The Truth About George W. Bush & Co.
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The Unfeeling President
BY E. L. Doctorow
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Extensive Investigation about the Bush Administrations' ongoing effort to keep
the American public from having access to public information.
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Bomb Squad Called in as Protesters Greet Bush in California
April 22, 2006 - A bomb squad was called in Saturday, after a man dropped a knapsack in a crowd of protesters outside a building President Bush was touring. Authorities later said it appeared to be a "sophisticated hoax device."
West Sacramento Deputy Police Chief Henry Serrano said the man dropped the knapsack in the middle of a street outside the California Fuel Cell Partnership, where Bush was giving an Earth Day talk on hydrogen fuel technology.
The suspect then ran into the crowd of about 1,500 protesters. Police who caught him said he appeared intoxicated and refused to identify himself.
The bomb squad later blasted the knapsack with a water cannon, and no explosives were found.
The bag, however, contained wires, junction boxes and heavy metal components fashioned "in a way that would lead one to not rule out that it was an explosive device," Serrano said. It appeared to be a sophisticated hoax, police said.
"The package was found while the president was in town. We're taking it very seriously," Serrano said.
Authorities said the suspect likely would be charged in the hoax. The man initially told officers that he found the bag and dropped it after being startled by its contents.
Saturday's protest was otherwise peaceful, but demonstrators were no less angry with the president's visit to the area.
Yolo County Supervisor Mariko Yamada said she was insulted Bush chose to celebrate Earth Day in her largely Democratic and environmentally conscious county, home of the "nuclear free zone" in the city of Davis.
"I just actually find it astounding and outrageous that he would come here on Earth Day," Yamada said. "He's got one of the worst environmental records of all presidents in the last two to three decades."
Many of the protesters, who were forced to gather several hundred feet from the building, said they were unfazed that they were kept away from Bush's sight.
"He wouldn't pay any attention anyway -- that's his style," said Jerry Ann Campbell of Shingle Springs. "He's always insulated from the people. If he paid more attention, we wouldn't be in this mess we're in."
April 22, 2006 - A bomb squad was called in Saturday, after a man dropped a knapsack in a crowd of protesters outside a building President Bush was touring. Authorities later said it appeared to be a "sophisticated hoax device."
West Sacramento Deputy Police Chief Henry Serrano said the man dropped the knapsack in the middle of a street outside the California Fuel Cell Partnership, where Bush was giving an Earth Day talk on hydrogen fuel technology.
The suspect then ran into the crowd of about 1,500 protesters. Police who caught him said he appeared intoxicated and refused to identify himself.
The bomb squad later blasted the knapsack with a water cannon, and no explosives were found.
The bag, however, contained wires, junction boxes and heavy metal components fashioned "in a way that would lead one to not rule out that it was an explosive device," Serrano said. It appeared to be a sophisticated hoax, police said.
"The package was found while the president was in town. We're taking it very seriously," Serrano said.
Authorities said the suspect likely would be charged in the hoax. The man initially told officers that he found the bag and dropped it after being startled by its contents.
Saturday's protest was otherwise peaceful, but demonstrators were no less angry with the president's visit to the area.
Yolo County Supervisor Mariko Yamada said she was insulted Bush chose to celebrate Earth Day in her largely Democratic and environmentally conscious county, home of the "nuclear free zone" in the city of Davis.
"I just actually find it astounding and outrageous that he would come here on Earth Day," Yamada said. "He's got one of the worst environmental records of all presidents in the last two to three decades."
Many of the protesters, who were forced to gather several hundred feet from the building, said they were unfazed that they were kept away from Bush's sight.
"He wouldn't pay any attention anyway -- that's his style," said Jerry Ann Campbell of Shingle Springs. "He's always insulated from the people. If he paid more attention, we wouldn't be in this mess we're in."
President Discusses Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Hyatt Regency Irvine
Irvine, California
Office of the Press Secretary
April 24, 2006
What the hell is he talking about...weren't there just admissions on the highest levels admittting that WMD claims were mistaken????????
