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*TVNL Editor's Comments:
Supporting the Troops Because They Protect Us: Two Big Lies*
I was watching the Ultimate
Fighter on Spike TV the other night, mostly because my body
produces excess testosterone, and at one point during the program
the fighters took magic markers and started writing things all
over the walls of the house in which they lived. At one point
someone wrote bWe Support the Troops.b Then that
person started mentioning how the fighters in the UFC support the
troops who are out there fighting to bprotect our freedomb.
I laughed.
Well, just as this nice,
well-meaning person commented on how he supports the troops, I, as
I often do, spoke back to my TV set and said, bNo, you donbt
support the troops; you simply say and write on walls that you
do!b I thought to myself that this person should be more
accurate and simply say, bI write on walls inside my home
that I support the troops and that is all that I do in the way of
supporting them!b I think people should just come out and
tell the truth. They should have bumper stickers and signs on
their homes and little ribbons that say, bI donbt do
anything to support the troops except wear this ribbon, hang this
sign or bumper system or say the words, bI support the
troops!bb Letbs face it, that well-meaning UFC
fighter is not doing a damn thing to support the troops.
Few people in this nation
support the troops. One glance at staistics about our homeless
veteran can tell you that. More than 200,000 veterans find
themselves without a home at one point during any given year in
this nation, and the Iraq invasion is going to help those numbers
to grow.
That alone should show how
Americans support their troops. But there is an even more sinister
abuse of troop support in this nation in the form of bprivate
for profit para-military corporations.b Thatbs right,
while Americans want their Congress to give George W. Bush money
to bsupport the troopsb the money goes not to the
troops, not to the families of the troops, not to the injured and
wounded troops, not to the emotionally traumatized troops and not
to the homeless troops.
The bulk of the money goes to
private para-military companies, owned and operated by friends and
business associates and partners of the government officials who
use the troops and your freedom as hostages as they extort the
nation in to paying them huge sums of money.
From Dick Cheneybs
Halliburton to Blackwater USA to the companies that manufacture
tanks, helicopters, Humvees, bullets, you name it, the profiteers
grow richer with every new effort by American citizens to actually
support the troops. And the troops, while they keep dying,
continue to be lied to by everyone in their command structure. And
when they are no longer able to kill for the establishment, they
are tossed aside like yesterdaybs trash. Nobody supports the
troops.
We must stop supporting the
people who promote that false advertising; people such as Dick
Cheney, George W. Bush and the majority of the US Congress.
Letbs stop this bsupport
the troopsb rhetoric. If you want to say you bappreciate
the troopsb be my guest. That would be more accurate. I
think we all pretty much appreciate the troops. But letbs
face it, there are very few people in America who actually support
the troops and many of those people are not the ones wearing
ribbons.
Now, about the claim that those
troops, all of whom I appreciate, are protecting our freedomB
Letbs face it folks, since World War II hardly a troop was
deployed, hardly single shot was fired, and hardly a life was lost
while actually protecting our freedom or protecting us from a
direct or potential threat. In my lifetime (I was born in 1964),
not a single American died while actually protecting my freedom.
On the contrary, many American troops died while they were engaged
in combat that would in some way directly benefit the very people
who have been working for generations to reduce my freedom.
There is no greater example of
this than todaybs so called war on terror. You may still
remain blind to the very real probability that the 9/11 events
were delivered to us by a rogue element within our government.
But you cannot deny that the so-called bresponseb to
those attacks only served to increase the risks to American lives,
weaken our military, and was accompanied by an assault on the
freedoms, liberties and rights of the American people the likes of
which we have never seen.
It is the very presence of our
military that has kept us safe. They serve as the worldbs
best deterrent, unmatched by any other. Their might, their power
and the willingness of individuals to risk their lives are what
keeps us safe from outside invaders. But threats come from within
as well, and we are witnessing that today.
If the troops want to protect my
freedom they should be protecting me from the people who threaten
it. They should be protecting me from the people who are waging a
war on the American people and our way of life by harming the U.S.
Constitution. That would be the U.S. Constitution that the troops
are sworn to protect. For the record, according to their oath,
that promise come BEFORE their obligation to obey their Commander
in Chief. They should be protecting me from the people who are
trying to poison my air, contaminate my food supply, and create
biological weapons that even by accident pose a threat to me and
all life on earth. These days those threats are right here. They
reside in Congress, in the White House and in secretive powerful
organizations known as think tanks, secret societies, defense
contractors and bfoundationsb.
