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America's Israeli-Occupied Media

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:21:30 GMT

clipped by: thisnamecantbetaken
clipper's remarks: During the Six-Day War, Israel attacked and nearly sank the USS Liberty belonging to its closest ally, the USA. Thirty-four American servicemen were killed in the two-hour assault by Israeli warplanes and torpedo boats. Israel claimed that the whole affair had been a tragic accident based on mistaken identification of the ship. The American government accepted the explanation.

Dead In The Water - The Sinking of the USS Liberty - 69 min

Documentary 'The Israel lobby - The influence of AIPAC on US Foreign Policy' - 51 min

Clip Source: mwcnews.net

There should be little doubt that the Israeli government is making every effort to jump-start a war against Iran

A flurry of visits to Israel

have made clear that there is considerable opposition at the Pentagon and in intelligence circles to starting a third war at this time.

Iran is still far removed from having nuclear capability. Mullen went so far as to tell the Israelis flatly that Washington does not want another war. He even brought up the subject of the USS Liberty, a not-so subtle hint that Washington knows that Israel might try to engineer a Gulf of Tonkin-type surprise to force American involvement.

Mullen may have been implying that any incident in the Persian Gulf that might lead to armed conflict will be scrutinized carefully to determine if it is a false flag operation initiated by Tel Aviv.

the mainstream media

provides a bully pulpit for those who want war. The media

accepts the framework of the Iran "problem" as defined by Washington and Tel Aviv

Oil & Gas Prices Plunge; Supply Unchanged

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:38:05 GMT

clipped by: blueridge
clipper's remarks: High gas prices were driven by speculators in oil futures, low valuation of dollar, and war fears--NOT BECAUSE OF LIMITED SUPPLY.

Making this point again since GOP propagandists were blaming high gas prices on lack of drilling and our "enemies at OPEC". Baloney! This should bring an end to that pack of lies.

1. This is investor driven, (read the analyst in the clip above).

2. The dollar is now regaining strength, which is used in international oil trade. (But the record $10.2 trillion national debt is made of fake printed money, which is inflationary, and still a huge problem).

3. War fears, which drive speculation also, have subsided as the prospect and drumbeat of war with Iran has diminished (for now). Until Israel foments war again.

These are the three principle causes of high gas prices, now being reversed. Let the "drill" propagandists for supply as the cause now shut their mouths.

Clip Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Oil plunges to 13-month low on global crisis

Investors worry about the impact of a severe international downturn

Gas prices across the United States
The U.S. average price of regular has jumped 73 cents from last year to $3.504 per gallon on Monday, according to AAA.

NEW YORK - The stunning collapse in oil markets accelerated Friday, sending a barrel of crude plunging below $78 as investors grow more pessimistic about resolving a mushrooming global economic crisis.

Oil hasn’t been this cheap in 13 months — a rare silver lining for consumers amid a rapidly imploding financial landscape.

Crude prices have almost been cut in half since surging to a record near $150 barrel over the summer.

Energy experts believe prices could go even lower.

“There’s so much fear out there and that’s really gripping the oil market. People are just afraid to hold a position so they’re closing out and selling off,” said Michael Lynch, president of Strategic Energy & Economic Research in Winchester, Massachusetts.

Tags: oil, gas prices, economy

Afghanistan code red

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:37:40 GMT

clipped by: deb2012

Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

The White House has launched an urgent review of Afghanistan policy, fast-tracked for completion in the next several weeks, amid growing concern that the administration lacks a comprehensive strategy for the foundering war there and as intelligence officials warn of a rapidly worsening situation on the ground.

Analysts have concluded that reconstituted elements of al-Qaeda and the resurgent Taliban are collaborating with an expanding network of militant groups, making the counterinsurgency war infinitely more complicated.

