Do something

How much intelligence does it take to figure out that both political parties have been more friendly to banks and moneyed interests than to those hurt by the practices of those interests in this recession? The real question is, are Americans willing to do something about it?

Pronography, the hidden national tax

"Imagine a drug so powerful it can destroy a family simply by distorting a man’s perception of his wife. Picture an addiction so lethal it has the potential to render an entire generation incapable of forming lasting marriages and so widespread that it produces more annual revenue — $97 billion worldwide in 2006 — than all of the leading technology companies combined. Consider a narcotic so insidious that it evades serious scientific study and legislative action for decades, thriving instead under the ever-expanding banner of the First Amendment." From Online NATIONAL REVIEW March 31, 2010

One can only guess how many broken and unsupported homes this means are dumped on our welfare system, not to mention the pain to innocents. You would think the two parties could get together and find a way to put the skids on this. They seem to be too busy trying to find a way to put each other down than solving what clearly they ought to agree needs to be fixed.

Proposed 28th Amendment

From a recent email chain letter-

For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. Many citizens had no idea that members of Congress could retire with the same pay after only one term, that they didn't pay into Social Security, that they specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed (such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment) while ordinary citizens must live under those laws. The latest is to exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform that has just been passed...in all of its forms.

The proposed equal rights amendment looked good at first. Later, when we realized some pitfalls many changed their minds. It might be well to ask your congressman what he would have against this bill and find in what form it would work the way we really want (if the current form is not best).

Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution

"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States ."

Any insights into this proposal would be appreciated.

9/11 CONSPIRACY: FBI whistleblowers are obstructed, silenced

Link to a short video on whistleblowers.
FBI whistleblowers

Sibel Edmonds

"Sibel Edmonds, a 32-year-old Turkish-American, was hired as a translator by the FBI shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 because of her knowledge of Middle Eastern languages. She was fired less than a year later in March 2002 for reporting shoddy work and security breaches to her supervisors that could have prevented those attacks."ACLU

Also from this article are multiple times the FBI retroactively classified materials, some of which had previously been cleared. For example.

JUNE 2002: Senators Grassley and Leahy write the Justice Department Inspector General a letter asking specific questions about Edmonds' allegations and write that the FBI has confirmed many of her allegations in unclassified briefings. This letter is later retroactively classified in May 2004.

This is far from a joke and congress has yet to intervene. If you know any good reason please share with us.

Coleen M. Rowley Special Agent (FBI)

The full context of Coleen Rowley's letter to Robert Muller may be read at the following link. Suffice it to say her passing the full letter to Time (click on link) suggests that she considered it an extraordinary issue. Seeking "whistleblower" status indicates that she was concerned about retaliation.

I have been an FBI agent for over 21 years and, for what it's worth, have never received any form of disciplinary action throughout my career. From the 5th grade, when I first wrote the FBI and received the "100 Facts about the FBI" pamphlet, this job has been my dream. I feel that my career in the FBI has been somewhat exemplary, having entered on duty at a time when there was only a small percentage of female Special Agents. I have also been lucky to have had four children during my time in the FBI and am the sole breadwinner of a family of six. Due to the frankness with which I have expressed myself and my deep feelings on these issues, (which is only because I feel I have a somewhat unique, inside perspective of the Moussaoui matter, the gravity of the events of September 11th and the current seriousness of the FBI's and United States' ongoing efforts in the "war against terrorism"), I hope my continued employment with the FBI is not somehow placed in jeopardy. I have never written to an FBI Director in my life before on any topic. Although I would hope it is not necessary, I would therefore wish to take advantage of the federal "Whistleblower Protection" provisions by so characterizing my remarks.

Coleen Rowley's Memo to FBI Director Robert Mueller

That Congress nor anyone else has never disciplined any of those who bungled 9/11, including this case, is very troubling. At best it appears some folks in the FBI were criminally negligent, at worst aiding the hijackers. If it were not for the internet, it seems certain this story would have been buried forever. Check out her story in detail.

Kevin Ryan

Kevin Ryan is the former Site Manager for Environmental Health Laboratories, a division of Underwriters Laboratories (UL). Mr. Ryan, a Chemist and laboratory manager, was fired by UL in 2004 for publicly questioning the report being drafted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on their World Trade Center investigation. In the intervening period, Ryan has completed additional research while his original questions, which have become increasingly important over time, remain unanswered by UL or NIST. From: ULtruth

While whistle blowers have commonly been threatened, fired, harassed or died unexpectedly it appears that not a single person was even reprimanded for the many colossal mistakes on 9/11. In fact many of those in key positions were promoted. Lee Hamilton of the 911 Commission said their job was not to fix blame and both parties sat on their hands and let it go. WHY?

If anyone has evidence to the contrary please inform this site. Stay posted, more to come.

Steven E Jones

While Dr. Steven Jones was not one of the many 911 whistle blowers per se, he certainly fits the mold. For example, like them, great lengths went to silence him, and like him, they did not make the good side of Fox news. First there was the federal official who threatened that if he did not cease to speak out, he would make sure that Jones lost his job at BYU. Then, when that did not work to stifle him he offered to secure Jones a large grant from homeland security if he would change his research away from 9/11 (information from Dr Jones). When that didn’t work, Dr. Jones did lose his job and then fell victim to a smear campaign.

