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By DWIGHTBAKER, April 6 at 2:29 pm #

HEY PAL

Glad to see your name in the lights round here, I think you will be OK I think that the hangmen have all gone to LUNCH. NO——- I think I just heard a door close better get to running

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By christian96, April 6 at 2:09 pm #

Well, I’m going to try this for the 3rd time:  What
is a “left gatekeeper?”  Are there “Right gatekeepers?”  Are there just “gatekeepers?”  What
“gate” are they keeping?  Did they ask to keep it
or just steal it?”  Dwight, do me a favor please!
After I first ask the question previously, you posted
several lengthy comments before someone could answer
my questions?  Then, I ask the questions a second
time and you immediately followed my questions with
several lengthy comments before someone could answer
my questions.  PLEASE TAKE A BREAK!  Drive out to the
mall and check out the scenery!  THANKS!

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By DWIGHTBAKER, April 6 at 8:28 am #

A SAD REPORT———- BUT FROM IT COME STUDY THUS———FREEDOM


Theocracy that is the word you used to put me in [the same kind of box]—-that I have never have been and will never become. 


I have read the books you told me to read and many more also.


I was a searcher for a long time but was changed or as JESUS said converted from just mortal man to immortal man at the same time as HE proved when becoming the first of the SECOND ADAMS.


I have given you far more than you have given me and I have been kind generous and caring and serious about an open forum but now I am gone.


THE HIJACKING OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH BY THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT


The following is an excerpt from the site—- a wealth of information can be amassed.
http://www.dynionmwyn.net/enemies/CHRISHIJACK/hijack.html


I have been so concerned that many in America view ALL Christians as these kinds of folks.  I am not one and I know many others are NOT too. Some of the leaders in this Political Movement have more money than the USA treasury namely DAVID KOCH. His plan for man using religion is just horrid to the core. And we must as good and moral people rebuke him openly and stand definitely in his face and demand he halt his money giving for such purposes.


In the early 90s, there was a movement within the Republican Party that displaced many traditional members, and replaced them with younger people. At first, those who had been displaced interpreted this as a natural cycle of events, and welcomed the dedication and energy the new members brought with them.


Gradually, however, it became obvious to those who had been ‘displaced’ that they had in fact been dumped, kicked out of their own Party, and that there was actually something very disturbing about the agenda of the new members, and their involvement with the Religious Right.

Thus was born the Committee of Traditional Republicans, who took it upon themselves to finance the research they felt was needed in order to understand the new forces that were taking over the GOP.  Part of this research involved sending operatives undercover to learn about the powerful backstage maneuvering of the Christian Coalition.  This Web Published document was written by one of those agents.


It is very likely that the Religious Right will attempt to counter the charges made in this document by means of a tactic they have used before: a showcase gathering of representatives from a cross-section of America’s religious organizations and faiths, designed to mislead the public, and show that the Christian Coalition is utterly nonpartisan. Anybody who reads this document will not be fooled.

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By DWIGHTBAKER, April 6 at 8:20 am #

TO ALL THAT CALL THEMSELVES AMERICANS


Horace Greeley led the way when he SAID GO WEST YOUNG MAN GO WEST—-he quite different for some today he started the Liberal Republican Party but what he said was not heard by many in NEW YORK city for they stayed and stayed and stayed until like many have said a dirty finaincal bomb went off——-but so what——-what else could anyone ever expected to be any differnet.


The HUB OF THE UNIVERSE is what NEW YORK has meant to many——but in my visit long ago I didn’t get that at all for the ones I met while touring around up and down the financial districts going to China town getting———in on a play etc. having a little too much to drink in a few of the better bars———I found New Yorkers to have a good sense of duty and honor of being an American.


Now that was way back then in about 1976, so what has been allowed to change since then?  I think all know the east coast blue bloods sent their kids to college to get an educations to do what?


I will tell you to do NOT, scholar, educator, teacher, engineer, doctor, editor, and all the rest that serve instead of being served.


NO they sent their kids away to learn how to manipulate markets to make more money.  And guess what?

They all got it.  So those good kids that went to Harvard, Yale, and the other big others——- come back as lawyers with MBA some with PhDs too and went to WALL STREET to make all happy.


They did——- and now you in NEW YORK and me in Texas have the fall out to deal with.


So ALL if there is guilt in all those things in lawlessness of goings on——Who do you put it on?


For sure——- for me I find guilt belongs on that culture of social suburbs misfits that pushed their kids to do what they thought was a sure bet.  And now oh crap the hens have come back to roost and seems nobody wants to get indicting. 

Because when that comes about—- we as a society would have to build new prisons.

So to end as Horace said long ago GO WEST———and if any of that bunch comes out our way to steal rob cheat and lie we will get them.

And find a prison that holds them for a long long time.

And for sure their DADDY from back east might find it real hard to find a judge out here that he can BUY.

DWIGHT BAKER We the Peoples Advocacy WTPA

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By DWIGHTBAKER, April 6 at 8:07 am #

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT LITTLE HAS CHANGED READ ON

Profound Statements
Thoughtful comments from great men>

In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a Congress.
John Adams

If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
Mark Twain

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself.
Mark Twain

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
Winston Churchill

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
George Bernard Shaw

A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.
G Gordon Liddy

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
-anon

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)

Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan (1986)

I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Will Rogers

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free!
P.J. O’Rourke

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
Voltaire (1764)

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you!
Pericles (430 B.C.)

No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
Mark Twain (1866 )

Talk is cheap…except when Congress does it.
-Anon

The government is like a baby’s alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.
Ronald Reagan

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
Winston Churchill

The only difference between a taxman and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
Mark Twain

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)

There is no distinctly native American criminal class…save Congress.
Mark Twain

What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
Thomas Jefferson

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By DWIGHTBAKER, April 6 at 7:56 am #

WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO———-TO KNOW WHO FOLKS REALLY ARE?

I think we are a little if not a lot insane to go around with our heads in the clouds never reading much——- but funny books or the stock market news——or watching a little or maybe a lot of the now televized VIEWS that is meant to turn all our real attention to moronic half baked stuff making no senese or reason.


And the inference is to make us fearfull of something just expected.  OH NO———IS THAT DUMB OR DUMBER OR DUMBERTERNER? You be the judge. 

Well for those who care and have concern who is for and who is not for our best interest and who is or who does not have our best interest at heart———

Here is just one list of those that run with the group called the BILDERBERGS. 

Google and find out. 

That might be fun——-run down to the bottom to find out what the BILDERBERGS real agenda is about——clue look for the term re-animalized man.


OH NO COULD THAT BE A CONSPIRACY THEORY?????

George W. Ball[6] (1954-1992), former U.S. diplomat

John Edwards[7][8]

Gerald Ford[9]

Bill Clinton[10] (1991), former US President, 1993 - 2001

Jon Corzine (1995 - 1997[4], 1999, 2003, 2004), former US Senator, current Governor of New Jersey

Richard N. Haass (1991, 2003, 2004[11]), president, Council on Foreign Relations

Lee H. Hamilton (1997[4]), former US Congressman

Christian Herter[12] (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966), former Secretary of State

Joseph E. Johnson[13] (1954), former President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Henry Kissinger[11] (1957, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977-2003, 2004, 2005-2008), Secretary of State, 1973 - 1977

Sam Nunn (1996, 1997[4]), former US Senator

Rick Perry[14] (2007), Current Governor of Texas

Kathleen Sebelius[15], Kansas governor and nominee for the the Health and Human Services secretary post

Timothy Geithner[16], Treasury Secretary

Lawrence Summers[17], Director of the National Economic Council

Paul Volcker[18], Chair of the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board


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By christian96, April 6 at 6:31 am #

I am going to try this again——What is a “left gate
keeper?”  Are there “right gate keepers?”  Are there
only “gate keepers?”  If so, what “gate” are they
keeping?  Did they ask to keep it or did they just
steal it?

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By DWIGHTBAKER, April 5 at 11:51 pm #

THE OTHER LESS OTHERS

Most all of us have seen the cost paid by the other less others who have been used by our fraught with fraud commercializing of America for their FREE for ALL enterprise’s called Capitalism. 


Those other folks have the RIGHTS to LIFE too but many that have the NEED for GREED don’t see it that way. 


Those FAT CATS see and con those other less others—- as just more food for their gullet’s that never get full. 


