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17:30:23 11/25/11
Thank You - For the Occupation, For the Intensity, For Lettin' Me Be Myself Again
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It's like the old-timers always said: Don't quit before the miracle happens.
While the Arab Spring showed that people can still accomplish the impossible, Our political debate was frozen in corporate cynicism. Now everything has changed. For the United States, spring came in autumn. Who says miracles don't happen?
Like a Prayer
A few months ago I prayed for something. Granted, it wasn't the kind of prayer that's sanctioned by any ecclesiastical authority. And, okay, maybe it wasn't exactly a "prayer." I guess the technical term for it would be "blog post." But trust me, it was a prayer.
I'd been asked to write something for the Fourth of July, and I wrote we have to fight a new war, a " war of independence from corporate politics ." To be honest, those words felt Utopian even as I wrote them. Still, I never doubted them. The words were born out of the desperate sense that so many of us shared, a sense that our society is collapsing. And that it will keep on collapsing unless we change the way we think.
I wasn't arguing for any particular policy or platform. "The problem isn't just with politicians, or even the system," I said then. "The problem is dependence itself."
Oh, come on. How starry-eyed can you get? Stop depending on politicians? Declare psychic and political independence from celebrity-driven politics and media-made leaders? I'd always considered myself a realist, but this was almost embarrassingly idealistic.
Except for the fact that it happened.
Passionate Intensity
Like so many others, I had grieved and raged over the lack of commitment displayed by good people. Cynics, robber barons, and American warlords are hard at work degrading - and downgrading - this country. In a strange set of parallels, we were reenacting the stories of the Third World countries we'd invaded. Like them, we were becoming a nation where servile or fearful politicians served a cynical oligarchy while the people's way of life died all around them.
Some might call it karma - or simply "payback."
But whatever you call it, the forces of hate and greed were running wild. The "two-party" system seemed to offer nothing in response except a) posturing, b) surrender, and c) a politics of compromise that seemed to amount to little more than ... well, see "a)" and "b)", above. Good people were fighting for better policies, and I tried to play my part. But too many of us focused on the prose of politics and not its poetry.
Meanwhile, too many politicians got lazy quoting Bill Clinton's hack line: Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. It can be, of course. But before our eyes, the "good" became the enemy of the "perfect" and the mediocre became the enemy of the good. Then the cynical became the enemy of the mediocre, and democracy began to die.
Meanwhile the other side gained its momentum with every passing month, fueled by a pseudo-populist movement ginned up by corporate-funded political hacks. A nation that had rejected the politics of greed and oligarchy at the ballot box was even more suffocated by it than before. No wonder so many people were uninspired, discouraged, despondent. Some people quoted William Butler Yeats:
The best lack all conviction while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
The good people who did burn with passionate intensity were in danger of turning the torch on themselves. " The game is over," wrote Chris Hedges . "We lost. The corporate state will continue its inexorable advance until two-thirds of the nation is locked into a desperate, permanent underclass."
As boom times came back to Wall Street, depression - emotional as well as economic - entombed the majority. But the suffering of the majority turned invisible inside the Beltway, as politicians debated deficits in a broken economy. It was like debating water conservation while the house burned down.
The Condition of Everything
Miles of commentary have been written about the Occupy movement. As the occupations gained steam, people criticized them for their lack of specific policy demands. But they were right not to issue specific demands. They were declaring independence from a frame of mind, a set of assumptions that led to passive acceptance of an unacceptable system.
And they had passionate intensity.
I've told this story before, but I'll tell it again: When OccupyDC marched down K Street, in the early days of the movement, a young security guard asked an older one what they were protesting. "I'm not sure," said the older man. "But I think they're objecting to ..." He circled his hands to indicate the environment around him. ".... the condition of everything. "
By objecting to the condition of everything, the Occupiers changed the political dialog in this country. By rejecting leaders and insisting on self-governance through General Assemblies, they taught us by example how to escape emotional dependence. Like William Butler Yeats, they understood that you can't distinguish the dancer from the dance.
One of the movement's most articulate and forceful advocates is Chris Hedges.
Recalling Democracy
The Wisconsin uprising had been going on for months, even in the dark days of July. The miracle of Wisconsin is that it's still going on. People there occupied their capitol to protest laws designed to break the middle class, laws written by corporate America's "ALEC" division. Then they mounted recall efforts against recently elected GOP State Senators, reducing their majority and draining resources from their coffers.
Now Gov. Walker is facing a recall. The struggle in Wisconsin isn't about "Democrats" against "Republicans." It's about resisting politicians that are wholly-owned subsidiaries of corporate America.
The people of Wisconsin showed the country how to resist. Now they're showing us how to persist.
And just this month, Ohio voters rejected an ALEC-inspired initiative to strip that state's workers of rights. Maine voters rejected a move to overturn election-day registration, another attempt to restrict the ability of lower-income citizens to vote. And Mississippi rejected a definition of prenatal rights so extreme that many anti-abortion advocates were disturbed by its implications for the rights, health, and safety of women.
Like I was saying: Miracles.
Radical Innocence
But elections aren't the point. They can be a reflection of the change we need, but they're not the change itself. The real changes are personal. "When I remake a song," said Yeats, "it is myself that I remake." The Rolling Stones said "It's the singer, not the song."
We misunderstood our own power. We were being distracted and manipulated by fear and anger. Our minds, our souls, were being manipulated by what the Native American poet and activist John Trudell calls "the mining of the essence." One of the reasons we were powerless is that we believed we were powerless. That's even true economically. "All money is a matter of belief," said Adam Smith.
