Charley Reese - The Don't Know Crowd
Received froma conservative friend in Brevard County, Florida Charley Reese is a well-known conservative writer in central Florida, formerly a regularly appearing columnist for the Orlando Sentinel newspaper. He is another conservative AGAINST the Bush administration war plans.http://reese.king-online.com/Reese_20030224/index.phpThe "Don't Know" CrowdThe Bush administration adamantly insists that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, but despite 12 years of inspections, bombings and spying, it doesn't have a clue as to where they are.It frequently warns us of terror attacks, but always says it doesn't know where, when or how. Nor have there been any terror attacks in the United States in the past 18 months.Is it any wonder that millions of people around the world and in the United States don't support President George Bush's personal crusade to topple Saddam Hussein? Keep in mind that after the Sept. 11 attack, which Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with, virtually the entire world united in sympathy with us. Never has one president destroyed so much support by so many people in so short a time.The fact is, the people in the Bush administration who want to go to war with Iraq wanted to go to war with Iraq before Sept. 11. As a matter of fact, they wanted to go to war with Iraq before George Bush was even elected president. That's a matter of record. This war against Iraq has nothing to do with disarming Iraq and nothing to do with terrorism. It has to do with the United States creating a situation in which it and Israel will dominate the Middle East and its oil resources.The thing to remember about these alleged weapons of mass destruction is that nobody in the Bush administration or with the United Nations has ever laid eyes on them. What exists is a discrepancy between two numbers in reports - both supplied by the Iraqi government. One report stated that so many chemical bombs were used; another report had a different number. And the Iraqis are certainly right in that nobody can prove a negative; you can't produce for inspection what you don't have.I personally don't know if these weapons exist in Iraq or not. I do know they exist in many other countries. I do know that in the Gulf War, Iraq did not use any chemical or biological weapons, even when it was being routed from Kuwait and "bombed back into the preindustrial age," to use an American phrase. I do know that in the 12 years since, Iraq has not used any chemical or biological weapons, even though it has been subjected to the harshest economic sanctions in modern history and to practically regular bombing. I do know that in the past 12 years, Iraq has not threatened, much less attacked, any of its neighbors, while during that the same period of time we have attacked Sudan, Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Yugoslavia. I do know that every one of the "neighbors" George Bush claims Iraq is a threat to has said repeatedly that it does not feel threatened by Iraq.I do know that the only leader threatening the world with nuclear weapons and pre-emptive attack is George W. Bush. It gives me no pleasure to point that out. But it is not the role of an American citizen to be a sheep. It has become apparent that those of us who supported Bush made a mistake. I'm beginning to believe that a philanderer and a liar is less dangerous than an upright but ignorant man who thinks God has appointed him to rule the world.The best way to support our troops is to try to prevent the Bush administration from sacrificing their lives for the hidden agenda of the crazy neoconservatives in his administration. Young Americans should not die because a bunch of chicken hawks have a cockamamie idea that they can bring liberal democracy to the Middle East by making war. That's like trying to sell pork barbecue in Mecca. What the president is intent on doing is committing a crime against humanity. If he goes through with it, he'll have to change his ritualistic "God bless America" to "God forgive us."The Facts About RebellionWhich political leader made war on his own people, killing 262,000 of them, burning their cities, destroying their food supply and placing the survivors under military occupation?If your answer is Saddam Hussein, you're wrong. The answer is Abraham Lincoln.Accepting the Northern but incorrect view of the War Between the States, Lincoln did exactly the same thing Saddam Hussein did. When "his own people" rose up in armed rebellion, he crushed the rebellion, brutally and decisively.I'm making this point not to disillusion you about Lincoln but to point out how propaganda works. One effective way to propagandize people is to take a fact out of context. Much has been made of the fact that Saddam Hussein crushed the Kurdish rebellion. Any leader of Iraq would have crushed the Kurdish rebellion. If the Scots rose up in armed rebellion today, British Prime Minister Tony Blair would crush, or try
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Dismantle Weapons of Mass Deception
