The Power of Fear

Until Israel can get over her (entirely justified) fear for the security of her place in the world and her feeling of isolated victimhood that blinds her to the victimhood of other peoples, the US will be able to manipulate her. Fear is a powerful tool whch works to narrow our vision of what is preferable as well as possible. If she can open her eyes to a broader vision of what could and should be rather than merely struggling against the way things are, then she can step into the unique position of being a nation in which power and compassion combine to enable healing and transformation.

by shomriel goodman (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1 comments) on Monday, June 30, 2008 at 4:27:09 PM
 

Culture of fear?

Culture of fear? or a clture of the Military?

It is worth quoting the well-known scholar Noam Chomsky about the Israeli military role in influencing the Israel’s political establishment. He remarked,

"The authority of the Israeli military by then [i.e. September 2000] reached such levels that military correspondent Ben Kaspit described the country as ‘not a state with an army, but an army with a state.’ … Kaspit’s observations were motivated by the utter contempt shown by the military command for orders of the civilian government in the early months of the (2000) Intifada, a stance that is particularly noteworthy since the prime minister was a former chief of staff and other civilian officials were also from the military echelons."

Richard Ben Cramer echoed the same observation about the strong influence of the military on Israel’s policies, "Retired generals lead the three biggest political parties (even the NRP)--- with ex-generals below, scrambling up as leaders-in-waiting. And why not? In the last half-dozen elections, the voters have installed as prime ministers only ex-generals (with the exception of poor Netanyahu, a mere ex-colonel, but from an elite unit).

Ex-generals, people of the cabinet, not just the ‘security’ jobs, the trend reaches down, now to Minister of Transport… Tourism…Science, Culture and Sport. There is no other ‘Western democracy’ with an ex-general in the P.M.’s chair. And there is no country with any pretension to civilian control over the military that would move a serving general directly from the top army job (Chief of the General Staff) into the cabinet as Minister of Defense. (Shaul Mofaz had just enough time to take off his uniform and buy neckties.)

by ibrahim turner (25 articles, 31 quicklinks, 5 diaries, 177 comments) on Monday, June 30, 2008 at 7:16:54 PM
 

Corporate Greed

In the late 80's after the OPEC nations reduced output causing gas lines and rationing in the United States, we took drastic action to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and we were making excellent progress.  

Solar cells were improved, fuel efficiency standards on automobiles were raised and the highway speed limit was reduced to 55 mph a level that maximizes highway fuel efficiency.

And the results, were a reduction in demand.

The OIL industry would have none of that.  They saw that it was possible and probable that the world would develop alternatives to fossil fuels, perhaps even develop micro electrical generation that could be interconnected getting rid of the need for fossil fuel generation altogether.  They saw where this energy technology could lead.  It was important for them to maintain a profit generating machine that we were dependent on.

Hence, they set about making the gas powered car indispensable.  Together with the auto industry and supporting industries (tires, parts, maintenance) they set about destroying mass transit (or limiting it) in major cities.  (LA's Red Line, bought and put out of commission the property sold and structures built making it virtually impossible to replicate).

It was conceivable (and even more so today) that a massive electrical grid could be created, with micro generators on the tops of homes, buildings and a shared system, where virtually everyone would be connected and would create and share electrical power.

Today, we are fighting a war for OIL.  We in a war on "terror" against an undefined enemy, a war with no beginning or end that can be easily transferred to a new country.  Increasingly sounding like Iran.  It does not need another approval process, because we did not declare war on "Iraq" we declared it on "terror".  And clearly, when the US is the nation destroying 100,000's of innocent lives and displacing millions we are the Global Terrorist.  Our lack of humanity and cruelty has become a symbol to the world of All that is WRONG with the United States.  Next time you see them, thank your weak and powerless corrupt Congress person (and Bush, Cheney, et al.).  (I told mine the 

We have handed our military over to mercenaries (that are also walking the streets of New Orleans) with very little fanfare in the United States.  I guess when they come to pick up the dissenters (we'll all know what is happening). 

