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Blessed-are-the-peacemakers Ron Paul: Don’t Blame Wikileaks Which Reveals U.S. Government’s Delusional Foreign Policy — “We are kidding ourselves when we believe spying, intrigue and outright military intervention can maintain our international status as a superpower while our domestic economy crumbles in an orgy of debt and monetary debasement.”

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On December 5, 2010

In America's Getting Jacked!, Lying, Media Bias Exposed, Ron Paul, War

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM1HlfVF4I4]Ron Paul: Don’t Blame Wikileaks!

RonPaul2008dotcom | December 05, 2010 | 208 likes, 3 dislikes

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Wikileaks Reveals U.S. Government’s Delusional Foreign Policy

by Ron Paul

We may never know the whole story behind the recent publication of sensitive U.S. government documents by the Wikileaks organization, but we certainly can draw some important conclusions from the reaction of so many in government and media. At its core, the Wikileaks controversy serves as a diversion from the real issue of what our foreign policy should be. But the mainstream media, along with neoconservatives from both parties, insists on asking the wrong questions. When presented with embarrassing disclosures about U.S. spying and meddling, the policy that requires so much spying and meddling is not questioned. Instead the media focuses on how authorities might prosecute the publishers of such information.

Unfortunately no one questions the status quo or suggests a wholesale rethinking of our foreign policy. No one suggests that the White House or the State Department should be embarrassed that the U.S. engages in spying and meddling. The only embarrassment is that it was made public! This allows ordinary people to actually know and talk about what the government does.

State secrecy is anathema to a free society. Why exactly should Americans be prevented from knowing what their government is doing in their name? In a free society we are supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, however, we are in big trouble. The truth is that our foreign spying, meddling and outright military intervention in the post-World War 2 era has made us less secure, not more, and we have lost countless lives and spent trillions of dollars for our trouble. Too often it’s the official government lies that have given us endless and illegal wars resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths and casualties.

Take the recent hostilities in Korea as only one example. More than 50 years after the end of the Korean war American taxpayers continue to spend billions of U.S. military dollars to defend a modern and wealthy South Korea. The continued presence of the U.S. military places American lives between these two factions. The U.S. presence only serves to prolong the conflict, further draining our empty treasury and placing our military at risk.

The neoconservative ethos, steeped in the teachings of Leo Strauss, cannot abide an America where individuals simply pursue their happy, peaceful, prosperous lives. It cannot abide an America where society centers around family, religion or civic and social institutions rather than an all-powerful central state. There is always an enemy to slay, whether communist or terrorist. In the neoconservative vision, a constant state of alarm must be fostered among the people to keep them focused on something greater than themselves, namely their great protector – the state.

This is why the neoconservative reaction to Wikileaks revelations is so predictable. They say, “See, we told you, the world is a dangerous place”, so goes their claim. “We must prosecute or even assassinate those responsible for publishing the leaks. Then we must redouble our efforts to police the world by spying and meddling better with no more leaks”, so they say.

We should view the Wikileaks controversy in the larger context of American foreign policy. Rather than worry about the disclosure of embarrassing secrets we should focus on our delusional foreign policy. We are kidding ourselves when we believe spying, intrigue and outright military intervention can maintain our international status as a superpower while our domestic economy crumbles in an orgy of debt and monetary debasement.

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Bilderberg Breaker Estulin: US builds 13 secret bases for war with Russia

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On November 25, 2010

In America's Getting Jacked!, Globalism—One-World Gov't, Russia, Secret Societies, The End of America?, War

This is in line with Joel Skousen’s theory of Russia attacking America, an this is backed up by dreams and visions from some trustworthy Christians, like Henry Gruver.

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPLAOtf6t_4]Bilderberg Breaker Estulin: US builds 13 secret bases for war with Russia

RussiaToday | July 06, 2010 | 267 likes, 19 dislikes

The Bilderberg Group is one of the most secretive and exclusive clubs that attracts world’s most powerful people. Its meetings are invitation only and take place under tight security, away from the prying eyes of the public and the press.
Investigative journalist Daniel Estulin, who has made it his mission to uncover the secrets of the Bilderberg Group, has shared some of his revelations with RT. He claims the group makes decisions on international policy in a way far removed from democracy.

“Blessed are the peacemakers” Ron Paul: Korea Conflict May Be Orchestrated Crisis To Boost Dollar

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On November 23, 2010

In Ethics, FreedomQuotes, Ron Paul, The Soul of America, War, Why they hate US

“It really is frightening
when you hear people in our administration
or outside of the administration
literally advocating war
as a way to get out of an economic crisis,
which just is insane talk.”

– Ron Paul

Transcribed by Jeff Fenske

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dug-rk7lYs]Ron Paul: Korea Conflict May Be Orchestrated Crisis To Boost Dollar

TheAlexJonesChannel | November 23, 2010 | 164 likes, 9 dislikes

Congressman Ron Paul speculated on the Alex Jones Show today that the war footing between North and South Korea could be an orchestrated crisis to boost the dollar and reverse the US economy, paralleling the RAND Corporation’s call two years ago for the United States to become embroiled in a major war as a means of preventing a double dip recession.

Reality: Blood on his (and our) hands

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On November 12, 2010

In The Soul of America, War, Why they hate US

Charles Lindbergh’s – September 11, 1941 Des Moines Speech. Provocateuring for war then just as now — “They planned to create a series of incidents which would force us into the actual conflict.” “I am not attacking either the Jewish or the British people. Both races, I admire. But I am saying that the leaders…”

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On November 11, 2010

In Israel, Real History, War

This is an abbreviated version. Full version linked below

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_F48oaOskI]Charles Lindbergh’s – September 11, 1941 Des Moines Speech

CyberDurden | March 21, 2007

Charles Lindbergh’s speech to the America First Committee on September 11, 1941 (same day as the ground-breaking ceremony for the Pentagon). Hidden history repeats!

From: charleslindbergh.com…

Des Moines Speech: Delivered in Des Moines, Iowa, on September 11, 1941, this speech was met with outrage in many quarters

The following resources are offered as a resource to understand Charles Lindbergh’s involvement within the America First Committee prior to the start of World War II. This site does not support the content of some of the information below, however, the goal of this page is to offer a perspective of available information to make your own judgment. Please feel free to submit additional information for this page.

Audio Clips:

Des Moines Speech:

It is now two years since this latest European war began. From that day in September, 1939, until the present moment, there has been an over-increasing effort to force the United States into the conflict.

