MPG'S
DAILY RAPSHEET AND BLOTTER ON THE "GREAT GAME" -
links page
@ www.reficultnias.org
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Editor's note : From now on each daily blog will have
several items
culled from the past called "9/11 - From The History
File" : It's for those who didn't know, and also for those who
forgot....or are trying to forget.
Editor's note -
War Update,
War Alert,
War Warning,
Red War Warning
and
War
Imminent
- refer to articles
regarding the upcoming war with Iran. In the order they appear as
shown above, they represent less serious to more serious possible
threats of war. - mpg
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Friday September 14th 2007 -
links page
Mr Bush,
your sheikh is dead ---
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/II15Ak03.html
Must Read - A
quote...."Petraeus's counterinsurgency game - arming Sunnis and
Shi'ites alike - is the ideal recipe for non-stop sectarian hatred, the
perfect justification for an indefinite US presence in Iraq.
- Petraeus did not even bother to seek "permission" from the
puppet Nuri al-Maliki government in Baghdad to arm Sunni militias who
will try to depose this same government. There's also the extra bonus
of the militias doing part of the dirty work for the Pentagon - going
with a vengeance after Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army. Furthermore, it
all fits the anti-Iran Pentagon hysteria - the creation of a Sunni
counter-power to the Shi'ite Iran-trained Badr Organization."
Iraq's
Baath Party Calls the Petraeus Report a 'Cover Up' - posted at
Watching America
--- http://www.watchingamerica.com/index.shtml
--- http://www.watchingamerica.com/aliraqnews000005.shtml
A quote...."The Arab Socialist Baath Party in Iraq stressed in a
statement that the report submitted by President Bush's assistants in
Iraq, Ambassador Ryan Crocker and the leader of occupation forces,
General Petraeus, was close to what Iraqis and many politicians and
analysts in America and the world expected, and that the intent of the
report is to cover up the rapid collapse of America's colonial
occupation of Iraq."
Grand
Theft Iraq - Privatizing and Carving up an Entire National Economy
---
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6783
Must Read - A
quote...."At the end of August, in Dubai and the beginning of
September, in London, conferences were held in order to privatize and
carve up contracts for every essential service and infrastructure in
Iraq. There was not a mega-corporate pig anywhere on earth, seemingly,
who did not have its trotters in the trough. As Iraqis flee in an
exodus of biblical proportions and die in a genocidal one, US/UK
government backed corporate priority is a smash and grab raid of every
asset and facility in the “land between two rivers”.
Bush-linked
Texas company signs oil deal with Iraqi Kurds ---
http://wsws.org/articles/2007/sep2007/hunt-s15.shtml
A quote...."Earlier this month, the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG)
in Iraq announced that it had signed a production-sharing deal with
Texas-based Hunt Oil. The move is an indication that Western oil
companies, frustrated over the delay in the passage of a national oil
law by the Iraqi government, are moving to make deals with regional
bodies to get access to Iraq’s vast oil reserves."
More on the Hunt oil company. No doubt the Turks just love Bush's
continued support for the PKK and the MEK while at the same time an oil
company connected with his family is helping establish a new Kurdistan
- mpg
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Georgia
says to cut Iraq force from 2,000 to 300 - posted at
ICH
--- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
---
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-29533420070914?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=602
A quote...."TBILISI (Reuters) - Ex-Soviet Georgia will cut its troops
in Iraq to less than a quarter of the current contingent by next June,
the defence minister said on Friday."
India
strongly opposes any US military action against Iran - posted at
ICH
--- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
---
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0709143654120959.htm
A quote...."Strongly opposing any US military action against Iran,
India Friday said it did not want "another flashpoint" in its
neighbourhood and hoped "good sense" will prevail, preventing the
"precipitation" of the Tehran nuclear issue."
Russia
rejects tougher stance on Iran ---
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bd7a4b66-616d-11dc-bf25-0000779fd2ac.html
A quote..."Russia on Wednesday gave a clear indication that it would
not back any immediate toughening in the United Nations’ approach to
Iran’s nuclear programme, in spite of US calls for leading powers to
convene for discussions on the issue next week."
China
urges further negotiations on Iran nuclear issue ---
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/15/content_6724608.htm
A quote...."BEIJING, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- China urged Iran on Friday to
continue negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA), saying it hoped to see "a positive outcome" on the Iranian
nuclear issue."
New
Iran sanctions may not be necessary-Germany ---
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L14626018.htm
A quote...."BERLIN, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Discussion of a third round of
sanctions against Iran for refusing to freeze its nuclear programme
will not be necessary if Iran cooperates with the United Nations,
Germany's Foreign Ministry said on Friday."
PJB: Stopping the Next
War --- http://buchanan.org/blog/?p=849
A quote...."President Bush has won the Battle of September. -
When he turns over the presidency on Jan.
20, 2009, there will likely be as many U.S. troops in Iraq as there
were when Congress was elected to bring them home in November 2006." -
italics by website author
Really well put. - mpg
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NORTH-SOUTH:
China, India, Brazil, South Africa Tilt Global Power Balance
--- http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39247
A quote...."HELSINKI, Sep 13 (IPS) - Four developing countries --
China, India, Brazil and South Africa (CIBS) -- are poised to become
new southern engines of global economic growth with increasing
potential to provide prosperity to other developing countries, said
prominent economics researchers here."
How could the nations shown above
possibly "provide
prosperity to other developing countries"?
After all, they're not bombing or invading them like the US is.
They're not bringing to all these other countries the wonderful
benefits of America's newfound version of "freedom and democracy",
freeing millions of these poor down trodden peoples throughout the
world from the endless toil of actually being alive, freeing these
benighted heathens from their routine existence of living in their own
homes by the kind act of leveling them to the ground, forcing millions
of these sedentary peoples into exciting mass migrations and
relocations to wonderful, new, exotic, far away places.
