Years ago I read a book called "Catch 22" written by Joseph Heller and many of what humans are going through today could have this applied logic.
A catch-22 is a paradoxical situation in which an individual cannot or is incapable of avoiding a problem because of contradictory constraints or rules.[1] Often these situations are such that solving one part of a problem only creates another problem, which ultimately leads back to the original problem. Catch-22s often result from rules, regulations, or procedures that an individual is subject to but has no control over.
The term catch-22 was coined by Joseph Heller in his novel Catch-22. Initially this is based on the explanation of the character Doc Daneeka as to why any pilot requesting a psych evaluation hoping to be found not sane enough to fly, and thereby escape dangerous missions, would thereby demonstrate his sanity:[2] Wikkpedia
Concept
Among other things, Catch-22 is a general critique of bureaucratic operation and reasoning. Resulting from its specific use in the book, the phrase "Catch-22" is common idiomatic usage meaning "a no-win situation" or "a double bind" of any type. Within the book, "Catch-22" is a military rule, the self-contradictory circular logic that, for example, prevents anyone from avoiding combat missions. The narrator explains:
There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he were sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle. (p. 56, ch. 5)
What this means to me is once you decide that current world situations are insane you are branded a conspiracy nut. But if you find that current actions by governments are totally fine you are considered sane. It is now okay to use vast amounts of monetary and natural resources chasing ghost terrorist, killing indiscriminately using drones, torturing humans without due process, and allowing banks Carte-Blanche in running nations into debt with a ponzi scheme using a fractional reserve system, derivatives, credit default swaps and then making the populace pay for all of this by taxing them to the point of poverty is ludicrous. But if you agree to all of these actions you are sane and considered a good citizen.
Here are some examples:
If you are for the 2nd amendment as written, owning weapons is okay but owning a military style gun legally is now being challenged. Why are these weapons even available in the first place? Because our military industrial complex allows it and so does our government. Profit above all is else is how our system works and instead of going after the manufactures or the military for making such weapons we are attacking the populace. How convenient. Folks we are in a no win situation with this type of logic. The government allows the industries to sell alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and light weapons then puts laws in place to curtail there use and can subjugate you to prison if you do not comply with these laws.
Wars create more damage than any of the things listed and is now used to obtain the resources of other countries on the whim of our current leaders. How come there are no actions taken against them? We are in a Catch 22, either comply with the governments actions and be deemed sane or resist and be labeled a nut or subversive. Now go and teach your children all the things you think are right and then hand them over to the government and have them trained to adhere to this logic as they see fit. Those are your only options at this point.
Love the line: "you can't let crazy people decide if your crazy or not can you?" 1:28
Catch 22 Trailer:
Another clip from the movie: How to survive the WAR.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Friday, January 11, 2013
Can Man be called a Horse?
Here is a movie with a relevant theme for many of us that feel we are being treated like animals these days rather than human beings. It is called "A Man Called Horse" and stars Richard Harris. It is a role reversal whereby an aristocrat is subjected to being treated like a horse by a tribe of Sioux. Heaven forbid this could ever happen now.
Great Link for educating oneself on our current government.
Link
One scene that stands out to me is when Harris speaks to the Tribe, and says.
Do we have to prove to the ruling elite that we are humans and not animals by going though some archaic ritual like Harris did in the movie? Harris was hung by his chest with some eagle talons to prove he had the stones to be called a member of the tribe. Hopefully this is not required to show people we can no longer be subjected to their (TPTB) whims and to start leaving us alone to exist as humans and not domesticated horses, sheep, cattle, etc. We are smarter than this I would think.
Zurdo
From Wikipedia:
The film is based on a short story, "A Man Called Horse", published in 1968 in the book Indian Country by Dorothy M. Johnson. Partially spoken in Sioux, the film tells the history of an English aristocrat, John Morgan, who is captured by a Native American tribe.
Initially enslaved and mocked by being treated as the animal of the title, Morgan comes to respect his captors' culture and gain their respect. He is aided in understanding the Sioux by a captive, Batise, the tribe's fool, who had tried to escape and was hamstrung behind one knee. When one of the warriors takes a vow never to retreat in battle, Morgan's changing perspective is shown, as he turns angrily on the uncomprehending Batise, telling him "Five years you've lived here, and you've learned nothing about these people – all his death is to you is a means of escape."
Determining that his only chance of freedom is to gain the respect of the tribe, he overcomes his repugnance and kills two warriors from another tribe, which allows him to claim warrior status. After his victory, he proposes marriage to one of the women with the horses taken in battle as dowry, and undergoes painful initiation rites, taking the native name "Horse" as his Sioux name. He becomes a respected member of the tribe and ultimately their leader.
Great Link for educating oneself on our current government.
Link
One scene that stands out to me is when Harris speaks to the Tribe, and says.
Christ!
l've had enough!
You bunch of bloody bastards.
l'm not a horse!
l'm not an animal.
No! No!
Whatever the bloody hell
the name is in Sioux.
Man! Man!
I am a man!
Do we have to prove to the ruling elite that we are humans and not animals by going though some archaic ritual like Harris did in the movie? Harris was hung by his chest with some eagle talons to prove he had the stones to be called a member of the tribe. Hopefully this is not required to show people we can no longer be subjected to their (TPTB) whims and to start leaving us alone to exist as humans and not domesticated horses, sheep, cattle, etc. We are smarter than this I would think.
Zurdo
From Wikipedia:
The film is based on a short story, "A Man Called Horse", published in 1968 in the book Indian Country by Dorothy M. Johnson. Partially spoken in Sioux, the film tells the history of an English aristocrat, John Morgan, who is captured by a Native American tribe.
Initially enslaved and mocked by being treated as the animal of the title, Morgan comes to respect his captors' culture and gain their respect. He is aided in understanding the Sioux by a captive, Batise, the tribe's fool, who had tried to escape and was hamstrung behind one knee. When one of the warriors takes a vow never to retreat in battle, Morgan's changing perspective is shown, as he turns angrily on the uncomprehending Batise, telling him "Five years you've lived here, and you've learned nothing about these people – all his death is to you is a means of escape."
Determining that his only chance of freedom is to gain the respect of the tribe, he overcomes his repugnance and kills two warriors from another tribe, which allows him to claim warrior status. After his victory, he proposes marriage to one of the women with the horses taken in battle as dowry, and undergoes painful initiation rites, taking the native name "Horse" as his Sioux name. He becomes a respected member of the tribe and ultimately their leader.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Survived the Apocolypse of 2012 and ready for 2013!
Well fellow plebs we have made it to another year and my heart is full of hope and energy, for it is now 2013. A year that will live in infamy from what I see on the horizon. After years of wars, corrupt government financing, and shenanigans from the ruling elite I'm sure this will be a year of closure for how we humans especially in the USA evolve as either serfs or masters.