He describes HIS job so eloquently marked by comparisons to his father cuz he never actually served in the military. And this talk of being an example for peace. I laugh at this. What is the MISSION again? And how to fight "the war on terror" in a couple countries????? Peace, i see a whole lot of DEATH.
First percentage figure is for Orange County California, the Second is for the Entire State of California. 2004 Census
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 64.8% 59.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.7% 6.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.7% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 13.6% 10.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3% 0.3%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 14.8% 16.8%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 4.1% 4.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 51.3% 46.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 30.8% 32.4%
White, I mean Orange County. LOL @ this is what leaders do! How about getting into the thick of things and visiting East LA, Atlanta, El Paso, Phoenix, Houston, Fresno, etc?
Just a Lot More Song and Dance--For the Masses
Link to the speech:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/04/20060424-2.html
Hyatt Regency Irvine
Irvine, California
Office of the Press Secretary
April 24, 2006
What the hell is he talking about...weren't there just admissions on the highest levels admittting that WMD claims were mistaken????????
He describes HIS job so eloquently marked by comparisons to his father cuz he never actually served in the military. And this talk of being an example for peace. I laugh at this. What is the MISSION again? And how to fight "the war on terror" in a couple countries????? Peace, i see a whole lot of DEATH.
First percentage figure is for Orange County California, the Second is for the Entire State of California. 2004 Census
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 64.8% 59.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.7% 6.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.7% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 13.6% 10.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3% 0.3%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 14.8% 16.8%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 4.1% 4.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 51.3% 46.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 30.8% 32.4%
White, I mean Orange County. LOL @ this is what leaders do! How about getting into the thick of things and visiting East LA, Atlanta, El Paso, Phoenix, Houston, Fresno, etc?
Just a Lot More Song and Dance--For the Masses
Link to the speech:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/04/20060424-2.html
Count the Lies
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Excerpts taken from "The Real Dirt on Bush/Harken Scandal"
Arbusto is an oil company Bush ran into the ground and it was acquired by Spectrum which, Bush ran into the ground and it was acquired by Harken. Bush is as "inside" as a trader gets.
Under the terms of the deal, Harken was given the exclusive right to explore for gas and oil off the shores of the Gulf island nation. If gas or oil were found in waters near two of the world's largest gas and oil fields, Harken would have exclusive marketing and transportation rights for the energy resources. Truly an "incredible deal" for a company that had never drilled an offshore well.
Harken lacked sufficient financing to explore off the coast of Bahrain so it brought in Bass Enterprises Production Company of Fort Worth, Texas, as a partner. The Bass family contributed more than $200,000 to the Republican Party in the late 1980s and early 1990s. *9 On June 22, 1990, George Jr. sold two-thirds of his Harken stock for $848,560-a cool 200 percent profit. The move was well timed. One week after Junior sold his stock, Harken announced a $23.2 million loss in quarterly earnings and Harken stock dropped sharply, losing 60 percent of its value over the next six months. On August 2, 1990, Iraqi troops moved into Kuwait and 541,000 U.S. forces were deployed to the Gulf.
"There is substantial evidence to suggest that Bush knew Harken was in dire straits in the weeks before he sold the $848,560 of Harken stock," asserted U.S. News & World Report. The magazine noted Harken appointed Junior to a "fairness committee" to study possible economic restructuring of the company. Junior worked closely with financial advisers from Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Company, who concluded "only drastic action could save Harken."
George "Jr." also violated Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations which require "insider" stock deals to be reported promptly, in Bush's case by July 10, 1990. He didn't file the stock sale with the SEC until the first week of March 1991.
Meanwhile, a cloak-and-dagger aura surrounds Junior's business dealings. James Bath, a Texas entrepreneur who invested $50,000 in Arbusto Energy, may be a business cutout for the CIA. Bath also acted as an investment "adviser" to Saudi Arabian oil sheikhs, linked to the outlaw BCCI, which also has ties to the CIA.
Source: http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2002/07/136245_comment.php#1708239
Arbusto is an oil company Bush ran into the ground and it was acquired by Spectrum which, Bush ran into the ground and it was acquired by Harken. Bush is as "inside" as a trader gets.
