We hold these Truths as self-evident...
All reasons to go to war with Iraq were lies, and known to be lies at the time they were told. We know this because the evidence is disclosed by our own government and proves beyond doubt that the reasons were known lies. If you don’t already know this as factual and independently verifiable, read here before proceeding. That link will also prove beyond doubt that war with Iraq was unlawful.
I assert this as a teacher of government law. Moreover, I assert that it would be difficult to imagine an example of war more outrageously unlawful. In fact, if your child were given such an example in his or her high school US government class and concluded war was lawful under those disclosed and agreed-upon facts, you would be seriously concerned that your child’s political philosophy was sadistically fascist.
Because the evidence proves beyond doubt that the US military and public was LIED into war rather than a reasonable and mistaken interpretation of the evidence, states can and should prosecute the lying officials for damages incurred upon their residents in the current US wars. Criminal liability includes prosecution under state laws in all 50 states for murder.
When our own government lies to cause an unlawful war, those government officials are legally liable for criminal and civil prosecution. Acts in good faith in office do not include known criminal acts in absolute opposition to their sworn duties to defend and protect the US Constitution. Public officials are only protected when their actions are reasonable within their sworn duties.
Again, if you are somehow unclear that the evidence is damningly clear that claims for war with Iraq were known lies and that attack and invasion of Iraq was Orwellian unlawful, please read this now.
Because the federal government is taking no action to address this massive criminality, the states must act.
I restate: the federal government is not prosecuting each other; the Left and Right arms of the one fascist and imperialistic body will not hold itself back. The US military is poised to refuse orders for war with Iran by their legal authority and clarity of the evidence, but have yet to act. One of the few other areas of response to save our nation from escalating criminal fascism is for state governments to prosecute for murdering and injuring their residents.
Attorney Vincent Bugliosi wrote The prosecution of George W. Bush for murder, the New York Times #1 Bestseller. Mr. Bugliosi argues that the legal case for prosecuting President Bush is clear and obvious. It is also clear that Mr. Bush has numerous co-conspirators.
Filing charges is up to the individuals involved in law enforcement and those who suffered damages, including families of the deceased.
This part is out of my hands. What I do offer is my professional scrutiny of the facts and applicable law of war. For an artistic and powerful presentation of war lies, please watch the PuppetGov videos at the end of the article.
Fellow Americans: literally for the love of God, it’s time.
It’s time for our men and women in government and military to choose: either stand with the US Constitution you’ve sworn to support and defend against all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC, or remain complicit in ongoing Wars of Aggression, mass murder of our soldiers and our fellow humans in other lands and throwing trillions of our tax dollars to do so, pushing the world ever-closer to an apparently planned and desired nuclear Third World War (and here), and guilty of what Dr. Martin Luther King called “Silence is Betrayal” before the US government assassinated him according to the only trial conducted for his murder.
It’s time for our men and women in the military and government to refuse all orders associated with our unlawful wars and preparation for unlawful war with Iran over one gram of medical isotope worth $75,000 in 20% enriched nuclear fuel. It is hard to imagine a more ridiculous case for war.
It’s time for our men and women in the military and government to refuse all orders associated with our unlawful wars and preparation for unlawful war with Iran and stand with the American public who declare in a ratio of 9 to 1 that our government no longer represents them under the US Constitution.
It’s time: exercise your 1st Amendment right to freedom of speech and press, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Please provide this article to all Americans if you find it helpful to stop current and future unlawful wars.
Over 5,000 US soldiers have been killed so far as pawns of the civilian and military brass tyrants. Multiples more have been crippled physically and emotionally. There is no end in sight to current wars; indeed, the US is expanding them into Pakistan and Yemen and threatening more war with Iran. The dead are comforted by God; their families are devastated by the loss of their loved-ones. The crippled and their families face a range of challenges; many so severe that a total of 6,000 US veterans commit suicide every year. One-third of all US homeless men are veterans.
