clinton’s record has been inconsistent when it comes to how, when and against whom she would take military action were she to become the U.S. commander in chief.  Perhaps she has decided, or been urged by her advisers, to strike an aggressive pose in order to compensate for being a woman in a race for the presidency, a situation that some voters might view as virtually irreconcilable.  But balancing “I’m your girl” wink-wink affability with “I can play with the big boys and their big guns” credibility is one thing, and going so far as to introduce even the dim possibility of pre-emptive use of nuclear weapons in a notoriously volatile region is entirely another."

Ahhhh....people are beginning to discover the true nature of
Hideous "the mad rabbit" Hillary  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/hideoushillary-mpg-080107
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FISA Revised: A Blank Check for Domestic Spying  ---  http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/08/10/3093/
A quote...."Responding to fear-mongering by the Bush administration, the Democrat-led Congress put its stamp of approval on the unconstitutional wiretapping of Americans.  -  George W. Bush has perfected the art of ramming ill-considered legislation through Congress by hyping emergencies that don’t exist. He did it with the USA Patriot Act, the authorization for the Iraq war, the Military Commissions Act, and now the “Protect America Act of 2007″ which amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)."

First They Came For The Cows - Are The Sheeple Next?
  ---  http://www.signs-of-the-times.org/articles/show/137829-First+They+Came+For+The+Cows+-+Are+The+Sheeple+Next%3F
A quote...."As the smell of burnt cow meat once again wafts across the southern English countryside, the stench is not only casting a pallor across the faces of Surrey farmers, but also threatening to expose the sordid relationship between the UK government, U.S. big business and the little-known world of "bio-terrorism".

Call to oust foreign troops at Kabul jirga  ---  http://www.dawn.com/2007/08/11/top5.htm
A quote...."KABUL, Aug 10: A Pakistan-Afghanistan Peace Jirga debating ways to end Al Qaeda-backed terrorism in the region heard calls on Friday for Western forces to be thrown out of Afghanistan in favour of troops from Muslim countries."

2 Somali Radio Journalists Killed  ---  http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6843448,00.html
A quote...."MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Two prominent Somali journalists were assassinated Saturday, one outside his office and the other as he returned from his fallen colleague's funeral, authorities said.  -  The victims were Ali Iman Sharmarke, owner of the HornAfrik Media Company, and Mahad Ahmed Elmi, who hosts a popular radio talk show for the same company. HornAfrik's broadcasts have criticized both the government and the Islamic militants who have been trying to topple the administration through a bloody insurgency."

Gangs clash in Nigerian oil city  ---  http://www.gnn.tv/headlines/15075/Gangs_clash_in_Nigerian_oil_city
A quote...."Four people have been killed in gun battles between rival gangs in Port Harcourt, the main city in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region.  -  A large fuel-pumping station in the city was also attacked.  -  The latest violence brings the number killed in nearly a week of fighting between gangs to at least 10 people.  -  Violence around Port Harcourt has increased since militants launched a campaign last year for a greater share of oil revenue for the poor region."

Russia launching new air defence program  ---  http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22230778-5005961,00.html
A quote...."RUSSIA'S President Vladimir Putin said a new radar station near St Petersburg was the first stage in a large-scale air defence program, Russian agencies reported."

France: Sarkozy government introduces law restricting right to strike  ---  http://wsws.org/articles/2007/aug2007/sark-a11.shtml
A quote...."On August 2, the French National Assembly passed a new law requiring public transport workers to maintain a minimum level of service. The new measure represents a historic restriction of the right to strike and is directed in particular against rail, bus and urban transport workers. At the same time, the new law gives trade unions the responsibility of organising and policing, in collaboration with the employers, minimum service levels in the event of a strike."

Arafat's doctor: There was HIV in his blood, but poison killed him  ---  http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/892231.html
A quote...."Late Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat's blood contained the deadly HIV virus, Arafat's personal physician told Jordanian media over the weekend. Dr. Ashraf al-Kurdi stressed, however, that Arafat did not die of AIDS - which is caused by the virus.  -  Jordanian news site Amman quoted al-Kurdi - a former Jordanian health ministry official - as saying that the virus had been injected into Arafat's bloodstream close to his death, and that the real cause of the chairman's death was poison."

