I recommend Movie "In the Valley of Elah".
This movie has the potential to bring Americans back together. It is a heroic piece of work. I'm not going to say much about it except that I think everybody needs to see it.
-- Mark Frankenberg
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Sunday, September 30, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Asshole.
Asshole.
A beautiful, touching, tasteful, sensitive tribute to those "special" people in our lives:
http://www.filmstripinternational.com/index.php
I wouldn't be surprised if folks might see guerrilla guitarists covering this at random locations.
Kudos to http://www.tampasbackdoor.blogspot.com/
-- Mark Frankenberg
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A beautiful, touching, tasteful, sensitive tribute to those "special" people in our lives:
http://www.filmstripinternational.com/index.php
I wouldn't be surprised if folks might see guerrilla guitarists covering this at random locations.
Kudos to http://www.tampasbackdoor.blogspot.com/
-- Mark Frankenberg
HEAR the MUSIC. Read the BOOK.
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Saturday, September 22, 2007
Repugs Attack Free Speech Again
Repugs Attack Free Speech Again
As soon as I heard "Cornyn" I knew it was a goose-stepping move. He and rep. Sensenbrenner are a couple of the worst tory/toadies in the legislative branch. Remember how they used to stubbornly storm out of the room and in other ways wholly ignore appeals to reason by their fellow legislators, all the time when the Repugs were in the majority?
You know who's really selling out this country? All the kiss-asses in the Senate who are NOT DOING THEIR JOBS. They are HANDING OVER their POWER to the EXECUTIVE BRANCH. THEY ARE ACTING AS AGENTS OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. This is the destruction of the republic.
It's the way Hitler came to power.
This HAND-OFF of POWER by the legislature is TREASON.
FUCKING TRAITORS.
THIS INCLUDES many of the Democrats too.
http://www.moveon.org/
"The U.S. Senate Just told You to Sit down and Be Quiet"
http://www.moveon.org/
Sign their statement.
Send them some money.
Get with your Church, your Union, your Fellow Students. Save your Country.
Protest in the Streets.
-- Mark Frankenberg
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As soon as I heard "Cornyn" I knew it was a goose-stepping move. He and rep. Sensenbrenner are a couple of the worst tory/toadies in the legislative branch. Remember how they used to stubbornly storm out of the room and in other ways wholly ignore appeals to reason by their fellow legislators, all the time when the Repugs were in the majority?
You know who's really selling out this country? All the kiss-asses in the Senate who are NOT DOING THEIR JOBS. They are HANDING OVER their POWER to the EXECUTIVE BRANCH. THEY ARE ACTING AS AGENTS OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. This is the destruction of the republic.
It's the way Hitler came to power.
This HAND-OFF of POWER by the legislature is TREASON.
FUCKING TRAITORS.
THIS INCLUDES many of the Democrats too.
http://www.moveon.org/
"The U.S. Senate Just told You to Sit down and Be Quiet"
http://www.moveon.org/
Sign their statement.
Send them some money.
Get with your Church, your Union, your Fellow Students. Save your Country.
Protest in the Streets.
-- Mark Frankenberg
HEAR the MUSIC. Read the BOOK.
get a FREE "Just Say NO to Fascism" Bumper Sticker
http://www.AmericanWisdom.org
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Student Tasered for Asking Questions
Student Tasered for Asking Questions
Tasering is Torture at the Touch of a Button.
Arresting People for asking Questions is Un-American.
John Kerry was complicit in the continuation of the Bush Regime. He Took a Dive.
The audience was clearly pleased that Andrew Meyer asked these questions. The police decided that free speech should not be tolerated.
http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2007/09/18/university_taser/
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video of University of Florida cops subduing 21-year-old Andrew Meyer with a Taser after the student asked Sen. John Kerry a few niggling questions (War Room has Kerry's response).
"
http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2007/09/18/university_taser/
-- Mark Frankenberg
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Tasering is Torture at the Touch of a Button.
Arresting People for asking Questions is Un-American.
John Kerry was complicit in the continuation of the Bush Regime. He Took a Dive.
The audience was clearly pleased that Andrew Meyer asked these questions. The police decided that free speech should not be tolerated.
http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2007/09/18/university_taser/
"
video of University of Florida cops subduing 21-year-old Andrew Meyer with a Taser after the student asked Sen. John Kerry a few niggling questions (War Room has Kerry's response).
"
http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2007/09/18/university_taser/
-- Mark Frankenberg
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Monday, September 17, 2007
DC citizens taxed but not represented
DC Citizens taxed but not represented.
http://www.tampasbackdoor.blogspot.com/
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The DC Voting Rights Act, giving the citizens of the District of Columbia a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, is being filibustered - delayed to death - by the Republican leadership.
Not since 1964 has a voting rights bill been threatened with a filibuster.
..
Bob EdgarPresident, Common Cause
...
nationwide call-in on Monday: 1.866.346.3008 (toll-free)
"
http://www.tampasbackdoor.blogspot.com/
Call the Senate and tell them to Support the DC House Voting Rights Act. Reference Bill # S-1257.
The Filibuster is Cynical, Anti-Social, and just plain WRONG.
Demand the vote for the nearly 600,000 Americans living in the nation's capital.
Nationwide Call-in on TODAY 17sept07: 1.866.346.3008 (toll-free)
http://www.dcvote.org/
-- Mark Frankenberg
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http://www.tampasbackdoor.blogspot.com/
"
The DC Voting Rights Act, giving the citizens of the District of Columbia a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, is being filibustered - delayed to death - by the Republican leadership.
Not since 1964 has a voting rights bill been threatened with a filibuster.
..
Bob EdgarPresident, Common Cause
...
nationwide call-in on Monday: 1.866.346.3008 (toll-free)
"
http://www.tampasbackdoor.blogspot.com/
Call the Senate and tell them to Support the DC House Voting Rights Act. Reference Bill # S-1257.
The Filibuster is Cynical, Anti-Social, and just plain WRONG.
Demand the vote for the nearly 600,000 Americans living in the nation's capital.
Nationwide Call-in on TODAY 17sept07: 1.866.346.3008 (toll-free)
http://www.dcvote.org/
-- Mark Frankenberg
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Spoiler could Cause Bathtub Drowning: Ron Paul Nader Perot
Spoiler could Cause Bathtub Drowning: Ron Paul Nader Perot
"Drown it in a Bathtub" comes to mind right off the bat.
