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You Can't Say That Anymore

Don Imus did it again. On his June 23rd radio show, discussing the number of times football star Adam “Pacman” Jones had been arrested, Imus asked what color he was. Advised that Jones was black, Imus replied, “Well, there you go. Now we know.”

His nemesis, Al “Tawana” Sharpton, Minister of Truth Czar and arbiter of all things racial sprang into action. Flush with success at costing Imus his job about a year ago - the “Nappy headed hos” comment about a woman’s basketball team - demagogue Al once again tried to turn an innocent comment into a racial slur. 

Imus defended his right to make what he characterized as a sarcastic point. “What people should be outraged about is they arrest blacks for no reason,” he said. “There’s no reason to arrest this kid six times.”

Most people having any common sense and well informed or not, would agree. In fact, a recent study showed that blacks were more than twice as likely as whites to be arrested when pulled over. 

The same Justice Department study, based on interviews with over 64,000 people, revealed that blacks and Hispanics were much more likely to be pulled over, searched, threatened and arrested than whites.It is a well-known fact - known to everyone but truth minister Sharpton - that many stops and searches are based on race rather than legitimate reasons. 

“Driving while black” has become a well-known legitimate complaint.

I tend to believe Don Imus. He is correct in saying the outrage should be about arresting blacks for no reason. The outrage should also be directed against provocateurs like Sharpton.  “Well, there you go. Now we know.” can be interpreted any number of ways, but to characterize it as a racist remark - by Al Sharpton - is truly outrageous.

And the controlled media’s apparent complicity in joining Sharpton’s crusade to fuel the racial divide is another outrage. They should stick to their tales about imaginary terrorists that, thankfully, most people have learned to see through. 

Listen to Sharpton - for entertainment purposes only. There’s good reason for his “Tawana” nickname. Look up the details of the Tawana Brawley case of a few years ago. You’ll learn what kind of credentials, or lack of same, Mr. Sharpton actually has. 

For much more detailed information about the whole situation, see my ‘Don Imus Solves Race Problems’ blog post of June, 2007. 

Sharpton promises to continue monitoring Don Imus with his National Action Network lobby group - so, watch what you say, Imus. Just using the word “black” might cost you a little water-boarding therapy in our Guantanamo resort. 

Freedom of speech was once a prized possession. It’s close to becoming little more than a fond memory. When it’s gone completely, we’ll no longer enjoy the pretense of living in a democracy. 

Try to Remember the Good Times

Like most rumors, the latest from Russia, will no doubt pass without incident. On the other hand, there are specific details and events suggesting that this time, perhaps, things will be different. If correct, the bombing of Iran will begin no later than this coming Sunday, April 6, 2008. That day will mark the beginning of the end.

Exactly how the rumor started is unknown. The Russians, contrary to popular opinion, enjoy a greater freedom of information than that offered by the vaunted American so-called free press - which is anything but. The absolute control of our mainstream media, in fact, insures that Americans are among the most uninformed and misinformed people in the world.

Regarding Iran, you are no doubt aware that Admiral William Fallon, the last real commanding officer to stand up to Bush, was recently fired. Bush can now count on the sycophantic approval
of General David Petraeus and others of similar ilk to approve any deranged plans that come to mind.

Those plans include the destruction of Iran’s nuclear, governmental and all military facilities. Civilian collateral damage is expected to be incredible but, as usual, of little concern to the warmongers in Washington.

What lends more than a little credence to this latest of cataclysmic rumors are Russian military reports indicating greatly increased U.S. military activity near the Iranian borders. That, and a new U.S. carrier group enroute to the area.

We are also sending Patriot anti-missle systems to the area - and for the first time since our invasion of Iraq in March, 2003, our Navy has achieved the same numerical presence in the Persian Gulf.

I firmly believe that we’ll be at war with Iran, if not by April 6th, then certainly sometime prior to the expiration of Bush’s term. I think that specific dates of impending doom are floated, more often than not, as trial baloons meant to gauge public reaction.

So forget April 6 for now. We’ll be at war, or not, and there’s not much you can do about it, or about the devastating effects of Iran’s expected retaliation. I won’t even mention the most obvious or the most likely. The most likely is the end of superpower Amerika - which, incidentally, is well under way, war or no war.

Consider just a few current events which have a direct and deadly bearing on your life. Consider, for example, the prices of oil and gas. So what if gas goes up, you say. What’s another buck or two? It’s the thousand dollar cost in diesel fuel for truckers to load up their rigs, to deliver food to your local supermarket.

That cost is already causing a slowdown. It will soon put independent truckers out of business. Food prices are rising. Some foods will soon be rationed. Without remedial action, supermarket shelves will be empty and food riots will begin. When that happens, an agreement signed on Feb. 14 in Texas will go into effect.

This is a bilateral Civil Assistance Plan between the military forces of the United States and Canada that allows the military from each nation to support the military of the other during times of civil emergencies. Canadian troops would patrol American cities during times of civil unrest, and provide assistance to US Police in rounding up hungry, violent masses of Americans for arrest and incarceration.

One soldier just back from Iraq says that U.S. troops are being trained to confiscate guns and shoot American citizens, including members of their own families, as part of impending Martial Law.

Recent estimates project Canadian armed forces in our cities as early as this summer. Food shortages being reported worldwide are expected to cause food riots in American cities at that time.

Your life might depend on the prices of oil and gas. And while you’re at it, maybe it wouldn’t hurt to urge your Congress Critter to publicly investigate why our mainstream media has the powers of complete censorship and absolute control over what the American sheeple are allowed to know - about this, and many other subjects.

But maybe it’s all a wild April Fools Day exaggeration. While you’re driving to work, keeping an eye on the gas gauge and slowing down for unmarked patrol cars, and keeping your eyes peeled for Canadian tanks - you remember the subprime mortgage on your home. And April Fools Day is over.

We’ve seen some of the pictures on TV. Homes foreclosed. Furniture and personal possessions dumped unceremoniously on lawns. And there are 2 million plus homes to go! American dreams shattered on the altars of greed, big oil and proxy wars for Israel.

Some homeowners are returning their keys and walking away - devastated by thoughts of their continued obligation to repay their extorted mortgage payments, whether in ownership of their homes or not. Wondering how they’ll survive without shelter or income. Contemplating a new lifestyle in a homeless shelter or in a cardboard box under a bridge.

Some are trashing their homes before they walk away. An increasing number are burning their homes to the ground. Can you picture 2 million homes all burning at once? The great American burnout. Thanks, Greenspan.

The trajectory is down, folks. Even the most deluded must be aware of that right now. No need to save any longer for your children’s education. How many Wal-Marts can they build? How many greeters do they need? (Welcome to Wal-Mart. How I can help you?”)

No other jobs left. Put your money in silver or gold or weapons of self defense. A good shotgun might come in handy. Or find a good MRE supplier - Meals Ready to Eat. I hear they’re quite tasty now. Think survival.

If you’re in the stock market, get out. Especially, get out of dollars. The American Dollar has begun its final slide to oblivion. Its value, sometime this year, should be close to zero. You might want to stock up on Chinese Renminbis, especially if you plan continued Wal-Mart purchases. And a nice stack of Euros would certainly help. Even now, countries all over the world are demanding payment in just about anything except the American dollar.

Another sign of the Good Times going Bye Bye is the Congressional Budget Office’s projection that, as of the fiscal year beginning in October, 28 million US citizens will be using foodstamps to buy essential food. A new symbol of poverty and obvious, disgraceful reminder that the richest country in the world is facing financial ruin.

Maybe we should hasten that day by starting another war in the Mid East. After all, Afghanistan and Iraq are costing us only 12 billion dollars a month. That’s 12 billion dollars. Every month. I’m sure we could find a few more bucks by cutting back on benefits to wounded servicemen. By eliminating wasteful school programs or health benefits for disadvantaged kids, or repairing deteriorating infrastructure - or any number of other non-essentials.

Here’s another little item of interest you might want to consider as you attempt to economize and survive the meltdown and destruction of almost everything. That used car you might be considering buying now comes with a catch. An unbelievable, Police State loss of freedom catch designed to manipulate and control another aspect of your life.

It’s icing on the cake. Thought you lost everything? Here’s something you could lose, on top of everything else. It’s like visiting a loan shark, knowing you’ll have 2 broken legs when you miss your promised payment. It’s legitimized crime.

