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Massive Protests and Boos become Cheers-During Bush's inaugural parade, people were booing and holding signs all along the route, voicing their disgust at the stolen 2000 election (since that time, our government has imposed, entirely un-constitutional, free speech zones to insulate the President). In the run up to the illegal and immoral invasion of Iraq, there were massive protests in cities all over the US. There have been 2 World Can't Wait, organized protests of citizens in cities throughout the country. The mainstream media completely censored this outcry. When George H.W. Bush threw out the first pitch to start the baseball season, there was loud booing in the stadium and the broadcasters covered it up. Once again, in New Orleans, as the Saints made their triumphant return to the Superdome, loud booing accompanied George H.W. Bush as he made the coin flip and ESPN clicked onto audio of cheers for the TV audience. This is called programming.

Abramoff and Enron-The K Street, pay to play institutionalized corruption and the Enron collapse are two of the biggest scandals that our capitalist, democratic Republic has ever faced. Both involve the Bush administration directly, as well as the entire political machine. Both involve some of the most powerful corporations and citizens of this country. And yet, it would seem that the mainstream press is content that Abramoff and Ley perpetrated these crimes and therefore, we the people, don't really need to hear anymore about it.

Bilderberg-The most obscenely powerful and wealthy citizens in the world get together and decide how best to manage the governments and the economies of the western world. For years, nobody really knew or paid attention, but now people are starting to take notice. After all, why are there no notes taken at these meetings and why do armies protect these 'gatherings' if they are merely meeting for tea? Alex Jones, documentary filmmaker, was detained at the Canadian border for 20 hours as he attempted to cover the latest Bilderberg Conference. He was isolated, yelled at and interrogated by Nazi-esque Canadian agents, before finally being released to enter Canada.

CIA/Media Cooperation-Both the civilian and military intelligence agencies are completely entrenched in our media and now, on line. It is no secret that CIA employees and paid shills, infest our media and edit, dilute, obscure and propagandize the real truth at every level. Once again, I understand why I'm not hearing about this from ABC News or the New York Times.


WTO Protests-All around the world, whenever the World Trade Organization meets, there are huge protests. Free trade benefits big corporations and powerful countries. Professional multi-millionaire liars like Tom Friedman endlessly espouse the 'virtue' of free trade, however, there is nothing free about it. It is a ploy to enable corporations to exploit with impunity the low wage slaves and lax environmental laws of third world countries, while at the same time, devastating their local businesses and farmers and systematically ruining the manufacturing capacities of countries such as the US. 70% of our manufacturing capacity has now disappeared into 'developing' nations. If we started today, it would take us - of a century to rebuild what we have lost. In Seattle, police and military infiltrated the peaceful protesters and started scuffles in order to allow militarized police to violently repress our fellow citizens exercising their free speech rights. Where was the crackerjack journalist?

The System of Terror and The Power of Nightmares-It is now widely known that the Bush administration used the color-coded 'alert' system whenever it needed support because of lagging poll numbers. There is No war on terror. You cannot fight a war on an ideology. Al Qaeda is not a worldwide terrorist organization. This is a lie. Whenever a government official or journalist references Al Qaeda or the war on terror, whether out of ignorance or collusion, they are lying. I highly recommend the BBC documentary, The Power of Nightmares. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/video1037.htm If you want to stare at the immediate future of our democracies, due to this war OF terror against us, watch the very entertaining British film, V for Vendetta or the American film, A Scanner Darkly.

Needless to say, I could go on and on laying out the case against the 4th estate of journalism. It is fair to say that I disagree with my good friend, who claims that if there is a story, a crackerjack journalist will tell us about it. We are 53rd in the world in press freedom and falling and the government is targeting journalists and passing laws that countermand the Bill of Rights as if it were the most natural thing in the world. The press barely notices. How do I know about all of these things? Because, my fellow citizens, it is all available for discovery and verification on line. I will not wait and I would suggest that the world can't wait for the Washington Post or The Nation to tell us the real truth about anything. If a blogger tells you something about the poison fluoride in our water supply, I say google fluoride and see if what he/she is telling you has any merit. If you are waiting for a journalist to tell you what is real and what is not real, this blogger will tell you, the details of the critical events shaping our destinies are being systematically edited and the good people of this country are being blatantly lied to and deceitfully programmed.