We needed to push our fear and anger away to see the obvious truths all around us: The corporations rule our political process. That our democracy is dying. That Wall Street is filled with people who broke moral (and sometimes actual) laws and forced the rest of the country to pay the price. We had to see with fresh eyes.
"All hatred driven hence," wrote Yeats, "the soul recovers radical innocence."
Our political process has become too cynical. Even reasonable and very moderate ideas favored by a majority of Republican voters, as well as others - a breakup of five or six too-big-to-fail banks, a public option health plan that's only available to one American in twenty - were declared impossible.
We needed an infusion of radical innocence, the innocence of Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson, of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. We sometimes think of innocence as something childlike and weak. But innocence has great power. Innocence changes the world.
We needed that radical innocence,and we got it. What we do with it now is up to us.
Can we commit ourselves to moving forward, to persevering against all odds? The future's unwritten. But we know what's happening right now. The political dialog has shifted in a way that seemed impossible a few months ago. I don't know how you feel about that, but I know how I feel.
I feel thankful. So thankful, in fact, that I'm gonna let Sam & Dave tell you all about it. Take it away, fellas:
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18:00:07 11/05/11
Vetoing Democracy: In Athens or Washington, Elites Still Call the Shots
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Greeks protest austerity measures, October 19 (RT Television)
This week was a sharp reminder that the ancient ideal of democracy is just as threatened -- and to some, just as threatening -- as it's ever been. In government offices in Athens, G20 meeting rooms in Cannes, and "Super Committee" chambers in Washington, we learned that there are still places where the will of the people can be overruled by the whims of the powerful.
From the Parthenon to the Potomac, it was the same story: Elites still hold veto power over the democratic process, and they're not afraid to use it.
Democracy: 'Radical,' 'Irrational,' 'Dangerous'
Ironically, this week's ferment began in the country that's usually credited with creating democracy. In many ways the Greek economy couldn't be more different from our own. The government's fiscal problems there are due in large part to widespread corruption and massive tax evasion -- not tax breaks , tax evasion -- which are very different from our own problems. The government's finances dramatically worse than our own -- almost like night and day -- and a default could create the next major financial crisis.
A certain level of fear and concern was understandable when Greek President George Papandreou announced there would be a referendum on the new bailout plan imposed on his country. The global economy is still unstable, top-heavy, and still riddled with too-big-to-fail institutions. In a worst-case scenario, Greece could trigger another financial meltdown.
Yet the fear was rarely balanced with an understanding of what's really happening in Greece. There was no acknowledgement that the bailout's terms might be grossly unfair (they are), that they're likely to make a terrible situation even worse (they will), or that Greece is in chaos, misery, and despair. (It is.)
And what was most striking was the assumption the elite -- the 1%, if you will -- have veto power over the democratic process. In most of the commentary that flowed from the powerful and the press, a surprising number of world leader didn't even acknowledge that Greece had the right to its own democratic decision-making process.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, whose nation will benefit from "bipartisan" U.S. actions to create a free trade agreement between the two countries, said that "The world has plunged into fears again because of the Greek prime minister's radical step to hold a referendum." Closer to home, French President Sarkozy said that "the Greek's gesture is irrational and, from their point of view, dangerous."
The first part of that statement is a slur against democracy. The second part is, of course, a threat.
What's the Greek word for 'shafted'?
Few are asking who created the Greek debt problem, or who benefited. As in the United States, deficit-creating behavior primarily served the wealthy, the powerful, and the banks. Tax collections for corporations and the wealthy have been very low in Greece. And while tax evasion is commonly for everyone from taxi drivers to millionaires, it takes a lot of cheating cabbies to equal one rich tax dodger.
Bankers didn't give Greece these loans out of kindness, either. They saw an opportunity and they took it. That's why they're being asked to take "haircuts" and lose part of the loan repayment (a reasonable measure that hasn't been yet considered in the US mortgage crisis.)
Greeks are struggling with devastating levels of unemployment, a declining standard of living, and widespread social unrest. While the austerity measures imposed on it do include tax hikes and measures to reduce tax evasion, they will have an especially devastating impact on already hard-hit middle class Greeks. They're the ones who went to work, paid their taxes (wage earners were disproportionately taxed because of the evasion), and paid into their Social Security and health funds with the expectation these services would be available when they were needed.
It doesn't matter now. They won't get their say. Once again the elites were given veto power over democracy. A "bipartisan" revolt of politicians in both major parties made sure of that, and today George Papandreou is looking forward to joining the swelling ranks of Greece's unemployed.
The public's widespread dissatisfaction is understandable, and this stifling of democracy should raise even more fears for Greece's future stability than the referendum did. What will happen if the Greek people continued to be denied a place at the bargaining table as their fate is decided? Given that nation's troubled past, and its tormented present, there's always John F. Kennedy's quote to consider: Those who make peaceful evolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable.
Elites Only
But what does this have to do with us? We certainly don't face Greek-level problems. In fact, it serves the elite's narrative to suggest otherwise. Our currency is the dollar, which helps a great deal. We're a commanding world economy. We have the money and resources to fix our joblessness problem, if we only had the will, and we're not part of a larger group like the European Community.
Bet we are part of the G20, which this week reaffirmed its obsession on austerity measures even as Europe sinks under the weight of those already imposed. Washington's Powers That Be are still obsessing about austerity, too.
Here, as in Europe, public opinion is expected to take a back seat to the elites. Yet another poll has been released which shows that a majority of people in all age groups oppose cutting Social Security to fix the deficit. Past polls have shown that strong majorities of Republicans, independents, and even Tea Party member oppose such measures.