Ron Paul's Platform sounds too good to be true: "Support the Constitution.. Undo the Police State, end the FED, nix the Income Tax, out of Iraq, No to an Attack on Iran"
If it sounds too good to be true, it's NOT True.
Under a pseudo-Ayn-Rand-ian scenario, education and healthcare and infrastructure and public safety in general would be gradually gutted and sold off to the highest bidder. The power would be completely handed off to the moneyed interests and the middle and lower classes in America would be left to rot.
Notice all the money going into this Ron Paul Effort.
Reminds me of Nader and Perot. Both of those guys said some good stuff, but because we don't have instant runoff voting in America yet, when you cast a vote for a hopeful like that, and then he doesn't win, the door is open for the worst possible choice to step in.
I don't like Romney
I don't like Guliani
I don't like McCain
I don't like Clinton
I don't find Obama especially inspiring
I don't see Edwards as much better than Bill Clinton was, but I DO like that he's been fighting corporate power..some.. and winning. He's tied in with the power structure and could be complicit in a future attack on Iran.
I DO like Kucinich.
Mike Gravel's worth Watching too.
This "Drown [the government] in a Bathtub" mentality (using the bogus notion of "corporate personhood" and then using a "libertarian" stance to stand up for the rights [including the right to bear arms] of corporate power) opens the door fully for rich crooks and puts the idea of government of, for and by the people, even further out of reach. I believe that Ron Paul probably means well, as did Nader and Perot, but I also believe that there is a LOT of cynical, anti-social, behind-the-scenes Republican Energy going into creating a fevor around Ron Paul, just so they have a shot at keeping the Democrats out of the White House in 2008.
And some of the nods I see the Ron Paul camp giving toward the racists, the religious wackos and those just looking for scapegoats, should be cause for alarm too. Don't be a sucker for hatred and fear.
Time for a history lesson:
Republicans represent the monied interests (I.E. Rich Crooks).
Democrats are supposed to represent working people (I.E. Me and You).
The Democratic Party is in large part whoring itself out to the monied interests as a result of the largely successful attacks from the monied interests (Red Scare, Cold War, Union-Busting, etc.)
What do I make of all this mess?
Support Kucinich or Mike Gravel for the White House in '08. Put Ron Paul in all the debates (a' la Perot '92).
If Edwards wins the primary I'll back him but I'd rather see Kucinich or Gravel.
And make Instant-Runoff Voting a campaign issue.
-- Mark Frankenberg
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"Drown it in a Bathtub" comes to mind right off the bat.
Ron Paul's Platform sounds too good to be true: "Support the Constitution.. Undo the Police State, end the FED, nix the Income Tax, out of Iraq, No to an Attack on Iran"
If it sounds too good to be true, it's NOT True.
Under a pseudo-Ayn-Rand-ian scenario, education and healthcare and infrastructure and public safety in general would be gradually gutted and sold off to the highest bidder. The power would be completely handed off to the moneyed interests and the middle and lower classes in America would be left to rot.
Notice all the money going into this Ron Paul Effort.
Reminds me of Nader and Perot. Both of those guys said some good stuff, but because we don't have instant runoff voting in America yet, when you cast a vote for a hopeful like that, and then he doesn't win, the door is open for the worst possible choice to step in.
I don't like Romney
I don't like Guliani
I don't like McCain
I don't like Clinton
I don't find Obama especially inspiring
I don't see Edwards as much better than Bill Clinton was, but I DO like that he's been fighting corporate power..some.. and winning. He's tied in with the power structure and could be complicit in a future attack on Iran.
I DO like Kucinich.
Mike Gravel's worth Watching too.
This "Drown [the government] in a Bathtub" mentality (using the bogus notion of "corporate personhood" and then using a "libertarian" stance to stand up for the rights [including the right to bear arms] of corporate power) opens the door fully for rich crooks and puts the idea of government of, for and by the people, even further out of reach. I believe that Ron Paul probably means well, as did Nader and Perot, but I also believe that there is a LOT of cynical, anti-social, behind-the-scenes Republican Energy going into creating a fevor around Ron Paul, just so they have a shot at keeping the Democrats out of the White House in 2008.
And some of the nods I see the Ron Paul camp giving toward the racists, the religious wackos and those just looking for scapegoats, should be cause for alarm too. Don't be a sucker for hatred and fear.
Time for a history lesson:
Republicans represent the monied interests (I.E. Rich Crooks).
Democrats are supposed to represent working people (I.E. Me and You).
The Democratic Party is in large part whoring itself out to the monied interests as a result of the largely successful attacks from the monied interests (Red Scare, Cold War, Union-Busting, etc.)
What do I make of all this mess?
Support Kucinich or Mike Gravel for the White House in '08. Put Ron Paul in all the debates (a' la Perot '92).
If Edwards wins the primary I'll back him but I'd rather see Kucinich or Gravel.
And make Instant-Runoff Voting a campaign issue.
-- Mark Frankenberg
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Friday, September 14, 2007
Guerrilla Guitars
Guerrilla Guitars
Lunchtime in front of the Bank of America Building was a great success. Many passers-by indicated their advocacy of the protest-songs I was bellowing out, with my guitar and my "Peaceful Victory Against Fascism" T-shirt draped over the music-stand that held my song-texts.
Sometime between the song about the IMF taking away the lifeblood of innocents all over the world, and the one about poor folks going to fight in wars that benefit the rich, or the one where I described all these wars and atrocities that soldiers had been asked to go commit, and how they more and more are refusing to do it, a security-uniformed person came by and asked me to take my things and go away.
We discussed briefly how the public sidewalk I was standing on did NOT belong to the bank he had just come out of, did NOT belong to the security company he was working for, but DID IN FACT belong to me, and the rest of the citizens of St. Petersburg, Florida. And it was a beautiful day. The kind of day that just makes you want to go and stand in front of the tallest building in town and serenade your neighbors.
So he went away.
Shame that some lemming goose-stepper thought that my songs of freedom were a nuisance, out there in front of the "temple of the money-changers".
If things were right in this world, the president of that bank would have come down and thanked me personally for gracing the sidewalk near his building with such PLAINLY AMERICAN music.
While things continue NOT to be right in this world, don't be surprised when you see me, or another guerrilla guitarist, pop up just about anywhere and start bellowing out Woodie Guthrie, among others.
-- Peace. Now.
-- Mark Frankenberg
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Lunchtime in front of the Bank of America Building was a great success. Many passers-by indicated their advocacy of the protest-songs I was bellowing out, with my guitar and my "Peaceful Victory Against Fascism" T-shirt draped over the music-stand that held my song-texts.