Many stories are coming out to showcase the issues we will face this coming year.
Gun control is making headway over other important issues like marital equality and rights for folks that want to have consensual sex with partners of the same sex (satire). WOW this is what we Americans will fight for in the streets regardless on the lack of "above poverty paying jobs", disposable income taken away by additional taxes, pension and social security reductions, excess government spending on policing the world, etc. Another reason to relocate if you can to another country like Les Visible from Smoking Mirrors did recently. Sounds like he will be very happy in his new abode in India. Hope so, he has been a voice of sanity for many folks that want to rise above the current despotic world. Check him out and send him best wishes, Les Visible
One of my reasons for returning to this blog is how many views I've received even without updating the site. Someone who reads what I've put up at least can share it and by exponential factoring it could reach at least a few more people and bring awareness to what is going on in the real world and not what is on television.
First I would like to showcase the number one viewed article on my site: Current Wars are Illegal and All parties involved are War Criminals Based on the The Kellogg–Briand Pact (also called the General Treaty for the Renunciation of War) was signed on August 27, 1928 by the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Japan, and a number of other countries. The pact renounced aggressive war, prohibiting the use of war as "an instrument of national policy" except in matters of self-defense.[1] It made no provisions for sanctions. The pact was the result of a determined American effort to avoid involvement in the European alliance system. It was registered in League of Nations Treaty Series on September 4, 1929.[2] from Wikipedia link.
If all countries could adhere to this initial treaty the World could be a better place and we could have prevented many of the wars since the late twenties. Could you imagine the resources we could have saved and cities we could have built rather than destroy?
So now on to the gun control issue. First and foremost we do not need more weapons of any type period! We have enough bombs, cannons, drones, etc to destroy this planet and its inhabitants a thousand times over so why keep making more of this stuff? Like all new toys, the military is going to want to use them eventually hence we have a constant need for more wars. Take away the toys so the boys and now girls can stop playing their games that eventually takes away our children and our future. Governments need to set the example if they want the plebes to comply. Teach by example such as parents are told to do. How simple is that for you?
Based on some horrific events in the US and other countries regarding mass killings it is apparent we are being told that military type weaponry is being used by the perps to kill a lot of innocent people. I concur the weapons shown on the news are not your typical hunting choice but since they can garner huge profits they will be manufactured just like alcohol, cigarettes, and prescription drugs. Once you get the populace addicted to something it is hard to break them of their habits. Would we ever try to get the military to stop making wars based on ghost terrorist after what they have been doing over the last 10 years? Sorry, this will be hard to do especially since War is a racket (look-up General Smedley Butler). Now we can see why Alex Jones recently went ballistic on Piers Morgan last Monday. Could you imagine if Piers took on a General from the military industrial complex. He would have probably nuked him or at least made sure he never worked in ministry of propaganda again. See the correlation? So I will give Alex some leeway because like most Americans who believe in the constitution or what is left of it, he was stating some truth about fearing a government based on illegal laws (see executive orders) and a government who is willing to send it's citizens down river without thinking twice. Just in case folks reading this can understand what we in America are facing take a look at one of our recent mass killings and tell me why we should not question the motives of our current government. Sandy Hook massacre: Official story spins out of control.
Happy New Year to those still walking the walk and perserving during these trying times.
Blessings for 2013,
Zurdo
Many stories are coming out to showcase the issues we will face this coming year.
Gun control is making headway over other important issues like marital equality and rights for folks that want to have consensual sex with partners of the same sex (satire). WOW this is what we Americans will fight for in the streets regardless on the lack of "above poverty paying jobs", disposable income taken away by additional taxes, pension and social security reductions, excess government spending on policing the world, etc. Another reason to relocate if you can to another country like Les Visible from Smoking Mirrors did recently. Sounds like he will be very happy in his new abode in India. Hope so, he has been a voice of sanity for many folks that want to rise above the current despotic world. Check him out and send him best wishes, Les Visible
One of my reasons for returning to this blog is how many views I've received even without updating the site. Someone who reads what I've put up at least can share it and by exponential factoring it could reach at least a few more people and bring awareness to what is going on in the real world and not what is on television.
First I would like to showcase the number one viewed article on my site: Current Wars are Illegal and All parties involved are War Criminals Based on the The Kellogg–Briand Pact (also called the General Treaty for the Renunciation of War) was signed on August 27, 1928 by the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Japan, and a number of other countries. The pact renounced aggressive war, prohibiting the use of war as "an instrument of national policy" except in matters of self-defense.[1] It made no provisions for sanctions. The pact was the result of a determined American effort to avoid involvement in the European alliance system. It was registered in League of Nations Treaty Series on September 4, 1929.[2] from Wikipedia link.
If all countries could adhere to this initial treaty the World could be a better place and we could have prevented many of the wars since the late twenties. Could you imagine the resources we could have saved and cities we could have built rather than destroy?
So now on to the gun control issue. First and foremost we do not need more weapons of any type period! We have enough bombs, cannons, drones, etc to destroy this planet and its inhabitants a thousand times over so why keep making more of this stuff? Like all new toys, the military is going to want to use them eventually hence we have a constant need for more wars. Take away the toys so the boys and now girls can stop playing their games that eventually takes away our children and our future. Governments need to set the example if they want the plebes to comply. Teach by example such as parents are told to do. How simple is that for you?
Based on some horrific events in the US and other countries regarding mass killings it is apparent we are being told that military type weaponry is being used by the perps to kill a lot of innocent people. I concur the weapons shown on the news are not your typical hunting choice but since they can garner huge profits they will be manufactured just like alcohol, cigarettes, and prescription drugs. Once you get the populace addicted to something it is hard to break them of their habits. Would we ever try to get the military to stop making wars based on ghost terrorist after what they have been doing over the last 10 years? Sorry, this will be hard to do especially since War is a racket (look-up General Smedley Butler). Now we can see why Alex Jones recently went ballistic on Piers Morgan last Monday. Could you imagine if Piers took on a General from the military industrial complex. He would have probably nuked him or at least made sure he never worked in ministry of propaganda again. See the correlation? So I will give Alex some leeway because like most Americans who believe in the constitution or what is left of it, he was stating some truth about fearing a government based on illegal laws (see executive orders) and a government who is willing to send it's citizens down river without thinking twice. Just in case folks reading this can understand what we in America are facing take a look at one of our recent mass killings and tell me why we should not question the motives of our current government. Sandy Hook massacre: Official story spins out of control.
Happy New Year to those still walking the walk and perserving during these trying times.
