Neocon Insanity

The Obama Deception

2009-03-19T08:32:00.000-04:00

Here is the new Alex Jones film The Obama Deception on Google Video. This is a must see film if you want to understand the cult of personality that is the Obama Presidency.

Barack Obama - The Naked Emperor

2008-12-26T15:32:00.000-05:00

BARACK OBAMA ... ... THE NAKED EMPEROR By David Ickes Hello all ... I have watched with dismay this past three weeks as vast numbers of people across the world, including many who should know better, have been duped by the mind-game called Operation Obama. Even people with some understanding of the conspiracy have said things like: 'Well, at least he's not Bush' and 'Well, at least it's great to see such a new spirit of hope'. No, he's not Bush - he's potentially far more dangerous; and what is the use of a spirit of 'hope' if it's based on a lie? In fact, what use is 'hope' at all? Obama's wife, Michelle, who I wouldn't trust to tell me the date in a calendar factory, said that 'everything begins and ends with hope'. Utter nonsense. Hope is a meaningless emotion because its fruits are always in the future and, by definition, never in the NOW. Hope is like riding a carousel horse; no matter how fast you go you never get closer to the one in front. The idea, however, is to persuade you to stay on the horse, despite the evitable disappointment, in the 'hope' that things will change. But they don't because the very system is designed to prevent it. That's the way 'hope' is employed by the dastardly and devious - take the crap we are giving you now in the 'hope' that things will get better (but we know they won't). Barack Obama is a purveyor of 'hope' because his masters want the people to accept what they are given now in the hope that good times will come. Just do what we demand, oops, sorry, Barack demands, and in return he'll inspire you to hope that it is all leading to the Promised Land. It isn't, but, by the time you realise that, it's too late. What terrifies the manipulators is that people will abandon hope, as a future, sometime-never projection, and start to demand fairness, justice and freedom now. To avoid this nightmare they need to keep those desires as something to aspire to, not to actually have. Thus, their man, Obama, sells 'hope' as a diversion technique, a holding position, to keep the masses from truly rebelling. We have no job, no food on the table and our home has been foreclosed, but at least we have 'hope'. Phew, thank goodness for that. 'I'm hungry, mum, can I have some hope, please?' 'I'm so sorry, darling, you can't have hope today, only tomorrow - hope is always tomorrow.' 'So will I eat tomorrow, mum?' 'We can hope so now, dear, but when we get to tomorrow, we can only hope it's the next day.' On and on it goes. That's how 'hope' works. Or rather doesn't. Obama's predominant mantra is 'change'. Indeed, his massively-funded, record-breaking campaign has been based on that one word - change. This is a technique used by Bill Clinton and many others and it is highly effective because, at any point, the system ensures that most people are not happy with the way life is. So, when you don't like the status quo, 'change' can be a potent message, even if, like Obama, you don't say what it means. It has been vital to his success, and that of his controllers, that he has never specified what his 'hope', 'change', and that other mind-control trigger-word, 'believe', were referring to in terms of policy and the way society in general will be affected. Hope for what? Change what? Believe in what? To answer those questions with specifics would have been fatal to Obama's appeal. I studied the military/government mind-control programmes and techniques in great detail for many years during the late-1990s and across 2000, and the Obama 'phenomenon' is the most blatant mass-mind control operation you could wish to see. At its core the plan has been to make Obama the focus of everything you hope for, believe in and want to change. This is why it has been crucial for him not to specify and detail what is meant by his 'hope, 'change' and 'believe'. However, I can tell you what those words mean in the context of the Obama mind-game. They mean whatever you decide they mean or want them to mean. The idea is for you to project all that you stand for onto him and so he becomes the symbol of you and how you see the world. Specifics would destroy that 'I am whatever you want me to be' scenario and so you don't get any detail, just 'hope', 'change', and 'believe'. They don't want him to be seen only as 'the Messiah'; they also want him to be Abraham Lincoln, JFK, or Buddha - anyone you choose to project on him, for he is a blank page, blank screen and empty suit. Obama is a make-your-own, do-it-yourself leader, a projection of your own mind. (If you are still asleep, that is. If you are in any way awake, he's an open book.) Watch the video How Obama Got Elected at the end of this article to see how easy it is to manipulate the masses. It's child's play. 'I am whatever you want me to be, for I am just a projection of you. And I got a big smile, see.' There is no more powerful way of manipulating people than to tell them what they want to hear and to keep shtum about anything they wouldn't like. Double-glazing salesmen are trained to pick up in general conversation what their target likes and dislikes and to respond accordingly in the way the product is sold. The technique is simply to tell the potential buyer what you have gleaned they want to be told. Obama comes from the same stable, but on a massively bigger scale and with a whole network of advisors and controllers steeped in the art of manipulating minds, opinions and actions. Obama's written-for-him speeches are not from the heart, but from the autocue. The 'heart' bit comes from extensive training and his Bill Clintonesque ability to 'mean it when he says it', a state of delivery that goes beyond mere acting. Tony Blair was trained in the same way. But if you take a step back and look at these people dispassionately you can clearly see the techniques they consciously employ. Blair is the most blatant fraud in the way he delivers a line, stops in mid-sentence for emphasis and looks down for fake emotional effect. Obama is a little more slick, but, from where I have been looking this past year, not much. You can see his mind working, turning between autocue screens to his left and right, then straight down the camera for his key messages. From-the-heart orators don't do that; they are too immersed in what they are feeling and saying to give even a passing thought to where they are looking or how the line is delivered. I worked in television for more than a decade, often reading autocue while a director spoke in my ear telling me what cameras to look at. I have, since the early 1990s, spoken my truth on public stages across the world. I know, therefore, the difference between artificial autocue delivery and body language and talking from the heart without a script. Obama, I repeat, is coming from the autocue, not the heart. Obama's speeches are a mass of mind-control techniques and Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP, and they are carefully constructed to implant beliefs and perceptions into the mind of the viewer. See the study later in this newsletter headed An Examination of Obama's Use of Hidden Hypnosis Techniques in His Speeches. As I keep emphasising, the whole Obama circus is an exercise in mass mind control and it has been so successful because so many people live their lives in a permanent state of trance. All of which brings me to the parallels with Nazi Germany, fascist Italy and similar regimes throughout history. Obama may not look like Hitler, nor sound like Hitler, but the themes are just the same. Germany was in a terrible state economically and militarily in the 1930s in the aftermath of the First World War and the reparations inflicted on the country by the Rothschild/Illuminati-controlled Versailles 'Peace' Conference in 1919. From amid the chaos came the man that Germans saw then in much the same way that so many see Obama today. His name was Adolf Hitler and his oratory and rhetoric, again supported by a ritualistic presentation founded on mind-control techniques, made him appear to be the German 'messiah', the German Obama. Hitler promised 'change', 'hope' and something to 'believe in' amidst the consequences of war and financial collapse. He spoke to vast rallies of adoring followers and a mass movement emerged in support of Hitler's vision of a new tomorrow. As the writer Webster Tarpley points out, fascism in its true sense is not just a police state imposed by a tiny hierarchy. It might end up like that, but first it is brought to power by a mass movement from within the people who have no understanding of what the 'change', hope' and 'believe' they are being offered really means. They just know that they want some because, as with Obama, they make it mean what they want it to mean. Only later do they see, to their horror, what they have signed up for. Obama's America ... ... Hitler's Germany. There may seem to be a world of difference, but the techniques are just the same. Obama is far more dangerous than Bush because he can sell a line to those who are in the trance while Boy Bush could not do that on anything like the same scale. Bush was a transparent idiot with no communication skills who needed massive fraud at the polls to get him officially 'elected'. He could never be the figurehead to inspire a mass movement of the people to support some vacuous 'hope', 'change' and 'believe' when they don't even know what those words are supposed to mean. But Obama clearly can, because he has. One of 'his' (his controllers') prime targets are the young, just as they were with the Nazis and the Hitler Youth Movement. If you think this parallel is far-fetched then have a look at this video to see how extreme Obama worship has already become for some young people. Hitler Youth was just the same. Click here to watch ... In line with this same theme, the WorldNetDaily website reported this month: 'The official website of President-Elect Barack Obama, Change.gov, originally announced that Obama would "require" all middle school through college students to participate in community service programs; but after a flurry of blogs protested children being drafted into Obama's proposed youth corps, the website's wording was softened. Originally, under the tab "America Serves", Change.gov read, "President-Elect Obama will expand national service programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will create a new Classroom Corps to help teachers in under served schools, as well as a new Health Corps, Clean Energy Corps, and Veterans Corps. "Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by developing a plan to require 50 hours of community service in middle school and high school and 100 hours of community service in college every year," the site announced.' For the full story click here ... Obama said in a speech in July in Colorado Springs that he wanted to see a 'civilian national security force' that would be as powerful and well-funded as the Marines, Navy and Air Force. Click here for the speech, the relevant segment starts at around 16 minutes. As Joseph Farah, founder of WorldNetDaily, wrote: 'If we're going to create some kind of national police force as big, powerful and well-funded as our combined U.S. military forces, isn't this rather a big deal? I thought Democrats generally believed the U.S. spent too much on the military. How is it possible their candidate is seeking to create some kind of massive but secret national police force that will be even bigger than the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force put together? Is Obama serious about creating some kind of domestic security force bigger and more expensive than that? If not, why did he say it? What did he mean?' Obama meant, amid the flowery words, that he's not in favour of either peace or freedom. He is a front-man demagogue for the same force that controlled Boy Bush, Clinton, Father Bush, Reagan, Carter, ad infinitum; but the difference is that he has been hyped to such hysterical proportions that he will be allowed to get away with far more than they were, at least until reality dawns on the mass ranks of his hypnotised supporters. And, clearly, that could take some time. When I was a journalist a long time ago, I came across a technique that some tabloid newspaper reporters would use to get someone to speak with them. They would work in pairs with the first one knocking on the door of some distressed family who didn't want to talk with the media. He would tell them he was from a newspaper he didn't really work for and treat them with aggression and contempt to make them even more upset. He would then leave and his colleague would knock on the door, tell them the real newspaper he was from, and act like Mr. Nice Guy. He would say that he understood completely how upsetting the other man must have been, but 'if you will only speak to me exclusively I will make sure that the other man, nor anyone like him, will bother you again'. They usually agreed and the scam was complete. Much the same thing is happening with regard to Bush and Obama. The Neoconservative 'Republican' wing of the Illuminati has controlled Bush for the last eight years and led the country into foreign wars and financial chaos (bad guy/problem); now the 'Democratic' wing, led by the infamous Zbigniew Brzezinski, has brought forth the 'saviour', Barack Obama, to lead us into the sunshine with 'hope' and 'change' (good guy/solution). Hence even some more aware people say: 'At least he's not Bush'. Apart from the unspecified 'hope, 'change' and 'believe', few have any idea what Obama's policies will be. Public perception comes from having an 'image' of him, or a self-projection, not the fine print because Obama doesn't do fine print until the votes are cast and even then he will hide it in his windbag words. There is an 'image' that Obama is against war, but no he's not. He says he's against the invasion of Iraq, though we'll see what he does about that in office. How can a man calling for more troops, including European troops, to be sent to Afghanistan be against war? He has also said he is prepared to bomb Pakistan and use military force to stop Iran building nuclear weapons. Obama isn't against war at all and, if his controllers have their way, he will engage the US in even more foreign conflicts with the troops sent to their deaths, and the deaths of their targets, on a wave of oratory from the dark suit with the black face who would never go where he's sending them. He claims to be a 'uniter', which is exactly what Bush said about himself before he came to office, but unity in and of itself is not the issue. Nazi Germany had unity in the early years of the war, but was that a good thing? What matters is what the unity is designed to achieve and Obama's much-vaunted 'unity' is to 'inspire' a mass movement to support the Orwellian plans of the Illuminati. His constant rhetoric about 'bringing people together' can be used to justify the 'coming together' of the United States, Canada and Mexico in the North American Union; it can be used to unite the believers in their opposition and condemnation of non-believers, which is precisely what happened in Nazi Germany with the book-burning and violent suppression of those who challenged the Hitler regime. The potential of Obama Mania is endless when it comes to selling fascism as 'hope, change', 'freedom' and a 'New America', or 'New World' [Order]. Bush and Cheney were transparent warmongers and would always have struggled to bring in the draft, the compulsory enlistment of people into the military against their will. But it would not be as difficult for Obama in the current climate. Look at those kids in the video earlier and, for goodness sake, he's already talking about compulsory community service for middle school, high school and college students and creating a people's army inAmerica. That's why I say Obama is far more dangerous to freedom than Bush. In the last eight years Bush could only get part of the way to fascism - Obama has the potential to finish the job, for all the reasons I have mentioned and more. You only have to look at the cabal behind Obama, and those he has already appointed to his administration team, to see what his 'change' is truly planned to be. His mentor, svengali and main controller is Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor, and the co-founder, with David Rockefeller, of the Illuminati's Trilateral Commission. Brzezinski has admitted publicly that he began to fund and train what he would call today 'terrorists' in Afghanistan to oppose the Soviet-controlled government in the capital, Kabul, in the late 1970s. The idea, he said, was to entice the Soviet Union to invadeAfghanistanto protect theKabulregime and thus give the rival superpower 'theirVietnam'. The plan worked at the cost of a million Afghan lives during the Soviet occupation from 1979 to 1989, a consequence that troubles Brzezinski not at all. Brzezinski's 'freedom fighters' would become known as the 'Mujahideen' and later the Taliban and what is claimed to be 'Al-Qaeda'. This is the man behind 'anti-war', Barack Obama. It was common knowledge that President Carter would do nothing involving foreign policy without the okay from Brzezinski, the co-founder of the Trilateral Commission whichchoseCarter for president. The Trilateral Commission and the wider Brzezinski network, including Illuminati fronts like the Ford Foundation, have now chosen Obama and the situation will be the same. Brzezinski will call shots; Obama's job is simply to sell them to the people. This is rather alarming when you think that Brzezinski wants to trigger a war involvingRussiaandChina. 'Obama's' policies come straight from Brzezinski's books. Here is one Brzezinski quote you might recognise and it was made before Obama ran for president: 'Needed social reassessment . . . can be encouraged by deliberate civic education that stresses the notion of service to a higher cause than oneself. As some have occasionally urged, a major step in that direction would be the adoption of an obligatory period of national service for every young adult, perhaps involving a variety of congressionally approved domestic or foreign good works.' Now where have I heard that before? As an Illuminati operative, Brzezinski's aim is to create a world government, central bank, currency and army - a global dictatorship - underpinned by a microchipped population connected to a global computer/satellite system. He wrote a book in 1970,Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era,in which he described the global society that he and the Illuminati seek to impose: 'The technetronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities.' He also said in the same book nearly 40 years ago: 'Today we are again witnessing the emergence of transnational elites ... [Whose] ties cut across national boundaries ... It is likely that before long the social elites of most of the more advanced countries will be highly internationalist or globalist in spirit and outlook ... The nation-state is gradually yielding its sovereignty ... Further progress will require greater American sacrifices. More intensive efforts to shape a new world monetary structure will have to be undertaken, with some consequent risk to the present relatively favorable American position.' And what does his puppet, Obama, now say that Americans have to do to bring about 'change'? 'Make sacrifices'. As Mrs. Demagogue, Michelle, said: 'We need a different leadership because our souls are broken. We need to be inspired ... to make the sacrifices that are needed to push us to a different place.' You can bet that this will include sacrificing more sovereignty and freedom on the road to the global dictatorship described by Brzezinski for decades. Brzezinski's son, Mark, was an 'advisor' to the Obama campaign (doing what his father told him) and, in line with the American one-party-state, his other son, Ian, was foreign policy advisor to the McCain campaign (doing what his father told him).Brzezinski's daughter, Mika, reported the campaign for MSNBC television. Obama has been the chosen one for a long time, a fact known only to a few in the deep inner circle, and his relationship with Brzezinski almost certainly goes back to the start of the 1980s when he attended the Ivy League, and big-time Illuminati, Columbia University where Brzezinski was head of the Institute for Communist Affairs. Obama simply will not talk in any detail about this period. And a question: Does anyone really believe that someone, a 'man of the people', would simply appear from apparently nowhere to run the slickest and best-funded presidential campaign in American history? He was chosen long ago by those who wish to enslave the very people that Obama says he wants to 'set free'. Then there is the Jewish financier, George Soros, the multi-billionaire associate of Brzezinski and closely involved with the funding and marketing of Obama. Soros is a former board member of the Illuminati's Council on Foreign Relations and funds the EuropeanCouncil on Foreign Relations. In short, he is amajorinsider. You can certainly see the Soros/Brzezinski techniques in the Obama 'revolution' in theUnited States. It was the complex and secretive network of Soros foundations and organisations, connected to the intelligence agencies of theUSandIsrael, that trained and funded students in theUkraine,Georgiaand elsewhere in the art of mass protest and overthrowing governments - see the David Icke Newsletter,The Grand Chessboard ...GeorgiaIs Just Another Move. These manufactured protests were sold to the world as 'peoples' revolutions', but it just so happened that when they were over and the old regime was removed the new leaders were those waiting in the wings all along - the puppets of Soros, Brzezinski and their associated networks. Obama is just more of the same, a big smile with strings attached, and controlled completely by the Illuminati networks that chose him, trained him, sold him and provided his record funding. It was they who kept his many skeletons under wraps and will continue to do so as long as he jumps to their bidding. He's just another Banksters' moll prostituting himself for fame and power, and that's why he supported the grotesque bail-out of the banking system and why he will always put their interests before the people. His financial advisors are straight from the Wall Street 'A' list, including Paul Volker (Trilateral Commission, Council on Foreign Relations, Bilderberg Group), the head of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1987 and Illuminati to his fingertips This week Bloomberg.com reported that the Center for American Progress (CAP), housed just three blocks from the White House, has become a major source for policy initiatives for the Obama Democratic Party. Who funds the Center for American Progress?George Soros. It is simply the Neocon Project for the New American Century and the American Enterprise Institute under another name. Those two organisations developed and dictated the Bush policy of war and suppression and the 'CAP' and others like it will do the same for Obama. The CAP will fit and Obama will wear it. In fact, except in name and rhetoric, there is no difference in theme between the regimes of Bush and Obama. Bush policy was dictated through Illuminati 'think tanks' and so is Obama's. Bush was surrounded by slavish pursuers of Israeli interests and so is Obama. Mr. 'Change' has pledged his unquestioning support forIsraelto the point of 'pass the sick bag' and his vice-president, Joe Biden, is a vehement Zionist who makes a virtue of saying he will supportIsraelin all circumstances. Obama has appointed the arch Zionist Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff and another super Zionist Jew, Denis Ross, to be hisMiddle EastPolicy advisor. God help the Palestinians. Ross also served in the Bill Clinton and Father George Bush administrations. Oh, plenty of 'change' there, then. Rahm Emanuel, a Chicago-born Congressman, is the son of Benjamin M. Emanuel, who was a member of the murderous Jewish terrorist organisation, Irgun, which helped to bomb and terroriseIsraelinto existence. TheOpen Secretswebsite reports that Emanuel was the top House recipient in 2008 for election contributions from 'hedge funds, private equity firms and the larger securities/investment industry'. Emanuel was also appointed by Bill Clinton to the board of the mortgage giant Freddie Mac in 2000 and his tenure coincided with a stream of scandals and financial irregularities. It famously had to be bailed out by the taxpayer amid the sub-prime mortgage debacle. A close friend of Emanuel is the Chicago-based Zionist, David Axelrod, who ran Obama's election campaign and will no doubt be highly influential in the Obama administration. Axelrod is a veteran ofChicagopolitics, one of the most corrupt political systems in the world. He worked for manyChicagomayors in the 1990s and on Obama's senate campaign in 2004. Bill Clinton took hisArkansascabal toWashingtonwhen he became president in 1993 and Obama is uploading hisChicagomob and handing them key positions of national power and influence. And these guys don't take prisoners. All of this may be many things, none of them pleasant, but 'change' it isn't. David Axelrod, Obama's 'narrator' and handler.Click here for a background article that needs some reading between the lines ... Obama is a monumental fraud who talks a good story, but lives a very different one. He won his first political office as a state senator inChicagoin 1996, not through the power of his policies, but by coldly abusing the electoral process. Instead of running against his opponents and letting the people decide, he had his people challenge hundreds of names on the nomination papers of his Democratic primary rivals until they were all forced off the ballot by technicalities. He then ran unopposed. One of them, Gha-is Askia, says that Obama's behaviour belied his image as a champion of the little guy and crusader for voter rights: 'Why say you're for a new tomorrow, then do old-style Chicago politics to remove legitimate candidates? He talks about honour and democracy, but what honour is there in getting rid of every other candidate so you can run scot-free? Why not let the people decide?' Why? Because he would probably have lost and Obama isn't interested in losing by playing fair. He wants to win by any means necessary. The only voter-right he's interested in is the right to vote for him. Obama is a classically corrupt main-chancer spawned from theChicagopolitical cesspit. His close connections, therefore, to seriously dodgy 'businessmen' and fraudsters like the now jailed slum landlord Tony Rezko are exactly what you would expect. But for now no scale of evidence will stop the swooning Obama zombies from believing the hype or burst their reality bubble. That is going to take hard experience and it could take some time and a lot of disappointment before they are released from the clutches of cognitive dissonance and have to admit to themselves they have been had. It is the same for all the black people who voted for what they thought was the first black president when, in truth, he is a man in a black mask representing the interests of the white-faced Illuminati cabal, the very families and networks that ran the slave trade. I don't want to be the bringer of bad news or the thwarter of dreams, but honesty demands it. The man is a trickster controlled by super-tricksters. A sock puppet controlled by bigger sock puppets who serve an even greater and darker evil. To his masters, Obama is just a means to an end and if it suits them to assassinate him to trigger civil war and upheaval in theUnited Statesthen that is what they will do. Oh dear Oprah, how will you cope when reality dawns? But, then, will it ever?? 'What? You mean you're not theLord?' I can understand the appeal of Obama because people want him to be what he claims to be, but isn't. They are sick of the conflict, the corruption, the struggle we call 'life' and they want it all to change. But Obama's change is illusory and represents only the continued transformation of society in the image envisaged by Orwell. We will see some apparently good things announced, like the closing ofGuantanamo, to give the impression that Obama means what he says. But keep your eye on the ball and you'll see how the agenda of the global tyranny is introduced under the guise of Obama's 'hope', 'change', 'believe', 'sacrifice' and 'coming together'. It could take two years, maybe much more, before cognitive dissonance (lying to yourself) loses it current grip on the minds of the Obama faithful. Until then they will make endless excuses for him (lie to themselves) to keep the 'dream' alive. But one day they will have to admit, by the power of the evidence before them, that they bought a dream and got a nightmare. What a pity they can't see the obvious now and save them themselves such painful disappointment.

Vermont Candidate To Prosecute Bush If She Wins

2008-09-20T22:06:00.001-04:00

Vermont Candidate To Prosecute Bush If She Wins By JOHN CURRAN, Associated Press Writer

Friday, September 19, 2008

Lots of political candidates make campaign promises. But not like Charlotte Dennett's.

Dennett, 61, the Progressive Party's candidate for Vermont Attorney General, said Thursday she will prosecute President Bush for murder if she's elected Nov. 4.

Dennett, an attorney and investigative journalist, says Bush must be held accountable for the deaths of thousands of people in Iraq — U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians. She believes the Vermont attorney general would have jurisdiction to do so. She also said she would appoint a special prosecutor and already knows who that should be: former Los Angeles prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, the author of "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder," a new book.

"Someone has to step forward," said Dennett, flanked by Bugliosi at a news conference announcing her plan. "Someone has to say we cannot put up with this lack of accountability any more."

Dennett and two others are challenging incumbent Attorney General William Sorrell, a Democrat, in the Nov. 4 election.

Bugliosi, 74, who gained fame as the prosecutor of killer Charles Manson, said any state attorney general would have jurisdiction since Bush committed "overt acts" including the military's recruitment of soldiers in Vermont and allegedly lying about the threat posed by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in speeches that were aired in Vermont and elsewhere.

"No man, even the president of the United States, is above the law," said Bugliosi.

The White House press office didn't respond to a request for comment Thursday. But Republican National Committee spokesman Blair Latoff denounced Dennett.

"It's extremely disappointing that a candidate for state attorney general is more concerned with radical left-wing provocation than upholding the law of Vermont," Latoff said. "These incendiary suggestions may score points among the most fringe elements of American society, but can't be settling for anyone looking for an attorney general."

Anti-Bush sentiment runs deep in Vermont. It's the only state Bush hasn't visited as president, and one whose liberal tendencies make it unlikely he will.

In 2007, the state Senate adopted a resolution calling for Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Last March, the towns of Brattleboro and Marlboro voted to seek indictments against Bush and Cheney over the war, and dozens of other towns voted at town meetings to call for his impeachment.

Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell, who is seeking a sixth term, said he doesn't believe a Vermont attorney general would have the authority to charge Bush. "The reality is, in my view, that unless the crime takes place in Vermont, then I as the attorney general have no authority under Vermont law to be prosecuting the president," Sorrell said.

Dr. Daneen Peterson On The NAU

2008-08-17T19:10:00.002-04:00

John McGowan Presents NAU researcher and expert Dr Daneen Peterson. Her website is www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com. Discussed on the program are the various efforts to establish a North American Union with Canada, the USA and Mexico and how this effort is being done without the full knowledge or even consent of the people of these countries.

Seymour Hersh On The Insanity Of VP Cheney

2008-08-03T10:35:00.001-04:00

Terrorism And False Flag Operations

During the Italian strategy of tension in which several bombings in the 1970s, attributed to far-left organizations, were in fact carried out by far-right organizations cooperating with the Italian secret services (see Operation Gladio, 1969 Piazza Fontana bombing, 1972 Peteano attack by Vincenzo Vinciguerra, 1973 assassination attempt of former Interior Minister Mariano Rumor, 1980 Bologna massacre, etc. and various investigations, for example by Guido Salvini). In France, the Masada Action and Defense Movement, supposedly a Zionist group, was really a neo-fascist terrorist group which hoped to increase tension between Arabs and Jews in France.

False flag tactics were also employed during the Algerian civil war, starting in the mid-1994. Death squads composed of DRS (Département du Renseignement et de la Sécurité) security forces disguised themselves as Islamist terrorists and committed false flag terror attacks. Such groups included the OJAL (Organisation of Young Free Algerians) or the OSSRA (Secret Organisation for the safeguard of the Algerian Republic) ^[18] According to Roger Faligot and Pascal Kropp (1999), the OJAL reminded of "the Organization of the French Algerian Resistance (ORAF), a group of counter-terrorists created in December 1956 by the Direction de la surveillance du territoire (Territorial Surveillance Directorate) whose mission was to carry out terrorist attacks with the aim of quashing any hopes of political compromise." ^[19]

On the night of Feb. 27, 1933 the Reichstag building was set on fire. At the urging of Hitler, Hindenburg responded the next day by issuing an emergency decree “for the Protection of the people and the State,” which stated: “Restrictions on personal liberty, on the right of free expression of opinion, including freedom of the press; on the rights of assembly and association; and violations of the privacy of postal, telegraphic and telephonic communications and warrants for house searches, orders for confiscations as well as restrictions on property, are also permissible beyond the legal limits otherwise prescribed.” After 74 years, the question of who actually started the Reichstag fire is still unknown and occasionally debated.

There are those who say the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US were a false flag operation.

Wall E

2008-06-30T00:19:00.001-04:00

My wife and I saw this wonderful film on Sunday morning and it is a very sweet, well done film that people of any age will enjoy.

How Disinformation And Deflection Works

2008-04-01T14:48:00.003-04:00

This a great short video showing you how disinformation and deflection Works.  Watch The video.

Iraq's 80,000 Angry Men And The Collapse Of The Surge

2008-03-29T16:04:00.000-04:00

Iraq's 80,000 Angry Men And The Collapse Of The Surge

By Manila Ryce, The Largest Minority Posted on March 25, 2008, Printed on March 29, 2008 http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/http://www.jwharrison.com/blog//80527/

America has a history of mistreating the locals fighting on their side. Our giant clusterfuck in Iraq has little to do with not understanding the cultures in the region, and everything to do with simply not respecting them as fellow human beings. You don’t need a master’s degree in Near and Middle Eastern Studies to know that Iraqis don’t like to be raided at gunpoint, detained and tortured, or withheld pay for risking their lives. Meanwhile, the myth of a successful “surge” continues to work to the political advantage of American imperialists as it paves over any critical analysis of the conflict.

An investigation carried out by GuardianFilms for Channel 4 uncovers how thousands of Iraqis employed at $10 a day by the US to take on al-Qaida are threatening to go on strike because they say they have been used by the ‘Americans to do their dirty work’ and haven’t been paid.

h/t Steve from COA News

Manila Ryce is a regular blooger for The Largest Minority

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2003 Show On Pre-Emptive War

2008-03-06T17:23:00.002-05:00

This show was taped and aired only hours before the neocons launch their pre-emptive war "principles" on the world stage with their pre-emptive invasion of Iraq. Most of this program covered this issue and towards the end of the show, we got into some of the local issues of the day. On the program was Pro Bethel Party Chairman Bob Crnic.