Yet despite the strong public objections, and despite the fact that there's overwhelming evidence these cuts are unnecessary and counterproductive, an elected "Super Committee" is likely to recommend them anyway. The usual Congressional rules have been waived in order to force their proposal to a simple up-or-down vote, with no possibility of filibuster and no chance to offer amendments. And US politicians will be under as much pressure to vote for this austerity measure as their Greek counterparts were.
Vetoing Democracy
The same week that democracy was under siege in Greece, the "Super Committee" heard from a blue-ribbon panel representing the austerity elite: a Republican hater of Social Security recipients; a Democratic member of Morgan Stanley's Board of Directors; a Republican ex-Senator; and an economist aligned with the Democratic establishment advocates for entitlement cuts. The activities of all four been funded by Republican anti-government-spending billionaire Pete Peterson.
In words that echoed those of the South Korean and French Presidents, the quartet told the unelected committee that if it fails to offer austerity measures which the public rejects, "We haven't got a prayer and neither have you." The elites have spoken: The public is to be ignored. Democracy's been vetoed.
Here's what they didn't teach us in civics class: Democracy has always been controversial. "Democracy... is a charming form of government," said Plato, "full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike." He could sound like a Tea Partier at times. "Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy," he said, " and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty."
Plato's aversion to democracy is shared by a lot of powerful people these days. But politicians, especially those whose party derives its name from the democratic principle, would be better off remembering another Greek philosopher, Aristotle, who said that "The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law."
Representatives from groups that represent Social Security and Medicare recipients, the disabled, and the elderly requested an opportunity to address the Super Committee. They wanted to present their case for preserving these programs, a position that's supported by compelling evidence and supported by majorities in all political parties and of all generations.
Their requests were ignored.
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18:00:07 11/05/11
Vetoing Democracy: In Athens or Washington, Elites Still Call the Shots
[LESS INFO] 4 VIEWS | ADDED 18:00:07 11/05/11
Greeks protest austerity measures, October 19 (RT Television)
This week was a sharp reminder that the ancient ideal of democracy is just as threatened -- and to some, just as threatening -- as it's ever been. In government offices in Athens, G20 meeting rooms in Cannes, and "Super Committee" chambers in Washington, we learned that there are still places where the will of the people can be overruled by the whims of the powerful.
From the Parthenon to the Potomac, it was the same story: Elites still hold veto power over the democratic process, and they're not afraid to use it.
Democracy: 'Radical,' 'Irrational,' 'Dangerous'
Ironically, this week's ferment began in the country that's usually credited with creating democracy. In many ways the Greek economy couldn't be more different from our own. The government's fiscal problems there are due in large part to widespread corruption and massive tax evasion -- not tax breaks , tax evasion -- which are very different from our own problems. The government's finances dramatically worse than our own -- almost like night and day -- and a default could create the next major financial crisis.
A certain level of fear and concern was understandable when Greek President George Papandreou announced there would be a referendum on the new bailout plan imposed on his country. The global economy is still unstable, top-heavy, and still riddled with too-big-to-fail institutions. In a worst-case scenario, Greece could trigger another financial meltdown.
Yet the fear was rarely balanced with an understanding of what's really happening in Greece. There was no acknowledgement that the bailout's terms might be grossly unfair (they are), that they're likely to make a terrible situation even worse (they will), or that Greece is in chaos, misery, and despair. (It is.)
And what was most striking was the assumption the elite -- the 1%, if you will -- have veto power over the democratic process. In most of the commentary that flowed from the powerful and the press, a surprising number of world leader didn't even acknowledge that Greece had the right to its own democratic decision-making process.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, whose nation will benefit from "bipartisan" U.S. actions to create a free trade agreement between the two countries, said that "The world has plunged into fears again because of the Greek prime minister's radical step to hold a referendum." Closer to home, French President Sarkozy said that "the Greek's gesture is irrational and, from their point of view, dangerous."
The first part of that statement is a slur against democracy. The second part is, of course, a threat.
What's the Greek word for 'shafted'?
Few are asking who created the Greek debt problem, or who benefited. As in the United States, deficit-creating behavior primarily served the wealthy, the powerful, and the banks. Tax collections for corporations and the wealthy have been very low in Greece. And while tax evasion is commonly for everyone from taxi drivers to millionaires, it takes a lot of cheating cabbies to equal one rich tax dodger.
Bankers didn't give Greece these loans out of kindness, either. They saw an opportunity and they took it. That's why they're being asked to take "haircuts" and lose part of the loan repayment (a reasonable measure that hasn't been yet considered in the US mortgage crisis.)
Greeks are struggling with devastating levels of unemployment, a declining standard of living, and widespread social unrest. While the austerity measures imposed on it do include tax hikes and measures to reduce tax evasion, they will have an especially devastating impact on already hard-hit middle class Greeks. They're the ones who went to work, paid their taxes (wage earners were disproportionately taxed because of the evasion), and paid into their Social Security and health funds with the expectation these services would be available when they were needed.
It doesn't matter now. They won't get their say. Once again the elites were given veto power over democracy. A "bipartisan" revolt of politicians in both major parties made sure of that, and today George Papandreou is looking forward to joining the swelling ranks of Greece's unemployed.
The public's widespread dissatisfaction is understandable, and this stifling of democracy should raise even more fears for Greece's future stability than the referendum did. What will happen if the Greek people continued to be denied a place at the bargaining table as their fate is decided? Given that nation's troubled past, and its tormented present, there's always John F. Kennedy's quote to consider: Those who make peaceful evolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable.
