From aqmstaffo at mailbag.com Mon Sep 1 13:32:39 2008
From: aqmstaffo at mailbag.com (Daniel Stafford)
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:32:39 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Federal government involved in raids on protesters
Message-ID: <48BC2737.80600@mailbag.com>
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/31/raids/index.html
Glenn Greenwald
Sunday Aug. 31, 2008 11:46 EDT
Federal government involved in raids on protesters
*(update below)*
As the police attacks on protesters in Minnesota continue -- see this
video of the police swarming a bus
transporting members of Earth Justice, seizing the bus and leaving the
group members stranded on the side of the highway -- it appears
increasingly clear that it is the Federal Government that is directing
this intimidation campaign. Minnesota Public Radio reported
yesterday that "the searches were led by the Ramsey County Sheriff's
office. Deputies coordinated searches with the Minneapolis and St. Paul
police departments *and the Federal Bureau of Investigation*."
Today's /Star Tribune/
added that the raids were specifically "aided by informants planted in
protest groups." Back in May, Marcy Wheeler presciently noted
that the Minneapolis Joint Terrorist Task Force -- an inter-agency group
of federal, state and local law enforcement led by the FBI -- was
actively recruiting Minneapolis residents to serve as plants, to
infiltrate "vegan groups" and other left-wing activist groups and report
back to the Task Force about what they were doing. There seems to be
little doubt that it was this domestic spying by the Federal Government
that led to the excessive and truly despicable home assaults
by the police yesterday.
So here we have a massive assault led by Federal Government law
enforcement agencies on left-wing dissidents and protesters who have
committed no acts of violence or illegality whatsoever, preceded by
months-long espionage efforts to track what they do. And as
extraordinary as that conduct is, more extraordinary is the fact that
they have received virtually no attention from the national media and
little outcry from anyone. And it's not difficult to see why. As the
recent "overhaul" of the 30-year-old FISA law illustrated -- preceded by
the endless expansion of surveillance state powers, justified first by
the War on Drugs and then the War on Terror -- we've essentially decided
that we want our Government to spy on us without limits. There is
literally no police power that the state can exercise that will cause
much protest from the political and media class and, therefore, from the
citizenry.
Beyond that, there is a widespread sense that the targets of these raids
deserve what they get, even if nothing they've done is remotely illegal.
We love to proclaim how much we cherish our "freedoms" in the abstract,
but we despise those who actually exercise them. The Constitution, right
in the very First Amendment, protects free speech and free assembly
precisely because those liberties are central to a healthy republic --
but we've decided that anyone who would actually express truly dissident
views or do anything other than sit meekly and quietly in their homes
are dirty trouble-makers up to no good, and it's therefore probably for
the best if our Government keeps them in check, spies on them, even gets
a little rough with them.
After all, if you don't want the FBI spying on you, or the Police
surrounding and then invading your home with rifles and seizing your
computers, there's a very simple solution: don't protest the Government.
Just sit quietly in your house and mind your own business. That way, the
Government will have no reason to monitor what you say and feel the need
to intimidate you by invading your home. Anyone who decides to protest
-- especially with something as unruly and disrespectful as an
*unauthorized* street march -- gets what they deserve.
Isn't it that mentality which very clearly is the cause of virtually
everyone turning away as these police raids escalate against citizens --
including lawyers, journalists and activists -- who have broken no laws
and whose only crime is that they intend vocally to protest what the
Government is doing? Add to that the fact that many good establishment
liberals are embarrassed by leftist protesters of this sort and wish
that they would remain invisible, and there arises a widespread
consensus that these Government attacks are perfectly tolerable if not
desirable.
During the Olympics just weeks ago, there was endless hand-wringing over
the efforts by the Chinese Government to squelch dissent and incarcerate
protesters. On August 21, /The Washington Post/ fretted
:
Six Americans detained by police this week could be held for 10
days, according to Chinese authorities, who appear to be
intensifying their efforts to shut down any public demonstrations
during the final days of the Olympic Games. . . .
Chinese Olympic officials announced last month that Beijing would
set up zones where people could protest during the Games, as long as
they had received permission. None of the 77 applications submitted
was approved, however, and several other would-be protesters were
stopped from even applying.
On August 2, /The Post/ gravely warned
:
Behind the gray walls and barbed wire of the prison here, eight
Chinese farmers with a grievance against the government have been
consigned to Olympic limbo.
Their indefinite detainment, relatives and neighbors said, is *the
price they are paying for stirring up trouble* as China prepares to
host the Beijing Games. *Trouble, the Communist Party has made
clear, will not be permitted*.
Would /The Washington Post/ ever use such dark and accusatory tones to
describe what the U.S. Government does? Of course it wouldn't. Yet how
is our own Government's behavior in Minnesota any different than what
the Chinese did to its protesters during the Olympics (other than the
fact that we actually have a Constitution that prohibits such behavior)?
And where are all the self-righteous Freedom Crusaders in our nation's
establishment organs who were so flamboyantly criticizing the actions of
a Government on the other side of the globe as our own Government
engages in the same tyrannical, protest-squelching conduct with exactly
the same motives?
Just review what happened yesterday and today. Homes of college-aid
protesters were raided by rifle-wielding police forces. Journalists were
forcibly detained at gun point. Lawyers on the scene to represent the
detainees were handcuffed. Computers, laptops, journals, diaries, and
political pamphlets were seized from people's homes. And all of this
occurred against U.S. citizens, without a single act of violence having
taken place, and nothing more serious than traffic blockage even alleged
by authorities to have been planned.
A man whose sister was one of those arrested at one of the raided houses
in Minneapolis yesterday emailed me a photograph of her and her friend
who was also arrested -- Monica Bicking (r.) and Eryn Trimme -- and he
wrote this:
They are still in custody. I've been told that the police have 36
hours to charge her, and that 36 hours starts after the labor day
holiday, so they only have to charge her sometime Wednesday. It
seems unlikely that they'd do anything to expedite her or Eryn's
release.
They were then planning to actually board up her house for
unspecified "code violations", but apparently her neighbors were
very vocal, and the police ended up agreeing not to do anything so
long as the front door was fixed by 6pm (the front door they'd
busted in).
Heres is the extraordinary blog item
I linked to yesterday from
Eileen Clancy, one of the founders of I-Witness Video -- a NYC-based
video collective which is in St. Paul to document the policing of the
protests around this week's Republican National Convention, just as they
did at the 2004 GOP Convention in New York. Clancy wrote this as a plea
for help, as the Police surrounded her house and (before they had a
search warrant) told everyone inside that they'd be arrested if they
exited the home:
This is Eileen Clancy . . . The house where I-Witness Video is
staying in St. Paul has been surrounded by police. We have locked
all the doors. We have been told that if we leave we will be
detained. One of our people who was caught outside is being detained
in handcuffs in front of the house. The police say that they are
waiting to get a search warrant. More than a dozen police are
wielding firearms, including one St. Paul officer with a long gun,
which someone told me is an M-16.
We are suffering a preemptive video arrest. For those that don't
know, I-Witness Video was remarkably successful in exposing police
misconduct and outright perjury by police during the 2004 RNC. Out
of 1800 arrests, at least 400 were overturned based solely on video
evidence which contradicted sworn statements which were fabricated
by police officers. It seems that the house arrest we are now under
and the possible threat of the seizure of our computers and video
cameras is a result of the 2004 success.
We are asking the public to contact the office of St. Paul Mayor
Chris Coleman at 651-266-8510 to stop this house arrest, this gross
intimidation by police officers, and the detention of media
activists and reporters.
That sounds like what it was: a cry for help from a hostage. Hours
later, the Police finally obtained a search warrant -- for the wrong
house, one adjacent to the house where they were being detained -- and
nonetheless broke in, pointing guns, forced them to lay on the floor and
handcuffed everyone inside (and handcuffed a National Lawyers Guild
attorney outside). They searched the house, arrested nobody, and then left.
Any rational person planning to protest the GOP Convention would, in
light of this Government spying and these police raids, think twice --
at least -- about whether to do so. That is the point of the raids -- to
announce to citizens that they best stay in their homes and be good,
quiet, meek, compliant people unless they want their homes to be
invaded, their property seized, and have rifles pointed at them, too.
The fact that this behavior is producing so little outcry only ensures,
for obvious reasons, that it will continue in the future. We love our
Surveillance State for keeping us safe and maintaining nice, quiet order.
*__*
And Feministing has the video -- here
-- of the scene
yesterday where journalists were detained, along with an interview with
the homeowner whose house was raided.
-- Glenn Greenwald
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From hal at drxyzzy.org Mon Sep 1 14:48:44 2008
From: hal at drxyzzy.org (Hal Snyder)
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:48:44 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] tactics foreign and domestic
Message-ID: <517566C6-F1DB-48F6-9B84-C17C14A66761@drxyzzy.org>
I have heard is difficult to occupy another land and keep a republic
at home.
1. Compare St. Paul pre-RNC raids with the process of democracy
promotion applied to Iraq.
Minnesota Monster Mash: Police-State Zombies in a Dead Republic
Glenn Greenwald tells a harrowing tale of police-state tactics in
Minneapolis, with armed security forces conducting Baghdad-like raids
on the houses of activists, terrorizing many and arresting some for
thought crimes -- such as "planning to cause a riot" -- and other
bogus charges. The sweeps -- guided and aided by the federal
government -- are designed to "ensure domestic tranquility" during
the imminent Republican convention in the city. As Greenwald points
out, not one of those who were shackled, arrested and hauled out at
gunpoint had committed any crime whatsoever...
http://www.chris-floyd.com/content/view/1595/135/
2. As Gustav approached US shores, Blackwater prepared for action.
Blackwater Gears Up For Gustav
Security and intelligence expert Dr. R.J. Hillhouse reports at her
?Spy Who Billed Me? blog that Blackwater has issued a shout-out for
armed security officers for possible deployment under their DHS
contract in the wake of Hurricane Gustav. Officers must have a
firearms license - and those with revolver- only status need not
apply...
Last time out, during Katrina, Blackwater mercenaries were patrolling
New Orleans in full battle dress and with assault weapons in what
some called an end-run around Posse Comitatus. It looks like they?re
ready to do it again. If so, let?s hope there?s none of the kind of
?accidents? they?ve had in Iraq
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/31/blackwater-gear-up-for-gustav/
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From hal at drxyzzy.org Mon Sep 1 20:03:59 2008
From: hal at drxyzzy.org (Hal Snyder)
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 19:03:59 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Amy Goodman arrested at RNC...?!
Message-ID:
Pacifica has this report:
Welcome to Twin Cities: Amy Goodman, 75 Others Arrested
Some 30,000 people are out on the streets of Saint Paul, protesting
the Republican National Convention, which has been toned down to what
is the developing story of Hurricane Gustav (note: ICE apparently
says that are no immigration checkpoints and encouraged all people,
regardless of immigration status, to leave New Orleans - although our
correspondent there, Dolores Bernal, says that at least some
immigrants refused to leave for fear of deportation).
According to the Coldsnap Legal Collective, at least 75 people have
been arrested so far. I've received information that several people
have had their rights violated, and the word here on Radio Row is
that Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole
Salazar have been detained. I will be heading back out to the streets
in about an hour - for now, here are some pictures of today's actions:
http://election411.org/blog/id/3601150/welcome-twin-cities-amy-
goodman-75-others-arrested
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Greg Palast says he'll have something on his website soon. - Hal
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From edward_rynearson at yahoo.com Mon Sep 1 21:52:22 2008
From: edward_rynearson at yahoo.com (Edward Rynearson)
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 18:52:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Amy Goodman and Two Democracy Now! Producers
Unlawfully Arrested At the RNC
Message-ID: <940943.51518.qm@web30008.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Amy Goodman and Two Democracy Now! Producers Unlawfully Arrested At the RNC
Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar have been arrested while covering a protest at the Republican National Convention in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota.
Read more and learn how you can take action
http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2008/9/1/amy_goodman_and_two_democracy_now_producers_unlawfully_arrested_at_the_rnc
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From aqmstaffo at mailbag.com Tue Sep 2 04:12:57 2008
From: aqmstaffo at mailbag.com (Daniel Stafford)
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:12:57 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Goodman & Democracy Now Producers released but
facing bogus charges
In-Reply-To:
References: <00b301c90ca9$709d8eb0$51d8ac10$@com>
Message-ID: <48BCF589.5040102@mailbag.com>
Jean Hudon wrote:
>> Jean,
>> If you didn't include this in the mailing I JUST received from you,
>> is there anyway you still help? Thank you! Sunny
>
>
> Hi Sunny
>
> Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Fortunately they have all be
> released and I'll include the following UPDATE in my next compilation.
>
> I believe this will backfire on the police/Republicans and come back
> to haunt them...
>
> Best regards
>
> Jean
>
> From:
> http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2008/9/1/update_democracy_now_s_amy_goodman_sharif_abdel_kouddous_and_nicole_salazar_released_after_illegal_arrest_at_rnc
>
> Update: Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole
> Salazar Released After Illegal Arrest at RNC
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> September 1, 2008
>
> Contact: Mike Burke
>
> UPDATE
>
> Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar
> Released After Illegal Arrest at RNC
>
> Goodman Charged with Obstruction; Felony Riot Charges Pending Against
> Kouddous and Salazar
>
> ST. PAUL--Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and producers Sharif Abdel
> Kouddous and Nicole Salazar have all been released from police custody
> in St. Paul following their illegal arrest by Minneapolis Police on
> Monday afternoon.
>
> All three were violently manhandled by law enforcement officers. Abdel
> Kouddous was slammed against a wall and the ground, leaving his arms
> scraped and bloodied. He sustained other injuries to his chest and
> back. Salazar's violent arrest by baton-wielding officers, during
> which she was slammed to the ground while yelling, "I'm Press!
> Press!," resulted in her nose bleeding, as well as causing facial
> pain. Goodman's arm was violently yanked by police as she was arrested.
> On Tuesday, Democracy Now! will broadcast video of these arrests, as
> well as the broader police action. These will also be available on:
> http://www.democracynow.org
>
> Goodman was arrested while questioning police about the unlawful
> detention of Kouddous and Salazar who were arrested while they carried
> out their journalistic duties in covering street demonstrations at the
> Republican National Convention. Goodman's crime appears to have been
> defending her colleagues and the freedom of the press.
>
> Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher told Democracy Now! that Kouddous
> and Salazar were arrested on suspicion of rioting, a felony. While the
> three have been released, they all still face charges stemming from
> their unlawful arrest. Kouddous and Salazar face pending charges of
> suspicion of felony riot, while Goodman has been officially charged
> with obstruction of a legal process and interference with a "peace
> officer."
>
> Democracy Now! forcefully rejects all of these charges as false and an
> attempt at intimidation of these journalists. We demand that the
> charges be immediately and completely dropped.
>
> Democracy Now! stands by Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar and condemns
> this action by Twin Cities' law enforcement as a clear violation of
> the freedom of the press and the First Amendment rights of these
> journalists.
>
> During the demonstration in which the Democracy Now! team was
> arrested, law enforcement officers used pepper spray, rubber bullets,
> concussion grenades and excessive force against protesters and
> journalists. Several dozen demonstrators were also arrested during
> this action, including a photographer for the Associated Press.
>
> Amy Goodman is one of the most well-known and well-respected
> journalists in the United States. She has received journalism's top
> honors for her reporting and has a distinguished reputation of bravery
> and courage. The arrest of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar and the
> subsequent criminal charges and threat of charges are a transparent
> attempt to intimidate journalists.
>
> Democracy Now! is a nationally-syndicated public TV and radio program
> that airs on over 700 radio and TV stations across the US and the globe.
>
> Video of Amy Goodman's Arrest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ
>
> ---
>
> Note from Jean:
>
> For those who don't know about Amy's outspoken defense of Democracy in
> America here is a short video that illustrates this well...
>
> Brainwash?... Democracy Now Amy Goodman on Corporate Media
> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Q560s7cEv20
>
> Much more on her excellent independent and investigative journalism
> work through http://www.democracynow.org
>
>>
>> *Subject:* Democracy Now's Amy Goodman and Other Journalists
>> Arrested!!...... PLEASE GET THIS ACROSS THE PLANET & EXPOSE DARTH VADER!!
>> *Importance:* High
>>
>> *SEPT 1st , 2008*
>> *Democracy Now's Amy Goodman and Other Journalists Arrested in Saint
>> Paul, THE COPS ARE USING AUTOMATIC WEAPONS! Please Call Mayor
>> Coleman, 651-266-8510 !! THIS WILL BE DEALT WITH AT THE HIGHEST
>> LEVELS!! WE HAVE ALERTED THE KOS!*
>> Amy Goodman and Two Democracy Now! Producers Unlawfully Arrested At
>> the RNC
>>
>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>> www.democracynow.org
>>
>> September 1, 2008
>>
>> Contact:
>> Denis Moynihan 917-549-5000
>> Mike Burke 646-552-5107, mike at democracynow.org
>>
>> ST. PAUL, MN-Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested
>> in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time.
>> Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they
>> arrested her. Video of her arrest can be seen here:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ
>>
>> Goodman was arrested while attempting to free two Democracy Now!
>> producers who were being unlawfully detained. They are Sharif Abdel
>> Kouddous and Nicole Salazar. Kouddous and Salazar were arrested while
>> they carried out their journalistic duties in covering street
>> demonstrations at the Republican National Convention. Goodman's crime
>> appears to have been defending her colleagues and the freedom of the
>> press.
>>
>> Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher told Democracy Now! that Kouddous
>> and Salazar were being arrested on suspicion of rioting. They are
>> currently being held at the Ramsey County jail in St. Paul.
>>
>> Democracy Now! is calling on all journalists and concerned citizens
>> to call the office of Mayor Chris Coleman and the Ramsey County Jail
>> and demand the immediate release of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar.
>> These calls can be directed to: Chris Rider from Mayor Coleman's
>> office at 651-266-8535 and the Ramsey County Jail at 651-266-9350
>> (press extension 0).
>>
>> Democracy Now! stands by Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar and condemns
>> this action by Twin Cities law enforcement as a clear violation of
>> the freedom of the press and the First Amendment rights of these
>> journalists.
>>
>> During the demonstration in which they were arrested law enforcement
>> officers used pepper spray, rubber bullets, concussion grenades and
>> excessive force. Several dozen others were also arrested during this
>> action.
>>
>> Amy Goodman is one of the most well-known and well-respected
>> journalists in the United States. She has received journalism's top
>> honors for her reporting and has a distinguished reputation of
>> bravery and courage. The arrest of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar is
>> a transparent attempt to intimidate journalists from the nation's
>> leading independent news outlet.
>>
>> Democracy Now! is a nationally syndicated public TV and radio program
>> that airs on over 700 radio and TV stations across the US and the globe.
>> Video of Amy Goodman's Arrest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ
>
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From aqmstaffo at mailbag.com Tue Sep 2 04:15:20 2008
From: aqmstaffo at mailbag.com (Daniel Stafford)
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:15:20 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Reminder - monthly PDI meeting at Wheaton IHOP
Message-ID: <48BCF618.7080801@mailbag.com>
All, just a reminder that PDI will hold its regular monthly meeting at
the IHOP at the corner of Naperville Road & Butterfield Road
(Butterfield is IL Rte 56) in Wheaton, from 7-9pm, Thursday, September 4th.
Regards,
Dan
From aqmstaffo at mailbag.com Tue Sep 2 13:01:12 2008
From: aqmstaffo at mailbag.com (Daniel Stafford)
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:01:12 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] House price crash goes global
Message-ID: <48BD7158.4070507@mailbag.com>
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/sep/02/houseprices.property?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
(** A GLOBAL bubble?? Curiouser and curiouser. George, whose been
pulling your strings?? Or, should I say...chain? - D **)
* Money
* House prices
House price crash goes global
* Patrick Collinson
* guardian.co.uk ,
* Tuesday September 02 2008 12:40 BST
* Article history
Riga Town, Latvia
Latvia: House prices have dropped by 24.1% over the past 12 months
The property crash that began
in the US is spreading across the globe, according to international
estate agents Knight Frank, which said today that steep declines are now
taking place across Europe and into Asia.
The country recording the sharpest fall is Latvia, where house prices
have plummeted 24.1% over
the past year. New Zealand, Denmark and Lithuania have all seen falling
prices, along with Malta, Germany, Ireland, Estonia, Britain and the US.
Even countries where prices have not fallen are witnessing a rapid
deceleration in price growth.
In South Africa the rate of house price inflation has collapsed from
15.5% this time last year to 3.8%, and is expected to be negative soon.
In France, Spain and Greece price growth has halved and is running below
3.2%.
The only countries to have bucked the trend are Bulgaria, Slovakia,
Cyprus and the Czech Republic, where house price growth has accelerated.
Last year's fastest growing market, Russia, which was seeing house price
growth at an astonishing 53.7% in the second quarter of 2007, has
dropped back to 26.5%.
Nick Barnes, head of international research at Knight Frank, said: "The
index shows that global house price inflation is continuing to fall
back, with much of continental Europe now seeing low or negative growth.
"Housing markets in countries such as Spain, Denmark, the UK and Ireland
are all being severely challenged by the global credit squeeze."
Long-term decline
Globally, the rate of house price growth fell to 4.8% in the second
quarter of 2008, down from 6.1% in the first quarter of the year.
Several countries are now entering their second year of house price
declines. Among the worst hit is Germany, where prices were falling at a
rate of 4.4% last year and 2.5% this year.
"There is less demand for owner-occupied property in Germany than in
many other European countries and there is no shortage of supply," said
Barnes.
In Spain, the Knight Frank index recorded a price rise of 2.4% annually,
but it warned that falls are now almost inevitable.
"The well-publicised problems in Spain have not yet fed into house price
statistics. So far, price falls have been concentrated in the coastal
resorts and among new developments in the large cities," said Barnes.
"Spain looks likely to fall into recession later this year, and house
sales fell steeply during June. The number of sales dropped by 34.2% in
May and 29.6% in June, suggesting that wider price falls could be imminent."
But investors who bought second homes in Bulgaria have reason to feel
bullish. Knight Frank said current annual price growth is 32.2%, only
slightly lower than the 33.7% rate recorded in the first quarter.
Biggest fallers: Year-on-year house price change to Q2 2008
Latvia -24.1%
United States -16.8%
Estonia -16%
Lithuania -9.9%
Denmark -9.6%
Ireland -8.1%
UK -3.9%
Malta -2.7%
Germany -2.5%
New Zealand -2.2%
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From hal at drxyzzy.org Tue Sep 2 20:23:42 2008
From: hal at drxyzzy.org (Hal Snyder)
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 19:23:42 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Beware of the Vegans
Message-ID: <5FB7DA85-5F0A-4A45-9661-F0D700A3A67A@drxyzzy.org>
From Glenn Greewald's latest series on mass arrests etc. in St.
Paul. Note the part calling for infiltration of "vegan groups". They
are the worst, good to know Homeland Security / FBI is placing agents
inside 'em:
As the police attacks on protesters in Minnesota continue -- see this
video of the police swarming a bus transporting members of Earth
Justice an environmental activist group, seizing the bus and leaving
the group members stranded on the side of the highway -- it appears
increasingly clear that it is the Federal Government that is
directing this intimidation campaign. Minnesota Public Radio reported
yesterday that "the searches were led by the Ramsey County Sheriff's
office. Deputies coordinated searches with the Minneapolis and St.
Paul police departments and the Federal Bureau of Investigation."
Today's Star Tribune added that the raids were specifically "aided by
informants planted in protest groups." Back in May, Marcy Wheeler
presciently noted that the Minneapolis Joint Terrorist Task Force --
an inter-agency group of federal, state and local law enforcement led
by the FBI -- was actively recruiting Minneapolis residents to serve
as plants, to infiltrate "vegan groups" and other left-wing activist
groups and report back to the Task Force about what they were doing.
There seems to be little doubt that it was this domestic spying by
the Federal Government that led to the excessive and truly despicable
home assaults by the police yesterday.
So here we have a massive assault led by Federal Government law
enforcement agencies on left-wing dissidents and protesters who have
committed no acts of violence or illegality whatsoever, preceded by
months-long espionage efforts to track what they do. And as
extraordinary as that conduct is, more extraordinary is the fact that
they have received virtually no attention from the national media and
little outcry from anyone. And it's not difficult to see why. As the
recent "overhaul" of the 30-year-old FISA law illustrated -- preceded
by the endless expansion of surveillance state powers, justified
first by the War on Drugs and then the War on Terror -- we've
essentially decided that we want our Government to spy on us without
limits. There is literally no police power that the state can
exercise that will cause much protest from the political and media
class and, therefore, from the citizenry.
Beyond that, there is a widespread sense that the targets of these
raids deserve what they get, even if nothing they've done is remotely
illegal. We love to proclaim how much we cherish our "freedoms" in
the abstract, but we despise those who actually exercise them. The
Constitution, right in the very First Amendment, protects free speech
and free assembly precisely because those liberties are central to a
healthy republic -- but we've decided that anyone who would actually
express truly dissident views or do anything other than sit meekly
and quietly in their homes are dirty trouble-makers up to no good,
and it's therefore probably for the best if our Government keeps them
in check, spies on them, even gets a little rough with them.
After all, if you don't want the FBI spying on you, or the Police
surrounding and then invading your home with rifles and seizing your
computers, there's a very simple solution: don't protest the
Government. Just sit quietly in your house and mind your own
business. That way, the Government will have no reason to monitor
what you say and feel the need to intimidate you by invading your
home. Anyone who decides to protest -- especially with something as
unruly and disrespectful as an unauthorized street march -- gets what
they deserve.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/09/01/protests/index.html
In 2004 Derrick Jensen wrote:
Here are some questions I?ve been thinking about lately. If Nazis or
other fascists took over North America?long pause, the raising of one
eyebrow?what would we all do? Consider Mussolini?s definition of
fascism: ?Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism
because it is a merger of State and corporate power.? What if this
occupied country called itself a democracy, but most everyone
understood elections to be shams, with citizens allowed to choose
between different wings of the same Fascist (or, following Mussolini,
Corporate) party? What if protesting and other nonviolent dissent
were opposed by storm troopers and secret police? Would we fight
back? If a resistance movement already existed, would we join it?
And what would we do if those in power then instituted laws allowing
them to put one-third of all Jewish males between the ages of
eighteen and thirty-five into concentration camps? Substitute African-
American for Jewish and ask yourself the same question.
http://www.derrickjensen.org/fear01.html
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From: edward_rynearson at yahoo.com (Edward Rynearson)
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 18:40:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Keeping buying our worthless paper or we'll start
WW4
Message-ID: <135935.95413.qm@web30003.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
August 31, 2008
Paul Craig Roberts tells Alex Jones how the "brown shirt" republicans are joyfully taking us to brink of thermonuclear war with Russia who had been cooperating with us and Europe but is now reacting by expanding their sphere of influence.
http://www.radiodujour.com/people/roberts_paul_craig/
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From: edward_rynearson at yahoo.com (Edward Rynearson)
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 21:53:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Why is asking questions about 911 out of line?
Message-ID: <800941.12670.qm@web30002.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
"I'm going to move on to another subject that a lot of people don't want to discuss today," he said, "I know when I discuss it, it's amazing, I get attacked!" The crowd listened intently as he went on, "And that's something called 9/11!" The crowd erupted into spontaneous applause. Jesse Ventura continued and discussed the fact that on the FBI's most wanted terrorist page, Osama bin Laden is not wanted for 9/11. He asked why expressed disgust with the Bush Administration's stonewalling any investigation into the attacks.
http://www.radiodujour.com/people/ventura_jesse/
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From: richardfobes at hotmail.com (Richard Fobes)
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 12:47:51 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] FW: [9-11-340] 9/11 CHRONICLES PART 1: TRUTH RISING
- FILM SCREENING
Message-ID:
Friends,
New event
What: 9/11 Chronicles Part 1: Truth Rising - Film ScreeningWhen: Thursday, 9/4 6:15pm - FREEWhere: Lincoln-Belmont Public Library 1659 W. Melrose Street
Film Description
This is an extremely motivating and emotional film which documents the rise and plight of the 9/11 Truth Movement. It also provides awareness for and documents the 9/11 1st Responders push for their much needed health care. Visit www.fealgoodfoundation.com to donate a 1st Responders' organization. They need our help.
This is a FREE screening.
Bring your friends. Bring your family. Bring your co-workers.
We will be providing light refreshments as well!
Peace. And Respect.
-Rich Fobes
www.9-11.meetup.com/340
_________________________________________________________________
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From hal at drxyzzy.org Wed Sep 3 17:28:44 2008
From: hal at drxyzzy.org (Hal Snyder)
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:28:44 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] A Better Day 2008 - September 20
References: <5DB4F321-628F-4E6F-BB5B-7FF60DE14D67@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <089EF7DE-84F9-44ED-B579-E25BB63E9313@drxyzzy.org>
Another local effort put on in part by some folks on this list:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Palatine Conference Fosters Grassroots Efforts Toward Peace, Justice,
Sustainability.
Palatine, IL - September 3, 2008 - When it comes to the large
problems facing humanity, how can one person make a difference? A
Better Day 2008 offers answers by bringing together distinguished
speakers, activists, and community organizers for a day. The public
is invited to learn and discuss the issues, make connections, and get
involved in any of dozens of social benefit groups.
A Better Day 2008 takes place Saturday, September 20, from 9 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. at Countryside Church Unitarian Universalist, 1025 N. Smith
Street, Palatine, Illinois.
This open, non-partisan event offers three tracks of activity:
speakers, an exhibit of local organizations, and breakout sessions in
the church classrooms. Jim Kenney of Common Ground will give the
morning keynote, ?Peace is Possible?. Other speakers will address
social and economic justice, sustainable living, support for our
veterans, and ways of dealing with our differences. Exhibitors in the
conference hall will include environmentalists, advocates for
economic reform and social justice, and local peace groups.
Programs will emphasize personal involvement. Program Committee
member Kat Doyle said, "We want to tell everyone, you can do
something! Working with other people for a good cause is a great way
to make friends, discover skills you never knew you had, and just
have fun."
A Better Day 2008 is sponsored by the Adult Faith Development Council
of Countryside Church Unitarian Universalist, Palatine, Illinois.
Contact:
Hal Snyder, M.D.
A Better Day 2008 Program Committee
224-678-6188
hal at better-day.info
http://www.better-day.info
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From: edward_rynearson at yahoo.com (Edward Rynearson)
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 19:56:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Do you like the taste of boots?
Message-ID: <826399.25004.qm@web30004.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
September 3, 2008
Peter B Collins visits with Amy Goodman and her producer Nicole Salazar who tell the story of the violent police over reaction and their respective arrests this past Monday, Labor Day, at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.
http://www.radiodujour.com/people/goodman_amy/
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From mjkirk12 at yahoo.com Thu Sep 4 15:53:10 2008
From: mjkirk12 at yahoo.com (Mike Kirk)
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 14:53:10 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Free Constitution Bumper Sticker from ACLU
Message-ID: <29267959.1220557990992.JavaMail.www@app20>
A message from Mike Kirk mjkirk12 at yahoo.com.
>From the ACLU - follow the Constitution, now!
Hey,
We?re buried in a blizzard of speeches, TV ads, emails and phone calls from political candidates. But are they talking about the issues that matter to you and me?
Who will act with energy and conviction to restore our lost liberties? Who will put their foot down to end torture? Who will hold accountable those who condoned illegal activities?
I think these are critical issue this election season. That's why I just signed the ACLU's "I Am a Constitution Voter" pledge and got my free bumper sticker.
Join me and let candidates know you want immediate action to restore our fundamental freedoms.
Get your free bumper sticker today.
http://action.aclu.org/bumper_sticker
Click here to view a printable version of this message.
https://secure.aclu.org/site/Ecard?tl_id=gZOtBtEfvS3alyRbEyfcHA.&s_oo=-WPW96mvgEhTv68Njvg7RQ..&s_tlid=421834 .
Click here to send your own eCard.
https://secure.aclu.org/site/Ecard?ecard_id=5061&s_oo=dzggMvvqr-clF9SdnWSmNg..&s_tlid=421834
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From mjkirk12 at yahoo.com Thu Sep 4 16:32:34 2008
From: mjkirk12 at yahoo.com (Mike Kirk)
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:32:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Get Dan Quayle on the ticket!
Message-ID: <133450.85046.qm@web83801.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
I suggest we locate J. Danforth Quayle and put him on the VP ticket
with McCain. He already has served 1 term as VP - therefore much more qualified than Palin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Quayle
"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that ONE word is 'to be prepared'." -Dan Quayle, 12/6/89
-Mike
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From: edward_rynearson at yahoo.com (Edward Rynearson)
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 20:13:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Jesse Ventura endorses Kevin Barrett for Congress
Message-ID: <170753.33689.qm@web30008.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Thursday, September 04, 2008 10:08:38 PM
Breaking News!
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura has endorsed
congressional candidate Kevin Barrett
http://www.radiodujour.com/people/barrett_kevin/
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From aqmstaffo at mailbag.com Fri Sep 5 04:34:00 2008
From: aqmstaffo at mailbag.com (Daniel Stafford)
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:34:00 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] A Better Day - (3rd annual Progressive Fest
Illinois) Saturday, September 20th 9a-4:30p
Message-ID: <48C0EEF8.4080302@mailbag.com>
http://www.better-day.info/
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:*
*Palatine Conference Fosters Grassroots Efforts Toward Peace, Justice,
Sustainability.*
*Palatine, IL - September 3, 2008* - When it comes to the large problems
facing humanity, how can one person make a difference? A Better Day 2008
offers answers by bringing together distinguished speakers, activists,
and community organizers for a day. The public is invited to learn and
discuss the issues, make connections, and get involved in any of dozens
of social benefit groups.
A Better Day 2008 takes place Saturday, September 20, from 9 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. at Countryside Church Unitarian Universalist, 1025 N. Smith
Street, Palatine, Illinois.
This open, non-partisan event offers three tracks of activity: speakers,
an exhibit of local organizations, and breakout sessions in the church
classrooms. Jim Kenney of Common Ground will give the morning keynote,
"Peace is Possible". Other speakers will address social and economic
justice, sustainable living, support for our veterans, and ways of
dealing with our differences. Exhibitors in the conference hall will
include environmentalists, advocates for economic reform and social
justice, and local peace groups.
Programs will emphasize personal involvement. Program Committee member
Kat Doyle says, "We want to tell everyone, you can do something! Working
with other people for a good cause is a great way to make friends,
discover skills you never knew you had, and just have fun."
A Better Day 2008 is sponsored by the Adult Faith Development Council of
Countryside Church Unitarian Universalist, Palatine, Illinois.
Contact:
Hal Snyder, M.D.
A Better Day 2008 Program Committee
224-678-6188
hal at better-day.info
http://www.better-day.info
What Is A Better Day?
* A one-day grassroots gathering about peace, justice, and the
environment.
* A chance to network with people who are concerned about the way
things are going and are determined to make a difference.
* A day of learning about the issues from organizers who are at the
forefront on matters of global and interfaith fellowship, social
justice, and sustainability.
* But most of all - a day to kick-start your participation in any of
twenty or more local action groups - or if you are already
involved, a chance to make new connections and reach out to the
community.
A Better Day was inspired by Fighting Bob Fest, the annual Wisconsin
extravaganza that brings thousands of fired-up progressive speakers,
organizers, and rabble-rousers to Baraboo every September.
Morning Session
/ 9:00-9:30/ Doors Open, Registration
/ 9:30-10:00/ Opening
* Rev. Hilary Landau-Krivchenia: Welcome
* Hal Snyder: Getting the Most Out of the Day
/10:00-10:45/ Keynote by Jim Kenney: Peace is Possible Common
Ground
/11:00-12:00/ Health and Education, Social Justice
* 11:00-11:20 Melanie Schikore Andina: Social Justice Through the Arts
* 11:30-11:50 Victoria Weiley: Living Within Your Means; Means
Simply......Living
Lunch Break - 12:00-1:30
Afternoon Session
/ 1:30-2:30/ Sustainability
* 1:30- 1:50 Bruce Bendix: Defining a Sustainable Future Eco Squared
Consulting
* 2:00- 2:20 Jay Womack & Paul Sorci : Green Roof Wight & Company
/ 2:30-3:30/ Supporting Our Veterans
* 2:30- 2:50 Dirk Enger: Our Veterans; Our Community Midwest Shelter
for Homeless Veterans
* 3:00- 3:20 Christopher France: Understanding PTSD Iraq Veterans
Against the War
/ 3:30-4:15/ Panel: Dealing With Our Differences
* Vid Axel - Non-Violent Communication Living Action
* Jay Becker O'Neil World Can't Wait
* Catherine Caporusso Chicago Area CodePINK
,
Northwest suburban NOW
/ 4:15/ Closing by Rev. Hilary Landau-Krivchenia: Taking A Better
Day Forward
Groups Working to Make a Difference
We hope you'll use A Better Day as a chance to network. Joining a social
benefit organization is a great way to make new friends and discover
your hidden talents. We are opening Atherton Hall to tables for more
than 20 organizations.
We expect members or official representatives from the
following:
* Students for Animal Defense
(College of DuPage)
* Greater Chicago Caucus
* Citizen Action/Illinois
* Social Action Committee, CCUU
* Green Sanctuary Committee, CCUU
* National Organization for Women -- Northwest Suburban Chapter
* Northwest Suburban Peace & Education Project
* Chicago Area Code Pink
* Working Families Win
* Holistic Moms Network
* Sierra Club -- Northwest Suburbs Region
* ACLU
* A+ Illinois
* Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
* Illinois Coalition for Justice, Peace, & the Environment
* World Can't Wait
* League of Women Voters
* Iraq Veterans Against the War
* Illinois League of Conservation Voters
* Common Ground
* Illinois Maternal & Child Health Coalition
* Alliance for the Great Lakes
* Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans
Getting the Word Out
Peace Justice and Sustainability
Invitation
(updated 9/02)
Mindmap (updated 8/29)
Registration form (save
$2 by registering in advance at CCUU)
What is A Better Day?
(updated 8/29)
/Help Us Publicize the Event!
/
/About US:
/
The team behind A Better Day arose from the joining of two groups.