Sort of like what happened to poor old Sharon, he'd...."been permanently incapacitated  ---  http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1751461,00.html  --- 
by a stroke which in the opinion of some may have been caused by the use of an
overly strong blood thinner  ---  http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=90283  ---  proscribed by two American doctors."  -  Quoted from...
Israel Marches to the Drums of PNAC - Posted 07-16-2006 - MPG  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/israelmarches-essay-mpg-071606
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Chavez Meets with Kirchner and Morales in Bolivia for Closer Cooperation  ---  http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=2383
A quote...."Mérida, August 11, 2007 (venezuelanalysis.com)— In the final leg of his South American tour this week, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez arrived to Bolivia last night to sign several economic agreements with Bolivian President Evo Morales as well as with Argentinean President Nestor Kirchner who was also present. The new regional agreements, according to Chavez, are part of a project to unite and integrate the region into a South American block of nations."
    
Venezuela’s Chavez Visits Uruguay and Ecuador on South American Tour  ---  http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=2382
A quote...."Mérida, August 9, 2007 (venezuelanalysis.com)— Continuing his South American tour, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez departed from Uruguay yesterday where he signed energy agreements with President Tabaré Vazquez, and headed on to Ecuador where he met with his friend and colleague President Rafael Correa. In Quito, the two leaders signed energy agreements including an agreement to build a joint oil refinery in Ecuador."

The Existence of the PKK Terrorism in Iraq and the US  ---  http://www.turkishweekly.net/comments.php?id=2691
A quote...."Against Turkey’s complaints and suggestions, Americans affirm that they can not destroy these camps alone and list the reasons as; insufficient forces and also absence of legal arrangement to do it etc. The US says that the Baghdad Government is competent about this subject and they ask Turkey to negotiate the subject with the Baghdad Government, not the US. And when Turkey turns to Baghdad and warns the Baghdad Government, makes proposal to the Iraqis, yet Iraqi officials reply as they aren’t able to destroy the camps; and add that only American army, Barzani and Talabani could destroy PKK terrorism, not the Bahgdad Government forces. And the Baghdad Government affirms that Kurdish local administration of Iraq is in charge of combating terrorist camps. In response, Turkey turns to Arbil and has talks with Barzani and Talabani, offers the same options to them. The answer that Turkey gets is same as the Washington’s and Baghdad Government’s answer: Not having the authority to act to destroy the camps and insufficient forces."

When Will America Awaken from "The Bush Ultimatum"?  ---  http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/editorials/154
Movie Review - BuzzFlash Editorial - A quote...."If you don’t like a thinking-person’s action film or don’t want to know some of the details of the just-released "The Bourne Ultimatum," then stop reading here.  -  Of course, being BuzzFlash, this is not a movie review of a hot box office seller, but rather a reflection on its political "message" – and its larger symbolism as representing the difference between a fictional narrative and reality.  -  If you are out of the loop with Hollywood box-office hits, the third sequel in the red-hot "Bourne" series, starring Matt Damon, is drawing in record crowds to the theaters this past week."

The Bushies turn on each other  ---  http://www.lastchancedemocracycafe.com/?p=967
A quote...."One former Bush speech writer is accusing another former Bush speech writer of being a jerk who steals credit for other people’s work.  Imagine — somebody actually wants MORE than his fair share of the credit for Bush’s words.  Who’d of thunk it?! "

U.S. life span shorter
  ---  http://www.rawstory.com/showoutarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boston.com%2Fnews%2
  ---  Feducation%2Fhigher%2Farticles%2F2007%2F08%2F11%2Fus_life_span_shorter%3Fmode%3DPF
A quote...."WASHINGTON --Americans are living longer than ever, but not as long as people in 41 other countries.  -  For decades, the United States has been slipping in international rankings of life expectancy, as other countries improve health care, nutrition and lifestyles.  -  Countries that surpass the U.S. include Japan and most of Europe, as well as Jordan, Guam and the Cayman Islands.  -  "Something's wrong here when one of the richest countries in the world, the one that spends the most on health care, is not able to keep up with other countries," said Dr. Christopher Murray, head of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington."