Our military was duped into these wars with calculated "Big Lies;" our trusting young men and women took an Oath to support and defend the US Constitution that supersedes the Nazi insert of “placing the mission first.” The Claus von Stauffenberg faction of US military and government must act to end this soulless mass-murdering; this loveless series of unlawful wars and unlawful orders, if we want a future we’re proud to build.
This choice is up to our men and women in uniform and government for leadership. I provide:
- Explanation of the rules of lawful war omitted from their military training that proves beyond any doubt that current US wars are unlawful.
- Analogies that the rules of war are almost exactly like those for an individual’s use of force on the street.
- Documentation of lies that were known to be lies as our political “leaders” told them and our war-whore corporate media mimicked to propagandize for war in Iraq.
- Proof beyond doubt that the speech of Iranian President Ahmadinejad never threatened Israel.
- Documentation that IAEA verifies all of Iran’s nuclear material and has only and always been used for legal and peaceful purposes.
- A reminder that you love virtue, American values, and love of your fellow human beings.
And, our men and women in uniform must take action as they see best; as will our men and women in government and citizenry. As a teacher of government and law, I conclude our government leadership is guilty of treason against the American public, and guilty of mass murder against our soldiers.
Choose well; our collective future, and your future, depend upon it.
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I appreciate your attention to these facts and encourage your further study and action consistent with your own self-expression. My recommendations:
Policy response: Gandhi and Martin Luther King advocated public understanding of the facts and non-cooperation with evil. I’m among hundreds who advocate:
- Understand the laws of war (and here). These were legislated after WW2 and are crystal-clear that only self-defense, in a narrow legal meaning, can justify war. The current US wars are not even close to being lawful and are legal treason against the US. Those involved with US military, government, and law enforcement have an oath to protect and defend the US Constitution. To fulfill their oath they must immediately refuse all orders associated with unlawful wars and military-related constant violation of treaties, and arrest those who issue unlawful orders. The Oath of Enlistment to the US Constitution supersedes the fascist insertion of Nazi propaganda to "always place the mission first" of blindly following unlawful orders.
- Employ the obvious and simple solutions to end our economic controlled demolition and evolve to a civil economy. End poverty through global cooperation to achieve the UN Millennium Goals by developed countries investing 0.7% of their income (not that the UN is serious for their accomplishment, but the goals are what we should invest to produce). Support global security through cooperation, dignity, justice, and freedom. Create a US Department of Peace to help.
- Communicate. Trust your unique, beautiful, and powerful self-expression to share as you feel appropriate. Understand that while many people are ready to embrace difficult facts, many are not. Anticipate that you will be attacked and prepare your virtuous response in the spirit of competition, just as you do in other fields.
- Prosecute the war leaders for obvious violation of the letter and spirit of US war laws and constant lies to engage in further wars. Because the crimes are so broad and deep, I recommend Truth and Reconciliation (T&R) to exchange full truth and return of stolen US assets for non-prosecution. This is the most expeditious way to understand and end all unlawful and harmful acts. Those who reject T&R are subject to prosecution.
Local perspective: Part of my professional duties as a teacher of economics and government is to produce competent adult citizenry. This includes realization that our nation’s policies and money are managed at a broad community level, and these issues have tremendous local impact. Of course, we all want human beings to be individually successful and enjoy their unique, beautiful and powerful self-expressions. Concurrently, we recognize our commitment to local success is strongly dependent upon the success of the community, and that government policy and economics are drivers.