Impending Destruction Of The US Economy

2007-12-03T15:53:00.000-05:00

November 27, 2007 Impending Destruction Of The US Economy By Paul Craig Roberts Hubris and arrogance are too ensconced in Washington for policymakers to be aware of the economic policy trap in which they have placed the US economy. If the subprime mortgage meltdown is half as bad as predicted, low US interest rates will be required in order to contain the crisis. But if the dollar’s plight is half as bad as predicted, high US interest rates will be required if foreigners are to continue to hold dollars and to finance US budget and trade deficits. Which will Washington sacrifice, the domestic financial system and over-extended homeowners or its ability to finance deficits? The answer seems obvious. Everything will be sacrificed in order to protect Washington’s ability to borrow abroad. Without the ability to borrow abroad, Washington cannot conduct its wars of aggression, and Americans cannot continue to consume $800 billion dollars more each year than the economy produces. A few years ago the euro was worth 85 cents. Today it is worth $1.48. This is an enormous decline in the exchange value of the US dollar. Foreigners who finance the US budget and trade deficits have experienced a huge drop in the value of their dollar holdings. The interest rate on US Treasury bonds does not come close to compensating foreigners for the decline in the value of the dollar against other traded currencies. Investment returns from real estate and equities do not offset the losses from the decline in the dollar’s value. China holds over one trillion dollars, and Japan almost one trillion, in dollar-denominated assets. Other countries have lesser but still substantial amounts. As the US dollar is the reserve currency, the entire world’s investment portfolio is over-weighted in dollars. No country wants to hold a depreciating asset, and no country wants to acquire more depreciating assets. In order to reassure itself, Wall Street claims that foreign countries are locked into accumulating dollars in order to protect the value of their existing dollar holdings. But this is utter nonsense. The US dollar has lost 60% of its value during the current administration. Obviously, countries are not locked into accumulating dollars. The reason the dollar has not completely collapsed is that there is no clear alternative as reserve currency. The euro is a currency without a country. It is the monetary unit of the European Union, but the countries of Europe have not surrendered their sovereignty to the EU. Moreover, the UK, a member of the EU, retains the British pound. The fact that a currency as politically exposed as the euro can rise in value so rapidly against the US dollar is powerful evidence of the weakness of the US dollar. Japan and China have willingly accumulated dollars as the counterpart of their penetration and capture of US domestic markets. Japan and China have viewed the productive capacity and wealth created in their domestic economies by the success of their exports as compensation for the decline in the value of their dollar holdings. However, both countries have seen the writing on the wall, ignored by Washington and American economists: By offshoring production for US markets, the US has no prospect of closing its trade deficit. The offshored production of US firms counts as imports when it returns to the US to be marketed. The more US production moves abroad, the less there is to export and the higher imports rise. Japan and China, indeed, the entire world, realize that they cannot continue forever to give Americans real goods and services in exchange for depreciating paper dollars. China is endeavoring to turn its development inward and to rely on its potentially huge domestic market. Japan is pinning hopes on participating in Asia’s economic development. The dollar’s decline has resulted from foreigners accumulating new dollars at a lower rate. They still accumulate dollars, but fewer. As new dollars are still being produced at high rates, their value has dropped. If foreigners were to stop accumulating new dollars, the dollar’s value would plummet. If foreigners were to reduce their existing holdings of dollars, superpower America would instantly disappear. Foreigners have continued to accumulate dollars in the expectation that sooner or later Washington would address its trade and budget deficits. However, now these deficits seem to have passed the point of no return. The sharp decline in the dollar has not closed the trade deficit by increasing exports and decreasing imports. Offshoring prevents the possibility of exports reducing the trade deficit, and Americans are now dependent on imports (including offshored production) for which there are no longer any domestically produced alternatives. The US trade deficit will close when foreigners cease to finance it. The budget deficit cannot be closed by taxation without driving up unemployment and poverty. American median family incomes have experienced no real increase during the 21st century. Moreover, if the huge bonuses paid to CEOs for offshoring their corporations’ production and to Wall Street for marketing subprime derivatives are removed from the income figures, Americans have experienced a decline in real income. Some studies, such as the Economic Mobility Project, find long-term declines in the real median incomes of some US population groups and a decline in upward mobility. The situation may be even more dire. Recent work by Susan Houseman concludes that US statistical data systems, which were set in place prior to the development of offshoring, are counting some foreign production as part of US productivity and GDP growth, thus overstating the actual performance of the US economy. The falling dollar has pushed oil to $100 a barrel, which in turn will drive up other prices. The falling dollar means that the imports and offshored production on which Americans are dependent will rise in price. This is not a formula to produce a rise in US real incomes. In the 21st century, the US economy has been driven by consumers going deeper in debt. Consumption fueled by increases in indebtedness received its greatest boost from Fed chairman Alan Greenspan’s low interest rate policy. Greenspan covered up the adverse effects of offshoring on the US economy by engineering a housing boom. The boom created employment in construction and financial firms and pushed up home prices, thus creating equity for consumers to spend to keep consumer demand growing. This source of US economic growth is exhausted and imploding. The full consequences of the housing bust remain to be realized. American consumers lack discretionary income and can pay higher taxes only by reducing their consumption. The service industries, which have provided the only source of new jobs in the 21st century, are already experiencing falling demand. A tax increase would cause widespread distress. As John Maynard Keynes and his followers made clear, a tax increase on a recessionary economy is a recipe for falling tax revenues as well as economic hardship. Superpower America is a ship of fools in denial of their plight. While offshoring kills American economic prospects, “free market economists” sing its praises. While war imposes enormous costs on a bankrupt country, neoconservatives call for more war, and Republicans and Democrats appropriate war funds which can only be obtained by borrowing abroad. By focusing America on war in the Middle East, the purpose of which is to guarantee Israel’s territorial expansion, the executive and legislative branches, along with the media, have let slip the last opportunities the US had to put its financial house in order. We have arrived at the point where it is no longer bold to say that nothing now can be done. Unless the rest of the world decides to underwrite our economic rescue, the chips will fall where they may.

VP Cheney Speaketh With Forked Tongue

2007-08-21T15:27:00.000-04:00

This is precious! This is a video clip that is now up on youtube of an interview VP Dick Cheney gave in 1994 for C-SPAN stating the reason why poppa Bush's admin. DID NOT invade and occupy Iraq as so many were urging at that time. He makes, very ironically, the same exact argument myself and many other true conservatives made in the run up to the current Iraq war and now occupation. While its good to be vindicated, it is an instance where one doesn't enjoy being right. Over 1 million Iraqi civilians are now dead as a direct result of the neocon insanity. There is really only a few things that we as Americans can and should do. First is to impeach the entire bush criminal neocon gang. Second, once removed from office, an official apology needs to be released to the world for their crimes. Third, the whole neocon criminal gang that has gone a long way to destroying the country domestically and has soiled our reputation around the world needs to be brought over to stand trial at the Haig for their war crimes and if found guilty, suffer the appropriate punishment for their treason against the people of the US and their mass murder around the world. This must happen before they duplicate their insanity in Iran, in a massive grab of that nation's oil wealth. Not doing so, we as Americans will run the grave risk of a coalition of nations such as Russia, China and others bombing and invading this country in order to stop the neocon insanity. The only way these political maggots will be able to get away with another illagle war and occupation will be to have another false flag event like 9-11 in order to get the masses whipped up enough to go along with their plans of world domination. It comes down to the old adage of pay me now or pay a whole lot more later if nothing is done. The future of our once great nation is in dire peril. It is up to every American who is awake and understands what's at stake to wake up others so that the current war criminal, fascist, neocon crazies can be stopped before they destroy what is left of the USA. If this video is not enough to convince you, in 1998, former President George Bush and Brent Scowcroft, National Security Advisor during the Bush administration, collaborated on the book A World Transformed, a political history covering significant world events which occurred during the first three years of Bush's presidency (1989-1991): the collapse of the Soviet empire, the unification of Germany, Tiananmen Square, and the Gulf War. In Chapter 19, which discusses the aftermath of the 1991 Gulf War (also known as "Desert Storm," the military operation to liberate Kuwait from occupation by invading Iraqi forces), they wrote: "Trying to eliminate Saddam, extending the ground war into an occupation of Iraq, would have violated our guideline about not changing objectives in midstream, engaging in "mission creep," and would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible. We had been unable to find Noriega in Panama, which we knew intimately. We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq. The coalition would instantly have collapsed, the Arabs deserting it in anger and other allies pulling out as well. Under the circumstances, there was no viable "exit strategy" we could see, violating another of our principles. Furthermore, we had been self-consciously trying to set a pattern for handling aggression in the post-Cold War world. Going in and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations' mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response to aggression that we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion route, the United States could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land. It would have been a dramatically different — and perhaps barren — outcome. " I hope this gives you something to think about and shows how this war for the middle east's oil resources was based on outright lies and manipulation of the American people through the events of 9-11 and the corporate controlled media.

A Conservative Wakes up To 9/11 Lies Parts 1 And 2

2007-07-26T21:18:00.000-04:00

Here is a very interesting two part video I came across that I thought I would post here. It is called Conservative Wakes Up to 9/11 Lies Pt 1. I like this video because of this guy's very frank and open tirade about what has happened to this country since 9-11. Resources: http://www.makethestand.com -- Ed & Elaine Brown Http://www.freedomtofacism.com -- Aaron Russo http://www.freedomabovefortune.com -- Joe Bannister -- Former IRS Special Investigator Http://www.infowars.com & www.Prisonplanet.com -- Alex Jones -- 9/11 and the road to Tyranny Youtube Videos: Road To Tyranny Pt 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP2YZG... Great websites: http://www.wethepeoplecongress.org Now that you've watched part one, take a look at part two: I personally really like videos and content like this because it shows that he has given the subject matter some serious thought and is humble enough to show that he doesn't have all the answers and is open to educating himself more on these very important issues. --- Kevin

17 Words - Keith Olberman

2007-07-06T14:00:00.000-04:00

Keith Olberman's amazing reaction to resident bush's pardon of scooter libby. Its about 10 minutes long and he says it all. Olberman demands the resignations of both bush and cheney.

The Indictment Of Bush and Cheney

2007-07-04T21:35:00.000-04:00

The Indictment Of Bush and Cheney People of the United States, on this, the day we celebrate our independence and our freedom, bring down this lawless administration! We shall bring down this tyrant by affirming the very principles of our founding, the Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. --Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, July, 1176 We had the guts to take on and defeat a King. We now have the resolve and the legal power to oust a usurper, a would-be dictator. Do it! We have that power. It is time to exercise it. It is time to effect a revolution. It is time to bring to an end this illegitimate occupation of the White House, this perpetual war crime against the people of Iraq. It is time to indict Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, and Powell for having defrauded the people of the United States. If Bush ever had a right to "rule", he has of his own actions, lost it. His administration daily and deliberately flouts the will of the people, the law, and the Constitution. Bush works overtly to subvert the rule of law. Bush thumbs his nose at Congress, the people, the courts. He recognizes no moral or legal restraints upon his reckless, lawless, and subversive behavior. He asserts, upon no basis whatsoever, an evil and false theory: a unitary executive, a right wing cult code word for a dictatorship never envisioned by the our founders at any time! It is a concept so pernicious Mussolini might have blushed. Our founding fathers, intelligent, articulate, responsible,, worked mightly to prevent anything of the sort ever taking root like an evil weed on this soil. It's time for this blighted Bush to leave and leave now while there are still shreds of law with which a new republic, a rebirth of freedom might be stitched in the wake this national horror. Olberman has spoken the truth about Bush's incompetent yet tyrannical reign of terror and faux terrorism. It's time for Bush to go and it is time for the people to act. An indictment against George W. Bush has been prepared by a former Federal Prosecutor of some 20 years experience in that role. All that is needed now is a courageous Federal Judge to empanel a Grand Jury. If such a judge should read this blog, please consider this post and the following "indictment" a people's appeal that you empanel a Grand Jury to consider these charges. Readers of this blog, please forward this article to every judge you know and to everyone you know who may know such a judge. If the indictment needs an update or other revisions, its author Elizabeth de la Vega is an experienced Federal Prosecutor. I would be hopeful that she would step up to that task at this critical time in our nation's history. Here is the indictment authored by former Federal Prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega via Tomdispatch: The Indictment United States v. George W. Bush et al. By Elizabeth de la Vega Assistant United States Attorney: Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen. We're here today in the case of United States v. George W. Bush et al. In addition to President Bush, the defendants are Vice President Richard B. Cheney, former National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice -- who's now the Secretary of State, of course -- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. It's a one-count proposed indictment: Conspiracy to Defraud the United States in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371. I'll explain the law that applies to the case this afternoon, but I'm going to hand out the indictment now, so you'll have some context for that explanation. Take as long as you need to read it, and then feel free to take your lunch break, but please leave your copy of the indictment with the foreperson. We'll meet back at one o'clock. *** UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) Criminal No. Plaintiff, ) ) Conspiracy to Defraud v. ) the United States ) GEORGE W. BUSH, ) 18 U.S.C. Section 371 RICHARD B. CHENEY, ) CONDOLEEZZA RICE, ) DONALD M. RUMSFELD, and ) COLIN POWELL, ) Defendants ) INDICTMENT THE GRAND JURY CHARGES: Introductory Allegations At times relevant to this Indictment: 1. The primary law of the United States Federal Government was set forth in the U.S. Constitution ("Constitution"), which provides that the first branch of government is the Legislative Branch ("Congress"). Pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Congress has certain powers and obligations regarding oversight of foreign affairs, including the powers to: (1) declare war; (2) raise and support the armed forces; and (3) tax and spend for the common good. 2. Article II of the Constitution establishes the Executive Branch. The Executive Power of the United States is vested in the President, who is also the Commander in Chief of the Armed Services. 3. Defendant GEORGE W. BUSH ("BUSH") has been employed as President of the United States since January 20, 2001. On that day, BUSH took a constitutionally mandated oath to faithfully execute the Office of President and to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution. BUSH is also constitutionally obligated to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. 4. As Chief Executive, BUSH exercised authority, direction, and control over the entire Executive Branch, which includes the White House, the Office of the Vice President, the Departments of State, Defense, and others, and the National Security Council. 5. Defendant RICHARD B. CHENEY ("CHENEY") has been employed as Vice President of the United States since January 20, 2001. 6. Defendant CONDOLEEZZA RICE ("RICE") was employed as the National Security Adviser from January 2001 to January 2005, when she became Secretary of State, a position she holds as of the date of this indictment. As National Security Adviser, RICE exercised direction, control, and authority over the National Security Council, which coordinates various national security and foreign policy agencies, including the Departments of Defense and State. 7. Defendant DONALD M. RUMSFELD ("RUMSFELD") has been employed as Secretary of Defense since January 2001. 8. Defendant COLIN M. POWELL ("POWELL") was employed as Secretary of State from January 2001 through January of 2005. 9. Before assuming their offices, CHENEY, RICE, RUMSFELD and POWELL took an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution. 10. As employees of the Executive Branch, BUSH, CHENEY, RICE, RUMSFELD, and POWELL were governed by Executive Orders 12674 and 12731. These Orders provide that Executive Branch employees hold their positions as a public trust and that the American people have a right to expect that they will fulfill that trust in accordance with certain ethical standards and principles. These include abiding by the Constitution and laws of the United States, as well as not using their offices to further private goals and interests. 11. Pursuant to the Constitution, their oaths of office, their status as Executive Branch employees, and their presence in the United States, BUSH, CHENEY, RICE, RUMSFELD, and POWELL, and their subordinates and employees, are required to obey Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, which prohibits conspiracies to defraud the United States. 12. As used in Section 371, the term "to defraud the United States" means "to interfere with or obstruct one of its lawful government functions by deceit, craft, trickery, or at least by means that are dishonest." The term also means to "impair, obstruct, or defeat the lawful function of any department of government" by the use of "false or fraudulent pretenses or representations." 13. A "false" or "fraudulent" representation is one that is: (a) made with knowledge that it is untrue; (b) a half-truth; (c) made without a reasonable basis or with reckless indifference as to whether it is, in fact, true or false; or (d) literally true, but intentionally presented in a manner reasonably calculated to deceive a person of ordinary prudence and intelligence. The knowing concealment or omission of information that a reasonable person would consider important in deciding an issue also constitutes fraud. 14. Congress is a "department of the United States" within the meaning of Section 371. In addition, hearings regarding funding for military action and authorization to use military force are "lawful functions" of Congress. 15. Accordingly, the presentation of information to Congress and the general public through deceit, craft, trickery, dishonest means, and fraudulent representations, including lies, half-truths, material omissions, and statements made with reckless indifference to their truth or falsity, while knowing and intending that such fraudulent representations would influence Congress' decisions regarding authorization to use military force and funding for military action, constitutes interfering with, obstructing, impairing, and defeating a lawful government function of a department of the United States within the meaning of Section 371. The Conspiracy to Defraud the United States 16. Beginning on or about a date unknown, but no later than August of 2002, and continuing to the present, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, the defendants, GEORGE W. BUSH, RICHARD B. CHENEY, CONDOLEEZZA RICE, DONALD M. RUMSFELD, and COLIN M. POWELL, and others known and unknown, did knowingly and intentionally conspire to defraud the United States by using deceit, craft, trickery, dishonest means, false and fraudulent representations, including ones made without a reasonable basis and with reckless indifference to their truth or falsity, and omitting to state material facts necessary to make their representations truthful, fair and accurate, while knowing and intending that their false and fraudulent representations would influence the public and the deliberations of Congress with regard to authorization of a preventive war against Iraq, thereby defeating, obstructing, impairing, and interfering with Congress' lawful functions of overseeing foreign affairs and making appropriations. 17. The Early Months of the Bush-Cheney Administration: Prior to January of 2001, BUSH, CHENEY, and RUMSFELD each demonstrated a predisposition to employ U.S. military force to invade the Middle East, including, specifically, to forcibly remove Saddam Hussein. 18. Since 1992, CHENEY has endorsed a "bold foreign policy" that includes using military force to "punish" or "threaten to punish" possible aggressors in order to protect the United States's access to Persian Gulf oil and to halt proliferation of weapons of mass destruction ("WMD"), a term that is customarily used to describe chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. 19. On or about January 26, 1998, RUMSFELD and seven other future BUSH-CHENEY administration appointees signed a letter sent by a conservative policy institute named "Project for a New American Century" ("PNAC") to then President William Clinton, which called for U.S. military action to forcibly remove Saddam Hussein from power. 20. In January 1999, BUSH named RICE and her future Deputy National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley ("Hadley"), as his presidential-campaign foreign-policy advisers, along with future Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz ("Wolfowitz") and four others who had publicly advocated forcibly removing Saddam Hussein. 21. On or before September 2000, 12 future BUSH-CHENEY administration appointees, including Wolfowitz, former Assistant to Vice President CHENEY, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, and Rumsfeld's long-term aide Stephen Cambone, participated in drafting "Rebuilding America's Defenses," a PNAC policy statement which asserted that the "need for a substantial American force presence in the Gulf transcends the issue of the regime of Saddam Hussein." PNAC acknowledged that its goals would take a long time to achieve "absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event--like a new Pearl Harbor." 22. Once BUSH became the Republican candidate in the 2000 presidential election campaign, he and CHENEY informed the general public that they would be reluctant to use military force and did not believe that the United States should engage in "nation-building." 23. On and after January 20, 2001, BUSH and CHENEY caused to be appointed as senior foreign policy advisors and consultants, at least thirty-four persons who had publicly endorsed the PNAC principles of United States global preeminence and use of force to "punish" or "threaten to punish" emerging threats from weapons of mass destruction ("WMD") or impediments to United States access to oil in the Middle East. Of those appointees, eighteen had also publicly advocated forcibly removing Saddam Hussein. 24. In late December 2000, BUSH and CHENEY advised outgoing President William J. Clinton and others that, among potential foreign policy issues, BUSH's primary concern was Iraq. 25. On February 11, 2001, BUSH ordered the first airstrikes since 1998 to be conducted outside of the United Nations ("UN") agreed-upon No-Fly zones, to get Saddam Hussein's "attention." 26. The Attacks of September 11, 2001. On September 11, 2001, nineteen men hijacked four commercial airplanes. They crashed two planes into the World Trade Towers in New York City and another into the Pentagon in Washington, DC. The fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania. In total, nearly 3,000 people died as a result of the September 11, 2001, attacks ("9/11"). 27. Shortly afterward, United States intelligence agencies determined that 9/11 was the work of the terrorist organization al Qaeda, spearheaded by Osama Bin Laden. Fifteen of the nineteen hijackers were from Saudi Arabia, two from Yemen, and two from Lebanon. This information, along with the conclusion that no evidence linked Saddam Hussein to the attacks or al Qaeda, was immediately communicated to BUSH, CHENEY, RICE, RUMSFELD, POWELL, and others. 28. BUSH-CHENEY administration members began discussing an invasion of Iraq immediately after 9/11. BUSH, RUMSFELD and others also assigned various subordinates, including former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke, CIA Director George Tenet, and General Richard Meyers to look for intelligence that could justify attacking Saddam Hussein's regime. 29. On September 17, 2001, BUSH secretly ordered the formulation of preliminary plans for an invasion of Iraq, while admitting to his aides that no evidence existed to justify an attack. 30. On or about September 18, 2001, in response to BUSH's request, Clarke sent RICE a memo that stated: (a) the case for linking Hussein to 9/11 was weak; (b) only anecdotal evidence linked Hussein to al Qaeda; (c) Osama Bin Laden resented the secularism of Saddam Hussein; and (d) there was no confirmed reporting of Saddam cooperating with Bin Laden on unconventional weapons. 31. On September 20, 2001, BUSH informed British Prime Minister Tony Blair that after Afghanistan, the United States and Britain should return to the issue of invading Iraq. 32. U.S. Intelligence Community Assessments of Risk from Iraq in Effect on November 2001. On occasion, Executive Branch officials request assessments of current intelligence on risks posed by WMD in a given country. Although such assessments are coordinated by the Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA"), the final product incorporates the analyses, including dissenting opinions, of the intelligence branches of the Departments of State, Energy, Defense, the National Security Agency, and others, which are collectively called the Intelligence Community ("IC"). 33. As of November 2001, the most recent assessment on Iraq was a December 2000 classified Intelligence Community Assessment ("ICA") called "Iraq: Steadily Pursuing WMD Capabilities." This ICA was a comprehensive update on possible Iraqi efforts to rebuild WMD and weapons delivery systems after the 1998 departure of International Atomic Energy Agency ("IAEA") representatives and UN weapons inspectors, who are collectively referred to as the United Nations Special Commission ("UNSCOM"). 34. Regarding Iraq's possible nuclear program, the December 2000 NIE unanimously concluded that: (a) The IAEA and UNSCOM had destroyed or neutralized Iraq's nuclear infrastructure, but Iraq still had a foundation for future nuclear reconstitution; (b) Iraq was continuing low-level theoretical research and training, and attempting to obtain dual-use items that cold be used to reconstitute its nuclear program; (c) if Iraq acquired a significant quantity of fissile material through foreign assistance, it could have a crude nuclear weapon within a year; if Iraq received foreign assistance, it would take five to seven years to produce enough weapons-grade fissile material for a nuclear weapon; and (d) Iraq did not appear to have reconstituted its nuclear weapons program. 35. Escalation of Military Activity and Planning for Invasion of Iraq. On November 21, 2001, BUSH secretly ordered preparation of a formal war plan for invading Iraq. Thereafter, for sixteen months, the BUSH-CHENEY administration expended substantial U.S. government funds in military activity and planning for invasion of Iraq, all without notice to, or approval by, the U.S. Congress. 36. BUSH did not receive an extensive briefing about possible WMD in Iraq before ordering a war plan, nor did he discuss the legitimacy of grounds for war with anyone. BUSH received no such briefing until December 21, 2002. 37. On or about November 27, 2001, RUMSFELD asked General "Tommy" Franks, head of Central Command, which supervises Middle East operations, to immediately prepare an Iraq war plan in response to BUSH's order. 38. Thereafter, Franks discussed numerous revised Iraq war plans with RUMSFELD. Between December 2001 and August 2002, BUSH, CHENEY, RICE, RUMSFELD, POWELL, and others held at least five lengthy meetings about Franks' plans. In August, BUSH ordered Franks to prepare to invade Iraq using the "Hybrid Plan," a combination of the "Running Start" and "Generated Start" plans developed previously. 39. During 2002, the United States and Great Britain increased air strikes in order to degrade Iraqi air defenses and began deploying troops to areas around Iraq. 40. On or about July 30, 2002, without approval by, or notice to, Congress, BUSH caused the diversion of $700 million from Afghanistan war funds into Iraq invasion preparations. 41. On September 5, 2002, without approval by, or notice to, Congress, BUSH caused approximately 100 United States and British aircraft to launch ballistic missiles at Iraq's major western air-defense facility. 42. By September 12, 2002, without approval by, or notice to, Congress, BUSH had caused the movement of 40,000 military personnel and over 350,000 tons of equipment to areas around Iraq. Franks also ordered Central Command to be moved to Al Udeid Air Base near Doha, Qatar. 43. Behind-the-Scenes Strategizing with British Officials: On or before March 2002, BUSH, RICE, Wolfowitz, and others secretly began discussing ways to persuade the public and foreign allies to accept Bush's goal of invading Iraq, with British Prime Minister Tony Blair ("Blair") and his advisers. 44. On March 12, 2002, in Washington, DC, RICE met with Blair's Foreign Policy Adviser Sir David Manning and informed him of BUSH's problems with persuading "international opinion that military action against Iraq was necessary and justified." 45. On March 17, 2002, in Washington, DC, British Ambassador Sir Christopher Meyer advised Wolfowitz that the two countries should "wrongfoot" Saddam Hussein by seeking a UN resolution that would require the readmission of weapons inspectors with the expectation that Saddam would create a justification for war by obstructing the inspections. 46. On April 6, 2002, in Crawford, Texas, BUSH and Blair discussed strategies to sway public opinion regarding military action in Iraq. Blair agreed to support a United States invasion if the two countries obtained a UN resolution first. 47. In mid-July, 2002, in Washington, DC, White House officials discussed Iraq with visiting British officials. Upon their return to London, these officials reported the talks to Blair in a meeting at 10 Downing St. on July 23, 2002. Among other things, Blair's advisers suggested that he urge BUSH to devise a more realistic political strategy for attacking Iraq, because a desire for "regime change" would not justify military action under international law. 48. In mid-July, 2002, in Washington, DC, CIA Director Tenet and others talked about the Bush administration's intentions regarding Iraq with Sir Richard Dearlove, the head of British Intelligence. 49. On July 23, 2002, during the Downing St. meeting described above, Dearlove informed Blair that in the United States "Military action was now seen as inevitable. BUSH wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy." 50. On July 23, 2002, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw also noted that BUSH had "made up his mind to take military action." Straw said he would urge POWELL to persuade BUSH to seek a UN resolution requiring Saddam Hussein to readmit weapons inspectors, in effect, suggesting the "wrongfooting" strategy that Meyer had described to Wolfowitz. 51. Behind-the-Scenes Efforts to Fix Intelligence Around the Policy. Within weeks after learning from Clarke, Tenet, and others that Iraq and Saddam Hussein had no involvement with either 9/11 or al Qaeda, RUMSFELD caused Deputy Undersecretary for Defense Douglas Feith ("Feith") to secretly create the Counter Terrorism Group ("CTEG"), a small unit of political appointees whose mission was to find links between Iraq and al Qaeda by reviewing raw intelligence that previously had been discarded as unreliable. CTEG reported weekly to RUMSFELD's long-term associate Stephen Cambone, and occasionally presented information directly to Wolfowitz, thereby circumventing standard IC procedures. 52. At some time in 2002, Feith also designated political appointees to work under his supervision in the newly-created Office of Special Plans, whose purpose was to develop and package information for use in marketing the President's plan for an invasion of Iraq. In the fall of 2002, this group presented information directly to RUMSFELD, to RICE's office, and to CHENEY's office, thereby circumventing standard IC procedures. 53. In the spring of 2002, CHENEY and his former aide, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, began visiting CIA headquarters to question CIA agents' assessments about Iraq. RUMSFELD and Deputy National Security Adviser Hadley also repeatedly pressed CIA Director Tenet and his subordinates to present a stronger case against Iraq. 54. Bush's Creation of the White House Iraq Group. By the summer of 2002, domestic and international support for BUSH's plan to invade Iraq was lukewarm. At the same time, Bush's chief political strategist and Senior Adviser Karl Rove and Kenneth Mehlman, head of the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives, were beginning to coordinate the President's involvement in the November 7, 2002, congressional election. Their overall goal was to gain Republican majorities in both houses of Congress so that the President would have the greatest possible support for his policies. Rove had specifically recommended that Republicans "focus on war" as a way to win elections. Consequently, in the summer of 2002, BUSH's efforts to win support for an invasion of Iraq and his efforts to assist Republican congressional candidates became inextricably intertwined. 55. In the summer of 2002, BUSH caused the creation of the White House Iraq Group, which was cochaired by BUSH's long-term political operatives Karl Rove and Karen Hughes, who remained BUSH's close associate even though she had resigned her position as Counselor to the President. This team, also called WHIG, was largely a political and public-relations entity that included RICE, Hadley, President's Chief of Staff Andrew Card, President's legislative liaison Nicholas Calio, CHENEY's key aide and veteran Republican political strategist Mary Matalin, CHENEY's senior adviser Libby, and James Wilkinson, another Republican campaign consultant. 56. On or about September 6, 2002, Rove and Card publicly announced that: (a) the BUSH-CHENEY administration was beginning to "roll out" its case for an invasion of Iraq; (b) its public-relations campaign was specifically directed at forcing Congress to pass a resolution authorizing the President to use military force in Iraq; (c) BUSH wanted the resolution passed in about five weeks, before the 2002 election; and (d) in the end, it would be difficult for any legislator to vote against it. 57. The Defendants' Massive Fraud to "Market" an invasion of Iraq. On or about September 4, 2002, BUSH staged a photo opportunity with a bipartisan group of congressional leaders, after which he falsely and fraudulently announced that Iraq posed a serious threat to the safety of the United States and the world, while concealing from Congress and the American people the material facts that: (a) he had no reasonable basis whatsoever for his assertion; (b) he had never discussed the legitimacy of the grounds for an attack against Iraq with anyone; (c) he had never extensively reviewed existing intelligence regarding any possible threat from Iraq; (d) he had not requested an updated intelligence assessment on Iraq; (e) the United States intelligence assessment then in effect stated that Iraq had neither nuclear weapons nor a nuclear weapons program; and (f) the IC had consistently reported that Iraq had no involvement in 9/11 and no relationship with al Qaeda. 58. On September 4, 2002, BUSH also falsely and fraudulently claimed he was beginning an "open dialogue" with the American public, with Congress, and with United States allies to decide how to respond to Iraq, while concealing the material facts that he: (a) had requested a formal plan to invade Iraq nearly a year before; (b) had been conducting significant military and nonmilitary planning and attacks against Iraq for a year; (c) had directed significant military deployment to areas around Iraq; (d) was planning a massive air assault against Iraq's air defense facility for the next day; and (e) intended to work with the UN only to create a justification to use military force against Iraq. 59. Thereafter, the defendants and WHIG executed a calculated and wide-ranging strategy to deceive Congress and the American people by making hundreds of false and fraudulent representations that were only half-true, or literally true but misleading; by concealing material facts; and by making statements without a reasonable basis and with reckless indifference to their truth, regarding, among other things: (a) their true intent to invade Iraq; (b) the extent of military buildup and force used against Iraq without notice to or approval by Congress; (c) their true purpose in seeking a Congressional resolution authorizing the use of military force against Iraq; (d) their true intent to use their involvement in seeking a UN resolution requiring Iraq to cooperate with weapons inspectors as a sham; and (e) their claimed justifications for invading Iraq, including but not limited to: * The alleged connection between Saddam Hussein and the attacks of September 11, 2001; * The alleged connection between Iraq and al Qaeda; * The alleged connection between Saddam Hussein and any terrorists whose primary animus was directed towards the United States; * Saddam Hussein's alleged intent to attack the United States in any way; • Saddam Hussein's possession of nuclear weapons and the status of any alleged ongoing nuclear weapons programs; * The lack of any reasonable basis for asserting with certainty that Saddam Hussein was actively manufacturing chemical and biological weapons; and *The alleged urgency of any threat posed to the United States by Saddam Hussein. 60. Congressional Joint Resolution to Authorize Use of Force Against Iraq. As a result of the defendants' false and fraudulent "marketing" of the President's plan to invade Iraq, on October 11, 2002, the U.S Congress, acting pursuant to its Article I constitutional authority to oversee and authorize use of military force, passed a Congressional Joint Resolution to Authorize Use of Force Against Iraq ["the Resolution"] which stated: The President is authorized to use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to-- (a) defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq; and (b) enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq. 61. The Resolution required the President to, either before or within 48 hours after exercising the authority to use force, make available to the Senate and the House of Representatives his determination that: (a) reliance by the United States on further diplomatic or other peaceful means alone either (1) will not adequately protect the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq or (2) is not likely to lead to enforcement of all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq; and (b) acting pursuant to this resolution is consistent with the United States and other countries continuing to take the necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations or persons who planned, authorized, committed or aided the terrorists attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001. 62. The Resolution also required the President to, at least every 60 days, present Congress a report on "matters relevant to this joint resolution." 63. In furtherance of the above-described conspiracy, the defendants and their coconspirators committed and caused to be committed the following overt acts: Overt Acts A. On December 9, 2001, CHENEY announced on NBC's Meet the Press that "it was pretty well confirmed" that lead 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta had met the head of Iraqi intelligence in Prague in April 2001, which statement was, as CHENEY well knew, made without reasonable basis and with reckless disregard for the truth, because it was based on a single witness's uncorroborated allegation that had not been fully investigated by U.S. intelligence agencies. B. On July 15, 2002, POWELL stated on Ted Koppel's Nightline: "What we have consistently said is that the President has no plan on his desk to invade Iraq at the moment, nor has one been presented to him, nor have his advisors come together to put a plan to him," which statement was deliberately false and misleading in that it deceitfully implied the President was not planning an invasion of Iraq when, as POWELL well knew, the President was close to finalizing detailed military plans for such an invasion that he had ordered months previously. C. On August 26, 2002, CHENEY made numerous false and fraudulent statements including: "Simply stated there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt that he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us," when, as CHENEY well knew, this statement was made without reasonable basis and with reckless indifference to the truth in that the IC's then prevailing assessment was that Iraq had neither nuclear weapons nor a reconstituted nuclear weapons program. D. On September 7, 2002, appearing publicly with Blair, BUSH claimed a recent IAEA report stated that Iraq was "six months away from developing a [nuclear] weapon" and "I don't know what more evidence we need," which statements were made without basis and with reckless indifference to the truth in that: (1) the IAEA had not even been present in Iraq since 1998; and (2) the report the IAEA did write in 1998 had concluded there was no indication that Iraq had the physical capacity to produce weapons-usable nuclear material or that it had attempted to obtain such material. E. On September 8, 2002, on Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, RICE asserted that Saddam Hussein was acquiring aluminum tubes that were "only suited" for nuclear centrifuge use, which statement was deliberately false and fraudulent, and made with reckless indifference to the truth in that it omitted to state the following material facts: (1) the U.S. intelligence community was deeply divided about the likely use of the tubes; (2) there were at least fifteen intelligence reports written since April 2001 that cast doubt on the tubes' possible nuclear-related use; and (3) the U.S. Department of Energy nuclear weapons experts had concluded, after analyzing the tubes's specifications and the circumstances of the Iraqis' attempts to procure them, that the aluminum tubes were not well suited for nuclear centrifuge use and were more likely intended for artillery rocket production. F. On September 8, 2002, RUMSFELD stated on Face the Nation: "Imagine a September 11th, with weapons of mass destruction. It's not three thousand, it's tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children," which statement was deliberately fraudulent and misleading in that it implied without reasonable basis and in direct contradiction to then prevailing intelligence that Saddam Hussein had no operational relationship with al Qaeda and was unlikely to provide weapons to terrorists. G. On September 19, 2002, RUMSFELD told the Senate Armed Services Committee that "no terrorist state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people than the regime of Saddam Hussein," which statement was, as Rumsfeld well knew, made without reasonable basis and with reckless indifference to the truth in that: (1) Hussein had not acted aggressively toward the United States since his alleged attempt to assassinate President George H. W. Bush in 1993; (2) Iraq's military forces and equipment were severely debilitated because of UN sanctions imposed after the 1991 Gulf War; (3) the IC's opinion was that Iraq's sponsorship of terrorists was limited to ones whose hostility was directed toward Israel; and (4) Iran, not Iraq, was the most active state sponsor of terrorism. H. On October 1, 2002, the defendants caused the IC's updated classified National Intelligence Estimate to be delivered to Congress just hours before the beginning of debate on the Authorization to Use Military Force. At the same time, the defendants caused an unclassified "White Paper" to be published which was false and misleading in many respects in that it failed to include qualifying language and dissents that substantially weakened their argument that Iraq posed a serious threat to the United States. I. On October 7, 2002, in Cincinnati, Ohio, BUSH made numerous deliberately misleading statements to the nation, including stating that in comparison to Iran and North Korea, Iraq posed a uniquely serious threat, which statement BUSH well knew was false and fraudulent in that it omitted to state the material fact that a State Department representative had been informed just three days previously that North Korea had actually already produced nuclear weapons. The defendants continued to conceal this information until after Congress passed the Authorization to Use Military Force against Iraq. J. Between September 1, 2002, and November 2, 2002, BUSH traveled the country making in excess of thirty congressional-campaign speeches in which he falsely and fraudulently asserted that Iraq was a "serious threat" which required immediate action, when as he well knew, this assertion was made without reasonable basis and with reckless indifference to the truth. K. In his January 28, 2003 State of the Union address, BUSH announced that the "British have recently learned that Iraq was seeking significant quantities of uranium from Africa" which statement was fraudulent and misleading and made with reckless disregard for the truth, in that it falsely implied that the information was true, when the CIA had advised the administration more than once that the allegation was unsupported by available intelligence. L. In a February 5, 2003, speech to the UN, POWELL falsely implied, without reasonable basis and with reckless disregard for the truth, that, among other things: (1) those who maintained that Iraq was purchasing aluminum tubes for rockets were allied with Saddam Hussein, even though POWELL well knew that both Department of Energy nuclear weapons experts and State Department intelligence analysts had concluded that the tubes were not suited for nuclear centrifuge use; and (2) Iraq had an ongoing cooperative relationship with al Qaeda, when he well knew that no intelligence agency had reached that conclusion. M. On March 18, 2003, BUSH sent a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate which asserted that further reliance on diplomatic and peaceful means alone would not either: (1) adequately protect United States national security against the "continuing threat posed by Iraq" or (2) likely lead to enforcement of all relevant UN Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq, which statement was made without reasonable basis and with reckless indifference to the truth in that, as BUSH well knew, the U.S. intelligence community had never reported that Iraq posed an urgent threat to the United States and there was no evidence whatsoever to prove that Iraq had either the means or intent to attack the U.S. directly or indirectly. The statement was also false because, as BUSH well knew, the UN weapons inspectors had not found any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and wanted to continue the inspection process because it was working well. N. In the same March 18, 2003 letter, BUSH also represented that taking action pursuant to the Resolution was "consistent with continuing to take the necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations or persons who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorists attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001," which statement was entirely false and without reasonable basis in that, as BUSH well knew, Iraq had no involvement with al Qaeda or the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371. A TRUE BILL [Note: This is not an actual indictment] My comment: but it might become one! Please keep in mind that the above indictment deals with only one count. There are, in fact, many cases that may be made against this outlaw. They will include but are not limited to the following future installments. Each heading is an impeachable offense. * Lied about Iraq to Congress, the Public, and the United Nations. * 9-11 Cover-Up and Obstruction of Justice. * Violated Rights of Citizens including Habeas Corpus. * NSA Program to spy on Citizens without Warrant. * Violated International Treaties Including Geneva Convention. * Actively Encouraged, as a Policy, Use of Torture. * Gross Negligence on Hurricane Katrina. * Iraq Contract Corruption--Bremer "Lost" $8 billion in cash, sole source awards, and gross negligence in managing the peace. * Stole Ohio election in 2004. Additional Resources: * United States V. George W. Bush et al. (Paperback)by Elizabeth De La Vega * American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America * Impeach the President: The Case Against Bush And Cheney * Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic * Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War * Armed Madhouse: From Baghdad to New Orleans--Sordid Secrets and Strange Tales of a White House Gone Wild