Blessings for 2013,
Zurdo
Monday, October 1, 2012
Welcome to the Land O' Plenty
Yes it has been sometime since posting anything to the blog for a variety of reasons. Based on our current global economy we have secured our sustainable lifestyle to the point that all humanity can now live in peace and harmony. The middle east is quiet, China and Japan are celebrating their mutual ownnership over some islands, nature is holding steady in Louisiana with a sinkhole next to some explosive stuff, and our current candidates for president are speaking the truth about job creation, increases in our standard of living, and healthy relationships with world leaders.
Yes it has been a great year for the Land O' Plenty. Plenty of wars, financial corruption, government expansion into our lives and minds. We humans are in for one hell of a wake-up call if we do not see the signs of impending chaos. What are the ruling elite waiting for? The messiah! They have prepped prodded and enticed him to come forth but the Divine has better things to do I guess. So we linger on as humans with little hope for an omnipotent force to take control of the situation. It is evident there are no reasonable leaders left to rely on to change the course of humanity. So I say to the Divine, what do we have to show you as humans to prove that the Cosmos are truly run by a more intelligent entity? As a simple cog in the wheel of civilization I'm at a loss for any solutions or words to help us humans prevent what the ruling elite have in-store for the masses. I'm sure it won't be cake and ice-cream.
Words can only express my discouragement with our global situation and very little can be done without going to the poky under the NDAA. So fellow humans let's have some laughs with the people we love and let the elites wonder if we in the end did not have the last chuckle after all their hard work making most of our lives miserable.
Zurdo
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
World leaders(puppets) are precipitating the destruction of the human race.
It is becoming quite evident that the worlds so called leaders(puppets) are now unable to use reason, logic, and wisdom to solve our human woes. Therefore Nuclear War is now becoming an option to eliminate the need to compromise with each other, which can only mean the possible destruction of our human existance. So when and if this occurs, just think of all the planning, education, and resources you spent trying to become a better human being and toss it out the window. Yes folks, we have been tricked by the wizards behind the curtains to think the system would not fail us. We can thank all our religions, governments, and educational institutions for evolving our human species. They (our true leaders) have all the answers and yes the Divine will ultimatly be the judge on who has adherred to the principles for overseeing this planet and all its inhabitants.
Best wishes for a new year and lets hope the Divine will grant us many more years to develop and evolve to a higher level of existense.
Zurdo
12/28/2011
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Preparing to Attack Iran with Nuclear Weapons: "No Option can be taken off the Table."
by Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research, December 26, 2011
Source
"When a US sponsored nuclear war becomes an "instrument of peace", condoned and accepted by the World's institutions and the highest authority, including the United Nations, there is no turning back: human society has indelibly been precipitated headlong onto the path of self-destruction." (Towards a World War III Scenario, Global Research, May 2011)
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The World is at a Dangerous Crossroads. America's is on a War Path.
World War III is no longer an abstract concept
The US and its allies are preparing to launch a nuclear war directed against Iran with devastating consequences.
This military adventure in the real sense of the word threatens the future of humanity.
The Pentagon’s global military design is one of world conquest.
The military deployment of US-NATO forces is occurring in several regions of the world simultaneously.
War pretexts and "justifications" abound. Iran is heralded as a threat to Israel and the World.
The war on Iran has been on the drawing board of the Pentagon for more than eight years. In recent developments, a renewed set of threats and accusations directed against Tehran have been launched.
A "war of stealth" has already commenced. Mossad intelligence operatives are on the ground. Covert paramilitary formations are being launched inside Iran, CIA drones are being deployed.
Meanwhile, Washington. London, Brussels and Tel Aviv have launched specific destabilizing initiatives "to choke Iran diplomatically, financially and economically".
A stepped up economic sanctions regime has been formulated by the US Congress:
"a bipartisan consensus has emerged in Washington in favor of strangling the Iranian economy." The latter consists in implementing "an amendment to the 2012 defence authorisation bill, designed to "collapse the Iranian economy"... by making it virtually impossible for Tehran to sell its oil." (Tom Burghardt, Target Iran: Washington's Countdown to War, Global Research, December 2011). :
This new wave of diplomatic hype coupled with the threat of economic sanctions has also contributed to triggering an aura of uncertainty in the market for crude oil, with potentially devastating consequences on the global economy.
Meanwhile, the corporate media has embarked on a renewed propaganda stint pertaining to Iran's alleged nuclear program, pointing to "activities related to possible weaponization."
In recent developments, barely acknowledged by the US media, President Barack Obama met privately (December 16), behind closed doors with Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak. The meeting was held in the outskirts of Washington DC at the Gaylord Hotel, National Harbor, Maryland under the auspices of the Union for Reform Judaism.
Barack meets Barak, Barack Obama and Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak
December 16, 2011 at the URJ Biennal Plenary, Gaylord Hotel, National Harbor
(White House photo)
The importance of this timely private meeting under URJ auspices cannot be underestimated. Reports suggest that the Barack O / E. Barak meeting centered largely on the issue of a US-Israeli attack on Iran.
Writing in Haaretz, Israeli political analyst Amir Oren described the Barack-Barak meeting as a potential "Green Light" to Israel to launch an all out war on Iran:
"Is it possible that the half-hour meeting last Friday at the Gaylord Hotel in National Harbor, Maryland, between U.S. President Barack Obama and Defense Minister Ehud Barak will be remembered in Israel's history as the moment at which Barack O. gave the green light to E. Barak — for better or for worse — to attack Iran?... Can this be seen as a sort of flashback to the talk between Defense Minister Ariel Sharon and U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig in Washington in May 1982, that gave rise to the (mistaken) Israeli impression that there was an understanding with the United States over going to war in Lebanon... " No sign U.S. has given Israel green light to strike Iran - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
Following this private meeting, Obama addressed the Biennial Plenary of the Union for Reform Judaism, reassuring his audience that "cooperation between our militaries [and intelligence] has never been stronger."
Obama underscored that Iran is a "threat to the security of Israel, the United States and the world ... And that’s why our policy has been absolutely clear: We are determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons....And that’s why ... we have imposed the most comprehensive, the hardest-hitting sanctions that the Iranian regime has ever faced.... And that's why, rest assured, we will take no options off the table." (Transcript of President Obama Union for Reform Judaism Speech Video Dec. 16. 2011: Address at URJ Biennial, 71st General Assembly , emphasis added).
Towards a "Coordinated" US-Israeli Attack on Iran?