How about doing this nation wide? Don't get mad, get even! :) March 2, 2003Fed-Up Viewers Say, No More Lies!People Smash Their TVs at NBC StudiosWASHINGTON, DC - Early Sunday morning, a group of disgruntled television viewers calling themselves Meet The People disowned their television sets in front of NBC studios to protest the pro-war media bias prevalent in Sunday morning talk shows. They then proceeded to smash the sets, under a banner that screamed, Dismantle Weapons of Mass Deception. Click here to view photos: http://dc.indymedia.org/local/webcast/uploads/metafiles/nbc_aftermath.jpg http://images.indymedia.org/imc/washingtondc/nbc_aftermath2.jpg http://dc.indymedia.org/local/webcast/uploads/metafiles/nbc_aftermath3.jpg One television smasher, Noah Hypocrisy, told reporters that he was fed-up with the invasion of the military-industrial-media complex in his life, especially in light of the impending war on Iraq: In the United States and other Western powers, the corporate-owned media depend on the military for information, accepting what military officers at the Pentagon or the White House spinners offer as undeniable fact. Im not that gullible, and Im mad as hell at what Im seeing on my television set! Hypocrisy said, in between hammer strokes with what seemed to be a Titleist golf pitching wedge.Another disenchanted viewer, Louisville Slugger in hand, lamented the heavy political biases she observes in the mainstream media: In 2001, NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight, and CBS Evening News interviewed U.S. sources who were 92% white, 85% male, and 75% Republican, cried Ceci Truth. How objective is that?!!!Timed for the taping of NBCs Sunday morning talk show Meet the Press, Meet the People barricaded the Nebraska Avenue entrance to the studios with a motley collection of their former television sets. Video of the dismantling will be available today at www.dc.indymedia.org .The People were determined that this was only the start.We wont stop here, and we encourage other thinking people to do similar actions. If the war on Iraq begins, we arent going to sit stupidly in our living rooms and accept the lies the corporate media try to feed us. We plan to seek out other weapons of mass deception: newspaper, radio, and other television studios. As their propaganda tries to drown out the truth, our level of disgust and resistance will escalate! BEWARE THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL-MEDIA COMPLEX...http://dc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=53342group=webcast I'm The Slime I am gross and perverted I'm obsessed 'n deranged I have existed for years But very little has changed I am the tool of the Government And industry too For I am destined to rule And regulate you I may be vile and pernicious But you can't look away I make you think I'm delicious With the stuff that I say I am the best you can get Have you guessed me yet? I am the slime oozin' out From your TV set You will obey me while I lead you And eat the garbage that I feed you Until the day that we don't need you Don't go for help...no one will heed you Your mind is totally controlled It has been stuffed into my mold And you will do as you are told Until the rights to you are sold That's right, folks.. Don't touch that dial Well, I am the slime from your video Oozin' along on your livingroom floor I am the slime from your video Can't stop the slime, people, lookit me go Frank Zappa, 1973, "Overnite Sensation" The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
READ AND FWD
Dear friend,I just signed a petition in support of the Pledge of Allegianceand I am asking you to join me. The next few weeks are crucial.Click here and read below:http://gfir.ws/14/pledge.asp?PID=2459352Sincerely,Ms. Elaina Guido+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +U R G E N T U P D A T E PLEDGE BATTLE REACHES CRUCIAL STAGE-- KEY DECISION IMMINENT!As you may know, California's Ninth Circuit Court of Appealshas banned the Pledge of Allegiance from our schools because,they say, the phrase "under God" is unconstitutional.What you may not know is that this case has reached a crucialturning point. The 9th Circuit Court Court has continued itsdelays -- leaving millions of school children in limboregarding the legality of reciting the Pledge!WE MUST TAKE ACTION!Just hours after this ruling, Grassfire.net launched anationwide petition to rally hundreds of thousands ofAmericans as to counteract this attack on our Pledge ofAllegiance.Their strategy is simple -- let this issue drop from thepublic view and then sneak in their final ruling banningthe Pledge.WE NEED YOUR HELP!Already, we have rallied and delivered more than 260,000petitions to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals!We have urged citizens to send thousands of faxes and phonecalls to the Court. We even submitted a "Friend Of TheCourt" brief -- co-signed by over 50,000 friends like you-- directly to the Court.But until the panel of judges agrees to rehear this case,the Pledge remains at risk and we must be ready to respondat a moment's notice* * * * * ACTION ITEM CLICK BELOW TO TAKE A STAND IN SUPPORT OF THE PLEDGE IN OUR SCHOOLS:http://gfir.ws/14/pledge.asp?PID=2459352PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION. THEN, ALERT AT LEAST 20-30 OF YOURFRIENDS--URGING THEM TO JOIN YOU IN OUR NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TOSUPPORT THE PLEDGE!THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!Grassfire.netP.S. If you haven't yet read what these judges said in theirruling, be sure to click the link below. YOU WILL BE SHOCKEDto read how they have made a mockery of the Pledge! Help usrespond quickly by signing the petition and rallying yourfriends today!+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +CLICK BELOW TO TAKE A STAND AND SAY"I SUPPORT THE PLEDGE IN OUR SCHOOLS!"http://gfir.ws/14/pledge.asp?PID=2459352+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +CLICK BELOW TO READ THE PRESS RELEASE THATACCOMPANIED THE MORE 260,000 PETITIONS THATWERE DELIVERED TO THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURTOF APPEALS.a href=""http://grassfire.net/14/pressrelease.asp">http://grassfire.net/14/pressrelease.asp "Click here/a+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +TO READ THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE RULINGAGAINST THE PLEDGE, PLEASE CLICK BELOW:a href=""http://grassfire.net/14/newslinks.asp">http://grassfire.net/14/newslinks.asp "Click here/a+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +DON'T MISS READING WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYINGABOUT THIS "HOTBED" ISSUE, CLICK BELOW:a href=""http://grassfire.net/14/comments.asp">http://grassfire.net/14/comments.asp "Click here/a Ain't Karma A Bitch!