Under the terms of the deal, Harken was given the exclusive right to explore for gas and oil off the shores of the Gulf island nation. If gas or oil were found in waters near two of the world's largest gas and oil fields, Harken would have exclusive marketing and transportation rights for the energy resources. Truly an "incredible deal" for a company that had never drilled an offshore well.
Harken lacked sufficient financing to explore off the coast of Bahrain so it brought in Bass Enterprises Production Company of Fort Worth, Texas, as a partner. The Bass family contributed more than $200,000 to the Republican Party in the late 1980s and early 1990s. *9 On June 22, 1990, George Jr. sold two-thirds of his Harken stock for $848,560-a cool 200 percent profit. The move was well timed. One week after Junior sold his stock, Harken announced a $23.2 million loss in quarterly earnings and Harken stock dropped sharply, losing 60 percent of its value over the next six months. On August 2, 1990, Iraqi troops moved into Kuwait and 541,000 U.S. forces were deployed to the Gulf.
"There is substantial evidence to suggest that Bush knew Harken was in dire straits in the weeks before he sold the $848,560 of Harken stock," asserted U.S. News & World Report. The magazine noted Harken appointed Junior to a "fairness committee" to study possible economic restructuring of the company. Junior worked closely with financial advisers from Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Company, who concluded "only drastic action could save Harken."
George "Jr." also violated Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations which require "insider" stock deals to be reported promptly, in Bush's case by July 10, 1990. He didn't file the stock sale with the SEC until the first week of March 1991.
Meanwhile, a cloak-and-dagger aura surrounds Junior's business dealings. James Bath, a Texas entrepreneur who invested $50,000 in Arbusto Energy, may be a business cutout for the CIA. Bath also acted as an investment "adviser" to Saudi Arabian oil sheikhs, linked to the outlaw BCCI, which also has ties to the CIA.
Source: http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2002/07/136245_comment.php#1708239
just saw this movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206944/ about Mobutu and guess who was one of his very best friends in the whole world? George Sr.
The Mobutu family used to chill with the Bush Family- George Sr. is said to have adopted some of Mobutu's kids
Remember George Sr was head of the CIA when they recruited Mobutu to kill Lamumba. Mobutu was a longtime house plant though from his recruitment by Belgian intelligence before or during his "journalism course" in Belgium.
The media and journalists are prime intelligence operative centers. Dissemination of propaganda, recruitment, good cover too. Ask Bob Woodward (naval intelligence)
The Mobutu family used to chill with the Bush Family- George Sr. is said to have adopted some of Mobutu's kids
Remember George Sr was head of the CIA when they recruited Mobutu to kill Lamumba. Mobutu was a longtime house plant though from his recruitment by Belgian intelligence before or during his "journalism course" in Belgium.
The media and journalists are prime intelligence operative centers. Dissemination of propaganda, recruitment, good cover too. Ask Bob Woodward (naval intelligence)
you know whats sad about this whole thing.
People actually believe this shit.
Lets have FACTS, i mean ACTUAL FACTS, not shit from MOVEON.org.
If Bush didn't like black people, he wouldn't have 2 in his adminstration. *well it was 2*.
The IRAQ war isn't as bad as the media making out to be. How would I know? Hell, I got 2 kinfolks there right now, and they are chilling. Not to mention, we only have 2800 casualities. We suffered more in one week during Normandy.
And everyone knows why gas is high. Thank Congress for that bullshit. They didn't lift the ban for us to drill on the coast, and alaska. Plus, to top it off, they are making the OIL companies pay more taxes.
People actually believe this shit.
Lets have FACTS, i mean ACTUAL FACTS, not shit from MOVEON.org.
If Bush didn't like black people, he wouldn't have 2 in his adminstration. *well it was 2*.
The IRAQ war isn't as bad as the media making out to be. How would I know? Hell, I got 2 kinfolks there right now, and they are chilling. Not to mention, we only have 2800 casualities. We suffered more in one week during Normandy.