In recent weeks, the US media tabloids have been literally plastered with "no options off the table" statements by Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. Panetta intimated, however, "that Israel should not consider unilateral action against Iran" while stressing "that any military operation against Iran by Israel must be coordinated with the United States and have its backing". (Panetta's December 2 statement at the Saban Center quoted in U.S. Defense Secretary: Iran could get nuclear bomb within a year - Haaretz, December 11, 2011, emphasis added)
The Threat of Nuclear War against Iran
The "no options off the table" statement intimates that the US not only envisages an attack on Iran but that this attack could include the use of tactical bunker buster nuclear weapons with an explosive capacity between one third and six times a Hiroshima bomb. In a cruel irony, these "humanitarian" "peace-making" nuclear bombs "Made in America" --which according to "scientific opinion" on contract to the Pentagon are "harmless to the surrounding civilian population"-- are contemplated to be used against Iran in retaliation for its nonexistent nuclear weapons program.
While Iran has no nuclear weapons, what is rarely acknowledged is that five (officially) "non-nuclear States" including Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Turkey have US made tactical nuclear weapons deployed under national command in their respective military bases. This nuclear arsenal is slated to be used against Iran.
The stockpiling and deployment of tactical B61 in these five "non-nuclear states" are intended for targets in the Middle East. In accordance with "NATO strike plans", these thermonuclear B61 bunker buster bombs would be launched "against targets in Russia or countries in the Middle East such as Syria and Iran" (quoted in National Resources Defense Council, Nuclear Weapons in Europe , February 2005, emphasis added)
While these "undeclared nuclear states" casually accuse Tehran of developing nuclear weapons, without documentary evidence, they themselves have capabilities of delivering nuclear warheads, which are targeted at Iran, Syria and Russia. (See Michel Chossudovsky, Europe's Five "Undeclared Nuclear Weapons States" , Global Research, February 12, 2010)
Israel's Nukes are Pointed at Iran. Joint US-Israel "Coordination" of Nuclear Weapons Deployment
Israel rather than Iran is a threat to global security.
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Israel possesses 100-200 strategic nuclear warheads, which are fully deployed against Iran.
Already in 2003, Washington and Tel Aviv confirmed that they were collaborating in "the deployment of US-supplied Harpoon cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads in Israel's fleet of Dolphin-class submarines." (The Observer, 12 October 2003).
According to Russian general Leonid Ivashov:
The Israeli military and political circles had been making statements on the possibility of nuclear and missile strikes on Iran openly since October, 2006, when the idea was immediately supported by G. Bush. Currently [2007] it is touted in the form of a “necessity” of nuclear strikes. The public is taught to believe that there is nothing monstrous about such a possibility and that, on the contrary, a nuclear strike is quite feasible. Allegedly, there is no other way to “stop” Iran. (General Leonid Ivashov, Iran Must Get Ready to Repel a Nuclear Attack, Global Research, January 2007 emphasis added)
It is worth noting that at the outset of Bush's second term, Vice President Dick Cheney had hinted, in no uncertain terms, that Iran was "right at the top of the list" of the rogue enemies of America, and that Israel would, so to speak, "be doing the bombing for us", without US military involvement and without us putting pressure on them "to do it".
In the above context, political analyst and historian Michael Carmichael has pointed to the integration and coordination of military decision-making between the US and Israel pertaining to the deployment of nuclear weapons:
"Rather than a direct American nuclear strike against Iran’s hard targets, Israel has been given the assignment of launching a coordinated cluster of nuclear strikes aimed at targets that are the nuclear installations in the Iranian cities: Natanz, Isfahan and Arak. (Michael Carmichael, Global Research, January 2007)
"No Options off the Table": What Does it Mean in the Context of Military Planning? Integration of Conventional and Nuclear Weapons Systems
The rules and guidelines of the US Military governing the use of nuclear weapons have been "liberalized" (i.e. "deregulated" in relation to those prevailing during the Cold War era). The decision to use tactical nuclear weapons against Iran no longer depends on the Commander in Chief, namely president Barack Obama. It is strictly a military decision. The new doctrine states that Command, Control, and Coordination (CCC) regarding the use of nuclear weapons should be "flexible", allowing geographic combat commanders to decide if and when to use of nuclear weapons:
Known in official Washington, as "Joint Publication 3-12", the new nuclear doctrine (Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations , (DJNO) (March 2005)) calls for "integrating conventional and nuclear attacks" under a unified and "integrated" Command and Control (C2).
It largely describes war planning as a management decision-making process, where military and strategic objectives are to be achieved, through a mix of instruments, with little concern for the resulting loss of human life.
What this means is that if an attack on Iran is launched, tactical nuclear weapons will be an integral part of the weapons arsenal.
From a military decision-making standpoint, "no options off the table" means that the Military will apply "the most efficient use of force". In this context, nuclear and conventional weapons are part of what the Pentagon calls "the tool box", from which military commanders can pick and choose the instruments that they require in accordance with "evolving circumstances" in the "war theater". (See Michel Chossudovsky, Is the Bush Administration Planning a Nuclear Holocaust? Global Research, February 22, 2006
"Once a decision to launch a military operation is taken (e.g. aerial strikes on Iran), theater commanders have a degree of latitude. What this signifies in practice is once the presidential decision is taken, USSTRATCOM in liaison with theater commanders can decide on the targeting and type of weaponry to be used. Stockpiled tactical nuclear weapons are now considered to be an integral part of the battlefield arsenal. In other words, nukes have become "part of the tool box", used in conventional war theaters. Michel Chossudovsky, Targeting Iran, Is the US Administration Planning a Nuclear Holocaust, Global Research, February 2006, emphasis added)
The Integration of Conventional and Nuclear Warfare. CONPLAN 8022
Of utmost relevance to the planned attack on Iran, US military documents point towards the integration of conventional and nuclear weapons and the use of nukes on a pre-emptive basis in the conventional war theater.
This proposed "integration" of conventional and nuclear weapons systems was first formulated in 2003 under CONPLAN 8022. The latter is described as "a concept plan for the quick use of nuclear, conventional, or information warfare capabilities to destroy--pre-emptively, if necessary--"time-urgent targets" anywhere in the world [including Iran]." (See Michel Chossudovsky, US, NATO and Israel Deploy Nukes directed against Iran, Global Research, September 27, 2007). Coordinated by US Strategic Command, CONPLAN became operational in early 2004. (Robert S. Norris and Hans M. Kristensen, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).
CONPLAN opens up a military Pandora's box. It blurs the dividing line between conventional and nuclear weapons. It opens the door for the preemptive use of nukes "anywhere in the World"
The Absence of Public Awareness
The "international community" has endorsed an attack on Iran in the name of World Peace.
"Making the World safer" is the justification for launching a military operation which could potentially result in a nuclear holocaust.
While one can conceptualize the loss of life and destruction resulting from present-day wars including Iraq and Afghanistan, it is impossible to fully comprehend the devastation which might result from a Third World War, using "new technologies" and advanced weapons, including nukes, until it occurs and becomes a reality.