No doubt all these "developing countries" will tire of the "peace
and prosperity” and the boring "stability" they'll be subject to if
they comply with all those "quaint" international laws, treaties and
agreements promulgated by such archaic international institutions as
the UN.
No doubt they'll soon turn their backs on the BRICs CIBS, Russians,
Europeans and assorted others and embrace the exciting opportunities of
dealing with American corporations and the US’s elites knowing that at
any time their countries could be torn asunder, their cities leveled,
and their populations slaughtered by the world's Neo-Roman Empire now
headed by Caligula’s heir apparent.
No doubt indeed. – mpg
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Poll:
Civilian toll in Iraq may top 1M
---
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq14sep14,1,3979621.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=1&cset=true
A quote...."The figure from ORB, a British polling agency that has
conducted several surveys in Iraq, followed statements this week from
the U.S. military defending itself against accusations it was trying to
play down Iraqi deaths to make its strategy appear successful."
How
the U.S. Schemed Against Spain's Transition from Dictatorship to
Democracy ---
http://www.counterpunch.org/navarro09152007.html
A quote...."According to conventional wisdom in Spain and in the U.S.,
in Spain’s transition from the Franco dictatorship to democracy, it was
King Juan Carlos, with the assistance of the U.S. government (first the
Ford administration, then the Carter administration), who brought
democracy to Spain. In this interpretation of events taking place from
1975, when the dictator died, to 1978, when the first
democratically elected government was installed, the U.S. government
actively supported the development of democracy in Spain. -
The reality, however, was very different. As documented in a recent
book by Nicolas Sartorins and Alberto Sabio, El Final de la
Dictadura (The End of the Dictatorship), the U.S. government was not
very keen on having full democracy in Spain. The primary, if not
exclusive, concern of the U.S. government in Spain was to preserve its
military and economic interests. Democracy in Spain was the least of
its concerns."
The US elites support dictatorships everywhere....always and
forever. They have
NEVER
supported the establishment of a
democratic government anywhere, at anytime, at any point in the history
of this planet since the WWII reconstruction of the occupied countries.
Period, full stop, end of story. – mpg
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The
Endless, Meaningless Blather From The Washington Establishment
--- http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/14/3855/
A quote...."It has been extremely difficult over the past several
months to pay any attention at all to the discussion of Iraq from our
political and media stars. It is all just complete blather, and never
means anything. All of these stern and worried and tough words spill
endlessly from their mouths — they all proclaimed in May that September
was the Day of Reckoning: there would be bipartisan, forced withdrawal
if the political benchmarks weren’t met — only for the same thing to
happen over and over. The conditions are not met; Bush proclaims we are
staying; and the Washington Establishment submits.
To answer the first comment on
the site featuring the article shown above...."Great article and hit
the nail squarely on the head. Ive gotten to the point of utter
disillusionment with the Democratic Party that when I enter the voting
booth in the next election, I will be pulling the NO lever (against
Democrats) and for any third party or Independent candidate available.
I am mad
as hell, and I won’t take it anymore. I know I heard that
line somewhere else, but where?" - bold/italics by website
author
For the origin of the quote, see the video shown below - mpg
Howard
Beale: Turn
off your TVs -
(YouTube -
4 min 51 sec - June 11, 2007) ---
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Gf0VKXk5Q
From
the Movie
Network ---
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_%28film%29
He's right you know, they don't
call it the boob tube for nothing. Dear gentle readers for your
own sanity, for your own peace of mind, for the sake of your
children....turn off your TV's, turn them all off, and never watch,
listen to, or read any of the commercially produced garbage spewed out
by the five conglomerates who control ninety percent of the "mass
media" in this country ever again. – mpg -
posted 07-19-2007
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Were
War Critic Soldiers Killed To Send Message? ---
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/september2007/140907_send_message.htm
A quote...."A third author of the letter was also shot in the head in a
separate incident during the time when the op-ed was being written.
Though Staff Sgt. Jeremy Murphy survived and is expected to make a full
recovery, the fact that three of the seven authors of the op-ed were
either killed or received life-threatening injuries shortly before and
after the publication of the piece is highly suspicious."
Bin
Laden's Timing a 'Strange Coincidence' - posted at
Watching America
--- http://www.watchingamerica.com/index.shtml
--- http://www.watchingamerica.com/lefigaro0000183.shtml
A quote...."The last video of bin Laden turned up the day before the
2004 Presidential elections, and helped Bush considerably against
Kerry. This time he has appeared just before a debate in Congress over
the strategy in Iraq. Strange coincidence. …"
CNN:
Mystery 9/11 aircraft was military 'doomsday plane'
---
http://rawstory.com//news/2007/CNN_investigates_secret_911_doomsday_plane_0913.html
Must Read - A
quote...."CNN has now learned from two government sources that the
mystery plane
was a military aircraft and has determined that the blurry image on
video appears to match photos of the Air Force's E-4B (discussed
here on Wikipedia),
--- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-4B --- a
specially modified Boeing 747 with a communications pod behind the
cockpit."
Yep! We had one of the US's largest, newest, most expensive, aircraft,
jam packed with the some of the most sophisticated set of command,
control and communications equipment ever stuffed into an airplane
hovering over Washington DC during that fateful day of 9/11, an
incident which had been continuously denied by our officials up until
this very day.
Sure would be nice to know
EXACTLY
when that plane took off....wouldn't it. - mpg
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The
Greatest Story Never Told - posted at
ICH
--- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18392.htm
Must Read - A quote...."
09/14/07 "ICH" --- - No issue is more sensitive in the US than daring
to criticize Israel. It's the metaphorical "third rail" in American
politics, academia and the major media. Anyone daring to touch it pays
dearly as the few who tried learned. Those in elected office face an
onslaught of attacks and efforts to replace them with more supportive
officials. Former five term Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney felt its
sting twice in 2002 and 2006. So did 10 term Congressman Paul Findley
(a fierce and courageous Israeli critic) in 1982 and three term Senator
Charles Percy in 1984 whom AIPAC targeted merely for appearing to
support anti-Israeli policy.