The 4th of July Emergency Anti-War Convention

2007-07-04T20:01:00.001-04:00

Here is the complete video of the 9-11 truth conference held in Independence Hall in Philadelphia on 4 July 2007. Many people spoke at this, including terrorism expert Webster Tarpley towards the end. I personally watched most of it live and we have the fine people (and past guests) from We Are Changed who had much to do with setting this up.

Luke Rudowski In Philadelphia, PA

2007-07-04T17:50:00.000-04:00

Here is a video clip from today's big meeting about the events of 9-11 held in Philadelphia, PA. This clip is of recent Live Show guest Luke Rudowski speaking at the event.

The Declaration Of Independence

2007-07-04T08:49:00.000-04:00

The Declaration Of Independence IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; that, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn(sic), that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these States. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world. * He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. * He has forbidden his Governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. * He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. * He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. * He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. * He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the state remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. * He has endeavoured(sic) to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands. * He has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers. * He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. * He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance. * He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislatures. * He has affected to render the military independent of and superior to the civil power. * He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation: -For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: -For protecting them, by a mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states: -For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world: -For imposing taxes on us without our consent: -For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury: -For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offences -For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these colonies: -For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our governments: -For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. * He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us. * He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. * He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign mercenaries to compleat(sic) the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation. * He has constrained our fellow citizens taken captive on the high seas to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands. * He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured(sic) to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends. We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor. Signatures - 56 Total including John Hancock as President

Staged Terror IN UK To Help Brown's Popularity

2007-07-02T10:11:00.000-04:00

Here is an excellent segment from Keith Oberman where he's interviewing former CIA counter terrorism expert Larry Johnson on the so-called terrorist bombings in London, England. These happened right as the new prime minister Brown was coming into office. The governments in the UK and here in the US were able to ratchet up the security levels as a result and militarize the police even more than before. It is interesting to note how Mr. Johnson says numerous times during the interview that these "terrorists" could afford to use a Mercedes but could not afford to make a bomb or a decent timing device. This is more than a little bit suspicious. It has MI6 written all over it.

Daneen_Peterson Speaks On The North American Union

2007-06-13T21:10:00.000-04:00

Here is an interview I did recently with One World Order researcher / writer Daneen G. Peterson Ph D. She speaks with me on the illegal forming of the North American Union (NAU) that was signed by Bush of the USA, Martin of Canada and Fox of Mexico on 23 March 2005 in Waco, TX. In the interview we discuss the monsterous impact the NAU would have on every American in the USA.

Sen. Sessions Releases List of 20 Loopholes in the Senate Immigration Bill

2007-06-13T20:55:00.000-04:00

Sen. Sessions Releases List of 20 Loopholes in the Senate Immigration Bill

Published by The Watchdog June 4th, 2007 in Amnesty.

U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions

WASHINGTON U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) released a list of 20 loopholes in the comprehensive immigration bill today which reveals that the bill is fatally flawed and will not establish a functioning immigration system in the future.

The list of loopholes includes flaws effecting border security, chain-migration and assimilation policies. The list exposes the lack of serious attention given to ensuring that the legislation fixes America's failed immigration system.

"I am deeply concerned about the numerous loopholes we have found in this legislation. They are more than technical errors, but rather symptoms of a fundamentally flawed piece of legislation that stands no chance of actually fixing our broken immigration system," Sessions said. "Many of the loopholes are indicative of a desire not to have the system work."

For example, one loophole in the "enforcement trigger" fails to require the U.S. VISIT system the biometric border check-in/check-out system established by Congress in 1996, but never implemented to be fully functioning before new worker or amnesty programs begin. Without the system in place, the U.S. has no method of ensuring that workers and their families do not overstay their visas.

Another flaw in the legislation prevents the benefits of merit-based immigration from taking full effect until 2016. Until then, chain migration into the U.S. will actually triple, compared to a disproportionately low increase in skill-based immigration. As a result, the merit-based system in the bill is only a shell of what it should have been.

A third loophole in the bill allows immigrants to avoid demonstrating a proficiency in English for more than a decade. Illegal aliens are not required to learn English to receive full "probationary benefits" of citizenship. Passing a basic English test is only required for the third Z-visa renewal, twelve years after amnesty is granted.

Sessions will highlight many of the loopholes contained in the list this week during Senate debate on the immigration bill.

* Loophole 1 Legal Status Before Enforcement:

Amnesty benefits do not wait for the "enforcement trigger." After filing an application and waiting 24 hours, illegal aliens will receive full "probationary benefits," complete with the ability to legally live and work in the U.S., travel outside of the U.S. and return, and their own social security card. Astonishingly, if the trigger is never met and amnesty applications are therefore never "approved," the probationary benefits granted to the illegal alien population never expire, and the new social security cards issued to the illegal alien population are not revoked. [See pp. 1, 290-291, & 315].

* Loophole 2 U.S. VISIT Exit Not In Trigger:

The "enforcement trigger," required to be met before the new temporary worker program begins, does not require that the exit portion of U.S. VISIT system the biometric border check-in/check-out system first required by Congress in 1996 that is already well past its already postponed 2005 implementation due date to be in place before new worker or amnesty programs begin. Without the U.S. VISIT exit portion, the U.S. has no method to ensure that workers (or their visiting families) do not overstay their visas. Our current illegal population contains 4 to 5.5 million visa overstays, therefore, we know that the U.S. VISIT exit component is key to a successful new temporary worker program. [See pp. 1-2].

* Loophole 3 Trigger Requires No More Agents, Beds, or Fencing Than Current Law:

The "enforcement trigger" does not require the Department of Homeland Security to have detention space sufficient to end "catch and release" at the border and in the interior. Even after the adoption of amendment 1172, the trigger merely requires the addition of 4,000 detention beds, bringing DHS to a 31,500 bed capacity. This is far short of the 43,000 beds required under current law to be in place by the end of 2007, or the additional 20,000 beds required later in the bill. Additionally, the bill establishes a "catch, pay, and release" program. This policy will benefit illegal aliens from countries other than Mexico that are caught at the border, then can post a $5,000 bond, be released and never show up for deportation hearings. Annual failure to appear rates for 2005 and 2006, caused in part by lack of detention space, doubled the 2004 rate (106,000 110,000 compared with 54,000). Claims that the bill "expands fencing" are inaccurate. The bill only requires 370 miles of fencing to be completed, while current law already mandates that more than 700 miles be constructed [See pp. 1-2, & 10-11, and EOIR's FY2006 Statistical Yearbook, p. H2, and The Secure Fence Act of 2004].

* Loophole 4 Three Additional Years Worth of Illegal Aliens Granted Status, Treated Preferentially To Legal Filers:

Aliens who broke into the country illegally a mere 5 months ago, are treated better than foreign nationals who legally applied to come to the U.S. more than two years ago. Aliens who can prove they were illegally in the U.S. on January 1, 2007, are immediately eligible to apply from inside the U.S. for amnesty benefits, while foreign nationals that filed applications to come to the U.S. after May 1, 2005 must start the application process over again from their home countries. Last year's bill required illegal aliens to have been here before January 7, 2004 to qualify for permanent legal status. [See pp. 263, 282, & 306].

* Loophole 5 Completion of Background Checks Not Required For Probationary Legal Status:

Legal status must be granted to illegal aliens 24 hours after they file an application, even if the aliens have not yet "passed all appropriate background checks." (Last year's bill gave DHS 90 days to check an alien's background before any status was granted). No legal status should be given to any illegal alien until all appropriate background checks are complete. [See pp. 290].

* Loophole 6 Some Child Molesters Are Still Eligible:

Some aggravated felons those who have sexually abused a minor are eligible for amnesty. A child molester who committed the crime before the bill is enacted is not barred from getting amnesty if their conviction document omitted the age of the victim. The bill corrects this loophole for future child molesters, but does not close the loophole for current or past convictions. [See p. 47: 30-33, & p. 48: 1-2]

* Loophole 7 Terrorism Connections Allowed, Good Moral Character Not Required:

Illegal aliens with terrorism connections are not barred from getting amnesty. An illegal alien seeking most immigration benefits must show "good moral character." Last year's bill specifically barred aliens with terrorism connections from having "good moral character" and being eligible for amnesty. This year's bill does neither. Additionally, bill drafters ignored the Administration's request that changes be made to the asylum, cancellation of removal, and withholding of removal statutes in order to prevent aliens with terrorist connections from receiving relief. [Compare §204 in S. 2611 from the 109th Congress with missing §204 on p. 48 of S.A. 1150, & see missing subsection (5) on p. 287 of S.A. 1150].

* Loophole 8 Gang Members Are Eligible:

Instead of ensuring that members of violent gangs such as MS 13 are deported after coming out of the shadows to apply for amnesty, the bill will allow violent gang members to get amnesty as long as they "renounce" their gang membership on their application. [See p. 289: 34-36].

* Loophole 9 Absconders Are Eligible:

Aliens who have already had their day in court those subject to final orders of removal, voluntary departure orders, or reinstatement of their final orders of removal are eligible for amnesty under the bill. The same is true for aliens who have made a false claim to citizenship or engaged in document fraud. More than 636,000 alien fugitives could be covered by this loophole. [See p. 285:19-22 which waives the following inadmissibility grounds: failure to attend a removal proceeding; final orders of removal for alien smuggling; aliens unlawfully present after previous immigration violations or deportation orders; and aliens previously removed. This appears to conflict with language on p. 283:40-41. When a direct conflict appears in a statute, the statue is interpreted by the courts to the benefit of the alien.].

* Loophole 10 Learning English Not Required For A Decade:

Illegal aliens are not required to demonstrate any proficiency in English for more than a decade after they are granted amnesty. Learning English is not required for an illegal alien to receive probationary benefits, the first 4-year Z visa, or the second 4-year Z visa. The first Z visa renewal (the second 4-year Z visa) requires only that the alien demonstrate an "attempt" to learn English by being "on a waiting list for English classes." Passing a basic English test is required only for a second Z visa renewal (the third 4-year Z visa), and even then the alien only has to pass the test "prior to the expiration of the second extension of Z status" (12 years down the road). [See pp. 295-296].

* Loophole 11 Earned Income Tax Credit Will Cost Taxpayers Billions In Just 10 Years:

Current illegal aliens and new guest workers will be eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit, a refundable tax credit designed to encourage American citizens and legal permanent residents to work. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that this loophole will cost the U.S. taxpayer up to $20 billion dollars in just the first 10 years after the bill's enactment. To be consistent with the intent of the 1996 welfare reforms which limited new immigrants from receiving public benefits until they had been legal permanent residents for five years the bill should withhold EITC eligibility from amnestied aliens until they become legal permanent residents. Closing this loophole will save the taxpayers billions of dollars. [See p. 293 after S.A. 1190 was adopted, p. 307, p. 315, §606. All that is required for EITC eligibility is a social security number and resident alien status. Nothing in the bill's tax provisions limit EITC eligibility. The issuance of social security numbers to aliens as soon as they apply for amnesty will ensure they are able to qualify for the EITC.]

* Loophole 12 Affidavits From Friends Accepted As Evidence:

Records from day-labor centers, labor unions, and "sworn declarations" from any non-relative (acquaintances, friends, coworkers, etc) are to be accepted as evidence that the illegal alien has satisfied the bill's amnesty requirements. This low burden of proof will invite fraud and more illegal immigration even aliens who are not yet in the U.S. will likely meet this burden of proof. DHS will not have the resources to examine whether the claims contained in the "sworn declarations" of the alien's friends (that the alien was here prior to January 1, 2007 and is currently employed) are actually valid. [See p. 293: 13-16].

* Loophole 13 Taxpayer Funded Legal Counsel and Arbitration:

Free legal counsel and the fees and expenses of arbitrators will be provided to aliens that have been working illegally in agriculture. The U.S. taxpayer will fund the attorneys that help these individuals fill out their amnesty applications. Additionally, if these individuals have a dispute with their employer over whether they were fired for "just cause," DHS will "pay the fee and expenses of the arbitrator." [See p. 339:37-41, & p. 332: 37-38.]

* Loophole 14 In-State Tuition and Student Loans:

In-state tuition and other higher education benefits, such as Stafford Loans, will be made available to current illegal aliens that are granted initial "probationary" status, even if the same in-state tuition rates are not offered to all U.S. citizens. This would normally violate current law (8 U.S.C. §1623) which mandates that educational institutions give citizens the same postsecondary education benefits they offer to illegal aliens. [See p. 321: 8-31].

* Loophole 15 Inadequacy of the Merit System:

The "merit system," designed to shift the U.S. green card distribution system to attract higher skilled workers that benefit the national interest, is only a shell of what it should have been. Though the merit system begins immediately, it will not increase the percentage of high skilled immigrants coming to the United States until 2016, 8 years after enactment. Of the 247,000 green cards dedicated to the merit based system each year for the first 5 years, 100,000 green cards will be reserved for low-skilled guest workers (10,000) and for clearing the current employment based green card backlog (90,000). From 2013 to 2015, the number of merit based green cards drops to 140,000, and of that number, 100,000 green cards are still reserved each year for low-skilled guest workers (10,000) and for clearing the current employment based green card backlog (90,000). Even after 2015, when the merit system really begins (in 2016) by having 380,000 green cards annually, 10,00 green cards will be reserved specifically for low skilled workers, and points will be given for many characteristics that are not considered "high-skilled." For example, 16 points will be given for aliens in "high demand occupations" which includes janitors, maids, food preparation workers, and groundskeepers. [See p.260: 25 p. 261: 20, p. 262, & The Department of Labor's list of "occupations with the largest job growth" available at www.bls.gov/emp/emptab3.htm].

* Loophole 16 Visas For Individuals That Plan To Overstay:

The new "parent" visa contained in the bill which allows parents of citizens, and the spouses and children of new temporary workers, to visit a worker in the United States is not only a misnomer, but also an invitation for high rates of visa overstays. This new visa specifically allows the spouse and children of new temporary workers who intend to abandon their residence in a foreign country, to qualify to come to the U.S. to "visit." The visa requires only a $1,000 bond, which will be forfeited when, not if, family members of new temporary workers decide to overstay their 30 day visit. Workers should travel to their home countries to visit their families, not the other way around. [See p. 277:1 33, and p. 276: 38-43].

* Loophole 17 Chain Migration Tippled Before Being Eliminated:

Though the bill will eventually eliminate chain migration (relatives other than spouses and children of citizens and legal permanent residents), it will not have full effect until 2016. Until then, chain migration into the U.S. will actually triple, from approximately 138,000 chain migrants a year (equal to 14% of the 1 million green cards the U.S. currently distributes on an annual basis) to approximately 440,000 chain migrants a year (equal to 45% of the 1 million green cards the U.S. currently distributes on an annual basis). [See pp. 260:13, p. 270: 29 pp. 271: 17]

* Loophole 18 Back Taxes Not Required:

Last year's bill required illegal aliens to prove they had paid three of their last five years of taxes to get amnesty. This year, payment of back taxes is not required for amnesty. The bill requires taxes to be paid at the time of application for a green card, but at that time, only proof of payment of Federal taxes (not state and local) is required for the years the alien worked on a Z visa, not the years the alien has already worked illegally in the United States. Though Senator McCain's S.A. 1190, adopted by voice vote, claimed to "require undocumented immigrants receiving legal status to pay owed back taxes," the amendment actually only required proof of payment of taxes for "any year during the period of employment required by subparagraph (D)(i)." Since the bill does not contain a subparagraph (D)(i), nor require any past years of employment as a prerequisite for amnesty, the amendment essentially only requires proof of payment of taxes for future work in the U.S., not payment of "back taxes." [See p. 307, and p. 293 as altered by S.A. 1190, amendment p. 2: 19-20.]

* Loophole 19 Social Security Credits Allowed For Some Illegal Work Histories:

Aliens who came to the U.S. on legal visas, but overstayed their visas and have been working in the U.S. for years, as well as illegal aliens who apply for Z visa status but do not qualify, will be able to collect social security credits for the years they worked illegally. Under the bill, if an alien was ever issued a social security account number all work-authorized aliens who originally came on legal visas receive these the alien will receive Social Security credits for any "quarters of coverage" the alien worked after receiving their social security account number. Because the bill requires social security account numbers to be issued "promptly" to illegal aliens as soon as they are granted "any probationary benefits based upon application [for Z status]" (these benefits are granted 24 hours after the application is filed), an illegal alien who is denied Z visa status but continues to work illegally in the U.S. will accumulate Social Security credits. [See pp. 316:8 16, and pp. 315: 32-39]

* Loophole 20 Criminal Fines Not Proportional To Conduct:

The criminal fines an illegal alien is required to pay to receive amnesty are less than the bill's criminal fines for paperwork violations committed by U.S. citizens, and can be paid by installment. Under the bill, an illegal alien must pay a $1,000 criminal fine to apply for a Z visa, and a $4,000 fine to apply for a green card. Eighty percent of those fines can be paid on an installment plan. Under the bill's confidentiality provisions, someone who improperly handles or uses information on an alien's amnesty application can be fined $10,000. Administration officials suggest that the bill's "criminal fines are proportionate to the criminal conduct." Why, then, is the fine for illegally entering, using false documents to work, and live one-tenth the fine for a paperwork violation committed by a government official? [See p. 287: 34, p. 317: 9, p. 315:6-8, & remarks made by Secretary Gutierrez on Your World with Neil Cavuto, 4:00 May 31, 2007]

Let's Say I Break Into Your House.

2007-03-04T08:51:00.000-05:00

A lady wrote the best letter in the Editorials in ages!!! It explains things better than all the baloney you hear on TV.

Her point:

Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of illegal immigration.

Certain people are angry that the US might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and, once here, to stay indefinitely.

Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these protests. Let's say I break into your house. Let's say that when you discover me in your house, you insist that I leave.

But I say, "I've made all the beds and washed the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors. I've done all the things you don't like to do. I'm hard-working and honest (except for when I broke into your house).

According to the protesters:
a.. You are Required to let me stay in your house
b.. You are Required to add me to your family's insurance plan
c.. You are Required to Educate my kids
d.. You are Required to Provide other benefits to me and to my family
(my husband will do all of your yard work because he is also hard-working and honest, except for that breaking in part).

If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my RIGHT to be there.

It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I'm just trying to better myself. I'm a hard-working and honest, person, except for well, you know, I did break into your house.

And what a deal it is for me!!! I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you can do about it without being accused of cold, uncaring, selfish, prejudiced, and bigoted behavior.

Oh yeah, I DEMAND that you to learn MY LANGUAGE!!! so you can communicate with me.

Why can't people see how ridiculous this is?!

Only in America ....if you agree, pass it on (in English). Share it if you see the value of it.

If not blow it off......... along with your future Social Security funds, and a lot of other things.

Bush Bumper Stickers

2007-01-19T19:21:00.000-05:00

You may have seen these bumper stickers (below). some are quite good:

1) 1/20/09: End of an Error
2)   That's OK, I Wasn't Using My Civil Liberties Anyway
3)   Let's Fix Democracy in This Country First
4)   If You Want a Nation Ruled By Religion, Move to Iran
5)   Bush. Like a Rock. Only Dumber.
6)   You Can't Be Pro-War And Pro-Life
7)   If You Can Read This, You're Not the President
8)   Hey Bush Supporter: Embarrassed Yet?
9)   George Bush: Creating the Terrorists Our Kids Will Have to Fight
10)  Nice War, Jackass
11)  America: One Nation, Under Surveillance
12) They Call Him "W" So He Can Spell It
13) Which God Do You Kill For?
13.a) Cheney/Satan '08
13.b) Cheney/Voldemort '08
14)   Jail to the Chief
15)   George W. Bush Deserves a Fair Trial
16)   1/20/09: Hang In There, America!
17)   Who Would Jesus Torture?
18)   No, Seriously, Why Did We Invade Iraq?
19)   Bush: God's Way of Proving Intelligent Design is Full of Crap
20)   So Many Christians, So Few Lions
21)   When Fascism Comes to America, It Will Be Wrapped in a Flag carrying a Cross (Sinclair Lewis)
22)   It Takes More Than a Chrome Fish, Pa
23)   Bad President! No Banana.
24)   We Need a President Who's Fluent in At Least One Language (Buck Henry)
25)   We're Making Enemies Faster than We Can Kill Them
26)   Rich Man's War, Poor Man's Blood
27)   Is It Vietnam Yet?
28)   Bush Doesn't Care About White People, Either
29)   You Elected Him. You Deserve Him.
30)   I Really, Really, Really, Really Hate Bush
31)   Impeach Cheney First
32)   W=Nixon 2.0
33)   When Bush Took Office, Gas Was $1.46
34)   Already Against the Next War
35)   Pray For Impeachment
36)   The Republican Party: Our Bridge to the 11th Century
37)   What Part of "Bush Lied" Don't You Understand?
38)   Bush Lost Iraq. Deal With It
39)   Bush Never Exhaled
40)   Nostalgia: Nixon Resigns

41) Somewher In Texas A Village Is Missing Its Idiot

Obamation ?

2007-01-18T20:57:00.001-05:00

Obama And The Middle East

By Joshua Frank

18 January, 2006
Countercurrents.org

So I guess we know what the buzz is going to be for the next, ah, year or so. It looks like Barack Obama, the rookie Senator from Illinois, is going to run for president. He has received a plethora of accolades from key primary states in recent weeks for his (alleged) tenacity and willingness to shoot it straight -- not unlike the great bamboozler before him, Bill Clinton, who seemed to fool most everyone into believing his words actually meant something

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A Pale Blue Dot

2007-01-18T20:57:00.000-05:00

A Pale Blue Dot

http://www.bigskyastroclub.org:80/pale_blue_dot.htm

Does High-Fructose Corn Syrup Have To Be In Everything?

2007-01-18T20:22:00.000-05:00

Does High-Fructose Corn Syrup Have To Be In Everything?

by Wilton D. Alston
by Wilton D. Alston

DIGG THIS

In her recent article on cholesterol, Karen De Coster provided information that should be beneficial to anyone interested in staying healthy. In this piece I want to address a similar issue. The title says it all. Why, in the name of health, do so many foods marketed to the U.S. public include high fructose corn syrup? Even the most cursory search of the many health sites on the Internet yield a veritable cornucopia of negative information about this stuff.

The Usual Suspect Again

Of course the culprit for the presence of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in all sweetened foods in the U.S. is the state. The mechanism is the incredibly high tariff on sugar produced in other countries. The U.S. government would rather force manufacturers to use inferior and hazardous high fructose corn syrup, which can be created from corn a crop grown in the U.S. than allow them to use more natural sugar from places that seem rather obvious. I dont know about you, but when I think of sugar, I think of sugar cane in South America, but when the USDA thinks of sugar, apparently they think of cornfields in Nebraska!

But Really, Who Cares?

What if corn sweetener is just as good as sugar from cane in South America? Wouldnt it make sense to support our "local" producers? Well, no, not with legislation. If corn sweetener were really better than cane sugar, legislation artificially inflating our price for cane sugar would not be needed. Read that sentence again, because that is about the size of it. Whenever the state gets involved to force the market to take a particular path it is only because the path chosen by the state would not otherwise be taken by anyone intelligent enough to decide on his own. Period.

On the other hand, what if corn sweetener is not just as good as sugar from cane? Well, Houston, then we have a problem! According to experts such as Mehmet Oz and Michael Roisen, high-fructose corn syrup is a horrible sweetener. In their landmark book, "You: The Owners Manual," they state:

"One of the biggest evil influences on our diet is the presence of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a sugar substitute that itself is a sugar found in soft drinks and many other sweet, processed foods. The problem is that HCFS inhibits leptin secretion, so you never get the message that youre full. And it never shuts off gherin, so, even though you have food in your stomach, you constantly get the message that youre hungry." (See page 192.)

With apologies to the Church Lady, "Well, isnt that special?" So the state forces us to consume a sweetener thats obviously not as good for us, just so their constituents can sell more, make more money, and vote en bloc for the legislator who visits this evil on the rest of us. Sounds like yet another example of misplaced incentives.