And everyone knows why gas is high. Thank Congress for that bullshit. They didn't lift the ban for us to drill on the coast, and alaska. Plus, to top it off, they are making the OIL companies pay more taxes.
actinanass said:
I have a variety of feelings about these matters but feeling "sad" is not one of them.
And some people do not.
Since you discredit moveon.org, talk about their problems and expose them if that source bothers you.
Hiring a couple of black people to your administration does not necessarily indicate a liking of the people. In the world of business, you can hire a few people to give the impression you are about fair play and equality, when actually you aren't. So Bush's feelings about black people are not tied into hiring a few of them. His attitudes towards black people would better be demonstrated in terms of his policies and actions towards those people. The things that effect hundreds, thousands and millions of those people.
And I know people in Iraq who are now dead and will never hang out with me again. So while your experience with the war may not be terrible, for other people (myself and others), this war has needlessly killed people over a battle fought in the name of false premises. And it's not just the Americans suffering. Innocent Iraqi people are dying in the boat loads due to this illegal war. You can make the case in certain instances, they are simply being slaughtered.
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actinanass said:
You dont know what you are talking about
GET YOU HOT said:You dont know what you are talking about
prove me wrong...
The World According to Bush
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Like him or not, you have to agree that his administration has brought instability to the oil markets for generations to come.
Do Dots Connect to a Police State?
By Farhad Manjoo Farhad Manjoo
2002-06-07 03:00:00.0
In a televised address to the nation Thursday evening, President Bush proposed the creation of a cabinet-level domestic security office to act as a clearinghouse for intelligence collected by many existing federal agencies.
Like several other law enforcement changes proposed by the Bush administration during the past two weeks, this move was sharply criticized by civil libertarians, one of whom cautioned that Bush was leading the country toward a "police state."
SOURCE: http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,53037,00.html
By Farhad Manjoo Farhad Manjoo
2002-06-07 03:00:00.0
In a televised address to the nation Thursday evening, President Bush proposed the creation of a cabinet-level domestic security office to act as a clearinghouse for intelligence collected by many existing federal agencies.
Like several other law enforcement changes proposed by the Bush administration during the past two weeks, this move was sharply criticized by civil libertarians, one of whom cautioned that Bush was leading the country toward a "police state."
SOURCE: http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,53037,00.html
Like him or not, those tax breaks.
LOL, you mean the tax cuts for the Rich & Famous 
Former Rumsfeld aide tapped to lead NATO
July 15, 2006
WASHINGTON, D.C.
An Army general who has overseen the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba for the past two years won approval yesterday by NATO to be the next military commander of the 26-nation alliance. General Bantz J. Craddock, whose nomination must be confirmed by the Senate, would replace Marine General James Jones, who is retiring. The post has been held by an American since Dwight D. Eisenhower served in the position in 1951. (AP)
July 15, 2006
WASHINGTON, D.C.
An Army general who has overseen the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba for the past two years won approval yesterday by NATO to be the next military commander of the 26-nation alliance. General Bantz J. Craddock, whose nomination must be confirmed by the Senate, would replace Marine General James Jones, who is retiring. The post has been held by an American since Dwight D. Eisenhower served in the position in 1951. (AP)
GET YOU HOT said:George W. Bush is notorious for running things into the ground, (look into his past), not to mention, lying about Iraq Weapons of Mass Destruction; killing Iraqi citizens and American soldiers(the so called War on Terrorism); outing a CIA operative, (breaking federal law), implementing NSA spying on US Citizens(violation of civil liberties, privacy clauses, etc); torturing Abu Ghraib prisoners against the Geneva Conventions(human rights violations, false imprisonment, torture, etc); last but not least, a well-documented case that the administration paricipated in and engineered 9-11(domestic terrorism).
So he didn't go to the NAACP this year or the other years, atleast he had his reason, cats wanted to mess with him, would you go where people are going to boo you. Are you going to talk over them, or rather, scream over their rants and bitterness, probably not. George Bush is only showing America that we are all fucked up in a sense and he's just a pawn in the game like everybody else. Yeah, he's made more mistakes than any other president, but so did Clinton. George atleast tackled the war and will lower the population of U.S. citizens in order to let the immigrants in. how many soldiers have died already. Last I heard, it was over 200,000 of them them, so he's got about 10.8 million to go.