[…]

When hostilities commenced in Europe, in 1939, it was realized by these groups that the American people had no intention of entering the war. They knew it would be worse than useless to ask us for a declaration of war at that time. But they believed that this country could be entered into the war in very much the same way we were entered into the last one.

They planned: first, to prepare the United States for foreign war under the guise of American defense; second, to involve us in the war, step by step, without our realization; third, to create a series of incidents which would force us into the actual conflict. These plans were of course, to be covered and assisted by the full power of their propaganda.

Our theaters soon became filled with plays portraying the glory of war. Newsreels lost all semblance of objectivity. Newspapers and magazines began to lose advertising if they carried anti-war articles. A smear campaign was instituted against individuals who opposed intervention. The terms “fifth columnist,” “traitor,” “Nazi,” “anti-Semitic” were thrown ceaselessly at any one who dared to suggest that it was not to the best interests of the United States to enter the war. Men lost their jobs if they were frankly anti-war. Many others dared no longer speak.

Before long, lecture halls that were open to the advocates of war were closed to speakers who opposed it. A fear campaign was inaugurated. We were told that aviation, which has held the British fleet off the continent of Europe, made America more vulnerable than ever before to invasion. Propaganda was in full swing.

[…]

The second major group I mentioned is the Jewish.

It is not difficult to understand why Jewish people desire the overthrow of Nazi Germany. The persecution they suffered in Germany would be sufficient to make bitter enemies of any race.

No person with a sense of the dignity of mankind can condone the persecution of the Jewish race in Germany. But no person of honesty and vision can look on their pro-war policy here today without seeing the dangers involved in such a policy both for us and for them. Instead of agitating for war, the Jewish groups in this country should be opposing it in every possible way for they will be among the first to feel its consequences.

Tolerance is a virtue that depends upon peace and strength. History shows that it cannot survive war and devastations. A few far-sighted Jewish people realize this and stand opposed to intervention. But the majority still do not.

Their greatest danger to this country lies in their large ownership and influence in our motion pictures, our press, our radio and our government.

I am not attacking either the Jewish or the British people. Both races, I admire. But I am saying that the leaders of both the British and the Jewish races, for reasons which are as understandable from their viewpoint as they are inadvisable from ours, for reasons which are not American, wish to involve us in the war.

We cannot blame them for looking out for what they believe to be their own interests, but we also must look out for ours. We cannot allow the natural passions and prejudices of other peoples to lead our country to destruction.

Information Clearing House — NEWS YOU WON’T FIND ON CNN

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On November 11, 2010

In The Soul of America, War

From: informationclearinghouse.info

Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq “1,421,933“

 

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In U.S. War And Occupation Of Iraq 4,745

 

Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,203

 

 

Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
$1,105,983,585,363
For more details, click here.
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Bob Fletcher and Dr. Stan talk about the US war machine: What is really going on? Open your eyes!

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On November 7, 2010

In Dr. Stanley Monteith, Real History, War

I really like Bob Fletcher, and of course, the really real historian Dr. Stanley Monteith.

If you want to know what is really going on Radio Liberty is a key place to listen.
.

“They know what they’re doing.
They just don’t want you to know.”

– Dr. Stanley Monteith
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From:
Dr. Stanley Monteith’s Radio Liberty audio archives

Date: 11-02-10
Hour: 1
3:00: Stephen Frank – CA Political Update
 
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Election Over, Neocon Republicans Talk War

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On November 4, 2010

In War

From: Infowars

It is time to get down to business now that Republicans are flush with victory. You’d think that business would be dismantling Obamacare or moving to outlaw the Federal Reserve. For establishment Republicans and their neocon buddies, however, the first item on the agenda is to make sure the war agenda moves forward.

Entire Article Here

Tapes describe hashish-smoking U.S. soldiers killing for sport in drug infested Afghanistan (Drug production in Afghanistan has had a 40-fold increase since the U.S. led invasion of the country in 2001 — hmmm??!)

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On October 15, 2010

In War, Why they hate US

When will we repent of these immoral wars?

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpm6t9jZcxU]Tapes describe hashish-smoking U.S. soldiers killing for sport in drug infested Afghanistan

ProtectSouthOssetia | September 27, 2010

Tapes obtained by CNN of interrogations of a group of U.S. servicemen charged with the unprovoked killings of Afghan civilians describe gruesome scenes of cold-blooded murder carried out under the influence of illegal drugs.

Over this summer, 12 U.S. soldiers were charged for a variety of crimes in what military authorities believe was a conspiracy to murder Afghan civilians and cover it up, along with charges they used hashish, mutilated corpses and kept grisly souvenirs.
Five soldiers face murder charges, while seven others are charged with participating in a coverup. All of the men were members of a 2nd Infantry Division brigade operating near Kandahar in southern Afghanistan in 2009 and 2010.

According to the military documents, Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs and four other soldiers were involved in throwing grenades at civilians and then shooting them in separate incidents.

Authorities allege Gibbs kept finger bones, leg bones and a tooth from Afghan corpses. Another soldier, Spc. Michael Gagnon II, allegedly kept a skull from a corpse, according to charging documents. Several soldiers are charged with taking pictures of the corpses, and one — Spc. Corey Moore — with stabbing a corpse.