Fortunately his international reputation preceded him and prominent scientists joined him. The scientific rigor that he and other scholars brought to the movement
Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice and the peer reviewed journal Journal of 911 Studies bring a much needed reliability to the subject(s). Visit here for reliable information.

Steve Jones took an offer of early retirement. With that he had more time to devote to research and the use of the facilities at BYU. It was there, with access to equipment like electron microscopes, that he first discovered the presence of microspheres in dust samples from the towers. They indicated temperatures only possible with extremely high temperatures such as with thermite. Later, he was able to prove the presence of undetonated nanotherimite in samples taken from various locations found around New York, some as early as 10 minutes after the first tower fell. It is said that thermite can be gotten on Ebay. Nanothermite cannot. Check the links for complete information.

Fox News Reporters

"FOX NEWS Reporters (Reporters Steve Wilson & Jane Akre) uncover that most of the Milk in the USA and across some parts of the world is unfit to drink due to Monsanto Corporation's POSILAC®, which has been proven to be a cancer-causing growth hormone.(known in short as "BGH" "BST" or "rBGH" ), but they were fired for trying to tell people the truth." This is a 10 minute 20 second video in which they narrate their side of the story.
Fox News Reporters

1,000+ Architects and Engineers petition

Petition Requesting Reinvestigation of 9/11, signed by more than 1,000 Architects and Engineers.

"On Behalf of the People of the United States of America, the undersigned Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth and affiliates hereby petition for, and demand, a truly independent investigation with subpoena power in order to uncover the full truth surrounding the events of 9/11/01 - specifically the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers and Building 7. We believe that there is sufficient doubt about the official story and therefore that the 9/11 investigation must be re-opened and must include a full inquiry into the possible use of explosives that may have been the actual cause behind the destruction of the World Trade Center Towers and WTC Building 7.

Sincerely,
The Undersigned Architects and Engineers for 911 Truth"

Putting their professional reputations on the line to sign this openly.

The power of the YES men

July 27, 1974 –
All 21 Democrats in the House Judiciary Committee voted for the first article of impeachment against President Nixon.
Only 6 Republicans voted for it while 17 Republicans voted against it.

December 19, 1998 –
Upon the passage of H. Res. 611, President Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives on grounds of perjury to a grand jury (by a 228-206 vote) and obstruction of justice (by a 221-212 vote) entirely on party lines except for four Republicans and five Democrats.

In matters of keeping leadership under control it appears you can only expect justice and the American people to be served if you assume that the party with the most votes does so on the side of justice.

Insurance Companies Prosper, families suffer

From an article in Healthreform.Gov

“Recent economic data show that profits for the ten largest insurance companies increased 250 percent between 2000 and 2009, ten times faster than inflation.” (see footnotes 12 & 13 at link)

So while the Democrats try to push a national health care program, the Republicans focus on blocking it because they don’t want socialized medicine. (Or is it that they are focused on sinking Obama? Sometimes it is hard to tell.)

Wouldn’t it make sense to focus on what can be done like finding a way to make insurance companies honestly competitive? It is pretty clear that there is more interest in power politics than helping the most vulnerable people in society.

FOREVER TAX REFORM

One of the most disconcerting things about our two party system is the unending chain of promises from “both parties” to simplify the tax code. Yet after decades of “reform” we still have a code that is so complex that an entire industry is built on tax preparation and reporting and the riches Americans have loopholes that elude the rest of us. Warren Buffet noted that every one of his office staff pays more in taxes than he does. Unless Americans build a different political box to think in it is sure to stay that way.

Two Times 2.2 Trillion Dollars Unaccounted For

The day before the attacks in New York and Washington Donald Rumsfeld announced that the pentagon could not account for about 2.3 trillion dollars. That seemed to be forgotten when the “War on Terror began”.

That is over seven thousand dollars for every man woman and child in the Unites States and several times the annual budget for our military. And we don’t know what has been done with it.
You can see him make this announcement at this link.
Bernake refusal



This month (Feb 2010) Ben Bernake refused to make the budget for the federal reserve known, even to congress. And congress still voted to renew his contract. That is another $2.2 trillion dollars unaccounted for. Who but our government could ever get away with that kind of gross looseness? And from both sides of the isle!
You can see him make that refusal at this link.
Rumsfeld announcement

Is your congressman aware of this? Do you care enough to ask him? Do you care enough to act?

Senator Bayh Retires in Frustration

Years ago a political science professor predicted that Richard Nixon would win the Republican nomination for president because he had so many political favors out. Despite seeming to loose the popular vote in most of the primaries but Nixon still won the nomination. The popular primary vote did not appear to have as much weight as political favors and party leadership support. Watergate came along and the next election went to “the other party”.

When Bill Clinton got caught up in his own scandal, the Democratic Party leadership stood behind him virtually 100% to keep him from being thrown out of the White House early. Never mind that it was court martial offense in the military or that intelligence services screen for that sort of activity as a national security risk. The next election went to "the other party".

It is obvious that too many Americans voted against the Republicans than for Democratic candidates in the latest election. Republican still have not learned that Americans do not like leaders with party loyalty over true patriotism. Recently Senator Evan Bayh announced he was retiring because ‘There is too much partisanship and not enough progress-too much narrow ideology and not enough practical problem solving.’ In other words, the Democrats are no different. Will it ever change? Only if enough of us pay do something. Senator Byah retires