Sometime between the song about the IMF taking away the lifeblood of innocents all over the world, and the one about poor folks going to fight in wars that benefit the rich, or the one where I described all these wars and atrocities that soldiers had been asked to go commit, and how they more and more are refusing to do it, a security-uniformed person came by and asked me to take my things and go away.
We discussed briefly how the public sidewalk I was standing on did NOT belong to the bank he had just come out of, did NOT belong to the security company he was working for, but DID IN FACT belong to me, and the rest of the citizens of St. Petersburg, Florida. And it was a beautiful day. The kind of day that just makes you want to go and stand in front of the tallest building in town and serenade your neighbors.
So he went away.
Shame that some lemming goose-stepper thought that my songs of freedom were a nuisance, out there in front of the "temple of the money-changers".
If things were right in this world, the president of that bank would have come down and thanked me personally for gracing the sidewalk near his building with such PLAINLY AMERICAN music.
While things continue NOT to be right in this world, don't be surprised when you see me, or another guerrilla guitarist, pop up just about anywhere and start bellowing out Woodie Guthrie, among others.
-- Peace. Now.
-- Mark Frankenberg
HEAR the MUSIC. Read the BOOK.
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Monday, September 10, 2007
Alex Jones Arrested
Alex Jones Arrested
First of all, in order to save your country, you need to be ACTIVELY DEMONSTRATING IN PUBLIC OFTEN. NOTHING ELSE WILL SUBSTITUTE.
Call your congressmen and senators while you're out there with your sign. And the News Outlets.
http://www.infowars.com/articles/alex/alex_jones_arrested_nyc.htm
"
http://www.infowars.com/articles/alex/alex_jones_arrested_nyc.htm
-- Mark Frankenberg
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First of all, in order to save your country, you need to be ACTIVELY DEMONSTRATING IN PUBLIC OFTEN. NOTHING ELSE WILL SUBSTITUTE.
Call your congressmen and senators while you're out there with your sign. And the News Outlets.
http://www.infowars.com/articles/alex/alex_jones_arrested_nyc.htm
"
News Flash: Alex Jones Arrested by NYPD
Infowars.com | September 8, 2007
NEW YORK - Media activist Alex Jones was arrested by New York Police Department officers while filming a documentary about the sixth anniversary of September 11th and joining the protest against the official version of what happened on 9/11.
According to Infowars sources Jones was singled out by police from the head of a crowd of about 400 9/11 Truth Activists and protesters. He was verbally accosted and forced by the police officers to present identification which he was not carrying at the time.
NYPD officers arrested Jones for "unspecified charges" and removed from the protest crowd to be taken to the nearest police precinct where he currently remains.
Rob Jacobson, camera operator on Jones' documentary production crew indicated that a large portion of the protest crowd has moved to the precinct where Jones is being held to ensure his fair treatment and safe release.
More news as it develops...
"http://www.infowars.com/articles/alex/alex_jones_arrested_nyc.htm
-- Mark Frankenberg
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Friday, September 07, 2007
Watch the Movie, "Zeitgeist"
Watch the Movie, "Zeitgeist"
http://www.calgary911truth.org/my_weblog/2007/06/zeitgeist_the_m_1.html
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What do Christianity, 9/11 and The Federal Reserve have in common? This is the full Zeitgeist production. Please note the opening 3 minutes has no video - just audio.
"
http://www.calgary911truth.org/my_weblog/2007/06/zeitgeist_the_m_1.html
-- Mark Frankenberg
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http://www.calgary911truth.org/my_weblog/2007/06/zeitgeist_the_m_1.html
"
What do Christianity, 9/11 and The Federal Reserve have in common? This is the full Zeitgeist production. Please note the opening 3 minutes has no video - just audio.
"
http://www.calgary911truth.org/my_weblog/2007/06/zeitgeist_the_m_1.html
-- Mark Frankenberg
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007
First they Came for the Gays
First they Came for the Gays
Here's the Niemoller Poem first: (Niemoller was a German U-Boat Officer, and a Preacher, and a Concentration-Camp Inmate after he spoke out against the Nazi Regime)
Okay, now with this in mind, I think this "gay-bashing" thing on mainstream TV is indicative of a society that is clearly headed down the wrong path:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200708300006
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I've been bothered in men's rooms." Carlson continued, "I've been bothered in Georgetown Park," in Washington, D.C., "when I was in high school." When Abrams asked how Carlson responded to being "bothered," as Abrams and Scarborough laughed, Carlson asserted, "I went back with someone I knew and grabbed the guy by the -- you know, and grabbed him, and ... hit him against the stall with his head, actually." The laughter continued.
"
http://mediamatters.org/items/200708300006
There's more information about this Carlson Broadcast Here.
There's an action link HERE.
The implication here is clearly that it's supposed to be okay to physically attack someone if they make a suggestion you don't like.
This is encouragement of Anti Social Behavior. Keep "Anti Social" in mind. It is a primary characteristic of the Right Wing.
-- Mark Frankenberg
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Here's the Niemoller Poem first: (Niemoller was a German U-Boat Officer, and a Preacher, and a Concentration-Camp Inmate after he spoke out against the Nazi Regime)
| First they came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, Then they came for the Catholics, Then they came for me, |
Okay, now with this in mind, I think this "gay-bashing" thing on mainstream TV is indicative of a society that is clearly headed down the wrong path:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200708300006
"
I've been bothered in men's rooms." Carlson continued, "I've been bothered in Georgetown Park," in Washington, D.C., "when I was in high school." When Abrams asked how Carlson responded to being "bothered," as Abrams and Scarborough laughed, Carlson asserted, "I went back with someone I knew and grabbed the guy by the -- you know, and grabbed him, and ... hit him against the stall with his head, actually." The laughter continued.
"
http://mediamatters.org/items/200708300006
There's more information about this Carlson Broadcast Here.
There's an action link HERE.
The implication here is clearly that it's supposed to be okay to physically attack someone if they make a suggestion you don't like.
This is encouragement of Anti Social Behavior. Keep "Anti Social" in mind. It is a primary characteristic of the Right Wing.
-- Mark Frankenberg
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Regarding the 911 Whitewash
Regarding the 911 Whitewash in Popular Mechanics:
People will grasp at straws to accept stories that enable their continued denial.