Elites Only
But what does this have to do with us? We certainly don't face Greek-level problems. In fact, it serves the elite's narrative to suggest otherwise. Our currency is the dollar, which helps a great deal. We're a commanding world economy. We have the money and resources to fix our joblessness problem, if we only had the will, and we're not part of a larger group like the European Community.
Bet we are part of the G20, which this week reaffirmed its obsession on austerity measures even as Europe sinks under the weight of those already imposed. Washington's Powers That Be are still obsessing about austerity, too.
Here, as in Europe, public opinion is expected to take a back seat to the elites. Yet another poll has been released which shows that a majority of people in all age groups oppose cutting Social Security to fix the deficit. Past polls have shown that strong majorities of Republicans, independents, and even Tea Party member oppose such measures.
Yet despite the strong public objections, and despite the fact that there's overwhelming evidence these cuts are unnecessary and counterproductive, an elected "Super Committee" is likely to recommend them anyway. The usual Congressional rules have been waived in order to force their proposal to a simple up-or-down vote, with no possibility of filibuster and no chance to offer amendments. And US politicians will be under as much pressure to vote for this austerity measure as their Greek counterparts were.
Vetoing Democracy
The same week that democracy was under siege in Greece, the "Super Committee" heard from a blue-ribbon panel representing the austerity elite: a Republican hater of Social Security recipients; a Democratic member of Morgan Stanley's Board of Directors; a Republican ex-Senator; and an economist aligned with the Democratic establishment advocates for entitlement cuts. The activities of all four been funded by Republican anti-government-spending billionaire Pete Peterson.
In words that echoed those of the South Korean and French Presidents, the quartet told the unelected committee that if it fails to offer austerity measures which the public rejects, "We haven't got a prayer and neither have you." The elites have spoken: The public is to be ignored. Democracy's been vetoed.
Here's what they didn't teach us in civics class: Democracy has always been controversial. "Democracy... is a charming form of government," said Plato, "full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike." He could sound like a Tea Partier at times. "Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy," he said, " and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty."
Plato's aversion to democracy is shared by a lot of powerful people these days. But politicians, especially those whose party derives its name from the democratic principle, would be better off remembering another Greek philosopher, Aristotle, who said that "The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law."
Representatives from groups that represent Social Security and Medicare recipients, the disabled, and the elderly requested an opportunity to address the Super Committee. They wanted to present their case for preserving these programs, a position that's supported by compelling evidence and supported by majorities in all political parties and of all generations.
Their requests were ignored.
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21:27:08 08/30/11
Wajahat Ali & Tim Murphy Lessons Learned The Islamophobia Network
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Wajahat’s new report on Islamophobia, “Fear, Inc.”...
How Park51 became the Mega Mosque at Ground Zero...
Who’s a bigot, and who’s just in it for the money?...
The man behind the anti-Sharia movement...
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America’s Next Top Conspiracy Theory...
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14:42:20 08/19/11
Storm Cloud Loebsack
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Storm Cloud Loebsack
There's a cloud over our economy. Dave Loebsack's government takeover of health care. Fear and uncertainty prevents new hiring. Steep fines and new taxes on families and businesses. Half a trillion dollars -- money they can't use to create jobs. Experts say Obama-Loebsack will push employers to drop workers' health insurance. With Loebsack and Obama...the storm will only get worse. From: TheNRCC Views: 872 11 ratings Time: 00:30 More in News & Politics
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13:13:02 08/15/11
Storm Cloud Tim Walz
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Storm Cloud Tim Walz
There's a cloud over our economy. Tim Walz's government takeover of health care. Fear and uncertainty prevent new hiring. Steep fines and new taxes on families and businesses. Half a trillion dollars -- money they can't use to create jobs. Experts say Obama-Walz will push employers to drop workers' health insurance. With Walz and Obama...the storm will only get worse. From: TheNRCC Views: 414 7 ratings Time: 00:30 More in News & Politics
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13:13:02 08/15/11
Storm Cloud Tim Walz
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Storm Cloud Tim Walz
There's a cloud over our economy. Tim Walz's government takeover of health care. Fear and uncertainty prevent new hiring. Steep fines and new taxes on families and businesses. Half a trillion dollars -- money they can't use to create jobs. Experts say Obama-Walz will push employers to drop workers' health insurance. With Walz and Obama...the storm will only get worse. From: TheNRCC Views: 414 7 ratings Time: 00:30 More in News & Politics
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00:32:11 08/10/11
Storm Cloud - Kurt Schrader
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Storm Cloud - Kurt Schrader
There's a cloud over our economy. Kurt Schraders's government takeover of health care. Fear and uncertainty prevents new hiring. Steep fines and new taxes on families and business. Half a trillion dollars... Money they can't use to create jobs... Experts say Obama Schrader will push employers to drop workers health insurance. With Schrader and Obama... The storm will only get worse. From: TheNRCC Views: 338 6 ratings Time: 00:30 More in News & Politics
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00:32:11 08/10/11
Storm Cloud - Kurt Schrader
