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The media, the MSM, desperate to push their corporate owners corporately owned candidate tools down our throats, is being documented. It has been proven. It is as if the media is at war with the American people. They are using the airwaves we own to censor news about Ron Paul. They are so desperate that they do it right in front of us at the debates, cutting Ron Paul's speaking time down whenever they can. He is the smartest, most experienced candidate on the stage and in the race, and he has abundant integrity. He has what all of the others lack. He is genuine, a true patriot.
Liars, panderers, owned by the corporations, or tied to the illegal and corrupt FED. And this illegal election activity is just the tip of the iceberg. American has had enough of these plastic, corrupt politicians and Fed Chairman. Not worthy of the White House, and not worthy of the American people. On top of the lack of integrity and honesty, they do not have the knowledge or experience to run this country in these critical, and crisis times.
Freedom of speech, current events, politics, conspiracy theories, ufo's, phenomena, and good discussions. Have you wondered where all of those great posters from GLP went after the purges and mass bans? Here they are.
Obama now accused of destroying U.S. economy ... on purpose!President, Dems accused of deliberately overloading country's financial system Read more: Obama now accused of destroying U.S. economy ... on purpose! http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=359785#ixzz1blpi5GqH
This eruption occured 10/24/11. Volcanos can cause physical symptoms in those of us who are sensitive. Symptoms of nausea, bloating and sudden stomach upset, migraines which usually include facial pain. High frequency noises may became unbearable before the eruption, much as they do prior to major earthquakes. http://www.migraineonlinehotline.bravehost.com
Peter Schiff schooled some and discussed with others in the crowd the real root of the economic problems in this country, and the world. He defined what capitalism is, compared to the chronie capitalism and lobbyists' regulations of our system now. And let's not forget the counterfeiting going on at the FED that is devaluing our currency, and heaping more debt on our backs to fund more of their schemes, scams, and wars we don't want, wars forced on us just like they are forced on countries who did not attack us, fought through use of our military, at the risk of the lives of our young people, and financed on our backs without our permission, and usually without our knowledge until after the fact. What the hell is going on here? This isn't what any thinking reasonable person would want. This isn't what we voted for. This isn't what we agreed to at all. But it is a direct attack on our Constitutional protections, and an attack on our national security through destruction of our monetary system. I've had enough. We've all had enough.
But the OWS includes small groups of people whose ideals are not of liberty, smaller government, fewer or no taxes, or even the Constitution. Some are paid to spout illogical nonsense about bigger government, more social controls, more government controls to take from one segment and give to another. They do not understand that we have had chronie capitalism, not free market capitalism for a long time. Some seem to not understand the core issues at all. The media has focused on them, the minority, attempting to give the wrong impression about the 99% of the protesters to the public via the MSM.
These videos will show you who the majority are. Some are knowledgeable, others have part of it right, but needed more good information, and a few didn't understand how the economy works and so were in denial that Peter Schiff is correct. There seemed to be many Ron Paul supporters there, trying to educate anyone willing to listen about the FED, and how it has facilitated the addiction to greed and power of Wall Street, the banksters, and the bought off government, and their endless wars to justify the ever larger government, with it's ever increasing encroachments on our liberties, more with every day, in efforts to slowly subdue our ability to recognize their utter vileness. They are trying to correct the misinformation. They are also explaining that it isn't the 99% against the 1%. It is one root entity that is holding us hostage through unpayable mounting debt, and endless wars. The FED
Good luck to them. Spread the message. Only one man can cure what ails this nation. Ron Paul 2012
Part 1
Peter Schiff Live at Occupy Wall St #2 http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18000013
OCCUPY THE FED http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/17897993
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Ron Paul spoke at the National Press Conference Luncheon, October 15, 2011, very important venue. The press was impressed. You could have heard a pin drop in the room. He also fielded a few questions after, and got a few laughs from the press. They must have been thinking how refreshing a change Ron Paul would be in the White House, and at press conferences. Enjoy
It's 1 hour long. The transcript can be found at the link.
ALERT ! THIS IS A MUST SEE ! This is a real ALERT to WE The PEOPLE ! It is a call to action. In Copenhagen, December 6 - 18, 2009, if Obama signs this treaty, the United States will no longer be a soveriegn nation. We've been had, people!