The corporate media is involved in deliberately blocking news coverage concerning these war preparations. The war on Iran and the dangers of escalation are not considered "front page news." The mainstream media has excluded in-depth analysis and debate on the implications of these war plans.
Iran does not constitute a nuclear threat.
The threat to global security emanates from the US-NATO-Israel military alliance which contemplates --under the CONPLAN framework-- the use of thermonuclear weapons against a non nuclear state.
In the words of General Ivashov, "The public is taught to believe that there is nothing monstrous about such a possibility". Nuclear weapons are "part of tool box".
An attack on Iran would have devastating consequences, It would unleash an all out regional war from the Eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia, potentially leading humanity into a World War III Scenario.
The Obama Administration constitutes a nuclear threat.
NATO constitutes a nuclear threat
Five European "non-nuclear states" (Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Turkey) with tactical nuclear weapons deployed under national command, to be used against Iran constitute a nuclear threat.
The Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not only constitutes a nuclear threat, but also a threat to the security of people of Israel, who are misled regarding the implications of an US-Israeli attack on Iran.
The complacency of Western public opinion --including segments of the US anti-war movement-- is disturbing. No concern has been expressed at the political level as to the likely consequences of a US-NATO-Israel attack on Iran, using nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear state.
Such an action would result in "the unthinkable": a nuclear holocaust over a large part of the Middle East.
It should be noted that a nuclear nightmare would occur even if nuclear weapons were not used. The bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities using conventional weapons would contribute to unleashing a Chernobyl-Fukushima type disaster with extensive radioactive fallout.
Best wishes for a new year and lets hope the Divine will grant us many more years to develop and evolve to a higher level of existense.
Zurdo
12/28/2011
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Preparing to Attack Iran with Nuclear Weapons: "No Option can be taken off the Table."
by Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research, December 26, 2011
Source
"When a US sponsored nuclear war becomes an "instrument of peace", condoned and accepted by the World's institutions and the highest authority, including the United Nations, there is no turning back: human society has indelibly been precipitated headlong onto the path of self-destruction." (Towards a World War III Scenario, Global Research, May 2011)
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The World is at a Dangerous Crossroads. America's is on a War Path.
World War III is no longer an abstract concept
The US and its allies are preparing to launch a nuclear war directed against Iran with devastating consequences.
This military adventure in the real sense of the word threatens the future of humanity.
The Pentagon’s global military design is one of world conquest.
The military deployment of US-NATO forces is occurring in several regions of the world simultaneously.
War pretexts and "justifications" abound. Iran is heralded as a threat to Israel and the World.
The war on Iran has been on the drawing board of the Pentagon for more than eight years. In recent developments, a renewed set of threats and accusations directed against Tehran have been launched.
A "war of stealth" has already commenced. Mossad intelligence operatives are on the ground. Covert paramilitary formations are being launched inside Iran, CIA drones are being deployed.
Meanwhile, Washington. London, Brussels and Tel Aviv have launched specific destabilizing initiatives "to choke Iran diplomatically, financially and economically".
A stepped up economic sanctions regime has been formulated by the US Congress:
"a bipartisan consensus has emerged in Washington in favor of strangling the Iranian economy." The latter consists in implementing "an amendment to the 2012 defence authorisation bill, designed to "collapse the Iranian economy"... by making it virtually impossible for Tehran to sell its oil." (Tom Burghardt, Target Iran: Washington's Countdown to War, Global Research, December 2011). :
This new wave of diplomatic hype coupled with the threat of economic sanctions has also contributed to triggering an aura of uncertainty in the market for crude oil, with potentially devastating consequences on the global economy.
Meanwhile, the corporate media has embarked on a renewed propaganda stint pertaining to Iran's alleged nuclear program, pointing to "activities related to possible weaponization."
In recent developments, barely acknowledged by the US media, President Barack Obama met privately (December 16), behind closed doors with Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak. The meeting was held in the outskirts of Washington DC at the Gaylord Hotel, National Harbor, Maryland under the auspices of the Union for Reform Judaism.
Barack meets Barak, Barack Obama and Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak
December 16, 2011 at the URJ Biennal Plenary, Gaylord Hotel, National Harbor
(White House photo)
The importance of this timely private meeting under URJ auspices cannot be underestimated. Reports suggest that the Barack O / E. Barak meeting centered largely on the issue of a US-Israeli attack on Iran.
Writing in Haaretz, Israeli political analyst Amir Oren described the Barack-Barak meeting as a potential "Green Light" to Israel to launch an all out war on Iran:
"Is it possible that the half-hour meeting last Friday at the Gaylord Hotel in National Harbor, Maryland, between U.S. President Barack Obama and Defense Minister Ehud Barak will be remembered in Israel's history as the moment at which Barack O. gave the green light to E. Barak — for better or for worse — to attack Iran?... Can this be seen as a sort of flashback to the talk between Defense Minister Ariel Sharon and U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig in Washington in May 1982, that gave rise to the (mistaken) Israeli impression that there was an understanding with the United States over going to war in Lebanon... " No sign U.S. has given Israel green light to strike Iran - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
Following this private meeting, Obama addressed the Biennial Plenary of the Union for Reform Judaism, reassuring his audience that "cooperation between our militaries [and intelligence] has never been stronger."
Obama underscored that Iran is a "threat to the security of Israel, the United States and the world ... And that’s why our policy has been absolutely clear: We are determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons....And that’s why ... we have imposed the most comprehensive, the hardest-hitting sanctions that the Iranian regime has ever faced.... And that's why, rest assured, we will take no options off the table." (Transcript of President Obama Union for Reform Judaism Speech Video Dec. 16. 2011: Address at URJ Biennial, 71st General Assembly , emphasis added).
Towards a "Coordinated" US-Israeli Attack on Iran?
In recent weeks, the US media tabloids have been literally plastered with "no options off the table" statements by Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. Panetta intimated, however, "that Israel should not consider unilateral action against Iran" while stressing "that any military operation against Iran by Israel must be coordinated with the United States and have its backing". (Panetta's December 2 statement at the Saban Center quoted in U.S. Defense Secretary: Iran could get nuclear bomb within a year - Haaretz, December 11, 2011, emphasis added)
The Threat of Nuclear War against Iran
The "no options off the table" statement intimates that the US not only envisages an attack on Iran but that this attack could include the use of tactical bunker buster nuclear weapons with an explosive capacity between one third and six times a Hiroshima bomb. In a cruel irony, these "humanitarian" "peace-making" nuclear bombs "Made in America" --which according to "scientific opinion" on contract to the Pentagon are "harmless to the surrounding civilian population"-- are contemplated to be used against Iran in retaliation for its nonexistent nuclear weapons program.