[LESS INFO] 3 VIEWS | ADDED 00:32:11 08/10/11
Storm Cloud - Kurt Schrader
There's a cloud over our economy. Kurt Schraders's government takeover of health care. Fear and uncertainty prevents new hiring. Steep fines and new taxes on families and business. Half a trillion dollars... Money they can't use to create jobs... Experts say Obama Schrader will push employers to drop workers health insurance. With Schrader and Obama... The storm will only get worse. From: TheNRCC Views: 338 6 ratings Time: 00:30 More in News & Politics
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22:51:19 01/07/11
Dvtv Live Broadcast 01 06 11 We The People
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we the people of the United States in order to form a more perfect union elected Republicans and Tea Party idiots to the congress. these Republicans and Tea Partier pledged sweeping reforms and bold new strategies to make this country great again. they set broad new goals intending to cure what they saw as longstanding ills in our nation. today was the first full session of the new congress – what was achieved? the constitution was read. at a cost of over a million dollars of your tax money – they read aloud the document on which all of our laws are supposed to adhere to. this was a stalling tactic because they have no idea what to do. they have no idea how to achieve what they said they intended to do – and to mask the fact that they have no bold new approach. the Republican party intends to do what it usually does – give gifts to corporations and cutting taxes for the fattest of the fat-cat banksters. case in point – representative Diane Black, a new Republican congresswoman from Tennessee arguing for repeal of that muslim-socialist health care act because – because health care act would force insurance companies to insure sick children. imagine that – an insurance company might have to pay out just because your children needed medical attention. that’s socialism – and everybody knows that real American children don’t get sick like those Mexican anchor babies. if health care is so un-American – why do members of Congress and their families receive it? should they be entitled to something that they are trying to take away from the rest of us. “Of course we should!” declared tea party sponsored Congressman Michael Grimm from Staten Island. what if my kid were to get sick? the Republican rules committee re-wrote the rules of this Congress – and in doing so rejected a proposal to disclose what health care members of Congress and their families receive courtesy of your tax dollars. transparency indeed. dubbed 'HR-2' the resolution to repeal health care is officially called: “Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act”. (that sounds like a Roger Ailes idea to me.) in fact the there’s such a fever for transparency that this health care resolution repeal must be cloaked in the fear mongering language of Fox News – so ordinary beer-drinking thorazine addled Americans can understand what’s at stake. after all – you would gladly sacrifice your children’s health care if you understood that insuring your kids was - killing jobs! wouldn’t you – or wouldn’t ya? yes - repealing the communistic socialized heal care bill would just save money – right? nnnnnnnnnno. repealing the muslim obama care bill would cost – mmmmmm about $230,000,000,000. two-hundred-thirty-billion-with-a-b dollars according to a report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. now – some of you are saying – there’s a requirement in congress about increases in spending – right? nnnnnno. that Republican rules committee yesterday exempted their repeal bill from that little requirement. see – its easy to get around the law – and the Constitution - if you just re-write the rules.
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00:05:31 11/23/09
9/11 Commissioner Bob Kerrey Finally Confesses "9 11 Commission Could Not Do It's Job" Part 3 Of 3
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9/11 Commissioner Bob Kerrey finally confesses "9-11 Commission could not do it's job" Part 3 of 3www.framingtheworld.comCREDITS:Staring: Robert Kerrey, Jeremy Rothe-Kushel, Bruno Bruhwiler, Katy Krutzman, Dan Noel and Paul WittenbergerCamera: Paul WittenbergerEdited: Paul WittenbergerDate: October 30, 2009ABOUT VIDEO:9/11 Commissioner Bob Kerrey finally confesses "9-11 Commission could not do it's job"ARTICLES ABOUT VIDEO:Coming Soon.ARTICLES ABOUT EVENT:REDLANDSDAILYFACTS.COMEXAMINOR.COM9/11 Commission member Bob Kerrey to speak in Redlands October 29, 2009 - LA County Libertarian Examiner Martin Hill Former U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey, member of the "911 Commission" will speak at the University of Redlands Town & Gown Cultural Series on Friday, October 30, at 5:00 p.m. The website requests that attendees register in advance, and links interested parties to a form which requests personal information.The venue touts Kerrey's appearance as one where he "will voice his thoughts on current economic events and changing public policy as well as environmental global warming issues" and "present his views on the future of education and on using technology and design to help solve urban issues such as those encountered in New York City". Kerrey is known for having taken part in the Thanh Phong Massacre in Vietnam, outlined by Wikipedia to be a gruesome bloodbath: "On February 25, 1969, he led a Swift Boat raid on the isolated peasant village of Thanh Phong, Vietnam, targeting a Viet Cong leader that intelligence suggested would be present. The village was considered part of a free-fire zone by the U.S. military. Kerrey's SEAL team first encountered a peasant house, or hooch, and killed the people inside with knives. While Kerrey says he did not go inside the hooch and did not participate in the killings, another member of the team, Gerhard Klann, said that the people killed there were an elderly man and woman and three children under 12, and that Kerrey helped kill the man." A scathing Counterpunch article from May 2001 outlined how Kerrey is wanted as a war criminal for doing the CIA's dirty work and killing innocent civilians, as well as the fact that Kerrey is referred to by former Nebraska Senator John DeCamp as "emotionally disturbed" as a result of his Vietnam experience. Regarding the investigation into the 9/11 attacks, Kerrey wrote in a March 2009 book review