The troops are well meaning but
they are brainwashed into thinking that they are doing noble
things. This is because they have to believe in what they are
doing if they are to do their job: kill people. These are not cold
blooded people. They did not sign up to kill under false pretense.
So you have to make them believe that they are protecting us when
they drop their bombs and fire their weapons. Why do you think
that there are information restrictions on active troops? Why do
you think that access to many websites is blocked by military
personnel. Itbs so the troops accept the word of truth as
delivered by their commanders without the facts getting in the
way.
So to set the record straight, I
appreciate the troops, and by the very nature of what I do,
(informing the public about issues related to war & the
militaryBfor no financial compensation other than
donations) I support the troops. But I want the troops to protect
me. And unfortunately, by no fault of their own, and I repeat
that, BY NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, they donbt, and in my
lifetime they never have. My freedoms, my liberties, my security
and my Constitutional rights are being threatened and harmed every
day. So you can imagine how I would love to see the troops
actually protect me for once. None the less, I still appreciate
them. Think about it. - Jesse bEditor, TvNewsLIES.org
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*WAR
: **http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#war*
*Dozens slain in
Baghdad, Karbala attacks* - More than 70 people were also
wounded in the attack, according to an official at Al-Hussein
Hospital. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not
authorized to release the information.
*Iraq
fails democracy test* - IN an embarrassing setback for US
efforts to support the embattled government in Baghdad, an
international panel charged with selecting countries to attend a
prestigious meeting of the world's democracies has deemed Iraq
unfit to attend.
*Suicide truck
bomb collapses major bridge in Baghdad; at least 10 killed* - A
suicide truck bomb exploded on a major bridge in Baghdad early
Thursday, killing at least nine people and sending cars toppling
into the Tigris River below, police and witnesses said.
*POLITICS :
**http://www.tvnewslies.org/news#politics*
*NPR
blows US Attorneys story wide open*
- According to someone who's had conversations with White House
officials, the plan to fire all 93 U.S. attorneys originated with
political adviser Karl Rove. It was seen as a way to get political
cover for firing the small number of U.S. attorneys the White
House actually wanted to get rid of. Documents show the plan was
eventually dismissed as impractical. - If true, that will
fundamentally alter the nature of this scandal.
*E-mails
contradict testimony in U.S. attorneys scandal* - Nevertheless,
the disclosure aroused investigators' suspicion that Biskupic
might have been retained in his job because he agreed to prosecute
Democrats, though the evidence was slight. Such politicization of
the administration of justice is at the heart of congressional
Democrats' concerns over the Bush administration's firings of the
U.S. attorneys.
*Cafferty
Cites Greenwaldbs Article on Bushbs Many bMissingb
Documents* - Does anyone else see a pattern here? I'm sure it's
all just a coincidence.
*Crew
Writes Patrick Fitzgerald Asking to Re-Open Rove Case in Light of
Missing Emails* - Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics
in Washington (CREW) asked Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald to
reopen his investigation of Karl Rove's role in disclosing Valerie
Plame Wilson's status as a covert CIA operative in light of recent
revelations about missing White House emails.
*Shocking
New Disclosure - White House Lost over FIVE MILLION EMAILS in Two
Year Period* - In a startling new revelation, CREW has also
learned through two confidential sources that the Executive Office
of the President (EOP) has lost over five million emails generated
between March 2003 and October 2005. The White House counsel's
office was advised of these problems in 2005 and CREW has been
told that the White House was given a plan of action to recover
these emails, but to date nothing has been done to rectify this
significant loss of records.
*Leahy:
Bush aides lying about e-mails* - "They say they have not
been preserved. I don't believe that!" Senate Judiciary
Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (news, bio, voting record)
shouted from the Senate floor.
*Weekly
Standard: Bush has "near dictatorial power"* - So
apparently, the American Founders risked their lives and fortunes
in order to wage war against Great Britain and declare
independence from the King -- all in order to vest "near
dictatorial power" in the American President in all matters
of foreign policy and national security.*TVNL Comment: So
declares the PNAC publication headed by the PNAC chairman, William
Kristol!*
*ECONOMY :
**http://www.tvnewslies.org/news#economy*
*Citigroup
Said Cutting 15,000 'Net' Jobs* - Citigroup
Inc. is likely to cut a "net" 15,000 jobs as part of its
cost-cutting plan, and is in the process of laying off more than
1,000 employees, the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires
said on Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
*9/11 News :
**http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#911*
*Former Bush
Speechwriter Hints at 9/11 Inside Job* - LINK
- A GOP insider, former Bush 41 speechwriter and close friend of
the Bush family writes in his new book that before 9/11, the
Neo-Cons in control of the Bush administration were eager to seize
upon a manufactured provocation to go to war - just as LBJ had
done with the Gulf Of Tonkin in 1965, and questions the official
9/11 story.