I'm just kidding, but I do agree that this is a dumb president. although I could care less for the constitution(was never intended for minorities, since we, with the exception of black folks, didn't get here until the early 20th century or so)
Puerto, 200,000 U.S. Soldiers Dead Check your source! You made some valid points, Bush did attend and he got the third degree from 2 audience members.
200,000 U.S. Soldiers Dead Check your source! You made some valid points, Bush did attend and he got the third degree from 2 audience members.
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Bush Needs to Relearn his ABCs
When his administration isn’t pushing the dangerous drug nevirapine, President Bush touts an abstinence first ideology, both here and abroad, when it comes to dealing with the HIV/AIDS epidemic. One of his favorite examples is the country of Uganda:
“I think it’s really important for us to focus on prevention. We can learn from the experiences of other countries when it comes to a good program to prevent the spread of AIDS, like the nation of Uganda. They’ve started what they call the A-B-C approach to prevention of this deadly disease. That stands for: Abstain, be faithful in marriage, and, when appropriate, use condoms. That’s what A-B-C stands for. And it’s working. I like to call it a practical, balanced and moral message. I say it’s working because Uganda has cut its AIDS infection rate to 5 percent over 10 years. Prevention works.”
Fellow conservatives joined him in this rhetoric and went so far as to liken the use of condoms to playing Russian Roulette:
“Condoms also do provide 85 percent protection against the HIV/AIDS virus, or roughly the odds one has of escaping unscathed when playing Russian roulette with a six-shooter with one chamber lethally loaded — if you’re interested in playing Russian roulette.”
Now, a decade-long study by several reputable health researchers on what’s really going on with condoms, abstinence education, and the country of Uganda presents a completely different story:
“Abstinence and sexual fidelity have played virtually no role in the much-heralded decline of AIDS rates in the most closely studied region of Uganda…Instead, the deaths of previously infected people, not dramatic change in human behavior, represent the main engine behind the ebbing of the overall rate, or prevalence, of AIDS in southern Uganda over the past decade…”
And far from the risky business that conservatives would want us to believe, in fact, “only condom use has kept the deadly [HIV] virus in check” in Uganda.
When his administration isn’t pushing the dangerous drug nevirapine, President Bush touts an abstinence first ideology, both here and abroad, when it comes to dealing with the HIV/AIDS epidemic. One of his favorite examples is the country of Uganda:
“I think it’s really important for us to focus on prevention. We can learn from the experiences of other countries when it comes to a good program to prevent the spread of AIDS, like the nation of Uganda. They’ve started what they call the A-B-C approach to prevention of this deadly disease. That stands for: Abstain, be faithful in marriage, and, when appropriate, use condoms. That’s what A-B-C stands for. And it’s working. I like to call it a practical, balanced and moral message. I say it’s working because Uganda has cut its AIDS infection rate to 5 percent over 10 years. Prevention works.”
Fellow conservatives joined him in this rhetoric and went so far as to liken the use of condoms to playing Russian Roulette:
“Condoms also do provide 85 percent protection against the HIV/AIDS virus, or roughly the odds one has of escaping unscathed when playing Russian roulette with a six-shooter with one chamber lethally loaded — if you’re interested in playing Russian roulette.”
Now, a decade-long study by several reputable health researchers on what’s really going on with condoms, abstinence education, and the country of Uganda presents a completely different story:
“Abstinence and sexual fidelity have played virtually no role in the much-heralded decline of AIDS rates in the most closely studied region of Uganda…Instead, the deaths of previously infected people, not dramatic change in human behavior, represent the main engine behind the ebbing of the overall rate, or prevalence, of AIDS in southern Uganda over the past decade…”
And far from the risky business that conservatives would want us to believe, in fact, “only condom use has kept the deadly [HIV] virus in check” in Uganda.