(We still don't know who tried to Kill Senator Patrick Leahy with anthrax right after 911 too, but that's another topic)
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/august2006/100806popularmechanics.htm
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...
Popular Mechanics is owned by Hearst Corporation. As fictionalized in Orson Welles' acclaimed film Citizen Kane, William Randolph Hearst wrote the book on cronyism and yellow journalism
...
A hefty chunk of its advertising revenue relies on the military and defense contractors.
...
senior researcher on the piece Benjamin Chertoff is the cousin of Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
...
The arguments presented in the article have been widely debunked by the 9/11 truth community as an example of a straw man hatchet job - whereby false arguments are erected, attributed to 9/11 skeptics, and then shot down.
...
The article also makes no mention whatsoever of the numerous war games scheduled for the morning of 9/11 which confused air defense personnel as to the true nature of the attack as it unfolded,
...
fails to address firefighters and other individuals who reported numerous explosions before the towers fell, squibs of debris seen shooting out of the towers well below the collapse point, and the fact that the towers fell only slightly slower than absolute free fall.
...
traces of thermite in steel samples
...
the buildings were designed to take multiple airliner impacts and not collapse.
...
The classic crimp implosion of Building 7, which was not hit by a plane, is glossed over as the piece again tries to mislead its readers into believing that over engineered steel buildings collapse from fire damage - [ THE OWNER HAS SINCE ADMITTED TO HAVING BUILDING 7 DEMOLISHED THAT DAY (which required weeks of preparation)]
...
fails to address the fact that 50,000 tons of steel from the WTC, a supposed crime scene, was shipped to Asia and a further 10,000 tons to India, preventing a detailed analysis.
...
Bill Doyle, representative of the largest group of 9/11 family members has to say on this subject.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/august2006/100806popularmechanics.htm
-- Mark Frankenberg
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People will grasp at straws to accept stories that enable their continued denial.
(We still don't know who tried to Kill Senator Patrick Leahy with anthrax right after 911 too, but that's another topic)
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/august2006/100806popularmechanics.htm
"
...
Popular Mechanics is owned by Hearst Corporation. As fictionalized in Orson Welles' acclaimed film Citizen Kane, William Randolph Hearst wrote the book on cronyism and yellow journalism
...
A hefty chunk of its advertising revenue relies on the military and defense contractors.
...
senior researcher on the piece Benjamin Chertoff is the cousin of Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
...
The arguments presented in the article have been widely debunked by the 9/11 truth community as an example of a straw man hatchet job - whereby false arguments are erected, attributed to 9/11 skeptics, and then shot down.
...
The article also makes no mention whatsoever of the numerous war games scheduled for the morning of 9/11 which confused air defense personnel as to the true nature of the attack as it unfolded,
...
fails to address firefighters and other individuals who reported numerous explosions before the towers fell, squibs of debris seen shooting out of the towers well below the collapse point, and the fact that the towers fell only slightly slower than absolute free fall.
...
traces of thermite in steel samples
...
the buildings were designed to take multiple airliner impacts and not collapse.
...
The classic crimp implosion of Building 7, which was not hit by a plane, is glossed over as the piece again tries to mislead its readers into believing that over engineered steel buildings collapse from fire damage - [ THE OWNER HAS SINCE ADMITTED TO HAVING BUILDING 7 DEMOLISHED THAT DAY (which required weeks of preparation)]
...
fails to address the fact that 50,000 tons of steel from the WTC, a supposed crime scene, was shipped to Asia and a further 10,000 tons to India, preventing a detailed analysis.
...
Bill Doyle, representative of the largest group of 9/11 family members has to say on this subject.
"If you want to believe what they want to snow you under on like the 9/11 Commission - that's a total fallacy," said Doyle.
"It looks like there was a conspiracy behind 9/11 if you really look at all the facts - a lot of families now feel the same way."
...
"http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/august2006/100806popularmechanics.htm
-- Mark Frankenberg
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Monday, August 20, 2007
Rove was no Genius.. he was using YOUR MONEY to buy votes!
Rove was no Genius.. he was using YOUR MONEY to buy votes!
http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/005392.html
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http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/005392.html
-- Mark Frankenberg
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http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/005392.html
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OSC investigating whether Rove's "asset deployment" violated Hatch Act
The Washington Post reports: Thirteen months before President Bush was reelected, chief strategist Karl Rove summoned political appointees from around the government to the Old Executive Office Building. The subject of the Oct. 1, 2003, meeting was "asset deployment," and the message was clear:
The staging of official announcements, high-visibility trips and declarations of federal grants had to be carefully coordinated with the White House political affairs office to ensure the maximum promotion of Bush's reelection agenda and the Republicans in Congress who supported him, according to documents and some of those involved in the effort. ...
Investigators, however, said the scale of Rove's effort is far broader than previously revealed; they say that Rove's team gave more than 100 such briefings during the seven years of the Bush administration. The political sessions touched nearly all of the Cabinet departments and a handful of smaller agencies that often had major roles in providing grants, such as the White House office of drug policy and the State Department's Agency for International Development.
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel and the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee are investigating whether any of the meetings violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits government employees from using federal resources for election activities. They also want to know whether any Bush appointees pressured government for favorable actions such as grants to help GOP electoral chances. -- How Rove Directed Federal Assets for GOP Gains - washingtonpost.com
Hat tip to Talking Points Memo for the link."
http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/005392.html
-- Mark Frankenberg
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Saturday, August 18, 2007
Western Banking Industry Shoots Self in Foot
Western Banking Industry Shoots Self in Foot
Regarding the placement of RFID chips in money, policymakers might think twice about it. Cash is used to assure anonymity by many. When the public loses their faith in the currency as an instrument for anonymous trade, they will find other mediums of exchange.
Being that the Dollar Traditionally has been a symbol of stability (lately undeservedly so), undermining its dependability as a medium of exchange will further weaken it, and our economy along with it.
Some Say there's no chip in the bills. I would venture that it would be a good idea to keep it that way.
-- Mark Frankenberg
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Regarding the placement of RFID chips in money, policymakers might think twice about it. Cash is used to assure anonymity by many. When the public loses their faith in the currency as an instrument for anonymous trade, they will find other mediums of exchange.
Being that the Dollar Traditionally has been a symbol of stability (lately undeservedly so), undermining its dependability as a medium of exchange will further weaken it, and our economy along with it.
Some Say there's no chip in the bills. I would venture that it would be a good idea to keep it that way.
