"Use Your Brain Or Someone Will Use It For You" - Rubén Blades
This is more serious than it may appear because it involves brainwashing children to be willing to commit mass murder against people who don’t believe their way at the direction of a religious authority figure, and to recruit other children to do the same. Once adults, these little “soldiers for Jesus” may become the perfect cultist army for the American Empire culling the population of “unbelievers.” Leaving believers who blindly follow religious authorities who work on behalf of the ultra rich. Let’s not let that happen shall we?
Link: www.alternet.org/story/155663/are_christian_fundamentalists_teaching_genocide_in_our_schools/
35 minutes must watch!Mr. Greenwald spoke at a panel discussion titled “The War on Terrorism: The Constitution & Civil Liberties” on February 7 2012 at Indiana University/Purdue University in Indianapolis, Indiana. The discussion was part of a nationwide tour organized by Young Americans for Liberty and the Future of Freedom Foundation.
Glenn Greenwald on civil liberties, the Constitution, and the War on Terror (by olderthanyou)
Few Americans know how, when and why government agents monitor their phone calls and email accounts, and that might not change anytime soon. On Thursday, discussions began in Washington about renewing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Since last amended in 2008, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, has received very little publicity. The reason by-and-large is that even the elected lawmakers chosen to represent the American people aren’t kept privy on the government’s use of some problematic provisions within the bill. Under certain FISA act amendments (FAAs), the US National Security Agency is allowed to listen in on any correspondence that exits America that is meant for ears abroad, either by phone, email or other. And although US President Barack Obama said he’d abolish some of those dangerous laws while campaigning in 2008, Congress is currently in the midst of considering renewing FISA for another few years.
If this week’s arguments against FISA prove to be futile, the federal government will once more be authorized a blanketing approval to investigate anyone they want, without a warrant. The Senate Intelligence Committee voted 13-2 last week to allow for Congress to hear arguments for a five-year extension. A sticking point among many opponents of the act, though, is that even lawmakers aren’t allowed insider access to the agency’s program.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a DC-based watchdog group that advocates for Internet freedoms, reported live from Thursday morning’s FISA amendment arguments from Capitol Hill. According to the foundation, testimonies from congressmen and private sector opponents of FISA alike were introduced during the hearing and might help lawmakers reconsider the powers they current bestow in the NSA.
“Why can’t we know how many people are affected by FISA amendment act in the US? This kind of vagueness creates suspicions,” the EFF quotes Rep. John Conyers (D-Michigan). Even before Thursday’s hearing, however, Rep. Conyers has adamantly opposed a FISA renewal.
Most of us who may know better fear to tell the truth because friends and family who are veterans, and families of veterans put tremendous social pressure to conceal what we know; the open secret. The truth that when our soldiers fight they only think they are defending us against those who would destroy us, they only believe they fight for our freedom. This is their personal reality which differs from the truth of society. The truth is they fight to maintain the American Empire for it’s corporate masters. They go war believing they are defending freedom, democracy, mom and apple pie but they are duped. Many die, many are wounded physically and mentally. To cope they and their loved ones must believe that their sacrifice was noble and meant something good; to tell the truth that they are soldiers for an Empire that exploits people and sucks the resources of other lands is taboo. This video tells that uncomfortable, the taboo truth. Please take 5 minutes to watch Verbs for Nouns (by ncftTV)
Is the government unleashing the same methods of entrapment against OWS that it has used against left movements and Muslim-Americans?
Sacrilegious satire.
Excerpt:
In Brooklyn, NY, G.R., a 5-year-old autistic student, was traumatized when police were called to his school because he was having a temper tantrum. He was physically removed from the school by police, strapped to a stretcher, and when his family members tried to advocate for him, they were allegedly handcuffed. His grandmother’s ribs were broken in the altercation.
(Source: wittywallflower)
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I have not verified the information here however if true it should not be forgotten.
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Video on msnbc.com: MSNBC’s Martin Bashir talks to Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., about her fight to protect Meals On Wheels as millions of seniors risk going hungry.
End The Corporate State Of America Now. There is a Solution! (by the99declaration)
Via Alternet:
New York’s billionaire mayor is so opposed to a tiny raise for workers at companies that get public money that he’s vowed to sue. What’s the deal with living wage laws anyway?
