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June 1, 2008 at 10:53:45
Bush tells another bald-faced whopper, claims he has laid the 'foundation of peace'! by Len Hart Page 1 of 2 page(s) |
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Not content to have sacrificed the lives of US soldiers in his failed war of aggression against Iraq, Bush now says that the deaths of some 4,000 US soldiers in Iraq have 'laid the foundations for peace'. It's another bald face lie from the man who fabricated evidence against Saddam when, in fact, Iraq had no 'weapons of mass destruction', when, in fact, Bush sent US soldiers to their deaths upon a calculated, evil fraud! "One day, people will look back at this moment in history and say, 'Thank God there were courageous people willing to serve, because they laid the foundations for peace for generations to come,' " Bush told reporters after a meeting at the State Department.
It's another bald-faced lie from an habitual liar, sociopath and traitor. People will look back and marvel that Bush --the worst 'leader' since Nero -got away with it for so long! The prospects for peace have never been worse and will continue to deteriorate as long as Dick Cheney et al are given the resources of a nuclear power! They have exploited that power to steal the oil resources of nations like Iraq and, eventually, Iran.
One embarrassing revelation about Powell's speech was that a key part of his evidence against Iraq was cut and pasted from a California graduate student's outdated academic paper, ripped directly from the Internet. In academia, we call this plagiarism. Stealing something straight off of a website, an act easily detected by feeding a string of words into a Google search, is plagiarism in its cheesiest form. Students who do it fail classes--this is nonnegotiable. In Powell's case, he isn't the plagiarizer. He properly cited a British intelligence service report--four pages of which were ripped off without citation, complete with spelling and grammatical errors--from a paper that appeared in October 2002 in an obscure academic journal.and ten year old satellite photos in support of a bald faced lie that Saddam had WMD.--Michael I. Niman, Powell, plagiarism, taxes, and war - Watch On The Right - Editorial
Powell presented satellite photos of industrial buildings, bunkers and trucks, and suggested they showed Iraqis surreptitiously moving prohibited missiles and chemical and biological weapons to hide them. At two sites, he said trucks were "decontamination vehicles" associated with chemical weapons.These and other sites have now undergone 500 inspections in recent months. Chief U.N. inspector Hans Blix, a day earlier, had said his well-equipped experts had found no contraband in their inspections and no sign that items had been moved. Nothing has been reported found since.
Addressing the Security Council a week after Powell, Blix used one photo scenario as an example and said it could be showing routine as easily as illicit activity. Journalists visiting photographed sites hours after the Powell speech found similar activity to be routine.
Norwegian inspector Jorn Siljeholm told AP on March 19 that "decontamination vehicles" U.N. teams were led to by U.S. information invariably turned out to be simple water or fire trucks. On June 24, Blix said of the entire Powell photo package, "We were not impressed with that particular evidence."
Amid Powell's warnings, a critical fact was lost: Iraq's military industries were to have remained under strict, on-site U.N. monitoring for years to come, guarding against the rebuilding of weapons programs.
--Powell's Case for Iraq War Falls Apart 6 Months Later, Charles Hanley
The world is not safer and may never be as safe again. We have George W. Bush and his evil regime to thank.
The new study, by Peter Bergen and Paul Cruickshank, argues that, on the contrary, "the Iraq conflict has greatly increased the spread of al-Qa'ida ideological virus, as shown by a rising number of terrorist attacks in the past three years from London to Kabul, and from Madrid to the Red Sea.Terrorism is always worse under GOP regimes and continues to worsen now."Our study shows that the Iraq war has generated a stunning increase in the yearly rate of fatal jihadist attacks, amounting to literally hundreds of additional terrorist attacks and civilian lives lost. Even when terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan is excluded, fatal attacks in the rest of the world have increased by more than one third."
