2009/02/04

Sen. Boxer Makes Clear U.S. Won't Pass a Climate Bill This Year | PEEK | AlterNet


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Sen. Boxer Makes Clear U.S. Won't Pass a Climate Bill This Year
Posted by Dr. Joseph Romm, Climate Progress at 1:45 PM on February 3, 2009.

Looks like there won't be any chance of climate legislation before Copenhagen in December. 

Sen. Barbara Boxer, chair of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released her "Principles for Global Warming Legislation" at a press conference today. But her remarks contained the real news -- no chance of climate legislation be enacted into law this year.

It's Not Going to Be OK

 
 

It's Not Going to Be OK

By Chris Hedges, Truthdig. Posted February 4, 2009.


The economic crisis could plunge the U.S. into a long period of social instability. Our democracy is in peril; the threat of totalitarianism is real.

2009/02/03

Rescue Me Works 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Into Its Plot

 
 
Word has leaked that in an episode for the upcoming season of the FX firefighter drama Rescue Me, the womanizing fireman Franco—one of the show's main characters—espouses theories that 9/11 was an inside job, carried out as part of a neoconservative plot to change the definition of "preemptive attack" and control the world's oil. The Times says that it marks "the first fictional presentation of 9/11 conspiracy theories by a mainstream media company." Star of the show Denis Leary says that the scene is not far off from scenes in actual fire houses "where some of the younger members don't even have to completely buy into the theory of 9/11 being an inside job, but want to discuss it."

"The Political Suspicions of 9/11"

 
 

"The Political Suspicions of 9/11"

That's the headline attached to this story in today's New York Times; a rather understated way of referencing the so-called "9/11 truth" movement. Apparently Denis Leary's television show "Rescue Me," which has something to do with New York City firemen, will feature a 9/11 truther plotline this season.  Novel idea (though long-running German series "Tatort" beat them to it by a few years), but it turns out the actor playing the nutcase conspiracy theorist is...actually a nutcase conspiracy theorist.

2009/02/02

Chalmers Johnson Speaks "Empire Building"

Chalmers Johnson Speaks Freely
 
Six minutes
 
Author of Blowback, The Sorrows Of Empire and Nemesis: The Last Days Of The American Empire, Chalmers Johnson has literally written the book on the concept of American Hegemony. A former naval officer and consultant of the C.I.A., he now serves as professor Emeritus at UC San Diego. As co-founder and President of the Japan Policy Research Institute, Mr. Johnson also continues to promote public education about Asia's role in the international community.

In this exclusive interview, you will find out why the practice of empire building is, by no means, a thing of the past. As the United States continues to expand its military forces around the globe, the consequences are being suffered by each and every one of us.
 
 

 

Obama Inauguration Imaging Helped by Mars Technology

 Truly amazing.........HWS

 
Mars Technology Helps Create Inauguration Mega-picture.
 

Mos Def Raps 9/11

 
By  parsprincess
 
I did not make this video
It was made by "Uruk" another youtube user http://uk.youtube.com/user/uruk

I've heard that people have been flagging this song down so much and removing it from youtube, because they don't want us to tell them the truth. The whole media is against us Muslims so these days the only way to express ourselves and spread the true message is by these artists releasing songs like this, as for now the music industry has not yet been controlled by the Zionists.

LYRICS:
[Mos Def - talking]
Man, you hear this bullshit they be talkin'
Every day, man
It's like these motherfuggers is just like professional liars
You know what I'm sayin ? It's wild
Listen

[Hook - Mos Def]
Bin Laden didn't blow up the projects
It was you, nigga
Tell the truth, nigga
(Bush knocked down the towers)--[Jadakiss]
Tell the truth, nigga
(Bush knocked down the towers)--[Jadakiss]
Tell the truth, nigga

[Verse 1 - Immortal Technique]
I pledge no allegiance, nigga fugg the president's speeches
I'm baptized by America and covered in leeches
The dirty water that bleaches your soul and your facial features
Drownin' you in propaganda that they spit through the speakers
And if you speak about the evil that the government does
The Patriot Act'll track you to the type of your blood
They try to frame you, and say you was tryna sell drugs
And throw a federal indictment on niggaz to show you love
This shit is run by fake Christians, fake politicians
Look at they mansions, then look at the conditions you live in
All they talk about is terrorism on television
They tell you to listen, but they don't really tell you they mission
They funded Al-Qaeda, and now they blame the Muslim religion
Even though Bin Laden, was a CIA tactician
They gave him billions of dollars, and they funded his purpose
Fahrenheit 9/11, that's just scratchin' the surface