And this the generation that we live—- is not very far from the center of what has been the scope of the Barons of Banking, Trade, Commerce, Chicken Hawks crying for more war, the Makers of the Machines of War, and those on the far right who want to use moronic religion to rid all of us our RIGHTS to LIFE as the CONSTITUTION promises.


JESUS CHRIST said that the MEEK would inherit the earth——-Now what are we going to do about that?


Are we who care——going to dare——to be great in our GODS eyes or just roll over and be more hypnotized by the FAT CATS who say they will shut us down?

Some of them have said we will go on down the road and find a people more liking to the way we do business, they will work cheaper, will far less benefits so to hell with you cowardly folks left in the USA. 


Now just think on these things and then envision your mission of standing up and shouting out with what you have to make the changes needed to protect the other less others our brothers and sisters in our caring and kind communed American folk.

DWIGHT BAKER   We The Peoples Advocacy WTPA
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By DWIGHTBAKER, April 5 at 11:44 pm #

LETS ALL GET EXCITED———HEARING MORE NEWS NOT VIEWS

I live on the border and crime is worse than it has ever been.

Drug Lords, Crooks and mercenaries fill the streets in the Mexican towns along the RIO GRANDE.

All of the seen despots scoff at law enforcement there and over here too for most of them are on the take BIG BUCKS to permit illegal crossing—drugs coming across and guns and big kind of arms going back to fuel the fires of insurrection.

No one really knows how many lie dead in Mexico and forget Calderon telling.

So far our treasury has been robbed many times to help Calderon fight the Drug Lords but my question is he just one more of them?

Descente Fox and his wife were in that business—- and rumors on the border they still are in a big way they have a fortress on a big ranch in Zavalla County TX. A big airstrip planes come in night and day but what for? 


NOW THE FIX


1.  Bring 10,000 of our State of Texas National Guard home right now along with 20 Black Hawks and some big air borne troop movers, armed vehicles all kinds station them in Eagle Pass TX. We have the room a closed down Federal Airstrip exist has plenty of room and all of the things needed water sewer and a perfect landing strip. In Del Rio we train Pilots for the Air force. Use them to spot buildups of the bad boys on either side. Then send our troops out with one mission if bad boys are there———KILL THEM ALL.  For the ones that are working for the Mexican bad boys are drugged UP so much they are less than human.

2. Pass a federal law right now the essence:  All law enforcement officials CITY, COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL in any capacity within 200 miles of the Rio Grande, that commits a crime——allowing illegal immigration across the border and/or one in cohorts with criminal elements smuggling anything in or out of the USA the minimum charge is TREASON and the minimum sentence is life without parole.

Can those things be done???????  WHO KNOWS not me?

DWIGHT BAKER We the Peoples Advocacy WTPA
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By DWIGHTBAKER, April 5 at 11:40 pm #

NOW DELAY IS BACK OH GOD FORBID

They seem to be coming out of the woodwork to confuse issues raised on our national VIEWS programming such as FIX news and some of the others for sure.


The Republican Party and their pundits have always looked down on any one that did NOT eat from the sloop that was fed us.


Some that I know that boost of being so brave and American would not take my E-mails because they were afraid of being tied to me——and that might mean they would take a hit too.  NOW these folks are all over 64 and we as just pup’s way back then laughed a lot about we never would be afraid of BIG BROTHER LOOKING IN.


But most of them at the sloop that was fed—- BUT I did not.

JUDD GREGG that total Judas imposter was on CSPAN today spreading his filth that looked to him that in the coming years the BABY BOOMERS would take a severe hit because the federal Government just couldn’t afford it.  And that was all totally contrary to what he said while his mission was in a covert way get in then snoop and inform his BUSH BUNCH OF BANDITS of what was going on.


So WE THE PEOPLE are in a war for sure.  It will not be fought with guns a blazing but it will be fought with our entwined good will and power of a communed folk in our own lobby efforts.  That is the only way we will ever see a total turn around on Capitol Hill.


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By DWIGHTBAKER, April 5 at 11:31 pm #

NAFTA OH BOY NOT ME

I worked some for a time in the Austin area and because of that I disagree with many. Most that fled from Monterey was on the run from the law down there.  In fact the Federal Laws were looked over in Austin——so much—- that to get day help Austin set up a wait center for the Contractors to come to and pickup workers.  I think that was to keep them out of Downtown Austin. While contracting in the Austin area I worked about 65 different folks of Mexican Heritage. Out of the 65 only two turned out to be good, ones, reliable help and their pay was the same as legal help paid at that time. But all were wanted felons for swimming the river.  See that is what is so ironic about all these discussions, they are lawless and all of them know it.


Now your posting sounded like the companies here was doing acts of charity by hiring them because they sent the money home.  IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID.  If so——SO WHAT?  I worked them because that is the only ones who could work concrete steel and masonry in general.  Back then the Border Patrol would raid maybe a job site once a month take them back to Laredo when over the bridge the ones pickup would get on their cell phones and have someone come pick them up. Next day back on the job.


But less any of us forget NAFTA started long ago not to help the Americans or the Mexicans blue-collar workers.  It was done to steal from the American workers so the bottom line would be better for investors and the FAT CATS ON TOP OF THE HEAP.


For the neo cons point of agenda that was ole GW BUSH “I” special task and get over to Iraq and kick Sadams ass.


None of these sadistic measures have been by happenstance it has been all planned out for sure.  Now to check my theory out——“ I predict that all the big houses setting empty will be sold to a commune group of Mexican illegal families——where each will have a bedroom and share the remainder of the house.  That will happen and soon and will drive the price of homes in that area down way down.  But the way CONGRESS will try to sell the idea coming from the lobby groups supporting such a scheme is——that will help reduce the debt owed by the American public——due to the fraught with fraud failed BUSH BUNCH OF BANDITS YEARS.

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By DWIGHTBAKER, April 5 at 11:25 pm #

TRUTH COMMISSION DON’T THINK SO

Less any of us forget the neo-cons and their agendas are still in place.  They were assigned to sink US——- WE THE PEOPLE and then rob our rich treasury looks to me they got that done. Now the problem at hand is how——do WE take all that back and re-do the many things un-done by the neo-cons protecting their backside.

Even though most Americans see them as a JOKE as I do too—-they don’t care for they got all our money.  They have folks buried deep within the Pentagon—-and other high political post to keep us upset while they go ahead as planned. So what are their plans now? And what can we do? Posting on the BEAST is far from a fix.  One of my sons has lost 40% of his 401K.  And look what the BUSH BUNCH HAS DONE TO GET OUR MINDS OF THAT——and on the likes of Delay and other undesirables.  Maybe this JOKE is on us as a hoax while they get done more of their hideous plan to RULE THE WORLD.

In place at this time is a concept for US to form our own lobby.  THE VOICES OF WE THE PEOPLE ADVOCACY . Or WTPA——- We see that as the only plan to get into the hornets nest of Washington DC and stop the hideous things now going on.
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By DWIGHTBAKER, April 5 at 11:22 pm #

SOME STRICKEN BY DEPRESSION

What is the core of the reasoning that some with more than they need and plenty to pass around get depressed even unto despair?  When they hear that others are needy and in dire straights of life? And as unto today with all our problems in America many have lost their will to fight for the right – so depression seems to come in and fuel the fires of fears.  Why?


The core of that reasoning is called wantonness.  Those that suffer from that looks down on others as sub humans.  They see them as stupid, dirty, nasty and less than——being a part of civilized mankind and far less than being worthy of being called a contributing part of the American Dream.  So while in that mindset of wantonness they prefer depression instead of progression.  But the plights of any civilization in history clearly prove that the less sometimes did more to build the empires.

For on their backs and in their hands was the gusto to get to work and do the arduous tasks of constructing the infrastructure.  And in times of war those other less other were called upon to send their sons and daughters to fight and die in wars.  Many wars were not for the right reason but they still went—- some died and left behind the many that moaned and cried.


Yet their suddenly full-spent life——lay dying on a battlefield somewhere with their breath ebbing out, and then in a flash all their hopes suddenly slipped away.  And for a short time their name was called out as a hero——one of valor——- yet for the ones left behind they still remained a class not accepted by those filled with wantonness. 


Therefore the question about this TODAY, Who are We? ——Do we like depression or would progression be better for our each individual part in our sane, sanguine and at this time our civil society?