For two years, 2006 and 2007 , some
of us helped organize the Illinois Progressive Fest in Big Rock,
Illinois to bring together progressive candidates and activists working
to put people before profits and restore the social contract in our
government. In 2008 we formed the Progressive Fest Illinois (PFI)
committee to work on non-partisan annual events going forward.
The Adult Faith Development Council of CCUU
(Countryside Church Unitarian Universalist) in Palatine includes persons
dedicated to uplifting the human spirit and working with organizations
in the community to promote peace, justice, and sustainability.
email: info at better-day.info ? media
contact: Hal Snyder 224-678-6188
Both groups were interested in bringing together speakers, activists,
and the public for a day of learning and networking. We decided to pool
our efforts to bring you A Better Day.
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From geri at thetwofacesofmoney.com Fri Sep 5 17:22:33 2008
From: geri at thetwofacesofmoney.com (Geri Perry)
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:22:33 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] [Fwd: Governor Jesse Ventura Endorses Kevin Barrett
for Congress!]
Message-ID: <48C1A319.7050502@thetwofacesofmoney.com>
-------- Original Message --------
/SPREAD THE WORD! PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY!/
Hi friends,
I need to get the word out about Jesse Ventura's endorsement if I'm
going to win the primary election this coming Tuesday, September 9th.
The paleo-libertarians (the party-line "shut down the whole government
NOW" crowd, including some who actually LIKE the Republicans) are
organizing against me.
Please help me inform the voters that there's a peace-and-truth
candidate who can give the major parties a run for their money! I'm
robo-calling 30,000+ voters -- see http://www.barrettforcongress.us. And
I now have enough money for $500 worth of radio spots on the eve of the
primary. If you give generously, I can mount an even more effective
radio campaign.
If I survive this tough primary, pro-war Democrat Ron Kind has already
agreed to debate me. With Jesse Ventura in my corner, I think I have a
chance at the upset of the century. Think of what that would do for 9/11
truth!
Please give what you can via http://www.barrettforcongress.us
For peace and truth
Kevin Barrett
PS Check out my 45-minute radio report "Fear and Loathing at the
Republican National Convention" on http://www.noliesradio.org featuring
interviews with Jesse Ventura, Ron Paul, Tucker Carlson, and others. And
if you know anybody in Edmonton, tell them I'm speaking there Saturday:
http://www.edmonton911truth.com
/SPREAD THE WORD! PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY!/
From edward_rynearson at yahoo.com Sat Sep 6 02:12:10 2008
From: edward_rynearson at yahoo.com (Edward Rynearson)
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 23:12:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] This is one smart football player
Message-ID: <934047.4020.qm@web30008.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Alex Jones talks with Mark Stepnowski about the NYC 9/11 citizens intiative, his analysis of the recent NIST WTC7 report which includes the new ultra cosmic phenomenom labeled "thermal expansion" and his belief that another false flag blitz is coming right at us.
http://www.radiodujour.com/people/stepnowski_mark/
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From: edward_rynearson at yahoo.com (Edward Rynearson)
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 18:17:14 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] In bed (literally) with the vendors
Message-ID: <859853.3840.qm@web30008.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
September 6, 2008
Brad Friedman of Bradblog.com joins Peter B Collins and together they explore the vagaries of the American election process, with its history of gamed, stolen and manipulated elections.
http://www.radiodujour.com/people/friedman_brad/
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From Walterb306 at cs.com Sun Sep 7 18:10:06 2008
From: Walterb306 at cs.com (Walterb306 at cs.com)
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 18:10:06 EDT
Subject: [CitizensTruth] ARTICLE- Spies killed with fake Iraqi passports
Message-ID:
All,
Troubling shenanigans.
Beverley
++++++Report: 3 Mossad spies killed in Iraq
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:59:27
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=68740§ionid=351020201
Three Mossad agents have been killed in the oil rich city of Kirkuk amid
reports that the Israeli spy agency is active in northern Iraq.
The Arab-language Israeli daily al-Arab reported that the three agents were
killed on Wednesday in a blast at a building which was guarded by the US
security firm Blackwater. According to report, the three agents carried fake
Iraqi passports.
Meanwhile, the Iraqi media reported that hundreds of Mossad agents had been
deployed to northern Iraq. According to reports, the agents were tasked with
the killing of the Iraqi scientists who were involved in the country's
nuclear program under Saddam.
US investigative journalist Seymour Hersh had earlier reported that Israeli
agents were based in Iraq's Kurdistan to gather intelligence on Iran's
nuclear activities. According to Hersh, the agents who were disguised as
businessmen had managed to infiltrate into Iran and Syria and install smart
espionage gadgets inside the countries.
Israel hoped that the US would resume the activities of the Kirkuk-Haifa
pipeline which was constructed during the British rule. Under pressure by
Arab countries, the US, however, had to drop the plan.
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From hal at drxyzzy.org Sun Sep 7 23:44:19 2008
From: hal at drxyzzy.org (Hal Snyder)
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 22:44:19 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] this Friday in Palatine - Angels in the Dust
Message-ID: <78F45E16-8174-479F-8331-06FF670DAEF6@drxyzzy.org>
We've started listing film screenings at ICJPE. - Hal
http://icjpe.org/actions/details/?id=1534
Film: Angels in the Dust
Sponsored by: Citizens Truth
Date(s): 2008-09-12
Time: 07:00 pm
Description: Film screening: Angels in the Dust - A story of hope and
healing in the face of a staggering crisis.
AIDS in South Africa is leaving thousands of children orphaned, with
no adults to raise them. This is the story of Marion Cloete, a
university-trained therapist who? with her husband and three
daughters? walked away from a privileged life in a wealthy
Johannesburg suburb to build Botshabelo, a village and school that
provides shelter, food, and education to more than 550 South African
children.
?
Discussion to follow the film.
Friday, September 12, 7:00 p.m. in Atherton Hall
Countryside Church Unitarian Universalist
1025 N. Smith Rd. (between NW Hwy. & Dundee Rds.)
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From Walterb306 at cs.com Mon Sep 8 12:18:14 2008
From: Walterb306 at cs.com (Walterb306 at cs.com)
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 12:18:14 EDT
Subject: [CitizensTruth] ARTICLE-Three States Accused of Illegally Purging
Voter Lists
Message-ID:
All,
Another violation by state officials that threatens voters' rights, raising
yet more concerns about the 2008 elections.
Fortunately, some election watch groups, such as Fair Elections Legal
Network, are challenging voter purging policies.
Beverley
http://www.alternet.org/democracy/92695/?page=entire
Three States Accused of Illegally Purging Voter Lists
By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
Posted on July 25, 2008, Printed on September 8, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/story/92695/
Election officials in a handful of states appear to be ignoring the federal
law dictating the way registered voters may be purged from voter rolls, civil
rights attorneys say.
National voting rights groups have contacted officials in Kansas, Michigan
and Louisiana in recent weeks because those states appear to be purging
registered voters after election officials found duplicate names and birthdays of
people on their voter lists and in out-of-state databases, such as driver's
license records.
The states are assuming that a more recent driver's license or voter
registration in another state indicates that the voter has relocated, meaning the
voter registration tied to their prior address is no longer valid. While purging
voters who move, die or are imprisoned is a routine part of managing elections,
the federal law governing purges -- the National Voter Registration Act --
lays out a multiyear process of trying to contact voters to confirm a change of
address before deleting them from voter rolls.
The election attorneys say the NVRA process seeks to err on the side of
protecting voting rights and cannot be circumvented by what appears to be a
duplicate voter registration.
"The National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) limits the circumstances in which
a state may cancel a voter's registration," the Fair Elections Legal Network,
a Washington-based voting rights consortium, said in a June 24 letter to
Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh. "The NVRA does not permit cancellation
based on a match alone."
"We are looking at several statewide purge issues," said Bradley Heard, a
senior attorney with Advancement Project, a voting rights law firm. He said that
in Michigan, both data matching and mailings by local officials to verify a
voter's registration information were of concern. "We are also looking at a
state law that calls for purging a bunch of voter registration records that are
otherwise eligible."
But state election officials in these three states disagree with the voting
rights groups, offering different explanations that suggest existing state laws
or election management practices pre-empt the NVRA.
"We follow the state law that was adopted by our state Legislature," said
Jacques Berry, press secretary for Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne, a
Republican. "It supersedes the NVRA."
"There is a section of the NVRA that they (the voting rights lawyers)
interpret differently than we do," said Brad Bryant, Kansas deputy secretary of
state. "It has been this way for 15 years."
Kelly Chesney, spokeswoman for Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land,
did not reply to requests to comment.
Voting Rights Groups Target Purges
Last week, Project Vote, which is working in two dozen states to register
voters in 2008, sent a letter to Dardenne saying his state appeared to be
ignoring sections of the NVRA that require that voters be notified by mail over two
federal election cycles before being removed. Project Vote's attorney said
Louisiana Commissioner of Elections Angie LaPlace was treating apparently
duplicate database listings as "cases of suspected fraud or some other irregularity."
Last year, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund sued Louisiana over the purging of
registrations of refugees from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Many people who
applied for a driver's license in a neighboring state -- to quickly acquire an ID
after losing their belongings in the storms -- also were registered to vote
without their knowledge, NAACP attorneys said. Those new voter registrations
resulted in 21,000 voters being removed from Louisiana voter rolls last August,
the group said. While the NAACP suit was dismissed, Project Vote's recent
letter suggests the state's voter list maintenance practices have not changed.
Project Vote also wrote to the U.S. Department of Justice about the matter, as the
agency oversees federal elections in most Southern states as a result of the
Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Louisiana election officials disagreed with Project Vote's assessment, saying
the state has its own voter purge process that "supersedes" the federal law.
Berry, the secretary of state's spokesman, explained that Louisiana updates
its voter roll annually with multiple mailings to voters so the lists are
accurate in state elections -- not just federal contests. He said that process is
more rigorous than that outlined in the federal NVRA, requiring, for instance,
that voters reaffirm their Louisiana voter registrations in person after
receiving a final state notice. Berry said the process was approved by the
Department of Justice.
"What we find is in the vast majority of cases the voter has moved out of
Louisiana and registered in another state, not realizing that they will not
automatically cancel their voter registration," he said.
The issue of whether states are heeding the National Voter Registration Act
reveals how the implementation of the nation's election laws often turns on a
patchwork of local or state policies. In the absence of litigation, whether a
state or election jurisdiction is following the NVRA often remains a question
of local interpretation.
In Madison County, Mississippi, county supervisors this week rescinded a plan
to send a mass mailing to voters, where returned postcards were to be used to
purge voters over a two-year period. In this instance, Project Vote notified
county officials that its timetable would violate the NVRA, and, according to
local news reports, the county's supervisors decided to abandon the plan and
instead prepare for a high-turnout election in the fall.
"The mildest things confuse people and can ultimately disenfranchise people
during elections," Madison County Supervisor Karl Banks said in a Clarion
Ledger report. "Here we are willing to disenfranchise people because they don't
send a card back?"
In Kansas, Bryant, the deputy assistant secretary of state, said his state
has an established practice of comparing its voter rolls with databases from
neighboring states to identify people who have moved. He said Kansas has a
"memorandum of understanding" with 11 states to share databases that can be used to
clean up voter files. Those states are Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota,
South Dakota, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.
Bryant said statewide election data has improved in recent years,
facilitating the job of updating voter rolls. The federal Help America Vote Act, passed
in 2002 after Florida's presidential election debacle, required states to
consolidate county or municipal voter rolls into statewide lists. Bryant said the
new statewide lists have created "certain data elements" that can be compared
with other states, such as driver's license data.
"All the comparisons do is create a list of possible matches in each state,"
Bryant said, adding that it is then up to each state to decide how it treats
that information for purge purposes.
The attorneys for the voting rights groups agree to a point, saying vote list
maintenance in itself is an important and necessary goal. However, the
attorneys and states disagree about what should come after the matches are
discovered -- whether to immediately purge voters or to follow the NVRA process of
sending postcards to voters over two federal election cycles to verify their reside
nce and registration information.
Bryant said he did not know how many registered voters had been removed in
2008 using his state's data-matching process.
Michigan's Secretive Approach
In Michigan, the issues are more complex. Advancement Project's Heard said
there has been an overall lack of "transparency" regarding several aspects of
the state's voter purge process. In 2006, he said, Michigan election officials
did a statewide mailing to all voters that did not mention the mailing would be
used to verify voter registration information. Still, Heard said the returned
postcards were used to remove 230,000 registered voters from voter rolls
within 90 days of that year's general election, which also violates the NVRA, he
said.
Jan BenDor, statewide coordinator for the Michigan Election Defense Alliance,
a local voting rights group, said state officials cited an April 2007 letter
from the Department of Justice pressuring the state to do more to clean up its
voter roll for the statewide mailing and August 2006 purge. Ten states
received those letters, which critics said was a political move because the claims
of sloppy voter rolls was based on outdated data, notably U.S. Census
population estimates.
Since the 2006 purge, Michigan has used driver's license databases from other
states to identify another 280,000 names as apparent duplicate voter
registrations, Heard said. This month, staffers for Michigan Secretary of State Land,
a Republican, canceled a meeting with Heard and Michigan activists to discuss
purge issues.
"We have been trying to get a meeting with election officials to talk about
the issues and get their explanation," Heard said. "It's hard to say what
happened with the 280,000 supposed out-of-state movers, since we can't get the info
from the state."
Land's spokeswoman, Chesney, did not respond to requests to comment. However,
newspapers in Michigan have quoted Chesney as saying the meeting was canceled
when an information session appeared to be a precursor to litigation. Heard
said Advancement Project has not ruled out filing a lawsuit.
"We have to evaluate all of our options," he said. "We are hoping the
secretary of state's staff will sit down and talk about it."
Purge Issues Not Going Away
The purge issue is only going to rise in profile in the coming weeks. Several
voting rights groups are studying the process in a number of swing states and
hope to issue reports later this summer. Among the issues being studied is
the accuracy of the database matches used to purge voters. When California first
implemented a data-matching program in 2006, some counties had error rates as
high as 40 percent, meaning a registered voter who appeared to have moved
would have been incorrectly purged without further efforts to confirm their
residency and voter registration status.
Steven Rosenfeld is a senior fellow at Alternet and co-author of What
Happened in Ohio: A Documentary Record of Theft and Fraud in the 2004 Election, with
Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman (The New Press, 2006).
? 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved.
View this story online at: http://www.alternet.org/story/92695/
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From: Walterb306 at cs.com (Walterb306 at cs.com)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 09:58:24 EDT
Subject: [CitizensTruth] ARTICLE- Real ID
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All,
FYI,
Beverley
REAL ID: CONNECTING THE DOTS TO AN INTERNATIONAL ID
By Representative Sam E. Rohrer
August 24, 2008 NewsWithViews.com
History offers many examples of societies which have sought to increase
security by sacrificing freedom. America itself provides many pertinent
instances. However, our founding fathers have not left us without wisdom on
this issue. Ben Franklin has famously stated, "People willing to trade
freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both." REAL ID
undoubtedly exemplifies a scenario in which a difficult tension exists
between freedom and security. By commandeering every state's driver's
license issuing process, REAL ID threatens the results warned by Franklin -
loss of both freedom and security. It has become the biometric enrollment
phase of a plan to implement a terribly invasive tracking system, largely
without public knowledge or approval.
REAL ID is merely the current face of a far larger, international government
and private economic effort to collect, store, and distribute the sensitive
biometric data of citizens to use for the twin purposes of government
tracking and economic control. At issue are much more than standardized or
non-duplicative driver's licenses. This effort extends worldwide,
threatening every person alive today. Although very legitimate security
concerns exist in this age of terrorism, this Act extends far beyond
terrorism prevention or protection of the innocent. Keeping that broad
picture in mind, let us move to some background behind the face of REAL ID
implementation in America.
The REAL ID Act passed Congress in 2005 buried in a "must-pass" war funding
and tsunami relief bill. The little debate in the House and total absence of
debate in the Senate ensured that many Congressmen did not realize the full
implications of REAL ID. Importantly, the desire by government and economic
interests to implement a national tracking and ID system did not start with
the REAL ID Act in 2005. Under the guise of security, it has been attempted
numerous times in the past, even during Ronald Reagan's administration. When
former Attorney General William French Smith proposed to implement what he
called a "perfectly harmless" national ID system as well as when a second
cabinet member proposed to "tattoo a number on each American's forearm,"
Ronald Reagan responded, "My God, that's the mark of the beast," signaling
an abrupt end to the national ID debate during the Reagan years.
The significant opposition to a national ID system in the past extends to
the REAL ID issue today. This conviction has united both Democrats and
Republicans as well as such normally opposed groups as the ACLU and the
ACLJ. Whether the concern is privacy, religious rights, states' rights, or
cost of implementation, REAL ID has galvanized broad and deep resistance,
currently including an estimated six hundred groups. Today, over twenty
legislatures have passed resolutions or legislation variously opposing
implementation of the REAL ID Act. Eleven of those legislatures have gone
further by passing laws specifically prohibiting compliance with REAL ID.
What does REAL ID do? REAL ID attempts to mandate a standardized process and
format for all state drivers' licenses to achieve increased security. Most
importantly in this standardized process, REAL ID mandates a certain picture
quality. A footnote issued by the Department of Homeland Security
establishes this quality as compliant with the ICAO Document 9303 biometric
format. The global body setting this format, the International Civil
Aviation Organization (ICAO), is a specialized agency created under the
United Nations. Biometric data can be produced from a simple digital
photograph of this quality by running the picture of a person's face through
a software program which measures and analyzes the unique, personally
identifiable characteristics of that face. The process results in a unique
numeric code which identifies a person according to facial measurements. You
read that correctly. A unique number or "code" is developed from an
algorithmic formula which converts a digital biometric sample to biometric
"face print" data. Under REAL ID biometric facial recognition technology,
you become a number literally worn on your face - a number which is read by
computer, tracked by surveillance camera, and distributed worldwide.
Clearly, this international standard provides global compatibility of
American citizens' biometric data collected through REAL ID.
Having this background, we should observe that many Americans still do not
know why the provisions of the REAL ID Act must be rejected and aggressively
opposed because they do not understand the full implications of REAL ID.
Many wrongly assume that the legitimate need for security trumps all other
considerations. However, REAL ID is not primarily about a secure driver's
license or terrorism prevention. The full and dangerous implications of REAL
ID may be fleshed out through a discussion of why each American must
vigorously oppose this Act's most basic tenets. It poses dangers in the
following three areas:
1 - REAL ID violates Constitutional rights.
2 - REAL ID compromises national and state sovereignty.
3 - REAL ID threatens the safety of all Americans.
I- First, let us note that compliance with REAL ID would violate our
constitutionally protected freedoms.
Amendment I - Freedom of Religion
REAL ID violates freedom of religion for some citizens by forcing inclusion
into a system which requires a picture - and more - just to access public
services. The Amish and some Mennonites provide examples of religious groups
who view the mere taking of photographs as idolatry. REAL ID conditions
their freedoms, such as entering a federal building, upon a provision which
violates their religious beliefs. Because this "government" identification
system limits travel and access to certain public places, and could even
become a debit card, other more mainline religious groups view REAL ID as
the advent of the "mark of the beast."
Particularly because this technology assigns a unique number to represent
each person's biometric face print, these concerns are hardly unfounded.
A Powerpoint presentation from L-1 Identity Solutions, the major biometrics
company in the U.S. today, bolsters this claim. A slide in that presentation
includes a graph which charts future likely applications for biometrics.
Phase 1 of this "blueprint" for biometric implementation utilizes the
authority of Federal agencies to impose such requirements as REAL ID. Phase
utilizes bureaucratic leveraging on regulated industries to implement
biometrics. Phase 3 anticipates mass implementation on the citizens at large
for such everyday activities as buying and selling. As an example, under
Phase 2 DHS is attempting to force airlines to pick up the costs of
collecting biometrics from foreigners at airports. In Texas under Phase 3, a
company is experimenting with using the driver's license as a debit card.
Whether one is personally alarmed at some or all of these concerns, REAL ID
would prohibit the free exercise of religion for many people.
Amendment IV Freedom of Privacy
REAL ID also violates the Fourth Amendment's guarantee of freedom of
privacy. First, by mandating the collection, storage, and dissemination of
personally identifiable data without any informed consent, REAL ID tramples
on this right. In reality, this practice constitutes government-sanctioned
identity theft and seriously breaches the "security of person" guaranteed to
every U.S. citizen. No sufficiently compelling need exists to warrant
government mass collection and storage of such sensitive information about
its citizens. Concern heightens even further when private corporations
control the databases being set up to house this information. As an example,
L-1 Identity Solutions houses a database of U.S. driver's license
information. This company, which has consolidated a virtual monopoly on the
driver's license issuing market in the U.S., will handle all private
information collected during the license issuing process.
Secondly, REAL ID threatens freedom of privacy because this warehoused data
cannot be confidently secured. Even the Department of Homeland Security's
own Privacy Impact Assessment fails to guarantee that the database linking
and networking that will result from REAL ID will be secure. Many privacy
experts agree that REAL ID will actually increase identity theft! In
reality, the database and access to it will create an electronic
superhighway for potential mass identity theft.
Thirdly, REAL ID violates the Fourth Amendment in that the process of
collecting personal biometric data without consent violates the very laws
that exist to protect against such measures. This is probably one of the
most significant Constitutional issues. Current US law allows the collection
of biometric information only in the case of criminal activity. However,
REAL ID institutionalizes the capture of facial recognition biometrics for
every driver, regardless of criminality.
Fourthly, REAL ID ripens the climate for aggressive efforts to control the
masses via information and leading-edge technology, regardless of crucial
privacy considerations. Data collection and surveillance is simultaneously
occurring across several diverse fronts, each one a potential privacy danger
painting the broader picture of where REAL ID will take us as a country. For
instance:
1- In Rhode Island, a school district is allowing a company to place radio
frequency tracking (RFID) chips in students' book bags.
2- Nationwide, Great Britain has installed an estimated 4.2 million
surveillance cameras utilizing facial recognition technology to keep tabs on
all citizens. These cameras, of which there is 1 for every 14 citizens, can
observe a person up to 300 times in a normal day in the city of London.
3- China is aggressively pursuing country-wide surveillance of its citizens
using facial recognition technology purchased from a contractor supplied by
the previously mentioned L-1 Identity Solutions.
4- According to a June 28, 2008 New York Times article, US and European
officials are nearly agreed upon a "binding international agreement" which
would allow "European governments and companies to transfer personal
information to the United States, and vice versa." Under the cloak of
terrorism prevention, European governments could request "private
information - like credit card transactions, travel histories, and Internet
browsing habits" about American citizens.
5- Homeland Security Presidential Directive 24 issued by the President on
June 5, 2008, "establishes a framework to ensure that Federal executive
departments and agencies use mutually compatible methods and procedures in
the collection, storage, use, analysis, and sharing of biometric and
associated biographic and contextual information of individuals." This step
shows the President's extensive authority and disregard for privacy in
streamlining the biometric sharing process.
6- The FBI is currently building a billion-dollar database to house an
enormous amount of biometric data. While officially aimed at housing
criminal and terrorist data, this database already retains finger prints,
iris scans and other individual biometrics that the government collects on
ordinary citizens. Who knows the extent of the private information that will
be stored in this massive database? REAL ID-collected "face prints" are just
one more piece of the data collection and tracking system.
These examples only serve to underscore the aggressive global government
efforts to track and control citizens. In every case, REAL ID violates the
freedoms guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment.
Amendment X States' Rights
REAL ID violates the Tenth Amendment in that the federal government is
attempting to force the states to collect private data on their citizens,
only to allow that data to be shipped out-of-state and shared worldwide.
This action forces the states to work against the very interests of the
citizens they are to protect. When states accede to this pressure under REAL
ID, they allow the transfer of state authority to the federal government.
The separation of powers built into our Constitution then crumbles as the
federal government makes the rules, interprets the rules, and enforces the
rules regarding all state drivers' licenses.
II- In addition to the three ways REAL ID would violate the Constitution,
compliance with the REAL ID Act would undermine our national and state
sovereignty. While REAL ID reads like a manual for a national ID card, the
Department of Homeland Security's own rules for REAL ID reveal that it
implements an international ID system based on biometric identification.
Complying with the requirements under REAL ID would violate U.S. national
and state sovereignty by forcing states to adopt international biometric
facial image standards and to document standards set by international
organizations.
As mentioned previously, the ICAO, affiliated with the UN, sets the
standards for facial image captures (photos). Besides tracking the movements
of international travelers, the ICAO also has assumed the responsibility of
creating a common international passport system that stores individual
personal and biometric information on a RFID chip built into the passport.
The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA), which
recognizes ICAO standards, "enables" this scheme. This international body
and private organization sets nearly all the standards for REAL ID document
scanning, storage, data encryption, barcode and layout design to comply with
their 2005 international driver's license system. Under REAL ID, AAMVA is
the hub and backbone of the database system being set up to share
information between states. From a broad perspective, the system created by
REAL ID destroys national sovereignty and constitutional authority by
removing control of government from the people and establishing government
control over the people.
Furthering AAMVA's control strategy here in North America, implementation of
REAL ID is "de facto" enrollment of each state into AAMVA's Driver's License
Agreement (DLA). AAMVA has pushed the DLA, which meets REAL ID
specifications, for nearly ten years. The implementation of this DLA is
crucially important to the global effort because it mandates the sharing of
all U.S. drivers' license information with Mexico and Canada. This egregious
step places U.S. citizen's data at the mercy of Canadian and Mexican privacy
controls, further exacerbating the identity theft problem, and violating
Constitutional law and national sovereignty by essentially having states
form a treaty with a foreign nation.
REAL ID also violates national sovereignty because any international system
includes and requires agreements and obligations that would weaken any
sovereign standing. In fact, a Government Computer News report notes the
following from Robert Mocny, acting program manager for the U.S. Visitor and
Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program. His quote comes from comments
about a federal plan to extend biometric data sharing to Asian and European
governments and corporations, so as to create a Global Security Envelope of
identity management.
"My question is, how is it ethical not to share?" Mocny asked. "It makes no
sense for us to develop separate systems . . . information sharing is
appropriate around the world." Government Computer News further notes that
he is sketching a plan for sharing biometric data that would permanently
link an individual with data that governments and corporations hold. Since
both governments and corporations have been infiltrated by extremists and
terrorists and since certain governments of today may be our enemies
tomorrow, I hardly think that worldwide sharing of our citizen's data is a
good idea!
Enhanced Driver's Licenses (or EDL's) provide a further example of the
undermining of national and state sovereignty. Citizens that purchase these
nearly REAL ID-compliant licenses, which contain biographic and biometric
information on an RFID chip, can use them as a passport to enter either
Mexico or Canada. This advancement establishes the international ID
designation of REAL ID. The Canadian province British Columbia has also
issued a new EDL which, according to their website is also, "an acceptable
document for entry from Canada into the United States by land and water."
REAL ID violates state sovereignty because the issue in contention is
"national identity management", with the federal government manipulating the
tool of state driver's licenses. Consider the following statements about
REAL ID from Electronic Data Systems, the very company likely to maintain
AAMVA's driver's license database: "The Real ID Act, then, is about more
than a driver's license. It puts in place a set of standards for Identity
Management (IdM) that can be leveraged across an entire government
organization to create an integrated citizen identity security program." The
international biometric standards mandated in DHS's final rules, paint the
broader picture of an international ID card for government surveillance and
tracking.
III- REAL ID would endanger Constitutional rights and both national and
state sovereignty. Finally, let us consider that compliance with the REAL ID
Act would compromise the safety of our people. Unlike what some government
officials might say, 9/11 and the prevention of terrorism are not the real
reasons for REAL ID. In fact, this technology was being pushed well before
/11. Although REAL ID and biometrics are promoted as the "cure-all" to
terrorism and identity theft problems, many highly dispute this claim. In
response to the post-9/11 claims of biometrics companies that their
technology could have prevented 9/11, Jim Wayman, the former head of the US
Biometrics Center countered, "No, the government didn't have this stuff in
place, precisely because it had been working on it and knew its limitations
and didn't find any value for the costs involved." He further noted, "It's
going to be hard to know how these technologies can be applied to increase
national security. We're not just going to turn these machines on and start
catching terrorists." REAL ID will not assure greater safety since
terrorists will either avoid or duplicate a REAL ID compliant drivers'
license, although a correctly operating biometric system would certainly
increase the difficulty of faking or forging a license.
Despite the government's assurances about the "certain" safety benefits of
REAL ID, no government or company can create a foolproof, perfectly secure
system. A person who breaks the law or who desires to wreak havoc on
American soil will find a loophole with which to avoid the requirements of
REAL ID. One needs only consider that driver's licenses on the black market
will continue to be readily available.
Further, the safety of law abiding citizens will be compromised as their
identities are stolen, stored and made accessible to thieves around the
globe. Some people reject this idea because they hope that the government
will be able to protect their identity once it has all of a person's
information. The simple faith implicit in this idea is widely misplaced,
however. As proof, consider that in 2007, a Globe and Mail report noted, "A
security flaw in Passport Canada's website has allowed easy access to the
personal information - including social insurance numbers, dates of birth
and driver's license numbers - of people applying for new passports." A
breach of security in Great Britain last December resulted in the loss of
approximately 25 million individual records. In my state of Pennsylvania, a
security breach which occurred two years ago at a Driver's License Center
resulted in over 11,000 records being compromised. Such security breaches
highlight significant personal dangers to law abiding citizens and prove
that the only secure data is uncollected data.
Finally, REAL ID does not assure safety because biometric technology itself
does not work predictably. At this point in time, the technology we are
discussing does not work well; hence REAL ID and facial recognition
biometrics can not ensure safety. As a result, no one has yet been
successfully prosecuted via facial biometrics. The opportunity for false
identification and therefore being, "guilty before proven innocent" is
great. For example, the Tampa, Florida police force scrapped a facial
recognition system in 2003 because, according to a spokesman, "We never
identified, were alerted to, or caught any criminal. It didn't work." While
on its face, the concept of REAL ID seems like it would increase security,
it does not. A Privacy International Study conducted in 2004 found "Of the 5
countries that have been most adversely affected by terrorism since 1986,
eighty percent have national identity cards, one third of which incorporate
biometrics. This research was unable to uncover any instance where the
presence of an identity card system in those countries was seen as a
significant deterrent to terrorist activity." The simple truth is that REAL
ID cannot stop crime.
In summary, we have seen that REAL ID threatens Constitutional rights,
national and state sovereignty, and the safety of our people. The enrollment
of American citizens into an international biometric system of
identification and tracking constitutes the heart of the REAL ID issue. A
secure driver's license is not the ultimate goal or certainly the ultimate
result of the REAL ID Act. And it is unfortunately clear that the ultimate
purpose is government tracking and economic control through enhanced
knowledge and surveillance through biometric identification and tracking.
This being established, it is clear that this aggressive effort of the
federal government, working hand-in-hand with private commercial interests,
must be opposed on every level. While Congress must move to quickly repeal
the passage of the REAL ID Act, the states provide an ideal position from
which to fight this encroachment by the federal government. The
responsibility for the security and privacy of our own generation and the
generations to come, however, rests upon our shoulders.
The next action to be taken involves the following three steps.
First, Congress must immediately repeal the REAL ID Act and resist any
effort to pass anything remotely similar. Secondly, individual states which
have not passed legislation preventing implementation of any provision of
REAL ID, particularly the biometric portion, must do so without delay. As
has been stressed throughout this article, biometrics is the core provision
of REAL ID; consequently, the states must move to protect their citizens'
biometric data immediately. This step is critical because the vast majority
of statutory law did not envision the breadth of individually identifiable
data that could be gleaned by rapidly advancing technology. Further, because
L-1 Identity Solutions holds a virtual monopoly as contractor for state
DMVs, they could use their position to coerce the states into implementing
all of DHS's wishes. This scenario further endangers state's rights.
Therefore, it is not enough for states to simply stop collecting biometric
data. They must purge and "dumb-down" databases to preclude any government
knowledge or use of private citizen's biometrics. Additionally, private
third-party inspections should be ordered to ensure that all measures have
been fully implemented. Fundamentally, the states must demand control they
must inform the contractor what to do, not vice versa. Thirdly, citizens
must play a role in resisting illegitimate actions of the federal
government. They must be encouraged in their capacity as law-abiding
citizens to whom Constitutional guarantees were acknowledged, to resist
implementation of any effort that would compromise their individual,
God-given rights.
The American people remain the strongest defenders of freedom in the world.
Many in our past have died for the liberties we enjoy today. Most of us are
still willing to fight and die today for our freedom and the freedom of our
children tomorrow. May we each do our part to ensure the greatest nation on
earth remains "the land of the free and the home of the brave!"
"Liberty has never come from the government; it has always come from the
subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitation of
governmental power, not the increase of it." -Woodrow Wilson
Sam Rohrer is a Representative for the state of Pennsylvania and a member of
the American Policy Center Advisory Board.
For more information on the dangers of the Real ID Act, contact:
Mark Lerner Co-Founder - Stop Real ID Coalition Phone: (816) 401-7615 Email:
stoprealid at aol.com
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From: Walterb306 at cs.com (Walterb306 at cs.com)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 10:28:37 EDT
Subject: [CitizensTruth] ARTICLE-Elections Issues coverage
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All,
FYI,
Beverley
>From CassandraChanting.com
Imagine a year with a close election for president of the United
States.
Imagine passions running high on both sides.
Imagine anger among political parties for personal attacks instead of
issue-oriented debate.
Now, imagine enemies of America figuring out that they can't destroy
us; we can only destroy ourselves by internal rancor.
Now further imagine that they send a seductive subversive to
infiltrate our electoral systems in such a way as to hijack, not an
airplane, but the election for president.
FINALLY?IMAGINE THAT THEY SUCCEED!
Paul Stern, host of the AM Show on Cable Radio Network, will
interview the anonymous author of Cassandra, Chanting on Wednesday
September 10 at 7:30 AM Pacific Time; 10:30 AM Eastern Time.
The broadcast can be heard via Internet streaming at: www.crni.net
(Select CRN 1). Call-ins to the author are welcome at 800-336-2225.
Also, on Friday, September 12 at approximately 6:15 PM Central Time
(7:15 Eastern; 4:15 Pacific), Vote Rescue Radio will discuss the book
with the anonymous author and collaborator Bree Barton.
Vote Rescue Radio is one of the premier election oriented radio
shows. Vote Rescue Radio is Karen Renick's and Vickie Karp's weekly
two-hour radio show.
The show can be heard live via streaming on the "We the People" radio
network or on 100.1 FM in the Austin area.
For more information, visit www.CassandraChanting.com
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From: aroyboy44 at hotmail.com (andrew ritter)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 17:51:04 +0000
Subject: [CitizensTruth] 9-11-08 events in Chicago
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Hey Truthers,
I noticed the Lone Lantern folks are planning to meet at the Art Institute in Chicago at 4:00pm on Thursday September the 11th for some visibility and peaceful demonstration.
http://9-11.meetup.com/340/calendar/8658820/
Anything else going on that day that people care to promote??
best
Andrew
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From: aroyboy44 at hotmail.com (andrew ritter)
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 18:04:21 +0000
Subject: [CitizensTruth] =?windows-1252?q?_Fears_grow_of_terrorist_with_?=
=?windows-1252?q?=91an_American_face=92?=
Message-ID:
This piece of propaganda should serve as a reminder of where the "war on terror" is likely to go next... they have to have an excuse to round up dissidents with white faces...
Fears grow of terrorist with ?an American face?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26564997/
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From richardfobes at hotmail.com Wed Sep 10 12:11:48 2008
From: richardfobes at hotmail.com (richardfobes )
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:11:48 +0000
Subject: [CitizensTruth] 9-11-08 events in Chicago
Message-ID:
Thanks for the plug, andrew,
Also, some activists are going to be hitting up NBC, FOX, ABC, Tribune and highway blogging during the day with a huge "Stop the 9-11 Cover-up" banner, If you are interested, please contact swizzlesteve at mac.com,
All the best, from Ground Zero,
-Rich
From richardfobes at hotmail.com Wed Sep 10 16:49:43 2008
From: richardfobes at hotmail.com (Richard Fobes)
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:49:43 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] UPDATED SCHEDULE FOR 9/11/08 - CHICAGO
Message-ID:
UPDATED SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
8am-11:30am: Highway blogging (holding signs from the overpass on the highway) @ 90/94 and Lake Street on the overpass. You are encouraged to bring your video cameras, signs, and any other materials.
12pm-3:45pm: Street action Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park. Then a march to the Art Institute at 3:45pm.
4pm-7pm or later...: Street actions at the Art Institute and Columbia college. Our main presence will be at the Art Institute and the surrounding street corners. Activists are welcome to branch off and head just south to Columbia college as well.
There will be several signs, dvds, and 9/11 Truth literature available for you all as well.
Folks, we REALLY need a large presence out there this year. I invite ALL of you to come. Bring a friend. Bring a co-worker. Bring your family. Most of all, BRING YOURSELF. Remember, you are NOT alone. There is strength in numbers. You are fighting for the family members, the 1st Responders, the millions who know 9/11 was an inside job, the victim's family members from these illegal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, for the Constitution, for those who oppose tyranny, for each other. We are ALL in this together.
THIS IS THE TIME TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE 9/11 TRUTH MOVEMENT RIGHT HERE IN CHICAGO. IF NOT NOW, WHEN??
Peace, and Respect.
-Rich Fobes
http://9-11.meetup.com/340/calendar/8658820/
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From richardfobes at hotmail.com Wed Sep 10 16:51:12 2008
From: richardfobes at hotmail.com (Richard Fobes)
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:51:12 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] UPDATED SCHEDULE FOR 9/11/08 - CHICAGO
Message-ID:
UPDATED SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
8am-11:30am: Highway blogging (holding signs from the overpass on the highway) @ 90/94 and Lake Street on the overpass. You are encouraged to bring your video cameras, signs, and any other materials.
12pm-3:45pm: Street action Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park. Then a march to the Art Institute at 3:45pm.
