Bush Brandishes Jail Time at Critics

"Over the past five-plus years, the American people have gotten a taste of what a triumphant George W. Bush is like, as he basked in high approval ratings and asserted virtually unlimited powers as Commander in Chief. Now, the question is: How will Bush and his inner circle behave when cornered?"

"So far, the answer should send chills through today’s weakened American Republic. Bush and his team – faced with plunging poll numbers and cascading disclosures of wrongdoing – appear determined to punish and criminalize resistance to their regime."

This article chronicles the responses of the administration and their media and party henchmen towards those true patriots who understand their duty is to their country first, and to their criminal leaders last. It shows that whenever misdeeds are exposed, it is the messenger who gets attacked, from all sides, to change the issue from possible criminal activity by the government, to accusations of treason and sedition on those who dare refuse to allow anti-American principals used by our government to go unspoken and unchallenged.

Those who lived through, or grew up in the shadow of World War II will remember just how adamant the victorious allies were, that "just following orders", used by the Germans, was no excuse!! We all need to remember that now, more that ever, and support and encourage anyone with knowledge of ANY government crimes, to do their duty to the American people. We already know exactly where blind loyalty and submissive obedience to ones' leaders can take us. Let's not go there without one hell of a fight.

New Plans Foresee Fighting Terrorism Beyond War Zones

"Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has approved the military's most ambitious plan yet to fight terrorism around the world and retaliate more rapidly and decisively in the case of another major terrorist attack on the United States, according to defense officials."

"The long-awaited campaign plan for the global war on terrorism, as well as two subordinate plans also approved within the past month by Rumsfeld, are considered the Pentagon's highest priority, according to officials familiar with the three documents who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about them publicly."

"Details of the plans are secret, but in general they envision a significantly expanded role for the military -- and, in particular, a growing force of elite Special Operations troops -- in continuous operations to combat terrorism outside of war zones such as Iraq and Afghanistan. Developed over about three years by the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) in Tampa, the plans reflect a beefing up of the Pentagon's involvement in domains traditionally handled by the Central Intelligence Agency and the State Department."

Keep in mind that nothing the government has said, has been true, and so none of their activities are taking place for the reasons they give. It should be understood that after more than four years of abiding by no ones' rules but our own (that we're making up as we go along), that if we haven't caught up to "the terrorists" by now, that catching them isn't really on the agenda, and never was. Think about it. As long as those phantom still run free, our government has a ready made excuse to continue on track towards "full spectrum dominance" of the globe, along with the growing authority to suppress through intimidation, any meaningful dissent here at home.

The CIA "Wehrmacht"

"This former senior officer said there “seems to be a quiet conspiracy by rational people” at the agency to avoid involvement in some of the particularly nasty tactics being employed by the administration, especially "renditions"—the practice whereby the CIA sends terrorist suspects abroad to be questioned in Egypt, Syria, Uzbekistan, and other nations where the regimes are not squeamish about torturing detainees. My source, hardly a softie on the topic of terrorism, said of the split at the CIA: "There's an SS group within the agency that's willing to do anything and there's a Wehrmacht group that is saying, 'I'm not gonna touch this stuff'."

I don't like the comparison of the Wehrmacht and SS, to that of the competing forces within our government agencies. It's an old fallacy that the Nazi war crimes were primarily committed by the SS. While it's true that the SS could be counted upon to commit any despicable act at the drop of a hat, the Wehrmacht certainly committed its' fair share.

Aside from that bad analogy, the rest of the article points to some good news, namely that some of the very people tasked with committing the current set of crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, are not simply remaining quiet and "just following orders", though most apparently still are. There hasn't been this much dissent since the heat of the Vietnam war. Now, if we can just get past talking, and start doing something.....

Debunking conspiracy theorists' paranoid fantasies about Sept. 11

"Astute observers of history are aware that for every notable event there will usually be at least one ,often several wild conspiracy theories which spring up around it. "The CIA killed Hendrix" " The Pope had John Lennon murdered ", "Hitler was half Werewolf", "Space aliens replaced Nixon with a clone" etc,etc. The bigger the event, the more ridiculous and more numerous are the fanciful rantings which circulate in relation to it. So its hardly surprising that the events of Sept 11 2001 have spawned their fair share of these ludicrous fairy tales. And as always, there is - sadly - a small but gullible percentage of the population eager to lap up these tall tales, regardless of facts or rational analysis.

One of the wilder stories circulating about Sept 11, and one that has attracted something of a cult following amongst conspiracy buffs is that it was carried out by 19 fanatical Arab hijackers, masterminded by an evil genius named Osama bin Laden, with no apparent motivation other than that they "hate our freedoms."

Ok, that last paragraph should clue you in on where this is all headed. I found this page while following links for another post I'll get to later, and just had to post this first. It was the title that caught my eye, and by the time I'd read as far as what I've quoted above, I was trying not to laugh out loud. It's not that it was really funny, but it caught me off guard and i started laughing at myself.

This is another one of those topics I'll be posting on once in a while that will take you back to the day when not a single shred of truth was uttered by a single federal official. It's been four and a half years, and we're still faced with the official lies and cover-ups of everything that happened that day. When it's clearly understood by all that nothing happened the way the government said it did, then people can begin to understand that nothing that's happened since (wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, wars on terror, and civil liberties), has happened for the reasons they gave. Only when you understand you're being manipulated for the goals of a few power-hungry elitists, and that your sons, daughters, uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, and friends, are shedding their blood for liars who have no intention of sharing with anyone the massive profits of war.

Normally, to the victors go the spoils, but not anymore. The puppet masters will reap all the rewards, and all we'll get are perpetual fear-mongering, fewer decent jobs, rising prices with the accompanying economic hardships, a severe loss of constitutional rights, and a government that will increasingly forego the pretense of being public servants, and act more like what they really are; corporate employees. We're all expendable to these people, and when you realize just how much of 9/11 was covered-up, and how much the government had to be involved with fore-knowledge, you can no longer pretend we were hit by outsiders alone, who caught us unaware.

It's time to awaken, and get really pissed.