Minnesota Free Market Institute on 10/14/09. The speaker was Lord Christopher Monckton, former science adviser to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. http://motls.blogspot.com/2006/11/christopher-monckton-vs-mark-trodden.html
http://foxienews.com/blog/? "This Treaty (also known as a Convention) would take away our US Sovereignty. He said that the Treaty itself doesn’t do it, but that Article 6 of our Constitution states that: “all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land;”
Do you think Obama wouldn't do that to this country? Really? Think again. Better than that, don't take my word for it. READ THIS ! http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/14/obama-india-china-climate-change
They want to tax CO2. In other words - they haven't found a way to tax the air you breath yet......BUT, they have found a way to tax us all for breathing out. Then they want to use your tax money for breathing out to fund 3rd world countries. You see what this really is, don't you? It's another way to steal more of our wealth, or what is left of it, and funnel it to the greedy corporations so that they can develop 3rd world countries in their image so they can make more Profits ! And they plan to trample our Constitution and our Bill of Rights to do it.
This a call to action. CONTACT YOUR Reps in the Congress & the Senate. Pick up your phone. Crank up your email. Visit in person if you can ! BE HEARD !Make your voices heard, loudly, proudly, and powerfully. Do it now ! Do this for you, your kids, your grandkids, and the generations to follow. http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml
Are you awake now ! Make yourselves heard while you still can. Be sure to read the post following this. IMPORTANT PEOPLE ! Call- Email - Write Your Reps ! http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml http://www.house.gov/ http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
SHOWDOWN IN CHICAGO * October 25, 2009 http://www.showdowninchicago.org
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The Minnesota Free Market Institute hosted an event at Bethel University in St. Paul on Wednesday evening. Keynote speaker Lord Christopher Monckton, former science adviser to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, gave a scathing and lengthy presentation, complete with detailed charts, graphs, facts, and figures which culminated in the utter decimation of both the pop culture concept of global warming and the credible threat of any significant anthropomorphic climate change.
A detailed summary of Monckton’s presentation will be available here once compiled. However, a segment of his remarks justify immediate publication. If credible, the concern Monckton speaks to may well prove the single most important issue facing the American nation, bigger than health care, bigger than cap and trade, and worth every citizen’s focused attention.
Here were Monckton’s closing remarks, as dictated from my audio recording:
At [the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in] Copenhagen, this December, weeks away, a treaty will be signed. Your president will sign it. Most of the third world countries will sign it, because they think they’re going to get money out of it. Most of the left-wing regime from the European Union will rubber stamp it. Virtually nobody won’t sign it.
I read that treaty. And what it says is this, that a world government is going to be created. The word “government” actually appears as the first of three purposes of the new entity. The second purpose is the transfer of wealth from the countries of the West to third world countries, in satisfication of what is called, coyly, “climate debt” – because we’ve been burning CO2 and they haven’t. We’ve been screwing up the climate and they haven’t. And the third purpose of this new entity, this government, is enforcement.
How many of you think that the word “election” or “democracy” or “vote” or “ballot” occurs anywhere in the 200 pages of that treaty? Quite right, it doesn’t appear once. So, at last, the communists who piled out of the Berlin Wall and into the environmental movement, who took over Greenpeace so that my friends who funded it left within a year, because [the communists] captured it – Now the apotheosis as at hand. They are about to impose a communist world government on the world. You have a president who has very strong sympathies with that point of view. He’s going to sign it. He’ll sign anything. He’s a Nobel Peace Prize [winner]; of course he’ll sign it.
[laughter]
And the trouble is this; if that treaty is signed, if your Constitution says that it takes precedence over your Constitution (sic), and you can’t resign from that treaty unless you get agreement from all the other state parties – And because you’ll be the biggest paying country, they’re not going to let you out of it.