Russia's
new premier has bite ---
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/II15Ag01.html
Must Read - A
quote...."MOSCOW - Russia's new Prime Minister Victor Zubkov has moved
from obscurity to presidential status in half a day, showing character
not seen in Moscow for 25 years. - The man, whose name in Russian means
"tooth", shows he has mettle and bite - confidence in himself, pride in
what he has done, and toughness toward what he must do, characteristics
last on display in Moscow when Yuri Andropov took charge."
This is really good stuff. - mpg
See also....
"Putin
Dissolves Russian Government" ---
http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=4237
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Surprise
slowdown in US retail sales ---
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/360a732a-62c8-11dc-b3ad-0000779fd2ac.html
War Warning - A
quote...."US retail sales slowed last month as concerns mounted about
the economic impact of the downturn in the housing sector and
turbulence in financial markets."
For more on this see....
Standard
Disclaimer ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/disclaimer-blog-mpg-070207
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Thursday September 13th 2007 -
links page
Preventing
a Rogue President from Committing a War Crime: Open Letter to the New
Generation of Military Officers
---
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6773
Must
Read - An open letter to those serving in the armed forces - mpg
- Some quotes....
"I contend that should some civilian order you to initiate a nuclear
attack on Iran (for example), you are duty-bound to refuse that order.
I might also suggest that you should consider whether the circumstances
demand that you arrest whoever gave the order as a war
criminal." -- (Dr., Lt. Col. Bob Bowman)"
"We know that many of you share our concern and our determination to
protect our republic from an arrogant, out-of-control, imperial
presidency and a compliant, namby-pamby Congress (both of which are
unduly influenced by the oil companies and other big-money interests).
We know that you (like us) wouldn't have pursued a military career
unless you were idealistic and devoted to our nation and its people.
(None of us do it for the pay and working conditions!) But we also
recognize that you may not see how you can influence these events. We
in the military have always had a historic subservience to civilian
authority."
"Our oath of office is to “protect and defend the Constitution of the
United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” Might I
suggest that this includes a rogue president and vice-president?
Certainly we are bound to carry out the legal orders of our superiors.
But the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) which binds all of us
enshrines the Nuremberg Principles which this country established after
World War II (which you are too young to remember). One of those
Nuremberg Principles says that we in the military have not only the
right, but also the
DUTY to
refuse an illegal order. It was on this basis that we executed Nazi
officers who were “only carrying out their orders.” - bold
by website author
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Was
a
Covert Attempt to Bomb Iran with Nuclear Weapons foiled by a Military
Leak? ---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18374.htm
Possible Related Article
- Update -
09/13/07 "The
Canadian" --- - Critically exploring whether or not there was a covert
attempt to instigate a catastrophic nuclear war against Iran is
illuminated through an introduction using the recent B-52 Incident. On
August 30, a B-52 bomber armed with five nuclear-tipped Advanced Cruise
missiles travelled from Minot Air Force base, North Dakota, to
Barksdale Air Force base, Louisiana, in the United States. Each missile
had an adjustable yield between five and 150 kilotons of TNT which is
at the lower end of the destructive capacities of U.S. nuclear weapons.
For example, the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima had a yield of 13
kilotons, while the Bravo Hydrogen bomb test of 1954 had a yield of
15,000 kilotons. The B-52 story was first covered in the Army Times on
5 September after the nuclear armed aircraft was discovered by
Airmen.
See also
previous
article ---
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_michael__070909_b_52_bomber_incident.htm
--- by same author,
posted
09-11-07
Media,
politicians maintain silence on flight of US nuclear bomber
--- http://wsws.org/articles/2007/sep2007/nuke-s14.shtml
Possible Related Article - A quote...."When analyzing the US
corporate-controlled media, it is
often more important to take note of what is not reported than what is.
- Such is clearly the case with the revelation earlier this month that
a US B-52 Stratofortress bomber flew nearly 1,500 miles over the length
of the United States with six nuclear-tipped cruise missiles fixed to
its wings. - The flight took place August 30 between Minot Air Force
Base in North Dakota and Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana."
Testimony
of The Tortured ---
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/13/3816/
Must Read - A
quote...."When President Bush dispatched the neoconservative “terror
expert” Paul Bremer to Baghdad in the summer of 2003, it took the
former staffer to Henry Kissinger just two weeks to boldly declare that
Iraq was “open for business.” Naomi Klein, who traveled to Iraq during
Bremer’s one year stint in the country, writes in The Shock Doctrine:
“Overnight, Iraq went from being one of the most isolated countries in
the world, sealed off from the most basic trade by strict UN sanctions,
to becoming the widest-open market anywhere.”
Petraeus
out of step with US top brass ---
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/II14Ak02.html
A quote...."WASHINGTON - In sharp contrast to the lionization of
General David Petraeus by members of the US Congress during his
testimony this week, Petraeus's superior, Admiral William Fallon, chief
of the Central Command (Centcom), derided Petraeus as a sycophant
during their first meeting in Baghdad in March, according to Pentagon
sources familiar with reports of the meeting."
The
General Lies ---
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/12/3789/
A quote...."Of course, Gen. David Petraeus predicts success in the Iraq
war. What wonders couldn’t generals achieve with more troops and more
time? The battle is always going well until it is lost, and then they
blame defeat on the politicians and the public. - There’s
no shortage of retired generals who will tell you we could have won in
Vietnam, if only we had sent more troops, or bombed the dikes in the
North, or been willing to kill more than the 3.4 million Vietnamese who
died along with 59,000 American soldiers. Instead, the politicians and
public, led by that bleeding heart President Richard Nixon, lost the
will to win. Thus, the dominos fell to communism, and Red China and Red
Vietnam now rule the world by dint of military force. Have you been to
Wal-Mart lately? The triumph of communism is total."
