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The End Game: Why Terri Schiavo must die
" What is the motive behind the restaurateur-turned-physical
therapist-turned-nurse who passionately pursues his wife’s death? Many
wonder. Could Michael Schiavo be a pawn, a pawn in a much larger game
being played for much higher stakes?
"Enter one
George Felos
(foreground, right, with Michael Schiavo), a kind of weird, yoga
practicing
guru lawyer,
who is fixated on helping people die. Felos, a board member of Hospice,
has visions of dollars, ideation that features book signings and movie
rights once Terri is dead. Not to mention all the fame and fortune that
will accrue to the man who finally overturns the law that protects the
handicapped, the elderly, and the terminally ill’s opportunity to live
until they die – by natural means. "
BACKGROUND
Schiavo lawyer: New Age mystic
"Instead of a lawyerly estate, his home looks like hippie villa USA,
complete with crimson couch, bright green carpeting and a living room
wall painted neon blue, reported the St. Petersburg Times. When he's not
stirring up theta waves or practicing yoga, he invites friends over to
chant 'I am that I am … I am that I am …' while he bangs out a tune on
his harmonium."
Collusion:
Michael Schaivo's lawyer, George J. Felos
"Man 'finds' Wife unconscious. Man keeps Wife unconscious. Man gets
malpractice money for Wife. Man wants Wife's money. Man wants Wife dead
so Man can have money. Man gets Lawyer. Lawyer is/was Hospice Board
Member. Lawyer promises Man that Wife will die at the Hospice..."
Terri's website More news on the fight for Terri and other disabled people.
Frenchmen say Guantanamo detention was like Hell
"Two Frenchmen described as hell Friday their more than two years of
detention in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, their lawyer
said after meeting them for the first time. Mourad Benchellali and Nizar
Sassi had concerns 'about the interrogation techniques and medical
experiments' at Guantanamo, Jacques Debray said outside the headquarters
of the DST domestic intelligence service where the two men were being
questioned."
UK MPs: National ID card plan 'badly thought out'
VIDEO
TEXT
"The first ID cards carrying biometric data, such as fingerprints and
iris scans, will appear in 2007 and the Home Office wants them made
compulsory by 2013. The official committee report says ID cards can make
a significant contribution to fighting crime and coordinating access to
public services. "
Joseph Sobran:
The Amendment
Strategy
"A state court — in Massachusetts, of course — has declared that the
Fourteenth Amendment requires the legislature to certify homosexual
unions as marriages. Equal protection of the laws, you know. Time for
conservatives to swing into action! As usual in such cases, they chose
the worst possible strategy. Amending the Constitution is cumbersome. It
requires a consensus that in this matter no longer exists. And trying to
get a super majority behind a controversial cause is about the least
efficient use of political resources one can imagine, when getting a
mere majority is hard enough. "
JULY
30
Challenging Bush, Kerry accepts nomination
VIDEO
TEXT
"Challenging President Bush by
declaring that 'strength is more than tough words,' Democratic presidential
nominee John Kerry plunged into the general election campaign aimed at
convincing millions of undecided voters that his time in Vietnam makes him the
right commander in a time of war."
"For his part, the president, trailing slightly in polls, told battleground state voters that when it comes to choosing a president, 'results matter.'"
John Kerry's medals? The grand poseur
"When Kerry came back to the states, he wasted no time in trashing the very men
who were still fighting in the jungle, risking life and limb to make sure it was
only the enemy fighter that was killed. Not so for John Kerry who killed
indiscriminately. In his own words: 'I committed the same kinds of atrocities as
thousands of others in that I shot in free-fire zones, fired .50-caliber
machine(gun) bullets, used harass-and-interdiction fire, joined in
search-and-destroy missions and burned villages.' ("Meet the Press" NBC 1971
published by the Baltimore Sun 2004)"
Whether it's Bush or Kerry, Israel wins
"Writing in the Brown Students for Israel publication Perspectives: An Israel
Review, Kerry says: 'My first trip to Israel made real for me all I'd believed
about Israel. I was allowed to fly an air force jet from the Ovda Airbase. It
was then that Israeli insecurity about narrow borders became very real to me. In
a matter of minutes, I came close to violating the airspace of Egypt, Jordan and
Syria. From that moment on, I felt as Israelis do: The promise of peace must be
secure before the Promised Land is a secure margin of land.'"
Dov Zakheim and the 9-11 conspiracy
" In a document called "Rebuilding America's Defenses" published by The American
Enterprise's 'Project for a New American Century,' SPC International executive,
Dov Zakheim, called for a 'Pearl Harbor' type of incident being necessary to
foster the frame of mind needed for the American public to support a war in the
Middle East that would politically and culturally reshape the region."
Fine for anti-Jew-attack faker
"A French woman who lied about being the victim of a vicious anti-Semitic attack
- a claim that sparked nationwide outrage - has been handed a four-month
suspended sentence."