So, thank you, America. You were the beacon of freedom to the world. It is a privilege merely to stand on this soil of freedom while it is still free. But, in the next few weeks, unless you stop it, your president will sign your freedom, your democracy, and your humanity away forever. And neither you nor any subsequent government you may elect will have any power whatsoever to take it back. That is how serious it is. I’ve read the treaty. I’ve seen this stuff about [world] government and climate debt and enforcement. They are going to do this to you whether you like it or not.
But I think it is here, here in your great nation, which I so love and I so admire – it is here that perhaps, at this eleventh hour, at the fifty-ninth minute and fifty-ninth second, you will rise up and you will stop your president from signing that dreadful treaty, that purposeless treaty. For there is no problem with climate and, even if there were, an economic treaty does nothing to [help] it.
So I end by saying to you the words that Winston Churchill addressed to your president in the darkest hour before the dawn of freedom in the Second World War. He quoted from your great poet Longfellow:
Sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate!
Lord Monckton received a standing ovation and took a series of questions from members of the audience. Among those questions were these relevent to the forthcoming Copenhagen treaty:
Question: The current administration and the Democratic majority in Congress has shown little regard for the will of the people. They’re trying to pass a serious government agenda, and serious taxation and burdens on future generations. And there seems to be little to stop them. How do you propose we stop Obama from doing this, because I see no way to stop him from signing anything in Copenhagen. I believe that’s his agenda and he’ll do it.
I don’t minimize the difficulty. But on this subject – I don’t really do politics, because it’s not right. In the end, your politics is for you. The correct procedure is for you to get onto your representatives, both in the US Senate where the bill has yet to go through (you can try and stop that) and in [the House], and get them to demand their right of audience (which they all have) with the president and tell him about this treaty. There are many very powerful people in this room, wealthy people, influential people. Get onto the media, tell them about this treaty. If they go to www.wattsupwiththat.com, they will find (if they look carefully enough) a copy of that treaty, because I arranged for it to be posted there not so long ago. Let them read it, and let the press tell the people that their democracy is about to be taken away for no good purpose, at least [with] no scientific basis [in reference to climate change]. Tell the press to say this. Tell the press to say that, even if there is a problem [with climate change], you don’t want your democracy taken away. It really is as simple as that.
Question: Is it really irrevocable if that treaty is signed? Suppose it’s signed by someone who does not have the authority, as I – I have some, a high degree of skepticism that we do have a valid president there because I -
I know at least one judge who shares your opinion, sir, yes.
I don’t believe it until I see it. … Would [Obama's potential illegitimacy as president] give us a reasonable cause to nullify whatever treaty that he does sign as president?
I would be very careful not to rely on things like that. Although there is a certain amount of doubt whether or not he was born in Hawaii, my fear is it would be very difficult to prove he wasn’t born in Hawaii and therefore we might not be able to get anywhere with that. Besides, once he’s signed that treaty, whether or not he signed it validly, once he’s signed it and ratified it – your Senate ratifies it – you’re bound by it. But I will say one thing; they know, in the White House, that they won’t be able to get the 67 votes in the Senate, the two-thirds majority that your Constitution has stipulated must be achieved in order to ratify a treaty of this kind. However, what they’ve worked out is this – and they actually let it slip during the election campaign, which is how I know about it. They plan to enact that Copenhagen treaty into legislation by a simple majority of both houses. That they can do. But the virtue of that – and here you have a point – is that is, thank God, reversible. So I want you to pray tonight, and pray hard for your Senate that they utterly refuse to ratify the [new] Treaty of Copenhagen, because if they refuse to ratify it and [Obama] has to push it through as domestic legislation, you can repeal it.
Regardless of whether global warming is taking place or caused to any degree by human activity, we do not want a global government empowered to tax Americans without elected representation or anything analogous to constitutional protections. The Founding Fathers would roll over in their graves if they knew their progeny allowed a foreign power such authority, effectively undoing their every effort in an act of Anti-American Revolution. If that is our imminent course, we need to put all else on hold and focus on stopping it. If American sovereignty is ceded, all other debate is irrelevant.