An estimated 7 million subprime used car borrowers are discovering a little box under their dashboards that forces them to make their payments on time. A light flashes and a beeper goes off when payment is due, usually every 2 weeks. When payment is made, the customer receives a six-digit code number to reset the box.

If payment is not made - for whatever reason - the vehicle won’t start and a Repo man is notified. A recent innovation is connecting the device to a global positioning unit. The car automatically shuts off and a message goes out to the lender with its exact location - making repossession easier.

Can you picture the driver of such a car, who has just lost his home to foreclosure - who has just lost his job due to outsourcing - who has used up his allotment of food stamps - who is looking for a warm place to spend the night - any place - wondering about his prospects, his future, his next meal - when suddenly his car stops. Lights on his dashboard begin to blink. A buzzer goes off. Again and again and again. How does he feel? What does he do?

Can you spell Road Rage? That doesn’t begin to describe it. I know what I’d like to do if I found myself in that situation. And if I was the predatory finance company manager who made such loans, I think an investment in a good Kevlar vest would be mandatory.

But, of course, things could be worse. Really? Newsflash: Your government is your enemy. As Kris Kristofferson used to say, Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose. How much more are you prepared to lose? You are about to experience freedom - Kristofferson’s version. Go back and reread Orwell’s 1984. You might find yourself - and your chosen future.

Getting back to the impending war with Iran, here are a few more tidbits suggesting its actual possibility.

Saudi Arabian newspaper Okaz reporting on Dick Cheney’s March 22 visit, said they were preparing to deal with any sudden nuclear and radioactive hazards that may affect the Kingdom following warnings of possible attacks on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor.

Vladimir Putin received an interesting presentation at the NATO summit in Romania this week. The Russians were advised to remain neutral in the scheduled attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities. As usual, American “diplomacy” consisted of bribes and threats.

NATO would reject Ukraine and Georgia’s memberships, and planning for a US Missle Shield in the Czech Republic and Poland would be terminated.

On the threat side, the Russians could expect American and European banks to deliberately collapse the Western banking system and the US Dollar - which would create the loss of almost $800 billion of Russian foreign reserves.

It will be interesting to examine the Russian response - especially in light of their recently published statement to the effect that an attack on Iran would be considered an attack on Russia.

Perhaps we should put our hopes in the statement last November by Yuri Baluyevsky, chief of Russia’s general staff, that Russia is not “obliged to defend the world from the evil Americans.”

What Russia will do - or China - is anyone’s guess. Both are heavily invested in Iran. Saudi Arabia has ordered its people to prepare for nuclear war. Israel is also preparing and has scheduled a national emergency drill.

The Russians also report that Israel is planning a simultaneous strike against Syria, which has raised its security alert and is preparing for imminent invasion. The Israeli strike against Syria will include another attack on Hisbullah, which has now rearmed with better, longer range missles, and is more than prepared to teach the brave Israelis another lesson.

What happens, happens. We’ll find out soon enough. Maybe too soon. Maybe we should put all our hopes in one of the presidential candidates. Pick a warmonger of your choice. Then again, as usual, we don’t really have a choice. Do we? We had one. Ron Paul. We could have had it all. Instead, we choose destruction.

At this point, we can only hope that events will lead to war crime trials for Bush, Cheney and the whole republican administration. The International Red Cross has acquired a mountain of evidence in expectation of same. We desperately need another Nuremberg. To properly fix the blame and responsibility and to bring some semblance of justice to the horrors and evil perpetuated in our name.

Someone has to pay a price. If an indifferent American public can’t be made to see that, then we will all pay a price - every last one of us. We are no different in any way from the 1930’s Germans who accepted Hitler’s every lie. Now we have our own version, bent on conquering the world - and if we can accept his lies, we share the guilt and the blame.

Be prepared also to accept the justified retribution of an entire world - and beyond that, a divine retribution from which none of us will escape.

There’s still a little time. Still a little hope. Try to remember the good times. They may be worth recapturing after all.

Pot. Kettle. Black. Hypocrisy Alert.

My grandmother had a favorite saying. She’d listen to some typical hypocritical nonsense, and say, “The pot calls the kettle black.” She said it in a good-natured, uncritical way and no one ever took offence.

Some became a little more circumspect in their subsequent comments, suffering the unexpected embarrassment of exposure as somewhat less than a paragon of truth. Such response, of course, requiring a conscience, a commodity in short supply these days.

My grandmother was an uneducated woman, but she had an unerring sense of character. She could recognize truth when she heard it. And deception. Unlike the captive, uninformed audience our insidious government and controlled media manipulate daily.

So-called “news” is accepted blindly, with no consideration that our “pot” is as black as the “kettle” we accuse of the same crime. Hypocrisy has been elevated to an art form. I can only advise that you consider the source and accept nothing at face value.

A prime example of pot and kettle hypocrisy is the State Department’s annual report on human rights conditions in 190 countries. I am given to understand that, at one time, this report was respected globally for its accuracy and objectivity.

Past tense. Since we demonstrate the approval and depraved indifference of legalized torture in our own country, we have lost the moral high ground and the right to lecture the leadership of other countries. About anything.

Thanks to the Bush crime family we can’t, with a straight face or any semblance of credibility, claim to any professed concern for human rights, freedom from torture, freedom of the press, children’s rights, the rule of law, or anything else. When we hold as an American value the legal right to inflict pain - sometimes to the point of death - on another person, we have lost our reputation and respect. Perhaps forever.

Russia is one country no longer hesitant to point out the double standards in our latest human rights proclamation. The Russian foreign Ministry issued a statement rejecting criticism from a country that “has in effect legalized torture, uses capital punishment on minors and denies responsibility for war crimes and human rights violations in Iraq and Afghanistan.”

China is another country that will no longer accept our holier-than-thou dictates, accusing us of hypocrisy and branding our invasion of Iraq as “the greatest humanitarian disaster” of the modern world.

Responding to our criticism of China’s human rights record, the Chinese government declared “America’s arrogant critique on the human rights of other countries are always accompanied by a deliberate ignoring of serious human rights problems on its own territory.”

These are just some of the kinder observations contained in China’s own human rights report, noting that “The United States has a notorious record of trampling on the sovereignty of and violating human rights in other countries.”

Their report also noted that “Secret prisons and torturing prisoners have become synonymous with America.”

Most Americans are completely unaware that their country has lost all respect all over the world. The word democracy is now synonymous with the theft of other contries assets, and the murder and totalitarian control of their citizen-victims.

Maybe it has something to do with more than a million innocent Iraqis dying from disease, malnutrition and lack of medical care during 12 nightmare years of the most devastating economic sanctions in history.

It might have something to do with the 4 million refugees we have created, or another 4 million in desperate need of emergency aid.

According to Vice Dictator Darth... I mean... Dick Cheney, all this has been a successful endeavor. Never mind that Baghdad is now the most dangerous city on the planet - a city of walled-off ghettos, boiling with ethnic and sectarian violence we have been happy to create.

Remember the pictures of Saddam’s palaces that Fox News and CNN showed over and over again to try to convey a picture of dictatorial extravagance? How often have you seen a picture of our own billion dollar embassy in Baghdad - the size of Vatican City - the largest in the world? It puts Saddam to shame - but, of course, Saddam didn’t have access to American sheeple tax money.

A million other examples of the pot calling the kettle black exist, but this is meant to be just a little, informative over-view article, not an encyclopedia. I’ll mention just one other area of obvious hypocrisy, to demonstrate that, in addition to our acceptance of torture as an approved American value, we should also be known as a nation of pathological liars.

I refer to the subject of elections. We have a nasty habit of criticizing elections all over the world. We form committees of so-called elections observers to witness the electoral process of others, decrying the absence of “democracy” and pronouncing those elections as invalid.

No mention is made of the fact that we have a tendency to interfere in other countries elections all over the world - financing puppet-candidates of our choice and inciting violence wherever we can.

Complaining about America sponsoring popular uprisings against elections in Georgia and Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, “The U.S. uses the struggle to spread democracy and the defense of human rights as a cover to advance its own interests.”

No mention is made of the fact that elections in the United States are rigged, manipulated and completely fraudulent. As such, we have absolutely no credibility and no right whatsoever to criticize the elections of any country in the world. Perhaps we should allow observation of our own elections by committees from such bastions of democracy as North Korea or Zimbabwe.

Hard to believe? No, it’s not. It may be hard to believe only when the facts are twisted, hidden, manipulated, distorted and censored by the disgraceful tactics of that governmental propaganda arm known as mainstream media.