*War on Terror
looks like a fraud* - LINK
- With many Americans (including academics and former top U.S.
government officials) now questioning even the physical facts of
9/11 and seriously disputing the "militant Islam" spin,
with the media more brain-dead than it's been in our lifetimes,
now is not the time for jingoism and blind faith in the likes of
Cheney, George W. Bush and Robert Gates.
*CONGRESS :
**http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#congress*
*Bush
asks Congress to alter 1978 eavesdropping law* - The Bush
administration asked Congress on Friday to expand the number of
people it can subject to electronic surveillance in the United
States.
*Senate panel
approves Medicare drug price bill* - The U.S. Senate Finance
Committee on Thursday approved a bill that would permit the
government to negotiate for Medicare prescription drug prices,
throwing down a challenge to the powerful drug industry.
*DOMESTIC :
**http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#domestic*
*Texas
A&M Fails to Report Stricken Student in Bioweapons Lab for 14
Months* - Texas A&M University failed to report in a timely
manner to Federal authorities that a biology student was stricken
with the dangerous brucella pathogen in its College Station
laboratory for bioweapons agent research on February 9th of 2006.
*Smoke
Coming Out of Wisconsin in the US Attorney Scandal (more) *-
VIDEO
*Study:
Abstinence classes don't stop sex* - Students who took part in
sexual abstinence programs were just as likely to have sex as
those who did not, according to a study ordered by Congress.
*Nevada
Governor Faces String of Scandals* - Four scandals or more. One
criminal investigation. One $10,000 dress. And a possible $137
million budget shortfall.
*Insider
Emails Reveal Florida's Voter Registration Database Was Plagued
With Problems in 2006* - The 18,000 "undervotes" in
Sarasota and other questionable elections in November 2006
election were not the only problems faced by Florida voters last
year. Most of them, in fact, likely have no idea just how bad it
really was.
*Outspoken
Social Security critic gets key role in administering it* - How
much damage can an ambassador to Belgium do? Probably not as much
as an ardent antagonist of Social Security might unleash in a top
policymaking position at the agency that millions of Americans
depend on.
*ENVIRONMENT :
**http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#environment*
*China
to rely more on cleaner energy like natural gas by 2010* - It
said the extensive use of coal had "brought lots of
environmental and social problems, posing severe challenges to the
sustainable development of the economy and society."
*White House
pulls nomination to top EPA air post* - Boxer, a California
Democrat, had called Wehrum an "extremely troubling"
nominee, whose record "demonstrates a pattern of discounting
health impacts, ignoring scientific findings and substituting
industry positions for the clear intent of Congress."*TVNL
Comment: Are we looking at the next recess appointment by Bush?*
*INTERNATIONAL :
**http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#international*
*Iran
seeks talks with US House speaker Pelosi* - A top MP said on
Friday the Teheran parliament would favour talks with US House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi after her controversial visit to Iranbs
ally Syria, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
*Two
bombers attack U.S. targets in Morocco* - Two suicide bombers
killed themselves in an attack on U.S. diplomatic offices in
Morocco's commercial hub Casablanca on Saturday, a police source
said.
*Wolfowitz
pay scandal laid bare* - The World Bank early Friday released
more than 100 pages of documents that exposed the pivotal role
played by its president, Paul Wolfowitz, in awarding startling pay
hikes to his girlfriend.
*Bank
Staff Asks Wolfowitz to Resign *- World Bank President Paul
Wolfowitz acknowledged Thursday that he erred in helping a close
female friend get transferred to a high-paying job, and said he
was sorry.
*WTO: China
overtakes U.S. in exports* - While China finished behind
Germany and the United States in total exports for the full year,
it overtook the United States in the last six months of 2006 and
will almost certainly finish above the U.S. in the 2007 totals.
