Local Hero

CNN.

They should all be prosecuted

MSNBC.

Congressman William Jefferson should be prosecuted and the evidence seized legal. Why? Because Congress as a whole has done nothing to stop the government from invading our civil rights and liberties. They only *care* and make noise now that they realize they could be next. Are they serving the interests of the people or their own?

William Jefferson should be prosecuted for the fact that evidence points to fact that he is very likely guilty. It is amazing that members of Congress who had ignored how many times the President violated the U.S. Constitution now make a big fuss. It is likely that ones who are making a big fuss likely to be guilty of bribery and corruption and need to be investigated themselves. I mean they didn't care about rights unless they were on the line. It seems obvious they are guilty. The number of people in Congress, both Democrat and Republican, that have been bought out by wealthy Capitalists and corporations is pretty high for them to be fearing investigation. If they were innocent, there would be nothing to fear. It again proves the point that this is not a government of the people, by the people, for the people. It is a government of the Capitalists, by the Capitalists, and for the Capitalists.

I am neither a Democrat nor a Republican because I can't stand the corruption of both sides of the parties. I believe in the original vision of our Founding Fathers.

Our Founding Fathers had envisioned a Democracy. Much of that changed with the coming of the Industrial Age in the late 1800's and taxation. When the United States was created, there was no income tax. It wasn't needed. Now that taxes are collected, Capitalists want that money for themselves and they are willing to pay politicians millions in order to get the billions.

In the time of George Washington and other Founding Fathers, this never happened because there was no income taxation and no wealthy Capitalists controlling the country and perhaps the world. Their design of democracy did not take into account the checks and balances for these things. Any democracies we set up such as Iraq will have same corruption problems, at best.

The American Revolution started because Americans like being taxed by England and not getting anything for it. "No taxation without representation" was their cry. Yet today we have the same issue. Our representatives do not represent us or our interests and yet we are taxed and heavily at that.

"Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people." -- Abraham Lincoln

* Capitalists is defined here by dishonest businessmen who seek to cheat and defraud to achieve their fortunes. I certainly applaud honest businessmen.

Democracy and Votes

NY Times.

Jeb Bush runs Florida and part of the GOP so those laws shouldn't be surprising. He is just another flavor of W. Bush. Imagine what would happen if he were to become President.

That Sucks

MSNBC.

You can't even do the right thing on your job. Prosecutor Richard Ceballos wrote a memo questioning whether a county sheriff’s deputy had lied in a search warrant affidavit. Just questioning it cost him a demotion and a job promotion.

Bush Now has control of the Supreme Court now that Alito (Bush's pick) is on the bench. The purpose of this ruling is for anyone who wants to make a stand for what they believe in, can lose their job. That includes Generals who are still active duty and leaks by CIA officials . Bush's government is trying discourage leaks about their wrongdoings.

The important point is this not a Democracy where law is upheld. It is a totalitarian system where whoever has been bought out at the top can punish anyone below who tries to uphold the law. That is the real meaning. That is not a democracy.

Happy Memorial Day Everyone

The Illusion of a Democracy

From early childhood through the high school years, we are sold on the illusion of a democracy. People often believe this is what the United States is about and many are proud of it. I for one was. It was certainly a great democracy in the days of our Founding Fathers like George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. Unfortunately now, it is used a selling point in order to invade other countries. "We must set up a democracy in Iraq." A democracy, huh? Well ideally that would sound great but under the current administration and Congress, we are fast approaching a totalitarian government. It has constantly violated our Constitutions rights and underlying principles of this country. The idea of a democracy is representation of the people in government. Currently what we have is representation of wealthy corporations in the Republican Congress. Citizens are no longer represented effectively except that every now and then, we'll seem something rare. Our tax dollars, which is a considerable size of our paychecks, at least 30-40% seems like a lot to me, are spent to support wealthy corporations and conduct wars on their behalf under the illusion of democracy.

Money buys power. Money buys representation. Congressmen are not allowed to touch our tax dollars directly but can influence legislation and approve of wars that send our tax dollars to corporations. Why would they do this? Well for one, these wealth corporations have a way of influencing and paying Congressmen millions of dollars for their assistance. Money rules the world, it buys legislation and votes. You may say that Congress is only the U.S. and not the world, but is it not true that the U.S. almost controls the world and decides that on its own. Never mind the false illusion of the United Nations, the United States when it wants to starts a war. This is done with false evidence and allegations. Look how we got in the war with Iraq claiming they had weapons of mass destruction and links to Al Qaeda. None of this has proven to be true. If the money from wealthy corporations like Halliburton and other oil companies are enough to influence the president and his decisions, where is a democracy and representation of its people stand?

Are we really setting up a "Democracy" in Iraq? Do we even live in a Democracy? Yet this is a good selling point .

Erase all money trails

Business Week article.