Without going into any detail about the nefarious activities taking place in the current so-called election here - and just to demonstrate my point that absolute proof exists showing election results are rigged - I thought I would tell you, as if you were at all curious, the identity of your next president.

Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce your new leader and Diebold candidate of choice: Hillary Rodham Clinton.

She was your choice, wasn’t she? You approve of war-without-end, don’t you? And mandatory health insurance which will now enforce a fine or other penalty if you’re too poor to buy it? You gladly accept governmental control over every aspect of your life, don’t you? Hang on tight and enjoy the ride. It won’t be a long one.

But we’re getting off subject. Something about pots and pans. Pots and kettles? Who wants to talk about kitchen utensils anyway?

My grandmother enjoyed another saying: Don’t shut the barn door after the horse is gone. Meaning? Prepare for things to go wrong rather than worrying about them after the fact. Yes, opportunities - the horse - have been lost. Incredible opportunities. Consider Ron Paul, for example - the single most qualified presidential candidate who might actually have restored this country to a semblance of what it once was.

Gone. An opportunity lost. Forget the barn door. Consider what you have really lost - and what you are likely to lose unless some modicum of sanity returns.

Here’s another interesting proverb: Don’t spit into the wind.

You figure it out.

Leap Day Snapshot

One revolution around the sun takes about 365 days and 6 hours. An extra 24 hours accumulates every 4 years, so an extra day - Leap Day - is added to the calendar. It is a corrective measure, and a snapshot of events this 29th day of February, 2008, would seem to indicate nothing but required corrections. Here, for your amusement and edification, are quick takes on some of the more obvious ones.

Perhaps the most important event - met with almost complete indifference - is the rigged election we are about to experience again. From the obvious election fraud perpetrated in NH - just barely reported - to the upcoming primaries in Ohio and Texas, it’s business as usual.

Forget the programmed carnival surrounding every political event. The millions spent could be put to far better use. Just remember Stalin’s declaration about who counts the votes being more important than who actually votes. In the cases of Ohio and Texas, offering paperless electronic voting machines whose results can be manipulated at will, the election results in those and many other states, will be determined by the Diebold people.

Save your vote. In this enlightened age, it means nothing. Or ignore the obvious. Pretend you actually have governmental representation. Bow down to the fascist control your indifference invites and don’t complain when every last freedom is taken away from you.

In other news, the signs are rather ominous. The dollar is disappearing rapidly. Sometime this year, it won’t be worth much of anything at all.

Millions of Americans will lose their homes to foreclosure. You may have noticed our exalted leader’s pleasure in announcing that those sorry creatures can expect no relief whatsoever from their “elected” government.

His response in fact - not reported at all in the controlled media - was to sign an agreement with Canada for Canadian troops to patrol US cities during anticipated upcoming food riots.

Bush says we’re not heading into a recession. Actually, he’s right. We’re already in one and heading into a depression. And the mention of food riots is not a fantasy. Consider, for a moment, the fact of millions of Americans losing their homes, their jobs, unable to pay inflated prices for food, gas, or anything else.

Bush, of course, is amused, out of touch, or both. He expressed a dumbfounded amazement at a recent press conference when someone suggested $4 gas by summer.

The economy, of course, could be vastly improved by use of the 12 billion a month we are spending in the Mid East. But we’re not allowed to leave Afghanistan, Iraq or anywhere else - without permission from Tel Aviv.

Don’t hold your breath waiting for that. McCain’s prediction of our presence in Iraq for the next 100 years will happen first. And, just as a side note, I know you’re completely aware of and unconcerned about Bush’s recent give-away of another 30 billion dollars to Israel. That’s 30 billion, with a B, when our wounded, homeless veterans are living in the street.

In the meantime, this Leap Day 2008, life goes on. Home sales drop to the lowest level in 13 years. The government wants to give a deadly flu shot to all American children over 6 months old. Bush promises to veto legislation removing tax breaks from the oil giants - the most profitable institutions in the world.

On the world scene, prepare for a very possible war between Russia, the European Union and NATO, thanks to our interference in Kosovo.

The genocide in Gaza, one of the most horrible war crimes in history, goes on - with our government’s puppet-controlled approval - as the entire world watches and does nothing. Thanks to the American media news blackout, you know nothing about it.

Preparations for war in Lebanon, Syria and Iran are well underway. When Israel attacks Iran, you’ll know about it - when Russia and China retaliate - and your kids find themselves drafted to once again suffer and die for Israel.

But never fear. We have a new president coming, don’t we? We sure do. Did you catch the democrat’s “debate” the other night? One thing that came across loud and clear was the obvious pandering to Israel. (Doesn’t it make you sick to your stomach sometimes?) Our next president will be the one who promises the most for Israel. As usual, American interests will come in second. If at all.

I think this may be the last presidential election allowing our government, our media, and almost every aspect of our lives to be dictated by the wishes and demands of a foreign country. For the simple reason that what’s left of America, this one-time democracy, will no longer exist.

There’s a lot more going on - most of it bad - to include even a representative sample in this small attempt at a Leap Day snapshot.

The signs are obvious and ominous. We are heading into Orwell’s world of 1984 at breakneck speed. I think it’s beyond the point of stopping it.

I’ll have a few good suggestions for survival in future posts. Until then, keep a low profile and hope for the best. There might be an asteroid in our future after all - the one heading for Washington. Hope never dies.

Hijacked Again!

OK, New Hampshire - this is your chance. You can investigate - and rectify - the confirmed election fraud in the Jan. 8 primary election - or accept your part in the outright theft which completely discredits the 2008 election.

I just read a news report from New Zealand describing New Hampshire as the first in the nation with corporate controlled secret vote counting. And the New Hampshire primary as all Diebold, all the time. New Zealand! Can’t keep a secret anymore.

They’re wrong. Only 81% of New Hampshire votes are counted by the rigged Diebold optical scanners.

But the point, of course, is clear. We are the laughing stock of the world - the hypocrites who deplore other countries elections as not meeting the standards of our phony democracy. A democracy that is now about as real as the mythical Al-Qaeda hiding under every bush.

The talking TV heads were a sight to behold, pretending a befuddled amazement at the miraculous turn of events. How could such a thing happen? Polls all day predicted Obama as winner by a huge margin. Poor Hillary. She might have to borrow carfare just to get home.

Then the polls closed, and an amazing thing happened: suddenly, it was too close to call. Say what? How could this happen? How could Hillary turn defeat into victory? A dedicated warmonger guaranteeing perpetual war - winning in the Live Free or Die state of New Hampshire?

Ah, but the explanation is simple: the polls were off. The polls were off! Somehow, for some weird, unexplained reason, all the democrats who were going to vote for Obama lied to their pollsters. They just decided, at the last minute, to give their votes to Hillary. Sounds logical to me.

This fantastic explanation was given with straight faces and great glee by every talking head. Russert - almost drooling over himself with excitement. Matthews. Scarborough. Olbermann. Etc., etc., ad nauseum.

No explanation was given for the fact that every other poll was right on the money. Only Obama supporters apparently lied to their pollsters. Who could have known? The talking heads apparently knew - and I have lost respect for every one of them.

How stupid do they think we are? Stupid indeed, and a fine testament to our deteriorating educational system. Accept their infantile explanations without question and you confirm your membership in a Sheeple society that requires close supervision for its own protection. Or not. Maybe it’s just a question of enlightenment. And recognition that it’s past time for the villagers to revolt.

Some TV newsreaders claim it was Hillary’s teary-eyed performance in a New Hampshire diner that did the trick. Unlikely. Hillary is an accomplished actress, but she’s not that good. Another fantasy of misdirection.

The polls are always presumed to be wrong, but never the results. Polls taken before the election showed Obama up by 10 to 15 points over Hillary. Then, the mysterious Hillary surge showing her beating Obama by 39.4 percent to 36.8 percent. Isn’t it interesting, that those same approximate percentages pertained throughout.

Votes counted on Diebold machines showed Hillary with a final tally of 39.6 percent and Obama with 36.3 percent. Hand-counted ballots showed a marked difference: Obama winning with 38.6 percent and Hillary with 34.9 percent. Based on hand counting throughout, Obama would have won by over 10,000 votes. There’s more than a little speculation as to why he was so quick to concede defeat.

