Cheney Flip Flops and other's News on Freedom

Funny how us ordinary people could see the writing on the wall when the SCOTUS nominees were up for confirmation. Now, with freedoms and rights being slapped down from on high, the dumb Demos are beginning to catch on (Thank you ICH):

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) echoed that sentiment in a statement: "When they were nominated, John Roberts and Samuel Alito insisted they would be neutral umpires. Now that they are on the Supreme Court, every big call seems to go in favor of corporate and government power, and against ordinary citizens."

Freedom of Corporate speech? Schools ability to limit student speech?

Speaking of freedom of speech, Eva Liddell has a good piece on ICH

From the first grade on and up through the university system citizens are systemically taught not to judge for themselves. We are taught we have freedom of speech but we are trained not to think. We think we have academic freedom because we are trained to believe we are free. The ultimate goal of our educational system, the dogmatic smothering of minds is overseen by the Department of Education, state boards of regents and the university education departments.

Real free speech at work, concerns untested vaccines given to troops headed to Iraq. What Washington's version of supporting our troops really looks like.

"They asked us our name. We stood on these yellow footprints, and they gave us this shot, and we got the rest of the day off," he recalled. "After that shot, I started swelling up. I gained 30 pounds of water. My eyes swelled up where I couldn't see. I started snoring. I developed a rash on my hand."

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Tin Foil Hats

My friend and neighbor and I were talking about tin foil hat wearers, he's a psychologist, and he told me that when one of his patients migrates to wearing said apparel, they show a marked improvement at first, over time though, the hats seem to lose their effectiveness. He credited it to a diminishing placebo effect. Myself, being a former Aviation Electrician, offered a different explanation. Metallic objects moving through space build up a charge of static electricity. Sooner or later that charge will find a way to ground be it by overcoming the resistance of an existing conduit or by jumping the gap, like what happens in a spark plug. When that action occurs, the brain's electrochemical properties are affected. This principle holds whether the reason for the hat is due to directed beams (black ops or aliens) or simply existence in our electromagnetically charged atmosphere.

After many conversations along these lines, we came up with a device that actually works to eliminating the diminishing returns of the Tin Foil Hat. It works by using the same principles that airplanes use by having trailing wires on their wings to bleed off this charge. Electrical technicians also utilize grounding wires to overcome this problem. Easy enough to fabricate, we ask only that you respect our copyright and not manufacture them in commercial quantities. We call it "1up." If you are unable to build one yourself, we will be happy to make one for you for a small donation to cover labor and material. Simply contact me via my email: thetexancyclist at hotmail dot com.


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Bye Bye Democracy

Once again Paul Craig Roberts not only hits the nail on the head as to where our country is heading if we don't wake up the sheeple and do a 180* fishtail, but drives it home with clear, simple language that not only connects the dots, he does so in an irrefutable manner. In this age of empty talking heads and propaganda puppet pundits, it is easy to see why he cannot be found in the arena of the Military-Industrial-Corporate-Congressional-Media. Even Joe Six-Pack would understand and respond to his message. His commentary deserves a full read, so no quotes here.

On a note more complicated, yet still vital, Columbia, the media giant not the Country, is on the verge of eliminating our electronic privacy. They have a court order (pending appeal) that is requiring an ISP to begin keeping records of all data passing through RAM to be used in the future as evidence of past transgressions. Everything you type, say, see, and hear with your computer passes through its RAM which makes this a prosecutors wet dream, but in reality points out the ignorance that inundates our society. Sorry, but that's as simple as I can explain it. The upshoot goes as follows:

For example, if you have a VOIP-based phone system (where conversations appear momentarily in RAM in your data center), are you responsible for recording every phone call for potential disclosure in litigation?

The article ends simply:

If you're worried about government-issued wiretap orders, maybe it's time to start worrying about Hollywood-issued ones too.

An other Alternet article concludes this rant. Statistical analysis (.pdf) of talk radio proves the lie of a "Liberal" bias. Not that any Neo-Con-Repug bothers with facts.

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Reminds me of past posts

Complete with facts and figures which weren't available at the time I posted, Micheal T. Klare paints a vivid picture as to how we are beginning a phase where the wars we fight are simply to fuel the war machine. I'm of the opinion that the last few wars were to deplete the stockpiles of munitions in order to keep the military contractors in profit mode. Now, we're fighting to obtain the oil needed to fuel the fight. As the number one consumer of oil products the military is going to war to get the oil so it can go to war. Talk about circular logic rising to the absurd.

On happier note, not only does Rep. Kusinich(sp?) have seven co-signers on HR. 333 (Impeach Chaney) but, the subject keeps getting closer to the main stream corporate news. Midge Miller at Capital Times posted the linked opinion piece.

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The Drums Are Growing Louder.

The talking heads are at it again. Blatantly repeating the Neo-con lies in order to start a new war. With nary a shred of evidence, no, even when the evidence proves the lie, all facts are ignored and all blame for the failure of the Iraqi adventure (what a sweet word for the bloody, grimy, horrible injustice that is the occupation of Iraq ) is being put on Iran. All options being on the table, according to the Resident, they are trying to get us ready, even rabidly pro a nuclear world war 3.

On a separate yet related note. I hear the demand that Iraq pass "The Oil Law," (this from nearly everyone that gets a chance to speak in public, Democrat/Republican/pro war/anti war/whatever) but when any further mention of said law is made, only half is actually addressed. Revenue sharing, a good thing, is demanded as a non-negotiable benchmark, but this only applies to existing oil wells. All new wells will be prey to so called PSAs which give 70% of the profits to the drillers for periods of up to 30 years (or all the oil is gone.) The Iraqi congress is warned that if they don't pass this, then rebuilding funds (and their personal security) will be at risk. However, if they do pass this law, then their own people will kill them. No wonder they want a two month vacation. That will give them 60 days to cash out their assets and get a head start into hiding!

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There are still a few journalists around.

First, watched Bill Moyer's "Journal" last night and while he's covering the weakness of the Ethics bill roll-over by the Demo-wimps, giving time to ex-Senator Bob Kerry's apologetic applause to the Demo-wimps follow the leader giving, $95 Billion plus supplementary spending bill with the excuse that it is for the troops is merely one more example of the propaganda that shapes the conversation away from the truth. The money is not in support of the troops, it's purpose is to fatten the bottom line of the Military-Industrial-Congressional-Media (MIMC) complex (which explains the weakness of the ethics bill, also.)

Murray Waas is one of a very few journalists that are reporting on the true impacts of the attorney scandal brewing in congress. That's who the above link goes to. Peggy Harris of the AP shows how the Main Stream Corporate Media (MSCM) reports these events sans context. If you want some context about the current state of the states you need to read chris-floyd.com/ . I would add Wayne Madsen, but his site has gone to a for pay model and while the knowledge he shares is worth the $7 a month, I can't endorse your having to spend money for info (although I can privately inform you it's more than worth the outlay.)

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