JULY 29
Edwards delivers upbeat message
"Sen. John Edwards, summoning all his skills as a trial lawyer
and a populist, made an impassioned case for Sen. John Kerry on
Wednesday, hailing him as a battle-tested veteran ready to be commander
in chief and a man who could restore economic hope and opportunity.
'Hope is on the way,' Edwards declared to a cheering Democratic National
Convention. The heart of Edwards' speech was the same theme he sounded
throughout his primary campaign, that "we still live in a country where
there are two different Americas,' one for people who 'are set for
life,' the other for 'most Americans who live from paycheck to
paycheck.'" (RN 24/7: Upbeat? How about
hypocritical and intellectually dishonest? Edwards provokes class hatred
with his "two different Americas" spiel, but he is the junior partner of
the wealthiest presidential ticket in the nation's history, worth over
$1 billion. In other words, they're members of the former category,
better known as "limousine liberals." And the irony is that they are
liberal not with their own money [the last we heard the Heinz-Kerrys
weren't selling any of their--her--half dozen mansions valued at around
$30 million, to help the homeless] , but with the money of the
American taxpayers; i.e., those "who live from paycheck to
paycheck." And yet the poor fools never learn.)
John
Edwards, his land of OZ
"John Edwards says there are two Americas. He is right. There is the
America most Americans live in and then there is the imaginary America
that Edwards and all those delegates to the Democrat convention live in.
In the movie ''The Wizard of Oz'' little Dorothy goes from the black and
white world she lived in, to the colorful world of Oz. At the Democrat
convention John Edwards takes us from the REAL America to a dark black
America he Al Franken and Michael Moore imagine."
Dems complain Sharon prefers Bush, call on Sharon
to improve relations with Kerry
"There is a growing dissatisfaction in the U.S. Democratic Party and in
John Kerry's campaign headquarters over the Israeli government's
attitude toward them this election season."
Major parties
share one aim: to squash independents
"There is a silent crisis in American democracy that could change the
face of our republic and disenfranchise a significant plurality of
voters. More insidious than the U.S. Patriot Act, it threatens the very
basis of democratic process. It is the coordinated attack by the two
major parties on the principles of political reform and the rights of
independent voters." (RN 24/7: While the
information in this op-ed piece is important, we cannot get behind the
group whose spokesman wrote it. There is no question that third party
and other independently minded Americans have a much tougher go of it
than Republicrats, do it's good to see a column addressing the issue.
However, when we visited its website, we discovered that while it makes
a pitch to those with "diverse views on the political spectrum – left,
center, right and everywhere in between," it didn't take long to
discover its real goal--elect the pro-abortion, pro "gay rights"
presidential candidate, Ralph Nader and others of his ilk. For example,
they have a "Lobby the media for fair coverage of Ralph Nader," but
nothing similar is to be seen in support of the right to fair coverage
for the numerous other "outsider" presidential candidates running, such
as those of the
American Party,
the
Constitution Party,
the
Providential Party
, to name a few. Everything
else on the site appears to have no other purpose than to feign a
genuine non-partisan identity and to gather in the money and support of
those gullible enough to buy into it.)
MUST-SEE VIDEO:
Group
delivers "WMD" to Tucson Federal
Building to show vulnerability of border
VIDEO
TEXT
"American Border Patrol
delivered a 'smuggled' simulated Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) to the
front entrance of the Tucson Federal Building after skirting around a
Border Patrol Check point near Sierra Vista. As the team approached the
building, a federal officer emerged and asked them not to video tape the
area. He asked for their IDs, but did not inquire as to what was in the
backpack."
JULY
28
Changing of the guard at the Democratic convention -
"Delegates to the Democratic National Convention witnessed a symbolic
passing of the torch Tuesday with the party's old lion, Sen. Ted
Kennedy, and its promising new cub, Barack Obama (right) , both condemning what
they view as the divisive tactics of opposition Republicans while
holding open the hope of a better future under John Kerry. The
72-year-old Kennedy, scion of America's most celebrated political
family, assumed the dais in his hometown and offered a scalding
assessment of President Bush, charging that the administration broke
trust with the world after the 9-11 attacks and that Bush 'squandered
the enormous goodwill that flowed to America.'" (RN
24/7: Notice that the Democratic attacks on Bush, 9-11 and the
Iraq War ignore the importance of US/Israeli relations that were pivotal
in what transpired, including the shedding of US blood to protect the
Zionist nation. The reason for this avoidance is simple: No matter what
other changes--largely cosmetic--would follow a Kerry victory in
November, the new administration will adopt a Middle East policy quite
in line with that of current one, as is evident from this Jerusalem
Post article posted on the "Internet Town Meeting" page of the
official Kerry/Edwards website.
So, in this context there definitely won't be any changing of the guard
at the White House.)