that "It was simply too time-consuming for part-time service" and that the "examination of this conspiracy should go on, though not by the 9/11 Commission". Kerrey went on to address the public's pervasive doubts of the official government story, and as he puts it, "why so many people have come to believe alternative conspiracy theories". A Newsweek columnist from March 2009 explains that Kerrey had feared that the 9/11 investigation "depended too heavily on the accounts of Al Qaeda detainees who were physically coerced into talking" and that "Kerrey said it might take "a permanent 9/11 commission" to end the remaining mysteries of September 11" The 9/11 Commission Report, considered by many to be a coverup , and sham , is often dissected by the alternative media and best-selling author Theologan David Ray Griffin. OPEDNEWS.COMCommissioner Bob Kerrey confronted with questions regarding 9/11/01 November 2, 2009 - LA County Libertarian Examiner Martin HillBob Kerrey, former U.S. Senator and member of the 9/11 Commission, spoke Friday at the the University of Redlands Town & Gown Cultural Series.Kerry was questioned by several audience members regarding the 9/11 commission report, which is the government's official version of events regarding the attacks on September 11th 2001. John Shanahan P.E., licensed member of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, attended the event. "I had no idea what the subject of his discussion would be", Shanahan explained, "but I went there with some preparation for asking a hostile question about his involvement on the 9-11 commission and why did he NOT resign instead of going along with the program. I was not selected to ask a question." Shanahan, in addition to owning an engineering firm, is a Constitutionalist who has successfuly beaten seat belt tickets and stop sign tickets in court. "The auditorium was fairly large", Shanahan continued, "with graduated level floor seating and balcony seating--capacity of possiblly 350, and was at least 80% full. Kerrey started at about 5p.m. and could not have been speaking for more than about a half hour. I thought that we would have the balance of the time for questions. Even though they cut the questioning off at slightly before 6PM, every time there was an opportunity, at least 6-8 people raised their hands". "Pretty much Kerrey revealed how he supports big government and its involvement in health care. He's grateful to big health care for the prosthetic that he received after his wound in Vietnam--he said nothing about the lies told by big government to get our military involvement in the first place). He says that we must address climate change or it will be our undoing, and advocated much more money to be spent on education and affirmative action." Shanahan, who regularly wears a lapel pin debunking the government version of events, got a chance to meet Kerrey afterwards. "My head was reeling with all of the hostile questions that I was developing even though I never got a chance to pose a public query. When I met him for the cookies and coffee outside the auditorium, he started reading word by word the pin that I had on my shirt 'The--official--911--story--is--a--big--lie'. You should have seen the sour expression that came over his face. He did not appear to appreciate my questions and statements on global warming, either." "I shook hands with him after the meeting, introduced myself to him and challenged him on his views on global warming. He knew nothing about www.oism.org and Dr. Art Robinson's 1998 petition against the Kyoto Protocol; he changed the subject and one of his handlers rescued him from me." Bruno Bruhwiler, founding member of We Are Change L.A., took the opportunity to confront Kerrey, asking him how he sleeps at night, to which Kerrey responded with bathroom humor, joking "I don't think I do sleep well at night, I get up to take leaks." Bruno said he intended to admonish Kerrey that now is not the time for levity, but Kerrey went on to admit that the commission did not answer all the relevant questions, that he came onto the commission late, and lacked both the proper time and funding. We Are Change has confronted many politicians and insiders regarding the events of 9/11. "You try to get in touch with their humanness", Bruhwiler explained. Kerrey's son was born on 9/10/01, and during their exchange, Bruhwiler addressed how the world has changed a lot since that time, with torture and tyranny occuring as a result of 9/11. "You pull the audience in", he explained. "Whoever's listening, they get educated and snap out of whatever false reality they're in." In the hopes that the general public will learn about the issues surrounding 9/11 and government corruption, Bruhwiler suggested that the audience look up world trade center building seven. We Are Change LA took several videos of their exchanges with Kerry, and will release them in the coming weeks. Shanahan remarked on Kerrey's bathroom humor as well. "He's obviously a complelety soulless individual. But when all is said and done, he's a CFR member. What else needs to be said?"
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17:35:29 11/20/09
9/11 Commissioner Bob Kerrey Finally Confesses "9 11 Commission Could Not Do It's Job" Part 2 Of 3
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9/11 Commissioner Bob Kerrey finally confesses "9-11 Commission could not do it's job" Part 2 of 3 www.framingtheworld.com CREDITS:Staring: Robert Kerrey, Jeremy Rothe-Kushel, Bruno Bruhwiler, Katy Krutzman, Dan Noel and Paul WittenbergerCamera: Paul WittenbergerEdited: Paul WittenbergerDate: October 30, 2009ABOUT VIDEO:9/11 Commissioner Bob Kerrey finally confesses "9-11 Commission could not do it's job"ARTICLES ABOUT VIDEO:Coming Soon.ARTICLES ABOUT EVENT:REDLANDSDAILYFACTS.COMEXAMINOR.COM9/11 Commission member Bob Kerrey to speak in Redlands October 29, 2009 - LA County Libertarian Examiner Martin Hill Former U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey, member of the "911 Commission" will speak at the University of Redlands Town & Gown Cultural Series on Friday, October 30, at 5:00 p.m. The website requests that attendees register in advance, and links interested parties to a form which requests personal information.The venue touts Kerrey's appearance as one where he "will voice his thoughts on current economic events and changing public policy as well as environmental global