Our status in early 21st Century human history is that we suffer from a long history in government and money of human interrelationship well-described as vicious antagonism. Governments frequently use war as a foreign policy, despite its illegality and dependent upon public ignorance, with horrific consequences. Economic policy is still created within a “Robber Baron” paradigm to concentrate money to an elite few families. Two examples:
1. National taxes effect you dearly, especially the tax to pay interest on the national debt. This costs the American public over $400 billion every year. This is $4,000 per year for every $50,000 of income. Do the math to understand your household’s tax burden for a monetary policy invented by banks for banks to create our money supply as debt. Your competence in this area contributes to our collective voice to simply shift monetary policy to easily pay the national debt, enjoy full employment, collectively save us over a trillion dollars every year, and finally realize what our brightest American minds have been advocating for centuries beginning with Benjamin Franklin. This would have unprecedented local benefits, and requires collective power to accomplish.
2. Ending poverty everywhere on our planet would cost just 0.7% of our income and save a million children’s lives every month. This human accomplishment will cause unimaginable joy at our local level.
To consider:
"If we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective. No individual can live alone, no nation can live alone and as long as we try, the more we are going to have war in the world. Now the judgment of God is upon us and we must either learn to live together as brothers or we are all going to perish together as fools."
--Inscription on Dr. Martin Luther King’s statue, Moorehouse College, Atlanta
"The day that hunger is eradicated from the earth, there will be the greatest spiritual explosion the world has ever known. Humanity cannot imagine the joy that will burst into the world on the day of that great revolution." -- poet Federico García Lorca
Comments policy: I welcome questions and comments that are civil and pertain to the article topic. Impolite and impertinent comments are subject to deletion. You are a guest here. It is not censorship if you violate the rules and your comment is deleted.
Please consider that I’m among hundreds of writers who have documented our own government’s disclosure of propaganda programs to support their wars. I suspect my articles are under such propagandistic attack from comments that use typical rhetorical fallacies to distract readers from the facts. I invite readers to sharpen their ability to discern such propaganda. They are characterized by a combination of: never addressing the facts, lying about verifiable facts, diverting attention through unsubstantiated belief in an alleged expert, irrelevant data, straw-man attack that distorts the facts, ad hominem attack of insults to the messenger, vile comments to repulse readers, and lies of omission and commission.
I will use such comments to point-out the propaganda or delete them at my discretion. Again, all relevant and polite questions, and factually accurate comments are welcome. As a professional educator I’m in agreement with my experience and research: we learn best from multiple perspectives in mutual commitment to understand the facts, see those facts from diverse points-of-view, and consider various policy proposals of what we should do.
For those involved in support of US government-sponsored disinformation, I invite you to consider the quality of human relationships you wish to work toward. National security and a brighter future is not a function of fear, manipulation, and control. Our best security follows cooperation, justice under the law, dignity, and freedom. Working for your best imagined self-expression of virtue may include a unique contribution from the inside of your agency. Public attraction to the stories of Star Wars and the Harry Potter books/movies recognize that our society’s jump to civilized relations for all of us might require support from people within the “dark side” acting as covert agents for building a brighter future. Another option is becoming a whistle-blower; Project Camelot is a popular venue for people in sensitive positions. Ultimately, I recommend a Truth and Reconciliation process to exchange full truth for no prosecution, explained in detail at the link. Please consider the wisdom of your own “Scrooge conversion” to act for the benefit of all humanity rather than your self-proclaimed controlling, manipulating, and loveless “masters.”
“Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more; and to Tiny Tim, who did not die, he was a second father. He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough, in the good old world. Some people laughed to see the alteration in him, but he let them laugh, and little heeded them; for he was wise enough to know that nothing ever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of laughter in the outset; and knowing that such as these would be blind anyway, he thought it quite as well that they should wrinkle up their eyes in grins, as have the malady in less attractive forms. His own heart laughed: and that was quite enough for him.”
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Comments
Love it.
It's too late.You people are now considered a pariah nation,the scum of the earth.Possibly bankrupcy will humble you into rebuilding your morality,but I doubt it,as you're too far sunk in lies and torture.Sitting on your fat arses murdering Pakistani children by remote control proves your cowardice.
