I am about half-way through James Bamford's book entitled, Body of Secrets. It is a history of U.S. spying in the 20th century. Some of the most eye-opening parts are when he tells of how Eisenhower told military and administration officials to lie to Congress if asked about the U2 spy plane incident. Also how he himself lied to the American people about his own involvement in the incident. Then there is the Gulf of Tonkin incident which was a complete fabrication. This was what LBJ used to force Congress to give him the authority to run an open-ended war in Vietnam. Not to mention what I am sure is to come when he recounts the Iran-Contra affair. Not only does our government lie about who they lay with, but they also make things up to get us to go along with them. I found this quote months ago and I think it is appropriate for this situation.

"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger."
-- Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials

Nothing like a Nazi quote to make a person feel like a sap. After the Bush administration decided to release its 'new product' in September of 2002 all we heard about until the time the war started was"Weapons of Mass Destructrion". If Saddam was able to acquire "nucular" weapons we were all going to be dead! Not to mention all the anthrax, Ricin, VX, etc, etc.... But of course now we all know that was just a diversion to keep the rest of the world off our case for starting a war to liberate the Iraqi oil, oops, I mean people. Today I turn on my PC and what do I see, no WMD's looking at me, (I know, I'm still learning how to write). More missing WMD info in this article.

Found a good wrapup of last week's info that wasn't picked up on by the corporate media.

This little tidbit about the proposed tax cut. $550 billion tax cut will create 1 million jobs. That is $550,000 per job. Could you create a job if you were given $550,000?
- posted by Mom/Dad @ 7:48 AM