Other Sweeteners Same Problem

Those of us who are "into" health know all about stevia. This is a very powerful natural sweetener, extracted from South American plants much as sugar is extracted from cane. One can find stevia in health food stores, but it is not allowed as an ingredient in processed foods. Why not? The typical statist would say "because it is not shown to be proven safe and effective" which is FDA-speak for "because we didnt say you could use it." Call me a conspiracy realist, but I doubt that "safe and effective" had much to do with the FDA deciding to ban stevia. Nothing drives this point home better than this little tidbit: the FDA initially labeled stevia as an "unsafe food additive" after an anonymous complaint. (Yes, an anonymous complaint!) You simply cannot make this stuff up.

But stevia has been used by other cultures for thousands of years with no ill effects. Yes, thousands of years. If its so dangerous, why are we in the U.S. alone on Earth in recognizing the danger? In Japan the government will not allow artificial sweeteners in soft drinks, so they use stevia instead. In fact, it accounts for 40% of the Japanese sweetener market. In the U.S. the government wont allow stevia, but we get a heaping helping of Aspartame, Sucralose, and all manner of other chemical junk. Where is the logic? (Maybe I should just follow the money.) Interestingly, many of the sweetening chemicals we're allowed to have as additives come with warning labels, by the way, so the government considers it established that there are health problems with those.

Conclusion

The decisions we each make about what we eat are some of the most basic ones we'll ever encounter. But in the case of HFCS just as one example we in the U.S. arent given that choice. The FDA claims to "protect" us from snake-oil salesmen of every stripe, yet when it comes to being able to choose an item of food that is among the most basic and prevalent in any diet, economic considerations trump safety. From my standpoint, while this about par for the course, it is still darned unsettling.

What will it take to reverse the tide?

January 17, 2007

Wilt Alston [send him mail] lives in Rochester, NY, with his wife and three children. When hes not training for a marathon or furthering his part-time study of libertarian philosophy, he works as a principal research scientist in transportation safety, focusing primarily on the safety of subway and freight train control systems.

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Bush Seizes Control Over State Militias

2007-01-18T14:43:00.000-05:00

Bush Seizes Control Over State Militias

Progress.org |January 18, 2007
Kavan Peterson

A little-noticed change in federal law packs an important change in who is in charge the next time a state is devastated by a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina.

To the dismay of the nation's governors, the White House now will be empowered to go over a governor's head and call up National Guard troops to aid a state in time of natural disasters or other public emergencies. Up to now, governors were the sole commanders in chief of citizen soldiers in local Guard units during emergencies within the state.

A conflict over who should control Guard units arose in the days after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. President Bush sought to federalize control of Guardsmen in Louisiana in the chaos after the hurricane, but Gov. Kathleen Blanco (D) refused to relinquish command.

Over objections from all 50 governors, Congress in October changed the 200-year-old Insurrection Act to empower the hand of the president in future stateside emergencies. In a letter to Congress, the governors called the change "a dramatic expansion of federal authority during natural disasters that could cause confusion in the command-and-control of the National Guard and interfere with states' ability to respond to natural disasters within their borders."

The change adds to tensions between governors and the White House after more than four years of heavy federal deployment of state-based Guard forces to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since the 2001 terrorist attacks, four out of five guardsmen have been sent overseas in the largest deployment of the National Guard since World War II. Shortage of the Guard's military equipment -- such as helicopters to drop hay to snow-stranded cattle in Colorado -- also is a nagging issue as much of units' heavy equipment is left overseas and unavailable in case of a natural disaster at home.

A bipartisan majority of both chambers of Congress adopted the change as part of the budget-busting, 439-page, $538 billion 2007 so-called Defense Authorization Bill signed into law last October.

The nation's governors through the National Governors Association (NGA) successfully lobbied to defeat a broader proposal to give the president power to federalize Guard troops even without invoking the Insurrection Act. But the passage that became law also "disappointed" governors because it expands federal power and could cause confusion between state and federal authorities trying to respond to an emergency situation, said David Quam, an NGA homeland security advisor.

"Governors need to be focused on assisting their citizens during an emergency instead of looking over their shoulders to see if the federal government is going to step in," Quam said.

Under the U.S. Constitution, each state's National Guard unit is controlled by the governor in time of peace but can be called up for federal duty by the president. The National Guard employs 444,000 part-time soldiers between its two branches: the Army and Air National Guards.

The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 forbids U.S. troops from being deployed on American soil for law enforcement. The one exception is provided by the Insurrection Act of 1807, which lets the president use the military only for the purpose of putting down rebellions or enforcing constitutional rights if state authorities fail to do so. Under that law, the president can declare an insurrection and call in the armed forces. The act has been invoked several times in the past 50 years, including in 1957 to desegregate schools and in 1992 during riots in south central Los Angeles after the acquittal of police who were caught on videotape beating Rodney King.

Congress changed the Insurrection Act to list "natural disaster, epidemic, or other serious public health emergency, terrorist attack or incident" as conditions under which the president can deploy U.S. armed forces and federalize state Guard troops if he determines that "authorities of the state or possession are incapable of maintaining public order."

Mark Smith, spokesperson for the Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, said local and state emergency responders know what their communities need during a crisis better than officials in Washington.

"The president should not be able to step in and take control of the National Guard without a governor's consent. The Guard belongs to the states, has always belonged to the states and should remain a function of the states," Smith said.

The Lies Of The Lie Detector

2007-01-18T12:56:00.000-05:00

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Iran Shoots Down U.S. Spy Drone Amid Growing Military Pressure

2007-01-18T12:47:00.000-05:00

Iran Shoots Down U.S. Spy Drone Amid Growing Military Pressure

chinaview.cn | January 17, 2007
Liang Youchang

Iranian troops have shot down a U.S. pilotless spy plane recently, an Iranian lawmaker announced on Tuesday as the Islamic Republic was facing increasing military pressure from its arch rival -- the United States.

The aircraft was brought down when it was trying to cross the borders "during the last few days," Seyed Nezam Mola Hoveizeh, a member of the parliament, was quoted by the local Fars News Agency as saying.

The lawmaker gave no exact date of the shooting-down or any other details about the incident, but he said that "the United States sent such spy drones to the region every now and then."

SECOND U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER

The announcement came amid reports that the United States is increasingly flexing its muscles to counter Iran's growing regional assertiveness and put more pressure on Tehran over its controversial nuclear programs.

It was reported Tuesday that a second U.S. aircraft carrier, the USS John C. Stennis, will arrive in the Middle East in about one month, the first time since the U.S.-led Iraq war in 2003 that the United States will have two carrier battle groups in the region.

The USS John C. Stennis, a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered carrier that has a capacity for 5,000 sailors, is scheduled to sail Tuesday from its home port of Bremerton, Washington, said Commander Kevin Aandahl of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain.

In about one month, the USS John C. Stennis, including an air wing of more than 80 tactical aircraft, will join Fifth Fleet forces that includes aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

"This demonstrates our resolve to do what we can to bring security and stability to the region ... (and) dissuade others from acting counter to our national interest," Aandahl said.

U.S. President George W. Bush announced earlier this month that the United States was taking other steps to beef up security of Iraq and protect U.S. interests in the Middle East, such as sending an additional aircraft carrier to the Gulf and deploying Patriot air defense systems to the region.

HARSH REMARKS AGAINST IRAN

The latest move comes just one day after new U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates made harsh remarks against Iran, indicating that Iran's perception of U.S. vulnerability in the region was part of the reason the Pentagon sent the aircraft carrier and the Patriot missiles.

"The Iranians are acting in a very negative way in many respects," Gates told reporters on Monday after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Brussels.

"The Iranians clearly believe that we are tied down in Iraq, that they have the initiative, that they are in a position to press us in many ways," Gates said.

Gates also said that the deployment of Patriot air defense systems and the second aircraft carrier in the Gulf region indicated the Bush administration's "reaffirmation" of the importance of the region, adding that stability in the region is in "long-term, strategic, vital interests" of the United States.

The United States accuses Iran of using its influence to meddle in the region, especially in Lebanon and Shiite-majority Iraq, besides seeking a nuclear weapon, which has been rejected by Iran.

In an interview with Fox News earlier the month, Vice President Dick Cheney said that Iran was "fishing in troubled waters" in Iraq, adding "we think it's very important that they keep their folks at home."

Meanwhile, U.S. forces are still holding five Iranians arrested in northern Iraq last week, who the United States says have been connected to an Iranian Revolutionary Guard faction that arms insurgents but Tehran says are merely consular staff.

In a show of defiance, an Iranian government spokesman said on Monday that the country was pushing ahead with its plan to install at least 3,000 centrifuges for nuclear fuel production.

When It Is Ok To Use The "F" Word

2007-01-18T12:45:00.000-05:00

When It Is Ok To Use The "F" Word

Claim: Bin Laden Told Hamza Al-Qaeda Not Behind 9/11

2007-01-18T12:44:00.000-05:00

Claim: Bin Laden Told Hamza Al-Qaeda Not Behind 9/11
Statement dovetails with Osama's previous attempts to distance himself from attack responsibility

Prison Planet | January 18, 2007
Paul Joseph Watson

A claim attributed to a friend of one of the six men accused of plotting to detonate bombs on London's underground tube system on July 21 2005, suggests that Osama bin Laden personally told hook handed cleric Abu Hamza that Al-Qaeda was not behind the attacks of September 11, 2001.

The London Independent today reports that Steven Bentley, a school friend of accused would-be suicide bomber Yassin Omar, was told by Omar that he did not think Bin Laden was behind 9/11. Omar based his conclusion on what he was told by extremist London cleric Abu Hamza, currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for soliciting murder and inciting racial hatred, who had personally met Bin Laden.

Bin Laden's apparent attempt to distance himself from involvement in 9/11 dovetails with statements made shortly after the event in which he told a Pakistani newspaper that he was not involved in the attacks.

"I have already said that I am not involved in the 11 September attacks in the United States," Bin Laden told Ummat , "As a Muslim, I try my best to avoid telling a lie. I had no knowledge of these attacks, nor do I consider the killing of innocent women, children and other humans as an appreciable act. Islam strictly forbids causing harm to innocent women, children and other people. Such a practice is forbidden even in the course of a battle."

The supposed Osama "confession video" in which the terrorist leader discusses how the attacks were carried out has been widely debunked as a hoax . On closer analysis, the individual in the tape is clearly not Bin Laden and he makes statements completely inconsistent with Bin Laden's previous public comments. Other so-called Al-Qaeda tapes have been directly traced back to the Pentagon and Donald Rumsfeld.

Though the information provided by Bentley is third or fourth hand, it makes interesting reading nonetheless when compared with previous statements from individuals with close ties to Bin Laden

The White House regularly intones that critics of President Bush are in some way aiding the enemy but it was not until recently that the media picked up on a similar tack in trying to smear anyone who questions the official version of 9/11 as being sympathetic with Al-Qaeda or even a recruiting aid for terrorists.

One day after the alleged liquid bomb plot to simultaneously blow up ten transatlantic airliners, CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour blamed alternative documentaries about 9/11 for radicalizing many Muslims in England and around the world, and leading them to 'succumb to conspiracy theories.'

Reverse 9-11

2007-01-18T11:41:00.000-05:00

Going to Lidles plane crash, I didnt know at first but had my doubts if this crash had illuminati/NWO hallmarks. I looked at the day, month and year and came up with this crazy coincidence or is it?
On a piece of paper write down the month, day and year of the Lidle plane crash. 10-11-06 right? Well, when you flip the numbers upside down you get 90-11-01. Remember in numerology 0s mean nothing. Flipping the numbers is a sneaky occult habit since the mirror is used as a portal to the spirit world by most occultists. Just like the mirror in the Lion Witch and the Wardrobe and the mirror in the movie Constantine. After I did that I thought, could it be they staged the mini version of the 9/11 attacks on us and we didnt even realize a thing?

Just flipping the numbers upside down reveal 9/11/2001 just to put it on the record. Then I thought since elite love putting 666s in their phone numbers and addresses, lets see if the address of this event may tell more. The plane crash happened on 72nd St in Manhattan at the apartment with the address 524 72nd St. Ok lets see 5+2+4=11, now lets take 72st, 7+2=9. Hmmm 11-9 and you have another backwards 9/11. Oh well I guess its just coincidence.

Time Out Blog

2007-01-17T23:45:00.002-05:00

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Former CIA Man Latest To Connect LBJ To JFK Assassination

2007-01-17T23:45:00.001-05:00

Former CIA Man Latest To Connect LBJ To JFK Assassination Testimony In Upcoming Book Echoes Claims Of Brown, McClellan In Fingering Johnson As Key Conspirator

Paul Joseph Watson / Prison Planet | January 15, 2007

A former CIA agent has gone public with his conviction that former President Lyndon Baines Johnson was directly connected to the JFK assassination and its cover-up, echoing the claims of others close to LBJ at the time who have also blown the whistle on Johnson's complicity in the murder.

E. Howard Hunt, a former CIA agent who organized the Watergate break-in, earning him the name "plumber" states in his book, American Spy: My Secret History in the CIA, Watergate & Beyond, due out in April, that "LBJ had the money and the connections to manipulate the scenario in Dallas and is on record as having convinced JFK to make the appearance in the first place."

"He further tried unsuccessfully to engineer the passengers of each vehicle, trying to get his good buddy, Gov. [John] Connolly, to ride with him instead of in JFK's car - where...he would have been out of danger," writes Hunt.

Hunt concludes, "Having Kennedy liquidated, thus elevating himself to the presidency without having to work for it himself, could have been a very tempting and logical move on Johnson's part."

The 88-year-old Hunt is just the latest figure who would have been in a position to know to directly implicate President Johnson in the 1963 Dealy Plaza murder.

The night before the Kennedy assassination, Lyndon Baines Johnson met with Dallas tycoons, FBI moguls and organized crime kingpins - emerging from the conference to tell his mistress Madeleine Duncan Brown that "those SOB's" would never embarrass him again.

Though Brown first went public on her 21-year relationship with Johnson in the early 80's, to this day her shocking revelations about how he had told her the Kennedy's "would never embarrass me again" the night before the assassination are often ignored by the media who prefer to keep the debate focused on issues which can't definitively be proven either way (or at least can be spinned and whitewashed).

In addition, Barr McClellan, father of former White House press secretary Scott McClellan and a partner in the Austin law firm that represented Johnson, wrote in his 2003 book that LBJ was a key player in the organization of the assassination and its cover-up. McClellan's revelations were the subject of a subsequent History Channel documentary called The Guilty Men.

Below you can watch the History Channel documentary that was banned for fingering LBJ as the principle conspirator in the plot to kill Kennedy as well as numerous other political assassinations. The History Channel caved and were forced to apologize after Johnson's widow, Lady Bird Johnson, Warren Commission member and former President Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter immediately complained and threatened legal action.

The testimony of Brown, McClellan, and others remains and has not changed over the course of time. Hunt's revelations only add weight to the overwhelming case for a coup de'tat.

InauguRELLGate Scandal Not Going Away

2007-01-17T23:45:00.000-05:00

Sunday, January 14, 2007

InauguRELLGate Scandal Not Going Away

The events surrounding the arrest of freelance journalist and Green Party candidate Cliff Throrton's former campaign manager Ken Krayeske at Governor Rell's inaugural parade is still generating interest (as well as concern) on the blogs as well as in the mainstream media.

I caught up with Krayeske in Hartford yesterday and hopefully, I'll be able to have an interview with Krayeske's attorney Norm Pattis very soon. In the meantine, on Fox 61, Beyond the Headlines, State Rep. Mike Lawlor, Attorney Pattis and AP "reporter" Sue Haigh had a roundtable discussion on the matter.

Pattis also wrote on op-ed in today's Hartford Courant about the dangers of a "secret list" and it's worth a read.

"License and registration, please?" The officer stands beside your car. Behind you, his cruiser lights are flashing. Other motorists slow down to gawk. Your heart pounds.

"What have I done?" you ask. The officer explains that you ran a stop sign several blocks back. You never saw the sign, but no matter. It will be a small fine and off you will go. Everyone makes simple mistakes from time to time.

The officer takes your license and registration to his car. He enters your name into a database linked to his car by computer. A message flashes across his screen:

WARNING - APPROACH WITH CAUTION

THIS INDIVIDUAL IS ASSOCIATED WITH TERRORISM ...

USE CAUTION AND IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THE TERRORIST SCREENING CENTER AT (866) 872-9001 FOR ADDITIONAL DIRECTION.

Your plans for the evening have changed. You are now on a federal radar, listed and tagged as a potential threat. Your name is part of the FBI's Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization File (VGTOF). Will you go home, or to a jail cell?

How did your name get on the list? You don't know. You may never know. Perhaps you were seen at an antiwar rally. Or perhaps you contributed money to a candidate or cause that some anonymous soul views as suspect. Like it or not, however, every law enforcement officer in the country now need only log onto his computer to learn that you are a suspect.

We saw how innocent acts become crimes at the inaugural parade for Gov. M. Jodi Rell this month. Ken Krayeske, a free-lance journalist, law student and former campaign director for Green Party gubernatorial candidate Cliff Thornton, was arrested there and charged with breach of peace and interfering with a police officer. Why? He was taking pictures of the parade.

Of course, that is no crime. But before the parade began, Hartford police officers were told by the Connecticut Intelligence Center and the Connecticut State Police Central Intelligence Unit that a number of political activists posed a threat to the governor.

These intelligence groups are part of the new state-federal security network that is sharing information about all manner of things that can go bump in the night. The state police had photographs of the activists listed as threats. Krayeske's picture was among them.

Ken Krayeske was not arrested for taking pictures. He was arrested because he was on a list of potential threats. His innocent conduct took on a sinister cast when viewed through the secret lens of suspicion.

The state police deny maintaining any such lists. I suspect the denials are a mere linguistic trick. The state may not maintain a list. The lists of who is naughty and who is nice are most likely in federal hands. State lawmakers can hold all the hearings they want in Hartford to find out about these lists and they will learn almost nothing. State law enforcement officials are merely participating in federally managed and funded programs designed, we are told, to protect the security of this, our blessed homeland.

[...]

These lists are dangerous and easily misused. Was Ken Krayeske arrested because he had threatened to attend the gubernatorial ball and protest? Or because he once questioned why Gov. Rell refused to demand that gubernatorial debates be open to all candidates?

I did not pledge allegiance to a national-security state. We proclaim in the federal Constitution's preamble that "we the people" created government for limited ends, to assure our life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

"Live free or die," read license plates in New Hampshire. These are words to live by. When did we yield the freedom to be let alone to bureaucrats who decide without meaningful review who is and is not a threat? More important, who regulates the men and women sitting up nights deciding who among us to include on lists that can transform innocent conduct into crimes?

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2007-01-09T17:16:00.000-05:00

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US Launches Air Strikes In Somalia

2007-01-09T07:30:00.000-05:00

US Launches Air Strikes In Somalia

The US military has launched air strikes against fighters in Somalia, saying they are suspected members of al-Qaeda.

Abdirahman Dinari, a Somalia government spokesman, confirmed the offensive on Tuesday.

A US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said at least one AC-130 gunship was used in the attack.

Dinari told AFP: "We know that a US gunship raided targets of al-Qaeda in southern Somalia sometime yesterday afternoon.

"The target was a small village called Badel where the terrorists were hiding. And the gunship did hit on the exact target."

Dinari said there were casualities from the raids.

"Absolutely a lot of people were killed. So many dead people were lying in the area, but we do not know who is who, but the raid was a success," Dinari said.

Ali Jama, the information minister, said the attacks hit more than one target.

"The information we have is that a few other places were hit near the Kenyan borders during the US raids," he said.

"Many people were killed and I think the terrorists were eliminated."

Targets

CBS television network said the targets included the senior al-Qaada leader in East Africa and an al-Qaeda operative wanted for his involvement in the 1998 bombings of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

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Air Force AC-130 gunships are heavily armed aircraft with elaborate sensors that can go after discreet targets - day or night. They are operated by the special operations command and have been used heavily against the Taliban in Afghanistan.

US navy vessels have been deployed off the coast of Somalia to make sure al-Qaeda or allied activists do not escape the country, the US state department has said.

US officials said after the September 11, 2001, attacks that extremists with ties to al-Qaeda operated a training camp at Ras Kamboni in Somalia and that al-Qaeda members are believed to have visited it.

The alleged mastermind of the 1998 US embassy bombings in East Africa, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, escaped to Ras Kamboni, according to testimony from one of the convicted bombers.

The 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania killed more than 250 people. The 2002 attack on an Israeli-owned hotel in Kenya killed 15.

113 UNIVERSITIES, VA HOSPITALS, AND PHARMACEUTICAL HOUSES CHARGED WITH REFUSING TO REVEAL BIOTECH RESEARCH OPS AS REQUIRED BY LAW

2007-01-08T13:34:00.000-05:00

113 UNIVERSITIES, VA HOSPITALS, AND PHARMACEUTICAL HOUSES CHARGED WITH REFUSING TO REVEAL BIOTECH RESEARCH OPS AS REQUIRED BY LAW

Infowars.com | January 8, 2007 Sherwood Ross

Some 113 university, government, hospital and corporate laboratories engaged in research often with potential to be used for germ warfare have refused to disclose their operations to the public as required by Federal rules, a nonprofit watchdog agency has charged.

Instead of shutting their operations down, however, the National Institutes of Health(NIH), of Bethesda, Md., the government agency tasked with oversight of these laboratories, allows them to continue to operate, a peculiar stance for an entity that describes itself as "the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation."

From California to New Jersey and from Boston to San Antonio, often in the heart of major centers of population, biological warfare labs lavishly financed with their share of about $20-billion by the Bush administration since 2001 are literally crawling with deadly germs from Spanish flu to plague to anthrax to tularemia to rift valley fever. Reportedly,in some of the laboratories security is lax and safety procedures inadequate to protect the public from exposure to deadly pathogens.

Under U.S. law, recipients of Federal funds for biotech research must comply with guidelines issued by the NIH. These include making available to the public the minutes of the labs' Institutional Biosafety Committees(IBC)meetings, describing their operations and plans. In a number of instances, these IBC's have never bothered to hold a meeting. In other cases, the minutes they furnish are devoid of substance.

Basically, their operations in many cases are being kept secret, according to watchdog Sunshine Project of Austin, Tex., a nonprofit that attempts to protect the public from the risks of biotechnology experiments. The 1972 Biological Weapons Convention(BWC), which the US signed, prohibits research on offensive biological weapons. If the work is performed in secret, however, weapons designed for offensive use could be concealed. In the 1930s, the Japanese military masked its secret germ warfare scheme as a water purification project.

As the government-funded labs engage in "dual-use research," (pathogen research having both offensive and defensive applications), Sunshine's Edward Hammond reports he "has encountered grave problems with the system." These include "risky experiments approved with dubious safety precautions and/or inadequate IBC review, dysfunctional and otherwise noncompliant committees, and other types of biosafety problems."

Francis Boyle, an international legal expert at the University of Illinois, Champaign , puts it more bluntly. He called the in-house university committees "a joke and a fraud" that provide "no protection to anyone." Boyle, who drafted the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989 enacted by Congress, states the Pentagon "is now gearing up to fight and 'win' biological warfare" pursuant to two Bush national strategy directives adopted "without public knowledge and review" in 2002. Last November 7th, Hammond lodged a complaint with Dr. Amy Patterson, director of the Office of Biotechnology Activities at NIH, citing 113 institutions "for non-compliance with the NIH Guidelines," specifically for refusing to honor requests for IBC meeting minutes. "Honoring these requests is not only mandatory under the NIH Guidelines that you are charged with enforcing (but) transparency is also a moral duty of institutions that conduct research, such as rDNA and select agent work that could endanger the public," Hammond added. He wrote Patterson, "Failing prompt compliance by these institutions we note that your office must do its duty under NIH Guidelines and terminate funding."

NIH's Dr. Patterson apparently had troubles of her own obtaining information from labs on the Federal payroll. On Dec. 6, 2004, she issued a "reminder" to universities engaged in research that stated "compliance with the NIH Guidelines is critical to the safe conduct of research and to the fulfillment of an institutional commitment to the protection of staff, the environment, and public health."

Since 9/11, biotech houses, military laboratories, and State and private universities across America, and others sited in Canada, Australia, and South Africa, have collectively lapped up record sums in Federal R&D dollars.

How big is this enterprise? At just one venue, the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research(SFBR) in San Antonio, Tex., there are 6,000 caged chimpanzees, baboons, and other primates, Sunshine reports, whose upkeep alone costs U.S. taxpayers $6-million annually. SFBR genetically engineers monkeys and harbors some of the world's most dangerous viruses such as Ebola and Lassa, authorities state.

Again, the Battelle National Biodefense Institute(BNBI) of Columbus, Ohio, has just received a $250-million, five-year award from the Department of Homeland Security to run the new biodefense analysis center under construction at Fort Detrick, Md., according to The Washington Post of December 25, 2006. Earlier, on July 30th of last year, The Post reported much of what transpires at the center may never be publicly known as the Bush administration "intends to operate the facility largely in secret."

Battelle also does not maintain an effective IBC, Sunshine charges. "Some of the resarch falls within what many arms-control experts say is a legal gray zone, skirting the edges of an international treaty outlawing the production of even small amounts of biological weapons," The Post reported. "The administration dismisses these concerns, however, insisting that the work...is purely defensive and thus fully legal. It has rejected calls for oversight by independent observers outside the (Homeland Security) Department's network of government scientists and contractors."

The paper quoted Milton Leitenberg, a weapons expert at the University of Maryland stating, "If we saw others doing this kind of research, we would view it as an infringement of the bioweapons treaty. You can't go around the world yelling about Iranian and North Korean programs ---about which we know very little ---when we've got all this going on." The Post reported the operation would encompass about 160,000 gross square feet of working area and accommodate a staff of about 120. The Post noted, "Fort Detrick's history as the incubator of germ warfare research casts a long shadow over the new lab. When the fort held the Pentagon's very highly classified and long abandoned biological warfare program, it was a magnet for antiwar protests in the Vietnam War era." In such labs, scientists can create new strains of disease for which those attacked would have no ready defense. Such weapons, once loosed, are notoriously difficult to control, and could ignite epidemics to sicken and terrify civilian populations.

Hammond believes there are about 400 bioweapons agents labs across the U.S., some of which encounter unexpected difficulty when they try to comply with the law.

David Perlin, president of the Public Health Research Institute(PHRI) of Newark, N.J., told Sunshine the FBI requested PHRI to enter into an agreement with them to "not publicly disclose which specific select agent pathogens and/or strains are stored at our facility."

Those who tend to dismiss NIH's laxity about enforcing its own regulations have only to recall the October, 2001, anthrax attacks on Congress and the media. The deadly strain released is believed to have come from a U.S. germ warfare lab at Fort Detrick although there is no certainty as the FBI has never solved the murders. Since then, the vast proliferation of such labs by the Bush Administration has educated many new employees --- in some cases undergraduate students --- in germ warfare ops. Four employees at Fort Detrick are known to have died after performing lab work. Lack of transparencey is cause for concern if only because of the history of secret CIA and Pentagon experiments in germ warfare that used the American people as guinea pigs. In " Rogue State," (Common Courage Press) reporter William Blum noted those agencies over two decades "conducted tests in the open air in the United States, exposing millions of Americans to large clouds of possibly dangerous bacteria and chemical particles."

Between 1949 and 1969, the Army tested the spread of dangerous chemical and bacterial organisms over 239 U.S. populated areas including San Francisco, New York and Chicago with no warnings to the public or regard for the health consequences, Blum wrote. The Pentagon even sprayed navy warships to test the impact of germ warfare on U.S. sailors. Even deadlier cocktails were secretly provided to dictator Saddam Hussein for his war of aggression against Iran. Washington denied supplying them but as Robert Fisk reported in Great Britain's "The Independent" last December 31st, "prior to 1985 and afterwards, US companies had sent government-approved shipments of biological agents to Iraq," including anthrax. Fisk gives this eye-witness account of what he saw on a military hospital train carrying stricken men from the front back to Tehran:

"I found hundreds of Iranian soldiers coughing blood and mucus from their lungs --- the very carriages stank so much of gas that I had to open the windows--- and their arms and faces were covered with boils. Later, new bubbles of skin appeared on top of their original boils. Many were fearfully burnt. These same gases were later used on the Kurds of Halabja."

Thus, the Reagan administration, which escalated germ warfare research and allowed the sale of the pathogens to Hussein, took its place in the dark annals of military history along with Italy under Benito Mussolini, whose aviators dumped mustard gas on the Ethiopians and Japan under Emperor Hirohito, whose Imperial Army's germ warfare attacks killed thousands of Chinese civilians.

Because of their comparative cheapness to manufacture, biological weapons have been dubbed "the poor man's nuclear bomb." Yet their potential may be even deadlier.

Jeremy Rifkin, author of "The Biotech Century"(Penguin), noted a government study in 1993 found "the release of just 200 pounds of anthrax spores from a plane over Washington DC could kill as many as three-million people."

The secret operations of the labs' would be less ominous if the Bush administration hadn't led the fight to demolish the international inspection system. Jackie Cabasso, executive director of Western States Legal Foundation, Oakland, Calif., warned, "Last year (2001), the U.S. single-handedly blew apart an international system for inspections of these kinds of (biological) laboratories, a system that would have made great strides toward ensuring that biodefense labs aren't abused for offensive purposes. Having thumbed our nose at the world, the US is now massively expanding its biodefense program, mostly in secretive facilities."

According to Boyle, President Bush "sabotaged the Verification Protocol for the BWC" as it was on the verge of conclusion and success. He said the U.S. "fully intended to get back into the research, development and testing of illegal and criminal offensive biowarfare programs."

Boyle is the author of "Biowarfare and Terrorism," Clarity Press. And Elisa Harris, former arms control official under President Clinton, told The New York Times in 2003 "It (the administration's actions) will raise concerns in other capitals in part because the United States has fought tooth and nail to prevent the international community from strengthening the germ treaty."

Among pharmaceutical houses not in compliance with NIH disclosure requirements are Abbott Laboratories of Abbott Park and Worchester, Agencourt Bioscience Corp.; Antibody Science, Inc.; BASF Plant Science, Bristol-Myers Squibb and its Pharmaceutical Research Institute of Connecticut; Centocor, Inc.; Chiron; Discovery Genomics Inc.; DuPont Central Research and Development; Embrex, Inc.; Genentech, Inc., Genzyme Corp. of Cambridge and Framingham, Mass.; GlaxoSmithKline, Merck & Co., Inc. and its Rahway, N.J., research site; Integral Molecular; Introgen Therapeutics; L2 Diagnostics LLC; Merck & Co. Inc., West Point; Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, N.J.; Meridian Bioscience Inc.; Monsanto Co. Mystic, Conn.,research; New Link Genetics; NovaFlora, Inc.; NovoBiotic Pharmaceuticals; OSI Pharmaceuticals; Pfizer Inc., and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals of St. Louis, Roche Bioscience, Schering-Plough Research Institute; SelectX Pharmaceuticals; Serono Research Institution; Third Wave Technologies; and Vaxin, Inc. Federal entities involved include the Center for Disease Control, the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, VA hospitals in Stratton, Va.; the Jerry Pettis Memorial hospital and the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. Also, the Idaho National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Plum Island Animal Disease Center of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and Navy Medical Research Center.

Other fund recipients include AERAS Global TB Vaccine Foundation, Battelle, CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, Inc.; Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Children's National Medical Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Columbus Children's Research Institute, Hadassah Medical Organization, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration, and Scripps Clinic.

Among universities in non-compliance: Alabama A&M, Albany Medical College, Ball State, Brigham Young, Bucknell, Central Michigan, Drexel College of Medicine, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hunter College, Indiana State University, Purdue University, Loma Linda, Missouri State, New York Medical College, and Queens College of City University of New York.Also, Rider, Rockefeller University, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, South Dakota State University, St. John's University, State University of New York at Binghamton, Brockport, and Buffalo; Towson, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School(UMDNJ), and University Medical Center of Southern Nevada. Also, the universities of Arizona, California at San Francisco, Maryland, Massachusetts, Miami, Fla.; Mississippi; Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Southern Mississippi, Texas at Arlington and San Antonio, Tulsa, Utah State, Wake Forest, Washington University in St. Louis, Western Kentucky and Wilkes.

Foreign institutions include the University of Sydney, Australia; the University of British Columbia , and University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa . This listing covers most, but not all, of the names submitted to NIH by the Sunshine Project. Three years ago, Sunshine said if it had to pick the labs with the worst biosafety record-keeping, he would choose Princeton University, the University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas; the University of Vermont at Burlington and the University of Delaware at Newark.

Sunshine's Hammond said there has yet to be any formal response to his letter of last November from NIH. He added, "I doubt I will ever get one."

The NIH was asked to respond to the charges contained in this article but has yet not done so.

In sum, the costliest, most grandiose research scheme ever attempted having germ warfare capability is going forward today under President Bush and in apparent defiance of international treaties such as the Geneva Convention of 1925 that bans biological agents. What's more, where once the use of germ warfare was an isolated happenstance -- such as when an English general in 1767 gave smallpox-laced blankets to the Indians that decimated their tribes -- research in this grim area today suggests it has been elevated to an instrument of national policy. And this program, involving some of the world's deadliest and most loathsome pathogens, many of which could trigger plagues and epidemics, is being conducted largely in secret without adequate oversight and in flagrant contempt of NIH's own rules. Why?

Downtown Austin Closed After Dead Birds Found

2007-01-08T13:30:00.000-05:00

Downtown Austin Closed After Dead Birds Found

Houston Chronicle | January 8, 2007 LISA FALKENBERG

AUSTIN More than 10 blocks in downtown Austin leading up to the Capitol were shut down early today after officials found up to 60 dead grackles, sparrows and pigeons in the area, although the stretch was expected to reopen soon after no dangerous chemicals were detected.

"We do not feel there is a threat to the public health,'' said Adolfo Valadez, the medical director for Austin and Travis County Health and Human Services. The area was expected to reopen by noon, he added.

The closure - on the eve of the state's 80th legislative session - came after 40 to 60 carcasses were found overnight along Congress between Sixth and Eighth streets. There were no reports of humans harmed.

Police closed the main north-south route through downtown and all side streets for a block to the east and west while crews tested for environmental contaminants or gas or chlorine leaks, Austin Police spokeswoman Toni Chovanetz said.

Chovanetz would not discuss details or speculate on what could have killed the birds. She said it was the first time she could remember a large swath of downtown being shut down because of dead birds.

Grackles are common in Austin and considered a loud, messy nuisance. Like pigeons, they loiter in trees and structures, indiscriminately soiling anything or anyone unlucky enough to be below.

Valadez said at least one carcass was being tested locally and others were being shipped to the Centers for Disease Control and Texas A&M University for testing. It could be days or even weeks before the test results come back, he said.

Valadez said the tests will be looking for signs of poisoning or viral infections - though he said officials do not think bird flu is involved.

Another Reason To Support The Free Market Rather Than "Capitalism"

2006-12-26T18:46:00.000-05:00

Capitalism --- a work in progress. Does that mean at some point one person will own everything ? Does this influence how the members of Congress vote on bills, and where and when we go to war ? Are they mostly residents of the 2% factor--- H'mmm

Kevin

http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/144081/1/1893

Karl Rove, Thief And Dirty Trickster From Wa-y-y-y Back

2006-08-22T22:32:00.000-04:00

Karl Rove, Thief And Dirty Trickster From Wa-y-y-y Back

George W. Bush Betrays His Nation

2006-01-31T12:27:00.001-05:00

George W. Bush Betrays His Nation

01/30/2006 17:23

The US administration forgets about the propaganda of democracy if there is a chance to obtain profit

When George W. Bush was delivering his inaugural speech a year ago he emphasized the priorities of US policies during the second term of his presidency. The US President said that he would take efforts to struggle against tyrannical regimes all over the world. Brushing aside the debate about the notion of tyranny in the modern world, one can see that the US administration has achieved very little progress to keep the promise of US president.

The definition of democracy and totalitarian regimes has been a pet subject in the science of politics for ages. There is still no common opinion on the matter. One should choose a certain rough notion of democracy and tyranny to estimate the efficiency of the US-led foreign policies. Let us assume that democracy is a way of governing a nation which guarantees and observes human rights and gives people an opportunity to participate in the process of political decisions. Tyranny implies the concentration of power in the hands of only one person, while the rights of his nationals lose value absolutely.

The White House continues to proceed from the national interests, like any other state during any other historical epoch. Defending democracy in the whole world is not a priority for Bush and his administration.

Egypt, for example, held parliamentary and presidential elections in 2005. Washington is not likely to suspend the process of establishing a highly profitable cooperation with Egypt just because of the fact that an ardent fighter for democracy, Ayman Nur, has been jailed for five years there. Ayman Nur and a group of his followers were trying to create a democratic opposition for Egyptians, who see only one authoritarian leader in their country - Mubarak - and do not imagine anyone else at his place. Mr. Nur was propagandizing advantages of democracy with the help of the money that he received from the West, including the USA. If the Egyptian leader is waiting for a message from Condoleezza Rice in jail, he is definitely wasting his time.

Bush's attitude to the massacre in Darfur, Sudan, is another example of the USA's "success" in the fight for global democracy. When Osama bin Laden was hiding in Sudan, the USA did not think twice to launch missiles and drop bombs on the country. Nowadays, when the US administration spends billions of dollars to maintain the nation's military predominance, the American budget does not have any funds for a peacemaking operation in the region.

The US administration is unable to identify its preferences - democracy or national interests - on the post-Soviet space either. The opposition of Azerbaijan, for instance, failed to prove it to Washington that Ilkhan Aliyev was a dictator. The US administration apparently decided that friendly relations with Azerbaijan - the country that takes an important geopolitical position - are much more relevant than the criticism of Mr. Aliyev's regime.

The year after the repeated inauguration of George W. Bush has revealed serious flaws with democracy and observation of human rights in the USA. The struggle against the international terrorism is obviously a noble deed, although the use of tortures likens CIA officers to Al Qaeda bombers. Who knows, maybe the USA will be able to act better in bringing freedom to the "suppressed nations" as years of Bush's presidency go by. Discuss this article on Pravda.Ru English Forum

Latin America: Behind The Turmoil

2006-01-31T12:27:00.000-05:00

Latin America: Behind The Turmoil

Revolution #033, February 5, 2006, posted at revcom.us

From peasant uprisings to urban demonstrations, a storm of protests is brewing in Latin America. People are resisting the U.S. imposed neoliberal policies that have wreaked havoc in these countries and sunk them into even deeper poverty. They are seeking a way out.

The discontent and fury was evident in the November 2005 protests in Mar del Plata, Argentina, against the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA), and in several other countries at the same time. It was also evident in the mass movements that have ousted governments in Bolivia and Ecuador, and elected candidates that speak out against some of these imperialist measures.

The mass upheaval is in response to the failure of the neoliberal imperialist policies advocated by the United States, as well as Washington-dominated institutions such as the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and the World Bank which have led to the worst long-term economic failure in modern Latin American history.

"Free trade agreements" like NAFTA, and the privatization of basic necessities like water, have led to even more poverty and a lower standard of living in the region as a whole. For example, since 1980 Brazil's income per person has grown by less than one-half percent annually. The story is similar for Mexico, which doubled its income per person from 1960-1980 but has seen slow growth since then. Or take Bolivia, which has also been subject to IMF agreements and has done what Washington has ordered, including privatizing nearly everything that could be sold, even water. The country's per capita income today is actually lower than it was 25 years ago, 63 percent of Bolivians live below the poverty line, and the proportion is even higher in the countryside.

For the region as a whole, growth in GDP (or income) per person--one conventional measure of economic performance --was about 80 percent from 1960-1979, before the neoliberal plans. But growth was only 11 percent for 1980-1999 and a mere 3 percent for 2000-2004, after "free trade agreements" like NAFTA and IMF-imposed austerity measures.

A History Of Subjugation

The rise of U.S. imperialism was very much tied to the subjugation of Latin America. For more than 100 years the US has ruled the economic, political, and cultural life of many of these countries, whether though democratic governments or military juntas. And whenever there have been serious challenges to its domination, the U.S. has not hesitated to resort to the most brutal methods of repression: invasions, military coups, mass killings, disappearances, and assassinations.

The upheaval now in Latin America is threatening to U.S. imperialism, which cannot tolerate any challenge to its drive for world domination, and cannot allow nations any kind of real self- determination. This is what was behind the not so subtle threat by US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who on a visit to Paraguay in August 2005, told reporters, just four months before elections in Bolivia, that "There certainly is evidence that both Cuba and Venezuela have been involved in the situation in Bolivia in unhelpful ways." Not long after, on November 8, the Christian fascist Pat Robertson, who is close to the White House, said, "You know, I don't know about the doctrine of assassination, but if he [Chavez] thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war. And I don't think any oil shipments will stop." Any threats, political intervention, or military actions by the U.S. against governments in Latin America must be opposed.

U.S. military aggression in Latin America has a long history, and today, when the U.S. is waging an "endless war" for uncontested empire, it needs to tighten its economic hold on Latin America to better compete with its imperialist rivals who are making forays into what the U.S. considers its "backyard." Following his election to the presidency, Evo Morales traveled to Europe and Asia to talk trade with international energy companies in France and Spain and to work out trade agreements with China. Last year the U.S. government tried to stop the sale of Spanish military planes to Venezuela. The U.S. Ambassador to Spain, Eduardo Aguirre, told the Spanish government they could not sell the planes because they used some U.S. technology, but the sale was made anyway. The U.S. has also protested Russia's sale of thousands of AK-47s that the Venezuelan government bought to arm two million militias as part of its readiness plan in the event of a U.S. invasion. And Brazil has initiated trade agreements with South Africa, India, and China.

Faced with the desperate situation created by the imperialists, the people are seeking a way out of the poverty and exploitation that is crushing them. These are conditions that led to the uprising of the peasants in Chiapas on the eve of the signing of the NAFTA treaty in 1994. This is also why there are large movements of landless peasants in Brazil, as well as in Ecuador and Bolivia, and why in several countries workers are taking over abandoned factories.

Rising Forces In Conflict With U.S.

The rise to power of class forces that objectively are coming into conflict with the U.S. has been boosted by the rising of the mass struggle of people, the widespread sentiment against imperialist domination, and the just demand for national sovereignty and self-determination. (In the future articles, Revolution will have further analysis of the rise to power of these class forces - an analysis of their different programs and what kind of revolutionary communist program is required to really break free of imperialist domination.)

Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, Evo Morales in Bolivia, Lula in Brazil, and others advocate regional economic integration and forming trade blocs in order to strengthen their hand in the global market and in dealing with the IMF or the World Bank. On January 21, Venezuelas President Hugo Chavez, Argentinas President Nestor Kirchner, and Brazils President Lula da Silva announced plans to build a gas pipeline, which would run nearly the entire length of the South American continent. It will be one of the largest infrastructure projects in Latin American history. According to Chavez, the cost of building the pipeline would be carried largely by outside investors, such as firms from Asia.

Latin America as a whole is increasing trade and other relations with the European Union and China. This is especially the case for raw materials exporters like Brazil and Chile. Venezuela has forged probably the closest relations with China of any Latin American country, and is planning to sell increasing amounts of oil to China as part of its effort to reduce dependence on the U.S. government. Bolivia's President Evo Morales has said he would carry out a "reasonable" nationalization of key industries, while saying he would like international corporations to stay, but on better terms.

However, none of this will or can decisively break with the structural dependency that characterizes the relationship of oppressed countries in the world imperialist economy. The subordination of oppressed nations is a structural feature of the world imperialist system. This encompasses economic mechanisms leading to and reinforcing such dependency, as well as unequal relations of power and imperial structures of political control.

The better terms on imperialist investments that Evo Morales received from France and Spain, or the investment that Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina will get from outside investors for the pipeline, will still be a chain around the neck of the oppressed--because the same lopsidedness of global capitalism, with its laws, structures, governments and ideas that regulate commerce and all other aspect of life are still in place. So even though Brazil and Argentina have paid their debt to the IMF, they are still entangled and subjected in a million other ways to international finance capital and the institutions and mechanisms of imperialism.

When Lula campaigned for President, he proclaimed he would stand up to IMF demands and put the peoples interests first. But his governments budgetary and monetary policies have basically stayed within the bounds prescribed by the IMF. And the incredible inequality that characterizes Brazilian society, especially the obscene concentration of land ownership in the countryside, has hardly been touched. Lula has promoted the interests of large Brazilian agro-business and much of the landless peasant movement has sharply criticized him.

This is not fundamentally a question of Lulas intentions or honesty. There are more determining forces: the larger world-economic and imperial geopolitical framework within which these regimes must operate, the ways in which imperialist domination is deeply embedded in these societies and economies, and the particular class interests represented and served by such reformist and populist politicians. Brazil is highly dependent on the imperialists for advanced technology, and its military has historically been shaped by U.S. weapons sales and training programs.

One outrageous example of U.S. imperial domination and arrogance is the account of how U.S. trade representative Robert Zellick told president-elect Lula that if Brazil strayed too far from U.S. plans for free markets in the Americas, he would find himself having "to export to Antarctica."

Recent political developments in Latin America reveal the deep faultlines of poverty and inequality. They reveal the dismal failure of U.S.-backed adjustment programs. And they reveal the tremendous discontent of the great majority of the population. The question is: will, and how can, this discontent be channeled into a struggle of the masses to really break free of imperialist domination?

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NBA, NFL Or NHL?

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NBA, NFL Or NHL? 36 have been accused of spousal abuse 7 have been arrested for fraud 19 have been accused of writing bad checks 117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses 3 have done time for assault 71, repeat 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit 14 have been arrested on drug-related charges 8 have been arrested for shoplifting 21 currently are defendants in lawsuits. and 84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year Can you guess which organization this is? Give up yet? . . . Scroll down, citizen !

It's the 535 members of the United States Congress. The same group of idiots that crank out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line. You gotta pass this one on.

Who "Owns" The Federal Reserve

2005-11-23T16:21:00.001-05:00

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Chart Of Who "Owns" The Federal Reserve

Chart 1

Federal Reserve Directors: A Study of Corporate and Banking Influence

Published 1976

Chart 1 reveals the linear connection between the Rothschilds and the Bank of England, and the London banking houses which ultimately control the Federal Reserve Banks through their stockholdings of bank stock and their subsidiary firms in New York. The two principal Rothschild representatives in New York, J. P. Morgan Co., and Kuhn,Loeb & Co. were the firms which set up the Jekyll Island Conference at which the Federal Reserve Act was drafted, who directed the subsequent successful campaign to have the plan enacted into law by Congress, and who purchased the controlling amounts of stock in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 1914. These firms had their principal officers appointed to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Federal Advisory Council in 1914. In 1914 a few families (blood or business related) owning controlling stock in existing banks (such as in New York City) caused those banks to purchase controlling shares in the Federal Reserve regional banks. Examination of the charts and text in the House Banking Committee Staff Report of August, 1976 and the current stockholders list of the 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks show this same family control.

                                N.M. Rothschild , London - Bank of England                                  ______________________________________                                 |                                     |                                 |                           J. Henry Schroder                                       |                             Banking | Corp.                                 |                                     |                           Brown, Shipley - Morgan Grenfell - Lazard - |                            & Company        & Company       Brothers  |                                 |               |              |      |             --------------------|        -------|              |      |             |                   |        |      |              |      |  Alex Brown - Brown Bros. - Lord Mantagu - Morgan et Cie -- Lazard ---|   & Son      |  Harriman       Norman     |    Paris          Bros     |             |                   |        /      |            N.Y.     |             |                   |       |       |              |      |             |            Governor, Bank | J.P. Morgan Co -- Lazard ---|              |            of England    /  N.Y. Morgan       Freres    |                |            1924-1938    /   Guaranty Co.      Paris     |             |                        /    Morgan Stanley Co.  |      /              |                       /           |              \Schroder Bank                |                      /            |              Hamburg/Berlin             |                     /      Drexel & Company         /               |                    /       Philadelphia            /              |                   /                               /             |                  /                           Lord Airlie             |                 /                               /             |                /     M. M. Warburg       Chmn J. Henry Schroder             |                |      Hamburg ---------  marr. Virginia F. Ryan             |                |         |               grand-daughter of Otto             |                |         |                Kahn of Kuhn Loeb Co.             |                |         |                                     |                |         |                         Lehman Brothers N.Y -------------- Kuhn Loeb Co. N. Y.                                      |                |     --------------------------                         µ             |                |       |                      |                                 8             |                |       |                      | Lehman Brothers - Mont. Alabama   Solomon Loeb           Abraham Kuhn             |                |     __|______________________|_________ Lehman-Stern, New Orleans   Jacob Schiff/Theresa Loeb  Nina Loeb/Paul Warburg -------------------------    |       |                      |              |               | Mortimer Schiff        James Paul Warburg _____________|_______________/       | |            |          |   |        | Mayer Lehman |     Emmanuel Lehman    \ |            |          |              \ Herbert Lehman     Irving Lehman        \ |            |          |                \ Arthur Lehman \    Phillip Lehman     John Schiff/Edith Brevoort Baker               /         |             Present Chairman Lehman Bros              /  Robert Owen Lehman    Kuhn Loeb - Granddaughter of             /           |             George F. Baker            |           /               |            |          /                |            |         /           Lehman Bros Kuhn Loeb (1980)            |        /                  |            |       /             Thomas Fortune Ryan            |      |                    |            |      |                    |       Federal Reserve Bank Of New York |            ||||||||                    |   ______National City Bank N. Y.       |   |        |                           |   |   National Bank of Commerce N.Y ---|   |        |                            \   |   Hanover National Bank N.Y.         \   |        |                              \   |   Chase National Bank N.Y.             \   |                                        |   |                                        | Shareholders - National City Bank - N.Y.   |  -----------------------------------------  |     |                                        / James Stillman                            / Elsie m. William Rockefeller             / Isabel m.  Percy Rockefeller            /  William Rockefeller          Shareholders - National Bank of Commerce N. Y.    J. P. Morgan                 ----------------------------------------------- M.T. Pyne                    Equitable Life - J.P. Morgan Percy Pyne                   Mutual Life - J.P. Morgan J.W. Sterling                H.P. Davison - J. P. Morgan NY Trust/NY Edison           Mary W. Harriman Shearman & Sterling          A.D. Jiullard - North British Merc. Insurance |                            Jacob Schiff |                            Thomas F. Ryan |                            Paul Warburg |                            Levi P. Morton - Guaranty Trust - J. P. Morgan | | Shareholders - First National Bank of N.Y. ------------------------------------------- J.P. Morgan George F. Baker George F. Baker Jr. Edith Brevoort Baker US Congress - 1946-64 | | | | | Shareholders - Hanover National Bank N.Y. ------------------------------------------ James Stillman William Rockefeller | | | | | Shareholders - Chase National Bank N.Y. --------------------------------------- George F. Baker

Chart 2

Federal Reserve Directors: A Study of Corporate and Banking Influence

- Published 1983

The J. Henry Schroder Banking Company chart encompasses the entire history of the twentieth century, embracing as it does the program (Belgium Relief Commission) which provisioned Germany from 1915-1918 and dissuaded Germany from seeking peace in 1916; financing Hitler in 1933 so as to make a Second World War possible; backing the Presidential campaign of Herbert Hoover ; and even at the present time, having two of its major executives of its subsidiary firm, Bechtel Corporation serving as Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State in the Reagan Administration.

The head of the Bank of England since 1973, Sir Gordon Richardson, Governor of the Bank of England (controlled by the House of Rothschild) was chairman of J. Henry Schroder Wagg and Company of London from 1963-72, and director of J. Henry Schroder,New York and Schroder Banking Corporation,New York,as well as Lloyd's Bank of London, and Rolls Royce. He maintains a residence on Sutton Place in New York City, and as head of "The London Connection," can be said to be the single most influential banker in the world.

                               J. Henry Schroder                                -----------------                                       |                                       |                                       |                           Baron Rudolph Von Schroder                            Hamburg - 1858 - 1934                                       |                                       |                                       |                             Baron Bruno Von Schroder                             Hamburg - 1867 - 1940  F. C. Tiarks                         |  1874-1952                            |      |                                |  marr. Emma Franziska                 |  (Hamburg)                    Helmut B. Schroder  J. Henry Schroder 1902               |  Dir. Bank of England                 |  Dir. Anglo-Iranian                   |  Oil Company         J. Henry Schroder Banking Company N.Y.                                       |                                       |                        J. Henry Schroder Trust Company N.Y.                                       |                                       |                                       |                    ___________________|____________________                   |                                        |             Allen Dulles                              John Foster Dulles           Sullivan & Cromwell                        Sullivan & Cromwell           Director - CIA                             U. S. Secretary of State                                                      Rockefeller Foundation   Prentiss Gray  ------------ Belgian Relief Comm.                     Lord Airlie Chief Marine Transportation              ----------- US Food Administration WW I          Chairman; Virgina Fortune Manati Sugar Co. American &          Ryan daughter of Otto Kahn British Continental Corp.            of Kuhn,Loeb Co.        |                                    |        |                                    |  M. E. Rionda                               |  ------------                               | Pres. Cuba Cane Sugar Co.                   | Manati Sugar Co. many other                 | sugar companies.                     _______|               |                            |        |                            |  G. A. Zabriskie                    |  ---------------                    |                Emile Francoui Chmn U.S. Sugar Equalization        |                -------------- Board 1917-18; Pres Empire          |            Belgian Relief Comm. Kai Biscuit Co., Columbia Baking        |            Ping Coal Mines, Tientsin Co. , Southern Baking Co.           |            Railroad,Congo Copper, La                                     |            Banque Nationale de Belgique              Suite 2000 42 Broadway | N. Y                      |           __________________________|___________________________|_          |                          |                           |          |                          |                           |     Edgar Richard            Julius H. Barnes             Herbert Hoover     -------------            ----------------             --------------    Belgium Relief Comm         Belgium Relief Comm       Chmn Belgium Relief Com Amer Relief Comm            Pres Grain Corp.           U.S. Food Admin U.S. Food Admin             U.S. Food Admin           Sec of Commerce 1924-28 1918-24, Hazeltine Corp.    1917-18, C.B Pitney       Kaiping Coal Mines    |                        Bowes Corp, Manati        Congo Copper, President    |                        Sugar Corp.                  U.S. 1928-32    |    |    | John Lowery Simpson -------------------                       Sacramento,Calif Belgium Relief                       | Comm. U. S. Food Administration             Baron Kurt Von Schroder Prentiss Gray Co. J. Henry Schroder         ----------------------- Trust, Schroder-Rockefeller, Chmn         Schroder Banking Corp. J.H. Stein Fin Comm, Bechtel International           Bankhaus (Hitler's personal bank Co. Bechtel Co. (Casper Weinberger        account) served on board of all Sec of Defense, George P. Schultz         German subsidiaries of ITT . Bank Sec of State (Reagan Admin).              for International Settlements,             |                             SS Senior Group Leader,Himmler's             |                             Circle of Friends (Nazi Fund),             |                             Deutsche Reichsbank,president             |             | Schroder-Rockefeller & Co. , N.Y. --------------------------------- Avery Rockefeller, J. Henry Schroder Banking Corp., Bechtel Co., Bechtel International Co. , Canadian Bechtel Company.          |                   |                   |                   |          Gordon Richardson          ----------------- Governor, Bank of England 1973-PRESENT C.B. of J. Henry Schroder N.Y. Schroder Banking Co., New York, Lloyds Bank Rolls Royce

Chart 3

Federal Reserve Directors: A Study of Corporate and Banking Influence

- Published 1976

The David Rockefeller chart shows the link between the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,Standard Oil of Indiana,General Motors and Allied Chemical Corportion (Eugene Meyer family) and Equitable Life (J. P. Morgan).

DAVID ROCKEFELLER ---------------------------- Chairman of the Board Chase Manhattan Corp       |       | ______|_______________________ Chase Manhattan Corp.        |     Officer & Director Interlocks|--------------------- ------|-----------------------                    |       |                                           | Private Investment Co. for America       Allied Chemicals Corp.       |                                           | Firestone Tire & Rubber Company          General Motors                     |                                           | Orion Multinational Services Ltd.        Rockefeller Family & Associates       |                                           | ASARCO. Inc                              Chrysler Corp.       |                                           | Southern Peru Copper Corp.               Intl' Basic Economy Corp.       |                                           | Industrial Minerva Mexico S.A.           R.H. Macy & Co.       |                                           | Continental Corp.                        Selected Risk Investments S.A.       |                                           | Honeywell Inc.                           Omega Fund, Inc.       |                                           | Northwest Airlines, Inc.                 Squibb Corporation       |                                           | Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.          Olin Foundation         |                                           | Minnesota Mining & Mfg Co (3M)           Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co. of NJ       |                                           | American Express Co.                            AT & T          |                                           | Hewlett Packard                          Pacific Northwestern Bell Co.       |                                           | FMC Corporation                          BeachviLime Ltd.       |                                           | Utah Intl' Inc.                          Eveleth Expansion Company       |                                           | Exxon Corporation                        Fidelity Union Bancorporation       |                                           | International Nickel/Canada              Cypress Woods Corporation       |                                           | Federated Capital Corporation            Intl' Minerals & Chemical Corp.       |                                           | Equitable Life Assurance Soc U.S.        Burlington Industries       |                                           | Federated Dept Stores                    Wachovia Corporation       |                                           | General Electric                         Jefferson Pilot Corporation       |                                           | Scott Paper Co.                          R. J. Reynolds Industries Inc.       |                                           | American Petroleum Institute             United States Steel Corp.       |                                           | Richardson Merril Inc.                   Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.       |                                           | May Department Stores Co.                Norton-Simon Inc.       |                                           | Sperry Rand Corporation                  Stone-Webster Inc.       |                                           | San Salvador Development Company         Standard Oil of Indiana

Chart 4

Federal Reserve Directors: A Study of Corporate and Banking Influence

- Published 1976

This chart shows the interlocks between the Federal Reserve Bank of New York J. Henry Schroder Banking Corp., J. Henry Schroder Trust Co., Rockefeller Center, Inc., Equitable Life Assurance Society ( J.P. Morgan), and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

 Alan Pifer, President  Carnegie Corporation  of New York ----------------------          |          | ----------------------  Carnegie Corporation  Trustee Interlocks       -------------------------- ----------------------                            |          |                                        | Rockefeller Center, Inc                 J. Henry Schroder Trust Company          |                                        | The Cabot Corporation                   Paul Revere Investors, Inc.          |                                        | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston          Qualpeco, Inc.          | Owens Corning Fiberglas          | New England Telephone Co.          | Fisher Scientific Company          | Mellon National Corporation          | Equitable Life Assurance Society          | Twentieth Century Fox Corporation          | J. Henry Schroder Banking Corporation

Chart 5

Federal Reserve Directors: A Study of Corporate and Banking Influence

- Published 1976

This chart shows the link between the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Brown Brothers Harriman,Sun Life Assurance Co. (N.M. Rothschild and Sons), and the Rockefeller Foundation.

Maurice F. Granville Chairman of The Board Texaco Incorporated ----------------------         |         | Texaco Officer & Director Interlocks  ---------------- Liggett & Myers, Inc. ------------------------------------           |         |                                      |         |                                      |  L  Arabian American Oil Company            St John d'el Ray Mining Co. Ltd.  O      |                                      |  N  Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.           National Steel Corporation  D      |                                      |  O  Brown Harriman & Intl' Banks Ltd.       Massey-Ferguson Ltd.  N      |                                      |     American Express                        Mutual Life Insurance Co.         |                                      |  N. American Express Intl' Banking Corp.    Mass Mutual Income Investors Inc.  M.     |                                      |     Anaconda                                United Services Life Ins. Co.  R      |                                      |  O  Rockefeller Foundation                  Fairchild Industries  T      |                                      |  H  Owens-Corning Fiberglas                 Blount, Inc.  S      |                                      |  C  National City Bank (Cleveland)          William Wrigley Jr. Co  H      |                                      |  I  Sun Life Assurance Co.                  National Blvd. Bank of Chicago  L      |                                      |  D  General Reinsurance                     Lykes Youngstown Corporation         |                                      |     General Electric (NBC)                  Inmount Corporation

** Source: Federal Reserve Directors: A Study of Corporate and Banking Influence. Staff Report,Committee on Banking,Currency and Housing, House of Representatives, 94th Congress, 2nd Session, August 1976.

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From The Alex Jones Show

2005-11-23T16:21:00.000-05:00

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From The Alex Jones Show:

For years I've been analysing and publicly stating the next phase of the globalist's plan. Namely, connect the right wing, militia groups, conservatives, Christians, homeschoolers, with Al-Qaeda and Iraq and a host of other unsavoury organisations. I warned repeatedly that right before the invasion of Iraq, the media would present news linking the right wing with Islamic terrorism.

As soon as Saddam is killed, as soon as they know he's dead and has no public platform, the globalists will detonate weapons and level US cities, release biologicals and create untold mayhem. I'm surer than ever that they have decided to use this particular script. Despite this, we still have a chance to back them off by circulating the information at a pace never seen before and NOW.

Why did FBI agents, who were actually serving their country, arrest five members of the Iraqi Republican Guard involved in the Oklahoma City bombing only for their release to be ordered by Bill Clinton? Why were these Iraqis, who were initially trained in the US in the eighties, brought back in by George Bush senior in the early nineties? Why did the FBI declare national security to prevent the release of the surveillance tapes that showed Iraqis crawling all over the OKC bomb scene? Because they were saving it until they were ready to move in and take out Iraq. They could have done it back in 1991 but the terrorism/police state system had to be erected beforehand. They weren't ready.

They're ready now.

This is the actual New World Order program strategy for the current phase. I don't even need to see it to know what it reads because an organisation as big as the New World Order has to set up its different cadres and compartmentalized systems. It then has to issue them orders and directives that we can read while at the same time preparing the minds of the public to focus on who the enemy is and what's going to happen.

Analysing their propaganda along with the declassified reports we have, I know precisely what their contemporary agenda is and it's horrible. We are preparing to go into the mind blowing final phase of the New World Order takeover.