Edited to add @ 8:31 am:
Skimming through the treaty, I came across verification of Monckton’s assessment of the new entity’s purpose:
38. The scheme for the new institutional arrangement under the Convention will be based on three basic pillars: government; facilitative mechanism; and financial mechanism, and the basic organization of which will include the following:
World Government (heading added) (a) The government will be ruled by the COP with the support of a new subsidiary body on adaptation, and of an Executive Board responsible for the management of the new funds and the related facilitative processes and bodies. The current Convention secretariat will operate as such, as appropriate.
This is strong stuff. This Bill Moyers Report interview with William K. Black about who tanked the economy and why is explosive. The transcript is also available at the link given. Have you got an hour to listen ? If you do, listen twice, and get mad ! Then, please demand that your representatives on the hill stop sucking up to these criminals including those newly appointed in the administration. It's all a con job. These Wall Street appointees are the same crooks who robbed We The People blind. Why did Obama appoint these people ? He knew they were crooks. You must realize that they have been appointed to cover all the crooks asses. What is going on here ? I guess somebody has to say it. Was he involved ?
RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas hereby claim sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That this serve as notice and demand to the federal government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That all compulsory federal legislation that directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or that requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate of the United States Congress, and to all the members of the Texas delegation to the congress with the request that this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.
81R5789 MMS-F
By: Creighton H.C.R. No. 50
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people"; and WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that specifically granted by the Constitution of the United States and no more; and WHEREAS, The scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment means that the federal government was created by the states specifically to be an agent of the states; and WHEREAS, Today, in 2009, the states are demonstrably treated as agents of the federal government; and WHEREAS, Many federal laws are directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment assures that we, the people of the United States of America and each sovereign state in the Union of States, now have, and have always had, rights the federal government may not usurp; and WHEREAS, Section 4, Article IV, of the Constitution says, "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government," and the Ninth Amendment states that "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people"; and WHEREAS, The United States Supreme Court has ruled in New York v. United States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that congress may not simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the states; and WHEREAS, A number of proposals from previous administrations and some now pending from the present administration and from congress may further violate the Constitution of the United States; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas hereby claim sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States; and, be it further RESOLVED, That this serve as notice and demand to the federal government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers; and, be it further RESOLVED, That all compulsory federal legislation that directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or that requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed; and, be it further RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate of the United States Congress, and to all the members of the Texas delegation to the congress with the request that this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.
This is serious stuff, and worth watching in one sitting. This is better than tv. We are in a financial war. It has been going on for a long time. Before TPTB destroy every economy on the face of the earth, you must see this. So, get your beverage & your popcorn. Put your snuggly socks on, and a fire in the fireplace. You'll want your monitor where you can see it from the couch. Full Screen. Ready............ON !
AND, You Need To Know This ! http://newsbrowser.org/firewall/index.html
You don't believe your reps in Washington DC are on the take ? Really ? Almost every legislator's votes are bought and paid for, whether the vote is yea or nay. See for yourselves. http://www.maplight.org
Send this to your Congressperson and Senators. Let them know it's time for a change, all right. Yes, indeed it is. http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml
I'm going to provide a list of links, some of which may include similar footage. The area where I grew up was devastated, and as of today almost 140 people are still missing, possibly washed out to sea, or inland. I think these videos will say it all. May God bless them, and those who knew them.
This first video is of a rescued couple who frequent an international forum where I post. As the hurricane was coming in, many of us in the area from the coast to north of Houston were posting first hand information about conditions as they worsened. This couple was posting from Bolivar, and suddenly weren't posting up. As we knew the 'cane' had hit them first, there was great concern, even from those in Europe who were following our reports. It was a week before we found out that they had survived barely, as they clung to the rafters in their attic crawl space. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYp7J80qfLU&feature=related
I grew up in Winnie, Texas. If you have followed Hurricane Ike news, you will have heard of it. These beach communities were right down the road, about 10 minutes away. I have seen names I recognize on the missing list. Maybe they evac'd and will turn up. A few evacuees say that 100's are missing. These were the beaches I walked and ran along, the places I surfed, the places I fished. At High Island-Gilchrist I would park, and walk down to the beach. A dolphin always seemed to jump as soon as I would approach the water, even from the time of my childhood. They are gone. Swept out to sea, and some swept inland. Gone. These were quiet, pristine beaches where people lived real lives. Not geared for tourists, but rather for families who had been there for generations. I hope that in the days and weeks to come, those who were trapped by waters that rose 24 hours sooner than expected will show up, or be found alive. May God bless everyone there. May God bless those who are now gone. They will be very much missed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq3j92DNnOI
I will post many video links later, maybe tomorrow, showing the complete devastation to this once paradise on the Texas coast. As soon as I can do it without tears.