While Iran has no nuclear weapons, what is rarely acknowledged is that five (officially) "non-nuclear States" including Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Turkey have US made tactical nuclear weapons deployed under national command in their respective military bases. This nuclear arsenal is slated to be used against Iran.
The stockpiling and deployment of tactical B61 in these five "non-nuclear states" are intended for targets in the Middle East. In accordance with "NATO strike plans", these thermonuclear B61 bunker buster bombs would be launched "against targets in Russia or countries in the Middle East such as Syria and Iran" (quoted in National Resources Defense Council, Nuclear Weapons in Europe , February 2005, emphasis added)
While these "undeclared nuclear states" casually accuse Tehran of developing nuclear weapons, without documentary evidence, they themselves have capabilities of delivering nuclear warheads, which are targeted at Iran, Syria and Russia. (See Michel Chossudovsky, Europe's Five "Undeclared Nuclear Weapons States" , Global Research, February 12, 2010)
Israel's Nukes are Pointed at Iran. Joint US-Israel "Coordination" of Nuclear Weapons Deployment
Israel rather than Iran is a threat to global security.
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Israel possesses 100-200 strategic nuclear warheads, which are fully deployed against Iran.
Already in 2003, Washington and Tel Aviv confirmed that they were collaborating in "the deployment of US-supplied Harpoon cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads in Israel's fleet of Dolphin-class submarines." (The Observer, 12 October 2003).
According to Russian general Leonid Ivashov:
The Israeli military and political circles had been making statements on the possibility of nuclear and missile strikes on Iran openly since October, 2006, when the idea was immediately supported by G. Bush. Currently [2007] it is touted in the form of a “necessity” of nuclear strikes. The public is taught to believe that there is nothing monstrous about such a possibility and that, on the contrary, a nuclear strike is quite feasible. Allegedly, there is no other way to “stop” Iran. (General Leonid Ivashov, Iran Must Get Ready to Repel a Nuclear Attack, Global Research, January 2007 emphasis added)
It is worth noting that at the outset of Bush's second term, Vice President Dick Cheney had hinted, in no uncertain terms, that Iran was "right at the top of the list" of the rogue enemies of America, and that Israel would, so to speak, "be doing the bombing for us", without US military involvement and without us putting pressure on them "to do it".
In the above context, political analyst and historian Michael Carmichael has pointed to the integration and coordination of military decision-making between the US and Israel pertaining to the deployment of nuclear weapons:
"Rather than a direct American nuclear strike against Iran’s hard targets, Israel has been given the assignment of launching a coordinated cluster of nuclear strikes aimed at targets that are the nuclear installations in the Iranian cities: Natanz, Isfahan and Arak. (Michael Carmichael, Global Research, January 2007)
"No Options off the Table": What Does it Mean in the Context of Military Planning? Integration of Conventional and Nuclear Weapons Systems
The rules and guidelines of the US Military governing the use of nuclear weapons have been "liberalized" (i.e. "deregulated" in relation to those prevailing during the Cold War era). The decision to use tactical nuclear weapons against Iran no longer depends on the Commander in Chief, namely president Barack Obama. It is strictly a military decision. The new doctrine states that Command, Control, and Coordination (CCC) regarding the use of nuclear weapons should be "flexible", allowing geographic combat commanders to decide if and when to use of nuclear weapons:
Known in official Washington, as "Joint Publication 3-12", the new nuclear doctrine (Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations , (DJNO) (March 2005)) calls for "integrating conventional and nuclear attacks" under a unified and "integrated" Command and Control (C2).
It largely describes war planning as a management decision-making process, where military and strategic objectives are to be achieved, through a mix of instruments, with little concern for the resulting loss of human life.
What this means is that if an attack on Iran is launched, tactical nuclear weapons will be an integral part of the weapons arsenal.
From a military decision-making standpoint, "no options off the table" means that the Military will apply "the most efficient use of force". In this context, nuclear and conventional weapons are part of what the Pentagon calls "the tool box", from which military commanders can pick and choose the instruments that they require in accordance with "evolving circumstances" in the "war theater". (See Michel Chossudovsky, Is the Bush Administration Planning a Nuclear Holocaust? Global Research, February 22, 2006
"Once a decision to launch a military operation is taken (e.g. aerial strikes on Iran), theater commanders have a degree of latitude. What this signifies in practice is once the presidential decision is taken, USSTRATCOM in liaison with theater commanders can decide on the targeting and type of weaponry to be used. Stockpiled tactical nuclear weapons are now considered to be an integral part of the battlefield arsenal. In other words, nukes have become "part of the tool box", used in conventional war theaters. Michel Chossudovsky, Targeting Iran, Is the US Administration Planning a Nuclear Holocaust, Global Research, February 2006, emphasis added)
The Integration of Conventional and Nuclear Warfare. CONPLAN 8022
Of utmost relevance to the planned attack on Iran, US military documents point towards the integration of conventional and nuclear weapons and the use of nukes on a pre-emptive basis in the conventional war theater.
This proposed "integration" of conventional and nuclear weapons systems was first formulated in 2003 under CONPLAN 8022. The latter is described as "a concept plan for the quick use of nuclear, conventional, or information warfare capabilities to destroy--pre-emptively, if necessary--"time-urgent targets" anywhere in the world [including Iran]." (See Michel Chossudovsky, US, NATO and Israel Deploy Nukes directed against Iran, Global Research, September 27, 2007). Coordinated by US Strategic Command, CONPLAN became operational in early 2004. (Robert S. Norris and Hans M. Kristensen, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).
CONPLAN opens up a military Pandora's box. It blurs the dividing line between conventional and nuclear weapons. It opens the door for the preemptive use of nukes "anywhere in the World"
The Absence of Public Awareness
The "international community" has endorsed an attack on Iran in the name of World Peace.
"Making the World safer" is the justification for launching a military operation which could potentially result in a nuclear holocaust.
While one can conceptualize the loss of life and destruction resulting from present-day wars including Iraq and Afghanistan, it is impossible to fully comprehend the devastation which might result from a Third World War, using "new technologies" and advanced weapons, including nukes, until it occurs and becomes a reality.
The corporate media is involved in deliberately blocking news coverage concerning these war preparations. The war on Iran and the dangers of escalation are not considered "front page news." The mainstream media has excluded in-depth analysis and debate on the implications of these war plans.
Iran does not constitute a nuclear threat.
The threat to global security emanates from the US-NATO-Israel military alliance which contemplates --under the CONPLAN framework-- the use of thermonuclear weapons against a non nuclear state.
In the words of General Ivashov, "The public is taught to believe that there is nothing monstrous about such a possibility". Nuclear weapons are "part of tool box".