81% of New Hampshire ballots were counted in secret by Premier Election Solutions, a private company formerly known as Diebold Election Systems. The machines are programmed by Massachusetts based LHS Associates owned by John Silvestro, center of a public dispute regarding the hackability of his machines.

Next to nothing is really known about the Diebold machine programmers. Or LHS Associates. Or the secret vote-counting software used to tally our ballots. We are expected to blindly accept the secret decisions that control almost every aspect of our lives - like most government declarations that daily confirm the fact that we are the only so-called “democracy” that does not represent the interests of the complacent citizens under its control.

What is known is that LHS, a private company, will count most of the New Hampshire vote with no oversight at all. They control the memory cards, machine repair and replacement - even on election day, when they usually malfunction - and they are responsible to no one.

What is also known is that the Diebold voting machines can easily be hacked - in less than a minute - by anyone with minimal programming skills. Did Obama actually win in New Hampshire? Did Hillary lose? Have we just witnessed another case of election fraud - another stolen election?

One case of absolutely confirmed election fraud occurred in Sutton, NH where voters cast 31 votes for Ron Paul - and the town recorded zero. Zero! Jennifer Call, Town Clerk for Sutton, confirmed that the 31 number total for Ron Paul was left off the tally sheet - due to human error.

The most common fraud in a hand count system is to change or omit results on a reporting sheet. A fascinating sleight of hand. Complete a well-witnessed reconciliation sheet, then deliver an altered summary.

Ron Paul was completely denied all of his votes in this one community. When the Sutton vote theft became public, other districts, such as Greenville, suddenly changed their final vote tallies for Ron Paul, from zero to actual votes received. I wonder how many similar incidents have yet to be discovered.

Ron Paul was expected to take third place, due to his polling at 14% prior to the election. His finish with just 8%, a 6% discrepancy from pre-polling forecasts, should be clear proof in and of itself of deliberate election fraud.

It has been suggested that Mr. Paul demand a recount. But Dennis Kucinich has already made the request, paying the $2,000 fee out of his own pocket to start the process. Recounts, of course, present their own problems. I recall the Ohio election of 2004. Two election officials were convicted of rigging the recount of their rigged election.

Another area of vital importance in any recount concerns the chain of custody. This involves ballot inventories, substitutions, extra ballots, removal, stuffing, printing, etc., etc. Many things besides just a physical recount and comparison of results.

Remember also the 2004 Nader recount. Only 11 districts were counted - selected by a person of questionable motivation and character - and nothing out of the ordinary was revealed. That questionable “recount” validated the machines, discrediting the candidate making the request.

The recount should proceed without further delay. Already, too much time has passed. The 31 Sutton residents - and others - should be persuaded to voice their outrage at being disenfranchised on every national and international forum that will listen to them.

Ron Paul, of course, is the great enemy of the totalitarian empire we’ve become, and the principle victim of the establishment’s efforts to discredit, marginalize and eliminate him. This can’t be allowed to happen.

I would suggest that Mr. Paul’s campaign might consider enlisting the help of American servicemen to ensure the remaining elections are aboveboard. Perhaps some of the 200,000 homeless veterans ignored and discarded by their lying government. They could cover every election, interview voters, record every aspect they could of the whole process - prevent any vote manipulation where possible. Handle any intimidation from Hillary’s or any other campaign. I’m certain there would be no lack of volunteers.

Ron Paul is truly our last hope. The only ones against him are our own corporate, special interest, fascist government and completely controlled mainstream media - all of whom recognize the very real possibilities of losing their imperial, entrenched powers.

They will do everything in their power to stop him. We must do everything we can to protect him and the movement he represents. This time, we must do all we can to ensure honest elections. This could very well be our last opportunity.

There is a wealth of evidence not presented here - things like an unreasonable excess of ballots - the designation of “other” on candidate selection, no doubt representing stolen Ron Paul votes - the declaration by several networks of McCain as winner, just 17 minutes after the polls closed. With just a few precincts making their clairvoyant projections, it’s all over. No need to count the bulk of the ballots. The magical machines know the answers in advance. What a travesty. What a joke. What an absolute disgrace.

This is an election worth fighting for, because of the genuine opportunity represented by Ron Paul. Since the warnings about Diebold have been ignored for so long, I have little faith that they will become little more than a minor concern now.

Which means you can feel free to consider every aspect of this so-called “election” as merely entertainment. Go ahead. Elect the candidate of “your choice” - and watch your future disappear.
Your choice has been selected for you, and you have no choice. Sorry about that.

I really think it’s too late. The die is cast. Maybe “your” candidate can do something about the destruction of the dollar - or the millions soon to be homeless and jobless and maybe fighting for food - or the obscene, astronomical debt we have inflicted on untold generations - or the depression on our doorstep - or perpetual war. Or any of a million other things designed to destroy your freedoms, if not your lives.

All of which, perhaps, may be just a little extreme. I tend to get carried away once in awhile. Things are probably not as bad as I make them out to be. On the other hand, they might be worse. The best advice I can probably give is to suggest that you disregard everything you’ve read so far. Just the ranting and raving of someone who sees indifference turning into destruction.

Just keep a low profile and go with the flow. Decisions as to what’s best for you will soon be taken out of your hands. In the meantime, enjoy the show.

President Barack Obama We Salute You

Has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? Caucus goers in Iowa thought so, turning out in record numbers to give Mr. Obama his first decisive win.

What happened to Mitt? What happened to Hillary? All that money... I guess Iowans had enough of empty suits and empty promises. The watchword was “Change” and with Barack Obama, that’s exactly what they saw. Or what they thought they saw.

Like Jack Kennedy, Obama offered hope - a commodity in short supply in these disastrous years of the Bush administration. Hope, and reasonable expectations of realizing it.

Mr. Obama, of course, has a secret weapon: the magnificent Michelle, his wife, who personifies dignity, grace and intelligence. We should be so blessed to have her as First Lady. In fact, were she the candidate instead of her husband, there would be no contest. She’d win in a landslide.

Oh, by the way, Mike Huckabee carried the day for the republicans. Sort of an afterthought there. It’s amazing how far just being a likeable guy who can crack a joke once in awhile can take you. I predict that the Huckster’s facade will soon be broken. People will begin to realize that, much to their amazement, Mike Huckabee would not represent any improvement over the present incumbent. He could, in fact, actually be worse.

I hereby nominate Mike Hoaxter for president of Arkansas. His qualifications to lead this country do not extend beyond the borders of that state. As will be quite clear to almost everyone in short order.

As for the rest of the candidates - there are only a few with any chance at all, and their chances are looking more and more like slim to none. John Edwards is a decent guy who has a slim chance. Very slim. For some strange, unknown reason, however, he apparently has limited appeal. May be something to do with the subconscious image of millionaire trial lawyers.

Mitt Romney? All his millions can’t dispel the notion that he is merely acting out a well-practiced part. No one is quite ready to give him the White House trophy he covets.

Hillary? The agent for change - in her own mind - is the very personification of the status quo. A status that everybody has had more than enough of - and no obscene hundred million dollar war chest is going to change that. Hillary and Bill are yesterday. They’re history. They did their damage and got away with it. Now is the time to move on. You’re old news, Hillary. Bad news. Now go away.

Of all the candidates, Senator Obama best projects a vision of achievable hope - a convincing scenario that change is actually possible. But a word of caution in your consideration of Barack Obama. Consider - really consider - exactly what changes are promised and their likelihood of achievement. Consider their value - and their cost. Consider also the influence and advice he’ll receive - and the likelihood of his following it.

I am particularly concerned about a speech Senator Obama gave at the AIPAC Policy Forum on March 2, 2007. Obama pledged his unquestioned support for Israel. That included total commitment to fully funded military assistance. A Pro Israel declaration of submissive obedience - no matter what the cost to America.

It is a well-known fact that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is a very special interest group that exerts unbelievable control and unquestioned domination over the completely subservient government of America. Promises made to such a cabal can be expected to be enforced - no matter what the cost to real Americans.

But in consideration of Barack Obama’s performance in seeking their suppport, I give the benefit of the doubt to any candidate’s acceptance of the fact that undying support for Israel - no matter what - is an absolute requirement to the advancement of any political career.

Mr. Obama, at least on the surface, is as warlike as any other candidate - ready to destroy any country on receipt of direct orders from Tel Aviv. But I detect a difference. Nothing I can specifically identify, but I have an unmistakable feeling that the good Senator’s primary concern is America - that promises to any other nation are made as a matter of expected compliance - a convenience leading to election, more than a declaration of servitude and expected surrender of independence.