DWIGHT BAKER We The Peoples Advocacy WTPA

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By DWIGHTBAKER, April 5 at 11:19 pm #

WHY DO WE NEED ANOTHER OF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE???????
DO SOME THINK ON CAPITOL HILL WE NEED ANOTHER FALL GUY???????
THAT GETS AWAY WITH BILLIONS AND SAYS TO CONGRESS——
SO——————-WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT NOW????

Public opinion is important to me——- because I am just one more part of the populous. Skepticism about the way our Federal Government is run and performers or those that do not perform is a matter too for most all—- that is very unsettling.  And at this time in our American History the Internet is about the only means we have to conduct a forum in a kind of like—- town meeting.  So with those thoughts buried deep in my mind——- and because I am an accomplished inventor I began to think about this and that with all the back slapping—hub bubs—-back rubs—- chit chat heard and seen by our Congress and was put aback in fears that nothing of good could come about soon for the saving of our Nation.  Then a light come on and I thought WE GOT TO BEAT THEM AT THEIR OWN GAME. SO READ ON.

THUS IS HOPE YOUR FOUNDATION FOR YOUR FAITH IN GOD TO SHINE THROUGH

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By DWIGHTBAKER, April 5 at 11:16 pm #

WHY DO WE NEED ANOTHER #2
HOW many of us are plagued with so much unbelief and suspicions that we seem NOT to be able to carry our own loads anymore and have no help for the many less others that are part of our fabric and core of our rich and abundant America?

Only a very few will ever possess the tenacity to bring about change———- at this time of 325 Million maybe 1% to 5% of us can carry the Banner of Freedom proclaiming the RIGHTS to LIFE for everyone and POWER PUSH Washington DC for actions needed in our LAWS to be re-invigorated and restored in our Republic. 

Are you in that 1% to 5%?  If so JOIN IN with the many others that have accepted the challenge to bring about change.

Do you have a personal issue that lies in your perceptions of the problems——- laid out in televised views and those in print too——- that chime at the dime as it comes in——on a TOO DO LIST——from those advertisers that in essence own the news reporting mediums big or small. Do you buy into the dire, despicable and dreadful messages that you get from network news?  Or do you wait and hold all in abeyance until fully checked out——and compared with other more creditable, reliable and watchful sources?

Not only those as mentioned above but the other messages that makes NO NEVER MIND at all——and brings nothing to awaken our conscious thoughts and concerns about making things better but all to often distraction comes to subvert those thoughts with negative emotions.
Who are the TV consumers who would rather be informed about what is going on with the Hollywood Stars, paranormal events, UFO’s, who done it crime accounts, who is still missing after 8 weeks of reporting and then just on and on so much gibberish and opinions from morons that has clogged our airwaves.  While many times what should be told to all of us is that the DEMOCRATIC STATE OF OUR NATION is in jeopardy. Are NOT most of the TV media mogul’s empty suits, using media gimmicks that keep the audience distracted, while the NEO CON agenda moves on? As our Empire is burning are some more concerned Jennifer might get back w/Brad and what will happen w/Jolie & the kids?

THE FAILED RIGHT IS NOW FALLING APART THEY ARE NOT OUR ADVERSARY ANY MORE LONGER

BUT ARE WE WHO DO NOT HAVE HOPE?

Now what about the lack of HOPE?  When giving in and giving up seems to be the only path to take——- the lack of HOPE has devoured someone once again——- but not all——just in that realm where those that have that attitude reside and have been consumed.
Has NOT Cynicism become a safe platform for many, to jeer, deride all in disdain? And has NOT those doing such proved in them their lack of HOPE. Was eight years of talking about how much you hated Bush -while utterly failing to do anything to stop “him”- really not enough for you? Good Generals use diversion tactics to win wars can you really see the scam the NEO CONS are running while we just wait, hesitate and buy into public opinion?

For out, about and throughout our Nation many more will see that the glass is not half empty but half full.  And in those kinds of folks——one will readily see a bursting out of HOPE on their faces and in their words and deeds.
Then if your HOPE is unwavering and you have got some fight left in you——to make sure right things get done in our Federal Government JOIN in.

SO IF THIS FITS WHO YOU ARE———THEN JOIN IN TODAY the Grass Roots Actions needed to form our own THE VOICES OF WE THE PEOPLES ADVOCACY—-WTPA——-in Washington DC.

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By DWIGHTBAKER, April 5 at 10:12 pm #

FROM HOPE SPRINGS FORTH—- FROM THE ARTISAN WELLS OF FAITH

Faith is from GOD. We access our HOPES and lean on HIM to provide us the FAITH to go on——-yet some think today that is all about money. WRONG——- GOD has a perfect plan for the converted man and woman to rule and reign over ALL in HIS personal earthly absence.

And when we accept that as our earthly destiny right now——then all the FAITH that its takes from our GOD to energize those efforts on HIS behalf will begin and not end.

As we turn another leaf on our American History let us all be aware of the need for all to be in actions toward in inclusions instead of exclusions. So red or white——democratic or republican in GODS eyes he just sees us as one individual at a time. So do right not wrong, think instead of worry, be busy instead of being asleep at the wheel, YES THAT IS ALL RIGHT all are needed to get busy.


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WE THE PEOPLES ADVOCACY——-WTPA

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By DWIGHTBAKER, April 5 at 10:09 pm #

AMY GOODMAN

DEMOCRACY NOW at this time wants more participation from us.  That proves the worth to the advertisers.  But what does that do for us the ones pumping our ideas and comments into the MULTITUDE OF BLACK HOLES on the Internet?

We need your help to sponsor the need for the right way for our voices to be heard then actions taken for the concept of forming our own WE THE PEOPLES ADVOCACY/lobby in Washington DC.  And if we are not successful to that end of us getting that done I think that history will prove that we failed miserably to be a vanguard for the right to life with a strong and strident voice needed for the great populist of 95% of Americans.

Try your best to help us get the concept published.

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WE THE PEOPLES ADVOCACY——-WTPA

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By DWIGHTBAKER, April 5 at 10:04 pm #

SHOW SOCIETY YOUR DEEDS————SOCIETY WILL NEED TO READ YOUR WORDS
SHOW SOCIETY YOUR WORDS———-SOCIETY WILL NEED TO SEE YOUR DEEDS

Have many of us Americans become snobbish critics that have neither?  No societal words or deeds.

Thus have our state of the union and the well being of our society become for some just a casual satiated exclusion and satisfied to become a mere belittling critic?

If so, I submit we must ask ourselves what are those of that mind set ignoring, at this time when their skills observations intellect is most needed?

Has the many roads that lead to exclusion ever been good for the great encompassing societal sectors for the good of our moral based communed American society?

I think not.

Seems to me that more in our society each day is pulling back from the needs to be inclusive.

Hence those seeking that other and higher pompous ground to be walled up around with acts of exclusions may in fact be one more rub to come to try and destroy us from within.

If those premises be so——then who could ever report that those ideologies of life will ever defeat the many vile and evil people, matters and things that have come about to wreck our well being as a sovereign nation?

Thus, let all of us—-ARISE and SHINE——to once again begin to be an inclusive communed voice for our Great and Abundant America protecting our solvency and sovereignty.

By Dwight Baker .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Chairman Grass Roots Actions
WE THE PEOPLES ADVOCACY——-WTPA

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By christian96, April 5 at 9:45 pm #

What is a “left-gatekeeper?”  Are there “right-gate
keepers?”  Are there just “gatekeepers?”  If so,
what GATE are they keeping?  Did they get permission
to KEEP it or did they just steal it?

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By DWIGHTBAKER, April 5 at 9:38 pm #

STANDING UP TO THE MADNESS——- AMY GOODMAN TRUTHDIG


BOUNTY HUNTERS OR OTHERS NEEDED TO CATCH THE GREEDY

Who in the press, politicians, judges, and the main stream big giants of power in intellect, accounting, economist, or whom ever—- that uses the TERM MISSING MONEY has a clue where it is?  That term is used by world financial folks too a lot . Now who wants to call them and take them to task and ask a good question, WHERE IS THE MONEY?

They might just say there has been a LOSS $54TRILLION OR MORE then one might think———they know less than many bank robbers. 

When a bank robber takes away the banks money—-the banks declare a loss.  But the bank robber knows what he did with it and where he hid it.

So if no one knows where that $54TRILLION ends up, then I again would say——- those folks are less smart than a bank robber.

Now I think we can all agree it was not sent to the moon or Mars or to the bottom of the ocean in a nuclear sub.  But where is it? 