Massacre?
What Massacre?--Haditha ---
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_mumia_ab_070912_massacre_3f_what_massa.htm
A quote...." One military prosecutor said he declined to punish the
soldiers further because to do so would "harm unit morale." - That's US
justice, for all the world to see - the 'law' of the Occupier.- If ever
we engaged in the illusion that the puppets in government in Iraq were
little more than U.S. stringed mannequins, their silence on Haditha is
evidence enough. - Dozens of Iraqi civilians were slain in their homes,
under their beds, while holding their babies, unarmed, and the US
Imperial Government issues its final ruling. - 'No harm, no foul.' "
Another
$100 billion for Iraq? ---
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-ed-iraq12sep12,0,1250102.story?coll=la-home-commentary
A quote...."Eleven more months of surge would mean $100 billion that
could be better spent elsewhere. - Iraq is too important to lose, so
we've got to keep on trying, no matter the cost, and though it's not
clear when we will succeed."
Bush
calls for permanent US military occupation of Iraq in nationally
televised address ---
http://wsws.org/articles/2007/sep2007/bush-s14.shtml
A quote...."President Bush’s nationally televised speech, delivered
Thursday evening from the Oval Office, was the low point of a week of
lies and absurdities designed to justify the United States’ bloody
colonial war in Iraq. The ugly farce began with the congressional
testimony Monday and Tuesday of Gen. David Petraeus, the top US
commander in Iraq, and US Ambassador Ryan Crocker."
Anybody surprised by this....
anybody?
If
ANY single American out
there states they were surprised by this because they believed all the
previous lies told by the moral cretins who rule our society.
Lies such as the US went there to bring the Iraqi’s “freedom and
democracy”, that it wasn’t about the oil, that the military bases were
“temporary", that al Qaeda was in Iraq, that Iraq was connected to 911,
along with Iraq's WMD’s, drones, aluminum tubes, yellow cake,
bio-weapons trailers, mission accomplished, etc. etc. etc.....
They're really stupid.
Actually, totally, completely, congenitally, metaphysically,
incredibly, unbelievable outrageously, impossibly stupid.
Or a murdering liar.
Take your pick. - mpg
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Keith Olbermann Top
9/11 Story: The Promotion Of Failure - (YouTube 4 min 49 sec
09-13-2007)
--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be0uIjz68KA
posted at
ICH
--- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
Must View - A
quote...."Keith Olbermann's Top 9/11 Story: The Promotion Of Failure In
Bush Administration"
Almost ALL of the people mentioned by Mr.
Olbermann in his
video bare an uncanny resemblance to those portrayed in the
PNAC -
Rouges
Gallery. ---
http://tvnewslies.org/html/pnac_neo-con_artists.html --- An
organization most of our "mass media" have adamantly
refused to even mention, much less examine, for over the last seven
years. - mpg
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The War
Party: Democrats Lie to Prolong Iraq; Reporters Go Along
--- http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/13/3806/
A quote...."Americans don’t know how their government works. Democrats,
in control of Congress, are taking advantage of our ignorance to
continue the Iraq War. Which brings up two questions: Why won’t the
“antiwar” Democrats act to stop the carnage? And why aren’t reporters
calling them on it?”
The
Iran Attack That Wasn't ---
http://www.prospect.org//cs/articles?article=the_iran_attack_that_wasnt
From the history file - A quote..."On July 2 and 3, The New York Times
and the Associated Press, among other media outlets, came out with
sensational stories saying that either Iranians or Iranian agents had
played an important role in planning the operation in Karbala, Iraq
last January that resulted in the deaths of five American soldiers.
Michael R. Gordon and John F. Burns of The New York Times wrote that
"agents of Iran" had been identified by the military spokesman as
having "helped plan a January raid in the Shiite holy city of Karbala
in Iraq in which five American soldiers were killed by Islamic
militants …"
Testy
times seen for US-Japan ties ---
http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Testy_times_seen_for_US_Japan_ties_09132007.html
A quote...."US-Japan ties face challenging times with the abrupt
resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after an uphill
battle to renew a law for providing military help to US-led forces in
Afghanistan. - The United States had lobbied strongly for Japan, its
key Asian ally, to extend the anti-terrorism law but Abe threw in the
towel Wednesday following persistent refusal by the opposition
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) to back the overseas mission."
Sell
the rumor, buy the news
---
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/recessions-mean-stock-market/story.aspx?
--- guid=%7B5810FA7C%2D37F7%2D4289%2D9793%2D9D8C214BF2C2%7D
Some quotes...."A number of you were unhappy
with
one of my columns earlier this week,
---
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/reaction-jobs-report-suggests-were/story.aspx?guid=
---
%7BE02825E0%2D81ED%2D4592%2DBC91%2D35CD8EB02D15%7D&dist=morenews
in
which I concluded that the odds had increased that we were already in a
recession. -- Many of your objections don't deserve a
column in
response. -- But some of you did ask a question that I want
to
address here: How can I square the generally bullish tone of my other
recent columns (the ones based on a contrarian analysis of newsletter
sentiment) with the apparently bearish message of my column about a
recession?"
All part of the MIOC elite's glorious ten year cycles of "Keynesian
military
spending" first started during WWII.
For more on this see....
Effective
Fed Funds Rate ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/fedfundschart-photopg-cached-032407
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National
Academy of Sciences Member Calls for New 911 Investigation
---
http://www.signs-of-the-times.org/articles/show/139512-National+Academy+of+Sciences+Member+Calls+for+New+911+Investigation
A quote...."Official Explanation a "Fraud" - World renowned scientist,
Lynn Margulis, Ph.D., has severely criticized the official account of
9/11 and called for a new investigation. "I suggest that those of us
aware and concerned demand that the glaringly erroneous official
account of 9/11 be dismissed as a fraud and a new, thorough, and
impartial investigation be undertaken."