CNN Tonight with Connie Chung November 7 -
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0211/07/cct.00.html

CHUNG: But what about al Qaeda? A new article in "Vanity Fair" raises the disturbing specter of al Qaeda training camps in a terrorist haven closer to the U.S. than many have imagined, right in South America, in the region where Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil meet, known as the Triple Border. {Note - I have researched bombings in South America and they're always against governments the CIA doesn't like) How long has American intelligence known about this? And could information from the region have prevented September 11?.....

.....CHUNG: He has dozens and dozens of photographs of men who he says are al Qaeda and Hezbollah operatives down there.

CHUNG: And did he pass this along to U.S. authorities as well?

JUNGER: He passed them along to me, and I sent them along.

CHUNG: And what did they consist of? Were they people that are now identifiable or prospective terrorists?

JUNGER: He's identified them, including American right-wing extremists who are down there, who have been down there since the mid- '80s.

CHUNG: You mean Aryan Nations?

JUNGER: Yes, Aryan Nations, Michigan Militia, photos and names of these guys. One was ex-special forces.

CHUNG: An ex-special forces?

JUNGER: Yes, Vietnam era.

That is not unheard of. There was an ex-special forces American soldier who was providing security for bin Laden in Sudan in '94, I believe it was. So, that kind of crossover from sort of alienated American military or right-wing extremists is not unheard of.

He has identified these men to me. The U.S. government, of course, is quite careful about what they confirm and don't confirm. So I haven't gotten anything back from this side. But there's an enormous amount of evidence that this activity is happening.

So let's get this straight. The Michigan Militia, white supremacists and Al-Qaeda are training together. Now if you believe that then I've got a bridge on the Moon I would like to sell you. The Michigan Militia wasn't even formed until 1994, yet they were supposedly training with terrorists ten years earlier? This is asinine. Here's the program, here's the operation right in your face.

All the phoney 'right-wing' talk show hosts are now on the air spouting the ACLU/Southern Poverty Law Center/Simon Wiesenthal Center line, that the right-wing are linked with Al-Qaeda. It's all disinformation. Now it's on CNN, do you see where this is going?

The Republican report put out by the Senate Committee in 1999 said Al-Qaeda was running the attack on the Serbs with the CIA. Of course there were 'ex-special forces' soldiers working with Al-Qaeda. Al Qaeda works for the globalists and the US government.

I told you this was coming. I was absolutely assured of it. Now they're going to intensify these reports in order to sick Homeland Security on theAmerican people. We know how the game works. The globalists carry out the terror attacks and make sure they have right wing patsies there at the scene. They have Iraqis in their employ who they've been coddling since the eighties seen on tape, they then shelve that information and wait to release it for the next phase of their operation, total domination. That's how they get their domestic agenda rolling.

Now it's all over talk radio and breaking the print media, that Iraqis were involved in the Oklahoma bombing. I reported this over six years ago. At that time it was covered up because it was to be used at a time when it could be better exploited. That time is now. What the media won't tell you is that the Iraqis were in the custody of the federal government and released a week later.

Watch for this story to be launched full scale at the right time to propagandize the public into believing that the right wing are working with the terrorists when cities start getting vaporized. It's vital that we warn the people of what their modus operandi is. We still have a chance to back them off and buy ourselves some time.

THE ART OF GLOBAL POLITICS

2005-11-23T16:11:00.000-05:00

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THE ART OF GLOBAL POLITICS

(And The Think Tanks They Spawned)

BY GUNTHER K. RUSSBACHER

Edited by Rayelan Allan Russbacher

This article is the follow up article to The Short Road to Chaos and Destruction, Gunther's Expose of the Federal Reserve Banking System. "The Art of Global Politics" was written in 1992, while Gunther was in prison in Missouri.

In order to understand and be able to identify the various factions at work in and during the previous administrations, it is desirable to find the common denominator, linking the various factions ... watching as they form a cohesive relationship within the historical framework of the story of panglobalism. The diverse information available for scholars of today is magnificent compared to the sum total of knowledge of the years gone by.

During the course of my research into this subject matter, I received a list, a rather long and extensive list, showing the relationships between the European branches of Secret Societies, and their American counterparts. The list furthered MY understanding that these so called factions actually were not singular units, scattered throughout Europe and America, but rather that these societies all shared a common history, and were therefore, one and the same, regardless of their respective names or agendas. Of course, even within and among these societies, considerable internal differences manifest themselves with regard to ultimate goals or agendas.

The list of members reads like a Who's Who of American leaders, including numerous members of government, private industry, education, most of the press and media, as well as the military, and the cream of the crop of high finance. It included a good many names I had seen earlier, during the research phase of the first segment of this article. There seemed to be a common denominator-everyone on the list was either a member of the Council on Foreign Relations or the Trilateral Commission, with some members belonging to both organizations.

In order to bring these matters into proper perspective, it becomes necessary to bring forth these secret organizations, and shed a little light into their dark and hidden nature. As the organizations had to present a beginning for comprehensive research, I shall choose to begin with the secret order of the "Illuminati."

THE ILLUMINATI

The Illuminati was a secret order founded and established in Ingolstadt, Baveria (Ingolstadt, landkreis Bayern) on or about May 1, 1776. It was known to be a Luciferic Order. The founder was none other than Mr. Adam Weishaupt, a prominent Freemason of his time. He was a lodge member in Ingolstadt. For the sake of the readers it must be known and most seriously stressed that the name Illuminati, or the Luciferic Order, does NOT (in this case) refer to Satan or Lucifer. It specifically refers to the state of the enlightened membership. The term "Luciferic Lodge" originated in the pre-Christian Egyptian mystery schools. At that time there was a belief in a dualistic material plane comprised of good and evil. Neither was elevated above the other. They were viewed as two sides of the same coin, two paths that must be walked to complete the earth experience. The designation, "Lucerfic Lodge" denoted a group of enlightened beings who came together and attempted to educate and enlighten humanity so that they could take their place in the universe next to their God.

Even though the Illuminati referred to themselves as a "Luciferic Lodge", it will soon be seen that their aims were anything but enlightening. They usurped the label "Luciferic" from the lodges who were genuinely concerned with the education and uplifting of humanity, It will be noted at various times throughout this article, that something which started off having as its purpose, "the good of humanity, " was usurped and perverted by the Illuminati and those who carry their banner in today's world. This was done for several reasons. The first and foremost reason was to hide the nefarious nature of their real purpose, the second reason was to ensnare innocent spiritual seekers and pervert them to their path.

The Illuminati established itself as an extension of high, or illuminized Freemasonry, existing as a special order within an order. It's operations were closely connected with the powerful Grand Orient Masonic Lodge of France. The order's name translated literally as "the enlightened ones." This signified to all who were familiar with such secret Orders that the members had been initiated into the secret teachings of Lucifer, not to be confused with the Lucifer of the Bible or with Satan. It must be remembered that these teachings came from a time that preceded Jesus and Christianity.

In the Egyptian mystery schools Lucifer was seen as the brightest and best among Gods angels or messengers to earth. Lucifer gave mankind the tools he needed to cast off the dark cloaks of ignorance and climb the ladder to enlightenment and finally return to God. Lucifer, the "light bearer" was seen as the source of enlightenment, according to the early doctrines of illuminized Freemasonry. His fall from grace came after these teachings.

It must be stated that while the origins of the Masonic Order in the distant Egyptian past were benign, over the centuries the order was taken over by men who perverted its teachings to further their own evil ends. The Illuminati Order was made up of such men. The Illuminati was designed for one purpose--to carry out the plans of High Freemasonry. These plans included creating a New World order which would be ruled by the Masons. In the original concept of five thousand years ago, the only purpose for the World Order was to educate and enlighten. However, down through the ages the true purpose was lost to the masses, and unenlightened Masons innocently flocked to the Illuminati and helped Adam Weishaupt gain a foothold in the key policy making circles of Europeans governments.

From within these circles, Illuminati members were able to influence the decisions of Europe's leaders. This technique has-been carried down to the present time. In reference to the various governmental leaders, which the Illuminati had targeted for subversion, Weishaupt remarked:

"It is therefore our duty to surround them (the leaders) with our (The Illuminati) members, so that the profane may have no access to them. Thus we are able most powerfully to promote its (Illuminati) interests.

"If any person is more disposed to listen to the Princes than to the Order, he is not fit for It (the Illuminati), and must rise no higher. We must do our utmost to procure the advancement of Illuminati in all important civil offices,

"By this plan we shall direct all mankind. In this manner, and by the simplest means, we shall set all in motion and in flames. The occupations must be so allotted and contrived, that we may, in secret, influence all political transactions."

For the Order's strategy to succeed, its activities and the many names of its members had to remain absolutely secret. Initiates were therefore ordered and sworn to secrecy, taking bloody oaths which described in detail the brutal and specific, way they would be punished if they ever defected from the order or revealed its plans. As another measure of internal security, the Order and its correspondence, would be conducted exclusively through the use of codes, symbols and pen names. Mr. Weishaupt's alias and pseudonym, for example, was Spartacus.

The Order was given a tremendous boost at the Masonic Congress of Wilhelmsbad, held on July 16, 1782. This meeting "included representatives of all the Secret Societies--martinists as well as Freemasons and the Illuminati, which now numbered no less than 3,000.000 members all over the world." It enabled the Illuminists to solidify their control over the Lodges of Europe, and to become viewed as.the undisputed leaders of the ONE-WORLD movement.

It was decided at this Congress that the Headquarters of the Illuminized Freemasonry should be moved from Bavaria to Frankfurt,

as Frankfurt was already becoming the stronghold of the Rothschilds and the international financiers. The ensuing cooperation between the Rothschilds and the Illuminati would prove to be mutually beneficial to each. By cooperating with each other, the two groups were able to geometrically increase their influence throughout all of Europe.

Approximately ten years after the Order's founding, it was discovered and exposed by the Bavarian government as a result of specific tips received from several of the Order's initiates. The leaders of Bavaria moved quickly to confiscate the Order's secret documents. These original writings of the Illuminati were then sent on to all leaders of Europe in order to warn them of the exposed plot. However, some of these leaders had already fallen under the influence of the Order and the warnings fell on indifferent ears. Some of those who had not succumbed to the enchantments of the Illuminati, found its plans to be so outrageous that they didn't take the warnings seriously. These leaders simply could not believe that anything as outrageous and all encompassing as were the Illuminati plans, could possibly be serious.

Their naivete and disbelief would become their undoing. Disbelief remains as the single biggest factor working in the Illuminati's favor, even today. Decent people tend to find it somewhat difficult to believe that there could be individuals so evil in nature as to actually wish to take control of the whole world under conditions amounting to theft, slavery, brutality and to have as their goal, the imposition of a world totalitarian dictatorship. To the reader this should sound a theme more fitting of a James Bond or George Orwell novel than real life. However, difficult as it may be to believe, this effort at world usurpation and the intent to create a New World order based on enslaving the masses, was and is, for real ... to the point where one could conceivable bet their very life on its strategy and intended outcome.

Although several members of the Order were ultimately persecuted by the Bavarian Government, most of the initiates managed to get away and were taken in by various European leaders. Weishaupt, f or example, took up refuge with the Duke of Saxe-Gotha where he remained until his death in 1811.

By the time the Illuminati became exposed, its efforts had already spread into more than a dozen counties, including the fledgling United States. Since 1776, at least three U.S. presidents have warned the public of the Illuminati's activities in this country. One of these presidents was George Washington, himself a Mason, but an early member whose Lodge had not been infiltrated and perverted by the Illuminati. Washington stated and wrote:

"I have heard of the nefarious and dangerous plan and doctrines of the Illuminati. It was not my intention to doubt that the doctrine of the Illuminati and the principles of Jacobinism had not spread to the United States."

Washington went on to denounce the order in two separate letters written in 1798, and would once again warn the people of the United States of America against foreign influence in his farewell address to the nation. Concerned that the American people might fall under the sway of corrupt powers, Washington stated:

"Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens), the jealously of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government. But that jealously, to be useful, must be impartial, else it becomes the instrument of the very influence to be avoided, instead of a proper defense against it. Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike for another, cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second the arts and influence of the other. Real patriots, who may resist the intrigues of the favorite, are liable to become suspected and odious; while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests. The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop."

If only this great country, America, had listened to President Washington's sound advice to a fledgling nation.

ILLUMINIZED HIGH FREEMASONRY

Although the Illuminati officially ceased to exist after is exposure in the 1780's, the continuation of its efforts would be ensured through the Grand Orient Lodge of France. Working through the Grand Orient and the network of Illuminized Masonic lodges already put in place by Weishaupt, High Freemasonry would continue with its plans to build a New World Order.

One of the factors working in Freemasonry's favor is that it rarely, if ever. does anything covert or openly evil under its own name. In order to advance its respective agenda, it establishes other organizations, to which it gives its special and oftentimes dangerous assignments. All of which are carried forth in an extremely covet manner. The advantages must appear clear, for in this way, if anything goes wrong and the operation gets exposed, Freemasonry remains relatively unscathed, claiming it had nothing to do with the matter. This technique is one that has been employed numerous times in recent history by groups who have been well schooled in the arts of deception.

Throughout the late 1700's and all of the 18001s, illuminized Freemasonry would continue to operate in this fashion, creating new organizations to carry out the tasks begun by the Illuminati, frequently still collectively referred to as the Illuminati by many Agency Operations Divisions.

The first major "accomplishment" of illuminized Freemasonry was to incite the French Revolution through the Jacobin Society and Napoleon Bonaparte, who was groomed by them to initiate and bring about the beginnings of he New World Order. (The revolution that began in France in 1789, overthrew the French monarchy, and culminated in the start of the Napoleonic era in 1799.) Illuminized Freemasonry would also receive help from Voltaire, Robespierre, Danton and Marat; all of whom were prominent Masons. The Jacobin Society's motives and connections were revealed when it named Weishaupt as its "Grand Patriot."

To continue the presentation of the issues it is imperative to fully understand that the United States had barely declared its independence from England when the same European forces began efforts to bring America's young banking system under their control. Alexander Hamilton, believed by some to have been an Illuminist agent, was at the forefront of this drive. President Thomas Jefferson, all too well aware of the plot to gain control of our banking system argued:

"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and the corporations which will grow up around them, will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."

During the mid 1800's, illuminized Freemasonry would be partly responsible for inciting the great war between the states. Charleston, South Carolina; where the Secessionist Movement began, also happened to be the American headquarters of the Scottish Rite Freemasonry, at the time, a little known fact which Freemasonry has successfully kept from the unsuspecting public. The headquarters of the Scottish Rite were later moved to Washington, D.C., where they remain to this day. Others also spoke out quite strongly, urging the people to resist these coup attempts. Abraham Lincoln strongly resisted efforts by Illuminist forces to establish a privately controlled central bank. His foresight and wisdom (as I choose to call it) would prevent the establishment of such a system for another forty-eight years.

Just days before his assassination, President Lincoln warned:

"As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the people until wealth is aggregated in the hands of a few and the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of --r.11

COLONEL HOUSE AND THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

In 1913, the persistent efforts of illuminized Freemasonry finally paid off with the creation of the Federal Reserve System, insuring European illuminists a permanent role in America's finances, along with giving them more money with which to further their particular cause - Some of this money would eventually go toward financing the Council on Foreign Relations, whose formation was influenced by a man named Edward Mandell House. (House's father, Thomas P. House, was a Rothschild agent who amassed a large fortune during the Civil War by supplying the South with essentials from France and England.)

Colonel House, as he was called, was an Illuminist agent committed to the one-world interests of the Rothschild-Warburg-Rockefeller cartel, serving as their point man in the White House. He apparently gained national prominence in 1912 while working to get Woodrow Wilson nominated as president. After the election, and subsequent win for Wilson, he became the president's most trusted personal advisor. House was to Wilson what Henry Kissinger would later be to President Nixon; he was without question, the dominant figure in the White House, exerting his influence particularly in the areas of banking and foreign policy.

His numerous accomplishments as Wilson's chief advisor were diverse and many. Among some of the things, he successfully persuaded Wilson to support and sign the Federal Reserve Act into law. Later, realizing what he had done, President Wilson remorsefully replied:

"I have unwittingly ruined my country."

During World War I, which began within a year after the Act's passage, Colonel House would undertake secret missions to Europe as Wilson's chief foreign diplomat. It didn't take very long before he managed to drag the United States into the war in Europe (April 1917) . As the war came to an end in 1918, House worked ever so diligently to help plan the League of Nations. Funded in part with Rockefeller money, the League of Nations was to serve as the first political step toward the forming and implementing of a world government.

President Wilson, as a result of House's counsel, would become the leading spokesman for the League of Nations, publicly viewed as the League's chief architect, in spite of the fact that it was House who really was the one who was in charge.

However, much to Wilson's dismay and real embarrassment, he could not even persuade his own country to join the newly founded organization. The American people strongly resisted this move toward globalization, placing increasingly heavy pressures on Congress to reject the absurd treaty thereby keeping the United

THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

In order to properly receive the following information, it would seem prudent to bring forth a little of the actual history of this infamous Council. It is an organization, deeply entrenched into our political system. No one has been spared; no party has been left out, as the greed of a few has forced this organization down the throats of the many Americans who stringently believe that we should not permit ourselves to get involved with monetary and governmental globalism.

Later in this expose, I shall cite a number of articles, verbatim, as they appear in their organizational charter. The following excerpt is taken from the Handbook of the Council on Foreign Relations, and gives a number of details pertinent to their establishment.

"On May 30, 1919, several members of the delegations to the Paris Peace Conference met at the Hotel Majestic in Paris, France to discuss setting up an international group which would advise their respective governments on international affairs. The United States was represented by General Tasker H. Bliss (Chief of Staff, U.S.Army) , Colonel Edward M. House, Whitney H. Shepardson, Dr. James T. Shotwell, and professor Archibald Coolidge. Great Britain was unofficially represented by Lord Robert Cecil, Lionel Curtis, Lord Eustace Percy, and Harold Temperly. It was decided at this meeting to call the proposed organization the Institute of International Affairs. At a meeting on June 5, 1919, the planners decided it would be best to have separate organizations cooperating with each other. Consequently, they organized the Council on Foreign Relations, with headquarters in New York, and a sister organization, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, in London, also known as the Chatham House Study Group, to advise the British Government. A subsidiary organization, the Institute of Pacific Relations, was set up to deal exclusively with Far Eastern Affairs. Other organizations were set up in Paris and Hamburg, the Hamburg branch being called the Institut fuer Auswaertige Politik, and -the Paris branch being known as Centre d'Etudes de Politique Etrangere."

Baron Edmond de Rothschild of France dominated the Paris Peace Conference, and each of the founders of the Royal Institute ended up being men who most certainly met Rothschild's approval. The same was true for the Council on Foreign Relations, which was not officially formed until 29 July, 1921.

Money for the founding of the CFR came from J.P. Morgan, Bernard Baruch, Otto Kahn, Jacob Schiff, Paul Warburg, and John D. Rockefeller, among others. Obviously this was one and the same crowd of moneyed men who were instrumental in forming the Federal Reserve. The Council's original board of directors included Isaiah Bowman, Archibald Coolidge, John W. Davis, Norman H. Davis, Stephen Duggan. Otto Kahn, William Shepard, Whitney Shepardson, and Paul Warburg.

It must be mentioned , for the record, that numerous well known American politicians (I shy away from the term Statesman) have served in prominence on the Council's board. Some of the more prominent who have served in the capacity of director, since 1921, include Walter Lippmann (1932-37), Adlai Stevenson (1958-62), Cyrus Vance (1968-76) , Zbigniew Brzinski (1972-77), Robert 0. Anderson (1974-80). Paul Volker (1975-79), Theodore M. Hesburgh (1926-85), Lane Kirkland (1976-86), George H.W. Bush (1977-79), Henry Kissinger (1977-81), David Rockefeller (1949-85) , George Shultz (1980-88), Alan Greenspan (1982-88), Brent Scowcroft (1983-89), Jeane Kirkpatrick (1985-present) , and last but surely not least, Richard B. Cheney who has served from 1987 through 1989. Obviously a number of these people served more than one master!

It must be noted that most of the above mentioned occupied--in some form--Cabinet Posts while actively engaged with the Council on Foreign Relations. Such act is at least questionable, in that it goes beyond the borders of Law and Ethics. However, that is not to infer that the persons mentioned herein are anything but "good, decent and hard working Americans, out to do their very best for their Masters! Please take several deep breaths of air in the event that you feel that you and your country have been sold to foreign interest groups!

No decision as to why, what or how to deal with the issue must be made at this time. We can well not avoid facing the issues which demand to be heard. However, before the reader determines what must be done to protect American interests from Pan-Globalism, it behooves us to know a little more about the nature of the beast with which we must do battle. A little further discourse on the subject appears called for.

THE CFR: FUNDING AND MEMBERS

The most powerful man in the CFR during the past two decades has been David Rockefeler, the grandson of John D. Rockefeller. Along with being a Council director for thirty-six years, David served as chairman of the board from 1970-85, and remains to this day, the organization's honorary chairman. During this time, David was also the chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank. Such actions surely must reek of collusion and worse.

Permit me to state that in my professional opinion, the Rockefellers are in no great danger of losing control of the CFR any time soon! Another generation of family members are being groomed to continue their tradition. David, Jr.; John D. IV; and Norman C. Rockefeller are all current members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

As mentioned somewhat earlier, the Reece Committee found that the CFR was being financed by both the Rockefeller and the Carnegie foundations and investigated it as well as its sister organization, the Institute of Pacific Relations, stating that the CFR "overwhelming propagandizes the globalist concept. "

In order to determine from whence the funding came, it became i cessary to call upon my "so-called" ex-associates in Langley, Virginia. The response was overwhelming. I never doubted that they would feed me a morsel or two. However, it soon became quite clear that they intended to inundate me with far more research material than I was capable of dealing with. After sorting through a virtual panacea of secrets, I did determine it to be necessary to divulge the names of many sponsors to the organization. They didn't merely contribute, they matched contributions and grand gifts during the early years of CFR's existence.

The areas of concern are actually a little more recent. We are dealing with contributors, gifts, and matching funds received between the years 1987 and 1991. These were received from leading organization men, corporations and individuals. They are deemed to include, but are not limited to Chemical Bank, Citibank/Citicorp, Morgan Guaranty Trust, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, British Petroleum American, Inc., Newsweek, Inc., Reader's Digest Foundation, Washington Post Company, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Family and associates, the Rockefeller Foundation, and David Rockefeller.

During the same period, the CFR received major grants from other major corporations and foundations, including (partial list) the American Express Philanthropic Program, the Asia Foundation, the Association of Radio and Television News Analysts, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation, the General Electric Foundation, the General Motors Corporations, the Hewlett Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Xerox Foundation.

Presently, the Council currently numbers 2,670 in active memberships; of whom 952 reside in New York City, 339 in Boston, and 730 in Washington D.C. Its memberships, as you the reader shall see, reads like a Who's Who in America, including most of the nation's top leaders in government, business, education, labor, the military, the media, and of course, in banking. In addition to its headquarters in New York City, the CFR has thirty-eight affiliated organizations, known commonly as Committees on Foreign Relations, located in major cities throughout the United States.

ATTEMPTS TO WARN AND EDUCATE RE: THE CFR

Rear Admiral Chester Ward, a former CFR member for sixteen years, issued a decisive warning to the American people as to the organization's intentions. For information purposes I shall cite an excerpt of his warning:

"The most powerful clique in these elitist groups have one objective in common--they want to bring about the surrender of the sovereignty and the national independence of the United States.

A second clique of international members in the CFR ... comprises the Wall Street international bankers and their key agents.

Primarily, they want the world banking monopoly from whatever power ends up in the control of global government."

Dan Smoot, a former supervising member of the FBI headquarters staff in the Washington Office, and one of the first and primary researchers into the CFR, summarized the organizations purpose as follows:

"The ultimate aim of the Council on Foreign Relations ... is ... to create a one world socialist system and make the United States an official part of it."

This of course would all be done in the name of democracy.

Congressman John R. Rarick, deeply concerned over the growing influence of the CFR, has been one of the members in Congress making a concerted ef fort to expose the organization. Rarick warns:

"The Council on Foreign Relations --dedicated to one world government, financed by a number of the largest tax-exempt foundations, and wielding such power and influence over our lives in the areas of finance, business, labor, military, education, and mass communication media-should be familiar to every American concerned with good government and with preserving and defending the U.S. constitution and our free-enterprise system.

"Yet the Nation's "right -to-know-machinery " --the news media--usually so aggressive in exposures to inform our people, remain conspicuously silent when it comes to the CFR, its members, and their activities. And I find that few university students and graduates have even heard of the Council of Foreign Relations.

"The CFR is "THE ESTABLISHMENT! Not only does it have the influence and power in key decision making positions at the highest levels of. government to apply pressure from above but it also finances and uses individuals and groups to bring pressure from below, to justify the high level decisions for converting the United States from a sovereign Constitutional Republic into a servile member state of a one world dictatorship.,,

In the event that I had any doubts remaining over the real intent of the CFR they were removed after becoming aware of the statements made over the years by the CFR itself, advocating world government. For example, on 17 February, 1950, CFR member James Warburg, testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stated,

"We shall have world government whether or not you like it--by conquest or consent."

On another occasion, in the April 1974 issue of the CFR journal, Foreign Affairs (p.558), Richard Gardner stated that the New World Order "will have to be built from the bottom up rather than from the top down. It will look like a great booming, buzzing confusion,'...but an end run around national sovereignty, eroding it piece by piece, will accomplish much more than the old fashioned frontal assault."

Study Number 7, a CFR position paper, published on or about November 25, 1959, the CFR stated that its purpose was to advocate the "building (of) a new international order (which) may be responsible to world aspirations for peace (and) for social economic change ... An international order ... including states labelling themselves as Socialist (Communist) . 11, (obviously such maneuvering has already taken place among the new republics of Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and the numerous, small but ethnically tormented Balkan States. No one appears willing to embrace this "so-called" New World order!)

THE NEW WORLD ORDER

The term New World Order (or New International Order--as possauned by the communists since 1917) has been used privately by the CFR since its inception to describe the coming world government. However, since the winter of 1990, and spring of 1991, CFR members have, for the first time, begun using the term publicly to begin the conditioning process in order that the unsuspecting public might brace and prepare themselves for what lies ahead. It is their opinion that if the American people hear the term often enough, on a daily dose basis, that they will be less likely to resist or feel threatened by it when that fateful day arrives.

The New World Order, it should be explained, is an expression that has been used by Illuminized Freemasonry since the days of Adam Weishaupts to signify the coming world government. One of the symbols portraying the message of "New World Order" was placed on the back of our one dollar note during the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. It consists of a multipart message. One of the parts of the message is the pyramid, containing the eye of Osiris. Under the pyramid is the writing "Novus Ordo Seculorum" Translated from the Latin text to the English language, it means ... New World Order! It must be mentioned that this symbol was designed by freemasons. or better said.,. Masonic Interests, and became the official reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States in 1782.

To this day, most people have never given a second thought to this Latin phrase or the meaning contained therein. Some unusually astute people did recognize the seal and the meaning contained therein, and began exposing it, in context to what it really represented.

The reader should also note that at the time the seal was designed, the New World Order was a fledgling, in the early stages of being built, and was not yet complete. This is symbolized by the capstone (of the pyramid) being separated from the rest of the pyramid.

However, once the New World Order has been built and the one world government is in place, the capstone will be joined to the rest of the pyramid, symbolizing the completion of the task. One must remember that the Illuminati usurps names, ideas and symbols and perverts them for their own use. There are some who believe that the symbol was created by the Founders of our country as a message of what democracy can do once it has spread throughout the world--educating and enlightening men who will join together and establish a world government based on liberty and justice for all. But from the research I have done, it appears as if the symbol has become a sign--almost a secret codeword--for the domination of the world and the subjugation of her peoples.

As I continued my reading and research, I discovered that the CFR had far more in common with the Illuminati than a mere use of the same terminology. The facts of the conspiratorial plot are known to us. The question in my mind remains unanswered as to whether we can thwart their well placed efforts.

one of the reasons you have heard so little about the Council on Foreign Relations, is because its rules, like those of the Illuminati, require that important meetings of the membership remain an eternal secret! Article II of the organization bylaws contends that :

"It is an express condition of membership in the Council, to which condition every member accedes by virtue of his or her membership, that members will observe such rules and regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors concerning the conduct of the Council meetings or the attribution of statements made therein, and that any disclosure, publication, or other action by a member in contravention thereof may be regarded by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion as ground for termination or suspension of membership pursuant to Article I of the Bylaws."

Page 182 of the CFR's 1991 Annual Report further states that "it would not be in compliance,, with the organization's non-attribution rule for a meeting participant ...

" (i) to publish a speaker; Is statement in attributed form in a newspaper; (ii) to repeat it on television or radio, or on a speaker's platform, or in a classroom; or (iii) to go beyond a memo of limited circulation, by distributing the attributed statement in a company or government agency newsletter ... A meeting participant is forbidden knowingly to transmit the attributed statement to a newspaper reporter or other such person who is likely to publish it in a public medium. The essence of the Rule... is simple enough: participants in Council meetings should not pass along a attributed statement in circumstances where there is substantial risk that it will promptly be widely circulated or published."

Well, so much for the freedom of the press! What could be so important that such secrecy is required if the purpose of the CFR is not to influence U.S. policy in the direction of world government ... a world government that does not take into consideration the welfare of its citizens?

In order to accomplish its mission of leading the American people in a New World Order, the CFR has been using a strategy very similar to the one employed by Adam Weishaupt. It was designed to surround leaders in high places with member of the Council, targeting especially the key advisory positions in the executive branch of the U.S. government, until the Council's members were in absolute and complete control of the nation's presidency. In furtherance of their goals the tactic would also be used and applied to the fields of education, the media, the military and banking, with CFR members eventually becoming the leaders in each of these fields.

The goal of the CFR, quite simply put, was to influence all aspects of society in such a way that one day Americans would awaken to find themselves in the midst of a one-world system whether they liked it or not. Their hope was to get Americans to the point where entering a world government would seem as natural and American as baseball and apple pie. Although this scenario might seem preposterous to many, I respectfully suggest that the reader entertains the scope and concept of how far the CFR's plans have already come. To implement such "Order" does require some time for planning, execution and on line bringing of such new regime.

Using illuministic tactics and with the backing from the major global foundations, the CFR has been able to advance its agenda rapidly and with relative ease. During the 1920's and 30's the organization made significant strides toward control of the Democratic party, and by the 1940's had managed to establish a foothold in the Republican party as well. Since the early 1950's the progress has been more than merely significant. Today, the Republican party is saturated with members of the CFR; members who propagate the idea of a New World Order. It must be stated that there is very little difference between these parties, since the advent of global communications and shortened distances. Both parties are controlled by the XCFR and it various sister factions, all operating for the common goal of the CFR.

Numerous historical antecedents not only exist but have been followed to the letter while building the CFR into a power to be reckoned with. With the start of World War II, the CFR, thanks to the superb help of Franklin D. Roosevelt, managed to gain control of the State Department, and therefore, our foreign policy. Even today, this department as well as others remain firmly under the control of he CFR. Recent foreign policy directives toward the warring factions of the Mid East more than prove this point. The involvement of the United States, the United Nations, and the Arab League in the affairs of Iraq adequately verify the writer's contention that the war waged between the Coalition forces/Kuwait and Iraq show a greater goal was at stake.