An attack on Iran would have devastating consequences, It would unleash an all out regional war from the Eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia, potentially leading humanity into a World War III Scenario.
The Obama Administration constitutes a nuclear threat.
NATO constitutes a nuclear threat
Five European "non-nuclear states" (Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Turkey) with tactical nuclear weapons deployed under national command, to be used against Iran constitute a nuclear threat.
The Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not only constitutes a nuclear threat, but also a threat to the security of people of Israel, who are misled regarding the implications of an US-Israeli attack on Iran.
The complacency of Western public opinion --including segments of the US anti-war movement-- is disturbing. No concern has been expressed at the political level as to the likely consequences of a US-NATO-Israel attack on Iran, using nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear state.
Such an action would result in "the unthinkable": a nuclear holocaust over a large part of the Middle East.
It should be noted that a nuclear nightmare would occur even if nuclear weapons were not used. The bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities using conventional weapons would contribute to unleashing a Chernobyl-Fukushima type disaster with extensive radioactive fallout.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
WWW III and why you do not need a shelter.
After a hiatus from this blog I came across a very enlightning video from years ago. It is called "The Shelter" and was part of the Twilight Zone series in the U.S. It is thought provoking by itself but after listening to an interview by Rod Serling the writer of the series I think most people would agree with him. If the current situation continues and Israel, U.S., and Britain want war with Iran and who knows who else will be involved, Russia, China,etc. we are on a path of full chaos beyond our wildest dreams. Is this what the ruling class want for humanity. Only they know the answer, I certainly hope and pray they do not.
Best to all that have visited this blog.
Part one of three from Youtube.
Part 2 of 3
Part 3 of 4
Interview with Rod Serling the Writer of the series. Very Profound!
Best to all that have visited this blog.
Part one of three from Youtube.
Part 2 of 3
Part 3 of 4
Interview with Rod Serling the Writer of the series. Very Profound!
Friday, August 5, 2011
American working class sold down the river!
In light of the recent actions by our so-called represenatives I'm posting this letter from California's Campaign for Liberty. Read it and take some action if you feel this is worthy of your time and interest. Your future and your childrens future is riding on what these folks in office are doing to you. Otherwise, start learning what serfdom is about because you will become a serf soon. Of this I can assert with impunity!
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August 5, 2011
Dear Patriots,
I think often about the predicament our country is in, and every now and then I feel a fury rising inside of me.
This week's “Debt Ceiling Deal” was a betrayal of the American people on many levels.
Do you remember when the Grand Old Party took control of the House just a few short months ago? One of the first bills they passed required a bill to be posted online for 3 full days before it could be voted on.
Congress broke its own "three-day rule" and had a floor vote on the hastily thrown-together bill the day after it was introduced. But that is the least of it.
Never shy to spend our money, the government blew nearly 60% of the immediate debt ceiling increase in just one day after final passage. But that is not the worst of it.
They created a "Super Congress" appointed by Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, Harry Reid, and Mitch McConnell--all bitterly opposed to everything you and I have been trying to do--to ram future taxing and spending through the Congress.
In a shocking procedural end-run around the Constitution, the U.S. Congress will not be permitted to filibuster, amend, or debate proposals from this “Super Congress.” But even that is not the worst of it.
The politicians gave themselves a larger line of credit, and the stock market, seeing right through the "solution," went sailing downhill, the Dow losing a whopping 500 points the very next day.
But, believe it or not, that is not the worst of it.
This deal adds 7 trillion dollars to the debt, with a budget that will NEVER balance.
What does this "deal" sound like to you?
They’ve heaped mountains of debt on our children, ignored the will of the people, violated their oaths of office--this might be the worst single aspect of this massive taxpayer heist.
They sold you down the river.
What infuriates me more than anything else is that Republicans who overwhelmingly supported this deal are now going to go back to their districts and lie to their constituents.
They are going to claim that they "cut" spending.
Congress was slated to increase spending every year until the economy reached the breaking point. The only "cut" in this arrangement is a slightly lesser increase in future spending that continues to escalate and NEVER balances.
The establishment's talking heads call this a “victory for the Tea Party,” but don’t let them take you for a fool.
If Tea Party members count this as a success, they are one step away from undermining all the work they've done over the past few years.
The Boehner deal was nothing more than a bauble to placate the Tea Party movement into believing that the Republican Party is “doing its gosh-darn best” to turn things around if only those gosh-darn Democrats didn't have a majority in the Senate.
They are flat-out lying to you.
Accepting the lesser of two evils, or the lesser of two unbalanced budgets, is what got us into this nightmare in the first place.
Republicans claimed to have taken our concerns to heart in November, but this deal proves they learned absolutely, positively nothing.
It’s one thing when a liberal tax-and-spend politician votes for a liberal tax-and-spend bill. It’s quite another when a politician tells you they are fiscally conservative, then lies to your face and sells you down the river.
Yet that is exactly what 70% of the Republicans in Washington just did.
And it’s time that they feel the heat at least as much as you and I fear for our children’s futures and our ability to feed our families.
So, who sold you and your family down the river?
Here's our great State's Republican Hall of Shame, who voted to bury our families in debt:
Wally Herger (R—2nd):202-225-3076
Dan Lungren (R—3rd):202-225-5716
Jeff Denham (R—19th):202-225-4540
Elton Gallegly (R—24th):202-225-5811
Howard McKeon (R—25th):202-225-1956
David Dreier (R—26th):202-225-2305
Ed Royce (R—40th):202-225-4111
Jerry Lewis (R—41st):202-225-5861
Gary Miller (R—42nd):202-225-3201
Ken Calvert (R—44th):202-225-1986
Mary Bono Mack (R—45th):202-225-5330
Dana Rohrabacher (R—46th):202-225-2415
John Campbell (R—48th):202-225-5611
Darrell Issa (R—49th):202-225-3906
Brian Bilbray (R—50th):202-225-0508
The Democrats were split because many of them were holding out for even MORE taxes and spending, so it goes without saying where their interests lie.
But where Republicans voted for this debacle, then it is up to us to expose them:
Call them and let them know how you feel about their vote. Tell them you know that they lied to you and they sold you and your family down the river and handed the statists exactly what they wanted on a silver platter.
Ask your local GOP and Tea Party organizations to pass resolutions condemning the debt deal, and any future debt increases.
Write letters to the editor of your local paper, decrying the deal and exposing your legislator for his liberal tax and spend ways.
Those who sold us out will be hosting Town Halls from now until Labor Day in-District. Call their office and ask for a schedule, and watch for announcements in your local paper. Take your friends and family with you and make your voices heard loud and clear.
Forward this email to your contacts, and ask them to do the same.