I could be wrong. Time will tell. In the meantime, I am convinced just by the Iowa results that Barack Obama will be, at least, the democratic nominee. If not our next president.

The republican nominee? Unknown at this point. Latest polls here in New Hampshire show a surprising surge for John McCain. I can only say that it gets cold in New Hampshire. Very cold. Cold enough to freeze more than a few brain cells. There’s no other logical explanation.

A McCain presidency would be a continuation of the Bush policies that have all but destroyed this country. If McCain becomes president, say goodbye to your kids. They’ll be coming home in bits and pieces - if at all - from the next proxy war for Israel in the Mid East- guaranteed. Guaranteed!

Rumor has it that McCain would select Joe Lieberman as his running mate. Can you picture a McCain/Lieberman administration? We are already victims of a Republikud Party without knowing it. Such an administration can be expected to complete the absolute destruction of what’s left of this country in short order.

Before you cast your vote for John McCain, do a little investigation. You’ll find a master of disguise and a rabid Zionist. Don’t fall for his magician’s soft-spoken spell. He’s capable of making George Bush look like a choir boy in comparison.

While you’re considering which candidate, if any, deserves your vote, take a second look at John Edwards. Forget what I mentioned earlier about subconscious impressions. The more I see and listen to what he has to say, the more convinced I am that he would make one of our better presidents. Seriously.

A better choice still, would be the candidate who came in with just 10% at the Iowa Caucus. A candidate considered to be nothing less than the mortal enemy of our corporate, special-interest government. A candidate so feared by the establishment media that announcers are actually forbidden to mention his name.

When the combined forces of a Zionist government and media are forced to use every dirty trick in the book to try to ignore and discredit one candidate - and that candidate achieves 10% in the first serious contest - even beating out recent front runner Rudy Giuliani - they have more than a little to fear.

The candidate, of course, is Ron Paul - the only candidate that can save this country - by truly representing the interests of Americans, first, last and always. The only candidate that can’t be bought. And you had better believe that imperial Amerika is more than a little fearful of such an incredible phenomenon.

Consider Mr. Paul when you consider how to cast your vote. His message is getting out, despite every effort to stop him. His support is increasing in unprecedented numbers as the truth of his message sinks in.

Consider this: A vote for Ron Paul is a vote to reclaim our Constitution and our country. A vote for almost any other candidate is a vote for perpetual war - and a notice to the world that we are as guilty as our government.

You may, of course, be of the growing contingent that believes their votes are wasted. You may be correct, and Mr. Diebold and his magic machines might very well have the last word. In which case, feel free to completely ignore everything you’ve read thus far.

Maybe it’s all a dream after all, and we’ll wake up any moment now to a bright, shiny tomorrow.

Lets just pretend that the American dollar is actually worth more than the paper it’s printed on. That millions of Americans aren’t about to lose their jobs and their homes in the housing fiasco. That we aren’t heading into recession, but into a full-blown actual Depression.

Lets pretend that we don’t torture people, in this country and all over the world - that we aren’t under illegal surveillance - that we aren’t treated like a conquered sub-species at our own airports.
That our elections are fair and aboveboard and guaranteed to give us leaders of whom we can be proud, rather than ashamed.

But you can’t pretend reality away. We are an occupied country and the United States of America no longer exists. Democracy, which we seek to impose by gunpoint on the rest of the world, no longer exists here. Freedom, once our most precious asset, is little more than a fond, fading memory.

So go ahead and vote. Or not. Maybe it will make a difference. Chances are it won’t. In my opinion, we have exactly one thin, almost nonexistent chance to change things - through the election of Ron Paul. It will happen, or it won’t.

In the meantime, enjoy the entertainment - like a condemned man’s last meal. Savor the taste. And be ready to pay the price. Whatever comes our way, we undoubtedly deserve it.

Signs and Portents

Amazing, isn’t it, how fast the polls change? One minute Hillary’s ahead. Then it’s Obama. Then it’s Romney, running neck and neck. But wait - here comes Huckabee. Huckabee takes the lead. And what about...

Here’s a thought. Forget the polls. They’re meaningless - designed for amusement purposes only. You’ll check the latest poll, then go to do your designated duty by casting your vote - which is also meaningless.

Stalin said it best. “It’s not the people who vote that count. It’s the people who count the vote.”

Chances are you’ll cast your vote on an unverifiable electronic touch-screen voting machine, such as Diebold Election Systems entry, which can be easily hacked, manipulated and programmed for any desired result. Diebold recently changed its name to Premier Election Systems. That should fool them. The end result will be another dishonest, fraudulent election.

Save your vote. The election winners have already been selected and your choice didn’t enter into the process. In fact, the whole voting process, like the polls mentioned above, is little more than another exercise designed for amusement purposes only. Entertainment. Costly entertainment.

Enormous sums of money are transferred and the controlled media cleans up. You would think that at least one propaganda rag or talking head might slip up and reveal the fact that, no matter who wins, they will represent, first and foremost, the interests of a foreign country before any slight consideration is given to the interests of the deceived dupes who elected them.

2008 should be an interesting year with respect to the economy. Our torturer-in-chief revealed his magic plan to save the sub-prime mortgage mess by freezing interest rates on certain loans. This might benefit a few hundred thousand homeowners - those who have never been late with a mortgage payment. Those who have been late, of course, are precisely the ones who need the most help - and won’t get it.

Also unaffected will be several million homeowners expected to lose their homes to foreclosure - and many to lose their jobs as well, producing an unemployment rate considerably in excess of the current actual rate of about 9%.

The dollar, of course, is losing value daily as countries all over the world divest themselves of the one-time symbol of strength and stability. Even Gisele Bundchen, the world’s richest model, now insists that she be paid in almost any currency but the US dollar. She joins a growing list of rich investors like Warren Buffet, who are busy divesting themselves of dollars in favor of the Euro and other currencies.

There are many reasons for the dollar’s decline. No need to go into them here. Suffice to say that when the dollar loses all value - should China decide to dump US T-bonds for example (and the rest of the world follows suit) the American empire will be over. One benefit: no more US instigated preemptive wars.

We enter 2008 with our government still under siege for destroying CIA torture tapes. We don’t torture, of course, according to our torturer-in-chief boy king. We merely conduct enhanced interrogations. All approved by Congress - which now has less respect than used car dealers.

Novelist Stephen King had an interesting idea. He suggested that Jenna Bush be waterboarded, and then she could talk whether or not she thought it was torture. If not Jenna, then go ahead, George, select another subject for your innocent parlor game of waterboarding.

Nancy Pelosi might make an interesting subject. Especially in light of her declaration that impeachment would be off the table - in direct, arrogant, outrageous violation of the wishes of gullible voters who expected a Democratic Congress sensitive to their wishes.

One last note on the destroyed CIA tapes - they weren’t all destroyed. I am aware of a very reliable source that claims at least one of the tapes was saved - that he actually saw it, and that it’s even worse than expected. When it gets out, someone will pay a price. Someone, hopefully, other than the low-level flunkies that are usually forced to take the blame.

We start 2008 with the usual unresolved problems. A health care system that’s broken. An education system that’s a total disaster. An immigration problem that’s out of control. Unprotected borders. Taxes, taxes and more taxes - without representation. More government control and loss of personal freedom everyday. And this brief list barely scratches the surface.

All of which pales in comparison to the very real possibilities of war. Two wars, to be exact. At least two - possibly a few more. Remember Kosovo? Serbs? Albanians? That little dust-up in the Balkans in 1999 between Yugoslavia and NATO? Our air war at 38,000 feet which had the deadly effect of destroying monasteries, schools, hospitals, power plants, radio stations, churches, shopping centers - a few innocent Serbs here and there (the so-called enemy) - and about 5,000 completely innocent civilians. (Oh, you weren’t supposed to know about that).

Well, Kosovo is at it again, declaring independence - with American approval. But Russia - for some strange reason (not really strange at all) - says nyet. They won’t allow it. And they are dead serious. This could result in devastating conflict in the blink of an eye - which could spread completely out of control.

The second possibility of war involves Israel attacking Iran. George Bush has vowed to defend Israel if they come under attack - even if they caused it. The Israelis are furious at the recent release of a National Intelligence Estimate showing that Iran stopped all work towards nuclear weapon development in 2003. They are determined to destroy Iran, no matter how many American lives it costs.