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Right on!

No doubts, Matt. We out here recognise this, too. Excise all those who cripple our means of information. But don't stop there. Excise all those who repress us via the corrupted political systems world-wide that give us only Puppet A or Puppet B. What the hell gives then the right to rule us like this? - Because we don't stop them. We can do better than this. So let's stop them. Out with them all. Anyone ask me how?

by amazin (34 articles, 0 quicklinks, 12 diaries, 400 comments [12 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Nov 22, 2006 at 11:22:40 AM

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People should not be afraid of their goverment...

Governments should be afraid of their people. Would that we could make it so. But when half of the people are too worried about their jobs to make a fuss and the rest are pulling for the bad guys, I don't give us much hope. Very good compendium, Matt. Maturin42

by Maturin42 (5 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 19 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Nov 22, 2006 at 8:19:22 PM

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Why "ET" is "Above Top Secret"

The mainstream media has been fooling many folks about many things for a very long time. For instance: The Columbia space shuttle placed 2 "Secret" military satellite packages into outer space. When the Columbia was re-entering our atmosphere, a space based surveillance satellite detected something coming in from deep space. At that moment a flash was photographed on the wing of the Columbia. Here is a picture of the flash. http://politicsofet.com/photo6.html The satellite that detected the craft entering from deep space was "Blinded" at that exact moment. The recent shuttle was buzzed by some unknown craft for several days before returning. The shuttle crew had planned to install one more satellite into outer space. After viewing these lights, the shuttle crew wisely chose not to deploy the last satellite that was in the cargo bay. The "ET" allowed them to land with no ill effects. Our world is largely in the grip of certain types of people. The type of people who have the grip on the human race are are in their behavior patterns basically; genocidal cannibals. The most aggressive behaviors dominate the species. Nuclear weapons have provided our cannibals the method to consummate their desires, of exterminating us all. Some view this in the "Right" and "Wrong" ethical mould. A more direct way could be to view it merely as "Animal primitivism." The "ET" have dominated our nuclear war fighting elite for the last 60 years. Our nuclear warfighting elite are in full awareness of these higher level powers, and with the help of the Mainstream media, doing all that they can to continue to fool the mass of the human race about what their true intents are. The true intents of our nuclear war fighting elite is something that is kept "Secret." The reason is; our nuclear armed genocidal cannibals decided long ago, in fact it was the grandparents of our current crop of nuclear war criminals, to immolate the human race. In total, except for themselves. They plan to sit it all out in the underground. Now, if for some reason the "Secret" of the facts surrounding the presence of these higher level powers becomes common knowledge; it could tend too shake the "Faith" of the people in the Political leadership. That is, if you all figure out that our nuclear war criminal elite have already pulled the nuclear "Trigger" on us, repeatedly, you may have a reaction of sorts to this news. Here is a quote from the father of the current nuclear war criminal: "if the American people had ever known the truth about what we Bushes have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched - George Bush Senior (interview with Sarah McClendon, December 1992) One of the things that they have done is to sentence the human race to hell, with the use of nuclear weapons. Now you may understand why they think you may want to hang them, once you find out what they have done against you all. So this is why the media continue to place the presence of the "ET:" 'Above Top Secret." If the "ET" did not exist, neither would we. We all would at this moment be nuclear waste. We all are alive at this most unusual time. Our cannibal predator class is being overthrown in a most peculiar fashion. The "ET" are using their power to open the Minds of humanity. There is also a new technology of abundance waiting for us, once we finish off our nuclear war fighting elite and their plans to exterminate us in an all out nuclear war. The only defense against nuclear war, is too never fight one. .

by Patrick (0 articles, 1 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 566 comments [34 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Nov 22, 2006 at 9:04:07 PM

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"What Else" - Else (Elsebeth) Baumgartner