So what we need to do is hire us some BOUNTY HUNTERS and turn them loose to get to doing what they do best—-making a living off other folks misery.

HECK FIRE—- GUNS FOR HIRE pay them BAD BOYS 15cents on the dollar of what they found.  Black Water might need to make some more bucks.  Or the mafia bosses might think that is a good deal and get in on it too. 

BUT who can trust any of that bunch to do what is right?

So maybe the best bet is to bring in some of our real good soldiers like the AIR BORNE RANGERS——GREEN BERETS——-NAVY SEALS and deputized them to go out and about looking for all that $54TRILLION IN CASH.

Got to be somewhere. But right now NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW???????

DWIGHT BAKER Chairman for the Grass Roots Actions needed to form our own truth filled lobby in Washington DC. We the Peoples Advocacy WTPA.
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By Folktruther, April 5 at 7:16 pm #

Good comment, Blogodg, on 9/11 and the left gatekeepers that attack the 9/11 truthers.  There is a new article on global exchange by a group of scientists who found evidence of an explosive substance on the grounds of the towers.  A big step forward in dispelling the authorized fog around 9/11.

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By DWIGHTBAKER, April 4 at 1:10 pm #

STOPPING THE MADNESS AMY GOODMAN

April 4, 2009
To the Honorable President Barack Obama
Of the Untied States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
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OPEN LETTER—- To whom it MUST concern

Mr. President,

First and foremost our strong voices are raised for your truly good efforts taken for us in the G-20 SUMMIT.  All have spoken up for the way you stood out and up for the good and told all that the bad would be held to account.

I am but one voice in America today that has your interest at heart. My words are fashioned best as I can. So what I propose or say is never meant to bring any one or any thing into being called intent to deride or chide. 

Thanks for all the good work you are doing, and in keeping with your status as our President.  We have prayed that you would not back down or cower to anyone.
Many of WE THE PEOPLE are proud to be Americans and we are NOT inane of political science and the actions needed to protect and insure our equity in justice. And because of that we respect your work and for those high and lofty goals to be the centerpiece of your Administration. With you as our solicitous vanguard we do have HOPE once more. In you taking the lead with your strong and strident voice and will in words and deeds to overcome all the many things, people and matters facing our solvency and sovereignty in our rich and abundant America.

In keeping with our Pledge to work the work of helping you CHANGE THINGS we offer this next bill for your assessment.

HR 875 Is Not About Food safety, It’s About Genocide of Agricultural Biodiversity

One of the most potentially dangerous bills we’ve ever heard of is trying to sneak its way through Congress right now, in the sheep’s clothing of so-called “modernization” of food safety. HR 875 (text of bill) is a bill put up by Monsanto and other monolithic corporations
trying to seize totalitarian control over all agriculture. It was introduced by Rosa DeLauro, whose husband WORKS for Monsanto, and   is ultimately about one thing, defining ONLY their own GMO products as” safe”.


What makes the bill so dangerous is that it is heavy on penalties including prison time, while at the same time being incredibly vague about what would actually trigger those sanctions. HR 875 is nothing but a Trojan horse, with an invading army to be designated later, in the form of an bureaucratic administrator (most likely a corporate lobbyist shill) with draconian LAW MAKING POWER to make up their own definitions so that all competitors are either driven into bankruptcy or locked up. There are problems with food safety we can talk about, but HR 875 is not going to make us safer, any more than invading Iraq made us safer. It MUST be stopped.

Stop HR 875 Action Page: http://www.peaceteam.net/action/pnum959.php So in the midst of this attempted Panzer action by Monsanto, are we hearing about any of this in our propaganda based mainstream media? No, they distract our attention talking about Michelle Obama’s adorable organic garden at the White House, as if she is making agricultural policy.

But will that little White House garden end up as something like a diorama, a quaint reenactment of what farming used too be like when it was healthy, they way they would reenact Betsy Ross sewing the first American flag? Will they lull us into complacency while down
the street Congress at the same time paves the way for breaking the back of every small farmer in the country, turning our entire agricultural system into a chemically over-treated, Genetically Mutated Organism (GMO) nightmare?

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By DWIGHTBAKER, April 4 at 1:08 pm #

STOPPING THE MADNESS AMY GOODMAN PART TWO

One thing for sure all of us agree you have guts to want the job of being our President to lead us out of the espionage and sabotage done by some corrupting our Nation that has been going on for a long time.  And one thing you can count on us for doing——is watching your back day and night, best as we can. 

What ever you need us to do just tell us.  Give us BIG JOBS to do——there is a lot of folks that will work for free to help us get back on our feet——WHY—- They like me love this our home America——- think about holding a SUMMIT with the many others that have a good heartbeat from the grass roots of the American folks right now.

As in all good things——change comes little by little and we should not rush any longer to put out fires that might be needed to burn down the old failed ways of doing business as usual——- that has us in the fix we are in.

Best regards

Dwight Baker
Co –Founder of the Bondservants of Christ Jesus Ministries
Chairman of the Voices of We the Peoples Lobby now [Advocacy or WTPA] grass roots actions
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By blogdog, April 3 at 1:44 pm #

Surprising it took so long for the “tin foil hat” dismissal to come forth - usually it’s heard early on - in some way not unlike the POTUS, who within weeks of Sept. 11, 2001 announced: “...outrageous conspiracy theories…” will not be tolerated. To be clear, the “official” conspiracy theory is perhaps the most outrageous of all, staring, for pure incredulity, the super-pilot hijackers, (i.e. patsies, whose flight schooling was essential to their “legends”).

Jetliner Aerobatics by Flight School Dropout Who Never Flew a Jet

None of the hijackers were good pilots. None had ever flown jets, let alone large commercial jetliners. Hani Hanjour, the person accused of flying Flight 77 into the Pentagon, was failing his courses at the Arizona flight school. According to an employee, “He didn’t care about the fact that he couldn’t get through the course.”  Rick Garza, a flight instructor at Sorbi’s Flying Club, had this to say about the two alleged hijackers originally thought to have piloted Flight 77, Khalid al-Mihdar and Nawaq al-Hamzi: “It was like Dumb and Dumber, I mean, they were clueless. It was clear they were never going to make it as pilots.”

In the second week of August 2001, Hanjour had attempted to rent a small plane from an airport in Bowie, MD. Flight instructors Sheri Baxter and Ben Conner declined his request, after taking Hanjour on three test runs, noting he had trouble controlling and landing the Cessna 172. Though Hanjour had attended a flight school in Scottsdale, AZ, for four months in 1996 and 1997, he never completed the coursework for a single-engine aircraft license.

It is doubtful that the best trained fighter pilots could have executed the maneuver that supposedly crashed a 757 into the Pentagon. It required making a tight 320-degree turn while descending seven thousand feet, then leveling out so as to fly low enough over the highway just west of the Pentagon to knock down lamp posts. After crossing the highway the pilot had to take the plane to within inches of the ground so as to crash into the Pentagon at the first-floor level and at such a shallow angle that an engine penetrated three rings of the building, while managing to avoid touching the lawn. And he had to do all of this while flying over 400 mph. Quite a feat for a flight school flunky who had never sat in the cockpit of a jet!

http://911research.wtc7.net/disinfo/deceptions/badpilots.html

Anything on Democracy Now about this? Didn’t think so. As for that tin foil hat, best keep it for yourself, Leefeller.

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By DWIGHTBAKER, April 3 at 9:29 am #

AMY GOODMAN your Inspiration is Contagious in every sense to every man, woman and child today.  Your sane, strong, sanguine and strident voice along with your know UN tireless works of like kind are worthy of you being awarded the NOBEL peace prize. 


March 24, 2009
To the Honorable President Barack Obama
Of the Untied States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
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OPEN LETTER—- To whom it must concern

Mr. President,

I am but one voice in America today that has your interest at heart. My words are fashioned best as I can. So what I propose or say is never meant to bring any one or any thing into being called intent to deride or chide. 

Thanks for all the good work you are doing, and in keeping with your status as our President.  We have prayed that you would not back down or cower to anyone.
Many of WE THE PEOPLE are proud to be Americans and we are NOT inane of political science and the actions needed to protect and insure our equity in justice. And because of that we respect your work and for those high and lofty goals to be the centerpiece of your Administration. With you as our solicitous vanguard we do have HOPE once more. In you taking the lead with your strong and strident voice and will in words and deeds to overcome all the many things, people and matters facing our solvency and sovereignty in our rich and abundant America.