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Drug production in Afghanistan has had a 40-fold increase since the U.S. led invasion of the country in 2001. But why the U.S. refusing to stop this dangerous and evil industry in occupied Afghanistan? Maybe like in the 80’s, the Russophobes in the U.S. government don’t mind fostering the terrorist networks in their strong desire to hurt neighboring Russia by killing tens of thousands of young Russians with a new covert action of narcotics flow. Estimates of how much money the former U.S. administrations channeled to the Afghan rebels during Soviet war with Islamic extremists vary, but most sources put the figure between $5 billion and $6 billion or more. If this is true, it is a repeated crime based on madness. The Russian intervention in December 1979 that meant to save the secular Afghan government and to prevent the neighboring country from turning into a terrorist state was the signal for U.S. Russophobes to considerably increase support to the Afghan Mujahedeen. Results are well known. After almost winning war against radicals, Soviet army withdrew and now American solders are dying fighting former allies of U.S. Russophobes. “It has been repeatedly demonstrated that the drug business provides the financial basis for terrorism and is one of its main factors for its upsurge”- said Viktor Ivanov, the head of Russia’s Federal Service for the Control of Narcotics. IT WAS OSAMA BIN LADEN, IVANOV REMINDED, WHO IN THE MIDDLE 1990’s CREATED HEROIN SUPPLY CHAINS TO RUSSIA’S CHECHNYA IN ORDER TO FUND CHECHEN TERRORISTS. “The task of eradicating Afghan opium production is an unrivaled priority for Russia”, said Ivanov. “More than 90 percent of drug addicts in our country are consumers of opiates from Afghanistan. Up to 30,000 people die of heroin-related illnesses annually”. Last year, Ivanov took his message to Washington D.C., where he gave a speech to the Nixon Center. There he stressed that Russia is not the only country that is threatened by the scourge of Afghan opium production. Ivanov then quoted the political analyst and author, David Kilcullen, the author of the book, “The Accidental Guerrilla.” If the U.S. is already bombing Taliban positions”, he quotes Kilcullen as saying, “why wont U.S. army sprays their fields with a harmless herbicide and cut off terrorists money?” 7,700 tons of opium were produced in Afghanistan last year, officials say, which accounts for 93 percent of total global opium production. Needless to say, opium is Afghanistan’s cash crop. Will the United States eventually give in to Russian requests for an active defoliation program? Russia is the main victim of Afghan heroin, Ivanov said. However, it is helping the United States and NATO by making concessions. Russia allowed the transit of not only non-lethal, but also military Afghanistan-bound cargoes across Russian territory. This must be viewed as considerable support to the Coalitions activities in Afghanistan. Given this grim political landscape that presents a massive threat to both U.S. and Russia, some form of mutually advantageous cooperation should be achievable. After all, both countries share more or less the same nightmares over Afghanistan wars. Whatever the U.S. government’s current rhetoric about the repressive nature of the Taliban regime, its long history of intervention in the region and beyond (including recent support for brutal Georgian aggression against civilians in South Ossetia and Russian peacekeepers) has been motivated not by concern for democracy or human rights, but by the Russophobia, the narrow economic and political interests of the U.S. ruling class. It has been prepared to aid and support the most retrograde elements and evil actions if it thought a temporary advantage would be the result.

From: Anchorage Daily News

Morlock will face court-martial but not death penalty

A U.S. soldier from Wasilla who told investigators in horrifying detail that he and other members of his unit executed three civilians in Afghanistan for sport will not face the death penalty if convicted, the Army said Friday.

Entire Article Here

I asked Senatorial candidate Joe Miller what he thought about preemptive war

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On October 8, 2010

In Alaska, Ethics, Ron Paul, War

Last night, I met senatorial candidate Joe Miller at Wellspring church.

I mainly wanted to see his stand on preemptive war. I decided not to ask the question publicly during the Q & A, because I thought if he did agree with me [he said in his talk that he was a member of the Friends church] many of the ‘Christians’ there would decide not to vote for him, because they want to bomb-bomb-bomb Iran whether Iran is really developing nukes or not, and many haven’t yet repented from supporting the immoral Bush Wars I & II.

Didn’t Jesus say: “Do unto others…” and “Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God?” How did we get so far off? Didn’t we learn anything from Iraq? Why do we think we can trust our government’s Iran-with-WMDs analysis when now we find they actually fabricated the Iraq version: Newly declassified: Bush team wanted Iraq war from start and White House claims of Iraq pursuing a nuclear weapons program based on confiscated aluminum tubes were fabricated

I thought I’d post a photo of Joe looking good,
because the corporatocracy owned Anchorage Daily News
probably will intentionally do the opposite.

Joe Miller

[20% crop of photo shot from across the room with the tiny LX5]

I was the last person to talk with Joe with I think only his campaign manager listening. I asked him what he thought of preemptive war, mentioning that I heard him say that he was a Friends church [Quakers] member.

He said he should have explained that [which a reader finally explained to me in a comment which I verified]. He then gave a response that I imagine is pretty close to Rand Paul, who is more willing to bomb Iran than his father, Ron. Ron Paul believes in self-defense when it really is, but preemptive war is most often reverse-Christian:

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Joe said something like we shouldn’t be nation building with wars, but on the other hand, if just one nuke hits us, that’s the end of our republic. So he’s for bombing Iran, but not to take them over for regime change.

I responded, “But we can’t trust the CIA’s intel.” Right then, the man whom I think is Joe’s campaign manager scurried him off to go to another meeting — so Joe couldn’t answer.

Overall, I was impressed with Joe Miller’s willingness to answer everyone’s questions, and then to answer them directly. He seems like a real, no-nonsense kind of guy, totally unlike Lisa Murkowski, whom I’ve always not voted for.

So I didn’t get a Joe Miller bumper sticker. I can’t 100%-support a candidate who isn’t more careful about preemptive war, but I do think he’s quite amazing, and I hope he wins. He is light years ahead of Lisa, who is so liberal people wonder how she can still be a Republican. She has actually said something like: “I don’t think people care how much we spend.”

Lisa is in many ways the opposite of the Christlike leader, Congressman Ron Paul, whom the evangelicals in Alaska (and elsewhere) mostly dissed in 2008. And it really does seem that Joe Miller is very much like Ron’s son, who could soon join Joe Miller in the U.S. Senate, which would be a great improvement.

I didn’t think that Lisa had a chance, having lost in the primary to Joe, but in this ‘me’ generation, it seems that a large percentage of Alaskans are more concerned with getting federal money than in doing the right thing for the future of this nation, which includes no longer aborting babies.

God bless!

Jeff Fenske
Anchorage, Alaska

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The Video the US Military doesn’t want you to see! — “To most of the world, we are the terrorists.” Our hands are stained with their blood! When will we repent?

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On October 7, 2010

In Ethics, Media Bias Exposed, War, Why they hate US

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bifxa1wRJF8]The Video the US Military doesn’t want you to see!

lfspaul | September 25, 2010

The real face of war is unknown to people, because the media is not showing the real facts. The war is nothing but a business, where young men are sent to die, for some to get richer and richer. These are the horrors of the war. Please share!

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[video] Dr. Doug Rokke: Radiating our troops and their communities with ‘depleted’ uranium. “It’s like Satan runs our government,” – Alex Jones

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On October 1, 2010

In War, Why they hate US

“Depleted uranium” Google photos

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It’s like Satan runs our government.

– Alex Jones

What my pastor has said…,
people won’t acknowledge it because
the foundation for everything they’ve believed
and what they’ve trusted literally collapses.
And then their life goes and shatters.