Here is the text of an e-mail that I sent to our new Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann concerning this woman. ----- Original Message ----- From: Angie To: info@dannforohio.com Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 5:25 PM Subject: Waste of Ohio Tax Dollars in Politically Motivated and Frivolous Prosecutions Dear Mr. Dann, Congratulations. I am so pleased that you won and believe that the people of Ohio will be well served by a person who has demonstrated a willingness to fight for open honest government and against corruption. As a working class citizen of Ohio, I am concerned about the way my tax dollars are spent in the prevention of crime and fraud. I work too hard to be tolerant of waste and fraud and feel that these elements have been pervasive during, at least, the last 10 years. About 4 1/2 years ago, I became aware of the legal troubles of Elsebeth Baumgartner. I read about her in the newspaper. Her case caught my attention because I had dealt with the court system in Butler County and there seem to be correlations between the things that were happening to her and things that happened in my case. I have observed this case closely and the current status is that after secret indictments, many arrests, many jailings, many court hearings involving visiting judges, special prosecutors, etc. this woman is facing 109 years in prison for sending critical e-mails to a visiting judge, Richard Markus, and asking him to follow the law. Her trial is set for Monday, November 13, 2006 in Cuyahoga Common Pleas, Judge Shirley Saffold presiding. There was a co-defendant in this case, Bryan Dubois who was also indicted along with Elsebeth. He has since taken an unrecorded plea deal and is in a diversion program. There has been a 4 county effort against this woman - Franklin County (as it pertains to the Ohio Supreme Court), Erie County, Ottawa County, and Cuyahoga County. As a taxpayer, I would like to know how much money has been spent on prosecuting and processing one citizen, Elsebeth Baumgartner, who has fought hard to expose the wrong doing. My guestimation is that it is many million$. I know that you will not take office until January, but I wanted to make you aware of this case and firmly believe that detailed audits of the expenditures and motives of the court system and law enforcement on this one case will reveal the real truth of waste, fraud, and cover up of criminal activity of the past administration, especially regarding the inherent flaws and corrupt nature of the visiting judge program and the awarding of special no-bid contracts. Elsebeth's case is being watched globally. This woman blew the whistle on pay to play in 2001 and has and is still suffering tremendously for it. Here are a few excerpts from the Baumgartner Chronology that was published by her website http://www.erievoices.com that has been shut down: June 15, 2001 Accompanied by Reverend Miller, Elsebeth Baumgartner travels to Washington DC to meet with federal agents in the office of Inspector General Glenn Fine. Special Agent Robert Bourbon and Connie Youngers assure Baumgartner that they will coordinate a massive probe of Ohio State Government and that they are aware of the huge corruption problem. Baumgartner urges them to concentrate on Defiance County Prosecutor Jeffrey Strausbaugh, Ottawa County Prosecutor Mark Mulligan, and Erie County Prosecutor Kevin Baxter as well as the State offices of Jim Petro, Betty Montgomery and Chief Justice Thomas Moyer. Baumgartner maintains that it appears that special prosecutor and visiting judge appointments are manipulated in order to ensure case outcomes and to prevent investigation into a wide range of fraudulent public contract schemes. (Just like Tim Hagan's lawsuit alleges) Baumgartner also complains about blocking of public corruption inquires by the FBI the US Attorney's office in Northern Ohio. Youngers and Bourbon explain that corruption in Ohio was a difficult problem with no recourse at the State level because the highest offices in the state were protecting each other. After leaving their office, Baumgartner and Miller also visit aides from the offices of Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, Congressman Dennis Kucinich, and Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones. September 11, 2001 United States suffers worst terror attack ever on American soil. September 17, 2001 Letter from Washington DC dated 9-14-01 arrives at Baumgartner's residence from acting Interim head of Washington DC Public Integrity Office. The letter tersely explains that because of homeland security, their office will no longer be able to investigate claims of public corruption. I have attached an expanded Baumgartner Chronology that covers events up to August 2005. For additional information and a more current chronology of events about Elsebeth Baumgartner, please go to http://www.northcountrygazette.org. Elsebeth's husband, Joe Baumgartner, was a member of the Benton Carroll Salem School Board for 12 years. During that time, they identified $1.4M in illegal contracts of which they reported to Jim Petro, Auditor and Betty Montgomery, Attorney General and others. Petro did not audit the years identified by the Baumgartner's. Instead, the scope of his audits started