911
Commission Chair Lee Hamilton claims he doesn't know what the hell
happened that day
---
http://www.signs-of-the-times.org/articles/show/139827-911+Commission+Chair+
---
Lee+Hamilton+claims+he+doesn%27t+know+what+the+hell+happened+that+day
A quote...."CBC News: Sunday's Evan Solomon
interviews Lee Hamilton, 9/11
Commission co-chair and co-author of the book "Without Precedent: The
Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission". -- "Solomon: Now, one
of the stipulations, you write in the book, one of the ways that you
thought that this ought to be successful, this report, the Commission
Report, is on page 23, you said if the American people would accept the
results as authoritative, and the recommendations. - And when I measure
that against a Zogby poll done in May, that says now 42% of Americans
say that "the U.S. government, and its 9/11 Commission, concealed or
refused to investigate critical evidence that contradicts the official
explanation of September 11th, saying there's a cover-up" - 42%, Mr.
Hamilton - what does that say to you about the efficacy of the
Commission's report?"
Analysis:
Venezuela, China boost oil ties
---
http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Energy/Analysis/2007/09/12/analysis_venezuela_china_boost_oil_ties/3189/
A quote...."MIAMI, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Venezuelan and Chinese state
petroleum companies said they will spend more than $10 billion to
develop the oil-rich Faja del Orinoco region, part of a continuing
effort by Caracas to bolster ties between the two countries."
Wednesday September 12th 2007 -
links page
Pigs
of War - posted at
ICH
--- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18367.htm
Must Read - A
quote...."09/12/07" --"ICH" --- - Pigs of War come in both
political colors of red and blue. We are all unfortunately very
familiar with the red pigs. The pigs of war who manipulated,
cherry-picked, stove-piped and manufactured intelligence to suggest to
the world that Saddam had mushroom cloud producing WMD and something to
do with the tragic events of 9-11 that occurred six years ago now."
Here’s the
Smell of the Blood Still ---
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/12/3780/
Must Read - A
quote...."When Martin Luther King Jr. publicly referred to “the
greatest purveyor of violence in the world today — my own government,”
he had no way of knowing that his description would ring so true 40
years later. As the autumn of 2007 begins, the reality of Uncle Sam as
an unhinged mega-killer haunts a large minority of Americans. Many who
can remember the horrific era of the Vietnam War are nearly incredulous
that we could now be living in a time of similarly deranged official
policy."
"That
really pisses me off down there, those a**holes" ---
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_kevin_go_070912__22that_really_pisses_.htm
Must Read - A
quote...."Democratic Representative Ike Skelton from Missouri was
overheard by a Wall Street Journal reporter at a hearing for Army Gen.
David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker, who were about to testify
about current conditions in Iraq. He leaned over to say this to
Republican Representative Duncan Hunter, “That really pisses me off
down there, those a**holes.”
Fur
flies as Petraeus and pink protestors enliven Congress
[a.k.a. Demo
Repub Ike
Skelton's a**holes]
---
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j-VoRERFMcj_Z6CGxpE-ueageiuQ
Related Article - A quote...." WASHINGTON (AFP) — The screams of
pink-clad female
protestors could be heard but General David Petraeus could not. The US
commander in Iraq had a dud microphone. - What was billed
as the most electrifying day of testimony in Congress for many years
lurched into farce Monday as Petraeus struggled to be heard and members
of the anti-war group Code Pink were dragged kicking from the room."
'War
criminal' cries get protesters quickly removed from hearing
---
http://rawstory.com//news/2007/War_criminal_cries_get_protesters_quickly_0910.html
Related article - A quote...."As soon as Rep. Ike Skelton gaveled a
joint Congressional hearing to order this morning, protesters could be
heard yelling "war criminal" at Army Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador
Ryan Crocker, who were about to testify about conditions in Iraq."
U.S.-IRAQ:
Fallon Derided Petraeus, Opposed the Surge ---
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39235
A quote...."WASHINGTON, Sep 12 (IPS) - In sharp contrast to the
lionisation of Gen. David Petraeus by members of the U.S. Congress
during his testimony this week, Petraeus's superior, Admiral William
Fallon, chief of the Central Command (CENTCOM), derided Petraeus as a
sycophant during their first meeting in Baghdad last March, according
to Pentagon sources familiar with reports of the meeting. -
Fallon told Petraeus that he considered him to be "an a**-kissing
little chickensh*t" and added, "I hate people like that", the sources
say. That remark reportedly came after Petraeus began the meeting by
making remarks that Fallon interpreted as trying to ingratiate himself
with a superior."
A
Look At How Petraeus Helped Arm Warring Sunni and Shia Militias in Iraq
--- http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/12/1410237
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A quote...."On Tuesday, President Bush's top military commander in Iraq
returned to Capitol Hill for a second day to urge the continuation of
the war in Iraq. We speak with Arun Gupta, an editor of "The
Indypendent" about the Petraeus hearings. Gupta's most recent article
is titled, "Meet Gen. David Petraeus: His Militia Strategy Plunged Iraq
Into a Civil War, And Now He's Back for More." [includes rush
transcript]"
Terrorism
Policies Split Democrats - Thursday, August 30, 2007; Page A01
---
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/29/AR2007082902355.html?hpid=topnews
Missed this one while I was on vacation - mpg - A quote...."A growing
clamor among rank-and-file Democrats to halt President Bush's most
controversial tactics in the fight against terrorism has exposed deep
divisions within the party, with many Democrats angry that they cannot
defeat even a weakened president on issues that they believe should be
front and center."
Two
of Seven Soldiers Who Wrote 'NYT' Op-Ed Die in Iraq
---
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003638726
A quote...."NEW YORK The Op-Ed by seven active duty U.S. soldiers in
Iraq questioning the war drew international attention just three weeks
ago. Now two of the seven are dead. - Sgt. Omar Mora and Sgt.