4pm-7pm or later...: Street actions at the Art Institute and Columbia college. Our main presence will be at the Art Institute and the surrounding street corners. Activists are welcome to branch off and head just south to Columbia college as well.
There will be several signs, dvds, and 9/11 Truth literature available for you all as well.
Folks, we REALLY need a large presence out there this year. I invite ALL of you to come. Bring a friend. Bring a co-worker. Bring your family. Most of all, BRING YOURSELF. Remember, you are NOT alone. There is strength in numbers. You are fighting for the family members, the 1st Responders, the millions who know 9/11 was an inside job, the victim's family members from these illegal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, for the Constitution, for those who oppose tyranny, for each other. We are ALL in this together.
THIS IS THE TIME TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE 9/11 TRUTH MOVEMENT RIGHT HERE IN CHICAGO. IF NOT NOW, WHEN??
Peace, and Respect.
-Rich Fobes
http://9-11.meetup.com/340/calendar/8658820/
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From richardfobes at hotmail.com Wed Sep 10 16:59:34 2008
From: richardfobes at hotmail.com (Richard Fobes)
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:59:34 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] HELP CONTACT THE MEDIA FOR OUR 9/11/08 ACTIONS
Message-ID:
Folks, please, take one minute and contact the local media and alert them to our events for tomorrow. Media coverage would be excellent!!
8am-11:30am: Highway blogging (holding signs from the overpass on the highway) @ 90/94 and Lake Street on the overpass.
12pm-3:45pm: Street action Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park. Then a march to the Art Institute at 3:45pm.
4pm-7pm or later...: Street actions at the Art Institute and Columbia college.
CBS (312) 202-3601
NBC (800) CH5-NEWS
ABC (312) 750-7070
WGN-TV (773) 528-2311
FOX (312) 565-5532/ (312) 565-3080
CLTV (630) 368-4000
WLS/ Radio/ (312) 984-0890
WBBM/ Radio/ (800) 784-NEWS
WGN/ Radio/ (312) 222-4700
Tribune (312) 222-3232
Sun-Times (312) 321-3000
Also, watch this 8 minute video made by our very own Dave Biggs.
9/11 TRUTH IS EVERYWHERE:
http://911blogger.com/node/17547
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From Walterb306 at cs.com Wed Sep 10 17:04:16 2008
From: Walterb306 at cs.com (Walterb306 at cs.com)
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:04:16 EDT
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Election Caging Action Alert
Message-ID:
All,
Please consider contacting some of the media listed to demand coverage of
severe voter caging per DailyKos.
It's not just Ohio - or Florida - or ......................
Separately I'll send an additional national media contact list from a
DailyKos blogger.
Please distribute widely.
Thanks,
Beverley
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/8/0144/73374/148/589714
It's not just 600,000 in Ohio: LA, FL, MI, KS, NM, CO, and NV
by Mebe
Sun Sep 07, 2008 at 09:01:44 PM PDT
Votes being purged left and right, well not really right, they are the
purgers not the purgees.
WE HAVE TO BUG THE SHIT OUT OF THE MEDIA TO GET THIS COVERED! ?Like now.
Keith Olberman, Bill Moyers, anyone and everyone.
Mebe's diary :: ::
Yesterday, thankfully there was a diary on the rec list about 600,000 votes
in Ohio, I am happy and glad that ?diary got some damn attention, far too many
like it drop like rocks. ?EVERYTIME.
I saw this over at Huffington Post.
"Kansas, Michigan and Louisiana are purging their voter lists.
http://www.alternet.org/...
Colorado dumped ONE FIFTH of all voter registrations -- the largest in
history
Florida is refusing to accept 85,000 new registrants -- overwhelmingly
blacks.
New Mexico: purged half of the democrats in Mora county (Hispanics) and
600.000 mailers were returned
Ohio & Nevada are scrubbing tens of 1000s of voters who lost their homes to
foreclosures
(Kerry lost by a mere 10-votes per district in Ohio)
http://www.gregpalast.com/...
We have got to get this information out. ?To all of the folks distracted by
?the she-devil, get your head out of Palin's ass and help us alert the media
and everyone we know.
Can you digg it? ?This story must get out, right now it's about 60 diggs
short of making the page:
http://digg.com/...
Edited to add: Hey Kos could we please have a constant reminder of this issue
up until the election? ?Something, please, ?I'm begging you. ?PS Love you and
thanks for the site.
Contact the media:
ABC News
77 W. 66 St., New York, NY 10023
Phone: 212-456-7777
General e-mail: netaudr at abc.com
Nightline: nightline at abcnews.com
20/20: 2020 at abc.com
CBS News
524 W. 57 St., New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-975-4321
Fax: 212-975-1893
Email forms for all CBS news programs
CBS Evening News: evening at cbsnews.com
The Early Show: earlyshow at cbs.com
60 Minutes II: 60minutes at cbsnews.com
48 Hours: 48hours at cbsnews.com
Face The Nation: ftn at cbsnews.com
CNBC
900 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
Phone: (201) 735-2622
Fax: (201) 583-5453
Email: info at cnbc.com
CNN
One CNN Center, Box 105366, Atlanta, GA 30303-5366
Phone: 404-827-1500
Fax: 404-827-1784
Email forms for all CNN news programs
Fox News Channel
1211 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 301-3000
Fax: (212) 301-4229
comments at foxnews.com
List of Email addresses for all Fox News Channel programs
Special Report with Brit Hume: Special at foxnews.com
FOX Report with Shepard Smith: Foxreport at foxnews.com
The O'Reilly Factor: Oreilly at foxnews.com
Hannity & Colmes: Hannity at foxnews.com, Colmes at foxnews.com
On the Record with Greta: Ontherecord at foxnews.com
MSNBC/NBC
30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112
Phone: (212) 664-4444
Fax: (212) 664-4426
List of Email addresses for all MSNBC/NBC news programs
Dateline NBC: dateline at nbc.com
Hardball with Chris Matthews: hardball at msnbc.com
MSNBC Reports with Joe Scarborough: joe at msnbc.com
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams: nightly at nbc.com
NBC News Today: today at nbc.com
PBS
2100 Crystal Drive, Arlington VA 22202
Phone: 703-739-5000
Fax: 703-739-8458
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: newshour at pbs.org
National Radio Programs
National Public Radio
635 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20001-3753
Phone: 202-513-3232
Fax: 202-513-3329
E-mail: Jeffrey A. Dvorkin, Ombudsman ombudsman at npr.org
List of Email addresses for all NPR news programs
The Rush Limbaugh Show
1270 Avenue of the Americas, NY 10020
Phone (on air): 800-282-2882
Fax: 212-445-3963
E-mail: ElRushbo at eibnet.com
Sean Hannity Show
Phone (on air): 800-941-7326
Sean Hannity: 212-613-3800
James Grisham, Producer: 212-613-3807
E-mail: Phil Boyce, Program Director phil.boyce at citcomm.com
National Newspapers
The Los Angeles Times
202 West First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: 800-528-4637 or 213-237-5000
Fax: 213-237-4712
L.A. Times Contact Information by Department
Letters to the Editor: letters at latimes.com
Readers' Representative: readers.rep at latimes.com
The New York Times
620 8th Ave., New York, NY 10018
Phone: 212-556-1234
D.C. Bureau phone: 202-862-0300
Fax: 212-556-3690
Letters to the Editor (for publication): letters at nytimes.com
Write to the news editors: news-tips at nytimes.com
Corrections: senioreditor at nytimes.com
New York Times Contact Information by Department
How to Contact New York Times Reporters and Editors
USA Today
7950 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, VA 22108
Phone: 703-854-3400
Fax: 703-854-2078
Letters to the Editor: editor at usatoday.com
Give feedback to USA Today
The Wall Street Journal
200 Liberty St., New York, NY 10281
Phone: 212-416-2000
Fax: 212-416-2658
Letters to the Editor: wsj.ltrs at wsj.com
Comment on News Articles: wsjcontact at dowjones.com
The Washington Post
1150 15th St., NW, Washington, DC 20071
Phone: 202-334-6000
Fax: 202-334-5269
Letters to the Editor: letters at washpost.com
Ombudsman: ombudsman at washpost.com
Contact Washington Post Writers and Editors
Magazines
Newsweek
251 W 57th Street, New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-445-4000
Fax: 212-445-5068
Letters to the Editor: letters at newsweek.com
Time
Time & Life Bldg., Rockefeller Center, 1271 6th Ave., New York, NY 10020
Phone: 212-522-1212
Fax: 212-522-0003
Letters to the Editor letters at time.com
U.S. News & World Report
1050 Thomas Jefferson St., Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-955-2000
Fax: 202-955-2049
Letters to the Editor letters at usnews.com
News Services / Wires
Associated Press
450 West 33rd St., New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-621-1500
Fax: 212-621-7523
General Questions and Comments: info at ap.org
Partial Contact Information for the Associated Press by Department and Bureau
Reuters
Three Times Square, New York, NY 10036
Telephone: 646-223-4000
Reuters Editorial Feedback
United Press International
1133 19th Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: 202-898-8000
FAX: 202-898-8048
Comments and Tips: tips at upi.com
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From: Walterb306 at cs.com (Walterb306 at cs.com)
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:05:10 EDT
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Media Contact Lists
Message-ID:
All,
FYI.
Beverley
MEDIA CONTACT LISTS FROM DAILYKOS 9-10-2008
Set 1: Primarily National Television News media
? ?countdown at msnbc.com, KOlbermann at msnbc.com, CJ at MSNBC.com,
JTrippi at MSNBC.com, hardball at msnbc.com, abramsreport at msnbc.com, dshuster at msnbc.com,
dennis.sullivan at msnbc.com, norville at msnbc.com, joe at msnbc.com, msnbcinvestigates at msnbc.com,
feedback at msnbc.com, rreagan at msnbc.com, viewerservices at msnbc.com,
brian.williams at msnbc.com, imus at msnbc.com, chris.matthews at msnbc.com,
msnbcreports at msnbc.com, chrismatthews at msnbc.com, editors at tnr.com, letters at tnr.com,
thecrypt at politico.com, bsmith at politico.com, joe_klein at timemagazine.com, news-tips at nytimes.com,
today at nbc.com, info at cnbc.com, dateline at nbc.com, nightly at nbc.com, MTP at nbc.com,
tom.lea at nbc.com, steve.majors at nbc.com, susan.dutcher at nbc.com,
rod.prince at nbc.com, jonathan.wald at nbc.com, lisa.hsia at nbc.com, betsy.fischer at nbc.com,
mtp at nbc.com, NETAUDR at abc.com, 2020 at abc.com, nightline at abcnews.com, wnn at abcnews.com,
support at abcnews.go.com, niteline at abc.com, abc.news.magazines at abc.com,
phil.boyce at abc.com, thisweek at abc.com, mimi.gurbst at abc.com, mark.nelson at abc.com,
virginia.moseley at abc.com, penny.britell at abc.com, muriel.pearson at abc.com,
sharon.newman at abc.com, meredith.white at abc.com, gil.pimentel at abc.com, stu.schutzman at abc.com,
evening at cbsnews.com, earlyshow at cbs.com, 48hours at cbsnews.com, ftn at cbsnews.com,
60m at cbsnews.com, thismorning at cbsnews.com, bpc at cbsnews.com, dij at cbsnews.com,
efm at cbsnews.com, mkx at cbsnews.com, pma at cbsnews.com, rbc at cbsnews.com,
sundays at cbsnews.com, grain at cbsnews.com, realitycheck at cbsnews.com, pls at cbsnews.com,
pjh at cbsnews.com, wolf at cnn.com, 360 at cnn.com, aaron.brown at turner.com,
Paula.Zahn2 at cnn.com, crossfire at cnn.com, daybreak at cnn.com, jeff.greenfield at cnn.com,
livefrom at cnn.com, loudobbs at cnn.com, newsnight at cnn.com, tom.hannon at cnn.com, wam at cnn.com,
livetoday at cnn.com, am at cnn.com, andrea.koppel at turner.com,
bill.schneider at turner.com, bruce.morton at turner.com, carol.lin at turner.com, daryn.kagan at turner.com,
david.ensor at turner.com, jeanne.meserve at turner.com, jim.walton at turner.com,
deirdre.walsh at turner.com, kelly.wallace at turner.com, kyra.phillips at turner.com,
lou.dobbs at turner.com, miles.obrien at turner.com,
paula.zahn at turner.com, candy.crowley at turner.com
Set 2: New York Times, WaPo, LA Times and other National Print media
? ?krugman at nytimes.com, vannatta at nytimes.com, tiwein at nytimes.com,
miwein at nytimes.com, weisman at nytimes.com, liptaka at nytimes.com, bobherb at nytimes.com,
reissc at nytimes.com, public at nytimes.com, dabrooks at nytimes.com, dakirk at nytimes.com,
dasang at nytimes.com, editorial at nytimes.com, erschm at nytimes.com,
executiveeditor at nytimes.com, febarr at nytimes.com, foreign at nytimes.com, justice at nytimes.com,
burns at nytimes.com, cushman at nytimes.com, markoff at nytimes.com, judym at nytimes.com,
letters at nytimes.com, ligree at nytimes.com, nytnews at nytimes.com,
managing-editor at nytimes.com, liberties at nytimes.com, mossm at nytimes.com, national at nytimes.com,
news-tips at nytimes.com, nicholas at nytimes.com, pekilb at nytimes.com,
ropear at nytimes.com, rotone at nytimes.com, stolberg at nytimes.com, slabaton at nytimes.com,
weisman at nytimes.com, lewin at nytimes.com, tiwein at nytimes.com, topurd at nytimes.com,
washington at nytimes.com, safire at nytimes.com, executive-editor at nytimes.com,
managing-editor at nytimes.com, bduffy at usnews.com, letters at usnews.com, gborger at usnews.com,
jallen at usnews.com, kwalsh at usnews.com, mzuckerman at usnews.com, vpope at usnews.com,
whispers at usnews.com, alevin at usatoday.com, astone at usatoday.com,
bslavin at usatoday.com, bnichols at usatoday.com, bwelch at usatoday.com, editor at usatoday.com,
dmoniz at usatoday.com, ghager at usatoday.com, gflanders at usatoday.com,
jlawrence at usatoday.com, jdrinkard at usatoday.com, jbiskupic at usatoday.com, editor at usatoday.com,
jkeen at usatoday.com, kkiely at usatoday.com, kjohnson at usatoday.com,
mhall at usatoday.com, rbenedetto at usatoday.com, rwolf at usatoday.com, spage at usatoday.com, tsquitie
ri at usatoday.com, tlocy at usatoday.com, theforum at usatoday.com,
wshapiro at usatoday.com, letters at economist.com, amity.shlaes at ft.com, letters.editor at ft.com,
philip.stephens at ft.com, greg.hitt at wsj.com, wsj.ltrs at wsj.com, wsjcontact at dowjones.com,
jeanne.cummings at wsj.com, jane_mayer at newyorker.com, themail at newyorker.com,
deborah.barfield at newsday.com, ken.fireman at newsday.com, Editors at newsweek.com,
WebEditors at newsweek.com, Letters at newsweek.com, letters at time.com,
lettersbwol at businessweek.com, letters at washingtontimes.com, gpierce at washingtontimes.com,
jmccaslin at washingtontimes.com, dkeil at bloomberg.net, wroberts at bloomberg.net,
ghall at bloomberg.net, hprzybyla at bloomberg.net, jcohen at bloomberg.net,
NewsAlert at letters.washingtonpost.com, letters at washpost.com, webnews at washingtonpost.com,
georgewill at washpost.com, jimhoagland at washpost.com, ombudsman at washpost.com,
powellm at washpost.com, kurtzh at washpost.com, abramowitz at washpost.com, achenbachj at washpost.com,
allenh at washpost.com, allenm at washpost.com, aranam at washpost.com,
argetsinger at washpost.com, asherm at washpost.com, chuck.babbington at washingtonpost.com,
bakerp at washpost.com, balzd at washpost.com, barbashf at washpost.com, barkerk at washpost.com,
barkinr at washpost.com, barrj at washpost.com, barrs at washpost.com,
beckerj at washpost.com, behrp at washpost.com, belmanf at washpost.com, bennettp at washpost.com,
benningv at washpost.com, bersellie at washpost.com, beyersd at washpost.com,
blumj at washpost.com, bonesteelm at washpost.com, boustanyn at washpost.com, religion at washpost.com,
bredemeier at washpost.com, brennanp at washpost.com, brooksd at washpost.com,
brownw at washpost.com, browar57 at aol.com, carlsonp at washpost.com, castanedar at washpost.com,
cavendishs at washpost.com, chans at washpost.com, chandlerc at washpost.com,
rajiv at washpost.com, cheaterry at washpost.com, chod at washpost.com, claiborneb at washpost.com,
clarkp at washpost.com, cohensh at washpost.com, cohnd at washpost.com,
coopermana at washpost.com, copelandl at washpost.com, davenportc at washpost.com,
davisp at washpost.com, dawsone at washpost.com, dayk at washpost.com, deanec at washpost.com,
deaned at washpost.com, deinerj at washpost.com, deyoungk at washpost.com, dirdam at washpost.com,
dobbsm at washpost.com, drezenr at washpost.com, duttj at washpost.com,
dvorakp at washpost.com, edsallt at washpost.com, eggend at washpost.com, ahrensf at washpost.com,
aizenmann at washpost.com, nightwatch at washpost.com, donovanc at washpost.com,
newsonline at bbc.co.uk, editor at guardianunlimited.co.uk, politics.editor at guardianunlimited.co.uk,
foreign at guardian.co.uk, letters at guardian.co.uk, politics at guardian.co.uk,
online at guardian.co.uk, foreigneditor at independent.co.uk,
newseditor at independent.co.uk, letters at iht.com, ellengoodman at globe.com, ombud at globe.com,
kcooper at globe.com, letter at globe.com, johnson at globe.com, brelis at globe.com, oliphant at globe.com,
editor at scoop.co.nz, alastair at scoop.co.nz, selwyn at scoop.co.nz,
jhoward at minidata.co.nz, andrew at scoop.co.nz, wade at scoop.co.nz, jgreenburg at tribune.com,
jzeleny at tribune.com, jzuckman at tribune.com, jcrewdson at tribune.com, MPossley at tribune.com,
rkemper at tribune.com, bjapsen at tribune.com, csimpson at tribune.com,
fjames at tribune.com, GWashburn at tribune.com, gdelama at tribune.com, mdorning at tribune.com,
JPeres at tribune.com, cgarrett at tribune.com, oped at csps.com, vanslambrouckp at csps.com,
ingwersonm at csps.com, cookd at csps.com, dillinj at csps.com, jonesc at csps.com,
armstrongs at csps.com, sullivanc at csps.com, grierp at csps.com, axtmank at csps.com,
chinnid at csps.com, kieferf at csps.com, marksa at csps.com, mclaughlina at csps.com,
ron at csmonitor.com, richeyw at csps.com, grays at csps.com, letters at latimes.com,
readers.rep at latimes.com, aaron.zitner at latimes.com, barbara.serrano at latimes.com,
barry.siegel at latimes.com, James.Rainey at latimes.com, bill.rempel at latimes.com,
bob.drogin at latimes.com, chuck.neubauer at latimes.com, davan.maharaj at latimes.com,
david.kelly at latimes.com, david.savage at latimes.com, david.willman at latimes.com,
david.zucchino at latimes.com, deborah.nelson at latimes.com, don.frederick at latimes.com,
don.woutat at latimes.com, doyle.mcmanus at latimes.com, ellen.barry at latimes.com,
esther.schrader at latimes.com, faye.fiore at latimes.com, glenn.bunting at latimes.com, greg.mille
r at latimes.com, janet.hook at latimes.com, joan.springhetti at latimes.com,
joel.havemann at latimes.com, johanna.neuman at latimes.com, john.glionna at latimes.com,
john.hendren at latimes.com, john.stewart at latimes.com, jonathan.peterson at latimes.com,
josh.getlin at latimes.com, josh.meyer at latimes.com, judy.pasternak at latimes.com,
julie.bowles at latimes.com, ken.silverstein at latimes.com, kevin.sack at latimes.com,
leslie.hoffecker at latimes.com, letters at latimes.com,
linda.finestone at latimes.com, lisa.getter at latimes.com, maggie.farley at latimes.com,
maria.laganga at latimes.com, marjorie.miller at latimes.com, mark.barabak at latimes.com,
mark.mazzetti at latimes.com, mark.porubcansky at latimes.com, maryann.meek at latimes.com,
mary.braswell at latimes.com, mary.curtius at latimes.com, matea.gold at latimes.com,
maura.reynolds at latimes.com, michael.finnegan at latimes.com, michael.kinsley at latimes.com,
michael.muskal at latimes.com, millie.quan at latimes.com, nick.anderson at latimes.com,
patrick.mcdonnell at latimes.com, patt.morrison at latimes.com, paul.feldman at latimes.com,
peter.wallsten at latimes.com, readers.rep at latimes.com, rich
ard.cooper at latimes.com, richard.simon at latimes.com, robin.abcarian at latimes.com,
roger.ainsley at latimes.com, scott.gold at latimes.com, scott.kraft at latimes.com,
stephanie.simon at latimes.com, steve.braun at latimes.com, tom.furlong at latimes.com,
tom.hamburger at latimes.com, tom.mccarthy at latimes.com,
elizabeth.mehren at latimes.com, alan.miller at latimes.com
Set 3: Misc. National media including Newswires Radio Magazines and Internet
? ?feedback at ap.org, jloven at ap.org, lmargasak at ap.org, msilverman at ap.org,
npickler at ap.org, rfournier at ap.org, sjohnson at ap.org, pr at ap.org, thunt at ap.org,
traum at ap.org, info at ap.org, pr at ap.org, cochs at ap.org, pressreleases at upi.com,
tips at upi.com, investigations_desk at upi.com, politics_desk at upi.com, info at ap.org,
editor at reuters.com, patricia.wilson.reuters.com at reuters.net, todd.eastham at reuters.com,
stella.dawson at reuters.com, arshad.mohammed at reuters.com,
randall.mikkelsen at reuters.com, steve.holland at reuters.com, john.whitesides at reuters.com,
news at capitolhillbureau.org, sheberer at pbs.org, charlierose at pbs.org, newshour at pbs.org,
danschiedel at kozk.pbs.org, theworld at pri.org, newshour at pbs.org, ombudsman at npr.org,
atc at npr.org, morning at npr.org, totn at npr.org, morning at npr.org, rsiegel at npr.org,
ombudsman at npr.org, sstamberg at npr.org, totn at npr.org, freshair at whyy.org,
watc at npr.org, wesat at npr.org, wesun at npr.org, npronsirius at npr.org, worldwide at npr.org,
wesat at npr.org, atc at npr.org, ataylor at npr.org, bwilson at npr.org, bnaylor at npr.org,
ombudsman at npr.org, cflintoff at npr.org, emcdonnell at npr.org, corrections at npr.org,
cwindham at npr.org, dschorr at npr.org, dardalan at npr.org, dgonyea at npr.org,
jlyden at npr.org, jcochran at npr.org, jwilliams at npr.org, krudin at npr.org, lhansen at npr.org,
ombudsman at npr.org, mliasson at npr.org, lusa at npr.org, mblock at npr.org, atc at npr.org,
morning at npr.org, nconan at npr.org, ntotenberg at npr.org, atc at npr.org,
pfessler at npr.org, ombudsman at npr.org, pbreslow at npr.org, newstips at wdtn.com,
drobinson at wdtn.com, ddmarko at wdtn.com, jason.pheister at wbns10tv.com,
jason.pheister at wbns10tv.com, gramshaw at newshour.org, stephanie at stephaniemiller.com,
brian_hill at metronetworks.com, mcurtis at njn.org, mail at uttm.com, maureensm at ffww.com,
tgrieve at salon.com, talbotd at salon.com, kberger at salon.com, gsealey at salon.com, michelle at salon.com,
mjacoby at salon.com, kaufman at salon.com, mfollman at salon.com, mkeeley at salon.com,
modonnell at salon.com, kamiya at salon.com, scottr at salon.com, lauram at salon.com,
ruth at salon.com, kaufman at salon.com, bwyman at salon.com, jmillman at salon.com,
boehlert at salon.com, szacharek at salon.com, jsweeney at salon.com, abenfer at salon.com,
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daryl at salon.com, amontgomery at salon.com, cchocano at salon.com, ccolin at salon.com,
areiter at salon.com, dawn at salon.com, dcruickshank at salon.com, boehlert at salon.com,
stark at salon.com, letters at slate.com, ekelly at gns.gannett.com, fbremner at gns.gannett.com,
jcarroll at gns.gannett.com, kscott at gns.gannett.com, lbivins at gns.gannett.com,
mgroppe at gns.gannett.com, mmadden at gns.gannett.com, pbrogan at gns.gannett.com,
rchebium at gns.gannett.com, aradelat at gns.gannett.com, cweiser at gns.gannett.com,
dabrahms at gns.gannett.com, rrhodes at airamericaradio.com, tawalker at airamericaradio.com,
geoff at radioleft.com, contact at pacifica.org, jonsintown at airamericaradio.com,
me at glennbeck.com, nealznunze at cox.com, brinkerbob at aol.com, howie at wnir.com,
colmes at foxnews.com, johncorby at clearchannel.com, bsteigerwald at tribweb.com,
mitch at albom.com, sternshow at howardstern.com, buzzflash at buzzflash.com, kos at dailykos.com,
mail at democracynow.org, imusshow at yahoo.com, info at jimhightower.com,
billy.house at arizonarepublic.com, oped at thestar.ca, rob at opednews.com, jsmyth at plaind.com,
mnaymik at plaind.com, feedback at necn.com, alan at alan.com, jnorman at dmreg.com,
jconason at observer.com, editorial at progressive.org, news at michaelmoore.com,
maillist at michaelmoore.com, MMFlint at aol.com, media at michaelmoore.com, info at michaelmoore.com,
mike at mikemalloy.com, fair at fair.org, phart at fair.org, shohauser at fair.org,
galbraith at mail.utexas.edu, dcorn at thenation.com, info at thenation.com, drshow at wamu.org,
online at tnr.com, connectionweb at wbur.bu.edu, email at wrn.org,
justicetalking at asc.upenn.edu, dastor at editorandpublisher.com, Lionel at LionelOnline.com,
onthemedia at wnyc.org, editorial at flashpoints.net, now at thirteen.org,
jridgeway at villagevoice.com, plorris at univision.net, dmedrano at telemundo.com, abenitez at univision.net,
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From: aqmstaffo at mailbag.com (Daniel Stafford)
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:32:38 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Finally - One For The Good Guys...
Message-ID: <48C93A16.7030801@mailbag.com>
Ohio Secretary of State Brunner Does Right by Voters
http://www.truthout.org/article/ohio-secretary-state-brunner-does-right-voters
Project Vote: "A controversial series of vague voter challenge laws, passed by the Ohio legislature in 2006, allowed any voter's eligibility to be challenged, without notice, based on nothing more than a single piece of returned, unforwardable mail. This is the same trick the GOP used to challenge over 35,000 Ohio voters in 2004, when the outcome of the entire presidential election was riding on that state. On Friday, Secretary [of State Jennifer] Brunner showed that she had heard many of our concerns, and took steps to help protect Ohio voters."
From aqmstaffo at mailbag.com Thu Sep 11 14:38:05 2008
From: aqmstaffo at mailbag.com (Daniel Stafford)
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:38:05 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Raucous Echo At Eleven...
Message-ID: <48C9658D.8030008@mailbag.com>
/*Raucous Echo At Eleven...*/
It's everywhere,
The maudlin whispers,
That celebration of darkness,
A whisper of ghosts from within a black cloud.
The cries and whimpers haunt me,
As I wonder of answers and illusions,
It's all a matter of trust - lacking.
I saw things my own eyes tell me aren't physically possible,
I see shame and sadness in nooks and crannies across the land,
Wondering who won what and remembering the cost,
All the answers in the universe pale,
No matter their say.
Echoes, echoes, echoes and screams - I remember - even without belief.
AquarianM
By: Daniel A. Stafford
? 09/11/2008
*Author's Comments*:
9/11/2001, shrouded in controversy and politics, is at its heart a
horror story of lost lives and lost freedoms. The people and the ideals
are what really mattered, and I, for one, will never forget.
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From: edward_rynearson at yahoo.com (Edward Rynearson)
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:24:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Keith Olbermann states that Bush Administration “Allowed 9/11 Attacks To Occur”
Message-ID: <597329.44690.qm@web30001.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Keith Olbermann states that Bush Administration ?Allowed 9/11 Attacks To Occur?
http://www.radiodujour.com/people/olbermann_keith/
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Dennis Bernstein talks with Catherine Austin Fitts about the Fannie Mae Freddie Mac bonanza bailout for the elite and about the same elite's private party in St. Paul, Minnesota guarded by abusive storm troopers.
http://www.radiodujour.com/people/fitts_catherine_austin/
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From rmigalla at earthlink.net Fri Sep 12 07:01:16 2008
From: rmigalla at earthlink.net (Robin Migalla)
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:01:16 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] FW: Howard Zinn interview
Message-ID: <01C9149C.F90BE5D0.rmigalla@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:47:15 -0400From:
peacemaker.ymani at gmail.comSubject: Howard Zinn interview
Published on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 by Al Jazeera
Zinn: US 'In Need of Rebellion'
by Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera speaks to Howard Zinn, the author, American historian, social
critic and activist, about how the Iraq war damaged attitudes towards the
US and why the US 'empire' is close to collapse.
Q: Where is the United States heading in terms of world power and
influence?
HZ: America has been heading - for some time, and is heading right now -
toward less and less world power, less and less influence.Obviously, since
the war in Iraq, the rest of the world has fallen away from the United
States, and if American foreign policy continues in the way it has been -
that is aggressive and violent and uncaring about the feelings and thoughts
of other people - then the influence of the United States is going to
decline more and more.
This is an empire which is on the one hand the most powerful empire that
ever existed; on the other hand an empire that is crumbling - an empire
that has no future ... because the rest of the world is alienated and
simply because this empire is top-heavy with military commitments, with
bases around the world, with the exhaustion of its own resources at home.
[This is] leading to more and more discontent and home, so I think the
American empire will go the way of other empires and I think it is on its
way now.
Q: Is there any hope the US will change its approach to the rest of the
world?
HZ: If there is any hope, the hope lies in the American people.[It] lies in
American people becoming resentful enough and indignant enough over what
has happened to their country, over the loss of dignity in the world, over
the starving of human resources in the United States, the starving of
education and health, the takeover of the political mechanism by corporate
power and the result this has on the everyday lives of the American people.
[There is also] the higher and higher food prices, the more and more
insecurity, the sending of the young people to war.
I think all of this may very well build up into a movement of rebellion.
We have seen movements of rebellion in the past: The labour movement, the
civil rights movement, the movement against the war in Vietnam.
I think we may well see, if the United States keeps heading in the same
direction, a new popular movement. That is the only hope for the United
States.
Q: How did the US get to this point?
HZ: Well, we got to this point because ... I suppose the American people
have allowed it to get it to this point because there were enough Americans
who were satisfied with their lives, just enough.
Of course, many Americans were not, that is why half of the population
doesn't vote, they're alienated.
But there are just enough Americans who have been satisfied, you might say
getting some of the 'goodies' of the empire, just some of them, just enough
people satisfied to support the system, so we got this way because of the
ability of the system to maintain itself by satisfying just enough of the
population to keep its legitimacy.
And I think that era is coming to an end.
Q: What should the world know about the United States?
HZ: What I find many people in the rest of the world don't know is that
there is an opposition in the United States.Very often, people in the rest
of the world think that Bush is popular, they think 'oh, he was elected
twice', they don't understand the corruption of the American political
system which enabled Bush to win twice.
They don't understand the basic undemocratic nature of the American
political system in which all power is concentrated within two parties
which are not very far from one another and people cannot easily tell the
difference.
So I think we are in a situation where we are going to need some very
fundamental changes in American society if the American people are going to
be finally satisfied with the kind of society we have.
Q: Do you think the US can recover from its current position?
HZ: Well, I am hoping for a recovery process. I mean, so far we haven't
seen it.
You asked about what the people of the rest of the world don't know about
the United States, and as I said, they don't know that there is an
opposition.
There always has been an opposition, but the opposition has always been
either crushed or quieted, kept in the shadows, marginalised so their
voices are not heard.
People in the rest of the world hear the voices of the American leaders.
They do not hear the voices of the people all over this country who do not
like the American leaders who want different policies.
I think also, people in the rest of the world should know that what they
see in Iraq now is really a continuation of a long, long term of American
imperial expansion in the world.
I think ... a lot of people in the world think that this war in Iraq is an
aberration, that before this the United States was a benign power.
It has never been a benign power, from the very first, from the American
Revolution, from the taking-over of Indian land, from the Mexican war, the
Spanish-American war.
It is embarrassing to say, but we have a long history in this country of
violent expansion and I think not only do most people in other countries
[not] know this, most Americans don't know this.
Q: Is there a way for this to improve?
HZ: Well you know, whatever hope there is lies in that large number of
Americans who are decent, who don't want to go to war, who don't want to
kill other people.
It is hard to see that hope because these Americans who feel that way have
been shut out of the communications system, so their voices are not heard,
they are not seen on the television screen, but they exist.
I have gone through, in my life, a number of social movements and I have
seen how at the very beginning of these social movements or just before
these social movements develop, there didn't seem to be any hope.
I lived in the [US] south for seven years, in the years of the civil rights
movements, and it didn't seem that there was any hope, but there was hope
under the surface.
And when people organised, and when people began to act, when people began
to work together, people began to take risks, people began to oppose the
establishment, people began to commit civil disobedience.
Well, then that hope became manifest ... it actually turned into change.
Q: Do you think there is a way out of this and for the future influence of
the US on the world to be a positive one?
HZ: Well, you know for the United States to begin to be a positive
influence in the world we are going to have to have a new political
leadership that is sensitive to the needs of the American people, and those
needs do not include war and aggression.
[It must also be] sensitive to the needs of people in other parts of the
world, sensitive enough to know that American resources, instead of being
devoted to war, should be devoted to helping people who are suffering.
You've got earthquakes and natural disasters all over the world, but the
people in the United States have been in the same position as people in
other countries.
The natural disasters here [also] brought little positive reaction - look
at [Hurricane] Katrina.
The people in this country, the poor people especially and the people of
colour especially, have been as much victims of American power as people in
other countries.
Q: Can you give us an overall scope of everything we talked about - the
power and influence of the United States?
HZ: The power and influence of the United States has declined rapidly since
the war in Iraq because American power, as it has been exercised in the
world historically, has been exposed more to the rest of the world in this
situation and in other situations.
So the US influence is declining, its power is declining.
However strong a military machine it is, power does not ultimately depend
on a military machine. So power is declining.
Ultimately power rests on the moral legitimacy of a system and the United
States has been losing moral legitimacy.
My hope is that the American people will rouse themselves and change this
situation, for the benefit of themselves and for the benefit of the rest of
the world.
? 2008 Aljazeera.net/English
Article printed from www.CommonDreams.org
URL to article: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/09/09-0
From aqmstaffo at mailbag.com Fri Sep 12 12:11:42 2008
From: aqmstaffo at mailbag.com (Daniel Stafford)
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:11:42 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] FYI - my brother Larry is the Libertarian candidate
for US Senate against Durbin this fall
Message-ID: <48CA94BE.1050107@mailbag.com>
All,
While I really only agree with the anti-war, clean elections, and civil
liberties portions of the Libertarian platform, at least I know he's
honest and willing to listen to me. (My views are Progressive/Green)
Many times, we've been able to come up with solution ideas that allow
Libertarian principles to coexist with Progressive social solutions.
While I would prefer the Green platform, or even better Dennis
Kucinich's platform from 2004, the irony is that access to my Senator
would be far greater if my own brother won. Go figure. (If he does win,
he is going to have one SERIOUS Progressive bug in his ear!)
I'm not telling anyone on this list to vote for him, that's your
decision, but I at least wanted all of you to know the option exists.
His campaign web site is: http://www.stafford4senate.com/
I've said my piece, you won't hear more from me on this.
Regards,
Dan Stafford
From aqmstaffo at mailbag.com Fri Sep 12 12:27:48 2008
From: aqmstaffo at mailbag.com (Daniel Stafford)
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:27:48 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Republican Vision Of The "Free Market..."
Message-ID: <48CA9884.7020909@mailbag.com>
..."Turn the Ferenghi loose!!!"
Otherwise known as: "coddle the corporations."
From rmigalla at earthlink.net Fri Sep 12 13:23:40 2008
From: rmigalla at earthlink.net (Robin Migalla)
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:23:40 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] FYI - my brother Larry is the Libertarian
candidate for US Senate against Durbin this fall
Message-ID: <01C914D2.64F84650.rmigalla@earthlink.net>
Hi Dan,
Thanks for sharing this. I personally am Green/Libertarian (or is it
Libertarian/Green). As I have said before, sometimes I feel like I've been
forced to become a schizophrenic voter. My dream ticket would have been
Ron Paul for President and Dennis Kucinich for VP with an appointment of
Cynthia McKinney for Secretary of State. I have felt for a long time that
our Constitution contains everything we need to protect the environment and
create social justice, it's just that we have refused to use it in that
manner.
Instead, we have created these regulatory bodies to take the hard work away
from us. Bodies like the FDA, USDA, and the EPA. These have all become
nothing but tools in the hands of our corporatocracy (or is it fascism?).
Heck, the Illinois EPA is single-handedly responsible for poisoning every
Illinois citizen with fluoride, all in the name of preventing tooth decay.
Since when should a regulatory body be responsible for my teeth? I'd
prefer to manage my own teeth thank you very much. I'd do it with raw milk
rather than rat poison, but these regulatory bodies have made it nearly
impossible to obtain raw milk in Illinois. My observation tells me
regulation always becomes the tool of the fascist.
Anyway, I think our salvation lies in the marriage of the Green ideology
with the Libertarian limited government ideology, so your brother sounds
like a great option against Durbin.