[Hook]

[Verse 2 - Immortal Technique]
They say the rebels in Iraq still fight for Saddam
But that's bullshit, I'll show you why it's totally wrong
Cuz if another country invaded the hood tonight
It'd be warfare through Harlem, and Washington Heights
I wouldn't be fightin' for Bush or White America's dream
I'd be fightin' for my people's survival and self-esteem
I wouldn't fight for racist churches from the south, my nigga
I'd be fightin' to keep the occupation out, my nigga
You ever clock someone who talk shit, or look at you wrong?
Imagine if they shot at you, and was rapin' your moms
And of course Saddam Hussein had chemical weapons
We sold him that shit, after Ronald Reagan's election
Mercenary contractors fightin' a new era
Corporate military bankin' off the war on terror
They controllin' the ghetto, with the failed attack
Tryna distract the fact that they engineerin' the crack
So I'm strapped like Lee Malvo holdin' a sniper rifle
These bullets'll touch your kids, and I don't mean like Michael
Your body be sent to the morgue, stripped down and recycled
I fire on house niggaz that support you and like you
Cuz innocent people get murdered in the struggle daily
And poor people never get shit and struggle daily
This ain't no alien conspiracy theory, this shit is real
Written on the dollar underneath the Masonic seal

(I don't rap for dead presidents
I'd rather see the president dead
It's never been said but I set precedents)--[Eminem]

[Hook]

(Shady Records was 80 seconds away from the towers
Some cowards fugged with the wrong building, they meant to hit ours)-- [Eminem]
 
 
 
 
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9/11: BLUEPRINT FOR TRUTH: Architect, Richard Gage submits PROOF of CONTROLLED DEMOLITION on 9/11/2001.
FBI says Gage's presentation is, "backed by thorough research and analysis."   http://www.ae911truth.org/flashmov11.htm
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PRICE OF WAR WAR IS THE ECONOMIC and SPIRITUAL CRISIS

 

Homes Not War!

Green Jobs Not War!

Health Care Not War!

Download, Print, and Share our Flyer, click here

Endorse the March, click here
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Volunteer, click here

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On Saturday, March 28 Patriots for Peace and Humanists for Peace will lead a mass march calling for a transformation of America's pro-war foreign policy away from militarism. The statewide mass march, endorsed by a number of Florida groups, is being held in solidarity with national protests on March 21 in Washington DC (ANSWER Coalition) and April 4 in New York City (United for Peace and Justice).

The march starts at 2pm. Protestors will march from Front Street Park (2205 Front Street) in Melbourne to Melbourne City Hall to hear a variety of speakers and artists from around the state.

On August 30, 2008 half-a-thousand took to the streets of Melbourne to say no to war on Iran. (Video here). The march received significant media coverage and, as a result, contributed to the defeat of H.Con.Res. 362 which many believed would have escalated tensions with Iran.

  

The March 28 protest will bring together a variety of activists and their peace and social justice issues. Protestors demand that the Obama administration and Florida's Senators and Congresspersons:

1.     Bring an end to U.S. foreign wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

2.     Stope attacks inside Pakistan – diplomacy not warfare

3.     Close all U.S. operated military prisons around the world

4.     Utilize diplomacy to relieve tension with Iran and Latin American nations including Cuba, Bolivia, and Venezuela

5.     Pressure Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian territory

6.     And reduce military spending in favor of domestic spending on health, infrastructure, education and jobs.

For more info contact Jeff Nall at 321-368-5093, sablietde@yahoo.com or Bill Burton at 321-727-1083, wburton444@aol.com Go to www.HumanistsforPeace.com for up to the minute information on the march including info on area accommodations, speakers, post-march party, and new endorsers.

Organizers insist that the U.S. renounce the use of militarism as a response to the world's current tumult. Only diplomacy, the rectification of injustice, and a commitment to ethical universality can bring peace to the world.

