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Thu July 17 2008
Hear Cynthia McKinney's acceptance speech excerpt in this episode. Civilianism is supporting Cynthia McKinney's run for president because she is a ...
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Hear Cynthia McKinney's acceptance speech excerpt in this episode. Civilianism is supporting Cynthia McKinney's run for president because she is a REAL PROGRESSIVE -- and Civilianism supports the Green Party. Republicans lie and want to make us live trapped in a state of constant fear and war. I resent this, how about you? ... read more
Hear Cynthia McKinney's acceptance speech excerpt in this episode. Civilianism is supporting Cynthia McKinney's run for president because she is a REAL PROGRESSIVE -- and Civilianism supports the Green Party. Republicans lie and want to make us live trapped in a state of constant fear and war. I resent this, how about you? Action item: United for Peace and Justice, NO WAR ON IRAN (click here) The Terror Watch List is at one million names. Bush wants to hold "enemy combatants", even if they are Americans, for ever, and ever. No one gets the real energy crisis. McCain wants to drill in the Gulf of Mexico, and in ANWR, as does my crazy Congresswoman, Michele Bachmann McCain falsely claimed Katrina and Rita did not cause significant oil spills Elwyn Tinklenberg for Congress Cynthia McKinney for President Chris Hedges article for the Los Angeles Times -- how FISA will cost him sources and impede his journalism Read Stop the New FISA Alas, it's too late! The FISA Grand Capitulation passed the House and the Senate, and Democrats voted for it in alarmingly large numbers. This is the domestic surveilliance that even ex-Attorney General John Ashcroft, while in the hospital, would not sign off on! Read the account of James Comey's heroic efforts for the Justice Department here. The current bunch of Democrats just threw it all away and voted for something even John Ashcroft could not endorse in 2004. Gates and Bush seem to be moving away from war with Iran, but the Pentagon seems to be moving forward. Which will prevail? The Democrats aren't doing much about anything, so don't ask them. Meanwhile, Obama outlines policy of endless war. Tzipi Livni, Israel foreign minister, said it really would not be that big of a deal if Iran had a nuclear weapon. You heard that right, no existential threat there. Spying programs: Total Information Awareness, The MATRIX, the National Applications Office, TIPS, and Infragard. We live in a surveillance society that is in a state of high paranoia, even as we grow ever more distant from 9/11. What's going on? Why are we so paranoid and full of fear? Oh yeah, there's an election coming up, and someone's going to lose power. Infragard article by Matt Rothschild from Common Dreams/The Progressive magazine Green Party website and Cynthia McKinney's acceptance speech.
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Thu July 10 2008
Creeping militarism describes the insidious insertion of the military, extreme patriotism, and constant war into American life. It permeates our cu...
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Creeping militarism describes the insidious insertion of the military, extreme patriotism, and constant war into American life. It permeates our culture and shapes our view of the rest of the world, and we probably barely notice it. It shapes our domestic policies too, from our feelings on the death penalty to gun control. The huge amounts of money involved in waging war and emphasizing militar... read more
Creeping militarism describes the insidious insertion of the military, extreme patriotism, and constant war into American life. It permeates our culture and shapes our view of the rest of the world, and we probably barely notice it. It shapes our domestic policies too, from our feelings on the death penalty to gun control. The huge amounts of money involved in waging war and emphasizing militarism causes regular people to suffer every day. The first step in fixing this is to recognize it, and for some people, it's to stop militarism in its tracks at the source: recruiting people to fight in these wars. Young people are being manipulated by marketing teams and propaganda experts to join wars they would never want to be a part of if they were more informed. Helping to fight this: a growing group of people connected online and in their communities. One community is trying to stop the militarism of summer festivals such as air shows in Duluth Minnesota. This episode features an interview with Michele Naar-Obed of Catholic Workers and the Christian Peace Teams. The groups in Duluth need your help in counteracting the military recruitment at their air show. The air show occurs on July 19th through July 20th and will involved an exhibit titled THE VIRTUAL ARMY EXPERIENCE". This exhibit teaches young people to think of killing people as part of a video game. This exhibit is travling around the United States and trying to make an appearance at family events where children are allowed, in order to get them interested in military as young as possible. Naar Obed wrote: "The Duluth air show started out as a celebration of aviation. Over the years it has become more and more militarized and has been used as a military recruitment event. We are not denouncing aviation. We are denouncing the militarization of it. Militarization has become ubiquitous in our culture. It's influence is everywhere. The military purposefully targets our youth. They have done studies on the best age group to target for recruitment and have found that it's best to start with 12 year olds. The "virtual army experience" exhibit is open to 13 year olds and above. A child as young as 13 will be invited to sit on a humvee and shoot at life sized human images on a computer screen with machine guns. They are preparing our youth to kill. This is insane." World and U.S. military spending is out of control, read about it here. All Links and contact information are at Civilianism.com. Please contact people on that list to try to stop this Virtual Army Experience and the recruiting booth from appearing at this air show, and other air shows around the country.