Dennis Kucinich is looking for 1,000,000 signatures for Impeachment of GW Bush ! Be a part of it. Email the link to everyone you know ! http://kucinich.us/
I, for one, am fed up with the crap that is being shoved down our throats by representatives who haven't represented us in a very long time. All you have to do is a little research, such as a previous post on my blog, to know that anyone with a little money in their pockets can buy the reps vote away from common sense, the will of the people, and plain and simple survival of the nation. We have, for instance, a potential Democratic nominee, Nobama, who wants to send almost ONE TRILLION DOLLARS , that's TRILLION, to Africa. EXCUSE ME ? This IDIOT, this clueless , inexperienced IDIOT, must not have heard the truth, or chooses to ignore it, as in Bush 'Black'. So, Nobama, just in case you stumble across my little blog, I have news for you. The United States of America is more than NINE TRILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT. What kind of fool gives aid to anyone, any foreign nation, when they are more than 9 TRILLION DOLLARS in debt ? FOOL ! Where the hell does he plan to get this money ? Who does he think will pay for it ? I WON"T. I don't think anyone who is willing to put up with some inexperienced jerk with a big check book, and lot's of credit cards who doesn't know this nation is drowning in debt has a brain to think with. Do the math.
AS to not recognizing English as our national language, FOOLS ! Do you know that in southwestern states, if you want a job that has public contact, you have to learn Spanish to be hired ? HEY ! This is America. This isn't Mexico. If Spanish speaking immigrants want a job here, they need to be required to speak English, or go home. I'm fed up with Spanish on my bills, Spanish on the phone recordings, Spanish at the stores. THIS IS AMERICA. Our language is English. I'm fed up with companies who cancel American traditional holidays because the Muslim employees want their religious holiday instead. Go home if that's what you want. Any company who does this, I will email campaign against, and boycott. I'm fed up with rigged elections, a goverment that ignores the people who are paying their salaries. I'm fed up with lobbyists being treated with all due respect, and screw the people if we don't like it. I tell you what, any reps who might read this. You either stop cowtowing to the lobbyists, and foreign entities, stop taking kick backs, or I will vote against you, email campaign against you, and if I get the chance, I'll demand your impeachment for treason.
Satellite Photo, 6:30 PM CDST Houston KHOU HURRICANE CENTRAL http://www.khou.com/weather/hurricanecentral/ GOES IR Gulf Java Applet Loop http://www.goes.noaa.gov/HURRLOOPS/gulfir.html GOES WV Gulf Java Applet Loop http://www.goes.noaa.gov/HURRLOOPS/huwvloop.html National Hurricane Center, http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
HURRICANE SUPPLY LIST @ FUTUREQUAKE Supply List, More Weather Links While this storm probably doesn't have the time to become a full blown hurricane, do take precautions. If it's only a great big thunderstorm, then call it a dress rehearsal. The season is young yet, and the Gulf will only get warmer.
***** Be sure to back up your computer hard drive, and files you wouldn't want to lose, like photo albums, music, logons & passwords, favorite sites. If you have to evacuate you will want a way to take your backups with you. If you can, put everything on an external hard drive. Of course there are also blank CD's and DVD's that will store gigabytes. If you have to, take the hard drive out to take it with you.
Here are some highlights. Links to the complete hearings held on 7.25.2008 as well as links to an interview with Dennis Kucinich will be provided at the bottom of the videos. Priceless !
How to Make a Angry American
Dennis Kucinich - 7-25-2008
7/25/08 #38 Scott 'What can Congress do other than Impeach?'
