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"The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And even if he is not romantic personally he is apt to spread discontent among those who are." -H.L. Mencken
3.29.2005
3.12.2005
Dissent is Terroism
I bid all Americans to doubt Peak Oil and US government complicity in the attacks of 9/11.
Please continue to live your shallow, meaningless lives like the chattel you are.
Please continue to bow to authority.
Please continue living in fear.
Please continue your wasteful and over consuming ways.
Please continue to support illegal acts of genocide.
For when reality rears its evil head you will perish, you will be the starving, the suffering, the refugees, the sheep, your lives will feed the wealthy.
Please, don't change, keep in that mental line, don't deviate or question authority.
Continue to obey and your passing will be free from pain.
Everything is fine, your government does no wrong, dissent is terrorism, obedience is patriotism.
Stay in line, your number will be up soon.
Please continue to live your shallow, meaningless lives like the chattel you are.
Please continue to bow to authority.
Please continue living in fear.
Please continue your wasteful and over consuming ways.
Please continue to support illegal acts of genocide.
For when reality rears its evil head you will perish, you will be the starving, the suffering, the refugees, the sheep, your lives will feed the wealthy.
Please, don't change, keep in that mental line, don't deviate or question authority.
Continue to obey and your passing will be free from pain.
Everything is fine, your government does no wrong, dissent is terrorism, obedience is patriotism.
Stay in line, your number will be up soon.
3.06.2005
Jumbo King Crab Leg From God
3.03.2005
Wal-Mart is Pure Evil
"Wal-Mart regularly says it does not tolerate child labor or forced or prison labor, but when it comes to walking the walk the company refuses to reveal its Chinese contractors and will not allow independent, unannounced inspections of its contractors’ facilities.
Clothing sewn in China is usually done by young women, 17 to 25 year old (at 25 they are fired as ‘too old’) forced to work seven days a week, often past midnight for 12 to 28 cents an hour, with no benefits. Or that the women are housed in crowded, dirty dormitories, 15 to a room, and fed a thin rice gruel. The workers are kept under 24-hour-a-day surveillance and can be fired for even discussing factory conditions. The factories in China operate under a veil of secrecy, behind locked metal gates, with no factory names posted and no visitors allowed. China’s authorities do not allow independent human rights, religious or women’s groups to exist, and all attempts to form independent unions have been crushed. (http://www.nlcnet.org, 10/22/02)"
When are we going to wake up and right this wrong?
Clothing sewn in China is usually done by young women, 17 to 25 year old (at 25 they are fired as ‘too old’) forced to work seven days a week, often past midnight for 12 to 28 cents an hour, with no benefits. Or that the women are housed in crowded, dirty dormitories, 15 to a room, and fed a thin rice gruel. The workers are kept under 24-hour-a-day surveillance and can be fired for even discussing factory conditions. The factories in China operate under a veil of secrecy, behind locked metal gates, with no factory names posted and no visitors allowed. China’s authorities do not allow independent human rights, religious or women’s groups to exist, and all attempts to form independent unions have been crushed. (http://www.nlcnet.org, 10/22/02)"
When are we going to wake up and right this wrong?
1.24.2005
Letter to My Criminal Representatives in Congress
US troops in private contractor vehicles
To:
Sen. Mike DeWine
Sen. George Voinovich
January 23, 2005
To whom it may concern,
It has recently come to my attention that the lives of U.S. troops in Iraq are being needlessly put in jeopardy because they are being forced to ride with untrained private contractors on various missions. For the most part U.S. troops are being forced to ride with Kellog, Brown and Root drivers of which none have had military training on defensive driving, proper convoy operations, avoiding ambushes, navigating around IED's[hidden roadside bombs], proper procedure for calling in support or medivac or fire support, procedures to follow after taking enemy fire, the list goes on. The vehicle operators for KBR have no combat training and are basically drivers ill prepared for operations in a war zone, yet they are paid 5-8 times what U.S. soldiers are paid.