This is why democracy is immoral and a joke. If Bush is a war criminal, so is everyone who pays taxes and votes. Everyone who pays taxes and votes has explicitly or implicitly allowed the federal government to be what it is - too powerful. Whether you are a democrat or republican, if you voted, you are almost as much of a terrorist as George Bush. If you voted republican, your party started the war. If you voted democrat, your party continues to linger in this war and send more troops, and is behaving almost exactly like the republican party. Whether you personally agreed with the war or not, you are responsible because you allowed these people to be in power and you granted them the power to commit these grievous offenses. There is no way around this. Every year the citizens of America through their votes and support grant the federal gov't more funding and power. It comes as no surprise that this power was ultimately unchecked, and abused.
And if you pay taxes, of course, you are directly funding these violent and immoral activities overseas. Our military spending is ridiculous, excessive and unnecessary. United States military spending accounts for 41 PERCENT OF THE WHOLE WORLD'S MILITARY SPENDING. China's spending by comparison is 5.8% of the whole world's military spending, and they have about 5 times more people than we do.
Are we really surprised that the country with the world's most bloated military puts it to use in abusive ways?
Correction to my comment above - anyone who votes Democrat/Republican. If you voted for those obscure, powerless parties that advocate non-aggression principles and limiting federal government power, it cannot be said that you actively supported abuse of power, an excessive military and participated in war crimes.
Well said, Jennifer :)
The US knows that Saddam had “weapons of mass destruction” because he acquired them from the US. The US government helped
him “calibrate” his poison gas weapons. At one time Saddam worked for the CIA as did King Hussein of Jordan (who admitted as much and who was not part of the coalition against Iraq).
Saddam was not on trial his double was. Saddam’s wife said so. Hence, Saddam must have still been working for the US government even when the Gulf War and the Iraq wars took place.
The Iran Iraq War was all about the Zagros Oil Belt which straddles the border of Iran and Iraq. The Gulf War was all about Israel getting a peace of the action with a diversion of the Trans-Arabian Pipeline from Sidon to Haifa. The Iraq war was all about keeping a regime friendly to the US in power.
Jennifer Chou: I agree with your remarks, how do we get 99% of the Amerikwan sheople to see through the propaganda and understand what's really going on?
There don't seem to be any dissenting opinions in the comment section.
Does EVERYONE who reads and comments agree lockstep?
The American people are not sheep they are mushrooms.
You know, kept in the dark and fed on....
So you can not blame them for who they vote for and you don't know who they vote for anyway. The polls are as crooked as the elections and as crooked as the people who bring you the news. All the ballots are tabulated electronically by crooks.
Readers and Susan:
I document the laws of war and evidence that were the claims for US war. What we were told compared to the evidence shows us we were lied to. These are lies as clear as can be. Explain any dissent based on the evidence. Dissenters who don’t address the evidence waste our time; as I explain in the comment policy those are deleted. Professional and academic standards refuse to grant attention for unsubstantiated opinions.
Given the clear law to prevent wars of choice and only allow wars in self-defense from a nation’s government, explain any dissent that these wars are unlawful. Cite the law in a dissenting argument.
Readers, when you are confident enough in this evidence and law, this case is as clear as can possibly be. This is like a baseball pitcher throwing a pitch over the batter’s head and calling that pitch way outside the strike zone.
The “Greatest Generation” won the UN Charter as the elimination of Wars of Aggression; learn it, use it, or lose it.
Ernie:
Great comments :)
Thank you. Please engage at will.
Ernie, I agree that people just don't know what is going on. It's pretty hard to be completely informed about everything. It kind of goes back to why democracy is a pretty bad idea.
I question the comment in this release that you, or anyone that is a citizen cannot bring charges for prosecution of the on going crimes of war on Afghanistan, Iraq and other nations where our government is actively committing crimes of war. Each one of us are in fact being affected by these crimes. Our taxes are being missappropriated, our moral government' moral values are in ruins as the crimes are being done in our name, and at least some of us are severely stressed over these treasonous wars of terror. This corruption does effect the entire population's well being. It appears that it does have an effect specifically on the writer Carl Herman as well. I obviously am not a legal expert, but tha much makes sents to me.