7/25/08 #48 Rep Wexler Q&A
"BUSH GUILTY OF 1ST DEG MURDER" - BUGLIOSI TELLS CONGRESS
It's a little after 4 AM, here in west Houston, Texas. We're seeing the far outer bands, looks like rain is on the doorstep within the next hour or two. We're expecting high tides, beach erosion, some winds and heavy rains today. No biggy here. Just some much needed rain. Brownsville, Texas is about to get slammed, sometime later today, about noon is the guess-timate.
This Declaration of Independence, written by my great great uncle, generations ago, is as fresh today as it was on July 4, 1776. Maybe he envisioned the current times. Just substitute George Bush's name and you will see what I mean.
There are a few voices in our goverment who stand up, speak up, and are willing to be the fool in the room speaking the truth, while all around pretend not to know what truth is. Like many, I have watched as the majority in our goverment these recent almost 8 years have acted like foreigners running the US into ruin as fast as they can. In speaking to people of all genre's , it becomes clear than almost any adult citizen in this country has a better grasp of the truth, intellect, and common sense than almost anyone in our goverment. It's time to replace all of those representatives who consistently vote against the will of the people and good common sense, out of office as quickly as possible. Once you realize that the lobbyists and corporations are buying votes against your bests interests, it becomes clear that a complete overhaul of the Congress, the White House, and the military brass is in order, and long over due. I hope this election year will be a good start in accomplishing that.
Our privacy as guaranteed in the Constitution, our right to sue when eavesdropped on, has been bought and sold. Yes, our so called representatives in Congress have sold their votes, our rights, to the telecom companies who are helping the Bush administration spy on all of us. I don't think it's terrorists they are afraid of. Do you ? I think they are afraid of the 89% of the American population who think 9/11 was an Inside Job, and want to see these criminals impeached. We are now called extremists.
HOUSE DEMS WHO CHANGED THEIR VOTE TO SUPPORT FISA BILL, GIVING IMMUNITY TO TELCOS, RECEIVED, ON AVERAGE, $8,359 IN PAC CONTRIBUTIONS FROM VERIZON, AT&T, AND SPRINT
BERKELEY, CA—Last week, on June 20, the House of Representatives approved a compromise bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA). The bill sets new electronic surveillance rules that effectively shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits resulting from the government’s warrantless eavesdropping on phone calls and viewing of emails of private citizens in the U.S. Approximately 40 lawsuits have been filed with potential damages totaling in the billions of dollars.
On March 14 of this year the House passed an amendment that rejected retroactive immunity for phone carriers who helped the National Security Agency carry out the illegal wiretapping program without proper warrants. Ninety-four House Democrats voted in favor of this measure--rejecting immunity--on March 14, then ‘changed’ to vote in favor of the June 20 House bill--approving immunity.
“Why did these ninety-four House members have a change of heart?” asked Daniel Newman, executive director of MAPLight.org, “Their constituents deserve answers.”
MAPLight.org's research department compiled PAC campaign contributions from Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint and correlated them with the voting records of all House members who voted on last week’s FISA bill. (The analysis used data from CRP; contributions were from January 2005 through March 2008). Here are the findings:
Comparing Democrats' Votes (March 14th and June 20th votes):
Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint gave PAC contributions averaging:
$8,359 to each Democrat who changed their position to support immunity for Telcos (94 Dems) $4,987 to each Democrat who remained opposed to immunity for Telcos (116 Dems)
88 percent of the Dems who changed to supporting immunity (83 Dems of the 94) received PAC contributions from Verizon, AT&T, or Sprint during the last three years (Jan. 2005-Mar. 2008). See below for list of these 94 Dems.
All House Members (June 20th vote:) Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint gave PAC contributions averaging:
$9,659 to each member of the House voting "YES" (105-Dem, 188-Rep) $4,810 to each member of the House voting "NO" (128-Dem, 1-Rep)
MAPLight.org's research department findings are based on the combination of contribution data from the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) with voting data from THOMAS via GovTrack.us.
"Campaign contributions bias our legislative system,” said Daniel Newman, Executive Director of MAPLight.org. “Simply put, candidates who take positions contrary to industry interests are unlikely to receive industry funds and thus have fewer resources for their election campaigns than those whose votes favor industry interests."
Democrats who changed their voting to support immunity for Telcos:
PAC contributions from Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint (January 2005 - March 2008).