Alarms were first sounded early this year,

But seven months would pass before the administration, distracted by issues as serious as the Iraq war and as far afield as the Olympics, was seized with the urgency to put a new strategy in place.

the temporary deployment of 3,500 more Marines, an appeal for more NATO troops and presidential authorization for U.S. commando raids into Pakistan -- the downward spiral continued

U.S. military deaths

have risen to the highest levels

Tags: war on terror, politics

'We Were Told We Were Fighting Terrorists; the Real Terrorist Was Me'

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:58:04 GMT

clipped by: mycelium_obscurum

Clip Source: www.alternet.org

I threw families onto the street in Iraq, only to come home and ﬁnd families thrown onto the street in this country, in this tragic and unnecessary foreclosure crisis. Our enemies are not ﬁve thousand miles away, they are right here at home, and if we organize and ﬁght, we can stop this war, we can stop this government, and we can create a better world.

We were told we were ﬁghting terrorists; the real terrorist was me, and the real terrorism is this occupation. Racism within the military has long been an important tool to justify the destruction and occupation of another country. Without racism, soldiers would realize that they have more in common with the Iraqi people than they do with the billionaires who send us to war.

We never got any explanation for our orders. We were only told that a group of ﬁve or six houses was now property of the U.S. military, and we had to go in and make those families leave their houses.

Tags: racism, iraq war, afghanistan, winter soldier hearings, winter soldier

Jihad-as commonly understood-not truly Islam

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:04:53 GMT

clipped by: masbury
clipper's remarks: This Islam expert insists it never means war in the Koran, and the word itself is infrequent compared to words for mercy and compassion. Good!

Clip Source: www.atimes.com

Making a mockery of jihad

Recent terror attacks in India and abroad have created an impression that jihad is central to Koranic teaching

jihad does not mean war in the Koran as there are other words for it like qital and harb. Jihad has been used in the Koran in its root meaning: to strive for betterment of society, to spread goodness

and contain evil

But supposing jihad means war, as some Muslims believe, even then it still isn't central to Koranic teachings. The word "jihad" occurs in the Koran 41 times though not a single verse uses it in

the sense of war.

The four most fundamental values in the Koran are justice

benevolence

compassion

and wisdom

One who fails to practice these values can hardly claim to be a true Muslim

It can be said that compassion is most central to Koranic teachings. The words "compassion" and "mercy" in their various forms occur in the Koran 335 times

To seek revenge is human weakness, not strength

jihad can be declared only by the state

Tags: islam, koran, jihad

I'll Take Hope Over Fear and Loathing, Thank You Very Much

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:00:26 GMT

clipped by: dulios
clipper's remarks: I am by training a historian. My focus of study has been 20th century Europe and the rise of fascism. The "othering' taking place on the right and from the Republican candidates themselves is horrifying to behold. Who's to blame for the economic crisis? Barney Frank (faggot!), ACORN (niggers!), Barack Hussein Obama (half-breed Muslim!). I see it on the internet, I see it on TV, I see it in newspapers, I see it here on ClipMarks: race-baiting, fear-mongering, scapegoating.

Enough! Not here! Not now! Not ever again!

If I may quote Obama, "Not this time!

Clip Source: mediamatters.org

Savage: "I fear that Obama will stir up a race war ... in order to seize absolute power"

During the October 8 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Michael Savage invited callers to discuss what they "fear the most if [Sen. Barack] Obama wins" the presidential election. After airing a clip of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Savage said: "I fear that Obama will stir up a race war. You want to ask me what I fear? I think Obama will empower the racists in this country and stir up a race war in order to seize absolute power." Savage later said: "I want you to call this show and tell me what you fear about Barack Hussein Obama as president."

SAVAGE: Oh no, I want everyone to strip off all of their social constraints right now on this show. And I want them to get down to the core fear that they have for Obama. I want to hear it on this show, and I thank you. And you can call me at 1-800-449-8255. Don't hold anything back.

Tags: race

which candidate will care?