Well said, Phil.
I have a question for the commentors here, Jennifer and Phil esp. but others also. There are at least 51% of the population that don't agree with this fascistic health care scam. Not in the way it has been conducted nor in the outcome or both. I actually think it is much higher percentage than that.
OK those at least 51% are VERY distressed by what they see as a power grab by the Gov't, ignoring the people,and adding money to an already insane spending spree. And some states are sueing. Now the spokesperson for The JUSTICE DEPT says a priori that there's no case and they, The Justice Dep't, will FIGHT the lawsuits vigorously.
So while I agree about American Sheeple, I do think that there was a real awackening on this issue. And yet look what happened. It seems the monied power brokers ALWAYS win to the detriment of the people. I see a lot of blame towrds the ave. Joe here. But what the H#ll are we to do...how do we affect change when they stop it at every step??
My answer would be to never vote democrat or republican ever again. These power-hungry parties need to be taken down a notch. Or taken down completely. As long as they are there, government will continue to grow, expand, and acquire more powers. Those in power will not voluntarily restrict their own power. All we can do now is vote against them. Once they are out, reinstate a form of government that does not allow for this kind of bloating of the federal government. The American Constitution is not enough to restrict the federal government (as we have learned from experience).
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They might really be going for planetary population decrease of 90%, use technology to advance their lifespans, while keeping a genetically dumbed-down class of slaves to serve them. I can’t prove this, but neither can I refute it from the facts; it’s my leading hypothesis.
So, I say stay alert, keep moving forward, learn wisdom from failure to force people to see the facts to find a point of enjoyable balance between the emergency we seem to be in and what’s possible to communicate to those who still are sheeple, and improve through practice whatever contribution you have to building a brighter future while keeping a sense of humor. I mean, this is a fascinating “murder-mystery who dunnit” type of planetary shadow government. We’ll see how it turns out; we just need to play our parts well.
Readers, regarding Jennifer Chou and Amos:
1 of 2: I agree to remove life from the Dem/Rep Left and Right arms of our one fascist psychopathic (look that term up – I mean exactly what I say) political body.
The policy carrot I offer to the criminal psychopaths embezzling our tax money to kill millions and destroy our economy with controlled demolition is Truth and Reconciliation (T&R). If we ever get to a place of informational advantage through reaching the masses (I am not optimistic, but what can we do but move forward in good faith), we can split those wanting a “Scrooge conversion” from their loveless masters to trade full truth for no prosecution.
The policy stick is prosecution after a window of T&R closes. BUT… we would need a HUGE and unforeseeable advantage of educated citizens to be able to prosecute when both parties’ leadership, corporate media, and economic “leaders” are all complicit in whatever the farm these monsters are doing behind their lies and murders.
Carl, you do some really in-depth analysis. Love it! I am going to link you on my favorite examiners list.
Jenn:
I subscribed to your article site on Examiner about 10 minutes ago :)
Carl and Jennifer,
When you say "communicate what's possible to those who are still sheeple". Do you think there could be a set of facts, a sort of minimal set of these pertinate facts that could be used to awaken even some of the sheeple. I mean taken as a whole it will just turn them off. Do you think there could be a kind of 'campaign of knowledge' that would be digestable by these people. But which wouldn't turn them off but rather move them forward. And if so what would that campaign include and what exclude in order to make it have some affect?
Hopefully with a minimal set of alternative facts some of the sheeple would educate themselves. But even those that didn't would still have a basis for agreement about the true nature of Gov't now, and thus a larger group of aware people could be brought together with different levels of understanding. But in agreement on basics. In short how do we engage them without turning them off because it's too much too quick?
Do I make sense?
Amos, really good point. I don't know what would be a good set of facts. There are just so many things I see wrong it's hard to pick one! We're going to have to think hard on this one.