Yance T. Gray died Monday in a vehicle accident in western Baghdad, two
of seven U.S. troops killed in the incident which was reported just as
Gen. David Petraeus was about to report to Congress on progress in the
"surge." The names have just been released."
Cheney
Orders Media To Sell Attack On Iran ---
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/september2007/040907_cheney_orders.htm
War Warning - A
quote..."Dick Cheney has ordered top Neo-Con media outlets, including
Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, to unleash a PR blitz to sell a
war with Iran from today, according to Barnett Rubin, the highly
respected Afghanistan expert at New York University."
Compromise on Oil
Law in Iraq Seems to Be Collapsing ---
http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/141010
A quote...."BAGHDAD, Sept. 12 — A carefully constructed compromise on a
draft law governing Iraq’s rich oil fields, agreed to in February after
months of arduous talks among Iraqi political groups, appears to have
collapsed. The apparent breakdown comes just as Congress and the White
House are struggling to find evidence that there is progress toward
reconciliation and a functioning government here."
New
armor-piercing grenade causing US casualties in Iraq
--- http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/140957
A quote...."Although improvised explosive devices have until now been
responsible for the majority of US casualties in Iraq, a new,
armor-piercing hand grenade may pose an even greater threat.
- CBS News reports that the Russian-made device is light enough
to be thrown by a single insurgent standing alongside a road and is
equipped with a parachute so that it falls vertically on its target and
can take out even armored vehicles."
No Exit
from Iraq Before Bush Leaves ---
http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=11608
A quote...."After two days of Congressional testimony by Washington's
top two officials in Iraq, prospects for a substantial withdrawal of US
military forces there before the end of President George W. Bush's
tenure at the White House look as remote as ever."
No! You're kidding! Gee whiz what a surprise! - mpg
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Borderline
Case: Brits Join Bush Push for Iran Provocation ---
http://www.chris-floyd.com/content/view/1283/135/
A quote...."Following up on
the
previous post about the new American base ---
http://www.chris-floyd.com/content/view/1280/135/%20
now being built on the
Iraq-Iran border, we find
the
Independent reporting ---
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2953462.ece
that UK troops are also being sent to the
volatile line, there to dangle themselves as tempting targets for an
Iranian "provocation" -- or, as Tehran claims, to join the Americans in
staging their own cross-border provocations with raids on Iranian soil.
9/11
- the big cover-up? ---
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/peter_tatchell/2007/09/911_the_big_coverup.html
A quote...."Six years after 9/11, the American public have still not
been provided with a full and truthful account of the single greatest
terror attack in US history."
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9/11 - From The History File...PTECH,
9/11, and USA-SAUDI TERROR - Part I
---
http://www.copvcia.com/free/ww3/012005_ptech_pt1.shtml
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The
Soviet Collapse, the Growth of Islamic Fundamentalism, and The
Intensification of U.S. Hostility Toward Iran
---
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6759
A quote...."For over 100 years, the domination of Iran has been deeply
woven into the fabric of global imperialism, enforced through covert
intrigues, economic bullying, military assaults, and invasions. This
history provides the backdrop for U.S. hostility toward Iran
today—including the real threat of war."
IAEA
Head walks out on European Union in protest at Meeting
--- http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6754
A quote...."Western nations are "poisoning the environment" at a key
meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency by underestimating
initial successes of an agency probe into his nation's nuclear past, a
senior Iranian envoy said Wednesday."
Death at a Distance:
The U.S. Air War --- http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4511
A quote...."According to the residents of Datta Khel, a town in
Pakistan's North Waziristan, three missiles streaked out of
Afghanistan's Pakitka Province and slammed into a Madrassa, or Islamic
school, this past June. When the smoke cleared, the Asia Times
reported, 30 people were dead. - The killers were robots, General
Atomics MQ-1 Predators. The AGM-114 Hellfire missiles they used in the
attack were directed from a base deep in the southern Nevada desert."
Top
25 Censored Stories of 2008 ---
http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2008/index.htm
Project Censored's top 25 "unreported" stories. - mpg
Hit
and Myth: Poll Shows 1 in 3 Americans Still Believe Saddam Involved in
9/11
---
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003638490&imw=Ywww.mercurynews.com/
---
search/ci_6859681?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com&nclick_check=1
One third of Americans are completely, utterly, stupid. There's
just no other way of looking at this poll. If Bush told these
people their children were aliens from outer space....they would quite
likely kill their own progeny.
Gary Webb:
More Pieces In The Suicided Puzzle - Pt 1 ---
http://www.rense.com/general69/webb1.htm
From the History File & a poignant reminder of the life and
dedication of a "real reporter”.- mpg - A quote...."Any hack can safely
rail away at foreign powers beyond the sea; but a good writer is a
critic of the society he lives in." - Edward Abbey
Oil
hits record $80 on tight supply
---
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=businessNews&storyid=2007-09-
---
12T181432Z_01_SP57154_RTRUKOC_0_US-MARKETS-OIL.xml&src=rss&rpc=23&sp=true
A quote...."NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crude oil prices vaulted to a record
high $80 a barrel on Wednesday as dealers focused on tight inventories
in top consumer the United States ahead of peak winter demand."
Oil
Minister Calls on Exxon and Conoco to Leave Venezuela
--- http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=2404
A quote...."Caracas , August 30, 2007 (venezuelanlysis.com) – Rafael
Ramirez, Venezuela's Energy Minister and president of the state owned
oil company PDVSA, called on US oil companies ConocoPhillips and
ExxonMobil to leave Venezuela. Ramirez issued the call as he submitted
details of proposed contracts relating to the final transition of
companies operating in the Orinoco oil belt into joint ventures with
PDVSA during a session of the National Assembly’s Energy Commission
yesterday."
Gitmo
Panels Struggle to Assess Facts ---
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6909024,00.html
A quote...."SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - After years of indefinite
confinement, many detainees at Guantanamo Bay say they feel they may
never receive justice, according to transcripts of hearings obtained by
The Associated Press. Fewer than one in five of detainees allowed a
hearing last year even bothered to show up for it."