warming issues" and "present his views on the future of education and on using technology and design to help solve urban issues such as those encountered in New York City". Kerrey is known for having taken part in the Thanh Phong Massacre in Vietnam, outlined by Wikipedia to be a gruesome bloodbath: "On February 25, 1969, he led a Swift Boat raid on the isolated peasant village of Thanh Phong, Vietnam, targeting a Viet Cong leader that intelligence suggested would be present. The village was considered part of a free-fire zone by the U.S. military. Kerrey's SEAL team first encountered a peasant house, or hooch, and killed the people inside with knives. While Kerrey says he did not go inside the hooch and did not participate in the killings, another member of the team, Gerhard Klann, said that the people killed there were an elderly man and woman and three children under 12, and that Kerrey helped kill the man." A scathing Counterpunch article from May 2001 outlined how Kerrey is wanted as a war criminal for doing the CIA's dirty work and killing innocent civilians, as well as the fact that Kerrey is referred to by former Nebraska Senator John DeCamp as "emotionally disturbed" as a result of his Vietnam experience. Regarding the investigation into the 9/11 attacks, Kerrey wrote in a March 2009 book review that "It was simply too time-consuming for part-time service" and that the "examination of this conspiracy should go on, though not by the 9/11 Commission". Kerrey went on to address the public's pervasive doubts of the official government story, and as he puts it, "why so many people have come to believe alternative conspiracy theories". A Newsweek columnist from March 2009 explains that Kerrey had feared that the 9/11 investigation "depended too heavily on the accounts of Al Qaeda detainees who were physically coerced into talking" and that "Kerrey said it might take "a permanent 9/11 commission" to end the remaining mysteries of September 11" The 9/11 Commission Report, considered by many to be a coverup , and sham , is often dissected by the alternative media and best-selling author Theologan David Ray Griffin. OPEDNEWS.COMCommissioner Bob Kerrey confronted with questions regarding 9/11/01 November 2, 2009 - LA County Libertarian Examiner Martin HillBob Kerrey, former U.S. Senator and member of the 9/11 Commission, spoke Friday at the the University of Redlands Town & Gown Cultural Series.Kerry was questioned by several audience members regarding the 9/11 commission report, which is the government's official version of events regarding the attacks on September 11th 2001. John Shanahan P.E., licensed member of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, attended the event. "I had no idea what the subject of his discussion would be", Shanahan explained, "but I went there with some preparation for asking a hostile question about his involvement on the 9-11 commission and why did he NOT resign instead of going along with the program. I was not selected to ask a question." Shanahan, in addition to owning an engineering firm, is a Constitutionalist who has successfuly beaten seat belt tickets and stop sign tickets in court. "The auditorium was fairly large", Shanahan continued, "with graduated level floor seating and balcony seating--capacity of possiblly 350, and was at least 80% full. Kerrey started at about 5p.m. and could not have been speaking for more than about a half hour. I thought that we would have the balance of the time for questions. Even though they cut the questioning off at slightly before 6PM, every time there was an opportunity, at least 6-8 people raised their hands". "Pretty much Kerrey revealed how he supports big government and its involvement in health care. He's grateful to big health care for the prosthetic that he received after his wound in Vietnam--he said nothing about the lies told by big government to get our military involvement in the first place). He says that we must address climate change or it will be our undoing, and advocated much more money to be spent on education and affirmative action." Shanahan, who regularly wears a lapel pin debunking the government version of events, got a chance to meet Kerrey afterwards. "My head was reeling with all of the hostile questions that I was developing even though I never got a chance to pose a public query. When I met him for the cookies and coffee outside the auditorium, he started reading word by word the pin that I had on my shirt 'The--official--911--story--is--a--big--lie'. You should have seen the sour expression that came over his face. He did not appear to appreciate my questions and statements on global warming, either." "I shook hands with him after the meeting, introduced myself to him and challenged him on his views on global warming. He knew nothing about www.oism.org and Dr. Art Robinson's 1998 petition against the Kyoto Protocol; he changed the subject and one of his handlers rescued him from me." Bruno Bruhwiler, founding member of We Are Change L.A., took the opportunity to confront Kerrey, asking him how he sleeps at night, to which Kerrey responded with bathroom humor, joking "I don't think I do sleep well at night, I get up to take leaks." Bruno said he intended to admonish Kerrey that now is not the time for levity, but Kerrey went on to admit that the commission did not answer all the relevant questions, that he came onto the commission late, and lacked both the proper time and funding. We Are Change has confronted many politicians and insiders regarding the events of 9/11. "You try to get in touch with their humanness", Bruhwiler explained. Kerrey's son was born on 9/10/01, and during their exchange, Bruhwiler addressed how the world has changed a lot since that time, with torture and tyranny occuring as a result of 9/11. "You pull the audience in", he explained. "Whoever's listening, they get educated and snap out of whatever false reality they're in." In the hopes that the general public will learn about the issues surrounding 9/11 and government corruption, Bruhwiler suggested that the audience look up world trade center building seven. We Are Change LA took several videos of their exchanges with Kerry, and will release them in the coming weeks. Shanahan remarked on Kerrey's bathroom humor as well. "He's obviously a complelety soulless individual. But when all is said and done, he's a CFR member. What else needs to be said?"