Hey, do any of you guys use twitter?
Thanks Jennifer,
No I'm an old dude. I suppose I can be said to twitter about the house some...well not that old. I think Info on the Fed and the reality of our Gov'ts relationship with the FED would be one Area. This would tie in nicely with what many know and many more just feel about the depth of the Bankster scam that has taken place 2007 -2010. I think an awakening about how TAXES are actually a kind of servitude and a theft of ones labor and freedom would be another. Many already know that their "property" is stolen from them through taxes. But the notion of some of their freedom is ALSO lost with each tax payment and esp each NEW tax increase. So by folks owning the issue of regaining control of their TAX-burden they would be enabling more freedom for themselves, DISenabling the FED SYSTEM and even starve the beast a little and lessen the Gov'ts ability to wage WAR if the Budget is squeezed first by a Tax/FED revolt.
I think ave Joes need 'tangible' moves they can hang to.
6 of 6: When I’m away from this computer, I enjoy being of cheerful service to people I come across in stores, on the road, etc., in playful banter if something seems fun or kind to work with. I observe much irony, am not humored by very much, AND have developed the ability to contribute fun and humor as a gift to others. I did amateur stand-up comedy doing a kind of Stephen Colbert “angry conservative” irony in the 1990’s and can see the tragic-comedic contrast between political rhetoric and our ideals versus the facts; I just personally can’t laugh at it anymore but enjoy being of service to others to at least grimly smile at the irony.
Finally, Jenn, I have Twitter but only use it to post my articles. I can always be contacted at the e-mail address in my bio, and you are both free to continue this conversation here and/or on any article.
5 of 6: Trust is a function of faith. If you have faith, then you trust God/Source to not screw-up and to have lovingly created fair conditions to have a great life. I nurture this trust as a practice at the Prayerfully website.
To wrap this longer-than-I-thought commentary, for me, my personal expression to communicate these crucial facts for humanity to end our history of vicious antagonism is an intense engagement to discover the full story, be open to working on powerful teams (currently I do this with monetary reform and public banking directly, and have a few friends who are leaders in other areas of discovery and communication but we communicate infrequently), and balance what I can do to help humanity with the ordinary duties of living (for me, husband, father, household chores, errands, etc.).
4 of 6: For the fact-presenter, feel free to experiment to express yourself in the way you imagine as most virtuous for what appears to be a long-term campaign. This involves a real-world test of faith, if you have it, in whatever spiritual/philosophical/religious principles you sense and stand for. Faith is HUGE for me. I’m deist and agnostic. I sense and experience that karma is operative, but only dimly observable. I sense a creator’s presence and divine love, but have no way to prove it. I feel connected to people who share my love of humanity and all beings as my “family,” but feel we’re very spread-out on this planet! I conclude our presence here is to help humanity evolve, and quickly; feel passionately to engage in this mission, but also sense peoples’ free will must be respected as growth can only happen with their cooperation. So I also conclude that whatever creator is managing this intricate and fascinating experience on this planet can be trusted.
3 of 6: Jennifer is right: there are soooo many areas of critical facts! My own discovery keeps increasing, so I’m content with others to be of service if and when a particular topic seems of interest to them. When I was younger and took an agenda of a topic to others with insensitivity to their interest and readiness, I would just annoy them. I observe that all people want to evolve in their areas of interest and are at different levels of development. People naturally become more interested in others when their personal interests are satisfied and they have some guidance to pay attention to their calling to also be of service to others as an expression and experience of innate love and synergy with others. So in the long-run, if we all be of service to each other’s natural interests to improve/evolve, we’ll all help each other move forward individually and collectively.
2 of 6: So what do I suggest? As always, for people to consider multiple viewpoints and then go forward with their strongest self-expression in their unique, powerful and beautiful experience and expression of virtue. My work has been both relatively alone and with teams, depending on the area.