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:29:50 GMT

clipped by: rvnurse2b

Clip Source: www.projectcensored.org

Starvation.net logs the increasing impacts of world hunger and starvation. Over 30,000 people a day (85% children under 5) die of malnutrition, curable diseases, and starvation. The numbers of unnecessary deaths has exceeded three hundred million people over the past forty years.

For a family on the bottom rung of poverty a small price increase is the difference between life and death, yet neither US presidential candidate has declared a war on starvation. Instead both candidates talk about national security and the continuation of the war on terror as if this were the primary election issue. Given that ten times as many innocent people died on 9/11/01 than those in the World Trade centers, where is the Manhattan project for global hunger? Where is the commitment to national security though unilateral starvation relief? Where is the outrage in the corporate media with pictures of dying children and an analysis of who benefits from hunger?

Tags: humger, world, money, ethics, president

Iraq War Justified by Rejected "Get Smart" Plot

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:23:15 GMT

clipped by: cptenaud
clipper's remarks: Keystone cops in the white house.

Clip Source: www.vetvoice.com

by: RockRichard

Tue Sep 16

You've got to be kidding me:

"Former House Majority Leader Richard Armey (R-TX), "who was wavering on giving President Bush the authority to wage war in late 2002, said Vice President Cheney misled him by saying that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had direct personal ties to al-Qaeda terrorists and was making rapid progress toward a suitcase nuclear weapon."

Apparently the two also discussed Osama bin Laden's ties to K.A.O.S. in the Cone of Silence.

Tags: cheney, bush

In The Cultural War Trenches

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:51:18 GMT

clipped by: debbyski

Clip Source: www.latimes.com

They call it the culture war. It has generated more hot air than most real wars in history.

Not military power, but the kind that comes from shaping the norms, beliefs and values by which people live, and the meanings attached to words like liberalism, patriotism or, indeed, culture.

Does this sort of thing matter? Over the last decade, it has mattered a lot

And let's be clear: This war will not finish with a victory of blue over red, or vice versa. It will finish with the accepted, peaceful coexistence in one society of different faiths, value systems and lifestyles -- along the lines laid down centuries ago by the classical liberalism of John Locke and others, which so much influenced the founding fathers

It won't be "liberals" (in the perverted sense in which that word is now used) trouncing conservatives, but classical liberalism remade for the 21st century. It won't be blue obliterating red, but red, white and blue.

$10.2 Trillion: National Debt Clock Goes Bust

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:03:04 GMT

clipped by: blueridge
clipper's remarks: George Bush's legacy and the cost of war. How appropriate for the Debt Clock to run out of numbers. It's so symbolic, like the clock itself staggered at the number. The figure is absolutely outrageous and completely unjustifiable. And republicans used to be the party of limited instead of Big Government. The consequences are now all coming back. But Democrats should not gloat too much, they had plenty of support for the same spending packages and gave Bush whatever he wanted (fools). The ignorant flag-waving American public now realizes they were pushed into war under false pretenses and lies.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

NYC National Debt Clock runs out of digits

NEW YORK - In a sign of the times, the National Debt Clock in New York City has run out of digits to record the growing figure.

As a short-term fix, the digital dollar sign on the billboard-style clock near Times Square has been switched to a figure — the "1" in $10 trillion. It's marking the federal government's current debt at about $10.2 trillion.

The Durst Organization says it plans to update the sign next year by adding two digits. That will make it capable of tracking debt up to a quadrillion dollars.

The late Manhattan real estate developer Seymour Durst put the sign up in 1989 to call attention to what was then a $2.7 trillion debt.

Tags: congress, bush, national debt, republicans, war, government spending

Delta Force officer: US officials stopped plans to kill bin Laden

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:14:46 GMT

clipped by: rmowery
clipper's remarks: This is the 2nd guy I have heard claim this. The other was a CIA operative who spoke at an event and also has a book. The stories are pretty similar.
I guess Bush and crew figured without a bad guy to chase, the war would be short, so let Bin Laden out there so we can expand the war.