Two problems with that scenario: Russia has already delivered nuclear fuel to Iran. An attack by Israel on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant could result in the death of millions. No concern to the Israelis, of course, who have long suggested using their Samson Option - destroying the whole world, even if it means suicide for Israel itself.

Second problem: The Russians have publicly announced that they will consider an attack on Iran as an attack on Russia. I wonder why the controlled American media has failed to even mention that declaration. Might lose a little public support for the coming conflagration.

Considering George Bush’s imperial tendencies to ignore all laws and to do what he wants, regardless of the consequences, I can easily imagine the outcome of an attack on Iran - by us or the Israelis. Vladimir Putin is not the kind of opponent you play a game of chicken with. Whoever attacks Iran will get a taste of Russian retaliation, a costly mistake that could easily ignite World War III.

Actually, considering the psychotic makeup of both the Israelis and the Bush crime family, you might say that our future depends more than a little on the considered reasoning, good graces and extraordinary leadership of one Vladimir Putin.

China hasn’t publicly declared its intention of defending Iran, but I can’t see them standing idly by while we destroy billions of dollars in their Iranian investments.

In a nuclear war with Russia, we will lose. Russia would lose too, since we are still a so-called superpower with respect to weapons of mass destruction. But we would definitely lose. Inasmuch as we are now under Zionist control, perhaps we have our own Samson Option. But are you really willing to commit suicide, just for the sake of taking the rest of the world with you? Seems like a rather insane course of action to me - and perhaps something drastic should be done to prevent it.

I’m convinced that a war with Iran would represent the start of World War III. Which, I guess, is exactly what the Christian Zionist fanatics are waiting for. We’ve done such a bang-up job of things, maybe we deserve it. Bomb everything back to the stone age - and whoever’s left can start over with a clean slate.

Give a reasoned choice to your selection of the next president. All candidates - except one - will continue the destruction started by the current president. All are warmongers. All are subservient to the Israeli lobby. All will do the bidding of Tel Aviv, no matter what the cost in American blood and treasure.

There is one candidate - Ron Paul - who represents the return to Constitutional law and who actually represents the interests of the American people. Elect Paul and we can return to what this country used to be. Elect anyone else, and we are lost.

Just two more things to consider as we venture blindly into 2008.

George Bush, torturer-in-chief and without question the absolute worst American president in history - could change his reputation in a second. He could become an instant hero and be remembered as the man who brought peace to the Middle East. His legacy would be assured.

All it would take would be one phone call - and 3 little words. That’s right - just 3 magic words and you would have peace - real, genuine peace in the Middle East. And much of the world. An entire planet would be eternally grateful.

George Bush to Ehud Olmert: “No More Money!”

That’s it. Just 3 little words that could change the history of mankind. (My humble opinion, of course). Just think: Without the continued influx of forced American taxpayer money - in the billions and hundreds of billions of dollars - to the parasite nation of Israel, that Zionist entity would no longer exist.

It wouldn’t happen overnight. America is far from being the only country under Zionist domination and Israel would certainly find funding elsewhere. But not enough. America is the only country wealthy enough - and willing enough - to completely supply its master’s needs. Like a drug dealer being threatened and blackmailed into supplying its junkie’s fix.

The end of American money is the end - over time - of Israel. Just think: Arab lands returned to their rightful owners. No more illegal confiscation and occupation. No more planned destruction - aided by deluded Americans - of countries like Lebanon.

An enormous decrease in worldwide assassinations. No more Palestinian genocide. No more imprisonment and torture of thousands. No more brutalization, terrorization and murder of helpless women and children. No more control of most of the world’s media. Americans, in particular, would be in for a new experience: exposure to the actual, unvarnished truth.

No more... But the atrocities and outrages are too many to even list. Some too horrifying even to be believed. With no more money, it comes to an end - along with much of the misery the world has been forced to endure.

Will it happen? Never. It’s more likely that the fanatic Israelis will drag us into another unwinnable war. For their benefit, of course - not ours. It is more likely that the asteroid I’ve been praying for will actually strike Washington.

And it is much more likely that, as the result of a real or manufactured “al-qaeda” incident killing innocent Americans, martial law will be declared and we will lose the remainder of our freedoms. This period, right now, could someday actually be considered The Good Times.

All it would take is just the stroke of a pen.

All we can guarantee is that we’re in for an interesting year ahead. A perilous year, fraught with opportunity as well as danger. A year of serious choices to make.

Will we select another president who apparently enjoys inflicting the pain of torture on his helpless human victims? A president subservient to a foreign power, determined to destroy the Constitution, the reputation and the very fabric of a once-free nation? An elected dictator in all but name, presiding over a fascist, totalitarian society?

Or will we select free choice and decide that what we once had is just too precious to lose altogether. And take whatever action might be required to recapture our country from the thieves who have stolen it.

As usual, you’ll no doubt accuse me of rambling and exaggerating things all out of proportion. Maybe things aren’t as bad as I claim. Then again, maybe they’re worse. Everyone is entitled to the delusion of their choice.

I merely contend that, based upon information I have discovered - information available to you, too - information deliberately twisted and manipulated and hidden - the scenarios I present here, in my humble opinion, are all representative of a less than ideal reality, to put it mildly, and the change, if not actual permanent destruction of what we once held most dear.

Please accept my apologies for inflicting on you such a convoluted sentence. And while it’s still barely legal to say so, I’d like to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a healthy, Happy New Year. I promise to do my best to try to find something good to write about in 2008.

Big Brother Jeopardizes Jersey

As an expatriate New Jerseyite, I still have an interest in current events in my old home state. I was more than a little dismayed therefore to learn that the beginnings of a full-blown police state will be firmly and legally in place on December 18.

The Public Health Council voted on Monday, December 10, for New Jersey to become the first state in the country to require annual flu shots for children attending preschool or licensed day care. Three additional vaccines will be required beginning in Sept. 2008.

Forced vaccinations? Parental rights violated? Looks like a done deal. The council approved it, Gov. Jon S. Corzine has already approved it, and all that remains is for State Health Commissioner, Dr. Fred M. Jacobs to sign off on the mandates by Dec. 18 - which he is expected to do.

The new rules will save lives and prevent disease and suffering, according to Deputy Health Commissioner, Dr. Eddy Bresnitz. Sorry, Deputy, but that’s the exact opposite of what you can expect. And sorry, New Jersey, but you are entering a new and untested twilight zone - the results of which you can’t begin to imagine.

Ask the terrorized parents of children in Maryland’s Prince George County what it’s like. More than a thousand kids were recently herded into a courthouse to be forcibly vaccinated while armed police and attack dogs stood guard.

Parents were threatened with fines and prison sentences if they failed to have their children immunized. State Attorney General Glenn F. Ivey admitted that no law mandated shots be given, and claimed that exemption forms were available. For some strange reason, however, information packs given the parents prior to the forced vaccinations failed to include the so-called waiver forms.

Attorney General Ivey said, “We can do this the easy way or the hard way.” Implying... what? Tasering of non-complying parents? Maybe a little waterboarding would be in order. Welcome to the fascist state of Maryland, where gunpoint medicine is the rule of the day.

An interesting note: General Ivey also admitted that he had chosen NOT to give his own children the vaccines! I wonder why? Perhaps because of their well-documented dangers.

Another interesting note: The school district demanding forced vaccinations is set to lose a considerable amount of state funding if their Draconian orders are not complied with. Obviously, such non-complying parents are a danger to public health and should be incarcerated until they see the light. And their children should be medicated - by whatever force is necessary.

Most people - at least, some people - are aware that vaccines contain the toxic mercury preservative Thimerosal, which has been banned for decades in every civilized country in the world concerned with the health and well-being of its citizens.

It is a well-documented fact that Thimerosal is linked to autism and autoimmune diseases. Some vaccines contain aluminum, linked directly to alzheimers. Some contain known carcinogens such as formaldehyde, anti-freeze and a long list of other poisons linked to glaucoma, migraines, and even AIDS.

Flu shots can increase your risk of developing multiple sclerosis, juvenile diabetes, allergies, colitis, eczema, psoriasis, ADHD, Lupus, Graves disease, Chron’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Lou Gherig’s disease, seizure disorders - and on and on.

Vaccines contain DNA fragments, harmful chemicals, fetal tissue, pig, sheep and horse blood, rabbit brains, dog kidneys, and potentially deadly bacteria. Among other things. Many other things. Too many to even list. The current flu shot, of course, is based on last year’s flu virus. Which no longer exists. It mutates constantly.