BUSH’S SECRET ADVISOR HAS BLOODY PAST
BILDERBERG LUMINARY NOW HAS EAR OF THE PRESIDENT
By Richard Walker
As more U.S. soldiers die in Iraq, and President Bush tells Americans he will “stay the course” even if his only supporters are his wife and their dog, Barney, reports have come out that Bush is getting advice from a man who knows all about failure.
That man is Henry Kissinger, 88, who served as national security advisor and secretary of state under Richard Nixon and then Gerald Ford.
According to Washington Post editor, Bob Woodward whose new book State of Denial is giving the White House a political headache, Kissinger has been advising Bush behind the scenes for some time during his regular visits to the White House.
The presence of Kissinger within the Bush White House should be no surprise to those who have studied his political career, including his influence on the neo-conservative movement and his membership in the shadowy group known as Bilderberg. His role as advisor to this president may help explain some of the president’s view about the war in Iraq and also some of his language.
One of Kissinger’s favorite sayings is, “the absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.” In other words, never seek alternatives, or as he told some of the most notorious regimes during his stint as a national security advisor, “succeed and get the job done quickly.”
According to Woodward, Kissinger thinks he is fighting the war in Vietnam all over again, except that this time he intends to win it. Likewise, Bush has made it clear that he will seek victory in Iraq—whatever that may mean—no matter how many American soldiers lose their lives.
Kissinger has emerged from the background this year to make a series of statements furthering the neo-conservative agenda about rebuilding the Middle East and creating a new world order. He has been especially active in articulating views that dovetail with Israel’s perceptions of how America should develop its Middle East strategy.
Born a German, of Jewish origin, Kissinger has made no secret of his support for Zionism and his close links to Israel.
On Sept. 3, he publicly declared that European nations should put aside their differences with the United States because both sides were facing a possible “war of civilizations” that “dwarfed transatlantic mistrust left over from the war in Iraq.”
Mankind was facing a “global catastrophe,” he warned, and that meant America and its allies had to start constructing a “new world order.”
If Kissinger’s past teaches anything about his “new world order” it is that he will get into bed with dictators and the cost of his policies in human lives lost will not mean too much to his sensibilities. A brief examination of his days as national security advisor and secretary of state under Nixon and Ford, confirm his taste for dirty, clandestine wars, as well as an ability to hide the truth from Congress and the American people.
In 1969, he advocated the secret “carpet” bombing of neutral Cambodia that led to the killing of half a million innocent lives and is believed to have contributed to the subsequent rise of the dictator, Pol Pot whose Khmer Rouge militias massacred millions in what became known as “the killing fields.” In 1973, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for negotiating a ceasefire with North Vietnam, even though the war in Vietnam continued for another two years.
If Cambodia was an example of his ability to operate in the shadows so was his support for the invasion of East Timor by the corrupt Indonesian regime of General Suharto. Documents have now surfaced showing that a day before the invasion on December 7, 1975, Kissinger told the dictator:
“It is important whatever you do, do succeed quickly.” Kissinger was concerned American public opinion would not favor a brutal or prolonged occupation of East Timor that nine days earlier had declared independence from Portugal. The invasion led to the death of almost a quarter of a million Timorese and a subsequent occupation killed almost a third of the population in what Amnesty International called genocide.
BILDERBERG LUMINARY NOW HAS EAR OF THE PRESIDENT
By Richard Walker
As more U.S. soldiers die in Iraq, and President Bush tells Americans he will “stay the course” even if his only supporters are his wife and their dog, Barney, reports have come out that Bush is getting advice from a man who knows all about failure.
That man is Henry Kissinger, 88, who served as national security advisor and secretary of state under Richard Nixon and then Gerald Ford.
According to Washington Post editor, Bob Woodward whose new book State of Denial is giving the White House a political headache, Kissinger has been advising Bush behind the scenes for some time during his regular visits to the White House.
The presence of Kissinger within the Bush White House should be no surprise to those who have studied his political career, including his influence on the neo-conservative movement and his membership in the shadowy group known as Bilderberg. His role as advisor to this president may help explain some of the president’s view about the war in Iraq and also some of his language.