– Dr. Doug Rokke

Transcribed by Jeff Fenske

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX864QpDkk4]Dr. Doug Rokke: The Dangers of Using Depleted Uranium – Alex Jones Tv 1/3

TheAlexJonesChannel | September 30, 2010

Alex welcomes Dr. Doug Rokke back to the show to talk about the dangers of depleted uranium. Rokke served as a member of the 3rd U.S. Army Medical Command’s Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical response and special operations team and with the U.S. Army Depleted Uranium Assessment team during Gulf War 1. He was the U.S. Army’s Depleted Uranium Project director from 1994 – 1995 and developed congressionally mandated education and training materials and wrote U.S. Army Regulation 700-48, the U.S. Army PAM 700-48, and the U.S. Army’s common task for DU incidents. Major Rokke has been subjected to ongoing retaliation from Department of Defense officials who do not want information regarding actual adverse health and environmental effects of uranium weapons and their mandatory but ignored requirements to provide medical care to all casualties and to clean up all environmental contamination.

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Newly declassified: Bush team wanted Iraq war from start and White House claims of Iraq pursuing a nuclear weapons program based on confiscated aluminum tubes were fabricated

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On October 1, 2010

In Lying, War

From: Press TV

‘Bush team wanted Iraq war from start’

Declassified documents have reveled that advisors to former US president George W. Bush had focused on justifying a new war on Iraq as soon as he took office.

Official document released on Wednesday show that a few hours after the 2001 attacks on the Twin Towers in New York, the then Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld spoke of attacking Iraq.

Papers posted by the Washington-based National Security Archive shows Rumsfeld discussing war plans for Iraq just two months after the 2001 US invasion of Afghanistan.

In memos dated November 27, he had listed justifications for the war on Iraq. …

The documents released under a Freedom of Information request also show that White house claims of Iraq pursuing a nuclear weapons program based on confiscated aluminum tubes were also fabricated.

The news was released even before a preliminary assessment of the tubes, two State Department memos to then Secretary of State Colin Powell say.

The announcement had to be made “in our advantage” and it was important to “get the right story out” about the tubes, one memo stated.

Entire Article Here

Michael Moore: Dwight Was Right — Michael admits he was wrong about Obama!!

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On October 1, 2010

In America's Getting Jacked!, Barack Obama, People Waking Up, War

This is HUGE! Michael Moore was one of Obama’s biggest supporters — while totally ignoring Ron Paul, the man who would have stood up to the military industrial complex!

From: MichaelMoore.com

September 30th, 2010 10:04 AM

Dwight Was Right

Today’s OpenMike blog

So…it turns out President Eisenhower wasn’t making up all that stuff about the military-industrial complex.

That’s what you’ll conclude if you read Bob Woodward’s new book, Obama’s War. (You can read excerpts of it here, here and here.) You thought you voted for change when you cast a ballot for Barack Obama? Um, not when it comes to America occupying countries that don’t begin with a “U” and an “S.”

In fact, after you read Woodward’s book, you’ll split a gut every time you hear a politician or a government teacher talk about “civilian control over the military.” The only people really making the decisions about America’s wars are across the river from Washington in the Pentagon. They wear uniforms. They have lots of weapons they bought from the corporations they will work for when they retire.

For everyone who supported Obama in 2008, it’s reassuring to find out he understands we have to get out of Afghanistan. But for everyone who’s worried about Obama in 2010, it’s scary to find out that what he thinks should be done may not actually matter. And that’s because he’s not willing to stand up to the people who actually run this country.

And here’s the part I don’t even want to write — and none of you really want to consider:

It matters not whom we elect. The Pentagon and the military contractors call the shots. The title “Commander in Chief” is ceremonial, like “Employee of the Month” at your local Burger King.

Entire Article Here

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Alex Abella on Rand Corporation: The Shadowy Think Tank That Shaped Our Modern World — “These guys don’t think in terms of ethics”

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On September 28, 2010

In 'THEY' couldn't be that EVIL??, America's Getting Jacked!, Globalism—One-World Gov't, War, Why they hate US

“These guys don’t think in terms of ethics.” – Alex Abella

“That’s why they don’t like real Christians.” – Alex Jones

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“The original title that I had for the book, which was changed by my editor was:
Soldiers in reason: the Rand Corporation and the rise of the New World Order.”

– Alex Abella

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndw2j8qmtps]Alex Abella on Rand Corporation: The Shadowy Think Tank That Shaped Our Modern World 1/3

TheAlexJonesChannel | September 28, 2010

Alex talks with Emmy-nominated TV reporter and screenwriter Alex Abella, author author of Soldiers of Reason: The Rand Corporation and the American Empire, a study of the world’s most influential think tank. Abella was the first journalist to have full access to RAND’s files in Santa Monica, California. Abella, who migrated with his family to the United States at age 10 from Cuba, is also the author Shadow Enemies, a non-fiction account of a plot by Adolf Hitler to start a wave of terror and destruction in the United States. He is also the author of several novels, including The Killing of the Saints and The Great American.

http://www.abellaweb.com/index.html

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Information Clearing House News

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On September 26, 2010

In George Bush Family, War

From: InformationClearingHouse.info

Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq “1,366,350“

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In U.S. War And Occupation Of Iraq 4,741

Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,104

Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
$1,085,533,543,118
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These Spineless Chumps in Islamabad

By Yvonne Ridley

Obfuscation, is an awkward word but it essentially sums up the behaviour of all of the Pakistan government ministers, diplomats and politicians who have had a hand in the case of Dr Aafia Siddiqui. Continue

It Is Official: The US Is A Police State

By Paul Craig Roberts

The US media, highly concentrated in violation of the American principle of a diverse and independent media, will lend its support to the witch hunts that will close down all protests and independent thought in the US over the next few years. Continue

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James Morris on Afghanistan War: “Most Americans don’t even have a clue”

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On September 24, 2010

In Media Bias Exposed, War, Why they hate US

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq1C5-Aow_o]Press TV’s Kaneez Fatima talks to James Morris on War in Afghanistan

Presstvupload | September 22, 2010

Press TV’s Kaneez Fatima talks to James Morris on War in Afghanistan

Neocons resurfacing in Obama administration: Bush passed baton to Obama at full gallop

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On September 24, 2010

In America's Getting Jacked!, Barack Obama, War

From: http://america-hijacked.com

Neocons resurfacing in Obama administration

August 27th, 2010 | Author: Patriot

Neocons resurfacing in Obama administration

http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-08-27/neocons-resurfacing-obama-administration.html

Phil Giraldi with Jihan Hafiz on Russia Today: ‘Neocons controlling the show’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owls797BSGE

Who Owns General Petraeus (see comments section at bottom of following URL)?:

http://www.tinyurl.com/whoownsgeneralpetraeus

Press TV’s Kaneez Fatima talks to James Morris on US Blasphemy (General Petraeus scheming with neocon Max Boot mentioned):

http://america-hijacked.com/2010/09/10/press-tv%e2%80%99s-kaneez-fatima-talks-to-james-morris-on-us-blasphemy/

