Silence is Consent

If you don't speak up you accept what is happening. This site was born out of the mainstream media's inability to cover the news. I am just an American cititzen trying to spread the word in the era of FCC consolidation, post 9/11 Patriot Act hysteria, hackable voting machines and war without end. I rant and post news items I perceive to be relevant to our current situation.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
- Thomas Jefferson

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Monday, June 16, 2003
 
Before the war, I believed that if Bush's case for war in Iraq was so solid on the evidence of WMD's, he shouldn't have to use scare tactics like Saddam's supposed connection to September 11th and Al Qaeda. Yesterday, I began reading this article, Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy (Buy One, Get One Free), and this paragraph set off alarm bells:
When the United States invaded Iraq, a New York Times/CBS News survey estimated that 42 percent of the American public believed that Saddam Hussein was directly responsible for the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. And an ABC News poll said that 55 percent of Americans believed that Saddam Hussein directly supported Al Qaida. None of this opinion is based on evidence (because there isn't any). All of it is based on insinuation, auto-suggestion, and outright lies circulated by the U.S. corporate media, otherwise known as the "Free Press," that hollow pillar on which contemporary American democracy rests.
Now I don't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but after reading this it becomes apparent to me that they (Bush and the NeoCons) knew beforehand that there were no WMD's and they were using the 9/11-Al Qaeda connection just to pump up the fear quotient a little and to push you over the top.

This is also an interesting development, Former Aide Takes Aim at War on Terror . This guy takes dead aim at the administration. He works for the government for 35 years through Republican and Democratic amdinistrations and decides to leave under this administration. Then soon after leaving, he joins Kerry's campaign to oust Bush. This is a great article and this man is just another in the list of people who have resigned from Bush's team because of the administration's horrible actions around the world and at home.

So where to now? Some think it is time to get serious about impeachment, votetoimpeach.org. I'm not sure if I would go that far yet, but I believe some serious public hearings are needed. The only problem is that with Republicans in control of everything and a weak Democratic party, I'm not sure that will ever happen. I recently heard a Congressman's aide describe what worked in the recent redistricting problem in Texas: your elected officials seem to respond best to phone calls. Mail is better than e-mail, but neither is as effective as a phone call. They must be held accountable.

A good article from over the weekend, Anxious and Weary of War, G.I.'s Face a New Iraq Mission. I love this line: "You call Donald Rumsfeld and tell him our sorry asses are ready to go home," Pfc. Matthew C. O'Dell, an infantryman in Sergeant Betancourt's platoon, said as he stood guard on Tuesday. "Tell him to come spend a night in our building."

The case for impeachment: How to Impeach Bush.

Still time to take action on the FCC fight: Contact your Commerce Committee Legislators.

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