Germany, the Re-Engineered Ally - Part 2: Everything is broken  ---  http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/IH09Aa01.html
Must Read - A quote...."Broken machinery  --  The American political class seems to have drawn all the wrong conclusions from the end of the Cold War and the breakup of the Soviet Union. Its leisurely stroll towards permanent global hegemony just did not happen. Thus, frustration and the craving for revenge have become main drivers of US policies. The events of September 11 focused their common dysfunctionality, but they are not its root cause.  -  It is from this vantage point that arises the resigned and poignant expectation that the US will permit neither a stable Russia nor a non-cataclysmic accommodation of China's rise. American politics now have just enough flexibility to negotiate the short-term priorities of whom to put under the pressure of regime-changing demands; but the system is rigged not to reward persuasion or accommodation but toward increasing confrontation, deadline diplomacy, and grandstanding on principles that carry the load of broken credibility."

Pakistan Editorialists Respond to Obama, Tancredo  ---  http://icga.blogspot.com/2007/08/pakistan-editorialists-respond-to-obama.html
A quote...."The following is a roundup of excerpts from editorials on the strongly-worded statements by the US presidential hopefuls belonging to both the Republican and Democratic parties on strikes inside Pakistan and against Muslims' holy cities, published in the 4 August 2007 editions of six Urdu dailies:"

State of Emergency Possible in Pakistan  ---  http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6836009,00.html
A quote...."ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The government of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf is not ruling out imposing a state of emergency because of ``external and internal threats'' to Pakistan and deteriorating law and order in the volatile northwest near the Afghan border, a spokesman said Thursday."

LEBANON:  Women in the Frontline for Clearing Cluster Bombs  ---  http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=38826
A quote...."An estimated four million cluster bombs were dropped over south Lebanon by Israel during last summer's conflict, with roughly one million that didn't explode strewn throughout villages, gardens, roads, fields and valleys.  -  "What we are finding here is unprecedented," says Tekimiti Gilbert, chief of operations for the United Nations Mine Action Centre (UNMACC), the official body tasked with coordinating cluster bomb clearance in south Lebanon. "And see where they were dropped -- in the villages and around built up areas. South Lebanon as you know is the size of a postage stamp. To have that number of cluster bombs falling in such a small area is just unbelievable."

Oil Law Brings US Intentions Into Focus - Poll: Iraqis Want National Oil Companies to Develop Iraqi Oil
  ---  http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/08/07/3052/
A quote...."Here’s one thing we can credit the Bush Administration for: its invasion of Iraq has made more apparent what our government is doing when it “promotes democracy in the Middle East.” Before, there was much to illustrate the contradiction between rhetoric and reality. But in the past, U.S. officials could “poor-mouth” their influence: “we’re doing what we can.”  -  Now that the U.S. is an occupying power in Iraq, the role of the U.S. is in sharper focus"

For more on this, see....The Second Treatise of Civil Government 1690 : -- *John Locke* - 1632-1704 - a quote
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/johnlocke-quote-080207
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American Genocide In The Middle East: Three Million and Counting  ---  http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/08/07/3059/
A quote...."The Just Foreign Policy report is an update to two controversial studies published by the prestigious British medical journal the Lancet. In 2003, the Lancet reported over 100,000 excess deaths in Iraq were attributal to the U.S. invasion. That study may be read here [PDF].   -- http://www.zmag.org/lancet.pdf

In 2006, the Lancet updated their study and found over 600,000 excess deaths in Iraq since the U.S. invasion.
 That study may be read here [PDF].  ---  http://www.thelancet.com/webfiles/images/journals/lancet/s0140673606694919.pdf
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The United States and “Regime Change” in Iran  ---  http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/08/07/3049/
A quote...."Though the Bush administration has repeatedly emphasized its desire for democratization and regime change in Iran, there are serious questions regarding how it might try to bring this about. There is, however, little question about the goal of toppling the Islamist government, with the Bush administration threatening war, arming ethnic minorities, and funding opposition groups.  -  These efforts come in spite of the 1981 Algiers Accords, which led to the release of American hostages seized from the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, in which the United States pledged to never again attempt to overthrow the Iranian government. The failure of the United States to honor this signed bilateral agreement has contributed to the Iranians’ lack of trust in the U.S. government and overall anti-American sentiment in that country."
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U.S. Says Iran-Supplied Bomb Kills More Troops
  - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/world/middleeast/08military.html?ex=1344225600&en=e3974bad086516f0&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
One has to admire the persistence of the New York Times, no matter how often they get it wrong, no matter how many times they fail....they just pick themselves up out of the mud, wipe themselves off as best as they can, and keep right on lying. - mpg  --  for more on this see....