One of the most vocal matters that is discussed daily in the televised media and printed News has been –—- when and where is the real CHANGE going to come from as promised.  Many good a moral folks and I too have been your devoted staunch and strong allies for each step you have taken. And seems now a new chilly wind from a bad direction has begun to blow.  In my perception that is because many of your very close cabinet appointees and confidants have a proven track record that is not very good and that comes from their affiliations with groups and societies that have un-sound and un-reasonable long-term goals that have severe lacks of care and concern for our rights to life in our rich and abundant America that we have clung to in our communities and Constitution.

The following list was furnished by WIKI about those active today in your administration that has been apart of the Bilderberg Group.

Mr. President we elected you to set the stage for change and with those listed on your staff now—- how can you do that? Obviously you have your work cut out for you to reform our government to integrity… and genuinely caring and working with the highest good of all in mind. You have a tall task you have taken on and we salute you and back you anyway we can.

Their connectivity to others around the world that have a different strategy about the way we should go——I think it is NOT as a sovereign solvent nation with our own self interest at the core of all we do——if their plans are implemented that will simply lead us to change not but for more of the same.  And to bypass that end game some things that you could do in the way things go for us——- would be:

Richard N. Haass (1991, 2003, 2004[11]), president, Council on Foreign Relations
Christian Herter[12] (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966), former Secretary of State
Sam Nunn (1996, 1997[4]), former US Senator
Kathleen Sebelius[15], Kansas governor and nominee for the the Health and Human Services secretary post
Timothy Geithner[16], Treasury Secretary
Lawrence Summers[17], Director of the National Economic Council
Paul Volcker[18], Chair of the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board

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By Leefeller, April 3 at 9:28 am #

Indoctrination of peoples minds, can be a full time job, the mass media does it one way, religion another and the tin foil hat crowd by shouting, and stamping their feet with repetitious nonsense, anytime they can get a soap box. 

Even if the media, religion and the Tin Foil Hat crowd offered an ounce of reality, creditability forced fed osmosis style offers nothing to consider or discuss with reason. For them acceptance or to aqueous from others is the only option.  Empty vassals use freedom of choice only to fill a void, the need to belong to one cause or another.  Tin foil hat crowd is no different then the other two, just their way of recruitment. 

Select your madness, there is plenty to choose from.

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By blogdog, April 3 at 3:30 am #

Arch Left Gatekeeper - http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060925/cockburn - Alexander Cockburn wrote in Beat the devil, The 9/11 Conspiracy Nuts -  September 25, 2006 edition of The Nation.

You trip over one fundamental idiocy of the 9/11 conspiracy nuts in the first paragraph of the book by one of their high priests, David Ray Griffin, The New Pearl Harbor. “In many respects,” Griffin writes, “the strongest evidence provided by critics of the official account involves the events of 9/11 itself…. In light of standard procedures for dealing with hijacked airplanes…not one of these planes should have reached its target, let alone all three of them.”

The operative word here is “should.” One central characteristic of the nuts is that they have a devout, albeit preposterous, belief in American efficiency, and hence many of them start with the racist premise that “Arabs in caves” weren’t capable of the mission. They believe that military systems work the way Pentagon press flacks and aerospace salesmen say they should work. They believe that at 8:14 am, when AA Flight 11 switched off its radio and transponder, an FAA flight controller should have called the National Military Command center and NORAD. They believe, citing reverently (this from high priest Griffin) “the US Air Force’s own website,” that an F-15 could have intercepted AA Flight 11 “by 8:24, and certainly no later than 8:30.”

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Left Gatekeepr Cockburn, while referring to Dr. Griffin as a “high priest” (not once, but once in both opening paragrapes of this article), in effect, proposes that on 9/11/01 typical human incompetence dealt a hand wherein a dialysis cripple in a cave in Afghanistan outfoxed the world’s most sophisticated military defense force - no incompetence on the side of the terrorists.

Moreover, OBL’s genius for asymetric warfare allowed him to achieve this with a laptop and a rag tag gang with box cutters, who by the way, could not fly jet liners like fighter pilots, regardless where they’re from, and to even cite this is “racist” - Cockburn cannot resist playing the PC card. 

And, he ignores completely the fact that the op. was being tracked in advance by intelligence networks around the world, including the FBI, as confirmed in numerous reports, Plus, their were roughly two dozen US military drills in progress when it happened.

Cockburn knows better. He knows the elements of a classic false flag black op., conduited through military drills, employing patsies with legends, moles to keep them in play, professional executioners who slip away in the shadows while the patsies take the fall and a detailed, pre-scripted, media psy-op (e.g. the BBC report of the Solomon Brothers Building (WTC7) collapsing 30 min. before it actually did).

What he’s protecting is most likely his lecture tours and book deals. Alexander Cockburn is a classic chicken shit Left Gatekeeper.

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By Paracelsus, April 3 at 1:18 am #

Here is a good news investigation. Amy are you listening?


http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/11191/The_Future_of_America_Part_5/

Mike Wallace brought us to the edge of WWIII. For this he won an Emmy. Ahmindinijad was misrepresented. In other words, Mike Wallace lied. A DN intern could have pointed this out. Instead we get a pornography of poverty, and war from DN that does little to prosecute the evil in the system. The founding putrescent principles of the world system are never exposed. With Amy we only see the minions, and the latest birdcage liner to be scrapped. We never see the hands on the transoms of the puppets. Such is the case with liberal establishment journalism.

I will not trade recipes on quiche. Remember Outraged, adults are talking.

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By christian96, April 3 at 1:16 am #

Outraged—-Thanks for the chili receipe.  I love chili.  I am relatively new to computers and don’t
know how to print only one page but there aren’t many
posts so I’ll just print them all to get the receipe.

Blogdog—-What is a “Left Gatekeeper?”

FOR WHOEVER CARES:  The way I see things developing
we need to be concerned about the following:

(1)  An electromagnetic bomb which will knock out anything associated with electricity.

(2)  A plague which will probably come about because our transportation advances.

(3) Asteroids.  The Bible mentions more than once
about “stars falling from Heaven” producing great
tribulation.  Chicken little was right.

(4) Continued erratic weather patterns.  I just bought a condo near the Atlantic Ocean.  Should have known better.  Here come the HURRICANES and I’m not talking about the football team.

(5) Earthquakes.  Look out HOLLYWOOD.  You wouldn’t
listen.  You keep right on corrupting minds throughout the world, especially those of children.

(6) Nuclear war.  There hasn’t been a weapon developed yet that hasn’t been used.  Could be accidental or intentional.  It doesn’t matter.  It
will bring about great tribulation such as never been seen on earth.

(7)  Last but not least, THE MARK OF THE BEAST. The
foundation is being laid presently in the meetings
in Europe.  A one world government with a one world
economy.  All currency will be done away with.  You
will receive some sort of MARK to buy or sell.  Don’t
take it. You will be cast into a lake of fire, perhaps the nuclear war mentioned previously.

Well, after those happy comments, please excuse me.  I am going to bed.  Tomorrow, I will try the chili receipe kindly offered by Outraged.

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By Sodium, April 3 at 1:01 am #
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William Shakespeare onc said:

“NO LEGACY IS SO RICH AS HONESTY”.

The honesty of Amy Goodman is a pure distillate from a crudely corrupt and bankrupt main stream media. That is so because it is so obvious to me that she is honest with herself and with her readers.That is good enough for me,even if she overlooks important issues once in a while. Honesty is the key to unlock the unlockable doors,with a touch of human dignity.

HER HONESTY IS HER RICHNESS,AS WELL AS HER POWER TO UNLOCK THE UNLOCKABLES.

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By Outraged, April 3 at 12:33 am #

Alright.  I think everyone needs to chill a bit, regroup and renourish.

I found this recipe the other day.  I cooked it up.  It was good. (a little less italian seasoning, I say, but otherwise, really good.)  Easy to make too, that’s always a plus…. you know what I mean.

From allrecipes.com, check it out:

Lentil Quiche (submitted by wonder79)

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
1 cup chopped onion
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup dried lentils
2 cups water
2 cups broccoli florets
1 cup chopped fresh tomatoes
4 eggs, beaten
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon salt
ground black pepper to taste
2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (optional)

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Place the onion and olive oil into a 9 inch deep-dish pie plate. Bake for about 15 minutes, or until onion is tender.

