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Excarver,
The collusion of Corporate media in America is obvious! The problem is with the silence of the American People! We know better and we have to force compliance from our elected officials! John Kerry was not the solution. As you can tell by his silence today?
posted by
Glennb
on May 20, 2005 at 11:34 AM
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Mapet6,
What is more dangerous? Trying to save your ass or trying to exterminate the human race? Take your pick!
posted by
Glennb
on May 20, 2005 at 11:31 AM
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RIGHT ON GLENNB
WHY HASN'T THIS ARTICLE BEEN FRONT PAGE NEWS IN THE STATES? IT MADE IT ON THE LONDON TIMES!
IMPEACHMENT TIME: "FACTS WERE FIXED."
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Thursday, May 5, 2005
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By Greg Palast
Here it is. The smoking gun. The memo that has "IMPEACH HIM" written all over it.The top-level government memo marked "SECRET AND STRICTLY PERSONAL," dated eight months before Bush sent us into Iraq, following a closed meeting with the President, reads, "Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam through military action justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy."Read that again: "The intelligence and facts were being fixed...."For years, after each damning report on BBC TV, viewers inevitably ask me, "Isn't this grounds for impeachment?" -- vote rigging, a blind eye to terror and the bin Ladens before 9-11, and so on. Evil, stupidity and self-dealing are shameful but not impeachable. What's needed is a "high crime or misdemeanor." And if this ain't it, nothing is.The memo uncovered this week by the Times, goes on to describe an elaborate plan by George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair to hoodwink the planet into supporting an attack on Iraq knowing full well the evidence for war was a phony. A conspiracy to commit serial fraud is, under federal law, racketeering. However, the Mob's schemes never cost so many lives.Here's more. "Bush had made up his mind to take military action. But the case was thin. Saddam was not threatening his neighbors, and his WMD capability was less than that of Libya, North Korea or Iran." Really? But Mr. Bush told us, "Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised."A month ago, the Silberman-Robb Commission issued its report on WMD intelligence before the war, dismissing claims that Bush fixed the facts with this snooty, condescending conclusion written directly to the President, "After a thorough review, the Commission found no indication that the Intelligence Community distorted the evidence regarding Iraq's weapons."We now know the report was a bogus 618 pages of thick whitewash aimed to let Bush off the hook for his murderous mendacity.Read on: The invasion build-up was then set, says the memo, "beginning 30 days before the US Congressional elections." Mission accomplished. You should parse the entire memo -- reprinted below -- and see if you can make it through its three pages without losing your lunch.Now sharp readers may note they didn't see this memo, in fact, printed in the New York Times. It wasn't. Rather, it was splashed across the front pages of the Times of LONDON on Monday. It has effectively finished the last, sorry remnants of Tony Blair's political career. (While his Labor Party will most assuredly win the elections Thursday, Prime Minister Blair is expected, possibly within months, to be shoved overboard in favor of his Chancellor of the Exchequer, a political execution which requires only a vote of the Labour party's members in Parliament.)But in the US, barely a word. The New York Times covers this hard evidence of Bush's fabrication of a casus belli as some "British" elections story. Apparently, our President's fraud isn't "news fit to print."My colleagues in the UK press have skewered Blair, digging out more incriminating memos, challenging the official government factoids and fibs. But in the US press … nada, bubkes, zilch. Bush fixed the facts and somehow that's a story for "over there."The Republicans impeached Bill Clinton over his cigar and Monica's affections. And the US media could print nothing else.Now, we have the stone, cold evidence of bending intelligence to sell us on death by the thousands, and neither a Republican Congress nor what is laughably called US journalism thought it worth a second look.My friend Daniel Ellsberg once said that what's good about the American people is that you have to lie to them. What's bad about Americans is that it's so easy to do.Greg Palast, former columnist for Britain's Guardian papers, is the author of the New York Times bestseller, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy.Subscribe to his columns at www.GregPalast.com Media requests to contact(at)gregpalast.com Permission to reprint with attribution granted.
posted by
excarver
on May 20, 2005 at 11:20 AM
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Glennb
Okay, buddy, keep fostering your delusions. I'm sure Bush is planning on the extinction of an entire culture, just like Hitler did. They're definitely related. You whole stance makes complete sense.
posted by
Mapet6
on May 20, 2005 at 10:55 AM
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Mapet6,
You are obviously confused! I do not recall any of these "alleged" atrocities being of any significance before Bush invaded Iraq! Do you? George Bush has his hand caught in a tightening vise. Americans and Iraqis are dying at criminal rates. He will, like Hitler and the others you mentioned, destroy humankind to save his vile and repugnant ass!
posted by
Glennb
on May 20, 2005 at 8:53 AM
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ARE YOU ON DRUGS?!
How can you have the audcacity to claim Saddam Hussien's atrocities were fabricated? I suppose you weren't informed on the numerous documented cases of brutal torturing, maiming, rapings, and murdering perpetuated by Saddam minions and corrupted relatives? I suppose Hitler's crimes are a falsity as well. And Satlin's. And Moussilini's. The Holocaust? Made up by Americans to support our continued involvement in WWII. Sound about right to you? I'm all for opinions and people speaking their mind, but making comments like yours is downright offensive. You might as well say 9/11 was just a big movie stunt
posted by
Mapet6
on May 20, 2005 at 8:32 AM
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Despicable1909
Welcome to Blogit! Thank you for the read! I noticed you are filling your space with a lot of information! That is ok if you have the time to research for and confirm credibility of sources! But the main purpose of opinion is to simply do that provide an opinion on what you are witnessing. Good luck and keep writing!
posted by
Glennb
on May 20, 2005 at 7:23 AM
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Numinous,
And since I didn't have any pictures of "W" in a drunken stupor, thank you for the read!
posted by
Glennb
on May 20, 2005 at 7:15 AM
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You want to impeach Bush! You're on my team!
I enjoy reading your posts!
Question: Your blog format is similar to mine! I only have one page with my posts on it! How do I add additional pages to my blog?
Thanks!
Despicable1909
posted by
Despicable1909
on May 20, 2005 at 7:14 AM
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You want to impeach Bush! You'r on my team!
I enjoy reading your posts!
Question: Your blog format is similar to mine! I only have one page with my posts on it! How do I add additional pages to my blog?
Thanks!
Despicable1909
posted by
Despicable1909
on May 20, 2005 at 7:12 AM
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Glennb..
As one who appreciates harsh truths, I salute you . Thank you.
posted by
Numinous
on May 20, 2005 at 6:41 AM
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