Candidates
for Sale ---
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070911_candidates_for_sale/
A quote...."Real debate over the war is being submerged in the mush of
the campaign. The hottest phrase among Democrats has been
“change,” whatever that harmless word means. In Sen. Clinton’s
first New Hampshire commercial, the war was briefly mentioned in a
litany about how “we will end this war, we will give health coverage to
everyone, we will be energy independent. ... If we’re ready for change,
she’s ready to lead.” In Sen. Obama’s first Iowa commercial,
entitled “Change,” he promised, “We’re going to take our country back.”
Down
to Their Last Billion ---
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070909_satire_down_to_their_last_billion/
A quote...."Demanding further intervention from the Federal Reserve to
protect their endangered fortunes, thousands of the nation’s leading
hedge-fund managers marched on Washington today. - Dubbed “The Million
Mercedes March,” the protest was said to be the largest
chauffeur-driven demonstration in the capital’s history."
Tuesday September 11th 2007 -
links page
War
and the "New World Order" ---
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6577
Must Read - A
quote...."War is the ultimate means of attempting to change societies
and reshape nations. It is through war that national economies and
political structures can be forcibly restructured. War is, potentially,
the ultimate economic shock therapy. The wars in the Middle East are
stepping stones towards establishing a vision of global order that has
been in the hearts and minds of the Anglo-American establishment for
years. That vision is global ascendancy."
Iraq,
Iran and the Moral Rot Infecting the Soul of America
--- http://www.walter-c-uhler.com/Reviews/rot.html
A quote...."The more I read history, the more I'm convinced that the
United States, far from being God's appointed beacon for all mankind,
was always a big talking, poor performing country in which the massive
and willful stupidity of the majority engendered a moral rot incapable
of withstanding manipulation and seduction by self-serving
business/political interests. Thus, columnist Richard Cohen was merely
acknowledging the latest example of such rot among the majority, when
he asserted the Iraq War "was no mere failure of intelligence. This was
a failure of character."
The
Truth behind 9/11: Who Is Osama Bin Laden? - Article first published on
September 12th, 2001
---
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20060910&articleId=3198
A quote...."Little did the public realize that a large scale theater
war is never planned and executed in a matter of weeks. The decision to
launch a war and send troops to Afghanistan had been taken well in
advance of 9/11. The "terrorist, massive, casualty-producing event" as
it was later described by CentCom Commander General Tommy Franks,
served to galvanize public opinion in support of a war agenda which was
already in its final planning stage."
9-11,
Six Years Later ---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18353.htm
A quote...." 09/11/07 "ICH" -- -- On Sept. 7, National Public Radio
reported that Muslims in the Middle East were beginning to believe that
the 9-11 attacks on the WTC and Pentagon were false flag operations
committed by some part of the U.S. and/ or Israeli government."
Sibel
Edmonds case: The real culprits of 911 ---
http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=4362
A quote...."Former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds has made a number of
disturbing claims about the 911 attacks, but perhaps the most
disconcerting is her oft-repeated statement that the US authorities
have covered up an entire organizational layer within al-Qaeda."
9/11
Families Slam Government Over Anniversary ---
http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=4232
A quote...."The decision to hold Iraq war commander Gen. David
Petraeus' testimony to the Congress on the sixth anniversary of 9/11
has been condemned by families of the victims of the attacks as another
crude attempt by government officials to link the event to the war in
Iraq despite the fact prior intelligence reports have dismissed any
such notion."
Something
Wicked This Way Came ---
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_mary_lyo_070911_something_wicked_thi.htm
A quote...."Six years later, how far have we come, really? Or perhaps
the question should be - how far back have we fallen? It's hard to
watch. And it's not just the memory of a world-class kick in the teeth.
What hurts the worst is where I know this tragedy led."
BBC:
Debunked "Pancake Theory" Caused Towers To Collapse ---
http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=4230
A quote...."The BBC has been caught in another 9/11 faux pas on the
anniversary of the attacks, lending credence to a study that validates
the pancake theory as the cause of the twin towers' collapse, despite
the fact that this explanation was dismissed by NIST itself years ago
and it violates the fundamental laws of physics."
"Blackbeard"
Bin Laden and the Great American Protection Racket: Can We Be Fooled
Again?
---
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rosa_sch_070910__22blackbeard_22_bin_lad.htm
A quote...."In the new video, "Blackbeard" [bin Laden] says the US is
losing in Iraq. He speaks fondly of the Democrats and Noam Chomsky. If
you ask me, the people "bin Laden" really loves are Bush Sr., Dick
Cheney, and Bush Jr. . . . [T]he bearded boogeyman sure seems to want
to help the American Far Right. This is at least the third time he or
al Qaeda has emerged like an evil genie from a magic lantern just in
time to restore citizen support for the neoconservative agenda. . . ."
Is
the U.S. Responsible for a Million Iraqi Deaths? ---
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=15&ItemID=13745
A quote...."In October 2006 researchers from Johns Hopkins University
published a peer-reviewed article in The Lancet, one of Europe's most
important and respected medical journals, estimating that 650,000
Iraqis had been killed due to the U.S.-led invasion of their country,
601,000 violently. [1] The report was quickly marginalized in public
debate in the United States. - The researchers' methods
were not to blame. They used the method accepted around the world to
measure demographics such as birth and death rates in the wake of
natural and man-made disasters: a cluster survey. No one found
substantive flaws in the way they conducted their research. Instead,
their findings were dismissed because they asked the politically
charged question of how many Iraqis have died, and the answer they
found was unacceptably high."