Liberals have hijacked the Democratic Party
"Yes, America
is divided. Liberalism Vs Traditionalism. It all comes down to liberal
secularism (anti-religion, faith, God) Vs. Traditionalism (pro-religion,
faith, God). Liberals are 'pro-choice' when it comes to abortion,
same-sex marriage, and social-economic welfare Traditionalism is
pro-life, marriage between a man and a woman, and less government, less
taxes and more freedom for the people – the working taxpayers, those who
accept individual responsibility, and accountability.¼"
(RN 24/7: True on all counts, but this
isn't exactly breaking news. Of far more significance--and far less
reported--is the continuing control of the Republican Party by
liberals calling themselves "moderates" and "compassionate
conservatives," first and foremost amongst them being
the fraud now occupying the Oval Office.)
If Gaza exit equals Holocaust, is Jewish terror next?
"Just what such an attack
might mean was set out by lawmaker Ehud Yatom, a member of the hawkish wing of
the Likud and a strong opponent of the disengagement plan. In 1984, Yatom was a
commander of the Shin Bet manhunt that seized members of the "Jewish
Underground" of religious militants just before the group was to mount a
multiple bombing on the sacred Mount.
"If an attack were to harm the Muslim shrines of Al Aqsa and the Dome of the
Rock, the result would pit 'the entire Muslim world against the state of Israel
and against the Western world, a war of religions,' Yatom said. 'With all of the
pain and suffering they have caused, today's terrorist attacks would be nothing
compared to what could happen, it could even mean World War III.'"(RN
24/7: Anyone who thinks he's exaggerating about the possible Muslim
retaliation for such a act needs to take a look at the warning issued by the
World Islamic Congress.
For more about this developing story, see our coverage of
July 26.)
Charley Reese:
A president, not a date
"You are making a mockery of self-government if you allow your vote to
be influenced by concerns for a foreign country. And yes, I'm directing
this to the Israel-first crowd, both Jew and Christian. The election in
November is for the president of the United States, not the deputy prime
minister of Israel." (RN 24/7: Well put by
Charley Reese, but he needs to have a long sit-down with the other
Charley Reese, the goofy one who promotes John Kerry's candidacy in
Vote
for a man, not a puppet.
Kerry not a puppet? Come, on, wake up and smell the coffee, Charley. Mr.
"Dude, where's my charisma" wouldn't be the presidential candidate of
major party if he wasn't a puppet! None of the controlled major
television networks would give John Kerry's candidacy five minutes of
air time if he wasn't a card-carrying member of the Eastern
Establishment. Like President George W. Bush, he moves wherever his
puppeteers want him to go and don't ever forget it! Oh, and one other
thing: Those puppeteers may include his domineering wife, Teresa
Heinz-Kerry. Q: What husband do you know that would let his wife retain
the name of her previous husband? A:
One who is a millionaire married to a billionaire.)
JULY
27
Ready for martial law? Oh, it can't happen here?
"This nation is very much
prepared to invoke
martial law. The
questions are only what will trigger it and when it will occur. Since
our military is aware
that this could happen and US soldiers expressed
revulsion at the idea of quelling civil disturbance by firing on their
fellow Americans, those whom they swore to defend and protect, then the
government has imported foreign mercenaries who have absolutely
no qualms about doing that for which they were hired. Why
would our own government do this to Americans? Very simply because
it i
s
the only way to take
control of people whose delusion of freedom
will one
day burst and they will be ready to revolt. They sleep long and hard in
the quiet dream world of delusion about the America that was, but
someday they will wake up. ¼"
Oshkosh police conduct door-to-door gun
confiscations
"Following the shooting of an Oshkosh police officer Saturday night,
area residents were forced from their homes, their lawful firearms being
confiscated by police. The Oshkosh Police Department's Special Weapons
and Tactics Unit responded to the area, with a K-9 police dog in pursuit
of the perpetrator who was reported to have fled on foot. "
Red alert, FEMA camps and martial law "If the nation escalates to ' red alert,' which is the highest in the color-coded readiness against terror, you will be assumed by authorities to be the enemy if you so much as venture outside your home, the state's anti-terror czar says. 'This state is on top of it,' said Sid Caspersen, New Jersey's director of the office of counter-terrorism.¼A red alert would also tear away virtually all personal freedoms to move about and associate. 'Red means all noncritical functions cease," Caspersen said. 'Noncritical would be almost all businesses, except health-related.'"
OPENING NIGHT AT THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION: THE BILL & HILL SHOW
Clinton speech rouses passions at convention
"On a night of nostalgia, Democrats wistful for the
White
House joyously relived the glory days of Bill Clinton and his mastery of
American politics. John Kerry should hope to do so well Thursday night.