-- Mark Frankenberg
HEAR the MUSIC. Read the BOOK.
get a FREE "Just Say NO to Fascism" Bumper Sticker
http://www.AmericanWisdom.org
Monday, August 13, 2007
How come Google produces NOTHING for at least SIX SCREENS, regarding Neil Bush, if you type in "Silverado"?
How come Google produces NOTHING for at least SIX SCREENS, regarding Neil Bush, if you type in "Silverado"?
Here's proof positive that there are folks working very hard behind the scenes to make sure that you don't learn "inconvenient truths".
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1025-21.htm
"
Neil Mallon Bush: Neil rose to infamy in the 1980s as director of the Colorado-based Silverado Savings and Loan; after Silverado collapsed due to mismanagement and corruption, US taxpayers were stuck with the billion-dollar bailout, yet Neil managed to escape the crisis with a small fine and no jail time. It helps to have a dad as Vice President.
"
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1025-21.htm
-- Mark Frankenberg
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Here's proof positive that there are folks working very hard behind the scenes to make sure that you don't learn "inconvenient truths".
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1025-21.htm
"
Neil Mallon Bush: Neil rose to infamy in the 1980s as director of the Colorado-based Silverado Savings and Loan; after Silverado collapsed due to mismanagement and corruption, US taxpayers were stuck with the billion-dollar bailout, yet Neil managed to escape the crisis with a small fine and no jail time. It helps to have a dad as Vice President.
"
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1025-21.htm
-- Mark Frankenberg
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Karl Runs for Cover
Karl Runs for Cover.
Another Rat leaving a sinking ship. These guys are doing this in order to evade responsibility. This is in line with the same anti-social, irresponsible behavior reflected in the passage of retroactive laws that are an attempt to absolve corrupt officials from accountability, like Bush's recent maneuvers regarding wiretapping. The way Bush intervened in Libby's situation comes to mind too.
Don't get me wrong. Buh Bye Karl.
But let's not let another snake slither off into the grass after having done his evil work.
What about the Subpoena? Could it be that being out of the "King's" court (we don't need a King.. this is America) makes him susceptible?
-- Mark Frankenberg
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Another Rat leaving a sinking ship. These guys are doing this in order to evade responsibility. This is in line with the same anti-social, irresponsible behavior reflected in the passage of retroactive laws that are an attempt to absolve corrupt officials from accountability, like Bush's recent maneuvers regarding wiretapping. The way Bush intervened in Libby's situation comes to mind too.
Don't get me wrong. Buh Bye Karl.
But let's not let another snake slither off into the grass after having done his evil work.
What about the Subpoena? Could it be that being out of the "King's" court (we don't need a King.. this is America) makes him susceptible?
-- Mark Frankenberg
HEAR the MUSIC
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Sunday, August 12, 2007
No More Filming or Photographing in Town?
No More Filming or Photographing in Town?
Whack-Jobs in New York City are trying to arrange things so that you can't film or take pictures in town without a million dollars and a permit. Is this nuts or what? Talk about Police State. Heads up, Winston Smith.
You Libertarians should be all over this, you know.
And y'all are thinking about Bloomberg for President? This potential policy is anything but democratic. And Guliani? Images of Saddam Hussein's Auditorium come to mind.
Maybe you should talk to someone about this. Your town will be next, you know. You just going to let it go south?
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/02/1455217
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
Independent Artists Lead Fight Against Proposed New York City Regulations Limiting Filming, Photography in Public Places
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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/02/1455217
-- Mark Frankenberg
HEAR the MUSIC
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http://www.AmericanWisdom.org
Whack-Jobs in New York City are trying to arrange things so that you can't film or take pictures in town without a million dollars and a permit. Is this nuts or what? Talk about Police State. Heads up, Winston Smith.
You Libertarians should be all over this, you know.
And y'all are thinking about Bloomberg for President? This potential policy is anything but democratic. And Guliani? Images of Saddam Hussein's Auditorium come to mind.
Maybe you should talk to someone about this. Your town will be next, you know. You just going to let it go south?
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/02/1455217
"
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
Independent Artists Lead Fight Against Proposed New York City Regulations Limiting Filming, Photography in Public Places
"
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/02/1455217
-- Mark Frankenberg
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Saturday, August 11, 2007
More Proof of the Monopolized Media Problem
More Proof of the Monopolized Media Problem
You know the Press is damaged when one big fat company can decide what people can and can't hear. Check out what AT+T did to Pearl Jam's recent webcast here, censuring lines out of their music:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6939853.stm
-- Mark Frankenberg
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You know the Press is damaged when one big fat company can decide what people can and can't hear. Check out what AT+T did to Pearl Jam's recent webcast here, censuring lines out of their music:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6939853.stm
-- Mark Frankenberg
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Thursday, August 09, 2007
Bush's Direct Attack on Freedom
Remember the phrase "Land of the Free"? Many would mention Freedom of Speech as the foundation of that freedom. It's in the First Amendment.
Bush is attempting to outlaw it.
Here's how:
http://winnipeg.indymedia.org/item.php?5608S
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In one of his most chilling moves to date against his own citizens, the American War Leader has issued a sweeping order this week outlawing all forms of protest against the Iraq war.
President Bush enacted into US law an ‘Executive Order’ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_order_%28United_States%29 on July 17th titled "Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq", http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070717-3.html and which says:
"By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)(NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that, due to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by acts of violence threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq and to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people, it is in the interests of the United States to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, and expanded in Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, and Executive Order 13364 of November 29,
2004."
According to Russian legal experts, the greatest concern to the American people are the underlying provisions of this new law, and which, they state, are written ‘so broadly’ as to outlaw all forms of protest against the war. These provisions state:
"(ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, logistical, or technical support for, or goods or services in support of, such an act or acts of violence or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or
(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section include, but are not limited to, (i) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order, and (ii) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.
(c) the term "United States person" means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.
All agencies of the United States Government are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the provisions of this order and, where appropriate, to advise the Secretary of the Treasury in a timely manner of the measures taken."
To the subsection of this new US law, according to these legal experts, that says "...the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit...", the insertion of the word ‘services ’ has broad, and catastrophic, consequences for the American people in that any act deemed by their government to be against the Iraqi war is, in fact, supporting the ‘enemy’ and therefore threatens the ‘stabilization of Iraq’.