In 2008, U.S. forces conducted almost 30 airstrikes in Pakistan killing more than 220 people, including many civilians. In July 2008, U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan killed 47 civilians attending a wedding, including the bride; another 90 civilians including 60 children in August; and another 40 civilians and wounding 28 others attending a wedding party in November.

Most recently, Israel backed with U.S. support and weaponry has killed more than 1,400 people including a large percentage of civilians in its assault on Gaza. While organizers mourn the deaths of the 13 Israelis killed, 10 of which were soldiers, the killing and injury of hundreds of civilians in retaliation is not justified.

As declared in a recent Letter to Barack Obama written by Voters for Peace and signed by leaders of the anti-war movement including Patriots for Peace spokesperson Jeff Nall, "The anti-war movement believes the time is now to end the emphasis on militarism in U.S. relations with other nations and to get a goal of ending war in the 21st century."

It is not enough to drawdown U.S. forces in Iraq, where more than 4,200 U.S. service personnel and as many as 600,000 civilians have been killed. Peace activists demand that the U.S. withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan, and end its subversion of democratic governments around the world including Latin America. In short, the time has come for the U.S. government to renounce militarism and turn to its citizens' basic needs.

"[To] be militant merely means to be demanding and to be persistent, and in this sense I think the non-violent movement has demonstrated great militancy. It is possible to be militantly nonviolent" -- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, March 25, 1968, ten days before he was killed.

2009/02/01

9/11: FBI Receives PROOF of Controlled Demolition

 

 

In 2008, Architect, Richard Gage Published a Video DVD containing evidence and "proof  beyond a reasonable doubt" that three WTC skyscrapers were deliberately destroyed with explosives.

 

On November 7, Gage's evidence was submitted to the FBI along with a letter explaining that the conclusions and implications of Gage's presentation could be of immediate concern to the national security of the United States.

 

December 22, 2008, a letter of reply was received from the FBI's head of Counterterrorism – Michael J. Heimbach who assessed Richard Gage's presentation as:  "…backed by thorough research and analysis."

 

We were stunned that Director Heimbach replied with an honest evaluation of the evidence – cutting through years disappointing efforts to convince Senators and Congress to act in the interests of National Security.

 

FBI Director Heimbach is a career public servant who displayed courage by placing his name next to evidence that will surely expose the government and media cover-up of 9/11 in a court of Law.

 

But the Rule of Law is in danger from the past 7 years of assaults on our Constitution and Civil Rights. We must put pressure on Congress to demand that they fund a new 9/11 investigation.

 

If Congress fails to apply the Rule of Law to prosecute the Biggest Crime in American History, the Courts may never again be there to protect our Civil Rights.

 

Call Congress – Tell them we Demand a Criminal Investigation of 9/11.

The biggest Crime in American History Demands a Criminal Trial.

 

 
 

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9/11: BLUEPRINT FOR TRUTH: Architect, Richard Gage submits PROOF of CONTROLLED DEMOLITION on 9/11/2001.
FBI says Gage's presentation is, "backed by thorough research and analysis."   http://www.ae911truth.org/flashmov11.htm
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Jimmy Carter Supports New 9/11 Investigation

 
Members of We Are Change Ohio got a chance to meet up with the former President Jimmy Carter while he was in Chicago on his latest book signing tour.
 
We asked him if he would support the victim's family member's demand for a new investigation into 9/11.
 
We took into consideration that Carter was under the advisement of Bzrezinski who was a key contributor to the Taliban. However Carter has been critical of the Bush administration for years and stated that Bush exploited 9/11. So we figured there would be no harm in asking him.
 
Some video was unable to get due to the aggressive secret service however we were successful in getting a positive response from the former president and recording the full audio.

Also thanks to the band To-Mera for letting me use their music.
http://www.myspace.com/tomeraband
 
 

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9/11: BLUEPRINT FOR TRUTH: Architect, Richard Gage submits PROOF of CONTROLLED DEMOLITION on 9/11/2001.
FBI says Gage's presentation is, "backed by thorough research and analysis."   http://www.ae911truth.org/flashmov11.htm
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