2. Place the lentils and water into a saucepan, and bring to a boil. Cook for about 20 minutes, or until lentils are tender. Drain most of the water off, then place the broccoli florets on top of the lentils. Cover and cook for about 5 minutes. This will dry the lentils, and cook the broccoli.

3. Transfer the lentils, broccoli and tomatoes to the pie plate with the onions, and stir to evenly distribute each item. Stir in cheese at this time if using. In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning. Pour over the ingredients in the pie plate.

4. Bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the center is firm when the quiche is jiggled. Cool for a few minutes before slicing and serving.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Lentil-Quiche/Detail.aspx

Works for breakfast, lunch or supper.  In the words of Rachel Ray (my 10 yr. old son’s “person of signifigance”), “How cool is that?”

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By blogdog, April 2 at 8:08 pm #

RE: “Terrorism’ is a dumb-fuck way of diverting attention from real threats.

Agreed, but it works! A carpet of bombs is an unimaginable form of terrorism. And, if you’ve got a media psy-op ready to roll, literally any old off-the-shelf, false-flag, black-op provocation can serve to trigger enough indignant justification to confidently launch a reign of terror on an unsuspecting population - the grotesque distortion of geopolitics by black-op/psy-op false flag provocations should certainly be covered by DN.

The pathetically impotent Kasam rockets are a good example of exactly how it works - here’s a pretty extensive report of the sort of black-ops that led up to the launch on Gaza.

http://us.altermedia.info/yet-another-israeli-false-flag-terror-attack-yemen-bombing

Yet another Israeli false flag terror attack - Yemen bombing

Dubai, Oct 8 (IANS) A terrorist cell busted in Yemen last month after a suicide attack on the US embassy there had links with an Israeli intelligence agency, the state-run Saba news agency reported.The report, quoting an unnamed source, said investigations and data retrieved from a computer seized from the cell, showed there was correspondence between the Islamic Jihad group’s deputy leader Bassam Abdullah Fadhel Al-Haidari and an Israeli intelligence agency. Saba quoted the source as saying that the correspondence between the two sides included a request from the Israeli side to implement terrorist attacks inside Yemen.

Wed, 2008-10-08

Remember the attack on the U.S. embassy in Yemen last month that took the lives of eighteen people? A group calling themselves “Islamic Jihad” claimed responsibility for the blast. It has a nice, scary ring to it hasn’t it? “Islamic Jihad” also happens to be the name of a group that operates out of Gaza.

“Islamic Jihad” pointedly mentioned its affiliation with al Qaeda after claiming responsibility for the September 17 U.S. embassy bombing:

“We, the Organisation of Islamic Jihad, belonging to the Al-Qaeda network, repeat our demand of (Yemeni President) Ali Abdullah Saleh to free our detained brothers within 48 hours,” said a statement signed by self-proclaimed leader Abu Ghaith al-Yamani.

Former agent for French military intelligence Pierre-Henry Bunel has this to say about ‘al Qaeda’:

“The truth is, there is no Islamic army or terrorist group called Al Qaida. And any informed intelligence officer knows this. But there is a propaganda campaign to make the public believe in the presence of an identified entity representing the ‘devil’ only in order to drive the ‘TV watcher’ to accept a unified international leadership for a war against terrorism…”

Well now the Yemeni authorities have arrested a group of these al Qaeda-backed militants with, surprise surprise, links to Israeli intelligence.

From BBC News:

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has said the security forces have arrested a group of alleged Islamist militants linked to Israeli intelligence.

Mr Saleh did not say what evidence had been found to show the group’s links with Israel, a regional enemy of Yemen.

The arrests were connected with an attack on the US embassy in Sanaa last month which killed at least 18 people, official sources were quoted saying.

Israel’s foreign ministry has rejected the accusation as “totally ridiculous”.

“A terrorist cell was arrested and will be referred to the judicial authorities for its links with the Israeli intelligence services,” Mr Saleh told a gathering at al-Mukalla University in Hadramawt province.

“Details of the trial will be announced later. You will hear about what goes on in the proceedings,” he added.

The 17 September attack was the second to target the US embassy since April. Militants detonated car bombs before firing rockets at the heavily fortified building.

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By George, April 2 at 5:20 pm #
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Actually, the missiles and bombs ARE the threat. These mass-produced devices reflect not only a bully mentality, they are the base of a massive export industry and, creepily, a reflection of the mentality of the countries involved.“Terrorism’ is a dumb-fuck way of diverting attention from real threats.

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By blogdog, April 2 at 2:34 pm #

RE:  Leefeller, April 2 at 1:39 pm # ...If you see the light…

Looking for a Messiah? Worship at will. These critiques are informed by sources beyond foundation-sanctioned Left Gatekeepers.

Dismissing the 9/11 Coup and the Global War Of Terror as “pet peeves” dismisses equally the enormity of their tragedy. Shame on anyone who trivializes these issues.

As I quipped below, the modest proposal, fitting for out time is not that the we (the losers) eat our children, but rather that we eat our selves - as the sanctioned insanity is, in every way, nothing less than suicidal. Moreover, it is a mass insanity, subtly enabled by Left Gatekeepers like Amy Goodman.

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By Paracelsus, April 2 at 2:17 pm #

@ Leefeller

“If you see the light, great, find people who give a damn.  Enough is not being said about everything important in the minds morons.”

You do enjoy trivializing, yet you do not see the walls of the sandbox you were born into.

As to the Trans Texas Corridor 100’s of thousands of acres of prime agricultural land had been in jeopardy of condemnation for this toll road boondoggle. Scores of rural communities were in danger of being cutoff from the transportation grid, thereby creating ghost towns. County and local governments were being bribed by developers and toll roaders to make way for the TTC. There was massive corruption. This was an issue that involved farmers and rural communities. All this carnage was going on while Amy slept. http://www.corridorwatch.org/ttc/index.htm

The rights of agrarian communities was something that liberal/progressive causes at one time championed. Where were they? Where was the Nation? Where was Mathew Rothschild of progressive magazine. They were sucking at the teat of foundations funded by finance oligarchs. I remember one elitist saying that farming was too important to be left to farmers. Is it any wonder the heartland has such a sour opinion of the bicoastal left? Go ahead Leefeller; trivialize this. Show the world your disdain, and contempt!

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By Leefeller, April 2 at 1:39 pm #

If one criticizes Amy Goodman for what she is not reporting or discussing means we have to hear more on conspiracys and other crap, now we have deep throat of not the news. If their are these hot scoops to be told, why, isn’t someone jumping on them? 

Most everyone here knows the media is contrived and controlled. So here we are re inventing the wheel with special interests and blaming Amy for not jumping on these so called hot stories? Evangelize your self, attempting to get someone to do it for you seems demented Especially when complaining about it.

If you see the light, great, find people who give a damn.  Enough is not being said about everything important in the minds morons.

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By Paracelsus, April 2 at 1:03 pm #

I think the controlled left needs to be so discredited that a genuine left can form and grow in its place. As long as fake heroes are followed then the masses of people will fall victim to many poisonous theologies. Indeed it might not even be a paradigm of left v. right but one where people will be forced to think how they want to live for the very first time. Please watch the following video:

http://tinyurl.com/dybn3e

I do not think there is any liberal/progressive magazine that would want to touch this story. Until it is looked at we run the risk through ignorance of falling into such a system, especially in a time of economic collapse.

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By untilOfficiallyDenied, April 2 at 11:01 am #

She also knows the tolerable limits of what she does… knows that among the various factions within the New World Oligarchy there are some who can and will do anything… literally anything.

I think that says it all, doesn’t it. Amy does cover topics one won’t hear on “regular” media. At the same time she “seems” to know what not to touch. Also her international coverage seems little “Americanized” sometimes, in my opinion.

I used to listen to her, now occasionally and do keep in mind when do, what is being “not said, not challenged and goes unchallenged”. One can find same level of information and facts in todays world, the only thing is its not available as easily as turn on a switch or button. Not only that, one might have to use their own judgment and scrutiny.

I believe in quote “Never believe anything until it’s officially denied” as far the major media goes.

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By blogdog, April 2 at 7:50 am #

RE: Santa Clause had a steamy affair with the Tooth Fairy in the back of his sleigh while delivering top secret memos to the CIA, were was Amy on that one?

A: Getting turned down after pitching it to the Jerry Springer show, right where Leefeller came from!