The FISA bill also requires the administration to submit surveillance procedures to the secret FISA court for approval before surveillance could begin, except in emergency circumstances. The bill's provisions expire at the end of 2012.
The March 16th vote was on the House amendment (to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3773), to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA).
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This is the complete resolution as introduced on the floor of the House , in 4 parts.
ENJOY ! Then, click the supplied links at the bottom and tell you congressional reps, Speaker Pelosi, the Judicial Committee that you support Dennis Kucinich's resolution, and demand that they represent you and do the same.
* While I am at it, the Senate has voted down the Oil Windfall Profits tax, again favoring the crooks who are stealing our country blind. The excuse - This is an example of the highest level of either stupidity, or pay offs. the senators who voted against say it is because the oil companies will just get it back some other way. DUH ! So, why the hell don't they also vote to REGULATE the oil companies ? That would solve the problem. Every one of these senators who voted against We The People and this nation must be voted out of office. Can you say, Bye Bye crooked senators ?
Hillary Clinton, the winner of the popular vote in the Democratic Primaries, has been 'presumptively pushed aside by some very well paid super delegates.
Yet Again, the people wisely chose the most intelligent, most experienced candidate with the best ability to fix the mess this country is now in.
And, yet again, a small group of people have decided that the less intelligent, inexperienced candidate, who needs instruction to find the desk, has their support. Obviously, they want someone they can control, to our detriment no doubt, again.
Is it any wonder this country is screwed ? Write the super delegates, can be found by Googling. Write the Democratic National Committee. Complain. Take a stand ! NO MORE STOLEN ELECTIONS !
Come on people ! Smile on each other and Vote HILLARY CLINTON for President of the United States ! We deserve to have this brilliant and experienced woman in the Oval Office sitting behind that desk that says PRESIDENT ! I don't know about you, but I am fed up watching the good ole boys try to push her into the background. We, as women are used to being patted on the head, and told to back down. Well, not this time ! It flies in the face of reason for them to tell Hillary to quit, after she Wins, and she Wins, and she Wins. It's pitiful to find out that Obama is buying super delegates. The super delegates should be barred from voting. Maybe we can all vote twice like the bought and paid for super delegates.
And, now, it turns out that Florida and Michigan don't have votes that are counted anymore. Are we back to 48 states ? Florida's votes haven't been counted for 8 years. I'll bet that if a man had won those states, the votes would be counted. LADIES, Let's change the world ! VOTE HILLARY CLINTON for President of the United States of America !
How many more crimes against the American People, the Constitution, and humanity have to endure before Bush and his illegal, election stealing, financially corrupt, attempt at a dictatorship be stopped ? How could this have been allowed in this nation for almost 8 years? How long before the Military does it's job, and take Bush, Cheney, and the whole lousy bunch of them into custody, and prosecute these criminals ?
Women, Ladies all, support this brilliant woman's candidacy for President of this United States. We need her know how in the office of President of this country. You can see the mess the men have made, most of them. It is time for a woman to take the helm of this great nation. VOTE HILLARY for President !
You all know that we aren't getting the real news inthe US. To get the full story as it happens, worldwide opinion and news, use the above link. If that one doesn't work, try this one. Bloomberg Live Stream, from several world broadcast locations, http://www.bloomberg.com/streams/video/LiveBTV56.asxx It looks like a financial war, and for all the world, it looks like the demise of the US economy was orchestrated by the low IQ bunch @ http://Bush & Cheney.dufus . I don't want to sound like an alarmist, but maybe it would be a good idea to stock up on food staples before the crash comes. While they say the high price of oil is because of the devaluation of the dollar, the numbers don't add up. The dollar is down 25%. Oil on the barrel is up 1000%. Ummmmhh............................
Vermont Towns Approve Bush 'indictment' By JOHN CURRAN Associated Press Writer
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) -- Voters in two Vermont towns approved measures Tuesday calling for the indictment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for what they consider violations of the Constitution.
More symbolic than anything, the items sought to have police arrest Bush and Cheney if they ever visit Brattleboro or nearby Marlboro or to extradite them for prosecution elsewhere - if they're not impeached first.