One reason why I could never take orders - if I had the bad guy in sight - I would take em out!

Clip Source: rawstory.com

Delta Force officer: US officials stopped plans to kill bin Laden

After September 11, 2001, a team of elite Delta Force commandos was sent into Afghanistan with an assignment to find and kill Osama bin Laden at Tora Bora -- but that mission failed.

The commander of the Delta Force team has now written a book which tells what he says is the true story of what went wrong. He appeared anonymously on CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday to summarize that story.

This video is from CBS' 60 Minutes, broadcast October 5, 2008.

Tags: delta force, bin laden, bush, us, war on terror

Finally...

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:24:30 GMT

clipped by: monstersmom

Clip Source: www.streetprophets.com

Tags: palin, war, beauty queen

Mishaps mark John McCain's record as naval aviator

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:44:22 GMT

clipped by: boniface
clipper's remarks: McCain says he knows how to "win a war." Where did he learn this? He was the very bottom of his class (so he didn't learn it there), he crash three jets during peace-time (so he didn't learn it there), the explosion on the carrier was actually his panicking and dropping his bombs into a fire on the deck (so he didn't learn it there), he was downed and became a POW (so he didn't learn it there), the war he was in was Vietnam, the only war the U.S. ever lost (so he didn't learn it there). So where exactly did McCain acquire this great ability to "win a war?" I don't see it!

Clip Source: www.latimes.com

Three crashes early in his career led Navy officials to question or fault his judgment.

John McCain was training in his AD-6 Skyraider on an overcast Texas morning in 1960 when he slammed into Corpus Christi Bay and sheared the skin off his plane's wings.

McCain recounted the accident decades later in his autobiography. "The engine quit while I was practicing landings," he wrote. But an investigation board at the Naval Aviation Safety Center found no evidence of engine failure.

The crash was one of three early in McCain's aviation career in which his flying skills and judgment were faulted or questioned by Navy officials.

In his most serious lapse, McCain was "clowning" around in a Skyraider over southern Spain about December 1961 and flew into electrical wires

After McCain was sent to Vietnam, his plane was destroyed in an explosion on the deck of an aircraft carrier in 1967.

Afghanistan Unwinnable?

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:15:28 GMT

clipped by: oscarrob
clipper's remarks: Ask the Russians about winning a war in Afghanistan. It reminds me of the Mony Python sketch - "Not much fun in Stalingrad?"

Existing strategies probably don't allow "victory" because of our myopia on drugs and the hearts and minds of the populace.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's commander in Afghanistan has said the war against the Taliban cannot be won, the Sunday Times reported.

"We're not going to win this war. It's about reducing it to a manageable level of insurgency that's not a strategic threat and can be managed by the Afghan army," he said.

Tags: afghanistan, war, war on terror, taliban

‘The Passion’ producer says American Carol movie part of ‘emerging culture war’

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:39:00 GMT

clipped by: Efrain Alvarado

Clip Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com

Hollywood, Oct 3, 2008 / 03:48 pm (CNA).- Steve McEveety, producer of "The Passion of the Christ," has written a letter encouraging people to see the new movie "An American Carol," comparing buying tickets for the movie to casting a vote in the “emerging culture war.” American Carol producer John Shepherd explained to CNA that the movie is meant to make Hollywood question its animosity towards conservatives.

McEveety describes the first movie, comedian Bill Maher’s “Religulous,” as a “militant pro-atheism documentary.”

McEveety contrasts the film with David Zucker's “An American Carol,” calling the latter a “pro-America, pro-faith comedy.”

He describes Zucker’s movie as “a film that celebrates America as a country founded on the principles of faith. If you are one of the so-called ‘religious’ crazies who wants to be heard LOUD and CLEAR by Hollywood -- come out to the theater on October 3rd and buy a ticket for An American Carol.”

Tags: america, cinena, culture