The opening night of the Democratic convention brought a one-two punch
of political stars - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband. She
introduced him as "the last great Democratic president," and by every
measure, the adoring audience thunderously agreed." (RN
24/7: After "Bill Clinton gave his speech, a Democrat referred to
him as "one of the great orators of modern times." One of the great
demagogues of modern times is more like it. Monday night's performance
was classic Clinton: long on emotionally-charged rhetoric, but short on
an honest approach to this issues and one that seemed to be as much
about himself as it was about nominee-to-be John Kerry. The article's
title accurately, if unwittingly, notes Clinton's stock-on-trade when it
says he "rouses passions," which is precisely the trait that
defines the
demagogue.)
Convention
Observations -- Bill & Hill
"She referred to Bill as a former president, but not as her husband.¼He
referred to Hillary as his senator, but not as his wife."
Ridge: "multiple layers of security" for Dems'
convention "Some have
begun calling the host city of the Democratic Party convention Fortress
Boston for the unprecedented level of security. Authorities say they
have no information of specific threats to attack the party conventions
but are convinced that al-Qaeda is planning an attack ahead of the US
elections."
Israel expands West Bank settlements
"Months after Ariel Sharon announced his dramatic plan to pull Jewish
settlers out of Gaza, portraying it as a sacrifice for peace, the
government is grabbing more land for West Bank settlements. Israeli
peace groups and Palestinian officials say thousands of homes are under
construction in the main settlements, in addition to an expansion of
Jewish outposts that are illegal under Israeli law. Mr. Sharon has
promised the US he will dismantle the outposts, which are usually
clusters of containers or trailer homes serviced by government-built
roads, but has failed to do so." (RN 24/7: Nothing new, is it? The
Zionist "what's mine is mine and what's yours is mine" mentality in
spades. Look, they spelled it out very clearly for uninitiated back in
1961 with the song,
Exodus,
which begins: "This land is mine/God gave this land to me!" Lyrics
courtesy of the Christian Zionist crooner, Pat Boone. And while on the
general subject, please see
Christian Zionism: Whose land is it
anyway?)
Israeli says blowing up Dome of Rock is
“worthy act"
"'Blowing up the Dome of the Rock is a worthy act,' Yehuda Etzion
(below, left), one of the leaders of the Movement of the
Temple Mount
Loyalists and a former convicted member of the 'Jewish underground,' has
told Army Radio this [Sunday] morning. Etzion's words came as a response
to Public Security Minister Tzachi Hanegbi's comments on Channel Two's
Meet the Press, by which, 'The prospects that Jewish extremists could
carry out an attack on the Temple Mount in order to
prevent the
disengagement plan from being implemented are growing.'"
Israel warns of Jewish terrorist attack on Al-Aqsa
A Muslim view of the same story. ( RN24/7:
It's interesting to note the language. While the Islamic site speaks of
a potential "Jewish terrorist attack," the Israelis avoid using the word
"terrorist" altogether. But terrorism is terrorism, no matter who
perpetrates it, whether it be a Palestinian blowing up a Tel Aviv
pizzeria or an Israeli bent on doing a little "urban renewal" atop
Jerusalem's Temple Mount. The difference? Since the
Dome of the Rock
is revered by Muslims as one of the holiest places on earth, its
destruction would make all the Middle East fighting that has gone before
it look, in comparison, like nothing more than a schoolyard scuffle.
Also see,
Building the Third Temple and demolishing
the Dome of the Rock.)
Pentagon memo reveals bugging
"When the Bush administration took over the Pentagon's beleaguered
inspector general office in 2002, officials found something startling:
The director's office, at some point, had been electronically bugged." (RN
24/7: And to think that although this had been known for years,
it finally gets reported just as the Democrats are beginning their
convention. Wow, what a coincidence!)
U.S. troops use cash to woo Iraqis
"Cash has become the U.S. military's first line of defense in some parts
of Iraq, where U.S. soldiers are distributing money to encourage good
will and to counter their enemies' offers of money to unemployed Iraqis
willing to attack Americans, officers say here." (RN
24/7: "Here you go, Ibrahim. Hey, not to worry, there's plenty
where this came from, all courtesy of American taxpayers. Okay? So just
don't hurt me." Our suggestion? Bring the troops home so they won't need
to pay people not to kill them!)
Patrick Buchanan:
The drumbeat to dump the veep
"Asked if he was thinking of dumping Vice President Cheney, President
Bush is said to have laughed aloud. He is right to do so. For this is a
game concocted by pundits with other agendas than his re-election." (RN
24/7: Memo to Patrick Buchanan--Who cares what George Bush does
or doesn't do. His re-election is no more to be worked for or celebrated
by authentic patriotic, pro-life Christians than the election of
challenger and fellow Bonesman John Kerry? So why waste a column
pretending that it is, when you could be doing something to bring about
constructive change in Washington instead of beating the neo-con's drum
for them? It's time to wake up!)
JULY
25
Do food makers want to kill you?