Don’t allow your legislators the pleasure of “explaining” away their traitorous votes.
We are done listening to their lies.
In Liberty,
Matt Heath
Interim State Coordinator
California Campaign for Liberty
P.S. Please call up your Republicans who sold you out and let them know how you feel, then get resolutions passed by your local groups, write letters to the editor, and visit them at their Town Hall events between now and Labor Day. Get your family and friends involved.
Wally Herger (R—2nd):202-225-3076
Dan Lungren (R—3rd):202-225-5716
Jeff Denham (R—19th):202-225-4540
Elton Gallegly (R—24th):202-225-5811
Howard McKeon (R—25th):202-225-1956
David Dreier (R—26th):202-225-2305
Ed Royce (R—40th):202-225-4111
Jerry Lewis (R—41st):202-225-5861
Gary Miller (R—42nd):202-225-3201
Ken Calvert (R—44th):202-225-1986
Mary Bono Mack (R—45th):202-225-5330
Dana Rohrabacher (R—46th):202-225-2415
John Campbell (R—48th):202-225-5611
Darrell Issa (R—49th):202-225-3906
Brian Bilbray (R—50th):202-225-0508
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August 5, 2011
Dear Patriots,
I think often about the predicament our country is in, and every now and then I feel a fury rising inside of me.
This week's “Debt Ceiling Deal” was a betrayal of the American people on many levels.
Do you remember when the Grand Old Party took control of the House just a few short months ago? One of the first bills they passed required a bill to be posted online for 3 full days before it could be voted on.
Congress broke its own "three-day rule" and had a floor vote on the hastily thrown-together bill the day after it was introduced. But that is the least of it.
Never shy to spend our money, the government blew nearly 60% of the immediate debt ceiling increase in just one day after final passage. But that is not the worst of it.
They created a "Super Congress" appointed by Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, Harry Reid, and Mitch McConnell--all bitterly opposed to everything you and I have been trying to do--to ram future taxing and spending through the Congress.
In a shocking procedural end-run around the Constitution, the U.S. Congress will not be permitted to filibuster, amend, or debate proposals from this “Super Congress.” But even that is not the worst of it.
The politicians gave themselves a larger line of credit, and the stock market, seeing right through the "solution," went sailing downhill, the Dow losing a whopping 500 points the very next day.
But, believe it or not, that is not the worst of it.
This deal adds 7 trillion dollars to the debt, with a budget that will NEVER balance.
What does this "deal" sound like to you?
They’ve heaped mountains of debt on our children, ignored the will of the people, violated their oaths of office--this might be the worst single aspect of this massive taxpayer heist.
They sold you down the river.
What infuriates me more than anything else is that Republicans who overwhelmingly supported this deal are now going to go back to their districts and lie to their constituents.
They are going to claim that they "cut" spending.
Congress was slated to increase spending every year until the economy reached the breaking point. The only "cut" in this arrangement is a slightly lesser increase in future spending that continues to escalate and NEVER balances.
The establishment's talking heads call this a “victory for the Tea Party,” but don’t let them take you for a fool.
If Tea Party members count this as a success, they are one step away from undermining all the work they've done over the past few years.
The Boehner deal was nothing more than a bauble to placate the Tea Party movement into believing that the Republican Party is “doing its gosh-darn best” to turn things around if only those gosh-darn Democrats didn't have a majority in the Senate.
They are flat-out lying to you.
Accepting the lesser of two evils, or the lesser of two unbalanced budgets, is what got us into this nightmare in the first place.
Republicans claimed to have taken our concerns to heart in November, but this deal proves they learned absolutely, positively nothing.
It’s one thing when a liberal tax-and-spend politician votes for a liberal tax-and-spend bill. It’s quite another when a politician tells you they are fiscally conservative, then lies to your face and sells you down the river.
Yet that is exactly what 70% of the Republicans in Washington just did.
And it’s time that they feel the heat at least as much as you and I fear for our children’s futures and our ability to feed our families.
So, who sold you and your family down the river?
Here's our great State's Republican Hall of Shame, who voted to bury our families in debt:
Wally Herger (R—2nd):202-225-3076
Dan Lungren (R—3rd):202-225-5716
Jeff Denham (R—19th):202-225-4540
Elton Gallegly (R—24th):202-225-5811
Howard McKeon (R—25th):202-225-1956
David Dreier (R—26th):202-225-2305
Ed Royce (R—40th):202-225-4111
Jerry Lewis (R—41st):202-225-5861
Gary Miller (R—42nd):202-225-3201
Ken Calvert (R—44th):202-225-1986
Mary Bono Mack (R—45th):202-225-5330
Dana Rohrabacher (R—46th):202-225-2415
John Campbell (R—48th):202-225-5611
Darrell Issa (R—49th):202-225-3906
Brian Bilbray (R—50th):202-225-0508
The Democrats were split because many of them were holding out for even MORE taxes and spending, so it goes without saying where their interests lie.
But where Republicans voted for this debacle, then it is up to us to expose them:
Call them and let them know how you feel about their vote. Tell them you know that they lied to you and they sold you and your family down the river and handed the statists exactly what they wanted on a silver platter.
Ask your local GOP and Tea Party organizations to pass resolutions condemning the debt deal, and any future debt increases.
Write letters to the editor of your local paper, decrying the deal and exposing your legislator for his liberal tax and spend ways.
Those who sold us out will be hosting Town Halls from now until Labor Day in-District. Call their office and ask for a schedule, and watch for announcements in your local paper. Take your friends and family with you and make your voices heard loud and clear.
Forward this email to your contacts, and ask them to do the same.
Don’t allow your legislators the pleasure of “explaining” away their traitorous votes.
We are done listening to their lies.
In Liberty,
Matt Heath
Interim State Coordinator
California Campaign for Liberty
P.S. Please call up your Republicans who sold you out and let them know how you feel, then get resolutions passed by your local groups, write letters to the editor, and visit them at their Town Hall events between now and Labor Day. Get your family and friends involved.
Wally Herger (R—2nd):202-225-3076
Dan Lungren (R—3rd):202-225-5716
Jeff Denham (R—19th):202-225-4540
Elton Gallegly (R—24th):202-225-5811
Howard McKeon (R—25th):202-225-1956
David Dreier (R—26th):202-225-2305
Ed Royce (R—40th):202-225-4111
Jerry Lewis (R—41st):202-225-5861
Gary Miller (R—42nd):202-225-3201
Ken Calvert (R—44th):202-225-1986
Mary Bono Mack (R—45th):202-225-5330
Dana Rohrabacher (R—46th):202-225-2415
John Campbell (R—48th):202-225-5611
Darrell Issa (R—49th):202-225-3906
Brian Bilbray (R—50th):202-225-0508
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