One of Kissinger’s favorite sayings is, “the absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.” In other words, never seek alternatives, or as he told some of the most notorious regimes during his stint as a national security advisor, “succeed and get the job done quickly.”
According to Woodward, Kissinger thinks he is fighting the war in Vietnam all over again, except that this time he intends to win it. Likewise, Bush has made it clear that he will seek victory in Iraq—whatever that may mean—no matter how many American soldiers lose their lives.
Kissinger has emerged from the background this year to make a series of statements furthering the neo-conservative agenda about rebuilding the Middle East and creating a new world order. He has been especially active in articulating views that dovetail with Israel’s perceptions of how America should develop its Middle East strategy.
Born a German, of Jewish origin, Kissinger has made no secret of his support for Zionism and his close links to Israel.
On Sept. 3, he publicly declared that European nations should put aside their differences with the United States because both sides were facing a possible “war of civilizations” that “dwarfed transatlantic mistrust left over from the war in Iraq.”
Mankind was facing a “global catastrophe,” he warned, and that meant America and its allies had to start constructing a “new world order.”
If Kissinger’s past teaches anything about his “new world order” it is that he will get into bed with dictators and the cost of his policies in human lives lost will not mean too much to his sensibilities. A brief examination of his days as national security advisor and secretary of state under Nixon and Ford, confirm his taste for dirty, clandestine wars, as well as an ability to hide the truth from Congress and the American people.
In 1969, he advocated the secret “carpet” bombing of neutral Cambodia that led to the killing of half a million innocent lives and is believed to have contributed to the subsequent rise of the dictator, Pol Pot whose Khmer Rouge militias massacred millions in what became known as “the killing fields.” In 1973, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for negotiating a ceasefire with North Vietnam, even though the war in Vietnam continued for another two years.
If Cambodia was an example of his ability to operate in the shadows so was his support for the invasion of East Timor by the corrupt Indonesian regime of General Suharto. Documents have now surfaced showing that a day before the invasion on December 7, 1975, Kissinger told the dictator:
“It is important whatever you do, do succeed quickly.” Kissinger was concerned American public opinion would not favor a brutal or prolonged occupation of East Timor that nine days earlier had declared independence from Portugal. The invasion led to the death of almost a quarter of a million Timorese and a subsequent occupation killed almost a third of the population in what Amnesty International called genocide.
Bush Betrays Democracy and Truth in Signing Military Commissions Act
By Matthew Rothschild
October 17, 2006
George Bush just signed the Military Commissions Act, the bookend to the Patriot Act on the shelf marked “Assault on Democracy.”
It allows the President himself to decide what is covered by Geneva Conventions, and what is not.
In short, it gives the President a green light to torture.
Bush does not believe that history will be concerned with the question: Did we uphold our Constitution?But this isn’t about questioning them. It’s about torturing them. It’s about subjecting them to such things as waterboarding, a medieval instrument of sadism.
But he knows full well that the CIA used waterboarding against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and he even cited Mohammed by name to justify the continued use of the CIA “program.”
Bush also asserted, falsely, that the Military Commissions Act will enable the United States to prosecute captured terrorists “through a full and fair trial.”
Hardly.
It will permit secret evidence, hearsay evidence, and even coerced testimony.
With this new law, Bush can have the CIA torture someone into a confession, and then use that confession against the person at trial.
In fact, the person can be executed on the basis of testimony that was beaten out of him.
In his statement, Bush also completely avoiding mentioning one of the most egregious aspects of the Military Commissions Act: the stripping of habeas corpus protection that has been enshrined since the days of the Magna Carta and codified in the Fifth and Sixth Amendments. “What this bill will do is take our civilization back 900 years,” warned Senator Arlen Specter, when he tried to amend the bill by restoring habeas corpus. (When it failed, 51-48, Specter inexplicably turned around and voted for the bill.)
The Military Commissions Act authorizes the President of the United States to designate anyone—foreigner or citizen alike—as an “enemy combatant.” He can then detain this enemy combatant indefinitely, and if that person is not a U.S. citizen, that person has no recourse whatsoever.