It was not merely the issue of Mid East oil. It was one dictator's will against the will of a larger and more powerful one. oil played a significant part but it was not the only cause for the hostile action. The reader must bear in mind that Kuwait, only recently, was a part of the state of Iraq. It was through United Nations Decree that Iraq was forced to give up its territory, and cede political government in the region once known as a province of Iraq. No one considered the will of the Iraqi people. It was done in a covert and underhanded way. All signs point to the infiltrated Department of State. It was a CFR member who voted that such action was compatible with the furtherance of the New World Order.

Rene Wormser, a member of the Reece Committee explained so well how the United States permitted itself to be drawn into and accept the

CFR. Such history dates back to the second world war. Wormser stated:

"[The] organization became virtually an agency of the government when World War II broke out. The Rockefeller Foundation had started and financed certain studies known as THE WAR AND PEACE STUDIES, manned largely by associates of the Council; the State Department, in due course, took these studies over, retaining the major personnel which the Council on Foreign Relations had supplied."

A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CFR AND THE UNITED NATIONS

CFR control of the State Department would insure U.S. membership in the United Nations following World War II. In fact the Council on Foreign Relations would act through the State Department to establish the U.N. These details, long known by Consular Operations and Central Intelligence personnel, were finally revealed in 1969 during a debate between Lt. Colonel Archibald Roberts and Congressman Richard I. Ottinger, Director, United States Committee on the United Nations. During this somewhat spectacular debate, Col. Roberts testified:

" . . the United Nations was spawned two weeks after Pearl Harbor in the office of Secretary of State, Cordell Hull. In a letter to the President, Franklin Roosevelt, dated 22 December, 1941. Secretary Hull, at the direction of his faceless sponsors ... recommended the founding of a Presidential Advisory Committee on Post War Foreign Policy. This Committee was in fact the planning commission for the United Nations and its charter."

Col. Roberts went on to identify the people who made up the Committee, besides Secretary Hull. The list included various department advisors and staff members, CFR officials, and leaders in education, the media, and foreign policy research.

These are the real founders of the United Nations. Altogether, ten of the fourteen Committee members belonged to the CFR. As Roberts pointed out, "Each member of the Committee ... was without exception, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, or under the control of the Council on Foreign Relations.

In 1945, at the founding conference of the United Nations, forty-seven members of the CFR were in the United States delegation. Included among these were Edward Stettinius, the new Secretary of State; John Foster Dulles; Adlai Stevenson; Nelson Rockefeller; and Alger Hiss, who was the Secretary General of the U.N.'s founding conference.

To make certain that the United States would not back out of joining the United Nations, as it did with the League of Nations, the international body would this time be located on American soil. Such a gesture, it was determined, would make the American public less resistant to the move. The land for the United Nations building was "graciously" donated by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. The land had been a slaughterhouse and the soil where the U.N. buildings now stand had been fully saturated with the blood of the slaughtered animals. Knowing what I do about the purpose of the United Nations, I can think of no place more fitting.

By getting the United States to join the U.N., which represents a limited form of world government, the Council on Foreign Relations had accomplished its first major objective. Using its influence in public education and the media, the CFR would now proceed to cast a favorable image for the United Nations among the American public, eventually leading step-by-step to U.S. participation in a full blown system of world government. This, it was realized, would take some time.

Had the CFR attempted and tried to bring the United States into a world government all at once, the effort would have failed. The American people would have reacted full force against any such attempt. The immediate purpose of the U.N. was therefore merely to warm Americans up to the idea of global government. You may rest assured that it was a well constructed conditioning plan.

Since the United Nations was founded in 1945, two of its main leaders have been guilty of outrageous actions. Alger Hiss, for example, was exposed as a Soviet operative and Spy. Secretary U Thant praised Lenin as a leader whose

"ideals of peace and peaceful coexistence among states have won widespread international acceptance and they are in line with the aims of he U/N. Charter.,,

Secretary General Kurt Waldheim was regretfully and erroneously targeted and smeared by factions who were not able to exercise any degree of control over him. They branded him as a Nazi Foot Soldier, and smeared his honest name throughout the world. It was the largest slime and smear campaign ever undertaken by th.e United States Department of State and the CFR in its entirety. All America is aware of the atrocities attributed to Waldheim, having heard about them or read about them in the international media.

Yet in spite of these revelations, most Americans today continue to view the U.N. as a "good organization." It is truly amazing what a media publicity campaign can accomplish. It can cover the misdeeds of many and destroy the very honor of the one man who was totally dedicated to promote good will among men. one of the oldest tricks of the Illuminati was to label their enemies as having the black hearts and evil motives that were actually their own. In this way, down through the ages, they have branded and burned their enemies, and turned the gullible public against their adversaries.

Along with being responsible for the United Nations, the Council on Foreign Relations would go on to serve as a mainspring for numerous spin-off groups, such as the Club of Rome, the Trilateral Commission, and with some error, the Bilderberger society. All but the Bilderbergers were designed to carry out a specific task within the broader mission of establishing a New World Order. The creation of these organizations represents a restructuring of the one-world political hierarchy. This hierarchy is always changing, revising, and adapting itself to current situations. This must be done so that it can more successfully and effectively further its agenda.

The hierarchy, among other things, had called for world government to be achieved in stages through the f orming of world administrative regions. This was in accordance with the U.N. Charter, which encourages the implementation and administration of world government on a regional basis. [According to chapter 8, Article 52 (2-3) and 53 (1) of the Charter, under "Regional Arrangements.]

The strategy was really quite simple. The countries of the world would first be merged into several regions. This would serve to break down the long standing concepts of national sovereignty, then, region by region, they would be merged into a system of world government. The idea was grand, but national politics were not counted upon. All one has to do to understand this is look at Europe as it tries to ratify the Maastricht Treaty or look at the doubt within many American workers as their plants move to Mexico because of NAFTA. (North American Free Trade Agreement.)

However, as previously indicated, with emphasis placed on nationalism, it was soon realized that regional government would be next to impossible to achieve politically because of resistance to the idea from the world's people. That's when the powers-that-be decided to divide the world into primary economic regions first, hoping to pave the way for later political unions based and predicated on the same geopolitical boundaries.

THE BILDERBERGERS

In order to accomplish this feat, several special task organizations were established to oversee the creation of regional trade associations. The society responsible for Europe's economic integration would be the Bilderberg Group, here known better as the Bilderbergers.

At first it was assumed that this society would form a complimentary relationship with the U.N., the CFR. the Club of Rome, the TLC and numerous other sister organizations founded to promote a singular one world order. This was not to be the case as the members of the Bilderbergers Society were (are) members of Europe's old hard line aristocracy. They were more nationalistic than the entire global cabal combined. They began to break away from the CFR gang, and forge their own New World Order, based on freedom and equality for all citizens.

The present day and public name for the group was derived from the Bilderberg Hotel in 0osterbeck, Holland, the site of the a~sociationls first meeting in 1954. The present day group consists of approximately one hundred power-elite from the member nations. most of them are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. However, Austria and France were admitted because the organization originally appeared within their respective borders. Many of these Society members have come from a long heritage of Templar Knights. Many of their ancestors served as Knights Templars as well as Crusaders throughout the wars in the Holy lands. Today's leadership is at relative ease with the Council on Foreign Relations.

The express purpose of the Bilderberger Society was to regionalize all of Europe. This goal was revealed by Giovanni Agnelli, the head of Fiat and one of the leaders of the present day Bilderbergers. Agnelli stated:

"European integration is our goal and where the politicians have failed, we, the old world elite, intend to succeed."

The original seat of the prior Bilderbergers was Schoss Bilderberg, in Passau, Germany. Here they met for hundreds of years to promote commerce between the many fiefdoms along the riverways of Austria, Germany and France. These Dukes ruled their lands with fists of iron and wills of steel.

George McGhee, the former U.S. ambassador to Germany, revealed that "the Treaty of Rome, which brought the Common Market into being was nurtured at the Bilderberg meetings." In other words, today's European Economic Community, which is soon to become a political reality, on December 31, 1992, is indeed a product of the Bilderberg Group.

Although the Bilderbergers share some of the goals discussed earlier in this article, they differ considerably as to what the average citizen stands to gain in giving up his nationality to further a United States of Europe. It is common knowledge that most, if not all of Europe, presently has adequate housing, food, clothing, and most important, medical care for all of its citizenry. No one lives in a slum like environment. Children receive free education, only subject to the students obtaining and holding a passing scholastic grade. Although money is an object, or better stated... the piece d1resistance, the food of the buerger is deemed to come first. It is the contention of this writer that the goals expressed by the Bilderbergers merit closer examination.

As my friend Dave Emory puts is so well ... "its food for thought and grounds for further research.,,

For lack of space, the rank and file of the Bilderbergers shall not be discussed in this article. A larger and more informative expose is being planned for the next installment.

Therefore, the focus of the next installment shall be directed to exposing as well as discussing the negatives and positives of the Bilderberger Society, and its impact on the rest of the here to fore named organizations. As alternate topic the Tri-Lateral Commission, its history, agenda, and opportunists growth patterns shall be scrutinized. Exposure of these organizations can not harm the American Will to survive. It merely gives us the much needed ammunition to fight a war for which, by virtue of our large and demographic landscape, we are ill equipped to wage.

AFTERTHOUGHTS

A lone and single thought, nurtured and brought to action on our common behalf is a round fired for freedom. Let us not permit this chapter of history to be written without our input for proposed change. Never give in to these globalists. Remember the battle cry of John Paul Jones ...

"I have not yet begun to fight ...

I urge each and every one of you to shout with me, the new cry for battle ... the pledge we learned in grade school; the Pledge we grew up with, and learned to honor and revere ... Ladies and gentlemen, I am referring to the pledge upon which this country's way of life is based... I am referring to

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!

This short pledge says it far better than I could ever dare. It speaks not for the globalists; it speaks not for a New World order. It speaks of the flag of these United States, and not the flag of a United Nations. It speaks of One Nation under God, with liberty and justice for all. This was the dream of the Founders of the United States of America. While they may have dreamed of taking their dream to the whole of the world, they never in their wildest nightmares imagined a one world government based upon the enslavement of its peoples.

We cannot let this country be lost because her citizenry cannot see what the global masters have in store for us. We must form a figurative chain, interlocking arms to show our national pride and unity. This must be done immediately, before they manage to separate and divide us. Their tactics include clever plans for dividing and conquering a people. If you are made to believe that you are separate and apart from other Americans, you won't mind when their rights are taken from them. And slowly one by one, with the same tactic known in prewar Germany as "the salami tactique", you will suddenly realize that you have given up all your rights and you too will have become a slave of the new world order.

We have a covenant, signed and sealed with the blood of those who came, lived, fought and died for liberty and freedom long before we were born. You live freely because of their commitment to an ideal of self-determination, liberty and justice for all. The thread of their dreams that reach from them to you will surely whither and die if you do not pick up their ideal and carry it to its completion. Fight for your freedom... fight with everything you have. Let 'the united will of the American people preserve our way of life and our ideals for those who shall, God willing, come after US.

Lastly, let us proudly tell the world that we are Americans ... we have a history ... we have a purpose ... we stand as a beacon for the rest of humanity of freedom, liberty and justice. We will not be swallowed up by global masters who wish to exploit us for their own economic gain. we will march forward with our arms interlocked and proclaim to the world that we only pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America ... and we're damned proud of it!

A Final Word of Warning...

If you do not take personal responsibility for your country and your way of life right now ... you will only have yourself to blame as your liberties erode. Get involved ... get informed and then get started informing others. we must reject the one world government, we must reject the U.N. troops on our shores, we must reject NAFTA, GATT, the WTO...

Wake up and take back your country!

If not you ... who?

If not now ... when?

An Expose Of The Federal Reserve Banking System

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The Short Road To Chaos And Destruction

An Expose Of The Federal Reserve Banking System

An Article by

Gunther K. Russbacher

Edited by Rayelan Allan Russbacher

Editor's note: Navy Captain Gunther Russbacher is a 29 year veteran of the United States Intelligence Community, (Office of Naval Intelligence, attached to the Central Intelligence Agency). During all of that time he has operated as a deep black covert operative. In 1980 Captain Russbacher flew then vice-presidential candidate George Bush to a secret meeting near Paris in what has become known as "The October Surprise" scandal.

In 1989, Captain Russbacher violated direct orders and married, Rayelan Allan, an investigative researcher who was currently working to expose the October Surprise scandal. Captain Russbacher was arrested two days after their marriage and stayed incarcerated until December of 1993.

It is evident to all who are familiar with the Russbacher case that he was a political prisoner of the Bush administration. The following article was written, in spring of 1992, from his prison cell in the Jefferson City Correctional Center in Missouri.

Captain Russbacher has been called the "Company Banker". Because of this, he had to be knowledgeable about the banking system in the United States. Once he began studying the Federal Reserve, its origins and its global aspirations, he began to understand how three hundred families control the world. This article was written from memory, with a little help from friends at Langley Center.

The One World Monetary Cabal

The story of my investigation into the One-World monetary cabal begins in the elevator at Langley Center, (Headquarters for the Central Intelligence Agency in McLean, Virginia.) I had just finished a field exercise designed to certify me for further operations status. I had narrowly passed.

On the elevator, a friend invited me to join him and three others for dinner. Knowing that my plane wasn't due out until 0800 hours the following morning, I accepted. I needed a shower, so I hurriedly walked to my car and began the drive back to the city. It was a sweltering day in the Capitol. The air appeared to stand still. Mosquitos angrily attacked anything that moved on the hot pavement. Little did I suspect, as I drove back to my hotel, that tonight's dinner was going to be more than just a friendly gathering.

After a shower, shave and fresh clothes, I arrived at the restaurant. I arrived early so I could have a drink and check out the place. I made my way through the restaurant, heading for the bar. Hopefully no one noticed my surprise when I saw the group who had already gathered. It was a weekend, the place should have been empty. But it was filled with high level government types, most of whom I knew. My friend from work was already in the bar. Judging from the half-filled drink in his hand, he had arrived early with the same intent in mind. The three others he mentioned this afternoon were with him.

After exchanging the usual, banal forms of greetings, we were led into the dining room. Over hors d'oeuvres I realized that I was in the midst of a serious meeting. The others who were present (with the exception of one man, who was employed by one of the wire services,) were all top echelon government employees. Together we represented the elite of the investigative and intelligence communities. You didn't need to be a rocket scientist to know that something more than dinner was going on here. To slam home the point, a guy from State, (the State Department) read us our evening's agenda. We were apprized that dinner would be brief so we should eat fast. A helicopter would pick us up and take us to a SPECIAL MANUFACTURING plant.

Not knowing when we'd eat again, we followed his suggestion and ate quickly, in studied silence. We were soon told that the helicopters were waiting, ready to take us deep into the Maryland countryside. We left the table and boarded, still not knowing where we were going or why.

The flight was thankfully uneventful and the craft softly deposited us on the lawn in front of the corporate offices of a large manufacturing plant. I offered the guess that the firm was considering an expansion or maybe desired a government contract. Possibly they were looking for government assistance to fund their current projects. At that point, all speculations were pure conjecture.

It was plain to all of us that we were on the scene as representatives of our respective bureaus and agencies. The meeting was to be with various high corporate officials, along with members of a U.S. Senator's office and the mayor's office of a large Maryland metropolis.

After receiving an impressive tour of the facility, one of the members of our group asked why the firm was planning such a major expansion. The corporate official in charge of the tour replied,

"We are one of three companies being considered by the United States Treasury Department to build the printing presses that will print the new U.S. currency."

We all looked at each other. The expressions on our faces said it all. "What new U.S currency?" Not a word was spoken. We were as speechless at that moment as we would have been if we had been lobotomized by the painless methods of chemical ingestion. Here we were, all of us high level government officials, learning about the planned new currency without any warning or introduction. It was almost as if the information had been purposely leaked to us through the grapevine... through a private, non governmental source. The corporate official, when probed about the matter, and unorthodox manner of approach, claimed he didn't know much beyond what he had already told us.

When I returned to my office at Langley the following day, I couldn't help but wonder what last night was all about. I entered the entire proceedings into my Weekly Assessment Report, known within our circles as the "WAR" reports. Over the next several weeks I spent a great deal of time investigating the proposed printing of the new currency and the purpose behind it. I discovered soon enough that others were asking questions as well. (One of those individuals was Congressman Ron Paul of Texas who served on the Congressional committee dealing with the Treasury Department on this particular matter.)

In essence, I had learned that the plans to issue a new currency were international in scope, at least a dozen major countries were planning, or had specific plans, for coming out with new money. They included Switzerland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Italy, Australia, Brazil and several others.

I engaged my network to gather information on these proposed changes. Soon the information began flowing into my terminal. The picture began to clear. Several of the afore named countries had already issued new currencies, in various denominations. Most of these new currencies had two things in common...they had bare spots, about the size of a fifty cent coin, usually on the left-hand side of the bill. Upon closer inspection of these currencies, it was evident that they also contained metallic filament or element strips, enabling special devices to detect the currencies as they passed through airports or across international boundaries.

If the currencies are held over a light, a three-dimensional image (hologram) becomes apparent in the blank spot. The images, barely visible to the naked eye, are seemingly always of prominent world figures, and cannot be reproduced on copiers. The effort to create the "new money" was internationally coordinated.

Rumor had it that these currencies would later receive a common image linking them together in an international monetary system. Several years have passed since I first learned about the proposed new currency. Although it has been printed, and is stored in Treasury vaults, the actual issuance of the currency has, for some unknown reason, been delayed. Based upon my information as a member of the United States Intelligence community, it seems clear that, if we were to enter into a world government in the near future, the first step, from a monetary standpoint would include the establishment of an international currency system.

It must be stated that due to the rapid advances in electronic banking technology and the proven willingness of consumers to quickly adapt to these changes, the chances of by-passing the new currencies and going directly to an electronic (cashless) system are increasing exponentially. If the powers that be perceive the public to be ready and prepared for such a move, I believe they wouldn't hesitate to make this jump all at once, even in spite of the large investment that has already been made in the new currency.

If this were to be the case, the main focus of international finance would, without doubt, shift toward promoting international debit cards, which already are gaining widespread acceptance because of their convenience. Long time antagonists of these cards, such as Austria, Germany and Switzerland, have always believed in a true cash and carry society. They have already, with great regret, lost the battle to the debit card banking schemes.

To make a purchase, the card is passed through a scanning device. After making a positive identification, your bank account or credit account is automatically charged or debited with the amount of the purchase. The willingness of consumers to accept such a single card for worldwide use is already past the test market stage. Even my household has not been spared. We have received the new AT&T card which is being promoted by the intriguing commercial..."One World, One Card." The implications are most clear. Big Brother is at our very door. However, THIS Big Brother, should not be confused with Orwell's; for it is not the Big Brother of our national government, but rather and more ominous...it is BIG BROTHER of world-wide proportions.

Once such debit/credit cards have gained world-wide acceptance, everything would be in place for the next and final step, which would be to force each individual to be tagged with a personal identification code without which he would be unable to buy or sell. The technology for such a worldwide electronic system is already in place, and experiments with such a mark have already been conducted in several countries.

Other developments are underway as well. In the not too distant future, products on our grocery shelves may become labeled with an invisible bar code. The Universal Product Code (UPC), which most of us have complained is an eye sore on product packaging, will no longer be visible. It will still be there, however, only the scanner will be able to read it. Once the transition to an invisible code begins to take place, it will only be a matter of time before humans are tattooed with a similar mark.

Wake up America! The implications to personal freedom are staggering! I emphasize the tattoo in order to bring this discussion down to a personal level. If the globalist cabal has their way, their system will become operational by 1994. To understand how all this fits together, it's important to understand some of the finer points of monetary history.

Recently passed interstate banking laws have made this global centralization possible by allowing strength and swallow mergers. I am saying that many of the smaller banks have been virtually eaten by the big ones...at an alarming rate.

Over a 12 state region stretching from New York to the Carolinas, only three New York superbanks control over 85% of all banking assets. The same can be said for the First Interstate System, which is now in place from the Pacific West to the middle of the heartland of America. The writing is on the wall, surely it is finally going to be read.

I had ample opportunity to study the American banking system while serving as an operative for the Central Intelligence Agency's Proprietary Operations Division. After all, we had not only served as members of boards of directors, but more so, held outright ownership of a number of Savings and Loan institutions. I was well in the know, but even I was shocked to realize that I had merely scratched the surface on the national and international banking plot.

I discovered that the SAME forces behind the big bank mergers, already controlled the American banking industry, via the Federal Reserve System. This has been the case ever since the Fed's establishment in 1913. Contrary to public belief, the Federal Reserve is NOT a government institution. It is a privately held corporation owned by stockholders. Until a few years ago, however, the names of those who owned the Federal Reserve were one of the best kept secrets of international finance, due to a provision of the Federal Reserve Act which stated that the identities of the Fed's Class A stockholders cannot be revealed.

In our circles it became widely known that the Fed's principle owners, or stockholders, as they prefer to be called, were the ROTHSCHILD banks of London and Berlin; LAZARD BROTHERS Banks of Paris; ISRAEL MOSES SEIF Banks of Italy, WARBURG Bank of Hamburg and Amsterdam; LEHMAN BROTHERS Bank of New York; and GOLDMAN, Sachs Banks of New York; KUHN, Loeb Bank of New York; CHASE MANHATTAN Bank of New York. These interests own and operate the Federal Reserve System through approximately three hundred stockholders, all of whom are very well known to each other, and frequently are related.

This can be understood better by knowing that a great deal of maneuvering and deception accompanied the passage of the Federal Reserve Act. The original proposal, calling for a central bank operated by insiders and private interests, was presented by Nelson Aldrich,(the maternal grandfather of todays Rockefeller brothers,) and was known as the Aldrich Bill. This bill was narrowly put down, but was soon reintroduced and passed as the Federal Reserve Act, (officially known as the Owens Glass Act.)

Because of the way in which the Federal Reserve System was designed by its founder, whoever controlled the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, essentially controlled the entire system. For all practical purposes the Federal Reserve Bank of New York IS the Federal Reserve. Currently, more than ninety of the 100 largest banks in the United States are located within this district.

Class A stockholders control the entire Federal Reserve System by owning the stock of the largest member banks in the New York Federal Reserve Bank. This controlling interest is held by fewer than a dozen international banking establishments, only four of which are factually based in the United States. The rest of the outlaying interests are European, with the most influential of these being the Rothschild family of London.

Each of the American interests are in some way connected to this family. Included among these are the Rockefellers who are by far the most powerful of the Fed's American stockholders. (The Rockefeller holdings in the Federal Reserve are primarily through Chase Manhattan Bank.)

Through their U.S. and European agents, the Rothschilds would go on to finance the Rockefeller Standard Oil dynasty, the Carnegie Steel empire, as well as the Harriman railroad system. The Rockefeller, who later became intermarried with the Carnegies, would go on to finance many of American's leading capitalists, through Chase Manhattan and Citibank, both of which have long been Rockefeller family banks. Many of these families would also become intermarried with the Rockefeller so that by 1937 one could trace "an almost unbroken line of biological relationships from the Rockefeller through one-half of the wealthiest sixty families in the nation."

Owing much of their wealth to the Rockefeller, these families have become loyal allies of the "family". The Rockefeller, on the other hand, owing their enormous fortune to the Rothschild banking empire, have for the most part remained true and loyal to them and to their European interest. As a direct result of this chain, much of America's corporate wealth is ultimately traceable to the old money of Europe and the ONE-WORLD INTERESTS of its members.

In order to bring the reader up to speed, and make the connection between the new currency, the international debit/credit card, the Federal Reserve System and the New World Order, it is imperative to present a little American History within this report.

In 1911, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Standard Oil had in fact, long been in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law. However, the problem goes back all the way to 1890, where Standard Oil of Ohio, owned by John D. Rockefeller was refining more than 90% of all American crude oil and was well on its way to international expansion politics. Although J.D. and his family were the repeated subjects of congressional investigations for anti-trust violations and criminal conspiracy, the investigations had little or no effect on the family's business or progress. They always managed to stay a step ahead of the federal government. The law was not able to thwart such illicit maneuvering. The American peoples' hands were tied.

It is worth noting that the 1911 action did indeed cause the Rockefeller family empire a certain amount of legal difficulties. It brought them into the United States District Courts. A verdict was found in favor of the government. The firm had to be split and many of the peripheral firms sold off. The holding company was dissolved, its shares distributed among thirty three companies in an attempt to break up the monopoly. However, it soon became evident that all of the new companies were owned by the same people (J.D. Rockefeller had 25% of stock in each of the new firms), "and that there wasn't a shred of competition among ANY OF THEM!"

Offshoots of the original Standard Oil Trust included Standard Oil of New Jersey (today EXXON), Standard Oil of New York (today MOBIL), Standard Oil of California (today operates under its name and Chevron), Standard Oil of Indiana (DX-BORON), Standard Oil of Ohio (SOHIO), Standard Oil Company, Phillips 66, and many lesser known others.

In 1966 (data supplied from my "company", as a result of congressional investigation headed by U.S. Representative Wright Patman of Texas,) it was discovered that four of the world's seven largest oil companies were under the direct ownership and/or control of the Rockefeller family. According to an earlier Operations Reports, the largest of these, Standard Oil of New Jersey (EXXON), alone controlled 321 other major corporations, including Humble Oil and Venezuela's OREOLE Petroleum; themselves among the largest oil corporations in the world.

By 1975, the Rockefeller had gained control of the single largest block of stock in Atlantic Richfield (ARCO) and were believed to be in control of TEXACO as well. (Therefore, it must be assumed that the extremely large suit and judgement against Texaco was merely a put-on for the public, and not a true verdict. Consider the true premise of a parent company bringing suit against it's darling daughter.) It was further noted that the Rockefeller were operating major joint ventures with Royal Dutch Shell, which was already in the hands of European one-world interests. I am specifically referring to the Dutch Royal Family. It was Queen Juliana who was the sole owner of Shell. Upon her daughter's (Beatrice) marriage to Klaus (Germany), she divested herself of the interests in Royal Dutch Shell. Substantial interests were offered and sold through Credit Anstalt Bank Verein, as well as Union Bank of Switzerland.

However, our article deals with global strategists from both sides of the Atlantic. It should have seemed obvious to any American that major problems were to be encountered with the continuation of the Fed System. Ever since the founding of the Federal Reserve, consistent efforts have been made by conservatives of both houses of Congress to have their leaders put a stop to the Fed and to the dark forces behind it. With the passing of each decade, there was at least one valiant attempt to expose the already well known conspiracy.

Congressman Charles Lindbergh, Sr., the father of the famous aviator, was among those who fought the passage of the dark Act and later managed to raise an investigation into the cartel. His life was made extremely difficult as a direct result of crying for such investigation. Lindbergh had openly yelled his warning to Congress and to the American people. It was all to no avail. No one would hear his cry in the wilderness.

It must be noted that Lindbergh's efforts to expose the plot were followed by those of Congressman Louis T. McFadden, who chaired the House Banking and Currency Committee for a ten year period. During his tenure, three attempts were made on his life. First, he was shot in Washington, D.C., then his food was poisoned. The third attempt was unfortunately successful. His mysterious death occurred while on a visit to New York City. The cause of death, as listed on the death certificate, was given as "heart failure", although more than enough evidence pointed to poisoning. It is my proffered opinion that Mr. McFadden was poisoned by members of the cartel. Without proper court orders demanding the exhumation and forensic pathology tests, we shall never know the true story.

During the 1950's, Congressman Carroll Reese of Tennessee headed what became known as the Reese Committee. The Committee was charged with conducting a thorough investigation of the (then) major tax-exempt foundations linked to the international money cartel. The investigation centered on those foundations and trusts actually owned and controlled by the Rockefeller, Fords and Carnegies, and well as the Guggenheim foundations. The findings regarding the wealth and absolute power of these foundations were so traumatically overwhelming that many in Congress found the information difficult to believe. That disbelief, was the door opener for the continuation of the Machiavellian machinations within the money industry.

The disbelief and resultant inaction was also indirectly responsible, for allowing Agency personnel to defrock the already threatened Banking and Savings industry. The implementation of this defrocking, thanks to Congressional Oversight Committees, was easily attained. Please bear in mind, though, that the raping of the American financial institutions began long before the Agency entered the picture.

During the 1960's and 1970's, Congressman Wright Patman of Texas also investigated manipulations by these foundations, trusts and the Federal Reserve. Using his influence as Chairman of the House Banking Committee and later as the Chairman of other important committees, he repeatedly tried to expose the so called "One World Plot" by calling for audits of the Federal Reserve, and even trying to have the Act repealed. However, the findings of each of his committees, for some strange reason, were unable to attract any attention from the media. Patman, and others who have gone after and before him, frequently stated and vented his frustration over this lack of press and media coverage. On one occasion he stated, "our exposes of the Federal Reserve Board are shocking and scandalous, but they are only printed in the daily Congressional Record, which is read by very few people."

In the 1970's and the 1980's, Congressman Larry McDonald was the one who spearheaded the efforts against the Bush version of the New World Order. In 1976 he wrote the introduction to the "Rockefeller File", a book exposing the Rockefeller' financial holdings and secret intentions. The book supposedly revealed that the Rockefeller had as many as two hundred trusts and foundation type organizations, and that the actual number of such foundations controlled by the family might well number into the thousands. Such control IS possible because Rockefeller banks, such as Chase Manhattan, have become the trustees for many other U.S. foundations as well; possessing the right to invest and to vote the capital and common stock of these institutions--through the trust department of the bank.

McDonald did everything in his power to warn the American public. However, as usual, the attempt was to no avail. He stated unequivocally, that the Rockefeller intended to control "--first our own country, and then the world!" He went on to state. "Do I mean conspiracy? Yes, yes I do. I am convinced there is a plot, national and international."

McDonald's warning was written on legal congressional letterhead and was dated November, 1975. During the ensuing years, frustrated by the media's refusal to report his findings, he began, like others and myself, to take his message to the streets by speaking out against these forces publicly to anyone who would listen to him. McDonald's courageous efforts came to an abrupt end on August 31, 1983 when he was killed aboard the Korean Airliner 007 flight, which "accidentally" strayed over Soviet airspace and was "accidentally" shot down.

Today, as with many other true patriots, very little remains of his fight for freedom. Critical information does kill the holder.

The chance of a U.S. Congressman being aboard a commercial airliner shot down by the Soviet military, is less than one in a billion. Depending on the variables entered into the equation, the numbers may very well be higher and greater still. You, the public, are expected to believe that it was pure coincidence, just as we are supposed to believe that the recent (1991) deaths of Senator John Heinz and former Senator John Tower, in two separate crashes were "pure" coincidence as well.

Tower had been an outspoken critic of the "Eastern Establishment" (a euphemism for ONE WORLD ORDER), even though he had himself been associated with such organizations. He had a very strong sense of right and wrong, particularly on matters concerning national security. He was well known for "bucking" the tide. This backfired on him with deadly results when certain members of Congress, loyal to the Regan(Reagan) and Bush faction of the Intelligence Community (Faction #1), banded together against him in a smear campaign which resulted in the denial of Tower's confirmation as U.S. Secretary of Defense.

