General Petraeus or General Betray Us?

This was the actual quote from the "Move On" ad in the NY Times. It is a question. Is General Petraeus "Cooking the Books for the WhiteHouse" ? was the sub-title. As it ends up, he did, and therefore if you you are a citizen that wants the people you have entrusted with power to speak with honesty and clarity, the David Patraeus' testimony was a disappointment when compared to the independently reported facts on the ground in Iraq. In this sense he did betray the trust of a majority of the American people and in no way does "MoveOn" deserve censure.

It is clear that this is the an ongoing tactic of these warlords, these chicken hawk liars. Attack anyone who speaks truth to power as in some way unpatriotic. Again, MoveOn, was making a request, "Don't sugar quote the truth with fake projections ... do not betray us with false analysis, yet again"

Elected leaders that lie to congress and the American people, over and over, those are the ones that deserve censure and scorn.

I am reminded of the the whole "Swift" boat controversy surrounding John Kerry during his abortive run for the president. John Kerrry wasn't perfect but one thing that is clear is that when he was commander of his swift boat in Vietanm he preformed valiantly and risked his life on several occasions to save those under his command. Some how these lying bastards, wh never served a day in the service of their country turned this into a liability.

Dan Rather's censure comes to mind. He simply pointed out that our fake president who continues to play war with an ever increasing deficit went AWOL while he served in his slaker rich boy unit of the Alabama National Guard. Some sloppy reportage was uncovered, but no refutation of these facts. Yet, Dan Rather was censured and fired and baby Bush goes calavanting along destroying our country and being hailed as a patriot. This is truly disgusting.



This video is the topper. Video of Dick Cheney saying that invading Iraq would be a mistake back in 1994. what changed? The truth probably is that in 1994, Cheney couldn't have guaranteed Halliburton the major contracts he has been able to score them since he got the VP position in the White House. We are in serious trouble, but lets attack the people that are pointing it out ... that's the ticket

BioInitiative Report

I think everyone should take a moment to look at this.

An international working group of scientists, researchers and public health policy professionals (The BioInitiative Working Group) has released its report on electromagnetic fields (EMF) and health. They document serious scientific concerns about current limits regulating how much EMF is allowable from power lines, cell phones, and many other sources of EMF exposure in daily life.

http://bioinitiative.org/

Reflections on 9/11/2001

I agree that the people responsible for 9/11 should be hung by thumbs until dead, no doubt.

My problem with this feeling is that there is a lack of clarity about who is actually responsible and our collective outrage was manipulated to meet other ends, that I agree less with.

To quote an unbiased wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda :
" Due to its structure of semi-autonomous cells, al-Qaeda's size and degree of responsibility for particular attacks are difficult to establish. However, this may also be because its size and degree are exaggerated. Although the governments opposed to al-Qaeda claim that it has worldwide reach, other analysts have suggested that those governments, as well as Osama bin Laden himself, exaggerate al-Qaeda's significance in Islamist terrorism.The neologism "al-Qaedaism" is applied to the wider context of those who independently conduct similar acts through political sympathy to al-Qaeda ideology or methods or the copycat effect."

No link has been established between any of the high jackers and the Bathists in Iraq under "So Damn Insane" Saddam Hussien. They are both Sunni and that is about it. Most sources researching Al-Qaeda believe that Bin Laden was just a financier with no real strategic connection to these heinous acts. Also, the BBC traced the names released by the FBI regarding the high jackers and found:
BBC world edition Sunday, 23 September, 2001, 12:30 GMT 13:30 UK
--- Hijack 'suspects' alive and well ---
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1559151.stm

The identities of four of the 19 suspects accused of having carried out the attacks are now in doubt.

My point is that there was never enough real intelligence on many levels regarding who was really responsible and it is clear now that motives of profit and manipulation of world markets and global strategic domination by the neo-cons took precedent over justice that was correct and proportional to the crimes.

This isn't a James Bond movie where from a secret evil lair a mastermind plans to take over the world as it has been portrayed.

My personal feeling is that Bush dropped the ball on the intelligence leading up to the attack, he had just taken a 2 month "summer vacation" and only returned a week and a half before the attack. There are many facts surrounding the actions of the Bush administration in that period, but one thing clear is clear, like the Kennedy assassination, no one will ever really know who was and was not involved.

What urks me more than anything is to have my patriotism questioned when asking for clarification of these obvious misrepresentations.