God gave us a Bible worthy of study for thousands of years. Still, we have many scholars who kidnap children and urge the government to wage preemptive war.
We have the Internet to relate the 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts to the McCarran Act and to the present HR1955.
We all know what happens when we elect despots with visions of Empire.
We lack not for information, but for the moral courage to seek justice.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Administration Suppresses Evidence to Avoid Gallows
Administration Moves to Escape the Gallows
The vast majority of office holders in both parties have committed crimes against humanity during which wrongful deaths occurred. Voting for a preemptive war and funding it would hang them twice over for violating the UN Charter and our Constitution. We could execute them a fourth time for treason.Nobody in power would vote for prosecution and execution if those would include him.When you come right down to it, most leaders in most countries also deserve execution. Ours are far from the worst.
The 9/11 tragedy could have led to numerous prosecutions, if the 911 Commission had done its job.Unable to discourage the public outcry over the cover-up, the Administration’s Jane Harmon has introduced HR 1955 to quash free speech.
A special target for Jane is the ae911truth.org, which is an assembly of 271 architects and engineers. They have put forth a plethora of new evidence about 911.Their reports urge the Congress to examine the evidence. At the Homeland Security hearings last year several lunks did not offer any arguments to counter the evidence. Instead, they tried to link the ae911truth group to a number of known terrorist groups.
This old time McCarthy ploy still works among the hateful simpletons. If 1955 passes, they will discourage free discourse by sending dissenters to prison.
The vast majority of office holders in both parties have committed crimes against humanity during which wrongful deaths occurred. Voting for a preemptive war and funding it would hang them twice over for violating the UN Charter and our Constitution. We could execute them a fourth time for treason.Nobody in power would vote for prosecution and execution if those would include him.When you come right down to it, most leaders in most countries also deserve execution. Ours are far from the worst.
The 9/11 tragedy could have led to numerous prosecutions, if the 911 Commission had done its job.Unable to discourage the public outcry over the cover-up, the Administration’s Jane Harmon has introduced HR 1955 to quash free speech.
A special target for Jane is the ae911truth.org, which is an assembly of 271 architects and engineers. They have put forth a plethora of new evidence about 911.Their reports urge the Congress to examine the evidence. At the Homeland Security hearings last year several lunks did not offer any arguments to counter the evidence. Instead, they tried to link the ae911truth group to a number of known terrorist groups.
This old time McCarthy ploy still works among the hateful simpletons. If 1955 passes, they will discourage free discourse by sending dissenters to prison.
Same Old Story in Gaza
Old Troubles with Gaza
The Gazans have failed to get the point of Israeli actions over the past few years. The high fence that separates the sovereign nations put the message into concrete. The Israelis want no contact with Gaza whatsoever.
Here is a good understanding of Palestinian feelings on the matter.
“Israel, despite its airstrikes and bloody incursions, has been unable to halt the rocket fire from Gaza or free Cpl. Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier captured in the summer of 2006. Continued collective abuse and starvation will not break Hamas, which was formed, in large part, in response to Israel's misguided policies and mounting repression. There will, in fact, never be Israeli-Palestinian stability or a viable peace accord now without Hamas' agreement. And the refusal of the Bush administration to intercede, to move Israel toward the only solution that can assure mutual stability, is tragic not only for the Palestinians but ultimately Israel.
And so it goes on. The cycle of violence that began decades ago, that turned a young Palestinian refugee with promise and talent into a militant and finally a martyr, is turning small boys today into new versions of what went before them. Olmert, Bush's vaunted partner for peace, has vowed to strike at Palestinian militants "without compromise, without concessions and without mercy," proof that he and the rest of his government have learned nothing. It is also proof that we, as the only country with the power to intervene, have become accessories to murder.”
Excerpt from http://www.alternet.org/audits/74588/?page=2
Before nationhood the Palestinians had an arguable case. The world owed them a living as amends for their suffering under occupation. They had a right to resist the occupiers by any means possible.
After Israel withdrew and democratic elections took place, the people became a nation with responsibilities for her actions.
Instead, they elected terrorists to represent them.
The Gazans have failed to get the point of Israeli actions over the past few years. The high fence that separates the sovereign nations put the message into concrete. The Israelis want no contact with Gaza whatsoever.
Here is a good understanding of Palestinian feelings on the matter.
“Israel, despite its airstrikes and bloody incursions, has been unable to halt the rocket fire from Gaza or free Cpl. Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier captured in the summer of 2006. Continued collective abuse and starvation will not break Hamas, which was formed, in large part, in response to Israel's misguided policies and mounting repression. There will, in fact, never be Israeli-Palestinian stability or a viable peace accord now without Hamas' agreement. And the refusal of the Bush administration to intercede, to move Israel toward the only solution that can assure mutual stability, is tragic not only for the Palestinians but ultimately Israel.