"Freedom can stand or fall on issues large (wars, depressions, natural
disasters) or small (a hundred thousands regulations that manage our
daily life). Regulations on food labeling count among the small issues.
It is a tricky issue for market advocates because bad label might
actually count as breach of contract and thereby require legal
intervention of some sort.¼At
issue is the theoretical presumption itself. Can market forces manage
issues of food label or must regulators be involved? Many politicos on
Capitol Hill are under the impression that food manufacturers are
neglectfully poisoning the 6-11 million Americans who have food
allergies by sneakily failing to point out on labels that the food
contains deadly ingredients. So here we have the ultimate
paranoid-socialist fantasy at work: business rakes in profits through
fraud while people die!
Iraq hostage crisis spirals
"Two Pakistanis working for a Kuwait-based company are feared kidnapped
as Iraq's hostage crisis deepened, with at least 22 countries affected
by the wave of abductions. "
Christians flee "liberated" Iraq
"'We thought the Americans were
going to bring us freedom and democracy,' stated a 31-year-old Iraqi
identified as Robert. 'Instead, they are promoting Islam.'"
Largest Socialist group backs Kerry
"The Democratic Socialists of America Political Action Committee is
officially urging its members to work for the election of John Kerry in
the 2004 presidential election."
Mossad's litany of blunders
"A former Mossad head, Danny Yatom, told Israel television last week
that Mossad activities 'make the headlines whenever it trips' but that
its successes, unknown to the public, remained formidable."
JULY
24
Kerry: I'll protect Israel better "I can be more effective with the accountability of the Saudis and other Arab countries," putative Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry told the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz. "I'll do a better job of reducing the threat to Israel and the rest of the world." (RN 24/7: And you can take his word on that or his name ain't Kohn ! But what can he promise to do that President George W. "Anything you say, Ari" Bush hasn't done? Promise to attack Iran and throw in Syria and Yemen for good measure? But, as the following article shows, Kerry is right to be very concerned about how his campaign is playing with the lox and bagel crowd.)
Bush hopes to sway Jewish voters
"Cameron Kerry, John Kerry's brother who converted to Judaism two
decades ago, said the campaign is well aware that Republicans are
targeting Jews. 'We're playing catch up.'" (RN
24/7: Speaking of Kerry's wooing of votes from various religious
bodies, a while back a photo began being circulated showing him with the
late Church of Satan founder Anton Lavey. The photo is clearly
faked,
and Alex Jones believes he knows what's
behind the hoax.
By the way, a Muslim quipped that, had the story been true, it would
then be really appropriate to call America "The Great Satan" if
Kerry got elected!)
Most effective way to prevent terrorism is
missing from 9-11 report, Libertarians say
"The
report by the September 11 commission is missing one obvious way the U.S.
government could reduce the chance of another terrorist attack, Libertarians
say: Quit meddling in foreign nations." (RN 24/7:
George Washington on
the dangers of foreign entanglements.)
Sharon to Chirac: France still anti-Jewish
"Israel's leader has rebuffed an attempt by French President Jacques Chirac to
tamp down a public feud between the two over alleged French anti-Semitism."
JULY
23
Halliburton: the profits of war "Halliburton has become a byword for the cozy links between the White House and Texan big business. But how did the company run in the 90s by [Vice President] Dick Cheney secure a deal that guaranteed it millions in profit every time the US military saw action?" Halliburton ignores sanctions "Halliburton is being investigated by a grand jury for possibly violating federal sanctions while Cheney was chief executive of the company by doing business in Iran. That hasn't stopped Cheney from repeatedly sticking his foot in his mouth. On the campaign trail, Cheney has been saying that Iran has ties to al-Qaeda and some of the 9-11 hijackers. But when Cheney was chief executive of Halliburton he wasn't concerned about that.¼"
9-11 Commission: Deadlier attacks
possible
"The bipartisan commission that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks
concluded in its unanimous final report on Thursday that the attacks
"were a shock but they should not have come as a surprise." It warned
that without a historic restructuring of the nation's intelligence
agencies and a new emphasis on diplomacy, the United States would leave
itself open to an even more catastrophic attack."
Reading between the lines: What's covered
in the 9-11 report? What's covered up?
"Business as usual. That's
the message of today's 9-11 Commission report. No one is held
accountable for anything. President Bush, the commander in chief, left
the nation's borders unprotected—even though both he and predecessor
Bill Clinton had been warned over a three-year period of a possible
attack by planes. "
JULY
22
Response to Dennis Prager and WND: Opposing Zionism is
not a sin
"It seems that Mr. Prager is
totally unfamiliar with the partnership of Zionism and Nazism prior,
during, and following World War II, and the subsequent reign of terror
Israel perpetrated on innocent Palestinians to drive them from their
lands and to exterminate them. Israel drew first blood, and Prager
relies on the ancient biblical justification of Jews as the "chosen
people" and the modern state of Israel as "the promised land." Isn’t
this precisely the same method of argument he himself refutes as God and
religion being employed to authorize killing and terror?"