“No court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider an application for a writ of habeas corpus filed by or on behalf of an alien detained by the United States who has been determined by the United States to have been properly detained as an enemy combatant or is awaiting such determination,” the new law states.
This gives the President “the privilege of kings,” as Vincent Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, has noted. But Bush doesn’t want you to care about such little things.
“Over the past few months, the debate over this bill has been heated, and the questions raised can seem complex,” he said, just before signing it. “Yet, with the distance of history, the questions will be narrowed and few: Did this generation of Americans take the threat seriously, and did we do what it takes to defeat that threat?”
Note that Bush does not believe that history will be concerned with the question: Did we uphold our Constitution?
For it shows us to be hypocrites, and it makes barbarism the rule.
Enter Haliburton...
By Matthew Rothschild
October 17, 2006
George Bush just signed the Military Commissions Act, the bookend to the Patriot Act on the shelf marked “Assault on Democracy.”
It allows the President himself to decide what is covered by Geneva Conventions, and what is not.
In short, it gives the President a green light to torture.
Bush does not believe that history will be concerned with the question: Did we uphold our Constitution?But this isn’t about questioning them. It’s about torturing them. It’s about subjecting them to such things as waterboarding, a medieval instrument of sadism.
But he knows full well that the CIA used waterboarding against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and he even cited Mohammed by name to justify the continued use of the CIA “program.”
Bush also asserted, falsely, that the Military Commissions Act will enable the United States to prosecute captured terrorists “through a full and fair trial.”
Hardly.
It will permit secret evidence, hearsay evidence, and even coerced testimony.
With this new law, Bush can have the CIA torture someone into a confession, and then use that confession against the person at trial.
In fact, the person can be executed on the basis of testimony that was beaten out of him.
In his statement, Bush also completely avoiding mentioning one of the most egregious aspects of the Military Commissions Act: the stripping of habeas corpus protection that has been enshrined since the days of the Magna Carta and codified in the Fifth and Sixth Amendments. “What this bill will do is take our civilization back 900 years,” warned Senator Arlen Specter, when he tried to amend the bill by restoring habeas corpus. (When it failed, 51-48, Specter inexplicably turned around and voted for the bill.)
The Military Commissions Act authorizes the President of the United States to designate anyone—foreigner or citizen alike—as an “enemy combatant.” He can then detain this enemy combatant indefinitely, and if that person is not a U.S. citizen, that person has no recourse whatsoever.
“No court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider an application for a writ of habeas corpus filed by or on behalf of an alien detained by the United States who has been determined by the United States to have been properly detained as an enemy combatant or is awaiting such determination,” the new law states.
This gives the President “the privilege of kings,” as Vincent Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, has noted. But Bush doesn’t want you to care about such little things.
“Over the past few months, the debate over this bill has been heated, and the questions raised can seem complex,” he said, just before signing it. “Yet, with the distance of history, the questions will be narrowed and few: Did this generation of Americans take the threat seriously, and did we do what it takes to defeat that threat?”
Note that Bush does not believe that history will be concerned with the question: Did we uphold our Constitution?
But there is nothing “decent and fair” about it, and it only increases the threats to our freedoms.
For it shows us to be hypocrites, and it makes barbarism the rule.
Enter Haliburton...
Great thread for the unwashed. It's sad to watch these people follow blindly and never question. They make the perfect fodder for the rich.
Go ahead, you dumb bitches and bring "democracy and western values" to the savages whose civilization predates yours by 3000 years.
Go ahead, you dumb bitches and bring "democracy and western values" to the savages whose civilization predates yours by 3000 years.
Freedom
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LordSinister said:
With Internet, newspapers, radio and television, documents & damning evidence, i wonder...what are we waiting for?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u2ITs4yIAE
Don't blame all Republicans, Bush's actions, speak of his real agenda, his own special intrests...
From the archives...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQQQLQPx1TU
From the archives...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQQQLQPx1TU
Here is what they think about the shrub and his staying the course, "uh oh what i meant was", stfu, you about to do down...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96nmMIIfGXI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96nmMIIfGXI
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