". . . a republic, if you can keep it."
Until I started listening to Ron Paul, I considered monetary policy to be another language. His criticism makes a lot of sense (video here). We need to pay attention to our monetary supply. Bernanke seems to respond with disinformation technique #13, Alice in Wonderland.
Also, while on the topic of Ron Paul:
WAR!! WAR!! WAR!!
–Kurds Launch Clandestine war in northern Iran. (Mossad?)
–Cheney orders media to increase anti-Iran propaganda. And our “free” press obeys (again).
–Fox “News” analyst: Germany won’t sanction, so we must invade.
-Media and politicians continue to lie and lie and lie and lie.
-Administration continues to exaggerate role of Iranians in Iraq. (We are fighting Iraqis.)
–Britain’s Telegraph reports the escalation has begun.
–Jerusalem Post: US to attack in 8-10 months.
-The vote-for-me-I’m-against-the-war-Democrats give Bush everything he wants. “Last spring, Nancy Pelosi herself, after a call from the Israeli lobby, pulled an amendment that would have forced Bush to come to Congress for specific authorization before attacking Iran. Before the August recess, the Senate voted 97 to zero for a resolution sponsored by Joe Lieberman to censure Iran for complicity in the killing of U.S. soldiers in Iraq.”
–Chickenhawk Lieberman suggests to Petraeus he invade Iran.
–New Gingrich gives a ridiculous, sensational, fear-mongering speech about Iran.
–Pentagon plans base on Iranian border.
–France’s new president talks about bombing Iran. Watch France quietly vanish from the media’s hit list.
Peace:
–US Iran report branded “outrageous and dishonest” by UN.
–Jimmy Carter says Iran not a threat to Israel.
–Wesley Clark joins military veterans in lobbying to prevent a war with Iran.
–Former Cent Com Commander General Abizaid says world can live with nuclear Iran.
–IAEA director ElBaradei speaks out against war.
–French president distances himself from earlier remarks.
–Iran cooperates with IAEA, and the chicken hawks go back to the drawing board.
–The indy media remains vigilant. (The only free press we have.)
–Iran’s 30,000 Jews continue to live peacefully, and continue to be ignored by the fear mongers crying “Holocaust.”
I have many friends who are cops. I trust them and respect them for the dangers they face. This is different. I don’t generally see the police as the enemy, but I’m deeply troubled by the increased militancy toward peace protests. I can imagine even my friends getting so focussed on their jobs, they lose sight of what they’re defending.
1) Canadian police caught red handed infiltrating stone-throwing provocateurs into a peaceful protest. This is a great video.
2) Austrailian police remove their name tags to avoid liability, resort to draconian tactics to quash protests.
3) Protest organizers arrested in D.C. Judge for yourself.
4) A new law, quietly passed for Bush by the Democrats, turns the internet and phone system into a permanent spying architecture.
5) A University of Florida student was tasered after asking John Kerry three questions: Why did he concede the 2004 election so quickly when there was evidence of wide-spread voter fraud? Why don’t they impeach Bush to stop a war with Iran? Was he a member of the secretive Skull and Bones Society, along with President Bush? He was rude and a little obnoxious, and demanded to know why he was being arrested after the questions. The media coverage I’ve seen doesn’t repeat his questions. One CNN report said he wouldn’t let go of the mic, which isn’t true. At least two networks have been reporting other tasering incidents, which probably falls under #23 in the 25 rules for disinformation.