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Thu July 03 2008
Do you consider yourself patriotic? Yes or no, you will want to listen to this. Protesting is one of the most patriotic things you can do, especi...
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Do you consider yourself patriotic? Yes or no, you will want to listen to this. Protesting is one of the most patriotic things you can do, especially considering the way Congress is giving away our rights on a weekly basis, all to buy a little so-called safety. That's the excuse for the wars we are in too, but it's a false sense of safety. These military exercises just drag on and on. It's t... read more
Do you consider yourself patriotic? Yes or no, you will want to listen to this. Protesting is one of the most patriotic things you can do, especially considering the way Congress is giving away our rights on a weekly basis, all to buy a little so-called safety. That's the excuse for the wars we are in too, but it's a false sense of safety. These military exercises just drag on and on. It's time to end these optional for-profit wars, and bring the soldiers home. Check out U.S. House Res. 362 -- Sanctions on Iran, is being fast-tracked and these are severe sanctions, including a possible blockade. A blockade is especially serious since it is considered an Act of War. This won't win us any help at the negotiating table when we finally sit down with Iran after Bush is done damaging the process as much as possible. House Resolution 362 is really a scary thing to consider. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing on "Meeting the Iranian Challenge" on Tuesday, July 8, 2008. The Honorable William J. Burns is the only witness announced so far. It has been endorsed by 146 cosponsors and has momentum with reportedly 43 cosponsors jumping on the last two days. Gareth Porter says that US House Res. 362 suggests the use of force with new bill. See his video explaining this at the link above. The following groups will be involved in the March on the RNC in September: United for Peace and Justice ANSWER Troops out Now Coalition September 2nd: Poor People's economic Human Rights campaign Big Concert on the 2nd being planned, so far for the state capitol: Anti-Flag and Michael Franti Protest RNC 2008.org -- A clearinghouse for every protest group going to the March on the RNC, the site is good for info. on what will be happening all four days. If you want to get the real inside info on the March for the RNC, listen to my Interview about the big anti-war march scheduled in St. Paul September 1st, 2008, at the Republican National Convention with Katrina P. from MarchonRNC.org
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Thu June 26 2008
Gutting the 4th Amendment? The Congress is seemingly paid off to sell our 4th Amendment rights. Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer lead the charge with ...