*MILITARY & VETERANS :
**http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#military*
*Supporting
the Troops Because They Protect Us: Two Big Lies* - Letbs
stop this bsupport the troopsb rhetoric. If you want
to say you bappreciate the troopsb be my guest. That
would be more accurate. - In my lifetime (I was born in 1964), not
a single American died while actually protecting my freedom. On
the contrary many American troops died while they were engaged in
combat that would in some way directly benefit the very people who
have been working for generations to reduce my freedom.
*A
Scandal Bigger than Walter Reed b The Rape, Assault and
Harassment of Women in the Military* - How common are these
problems? It is difficult to tell since the military has not
published a complete survey but indications are that 80% have
faced sexual harassment and 30% have been raped.
*Governments
screw the military* - Always have & always will
*EDITORIAL :
**http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#editorial*
*Upending
the Mayberry Machiavellis* - It's up to Congress to save the
executive branch from Bush's and Rove's radical experiment to
transform it forever.
*JOURNALISM & MEDIA :
**http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#media*
*Jon
Stewart shows the world just how big of a hypocritical Nancy Grace*
- VIDEO
*Vermont
newspaper calls Bush worst president in U.S. history, calls for
impeachment* - On Friday the 13th, April 2007, the Brattleboro
Reformer, the third largest newspaper in Vermont that dates to
1876, joined the chorus of people calling Bush the worst president
in U.S. history and for his impeachment .
*Jon
Stewart Rips FOX and CNN for Anna Nicole Coverage* - Jon
examines the mainstream media's sensitive and tasteful coverage of
the DNA test results in the Anna Nicole Smith Case.
*CBS News fires
producer for plagiarism* - A CBS News producer was fired and
the network apologized after a Katie Couric video essay on
libraries was found to be plagiarized from The Wall Street
Journal.
*HEALTH & SCIENCE :
**http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#health*
*Court
Won't Force FDA to Restrict Mercury Dental Fillings As Risky* -
The mercury mixture has stirred controversy since dentists began
using it to fill cavities in the 1800s. Significant levels of
mercury exposure can cause permanent damage to the brain and
kidneys, but the FDA has said for years that mercury fillings
don't harm patients, except in rare cases when they have allergic
reactions.
*Drug
giants accused of ignoring fake medicines that kill millions* -
Governments have not tackled the problem and pharmaceutical
companies are burying the issue, afraid that any publicity given
to their medicines being faked will lead to a fall in the sale of
the genuine product, according to a documentary.
*Tyranny in the
USA: The true history of FDA raids on healers, vitamin shops and
supplement companies* - Here's a brief overview of some of the
campaigns of terror the FDA has initiated against natural healers,
nutritional supplement companies and other organizations. Many
were conducted using armed agents wielding assault rifles and
automatic weapons, dressed in body armor. All of them were
intended to destroy natural medicine, thereby protecting the
profits of drug companies and conventional medicine practitioners.
*HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH :
**http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#rights*
*Retired
generals, admirals to talk torture with Presidential hopefuls, but
McCain won't be there* - McCain wasn't alone among Republican
candidates who did not arrange to meet with the retired officers.
Only four Democratic candidates had confirmed meeting times during
the weekend b Senator Hillary Clinton, Senator Joseph Biden,
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, and former Senator John Edwards b
according to Rear Admiral John Hutson, (ret.), President and Dean
of the Franklin Pierce Law Center, in Concord, NH, which is
hosting the discussions.
*11
Brooklyn Prison Officers Accused Of Beating Inmates* - The
allegations include lying to investigators about the alleged
attacks in an attempt to cover up the incidents.
*CIA
mock-execution of Iran diplomat *- Reports have emerged that
former Iraqi intelligent operatives had been involved in Sharafi's
torture under the aegis of CIA.
b*68
women gave birth on checkpoints, 33 infants and 4 women diedb*
- The Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens Rights
(PICCR) reported that Israeli troops stationed at hundreds of
roadblocks in the occupied territories barred dozens of pregnant
women from crossing the checkpoints while in labor; 34 infants and
four women died on their roadblocks. *TVNL Comment:
Interesting little forced abortion, or infanticide technique.*
*OF INTEREST :
**http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#interest*
*Alleged
D.C. madam tosses out a name* - A woman charged with running a
prostitution ring in the nation's capital made good on her threat
to identify high-profile clients, listing a military strategist
known for his "shock and awe" combat theories as a
regular customer in court documents Thursday.
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