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06:39:26 11/07/09
9/11 Commissioner Bob Kerrey Finally Confesses "9 11 Commission Could Not Do It's Job" Part 1 Of 3
[LESS INFO] 2 VIEWS | ADDED 06:39:26 11/07/09
9/11 Commissioner Bob Kerrey finally confesses "9-11 Commission could not do it's job" Part 1 of 3www.framingtheworld.comCREDITS:Staring: Robert Kerrey, Jeremy Rothe-Kushel, Bruno Bruhwiler, Katy Krutzman, Dan Noel and Paul WittenbergerCamera: Paul WittenbergerEdited: Paul WittenbergerDate: October 30, 2009ABOUT VIDEO:9/11 Commissioner Bob Kerrey finally confesses "9-11 Commission could not do it's job"ARTICLES ABOUT VIDEO:Coming Soon.ARTICLES ABOUT EVENT:REDLANDSDAILYFACTS.COMEXAMINOR.COM9/11 Commission member Bob Kerrey to speak in Redlands October 29, 2009 - LA County Libertarian Examiner Martin Hill Former U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey, member of the "911 Commission" will speak at the University of Redlands Town & Gown Cultural Series on Friday, October 30, at 5:00 p.m. The website requests that attendees register in advance, and links interested parties to a form which requests personal information.The venue touts Kerrey's appearance as one where he "will voice his thoughts on current economic events and changing public policy as well as environmental global warming issues" and "present his views on the future of education and on using technology and design to help solve urban issues such as those encountered in New York City". Kerrey is known for having taken part in the Thanh Phong Massacre in Vietnam, outlined by Wikipedia to be a gruesome bloodbath: "On February 25, 1969, he led a Swift Boat raid on the isolated peasant village of Thanh Phong, Vietnam, targeting a Viet Cong leader that intelligence suggested would be present. The village was considered part of a free-fire zone by the U.S. military. Kerrey's SEAL team first encountered a peasant house, or hooch, and killed the people inside with knives. While Kerrey says he did not go inside the hooch and did not participate in the killings, another member of the team, Gerhard Klann, said that the people killed there were an elderly man and woman and three children under 12, and that Kerrey helped kill the man." A scathing Counterpunch article from May 2001 outlined how Kerrey is wanted as a war criminal for doing the CIA's dirty work and killing innocent civilians, as well as the fact that Kerrey is referred to by former Nebraska Senator John DeCamp as "emotionally disturbed" as a result of his Vietnam experience. Regarding the investigation into the 9/11 attacks, Kerrey wrote in a March 2009 book review that "It was simply too time-consuming for part-time service" and that the "examination of this conspiracy should go on, though not by the 9/11 Commission". Kerrey went on to address the public's pervasive doubts of the official government story, and as he puts it, "why so many people have come to believe alternative conspiracy theories". A Newsweek columnist from March 2009 explains that Kerrey had feared that the 9/11 investigation "depended too heavily on the accounts of Al Qaeda detainees who were physically coerced into talking" and that "Kerrey said it might take "a permanent 9/11 commission" to end the remaining mysteries of September 11" The 9/11 Commission Report, considered by many to be a coverup , and sham , is often dissected by the alternative media and best-selling author Theologan David Ray Griffin. OPEDNEWS.COMCommissioner Bob Kerrey confronted with questions regarding 9/11/01 November 2, 2009 - LA County Libertarian Examiner Martin HillBob Kerrey, former U.S. Senator and member of the 9/11 Commission, spoke Friday at the the University of Redlands Town & Gown Cultural Series.Kerry was questioned by several audience members regarding the 9/11 commission report, which is the government's official version of events regarding the attacks on September 11th 2001. John Shanahan P.E., licensed member of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, attended the event. "I had no idea what the subject of his discussion would be", Shanahan explained, "but I went there with some preparation for asking a hostile question about his involvement on the 9-11 commission and why did he NOT resign instead of going along with the program. I was not selected to ask a question." Shanahan, in addition to owning an engineering firm, is a Constitutionalist who has successfuly beaten seat belt tickets and stop sign tickets in court. "The auditorium was fairly large", Shanahan continued, "with graduated level floor seating and balcony seating--capacity of possiblly 350, and was at least 80% full. Kerrey started at about 5p.m. and could not have been speaking for more than about a half hour. I thought that we would have the balance of the time for questions. Even though they cut the questioning off at slightly before 6PM, every time there was an opportunity, at least 6-8 people raised their hands". "Pretty much Kerrey revealed how he supports big government and its involvement in health care. He's grateful to big health care for the prosthetic that he received after his wound in Vietnam--he said nothing about the lies told by big government to get our military involvement in the first place). He says that we must address climate change or it will be our undoing, and advocated much more money to be spent on education and affirmative action." Shanahan, who regularly wears a lapel pin debunking the government version of events, got a chance to meet Kerrey afterwards. "My head was reeling with all of the hostile questions that I was developing even though I never got a chance to pose a public query. When I met him for the cookies and coffee outside the auditorium, he started reading word by word the pin that I had on my shirt 'The--official--911--story--is--a--big--lie'. You should have seen the sour expression that came over his face. He did not appear to appreciate my questions and statements on global warming, either." "I shook hands with him after the meeting, introduced myself to him and challenged him on his views on global warming. He knew nothing about www.oism.org and Dr. Art Robinson's 1998 petition against the Kyoto Protocol; he changed the subject and one of his handlers rescued him from me." Bruno Bruhwiler, founding member of We Are Change L.A., took the opportunity to confront Kerrey, asking him how he sleeps at night, to which Kerrey responded with bathroom humor, joking "I don't think I do sleep well at night, I get up to take leaks." Bruno said he intended to admonish Kerrey that now is not the time for levity, but Kerrey went on to admit that the commission did not answer all the relevant questions, that he came onto the commission late, and lacked both the proper time and funding. We Are Change has confronted many politicians and insiders regarding the events of 9/11. "You try to get in touch with their humanness", Bruhwiler explained. Kerrey's son was born on 9/10/01, and during their exchange, Bruhwiler addressed how the world has changed a lot since that time, with torture and tyranny occuring as a result of 9/11. "You pull the audience in", he explained. "Whoever's listening, they get educated and snap out of whatever false reality they're in." In the hopes that the general public will learn about the issues surrounding 9/11 and government corruption, Bruhwiler suggested that the audience look up world trade center building seven. We Are Change LA took several videos of their exchanges with Kerry, and will release them in the coming weeks. Shanahan remarked on Kerrey's bathroom humor as well. "He's obviously a complelety soulless individual. But when all is said and done, he's a CFR member. What else needs to be said?"