Big Oil, Big Military and Big Greed are the winners.  The US taxpayer is the loser, and so are future generations.

The elite and corporate powers don't give a damn.  At the rate we are destroying, there won't be more than another generation or two and most people still don't give a damn.

I guess something even more extreme has to happen, but then what? Will become even more tranquilized?  What will it take to waken the sleeping giant?

The Oil Company executives should be tried along with Bush, Cheney, et al for crimes against humanity.  They should be tried for murder along with Bush, Cheney, et, al and dismantled.  

Bush, Cheney and the Oil Companies were having private meetings dividing up the Oil Fields in Iraq.  They were part of the murder plot.  They should be held accountable.

These global multinational companies are getting away with murder, and not afraid to commit it and conspire.  

Truly amazing... 

by August Adams (10 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 458 comments) on Monday, June 30, 2008 at 7:55:18 PM
 

What's frightening

What's frightening is one; the arrogance and hubris exhibited, and two; the mesmerized masses.

We may have one very slim chance of escaping extinction and it just might be the speed in which information flies around the world now. It seems to be a race against enough ordinary people revolting while there still is time to do a relatively peacefully transfer of power, against the relatively few demented cretins that seem to be unstoppable in igniting an orgy of cruelty and death of the likes to make Hitler's "Final Solution" seem no more than a mugging.

But counting on "ordinary people" doesn't give us much of a chance. Actually so-called "ordinary people" aren't as bad as "professionals".

Professionals have been syc-oped into believing themselves better than ordinary people, as have the police, military and all figures of authority in a Police State. But it's professionals that need to be reached and flipped. They're like the "super-delegates" of ordinary people. Get a few of them to break-out at their golf clubs talking real truth and we'll see some changes. But this is a very hard group to crack. Their arrogance is almost that of the cretins.

However, even in a best case situation many millions, if not several billion will die. Our cites will all soon be New Orleans those few weeks after Katrina for a long time to come - they'll be war zones. Neighborhood associations will become important as will perhaps organizations such as Rabbi Lerner is advocating, and as Pete Seeger said, "... a million little things will save us."

It would be nice to see reason descend upon all lands and people defeat these war-mongering cretins. It can be done. And I hope it happens sooner than later because we flat-out have run out of time.

I would hate to think that the only people who would survive the coming Apocalypse was a Klan of Aryan Brotherhood skinheads held-up in Utah.

by Mr M (4 articles, 0 quicklinks, 15 diaries, 1686 comments) on Monday, June 30, 2008 at 9:24:07 PM
 

FEAR NOT BECAUSE WE ARE UNDERSTANDING THAT

the real Americans are going to fight as the insurgents of Iraq or

Afghanistan. It will be a battle to the death. We are here to see it occur

before our very eyes as if it were a movie.

We are in interesting times. Our interests will fight the Tories until they

bleed their treatorous blood to the last.

by Wolfie (9 articles, 0 quicklinks, 33 diaries, 1208 comments) on Monday, June 30, 2008 at 9:45:34 PM
 

It's a known fact that.....

Bush presided over more capital punishment cases than any Governor in US History. In fact, he presided over one death every seven days, among which were children, retarded citizens and women, according to Greg Palast.

Tell me that Israel is somehow magically responsible for Bush's violent criminality?

Is Israel able to push the remote control button to Bush's brain, heart, will and desire? Do they pull marionette strings to his arms, make his mouth move, program the remote control button for Bush to say anything they tell him to?

Get a brain, folks. Lobby/schmobby: Israel lobby or not, Bush is the man who is singularly responsible for his own actions. Hold him to it! No blaming the Israel lobby: That deflects responsibility from Bush, the murderer on the loose!

What of the fact that Bush is an oil man, paired with the former head of Haliburton? No slight connections in the brain there?

You who claim not to be anti-semitic are confessing it broadly. It's just all too clear.

I do not support everything Israel does. But I must say that if YOU were the subject of a vow to be  wiped off the map, that YOU might fight dirty too. It may be wrong, but should it be judged? How easy is it to sit back and say that Israel can grow in wisdom, when Israel is attacked by rockets on almost a daily basis?