Cheers,
Robin
www.healthforlifecoloncare.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Stafford [SMTP:aqmstaffo at mailbag.com]
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 11:12
To: IL Progressive Dems; AB_Progressives; Progressive;
DiehardDems at yahoogroups.com; Citizen's Truth
Subject: [CitizensTruth] FYI - my brother Larry is the Libertarian
candidate for US Senate against Durbin this fall
All,
While I really only agree with the anti-war, clean elections, and civil
liberties portions of the Libertarian platform, at least I know he's
honest and willing to listen to me. (My views are Progressive/Green)
Many times, we've been able to come up with solution ideas that allow
Libertarian principles to coexist with Progressive social solutions.
While I would prefer the Green platform, or even better Dennis
Kucinich's platform from 2004, the irony is that access to my Senator
would be far greater if my own brother won. Go figure. (If he does win,
he is going to have one SERIOUS Progressive bug in his ear!)
I'm not telling anyone on this list to vote for him, that's your
decision, but I at least wanted all of you to know the option exists.
His campaign web site is: http://www.stafford4senate.com/
I've said my piece, you won't hear more from me on this.
Regards,
Dan Stafford
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From aroyboy44 at hotmail.com Fri Sep 12 13:45:31 2008
From: aroyboy44 at hotmail.com (andrew ritter)
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:45:31 +0000
Subject: [CitizensTruth] The Onion wins again!
Message-ID:
Here's a nice 9-11 article by The Onion that should put a smile on your face!
Cheney Waits Until Last Minute Again To Buy Sept. 11 Giftshttp://www.theonion.com/content/news/cheney_waits_until_last_minute
(btw - it was great to see some of you folks at the Art Institute yesterday! anyone post pictures anywhere?)
Andrew
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From mjkirk12 at yahoo.com Fri Sep 12 13:55:58 2008
From: mjkirk12 at yahoo.com (Mike Kirk)
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:55:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] The Onion wins again!
In-Reply-To:
Message-ID: <696907.17994.qm@web83830.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
It wouldn't surprise me if Kevin Barrett was a writer for the Onion - his wit and humor are similar. :-)
And they both are from the Madison (WI)? area.
-Mike
--- On Fri, 9/12/08, andrew ritter wrote:
From: andrew ritter
Subject: [CitizensTruth] The Onion wins again!
To: citizenstruth at six.pairlist.net
Date: Friday, September 12, 2008, 12:45 PM
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Here's a nice 9-11 article by The Onion that should put a smile on your face!
Cheney Waits Until Last Minute Again To Buy Sept. 11 Giftshttp://www.theonion.com/content/news/cheney_waits_until_last_minute
(btw - it was great to see some of you folks at the Art Institute yesterday!? anyone post pictures anywhere?)
Andrew
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From mamascasa at gmail.com Fri Sep 12 15:47:34 2008
From: mamascasa at gmail.com (Alissa Catalan)
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:47:34 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Fwd: Bush Administration proposed changes to the
Endangered Species Act
In-Reply-To: <004a01c914fa$14f12fa0$3a17a743@mymachine>
References: <004a01c914fa$14f12fa0$3a17a743@mymachine>
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
The Bush Administration has proposed regulatory changes to the Endangered
Species Act. They want to gut the law. I am sending you the comments I
submitted. You can read the proposed regulation and submit your comments
through Sept 14, 2008 at
www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=SubmitComment&o=09000064806c5826
.
Doug
____________
Dept of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service: 50 CFR Part 402
Dept of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: 50 CFR
Part 405
This is my comment on the August 15, 2008 proposed changes to 50 CFR Part
402. I strongly disagree with the changes proposed and request that no
changes be made at this time. These efforts to "simplify" the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (i.e., ESA) would have the effect of
undermining the intent of the legislation. My detailed comments follow.
Section 402.02 Definitions (page 47869).
1. "Biological Assessment"
The proposal to eliminate the requirement to create a separate,
all-inclusive "Biological Assessment" document makes it extremely difficult
to understand the entire environmental impact of any project or action.
This proposal to simply cite segments of other documents for a "Biological
Assessment" would require both the action agency and anyone attempting to
review the action to obtain a huge number of documents and allows everyone
to take data out of context. This proposal is not a "minor procedural
change" as is stated. It basically stops all review of an "action agency".
Also, by allowing the "action agency" in charge of implementing the project
or action to decide what information to cite as justification is "putting
the fox in charge of the hen house". They can more easily interpret the
data in ways that allow the action to proceed. This is not the intent of
the ESA. I oppose this change to the definition.
2. "Cumulative effects"
The proposal to amend the current regulatory definition of "cumulative
effects" is also inconsistent with the ESA. The proposal requires an
analysis of each individual Federal project instead of the impact of an
entire Federal program. In addition, knowledge of the impacts of one
project is not always that precise. It is like requiring the "action
agency" or reviewing agency to know which straw will break the camel's back,
or how much more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will stop the Atlantic
thermohaline current. Science can only estimate social, economic or
environmental impacts of overall programs. But, this can be critical in
deciding whether it is wise to proceed with a project or program. I oppose
this change to the definition.
3. "Effects of the action"
"Initially, we want to emphasize that both in the current regulations and
these proposed regulations, an effect must both be caused by the action
under consultation and must be "reasonably certain to occur" before it can
be included in the effects analysis. ?"
Science can only estimate the impacts of an action on an entire ecosystem
based on similar experience and forecasts. It is almost never a black and
white, precise determination. The project or action must not be defined as
only one phase or segment of a much larger program. It must consider the
likely longer term impacts caused by other public and private entities that
result from the Federal action. For example, an isolated major highway
interchange by itself might not have much impact on the environment but the
resulting development caused by increasing accessibility to that interchange
will have a huge impact on the local environment and ecosystem. Both direct
and indirect impacts must be considered by the Federal action agency. They
can not wait until a species is destroyed and then go back in time and do it
all over. The proposed change is not consistent with the ESA.
Section 402.03 Applicability (page 47870)
1. This section states that "section 7 only applies to discretionary agency
actions". Please define "discretionary". Is an action "discretionary" if
it is a Congressional earmark? Can the President redefine a "discretionary"
project by decree? If an action is "a take" do ESA requirements apply?
What is "a take"?
2. In the third paragraph the proposed regulation states, "In paragraph
(b)(1) we propose to add language that action agencies are not required to
consult on those actions for which they determine their action will have "no
effect" on listed species or critical habitat".
This is an inappropriate change. Action agencies should follow the current
regulation that they consult with service agencies on any action that MAY
affect a listed species or designated critical habitat. The proposal gives
too much authority to Federal action agencies to make decisions on critical
habitat for which they have little or no expertise or interest.
3. On page 47871 this proposal states: "To achieve the goal of reducing
unnecessary consultations, the proposed language allows a Federal action
agency to make a "not likely to adversely affect" determination without
concurrence from the Services..."
This again eliminates the need to consult with biological, habitat and other
experts about the environmental impact of building a road or other Federal
action. This is basically rewriting the ESA legislation. If the desire is
to speed up the consultation process this proposal should simply require
that the service agencies providing this expert environmental analysis hire
and use the necessary staff to do the action in a timely manor. Instead
what happens is that these agencies and their funding agencies are allowed
to minimize the expertise available to do the required consulting and then
the Federal Action agencies or constituents complain about the timeliness of
reviews. This is simply a way to eliminate a legislative requirement by
underfunding and mismanaging the agencies required to make it a timely
process.
4. On page 47871 the proposal states that "Federal action agencies
understand that there are significant consequences if they were to take an
action that resulted in prohibited take without an exemption through the
section 7 process."
What is the penalty if a Federal action causes the extinction of a life
species? Is it a slap on the wrist after the fact? Is it a critical
performance evaluation? The intent of the ESA is to prevent extermination
of life through consultation with biological and habitat experts before
Federal action.
5. On page 47872 the proposal states that, "These regulations would
reinforce the Services' current view that there is no requirement to consult
on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions' contribution to global warming and its
associated impacts on listed species (e.g., polar bears)."
This view defies science and current observation of a large number of plant
and animal species. It is inappropriate.
Respectfully,
Doug...
Thank you. Your comment on Document ID: FWS-R9-ES-2008-0093-0001 has been
sent. Your Comment tracking number is *807021de* *.*
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From: edward_rynearson at yahoo.com (Edward Rynearson)
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:18:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] September 11, 2008 at the Art Institute in Chicago,
IL
Message-ID: <18307.16370.qm@web30003.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
September 11, 2008 at the Art Institute in Chicago, IL (video)
http://www.911blogger.com/node/17729
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From: richardfobes at hotmail.com (richardfobes )
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:51:19 +0000
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Go to We Are Change to watch the Live Feed from NY
- 1st Responders Benefit Event
Message-ID:
Go to Wearechange.org and watch the live feed from NYC to see the benefit event for 1st Responders - NOW!
-Rich
From geri at thetwofacesofmoney.com Fri Sep 12 17:01:14 2008
From: geri at thetwofacesofmoney.com (Geri Perry)
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:01:14 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] FYI - my brother Larry is the
Libertarian candidate for US Senate against Durbin this fall
In-Reply-To: <01C914D2.64F84650.rmigalla@earthlink.net>
References: <01C914D2.64F84650.rmigalla@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <48CAD89A.2080902@thetwofacesofmoney.com>
Robin etal,
The difference between the Left libertarians (Greens) and right
Libertarians is lack of understanding of the money power, and what
"honest money" really is.
And yes, the Constitution along with the Declaration of Independence and
Bill of Rights contains what we need to get back to some semblance of
sanity.
Problem is there is a lot of myth and misinformation on these documents
as I try to uncover, at least in part in my book, especially in Part I
where I show how the money powers substituted our Bill of Rights and
Constitution with the "new legal regime" created by the Reconstruction
Amendments (13,14,15) none of which did what they were supposed to do.
Then the money powers used the Crash of 1929 to usher in The Emergency
Banking Act of 1933 which made Americans enemies of the state. The state
of emergency so created was studied by the Church committee in 1973,
which said most Americans had lived their entire lives under a state of
national emergency. This was supposed to have been solved with the
National Emergency Termination Act of 1976 but it wasn't.
The Federal Register, created in 1935 and then expanded in 1946, allows
the President and the federal agencies, all of them financed through
deficit spending, to write legislation, created a huge, and many would
say unnecessary body of administrative law making sovereign citizens
subservient to the requirements of the state. And it resulted -
conveniently enough for the money powers - in a top down managed
economy. See:
http://www.thetwofacesofmoney.com/index.php/Site/AWordAboutCorporations
THEN we get the CAFR reports, created by a group of businessmen (who
else) in 1949, which then led to "public/private" partnerships which is
part of the "new constitution" under the North American Union. (Some
good articles at my website, and some good videos)
The North American Union, and the UN is another piece of the puzzle, and
part of the problem, a fact which Dennis Kucinich hopefully will quickly
become acquainted with. Ron Paul has this part of the picture right -
BUT he is WRONG about a gold backed dollar, which is why, IMO, Larry
Kudlow and similar programs gave Paul airtime and then used that to talk
about a gold backed dollar being a good thing.
Read more at my website about some of this, including quote from the
Money Masters video, on this page
http://www.thetwofacesofmoney.com/index.php/Site/HonestMoneyGroups plus
Read the quotes on gold page, and what money is page.
The MONEY PROBLEM is the seminal problem of our time. Being Left, right
or anything else just keeps getting us more divided and conquered. But
that's exactly the way the "money powers' like it because it keeps us
worshiping their man-made god of mammon - AND it involves LOTS of war,
which is the best of all profit-making endeavors.
Gerip
Robin Migalla wrote:
> Hi Dan,
>
> Thanks for sharing this. I personally am Green/Libertarian (or is it
> Libertarian/Green). As I have said before, sometimes I feel like I've been
> forced to become a schizophrenic voter. My dream ticket would have been
> Ron Paul for President and Dennis Kucinich for VP with an appointment of
> Cynthia McKinney for Secretary of State. I have felt for a long time that
> our Constitution contains everything we need to protect the environment and
> create social justice, it's just that we have refused to use it in that
> manner.
>
> Instead, we have created these regulatory bodies to take the hard work away
> from us. Bodies like the FDA, USDA, and the EPA. These have all become
> nothing but tools in the hands of our corporatocracy (or is it fascism?).
> Heck, the Illinois EPA is single-handedly responsible for poisoning every
> Illinois citizen with fluoride, all in the name of preventing tooth decay.
> Since when should a regulatory body be responsible for my teeth? I'd
> prefer to manage my own teeth thank you very much. I'd do it with raw milk
> rather than rat poison, but these regulatory bodies have made it nearly
> impossible to obtain raw milk in Illinois. My observation tells me
> regulation always becomes the tool of the fascist.
>
> Anyway, I think our salvation lies in the marriage of the Green ideology
> with the Libertarian limited government ideology, so your brother sounds
> like a great option against Durbin.
>
> Cheers,
> Robin
> www.healthforlifecoloncare.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Stafford [SMTP:aqmstaffo at mailbag.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 11:12
> To: IL Progressive Dems; AB_Progressives; Progressive;
> DiehardDems at yahoogroups.com; Citizen's Truth
> Subject: [CitizensTruth] FYI - my brother Larry is the Libertarian
> candidate for US Senate against Durbin this fall
>
> All,
>
> While I really only agree with the anti-war, clean elections, and civil
> liberties portions of the Libertarian platform, at least I know he's
> honest and willing to listen to me. (My views are Progressive/Green)
>
> Many times, we've been able to come up with solution ideas that allow
> Libertarian principles to coexist with Progressive social solutions.
>
> While I would prefer the Green platform, or even better Dennis
> Kucinich's platform from 2004, the irony is that access to my Senator
> would be far greater if my own brother won. Go figure. (If he does win,
> he is going to have one SERIOUS Progressive bug in his ear!)
>
> I'm not telling anyone on this list to vote for him, that's your
> decision, but I at least wanted all of you to know the option exists.
>
> His campaign web site is: http://www.stafford4senate.com/
>
> I've said my piece, you won't hear more from me on this.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan Stafford
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From Walterb306 at cs.com Fri Sep 12 17:08:44 2008
From: Walterb306 at cs.com (Walterb306 at cs.com)
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:08:44 EDT
Subject: [CitizensTruth] FW: Howard Zinn interview
Message-ID:
All,
The American People seem to be targeted as culprits for Howard Zinn, whose
book, A People's History of the United States and life work, I greatly value.
True, but not the only culprits.
The corporatist media, owned by BILLIONAIRES, has betrayed the people of this
country by failing its duty to inform them. A people cannot make informed
decisions if they are fed lies, half-truths, and distractions.
Nor have the American people forced criminal or unethical behavior on the
politicians, lobbyists, businessmen, military chiefs, and financiers who sit at
the top and have access to far greater resources and information than the
general public and have turned a deaf ear to repeated cries and actions of protest.
Abramoff, Delay, Bush,Cheney, Greenspan, Wolfewitz, et al. have made their
choices for themselves. Perhaps their greed-addiction has compelled them, but
not the American people.
Two stolen elections later, it is time for progressives to be our own media.
And there isn't any time to waste.
Beverley
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From hal at drxyzzy.org Sat Sep 13 18:28:11 2008
From: hal at drxyzzy.org (Hal Snyder)
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:28:11 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Palin resources
Message-ID: <124E6AD1-E7D3-4E1C-A022-810C9FCEE143@drxyzzy.org>
There is much going on that is more important than Sarah Palin
newsbites, but it's appropriate to post strategic articles that
sidestep the infotainment and mudslinging. The approach should apply
regardless of one's orientation this campaign season.
First, an ongoing resource about Sarah Palin where items are vetted
and sourced:
http://dailysource.org/palin
Second, analysis by James Fallows.
http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/
the_palin_interview.php
It is embarrassing to have to spell this out, but for the record let
me explain why Gov. Palin's answer to the "Bush Doctrine" question --
the only part of the recent interview I have yet seen over here in
China -- implies a disqualifying lack of preparation for the job...
What Sarah Palin revealed is that she has not been interested enough
in world affairs to become minimally conversant with the issues.
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From rmigalla at earthlink.net Sat Sep 13 18:31:23 2008
From: rmigalla at earthlink.net (Robin Migalla)
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:31:23 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] FW: You were made for this.......
Message-ID: <01C915C6.8BB25D40.rmigalla@earthlink.net>
Hello everyone,
This brought me great hope...
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 14:10
Subject: FW: You were made for this.......
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:12:29 -0400From:
peacemaker.ymani at gmail.comSubject: You were made for this.......
A wonderful reminder from Clarissa Pinkola Estes:
You were made for this
My friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I have
heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They
are concerned about the state of affairs in our world now. Ours is a time
of daily astonishment and often righteous rage over the latest degradations
of what matters most to caring, visionary, civilized people. You are right
in your assessments. The lustre and hubris, the bald faced audacity that
some are engaged inwhile endorsing acts so heinous against children,
elders, everyday people, the poor, the unguarded, the helpless, this mother
earth, is breathtaking. Yet I urge you, ask you, gentle you . . . to please
not spend your spirit dry by bewailing these difficult times. Especially do
not lose hope. Most particularly because, the fact is, we were made for
these times. Yes. For years we have been learning, practicing, been in
training for, and just waiting to meet, on this exact plain of engagement .
. . I grew up on the great lakes, and recognize a seaworthy vessel when I
see one. Regarding awakened souls, there have never been more able vessels
in the water than there are right now, across the world. They are fully
provisioned and able to signal one another as never before in the history
of humankind. Look out over the prow; there are millions of righteous souls
on the waters with you. Even though your veneers may shiver from every wave
in the stormy roil, I assure you, that the long timbers composing your prow
and rudder, come from a greater forest. That long grained lumber is known
to withstand even the fiercest storms. To hold together. To hold its own,
and to advance, regardless. In any dark time there is a tendency to veer
towards fainting, over how much is wrong or unmended in the world. Do not
focus on that. There is a tendency too, to fall into being weakened by
dwelling on what is outside your reach, by what cannot yet be. Do not focus
there either. That is spending the wind, without raising the sails. We are
needed, that is all we can know. And though we meet resistance, we will
also meet great souls who will hail us, love us, guide us, and we will know
them when they appear. Didn't you say you were a believer? Didn't you say
you are pledged to listen to a voice greater? Didn't you ask for grace?
Please remember . . .that to be in grace means to follow a voice greater.
Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of
stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any
small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another, to assist some
portion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely. It is not given
to us to know which acts, or by whom,will cause the critical mass to tip
towards an enduring good and transformative shift. What is needed for
dramatic change is an accumulation of acts great and small, adding, adding
to, adding more, continuing. We know that it does not take everyone on
earth to bring justice and peace, but small determined groups and
individuals who will not give upduring the first, second, or hundreth gale.
One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a
stormy world, is to stand up and show your soul. A soul on deck, shines
like gold in dark times. The light of such a soul throws sparks, sends up
flames, builds signal fires, causes the proper matters to catch fire. You,
as much as anyone else, are this soul. And to display the lantern of the
soul in shadowy times like these, to be fierce when necessary and yet show
mercy toward others, both are acts of immense bravery and of greatest
necessity. Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are brightly
lit and willing to show it. If you would help to calm the turbulence,this
is one of the strongest things you can do. There will often be times when
you feel discouraged. I too have felt this despair many times in my life.
But I do not keep a chair for it. I will not entertain it. It is not
allowed to eat from my plate. The reason is this: In my uttermost bones I
know something, as do you. It is that there can be no lasting despair when
you remember why you came to earth, what you are here for, who you serve,
and why. The good words we say and the good deeds we do, are not ours. They
are the words and deeds of the love and life that brought us here. In that
spirit, I hope you may write this on your wall: When a great ship is in
harbor and tied to the pier, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that
is not, what great ships are built for. - Clarissa Pinkola Estes -
From edward_rynearson at yahoo.com Sat Sep 13 22:45:31 2008
From: edward_rynearson at yahoo.com (Edward Rynearson)
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:45:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Radio Du Jour Update
Message-ID: <206309.59830.qm@web30002.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Dear Friends,
There were so many great clips from September 11, 2008 that I really had a hard time picking the best. I created the following September 11, 2008 page featuring David Ray Griffin, Peter B Collins, Keith Olbermann, Cynthia McKinney, Russian TV (they covered the 9/11 truth activists in NYC) and a little get together we had at the Field Museum here in Chicago.
http://www.radiodujour.com/september112008.html
As always, if you don't wish to receive this weekly update, just reply and let me know. I'm not trying to make anyone angry, just trying to get the word out.
Peace,
Edward Rynearson
Chicago, IL
http://www.radiodujour.com
------------------------------
Please also visit:
------------------------------
They no longer believed that James Earl Ray was the killer. For their peace of mind, for an accurate record of history, and out of a sense of justice they conducted a two decade long investigation. The evidence they uncovered was put before a jury in Memphis, TN, in November 1999. 70 witnesses testified under oath, 4,000 pages of transcripts described that evidence, much of it new. It took the jury 59 minutes to come back with their decision that exonerated James Earl Ray, who had already died in prison. The jury found that Lloyd Jowers, owner of Jim?s Grill, had participated in a conspiracy to kill King. The evidence showed that the conspiracy included J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI, Richard Helms and the CIA, the military, the Memphis police department, and organized crime."
http://www.actofstate.org
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From richardfobes at hotmail.com Sun Sep 14 12:24:09 2008
From: richardfobes at hotmail.com (Richard Fobes)
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:24:09 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Cynthia McKinney in NYC - 9-11-08
Message-ID:
All,
Following a compelling 1st Responders film and a resounding endorsement for president by We Are Change organizers, activists, and victim's family members, Cynthia McKinney spoke and electrified a most welcoming crowd in NYC on 9-11-08.
Please watch her 10 minute speech:
http://www.911blogger.com/node/17727
-Rich
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From geri at thetwofacesofmoney.com Sun Sep 14 16:46:38 2008
From: geri at thetwofacesofmoney.com (Geri Perry)
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:46:38 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Announcing new media stars
Message-ID: <48CD782E.8080009@thetwofacesofmoney.com>
providing a refreshing change from all the carefully scripted media
starlets posing behind glass windows, we have Rich Fobes and Paul diGuido:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y30o3tQkGgM
From edward_rynearson at yahoo.com Mon Sep 15 10:27:24 2008
From: edward_rynearson at yahoo.com (Edward Rynearson)
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:27:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Amy Goodman interviewed on PBS Now
Message-ID: <55093.32868.qm@web30004.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Monday, September 15, 2008
Amy Goodman discusses her arrest, the arrests of her colleagues, police response to demonstrators, and freedom of the press at the Republican National Convention.
http://www.radiodujour.com/people/goodman_amy/
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From hal at drxyzzy.org Mon Sep 15 14:38:13 2008
From: hal at drxyzzy.org (Hal Snyder)
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:38:13 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] how thick will the lies get?
Message-ID: <4804129A-3BA7-40B2-8709-F43362A99783@drxyzzy.org>
We have seen 8 years of a president who does not care about the truth
value of anything he says, and an entire administration following
suit. Now it's coming at us again with McCain and Palin. This is
truly creepy. Government is amoral and threatens more of the same;
worse, many of the governed don't know or don't care.
Robert Parry captures the point.
McCain and Palin Are Trying to Take Political Lying to the Next
Dimension
http://www.alternet.org/election08/98764/
... Until two weeks ago, it would have been hard to believe that any
political figure would have had the audacity to step into the
national spotlight by telling the bald-faced lies that Alaska Gov.
Sarah Palin has. Yet, many Americans have embraced her
enthusiastically and don't want to hear anything negative about her...
But McCain now has his own long trail of stunning lies, both about
his opponent Barack Obama and McCain's dubious reputation for clean
politics.
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From Walterb306 at cs.com Mon Sep 15 16:24:36 2008
From: Walterb306 at cs.com (Walterb306 at cs.com)
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:24:36 EDT
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Media history
Message-ID:
All,
I can't vouch for the accuracy of the following, but looks like it is worth
checking out.
Beverley
The Nazis were ruthless and power mad.
The Nazis had a war machine loaded with
high tech weapons.
The Nazis had a highly effective internal propaganda
system.
No one talks about this last item because they imported
it directly from the United States.
===============================
Brasscheck TV: The war for your mind
Here's a little history that few are aware of...
but if you know it, it explains much about
how we got to where we are today.
When the Rockefeller group was under
widespread popular attack in the early part
of the 20th century, they hired a man named
Ivy Lee to help them rehabilitate their public
image. He was very successful at his task.
The Rockefellers loaned Lee to the Nazis
to help them with their 1930s PR problems
in the US. While, it may be hard to believe
now, US press accounts of Hitler's rise to
power in Germany were mostly positive.
Edward Bernays, a close colleague of Lee's,
was another master of public manipulation.
One of Bernays' biggest fans was none other
than Joseph Goebbels, the director of
internal propaganda for the Nazi government.
Goebbels was the man who "sold" the Germans
on the Nazis (much the way Roger Ailes has
sold the US on Bush-style (i.e. criminal)
Republicanism.
I recommend you read more, but if you want
to go straight to the video, it's here:
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=HXFYi&m=1fnRWYvqUnEpNr&
b=tozVV3Z_Sah7ukpDIFb48A
*** You can't have a dictatorship with controlling
the news media, overly or covertly
It's important to know that even as
Berlin was literally going up in
flames, the Nazis retained the support of
large portions of Germany society as
a result of Goebbels' "genius."
This feat, as one book title describes it,
was "the war that Hitler won."
Edward Bernays bragged that his book
"The Crystalization of Public Opinion"
was prominently displayed in Goebbels
private office.
You may have heard of "Kristallnacht"
a multi-day orgy of street terror against
Jews in Germany that "crystalized"
public opinion that it had become socially
acceptable to target Jews in the streets,
in their stores and even in their homes.
Most historians state that the
"kristall" in "kristallnacht" refers
to the broken windows of Jewish owned
stores.
There is one problem with this universally
accepted version of events.
"Kristall" does not mean "glass" or
"store window" in German. It means
crystal.
What crystals were broken during "kristallnacht?"
Answer: None to speak of.
It is my contention that in fact
"Kristallnacht," one of the notorious
acts of state terrorism in modern history,
was coined by Goebbels for the strategy
of "crystalizing" public opinion he learned from
his American mentor's book by the same name.
Meet Edward Bernays, US PR man,
tutor to the Nazi propaganda machine,
and inspiration to Roger Ailes, creator
of Fox News, America's modern day version
of Joseph Goebbels:
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=HXFYi&m=1fnRWYvqUnEpNr&
b=tozVV3Z_Sah7ukpDIFb48A
- Brasscheck
P.S. You know you're not going to learn this
stuff on TV or even at a fancy university.
If you think this kind of commentary is helpful
in understanding today's world, please share
Brasscheck TV e-mails and videos with your
friends and colleagues.
That's how we grow.
Thanks.
- Brasscheck
P.S. Please share Brasscheck TV e-mails and
videos with friends and colleagues.
That's how we grow. Thanks.
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From welaware at merr.com Mon Sep 15 16:59:02 2008
From: welaware at merr.com (Kris Knight)
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:59:02 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Media history
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID:
Bruce LIpton and Steve Bhaerman have, only in the past few days, put
out an audio, preBOOK where science and politics are woven together to
try and correct several incorrect/incomplete premises taken for truth
over the past couple centuries, or more. Steve Bhaerman speaks about
Bernays and does NOT include Goebbels in his speaking of who had such
an impact on PR and mind control of the masses here. That does NOT
mean what is written below is incorrect; I don't know about that. But
public mind control was extremely effective under his auspices, incl.
convincing first doctors to smoke and then women, among many other
things.
there is a significant error where "with" should be "without", if I"m
understanding what this writer mean (red bold)...
Thanks for sending this.
On Sep 15, 2008, at 3:24 PM, Walterb306 at cs.com wrote:
> All,
>
> I can't vouch for the accuracy of the following, but looks like it
> is worth checking out.
>
> Beverley
>
> The Nazis were ruthless and power mad.
>
> The Nazis had a war machine loaded with
> high tech weapons.
>
> The Nazis had a highly effective internal propaganda
> system.
>
> No one talks about this last item because they imported
> it directly from the United States.
>
> ===============================
>
> Brasscheck TV: The war for your mind
>
> Here's a little history that few are aware of...
> but if you know it, it explains much about
> how we got to where we are today.
>
> When the Rockefeller group was under
> widespread popular attack in the early part
> of the 20th century, they hired a man named
> Ivy Lee to help them rehabilitate their public
> image. He was very successful at his task.
>
> The Rockefellers loaned Lee to the Nazis
> to help them with their 1930s PR problems
> in the US. While, it may be hard to believe
> now, US press accounts of Hitler's rise to
> power in Germany were mostly positive.
>
> Edward Bernays, a close colleague of Lee's,
> was another master of public manipulation.
>
> One of Bernays' biggest fans was none other
> than Joseph Goebbels, the director of
> internal propaganda for the Nazi government.
>
> Goebbels was the man who "sold" the Germans
> on the Nazis (much the way Roger Ailes has
> sold the US on Bush-style (i.e. criminal)
> Republicanism.
>
> I recommend you read more, but if you want
> to go straight to the video, it's here:
>
> http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=HXFYi&m=1fnRWYvqUnEpNr&b=tozVV3Z_Sah7ukpDIFb48A
>
> *** You can't have a dictatorship with controlling
> the news media, overly or covertly
>
> It's important to know that even as
> Berlin was literally going up in
> flames, the Nazis retained the support of
> large portions of Germany society as
> a result of Goebbels' "genius."
>
> This feat, as one book title describes it,
> was "the war that Hitler won."
>
> Edward Bernays bragged that his book
> "The Crystalization of Public Opinion"
> was prominently displayed in Goebbels
> private office.
>
> You may have heard of "Kristallnacht"
> a multi-day orgy of street terror against
> Jews in Germany that "crystalized"
> public opinion that it had become socially
> acceptable to target Jews in the streets,
> in their stores and even in their homes.
>
> Most historians state that the
> "kristall" in "kristallnacht" refers
> to the broken windows of Jewish owned
> stores.
>
> There is one problem with this universally
> accepted version of events.
>
> "Kristall" does not mean "glass" or
> "store window" in German. It means
> crystal.
>
> What crystals were broken during "kristallnacht?"
>
> Answer: None to speak of.
>
> It is my contention that in fact
> "Kristallnacht," one of the notorious
> acts of state terrorism in modern history,
> was coined by Goebbels for the strategy
> of "crystalizing" public opinion he learned from
> his American mentor's book by the same name.
>
> Meet Edward Bernays, US PR man,
> tutor to the Nazi propaganda machine,
> and inspiration to Roger Ailes, creator
> of Fox News, America's modern day version
> of Joseph Goebbels:
>
> http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=HXFYi&m=1fnRWYvqUnEpNr&b=tozVV3Z_Sah7ukpDIFb48A
>
> - Brasscheck
>
> P.S. You know you're not going to learn this
> stuff on TV or even at a fancy university.
>
> If you think this kind of commentary is helpful
> in understanding today's world, please share
> Brasscheck TV e-mails and videos with your
> friends and colleagues.
>
> That's how we grow.
>
> Thanks.
> - Brasscheck
>
> P.S. Please share Brasscheck TV e-mails and
> videos with friends and colleagues.
>
> That's how we grow. Thanks.
> _______________________________________________
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> website: http://citizenstruth.info
Kris Knight of WellAware Life Enhancement Center
Phone: 1-608-ALL-LIFE
welaware at merr.com
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From hal at drxyzzy.org Mon Sep 15 18:25:21 2008
From: hal at drxyzzy.org (Hal Snyder)
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:25:21 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Fighting Bob spinoff moves to Palatine
Message-ID:
From Madison's Capital Times:
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/304846
Fighting Bob spinoff moves to Palatine
Anita Weier ? 9/14/2008 12:53 pm
A grassroots progressive gathering in Illinois inspired by Fighting
Bob Fest in Wisconsin will take place in Palatine, Ill.
The event, called A Better Day 2008, is scheduled for Sept. 20 and
will feature speakers, activists and community organizers. The public
is invited to learn about and discuss issues, make connections and
become involved in social benefit groups.
The nonpartisan gathering will take place from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at
Countryside Church Unitarian Universalist, 1025 N. Smith St., in
Palatine.
Jim Kenney of Common Ground will present the morning keynote address,
titled "Peace is Possible." Other speakers will address social and
economic justice, sustainable living, support for veterans and ways
of dealing with differences. Exhibitors in the conference hall will
include environmentalists, advocates for economic reform and social
justice, and local peace groups.
Programs will emphasize personal involvement, according to organizer
Dr. Hal Snyder.
"We want to tell everyone, you can do something!" added Kat Doyle,
like Snyder a member of the program committee.
A flyer for the event states: "A Better Day was inspired by Fighting
Bob Fest, the annual Wisconsin extravaganza that brings thousands of
fired-up progressive speakers, organizers and rabble-rousers to
Baraboo every September."
This is the third year Illinois progressives have gathered, after
Snyder and others attended Bob Fest, but it's the first time the
event will be in Palatine.
This year's gathering is sponsored by Progressive Fest Illinois and
the Adult Faith Development Council of the Countryside Church
Unitarian Universalist.
More information is available at www.better-day.info/
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From hal at drxyzzy.org Tue Sep 16 15:30:50 2008
From: hal at drxyzzy.org (Hal Snyder)
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:30:50 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] writer suicide
Message-ID: <04AA7F7B-C413-4E68-B6C3-525478B48A22@drxyzzy.org>
A couple days ago the story emerged that author David Foster Wallace
committed suicide.
[bold added]
Wallace?s latest book was a paperback version of his 2000 ?Rolling
Stone? magazine profile of Republican presidential contender John
McCain, titled ?McCain?s Promise: Aboard the Straight Talk Express
With John McCain and a Whole Bunch of Actual Reporters, Thinking
About Hope.? ?McCain himself has obviously changed; his flipperoos
and weaselings on Roe v. Wade, campaign finance, the toxicity of
lobbyists, Iraq timetables, etc. are just some of what make him a
less interesting, more depressing political figure now ? for me, at
least,? he told the Wall Street Journal.
Reminiscent of Jim Hatfield.
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From hal at drxyzzy.org Tue Sep 16 18:07:11 2008
From: hal at drxyzzy.org (Hal Snyder)
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:07:11 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] suppressing media coverage of hurricane Ike
Message-ID: <846D3207-F282-47E9-8E3D-383312484203@drxyzzy.org>
Media restricted from covering Hurricane Ike?s devastation.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/15/hurricane-ike-media/
Yesterday [Sept 14] in a local report on KTRK-TV in Houston, TX,
reporter Wayne Dolcefino revealed that media have been blocked from
covering Hurricane Ike?s devastation.
I guess it's on a need-to-know basis, like talking to survivors of
Katrina:
Katrina victims 'not allowed' to talk to media, reporter told
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2924
If a resident invites the media to the trailer, they have to be
escorted by a FEMA representative who sits in on the interview,? FEMA
spokesperson Rachel Rodi is quoted in the article. ?That?s just a
policy.?
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From: Walterb306 at cs.com (Walterb306 at cs.com)
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:22:56 EDT
Subject: [CitizensTruth] suppressing media coverage of hurricane Ike
Message-ID:
Hal and All,
This is outrageous.
Suggest we call media and legislators in protest.
Beverley
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From: Walterb306 at cs.com (Walterb306 at cs.com)
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:13:43 EDT
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Fwd: Lehman hired Jeb Bush as private equity
advisor in '07
Message-ID:
FYI,
Beverley
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From r.gillam at comcast.net Tue Sep 16 23:01:39 2008
From: r.gillam at comcast.net (Ragen Gillam)
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:01:39 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Lawrence Vance Video
Message-ID: <20080917030137.CE3677078A@six.pairlist.net>
This is the first of a six-part speech by Lawrence Vance. who challenges
Christians on their own principles in regards to the war in Iraq and foreign
policy in general.
Well worth the time, and please pass it on to any Christians you know.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2627146276530176835
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From aqmstaffo at mailbag.com Wed Sep 17 12:24:19 2008
From: aqmstaffo at mailbag.com (Daniel Stafford)
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:24:19 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] The Fed basically NATIONALIZES AIG...
Message-ID: <48D12F33.2090400@mailbag.com>
...guess big government is necessary after all, such as cleaning up
after REAGAN-BUSH-CLINTON-BUSH-BUSH gutted regulations put in place
after the LAST great (what was so damn great about it???) depression to
keep the financial industry from pulling the same crap. They turned the
Ferenghi loose, and now they have to mop up Ferenghi turds before
everyone is neck deep in them. George W. probably has his teeth filed
and ears rubbed by Jeff Gannon weekly...and now McLame wants to be the
next Grand Nagus. DS
Federal Reserve to Loan AIG $85 Billion in Rescue
http://www.truthout.org/article/fed-loan-aig-85-billion-rescue
Edmund L. Andrews, Michael J. de la Merced and Mary Wiliams Walsh, The New York Times: "Acting to avert a possible financial crisis worldwide, the Federal Reserve reversed course on Tuesday and agreed to an $85 billion bailout that would give the government an ownership stake in the troubled insurance giant American International Group, according to people briefed on the negotiations. The decision, only two weeks after the Treasury took over the quasigovernment mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is the most radical intervention in private business in the central bank's history."
From aqmstaffo at mailbag.com Wed Sep 17 13:03:50 2008
From: aqmstaffo at mailbag.com (Daniel Stafford)
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:03:50 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Exposed: McCain team includes 83 Wall Street
lobbyists
Message-ID: <48D13876.4090108@mailbag.com>
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/McCain_team_includes_83_Wall_Street_0917.html
*Exposed: McCain team includes 83 Wall Street lobbyists
*As Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) rails against Wall Street while concurrently
benefiting from its largesse, some journalists are getting tired.
David Corn -- an investigative reporter formerly with /The Nation/ and
currently reporting for /Mother Jones/ -- _has printed_
a list of 83 Wall Street lobbyists he says are working for or have
bundled contributions for McCain. The Democratic National Committee has
previously accused McCain of using 177 lobbyists
either as campaign aides, advisers or fundraisers.
Corn notes that former Sen. Phil Gramm, the Arizona senator's onetime
campaign chairman and economic adviser, slipped into law a provision
that kept credit default swaps unregulated, dramatically kindling to the
current financial fires.