Did you know that more than 70% of doctors and nurses in this country refuse to get an annual flu shot? I wonder why...

Since the flu shot weakens your immune system, you are more vulnerable to the illness and more likely to come down with the flu after getting a flu shot. I know some people who succumb to the scare propaganda and religiously get their flu shots every year. It apparently never occurs to them that the flu they suffer from immediately thereafter is a direct result of their flu shots.

As to forced vaccinations for your children, try to explain to the armed guards at your “health” clinic - if you’re a resident of Maryland or New Jersey - that you are concerned with the health of your children and would rather go to jail to prevent their deliberate poisoning.

Try to explain that vaccines prohibit a child’s immune system from adapting and growing stronger and that vaccinations suppress normal immune response. Leaving your children completely unprotected against future infection.

Such protestations fell on deaf ears in Prince George’s County, Maryland, as they will no doubt be equally disregarded in New Jersey. No word yet as to the penalties for non-compliance in the Garden State.

Cui Bono? Who benefits? Drug companies. Big Pharma - and the politicians they have paid for. Vaccinations are based on questionable science. Doctors dismiss reports of any dangerous side effects - because their Big Pharma masters insist on it.

The real motivation? Money. The almighty bottom line. Unbelievable, obscene profits derived by a predatory “health” system that preys on its intimidated victims, coerced by a tyrranical bureaucracy to relinquish yet another freedom. It’s all about money and control.

Maryland enforces mandatory vaccinations as if they were harmless. They are not. They are poison. Unfortunately, New Jersey is about to join the medical police state, with perhaps other misguided states soon to follow.

Concerned parents have the responsibility and the right to reject forced vaccinations. Threatened with fines and imprisonment, however, the parents in Maryland didn’t object. Their kids were herded in line and forced to take their shots, with no consideration as to any medical history. Most parents fell into line and followed orders without question.

If the medical Gestapo comes to your town and threatens at gunpoint, with attack dogs ready to strike, to throw you in jail and remove your children for 30 days if you refuse a potentially dangerous vaccination - what will you do? Will you dare to protect your children? Or will you join the ranks of the terrified, intimidated Sheeple most of us have become?

When it comes to protecting your children, perhaps the time has come to draw the line. Accept this fascist infringement on what’s left of your rights, and the next step is government enforcement of gunpoint medicine on everyone of every age and state of health.

You will be arrested, drugged and restrained and forcibly medicated against your will for taking safe and effective vitamins instead of deadly high-profit pharmaceutical drugs. Think it can’t happen here? Think again.

Don’t give up the right and freedom to choose what medical treatment is best for your children.

Don’t accept your government’s fear-based lies and attempts to manipulate and control every aspect of your lives.

Don’t depend on organizations like the FDA or the American Medical Association to protect your rights. They work for Big Pharma. The only rights they are willing to protect are the rights of the pharmaceutical companies that own them. Given a choice, they would forcibly vaccinate everybody in the country. Regardless of the consequences to their health.

Remember freedom? It’s almost gone. Either we protect what’s left of it, or watch it disappear forever. In which case we’ll deserve whatever we get.

Perhaps the protests and attendant publicity as New Jersey tries to enforce its new dictatorial powers will be enough to provide a wake-up call that something has to be done and done now. In all probability, however, the controlled, mainstream media will do their usual sterling job of providing minimal coverage - if the story isn’t ignored altogether.

It’s an almost insurmountable task trying to deliver the real news about almost anything to an indifferent audience, whose interest and concern barely exists. What we have become and what we’ve lost in this country is a genuine trajedy. There’s still time to change - but in the grand scheme of things, that time can be measured in seconds.

Just as an aside, you are probably aware that we have the most expensive health care in the world - and far from the best. You probably didn’t know that many Americans are choosing to go abroad for their medical care.

In fact, an estimated half million Americans traveled to foreign countries for medical treatment in 2006. So-called Medical Tourism is now a booming industry. Patients report being treated as respected guests, and given as good or better medical treatment - at a far lower cost - than anything offered here in America.

Many of these “medical tourists” have decided not to come back. Another option, if your choices are jail time in lieu of forced, gunpoint vaccinations. There are some places - in fact, many places - where freedom still exists.

It's Taser Torture Time

If you’re ever on the receiving end, you’ll suffer an unforgettable experience. You probably won’t even notice the two electric probes speeding toward you at 100 miles per hour, but you will definitely notice the 50,000 volts of current that instantly overrides your central nervous system.

And you will always remember the agony and excruciating pain as the electrical pulses cause involuntary muscle contractions as you fall paralyzed to the ground, perhaps losing bladder and bowel control.

Police officers experiencing a 1.5 second jolt as part of their taser training said, “Anyone who has experienced it will remember it forever.”

That’s for a 1.5 second jolt. The usual taser time lasts for 5 seconds, unless the trigger is held down. Then it will last as long as the battery holds out.

A Michigan County Sheriff called it, “The longest five seconds of my life. It’s extreme pain, there’s no question about it.”

A firearms consultant described it as, “The most profound pain I have ever felt. You get total compliance because they don’t want that pain again.”

Classified as “non-lethal” weapons, some 250,000 taser guns are used by law enforcement agencies in the United States, Canada and 70 other countries. In most cases they are used in pain-induced compliance - an accurate description of torture.

In fact, a UN committee declared, after several recent deaths in North America, that taser electronic stun guns are a form of torture that can kill. The committee of 10 experts went on to say that, “The use of these weapons causes acute pain, constituting a form of torture and, in certain cases, they can even cause death.”

According to Amnesty International, over 300 deaths around the world can be attributed to indiscriminate taser use. They have called for suspension of taser use and a full investigation.

Since our new Attorney General Michael Mukasey is unable to define waterboarding as torture, and since our torturer-in-chief says we don’t torture, while directing “enhanced interrogation” in secret prisons all over the world, the deadly use of tasers will no doubt be dismissed as inconsequential.

The taser company says their “non-lethal” weapon saves lives by being an effective alternative to real guns. Obviously true. No argument. Tasers have provided life-saving protection again and again. But their use has changed. Tasers can inflict torture and they can kill. They are, in fact, becoming the perfect compliance weapon for the fascist police state we are fast becoming.

Consider the recent death at the Vancouver Airport of Robert Dziekanski, 40, a non-English speaking man from Poland who had spent 10 hours in the airport without help. He threw a chair and tried to break things, then calmed down after security arrived. The Vancouver police talked to him for exactly 24 seconds, then piled on, batons flying, and tasered him to death. Complete videos of the incident show him writhing on the ground and screaming for a long time before he died.

In another recent case, a 54 year old man was slumped over the wheel of his car in Ozark, Alabama. Local police tasered him for not responding to their commands to exit the vehicle - which he was unable to do because of his medical condition. He was having a diabetic seizure. He had no criminal record and tests showed no alcohol in his system. He was charged with driving under the influence.

Jared Massey was pulled over by Utah Highway Patrolman John Gardner for allegedly speeding on September 14th. When Massey refused to sign the speeding ticket, trooper Gardner tasered him, in front of his pregnant wife who came out of their car screaming at the sight of her husband flat on his back on the ground. Massey is planning to file a lawsuit against the Utah Highway Patrol.

23-year-old student Mostafa Tabatabainejad was tasered repeatedly by UCLA police while he was in the Powell Library Computer Lab. His crime? He refused to show his ID. Police know that it takes at least a minute to be able to stand after a single taser shot, yet a video and eyewitnesses describe the police as demanding their victim to get to his feet, as they repeatedly shock him again and again and again.

Tabatabainejad screams and cries and begs and pleads for them to stop, while the shocks continue, 50,000 volts of paralyzing pain as the police inflict their diabolical torture.

Amnesty International reports a taser use almost out of control. Taser-related deaths are increasing. Taser-related torture is being inflicted daily - and apparently no one is immune.

Uncooperative children are being tasered, as are pregnant women, the disabled, people with mental illness, handicapped and helpless suspects, anyone and everyone imaginable.

Orange County police tasered an 18 year old Orlando man who was tied to a hospital bed - because he refused to give a urine sample.

Washougal, Washington police tried to serve a citation on Russian immigrant Olga Rybak because her dog had bitten another officer the day before. Rybak, who spoke little English, asked for a translator. She was introduced to a taser instead and was shocked 12 times in 91 seconds in front of her two young sons, who were threatened with the taser also when they tried to help their mother.