US
seeks legal expert to oversee plunder of Iraqi oil ---
http://wsws.org/articles/2007/sep2007/oili-s12.shtml
A quote...."As Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker
testified before Congress on Monday and Tuesday, and US senators and
representatives quibbled over the tactics of the US occupation of Iraq,
there was no mention of the real material interests underlying the
war. - An article by Walter Pincus in the September 10
edition of the Washington Post, headlined “Commerce Seeks Adviser for
Iraq Oil Interests,” focused attention on a central objective that has
motivated the four-and-a-half year colonial occupation: the plunder of
Iraq’s vast oil wealth."
Brit
Hume and the Bush administration take propaganda to a new level
---
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/09/11/petraeus_interview/index.html
A quote..."Just as George Bush and Dick Cheney have done on politically
important occasions, Gen. David Petraeus (along with Ambassador Ryan
Crocker) last night selected Fox News' Brit Hume as the "journalist"
rewarded with an exclusive "interview." Whereas Hume, in the past, at
least has pretended to play the role of journalist when interviewing
high Bush officials -- doing things like asking (extremely respectful)
questions about sensitive areas (with no follow up) -- he dispensed
entirely with the pretense here. This "interview" took government
propaganda to a whole new level, and really has to be seen to be
believed (the full video is here)."
The
"Surge" Without the Bush/Petraeus Smoke and Mirrors ---
http://www.walter-c-uhler.com/Reviews/surge.html
A quote...."According to the latest evaluation by the highly respected
defense analyst, Anthony Cordesman, "America has no good options in
Iraq." That observation alone should expose the fraud behind the recent
blustering in Anbar province -- and the subsequent lie,"We're kicking
ass." -- by our phony Panglossian swaggerer and grossly incompetent
fool, President George W. Bush. But Cordesman's message is even more
worrisome, because he conditions America's last-chance options upon the
ability of Iraq's leaders "to move forward to achieve a significant
degree of political conciliation and compromise." [Cordesman,
"America's Last Chance in Iraq: Changing US Strategy to Meet Iraq's
Real Needs," Sept. 4, 2007, p. 2]"
Tomgram:
The Petraeus Moment ---
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174835/the_petraeus_moment
A quote...."....We've had to bear with the bloviating of almost every
member of Congress, the full-blast PR apparatus of the White House, and
two endless days of congressional testimony from General David Petraeus
and Ambassador Ryan Crocker, not to speak of the flood of newspaper,
radio, and TV stories about all of the above and the bevy of experts
who are hustled out to do the horse-race assessments of how the general
and ambassador performed, whether they "bought" time for the President,
and the like. - And -- count on it -- that's just the beginning. The
same cast of characters will be talking, squabbling, spinning, and
analyzing stats of every sort for weeks to come -- with a sequel
promised next spring."
B-52
Bomber Incident & Insider Trading – Was Someone Trying to Profit
from a Nuclear Attack Against Iran Before Sept 21?
---
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_michael__070909_b_52_bomber_incident.htm
A
quote..."A B-52 bomber loaded with five (increased to six in later
reports) nuclear weapons fitted on the pylons under its wings was
discovered after sitting for ten hours on a tarmac at Barksdale AFB on
August 30. Three anonymous Air Force officers leaked the news of the
incident to the Army Times newspaper which announced the discovery on
September 5."
Daily
Telegraph: US Officers Have Regular Meetings with PKK Terrorists
--- http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=48368
A quote...."British Daily Telegraph claimed that the US officers have
regular meetings with the PKK terrorists in Northern Iraq. Damien
McElroy in his report mentioned “US army helicopters are reportedly
used to shuttle officers to regular meetings with Kurdish fighters”.
Mr. McElroy interview with the head of the PKK terrorists, Murat
Karayilan (means ‘Black Snake’ in Turkish language). Mr. Karayilan
accepted the US assistance to the PKK yet argued that the US did very
little for the Kurds and can do more."
When
We Try to Explain the Rout of the Press under George W. Bush
---
http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2007/09/04/grnwl_rove.html
A quote...."From this point of view, the reason Washington journalists
don’t “call them on it” (to use a phrase heard a lot in these
discussions) is not that they identify with the GOP, or want to
maintain their access, or cannot bear to lose their ticket to
Washington cocktail parties, or have to obey corporate masters who
naturally favor the pro-business Republicans; rather, it’s that
“calling them on it” in any consistent way would require such a
dramatic departure from known methods of Washington journalism—methods
a Gloria Borger has mastered to get where she is—that it would
effectively demand a new playbook."
Ending
the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex ---
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/11/3756/
A quote...."Lying about the nuclear threat of Saddam Hussein and the
presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq is closer to the
constitutional standard of “high crimes and misdemeanors” than engaging
in a sexual act, yet our congressional representatives refuse to open
an impeachment inquiry. Sanctioning torture, illegally wiretapping
American citizens and illegally using the Justice Department as a
political weapon, are other issues that should be investigated in an
impeachment inquiry of Bush and Cheney."
Dyncorp
Contracted Mercenaries Want To Police The Southern Border
--- http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=4233
A quote...."DynCorp International is a a private international security
contractor that has sent more than 5,000 private security personnel and
police trainers to 11 different countries for the U.S. State
Department. - Now the officials at DynCorp have another
bright idea -- why not train and deploy 1,000 private "agents" to
bolster Border Patrol forces along the Mexican border until the Patrol
is able to achieve its mandate of hiring and training thousands of new
agents. - That's a really bad idea."
Guantanamo
medics 'fail patients' ---
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6983858.stm
A quote...."US military doctors have been accused of turning a blind
eye to abuse at Guantanamo Bay prison camp, in a letter published in a
British medical journal."
Russia
tests world's most powerful vacuum bomb ---
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070911/78058645.html
A quote...."MOSCOW, September 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has tested a
thermobaric bomb that is the most powerful in the world, a top military
official said Tuesday. - Known as a vacuum bomb, it uses a
fuel-air explosive and can create overpressures equal to an atomic
bomb, said Alexander Rukshin, deputy chief of the General Staff of the
Russian Armed Forces."