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By Leefeller, April 2 at 7:34 am #

“It isn’t what she says. It’s what she doesn’t say”

So, Amy Goodman is the Ashiest of commentary?

If you really try to comprehend the quote above it’s very profound ridiculousness means what?  Amy Goodman is a non (sayer), on top of what she isn’t saying?  This, means if Amy Goodman does not say what some believe she should be saying then she is not saying what they want her to say, so “it’s what she doesn’t say”. 

Amy, has never mentioned or said anything about the UFO’s coming from the back side of the moon,  the real reason why we have Republicans.  How about the little known fact that Santa Clause had a steamy affair with the Tooth Fairy in the back of his sleigh while delivering top secret memos to the CIA, were was Amy on that one? 

Yes, “It’s what she doesn’t say”

How about this, Amy talks about many things, but not my personal selection of most importent,ist stuff, stuff she should really be taking about, not the stuff she is talking about. Yeah, Amy should have a direct line to my stuff, that’s it!

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By Paracelsus, April 2 at 6:39 am #

Where was was she during the fight against the Trans Texas Corridor? Did she have anything to say about the North American Union? Did she interview anybody from Kansas about the customs station that was about to be built there? Why hasn’t she said anything about Cintra, the Spanish toll road company? Was there any news about Austin, Texas being turned into toll road hell? All this happen all through the Bush administration. Where was Amy?

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By Paracelsus, April 2 at 6:14 am #

I wonder why Amy Goodman hasn’t reported on James Jones, the NSA, saying that he gets his daily orders from Kissinger. Why doesn’t she comment on how many administrations seem to have free trade advocates with CFR pedigrees? She’ll complain about free trade but she won’t report on the think tank network that supports it. She really doesn’t have street cred.

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By blogdog, April 2 at 3:57 am #

Sorry Outraged the only thing ironic is your getting it completely wrong. It isn’t what she says. It’s what she doesn’t say, or more specifically doesn’t do. e.g. interviewing deeply researched experts on the Global War Of Terror.

Ok, forget Webster Tarpley. He’s the best, but would probably get her fired. So why not Nafeez Ahmed? And, not for a debate. Again Ritter doesn’t come on to debate! Hirsch doesn’t come on to debate! Bring him on for an interview, for his analysis (for example) on the current push to expand the Global War Of Terror into Pakistan - http://nafeez.blogspot.com/2006/09/pakistan-and-terror-nexus.html

Again, she knows the bleeding score! And if she doesn’t start taking it to the heart of the matter, her street cred as a serious champion of social justice will not be redeemed.

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By Outraged, April 2 at 2:53 am #

Great podcast.

Gee… don’t ya love it Amy when all the unregistered commenters slither out from underneath their rocks.

It means you must’ve said something worth noting.  And here they all are…... honoring you, ironic isn’t it?

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By eileen fleming, April 1 at 5:16 pm #
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Hi Amy

Remember April 2007 when we had lunch and I filled you in that your 2004 interview with Mordechai Vanunu was major testimony against him in his FREEDOM OF SPEECH Trial in Israel?

His Supreme Court Appeal fighting 3 months more in jail for talking to you in 2004 is TBA.

The 5th year of restrictions that DENY Vanunu the RIGHT to speak to non-Israelis expires April 21, 2009.


2005, 2006, 2008 video with Vanunu and reports from day one of FREEDOM of SPEECH trial in the ‘democracy’ of Israel remain freely streaming @ VANUNU ARCHIVES: http://www.wearewideawake.org


Because:

“I strongly believe that media can be a force for peace. It is the responsibility of journalists to give voice to those who have been forgotten, forsaken and beaten down by the powerful. It is the best reason I know to carry our pens, cameras and microphones out into the world. The media should be a sanctuary for dissent. It is our job to go to where the silence is.” -Amy Goodman

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By blogdog, April 1 at 2:33 pm #

RE: Amy Goodman for a few years now and she is the real deal.

Amy got her Left-liberal, reportage ticket punched for life in the East Timor riot where she was nearly killed and Allen Narin was seriously wounded. She knows Kissinger/Ford Admin. operatives approved and aided in that genocide. She knows how the black-ops work. She knows how the psy-ops work. She also knows the tolerable limits of what she does… knows that if she does not play at least a marginal role in maintaining the 9/11 psy-op cover up, she knows some of that gov-issued, weapons-grad anthrax is still out there, just like all of Congress knows… knows that among the various factions within the New World Oligarchy there are some who can and will do anything… literally anything. If you go up against those guys, you can’t be the kind of liberal who leaves the room when a fight breaks out… you can’t even be the guy who brings a knife to a gun fight.

Better suggestion: just accept the fall of the empire - give it up for real - stop faking it - show up en mass (thousands upon thousands, nation wide) at every FBI office, everyone confessing to thoughts of violent revolution against the puppets of the New World Oligarchy and demanding to be arrested before you loose control and actually do it - prison for all - http://www.thefall01.info/

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By cvd, April 1 at 2:05 pm #
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why amy jeremy michael moore and other good souls are irrelvant:
preaching to the converted the choir and the founders of the church
personal aggrandizement and personal promotion which is indistinguishable from their personal-and by extensio-our enlightenment
identifying with politics is identity politics which is inherently reactionary; but for goodman identity is political - an even more reactionary sentiment -
actually she’s terrible
she sounds like she never prepares her show - and she probably doesn’t
in the end (and any discussion about means and ends is foolhardy when dealing with violence)the result is what people judge you on -
poltics is about what you do;not what you think feel or discuss -
goodman doesn’t say anything at anytime that is not about her and her work - the combination of this self promoting- war tourist-attitude toward the world
with the truly serious situation of humanity today -yes, amy,in the grips of the media - is not served by good souls except when they are an exception to themselves - think about it folks

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By D.H. Fabian, April 1 at 11:46 am #
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Well, yes, media “guides” the public discussion. It lets us know what is important, what’s not, and what we should think about it.  Progressive news media is only marginally better.

Consider the difference between the mass media of the late-‘60s and early ‘70s and what we have today. The media once covered such things as large public protests, until conservatives decided that what caused such protests was a craving for publicity, not legitimate grievances that were otherwise ignored.  News reporters often covered both sides of the story, not just news from the corporate perspective.  There are areas of tremendous differences in covering the news before and after Reagan. Consider US poverty.  In the past, media would actually research the issue, reports the stats, and include the perspective of the poor. Progressive media recognized how and why economic disparities are maintained, how policies that impact one segment of the population actually impacts all of us, and had a concept of social justice when it comes to the poor.  Today, media reports on poverty only in terms of it being a “nuisance” to regular people(i.e., panhandling, Hoovervilles, the cost of taking state custody of the children of the poor for “failure to adequately provide”, etc.), ignoring the social/human costs of these policies. Progressive media has largely ignored everyone below the comparatively-more-fortunate working poor. Thus, real US poverty has slipped below public awareness, much less concern. It’s of no concern because for the past few decades, media has consistently indicated that people are poor only because they choose to be poor, because they are lazy and morally corrupt, etc.  Today, the general public accepts this without even thinking about it, so there are no calls to bail out the impoverished. We no longer see the connection between poverty and the mass outsourcing (at taxpayer expense) of our industrial jobs , or an unaffordable health care system. We don’t see any of this because the media no longer reports it, at the least indicating that it’s not an issue worth thinking about.

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By Grubstaker, April 1 at 9:43 am #
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I have followed Amy Goodman for a few years now and she is the real deal.  She might not have covered Bilderberg but she was reporting on the front lines in East Timor in 1992 and nearly lost her life for it.  It is fine to be critical but it is not helpful to just criticize without offering an alternative or recommendations for good journalism.  I have yet to find consistently high level journalism the likes of DN to date.  Goodman was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for because she earned it.  If you have better recommendations I would appreciate knowing about them so we all learn and can make more informed decisions which hopefully benefits society.  Glenn Greenwald at salon.com is someone else I read regularly.

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By Paracelsus, April 1 at 5:27 am #

@ Russian Paul

Amy claims DN is an independent and alternative news source that is a lone voice in corporate media. It is that claim that pushes my attack. I have heard precious little on the Federal Reserve as a corrupt organization from DN. It is not something that is prominent in the DN search engine. Again I have never heard of DN sending a crew of investigative reporters to catch the overheard tidbits from the Chantilly, VA Bilderberg meeting. Even European media does a better job of Bilderberg coverage than Goodman ever has. I wouldn’t tear down Amy’s efforts if she did not act as if she was the lone voice in the wilderness. She makes a heady boast.