the year after and did not include the years in question that the Baumgartner's had identified. In Butler County, Butler County Children's Services Board was audited on a Performance only basis as follows, shortly after the arrest in California of former Butler County foster parent and child molester, Stephan Billand. Butler County Children's Services was unable to pass funding levies at that time and this scandal was breaking nationally. The audit found that Butler County had removed 3X as many children as other peer counties. Phase I October 15, 1999 click here=6793 Phase II March 30, 2000 click here=6794 Based on my knowledge of the agency at the time, a deal was made with Petro that he would do a performance audit only to help the agency identify ways it could improve its public perception so that it could pass a levy. I think a money audit should have been done to expose the true scope of fraud and corruption that permeated the agency at that time. I believe that had that happened, there would have been such a public outcry that the agency would have been totally dismantled. The agency was misclassifying children on a mass scale to qualify for federal funding. To some degree that cause was taken on by Mike Fox, Butler County Commissioner, but so many times in government matters, systems that are broken are patched up with Band-Aids and good intentions that do not fully get the job done and another tragedy occurs and then the cycle begins again - Marcus Feisel. Audits are valuable tools and very revealing. I have high hopes that as the new Attorney General, you will not be tolerant of State officials who abuse their office and/or position. I hope that you will not ignore or allow the continued malicious prosecutions of whistleblowers who expose crimes of public officials and that you will work with Mary Taylor's office and the tools that she can provide to you to make changes for the good of Ohio and hold past wrong doers responsible for their actions. Your past actions give me real hope and I want to thank you for that. This is a very short summary of the information and knowledge that I base my opinions about the Ohio government in general. I have much more knowledge and documentation about these subjects, but I have tried to make it short. I know this is still lengthy, but I voted this year, in some cases, just for change, not party affiliations. Based on the election results, I have to believe that I am not the only person who feels the same way. I truly hope that the new Ohio Administration will act appropriately and lawfully in these matters so that Ohioans can prosper and have hope for the future, and more importantly, can have a sense of restored faith in their system of government. Sincerely, Angie Butler County Citizen This e-mail was sent on November 9, 2006. I have not received a reply yet. Since that time, Elsebeth Baumgartner accepted a global plea deal in Cuyahoga County with guarantees of an appeal bond so that she can move her cases to a higher court and hopefully get some semblance of her life back. She has been incarcerated many times over the past 4 years including last Christmas. On Tuesday, November 28, 2006, Elsebeth has a sentencing hearing in Ottawa County Court. She was found guilty of 27 counts of contempt of court on October 31, 2006 by visiting Judge David Faulkner for allegedly sending critical e-mails to visiting Judge Richard Markus that asked him to follow the law. Elsebeth was denied a jury trial and an attorney at the trial which occurred 7 months ago. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported in this article dated November 16, 2006 click here=2 "Markus said Wednesday that Baumgartner didn't intimidate him. But he compared intimidating a judge to bribing one: All that matters is the attempt". What has happened to this woman should concern every American citizen. Her website http://www.erievoices.com was shut down because it published the truth about what had happened to her with supporting evidence and documentation. Erie Voices was also effective because the local papers reported biased information about Elsebeth and she was able to rebutt and correct the misinformation on a live daily basis. The State of Ohio is trying to contain Pay to Play to mainly one man - Tom Noe (a non lawyer). The truth is that Pay to Play (including biotech contracts) was reported by Elsebeth Baumgartner to the USDOJ in the summer of 2001 and her life has been a living hell ever since. The entire Ohio State government including the Judicial branch operates this way. Cases are fixed by special prosecutor appointments and visiting judges and financially lucrative state contracts are steered to the participants as the reward. Insurance companies and businesses are protected. Public officials and attorneys that have been exposed receive light sentences. In return, the public officials can expect huge campaign donations and support at election time. The system is closed and justice is denied to ordinary citizens who have been wronged by a state or government agent. The entire operation is funded by Ohio taxpayer money – public money. I can only speak for Ohio but I suspect this same thing is going on at some level all over America. In Ohio, I believe the level is mass critical. Sincerely, Angie