In trying to gauge the "Iraq effect", the authors had focused on the rate of terrorist attacks in two periods - from September 2001 to 30 March 2003 (the day of the Iraq invasion) and 21 March 2003 to 30 September 2006. The research has been based on the MIPT-RAND Terrorism database.
The report's assertion that the Iraq invasion has had a far greater impact in radicalising Muslims is widely backed security personnel in the UK. Senior anti-terrorist officials told The Independent that the attack on Iraq, and the now-discredited claims by the US and British governments about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, had led to far more young Muslims engaging in extremist activity than the invasion of Afghanistan two years previously.
--How the war on terror made the world a more terrifying place
The combination of bloody wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, continued terrorist attacks from Britain to Somalia, and a presidential election in which candidates are defining themselves based on how they would stare down the threats has many seeing shades of gray. Six years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, just 29 percent of Americans believe the United States is winning the war on terror-the lowest percentage at any point since 9/11....
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It's classic Orwellian speech
War is Peace. Claiming to have furthered peace after aggressively attacking a nation for no legitimate reason is beyond mere delusion, it's beyond criminal, it's setting the standards of hubris to a level that few, if ever, will ever reach again. Of course the ultimate in-your-face is if none of these cretins ever receives justice. by Mr M (8 articles, 0 quicklinks, 66 diaries, 2845 comments [654 recommended, 27 rejected]) on Sunday, Jun 1, 2008 at 11:58:58 AM  (0+)
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Headline to the article
Am I the only one who sees the pun/double entantre in that headline: Bush tells another bald-faced whopper, claims he has laid the 'foundation of peace'! Certainly from that viewpoint, you could arge that this statement is correct. LOL by Roark Howard (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 350 comments) on Sunday, Jun 1, 2008 at 2:11:32 PM (0+)
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Reply: Yep!
Bush 'laid' the world. by Len Hart (134 articles, 175 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 555 comments) on Monday, Jun 2, 2008 at 2:18:46 AM (0+)
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I have always enjoyed your articles
Len and commented on a few. I only want to point out that Colin Powell, though a man of mixed images and messages, put his name on documents to transfer weapons that the Traitor Ollie North used in his rouge government under Reagan with Iran-Contra. I too, one day in the recent future desire to see the entire former and current Bu$h cabal impeached, have guilty verdicts of Treason judged against them, before being turned over to the Hague for War Crimes. Let the "Goon's & Thug's" rot in cells at Gitmo, spending their life sentences enduring what "Enemy Combatant's " have. Confiscate their illegally amassed fortunes, and give it to UN humanitarian projects where the War Of Terror has been waged both domestically and abroad. Then the world will see that the USA is serious about prosecuting its War against "Terrorist's". The map says it best, with the USA below, while the vilified China is above the medium, go figure. I like Mr M's use of the word cretins, which he used in his latest article post. by Stanimal (2 articles, 228 quicklinks, 38 diaries, 1263 comments [237 recommended, 2 rejected]) on Sunday, Jun 1, 2008 at 2:13:18 PM (0+)
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Reply: The map says it all...
Thanks for your comments, stanimal. Indeed the map is an eye opener. Certainly, the most dangerous parts of the world represent areas in which coxrporations would like to sink their hooks. It's a corporate version of the 'old west' out there. If corporate power can be broken up and made to respond to the will and needs of REAL people, the world might yet have a chance to achieve peace. by Len Hart (134 articles, 175 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 555 comments) on Monday, Jun 2, 2008 at 3:29:37 AM (0+)
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Who let this happen?