Outraged over the undocumented allegation made to slander his name, Tower began the book writing process so feared in Washington circles. His controversial book heavily criticizes his old crony pals in Congress. His death in a plane crash on April 5, 1991 came very shortly after the book was released.

One day earlier (April 4, 1991), Senator John Heinz died in a blazing plane crash near Philadelphia. The official reports state that the plane's landing gear had suddenly malfunctioned. A helicopter was sent up to check out the gear, only to end up (allegedly) crashing into the plane itself. We are really stretching the "coincidence theory" when we state that two freak accidents occurred in One! First, the landing gear fails, and then the rescue aircraft slams into the plane. No one should make book as to the veracity of such obviously slanted and untrue reports.

Heinz and Tower had both been members of a prominent One-World society known as the Council on Foreign Relations, the CFR. Both had served on powerful Senate banking and finance committees, and had known a great deal about the matters discussed in this article. I suppose the obvious question must read..."could they have known too much?" I submit that they in fact...knew too much! Both were very astute when it came to matters of monetary policy and the implementation of foreign policy. Yes, without doubt, they knew too much. Although accidents do happen, how much longer are we supposed to believe that all of these "so called" accidents are mere coincidence?

Since the earlier death of Congressman Larry McDonald, Senator Jesse Helms has led many efforts to expose the plot. Although Mr. Helms has recently been required to undergo extensive cardiovascular surgery, nothing appears to have happened to him, YET! I am quite certain that Mr. Helms would appreciate the combined prayer of Americans who are concerned for the truth as well as his safety.

The vivid remarks and statements of Senator Helms, like those of his predecessors, have been entered into the Congressional Record, without receiving any network coverage. Regretfully, the only attention Mr. Helms manages to garner in the press is in the form of public ridicule over his conservative voting record. It must be noted here, that the major threat to the American way of life transcends labels like Conservative and Liberal. Those who valiantly try to protect the way of life that Americans love and cherish are the new American patriots. They come from all backgrounds, Republican, Democrat, Liberal and Conservative.

The American people must wake up immediately and realize that the "Labels" applied to them are merely a way of dividing and conquering. One has only to remember the 1992 republican convention and its blatant attempt to divide and conquer the American people with obvious divisive and untrue statements. Wake up America and understand why the "One World Elite" needs to label groups. As an example, when the women's movement began to gain momentum and presented problems to the entrenched elite, a way had to be found to neutralize the power of the women's movement. Women who join together and fight for common causes such as child care, health care and education are a formidable force. To keep such a powerful force from taking over government, the "think tanks" created the solution...divide and conquer. Turn women against each other and they will never be able to become a powerful political force. The method they chose to divide and conquer the growing women's movement was abortion. Other methods are employed in other areas...first label, then divide, then conquer. My lengthy digression can be summed up in one sentence: Forget all the old labels, become American patriots...it's the only way to save America.

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During the 1960's and 1970's, thanks to the efforts of Congressman Wright Patman, Larry McDonald, and others, the message of a "One World Conspiracy" had begun to reach the "reading" American people. The usual action groups were formed by various citizens in an urgent attempt to get this information into the hands of the public, However, as usual, without coverage from the major media, their efforts have had only limited results. These groups have had to rely on self-published newsletters and books. Numerous radio appearances also were used to spread the word. The task of educating the American public is not a simple one, but rather and more so, based and predicated upon numerous unpublicized speaking engagements in order to get the word out. Such is the stress associated with an active grassroots campaign.

Lt. Col. Archibald Roberts is one of the individuals who has made significant impact. As Director of the Committee to Restore the Constitution, he began testifying before state legislatures, informing our elected officials, at the state level, about the deception surrounding the Federal Reserve Act. His campaign, urging state legislatures to repeal the Federal Reserve Act was, according to Agency records, launched on March 30, 1971, when he testified before the Wisconsin House of Representatives. The text of Roberts' address was subsequently entered in the Congressional Record on April 19, 1991 by Louisiana Congressman John Rarick.

As a result of Roberts' work, by the mid 1980's, approximately twenty states had taken some form of action to pass legislation, calling either for an audit of the Fed, or for the repeal of the Federal Reserve Act. However, there has been virtually no media coverage, and the American public is still largely unaware of the intense battle going on behind the scenes of the Washington Establishment.

During June, 1989, the battle waged at the state level had once again reached Congress. Representative Henry Gonzalez, of Texas, introduced House Resolution 1469, calling for the abolition of the Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve System. He also introduced House Resolution 1470, calling for the repeal of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913. During the same session, Representative Phil Crane of Illinois, introduced H.R. 70, calling for an annual audit of the Federal Reserve. However, all of these efforts, like those of others before them, failed.

We have personally come to know that it is far more than merely difficult to get the public behind a legitimate cause or issue, if the media refuses to cover it. Obviously such coverage is necessary in order to get the public to put the kind of pressure on Congress that will lead to action. This is particularly true of a Congress in which One-World interests now hold the upper hand, and own the media.

When I was asked to write this article, I made my way back into the dark corridors and lessor known places inside Agency Headquarters. Some of my old friends and associates were still willing to hear from me, even though several years had passed. They not only talked with me, but were gracious enough to accept my collect calls from prison. We pulled files, read numerous articles, and reviewed stymied legislation. The information you have been made privy to is a result of cooperation with the "so called" unspeakable, and unclean element from the CIA Center. We have come a long way in tracking the specifics of this money trail and how One World money is being used to influence our society. Our distaste must seem obvious to the reader. These one-worlders have invaded every aspect of American life and not only threaten the well being of the nation, but have virtually managed to secure a strangle hold upon the physical bodies of each and every one of us.

It must be stated, for the record, that each year billions of dollars are EARNED by class A stockholders of the Federal Reserve. These profits come at the expense of the U.S. Government and American citizens, who pay interest on bank loans, a portion of which ends up going to the Federal Reserve. Much of this money, along with the annual profits stemming from hundreds of corporations and banks owned and operated by these same interests, is then funneled into tax-exempt foundations--where it is then reinvested into American and foreign corporations, and used to influence our thoughts and our economy. In this fashion, a small group of people, dedicated to the establishment of a strong type of world government, has gained considerable influence over global activity and therefore your life.

It is NO coincidence that the forces responsible for the founding of the Federal Reserve were also responsible for the passage of laws permitting the creation of tax-exempt foundations. Such private foundations were specifically intended to serve as tax shelters to stow and hide the enormous wealth generated by the international banking cartel. It might be significant to note that they have also been most cherished for the purpose of funding major think-tanks, which influence virtually every aspect of American life.

AUTHOR'S ASSESSMENT AND CONCLUSIONS: REPORT FORMAT
(Personal opinion included)

At the close of research and investigation for this article, the writer must conclude that the influence of one-world foundations in the areas of social science, education and foreign policy has only accelerated; thereby accomplishing great strides due to minimal opposition from opposing foundations.

It must be remembered that it was the One-World cabal, (Rockefeller, Rothschild etc.), who pushed for the legalization of tax-exempt foundations, and were therefore the first to establish them. They were able to successfully get off to a head start. Even if a sizable foundation-sponsored opposition were to develop, it would be on a small scale and of rather insignificant result, compared to the massive efforts exerted by the One-World Cabal's mega-foundations.

The One World Cabal will always have more power in the world because of the devious strategies it is willing to employ in order to accumulate money and manipulate the rest of us with it. Clear cut, and decisive action is required immediately. Otherwise, it is this writer's opinion that we will very quickly lose the freedoms our Constitution guarantees for us. In short, our Constitution will be superceded by a One-World document, in fact it already has.

It is important for the reader to begin to think about what the world will be like if the One-Worlders succeed. Because this is a short article, all the possible ramifications and changes to your lifestyle cannot be covered. But one possible negative outcome could be a return to a feudal system with 98% of the people shackled to some major corporation in the same way that serfs lived by the whim of their overlord. This is just one of many possible scenarios, all equally black.

That being said, the ball is squarely in your court. You are part of a select few who have the education, intelligence and desire to even care about such things. In other words, it is up to you. You are part of the last classically educated free-thinking generation in this nation. If you wish to preserve your country for your grandchildren, then get busy. Write letters, form groups which will inform your family and friends. Buy shortwave radios, and create radio networks which will get together and decide how to create an informed voting block that will take back your country.

RMNews P.O. Box 1784 Aptos, CA 95001 info@rumormillnews.com The Uncensored National Rumor

The Problem With Bush And Cheney's "Faulty Intelligence" Defense

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The Problem With Bush And Cheney's "Faulty Intelligence" Defense

A BUZZFLASH GUEST CONTRIBUTION
by Kristina Borjesson

Weighed down by the detritus of their war-selling campaign, including the Plame affair, President Bush and Vice President Cheney came out swinging against charges that they misused pre-war intelligence. The intelligence was faulty, not manipulated, they say. "While it is perfectly legitimate to criticize my decisions or the conduct of the war," the president declared, "it is irresponsible to re-write the history of how the war began."

Re-writing history may be wrong, but reviewing it is instructive. The record shows that Bush and Cheney's claims that they were duped by bad intelligence are disingenuous.

Upon arriving at the White House, they began an extensive campaign to get to Iraq. They assembled an ad hoc bureaucracy for gathering and diffusing intelligence--true or faulty, it didn't matter--to sell the war. They paid Ahmed Chalabi and his Iraqi National Congress (a group that the CIA had previously dismissed as an unreliable intelligence source) for faulty intelligence that served their agenda. Another aspect of their campaign was pressuring and punishing those who disputed or refuted the intelligence. The Plame affair resulted from that.

Ron Suskind reported in his book, The Price of Loyalty, that ten days into the Bush administration's tenure, former treasury secretary Paul O'Neill attended a meeting where the president turned to Condi Rice and in what several observers understood was a scripted exchange said, "What's on the agenda?" "How Iraq is destabilizing the region, Mr. President," she replied, after which then-CIA director George Tenet gave a presentation that raised the possibility of Hussein having weapons of mass destruction. At the end of the meeting, the president assigned Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld and General Henry H. Shelton to look at "military options." A little less than year later, Rumsfeld expressed his desire to find evidence in the ruins of 9/11 that was "good enough to hit SH [Saddam Hussein]."

From there, members of the administration associated with Bush and Cheney's offices, oversaw an ad hoc bureaucracy comprised of several groups designed to gather, package and sell intelligence promoting the war.

There was the Policy Counterterrorism Evaluation Group, run by Cheney's Middle East Advisor, David Wurmser. According to intelligence expert and author James Bamford, this group was assigned to produce evidence for pretexts for attacking Iraq. Knight Ridder's Jonathan Landay said that the group was tasked to look for links between Saddam and al Qaeda. This linking exercise resulted in a post-war memo that was released by the conservative Weekly Standard under the headline: "Case Closed: The U.S. Government's Secret Memo Detailing Cooperation Between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden." The Defense Department and the CIA disowned the memo as a legitimate analysis. Nonetheless, Cheney called it the "best source of information" on the Saddam/bin Laden connection.

Then there was the Office of Special Plans [OSP] for advance war planning and media strategy. Created by Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith, it was hidden away on the Pentagon's fifth floor. The OSP operated in secret. Retired Air Force Lieutenant Karen Kwiatkowski, who was on staff there, says, "We were instructed at a staff meeting that this office was not to be discussed or explained and if people in the Joint Staff, among others, asked, we were to offer no comment." One of the OSP's tasks, according to Bamford, was to "target doubters and non-believers in the government, from the CIA to the Secretary of State. Those who wouldn't go along with the OSP's false information [courtesy of Ahmed Chalabi] or agenda, like CIA intelligence experts and General Anthony Zinni, former commander of Middle East Forces, were attacked and put on enemies lists."

The president, vice-president and Ahmed Chalabi weren't necessarily looking for good intelligence, just pro-war intelligence. Chalabi was the administration's pick to head up Iraq after the invasion. Currently wanted in Jordan for embezzling millions of dollars from a bank, he has been serving as Iraq's oil minister. Chalabi is probably still the administration's top pick for running that country, because he has promised to protect U.S. interests and to make a peace deal with Israel.

In 2002, when the Senate Appropriations Committee demanded to know why the State Department was paying Chalabi's INC for intelligence, the INC sent a letter saying that their information was going directly to William Luti in Rumsfeld's office and John Hannah in Cheney's office. The Pentagon's Kwiatkowski confirmed that the OSP had a "very close relationship with Cheney's office" and told Knight Ridder's Jonathan Landay that staff members in Douglas Feith's office were giving talking points and position papers based on the INC's bogus information to conservative columnists and influential journalists.

Then there was the White House Iraq Group, headed up by Bush's chief of staff, Andrew Card, and charged with selling the war to the public. Karl Rove, Condoleezza Rice and Scooter Libby were members of this group. A computer disk leaked in 2002 showed that they were planning a fall media blitz featuring frightening images of mushroom clouds as well as biological and chemical weapons. The blitz began in August. Cheney talked to veterans groups about Iraq's imminent and actual possession of nuclear arms. He always made the nuclear weapons pitch towards the end of his speeches, to leave a lasting impression. When Knight Ridder's Jonathan Landay heard about Cheney's August 26, 2002 speech at a VFW national convention, he called a government source he knew to be well-versed on the issue of Iraq's nuclear capabilities, and the source told Landay flat out: "The vice-president is lying." Three days later, Cheney sold the same bogus message to veterans of the Korean War. Days after that, Cheney and Rice went on television to talk about aluminum tubes and mushroom clouds, pointing to Judith Miller's Chalabi-sourced article entitled, "U.S. Says Hussein Intensifies Quest for A-Bomb Parts."

While Bush and Condi were hitting the airwaves with their "mushroom cloud" speeches, Israeli prime minister Sharon and his top aide, Ra'anan Gissin, were issuing similar dire warnings about Iraq's nuclear, biological and chemical capabilities. The Associated Press reported on a briefing Gissin gave during which he said that Saddam gave Iraq's Atomic Energy Commission orders to speed up their work to make their weapons operational. The AP's headline was: "Israel to U.S., Don't Delay Iraq Attack." This was no coincidence. According to the UK Guardian's Julian Borger, the Office of Special Plans had a mirror office in Israel. Douglas Feith was the liaison between OSP U.S. and OSP Israel.

And then, there's the Niger story. According to Bamford, Bush had intended to mention the story of Hussein seeking yellowcake uranium from Niger in a speech he gave on October 7, 2002 at the Cincinnati Museum. The president didn't, though, because CIA director George Tenet, knowing it lacked credibility, forced the National Security Council to drop it from the president's speech. Up until mid to late October 2002, Tenet's CIA was bucking the administration on at least some of the intelligence they wanted to use to sell the war. But then, Bamford observes, it seems the pressure on Tenet to get with the invasion program became too intense. He stopped fighting and got on board to the point where he actually allowed himself to be quoted telling the president that there was a "slam dunk" case for WMDs. Although the president knew the Niger story wasn't nailed down, he included it in his subsequent state of the union speech. Tenet never said a word. The Plame affair is a result of Ambassador Joseph Wilson doing what Tenet would not do.

Colin Powell didn't hold up under pressure either. In February 2001, he publicly stated: "Saddam has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction." Karen Kwiatkowski confirmed that during the war-selling phase, this view posed a problem: "There was a lot of frustration with Powell, they said a lot of bad things about him at the office "

Sources close to Powell told Bamford that Cheney's chief-of-staff, Scooter Libby, drafted Powell's now-infamous UN speech. While writing it, Libby was in constant communication with David Wurmser of the Policy Counterterrorism Group. Powell's people also told Bamford that the secretary of state knew that much of what was in the script was false. In the end, Powell's people were furious at Libby, but the secretary of state didn't have the courage to not deliver the speech. AP special correspondent Charles J. Hanley did a thorough job of identifying the false and misleading statements in Powell's speech.

Finally, there are all kinds of post-mortem reports examining the government's intelligence failures, but pre-war, the report that really mattered was the National Intelligence Estimate [NIE]. This report is produced by senior intelligence analysts and outside experts known as the National Intelligence Council. The president did not want an NIE done to assess Saddam's WMD capabilities, even though the standard protocol is to put one together before making a big policy decision like going to war. Knight Ridder's Warren Strobel reports that the administration only agreed to order one under duress. Instead of taking the usual several months to craft this key report, it was completed in a record, eyebrow-raising three weeks. Two versions were released: a classified version for policymakers and a public version.

Knight Ridder's Jonathan Landay contrasted the public and classified versions in his February 9, 2004 article, "Doubts, Dissent Stripped from Public Iraq Assessments"

... For example, the public version declared that "most analysts assess Iraq is reconstituting its nuclear weapons program" and says, "if left unchecked, it probably will have a nuclear weapon this decade."

But it fails to mention the dissenting view offered in the top-secret version by the State Department's intelligence arm, the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, known as the INR.

That view said, in part, "The activities we have detected do not, however, add up to a compelling case that Iraq is currently pursuing what INR would consider to be an integrated and comprehensive approach to acquire nuclear weapons. Iraq may be doing so, but INR considers the available evidence inadequate to support such a judgment."

... What the comparison showed is that while the top-secret version delivered to Bush, his top lieutenants and Congress were heavily qualified with caveats about some of its most important conclusions about Iraq's illicit weapons programs, the caveats were omitted from the public version.

The caveats included the phrases, "we judge that," "we assess that" and "we lack specific information on many key aspects of Iraq's WMD programs."

These phrases, according to current and former intelligence officials, long have been used in intelligence reports to stress an absence of hard information and underscore that judgments are extrapolations or estimates.

Among the most striking differences between the versions were those over Iraq's development of small, unmanned aircraft, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles [UAV].

The public version said that Iraq's UAVs "especially if used for delivery of chemical and biological warfare [CBW] agents--could threaten Iraq's neighbors, U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf, and the United States if brought close to, or into, the U.S. Homeland."

The classified version showed there was major disagreement on the issue from the agency with the greatest expertise on such aircraft, the Air Force. The Air Force, "does not agree that Iraq is developing UAVs primarily intended to be delivery platforms for chemical and biological warfare CBW agents," it said. "The small size of Iraq's new UAV strongly suggests a primary role of reconnaissance, although CBW delivery is an inherent capability."

... The public version contained the alarming warning that Iraq was capable of quickly developing biological warfare agents that could be delivered by "bombs, missiles, aerial sprayers, and covert operatives, including potentially against the U.S. Homeland." No such warning that Iraq's biological weapons would be delivered to the United States appeared in the classified version.

... Deleted from the public version was a line in the classified report that cast doubt on whether Saddam was prepared to support terrorist attacks on the United States, a danger that Bush and his top aides raised repeatedly in making their case for war.

"Baghdad for now appears to be drawing a line short of conducting terrorist attacks with conventional or CBW [Chemical Biological Weapons] against the United States, fearing that exposure of Iraqi involvement would provide Washington with a stronger case for making war," the top-secret report said.

Also missing from the public report were judgments that Iraq would attempt "clandestine attacks" on the United States only if an American invasion threatened the survival of Saddam's regime or "possibly for revenge."

Landay concluded that: "As a result, the public was given a far more definitive assessment of Iraq's plans and capabilities than President Bush and other U.S. decision-makers received from their intelligence agencies."

"There are laws that make it a crime for a public official to willfully or knowingly mislead or lie to Congress," observed Landay. "It's a high crime under the Constitution's impeachment clause to manipulate or deliberately misuse national security intelligence data. And under federal criminal law, it's a felony to 'defraud the United States or any agency thereof, in any manner or for any purpose.'" Knight Ridder's Warren Strobel mentioned that he and Landay had "looked at one other law that might have been broken, which is a law that says if Congress gives you money, you cannot turn around and use that money to lobby the U.S. government. We found evidence that Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress [INC], which had provided false and exaggerated intelligence to the administration for making the case for war, may have broken that law. But the INC was not charged with anything."

The entire history of the administration's pre-war activities can't be written here. But clearly the president and vice-president's "faulty intelligence" defense ignores the fact that they set up a bureaucratic machine that circumvented the federal government's intelligence agencies, bought and used bad and inconclusive intelligence to sell the war, and engaged in other highly questionable activities, some of which may one day rise to the level of serious crimes.

A BUZZFLASH GUEST CONTRIBUTION

Kristina Borjesson is the author of the newly released FEET TO THE FIRE: The Media After 9/11, Top Journalists Speak Out, a BuzzFlash Premium. This editorial is largely based on her interviews with national security and intelligence journalists in her book, including James Bamford and Knight Ridder's Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel. Among the other journalists interviewed for the book were Ron Suskind, Walter Pincus, Barton Gellman, Paul Krugman, Peter Arnett, Helen Thomas, Tom Curley and Ted Koppel.

Iraq's Oil: The Spoils Of War

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Published on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 by the Independent / UK

By Philip Thornton

Iraqis face the dire prospect of losing up to $200bn (£116bn) of the wealth of their country if an American-inspired plan to hand over development of its oil reserves to US and British multinationals comes into force next year. A report produced by American and British pressure groups warns Iraq will be caught in an "old colonial trap" if it allows foreign companies to take a share of its vast energy reserves. The report is certain to reawaken fears that the real purpose of the 2003 war on Iraq was to ensure its oil came under Western control.

The Iraqi government has announced plans to seek foreign investment to exploit its oil reserves after the general election, which will be held next month. Iraq has 115 billion barrels of proved oil reserves, the third largest in the world.

According to the report, from groups including War on Want and the New Economics Foundation (NEF), the new Iraqi constitution opened the way for greater foreign investment. Negotiations with oil companies are already under way ahead of next month's election and before legislation is passed, it said.

The groups said they had amassed details of high-level pressure from the US and UK governments on Iraq to look to foreign companies to rebuild its oil industry. It said a Foreign Office code of practice issued in summer last year said at least $4bn would be needed to restore production to the levels before the 1990-91 Gulf War. "Given Iraq's needs it is not realistic to cut government spending in other areas and Iraq would need to engage with the international oil companies to provide appropriate levels of foreign direct investment to do this," it said.

Yesterday's report said the use of production sharing agreements (PSAs) was proposed by the US State Department before the invasion and adopted by the Coalition Provisional Authority. "The current government is fast-tracking the process. It is already negotiating contracts with oil companies in parallel with the constitutional process, elections and passage of a Petroleum Law," the report, Crude Designs, said.

Earlier this year a BBC Newsnight report claimed to have uncovered documents showing the Bush administration made plans to secure Iraqi oil even before the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the US. Based on its analysis of PSAs in seven countries, it said multinationals would seek rates of return on their investment from 42 to 162 per cent, far in excess of typical 12 per cent rates. Taking an assumption of $40 a barrel, below the current price of almost $60, and a likely contract term of 25 to 40 years, it said that Iraq stood to lose between £74bn and $194bn. Andrew Simms, the NEF's policy director,
said: "Over the last century, Britain and the US left a global trail of conflict, social upheaval and environmental damage as they sought to capture and control a disproportionate share of the world's oil reserves. Now it seems they are determined to increase their ecological debts at Iraq's expense. Instead of a new beginning, Iraq is caught in a very old colonial trap."

Louise Richards, chief executive of War on Want, said: "People have increasingly come to realise the Iraq war was about oil, profits and plunder. Despite claims from politicians that this is a conspiracy theory, our report gives detailed evidence to show Iraq's oil profits are well within the sights of the oil multinationals."

The current Iraqi government has indicated that it wants to treble production from two million barrels a day this year to six million. The US Energy Information Administration said such an increase would ease "market tensions" that have kept the price high. But governments and oil companies in the West said the report was purely hypothetical and that the issue was a matter for the Iraqi people. They also pointed out that Iraq needed money to rebuild in the sector.

A spokesman for the Foreign Office said the country's oil industry was in desperate need of investment after years of under-investment, UN sanctions, vandalism by Saddam Hussein and more recent sabotage by insurgents and general looting. "The Iraqi government has made it clear that the decision is a matter for its authorities but they understand that it would require a lot of investment," he said. He said it was not surprising that Iraq should look to outside experts to help rebuild an industry that was the key source of revenue to help rebuild the country.

"We work closely with other departments such as the Treasury to give assistance and advice," he said, adding that the Foreign Office had not been involved in specific lobbying.

Gregg Muttitt, of Platform, a campaign group that co-authored the report, said Iraq had an existing - albeit damaged - network of oil expertise and could use current revenues or new borrowings to fund investment. The report named several companies, including the Anglo-Dutch Shell group, as jockeying for position before a new government is elected. In 2003, Walter van de Vijver, then head of exploration and production, said investors would need "some assurance of future income and a supportive contractual arrangement". The groupsaidyesterday that the involvement of foreign oil
companies would be determined by the new Iraqi administration. "We aspire to establish a long-term presence in Iraq and a long-term relationship with the Iraqis, including the newly elected government."

No multinationals are operating in Iraq now because of the poor security situation. (Highlight mine)

© 2005 Independent News & Media (UK) Ltd.

The Manipulation Of The Gold Market (A Must Read)

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By Bill Murphy

The key to understanding the manipulation of the gold market, this enormous scandal and fraud, is that it can be compared to a murder trial. In the United States a murderer can be put to death if he is found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Many times murder defendants are convicted based solely on "circumstantial" evidence because a reasonable person could reach no conclusion other than guilty.

For seven years GATA has discovered one piece of evidence after another supporting our long-held contention that the gold market is managed by certain central banks and their agents, the bullion banks. It is a price-fixing case involving some very powerful people and institutions . in fact it is a Gold Cartel. The U.S. attorney handling the Samsung conspiracy conviction said in an interview this fall that the United States had experienced an "epidemic" of price-fixing cases in the late 1990s. All GATA has done is uncovered one of them, the grandest of all.

For one to appreciate how this can go on and on and not be brought to the attention of the public, one need only to reflect on Enron and Refco. Before its initial public offering of stock, Refco was audited by the most highly regarded firms on Wall Street and nothing wrong was discovered. Yet look at what was really transpiring behind the scenes. Now the company is bankrupt and under criminal investigation.

That said, GATA does have its "smoking gun." It has to do with derivatives and central bank gold. The mainstream gold world says the central banks have nearly 32,000 tonnes of gold in their vaults (minus a small amount that has been sold in recent years or is on loan to gold producers for their hedging operations). GATA says the central banks have less than half of that -- the difference being what was clandestinely fed into the market to suppress the gold price over the last 10 years. The work of three respected GATA consultants -- Reg Howe, Frank Veneroso, and James Turk --
each using different methodologies, supports GATA's contention of vastly diminished central bank gold supply.

Veneroso made a presentation at GATA's African Gold Summit in Durban, South Africa, on May 10, 2001, laying out why the central bank gold loans are far higher than generally believed. This presentation, "Facts, Evidence and Logical Inference ... A Presentation On Gold Supply/Demand, Gold Derivatives and Gold Loans," may be reviewed at:

http://www.lemetropolecafe.com/pfv.cfm?pfvID=1525

Howe and Turk have done the same at their Internet sites:

http://www.goldensextant.com/ and http://www.goldmoney.com/.

Meanwhile the International Monetary Fund has instructed central banks to lie about their gold reserves -- to count gold loans and swaps as gold in their vaults. So as not to be so audacious without backup to validate our more than dramatic claim, let me explain. Canadian GATA supporter Andrew Hepburn posed the following question to the IMF in October 2001:

Why does the IMF insist that members record swapped gold as an asset when a legal change in ownership has occurred?

See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gata/message/903

The IMF responded:

"This is not correct: the IMF in fact recommends that swapped gold be excluded from reserve assets. (See Data Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity, Operational Guidelines, para. 72,

http://www.dsbb.imf.org/guide.htm"

(For more on this, see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gata/message/904. The IMF link mentioned above is no longer operating. It was in 2001 as noted in the GATA dispatch.)

Yet a footnote on the Internet site of the central bank of the Philippines contradicts the IMF's claim and reveals it to be bogus:

"Beginning January 2000, in compliance with the requirements of the IMF's reserves and foreign currency liquidity template under the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS), gold swaps undertaken by the BSP with non-central banks shall be treated as collateralized loans. Thus, gold under the swap arrangement remains to be part of reserves and a liability is deemed incurred corresponding to the proceeds of the swap."

(See http://www.bsp.gov.ph/statistics/sefi/fx-int.htm.)

The European Central Bank and other central banks corroborated exactly what the central bank of the Philippines declares about counting gold loans the same as gold in the vault.

The "smoking gun" part of this has to do with the gold derivatives on the books of the Bank for International Settlements in Switzerland. The gold establishment says the gold derivatives on those books have been associated with gold producer hedges. Yet in the last four years gold producers have reduced their hedges by more than 2,000 tonnes of gold, or more than 50 percent of their hedging at its peak. Consider this excerpt from a Reuters report from November 8, 2005:

"LONDON -- .... The Hedge Book report produced by Haliburton Mineral Services and industry consultants Virtual Metals said the so-called hedge impact of the global book fell by 1.0 million ounces to 52.8 million ounces. ... The global hedge impact in the July-September quarter was just more than half its level in the same quarter of 2001 when it peaked at 102.8 million ounces."

Meanwhile, gold derivatives have gone up during that period of time, not down. While these are complicated and technical, Howe updated GATA's evaluation of the BIS gold derivatives in a report he posted at GoldenSextant.com in June, "Gold Derivatives: Skewing the World":

"On May 20, 2005, the Bank for International Settlements released its regular semi-annual report on the over-the-counter derivatives of major banks and dealers in the G-10 countries for the period ending December 31, 2004. The total notional value of all gold derivatives rose from $318 billion at mid-year 2004 to $369 billion at year-end. As subsequently detailed in table 22A of the June issue of the BIS Quarterly Review, released June 13, 2005, forwards and swaps increased slightly from $129 to $132 billion while options rose dramatically from $189 to $237 billion."

Howe's report can be found here:

http://www.goldensextant.com/commentary29.html#anchor3776

The only explanation for the dichotomy between the reduced hedges and the increased gold derivatives on the books of the BIS is undisclosed lending of gold and writing of central bank call options associated with the price suppression scheme.

There is one other anecdotal point to make proving how right GATA has been all along and what it means for gold investors in the years to come. For years GATA has claimed that the key to the eventual surge in the price of gold was the rising physical demand for gold amid the diminishing supply of central bank gold used to suppress the price. The gold establishment has associated the rise in the price of gold over the years with the weakening of the U.S. dollar. GATA has claimed otherwise.

We said the Gold Cartel was using the action of the dollar for price-rigging purposes. GATA has said over and over that the price of gold could rise hundreds of dollars per ounce and the dollar do nothing relative to other currencies. We said it would happen when the gold cartel began to lose control of its price manipulation scheme.

Well. ...

The euro came into existence on January 1, 1999, at $1.17. The price of gold that day was $284. As this is written in mid November 2005, the euro approached $1.17 again while gold has rocketed $194 per ounce since the beginning of 1999.

Here's more that helps to prove GATA's case about the gold market. At the beginning of 2005 gold was $420 and the euro was $1.30. In mid November the euro was trading at $1.17. But the price of gold was $478. The argument that gold is tied to the dollar has gone the way of the Dodo bird. Of course, should the dollar crash, which it should, this can only help the gold price.

The price of gold is headed to well beyond $2,000 per ounce. GATA knows why.

Now you do too.

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