by Angie (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 2 comments) on Wednesday, Nov 22, 2006 at 11:08:10 PM

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The Media and 9/11

I am glad to see the subject broached since the official story of 9/11 is the Great Mother of all the lies which currently threaten our democracy. A vast amount of evidence implicates our own government as a participant in the attacks, and indeed, I can find no factual analysis anywhere supporting the official story. The collapse of the mainstream media in the face of these events has been of enormous consequence. Readers should go to GlobalOutlook.Ca, follow the links and decide for themselves. Or just Google 911 Truth. Numerous books, articles and videos by serious researchers now point to the unthinkable. Indeed the astonishing thing about 9/11 is that the official story only survives because it is so difficult to face the conclusion that logic demands. Consider the wildest "conspiracy theory" of all, the 9/11 Commission Report. The Twin Towers are hit by planes (an event planned for by their architects) flown by novice pilots in their last moments of life....Nice flying guys. Then, due to localized relatively small fires, they collapse at free fall speed exploding with such force that the concrete is reduced to dust and enormous pieces of steel are hurled horizontally outwards. Then the Pentagon sits helpless as another plane approaches. Its video cameras don't work; its radar can't find the missing plane; the airforce can't find any fighter jets available to defend the capital. And so, unimpeded an Islamic fanatic, whose flight instructors didn't want him piloting a piper cub alone, accomplishes a remarkable feat. He dives 6000 feet, levels off and skims over the treetops and crashes into an area under construction where least damage and loss of life will occur. Back in New York later that day Building Seven of the WTC, a massive 47 story edifice, housing the new Emergency Response Command Center, the CIA, SEC records and a number of other interesting operations collapses into its own footprint for unknown reasons. This third mysterious implosion, not discussed in the 9/11 Report, means that on 9/11 three massive structures failed in a manner unprecedented in the history of steel construction. What are we supposed to believe? Did Osama find a magic lantern in the desert full of evil genies?

by john coster (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 3 comments) on Thursday, Nov 23, 2006 at 8:58:01 AM

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Denial is powerful

The first words out of my mouth as I watched the towers fall were; "They've blown them up." Since then it has amassed me how many people simply have denied what their own eyes have shown them. I too have a friend whom I know to be intelligent, world traveled and well read, yet he simply refuses to "want" to believe that 9/11 was planned, execute and cover-up by elements within our own government. He simple doesn't want to know. He refuses to on the bias that if true, he believes that there is absolutely no hope whatsoever. I cannot disparage this reaction. It seems to be a defense that would be natural. Indeed, coming to realize that forces of this magnitude are controlling our lives can be a very scary thing and if you come to this realization and accept it your life changes forever. I believe that for most people this is something they'd rather deny than face. Unfortunately I believe it will get a lot worse before it gets better, if it ever does. It's not like we're just having a disagreement of ideologies, we're destroying the very planet we rely on to sustain existence. We may very well be December's Children and witness the destruction of all life on Earth. Happy holidays.

by Mr M (8 articles, 0 quicklinks, 66 diaries, 2845 comments [662 recommended, 27 rejected]) on Thursday, Nov 23, 2006 at 9:01:41 AM

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Else Baumgartner

For anyone who has any doubts about my previous comment, please listen to Elsebeth describe her experience. Michael Chertoff is the person that sent Elsebeth a letter from USDOJ saying they could not investigate Ohio because of 9/11. http://mp3.rbnlive.com/Greg/0608/20060802_Wed_Greg.m3u Sincerely, Angie

by Angie (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 2 comments) on Friday, Nov 24, 2006 at 2:17:40 PM

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