In this Orwellian universe we seem to have fallen into, incredibly horrible acts that are committed under the auspices of the correct authorities are routinely treated as mild transgressions, sort of a “boys will be boys” kind of thing.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has announced that Israel is going to go ahead and build those 1,600 apartments in East Jerusalem, against the wishes of the United States. Okay, so the American People have spent trillions on wars in the Middle East that serve the purposes of Israel more than they do people here in the homeland. We provide Israel with $3 billion in annual military aid.
We passed along a recent report concerning a meeting that took place between senior CENTCOM officials representing General David Petraeus and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen. The purpose was ostensibly to express to Mullen that the actions of Israel in relation to its neighbors were putting the American mission in the region at risk. Now, this speculation has been confirmed as Petraeus addressed the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday.
It is being reported that Sen. Jay Rockefeller is making another run at allowing the government to seize control of the Internet
War is to be avoided at all costs, and the most obvious reasons why this is true are clearly self evident. Human life is precious, and nobody wants to be killed or maimed, and anyone with any semblance of a conscience would want to avoid being put in a situation where they were being ordered to kill others. But there are other reasons to avoid war as well.
The president of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, is calling for the United States to provide law enforcement assistance in his country to crack down on the gangs that allegedly control the Mexican drug trade. Those of us who are vigilant can recognize this as another attempt to blur the lines between the borders of the United States and Mexico.
“Conspiracy theorists” have proven to be correct more often than not over the years as events play themselves out, and the corporate media propagandists adroitly smooth over the “history” as realities that were once scoffed at become accepted facts.
Lawsuits have been filed since 2003 by workers who were present at ground zero of the 911 attacks in 2001 who suffered subsequent illnesses due to the ingestion of the smoke and debris that was in the air that they were exposed to.
This Wednesday we will all be feeling a touch of the Irish, and when you think about St.
Karl Rove, the former Bush adviser, is running around inviting microphones within the vicinity of his horn because he is promoting a book that he has written.