Thom Hartmann was interviewed as well in the Russia Today segment linked above (following tells one all they need to know about him!):

Thom Hartmann cuts off caller after bringing up the Mearsheimer/Walt ‘The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy’ book:

http://neoconzionistthreat.blogspot.com/2007/10/kathleen-and-bill-christison-on-phone.html

Here is a tiny URL of the above one:

http://www.tinyurl.com/2ec9n5

http://neoconzionistthreat.blogspot.com/2007/10/thom-hartmanns-hypocrisy-for-israel.html

http://neoconzionistthreat.blogspot.com/2007/10/thom-hartmanns-hypocrisy-for-israel_21.html

White man’s burden

The war in Iraq was conceived by 25 neoconservative intellectuals, most of them Jewish, who are pushing President Bush to change the course of history. Two of them, journalists William Kristol and Charles Krauthammer, say it’s possible. But another journalist, Thomas Friedman (not part of the group), is skeptical

Additional via following URL

http://neoconzionistthreat.blogspot.com/2008/09/british-mp-george-galloway-cuts-off.html

Thinking about Neoconservatism (must read article linked at following URL which conveys how neocons have used ‘democracy’ as a mask for their war for Israel agenda):

http://tinyurl.com/thinkingaboutneoconservatism

Posted in Zionist Threat

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Kucinich criticizes ‘privatization of war’ after Obama’s speech. “We need to dispense with the fiction…”

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On September 4, 2010

In Barack Obama, Dennis Kucinich, Lying, War, Why they hate US

From: Raw Story

A leading congressional opponent of the Iraq war welcomed the formal end of US combat operations on Tuesday but warned of the increased reliance on private mercenaries.

“The President is rightly celebrating that less American troops are in harm’s way,” Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) said Tuesday night. “I join the President in that celebration.”

“We need to dispense with the fiction, though, that this announcement in any way diminishes our financial or resource commitment to Iraq,” he continued.

“Fifty thousand ‘non-combat’ troops will remain, and that number does not include the State Department’s plan to double the amount of mercenaries through next year–whose only loyalty is to the highest bidder–and fortify numerous ‘enduring presence posts’ throughout the country. This fortification will include the recent State Department request for Black Hawk helicopters, mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles, and advanced surveillance systems.

Such a substantial reliance on mercenaries amounts to a privatization of war.”

Read Entire Article Here

Ron Paul — Iraq: Mission Accomplished – Or Just Semantics and Broken Promises?

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On August 30, 2010

In Lying, Ron Paul, War

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yvL4vOSy_w]Iraq: Mission Accomplished – Or Just Semantics and Broken Promises?

RonPaul2008dotcom | August 29, 2010

08/30/2010 – http://www.RonPaul.com

Amid much fanfare last week the last supposed combat troops left Iraq as the administration touted the beginning of the end of the Iraq war and a change in the role of the United States in that country. Considering the continued public frustration with the war effort and with the growing laundry list of broken promises, this was merely another one of those administration operations in political maneuvering and semantics in order to convince an increasingly war-weary public that the Iraq war is at last ending.

However, military officials confirm that we are committed to intervention in that country for years to come, and our operations have in fact changed minimally, if really at all. After eight long draining years I have to wonder if our government even understands what it is to end a war anymore. The end of a war to most people means all the troops come home, out of harm’s way. It means we stop killing people and getting killed. It means we stop sending troops and armed personnel over and draining our treasury for military operations in that foreign land. But much like the infamous “mission accomplished” moment of the last administration, this end of the war also means none of those things.

50,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, and they’re still receiving combat pay. One soldier was killed in Basra just last Sunday, after the supposed end of combat operations, and the same day 5,000 men and women of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Division at Fort Hood were deployed to Iraq. Their mission will be anything but desk duty. Among other things they will accompany the Iraqi military on dangerous patrols, continue to be involved in the hunt for terrorists, and provide air support for the Iraqi military. They should be receiving combat pay because they will be serving a combat role. Of course the number of private contractors who perform many of the same roles as troops, but for a lot more money, is expected to double. So this is a funny way of ending combat operations in Iraq. We are still meddling in their affairs and we are still putting our men and women in danger and we are still spending money we don’t have. This looks more like an escalation than a drawdown to me.

The ongoing war in Iraq takes place against a backdrop of economic crises at home, as fresh numbers indicate that our economic situation is as bad as ever and getting worse. Our foreign policy is based on the illusion that we are actually paying for it. What we’re doing is borrowing and printing the money to maintain our presence overseas. Americans are seeing the cost of this irresponsible approach as our economic decline continues.

Unemployed Americans have been questioning a policy that shifts hundreds of billions of dollars overseas while their own communities crumble and their frustration is growing. An end to this type of a foreign policy is way overdue. A return to the traditional American foreign policy of active private engagement and non-interventionism is the only alternative that can restore our moral and fiscal health.

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Ron Paul is America’s leading voice for limited, constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, a return to sound monetary policies, and a sensible foreign policy that puts America first.

For more information visit the following websites:

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http://www.RonPaulNews.com
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Why they hate US: The USA Deadly Legacy in Iraq

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On August 27, 2010

In War, Why they hate US

From: Uruknet

August 25, 2010

The USA Deadly Legacy in Iraq – Part One

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPUjay-rbgI]

The USA Deadly Legacy in Iraq – Part Two

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3RWLW3k2Pw]

The number of babies born with severe deformities and children developing leukaemia is rising dramatically in parts of Iraq.

US forces used depleted uranium weapons to attack the city, which locals say has left them with this devastating legacy.

One report even says the number of such illnesses in Falluja is higher than that recorded after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

See some of the deformed and desperately ill children, and meets some of the people battling against the odds to rebuild their lives, and their city.

HOW TO HELP:

Read about the work of the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons (ICBUW)

http://www.bandepleteduranium.org/

The ICBUW is petitioning for an immediate end to the use of uranium weapons and for medical treatment and compensation for depleted uranium victims. You can read more about its petition:

http://web.bandepleteduranium.org/campaign/index.php?id=1&id

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Iraq Exit is Merely “Rebranding the Occupation!”

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On August 23, 2010

In Lying, War, Why they hate US

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoGvc4fSXcM]‘Iraq Exit: Rebranding the Occupation!’