War funds dwindling, GAO warns
"The U.S. military has spent most of the $65 billion that Congress
approved for fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and is scrambling
to find $12.3 billion more from within the Defense Department to finance
the wars through the end of the fiscal year, federal investigators said
yesterday." (RN 24/7: Simple
solution--Bring the troops home!)
False campaign ads: legal lying
"Here's a fact that may surprise you: candidates have a legal right to
lie to voters just about as much as they want. That comes as a shock to
many voters. After all, consumers have been protected for decades
from false ads for commercial products. Shouldn't there be
"truth-in-advertising" laws to protect voters , too?"
JULY
21
A fair look at Fahrenheit 9-11
"Michael Moore is an unabashed leftist. A former editor of the radical
journal Mother Jones, Moore has made a handsome fortune peddling
pseudo-populism of a distinctively socialist flavor. His previous work
includes the execrable Bowling for Columbine, a largely fact-free
cinematic harangue against the right to armed self-defense and those of
us who defend it.¼
Curiously, Moore — who gathered a great deal of material about Mr.
Bush’s failure-strewn business career — didn’t mention the fact that
Bush, like John Kerry, is a member of the immensely influential order of
Skull & Bones. Nor did Moore mention the fact that Bonesmen provided
crucial financial aid and business connections at key points in George
W. Bush’s career. Moore provides a remarkable clip of the president
addressing a white-tie gathering: "This is an impressive crowd — the
haves and the have mores. Some people call you the elite. I call you my
base." This provocative remark offers a certain titillation, but does
nothing to inform the untutored viewer as to the nature and purposes of
the real Power Elite."
Bushspeak psyops: Manipulating mass
consciousness
"In search of support for shaky WMD charges against Saddam, Bush found
the torture issue and put it on the front burner in his January 2003
State of the Union address: 'This dictator who is assembling the world’s
most dangerous weapons has already used them on whole villages, leaving
thousands of his own citizens dead, blind or disfigured. Iraqi refugees
tell us how forced confessions are obtained by torturing children while
their parents are made to watch. International human rights groups have
catalogued other methods used in the torture chambers of Iraq: electric
shock, burning with hot irons, dripping acid on the skin, mutilation
with electric drills, cutting out tongues and rape.'"
British motorist finds top secret terror
dossier
"Britain was yesterday reeling from two humiliating failures in its war
on terror with a bungled disaster response exercise and the discovery of
a top secret counter-terrorism dossier lying on a public road."
JULY
20
Patriot Act gives Bush power to cancel elections
If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator.
--President George W. Bush
"Political analyst Al Martin writes that the legal mechanism and contingency plan for canceling US elections is already in place. 'The contingency plan in question is the Continuity-Of-Government plan (COG), first drafted in 1949 under the Truman regime shortly after the Soviet Union detonated its first atomic weapon,' Martin explains. In addition to COG, 'Bush has this power under Patriot I Act with the expansion of his authority under the War Powers Act of 1947, since, it should be remembered, a declared state of national emergency already exists in the United States at present¼'" Photo from of The Onion
Bushspeak psyops: Manipulating
mass consciousness
"In search of support for shaky WMD charges against Saddam, Bush found
the torture issue and put it on the front burner in his January 2003
State of the Union address: 'This dictator who is assembling the world’s
most dangerous weapons has already used them on whole villages, leaving
thousands of his own citizens dead, blind or disfigured. Iraqi refugees
tell us how forced confessions are obtained by torturing children while
their parents are made to watch. International human rights groups have
catalogued other methods used in the torture chambers of Iraq: electric
shock, burning with hot irons, dripping acid on the skin, mutilation
with electric drills, cutting out tongues and rape.'"
Lobbying for pro-Israel candidates
"Former Georgia congresswoman
Cynthia McKinney, who is pro-Palestinian, is trying to get re-elected,
and once again there is debate over the power of the pro-Israeli lobby
in Washington."
JULY
19
What happens in the event of a terror
attack on the 2004 Presidential Election?
"If the
Bush Administration's intelligence can be believed, the 2004
presidential election, or the related democratic processes associated
with the election, have been targeted by terrorists. Homeland Security
chief Tom Ridge has repeatedly said, 'Al Qeada is moving forward with
plans to carry out a large-scale attack in the United States aimed to
disrupt our democratic process.'¼Bottom
line: there is no such proposal. In fact, it is not legally possible
because there are no laws giving the president, or anyone else, such
authority. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said,
'DHS is not looking into a contingency plan.' National Security Advisor
Condoleezza Rice, the highest administration official to address the
matter, said 'I don't know where the idea that there might be some
postponement of elections comes from.'" (RN 24/7: Memo to John Dean,
author of this column--The fact of the matter is that DeForest B.