See also....How the News REALLY WORKS  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/TMWLarge-bp2blog-072607
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Lying Again, This Time About Iran's Nuclear Program  ---  http://www.walter-c-uhler.com/Reviews/pot.html
Some quotes...."Has the United States ever had to endure a president who lies as often as George W. Bush? He repeatedly lied to the American people in order to invade Iraq. Now he is lying about Iran. Who is going to hold him accountable?"  -  "During his January 28, 2003, State of the Union address, Bush defrauded Americans at least three times. He presented a less than candid assessment of the intelligence linking Saddam Hussein to al Qaeda. He also presented a less than candid assessment of the intelligence concerning weapons of mass destruction. As former federal prosecutor, Elizabeth de la Vega, demonstrated in her book, U.S. v. Bush, according to Title 18, United States Code, Section 371"It is still the law of the United States that once politicians become Executive Branch officials, they are legally required to be honest and forthright about public matters." [p. 197]"

How RCTV President’s CIA Connection Links Venezuela and Nicaragua  ---  http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=2112
A quote...."The president of Venezuela's RCTV, Eladio Larez,[1] is no stranger to the CIA. In fact, Eladio's contact with the agency goes back nearly twenty years. Back in 1989, Larez helped the CIA funnel money through Venezuela to the Nicaraguan opposition as they worked to topple the Sandinista government through massive violence and destabilization. Larez was actually so kind as to set up a fraudulent foundation in Venezuela, called the National Foundation for Democracy, as a front organization to receive money from the CIA and pass it on to fund the operations of a major opposition newspaper in Nicaragua.[2]"

Living in the Weimar Republic of America  ---  http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/editorials/153
A quote...."It's become a bit of a cliché to compare the rise of Cheney-Bush fascism to the ascendancy of the Third Reich, but the analogy does reveal a fundamental truth about power and politics.  -  Fascists or Bolsheviks (just look at the short-lived Alexander Kerensky republic in Russia that fell to the Soviets in 1917) proceed on a premise that liberals are ambivalent about asserting power -- and take full advantage of that weakness."

Dave Lindorff: Gelding Congress: House Censure Would be the Final Cut of the Knife
A quote...."The do-nothing, Democrat-led Congress, fresh from handing President Bush the power to spy on Americans without any judicial oversight, and just weeks after providing full funding for the continuation of the bloody war and occupation in Iraq, is now mounting an all-out campaign to co-opt and bury the growing grassroots campaign to impeach President Bush and Cheney."
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Bugles are blowing that now is the time for America to challenge the Bush/Republican "spinn" on 9/11
  ---  http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_w__chris_070808_bugles_are_blowing_t.htm
A quote...."Bugles are blowing that now is the time for America to challenge the Bush/Republican “spin” on 9/11.  -  Seabirds of an approaching 9/11 tsunami are everywhere. New 9/11 sites are appearing almost every day. "Defensiveness” no more! Now we need to take the OFFENSIVE and once and for all seek out the historical and factual truth of this horrific event.

The So-Called "War on Terror" - A Masterpiece of Propaganda  ---  http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/9169
A quote...."From its first days in office in January of 2001 the Administration of George W. Bush meant to launch military attacks against both Afghanistan and Iraq. The reasons had nothing to do with terrorism.  -  This is beyond dispute. The mainstream press has either ignored the story or missed it completely, but the Administration's congenital belligerence is fully documented elsewhere." - bold/italics by website author

Return of Sheiks on a Plane - CIA Charters Flew Saudi Flights  ---  http://www.madcowprod.com/07312007.html
A quote...."Flatly contradicting the repeated assertions by the White House and  FBI that the Bush administration played no role in the flights, an exclusive MadCowMorningNews investigation has uncovered numerous connections between the White House and the air charter companies involved in the evacuation of the members of the Saudi Royal family after the 9/11 attack."