RussiaToday | August 19, 2010

The last U.S. combat brigade has left Iraq two weeks ahead of their planned withdrawal at the end of the month. But a fifty thousand-strong American military contingent will remain in the country for support and training until the end of 2011. They’ll have the power to use their weapons in self-defense or at the request of the Iraqi government. Over seven years of being in Iraq, more than four thousand U.S. soldiers have died, according to the Pentagon.

Orwell in charge? Kucinich compares Iraq ‘exit’ to Bush’s ‘Mission Accomplished’

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On August 20, 2010

In Dennis Kucinich, Lying, War

“This is not the end of the war; this is simply a new stage in the campaign to lull the American people into accepting an open-ended presence in Iraq.”

From: Raw Story

mission accomplished Orwell in charge? Kucinich compares Iraq exit to Bushs Mission Accomplished

“Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today challenged the notion that removing ‘combat brigades’ but leaving 50,000 U.S. troops in Iraq constitutes an end to combat operations, let alone an end to the war,” a press release sent to RAW STORY on Thursday stated.

The press release continues:

“Who is in charge of our operations in Iraq , now? George Orwell? A war based on lies continues to be a war based on lies. Today, we have a war that is not a war, with combat troops who are not combat troops. In 2003, President Bush said ‘ Mission Accomplished ‘ . In 2010, the White House says combat operations are over in Iraq , but will leave 50,000 troops, many of whom will inevitably be involved in combat-related activities.

“Just seven days ago, General Babaker Shawkat Zebari, the commander of Iraq ’s military, said that Iraq ’s security forces will not be trained and ready to take over security for another 10 years. One story is being told to the military on the ground in Iraq and another story is being told to their families back home.

“You can’t be in and out at the same time.

“This is not the end of the war; this is simply a new stage in the campaign to lull the American people into accepting an open-ended presence in Iraq . This is not an honest accounting to the American people and it diminishes the role of the troops who will put their lives on the line. This is not fair to the troops, their families or the American people.

“The Administration and the Pentagon would be wise to level with the American people about our long-term commitment to Iraq .

“The cost of the wars has been estimated to be around $1 million per soldier per year. Each year the troop levels stay at 50,000 means another $50 billion is wasted. I object to spending billions of dollars to maintain a charade in Iraq while our own economy is failing and over 15 million Americans are out of work. I object to keeping any level troops in Iraq to maintain a war based on lies. It is time that Congress sees through the manipulation and finally acts to truly end the war by stopping its funding,” said Kucinich.

Entire Article Here

Time magazine descends to new propaganda low to shock Americans into continuing the Afghan war

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On August 10, 2010

In Media Bias Exposed, War

From: Henry Makow

Illuminutty media descend to new propaganda lows

by Jason Ditz of freep.com

The continuation of the war in Afghanistan, some nine years after the U.S. invasion, rests upon endlessly redefining the goals and purposes of the conflict. With the WikiLeaks documents providing growing evidence of the catastrophic state of the conflict, Time magazine has jumped in, as it so often has, with a story designed to convince Americans that the war must continue.

The cover of Time’s Aug. 9 edition features a shocking photo of an 18-year-old Afghan woman whose nose was brutally cut off by the Taliban. The stories associated with the photo assure us that this will be the fate of many, if not all, Afghan women if the U.S. does not continue its occupation ad infinitum.

Of course using the canard of women’s rights as the justification for continuing this war is nothing new, but with the war growing more unpopular by the minute it is forcing war enthusiasts to ratchet up the rhetoric, and scare the American public, by hook or by crook, into abandoning their opposition to the conflict in the name of protecting human rights.

Ignoring for a moment the massive number of civilians – men, women and children – being killed regularly by the 150,000 U.S.-led international troops in the nation, one must remember that while Time has spun the photo as “what will happen if the US leaves,” the tragedy of young Aisha did not happen in some fictional, future Afghanistan unfettered by U.S. occupation. Rather this girl has lived 9 years, half of her life, in U.S.-occupied Afghanistan, and the violence against her happened in U.S.-occupied Afghanistan.

Entire Article Here

Ron Paul: We Must Break the Vicious Circle of Violence!

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On August 8, 2010

In Ron Paul, War, Why they hate US

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Um6R5V-78]Ron Paul: We Must Break the Vicious Circle of Violence!

RonPaul2008dotcom | August 08, 2010

08/09/2010 – http://www.RonPaul.com

by Ron Paul

Last week the National Bureau of Economic Research published a report on the effect of civilian casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq that confirmed what critics of our foreign policy had been saying for years. The killing of civilians, although unintentional, angers other civilians and prompts them to seek revenge. This should be self-evident. The Central Intelligence Agency has long acknowledged and analyzed the concept blowback in our foreign policy.

It still amazes me that so many think that attacks against our soldiers occupying hostile foreign lands are motivated by hatred toward our system of government at home, or by the religion of the attackers. In fact, most of the anger toward us is rooted in reactions towards seeing their mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, and other loved ones, being killed by a foreign army. No matter our intention, the violence of our militarism in foreign lands causes those residents to seek revenge if innocents are killed. One does not have to be a Muslim to react this way – just human.

Our battle in Afghanistan resembles the battle against the many-headed Hydra monster in Greek mythology. According to former General Stanley McChrystal’s so-called insurgent math, for every insurgent killed, ten more insurgents are created by the collateral damage to civilians. Every coalition attack leads to six retaliatory attacks against our troops within the following six weeks, according to the NBER report. These retaliatory attacks must then be acted on by our troops, leading to still more attacks, and so it goes. Violence begets more violence. Eventually more and more Afghanis will view American troops with hostility and seek revenge for the deaths of a loved one. Meanwhile we are bleeding ourselves dry militarily and economically.

Some say if we leave, the Taliban will be strengthened. However, those who make that claim ignore the numerous ways our interventionist foreign policy has strengthened groups like the Taliban over the years. I have already pointed out how we serve as excellent recruiters for them by killing civilians. Last week I pointed out how our foreign aid to Pakistan specifically makes it into the Taliban’s coffers. And of course we provided the Taliban with aid and resources in the 1980s when they were our strategic allies against the Soviet Union.

For example, our CIA supplied them with stinger missiles to use against the Soviets, which are strikingly similar to the ones now allegedly used against us on the same battlefield according to the Wikileaks documents. As usual, our friends have a funny way of turning against us. Manuel Noriega and Saddam Hussein are also prime examples. Yet Congress never seems to acknowledge the blowback that results from our interventionism of the past.

Our war against the Taliban is going about as well as our War on Drugs or our War on Poverty, or any of our government’s wars. They all tend to create more of the thing they purport to eradicate, thereby dodging any excuse to draw down and come to an end. It is hard to image even winning anything this way. We have done enough damage in Afghanistan, both to the Afghan people and to ourselves. It’s time to reevaluate the situation. It’s time to come home.