Let's just hope the Nazi Concentration Camps don't happen again. "Liberals", take note.

by Kathryn Smith (97 articles, 2 quicklinks, 42 diaries, 406 comments) on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 12:39:31 AM
 

Re: Why They Are Seeking a Blockade of Iran

An excellent article Rabbi Lerner.

And if I could just mention to Ms. Smith.

Granted Bush as governor of Texas was violent and criminal, and should have been held accountable. The system failed us, as it did when Bush was selected president (yeah, I know Gore should have won Tenn.)  he was just the type of person needed to follow the PNAC's orders and as president, he has indeed committed war crimes which warrant Impeachment which is off the table (thanks John & Nancy) however, he's only been following orders.

Do you actually believe Bush was responsible for concocting this 400 million plus budget to overthrow the government of Iran? That came from his handlers, the PNAC and AIPAC etc. and they're not ever going to held accountable. The system is broken, it's quite sad. As Gore Vidal just noted, we've lost our Republic.  And so the Orwellian horror show continues while this complicit corporate media holds the American people hostage, spoon feeding them their daily dose of mendacity and spin, manipulating them however they choose.  This is why I canceled cable, it is garbage and is ruining this country. They've created their very own reality, one with no checks or balances.  But I digress.

by Munich (0 articles, 74 quicklinks, 13 diaries, 900 comments) on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 1:38:20 AM
 

Response to Munich's question

Do you actually believe Bush was responsible for concocting this 400 million plus budget to overthrow the government of Iran? That came from his handlers, the PNAC and AIPAC etc. and they're not ever going to held accountable.

Munich and everyone else, please let' s not forget one thing: Bush's grandfather was one of the architects of the Nazi rise to power. Where do you think the strategy came from to overthrow Iran? From his grandfather. Even Germans have commented that the parallels between here and Nazi Germany are carbon-copied.

The propaganda machine which spun Jew hatred and incarceration in concentration camps is exactly the same as the spin which is now aimed at Middle Easterners. Why? For one convenient reason: Money. Oil money, Haliburton money.

What does Israel have to do with that?
Tell me Bush did NOT get the strategy from his grandfather, who was the architect of the Nazi propaganda machine and was an expert in this area?

Tell me that having so done, Bush's grandfather was not an expert strategist...and Bush has NOT inherited that wealth of information?

Tell me that Bush's grandfather, who owned the bank which held the money gleaned from murdered Jews, did not have the power to do everything he wanted...and that Bush did not inherit that power?

Bush did not gain strategic knowledge, and counsel, from his own father, former head of the CIA?

Come on folks. It's tiime for you to think. Really. It's important too, because this is a matter concerning life and death.

Let's put the responsibility squarely where it lies: On Bush.

REPEAT: Lobby-schmobby. It's not the Lobby which is ultimately responsible for Bush's own actions. It is Bush, himself. Puppet-schmuppet. Who cares. HOLD HIM RESPONSIBLE AND BLAME NOONE ELSE!

Had Charles Manson been prodded by someone else, should we not have held Manson responsible? COme on folks.

by Kathryn Smith (97 articles, 2 quicklinks, 42 diaries, 406 comments) on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 9:40:24 AM
 

VERY important ps

PS Everybody
To point fingers at Israel, when very clearly it is Bush/Cheney who are profiteering from evil wars of aggression, is to enable the criminals (Bush/Cheney). Because a clever criminal will do things in a way which "Frames" others for his/her own crimes.

See my point?

EVen if the Israel Lobby was/is involved, it still deflects blame from where it belongs...the perpetrators of the crime.

Don't fall into the trap! Place the responsibility squarely where it belongs: On the shoulders of Bush and Cheney, the oil/war contracts profiteers.

UGH!!! WHO could possibly go into the war business? What kind of sick mentality does that require? Who would be capable of such a thing, and what kind of psychology is involved in that? Time to think, folks....who is responsible for that, tell me? The Israel Lobby? Apparently they are some kind of Wizard of Oz holding an all-powerful wand capable of programming the minds and intentions of people. SOme powerful lobby. Wowee!