The media did. Without the corporate and shadow control, the suppression, and the pro-government propaganda... All this never could have happened. That's why when considering how to stop it all, MSM must be at the top of the list. They must be broken, the suppression must be forced to end, and the media "freed". THEN and only then will see significant change for the better. by Steve Windisch (jibbguy) (17 articles, 0 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 362 comments [56 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Jun 1, 2008 at 4:18:48 PM (0+)
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Reply: please elaborate
How do you intend to "free" the media? by Roark Howard (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 350 comments) on Sunday, Jun 1, 2008 at 6:55:18 PM (0+)
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Reply: Free the media
If the corporate media will not cover or report the truth, then it's time for the people to take back the media and get rid of the big media monopolies that the Bush dictatroship makes possible. Notably, it was the Ronald Reagan administration that led the assault on various FCC regulations and the 'Fairness Doctrine' --rules despised by corporate media! The rules required 'media' to serve the public interest. Corporate media, clearly, had no other god but profit. The 'public' be damned. If we the people decide that Fox and the handful of HUGE CORPORATIONS do not have a right to lobby the US government for privileges, then, we the people should simply shut down their lobby, possibly shut down FOX itself. In America, possibly the world, corporations ARE the problem. Wage revolution against corporate 'person-hood'. In the absence of corporate influence, government will simply have NO CHOICE but to respond to PEOPLE. by Len Hart (134 articles, 175 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 555 comments) on Monday, Jun 2, 2008 at 2:54:48 AM (0+)
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Reply: Hit 'em staight in the nose and keep puching.
Imo the best and only way to take on the media is to attack them whenever and however possible, so that a national debate on the media is started. Then, their weapon of suppression is turned against them: By definition they cannot hide their sins... Like the treatment they gave Ron Paul and Kucinich during the primaries, their whoring over the war, and their refusal to report on Sibel Edmonds or a whole host of other stories that were harmful to the Bush regime. If they are cornered, they will have to change, at least outwardly, or face public outrage. Now how to energize the large masses of people needed to write the letters, make the phone calls, and convince others to say the "unsayable" on air and embarrase them.... That is a little more difficult but it can be done. It will work like a snow ball: Once the word is out that the media is under unending, relentless, serious grass roots attack, there will be defectors, and even pols who will help defeat them... By outing them as controlled shills with no journalistic honor or principles. Because how can they even broach the subject of their being controlled, without looking like fools? Admitting there is even a debate in the first place will sink them. It won't be easy, they are well entrenched, but working towards that goal beats sitting around moaning about what an a-hole Bush is ;) by Steve Windisch (jibbguy) (17 articles, 0 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 362 comments [56 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Jun 1, 2008 at 7:31:36 PM (0+)
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Reply: Corporations are above the law
Admitting there is even a debate in the first place will sink them. Instead of playing 'whack-a-mole' with every cockamamie right wing idea that comes up, more could be accomplished by going for the jugular --the corporations themselves. Corporations --as legal abstractions --have NO inherent rights and should, by right, have NO influence on government. "Corporate person-hood" is itself a legal abstraction giving to other legal abstractions the status of living breathing people. This is absurd and stupid. If this idea is challenged and smashed, every 'corporate evil' will simply fade away. Then --when an 'individual' commits a heinous crime, he or she is simply charged, tried, and punished for the crime. Corporations simply go to court and pay a measly fine which is written off. The word 'corporation' puts them, literally, above laws that apply to people. Absurd! by Len Hart (134 articles, 175 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 555 comments) on Monday, Jun 2, 2008 at 3:19:10 AM (0+)
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Corporate Control
"Exxon Mobil, Conoco (before its merger with Phillips), Shell Oil, BP America Inc et al" are the primary beneficiaries of the war. The American People - get to pay the bills. There are a few criminals to prosecute here. I think their corporate charters ought to be revoked for the damage they have caused society (the Iraq war, being just one). The resources should be owned by the people and we should end the "profit" on commodities - they should become public utilities instead of private cash cows. These businesses, which as part of their charters are supposed to provide service, should also be charged for the damage they cause by profiteering and instigating this war for the Oil Rights (after all, initially this was called Operation Iraqi Liberation OIL). And the biggest corporate insiders are in the White House (Cheney and Rice). The military industrial complex and the newly created military support and security operations provided by the likes of Halliburton and companies like Blackwater have drained the financial future of the United States middle class tax payers. The insiders should be prosecuted and have their fortunes removed (Bush, Bush Sr. Cheney, Rice et al). It's time to end the illegal war, try and hang the criminals. The Founders cure of Impeachment has failed, maybe it's time to bring back the systems that worked permanently. The French Guillotine seemed to work quite well, and none of those royals ever bothered the French again. Maybe it's time for some American heads to roll. by August Adams (11 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 585 comments [12 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Jun 1, 2008 at 9:01:41 PM (0+)
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Time to wake up America...