For more on this see....Flights 9/11  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/flights911-weblist-mpg-081906
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Terrorists Win [i.e. our elites win]: Americans Living In Perpetual Fear  ---  http://infowars.net/articles/august2007/080807fear.htm
A quote...."America has become a market for fearmongering and the public is buying it. Remarkably we are being told that the only way to prevent this perpetual state of fear is to give up all our rights and not to question anything. If this is true then congratulations must go to the terrorists for they have won. However, it was not the "terrorists" we were warned about that took away our rights."

Venezuela Signs New Economic Agreements in Argentina  ---  http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=2378
A quote..."Mérida, August 7, 2007 (venezuelanalysis.com)— Beginning a tour of several South American nations this week, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived to Argentina yesterday to formalize several economic agreements between Venezuela and Argentina. Chavez said that projects to build new industry in Venezuela as well as supply Venezuelan gas to Argentina have the intention of diversifying the economies and increasing regional integration."

OPEC contrary to increasing crude output in September  ---  http://www.mercopress.com/vernoticia.do?id=11076&formato=HTML
A quote...."Despite calls from consumers for more crude to lower prices from near record highs, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, does not believe it’s necessary to raise output when it meets next September 11."

Charges dropped against detained Iraqi media workers
  ---  http://electroniciraq.net/news/themedia/Charges_dropped_against_detained_Iraqi_media_workers-3171.shtml
A quote...."The Interior Ministry claimed that Wasan Media, which provides technical support to news organizations, supplied footage to Al-Jazeera of a controversial interview with Sabrin al-Janabi, an Iraqi woman who alleged she was raped by three Iraqi police officers in February. Al-Jazeera is banned from Iraq, except in its northern Kurdistan region."

Iran says ready to help in Iraq's reconstruction, security  ---  http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/08/content_6497963.htm
A quote...."TEHRAN, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Iran said Wednesday that it was ready to contribute to Iraq's reconstruction and promotion of its security, as Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was making his second visit to Tehran in less than one year, the official IRNA news agency reported."

Russia puts new Su-34 bombers into service
  ---  http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Industry/Briefing/2007/08/08/russia_puts_new_su34_bombers_into_service/6985/
A quote...."MOSCOW, Aug. 8 (UPI) --  Russia is going to start replacing its old Sukhoi Su-24 bombers with new Sukhoi Su-34 fighter bombers.  -  RIA Novosti reported last week that two regiments of the Russian 16th Air Army would soon be phasing out their old Su-24 Fencer bombers and replacing them with state-of-the-art Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback fighter-bombers."

Russia approves mass production of cutting-edge Bulava missile  ---  http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20070807/70536185.html
A quote...."MOSCOW. (Military commentator Viktor Yuzbashev for RIA Novosti) - Russia has moved to a higher level in the design of strategic sea-based nuclear systems.  -  Admiral Vladimir Masorin, commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, said the Bulava-M (SS-NX-30), a naval derivative of the land-based missile Topol (SS-27), had been approved for mass production.  -  It will be supplied to the new fourth-generation Project 955 Borey-class strategic submarines. Three such submarines, the Yury Dolgoruky, the Vladimir Monomakh and the Alexander Nevsky, are being built at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Region (north of European Russia)."

  ---  http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27876

Military Promotions
 ---  http://www.911review.com/coverup/promotions.html
People Likely Criminally Involved in the 9-11 Conspiracy
 ---  http://100777.com/node/1673
Profile: Michael Chertoff
 ---  http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/entity.jsp?entity=michael_chertoff

UQ Wire: Sibel Edmonds Letter To Thomas Kean
 ---  http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/4/5551
Proof Positive - Neocons & 911
 ---  http://www.rense.com/general69/proofp.htm
Marvin Bush - Source Watch
 ---  http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Marvin_Bush
The Bush Crime Family Tree
 ---  http://think-aboutit.com/conspiracy/TheBushCrimeFamilyTree.htm
The 911 Evidence that May Hang George W. Bush
 ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/911evidence2hangbush-seal-scoop-cached-080607
UQ Wire: The Role Of The U.S. Government On 9-11
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