In an even greater affront to the American people are the provisions of a law called The Patriot Act, http://www.aclu.org/safefree/resources/17343res20031114.html and that should they run afoul of this new law they are forbidden to allow anyone to know about it, and as we can read as reported by the Seattle Times News Service: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2002527215_patrioted29.html
"The [Patriot] act also expands the use of National Security Letters, which are a kind of warrant that the Justice Department writes for itself, authorizing its agents to seize such things as records of money movements, telephone calls and Internet visits. Recipients of a National Security Letter are not allowed to tell anyone about them, and so cannot contest them."
It is interesting to note, too, that this is not the first time that the United States has unleashed the brutal power of their government against its citizens to further their war aims and stifle domestic dissent, as during the European conflict of World War I they enacted a law called The Sedition Act of 1918 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedition_Act_of_1918 and which "...forbade Americans to use "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the United States government, flag, or armed forces during war."
It is curious to note that after the enactment of this new law there has been no protest by any of the other political leaders in the United States, with the exception of the only Muslim member of the United States Congress, Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison, http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/07/17/critics_muslim_rep_likened_bush_hitler/6980/ and who compared President Bush to the Nazi War Leader Adolph Hitler by stating the attacks upon the World Trade Center could be likened to the burning of the Reichstag.
Today, as the United States faces an imminent economic collapse, http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index1019.htm while at the same time its war bill has reached the staggering amount of $648 billion, http://www.kansascity.com/news/nation/story/194233.html one of the last freedoms the American people have had to protest their leaders actions against them, and other peoples in the World, has now been taken away from them, the freedom to speak and write in opposition to what is being done to them.
"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear", http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/george_orwell.html said the great British writer George Orwell, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell but, and sadly, liberty has been lost to the once free people of the United States who are no longer allowed to tell their leaders, or each other, what they don’t want to hear.
With this being so, the American people should, likewise, contemplate their ‘new’ future, and as, also, stated best by George Orwell, "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/george_orwell.html
http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index1023.htm
"
http://winnipeg.indymedia.org/item.php?5608S
Complacency could be Fatal
How'm I doing? You really wanna know?
I'm pissed. That's how I'm doing.
Bush's executive order on August 17th, 2007 authorizes the seizure of assets of people who speak out against the war in Iraq. First of all: It's not a war. Congress has not declared war. It is not a war. It is a crime. Bush's executive order is a violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The fact that Bush has signed this executive order is in itself a high crime in that it is a betrayal of the public trust, which was vested in him (by his own sworn oath and .. this is a stretch.. by electoral vote..) to protect the Constitution, including the First Amendment.
How proud will you be when Americans are either Lords or Peasants, locked into those destinies by heredity? Isn't America supposed to be the exception to that?
How many homeless people did you see today?
How many things in your house were made in China by slaves?
How many idiots did you encounter today who think that everything is going along just fine?
When someone asks you how you are doing today, do me a favor. From now on, tell the Truth. Tell them, "I'm pissed". If you're unable to elaborate on why, due to immediate circumstances, have a short statement ready, like the one I use: "I can't talk about why here, but you can find out all about it on my website, "Peaceful Victory against Fascism dot com".
Fascism?
Yes. FASCISM.
A GOVERNMENT BOUGHT AND PAID FOR by CORPORATE INTERESTS who DON'T GIVE A DAMN about YOU or about AMERICA.
FASCISM.
It's what we fought World War II (under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt) to prevent. It's here in America Today. Have no doubt. It is a disease that has spread across the world and it depends on YOUR COMPLACENCY in order to thrive.
Yet there are smug morons all over the place saying things like "gitr dun", waving the flag, cussing congress and the courts and responsibility, while the essence of what it means to be an American, (the BILL of RIGHTS and the CONSTITUTION) are being ripped to shreds by corporate whores and a criminal, royalist, tory executive administration.
How am I doing..
I'm pissed. That's how I'm doing. I carried an M-16 for years because I thought I was defending the freedom outlined in that Bill of Rights. How can grown men in good concscience trick younger ones into that, over and over again?
What are you guys carrying arms for now? To subdue the freedoms you are sworn to protect? To Sell them off to the highest multinational bidder? To inflict the will of a CORPORATE KING on innocent people in other countries?
Do any of you even think about that oath of office you take any more?
And how about you in the News Media who warp reality, deny global warming, sell death and destruction in illegal wars, and don't even cover anything that could honestly give ordinary people a chance at truly improving things for themselves, their families or their communities? How does it feel to be a corporate whore? How does it feel to be an accomplice in the increased pain and suffering in the world that is resulting from your own personal corruption?
A civilized system of government would protect good people from the likes of you.
I would advise anyone with a conscience.. It's time to get off the bench. It's time to act for freedom. Your future depends on it.
And turn off that stupid TV. It's part of how we got into this mess.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
One thing we can do is get the word out.
http://stpeteforpeace.org/fascism.html#seizingassets
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http://stpeteforpeace.org/fascism.html#seizingassets
Contact Congress:
Common Cause Lookup Page for Legislator Contacts
U.S. Capitol Switchboard: Toll Free 877-851-6437 and 800-426-8073 or direct (202) 224-3121 and (202) 225-3121
Email your lists.
Write the papers.
http://www.markfrankenberg.com/let_ed.html
-- Mark Frankenberg
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Bush is attempting to outlaw it.
Here's how:
http://winnipeg.indymedia.org/item.php?5608S
"
Bush Outlaws All War Protest In United States
Posted by Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscr on Thursday, July 19th at 5:00 PM
July 19, 2007In one of his most chilling moves to date against his own citizens, the American War Leader has issued a sweeping order this week outlawing all forms of protest against the Iraq war.
President Bush enacted into US law an ‘Executive Order’ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_order_%28United_States%29 on July 17th titled "Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq", http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070717-3.html and which says:
"By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)(NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that, due to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by acts of violence threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq and to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people, it is in the interests of the United States to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, and expanded in Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, and Executive Order 13364 of November 29,
2004."
According to Russian legal experts, the greatest concern to the American people are the underlying provisions of this new law, and which, they state, are written ‘so broadly’ as to outlaw all forms of protest against the war. These provisions state:
"(ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, logistical, or technical support for, or goods or services in support of, such an act or acts of violence or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or
(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section include, but are not limited to, (i) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order, and (ii) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.
(c) the term "United States person" means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.
All agencies of the United States Government are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the provisions of this order and, where appropriate, to advise the Secretary of the Treasury in a timely manner of the measures taken."
To the subsection of this new US law, according to these legal experts, that says "...the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit...", the insertion of the word ‘services ’ has broad, and catastrophic, consequences for the American people in that any act deemed by their government to be against the Iraqi war is, in fact, supporting the ‘enemy’ and therefore threatens the ‘stabilization of Iraq’.