Soaries, head the federal Election Assistance Commission, in April
contacted both Ridge and Rice concerning what should be done in the case
of a
terrorist attack.
It's would be interesting to know when Rice made that statement, because
Soaries queried her about it in April, so after that she would be very
clear on where the idea originated. Oh, and by the way,
General Tommy Franks that
the Constitution itself might be scrapped
another 9-11 type event occurred. That is, such an attack could be used
as a justification to impose
Martial
law
.)
Charley Reese:
Where is this 'safer' America?
"Saddam Hussein, as bad a fellow as he is, was never a threat to the
United States. He had no stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. His
army was dilapidated. He was a secular socialist and despised religious
fanatics, and they despised him. There was, in fact, no connection
between Saddam and al-Qaeda, and no connection at all with the attack on
Sept. 11, 2001."
Maryland activists want e-voting receipts
"Some states, including Maryland, acted swiftly to update their systems.
Many other states are making the change more slowly, moving county by
county or even precinct by precinct. Some of that hesitancy stems
from the fact that federal officials have not yet developed uniform
methods for how the machines would handle recounts and other routine
election hiccups, and they are unlikely to come before November.
That, opponents say, could sow chaos and confusion in the voting process
if a candidate demanded a recount."
JULY 18
UK: Butler Report on WMD was watered down
to protect Blair
"Downing Street secured vital changes
to the Butler Report before its publication, watering down an explicit
criticism of Tony Blair and the way he made the case for war in the
House of Commons. The Telegraph has established that the disagreement
between No 10 and Lord Butler's inquiry team centered on a passage in an
original draft of the report about Mr. Blair's statement to MPs in
September 2002."
Iraqi Sunni clerics: US occupiers must leave
"Sunni clerics have called on US forces to pull out of Iraq and stop
'hiding behind the so-called multinational forces' or face a growing
resistance movement."
CIA sends terror experts to tell small towns of
risk
"The Central Intelligence Agency has begun a series of terrorism
briefings for state and local law enforcement personnel, for the first
time dispatching counterterrorism experts to cities and small towns to
warn of the possibility of an attack by Al Qaeda this year, government
officials said this week." (RN 24/7:
Courtesy of those good folks down at the Office of Panic and Hysteria.)
How to prevent a US election (with the help of 'al Qaeda')
JULY 17
Deliver us from Sean Hannity
"But if Reagan was so 'good,' and Clinton was so 'evil,' then why does
Hannity continually blame Clinton for appeasing Saddam Hussein when he
admits that 'during the 1980s the Reagan administration did business
with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq' (p. 94)? But the larger question is this: If
Saddam Hussein was evil and a threat to the United States, then why
wasn’t he 'taken out' by Ronald Reagan or George Bush I? If, as Hannity
maintains, 'Clinton’s refusal to seize Osama bin Laden is another
failure that endangered Americans' (p. 189), then why is not Reagan’s
and Bush senior’s refusal to seize Saddam Hussein an even greater
failure that endangered Americans?"
Iran court told Kazemi was tortured to
death
"Canadian journalist Zahra Kazemi was tortured to death in Iranian
custody, her tearful mother told a court on Saturday when the trial
resumed of an intelligence agent accused of the killing." (RN
24/7: Ergo, America must invade, the neo-cons will cry, but no
matter how tragic this story is at the individual level, it's time we
stop acting like the world is the geopolitical version of the "Cops"
television show.)
Israel's plans for Iran strikes
"Amid growing concern over Iran's alleged duplicity in declaring all
its nuclear activities to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),
Israel - the country that regards itself as most at risk from a
nuclear-capable Iran - may be poised to revive contingency plans to
destroy Iran's nuclear installations."
JULY 16
17 national disability groups file briefs
in case to back Florida law protecting Terri Schiavo
"On Monday July 12, disability advocates filed a friend of the court
brief
in a case that affects the rights of people with cognitive disabilities
across Florida and, potentially, nationwide. The Disability Brief urges
the state Supreme Court to reverse the lower court and uphold Terri
Schiavo's right to food, water and rehabilitation."
(RN 24/7: Great move that shows Terri isn't
alone in her struggle!)
Terri's website
More news on the fight for Terri and other disabled people.
Jobless claims rise more than expected
"The number of Americans filing initial claims for jobless pay grew by
more than expected last week, government data showed on Thursday, with
seasonal factors offsetting a large drop the week before." ""
Something big is coming, says CIA
director
"Warnings that terrorists are plotting "something big" against the
United States are based on 'very, very solid' information, the CIA's
acting director said on Wednesday, likening the threat reports to those
that preceded the September 11, 2001 attacks." (RN
24/7: We'll turn our comment over to humorist
Mark Fiore on this one, since
he's nailed it down so well.)