Interesting how Bush passed this law so that it can be used to exclude how Halliburton's (Dick Cheney's company, NYSE: HAL) accounting from showing WHERE THE MONEY WENT. This makes the hundreds of billions of dollars sent to Halliburton untraceable. One has to wonder how much of the federal budget allocated to Halliburton and other defense contractors flow back into Bush and Cheney's pockets. There's no way to trace it now. Bush made sure of it.

I have been saying for a while now how Bush and Cheney were profiting from the war with hard-earned taxpayer dollars. Now Bush makes it official the money can't be traced to him and his family.

Bush likes war because he and his friends profit from it. The excuses for startting a war of course is for national security ... obviously. The more money the Bush family and friends have, the easier it is to control the world when he is no longer president. Money rules the world. Start lots of unnecessary wars. Make lots of money for Bush.

Imagine that without this law, Halliburton could be scrutinized for Fraud and Conspiracy just like Enron. Of course W. knows he doesn't want Cheney end up like Enron Chiefs Lay and Skilling. With enough investigation, legal evidence may even point to W.

Bush Regime may prosecute Reporters

Article. Now the Bush Regime finally admits they use the phone tapping for other purposes than what they claim. We knew this all along. We knew Bush as lying all along when he said it would be used for just tracking Al-Qaeda and terrorists. This is all part of the Bush totalitarian regime where they seek any reason they possibly can to prosecute those that have a voice against Bush. I knew this all along and stated it from the beginning. It's good they finally admit it so that the rest of the public can see what Bush is about. Of course the GOP will most likely back the phone tapping program and confirm Hayden to continue the phone tapping as director of the CIA.

The Fuhrer used the same rational of "national security" to get total control of Germany. The thing nowadays is that you have to prove it is national security and not just a bogus line in the US Federal Courts. That means they have to prove beyond a "reasonable doubt" that the reporters are undermining the country and not just provide some bogus theories without proof. Of course, that is the way our ForeFathers like George Washington designed the Constitution and Bill of Rights. However, we won't likely be seeing those days anymore as the Bush Regime has done a coup d 'etat on the country and they are backed by the GOP.

See if the judge presiding over the case is a Bush backer, especially if he was appointed by Bush, then the reporters are toast. Besides the Feds have been known to strong arm judges to do their bidding. This country under the Bush Regime is not based on real laws but on totalitarian control and submission to his control.

Realities of War ...

For those who are interested in the realities of war, oneshould watch 'Black Hawk Down'. It is on cable this weekend on the FX channel. War is nothing like the stuff you see in 'Lord of the Rings' or 'Power Rangers'. This movie accurate portrays what real combat is like.

This movie is based on real life events and is an example of what happens when you don't send enough troops to control an area. The soldier suffer the consequences. Keep in mind that these soldiers were Rangers and Delta Force. Still they suffered heavily even with their expert training mainly because the area they were in was not secured with enough troops. Had regular infantry units been sent in, the casualties would have been many more. Now think about what's happening in Iraq.

If there aren't enough troops to control an area, they should be withdrawn.

Like I said ...

Congress is just show and tell. Pretending to be upset with the President and his decisions. It looks like from all indications they will be confirming Hayden as director of the cia just as Bush wants. It's quite obvious the GOP still ardently supports the President regardless of what bad decisions he makes whether it be Iraq or anything else.

N.S.A. Phone Tapping Program

"Like the N.S.A. database on 200 million American phone customers that was described last week by USA Today, this program may have more to do with monitoring "traitors" like reporters and leakers than with tracking terrorists." -- NY Times

Are we living in a Dictatorship?

Dictatorship, in contemporary usage, refers to absolute rule by a leadership (usually one dictator) unrestricted by law, constitutions, or other social and political factors within the state.

Congress will make a big fuss about The President acting unrestricted by law but it is all just for show and tell. Does it change anything? Is Bush still doing what we wants?

I remember in high school, my fellow students were saying how dumb the German people were to be led by the charismatic speaker Adolph Hitler and didn't do anything to stop him when they found out he was up to no good. People often think they are smarter than others but when they are put in the same place, they don't do any different. Closer to the end of Hitler's reign, the German people knew what was happening, but they chose to imagine that everything was okay and their leader was not leading them into hell. There's still a 31 percent of the U.S. population, according to Polls, who still believe in this fantasy too about Bush.

The German people knew they couldn't stop him. Here in the U.S., at least people are vocalizing their discontent but what has this changed? Is it going to stop Bush's dictatorship leading us into constant war as The Fuhrer did and ruling the country as he wishes?

Catholicism worked for him

CNN.

I did say this was going to happen ...

W. wants Bush Dynasty to continue. My prediction, then and now is they'll use the CIA and warrantless eavesdropping to blackmail qualified people from running against him while keeping Jeb's secrets safe with W. Then they'll let the people with low chances of winning go ahead and run. They also blackmail Congressmen into supporting Jeb as well. You need the neo-gestapo (CIA, warrantless searching, holding people without sufficient evidence, torturing and holding people illegally without trial) so that the Bush Dictatorship Dynasty continues.

FBI up to old tricks again

NY Times Article.