"Of those 177 lobbyists, according to a Mother Jones review of Senate
and House records, at least 83 have in recent years lobbied for the
financial industry McCain now attacks," Corn writes. "These are
high-paid influence-peddlers who have been working the corridors of the
nation's capital to win favors and special treatment for investment
banks, securities firms, hedge funds, accounting outfits, and insurance
companies. Their clients have included AIG, the newest symbol of
corporate excess; Lehman Brothers, which filed for bankruptcy on Monday
sending the stock market into a tailspin; Merrill Lynch, which was
bought out by Bank of America this week; and Washington Mutual, the
banking giant that could be the next to fall.
"Among these 83 lobbyists are McCain's chief political adviser, Charlie
Black (JP Morgan, Washington Mutual Bank, Freddie Mac, Mortgage Bankers
Association of America); McCain's national finance co-chairman, Wayne
Berman (AIG, Blackstone, Credit Suisse, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac); the
campaign's congressional liaison, John Green (Carlyle Group, Citigroup,
Icahn Associates, Fannie Mae); McCain's veep vetter, Arthur Culvahouse
(Fannie Mae); and McCain's transition planning chief, William Timmons
Sr. (Citigroup, Freddie Mac, Vanguard Group)."
Obama's anti-lobbyist rhetoric, meanwhile, has irked other reporters,
among them /Newsweek/'s Michael Isikoff. Isikoff noted that Obama's
chief strategist, David Axelrod, worked for a firm that hoodwinked
Illinois consumers by convincing them a California-style crises would
befall them unless they increased electric rates.
Axelrod adamantly denied the charge. "I've never lobbied anybody in my
life," he said. "I've never talked to any public official on behalf of a
corporate client."
The full McCain list is printed below.
###
Phil Anderson: American Council of Life Insurers, Aetna, AIG, New York
Life, MassMutual, VISA
Rebecca Anderson: Aegon, American Council of Life Insurers, Cigna,
Barclays, Credit Suisse First Boston, HSBC
Stanton Anderson: The Debt Exchange
David Beightol: Allstate, Amerigroup, Charles Schwab, HSBC
Rhonda Bentz: VISA
Wayne Berman: American Council of Life Insurers, AIG, Americhoice,
Shinsei Bank, Blackstone, Carlyle Group, Broidy Capital Management,
Credit Suisse Securities, Highstar Capital, VISA, Ameriquest Mortgage,
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Fitch Ratings
Charlie Black: JP Morgan, Washington Mutual Bank, Freddie Mac, Mortgage
Bankers Association of America, National Association of Mortgage Brokers
Judy Black: Colorado Credit Union League, Genworth Financial, Bay
Harbour Management, Merrill Lynch
Kirk Blalock: Credit Union National Association, Financial Executives
International, American Insurance Association, Mutual of Omaha, Zurich
Financial Service Group, Fannie Mae, Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Carlos Bonilla: Financial Services Roundtable, Freddie Mac
Christine Burgeson: Citigroup
Mark Buse: Freddie Mac, Goldman Sachs, Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
Nicholas Calio: Citigroup, Managed Fund Association, Fannie Mae, Merrill
Lynch, The Investment Company Institute, TIAA-CRE, Securities Industry
and Financial Markets Association
Ben Nighthorse Campbell: Amscot Financial Corporation, Community
Financial Services Association, Fidelity National Financial
Andrew Cantor: American Insurance Association, Merrill Lynch
Alberto Cardenas: Fannie Mae
James Courter: Goldman Sachs, Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, Investment
Company Institute, Merrill Lynch
David Crane: Financial Services Roundtable, PriceWaterhouseCoopers,
Deloitte & Touche, KPMG, Ernst & Young, Bank of America, Association of
Corporate Credit Unions, Freddie Mac
Dan Crippen: Merrill Lynch, National Multi-Housing Council
Arthur Culvahouse: Fannie Mae
Bryan Cunningham: Arch Capital Group
Alfonse D'Amato: AIG, Freddie Mac
Doug Davenport: Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, Goldman Sachs, VISA
Ashley Davis: Prudential Financial, American Financial Group, American
Premier Underwriters, Great American Insurance Company
Mimi Dawson: MassMutual
Melissa Edwards: Freddie Mac, National Association of Real Estate
Investment Trusts, Access to Capital Coalition
Chris Fidler: American Bankers Association, Milcom Venture Partners,
National Association Real Estate Investment Trusts
Samuel Geduldig: American Bankers Association, American Institute of
CPAs, America Gains, Berkshire Hathaway, Consumer Bankers Association,
Ernst & Young, Financial Services Roundtable, Investment Company
Institute, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Prudential Financial, Sovereign
Investment Council, Fidelity Investments, FMR Corp.
Benjamin Ginsberg: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, AIG Technical
Services
David Girard-Dicarlo: American Financial Group, American Premier
Underwriters
Juleanna Glover Weiss: RJI Capital, American Institute of CPAs, BNP
Paribas, Ernst & Young, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Slade Gorton: Allstate Insurance, Hannan Armstrong Capital
Phil Gramm: UBS Americas
John Green: Laredo National Bank, Alternative Investment Management
Association, AIG, Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, Citigroup, Credit
Suisse Group, Fannie Mae, Icahn Associates, FMR Corp., AFLAC, VISA
Janet Grissom: American Institute of CPAs, NYSE, Merrill Lynch
Kristen Gullott: San Diego Credit Union
Kent Hance: Stanford Financial Group, Municipal Capital Markets Group, Inc.
Vicki Hart: American Financial Services Association, Citigroup,
Investment Company Institute, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, New York
Stock Exchange, VISA, Carlyle Group, Credit Suisse, Federal Home Loan
Bank of Indianapolis, Goldman Sachs, National Association of Government
Guaranteed Lenders, Stanford Group, Lloyd's of London, National City Corp.
Richard Hohlt: Capmark Financial Group, Fannie Mae, JP Morgan Chase and
Co., Student Loan Marketing Association, Washington Mutual, Guaranty
Bank & Trust, Peachtree Settlement Funding, Dime Savings Bank of New York
Gaylord Hughey: Heartland Security Insurance Group
Kate Hull: Credit Union National Association, Fannie Mae, Federal Home
Loan Bank of San Francisco, Zurich Financial Services, American
Insurance Association, Financial Executives International
James Hyland: American Insurance Association, Seattle Home Loan Bank,
Self Help Credit Union, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees,
Merrill Lynch, Mortgage Investors Corp., Federal Home Loan Bank of
Indianapolis, Freddie Mac, New York Stock Exchange, Citigroup, VISA
Aleix Jarvis: Credit Union National Association, Fannie Mae, Federal
Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, Financial Executives International,
Mutual of Omaha, American Insurance Association, Zurich Financial Services
Greg Jenner: American Council of Life Insurers, JG Wentworth, UBS, VISA,
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Frank Keating: American Council of Life Insurers
Steven Kuykendall: California Bankers Association
William Lesher: Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Commerce Ventures, Rabobank
International
Thomas Loeffler: Citigroup, Fannie Mae, Investment Company Institute,
World Savings and Loan Association, United Services Automobile
Association (USAA)
Kelly Lugar: RJI Capital Strategies
Peter Madigan: Arthur Andersen, Bank of New York, Broadridge Securities
Processing, Charles Schwab, Deloitte and Touche, Goldman Sachs,
International Employee Stock Option Coalition, Mastercard, NYSE, Fannie
Mae, Merrill Lynch, PNC Bank
Mary Mann: MassMutual
Paul Martino: Morgan Stanley, Baker Tilly
Jana McKeag: Venture Catalyst
Alison McSlarrow: Fannie Mae, Hartford
Mike Meece: Georgetown Partners
David Metzner: Ernst & Young, Harbinger Capital Investments, Prudential,
Public Financial Management, Western Union
Susan Molinari: Freddie Mac, American Land Title Association,
Association of Consumer Credit Unions, Beacon Capital Partners, College
Loan Corp, Coventry First, E-Trade, Financial Services Roundtable,
Rent-A-Center
John Moran: Cerberus Capital Management, American Council of Life
Insurers, Accenture
John Napier: Freddie Mac
Susan Nelson: AIG, San Antonio Credit Union
Paul Otellini: Ernst & Young, Financial Services Forum
Steve Perry: Charles Schwab, Hoover Partners, HSBC, National Stock Exchange
Nancy Pfotenhauer: American Land Title Association, Mortgage Bankers
Association
Elise Pickering-Finley: Credit Suisse, DE Shaw, Hartford Financial
Services, Research In Motion, Retail Industry Lenders Association, URL
Mutual
James Pitts: Advanced Association for Life Underwriting, AETNA, American
Council of Life Insurers, AIG, Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers,
Debt Advisory International, Financial Services Coordinating Council, GE
Financial Assurance, Hartford Life, Jefferson Pilot Financial, Kenwood
Investments, MassMutual, Mutual of Omaha, New York Life, UNUM Provident,
VISA, PMI Group
Tim Powers: AP Capital, Genworth Financial, Retail Industry Lenders
Association, E-LOAN, General Electric Mortgage Insurance
Walter Price: Wachovia
Sloan Rappoport: Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group, Inc. (FBR), Trafelet
Delta Funds
Hans Rickhoff: Capital One, Investment Company Institute, United
Services Automobile Association (USAA)
Kathleen Shanahan: New York Stock Exchange
Andrew Shore: Accenture, Retail Industry Lenders Association, Barclays,
Bond Market Association, Credit Suisse, TPG Capital
Katie Stahl: Alliance for Investment Transparency, Ares Management,
Fairfax Financial Holdings, Uhlmann Financial Group
Milly Stanges: TIAA-CREF
Aquiles Suarez: Fannie Mae
Don Sundquist: Freddie Mac, The Hartford
Peter Terpeluk: JP Morgan Chase, Ernst & Young, Prudential
Fred Thompson: Equitas
Jeri Thompson: American Insurance Association
John Timmons: National Association of Federal Credit Unions
William Timmons Sr.: American Council of Life Insurers, Citigroup, Dun &
Bradstreet, Freddie Mac, Vanguard Group
Vin Weber: Agstar Financial Services, AKT Investment Corp., American
Institute of CPAs, Ernst & Young, Freddie Mac, Louis Dreyfus Corp,
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Jeffery Weiss: JP Morgan
Tony Williams: Russell Investment Group, American Life Inc.,
Northwestern Mutual
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From mjkirk12 at yahoo.com Wed Sep 17 14:14:35 2008
From: mjkirk12 at yahoo.com (Mike Kirk)
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:14:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] The Fed basically NATIONALIZES AIG...
In-Reply-To: <48D12F33.2090400@mailbag.com>
Message-ID: <991104.60440.qm@web83820.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
As the author Michael Parenti was quoted:
"The USA has Socialism for the rich and Capitalism for the poor."
Quite disturbing.? The rest of the world knows what is going on.
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/jim-rogers-socialism-for-the-rich/
-Mike
--- On Wed, 9/17/08, Daniel Stafford wrote:
From: Daniel Stafford
Subject: [CitizensTruth] The Fed basically NATIONALIZES AIG...
To: "IL Progressive Dems" , "AB_Progressives" , "Progressive" , DiehardDems at yahoogroups.com, "Citizen's Truth"
Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 11:24 AM
...guess big government is necessary after all, such as cleaning up
after REAGAN-BUSH-CLINTON-BUSH-BUSH gutted regulations put in place
after the LAST great (what was so damn great about it???) depression to
keep the financial industry from pulling the same crap. They turned the
Ferenghi loose, and now they have to mop up Ferenghi turds before
everyone is neck deep in them. George W. probably has his teeth filed
and ears rubbed by Jeff Gannon weekly...and now McLame wants to be the
next Grand Nagus. DS
Federal Reserve to Loan AIG $85 Billion in Rescue
http://www.truthout.org/article/fed-loan-aig-85-billion-rescue
Edmund L. Andrews, Michael J. de la Merced and Mary Wiliams Walsh, The New York
Times: "Acting to avert a possible financial crisis worldwide, the Federal
Reserve reversed course on Tuesday and agreed to an $85 billion bailout that
would give the government an ownership stake in the troubled insurance giant
American International Group, according to people briefed on the negotiations.
The decision, only two weeks after the Treasury took over the quasigovernment
mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is the most radical
intervention in private business in the central bank's history."
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From hal at drxyzzy.org Wed Sep 17 14:40:23 2008
From: hal at drxyzzy.org (Hal Snyder)
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:40:23 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] The Fed basically NATIONALIZES AIG...
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References: <991104.60440.qm@web83820.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <3207DDFC-CDA1-419E-94EE-C95F2B3D1C5D@drxyzzy.org>
While we do see moves to bail out the rich while working people are
left in the cold, I think some fundamental supports have already been
pillaged and undermined. Bail-outs (Fannie & Freddie, e.g.) might
prevent or soften the collapse. We are now blackmailed after a large
part of the larceny has occurred, as in the S&L scandal under Reagan
and Bush I (remember the Keating Five including McCain as well as
Neil Bush's part in Silverado S&L).
In the documentary by Tim Bennett and Sally Erickson, "What a Way to
Go", the parallel is drawn on a larger scale - comparing the
materials economy and modern civilization to a building in which
people living on upper floors pull out bricks from below to keep
building upward.
On Sep 17, 2008, at 1:14 PM, Mike Kirk wrote:
> As the author Michael Parenti was quoted:
> "The USA has Socialism for the rich and Capitalism for the poor."
>
> Quite disturbing. The rest of the world knows what is going on.
> http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/jim-rogers-socialism-
> for-the-rich/
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From: Walterb306 at cs.com (Walterb306 at cs.com)
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:11:59 EDT
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Fwd: goo-goo america
Message-ID:
All,
If you haven't yet been introduced to the extraordinary essays of Chicago
journalist Bob Koehler, here is a sample.
You can sign up for his listserve.
Beverley
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From: Walterb306 at cs.com (Walterb306 at cs.com)
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:15:58 EDT
Subject: [CitizensTruth] The Fed basically NATIONALIZES AIG...
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Hal,
Great quote. Nails it. Would make a terrific bumpersticker.
Beverley
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From aqmstaffo at mailbag.com Thu Sep 18 11:44:20 2008
From: aqmstaffo at mailbag.com (Daniel Stafford)
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:44:20 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Obama, McCain and the Truth About Taxes
Message-ID: <48D27754.6000608@mailbag.com>
http://www.truthout.org/article/obama-mccain-and-truth-about-taxes
Obama, McCain and the Truth About Taxes
Tuesday 16 September 2008
by: Maya Schenwar, t r u t h o u t | Report
photo
(Illustration: The New Yorker)
Unless you make more than $2.87 million per year, Barack Obama will
not raise your taxes. In fact, he will probably cut them.
This reality has been trampled, twisted, turned inside out and
scribbled over so many times by the McCain campaign that it is hardly
recognizable amid the clutter, but the fact remains: Obama's plan would
grant tax cuts to all Americans making less than $226,982 per year, with
the largest cuts going to the poorest individuals. Only the wealthiest
0.1 percent of earners would have to pay more.
McCain's plan, in contrast, would decrease taxes for all, but the
largest decreases would go to the highest-earning bracket of taxpayers,
as well as to corporations. The lowest-income Americans would benefit
the least from McCain's tax cuts, with only a 0.2 percent decrease.
They'd get a 5.5 percent tax cut under Obama's plan.
Since most Americans do not make more than $226,982, most Americans
would receive a larger tax cut if Obama became president, according to a
recent study by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center that compared the two
proposals.
Additionally, under Obama's plan, low-earning seniors would pay no
income tax at all.
*McCain-onomics*
Despite McCain's self-promoted image as a "maverick" and innovator,
his tax policy appears to be driven by the same motivations as his GOP
forebears, according to Jonah Gelbach, a University of Arizona economics
professor who has written extensively on the presidential campaign.
(Graphic: The Washington Post)
"McCain has signed on to the Republican Party's generation-long view
that the rich just aren't rich enough," Gelbach told Truthout.
The McCain campaign holds that padding wealthy (and corporate)
pocketbooks is the best type of economic stimulus. Under this logic, tax
cuts for the highest earners encourage those individuals to give more
back to the economy - starting new enterprises, expanding their
businesses and spending more cash.
"Entrepreneurs are at the heart of American innovation, growth and
prosperity," the campaign's platform states. "Entrepreneurs create the
ultimate job security - a new, better opportunity if your current job
goes away. Entrepreneurs should not be taxed into submission."
Yet Gelbach points to the fact that tax rates are lower now than
they were during the Clinton era, a period which, despite the warnings
of conservative doomsayers, proved prosperous.
Moreover, small-town, working-class "values voters" - key Republican
targets - would gain little from McCain's plan, according to Gelbach.
Hefty tax cuts for the rich would eventually need to be balanced out,
either by increasing taxes for lower-income brackets or by slashing
spending. Given the McCain campaign's commitment to a large military
presence abroad, funding cuts would likely affect the domestic programs
that provide assistance to working-class Americans.
Stanford professor Myron Scholes, the 1997 Nobel Prize winner in
economics, lauds McCain's emphasis on slashing taxes. Speaking to
reporters at a late August conference, he called Obama's plan a "policy
of redistribution." However, he noted, a McCain presidency would likely
see an uphill battle on taxes.
"All things being equal, we'll probably have a Democratic Congress,"
Scholes said. "So McCain can say he wants to produce lots of different
tax cuts, but it'll be hard to get that through."
*Obama's Fairness Doctrine*
Like McCain's, Obama's economic plan claims the "tax relief" mantra.
However, instead of adhering to trickle-down logic, it focuses on the
middle class.
"Obama will restore fairness to the tax code and provide 150 million
workers the tax relief they need," his platform states. After tax
credits, 10 million Americans would pay no income tax at all.
"Restoring fairness" means substantially cutting taxes for lower
earners and raising them for the super-wealthy. But it also means a
whole range of programs to even up access to health care, education and
housing. Obama's proposal would reduce insurance costs across the board
and offer tax credits to employees who buy insurance. It would also add
a $4,000 tax credit for families to send their kids to college.
The conservative Heritage Foundation released a memo in June linking
the Obama plan to "European levels of taxation," calling it a "return to
the bad old days" of the Carter administration and accusing it of
"raising taxes on the successful." The question for voters then becomes
a personal and philosophical one: to what extent should the wealthy be
asked to give back to their country and community?
The 95 percent of working families that would receive a tax cut
under an Obama administration might come up with a different answer than
the Heritage Foundation.
*War and Taxes*
One factor that the McCain campaign doesn't emphasize is exactly
where the tax dollars that /are/ collected will be going. Though
McCain's plan drastically reduces taxes, it doesn't reduce the amount of
money allotted to one of the most expensive government endeavors: the
Iraq war.
The Obama campaign's Brian Deese recently told the Chicago Sun-Times
that comparisons of the two candidates' economic plans don't "count the
impact of current Iraq war spending," adding that "if McCain's plan
drives the deficit up and puts upward pressure on interest rates, that
increases costs for families and could force really Draconian,
across-the-board spending cuts."
By straightforward logic, a substantial withdrawal of troops from
Iraq, as proposed by Obama, would ease the burden that status-quo
military policies have placed on taxpayers, according to Gelbach.
"Getting out of Iraq faster will certainly reduce the present value
of federal tax dollars necessary to raise, unless you think that getting
out will make things worse and force us back in an even more expensive
capacity," Gelbach said. "McCain has at various times made arguments to
this effect, but his record on Iraq judgment has not exactly been
stellar.... McCain's campaign has tried to claim they can count on
military savings from leaving Iraq, even as he has both endorsed in
principle a 100-year US presence and refused to sign on to the timeline
that the Maliki government is now working out with the Bush
administration. He has repeatedly said we will leave only with victory,
yet he has refused to define 'victory.'" Thus, it is hard for an
objective observer to determine exactly when or under what conditions
McCain would actually leave Iraq. And the cost of our presence in Iraq -
whether in full-on combat role or otherwise - would ultimately have to
be paid with actual tax dollars."
According to the recent Tax Policy Center study, both candidates'
plans would increase the national debt. However, Obama wins here on the
fiscal conservation front: McCain's proposal would cost the Treasury
$3.7 trillion, while Obama's would cash in at $2.7 trillion.
The power of the purse ultimately rests with Congress, and neither
candidate would be able to singlehandedly change the course of economic
policy upon taking office. Still, when it comes to taxes, Obama and
McCain would guide the country in sharply different directions.
Looking past the McCain campaign's misleading rhetoric and
convoluted logic, the problem boils down to this: Who should be first in
line for tax relief: the rich or the poor? It's no secret where each
candidate's priorities lie.
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Maya Schenwar is an editor and reporter for
Truthout.
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From geri at thetwofacesofmoney.com Thu Sep 18 13:05:18 2008
From: geri at thetwofacesofmoney.com (Geri Perry)
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:05:18 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Jesse Ventura spills secrets
Message-ID: <48D28A4E.9010208@thetwofacesofmoney.com>
You MUST watch these two clips - but ESPECIALLY the second:
http://www.infowars.com/?p=4579
From geri at thetwofacesofmoney.com Thu Sep 18 13:07:02 2008
From: geri at thetwofacesofmoney.com (Geri Perry)
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:07:02 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Obama, McCain and the Truth About Taxes
In-Reply-To: <48D27754.6000608@mailbag.com>
References: <48D27754.6000608@mailbag.com>
Message-ID: <48D28AB6.2020406@thetwofacesofmoney.com>
In a Constitutional, "democratic", debt "free" money creation system,
taxes would be a FRACTION of what they are now and we could eliminate
the unconstitutional "progressive" income tax.
Fact is, with a honest money creation system, we would not need taxes,
or any other fees for balancing the budget. Balancing the budget is a
false argument to keep us "barking up the wrong tree." The ONLY reason
for taxes, fees or other such devices would be to "extinguish" debt
"free" money the Congress has been authorized by WE THE PEOPLE to spend
into circulation. See my book, and website:
http://www.thetwofacesofmoney.com/index.php/Main/HomePage
For a short cut to understanding why we pay so much in taxes, check the
second 10 minute video:
http://www.thetwofacesofmoney.com/index.php/Site/RecommendedVideos
gerip
Daniel Stafford wrote:
>
> http://www.truthout.org/article/obama-mccain-and-truth-about-taxes
>
>
> Obama, McCain and the Truth About Taxes
>
>
> Tuesday 16 September 2008
>
> by: Maya Schenwar, t r u t h o u t | Report
>
> photo
> (Illustration: The New Yorker)
>
> Unless you make more than $2.87 million per year, Barack Obama
> will not raise your taxes. In fact, he will probably cut them.
>
> This reality has been trampled, twisted, turned inside out and
> scribbled over so many times by the McCain campaign that it is hardly
> recognizable amid the clutter, but the fact remains: Obama's plan
> would grant tax cuts to all Americans making less than $226,982 per
> year, with the largest cuts going to the poorest individuals. Only the
> wealthiest 0.1 percent of earners would have to pay more.
>
> McCain's plan, in contrast, would decrease taxes for all, but the
> largest decreases would go to the highest-earning bracket of
> taxpayers, as well as to corporations. The lowest-income Americans
> would benefit the least from McCain's tax cuts, with only a 0.2
> percent decrease. They'd get a 5.5 percent tax cut under Obama's plan.
>
> Since most Americans do not make more than $226,982, most
> Americans would receive a larger tax cut if Obama became president,
> according to a recent study by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center that
> compared the two proposals.
>
> Additionally, under Obama's plan, low-earning seniors would pay no
> income tax at all.
>
> *McCain-onomics*
>
> Despite McCain's self-promoted image as a "maverick" and
> innovator, his tax policy appears to be driven by the same motivations
> as his GOP forebears, according to Jonah Gelbach, a University of
> Arizona economics professor who has written extensively on the
> presidential campaign.
>
>
> (Graphic: The Washington Post)
>
>
> "McCain has signed on to the Republican Party's generation-long
> view that the rich just aren't rich enough," Gelbach told Truthout.
>
> The McCain campaign holds that padding wealthy (and corporate)
> pocketbooks is the best type of economic stimulus. Under this logic,
> tax cuts for the highest earners encourage those individuals to give
> more back to the economy - starting new enterprises, expanding their
> businesses and spending more cash.
>
> "Entrepreneurs are at the heart of American innovation, growth and
> prosperity," the campaign's platform states. "Entrepreneurs create the
> ultimate job security - a new, better opportunity if your current job
> goes away. Entrepreneurs should not be taxed into submission."
>
> Yet Gelbach points to the fact that tax rates are lower now than
> they were during the Clinton era, a period which, despite the warnings
> of conservative doomsayers, proved prosperous.
>
> Moreover, small-town, working-class "values voters" - key
> Republican targets - would gain little from McCain's plan, according
> to Gelbach. Hefty tax cuts for the rich would eventually need to be
> balanced out, either by increasing taxes for lower-income brackets or
> by slashing spending. Given the McCain campaign's commitment to a
> large military presence abroad, funding cuts would likely affect the
> domestic programs that provide assistance to working-class Americans.
>
> Stanford professor Myron Scholes, the 1997 Nobel Prize winner in
> economics, lauds McCain's emphasis on slashing taxes. Speaking to
> reporters at a late August conference, he called Obama's plan a
> "policy of redistribution." However, he noted, a McCain presidency
> would likely see an uphill battle on taxes.
>
> "All things being equal, we'll probably have a Democratic
> Congress," Scholes said. "So McCain can say he wants to produce lots
> of different tax cuts, but it'll be hard to get that through."
>
> *Obama's Fairness Doctrine*
>
> Like McCain's, Obama's economic plan claims the "tax relief"
> mantra. However, instead of adhering to trickle-down logic, it focuses
> on the middle class.
>
> "Obama will restore fairness to the tax code and provide 150
> million workers the tax relief they need," his platform states. After
> tax credits, 10 million Americans would pay no income tax at all.
>
> "Restoring fairness" means substantially cutting taxes for lower
> earners and raising them for the super-wealthy. But it also means a
> whole range of programs to even up access to health care, education
> and housing. Obama's proposal would reduce insurance costs across the
> board and offer tax credits to employees who buy insurance. It would
> also add a $4,000 tax credit for families to send their kids to college.
>
> The conservative Heritage Foundation released a memo in June
> linking the Obama plan to "European levels of taxation," calling it a
> "return to the bad old days" of the Carter administration and accusing
> it of "raising taxes on the successful." The question for voters then
> becomes a personal and philosophical one: to what extent should the
> wealthy be asked to give back to their country and community?
>
> The 95 percent of working families that would receive a tax cut
> under an Obama administration might come up with a different answer
> than the Heritage Foundation.
>
> *War and Taxes*
>
> One factor that the McCain campaign doesn't emphasize is exactly
> where the tax dollars that /are/ collected will be going. Though
> McCain's plan drastically reduces taxes, it doesn't reduce the amount
> of money allotted to one of the most expensive government endeavors:
> the Iraq war.
>
> The Obama campaign's Brian Deese recently told the Chicago
> Sun-Times that comparisons of the two candidates' economic plans don't
> "count the impact of current Iraq war spending," adding that "if
> McCain's plan drives the deficit up and puts upward pressure on
> interest rates, that increases costs for families and could force
> really Draconian, across-the-board spending cuts."
>
> By straightforward logic, a substantial withdrawal of troops from
> Iraq, as proposed by Obama, would ease the burden that status-quo
> military policies have placed on taxpayers, according to Gelbach.
>
> "Getting out of Iraq faster will certainly reduce the present
> value of federal tax dollars necessary to raise, unless you think that
> getting out will make things worse and force us back in an even more
> expensive capacity," Gelbach said. "McCain has at various times made
> arguments to this effect, but his record on Iraq judgment has not
> exactly been stellar.... McCain's campaign has tried to claim they can
> count on military savings from leaving Iraq, even as he has both
> endorsed in principle a 100-year US presence and refused to sign on to
> the timeline that the Maliki government is now working out with the
> Bush administration. He has repeatedly said we will leave only with
> victory, yet he has refused to define 'victory.'" Thus, it is hard for
> an objective observer to determine exactly when or under what
> conditions McCain would actually leave Iraq. And the cost of our
> presence in Iraq - whether in full-on combat role or otherwise - would
> ultimately have to be paid with actual tax dollars."
>
> According to the recent Tax Policy Center study, both candidates'
> plans would increase the national debt. However, Obama wins here on
> the fiscal conservation front: McCain's proposal would cost the
> Treasury $3.7 trillion, while Obama's would cash in at $2.7 trillion.
>
> The power of the purse ultimately rests with Congress, and neither
> candidate would be able to singlehandedly change the course of
> economic policy upon taking office. Still, when it comes to taxes,
> Obama and McCain would guide the country in sharply different directions.
>
> Looking past the McCain campaign's misleading rhetoric and
> convoluted logic, the problem boils down to this: Who should be first
> in line for tax relief: the rich or the poor? It's no secret where
> each candidate's priorities lie.
>
> ?
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Maya Schenwar is an editor and reporter for
> Truthout.
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> CitizensTruth mailing list
> CitizensTruth at six.pairlist.net
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/citizenstruth
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>
From Walterb306 at cs.com Fri Sep 19 11:40:02 2008
From: Walterb306 at cs.com (Walterb306 at cs.com)
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:40:02 EDT
Subject: [CitizensTruth] New Video - A must-see
Message-ID:
All,
FYI,
Beverley
Fabled Enemies (Full Film)
The Enemy Struck America. But Who Is The Enemy? Fabled Enemies is unlike any
9/11documentary ever put together. Rather than focusing on the physical
anomalies at the World Trade Center and Pentagon, this film follows the intelligence
ties of Osama Bin Laden, the alleged hijackers, and those who were actually
detained on 9/11. The movie delves deeply into the roles of seperate Nations
that were involved in supporting the 9/11 attacks. From Israel to Saudi Arabia
to Pakistan, and even the United States itself, no one is spared in this
scathing expose that pulls no punches. Sit back and get ready to learn how members
of the FBI had their investigations into Bin Laden obstructed and shut down,
how the hijackers were trained at US bases, that military drills crippled our
defense and facilitated the attacks, how the Shadow Government was actually
activated that day, and much much more~~
http://fightingtyranny.ning.com/video/video/show?id=2103698:Video:26168
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From Walterb306 at cs.com Fri Sep 19 12:02:00 2008
From: Walterb306 at cs.com (Walterb306 at cs.com)
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:02:00 EDT
Subject: [CitizensTruth] ARTICLE-Two Acts of Tyranny - Part I
Message-ID:
All,
Fyi,
Beverley
TWO 'ACTS' OF TYRANNY ON THE SAME DAY!
By Daneen G. Peterson, Ph.D.
December 7, 2006
Updated June 2, 2007
On October 17, 2006, 'a date which will live in infamy' . . . there were two
acts of tyranny committed. ?The first was a public signing of the 'Military
Commissions Act of 2006' which suspended habeas corpus allowing the president to
declare you an 'enemy combatant' and end your rights to seek legal or
judicial relief from unlawful imprisonment.
The second act of tyranny took place in a private Oval Office ceremony, in
which the president signed into law the 'John Warner National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2007' which essentially eliminates the protections of the
Posse Comitatus Act and re-wrote the Insurrection Act. ?The NDAA will allow the
president to declare a 'public emergency' and take control of state-based
National Guard units without the consent of the governor or local authorities, in
order to 'suppress public disorder'!
About The Military Commissions Act of 2006 . . .
"A writ of habeas corpus which is Latin for 'you have the body' [as proof] is
a judicial mandate to a prison official ordering that an inmate be brought to
the court so it can be determined whether or not that person is imprisoned
lawfully and whether or not he should be released from custody."(1)
"The writ of habeas corpus serves as an important check on the manner in
which state courts pay respect to federal constitutional rights. ?The writ is 'the
fundamental instrument for safeguarding individual freedom against arbitrary
and lawless state action'."(1)
The Signing of the Military Commissions Act (MCA) of 2006
Expressing the pessimist's view was law professor Jonathan Turley who wrote:
"The Congress just gave the president despotic powers and you could hear a
yawn across the country [. . . ] ?People clearly don't realize what a fundamental
change it is about who we are as a country. ?What happened today changed us.
?And I'm not too sure we're going to change back anytime soon."(2)
Turley also said that: ?"What, really, a time of shame this is for the
American system. ?What the Congress did and what the president signed today
essentially revokes over 200 years of American principles and values."(3)
You can watch this MSNBC video where Keith Olbermann and guest Jonathon
Turley, Constitutional Law professor at George Washington University discuss the
Military Commissions Act here.
About the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2007 . . .
The NDAA essentially eliminated the Posse Comitatus Act and re-wrote the
Insurrection Act so that the president can declare a 'public emergency' and take
control of state-based National Guard units without the consent of the governor
or local authorities, in order to 'suppress public disorder'!
"The historic and ominous re-writing of the Insurrection Act, accomplished in
the dead of night, which gives Bush the legal authority to declare martial
law, is now an accomplished fact."(4)
"In a stealth maneuver, President Bush has signed into law a provision which,
according to Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), will actually encourage the
President to declare federal martial law . ?It does so by revising the
Insurrection Act, a set of laws that limits the President?s ability to deploy troops
within the United States. ?The Insurrection Act (10 U.S.C.331 -335) has
historically, along with the Posse Comitatus Act (18 U.S.C.1385), helped to enforce
strict prohibitions on military involvement in domestic law enforcement. ?With
one cloaked swipe of his pen, Bush is seeking to undo those prohibitions."(4)
The Signing of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of
2007
What 'Rights' Have Been Taken From You?
"On September 28, by a vote of 65-34, the Senate formally passed S. 3930, the
Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA). ?The next day, the House of
Representatives followed suit, passing the act by a vote of 250-170, . . . [whereby]
"alien unlawful enemy combatants ... [to be] subject to trial by military
commissions" without the constitutional safeguards American citizens possess against
illegal detainment and judicial railroading."(5)
As far as an American citizen is concerned the definition of the term
'unlawful enemy combatant' has ominous import for them. ?The law states the
following:
"(1) UNLAWFUL ENEMY COMBATANT - (A) The term 'unlawful enemy combatant'
means--"(6)
"(i) a person who has engaged in hostilities or who has purposefully and
materially supported hostilities against the United States or its co-belligerents
who is not a lawful enemy combatant (including a person who is part of the
Taliban, al-Qaeda, or associated forces); or "(6)
"(ii) a person who , before, on, or after the date of the enactment of the
Military Commissions Act of 2006, has been determined to be an unlawful enemy
combatant by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal or another competent tribunal
established under the authority of the president or the secretary of defense
."(6)
"Notice that this definition contains no exception for Americans; it throws
the blanket over citizen and alien alike by using the word 'person' rather than
'alien'."(5)
All Americans should know that the suspension of the 'writ of habeas corpus'
by the 'Military Commissions Act of 2006' is a violation of Article 1, Section
9 of the U.?S.Constitution which states: ?"The privilege of the writ of
habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion
the public safety may require it."
Gonzales: ??There Is No Express Grant of Habeas Corpus In The Constitution?
Yesterday, [1/18/07] during Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, Attorney
General Alberto Gonzales . . . was debating Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) about
whether the Supreme Court?s ruling on Guantanamo detainees last year cited the
constitutional right to habeas corpus. ?Gonzales claimed the Court did not cite
such a right, [Specter disagreed] then [Gonzales] added, "There is no express
grant of habeas in the Constitution."
Specter pushed back. ?"Wait a minute. ?The constitution says you can?t take
it away, except in the case of rebellion or invasion. ?Doesn?t that mean you
have the right of habeas corpus, unless there is an invasion or rebellion?"
You MUST watch this EXTREMELY DISTURBING video:
?http://www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com/videos/GonzalesOnHabeas.html#Title
Ominously, the full text of the 'Military Commissions Act of 2006' was
published by the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations). ?The fact that the CFR
published the 'Act' would appear to be prima facie evidence of the Shadow Government's
support for its genesis!(6)
The Center for Constitutional Rights commented that the: ?"Congress is now
rubber-stamping a bill that was written by the President which gives the
President expansive power to detain without judicial oversight. ?If the Military
Commissions Act is passed, it will grant the President the privilege of kings ,
allowing him to imprison any critics as alleged ?enemy combatants,? never to
see the inside of a court room or to have the chance to challenge their
detention or their treatment. ?What would we say if another country passed a law
making it legal to snatch U.S. citizens and detain them indefinitely?"(7)
Sadly, the American Forces Press Service, propagandized the signing by
utilizing the most common form of deception . . . omission. ?Read how they announced
the signing but uttered not one peep about the potentially devastating future
it has unleashed.(8)
The Signing of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of
2007
What 'Rights' Have Been Taken From You?
"On September 28, by a vote of 65-34, the Senate formally passed S. 3930, the
Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA). ?The next day, the House of
Representatives followed suit, passing the act by a vote of 250-170, . . . [whereby]
"alien unlawful enemy combatants ... [to be] subject to trial by military
commissions" without the constitutional safeguards American citizens possess against
illegal detainment and judicial railroading."(5)
As far as an American citizen is concerned the definition of the term
'unlawful enemy combatant' has ominous import for them. ?The law states the
following:
"(1) UNLAWFUL ENEMY COMBATANT - (A) The term 'unlawful enemy combatant'
means--"(6)
"(i) a person who has engaged in hostilities or who has purposefully and
materially supported hostilities against the United States or its co-belligerents
who is not a lawful enemy combatant (including a person who is part of the
Taliban, al-Qaeda, or associated forces); or "(6)
"(ii) a person who , before, on, or after the date of the enactment of the
Military Commissions Act of 2006, has been determined to be an unlawful enemy
combatant by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal or another competent tribunal
established under the authority of the president or the secretary of defense
."(6)
"Notice that this definition contains no exception for Americans; it throws
the blanket over citizen and alien alike by using the word 'person' rather than
'alien'."(5)
All Americans should know that the suspension of the 'writ of habeas corpus'
by the 'Military Commissions Act of 2006' is a violation of Article 1, Section
9 of the U.?S.Constitution which states: ?"The privilege of the writ of
habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion
the public safety may require it."