And so it goes on. The cycle of violence that began decades ago, that turned a young Palestinian refugee with promise and talent into a militant and finally a martyr, is turning small boys today into new versions of what went before them. Olmert, Bush's vaunted partner for peace, has vowed to strike at Palestinian militants "without compromise, without concessions and without mercy," proof that he and the rest of his government have learned nothing. It is also proof that we, as the only country with the power to intervene, have become accessories to murder.”
Excerpt from http://www.alternet.org/audits/74588/?page=2
Before nationhood the Palestinians had an arguable case. The world owed them a living as amends for their suffering under occupation. They had a right to resist the occupiers by any means possible.
After Israel withdrew and democratic elections took place, the people became a nation with responsibilities for her actions.
Instead, they elected terrorists to represent them.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Sleeping in My Mercedes Benz
Sleeping in My Mercedes Benz
Watching little TV, I can't say I've missed the writers. By the time they return the recession will be in full swing.
Perhaps, they will find a new profession like building mud brick adobe houses. Mudslinging is their forte I understand.
Still, my horse is behind my cart.
Israel drafted me before I was able to make money writing. After a few weeks dodging rockets in Lebanon, they made me a truck driver.
My truck is much roomier than a Mercedes.
Watching little TV, I can't say I've missed the writers. By the time they return the recession will be in full swing.
Perhaps, they will find a new profession like building mud brick adobe houses. Mudslinging is their forte I understand.
Still, my horse is behind my cart.
Israel drafted me before I was able to make money writing. After a few weeks dodging rockets in Lebanon, they made me a truck driver.
My truck is much roomier than a Mercedes.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Terrorism is Extortion on a National Level
Lebanon: From Lebanon, Green Resistance, calls for just that. Resistance. What does that mean? “the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding” … and “the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents”Gaza is in darkness. Where is our cry? Where is our resistance? Still in Lebanon, Ibn Bint Jbeil posts a number of paintings and cartoons to drive home the suffering in Gaza. He also writes: Gaza, Palestine, the largest concentration camp on Earth, is today under the most brutal, inhumane, genocidal siege. May God protect and bless them.
http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/21/palestine-gaza-under-seige/
Terrorism is extortion at a national level. Essentially, the writer assumes for the Palestinians the Israeli reality for the past 60 years.
Israel is the nation surrounded by hostile neighbors since 1948. The Arabs threaten to kill all the Jews [genocide].
If the Palestinians had opted for peaceful economic development, they would have no need for the beggar bowl tactic.
http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/21/palestine-gaza-under-seige/
Terrorism is extortion at a national level. Essentially, the writer assumes for the Palestinians the Israeli reality for the past 60 years.
Israel is the nation surrounded by hostile neighbors since 1948. The Arabs threaten to kill all the Jews [genocide].
If the Palestinians had opted for peaceful economic development, they would have no need for the beggar bowl tactic.
Losing a Preemptive War
Still in Egypt, Zeinobia laments Egypt's role (or lack of) in dealing with the crisis. She complains:
I will start with the bitter fact that the Egyptian role as leading country in the Arab world , as if Egypt does not care I found today that Saudi Arabia is calling for immediate urgent Arab summit in Cairo to discuss what is going in Gaza for Siege , the Saudi Arabia is the one that is calling for immediate summit , not Egypt , Egypt is the one that should call for this summit immediately , with my all respect to Saudi Arabia.
On Gaza, the blogger writes:
Now let's go to Gaza , one of the worst things ever in the problem is that Egypt is exporting natural gas to Israel for the cheapest price ever that created a loss to us where the people in Gaza are in terrible siegeAlready the least thing Egypt can do is to open the borders and send immediate medical aids to the Great people of Gaza who hided our soldiers and officers in 1967 ..People shame on the world and shame on us .Gaza has no light or power in the middle of terrible winter. This is a conspiracy to get rid not only from Hamas but from the people of Gaza ,these people are suffering in the worst way ever.
http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/21/palestine-gaza-under-seige/
If Gaza is not self-sufficient, it was rather foolish of her to attack preemptively the fourth strongest military establishment in the world. When my stepson was much younger, he succeeded with a similar tactic. He spat into the family Coca Cola bottle so none of the others would drink from it. When a neighbor attacked me and ripped my shirt, I opened it more widely to benefit my case before the Police.
After Israel used Eastern European laborers to replace Arabs, a number of them wanted their old jobs back. A number of fathers lost the rights to welfare for their four wives. The Arab States provided the final setback by reducing grants-in-aid across the boards. With massive walls in place, the final Israeli step was to withdraw from the territory. Everybody in the region would have been better off if both sides had completely ignored one another.