Well said Len. How much longer are the people of this country gonna allow this nefarious administration and the complicit corporate media's mendacity to continue? And do any of these so called journalists have an ounce of integrity left in their bodies? Do they understand that what they're doing is shilling for war crimes and treason? Professor Mark Crispin Miller was on the Mike Malloy program this past Thursday and he basically stated that we (several thousand of us) should begin protesting right outside of where these media shills broadcast. He's right! The corporate media are the ones responsible for fomenting the propaganda, the "Shock and Awe" which left most Americans spell-bound. These same people wanted revenge for the blatant attacks 9/11 and they wanted it yesterday. Shock and Awe provide just that. However, little did these pople know that they'd been deceived, and in the worst way possible. 9/11 was all a sham. Thanks in part to this feckless media's sales pitch, an enthralled America bought the bill of goods hook, line and sinker. Sadly, many of these same Americans haven't awoken from the corporate media's spell, which could very well lead to a repeat in Iran. http://youtube.com/watch?v=QYNWJQvLwIE&feature=related by Munich (1 articles, 86 quicklinks, 14 diaries, 1125 comments [86 recommended, 1 rejected]) on Monday, Jun 2, 2008 at 12:24:04 AM (0+)
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Good idea...
Professor Mark Crispin Miller was on the Mike Malloy program this past Thursday and he basically stated that we (several thousand of us) should begin protesting right outside of where these media shills broadcast. I support that idea fully. Zero in on media, the corporate ownership of media, and the STUPID IDEA that corporations are 'people'. They 'ain't'! by Len Hart (134 articles, 175 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 555 comments) on Monday, Jun 2, 2008 at 3:35:11 AM (0+)
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Reply: Corporations aren't human
If corporations are indeed human, why is there still corporate law? There should be only one set of laws for everybody. by Dave Kisor (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 317 comments [40 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Monday, Jun 2, 2008 at 9:44:35 AM (0+)
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Corporations aren't human
If corporations are indeed human, why is there still corporate law? There should be only one set of laws for everybody. by Len Hart (134 articles, 175 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 555 comments) on Monday, Jun 2, 2008 at 1:40:54 PM (0+)
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Gallows? No.
Any attempt to have President Bush or any of these elected officials killed will wind up putting various unhinged people in prison, never to see the light of day again. The unhinged portion of the American public ought to be thankful that the media is not exposing them. by Scott (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 745 comments [30 recommended, 3 rejected]) on Monday, Jun 2, 2008 at 9:43:36 PM (0+)
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General Strike
There is a call to stop buying anything except what you can not live without on 9-11-08. There were 2 marches planned on D.C. which combined into one. I long for the day when thekings are thrown in jail and the profits of the world used for those who need it, as Isaiah 23:17-18 and 24:21-24 pretty much talks about.-for it not history yet. by Michael Dewey (5 articles, 1 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 245 comments [12 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Jun 3, 2008 at 12:40:21 AM (0+)
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Reply: I fully support a national strike
The only things the ruling oligarchs understand are money and power. Thanks to GOP economics, those who create wealth have been robbed of it. But --as a BLOCK the people have the power of the purse. Support the national strike!!! Follow it up with TOTAL boycotts of Fox and Walmart --for a start. If anyone else should have a more complete, targeted list, please share. by Len Hart (134 articles, 175 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 555 comments) on Tuesday, Jun 3, 2008 at 2:32:51 AM (0+)
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