Gonzales: ??There Is No Express Grant of Habeas Corpus In The Constitution?
Yesterday, [1/18/07] during Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, Attorney
General Alberto Gonzales . . . was debating Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) about
whether the Supreme Court?s ruling on Guantanamo detainees last year cited the
constitutional right to habeas corpus. ?Gonzales claimed the Court did not cite
such a right, [Specter disagreed] then [Gonzales] added, "There is no express
grant of habeas in the Constitution."
Specter pushed back. ?"Wait a minute. ?The constitution says you can?t take
it away, except in the case of rebellion or invasion. ?Doesn?t that mean you
have the right of habeas corpus, unless there is an invasion or rebellion?"
You MUST watch this EXTREMELY DISTURBING video:
?http://www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com/videos/GonzalesOnHabeas.html#Title
Ominously, the full text of the 'Military Commissions Act of 2006' was
published by the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations). ?The fact that the CFR
published the 'Act' would appear to be prima facie evidence of the Shadow Government's
support for its genesis!(6)
The Center for Constitutional Rights commented that the: ?"Congress is now
rubber-stamping a bill that was written by the President which gives the
President expansive power to detain without judicial oversight. ?If the Military
Commissions Act is passed, it will grant the President the privilege of kings ,
allowing him to imprison any critics as alleged ?enemy combatants,? never to
see the inside of a court room or to have the chance to challenge their
detention or their treatment. ?What would we say if another country passed a law
making it legal to snatch U.S. citizens and detain them indefinitely?"(7)
Sadly, the American Forces Press Service, propagandized the signing by
utilizing the most common form of deception . . . omission. ?Read how they announced
the signing but uttered not one peep about the potentially devastating future
it has unleashed.(8)
????????????????????????????Senator John Warner
Martial Law Now Stalks America . . .
On October 17, 2006, "Public Law 109-364, or the 'John Warner National
Defense Authorization Act of 2007' (H.R.5122) (2), which was signed by the commander
in chief on October 17th, 2006, in a private Oval Office ceremony, allows the
President to declare a 'public emergency' and station troops anywhere in
America and take control of state-based National Guard units without the consent
of the governor or local authorities, in order to 'suppress public
disorder'."(5)
What the National Defense Authorization Act does is end the Posse Comitatus
Act of 1787. ?Posse Comitatus is Latin for 'power of the country.' ?It WAS a
"law, [that] was championed by far-sighted Southern lawmakers in 1878. ?They had
experienced a fifteen year military occupation by the US Army in post-Civil
War law enforcement. ?They understood the heel of a jackboot."(9)
"In a nutshell, this act bans the Army, Navy, Airforce and Marines from
participating in arrest, searches, seizure of evidence and other police-type
activity on U.S. soil. ?The Coast Guard and National Guard troops under the control
of state governors are excluded from the act."(9)
All these new tyrannical laws have been created obsessively to combat the
amorphous concept of 'fighting terrorism' . . . an undefined and ever present
boogey man. ?So not only is the military now permitted to be used around the
country, the president can take over the National Guard and the Coast Guard too.
?It can happen under ANY pretext, at which time the president will become the
dictator-in-chief.
According to Gen. Tommy Franks, martial law will replace the Constitution
after the next terror attack . ?In an interview with Cigar Aficionado he said:
?"It means the potential of a weapon of mass destruction and a terrorist,
massive, casualty-producing event somewhere in the Western world ? it may be in the
United States of America ? that causes our population to question our own
Constitution and to begin to militarize our country in order to avoid a repeat of
another mass, casualty-producing event. ?Which in fact, then begins to unravel
the fabric of our Constitution. ?Two steps, very, very important."(10)
Written Dissent to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2007:
No matter your opinion of Cynthia McKinney, her 26 page dissent of the NDAA
of 2007 is very compelling and highlights the damage and erosion, of tasks and
performance, taking place between the police and the military in direct
contradiction of our Constitution. ?The following excerpt is from the section
concerning the issue of Posse Comitatus [pp. 30-31 .pdf (pp. 528-529)] which can be
found here: ?(11)
This Authorization should also have reaffirmed the principle of Posse
Comitatus for military forces, police and contracted security or combat forces. ?This
Constitutional principle creates a bright line between military and police
functions.
In the wake of the attacks on September 11, 2001, the Bush administration has
continued to make widespread and unnecessary changes in laws and
administrative powers that undermine the most basic Constitutional principles and
protected rights of citizens in a democracy [ours is a Constitutional Republic].
Recently, both President Bush and Senator Mark Warner (VA) have renewed calls
to undermine or reverse the Posse Comitatus Act of 1867 [sic - i.e.,1878],
which re-established the Constitutional principle and practice of separating
military and police functions in a democracy [ours is a Constitutional Republic].
The experience of the founding fathers with the British model that combined
the functions was enough to cause them to set that division sharply in
administrative powers and civilian command of the military.
The principles began to be eroded in the period following the end of the
Civil War, and the effective occupation of areas of the south by federal troops
who were holding military tribunals, carrying out executions of citizens and
usurping local police and judicial control. ?Their excesses came to the attention
of the post-war Congress and they passed the Posse Comitatus Act to forbid
the military being used to enforce laws.
Further erosion followed the end of the Vietnam War, when police departments
were increasingly militarized in training and equipment as well as employing a
large number of returning war veterans. SWAT teams were created, a clearly
militarized police function, getting training on military bases with advanced
weapons.
When President George H.W. Bush came into office in the 1980s, his programs
made increased use of military troops and equipment in the war against drugs,
supporting police and collecting intelligence in regard to civilian crimes.
?Joint Military Task Forces were created that combined DoD, FBI, SWAT, ATF and
local police in sieges at Wounded Knee, Waco, Texas and against MOVE in
Philadelphia, using tanks and military explosives.:,
President Bush has ample authority under provisions of existing laws on
disaster response to mobilize and command any and all federal assets, including
military forces. State directed National Guard units have always worked in
conjunction with federal troops without being put under federal control themselves .
?Both National Guard and regular military forces are authorized under federal
and state laws to use force to protect lives, property and public safety
during a declared emergency. ?Police functions have been wisely left to local
police and state National Guard forces, except when the situation was so dire they
could not function.
Executive Orders and PDDs Say How They Will Do It!
Once martial law is invoked, then the Executive Orders (EOs) concerned with
national security or defense issues are then ALSO invoked. ?These were
previously known as National Security Directives. ?Under the Clinton Administration,
they were renamed 'Presidential Decision Directives', commonly known as PDDs.
For example PDD 63, issued in 1998 that speaks to protecting America's
critical infrastructure "including telecommunications, banking and finance, energy,
and transportation-that supports the U.S. economy, government, and
military."(12)
"The aim of PDD 63 was to introduce an improved information system
infrastructure that is secure and interconnected by the year 2003, and to significantly
increase security to government systems by the year 2000. ?PDD 63 designed a
new configuration to protect the country's critical infrastructure. ?Some of
the components are as follows:
A national coordinator to handle critical infrastructure, as well as foreign
terrorism and domestic mass destruction;
The National Infrastructure Protection Center at the Federal Bureau of
Investigation to bring together representatives from various agencies for
information sharing and collaboration;
Information Sharing and Analysis Center to be set up by the private sector in
cooperation with the government;
A National Infrastructure Assurance Council made up of private sector leaders
and state/local officials to provide advice for a national plan; . . ."
Why and who will be those from the 'private sector' running our government in
a time of crisis? ?Will it be those international bankers and industrialists?
?It gives no parameters. ?It is concerning that they could ALL be the very
people who want a One World Monopoly and the creation of the North American
Union. ?What better, quick and efficient way to enforce their plans than to have
them spring forward using a domestic tragedy like 9/11? ?But then that has
always been their game plan.
Executive Orders (EOs) are legally binding orders given by the President,
acting as the head of the Executive Branch, to Federal Administrative Agencies.
?Executive Orders are generally used to direct federal agencies and officials
in their execution of congressionally established laws or policies. ?However,
in many instances they have been used to guide agencies in directions contrary
to congressional intent.
Executive Orders do not require Congressional approval to take effect but
they have the same legal weight as laws passed by Congress . ?The President's
source of authority to issue Executive Orders can be found in the Article II,
Section 1 of the Constitution which grants to the President the "executive
Power."
Section 3 of Article II further directs the President to "take Care that the
Laws be faithfully executed." ?To implement or execute the laws of the land,
Presidents give direction and guidance to Executive Branch agencies and
departments, often in the form of Executive Orders."
But Today's Executive Orders Go FAR Beyond Those Rules As These Quotes Attest
. . .
"Stroke of the pen. Law of the Land. ?Kinda cool."
Paul Begala, former Clinton advisor, The New York Times, July 5, 1998 (13)
"We've switched the rules of the game. ?We're not trying to do anything
legislatively."
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, The Washington Times, June 14, 1999 (13)
Read over the following Executive Orders so you can understand what TOTAL,
COMPLETE, and DICTATORIAL POWER these orders will invoke. ?Go here to search for
the actual text for the Executive Orders as well at the current disposition
of those Executive Orders: ?(14)
Go to that Federal Register and check out the following Executive Orders:
13010, 13130, 13228, 13231, 13234, 14284, 13284, 13286 (transfers control of
12919 to DHS).
Pay Particular Attention to Executive Order 12919 . . .
The president of the United States, with the help of federal agencies, will
have control over the following, as annotated by Paula Demers in 1996: ?(15)
(a) All transportation, "regardless of ownership." ?This means that if they
need your car, they?ve got it. ?They will control all public transportation
also.
(b) All forms of energy, including "petroleum, gas (natural and manufactured)
, electricity, solid fuels (including all forms of coal), atomic energy, and
the production, conservation, use, control, and distribution (including
pipelines)." ?This means the federal government will have complete control over who
will have power (electricity, etc.) and who won?t. ?They will be able to "pull
the plug" on us at their discretion.
(c) All farm equipment . ?Farmers will not have to be part of "the production
or preparation for market use of food resources." ?They did this in Russia.
?The farmers worked for the government.
(d) All fertilizer . ?This means that any product, or combination of products
that contain one or more of the elements--nitrogen, phosphorus and
potassium--will be able to be confiscated by the government. ?The reason they have this
combination is because it includes anything that can be used as a plant
nutrient. ?If you want a garden, forget it.
(e) All food resources . ?ALL means ALL. ?This includes all "commodities and
products, simple, mixed, or compound, or complements to such commodities or
products that are being ingested by either human beings or animals...." ?This
includes all "starches, sugars, vegetable and animal or marine fats and oils,
cotton, tobacco, wool mohair, hemp, flax fiber, and naval stores." ?That means
they can come into your house and take all your food. ?Period. ?Catherine
Bertini, the executive director "UN World Food Program" made an interesting comment
in Beijng, China, at the UN 4th World Conference on Women in September, 1995.
?She said, "Food is power. ?We use it to change behavior. ?Some may call that
bribery. ?We do not apologize." ?[Henry Kissinger has infamously said: ?'Food
can be used as a weapon!']
(f) All food resource facilities . ?This means "plants, machinery, vehicles
(including on farm), and other facilities required for production, processing,
distribution and storage (including cold food storage)." ?They go on to say
that it includes "livestock and poultry feed and seed." ?In other words, they
will control anything that has to do with food.
(j) All health resources . ?This means EVERYTHING. ?They will have control
over all "materials, facilities, health supplies, and equipment (including
pharmaceutical, blood collecting and dispensing supplies, biological, surgical
textiles, and emergency surgical instruments and supplies)." ?They will be able to
come into your home and take your medicines.
(k) All metals and minerals. ?[Think gold and silver confiscation]
(m) All water resources . ?ALL usable water from all of the sources within
the jurisdiction of the United States. ?All the water that can be "managed,
controlled and allocated to meet emergency requirements." ?Not only will they be
able to turn off your water supply, they can come and take any water you have
stored in your house.
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From: Walterb306 at cs.com (Walterb306 at cs.com)
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:03:20 EDT
Subject: [CitizensTruth] ARTICLE- Two Acts of Tyranny Part II
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All,
FYI,
Beverley
Speaking of Water . . .
Did you know that some senators in the state of Washington were working to
get a bill passed that would require you to obtain a permit in order to collect
rainwater on you own property ? ?Who were the sponsors of such an absurdity?
?Why they included a Rockefeller of course, who else? ?What did Senator Dick
Boxlightner have to say about such insanity: ?"What's next, a permit for
collecting strawberries off plants in your garden?" ?Little does Senator Boxlightner
know that's EXACTLY where they are heading.(16)
The Monopolists Want to Control ALL Seed Production . . .
Huge monolithic corporations like Monsanto are viciously going after farmers
whose crops became genetically modified when the WIND cross-pollinated their
crops with the PATENTED (monopolized) crops planted by Monsanto. ?Companies
like Monsanto have created, and then deliberately left unidentified, where their
test plots of patented crops are growing all across America. ?That way they
can know where and who you are, but you cannot protect yourself from them until
they claim your crop is contaminated with their patented technology and sue
you for illegally using their patented materials. ?In fact, Monsanto has sued so
many farmers that there is now a national hotline (1-888-FARMHLP) set up to
assist them.
Monsanto employees will walk right onto your land without your permission and
take samples of your crops off to their labs for investigation, then they'll
haul you into court for stealing and not paying for their genetically modified
products. ?You will be deliberately ruined financially AND psychologically.
?Your farms that have been in your family for generations will be taken from
your by extortion and threat of a mega-lawsuit OR when they win their court suit
against you. ?In the legal process they can ruin you financially or
psychologically before you ever get your day in court. ?It's happening all across
America and Canada. ?Get the picture? ?Educate yourself!
If you disbelieve such claims . . . you should watch all the YouTube and
Google videos on genetically modified seeds, in particular the ones about Percy
Schmeiser, a Canadian farmer. ?Or, you can purchase the DVD by Deborah Koons
Garcia titled: ?The Future of Food: ?There's a revolution happening . . .
?Educate yourself about how the One World Monopolists are already working hard to
take over ALL seed production via monopolistic patents.
FYI . . . The Monopolists ALREADY Control the Seed Production in Iraq
Before the U.S. invasion, agriculture in Iraq was the product of centuries of
culling and refining heirloom seed collections so that the best seeds suited
for a given location, weather, soil and water source were saved and used. ?The
war in Iraq conveniently destroyed the country's seed industry, putting the
country's domestic food supply at risk.
??????????????L. Paul Bremer, III; aka Lewis Paul Bremer; aka Jerry Bremer
????????May 11, 2003 - June 28, 2004 Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq
The solution to the seed problem was solved by U.S. Ambassador Paul Bremer to
Iraq when he delivered some 100 written orders for governing Iraq. ?As
Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), Bremer issued the
following CPA Order #81 about Iraqi seed production:
"Pursuant to my authority as Administrator of the Coalition Provisional
Authority (CPA) and under the laws and usages of war, and consistent with relevant
U.N. Security Council resolutions, including Resolution 1483 and 1511 (2003) .
. .
Recognizing that companies, lenders and entrepreneurs require a fair,
efficient, and predictable environment for protection of their intellectual property,
[and] Noting that several provisions of the current Iraqi Patent and
Industrial Design Law and related legislation does not meet current
internationally-recognized standards of protection,
Recognizing the demonstrated interest of the Iraqi Governing Council for Iraq
to become a full member in the international trading system, known as the
World Trade Organization [WTO], and the desirability of adopting modern
intellectual property standards,
Acting in a manner consistent with the Report of the Secretary General to the
Security Council of July 17, 2003, concerning the need for the development of
Iraq and its transition from a non-transparent centrally planned economy to a
free market economy characterized by sustainable economic growth through the
establishment of a dynamic private sector, and the need to enact institutional
and legal reforms to give it effect, . . ."(17)
"The important information about Iraqi Order 81 is that it was designed to
have a major impact on the way farming is done in Iraq. ?This order prohibits
Iraqi farmers from using the methods of agriculture that they have used for
centuries. ?The practice of saving seeds from one year to the next is now illegal
in Iraq . ?Order 81 wages war on Iraqi farmers. ?They have lost the freedom to
choose their own methods of agriculture. ?The legalese in which the orders
are written creates confusion about their exact meaning, but the desired result
is obvious. ?Order 81 prohibits the farmers from using their own seeds, on
their own farms, to grow their own crops."(18)
"In the name of agricultural reconstruction this new law deprives Iraqi
farmers of their inherent right, exercised for the past 10,000 years in the fertile
Mesopotamian arc, to save and replant seeds. ?It enables the penetration of
Iraqi agriculture by Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, Dow Chemical and other
corporate giants that control the global seed trade."(19)
How will they enforce such a diabolical order? ?They will probably use
'Terminator Seed' technology to do so.
What Exactly ARE 'Terminator Seeds' You Ask?
To fully understand the truly 'dark side' of a monopoly, how about using
"food as a weapon" as was once declared by Henry Kissinger. ?All food starts with
seeds and there is now a patented technology invented by a company called
Delta & Pine Land, which is about to be acquired by Monsanto, because they
engineered a 'Terminator' seed which cannot be used for the next year's crop because
it automatically self-destructs at the end of the growing season. ?How sick is
that?
In a well researched and documented story you will find a litany of twisted
devious financial and political connections concluding with three paragraphs
that state: ?"The key scientific member of the Delta & Pine Land board since
1993 has been Dr. Nam-Hai Chua.? Chua, 62, is also head of the Rockefeller
University Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory in New York, and has been for over 25
years. ?The labs are at the heart of the Rockefeller tax-exempt Foundation?s
decades-long support which has spent more than $100 million of its own research
grant funding to create their Gene Revolution." ?Chua heads a laboratory
staff of twenty-one predominately Asian workers.(20)(21)(22)
?????????????Rockefeller University - NY
Until 1995, Chua was also a scientific consultant to Monsanto Corporation, as
well as to DuPont?s Pioneer Hi-Bred International. ?Chua is at the heart of
Rockefeller?s Gene Revolution. ?And, clearly, Delta & Pine Land and their
research on Terminator [seed] have been in the center of that work."(20)(21)
How Did America Become What it is Today?
If you think about it . . . by sending our manufacturing base to Mexico or
off-shoring to other foreign countries, using H-1B visas and others to insource
workers, and while at the same time out-sourcing jobs. ?By doing so, the One
World Monopolists (OWM) have FORCED America into becoming global. ?All has been
done in the name of 'profits' when in the past we were self-contained and
produced all we needed for ourselves and exported our excess around the world.
?Now we are dependent on countries like Communist China, etc., to supply stores
like Wal-mart with nearly all its merchandise. ?Thus we have become a de facto
global economy without our consent and strident calls for it to stop. ?They
are killing America slowly but surely.
In fact . . . you will find that the cabal working towards the NAU has gone
one step further and created non-profit foundations to develop many of the road
and infrastructure projects that are planned under NAFTA 'plus' called the
Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP). ?This means that NO TAXES will enter
the coffers of America's government till. ?Even worse . . . you will find that
they are using all manner of federal tax dollars to fund some of the
'non-profit' projects that are already in place. ?Clever by half, wouldn't you say.?
Take taxpayer dollars, make money but pay no taxes in return, while America, by
default, becomes the North American Union.
Are You Angry Yet? ?Have You Any Fear Yet? ?If Not . . . Read On . . .
"EXECUTIVE ORDER 11921 allows the Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency to
develop plans to establish control over the mechanisms of production and
distribution, of energy sources, wages, salaries, credit and the flow of money in
U.S. financial institutions in any undefined national emergency. ?It also
provides that when a state of emergency is declared by the President, Congress cannot
review the action for six months . ?The Federal Emergency Management Agency
has broad powers in every aspect of the nation. ?General Frank Salzedo, chief
of FEMA's Civil Security Division stated in a 1983 conference that he saw
FEMA's role as a 'new frontier in the protection of individual and governmental
leaders from assassination, and of civil and military installations from sabotage
and/or attack, as well as prevention of dissident groups from gaining access
to U.S. opinion, or a global audience in times of crisis'."(23)(24)
The Escalating Role of the Military . . .
"The Pentagon, as one might expect, plays an even more direct role in martial
law operations. ?Title XIV of the new law, entitled, Homeland Defense
Technology Transfer Legislative Provisions, authorizes the Secretary of Defense to
create a Homeland Defense Technology Transfer Consortium to improve the
effectiveness of the Department of Defense (DOD) processes for identifying and
deploying relevant DOD technology to federal, State, and local first responders."(4)
" In other words, the law facilitates the 'transfer' of the newest in
so-called 'crowd control' technology and other weaponry designed to suppress dissent
from the Pentagon to local militarized police units. ?The new law builds on
and further codifies earlier "technology transfer" agreements, specifically the
1995 DOD-Justice Department memorandum of agreement achieved back during the
Clinton-Reno regime."(4)(25)
Are You a Border Crosser Listed in the Automated Targeting System (ATS)?
"Americans and foreigners crossing U.S. borders since 2002 have been assessed
by the Homeland Security Department's computerized Automated Targeting
System, or ATS . . . [using an] unannounced assignment of terrorism risk assessments
to American international travelers by a computerized system managed from an
unmarked, two-story brick building in Northern Virginia."(26)
"The travelers [you] are not allowed to see or directly challenge these risk
assessments, which the government intends to keep on file for 40 years. ? Some
or all data in the system can be shared with state, local and foreign
governments for use in hiring, contracting and licensing decisions. ?Courts and even
some private contractors can obtain some of the data under certain
circumstances."(26)
"It is simply incredible that the Bush administration is willing to share
this sensitive information with foreign governments and even private employers,
while refusing to allow U.S. citizens to see or challenge their own terror
scores," Leahy said. ?This system ' highlights the danger of government use of
technology to conduct widespread surveillance of our daily lives without proper
safeguards for privacy'."(26)
???Secretary of the Air Force - Michael Wynne
Some Examples of Military Technology and Tactics Already Being Used On YOU!
According to Sec'y of the Air Force Michael Wynne: ?"Nonlethal weapons such
as high-power microwave devices should be used on American citizens in
crowd-control situations before being used on the battlefield . . . ?The object is
basically public relations. ?Domestic use would make it easier to avoid questions
from others about possible safety considerations, said Secretary Michael
Wynne."(27)
What 'others' does he mean? ?We American citizens? ?Certainly not the news
media because they are in league with the monopolists!
"If we're not willing to use it here against our fellow citizens, then we
should not be willing to use it in a wartime situation ," said Wynne. ?"(Because)
if I hit somebody with a nonlethal weapon and they claim that it injured them
in a way that was not intended, I think that I would be vilified in the world
press."(27)
Oh, so now we know . . . he is not concerned with complaints from 'We the
People' . . . only those in the 'world press.'
Lastly . . . ?"The Air Force has paid for research into nonlethal weapons,
but he said the service is unlikely to spend more money on development until
injury problems are reviewed by medical experts and resolved."(27)
That's a backhanded admission that people ARE injured by use of 'non-lethal'
weapons. ?Don't you wonder if they will do a five year study to determine if
there are any long term effects to being microwaved? ?That's probably not in
their plans. ?They could care less about Americans. ?If injury does result in
future medical problems they can do what they have always done and deny there
was any 'cause and effect' as in 'Agent Orange' or depleted uranium (DU). ?Their
only concern is about being 'vilified in the world press'. ?Comforting isn't
it?
Then there was the school safety drill . . .
In Wyoming, Michigan there was a 'school safety drill' that included police
officers in riot gear with weapons.
"Students, who were unaware police were conducting a drill, were taken from
the classroom into the halls, patted down by officers and asked what they had
in their pockets . . . ?Officers wore protective gear, including vests and
helmets, and carried rifles that were unloaded and marked with colored tape to
indicate they were not live weapons . . . "(28)
Diana Silva, a parent of an eighth-grade student, said the drill went too
far. ?"My child was with his face to the wall in the hallway of the high school .
. . ?I certainly don't want anything like this happening to my child."(28)
"Principal David Britten said students weren't told ahead of time to make the
drill as realistic as possible. ?Teachers were informed moments before it
took place , he said. ?"I think this is the best way to do it," [School
Principal] Britten said. ?"We're not looking to scare anyone, but we want a sense of
urgency."(28)
"But Wyoming Police Chief James Carmody said his officers were not aware
students and parents were not told. ?He said his department will mandate that
parents be notified ahead of time in the future."(28)
Just more practice done on the unsuspecting public. ?Children, some of whom
"were so scared, they just about wet their pants . . . "(28)
Surprise . . . the Military was Ready Even BEFORE the NDAA Bill Was Signed .
. .
In "April 2002, Defense Dept. officials implemented a plan for domestic U.S.
military operations by creating a new U.S. Northern Command (CINC-NORTHCOM)
for the continental United States. ?Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called
this 'the most sweeping set of changes since the unified command system was set
up in 1946'."(29)
"The NORTHCOM commander, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced, is
responsible for 'homeland defense and also serves as head of the North American
Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)....? He will command U.S. forces that operate
within the United States in support of civil authorities. ?The command will
provide civil support not only in response to attacks, but for natural
disasters'."(29)
Take, for instance . . . Hurricane Katrina in Sept. 2005. ?According to the
Washington Post: "White House senior adviser Karl Rove told the governor of
Louisiana, Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, that she should explore legal options to
impose martial law 'or as close as we can get'. ?The White House tried
vigorously, but ultimately failed, to compel Gov. Blanco to yield control of the state
National Guard."(29)
Even then the Bush administration was pushing for martial law. ?Some have
said that FEMA's spectacular failure to respond to Katrina resulted from the
White House policy to cut back FEMA and head the department with someone totally
unqualified for the job was done in order to strengthen the proposal and
funding for a military response to disasters. ?Thus the multi-million funding for
detention facilities will give substance and support for expanding NORTHCOM's
ability to respond to any domestic disorders.
The New York Times Chimes in with Their Propaganda:
"As criticism of the response to Hurricane Katrina has mounted, one of the
most pointed questions has been why more troops were not available more quickly
to restore order and offer aid. ?Interviews with officials in Washington and
Louisiana show that as the situation grew worse, they were wrangling with
questions of federal/state authority, weighing the realities of military logistics
and perhaps talking past each other in the crisis."(30)
"To seize control of the mission, Mr. Bush would have had to invoke the
Insurrection Act , which allows the president in times of unrest to command
active-duty forces into the states to perform law enforcement duties. ?But decision
makers in Washington felt certain that Ms. Blanco would have resisted
surrendering control, as Bush administration officials believe would have been required
to deploy active-duty combat forces before law and order had been
re-established. "(30)
You did notice that it was Ms. Blanco and not Gov. Blanco whose title denotes
the right to call out and control the National Guard of her state of
Louisiana? ?Subtleties abound when propaganda is concerned.
The New York Times article go on to say: ?"At a news conference on Saturday,
Mr. Chertoff said, ' The unusual set of challenges of conducting a massive
evacuation in the context of a still dangerous flood requires us to basically
break the traditional model and create a new model, one for what you might call
kind of an ultra-catastrophe'."(30)
Chertoff's announcement is actually calling for an end to the 'traditional
model' of Posse Comitatus and 'creating a new model' by overriding the
Insurrection Act. ?His propaganda has left unsaid the damage that will be inflicted by
ending your centuries-old rights and protections. ?Once the 'new model' is law
. . . THEN, too late, you will understand that your important Constitutional
protections are gone forever.
Was FEMA Really Incompetent or Was It ALL About Promoting the Need For
Martial Law?
Why was FEMA so late, ineffective and accused of dragging their feet, cutting
communication lines used by local first responders, turning back truckloads
of water and supplies as well as refusing to let volunteer local boat owners,
of which there are many in that area of the country, go in and rescue people?
?You don't suppose FEMA's 'problems' were just a really opportune way to
promote and get the National Defense Authorization Act of 2007 signed, sealed and
delivered?(31)
You can find a list of FEMA's blocking of relief efforts with clickable URLs
to the source material here: (32)
There are many, including this author, who believe that the use of the
National Guard to enter and confiscate the lawfully possessed weapons from
homeowners in New Orleans after Katrina was simply a 'trial run' to discover how or IF
the American citizens would react to such a blatant violation of their
Constitutional rights!
You can watch the video of the National Guard Confiscating Guns in New
Orleans on the Stop the North Ameican Union 'Videos' webpage found here to see how
they violated and infringed our 2nd Amendment Constitutional right "to keep and
bear Arms." ?Or . . . you can purchase and donate to the NRA at the same time
by purchasing their video Never Again! A Shocking Story of Gun Confiscation
in America.
How did we arrive at this sorry state of affairs? ?There is a solid article
written in 1996 titled Mission creep: the militarizing of America.
?Unfortunately, it is not referenced, but it will guide you through the maze of events
that brought into being these outrageous rights-stealing new laws.(33)
Sadly . . . Karl Rove Got His Desired Martial Law!
As part of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act of 2007, the
Pentagon is provided an additional $500 billion plus to enable the president to
employ the "Use of the Armed Forces in Major Public Emergencies . . . [such
as] interference with State and Federal law . . . the President may employ the
armed forces, including the National Guard in Federal service, to restore
public order and enforce the laws of the United States when, as a result of a
natural disaster, epidemic, or other serious public health emergency, terrorist
attack or incident, or other condition in any State or possession of the United
States, the President determines that domestic violence has occurred to such an
extent that the constituted authorities of the State or possession are
incapable of ("refuse" or "fail" in) maintaining public order, "in order to
suppress, in any State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or
conspiracy."(4)
Once Arrested for 'Insurrection' or 'Domestic Violence' Where Will You Be
Incarcerated?
"There [are] over 800 prison camps in the United States, all fully
operational and ready to receive prisoners. ?They are all staffed and even surrounded by
full-time guards, but they are all empty. ?These camps are to be operated by
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) should Martial Law need to be
implemented in the United States and all it would take is a presidential signature
on a proclamation and the attorney general's signature on a warrant to which a
list of names is attached."(23)
"The Rex 84 Program was established on the reasoning that if a "mass exodus"
of illegal aliens crossed the Mexican/US border, they would be quickly rounded
up and detained in detention centers by FEMA. ?Rex 84 allowed many military
bases to be closed down and to be turned into prisons."(23)
"Operation Cable Splicer and Garden Plot are the two sub programs which will
be implemented once the Rex 84 program is initiated for its proper purpose.
?Garden Plot is the program to control the population. ?Cable Splicer is the
program for an orderly takeover of the state and local governments by the federal
government . ?FEMA is the executive arm of the coming police state and thus
will head up all operations. ?The Presidential Executive Orders already listed
on the Federal Register also are part of the legal framework for this
operation."(23)
"The camps all have railroad facilities as well as roads leading to and from
the detention facilities. ?Many also have an airport nearby. ?The majority of
the camps can house a population of 20,000 prisoners. ?Currently, the largest
of these facilities is just outside of Fairbanks, Alaska. ?The Alaskan
facility is a massive mental health facility and can hold approximately 2 million
people." (23)
Kellogg Brown and Root, a Halliburton subsidiary, received a $385 million
contract from the Department of Homeland Security to provide "temporary detention
and processing capabilities" in January 2006.(34)
The Propaganda Is That They Are Being Built For Rounding Up Illegal Aliens .
. .
It has been REPEATEDLY stated by government sources that it is not "practical
or feasible" to deport millions of illegal aliens. ?However, our government
apparently has plans to transport millions of Americans across the country and
imprison them in concentration camps, or gulags or 'detention centers.' ?For
what purpose or reason? ?For more details and locations see "FEMA Concentration
Camps: Locations and Executive Orders here, including a word of caution from
a Canadian Lady who questions some of the Canadian locations because of
weather conditions, not by sightings]: (23)(35)
If you live near any of those alleged FEMA camps, it is your civic DUTY as
American citizens to go to the locations mentioned in the 'FEMA Concentration
Camps' report and determine for yourself, and others, if the report is accurate
or not. ?If you find that these locations are not as identified, then you MUST
report that to the website and others. ?If they ARE as stated then further
their knowledge base with photographs and any other evidence you may obtain.
"In September [2005], NORTHCOM conducted its highly classified Granite Shadow
exercise in Washington. ?As William Arkin reported in the Washington Post,
'Granite Shadow is yet another new Top Secret and compartmented operation
related to the military's extra-legal powers regarding weapons of mass destruction.
?It allows for emergency military operations in the United States without
civilian supervision or control'."(29)
Still Don't Believe It's True? Then Read This . . . (36)
Another Surprise! . . . the SAME DAY that the John Warner NDAA was signed the
Army was ready:
U.S. Army North, the Army?s newest service component command reached full
operational capability Monday, which means that it is fully manned, equipped and
ready to assume its mission.
As part of Army transformation, USARNORTH was formed to become the dedicated
Army service component command to Northern Command, the unified command
responsible for defending the homeland and coordinating defense support of civil
authorities.
Located at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USARNORTH achieved initial operating
capability in September 2005, and is responsible for specific missions, including:
Execute homeland defense and defense support of civil authorities missions.
Provide training and readiness oversight of certified weapons of mass
destruction?[for] civil support teams.
Conduct the Army-to-Army portion of the theater cooperation mission with
Canada and Mexico.
Coordinate the activities of defense coordinating officers and their elements
assigned in each Federal Emergency Management Agency region.
Organize up to two task forces that, with augmentation, can become joint task
forces and deploy within the operational area to command and control
Department of Defense forces responding to homeland defense or civil support
operations.
For the past 12 months, USARNORTH has been building its organization,
readiness and mission capability. ?USARNORTH officially assumed the Army component
command duties from Forces Command on Oct. 1.(37)
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From Walterb306 at cs.com Fri Sep 19 12:04:07 2008
From: Walterb306 at cs.com (Walterb306 at cs.com)
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:04:07 EDT
Subject: [CitizensTruth] ARTICLE- Two Acts of Tyranny Part III
Message-ID:
All,
FYI,
Beverley
And . . . Where Will the Army Practice its Defense of the Homeland?
After all the uproar over the nationwide military base closings under BRAC,
the "U.S. Army is eyeing another MILLION ACRES of southeastern Colorado ranch
and croplands for additional training grounds for its modernized Army , and
landowners who don't want to lose their homesteads could be facing condemnation
proceedings. . . ?The protest group said Las Animas County likely will be the
most impacted by an army site expansion, and there are 567 farms and ranches
with crop sales of $761,000 and livestock sales of more than $20 million that
would be endangered."(38)
Those that are fighting to keep their land out of the clutches of the
military-industrial complex have said: ?"Agriculture is one of the cornerstones of
society , even though many people take it for granted, it is very much a
national security issue. ?The United States is already dependent on foreign oil, what
will happen if we become dependent on foreign countries for our food supplies
as well? . . . ?We also hold firm to the belief that our national security
relies as much on our efforts to produce food as it does on a good national
defense. ?The group said entire towns would be removed from existence, 'except as
maybe [those that are useful as] urban warfare training sites'."(38)
In a 'dodge' by the military's spokeswoman Karen Edge at the Fort Carson Army
Base, it was stated that those concerns were premature. ?'All we've done is
identify a training land deficit ,' . . . ?There currently is a moratorium on
acquiring more land, so the Army will have to ask the Department of Defense for
a waiver, and move forward from there.(38)
"Army officials said the base needs to have 'a dynamic, fully integrated
battlefield environment' to train soldiers who are able to operation [sic] in
smaller units and still control 'significantly greater battle space'." ?This quest
for land is in addition to the 234,000 acres currently existing at Fort
Carson.(38)
To Recap . . .
The National Defense Authorization Act of 2007 (NDAA) eliminated Posse
Comitatus that once restricted the military from policing duties on American soil
and also 'revised' the Insurrection Act. ?As such, the NDAA permits the
President to declare MARTIAL LAW and to deploy troops as a police force: ?'during a
natural disaster, epidemic, serious public health emergency, terrorist attack,
OR OTHER CONDITIONS', when the President determines that the authorities of the
state are 'incapable of maintaining public order'.
So . . . in a 'nutshell' . . . the NDAA will allow the president to
arbitrarily declare a 'public emergency,' call forth the military, take control of
state-based National Guard, without the consent of the governor or local
authorities, in order to 'suppress public disorder'!
Meanwhile the Military Commission Act of 2006 (MCA) which eliminated the writ
of habeas corpus means that IF you do not do exactly as the military commands
you, YOU can be called an 'unlawful enemy combatant'. ?At which time you will
be subjected to a Combatant Status Revue Tribunal or OTHER tribunal which can
be formed by the president or the Secretary of Defense. ?Without habeas
corpus and its Constitutional safeguards you no longer have a way to end illegal
detainment and judicial railroading. ?They can call you an 'unlawful enemy
combatant', put you in jail, and throw away the key.
ANY declaration of martial law will invoke Executive Orders (EOs) that will
permit forced relocations, work camps, detention camps for civilians, and a
plethora of other 'lawful orders' . . . that will control of every facet of life
in this country down to the finest detail.
Just Signed: ?The National Security Presidential Order - NSPD 51
On May 9, 2007 the president signed the National Security Presidential
Directive (NSPD) 51 which completes the 'ground work' for nation-wide martial law
and a totalitarian police state. ?The One World Monopolists are NOT going to
take the chance that we future slaves will be able to thwart them as they go
forward with their plans for the NAU, so they have created their 'Ace in the
hole'. ?They can now call for martial law at their WHIM. ?Any event that takes
place ANYWHERE in the United States can now trigger placing the WHOLE COUNTRY
under martial law! ?They have essentially 'covered all their bases' and we are now
in dire jeopardy.
What the National Security Presidential Directive - NSPD 51 and the Homeland
Security Presidential Directive - HSPD-20 have done is CLOSE A LOOP HOLE IN
THE NDAA which would have allowed debate, discussion, or demands that an event
that happens in California, or some other state, should NOT require martial law
in some or ALL other parts of the country. ?This Presidential Directive was
written to CLOSE THE GAPS IN THE NDAA!
The NSPD 51 directive loosely defines "catastrophic emergency" as "any
incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass
casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S. population,
infrastructure, environment, economy, or government functions."(39)(40)
Under Those Directives, Nationwide Martial Law WOULD have resulted in the
past as follows . . .
mass casualties affecting the U.S. population = 9/11
mass damage affecting infrastructure = Katrina or 9/11
mass damage affecting environment = Katrina or 9/11
mass disruption severely affecting U.S. economy = Ohio Valley, Mississippi
River flooding in few years ago.
mass disruption of government functions = Katrina (local government) or 9/11
national gov't . . . which required the emptying the Capitol Bldg, while
Cheney is in a bunker and the president is flying all over the country and thus the
White House is unmanned and the Pentagon is burning disrupting MILITARY
functions which are PART of the government.