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Ron Paul is America’s leading voice for limited, constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, and a return to sound monetary policies.

For more information visit the following sites:

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Duncan O’Finioan, The “Ultimate Warrior”: A Real Life Jason Bourne, CIA Programmed Mind-Control Assassin

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On August 5, 2010

In 'THEY' couldn't be that EVIL??, America's Getting Jacked!, CIA Drug Running/Assassinations, Mind Control, People Cursing People, Torture, War

Transcript is here

Half the people who hear what I have to say look at it and say what a lying stack of dung.  This is so much BS, there is no way any of this could happen, etc. etc. etc. Well, I’ll give a response that I gave to a guy on a radio show one night. I wish that were true, I’d love to be able take a pill everyday and have a nice life, but I can’t because it did happen and I don’t have the whole story myself and I may never get it.

What happened to me, and I talked about the split personality, that was just the tip of the iceberg, ok. I remembered the beatings, being thrown naked into a refrigerator, a refrigerator room, because I couldn’t get something right, but not just to me, but to all of us in this particular group and this type of stuff should not have happened. We consider ourselves to be a civilized free society. There’s nothing civilized about this, there’s nothing free about this.

There is strength in numbers. I would like to see, I mean come on, you have a million man march on Washington put together by somebody that the government laughed at. Why couldn’t we do the same thing? This stuff has got to stop. You know, people, like I said we’re supposed to live in a civilized free society. We don’t. When they can walk in and take you as a child, turn you into a killer and then use you abuse you and when they are done, throw you away and you asked earlier what is the one thing I would like to see come of this and any subsequent movies/videos or whatever.

I want to sit in a chair just like this in Washington, DC in front of the full senate and demand answers.

I’d do it in a heartbeat. I ain’t shy.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIUgThru7JY]Project Camelot interviews Duncan O’Finioan

jagbodhi | December 15, 2006

Ultimate Warrior: Robert Duncan O’Finioan

http://projectcamelot.org/duncan_o_fi…

Duncan O’Finioan was the Ultimate Warrior… brainwashed, conditioned and controlled as part of a highly classified MKULTRA program called PROJECT TALENT. From a thousand others trained as child warriors in 1966, he is now, he believes, only one of 20 left alive to tell the story.

In his powerful and compelling testimony for the camera — one of the most extraordinary we have ever heard — Duncan describes: — His mission to “terminate” the very drunk, future President of the United States… George W Bush;

— His dizzying enhanced physical and psychic abilities… including the abilities to hurl someone across the room with his mind, and walk through a solid wall;

— How he and 11 other children were flown to Cambodia to deliver a targeted death blow to all the surrounding Khmer Rouge troops… using only the combined power of their minds;

— How his right arm is “hardwired” and is capable of astonishing speed and strength;

— His struggle to regain his memory, aided by a car accident which led to the discovery of a cranial implant uncovered by an MRI machine… deactivating the implant and causing the MRI machine to catch fire;

— His role as a programmed assassin, targeting Americans under the command of an undisclosed agency;

— The selection, torture, and brutal training process that he endured… and which children are undergoing to this day;

— And more…

Twenty years later, Duncan (who is of mixed Cherokee and Irish blood) comes forward to tell the truth about the Ultimate Warrior project: how he was chosen, groomed and tortured into becoming the perfect fighting machine, combining physical superiority with the extraordinary mental abilities of a psychic spy.

Fearless, principled, and determined to regain control over his life, Duncan O’Finioan tells his story in detail. Do not miss this interview.

To contact Bill Ryan or Kerry Cassidy, please e-mail us at support@projectcamelot.org.

Related:

Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura, Episode 6 – ‘Manchurian Candidate’: Sanctioned murder by the U.S. government through trauma-based mind-control victims!

HR 5741 – The New Draft: Bringing Back Slavery to America

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On August 5, 2010

In War

From: activistpost

The difference between a drafted soldier and a slave doesn’t amount to a frosty mug o’ spit. Congress, apparently longing for the good old days of Viet Nam, Korea, and WWII, is proposing to enslave not just healthy young men, but pretty much all of us.

Most of the crooks and liars who form the political class today aren’t old enough to remember them, but there must be some institutional nostalgia for the days when America fielded vast armies of conscripts in a global struggle against tyranny. Congress must feel like fighting terrorism with a mere handful of volunteers is for military pikers. Iraq isn’t the kind of war that molds politicians into “great men.” And naturally, all politicians view themselves as great men.

What you need for real war, for firebombing cities, human wave attacks, and concentration camps—is to enslave pretty much everyone. You just can’t find enough volunteers for that kind of work.

Enter HR 5741. This law will require all Americans between 18 and 42 to provide the state with 2 years of their lives “in the furtherance of national defense or homeland security.”

Entire Article Here

Richard Dreyfuss interviewed by Tavis: The dread he feels about America’s future, one man owns half of the news media, “If you’re against the policy, you’re against the troops,” DARKness and LIGHTkeepers!

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On August 3, 2010

In Media Bias Exposed, People, Personal, The End of America?, The Soul of America, War, Why we're getting jacked

It’s not often that an interview surprises me in a great way! So I thought I’d share it with all of you.

I’ve been enjoying listening to The Word of Promise audio Bible (Jim Caviezel plays Jesus), so I was curious to find out more about Richard Dreyfuss, who plays Moses. I had no idea how cool he is!

As I watched, my jaw dropped open. I’ve hardly known anything about this man.

God bless!

Jeff : )

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Watch, Listen or Read Tavis’ Interview
HERE

Richard Dreyfuss

airdate May 7, 2010

Dreyfuss: … I lived a blessed life. I was able to do for 50 years something I adored doing and I was rewarded and praised for it. Then when it ceased to being as intense a love affair and, as the Bible says, for everything there’s a season, when I got older and I stopped being given the highest salaries and the best parts, I also was not allowed to have my opinions heard and that made me quit.

I said to myself what I had promised myself when I was 12. When I was 12, I said, “You’re gonna be an actor and a star. You’re gonna go into politics and then you’re gonna teach history.” So when I was 56, I quit being an actor, meaning I quit developing. I quit trying to raise projects up and all that.

I went to Oxford for four years and I knew Cassandra’s Curse. You know, she had the ability to see the future and no one would believe her. Well, I wrote a piece for the San Diego Tribune and I said, “I have not been able to find the words that you would make you feel the dread I feel about the future of this country.”