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By christian96, April 1 at 3:57 am #

I just listened to Amy’s discussion on Truthdig.
She has many good ideas.  The challenge is how to
actualize the ideas.  How do you get people involved
with movies, ball games, their clothes and looks,
to become involved in understanding the madness let
along standing up to it?  You have to somehow relate
the madness to their everyday lives.  Since all people are required to attend public school, perhaps
that should be the vehicle for educating people and
getting them to stand up.  That would take a grass
roots level of people who understand the madness to
put pressure on their local school boards to include
a course(s) on understanding the madness and means
for standing up to it.

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By christian96, April 1 at 3:14 am #

Leefeller——You are ignorant, drunk, stoned, or
all the above.  Any intelligent person would hang
up on you.

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By blogdog, April 1 at 2:08 am #

RE: you will not hear any discussion like that elsewhere.

Not true - serious 9/11 analyses are all over KPFA’s “Guns and Butter” and many other webcasts.

http://kpfa.org/archive/id/23265 - this one is classic Tarpley - Mike Malone was fired off the limited hangout Air America affiliates network for interviewing Tarpley for 2 hours in 2005. That was the warning shot to all Left Progressives to stay away from any serious analysis of the 9/11 coup. 

When DN dared to touch it, they brought in two Popular Mechanics’ editors to take on Bermas and Avery. When David Ray Griffin was on, they brought in “professional anti-conspiracist” Chip Berlet, who defends the Bush regime’s 9/11 “conspiracy theory.”

Does DN do that when interviewing Scott Ritter, Jeremy Scahill or virtually anyone else? No, it’s the only way they can approach the 9/11 media 3rd rail. DN’s paltry coverage of the 9/11 coup is basically chicken shit!

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By Russian Paul, April 1 at 12:19 am #

And she HAS had guests on who have questioned the neccessity of the fed, and she has had at least one show-long debate on 9/11 with the creators of Loose Change. Maybe that isn’t good enough, but you will not hear any discussion like that elsewhere.

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By Russian Paul, March 31 at 11:54 pm #

In every single show, Amy reports on stories you will NEVER hear from the mainstream. Paracelsus - you think global warming is fake and you’re entitled to that opinion, but why disregard all DN has to offer, especially when it comes to reporting on the Imperialist actions of the US? DN has been instrumental in spreading such information. I don’t think Amy has ever done a show on reptilian humanoids either, but I don’t hold that against her.

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By Leefeller, March 31 at 11:48 pm #

When I can I listen to Amy Goodman and find her work enlightening. 

She should be donating more time to individual pet peeves. Of course my pet peeves should be first, we need some in depth reporting on why Starbucks drinks are not constant in flavor or as hot as they should be? Why hasn’t she dropped by my house to see my new paint job, or to discuss theories on paint drying? I tried calling her office, but they hung up on me, though it may have been my own fault, I was eating a raw carrot at the time.

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By blogdog, March 31 at 11:24 pm #

RE: Try and give story suggestions to DN and you will find that they are open to suggestions and ideas.

Here’s one: On Sept.11, 2001, a BBC reporter is on video record reporting the collapse of The Solomon Bros. Building (WTC7) 20 minutes before it actually collapsed; moreover, with the building standing in the background as the report was delivered. Wouldn’t this be worth investigating, and reporting, even for, say 10 min?

Why not? Obviously, either Amy, like Noam, like Moore, like many others are protecting their lecture tours and book sales by NOT touching the 9-11 media 3rd rail, or they’re rich assets.

How significant is Amy Goodman, or Robert Scheer or Arianna? Remember: “The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media.” - William Colby - Director of the CIA (1973-76)

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By she'sonlygotonemouth, March 31 at 8:32 pm #
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I’m astonished by the negative comments above.  Amy Goodman may not be perfect, but she’s just about the only game in town, and she does a great job.  So she didn’t choose to do all of your personal pet stories? Is that a reason to paint what she has done as miserable?  Sounds like a mighty case of sour grapes.

The only problem with Amy Goodman is there aren’t fifty of her.  Life isn’t long enough to do every story that every viewer or auditor wants to have covered.  Fake?  Come on.  I think some folks need to get some perspective.

It always astonishes me how quickly the marginalized folks turn on each other.  Way to stay marginalized, guys.

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By Paracelsus, March 31 at 8:07 pm #

@photoshock

‘foundational crap’

Please try to quote me correctly. To wit, “Amy’s journalism is in many cases the same foundation crap we get from NPR.”

It is well known that the foundations have funded public affairs for a long time, and with that funding comes an agenda. One of the big issues of foundations is CO2, a harmless gas that has little to do with global warming/climate change.

I am revolted by Amy grandstanding as if she is the source for independent news, when she does little of it. Has she ever tried to cover a Bilderberg conference? No!
Stop it, Amy. You quit being relevant after 9-11-2001. I have given the DN crew many story ideas. In fact DN has shut itself down to the public. They now have a computerized phone menu like a big corporation would. It would be a miracle to actually talk to a producer or reporter at DN. Of course this was implemented after listeners flooded the station with leads on the 9-11 disaster.

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By photoshock, March 31 at 6:58 pm #

Paracelsus, why the vitriolic invective?  Amy Goodman does some wonderful work, if you cannot agree with everything there must be something that you can agree with?
I have watched DN for almost 2 years now and found that the ‘foundational crap’ that you so vehemently disagree with, is only the tip of the iceberg that DN
reports on.  Many stories that would never have made it on the air, in the commercial broadcast networks, did so on DN.
What is wrong with your analysis, is this, you look for things that may not be known, seek things out where they might not be found. Try and give story suggestions to DN and you will find that they are open to suggestions and ideas.
With the little amount of independent media out there, to say that Democracy Now is a sham and not worthy of your time is your opinion, but do not assume that everyone holds to the same opinion about a vaunted and esteemed news media outlet.

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By William Nerin, March 31 at 6:46 pm #
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I listen to DemocracyNow Mon. through Friday at 6 AM as a way to set my mind straight before I enter into corporate media from my own newspaper to the Lehrer News Hour on PBS.

I hear news on DN that I seldom hear on any other newscast and it is in depth.  Amy Goodman has won the Izzy award this year for her work - a shining example of what independent news should be like.

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By Derek Postlewaite, March 31 at 6:26 pm #
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Paracelsus,
I don’t know how you can compare Amy Goodman to NPR. I’m a daily NRP listener, but I never hear NPR tactfully criticize the Obama Administration like Amy Goodman has on DemocracyNow!.
I think Amy Goodman does a great job of informing people about the under cut and largely ignored issues, in much the same manner as a lot of the journalists that contribute to this site.  Her piece on the judge(s) who had been sending our youth to jail without the proper protection/guidance of an attorney, a month or so ago, well, I’m pretty sure the case wasn’t mentioned on NPR, or any other channel/program.  I appreciated the fact that she pointed out that Obama’s stimulus plan encompassed 800 million for the construction of new jails, but zero for improvements to the American education system.  Amy, keep informing.

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By Paracelsus, March 31 at 5:51 pm #

Why hasn’t Amy Goodman done any shows on the dirty dealings of the Federal Reserve?

Please no more blarney on global warming. There is a Dutch scientist, Dr. Morner, who says that the sea levels over fifty years have stayed about the same.

Please refer to http://xr.com/l01 .

Amy’s journalism is in many cases the same foundation crap we get from NPR.

She lives right in NY. Why haven’t we heard about the unjust lock up of the “We Are Change” group on DN? Luke Rudowski and his associates were prevented from asking Mayor Bloomberg about the lack of healthcare for first responders. They were arrested by NY’s finest goons. She lives right near lower Manhattan. There are 9-11 protests every 11th of the month. She is not there. Non-profit news reporting can be just as bad as corporate if it is funded by self interested foundations and governments.

Amy is fake, fake, fake. Providing a forum??? In a pig’s eye.

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By grumpynyker, March 31 at 11:51 am #
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Save your money.  There are REAL journalists out there, not just headline readers like Goodman.  One of most annoying traits is to distract off guests just when he/she is making a point.  Example, the gentleman for single payer health insurance.

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By NYCartist, March 31 at 11:22 am #

Any possibility of a transcript?

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