As a U.S. citizen, I find this policy unacceptable. It's bad enough our troops are mired down in a quagmire that echos other great foreign policy failures, it's even worse that the policy making elites in Washington have apparently lost all touch with the reality on the ground in Iraq.
I beg of you to salvage any remaining shred of humanity that may have survived your political ambitions, and do what is right, by pushing congress and those who have ceased power in the White House, to change the policy of the U.S. military by making it mandatory for drivers to be properly trained for their duties in hostile situations.
To:
Sen. Mike DeWine
Sen. George Voinovich
January 23, 2005
To whom it may concern,
It has recently come to my attention that the lives of U.S. troops in Iraq are being needlessly put in jeopardy because they are being forced to ride with untrained private contractors on various missions. For the most part U.S. troops are being forced to ride with Kellog, Brown and Root drivers of which none have had military training on defensive driving, proper convoy operations, avoiding ambushes, navigating around IED's[hidden roadside bombs], proper procedure for calling in support or medivac or fire support, procedures to follow after taking enemy fire, the list goes on. The vehicle operators for KBR have no combat training and are basically drivers ill prepared for operations in a war zone, yet they are paid 5-8 times what U.S. soldiers are paid.
As a U.S. citizen, I find this policy unacceptable. It's bad enough our troops are mired down in a quagmire that echos other great foreign policy failures, it's even worse that the policy making elites in Washington have apparently lost all touch with the reality on the ground in Iraq.
I beg of you to salvage any remaining shred of humanity that may have survived your political ambitions, and do what is right, by pushing congress and those who have ceased power in the White House, to change the policy of the U.S. military by making it mandatory for drivers to be properly trained for their duties in hostile situations.
12.16.2004
The Background is Oil
by Dale Allen Pfeiffer
[For many it is difficult to accept the truth about the events of September 11th without seeing the context of an unavoidable global crisis that cannot be postponed or evaded. The myth of perpetual American prosperity is destroyed by this layman-friendly analysis of the global oil picture and the hard choices facing the planet. Enron employees are only adding to a list of innocent American victims that is going to increase rapidly. There are solutions, however, that do not necessitate support for the global dictatorship that is rapidly falling upon us all. Many thanks to Dale Allen Pfeiffer for this cogent and ominous analysis. - MCR]
[For many it is difficult to accept the truth about the events of September 11th without seeing the context of an unavoidable global crisis that cannot be postponed or evaded. The myth of perpetual American prosperity is destroyed by this layman-friendly analysis of the global oil picture and the hard choices facing the planet. Enron employees are only adding to a list of innocent American victims that is going to increase rapidly. There are solutions, however, that do not necessitate support for the global dictatorship that is rapidly falling upon us all. Many thanks to Dale Allen Pfeiffer for this cogent and ominous analysis. - MCR]
12.03.2004
"Let Freedom Reign"
"Let Freedom Reign"
Originally uploaded by Spetsnaz.
One cringes at the hypocrisy bleeding out of this remark. George Bush at his most eloquent, yet the phrase is actually "Let Freedom Ring". Of course he's the most powerful man in the world so who would be mad enough to get in his way? Certainly those 100,000 estimated dead Iraqi men, women, and children learned their lesson.
Here's an article about how the U.S. wants to make it a crime for Iraqi farmers to grow their own seed crops, in a glutenous attempt to monopolize agriculture. Check it Out
11.27.2004
Drugs, Oil, and War
Drugs, Oil, and War
Originally uploaded by Spetsnaz.
Reading this book makes you feel like a newborn falling out of the womb.
More info here
Guernica
Guernica
“On a black and white canvas that depicts ancient tragedy, Picasso also writes our letter of doom; all that we love is going to be lost, and that is why it is necessary that we gather up all that we love, like the emotion of great farewells, in something of unforgettable beauty.” -Michel Leiris
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