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In a previous post I showed that, according to the FBI, from 2002 to 2005 there were 24 actual terrorist incidents that took place WITHIN the United States. Of those, 23 were carried out by WHITE, MALE EXTREMISTS!!!!
Now the REAL terrorists, and the real terrorist threats to America, are getting the proper attention!
In a previous post I showed that, according to the FBI, from 2002 to 2005 there were 24 actual terrorist incidents that took place WITHIN the United States. Of those, 23 were carried out by WHITE, MALE EXTREMISTS!!!!
Now the REAL terrorists, and the real terrorist threats to America, are getting the proper attention!
Now the discussions are focusing on “lone wolves” to distract attention away from the organizations and groups that promote and carry out these thoughts and actions. But the last time I checked, a suicide bomber is also a “lone wolf” and a suicide bombing is also an “isolated incident” but that doesn’t stop the media from focusing on the organization that spawns them (Hamas or Hezbollah for instance). Why is the approach different now?
In this clip the “lone wolf” excuse of conservatives is given its fuller context by more accurate and insightful commentators.
In a previous post I showed that, according to the FBI, from 2002 to 2005 there were 24 actual terrorist incidents that took place WITHIN the United States. Of those, 23 were carried out by WHITE, MALE EXTREMISTS!!!!
Now the REAL terrorists, and the real terrorist threats to America, are getting the proper attention!
There is no commentary needed at all for these memos! These are what the Bush administration never wanted to see the light of day. To his credit President Obama released them today.
Read for yourself the criminal inhumanity that was done in the name of the United States at the urging of George W. Bush and Dick Chaney (if ever a first name was so fitting!!!)
SOMEBODY HAS TO GO TO JAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Much thanks and praise goes to the ACLU for their perseverence and dedication to humanity)
Link: Abuse of Power: The Bush Administrations Secret Legal Memos
Ever since the beginning of the mortgage and financial disaster there have been those who have tried to pin the blame on homeowners.
Their arguments usually go something like this: “see, if people weren’t living beyond thier means and buying a $700,000 home they knew they couldn’t afford this whole mortgage disaster would have never happened!”. Those who subscribe to that particular way of thinking are SEVERELY misinformed about just what happened to get us where we are now.
To do away with this argument quickly, if you go into a bank right now (credit crisis notwithstanding) and say “i want a loan for a million dollars” you’ll be subjected to mounds of paperwork, reference checks and background/credit checks to determine your ability to repay. This is as it should be. If you are deemed credit worthy you get it, if you’re not creditworthy, you don’t.
The fact that people got money for “homes they knew they couldn’t afford” says a little something about those persons (most of whom were conned into believing they could repay the loans by predatory lenders) but it actually says EVERYTHING about those lenders who APPROVED thier loan applications in the first place! Putting it all (or even mostly) on homeowners completely ignores predatory lenders, greedy executives, credit default swaps that made giving “bad loans” profitable, derivative trading, and relaxed banking laws that are the true source of the current situation.
To further drive home the point, below is a link to the official statement on the crisis released by the White House and given by the Group of Twenty (G20), the body comprised of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 of the world’s largest economies and the European Union. The document actually has a section entitled, “Root Causes of the Current Crisis”.
To cut to the chase, the G20 lays the fault of the crisis at the feet of “market participants” (Countrywide, AIG, Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns etc.), “insufficiently coordinated policies”, a failure to exercise “due diligence” and “unsound risk management practices”. They also point to the role of “opaque financial products”, “excessive leverage” and “inadequate appreciation risks”. The G20 declaration also singles out “policy makers”, “regulators” and “supervisors” for thier irresponsibility.
Notice who was never mentioned……………………….HOMEOWNERS!!!!!!!!!!
Link: Declaration of the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy
Here is Rep. Kucinich of Ohio doing what no other representative or Senator (other than Cynthia Mckinney) has had the balls, strength, courage or fortitude to do……hold the War Criminal in Chief accountable for his crimes.
To read the entire Articles of Impeachment document (with supporting evidence) click here.
Operation Northwoods is the declassified document that shows how the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President Kennedy advocated staging fake terrorist acts to turn public opinion against Fidel Castro. Staged events discussed included detonating explosives at Guantanamo Bay and blaming Castro, sinking U.S. ships and blaming Castro, using “friendly Cubans” to stage terrorist acts in Miami or DC and blame it on Castro, and even blowing up a fake U.S. commercial plane supposedly filled with college students and, you guessed it, blame Castro. We are told these plans were never adopted but what is important to keep in mind is that the Operation Northwoods document was produced nearly a year AFTER the Bay of Pigs invasion. The Bay of Pigs was another government backed, covert plan involving “friendly Cubans,” cover stories, and deceptive practices.
This is the document that, for all intents and purposes, founded the state of Israel. “A Jewish State” was written by Theodor Herzl, the founder of the Zionist movement. It is the document that lays out the ideological destiny of the Jewish people. From identifying one of the causes of anti-semetism as the Jews’ power of the “purse” to debating whether to locate the future Jewish homeland in Palestine or Argentina, the Jewish State is the document that ultimately led to the establishment of Israel in 1948 and the subsequent chaos in the region since.
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National Intelligence Estimate- Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities