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.

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Thursday, September 18, 2003
 
Well, well, well, I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't heard it with my own ears:
Q Mr. President, Dr. Rice and Secretary Rumsfeld both said yesterday that they have seen no evidence that Iraq had anything to do with September 11th. Yet, on Meet the Press, Sunday, the Vice President said Iraq was a geographic base for the terrorists and he also said, I don't know, or we don't know, when asked if there was any involvement. Your critics say that this is some effort -- deliberate effort to blur the line and confuse people. How would you answer that?

THE PRESIDENT: We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the September 11th. What the Vice President said was, is that he has been involved with al Qaeda. And al Zarqawi, al Qaeda operative, was in Baghdad. He's the guy that ordered the killing of a U.S. diplomat. He's a man who is still running loose, involved with the poisons network, involved with Ansar al-Islam. There's no question that Saddam Hussein had al Qaeda ties.
I wonder if the 69% were listening. This goes to the heart of why we are in Iraq. There is Wolfowitz's bureaucratic reasons for the decision to go with WMD's as the main excuse. How this works is they make a statement, "Iraq has WMD's", and it gets spread around the media for a few weeks like it is gospel. It is accepted as fact. Then a few months later it is exposed as a lie, "Iraq has no WMD's", and it is put on back pages and not brought up on most TV/radio shows. (Found this after posting, White House's Cynical Iraq Ploy: 'Misspeak' First, 'Correct' It Later).

So he had no WMD's to give to Al Qaeda. He was not responsible for 9/11. Then why did we invade Iraq? Oh yeah, that's right for humanitarian reasons, Saddam was a bad guy. If that isn't the biggest bunch of crap I don't know what is. I did a bad thing last night and watched "Hardball". John McCain was on. (The back-and-forth will be from memory, I will post the transcript as soon as I can find it). Here is the transcript: [LINK] Start reading from, MATTHEWS: You still believe... He asked McCain about WMD being the main reason for going into Iraq. McCain answered that it was a reason not the main reason. Then Matthews asked him what the main reason was and he said that Saddam was a brutal dictator. This is a guy who was a POW in Vietnam and he is now lying for this administration the same way so many did about Vietnam. I have a hard time understanding why someone who went through what he did would do the same thing himself.

Let's recap real quick. We started a war with a country that was not a threat. Now because of our invasion and occupation our soldiers will continue dying there for some time. We also have to send an additional $87 billion this year to stay there. Meanwhile, in the "Homeland" more job cuts, here, here and here. The budget outlook gets worse, GAO grim on deficit outlook. The only way I see to change this is to make sure Bush does not get reelected.

A MUST READ A soldier tells us how it is, Paths of Glory Lead to a Soldier's Doubt.

Joe Wilson on our current state, Seeking Honesty in U.S. Policy.

This looks interesting, Bush lied to Congress. The proof.

Looks like a bad day in Iraq so far. Two to choose from: Two soldiers wounded in convoy attack west of Baghdad and U.S. Troops Ambushed in Central Iraq Town. Check the new link Iraq Coalition Casualty Count for latest information.

Check this out (especially those that didn't vote), Senate OKs Bush's Nuclear Ambitions.

Here is a link to a website for a new book on Bush, "The Lies of George W. Bush, Mastering the Politics of Deception" by David Corn.

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