In an even greater affront to the American people are the provisions of a law called The Patriot Act, http://www.aclu.org/safefree/resources/17343res20031114.html and that should they run afoul of this new law they are forbidden to allow anyone to know about it, and as we can read as reported by the Seattle Times News Service: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2002527215_patrioted29.html
"The [Patriot] act also expands the use of National Security Letters, which are a kind of warrant that the Justice Department writes for itself, authorizing its agents to seize such things as records of money movements, telephone calls and Internet visits. Recipients of a National Security Letter are not allowed to tell anyone about them, and so cannot contest them."
It is interesting to note, too, that this is not the first time that the United States has unleashed the brutal power of their government against its citizens to further their war aims and stifle domestic dissent, as during the European conflict of World War I they enacted a law called The Sedition Act of 1918 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedition_Act_of_1918 and which "...forbade Americans to use "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the United States government, flag, or armed forces during war."
It is curious to note that after the enactment of this new law there has been no protest by any of the other political leaders in the United States, with the exception of the only Muslim member of the United States Congress, Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison, http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/07/17/critics_muslim_rep_likened_bush_hitler/6980/ and who compared President Bush to the Nazi War Leader Adolph Hitler by stating the attacks upon the World Trade Center could be likened to the burning of the Reichstag.
Today, as the United States faces an imminent economic collapse, http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index1019.htm while at the same time its war bill has reached the staggering amount of $648 billion, http://www.kansascity.com/news/nation/story/194233.html one of the last freedoms the American people have had to protest their leaders actions against them, and other peoples in the World, has now been taken away from them, the freedom to speak and write in opposition to what is being done to them.
"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear", http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/george_orwell.html said the great British writer George Orwell, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell but, and sadly, liberty has been lost to the once free people of the United States who are no longer allowed to tell their leaders, or each other, what they don’t want to hear.
With this being so, the American people should, likewise, contemplate their ‘new’ future, and as, also, stated best by George Orwell, "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/george_orwell.html
http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index1023.htm
"
http://winnipeg.indymedia.org/item.php?5608S
Complacency could be Fatal
How'm I doing? You really wanna know?
I'm pissed. That's how I'm doing.
Bush's executive order on August 17th, 2007 authorizes the seizure of assets of people who speak out against the war in Iraq. First of all: It's not a war. Congress has not declared war. It is not a war. It is a crime. Bush's executive order is a violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The fact that Bush has signed this executive order is in itself a high crime in that it is a betrayal of the public trust, which was vested in him (by his own sworn oath and .. this is a stretch.. by electoral vote..) to protect the Constitution, including the First Amendment.
How proud will you be when Americans are either Lords or Peasants, locked into those destinies by heredity? Isn't America supposed to be the exception to that?
How many homeless people did you see today?
How many things in your house were made in China by slaves?
How many idiots did you encounter today who think that everything is going along just fine?
When someone asks you how you are doing today, do me a favor. From now on, tell the Truth. Tell them, "I'm pissed". If you're unable to elaborate on why, due to immediate circumstances, have a short statement ready, like the one I use: "I can't talk about why here, but you can find out all about it on my website, "Peaceful Victory against Fascism dot com".
Fascism?
Yes. FASCISM.
A GOVERNMENT BOUGHT AND PAID FOR by CORPORATE INTERESTS who DON'T GIVE A DAMN about YOU or about AMERICA.
FASCISM.
It's what we fought World War II (under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt) to prevent. It's here in America Today. Have no doubt. It is a disease that has spread across the world and it depends on YOUR COMPLACENCY in order to thrive.
Yet there are smug morons all over the place saying things like "gitr dun", waving the flag, cussing congress and the courts and responsibility, while the essence of what it means to be an American, (the BILL of RIGHTS and the CONSTITUTION) are being ripped to shreds by corporate whores and a criminal, royalist, tory executive administration.
How am I doing..
I'm pissed. That's how I'm doing. I carried an M-16 for years because I thought I was defending the freedom outlined in that Bill of Rights. How can grown men in good concscience trick younger ones into that, over and over again?
What are you guys carrying arms for now? To subdue the freedoms you are sworn to protect? To Sell them off to the highest multinational bidder? To inflict the will of a CORPORATE KING on innocent people in other countries?
Do any of you even think about that oath of office you take any more?
And how about you in the News Media who warp reality, deny global warming, sell death and destruction in illegal wars, and don't even cover anything that could honestly give ordinary people a chance at truly improving things for themselves, their families or their communities? How does it feel to be a corporate whore? How does it feel to be an accomplice in the increased pain and suffering in the world that is resulting from your own personal corruption?
A civilized system of government would protect good people from the likes of you.
I would advise anyone with a conscience.. It's time to get off the bench. It's time to act for freedom. Your future depends on it.
And turn off that stupid TV. It's part of how we got into this mess.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
One thing we can do is get the word out.
http://stpeteforpeace.org/fascism.html#seizingassets
"
| ACTION Ask Democracy Now! to do story on Bush's "Seizing Assets" Executive Order
SUBJECT: "Seizing Assets" Executive Orders Dear Democracy Now! I would appreciate it if you'd do a story on Bush's "Seizing Assets" Executive Orders. Possible guests include Matthew Rothschild, Walter Pincus, and Jameel Jaffer of the ACLU. Thank you. LATEST NEWS ON THE SEIZING ASSETS EXECUTIVE ORDER
Bush Executive Order: Assets of Iraq War Opponents May be Seized An Executive Order signed by Bush on July 17, 2007 titled "Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq" may provide the President with the authority to confiscate the assets of whoever opposes the US led war. |
http://stpeteforpeace.org/fascism.html#seizingassets
Contact Congress:
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U.S. Capitol Switchboard: Toll Free 877-851-6437 and 800-426-8073 or direct (202) 224-3121 and (202) 225-3121
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Write the papers.
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-- Mark Frankenberg
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Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Why IS New York Times Burying Pat Tillman Kensinger Story?
Why IS New York Times Burying Pat Tillman Kensinger Story?
It's noteworthy that there's no mention of Pat Tillman on the opening page for the New York Times today, and that the Minnesota Bridge is the first Item Listed.