I would ask you, when you think about the future of America, do you have a sense of ease and comfort and relaxation or do you sense some unease and something wrong even if you can’t name it?

Tavis: I feel the same thing you feel. …

Dreyfuss: There are two things that’ll make me lose my sense of humor. When someone says, “You have no right to that flag” or when they say… “If you’re against the policy, you’re against the troops.” Those things get me really angry because I’m an American and I love America more than I can possibly tell you. …

Dreyfuss: …patriotism means that people can understand that this country uniquely has an inherent meaning and most countries are just accidents of history.

This country was intended for something and, if we had tried it in Europe, they would have killed us to the last man. It was only the Atlantic Ocean that protected us. But we have a meaning and what is it? It’s that we put the Bill of Rights up on a wall so that everyone could see every time we failed and every time we succeeded and we had the guts and the naivety and arrogance and cockiness to say this is our picture of our moral future.

That is an act unequaled in history, so that we said that’s our goal. We announce it now and every time we failed it, it’s headlines and every time we succeed at it, it’s commonplace. And it’s what makes America completely unique in the story of nations. …

You can’t deny that we are a picture of a country that is like after the Big Bang. Everything is going this way and, when you don’t hold people accountable and when you allow illegal wars and when you can’t define the party principles because the win is more important than the principles, then you know you’re in trouble. …

Tavis: …why are you hopeful?

Dreyfuss: Because I believe, first of all, that individuals make history. I don’t believe that it happens by itself. I believe that America is hard and it takes maintenance and you can’t forget that you’ve got to take your car into the shop every six months and lube it up.

You cannot take for granted the complexity and complement of Republican democracy. Republican democracy actually says that the citizenry is as important as any other sector in the government. So why do we not teach those kids how to run the country? We teach our kids what we want them to know and we don’t teach them what we don’t want them to know, so someone is saying that.

By the way, if all of the news information industry is owned, let’s say, 35 to 55 percent by one guy, that’s a subject for discussion and if his name happens to be Rupert Murdoch, he’s got five passports and one of them is Chinese. So when he was [unintelligible] to the president’s ear, who’s he talking for, and you have a right to ask that. You have an obligation. …

Tavis: Tell me about Lightkeepers. …

Dreyfuss: This is a movie about a guy who has made an oath to keep the light on and that means no matter what, the light never goes off because, if the light goes off, people will die and that’s the oath that all lightkeepers took. That is as clear a metaphor about this country as you can get because the darkness which is the overwhelming history of mankind has come back.

We live in a senseless, Alice in Wonderland world where nothing is logical, where no one is punished, where people who are rewarded are only rewarded because they were born to it and now the Supreme Court has actually, in a way, by saying the corporations are unfettered, giving political contributions, you know what that really is? That’s closing the circle.

We came here to get away from that and now our own Supreme Court has brought it back. A caste and class system that says money is the only counter and, if you don’t have it, you’re out. That is actually bringing history back to where it began at the birth of this country.

Ron Paul: Why Do They Want To Kill Us? Because We Occupy Their Land!

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On August 1, 2010

In Ron Paul, War, Why they hate US

Transcribed by Jeff Fenske

“The Taliban, we have to remember, had nothing to do with 9/11.”

“Too often our government is involved in secret wars.”

“I think we’re going to be less secure because of this activity,
and we will finally, someday,
have to meet up to the question of
why do they want to come here to kill us?
Do they want to do it because of their religion?
Do they want to do it because we are rich and because we are free?
No, they want to come here because we occupy their territory.”

– Ron Paul

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjzCdef3xEY]Ron Paul: Why Do They Want To Kill Us? Because We Occupy Their Land!

July 27, 2010 C-SPAN

The Amazing Ron Paul: Bribe Money — “Wars should not be covert or casual. We absolutely should not be paying off leaders of a country while killing their civilians…. This is not what America is supposed to be about.”

By

On August 1, 2010

In Ethics, Ron Paul, War, Why they hate US

Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called children of God.

– Jesus

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMUS4nhcKCQ]Ron Paul: Congress Could End Obama’s Wars

RonPaul2008dotcom | August 01, 2010

08/02/2010 – http://www.RonPaul.com

by Ron Paul

Our foreign policy was in the spotlight last week, which is exactly where it should be. Almost two years ago, many voters elected someone they thought would lead us to a more peaceful, rational coexistence with other countries. However, while attention has been focused on the administration’s disastrous economic policies, its equally disastrous foreign policies have exacerbated our problems overseas.

Especially in times of economic crises we cannot afford to ignore costly foreign policy mistakes. That’s why it’s important that U.S. foreign policy receive some much-needed attention in the media, as it did last week with the leaked documents scandal. Many are saying that the Wikileaks documents tell us nothing new. In some ways that is true. Most Americans knew that we have been fighting losing battles; these documents show just how bad it really is. The revelation that Pakistani intelligence is assisting the people we are bombing in Afghanistan shows the quality of friends we are making with our foreign policy.

This kind of thing supports points that Rep. Dennis Kucinich and I tried to make on the House floor last week with a privileged resolution that would have directed the administration to remove troops from Pakistan pursuant to the War Powers Resolution. We are not at war with Pakistan. Congress has made no declaration of war. Actually, we made no declaration of war on Afghanistan or Iraq either, but that is another matter. Yet we have troops in Pakistan engaging in hostile activities, conducting drone attacks and killing people. We sometimes manage to kill someone who has been identified as an enemy, yet we also kill about ten civilians for every one of those. Pakistani civilians are angered by this, yet their leadership is mollified by our billions in bribe money. We just passed an appropriations bill that will send another $7.5 billion to Pakistan. One wonders how much of this money will end up helping the Taliban.

This whole operation is clearly counterproductive, inappropriate, immoral, and every American who values the rule of law should be outraged. Yet these activities are being done so quietly that most Americans as well as most members of the House don’t even know about them.

We should follow constitutional protocol when going to war. It’s there for a reason. If we are legitimately attacked it is the job of the Congress to declare war. We then fight the war, win it and come home. War should be efficient, decisive and rare. However, when Congress shirks its duty and just gives the administration whatever it wants with no real oversight or meaningful debate, wars are never-ending, wasteful and political.

Our so-called wars have been become a perpetual drain on our economy and liberty. The founders knew that heads of state are far too eager to engage in those very conflicts. That is why they entrusted the power to go to war with the deliberative body closest to the people: the Congress. Decisions to go to war need to be supported by the people. Wars should not be covert or casual. We absolutely should not be paying off leaders of a country while killing their civilians, without expecting to create a lot of new problems. This is not what America is supposed to be about.

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