No Israeli administration would survive another concession for a peace that will never materialize.
I will start with the bitter fact that the Egyptian role as leading country in the Arab world , as if Egypt does not care I found today that Saudi Arabia is calling for immediate urgent Arab summit in Cairo to discuss what is going in Gaza for Siege , the Saudi Arabia is the one that is calling for immediate summit , not Egypt , Egypt is the one that should call for this summit immediately , with my all respect to Saudi Arabia.
On Gaza, the blogger writes:
Now let's go to Gaza , one of the worst things ever in the problem is that Egypt is exporting natural gas to Israel for the cheapest price ever that created a loss to us where the people in Gaza are in terrible siegeAlready the least thing Egypt can do is to open the borders and send immediate medical aids to the Great people of Gaza who hided our soldiers and officers in 1967 ..People shame on the world and shame on us .Gaza has no light or power in the middle of terrible winter. This is a conspiracy to get rid not only from Hamas but from the people of Gaza ,these people are suffering in the worst way ever.
http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/21/palestine-gaza-under-seige/
If Gaza is not self-sufficient, it was rather foolish of her to attack preemptively the fourth strongest military establishment in the world. When my stepson was much younger, he succeeded with a similar tactic. He spat into the family Coca Cola bottle so none of the others would drink from it. When a neighbor attacked me and ripped my shirt, I opened it more widely to benefit my case before the Police.
After Israel used Eastern European laborers to replace Arabs, a number of them wanted their old jobs back. A number of fathers lost the rights to welfare for their four wives. The Arab States provided the final setback by reducing grants-in-aid across the boards. With massive walls in place, the final Israeli step was to withdraw from the territory. Everybody in the region would have been better off if both sides had completely ignored one another.
No Israeli administration would survive another concession for a peace that will never materialize.
The Folly of Preemptive War
Egypt: Hossam Al Hamalawy, from Egypt, posts an email he received from Mohammad Omar, in Palestine. The message says:
Where to start…, what to talk about…? The crippling electricity shortages, affecting hospitals as well as civilians? The air strikes & on-going, daily bombings by the Israeli army, their indiscriminate targeting of civilians and police stations…? Israel ’s non-accidental, enforced starvation of 1.5 million people by closing off ALL borders and not allowing in even UN aid, let alone basic medicinal, food, and construction needs…?Shortages of fuel have re-surfaced in Gaza : most of Gaza has no electricity and even more importantly, the shortage of medicine in Palestinian hospitals continues to increase, with the Ministry of Health reporting a looming humanitarian catastrophe.Or should I begin with the bomb which just hit a wedding close to the Ministry of Interior building in Gaza City , with 15 apartment buildings within the bomb’s target range? One woman was killed and 47 others were injured –mostly children and women who had been inside their homes or playing on the street!!
http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/21/palestine-gaza-under-seige/
At some point or other every nation must choose between guns and butter. Do we introduce our kids to classical music or to bus bombing? Do we pursue economic development, or do we invade another country to steal her property.
The people of Gaza have chosen guns, bombing and invasion. If they had succeeded in murdering all Israelis, they would be enjoying the standard of living bought by our toil and industry.
Violence is its own reward.If the Americans haven't realized this, how can we expect the Palestinians to smarten up?
Where to start…, what to talk about…? The crippling electricity shortages, affecting hospitals as well as civilians? The air strikes & on-going, daily bombings by the Israeli army, their indiscriminate targeting of civilians and police stations…? Israel ’s non-accidental, enforced starvation of 1.5 million people by closing off ALL borders and not allowing in even UN aid, let alone basic medicinal, food, and construction needs…?Shortages of fuel have re-surfaced in Gaza : most of Gaza has no electricity and even more importantly, the shortage of medicine in Palestinian hospitals continues to increase, with the Ministry of Health reporting a looming humanitarian catastrophe.Or should I begin with the bomb which just hit a wedding close to the Ministry of Interior building in Gaza City , with 15 apartment buildings within the bomb’s target range? One woman was killed and 47 others were injured –mostly children and women who had been inside their homes or playing on the street!!
http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/21/palestine-gaza-under-seige/
At some point or other every nation must choose between guns and butter. Do we introduce our kids to classical music or to bus bombing? Do we pursue economic development, or do we invade another country to steal her property.
The people of Gaza have chosen guns, bombing and invasion. If they had succeeded in murdering all Israelis, they would be enjoying the standard of living bought by our toil and industry.
Violence is its own reward.If the Americans haven't realized this, how can we expect the Palestinians to smarten up?
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