The problem is, such a dynamic doesn't exist on human terms.
Think about it.

by Kathryn Smith (97 articles, 2 quicklinks, 42 diaries, 406 comments) on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 9:45:30 AM
 

Kathryn

I think you will be hard-pressed to find writers and readers of OpEdNews.com who don't feel that Bush and Cheney should be held to full account for their crimes.

by Cheryl Biren-Wright (26 articles, 25 quicklinks, 8 diaries, 403 comments) on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 9:56:12 AM
 

Thank you, Cheryl.

Hello Cheryl

I have always respected your work, and want to thank you for this comment. Of course, you are right on.

But there is one problem with what you say:

Even while it's true that nobody here would not want to see them held responsible, my point is that by deflecting blame to Israel, they are absolving Bush of his responsibility. Similarly, by saying "he is only a puppet" "he could never have done this" etc the blame is deflected. And, the responsibility along with it. Time to rethink. That's my point.

And I do fully believe it's Bush's own family, and Bush's own oil profiteering interests, which are behind the so-called war on terror, better known as the war OF terror. I don't believe that Israel should be made responsible for that criminal intent, on such a massive scale.

I believe the propaganda is dangerous, because Israel is often (Errantly) interchanged with the thought "Jew". Israel houses Muslims, CHrisitians, Jews et al alike.

REPEAT: Let's just hope the Nazi Concentration Camps don't happen again.

REPEAT: Don't deflect blame. Hold the criminals themselves responsible! the highway to hell is paved with good intentions, said Mark Twain. We may intend to hold him responsible but by pointing fingers the other way, we are doing anything but. Time to rethink!

by Kathryn Smith (97 articles, 2 quicklinks, 42 diaries, 406 comments) on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 10:28:57 AM
 

Israel

They are a tool of the Anglo-American Globalization establishment which created the conditions for the state of Israel in the first place.  It's purpose is to destabilize the Middle East, and help us  prevent any single country becoming too powerful.  Over the last 40 years Nasser, Saddam and the Shah were all dealt with because they were or became too independent and powerful.

Iran today is too independent and has the potential to become a regional power, especially if allied with Russia and China.  They also create their own money and are talking about issuing loans without interest  as a more efficient banking system.  Thats a no-no.

Israel has kept Syria and Lebanon weak, and Egypt, Jordan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia are under our control.  

The tail is not wagging the dog.  The same people who gave us the Fed, Communism, Fascism and Globalization are behind the evil today.  The establishment is anti-religion, and is not controlled by people of any single religion.  They have of course infiltrated organized religion and make up much of it's leadership. 

AIPAC and Israels policies also serve to keep anti-semitism going.  The conspiracy hides behind and/or thrives with divisions created by race, religion, sex.  Criticize Israel, you will be attacked with ant-semitism, criticize any official story of governments that has been "investigated", such as 9/11, you get called a conspiracy nut, criticize Obama and you get labelled racist, criticize Anthropogenic Global Warming and you get called a Denialist.   Call the Catholic Church the Great Whore, well, thats fine.  So I figure the Catholic Church is not part of the conspiracy, except as a potential victim of it (hey, the Pope has OBL mad at him and Tony Blair converted, and Bush is thinking about it) .  

by pft (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 499 comments) on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 2:56:54 AM
 

Illuminati Chronicles

IF one starts to study the Illuminati what's happening today becomes crystal clear. Everything that is transpiring today was planned some 250 years ago and more.

Illuminant's manifesto for world domination plainly maps out how their agents have infiltrated every branch of society, how they use blackmail, extortion, murder, disinformation, and modern technology to create their dream of a One World Order.