So . . . if the event happens in Hawaii or Alaska, it doesn't matter, Martial
Law will reign across all America.
Be afraid America . . . be VERY afraid!
Lastly, a peek into your future . . .
In the small town of Morristown, TN: ?"The khaki-clad state troopers
hup-hupped into formation on opposite sides of the courthouse lawn, wearing riot gear
and clutching batons. ?About 100 state and local officers stood on the square
this summer, some carrying M-16 rifles. ?They were more than a match for an
equal number of mostly middle-aged locals arriving for the anti-illegal
immigration rally . ?It was one of the most confounding spectacles this little town of
25,000 had ever seen. ?The only way to step on the lawn between the rows of
troopers was through a security checkpoint, surrendering anything that looked
like it could be used as a weapon. ?Ted Mitchell and his flag never made it
in."(41)
"'It's an American flag!' ?Mitchell sputtered. ?You can bring the flag into
the rally, a police officer explained, but you have to leave your flag pole.
?Mitchell's face got redder. ?His yelling got louder. ?In an instant the
62-year-old man was scuffling with the police. ?They pushed him to the ground, cuffed
him and carted him off in a police car."(41)
Just where will they take the future, perhaps MILLIONS of flag waving
patriots like Ted Mitchell? ?Watch this video detailing the preparations for the
coming gulags or as they are euphemistically known as, 'detention centers' here on
the Stop the North American Union (NAU) website's 'Videos' webpage.
The Conclusion . . .
The goal of the One World Monopolists is to gain total and complete world
domination. ?An oligarchy of monied elites who believe they are destined to rule
and that you are destined to be ruled. ?They will answer to no one and run the
world as they see fit.
According to Antony Sutton, a research fellow for the Hoover Institution for
War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University: ?"While monopoly control of
industries was once the objective of J.P. Morgan and J.D. Rockefeller, by the
late nineteenth century the inner sanctums of Wall Street understood the most
efficient way to gain an unchallenged monopoly was to go political and make
society go to work for the monopolists-- under the name of the public good and
the public interest."(42)
"Frederick C. Howe revealed the strategy of using government in a 1906 book,
Confessions of a Monopolist: ?These are the rules of big business . . . ?Get a
monopoly; let society work for you; and remember that the best of all
business is politics . . . "(42)
Are we moving from . . . Freedom to Fascism as the Aaron Russo's documentary
video claims? ?You can watch his film which is archived on the Stop the North
American Union 'Videos' webpage found here and judge for yourself!
The 'Shadow Government' working in plain sight, to create the North American
Union using the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP). ?They are well on
their way to a One World Monopoly and they have begun their final mad dash to
the finish line.
The oligarchs have become ever more arrogant and bold. ?They have concluded
you are either asleep or brainwashed and propagandized into complacency. ?They
are so close to complete conquest that they are now blatantly abusing our
Constitution, Bill of Rights and laws in more ways than you can imagine in your
wildest of dreams.
If the One World Monopolists succeed . . . they will consign us all to a
living hell on earth!
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and
never will be. ~ Thomas Jefferson
Note 1: All bracketed [ ] notations within the quotes, are added for
clarification.
Note 2: All underlining, bolding, color and italics within the quotes and
elsewhere, are done for emphasis.
Note 3: Melvin Sickler, The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the
Trilateral Commission: The two organizations that run the United States,
http://www.prolognet.qc.ca/clyde/cfr.html.
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From aqmstaffo at mailbag.com Mon Sep 22 01:56:08 2008
From: aqmstaffo at mailbag.com (Daniel Stafford)
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:56:08 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] It's time for All of us to weigh-in on global
economic policy - NOW, before Bush grabs extreme powers over the economy
Message-ID: <48D73378.9090702@mailbag.com>
All - we need to speak loudly and clearly now, in the pivotal moments of
this artificially-induced economic melt-down.
I believe that the Fascists have engineered this crisis in order to
implement an unprecedented economic power grab.
The calls by Democrats and others for oversight and a plan that serves
and saves everyday people needs to be supported. If every voice is not
raised, there will be unprecedented human suffering as the rich seize
anything and everything they wish.
The powers that Bush and Paulson are asking to be granted to the
treasury, unchecked by the Judiciary, are supposed to be held by
Congress, NOT the Executive via a crony appointed by Bush. The risks are
grave. Some are even calling this a subtle attempted economic coup to
make Bush king for corporatist interests.
"*Bush administration seeks 'dictatorial power unreviewable by the third
branch of government, the courts'
*20
Sep 2008 The Bush administration asked Congress for unchecked power to
buy $700 billion in bad mortgage investments from U.S. financial
companies in what would be an unprecedented government intrusion into
the markets. *The bill would bar courts from reviewing actions taken
under its authority*. "It sounds like [Treasury Secretary Henry]
*Paulson is asking to be a financial dictator*, for a limited period of
time,'' said historian John Steele Gordon, author... The *Bush
administration seeks "dictatorial power unreviewable by the third branch
of government, the courts*, to try to resolve the crisis,'' said Frank
Razzano, a former assistant chief trial attorney at the Securities and
Exchange Commission now at Pepper Hamilton LLP in Washington. [See:
*Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1 for deployment during 'civil
unrest,' 'horrific scenarios'
*08 Sep
2008.]"
http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Resounding-Bottom-Up-NO-by-Rob-Kall-080921-907.html
"William Greider | Paulson Bailout Plan a Historic Swindle
http://www.truthout.org/article/paulson-bailout-plan-a-historic-swindle
William Greider, The Nation: "Financial-market wise guys, who had been
seized with fear, are suddenly drunk with hope. They are rallying
explosively because they think they have successfully stampeded
Washington into accepting the Wall Street Journal solution to the
crisis: dump it all on the taxpayers. That is the meaning of the massive
bailout Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has shopped around Congress. It
would relieve the major banks and investment firms of their mountainous
rotten assets and make the public swallow their losses - many hundreds
of billions, maybe much more. What's not to like if you are a financial
titan threatened with extinction?"
There are more, I couldn't begin to list them all.
We have all seen what Bush does when granted power. He mis-manages in
ways that harm and kill people he and his crowd do not like. He
disappears people that speak out against his methods and policies. He
threatens anyone and everyone that even hints at getting in his way. He
has a family history of supporting fascism going back to his grandfather
working with the Nazis. Note that the definition of fascism is corporate
control of the government. The U.S. is inches away from this. Do we want
the trans-national corporations to have control of the U.S. purse? I
think not. Nothing Bush and the people around him have done have been
for the common man, they have all been for various corporate interests
that stand to gain everything while the rest of us lose everything, even
our basic freedoms.
We would be far better off to see an independent commission - truly
independent of industry or political party - filled with experts in both
economics and social policy and overseen by Congress and the Courts
running any economic relief efforts, rather than handing such duties
over to a Bush appointee.
I would suggest an immediate call for submissions focussed upon this
issue, while there are a few moments left to speak up.
Petitions such as this one pasted below should be immediately
distributed to all US Citizens on all of our lists. If the People do not
speak now, they may never have another chance.
Regards,
Dan Stafford
Subject: No blank check for Wall Street.
Dear Friend,
Congress is on the brink of making a one-sided deal to give George W.
Bush a blank check to bail out his pals - offering nearly (or perhaps
more than) a trillion taxpayer dollars to Wall Street to cover its bad
debts. That works out to somewhere between $2000 and $5000 from every
American family. So what do the taxpayers get in return?
Nothing. No new regulation or oversight to help avoid this kind of
crisis in the future. No public interest givebacks to help people whose
homes are in the hands of the banks. Perhaps most shockingly of all, the
taxpayers get absolutely no share in the profits if and when these
finance giants bounce back, even though we are now assuming a great deal
of the risk.
*This is worse than a bad deal - this isn't a deal at all. This is a
blank check to some of the richest companies in the world.*
I just signed a petition calling on key members of Congress to impose a
few sensible conditions to this bailout in order to protect the American
people -- I hope you will too.
Please have a look and take action.
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/no_blank_check/?r_by=-76391-IelSC.x&rc=paste
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From aqmstaffo at mailbag.com Mon Sep 22 03:07:14 2008
From: aqmstaffo at mailbag.com (Daniel Stafford)
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:07:14 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] In Designing Their New Economic Ship Of State,
Corporations Forgot What Fuels Economies - The Gas Tank Is Dry
Message-ID: <48D74422.7020001@mailbag.com>
*In Designing Their New Economic Ship Of State, Corporations Forgot What
Fuels Economies - The Gas Tank Is Dry*
Dan Stafford - 09/22/2008
No economy works if the majority of the populace can't afford to buy
anything.
This should be simple and basic. If wages are too low, and costs too
high, across a broad spectrum of the population , economic activity
stops. The rich will only buy so many items, being one % of the
population, or so, they are not enough to "fuel" a global economy.
Right now, housing prices, fuel prices, insurance prices, and myriad
other prices have risen continuously while wages have stagnated or even
fallen precipitously across the USA.
The true numbers are completely unreflected in government statistics
which either use outdated or arbitrary numbers designed to minimize the
scope of the problem.
The world wonders at the precipitous use of credit cards and large
mortgages in the USA and fails to understand why this has happened,
because only so-called "fringe" voices haved dared to speak the truth;
wages in the USA are worth half what they were in the 1950's and
Americans have been buying NECESSITIES on credit because of it.
In the 1950's, one person in the family worked, and one person stayed
home to take card of the children and the home, yet credit use was low
and the bills were generally paid with a little left over for savings.
Now, in many US families, BOTH parents work, often multiple jobs, and
there is still not enough money coming in to meet expenses. Or, more
properly, that was the case up until the past few years. Now, at this
moment, many are unable to find jobs either at all, or jobs that pay
anything near what they used to.
Americans are forced to commute great distances for work, as offices and
jobs are in the city, and housing that is even close to being affordable
is far out in the suburbs. Add to this companies constantly laying
people off, while forcing the remaining employees to take on ever
greater responsibilities. The vast majority of Americans work long
hours, commute at least an hour and more often two, and are stressed at
work by the sheer load on their shoulders and at home by the financial
burden on their shoulders. They face endemic chronic sleep shortages,
most average six hours a day.
Between the stress and the unhealthy lack of sleep, combined with junk
additives to almost all food, obesity has become rampant. Stress and
sleeplessness messes badly with the human metabolism and increases
appetite. In addition, most US workers see the shortest vacation times
in the "First World."
The average American is exhausted physically, emotionally, spiritually,
and financially. This is true of a very large swath of the US
population. They come home from work and drop into a chair and watch TV
because they are too broke and tired to do much else. They get no time
for creativity or play or in-depth relationships. They have no energy
left for "bad news" because they are worn out and bombarded with it on TV.
The scale of this is vast - and by the great majority un-admitted. Being
a "hard worker" has become so over-valued at the expense of feeding
anything that truly recharges the soul, that people have come to see
anyone gone from the office for more than two weeks at a time as a
"slacker" and eccentric.
Is this any state of mind or soul to be in to make sound financial
decisions, to make in-depth discussions of difficult or complex topics,
or anything else of value? I don't believe so. We have become a nation
of workaholics, and worse, no one could - until now at the card house's
collapse - admit that we couldn't afford even all the necessities, let
alone the luxuries.
Materialism then becomes the easy way for a brief emotional high. The
new TV or car or clothes or whatever. "We can afford it, we have a great
credit rating! Let's get out and have a nice dinner, I'm starving
[stress-induced hunger pangs] and too tired to cook!"
---------------------------------
If you want people to continue purchasing goods and services at a
sustainable rate and an economy that hums along fairly smoothly, people
need to be fairly well-rested and happy, and have a bit of money left
over after basic expenses across the majority of the population.
If you want to make a few hundred million before the crash, or the next
crash, or the next, give them lots of credit and not enough money, with
plenty of stress and just enough sleep to stay alive but not truly live.
They won't be thinking straight and impulse buying is pitifully easy to
encourage. They certainly won't tell their friends and family that they
can't afford the wedding/anniversary/graduation/birthday/holiday/ insert
event that you can't avoid without appearing not to care about someone.
Economically speaking, do you drive a fuel-efficient car across the
country, or do you run a dragster with a tiny gas tank and a big engine
until you're on the side of the road on empty?
Maybe we should all sleep on it.
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From geri at thetwofacesofmoney.com Mon Sep 22 15:31:19 2008
From: geri at thetwofacesofmoney.com (Geri Perry)
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:31:19 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] [Fwd: Mortgages and the Meltdown]
Message-ID: <48D7F287.5030508@thetwofacesofmoney.com>
-------- Original Message --------
From our friend John Wilson in Australia...Virginia
Dear Fellow Australians and Our Friends in the USA,
"MELTDOWN".... a nuclear meltdown is a term for a severe nuclear reactor
accident which poisons the environment with lethal and mutagenic radiation.
The present financial crisis is called a "meltdown"...and it's most
appropriate....however, I do not believe there is anything "accidental"
about it.
This "meltdown" is directly attributable to the fraudulent and sinister
practices of the Banks -in the same way that a nuclear meltdown is a
result of faulty design, construction and method of operating.
Banksters worldwide have been allowed to get away with systematic theft
on a scale that is beyond imagination....and, now, it is entering the
next phase.
Judges are equally to blame because Judges condone and conceal the theft.
When one honest Judge, Martin V. Mahoney, exposed the "money out of thin
air" scam with the "Credit River Decision 1968", he was murdered.
The "Money Masters" video exposed the scam of "Fractional Reserve
Banking", years ago...but the US Congress cover it up.
When I present evidence of this fraud to Australian Judges, they
disregard it and convict me without Trial by Jury.
Here is one of the latest reports on the subject: " By the end of 2007,
Lehman Brothers had $700 billion in assets against a capital reserve of
only $23 billion. In other words, they were "leveraged" 30 to 1 by
borrowing, a number so high that it deserves to be called nothing short
of reckless. When their assets stopped earning the expected income
because of mortgage defaults, they started having difficulties paying
back their liabilities. Finally, the "short-sellers", sensing that these
institutions were in trouble, drove their stock prices down to
ridiculously low levels".
News out of the USA is that a $700 billion "Bail Out" will be paid for
by the American People and delivered to the Banks by the US President.
Of course, this will do nothing more than give Bank C.E.O.s
multi-million dollar retirements and the "meltdown" will escalate with
the American People going further into debt to the I.M.F.
Another proposal is to "freeze" foreclosures....not a
cancellation...just a short-term restbite so that the Robber barons can
come back later and steal the homes of the victims.
_What is needed_ is what was done in Australia by King O'Malley (1858 -
1953) to create a National Bank, ie: the original Commonwealth Bank of
Australia..... http://cecaust.com.au/election/Commonwealth%20Bank.pdf
to break the
stranglehold of the World Bank and put an end to its "Drive for World
Control" (Jeremy Lee).
The _only_ RESCUE OPERATION is to seize control of money away from the
private Banks, eg: the Federal Reserve Bank.
There is no shortage of honest, intelligent and capable economists to do
this. ...but, will the Banksters allow it??? The Banksters know that
this "meltdown" will make them more powerful and more wealthy.
Where are the PEOPLE'S GRAND JURIES to indict the criminals?
Yours sincerely,
John Wilson.
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From geri at thetwofacesofmoney.com Mon Sep 22 15:41:53 2008
From: geri at thetwofacesofmoney.com (Geri Perry)
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:41:53 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] What was the Real reason behind Eliot Spitzer
Political Assassination,
and did it have anything to do with the current crisis?
Message-ID: <48D7F501.5000005@thetwofacesofmoney.com>
HMMM, maybe there's something to this:
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/291.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/13/AR2008021302783.html
NOW, here is an interesting analysis of the current proposal:
http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/587-The-Mother-Of-All-Frauds.html
/One element of proposal:
/
/TO PURCHASE MORTGAGE-RELATED ASSETS/
/Sec. 8. Review./
/Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are
non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and /*/may not be
reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency./***
From aqmstaffo at mailbag.com Mon Sep 22 16:01:41 2008
From: aqmstaffo at mailbag.com (Daniel Stafford)
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:01:41 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Illinois PIRG: Throw the next strike against
the credit card companies
In-Reply-To: <20080922-12241191-da8-0@carson.publicinterestnetwork.org>
References: <20080922-12241191-da8-0@carson.publicinterestnetwork.org>
Message-ID: <48D7F9A5.7040505@mailbag.com>
Brian Imus, Illinois PIRG State Director wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> Until this year, the banks had never lost a vote. But they lost a key committee vote on the tough Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights. The bill would make their worst practices illegal. That vote was strike one.
>
> And thanks to your e-mails last week, Speaker Pelosi has agreed to schedule a historic floor vote on the Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights for this week -- before Congress leaves for campaign trail.
>
> Your call to your representative could be strike two.
>
> http://www.uspirg.org/action/credit-cards/pass-the-bill-of-rights?id4=ES
>
> Every once in a while, when a vote is imminent and expected to be close, we ask you to go the extra mile and call Congress. This is one of those times.
>
> Your representative needs to hear from you today, because he or she is already hearing from the credit card companies -- and they hate to lose.
>
> But the tide is turning. Take the editorial in last week's New York Times. "For all of these candidates who keep talking about helping the ordinary American, this should be an easy one. Get behind the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights now, before the election."
>
> Your calls could be the extra push that Congress needs.
>
> It's time to throw strike two and pass the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights through the U.S. House.
>
> We'll walk you through how to do it on our Web site:
>
> http://www.uspirg.org/action/credit-cards/pass-the-bill-of-rights?id4=ES
>
> Thanks in advance for taking action.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Brian Imus
> Illinois PIRG State Director
> BrianI at illinoispirg.org
> http://www.IllinoisPIRG.org
>
> P.S. Thanks again for your support. Please feel free to share this e-mail with your family and friends.
>
> ----------
>
>
>
>
>
>
From hal at drxyzzy.org Mon Sep 22 19:50:24 2008
From: hal at drxyzzy.org (Hal Snyder)
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:50:24 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Illinois PIRG: Throw the next strike against
the credit card companies
In-Reply-To: <48D7F9A5.7040505@mailbag.com>
References: <20080922-12241191-da8-0@carson.publicinterestnetwork.org>
<48D7F9A5.7040505@mailbag.com>
Message-ID: <270246D8-2AD1-4FB7-8C96-B0C38FC61596@drxyzzy.org>
I phoned Melissa Bean's office (IL-08). The person who answered would
not give her name, said only she was a staffer. Tthe staffer checked
and said Melissa Bean had voted for HR 5244 in committee and plans to
support it. Melissa Bean is on the Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions and Consumer Credit.
I found this when searching for more information.
= Congress helps the credit card companies roll their own customers =
The Credit Cardholder Bill of Rights passed committee as stated in
the PIRG email.
On Sep 22, 2008, at 3:01 PM, Daniel Stafford wrote:
> Brian Imus, Illinois PIRG State Director wrote:
>> Hi Daniel,
>>
>> Until this year, the banks had never lost a vote. But they lost a
>> key committee vote on the tough Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights.
>> The bill would make their worst practices illegal. That vote was
>> strike one.
>>
>> And thanks to your e-mails last week, Speaker Pelosi has agreed to
>> schedule a historic floor vote on the Credit Cardholders Bill of
>> Rights for this week -- before Congress leaves for campaign trail.
>>
>> Your call to your representative could be strike two.
>> http://www.uspirg.org/action/credit-cards/pass-the-bill-of-rights?
>> id4=ES
>>
>> Every once in a while, when a vote is imminent and expected to be
>> close, we ask you to go the extra mile and call Congress. This is
>> one of those times.
>> Your representative needs to hear from you today, because he or
>> she is already hearing from the credit card companies -- and they
>> hate to lose.
>> But the tide is turning. Take the editorial in last week's New
>> York Times. "For all of these candidates who keep talking about
>> helping the ordinary American, this should be an easy one. Get
>> behind the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights now, before the
>> election."
>>
>> Your calls could be the extra push that Congress needs.
>> It's time to throw strike two and pass the Credit Cardholders'
>> Bill of Rights through the U.S. House.
>>
>> We'll walk you through how to do it on our Web site:
>> http://www.uspirg.org/action/credit-cards/pass-the-bill-of-rights?
>> id4=ES
>>
>> Thanks in advance for taking action.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Brian Imus
>> Illinois PIRG State Director
>> BrianI at illinoispirg.org
>> http://www.IllinoisPIRG.org
>>
From edward_rynearson at yahoo.com Tue Sep 23 01:14:01 2008
From: edward_rynearson at yahoo.com (Edward Rynearson)
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:14:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Alex Jones interviews Jim Marrs
Message-ID: <406310.36092.qm@web30005.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Alex Jones talks to Jim Marrs on the Sunday Edition of the Alex Jones Show about the genesis of the Nazis and just how far the Bush (crime) family rabbit hole goes.
http://www.radiodujour.com/people/marrs_jim/
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From: futurenotwritten at yahoo.com (Jay Becker)
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:05:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Wall St Panics...Desperate Measures
Message-ID: <946227.84310.qm@web33506.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Wall Street Panics, Ruling Class Scrambles?Deepening Financial Crisis and Desperate Emergency Measures
by Raymond Lotta(at http://www.revcom.us/a/143online/wall_street-en.html)
The
events of the last week on Wall Street represent a new and more
destabilizing phase of the turmoil gripping financial institutions and
markets in the U.S. A financial crisis has been unfolding for more than
a year. It is now the most serious financial crisis of U.S. capitalism
since the Great Depression of the 1930s. And it is by no means
contained or under control.
The financial
edifice of U.S. imperialism is in danger of crumbling. And the U.S.
ruling class is cobbling together desperate measures to prevent
wholesale collapse.
A Week of Deepening Financial Crisis
Two
of the four largest independent investment banks in the U.S. ceased to
exist last week. In a matter of hours, Lehman Brothers went bankrupt,
while Merrill Lynch was forced into liquidation and then absorbed by
Bank of America. This follows the government-promoted buyout in April
of Bear Stearns, another giant investment banking firm that was on the
ropes, by JPMorgan Chase.
It was only several
weeks ago that the U.S. government had taken over the two major and
failing mortgage-finance giants?Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. At the
time, this takeover was presented as providing an effective firewall
against future financial eruptions. But it proved to be no more than
the patching up of a pothole during an earthquake. This past week the
government had to take over the American International Group (AIG), the
giant insurance-financial firm.
At the start of
last week, AIG had over a trillion dollars in assets. It had earned
enormous profits from insuring mortgage-backed investments circulating
in the financial system that were held by other banks. But this has
turned into a disaster. Here is some of what happened:
Through
deceit and aggressive marketing, banks pushed mortgages on people. The
Federal Reserve Bank had pumped low-cost funds into the banking system
to prop up mortgage loans. These loans were then combined into larger
groups of loans by investment banks (like Lehman Brothers) and turned
into financial products that were sold on financial markets. All kinds
of lending took place with these original loans as collateral. But when
housing prices fell, and mortgages could not be paid, much of this
collateral became worthless.
AIG was insuring
much of this lending against the risk of loss. But as the losses
mounted astronomically, AIG could neither cover the costs of backing
this debt nor borrow funds on the financial markets to keep itself
afloat.
The financial markets had basically lost
confidence, and AIG?s assets tumbled in value. AIG was in danger of
collapse. But if AIG went under, the probability was great that it
would have taken down other financial institutions with it. This forced
the government?s hand.
As the week progressed,
the U.S. ruling class was faced with a two-fold danger: additional and
cascading losses and bankruptcies in the financial sector; and the
possible choking up of lending channels, which could send the economy
as a whole into a rapid downward spiral.
By the
end of the week, the U.S. government announced what will likely turn
out to be the largest bailout operation in U.S. history. The initial
cost of that bailout plan is $700 billion. This comes on top of $85
billion to rescue AIG and the plan to spend $200 billion to shore up
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
International Dimensions
This
is a rolling financial and credit crisis. It is amplifying
internationally with bursts of instability. In the midst of last week?s
U.S. market gyrations, the Russian stock market sank and shut down for
two days. In other parts of the world, concern spread about whether
dollar-based loans in global markets would continue on the scale
necessary to sustain daily business operations. In response, the
central banks of Germany, Japan, England, Canada, and Switzerland
pumped some $185 billion into the financial markets.
And
investor worry is mounting in East Asia. China, Japan, and South Korea,
for instance, count on the U.S. as a major export market.
One
of the most significant features of world growth and expansion over the
past decade has been the deepening integration of the world capitalist
economy. This is happening both on the level of production and
trade?like the parts that go into an automobile being manufactured in
different factories around the world. And it is happening at the level
of finance?where banks are more globally and tightly interlinked with
one another through chains of borrowing and lending and even, as in the
case of AIG, insuring the risks of borrowing and lending.
The
rescue operation announced by the U.S. government at the end of the
week was motivated, on the one hand, by the need to stanch the bleeding
of the U.S. financial system; and, on the other, by the need to restore
international confidence in the U.S. economy.
A
particular matter of concern for U.S. rulers is the international
strength of the dollar. When we think about the dollar, we mostly think
about it in terms of buying and selling with dollars changing hands.
But the dollar is also an investible commodity?major currencies are
bought and sold and traded on international currency markets. The
dollar rises and falls in value in relation to other currencies and in
response to international political and economic developments.
The
dollar is the world?s leading currency for settling transactions,
clearing debts, and holding foreign exchange reserves (trade and
investment earnings that become part of the reserves of foreign central
banks).
The dollar has been a linchpin of U.S. global supremacy. And it is a linchpin of the whole current global economic order.
If
foreign central banks and investors were to flee from dollar holdings,
this could set off a global monetary crisis and/or strengthen the
position of rivals to U.S. imperialism and rival currencies (like the
euro in Western Europe).
The dollar has for the most part held firm over the past month. But this is perhaps the calm before the storm.
Uncharted Waters and the Needs of Empire
These
are uncharted waters for imperialist policymakers. They are uncharted
in terms of the scale and complexity of the crisis. They are uncharted
in terms of the magnitude of the rescue operations required to prevent
financial breakdown. And U.S. imperialism does not have unlimited
maneuvering room.
The U.S. is already the largest
debtor nation in the world. It is waging costly wars for greater empire
in Iraq and Afghanistan. And neither McCain nor Obama has any serious
intention of ending America?s global ?war on terror??the umbrella under
which the U.S. is waging these ?wars for empire.?
And
here an important dialectic comes into play. ?U.S. military dominance,?
to quote Kenneth Rogoff, the former chief economist for the
International Monetary Fund, ?has been one of the linchpins of the
dollar.?(Kenneth Rogoff, ?America Will Need a $1,000bn Bail-Out,? Financial Times,
September 17, 2008). But this military dominance and the wars the U.S.
is waging have increasingly come to depend on the steady inflow of
foreign capital into the U.S. economy, especially investments by
foreign central banks in U.S. government debt (the U.S. Treasury sells
bonds to cover the deficits). For this to continue requires that the
U.S. economy and dollar remain stable. This is a major contradiction
for U.S. imperialism.
When three of the five
largest independent investment banks in the United States have gone
bankrupt or been absorbed, when the U.S. government intervenes in the
financial sector on the scale that it has?this has profound
geopolitical implications.
At the same time, the
world economy is not standing still. There are major shifts in global
economic power. U.S. global economic dominance is declining. And U.S.
imperialism is also facing new competitive challenges and the emergence
of potential rival constellations of imperial and big powers (see the
ongoing Revolution series ?Shifts and Faultlines in the World Economy and Great Power Rivalry?).
The U.S. Ruling Class and Imperialist State Come Into View
As the crisis unfolded this past week, some of the realities of bourgeois rule came into sharper focus.
To
begin with, while the jobs, homes, and futures of literally millions in
this society are in jeopardy, what is the paramount concern of the
ruling class? It is the protection of a financial system that sits atop
a global system of exploitation. It is the bailout of the owners and
investor beneficiaries of that financial system.
There
was no public debate over bailouts and loans for financial
institutions. And the constant refrain from on-high was, ?This is no
time to assign blame.? Certainly, there is never a time, from the
standpoint of the bourgeoisie, to talk about capitalism and its
exploitative and anarchic functioning.
Politically,
the system operates in such a way that the masses of people are either
conditioned to be passive bystanders, or mobilized under the wing of
this or that bourgeois political party or bourgeois-led movement?or
subject to repression when people engage in serious resistance.
And
through the media, the politicians, and the official ?experts,? people
are trained to look at things through a certain ideological filter.
When a crisis like this one hits, the problem is never presented as the
system but rather as particular flaws and malpractices that can be
corrected: ?excessive greed,? ?Wall Street irresponsibility,? ?too much
regulation? or ?too little regulation.?
The truth
is that this crisis has deep structural causes in the very nature and
workings of this global system of exploitation (and these deeper causes
are addressed in the accompanying article ?Financial Meltdown and the Madness of Imperialism?).
Lenin
once described bourgeois parliaments (like the U.S. Congress) as ?talk
shops.? This time, Congress did not even get a chance to ?talk? first.
It has been basically presented with an accomplished fact: a bailout
program. Now the bailout will be debated around the edges, with vying
bourgeois economic and political interests also being fought out.
There
are key institutional mechanisms of bourgeois rule and of the
imperialist state. They include the Federal Reserve Bank?which plays a
decisive regulating and lubricating role in the U.S. economy and which
also plays a special role in the world capitalist economy?and the
Department of Treasury. Several mainstream news stories described how
the head of the Federal Reserve and of the Treasury, and major Wall
Street figures, met to sort out the AIG situation, to come up with a
plan to deal with this phase of the crisis, and then to act on it.
As
for John McCain and Barack Obama, one of whom will be the next
?commander in chief of empire,? their response to the crisis has been
an amalgam of the absurd, the hypocritical, and sworn allegiance to the
system.
McCain early last week described the U.S.
economy as having ?sound fundamentals.? Then he moved to launch a
rhetorical attack on ?casino economies? and ?greed? on Wall Street.
Then he returned to his boilerplate calls for tax cuts, which will
largely benefit the rich.
For his part, Obama has
generally endorsed bailouts while deriding the policies of laxity and
deregulation of the Bush presidency. The amnesia is striking. There was
an orgy of deregulation during the Clinton years, including the repeal
of regulatory legislation that laid the ground for the kind of
mortgage-backed securities that became the rage on Wall Street. But
then again, one of Obama?s chief economic advisers is none other than
Robert Rubin, former chairman of Goldman Sachs (one of the
last-standing independent investment banks) and head of the U.S.
Treasury Department under Clinton.
Meanwhile, in
Nevada last week, Obama declared, ?Our free market is the engine of
America?s great progress. It?s a market that has created a prosperity
that is the envy of the world.? Tell that to the hundreds of millions
around the world who are experiencing the ravages of a global food
crisis. This food crisis is inextricably bound up with the operations
of free markets that turn grain and rice into international commodities
bought, sold, and speculated on by global investors. It is inextricably
bound up with the ?freedom? of U.S. agribusiness to dominate world food
production and distribution. And it is inextricably bound up with
so-called free-market ?reforms? imposed on poor countries by the
International Monetary Fund (which the U.S. also dominates).
Stepping Back
This
crisis is far from over. There may be new rounds of financial upheaval.
The economy is already in recession. And it could very well enter into
a major slump.
And true to the workings of
monopoly capitalism, investors and speculators are feverishly
positioning themselves to take advantage of the market turmoil. They
are unloading and grabbing up assets, angling to get a bite of the
government bailouts, and shifting funds into different markets.
Whoever
wins the election in November will be inheriting a battered financial
system and a huge overlay of debt and bailout. This is not going to be
an era of expanded social spending by government. But it will be an era
of more direct government intervention in financial markets. And
however U.S. capitalism tries to reconfigure itself, it will rest on
more intense international exploitation, austerity, and more misery for
people throughout the world and in the U.S.
For
millions in U.S. society, this crisis is beginning to throw up many
deep and troubling questions about the economy and this whole system.
And it has the potential to throw up even deeper ones.
This is a highly fraught and rapidly unfolding situation.
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From aqmstaffo at mailbag.com Tue Sep 23 11:07:09 2008
From: aqmstaffo at mailbag.com (Daniel Stafford)
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:07:09 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] FW: DNC To Announce Hillary Clinton VP Nominee
- Replacing Biden Due to Heal...
In-Reply-To: <070A8E0BFC2D1247836B35EB8F6424291AFEE7EA@EVS3.ams.gblxint.com>
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Rumors on the right - no idea how valid. - DS
Stafford, Daniel wrote:
>
> *From:* Gutzwiller, James
> *Sent:* Monday, September 22, 2008 1:21 PM
> *To:* Stafford, Daniel; PLGutzwiller1 at aol.com
> *Cc:* j.gutzwiller at att.net; sakhara at aol.com; gutzy2004 at aol.com
> *Subject:* FW: DNC To Announce Hillary Clinton VP Nominee - Replacing
> Biden Due to Heal...
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>
>
> *From:* Doroba, Bruce
> *Sent:* Monday, September 22, 2008 1:15 PM
> *To:* Gutzwiller, James
> *Subject:* FW: DNC To Announce Hillary Clinton VP Nominee - Replacing
> Biden Due to Heal...
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> *From:* dkcjohnson at aol.com [mailto:dkcjohnson at aol.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, September 22, 2008 12:16 AM
> *To:* michael at hmb3inc.com; mrhutcher at aol.com; maloys at hotmail.com
> *Subject:* Fwd: DNC To Announce Hillary Clinton VP Nominee - Replacing
> Biden Due to Heal...
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GOONGAE at aol.com
> To: DKCJOHNSON at aol.com
> Sent: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:58 pm
> Subject: Fwd: DNC To Announce Hillary Clinton VP Nominee - Replacing
> Biden Due to Heal...
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> Subject:
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> DNC To Announce Hillary Clinton VP Nominee - Replacing Biden Due
> toHealth Problems
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> Date:
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> I found this to be very interesting.....but wonder if its true.
>
> Snopes says it's undetermined so, why not forward it and scare the
> hell out of everyone even more so than we are today already...
>
> Edited by author 09-18-2008 09:46 AM
> Jan received the following and we were wondering if anyone else has
> seen this piece and, if so, do you think there is any truth to it?
>
> On or about October 5th, Biden will excuse himself from the ticket, citing
> health problems, and he will be replaced by Hillary. This is timed to
> occur
> after the VP debate on 10/2.
>
> There have been talks all weekend about how to proceed with this info.
> Generally, the feeling is that we should all go ahead and get it out there
> to as many blog sites and personal email lists as is possible. I have
> already seen a few short blurbs about this - the 'health problem' cited in
> those articles was aneurysm. Probably many of you have heard the same
> rumblings.
>
> However, at this point, with this inside info from the DNC, it looks like
> this Obama strategy will be a go. Therefore, it seems that the best
> strategy is to get out in front of this Obama maneuver, spell it out in
> detail, and thereby expose it for the grand manipulation that it is.
>
> So, let's start mixing this one up and cut the Obamites off at the pass -
> send this info out to as many people as you can.
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From aqmstaffo at mailbag.com Tue Sep 23 11:05:24 2008
From: aqmstaffo at mailbag.com (Daniel Stafford)
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:05:24 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] The Bush Administration Is an Ongoing Criminal
Conspiracy Under International Law and U.S. Domestic Law* by FBoyle
In-Reply-To: <006a01c91d33$74fc5000$6bfb96d8@compaquser>
References: <006a01c91d33$74fc5000$6bfb96d8@compaquser>
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Personally, I'd like to see the results of the Andover Law School
conference on just this subject last week. Apparently our academic legal
professionals are in agreement with this opinion, or purported to be. - Dan
Carol Wolman wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* KarimAG
> *Sent:* Monday, September 22, 2008 6:46 PM
> *Subject:* The Bush Administration Is an Ongoing Criminal Conspiracy
> Under International Law and U.S. Domestic Law*
>
> Bush Administration Is Ongoing Criminal Conspiracy under
> International/US Criminal Law
>
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>
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> *Francis A. Boyle*
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> *Law Building*
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> *504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.*
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> *Champaign, IL 61820 USA*
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> *217-333-7954 (Voice)*
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> *217-244-1478 (Fax)*
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> *(personal comments only)*
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> The Bush Administration Is an Ongoing Criminal Conspiracy Under
> International Law and U.S. Domestic Law*
>
> by
>
> Francis A. Boyle
>
> Justice Robert H. Jackson Conference: Planning for the Prosecution of
> High Level American War Criminals
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>
>
>
>
> Massachusetts Law School
>
> September 13-14, 2008
>
> Andover, Massachusetts
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> *Check against oral delivery.
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> ?2008 by Francis A. Boyle. All rights reserved.
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>
> Since the impeachable installation of George W. Bush as President in
> January of 2001 by the U.S. Supreme Court's Gang of Five, the peoples
> of the world have witnessed a government in the United States that has
> demonstrated little if any respect for fundamental considerations of
> international law, human rights, and the United States Constitution.
> What the world has watched instead is a comprehensive and malicious
> assault upon the integrity of the international and domestic legal
> orders by a group of men and women who are thoroughly Machiavellian
> and Straussian in their perception of international relations and in
> their conduct of both foreign policy and domestic affairs. Even more
> seriously, in many instances specific components of the Bush
> administration's foreign policies constitute ongoing criminal activity
> under well-recognized principles of both international law and U.S.
> domestic law, and in particular the Nuremberg Charter, the Nuremberg
> Judgment, and the Nuremberg Principles, as well as the Pentagon's own
> U.S. Army Field Manual 27-10 on /The Law of Land Warfare /(1956), all
> of/ /which apply to President Bush himself as Commander-in-Chief of
> United States Armed Forces under Article II, Section 2 of the United
> States Constitution.