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Gutting the 4th Amendment? The Congress is seemingly paid off to sell our 4th Amendment rights. Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer lead the charge with the most money received to them directly from the telecoms and they are the most enthusiastic in fighting for them. The Senate then voted for cloture and the FISA vote may now be delayed to July. The true heroes of this saga: Chris Dodd and Russ F... read more
Gutting the 4th Amendment? The Congress is seemingly paid off to sell our 4th Amendment rights. Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer lead the charge with the most money received to them directly from the telecoms and they are the most enthusiastic in fighting for them. The Senate then voted for cloture and the FISA vote may now be delayed to July. The true heroes of this saga: Chris Dodd and Russ Feingold. Where is Obama on our 4th amendment rights? Nowhere to be seen. Instead, he released a statement that said he supports the compromise. Supreme Court Exxon decision here. The Physician's for Human Rights report called Broken Laws, Broken Lives can be found here. Major General Antonio Taguba, USA, Preface to Broken Laws, Broken Lives JUSTICE is on the table -- via Lawrence Velvel: Law School to Plan Bush War Crimes Prosecution "A conference to plan the prosecution of President Bush and other high administration officials for war crimes will be held September 13-14 at the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover . "This is not intended to be a mere discussion of violations of law that have occurred," said convener Lawrence Velvel, dean and cofounder of the school. "It is, rather, intended to be a planning conference at which plans will be laid and necessary organizational structures set up, to pursue the guilty as long as necessary and, if need be, to the ends of the Earth." "We must try to hold Bush administration leaders accountable in courts of justice," Velvel said. "And we must insist on appropriate punishments, including, if guilt is found, the hangings visited upon top German and Japanese war-criminals in the 1940s." John McCain gave an energy speech that contradicts his own habits! The cars he drives are not energy efficient at all. How about 13 mpg? Air Force Summary -- the fuel we are using for war is insane. As for the FISA compromise: Nancy Pelosi is not upholding the constitution and should be impeached. FISA compromise bill is here. (Download pdf)
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Wed June 18 2008
Blackwater is back in the news, winning a lawsuit to set up a war zone near San Diego. The Courage Center sponsored a conference call with author ...
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Blackwater is back in the news, winning a lawsuit to set up a war zone near San Diego. The Courage Center sponsored a conference call with author Jeremy Scahill and I got to ask him a question about Blackwater. Habeas Corpus has been restored to the country and John McCain called it with the worst decision the Supreme court has made in his aged memory, which ap... read more
Blackwater is back in the news, winning a lawsuit to set up a war zone near San Diego. The Courage Center sponsored a conference call with author Jeremy Scahill and I got to ask him a question about Blackwater. Habeas Corpus has been restored to the country and John McCain called it with the worst decision the Supreme court has made in his aged memory, which apparently isn't too good, because the worst decision the Supreme Court ever made by far was when they installed King George as our president. Here's a funny Gordon Brown and Bush story The recent Supreme Court decision on Habeas Corpus restored prisoners rights and even though John McCain was once a prisoner (we think) he doesn't want them to have their day in court or even know what the charges against them are. What a hypocrite! Worse, the way we have treated prisoners at GITMO has created more terrorists out of regular people that happened to end up in our "enemy combatant" system. For more reading, here is the McClatchy story: Guantanamo prisoners More on how torture came "from the top" here. Oh yes, there are hearings going on about this. Bush won't be able to squirm his way out of responsibility for prisoner abuse forever. But the big question is: Why is the right-wing mindset so violent and arrogant? The newest breed of Republican is unapologetic, like ultra-violent children on steroids, throwing tantrums that kill. To them, the means always justifies the end, even when the end is elusive, repulsive, deadly, or even impossible, like victory in iraq. This arrogance and callousness is pervasive in the new right-wingers, from their talk show hosts (like Michael Reagan) all the way on up to their top politicians, as they plot more wars that will kill even more people. They also trash the environment and it's justified by calling it energy independence. Their unapologetic mind-set even extends to the state department, which can't even celebrate the recent peace agreement in Gaza. Yes, the Bush administration is already trying to ruin the Egypt Hamas-Israel ceasefire. To add to the fun, Bush's last lame duck trip to Europe culminated in an astonishing interview with Sky News. I play a good portion of it in this episode, but you must see it to fully appreciate its arrogant and dream-like quality. From Sky News, link to video is here. Afghanistan is not doing too well at the moment and president Karzai is ready for war with Pakistan. Bush remains oblivious and unconcerned. Blackwater interview done by the Courage Campaign. Jeremy Scahill's latest article, Washington Ordered destruction of Guantanomo interrogation records, story here. Why drill offshore? We aren't even drilling on land we have set aside for that purpose, so Democrats are pointing this out. Hillary Clinton has called for an investigation regarding KBR and possibly $1 billion in inappropriate charges to the Army. Read her letter to Carl Levin here.
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