In Brattleboro, the vote was 2,012-1,795. In Marlboro, which held a town meeting on the issue, it was 43-25 with three abstentions.
"I hope the one thing that people take from this is, 'Hey, it can be done,'" said Kurt Daims, 54, who organized the petition drive that led to the Brattleboro vote.
The measure in Marlboro isn't binding because it didn't appear on the warning for the meeting, according to Nora Wilson.
"It was emotional. There were heartfelt speeches on both sides," Wilson said.
The question put to voters in Brattleboro referred to "crimes against our Constitution" but did not specify the allegations.
In Brattleboro, a steady stream of voters paraded into the Union High School gym to cast their ballots on a day when school board elections and Vermont's presidential primary were also on the slate.
Voters interviewed after casting ballots said they saw the article as an opportunity to express their frustration over the war in Iraq and Bush's tenure in general.
"I realize it's an extreme thing to do, and really silly in a way," said Robert George, 74, a retired photographer. "But I'm really angry about us getting involved in the war in Iraq and him (Bush) disrespecting the will of the people."
Ian Kelley, 41, a radio DJ, said he didn't vote on the article.
"It's not a good reflection on the town," he said. "Do I like either of them and would I vote for them? No. But I don't think it's cause to arrest them."
Barbara Southworth, a 66-year-old nurse, said she would have voted against it.
"I forgot to vote because it was on the flip side," she said.
The White House press office didn't immediately respond to a request for comment, but a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee denounced the indictment effort. "
Susan McElwain Uncut 9-11 Shanksville Eyewitness Testimonial
YouTube - The 9-11 Videos You Saw Were All Fake
STILL UNANSWERED 9/11 MIRACLES by Allen L Roland http://www.opednews.com Eventually, hopefully during our lifetime, Pandora's Box will be fully opened regarding the 9/11 cover-up and the world will reel in shock and awe ~ when the monstrous truth is known to one and all : Allen L Roland ............http://www.opednews.com
Wexler questions AG Mukasey on Impeachment and Contempt Wexler Will Urge House Judiciary Committee to 'Schedule Impeachment Hearings Immediately' Wexler questions AG Mukasey on Impeachment and Contempt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7M9sjRLCtQ&eurl
What You Don't Know Can Hurt Us The Bush administration has a long and comical history of going to great lengths to hide bad news from the public. Today, Amanda at TP reports on the latest gem: The U.S. economy is faltering. Family debt is on the rise, benefits are disappearing, the deficit is skyrocketing, and the mortgage crisis has worsened. Conservatives have attempted to deflect attention from the crisis, by blaming the media’s negative coverage and insisting the United States is not headed toward a recession, despite what economists are predicting. The Bush administration’s latest move is to simply hide the data. Forbes has awarded EconomicIndicators.gov one of its “Best of the Web” awards. As Forbes explains, the government site provides an invaluable service to the public for accessing U.S. economic data: http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/14575.html
Intel Chair to Bush on FISA: I Will Not Back Down To You http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Intel_chair_to_Bush_on_FISA_0214.html Congressman Silvestre Reyes, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, sent a letter to President Bush regarding the ongoing battle over warrantless wiretapping.
Whitehouse Officials Found In Contempt of Congress!http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/house-finds-white-house-officials-in-contempt-of-congress-2008-02-14.htmlHouse finds Bolten, Miers in contempt of Congress By Alexander Bolton and Klaus Marre Posted: 02/14/08 02:21 PM [ET] The House voted Thursday to hold White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before a panel investigating the firing of several United States attorneys.
U.S. SUPREME COURT ORDERS PRESIDENT BUSH TO PAY EARLY REPORTS SUGGEST THAT BUSH DEFIED THE SUPREME COURT http://www.worldreports.org/news/121 When Change Is Not Enough: Seven Steps to Revolution, By Sara Robinson, If history is any indication, we may be on the road to violent revolution. We got here because of the conservatives' war against liberal government. "Those who make peaceful evolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable." -- John F. Kennedy There's one thing for sure: 2008 isn't anything like politics as usual. http://www.alternet.org/democracy/77498/?page=entire
