It’s great to be a vet in the USA.

Probably not for the rest of us either, but somebody’s gotta keep a clear head. . . . just got these votin’ ballots. Apparently, vote’s a wile a way . . . but just to make sure red is red . . . best time is now to put it to bed. Man said.

Kinda ketchy, man said . . . [heh, I made a rime].

Oh, we”ve got unlimited resources . . . just ask Bush”oil, gas, just ask Dick.”

“Billion here, trillion there…heck, i’ve never balanced a check book in my life . . . I just keep the faith.

You shuld 2. Hell. This war wadn’t my fault. Just ask Rove.”

Well, heck dub’ya, we should ask my three limbed, one eyed bud. . . . .wha . . .d’ya think?

I posted all of that because right now, what the occupation means to the Iraqi people is that their oil, is being pumped, processed and exported by American companies – not Iraqi ones.

It is a major root to why Iraq’s oil output is down on when Saddam was in power- the Iraqi people want their oil.

And it is a lie to say that Iraqi’s don’t have the expertise to do it themselves, because them being an oil exporting nation isn’t exactly a recent development.

The basic flaw in how you see the situation is you don’t seem to understand that the Iraqis aren’t exporting their oil, the US is.

http://www.simondale.net/house/intview.htmInterview:

Organic Architecture and its influence on Human Being

Overemphasis on ‘jobs’

The economy is still geared to fear of unemployment. The holistic alternatives to a job-based economy have yet to be even countenanced by the establishment. (This myopia is not limited to Britain, of course. At present the main priority of planning in all the major economic powers in the world is to find solutions to unemployment.)

Planners pretend that in twenty years’ time our society will still be in the same state as their elders insisted it was when they took their diplomas. They should be looking forward to a society in which people are engaged in real work of their own choice, and this only happens when people have access to land, if they need it. The threat to our whole way of life posed by dramatic climate changes and sea level rise has so far been totally ignored by planners.

You are looking at pictures of our family home in Wales. It was built by myself and my father in law with help from passers by and visiting friends. 4 months after starting we were moved in and cosy. I estimate 1000-1500 man hours and £3000 put in to this point. Not really so much in house buying terms (roughly £60/sq m excluding labour).

The house was built with maximum regard for the environment and by reciprocation gives us a unique opportunity to live close to nature. Being your own (have a go) architect is a lot of fun and allows you to create and enjoy something which is part of yourself and the land rather than, at worst, a mass produced box designed for maximum profit and convenience of the construction industry. Building from natural materials does away with producers profits and the cocktail of carcinogenic poisons that fill most modern buildings.
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I couldn’t agree more.

I am completely up for setting up a community and believe it is a very good option. I don’t like living among people trapped in the system. I don’t want to be part of the system and I really think that we should cut our losses and stop participating in the system. I have been researching the subject and giving it a lot of thought. I think that spending our lives living in their communities is a dead loss. I feel like I am part of the system even tho i do not agree with it. I see that there would be a lot more strength in numbers and the opportunity to live free.

I see that by continuing to live a ‘normal’ life I am inadvertently financing the NWO and am not leading by example. I am not living by what I believe in.

davidickeforums.com

http://www.beyondtreason.com/

Gulf War Sickness: a progressive wasting condition

Leukemia in the Balkans

Our leaders knew the facts, but used the weapons anyway, probably because they just didn’t care–––a breach of trust with the American people so odious it can only be compared with an earlier US government policy of utilizing American GIs as guinea pigs during the period of atmospheric testing. We know that at least 300,000 American soldiers were willfully exposed to high levels of radiation during dozens of nuclear tests; not to mention the millions of American civilians who were also exposed to the fallout.[78]

In short, our leaders are guilty of not merely incompetence, nor even malfeasance, but of outright terrorism. _ With regard to 9/11, a further conclusion also appears inescapable. Given that our leaders knowingly used weapons certain to kill, injure and maim tens of thousands of our own soldiers, is it not likely they are also capable of murdering a smaller number of American civilians on 9/11 for similar reasons, i.e., out of political expedience? Given the naked facts, it would be hard to conclude anything else.

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September 22, 2007

Department of Veterans Affairs Reports 73 Thousand U.S. Gulf War Deaths

More Gulf War Veterans have died than Vietnam Veterans:
The Department of Veterans Affairs, May 2007, Gulf War Veterans Information System reports the following:

Total U.S. Military Gulf War Deaths: 73,846
– Deaths amongst Deployed: 17,847
– Deaths amongst Non-Deployed: 55,999

73,000 dead amongst the U.S. soldiers for this scale operation using weapons of mass destruction is not high – we expect the great majority of U.S. soldiers who took part in the invasion of Iraq to die of uranium poisoning, which can take decades to kill.