>
> Depending upon the substantive issues involved, those international
> crimes typically include but are not limited to the Nuremberg offenses
> of crimes against peace: For example, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, and
> perhaps their longstanding threatened wars of aggression against Iran
> and now Pakistan. Their criminal responsibility also concerns
> Nuremberg crimes against humanity and war crimes as well as grave
> breaches of the Four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and of the 1907 Hague
> Regulations on land warfare: For example, torture at Guantanamo,
> Bhagram, Abu Ghraib, and elsewhere; enforced disappearances,
> assassinations, murders, kidnappings, extraordinary renditions, "shock
> and awe," depleted uranium, white phosphorous, cluster bombs,
> Fallujah, and the Gitmo kangaroo courts.
>
> Furthermore, various members of the Bush administration have committed
> numerous inchoate crimes incidental to these substantive offences that
> under the Nuremberg Charter, Judgment, and Principles as well as
> paragraph 500 of U.S. Army Field Manual 27-10 are international crimes
> in their own right: planning and preparation---which they are
> currently doing today against Iran and Pakistan---solicitation,
> incitement, conspiracy, complicity, attempt, aiding and abetting.
>
> Finally, according to basic principles of international criminal law
> set forth in paragraph 501 of U.S. Army Field Manual 27-10, all high
> level civilian officials and military officers in the U.S. government
> who either knew or should have known that soldiers or civilians under
> their control (such as the C.I.A. or private contractors), committed
> or were about to commit international crimes and failed to take the
> measures necessary to stop them, or to punish them, or both, are
> likewise personally responsible for the commission of international
> crimes.
>
> At the very top of America's criminal chain-of-command are President
> Bush and Vice-President Cheney; former U.S. Secretary of Defense
> Rumsfeld; Rumsfeld's Deputy Paul Wolfowitz; Secretary of State Rice;
> former Director of National Intelligence Negroponte; National Security
> Advisor Hadley; his Deputy Elliot Abrams; former U.S. Attorneys
> General Ashcroft and Gonzales, criminally responsible for the torture
> campaign launched by the Bush Jr. administration; and the Pentagon's
> Joint Chiefs of Staffs along with the appropriate Regional
> Commanders-in-Chief, especially for U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).
>
> These U.S. government officials and their immediate subordinates are
> responsible for the commission of crimes against peace, crimes against
> humanity, and war crimes as specified by the Nuremberg Charter,
> Judgment, and Principles as well as by U.S. Army Field Manual 27-10.
> Today in international legal terms, the Bush Jr. administration itself
> should now be viewed as constituting an ongoing criminal conspiracy
> under international criminal law and U.S. domestic law because of its
> formulation and undertaking of serial wars of aggression, crimes
> against peace, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in violation of
> the Nuremberg Charter, Judgment, and Principles that are legally akin
> to those perpetrated by the former Nazi regime in Germany.
>
> Of course the terrible irony of today's situation is that six decades
> ago at Nuremberg the U.S. government participated in the prosecution,
> punishment and execution of Nazi government officials for committing
> some of the same types of heinous international crimes that the
> members of the Bush administration currently inflict upon people all
> over the world. To be sure, I personally oppose the imposition of
> capital punishment upon any human being for any reason no matter how
> monstrous their crimes, whether they be Bush Jr., Tony Blair, or
> Saddam Hussein.
>
> As a consequence, American citizens possess the basic right under
> international law and United States domestic law, including the U.S.
> Constitution, to engage in acts of civil resistance designed to
> prevent, impede, thwart, or terminate ongoing criminal activities
> perpetrated by Bush administration officials in their conduct of
> foreign affairs policies and military operations purported to relate
> to defense and counter-terrorism. Today's civil resisters are the
> sheriffs! The Bush administration officials are the outlaws!
>
> We American citizens must reaffirm our commitment to the
> Nuremberg Charter, Judgment, and Principles by holding our government
> officials fully accountable under international law and U.S. domestic
> law for the commission of such grievous international and domestic
> crimes. We must not permit any aspect of our foreign affairs and
> defense policies to be conducted by acknowledged "war criminals"
> according to the U.S. government's own official definitions of that
> term as set forth in the Nuremberg Charter, Judgment, and Principles,
> U.S. Army Field Manual 27-10, the U.S. War Crimes Act, the Four Geneva
> Conventions and the Hague Regulations. The American people must
> insist upon the impeachment, dismissal, resignation, indictment,
> conviction, and long-term incarceration of all U.S. government
> officials guilty of such heinous international and domestic crimes.
> If not so restrained, the Bush administration could very well
> precipitate a Third World War.
>
> In this regard, during the course of an October 17, 2007 press
> conference, President Bush Jr. terrorized the entire world with the
> threat of World War III if he could not work his illegal will upon
> Iran. It is my opinion that the Bush administration is fully prepared
> to use tactical nuclear weapons against Muslim and Arab states and
> peoples in order to break the taboo of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After
> the terrible tragedy of September 11, 2001 the United States of
> America has vilified and demonized Muslims and Arabs almost to the
> same extent that America inflicted upon the Japanese and Japanese
> Americans after Pearl Harbor. As the Nazis had previously
> demonstrated with respect to the Jews, a government must first
> dehumanize and scapegoat a race of people before its citizens will
> tolerate if not approve their elimination: witness Hiroshima and
> Nagasaki. In post -9/11 America we are directly confronted with the
> prospect of a nuclear war of extermination conducted by our White
> Racist Judeo-Christian Power Elite against Peoples of Color in the
> Muslim and Arab worlds in order to steal their oil and gas. The
> Crusades all over again. But this time nuclear Armageddon stares all
> of humankind right in the face!
>
> We American lawyers must be inspired by the stunning example set by
> those heroic Pakistani lawyers who led the successful struggle against
> the brutal Bush-supported Musharraf military dictatorship in
> Pakistan. We American lawyers must now lead the fight against the
> Bush dictatorship and empire! This is /our/ Nuremberg Moment!
>
> Thank you.
>
>
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From aqmstaffo at mailbag.com Tue Sep 23 11:21:18 2008
From: aqmstaffo at mailbag.com (Daniel Stafford)
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:21:18 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Truthout and a host of others,
including many Republicans, against blank check for Bush & The Street
Message-ID: <48D9096E.4010709@mailbag.com>
Here's Truthout's articles on it, but you can look anywhere on the web
and see no one wants to hand Paulson, a former head Streeter at
Goldman-sachs, the keys to the purse with no oversight and no
accountability and nothing in it for the Public. - DS
Democrats Battling to Add Restrictions to Bailout
http://www.truthout.org/article/democrats-battling-add-restrictions-bailout
David Lightman and Margaret Talev, McClatchy Newspapers: "Congressional Democrats inched close to agreement Monday on the terms of a $700 billion rescue package to stabilize shaky financial markets, but continued to encounter White House resistance to key points. 'The Bush administration has called on Congress to rubber-stamp its bailout legislation without serious debate or efforts to improve it. That will not happen,' said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev."
Obama Outlines Plan to Reform Washington's "Greed and Excesses"
http://www.truthout.org/article/obama-outlines-plan-reform-washingtons-greed-and-excesses
David Nather, Congressional Quarterly: "Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama outlined a broad plan to 'reform the greed and excesses of Washington' on Monday, calling for a series of changes in the way Congress does business. It's not clear whether Democratic leaders in Congress are willing to go along with what their party's nominee is suggesting. The plan goes well beyond responding to the financial meltdown, which has become Washington's top priority. It would require Congress, among other things, to hold all conference committee meetings and committee markups in public and spell out who benefits from all tax breaks in all new tax bills - in keeping with the open-government theme the senator from Illinois has championed throughout his campaign."
$13 Billion in Iraq Aid Wasted or Stolen, Ex-Investigator Says
http://www.truthout.org/article/13-billion-iraq-aid-wasted-or-stolen-ex-investigator-says
Dana Hedgpeth, The Washington Post: "A former Iraqi official estimated yesterday that more than $13 billion meant for reconstruction projects in Iraq was wasted or stolen through elaborate fraud schemes. Salam Adhoob, a former chief investigator for Iraq's Commission on Public Integrity, told the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, an arm of the Democratic caucus, that an Iraqi auditing bureau 'could not properly account for' the money."
David Sirota | The $700 Billion Questions
http://www.truthout.org/article/the-700-billion-questions
David Sirota, In These Times: "If a museum in the next superpower nation ever commemorates the decline of the last great superpower, it will make the two-and-a-half page bill introduced this week the center of the display. Just as they do today at the National Archives' Declaration of Independence exhibit, tourists in the future-perhaps in Beijing, perhaps somewhere else-will line up to see a framed draft of this week's White House legislation demanding Congress surrender its power of the purse, and give an unelected appointee-in this case, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson-the power to hand over $700 billion of taxpayer money to 'any financial institution,' 'without limitation?on such terms and conditions as determined by [him].' In a nation priding itself on separating powers between the branches of government, the bill explicitly states that decisions by Paulson may not even 'be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.'"
From hal at drxyzzy.org Tue Sep 23 11:32:26 2008
From: hal at drxyzzy.org (Hal Snyder)
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:32:26 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Truthout and a host of others,
including many Republicans,
against blank check for Bush & The Street
In-Reply-To: <48D9096E.4010709@mailbag.com>
References: <48D9096E.4010709@mailbag.com>
Message-ID:
The bail-out proposal looks like standard Shock Doctrine procedure.
Compare the PATRIOT act after 9/11, or see Michel Chossudovsky's "The
Globalization of Poverty" for a long-range view of the process.
From Danny Schechter's blog this morning (note boldface text):
http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/
WHATS IN THE ?PLAN??
And from Peter B. Collins:
Just a brief note to draw your attention to the remarkable language
proposed by Treasury for the bailout bill. It sets the Secretary up
as the dictator of the plan, allowing him to deputize individuals or
subcontract with corporations with no oversight or controls. And then:
Sec. 8. Review.
Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are
non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be
reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.
In a single sentence, the administration is attempting to upend the
Constitution, preventing Congress or the courts from any review of
the bailout. This is an invitation to fraud greater than the problems
purported to be addressed. Ordinarily, David Addington writes signing
statements that assert these executive powers, this time they are so
bold they put it right up front.
Please do all you can to expose this to public scrutiny, and urge the
House and Senate to debate this and amend it to stop this power grab,
maintain separation of powers, and provide proper oversight and
regulation of this trillion dollar package.
On Sep 23, 2008, at 10:21 AM, Daniel Stafford wrote:
> Here's Truthout's articles on it, but you can look anywhere on the
> web and see no one wants to hand Paulson, a former head Streeter at
> Goldman-sachs, the keys to the purse with no oversight and no
> accountability and nothing in it for the Public. - DS
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From aqmstaffo at mailbag.com Tue Sep 23 11:52:22 2008
From: aqmstaffo at mailbag.com (Daniel Stafford)
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:52:22 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Whille millions pay half their income or more on
housing, Paulson's former corp is the bailout winner
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No blank checks!
**Millions spend half of income on housing*
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7.5 million struggling to survive. _Parents
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move in with kids, up 67% to 3.6 million.
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*Revealed: Paulson's former firm to gain most from bailout*
*Live stream: Banking crisis hearing in House*
*Paulson to Congress: US in 'dire' peril*
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From: edward_rynearson at yahoo.com (Edward Rynearson)
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:25:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Francis A Boyle - Additional Media
Message-ID: <685026.25978.qm@web30007.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Francis A Boyle - Additional Media
http://www.radiodujour.com/people/boyle_francis/
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From: Walterb306 at cs.com (Walterb306 at cs.com)
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:00:14 EDT
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Fwd: Urge Jim Lehrer to ask the candidates about
Israeli settlements
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All,
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From hal at drxyzzy.org Tue Sep 23 17:51:15 2008
From: hal at drxyzzy.org (Hal Snyder)
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:51:15 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] financial predator overshoot;
A.M. Best revises health insurance rating
References: <7e6e14470809230923h69543d7awf1c4ed756eb37e41@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID:
Economic shocks from the financial crisis bring collateral damage to
the health insurance business.
The item below is from Don McCanne's Quote-of-the-day single-payer
list. Within the dry business prose is a picture of working people
paying more for less health care and going without health insurance
in increasing numbers, as insurers battle with other financial
megasaurs over dwindling cash to be extracted from the people.
Overall, the analogy with ecosystem collapse from predator overshoot
should be apparent. But we are conditioned not to see such things.
Compare Historical Overfishing and the Recent Collapse of Coastal
Ecosystems, Is California on the Brink of Environmental Collapse?,
Mass Extinction Underway, etc.
Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Don McCanne"
> Date: September 23, 2008 11:23:42 AM CDT
> To: Quote-of-the-Day
> Subject: qotd: A.M. Best revises health insurance rating to negative
>
> MarketWatch
> September 18, 2008
> A.M. Best Revises Rating Outlook of U.S. Life/Health Companies to
> Negative
>
> Although fundamentals for the vast majority of life/health companies
> are currently sound, uncertainty continues to be widespread in terms
> of the future direction of the economy, real estate values, interest
> rates, equity markets--both domestically and globally--and liquidity.
> All of these factors have had an impact on life/health insurers'
> balance sheet strength and operating performance.
>
> As the federal government takes unprecedented steps to promote
> stability in financial markets and limit damage to the broader
> economy, A.M. Best notes both the political uncertainty of the
> upcoming Presidential election as well as the enhanced regulatory
> scrutiny that currently pervades the life/health industry. These
> issues are most prevalent across health insurance product lines, which
> are influenced significantly by regulation at both the federal and
> state levels. As a result, A.M. Best has revised the rating outlook on
> the health insurance industry to negative.
>
> With employers dropping coverage, and politicians and regulators
> seeking ways to provide coverage for the uninsured, the individual
> medical market has become ultra competitive. A.M. Best has similar
> concerns with the small group medical market as large, national
> managed care companies compete despite low profit margins.
>
> Moreover, the current economic environment is placing additional
> pressures on the managed care sector. The commercial market has been
> extremely competitive for some time with limited growth potential.
> Layoffs and bankruptcies will impact commercial enrollment, while cost
> factors could pressure employees to drop coverage. Many publicly
> traded managed care companies have increased their financial leverage
> over the past year mainly for share repurchase and acquisitions (with
> goodwill), all of which increase balance sheet risk. While A.M. Best
> acknowledges that managed care companies tend to have more liquid and
> conservative investment portfolios due to the short-tailed nature of
> the claims, the issues that have emerged on Wall Street, and in the
> real estate market, are expected to result in writedowns of certain
> investments.
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From futurenotwritten at yahoo.com Tue Sep 23 22:46:17 2008
From: futurenotwritten at yahoo.com (Jay Becker)
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:46:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] "Beneath the Surface" today on KPFK
Message-ID: <491393.3459.qm@web33501.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
The Tuesday Edition of Beneath the Surface, with Michael Slate, on KPFK 90.7 FM
Tuesday, September 23, 2008, Beneath the Surface with Michael Slate, from 5:00 to 6:00 PM, Pacific Time on KPFK, 90.7 FM.?
?NOT IN THE LA AREA? You can listen online at www.kpfk.org, click "listenlive." In Santa Barbara, tune in at 98.7 FM.
This week's guests:
?Raymond Lotta on the global economic meltdown. "This is a
financial crisis of historic proportions. And like many other events in
the world, this crisis points to the fundamental irrationality and
cruelty of the system. It also shows the vulnerability of imperialism
to sharp turns that could open up new possibilities for revolutionary
advance," from "Financial Meltdown and the Madness of Imperialism," http://rwor.org/a/127/EconomyMeltdown-en.html.?Raymond
Lotta is a Maoist political economist who gives a unique perspective on
the world economy. His most recent series of articles, "Shifts and
Faultlines in the World Economy and Great Power Rivalry, What Is
Happening and What It Might Mean," is available at revcom.us.
??
Wendy
Kout, co-writer, and Wendie Malick, actress, will talk about the play,
"Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Helen Gahagan Douglas." Based on Helen
Gahagan Douglas' life, the play follows the life of this liberal
California congresswoman whose career was ended by Richard Nixon's
anti-communist / anti-Semitic smear campaign in a 1950 Senate race.
These tactics earned Nixon the name "Tricky Dick." The play will be
presented in a stage reading, October 2, at The Landmark in West LA.
Robert Redford and John Cusack are Honorary Hosts for the evening, a
benefit for The Nation magazine.
Declare It Now! Wear Orange!
Impeach Bush & Cheney for War Crimes
& Crimes against Humanity!
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From: edward_rynearson at yahoo.com (Edward Rynearson)
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:14:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] UL Whistleblower Kevin Ryan recaps recent NIST WTC7
Report
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Chris Burnett talks to former UL employee Kevin Ryan about the recent NIST public pronouncements of how WTC7 fell and how previously unknown phenomenon were responsible for its miraculous free fall collapse.
http://www.radiodujour.com/people/ryan_kevin/
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From aqmstaffo at mailbag.com Wed Sep 24 11:17:21 2008
From: aqmstaffo at mailbag.com (Daniel Stafford)
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:17:21 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Who Needs A Bailout? Reviving National Service in a
Big Way
Message-ID: <48DA5A01.3030906@mailbag.com>
William J. Astore | Reviving National Service in a Big Way
http://www.truthout.org/092408N
William J. Astore, TomDispatch.com: "... Amazingly enough, ordinary Americans generally don't want bail-outs, nor do they want handouts. What they normally want is honorable work, decent wages, and a government willing to wake up and help them contribute to a national restoration."
From geri at thetwofacesofmoney.com Wed Sep 24 12:11:17 2008
From: geri at thetwofacesofmoney.com (Geri Perry)
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:11:17 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] The End of Money
Message-ID: <48DA66A5.9020803@thetwofacesofmoney.com>
/The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to
understand the exponential function. / ~Dr. Albert Bartlett
The End of Money Article, vividly explaining the exponential function as
the root of the problem with the current system:
http://www.chrismartenson.com/the_end_of_money
THIS is how the bailout will screw you, 5 minutes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OTM8Y3a5zQ
You're being lied to, 10 minutes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6ZHOxJLUGI also at:
http://www.fedupusa.org/
THERE IS AN HONORABLE WAY OUT: DEMAND THE CONGRESS ISSUE DEBT "FREE" MONEY!
See this page, especially bottom 4 steps:
http://www.thetwofacesofmoney.com/index.php/Site/MonetaryReformProposals
- and read Part II of my book, carefully.
"The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the
people, to whom it properly belongs." - Thomas Jefferson
gerip
From geri at thetwofacesofmoney.com Wed Sep 24 13:10:54 2008
From: geri at thetwofacesofmoney.com (Geri Perry)
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:10:54 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Who Needs A Bailout? Reviving National Service
in a Big Way
In-Reply-To: <48DA5A01.3030906@mailbag.com>
References: <48DA5A01.3030906@mailbag.com>
Message-ID: <48DA749E.8050000@thetwofacesofmoney.com>
The article makes some good points, including the fact that Americans do
want to work and provide for themselves and their families . . .
. .but the article goes WAY off track in suggesting national service as
a solution. Keep in mind that FDR's programs did NOT get us out of the
depression. We got out of the depression when we entered WWII, and asked
the Fed to "loan" us money it did NOT have but was allowed to create
"out of nothing"!!
FDR's initiatives actually resulted in a top-down managed economy, and a
bunch of alphabet soup agencies funded by deficit spending (making them
ripe for corruptive influences), which are allowed - unconstitutionally
and along with the President - to create laws and regulations through
the Federal Register.
About this, PLEASE read this short page:
http://www.thetwofacesofmoney.com/index.php/Site/AWordAboutCorporations
and read Part I of my book, carefully.
If we agree that we are dealing with an unresponsive government,
hellbent are ignoring the Constitution and Bill of Rights - or at the
very least a government and a Court willing to bend its original meaning
and purpose in order to serve a corporate agenda - or a chosen group of
people no matter who they be - then WHY would we want yet another
national program which is certain to be maneuvered to serve interests
other than We the People in the broadest and best sense?
We cannot have out cake a and eat it too. The Constitution and Bill of
Rights was written so as to LIMIT the powers of the federal government,
and this was a good thing because it made the citizen "sovereign" -
endowed with unalienable rights. Unfortunately we allowed ourselves to
be led by Alexander Hamilton - and his international banking friends -
who wanted a strong central government and large public debt to "cement
it all together."
Degree by degree, that's exactly what we got, and we are now facing a
real armageddon unless we get our facts and our goals straight.
McFadden had it right when he said:
Mr. Chairman, when the Fed was passed, the people of these
United States did not perceive that a world system was being set
up here which would make the savings of the American school
teacher available to a narcotic-drug vendor in Acapulco. They did
not perceive that these United States was to be lowered to the
position of a coolie country which has nothing but raw material
and heart, that Russia was destined to supply the man power and
that this country was to supply the financial power to an
"international superstate". A superstate controlled by
international bankers, and international industrialists acting
together to enslave the world for their own pleasure?
gerip
Daniel Stafford wrote:
> William J. Astore | Reviving National Service in a Big Way
> http://www.truthout.org/092408N
> William J. Astore, TomDispatch.com: "... Amazingly enough, ordinary
> Americans generally don't want bail-outs, nor do they want handouts.
> What they normally want is honorable work, decent wages, and a
> government willing to wake up and help them contribute to a national
> restoration."
>
> _______________________________________________
> CitizensTruth mailing list
> CitizensTruth at six.pairlist.net
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/citizenstruth
> website: http://citizenstruth.info
From mjkirk12 at yahoo.com Wed Sep 24 14:38:24 2008
From: mjkirk12 at yahoo.com (Mike Kirk)
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:38:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Who Needs A Bailout? Reviving National Service
in a Big Way
In-Reply-To: <48DA749E.8050000@thetwofacesofmoney.com>
Message-ID: <67540.78458.qm@web83807.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
We already have a form of national service - 15% + of our wages are taxed away - so we effectively are 'national servants'.
-Mike
--- On Wed, 9/24/08, Geri Perry wrote:
From: Geri Perry
Subject: Re: [CitizensTruth] Who Needs A Bailout? Reviving National Service in a Big Way
To: "Daniel Stafford"
Cc: "IL Progressive Dems" , "Citizen's Truth"
Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 12:10 PM
The article makes some good points, including the fact that Americans do
want to work and provide for themselves and their families . . .
. .but the article goes WAY off track in suggesting national service as
a solution. Keep in mind that FDR's programs did NOT get us out of the
depression. We got out of the depression when we entered WWII, and asked
the Fed to "loan" us money it did NOT have but was allowed to create
"out of nothing"!!
FDR's initiatives actually resulted in a top-down managed economy, and a
bunch of alphabet soup agencies funded by deficit spending (making them
ripe for corruptive influences), which are allowed - unconstitutionally
and along with the President - to create laws and regulations through
the Federal Register.
About this, PLEASE read this short page:
http://www.thetwofacesofmoney.com/index.php/Site/AWordAboutCorporations
and read Part I of my book, carefully.
If we agree that we are dealing with an unresponsive government,
hellbent are ignoring the Constitution and Bill of Rights - or at the
very least a government and a Court willing to bend its original meaning
and purpose in order to serve a corporate agenda - or a chosen group of
people no matter who they be - then WHY would we want yet another
national program which is certain to be maneuvered to serve interests
other than We the People in the broadest and best sense?
We cannot have out cake a and eat it too. The Constitution and Bill of
Rights was written so as to LIMIT the powers of the federal government,
and this was a good thing because it made the citizen "sovereign" -
endowed with unalienable rights. Unfortunately we allowed ourselves to
be led by Alexander Hamilton - and his international banking friends -
who wanted a strong central government and large public debt to "cement
it all together."
Degree by degree, that's exactly what we got, and we are now facing a
real armageddon unless we get our facts and our goals straight.
McFadden had it right when he said:
Mr. Chairman, when the Fed was passed, the people of these
United States did not perceive that a world system was being set
up here which would make the savings of the American school
teacher available to a narcotic-drug vendor in Acapulco. They did
not perceive that these United States was to be lowered to the
position of a coolie country which has nothing but raw material
and heart, that Russia was destined to supply the man power and
that this country was to supply the financial power to an
"international superstate". A superstate controlled by
international bankers, and international industrialists acting
together to enslave the world for their own pleasure?
gerip
Daniel Stafford wrote:
> William J. Astore | Reviving National Service in a Big Way
> http://www.truthout.org/092408N
> William J. Astore, TomDispatch.com: "... Amazingly enough, ordinary
> Americans generally don't want bail-outs, nor do they want handouts.
> What they normally want is honorable work, decent wages, and a
> government willing to wake up and help them contribute to a national
> restoration."
>
> _______________________________________________
> CitizensTruth mailing list
> CitizensTruth at six.pairlist.net
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/citizenstruth
> website: http://citizenstruth.info
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From geri at thetwofacesofmoney.com Wed Sep 24 14:47:24 2008
From: geri at thetwofacesofmoney.com (Geri Perry)
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:47:24 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Who Needs A Bailout? Reviving National Service
in a Big Way
In-Reply-To: <67540.78458.qm@web83807.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
References: <67540.78458.qm@web83807.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <48DA8B3C.1050607@thetwofacesofmoney.com>
If only 15% were the end of it. Taxes and fees at every level of
government are little more than a shell game to hide the real, and very
ugly truth from us. I suggest everyone study the CAFR's I mention in
Part I of my book.
As to "national service" here is a quote and comment from my book, page 73:
In his book titled Give Me Liberty, eccentric and well known defense
attorney Gerry Spence describes our current system this way: "If we are
the new American slaves, then who is our master? The New Master, like
some monster escaped from the laboratories of a noble experiment called
the American dream, is the sum total of an amoral coupling between
government and business. It looms as a monolith hybrid that is neither
government nor business and is composed of individual strands of power
that include the president, Congress, the courts?a multitude of
governing bureaus and agencies, and an immense cluster of multinational
corporations, some as wealthy as great nations."
How might we describe this economic system? Is it capitalism, fascism,
communism. . . or does it even matter all that much in the end? A scam
by any name is - after all - still a scam.
gerip
Mike Kirk wrote:
> We already have a form of national service - 15% + of our wages are
> taxed away - so we effectively are 'national servants'.
>
> -Mike
>
> --- On *Wed, 9/24/08, Geri Perry //* wrote:
>
> From: Geri Perry
> Subject: Re: [CitizensTruth] Who Needs A Bailout? Reviving
> National Service in a Big Way
> To: "Daniel Stafford"
> Cc: "IL Progressive Dems" ,
> "Citizen's Truth"
> Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 12:10 PM
>
> The article makes some good points, including the fact that Americans do
> want to work and provide for themselves and their families . . .
>
> .
> .but the article goes WAY off track in suggesting national service as
> a solution. Keep in mind that FDR's programs did NOT get us out of the
> depression. We got out of the depression when we entered WWII, and asked
> the Fed to "loan" us money it did NOT have but was allowed to create
> "out of nothing"!!
>
> FDR's initiatives actually resulted in a top-down managed economy, and a
> bunch of alphabet soup agencies funded by deficit spending (making them
> ripe for corruptive influences), which are allowed - unconstitutionally
> and along with the President - to create laws and regulations through
> the Federal Register.
>
> About this, PLEASE read this short page:
> http://www.thetwofacesofmoney.com/index.php/Site/AWordAboutCorporations
> and read Part I of my book, carefully.
>
> If we agree that we are dealing with an unresponsive government,
> hellbent are ignoring the Constitution and Bill of Rights - or at the
>
> very least a government and a Court willing to bend its original meaning
> and purpose in order to serve a corporate agenda - or a chosen group of
> people no matter who they be - then WHY would we want yet another
> national program which is certain to be maneuvered to serve interests
> other than We the People in the broadest and best sense?
>
> We cannot have out cake a and eat it too. The Constitution and Bill of
> Rights was written so as to LIMIT the powers of the federal government,
> and this was a good thing because it made the citizen "sovereign" -
> endowed with unalienable rights. Unfortunately we allowed ourselves to
> be led by Alexander Hamilton - and his international banking friends -
> who wanted a strong central government and large public debt to "cement
> it all together."
>
> Degree by degree, that's exactly what we got, and we are now facing a
> real armageddon unless we get our facts and our goals
> straight.
>
> McFadden had it right when he said:
>
> Mr. Chairman, when the Fed was passed, the people of these
> United States did not perceive that a world system was being set
> up here which would make the savings of the American school
> teacher available to a narcotic-drug vendor in Acapulco. They did
> not perceive that these United States was to be lowered to the
> position of a coolie country which has nothing but raw material
> and heart, that Russia was destined to supply the man power and
> that this country was to supply the financial power to an
> "international superstate". A superstate controlled by
> international bankers, and international industrialists acting
> together to enslave the world for their own pleasure?
>
> gerip
>
> Daniel Stafford wrote:
> > William J. Astore | Reviving National Service in a Big Way
> > http://www.truthout.org/092408N
> > William J. Astore, TomDispatch.com: "...
> Amazingly enough, ordinary
> > Americans generally don't want bail-outs, nor do they want handouts.
> > What they normally want is honorable work, decent wages, and a
> > government willing to wake up and help them contribute to a national
> > restoration."
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > CitizensTruth mailing list
> > CitizensTruth at six.pairlist.net
> > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/citizenstruth
> > website: http://citizenstruth.info
> _______________________________________________
> CitizensTruth mailing list
> CitizensTruth at six.pairlist.net
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/citizenstruth
> website: http://citizenstruth.info
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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>
From Walterb306 at cs.com Wed Sep 24 15:34:47 2008
From: Walterb306 at cs.com (Walterb306 at cs.com)
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:34:47 EDT
Subject: [CitizensTruth] Who Needs A Bailout? Reviving National Service
in a Big Way
Message-ID:
All,
We could begin with townhall meetings all across the US where citizens put
together pragmatic steps, in general terms. to reaffirm democratic principles
and redefine capitolism.
Here are some steps to consider:
1. Restoration of effective regulations for the financial sector, including
holding those accountable whose actions led to the current finanical crisis
2. Hiatus to rewarding companies that take jobs overseas, and instead reward
those that keep or create jobs here.
3. Reinstatment of higher level of income tax for top 1-2%
4. Closing of off-shore tax loops
5. Prosecution of those officials who have violated laws or abused their
authority
6. Public financing of elections
7. Paper ballots
8. Health care for all Americans
9. End of lobbyists crafting legislation
10. End of revolving door politics
11. Charter term limit for corporations with periodic examination
12. End of defining corporations as "persons" when to their benefit while
failing to hold them accountable for damages they cause.
13. Increased support for community based and community controlled media,
including TV
14. Official rejection of all signing statements plus amending or deleting
abuse-of-power sections from legislation already passed.
15. Reinstatement of protective tariffs (ours is around 5% or so,
apparently, at least on some items, while China's is 20-30%)
16. Strong alternative energy, green policy to promote these new sectors and
protect the environment
17. Quality education for all children
18. Foreign policy based on negotiation and cooperation.
19. End to Overthrow black ops
20. Reexamination and reduction in privatization of governmental services.
21. Creation or support of shelters/housing for the homeless
22. Support for vets when they return
23. Nationalize the Fed
24. End to warrantless spying on citizens
25. Withdrawal of troops from Iraq and responsible pull back from bases
around the world (in some 130 countries).
26. Responsible and fair immigration policy
27. End to abusive labor practices both in US and abroad by US companies
28. Reestablish oversight functioning of departments designed to protect the
US citizen from dangerous products.
Many of these items are either common sense, or a matter of enforcing what is
already on the books.
There are many people in the government who sincerely seek to serve the
public well. It is up to the public to pressure Congress and the Administration to
let them do their jobs. We have to hold their feet to the fire, or, to put
it another way, give them the backbone.
Beverley
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From edward_rynearson at yahoo.com Wed Sep 24 21:37:36 2008
From: edward_rynearson at yahoo.com (Edward Rynearson)
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:37:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] David Ray Griffin on 9/11 Truth and Amy Goodman on
Troops preparing for crowd control
Message-ID: <431830.81549.qm@web30003.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Alex Jones talks to David Ray Griffin about the current state of the 9/11 truth movement, how far we've come and how far we have to go taking the message mainstream.
http://www.radiodujour.com/people/griffin_david_ray/
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman covers the army?s new homeland mission to patrol U.S. streets and control unruly civilians with ?non-lethal? weaponry.
http://www.radiodujour.com/people/goodman_amy/
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From aqmstaffo at mailbag.com Thu Sep 25 12:34:57 2008
From: aqmstaffo at mailbag.com (Daniel Stafford)
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:34:57 -0500
Subject: [CitizensTruth] $700Bn for a temporary fix??? NOT!!!
In-Reply-To: <20080925024236.39945703@democrats.com>
References: <20080925024236.39945703@democrats.com>
Message-ID: <48DBBDB1.6050700@mailbag.com>
If we do what Bushcrew is proposing, this problem will just come back to
haunt us all again in a few months and be even WORSE.
The real problem with the economy is that its primary driver - the
middle class - is out of money to squeeze.
Everyone has been sqeezing and squeezing until the middle class has been
bled dry - it's just that many haven't figured that out yet. They still
have a little room on the credit cards, or they bought their house 15 or
20 years ago - but done the way Bushcrew wants, this will get them in
the next round.
Raise property taxes every year - squeeze!
Bank fees for every little microservice the banks can think of - squeeze!
Pay more and more for every form of insurance - squeeze!
Pay for more of the medical expenses and prescriptions insurance won't
cover - squeeze!
Higher - deregulated - utility bills - squeeze!
Higher gasoline taxes and income taxes and sales taxes - squeeze!
School registration fees in addition to property taxes - squeeze!
Higher college tuition fees and higher interest rates on them - squeeze!
These are just the biggest things, there are myriad littler things
pinching money off the middle class. The list goes on and on and on and on.
The problem is, the middle class probably uses 4/5 or so of all the
goods and services purchased every year - until this one. There's
nothing left to squeeze - in fact, they've squeezed SO much that the
middle class can no longer even meet obligations in addition to extras.
Why do you think credit card use and debt is so high? People are buying
food and gas or paying bills with them. It isn't luxury vacations or
bling, its basic necessities.
4/5 of the economy can no longer afford to participate in the economy.
They simply don't have the money left!
But wait! Bushcrew wants to add a little less than $3,000.00 to the
bills of every man, woman, and child in the country - squeeze! -
squeeze! - squeeze! - squeeze! They are going to press the body until
there's not even any red moisture left in it!
Who is going to buy ANYTHING?? RICH GUYS?? Puuuuhlease!
If you have a guy with 20 cars and ten houses, guess what? he can only
drive one car at a time! He can only live in one house at a time! Even
if he goes to a different house every night, he will still only spend a
fraction in the local economies he lives in as what 10 families in 10
houses and 20 cars would spend. The families will spend money for gas
and groceries and utilities and etc. every day almost in each of the 10
houses - but the rich guy might buy gas at one house one day, groceries
at the next house, toys for the kids at the next, and so on.
If the middle class isn't made middle class again, the economy will
continue to tank until it stops. The middle class economic engine is out
of gas. If you suck on the tank inlet until there's a huge vacuum, which
is what this bailout does, you'll make the problems WORSE!
Kiss my hiney, Bush & Paulson & Wall Street. You have no economy left to
bail out because you don't have a real middle class anymore. You
squuezed to much, and there's nothing left. If you want to fix the
economy, get the middle class truly breathing again. Otherwise that
money you're slipping out of the corpse's pockets will be totally
worthless in a very short while.
Dan Stafford
Democrats.com wrote:
>
> Democrats.com, the Aggressive Progressives - 500,000 strong and growing!
>
> *TODAY: March Against Paulson's Plunder*
>
> On Wednesday, George Bush went on TV to sweet-talk Americans into
> letting him *steal $700 billion of our tax dollars* - $2,333 for every
> man, woman, and child - to bail out his greedy rich friends on Wall
> Street.
>
> Today (Thursday) Bush will meet with Democratic and Republican leaders
> to finalize a deal that gives Bush nearly everything he wants,
> but nothing America needs:
>
> * The people who caused the problem or profited most should pay
> for it
> * Re-regulate to prevent this from happening again
> * Include Main Street in the bailout and invest in a new
> productive economy
>
> Worst of all, it's another massive fraud. Bush lied to our faces when
> he promised to buy toxic securities "at their current low prices...
> and we expect that much, if not all, of the tax dollars we invest will
> be paid back."
>
> Bull. This is the same administration that promised the invasion of
> Iraq would pay for itself through lower oil prices. The cost of that
> disaster is now *$3 trillion* and climbing, not to mention millions
> dead, maimed, or exiled.
>
> So make no mistake: every penny we give Bush now will be used to
> greatly overpay for securities that will lose most of their value. We
> will pay the price for decades, which is why dozens of economists
> oppose Bush's fraud
> .
>
> Democrats.com members have sent nearly 100,000 emails to our Senators
> and Representatives opposing Paulson's Plunder. *But Congress is
> moving fast, so we must too*.
>
> *Today* (Thursday) there will be *emergency afternoon street protests*
> across the country. Please find the nearest protest and bring a sign
> and a friend:
> http://tinyurl.com/3sh2cb
>
> *And call your Senators and Representative right now* to say "No $700
> Billion Bailout for Wall Street" - dial the Capitol switchboard at
> 800-473-6711 or 202-224-3121 or dial direct using the instant phone
> lookup on the right side of http://usalone.com
>
> And if you have not *e**mailed your Senators and Representative*,
> please do it now:
> http://www.democrats.com/stop-paulsons-plunder
>
>
> Thanks for all you do!
>
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>
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From mjkirk12 at yahoo.com Thu Sep 25 12:50:05 2008
From: mjkirk12 at yahoo.com (Mike Kirk)
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:50:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [CitizensTruth] $700Bn for a temporary fix??? NOT!!!
In-Reply-To: <48DBBDB1.6050700@mailbag.com>
Message-ID: <762766.25734.qm@web83826.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
Didn't BushCrew promise to give Billions to the victims of the Asian Tsunami a few years ago but never wrote the check?
Maybe this will be the same thing, empty promises to pay.
-Mike
--- On Thu, 9/25/08, Daniel Stafford wrote:
From: Daniel Stafford
Subject: [CitizensTruth] $700Bn for a temporary fix??? NOT!!!
To: "IL Progressive Dems" , "AB_Progressives" , "Progressive"