Want to know why congress doesn't listen to the people? Because the people aren't part of the plan other than to be used as slaves for the elites in their Satanic rituals and do whatever dirty work needs to be done. Most people in public office have been compromised, if there wasn't something already on them to blackmail with they'd be set-up and filmed having sex with children, bribed, or otherwise corrupted. How else can one explain Conyers not impeaching? How else can anyone explain a majority of those in congress remaining silent, voting for a war no one wants and all the other legislation that continues to erode our liberties? The extent of Illuminant's infiltration is staggering.

The implosion of our economy is being orchestrated exactly as planned. Soon there will be no Internet, you'll be lucky to have electricity or food, goon-squads of elite military hit-men will be taking-out so-called dissidents, and if you think I'm out of my mind, if I told you 10 years ago all the things that are transpiring today would have happened, would you have believed me? Most likely you'd have called me a conspiracy nut. You may do still. So be it. Don't take my word for it, do your own research while we still have time.

Take Ted Gunderson's word, a career FBI Division Head he now lectures on what he's discovered of  the Illuminant's work. This is a long 4 hour lecture that will leave you shaking, but to fully understand what's going on and what's about to go down this information is invaluable.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3345008237622976440

In order for us to defeat the Elites of the Illuminati you must know what to look for. We have a very slim chance of stopping them before the coming collapse and once that takes place it will be even harder, we will descend into a hardened police state in which a good many of us will be killed, millions, if not billions, before we emerge victorious, if we ever do.

All we have is ourselves and we're fighting a force so massive and evil, with all the resources in the world at their disposal, the only thing we have in our favor is numbers and a small time frame to educate as many people as we can.

I highly recommend Movies Found Online.com for viewing documentaries for free that will help you to understand more about how to protect yourself from the coming Hell on Earth.

http://www.moviesfoundonline.com/index.php

by Mr M (4 articles, 0 quicklinks, 15 diaries, 1686 comments) on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 8:01:21 AM
 

Re: Illuminati Chronicles"

Brilliantly worded Mr. M.

Some will read your response and believe that it is nothing more than tin-foil hat. To the contrary.

Our country is falling apart, by design. A One World Government is the ultimate and maniacal plan, as the Dow and the dollar head lower, again, by design. The contrived destruction of the United States continues, unabated while most if not all of the good people in this country don't have a clue as to what is occurring. Mant are too busy attempting to make ends meet, while others are too ignorant and in denial, they're too busy watching American Idol, Deal,  Dancing with the stars and now  . . .  America's next top pet.  I kid you not!  Keep the American people as dumbed down, they'll never know. 

Speaking of knowing. Henry Ford once said "It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning."

by Munich (0 articles, 74 quicklinks, 13 diaries, 900 comments) on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 12:34:06 PM
 

What they are not telling you

Very good article Rabbi. I especially liked the comments by pft, Mr. M, and Munich.

When the USSR was breaking up the Iranians spend a lot of money hiring some of the best advanced biowar experts that had worked in the Soviet Union. The Iranians have an advanced biowar program which gives them a MAD checkmate over our advantages in certain military technologies. Most people think of biowar as anthrax and smallpox; they do not understand that there has been a major shift in technology. The difference between the old biowar (that most people think of) and advanced biowar (with its recombination DNA designer super killer viruses) is like the difference between a old Ford Model T and a 2008 Rolls Royce Phantom. Both are cars, or biological weapons, but there is a difference of several orders of magnitude.

What would the United States do if we were attacked and 1,200 or more military and industrial sites bombed by an enemy? The answer is we would unleash our weapons of mass destruction to kill vast numbers of the enemy's home population. That is official US military doctrine and has been for 60 or so years. Why should we expect anything different from Iran if they are attacked. Advanced biowar is a global strategic WMD with kill levels similar to that of global strategic nuclear war only it does not require ICBMs, SLBMs, bombers, etc., just terrorists in place with submicroscopic viral particles that can be distributed in public places quietly and without anyone knowing....until two weeks later when the first dying patients start to show up at hospital ERs around the world.

We are being led into the greatest nightmare in history and most of us are asleep at the wheel.

Stirlilng

by Lord Stirling (25 articles, 0 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 141 comments) on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 10:45:54 AM