It would appear that the following story would be suitable for print in the mainstream:
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Censured_general_evades_subpoena_to_appear_0801.html
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http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Censured_general_evades_subpoena_to_appear_0801.html
Want more? Look what Kucinich uncovered:
-- Mark Frankenberg
HEAR the MUSIC
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It's noteworthy that there's no mention of Pat Tillman on the opening page for the New York Times today, and that the Minnesota Bridge is the first Item Listed.
It would appear that the following story would be suitable for print in the mainstream:
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Censured_general_evades_subpoena_to_appear_0801.html
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Censured general evades subpoena to appear before Tillman hearing
| Michael Roston Published: Wednesday August 1, 2007 |
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"General Kensinger refused to appear today," Chairman Waxman said in his opening statement. "His attorney informed the committee that General Kensinger would not testify voluntarily, and if issued a subpoena would seek to evade service. The committee did issue a subpoena to General Kensinger earlier this week, but US Marshals have been unable to locate or serve him."
The announcement came at the start of a hearing on the friendly fire death of Tillman, an NFL player who joined the Army after the 9/11 attacks. At the time, Tillman's example was highlighted by the Bush administration to praise the heroism of Americans voluntarily fighting in the 'Global War on Terrorism' before fratricide was revealed to be the cause of his death. Wednesday's hearing focused on what Defense Department officials knew about the cause of Tillman's death.
The hearing included testimony from ex-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, appearing in this public setting for the first time since his November 2006 resignation. Rumsfeld had told the committee he would not appear before the committee until late Tuesday night when he changed his schedule.
Also appearing before the committee were Gen. John P. Abizaid (Retired), Former Commander, U.S. Central Command, Gen. Richard B. Myers (Retired), Former Chair, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Bryan Douglas Brown (Retired), Former Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command.
While Waxman praised the witnesses for attending the hearing, and the Army for pressing its investigation, he also criticized the White House for failing to provide more information to the committee.
"The concealment of Corporal Tillman's fratricide caused millions of Americans to question the integrity of our government, but no one will tell us how and when the White House learned the truth," the California Democrat said.
Subdued Rumsfeld offers several 'I do not recalls'
Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA) offered his own harsh remarks on the manner of the announcement of Tillman's death.
"Testimony from our previous hearing, and the results of six separate Army investigations all showed the tragic truth can only fall somewhere between screw-up and cover-up, between rampant incompetence and elaborate conspiracy," the Ranking Republican on the committee forcefully stated. "And once you're descending that continuum, it almost doesn't matter whether the failure to follow Army regulations...was inadvertent, negligent, or intentional."
But while Davis assailed the Pentagon's secrecy, he was defensive of the White House.
"Nothing in our inquiry thus far demonstrates that the Defense Secretary or the White House were aware that this was a friendly fire incident before late May [2004]," the Virginia Republican said. "That we have not learned otherwise may perplex those who assumed the worst given the gross mishandling of this tragedy."
After being sworn in, Rumsfeld offered a brief opening statement in which he expressed his regrets about the manner in which the Tillman family was notified of the Corporal's death.
But, he insisted that he did not recall much about the circumstances beyond the statement he had already presented to the Pentagon's Acting Inspector General in December 2006.
"I do not recall when I first learned about the possibility that Corporal Tillman's death might have resulted from fratricide," he read from the memo.
He also acknowledged that he was informed of Tillman's friendly fire death on May 20, 6 days before the Tillman family was notified.
Following terse opening statements from the other witnesses, Rumsfeld then received extensive questioning from Rep. Davis. He also said he could not recall the details during the questioning.
"I don't recall precisely how I learned he was killed - it could have been internally, it could have been through the press, it was something that obviously received a great deal of attention," he told Rep. Davis.
He also stated he had 'no recollection' of discussing the matter with the White House until after it was revealed that Tillman had died from friendly fire.
Rumsfeld went on to say that he did not have any recollection of seeing the 'Personal-4' or 'P-4' memo from Afghanistan which warned senior leaders that Tillman's death may have been caused by fratricide.
The ex-Secretary of Defense went on to answer a variety of questions about his complaints about the notification process on Tillman's death. He continued to express regret through the questioning with Davis.
"It is a most unfortunate situation that anyone has to agree is something that the department has to find ways to avoid in the future," he told the ranking minority member.
Congressman challenges timeline on notification
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) was not fully satisfied with Rumsfeld's explanation, and challenged how it was he was not informed until May 20 of the friendly fire incident.
"At least 30 people knew, including some of the highest ranking military officials in our government," Cummings pointed out. "If this was common knowledge among the top military ranks, Secretary Rumsfeld, something that was talked about across the backyard fences, how is it you didn't know?"
Rumsfeld responded that there were 3 million people in the Department of Defense.
"It's not possible for someone to know all the things that are going on," he said.
Cummings was dubious, pointing back to Rep. Carolyn Maloney's (D-NY) earlier referencing of memos written by Rumsfeld showing that he was aware of Tillman's career in particular because of his story as an athlete-turned-soldier.
"I would not be asking you these questions if it were not for the fact that we had a hero here, one that you were well aware of," the Maryland Democrat responded.
Cummings' questions eventually caused some of Rumsfeld's traditionally feisty spirit to emerge.
"I know that I would not engage in a cover up," he said with some anger in his voice. "I know that no one in the White House suggested such a thing to me. I know that the gentlemen sitting next to me are men of enormous integrity, and would not participate in something like that."
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Friday, August 03, 2007
Bridge in a Bathtub.. or.. Somebody Spent the Bridge-Fixing Money
Bridge in a Bathtub.. or.. Somebody Spent the Bridge-Fixing Money
According to Thom Hartmann, Regarding the Minneapolis Minnesota Bridge collapse, the Heartland Institute released a news release 2 hours before the bridge collapse saying MN gov Tim Pawlenty-R issued 20 full or partial vetoes of tax hikes and increased spending, and in May vetoed a $330,000,000 emergency capital spending bill. Maybe this could have had an effect on maintenance and security of infrastructure? Maybe it could have something to do with corporatist royalists drowning our municipal administrations in a bathtub.. in this case the Mississippi River?
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According to Thom Hartmann, Regarding the Minneapolis Minnesota Bridge collapse, the Heartland Institute released a news release 2 hours before the bridge collapse saying MN gov Tim Pawlenty-R issued 20 full or partial vetoes of tax hikes and increased spending, and in May vetoed a $330,000,000 emergency capital spending bill. Maybe this could have had an effect on maintenance and security of infrastructure? Maybe it could have something to do with corporatist royalists drowning our municipal administrations in a bathtub.. in this case the Mississippi River?
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