The boys are still undergoing psychiatric treatment for post traumatic stress disorder. The officer involved was the taser training officer for the Police Department.

I could list page after page of similar incidents, some truly horrendous. The vast majority of incidents apply to people who are unarmed or already restrained. They are used, more often than not, strictly as instruments of compliance. They are instruments of torture.

Consider the fact that US military units use tasers - among them, the 800th Military Police Brigade, responsible for torture at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

With an out-of-control police force ready to torture anyone for any reason or no reason at all, what’s to be done? Well, you can try to fight fire with fire. For about $300 you can buy your own personal taser in any of several designer colors.

Taser has sold over 120,000 consumer versions of their torture device since 1994. You too can carry 50,000 volts of protection in your pocket - unless you live in DC, HI, MA, MI, RI, NY, NJ or WI where they are still illegal. CT and IL allow civilian use, but with restrictions.

Just think! When you are about to be tasered by law enforcement, you could just whip out your own taser and... no, not a good idea. You could be tasered to death. Or taken away for an extended vacation at the Gitmo Hotel. Best to try to protect yourself from the thugs that aren’t in uniform.

As long as torture is legal in this country, there is little you can do to protect yourself - except to keep a low profile and try to blend in with the rest of the Sheeple. Until such time as we decide to take this country back - what’s left of it - no matter what the cost.

In the meantime, our benevolent government has developed a new high tech weapon, even more effective than the taser. It’s a heat wave, microwave gun known as ADS (Active Denial System) that uses high-powered radio waves to cause the molecules in a target’s skin to vibrate violently, creating an unbearable burning sensation.

When your blood begins to boil you will experience the real meaning of pain and torture.

The ADS is to be used to disperse angry crowds or violent rioters - from a distance of about 2500 feet. It is to be used, of course, in Iraq. If and when it will be used as crowd control on our own citizens remains open to speculation.

One of the few things this country still excels at is the creation of instruments of pain and destruction.

Taser use is almost out of control. Take note of the daily reported incidents, for future reference. Remember that true freedom of speech no longer exists - and control your impulse to comment accordingly. Remember that torture is legal - and the new law enforcement motto is Comply or Die. Or, at the least, suffer a little with a momentary taser electrocution.

Your choices? Accept the status quo. Leave the scene and find a better place. Change the status quo - the most difficult choice of all.

Good luck.

Mom - Apple Pie - Torture

Mom, Apple Pie and Torture. Symbols recognized world-wide representing our former democracy - and the most predominant of these is torture. George Bush prefers the Newspeak term enhanced interrogation, but torture, by any other name, is still torture.

It is also a major point of contention for federal judge Michael Mukasey, Bush’s choice for attorney general. At confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill, Mukasey stymied his democratic interrogators by refusing to admit that waterboarding is torture.

When asked if he thought the torture technique was constitutional, Mukasey said, “If it amounts to torture, then it is not constitutional.” He dodged every attempt to define torture and what appeared to be an easy confirmation came to a halt.

Waterboarding places a prisoner on his back with his head inclined downward. His head is covered with plastic or a wet rag. Water is poured over his face, forcing the inhalation of water, inducing the gag reflex, and produces the terrifying sensation of imminent death by drowning. CIA test subjects last an average of about 14 seconds.

Waterboarding can cause extreme pain and lung damage and sometimes brain damage, and broken bones. Repeated incidents have been known to cause death and some victims remain psychologically traumatized for years. By any definition of the word, waterboarding is torture.

More than 100 law professors sent a letter to then Attorney General Alberto Gonzales stating that waterboarding is torture and a felony punishable under the federal criminal code.

Judge Mukasey, of course, has to protect the President. He can’t say that he believes waterboarding is against the law - if, indeed, that is what he believes - because Bush broke the law by approving the torture of detainees and prisoners. Bush, in turn, defends his nominee, saying that we don’t torture anybody - a quick, throw-away phrase delivered with the sincerity of the master lier he is.

This is an individual who should be hooked up to a polygraph to reveal exactly what he is, every time he opens his mouth. Bush declares that whatever we’ve done has been legal. There may have been instances of legality occurring in this most corrupt administration in our history, but the subject of torture wasn’t involved in any of them. Bush went on to compare democrats opposing the nomination to appeasers who enabled Hitler.

Democrats congratulating themselves on apparently blocking the nomination, were in for a surprise. Two quisling senate democrats, Charles Schumer of New York and Diane Feinstein of California, declared their support of judge Mukasey, providing the votes needed to win approval of the judiciary committee.

Neither Schumer or Feinstein thought to offer a demonstration of Waterboarding, that harmless parlor board game - offering instead their tortuous explanations of why they believe judge Mukasey would enforce a law that bans waterboarding. Should such a law ever come about! Keep your eyes peeled for flying pigs: that’s when it will happen.

From the looks of things as I write this, Mukasey will be confirmed, even though he can’t identify waterboarding as torture - an act of ommision making him every bit as dangerous as
Gonzales, his predecessor. Torture will continue. Along with Mom and Apple Pie.Two symbols
of better, more hopeful times. One symbol of shame and disgrace. What we have lost in this country is incredible. Those responsible should be made to pay a price.

Our vaunted Constitution is being shredded without objection. As George Bush, our deranged boy dictator, once famously said, “It’s just a Goddamn piece of paper.”

Our rights and freedoms, once the envy of the world, slip away every day without objection. We launch wars of conquest and destruction - killing millions - to steal their natural resources and to further the interests of a demanding alien country that all but completely controls every aspect of American life. Without objection serious enough to effect any change.

There is more - much more - but this is a blog post, not a 100 page diatribe.

The point? We are an indifferent society. We don’t care. Torture? As long as it doesn’t happen to you, what’s the big deal? Reality? Been to an airport lately? Or a protest rally? Perhaps you enjoy being brutalized and treated like a terrorist or a sub-human species.

I think of torture as a line in the sand. Once crossed, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to go back. We crossed it, thousands of innocent victims ago. We demonstrated to the world that we are no longer interested in basic decency and the humanity of our fellow man. And that we are therefore deserving of treatment in kind.

We have given up, perhaps permanently, the moral high ground. We no longer have the moral authority to dictate anything to anybody for any reason. Our hypocritical demand for “Democracy” is seen for exactly what it is - a means of control having nothing to do with the concept of freedom. We torture - and have slipped back a rung on the ladder of civilized society.

While Mukasey’s appointment is all but a done deal, here are a few tidbits about the gentleman you may find interesting.

Mukasey was accused of bias in his conduct of the 1993 World Trade Center case. A defendant moved to remove him on grounds that his extreme allegiance to Israel would lead to bias against Muslim defendants. Defying all reasonable logic, the motion was dismissed as irrelevant.

He was involved with the favorable ruling for Larry Silverstein in the insurance controversy about the 9-11 attacks. Silverstein claimed double benefits since the WTC was destroyed by “two” seperate terrorist attacks. Nice. Friends in high places seems to work every time.

Remember the five dancing Israelis arrested by the FBI as they filmed the burning WTC towers? They turned out to be Israeli Mossad agents carrying multiple passports and large amounts of cash. They were arrested, detained, then secretly transported to the safety of Israel. Mukasey was the presiding judge at the time.

Mukasey’s son Marc is a partner at the bracewell & Giuliani law firm. Should Giuliani win the presidency, Mukasey would undoubtedly remain as attorney general. Mukasey is known to be an ardent Zionist, and it is certain that he will represent his country to the best of his ability. One guess as to which country that might be.

We are at a crucial crossroads in this country. Martial Law and a full-fledged police state are just around the corner. Total financial collapse is just around the corner. Nuclear War with Iran - and quite possibly Russia and China - is just around the corner. To name just a few of the imminent disasters we face.

Does anyone care? Maybe it’s the fluoride in the water - the old Nazi drug of choice to sedate crime victims. Maybe it’s the Chemtrails, criss-crosing every inch of our skies, dropping who-knows-what poisonous toxins on our heads. Whatever the cause, an excellent case can be made for the fact that no one - at least hardly anyone - actually cares.

I have a picture in my head. A post-apocalyptic scene sometime in the future. Humanlike creatures discovering a huge, abandoned monument. The inscription says:

EPITAPH : AMERICA - DEAD FROM INDIFFERENCE