From a victors perspective, above any major war in history, The Gulf War has taken the severest toll on soldiers.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_clive_bo_070921_department_of_vetera.htm

If that’s true, then that’s the real outrage. We’ll be subsidizing oil companies with american lives and tax dollars. And doing so explicityly in an agreement between governments.

Where is the outrage?

My concern is that the lack of outrage may stem from a psychological issue with regard to the average American citizen’s need for oil. Our IPODS, our children’s toys, our fule to get to work and live our lives….and basically all of our prescious low-low-prices via Wal-Mart and Chinese exports all depend on OIL.

How many times have you seen or heard a friend or family member boast how happy they are about their local Wal-Mart’s great deals? How many times have you tried to tell them to not shop at Wal-Mart (or a similiar store full of cheap oil based products shipped from 1,000s of miles away or overseas using OIL) and they angrily said “I’m not shopping at those other places! They are too expensive!”

There’s your outrage right there. We are addicted to oil and low-low prices. Take away the oil and people will be outraged. Tell them the war in Iraq is and always has been a Resource War and they will react with angry disbelief and call you crazy while in their minds they may realize what that means. And we are all at fault. Our economy is entirely based on OIL. We have very little time to change that and even if we do soon (which I am all for that by the way, ie riding my bike and buying local non-petrobased products) people are going to have to be a bit uncomfortable and inconvenienced. And they won’t be happy.

Am I saying that the American people might deep down accept a resource war rather than the consequences of having no cheap oil? Maybe….but that would be crazy. Wouldn’t it?

Some very tasty food for thought from Ted Rall today:

SIGN THE PLEDGE!

Trim Bush from American History

…Write (an actual letter, not email) to your favorite presidential candidate and declare that you are a single-issue voter. Swear that, if he or she agrees to sign the following Pledge, your vote is assured. If not, promise to stay home or vote for someone else.

“I, ______________, hereby solemnly pledge that my first act upon assuming the office of President shall be to sign an American Renewal Act of 2009, which shall declare all laws, regulations, executive orders, treaties and actions undertaken by the federal government during the illegitimate and unlawful administration of George W. Bush to be null, void and without effect.”

Sound crazy? So did Thomas Paine in 1775. As a practical and legal matter, however, consigning Bush to the dung heap of history makes more sense than revolting against the British.

Read the rest here:

http://tinyurl.com/ynq9vb

The whole time this war has been going on and going back before September 11 2001 this Administration has been working towards this ongoing relationship with an Iraq with leadership that they can work together with in regards to OIL.

This is not a war on terror or about weapons of mass distruction. It might have some to do with religion (christian vs muslim) but as far as Bush and Cheney are concerned this is a business deal. Iraq and Iran have the second and third largest oil reserves (correct me if I’m wrong on that) and Amercian OIL companies want their share of this black gold mine. They also want this OIL traded in dollars and not euros.

Which is not “operation enduring occupation”. I heard on the news last night that the remainder of the Iraqi governments (including the Kurds) have to agree to the Iraq side of this. I doubt they will do it.

This “agreement” says that we have the right to occupy Iraq forever, as long as we agree to continue to protect the Iraqi government. Are you ready for a commitment to spend billions of borrowed dollars a month in Iraq forever?

As a nation, we cannot afford to continue 4 more years of this criminal behavior. Hillary is a “bush redux”. Maybe someone needs to ask Hillary what she knows about depleted uranium and it’s effects on our military during the next debate??

P.S. Please support your friendly neighborhood butcher.

Add to that the heinous crimes against humanity via the use of depleted uranium and you may begin to get a glimpse of just how dangerous this administration (and it’s two predecessors) actually are to the health and welfare of americans.

And when you’ve finished reading “Exposed” and/or watching the expose on depleted uranium “Beyond Treason” which is a free download, ask youself the critical question: If this government is this capricious as to so flagrantly disregard human life, how can anyone NOT conclude that the fact that 911 was an “inside job” is not only a possibility but perhaps even a strong probability.

Gut check time.

The ONLY state in the US where toxic chemicals will NOT be found in either food, cosmetic, or toys will be California.

A new book will be hitting the streets entitled “Exposed” and it will be a “must read” for anyone concerned with how we are being poisoned in this country, while our government sits back and does nothing.