"Catholic"-Jewish meeting results in
"anti-Semitism" statement
"In what is being hailed as a major advance in Catholic-Jewish
relations, high-level Catholic authorities and leading rabbis have
issued a joint statement condemning 'anti-Semitism in all its forms,
including anti-Zionism.'" (RN 24/7: More
proof here of the hostile takeover that has taken place within the Roman
Catholic Church. The fact is that the Catholic Church has rejected
Zionism as directly as is possible. To cite but one highly memorable
example, in 1904, Theodor Herzl, widely acknowledged as the "Father of
Modern Zionism," had an audience in Rome with the sainted pope, Pius X
(right), at which time he asked the Vatican's blessing for the Jewish
migration to Palestine. According to Herzl's diary entry, Pius "answered
in a stern and categorical manner: 'We are unable to favor this
movement. We cannot prevent the Jews from going to Jerusalem – but we
could never sanction it. The ground of Jerusalem, if it were not always
sacred, has been sanctified by the life of Jesus Christ. As the head of
the Church, I cannot answer you otherwise. The Jews have not recognized
Our Lord; therefore, we cannot recognize the Jewish people.'" Thus
was and is the true mind of the Church, a stand that cannot be revoked
by anyone until the Jews recognize the Messiah, because it is founded
squarely upon Catholic dogma, which can never change. For more, see
How the Jews invaded the Holy Land.)
Major US Christian denomination backs
divestment From Israel
"Leaders of the largest Christian Presbyterian denomination have
officially equated Israel with apartheid-era South Africa and voted to
divest from Israel, according to a report in the New York Forward."
(RN 24/7: I guess the "Catholics" who
signed the above agreement are going to condemn this as
"anti-Semitism.")
MI6 'still using' disputed informer on
WMD
"British intelligence has continued to maintain links with an Iraqi
defector who made baseless claims about Baghdad's germ warfare program
and failed a lie-detector test, it was reported yesterday. "
Manila begins Iraq troop pullout
"The Philippines has begun pulling its troops out of Iraq, a move
seemingly being made to satisfy demands by kidnappers of a Filipino
hostage."
JULY 14
Advocates of war now profit from Iraq
"In the months and years leading
up to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, they marched together in the
vanguard of those who advocated war. As lobbyists, public relations
counselors and confidential advisors to senior federal officials, they
warned against Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, praised exiled leader
Ahmad Chalabi, and argued that toppling Saddam Hussein was a matter of
national security and moral duty." (RN24/7:
R. James Woolsey [right], former CIA Director in the Clinton
Administration, is among those now reaping ill-gotten gain in Occupied
Iraq. Anyone for a little bipartisan plunder?)
Woman lied about anti-Semitic attack
"A young French woman who claimed she had been the victim last week of a
vicious anti-Semitic attack on a Paris suburban train admitted today
that she had lied, police said."
UK Iraq report labelled a 'whitewash'
"Anti-war activists have
reacted with anger to a report that exonerated Tony Blair from any
wrongdoing in the lead-up to last year's invasion of Iraq."
JULY 13
Peroutka:
No to homosexual marriage or civil unions and no to the Federal Marriage
Amendment
"'I do not support sodomy-based anything no matter what form it takes,'
said Michael A. Peroutka, Constitution Party presidential candidate, in
reference to the debate in the U.S. Senate over the Federal Marriage
Amendment."
Peroutka for President
Official campaign website
The case for sanctions against Israel
"The bomb attack in Tel Aviv yesterday highlights the desperate need to
achieve a peace settlement. It highlights, too, the futility of the wall
Israel is building in Palestinian land, a wall condemned by the
international court of justice last Friday and whose route was condemned
by Israel's supreme court last month."
Most serious warning ever
"In politics, one of the few things you can be certain about is, those
who take away your liberty are not doing it to benefit you."
JULY 12
Iraq: The trail of disinformation
"Let's start with a simple fact. The United States invaded and conquered
Iraq on the basis of lies. Even the official
report of the United States Senate admits as
much."
Purported "anti-Semitic" attack in doubt
"The alleged attack, in which the woman said a gang of six youths cut
her clothes and drew swastikas on her body, has drawn fierce
condemnation from politicians, civil rights groups and Jewish
associations."
Laurance Rockefeller dies at 94
"Laurance Spelman Rockefeller, a pioneer venture
capitalist, conservationist and grandson of Standard Oil founder John D.
Rockefeller, died this morning at his home in New York City. He was 94."
JULY
11
(ABOUT
THE LINKS: The following links are in no particular order, except for the first
few that seek to establish some of the
positions held President Bush--and, in one case, the First Lady. Most are taken
from conservative, pro-life, traditional values-type sources--in a word, sources
that would be supportive of the President, if he were what he claims to be. In a few instances only a
paragraph or two pertain to the subject, but are included because they are
strong statements on the subject.) 
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