Back to Amos’ question of “what facts?”
As any educator could recommend, whatever set of facts are easiest for an individual to relate to his/her own experience that are also the most revealing is the best bet to test if the person is ready for this level of responsibility. I observe some areas are easier than others for people to embrace that seem independent of that factor. Because I’ve been engaged in this “game” since 1977 when I was 17 and working to end poverty at a policy level, I’ve found personally that I both enjoy and am more effective by simply being of service to others and allowing topics to arise naturally to discuss.
Readers, Amos, and Jennifer:
1 of 6: Amos, you make sense. Facts aren’t enough, but they’re part of the equation. I’m sure there are other components, but two others are a relatively short distance to jump in an area a person is comfortable with understanding, and that a person is mature/evolved enough to embrace the responsibility/implications of disturbing facts. With other unknown factors included into the equation, our goal of humanity enlightened enough to recognize their slavery, throw it off or force surrender of the “masters,” and engage in building a brighter future for ALL humanity with our full creativity unleashed for the first time, could be analogous to popcorn with the masses soon to be popping amazingly quickly and creating the conditions for victory, down to change being possible only so slowly as to extend beyond our lifetimes.
Readers, Jenn, Amos:
1 more comment:
I do enjoy engaging with propagandists who distract from factual understanding and analysis (Jenn, you received a particularly nasty response from your first comment that I deleted). For those with the time and interest, I encourage you to quickly refute propaganda as it arises.
For an example, I recommend the article and suggest consideration of my comment exchange in this Examiner article by Alfred Webre:
Scientist: Directed energy weapons turned World Trade Center into nanoparticles on 9/11
No wonder! I was expecting nasty comments. I was surprised there weren't any, haha. Now I know why.
WOW CARL!!!!!
You are a fast draw on that Delete key. You really are keeping all of us safe by not having to read comments that don't agree with you....wow you're brave...Man!!
There you are protecting our eyes, While Stering Haydon protects our Precious Bodily Fluids.
Them Psy-ops boys sure are out to get you.
Readers and Kiddie:
We have unlawful wars and over 5,000 dead American soldiers and you want the right to gossip on my comment column against my policy for factual discussion.
Not on my watch.
Your time of choice is upon you, Kiddie. Either choose a world of facts where we operate together to build a brighter future, or keep pimping for a world of propaganda thinly veiling psychopathic violence.
Anyone who fights their way to understand and then stand behind verifiable facts is brave; thank you. I’m protecting our time by deleting non-factual childishness, Kiddie, such as yours, except the ones I use as examples.
I was commenting on your comment policy not your facts.
You don't know if I am fighting for our Liberites and those oppressed by our policies or not. For me one of the tactics of the very forces you are fighting (Which I commend to the highest by the way )is to SILENCE any and all opposition. By any means calling it trivial, or frivolous or what ever as justification for censorship. I cannot condone it even amongst allies and collegues.
Because first comes silencing. Then justification. Then disappearance.
I would hope you would keep this post to show that even amongst allies there can be disaggreement.
I actually find your work eminantly valuable...perhaps even brilliant. I just cannot condone censorship. It is the slope on which even the best eventually slide. Thanks for listening.
2 of 2:
That is how freedom looks. Freedom is not an allowance of whatever, whenever, however.
We censor behavior of drivers beyond strict limits, censor many behaviors as fouls and out-of-bounds in sports. We censor people in relationships and business from certain acts, and can fire them upon violation.
You censor in your place of business those who distract and/or damage your work. You fire destructive people from relationships, and would never invest your time or money for a sport that did not strictly censor behavior.
I live for the highest level of factual accuracy and will manage my writing and comments accordingly. I invite comments and questions ONLY from those committed to factual integrity.
Readers and Kalamity:
1 of 2:
I present a PROFESSIONAL level of discourse based on facts. You’re welcome to manage your conversation domains as you please, as am I. And this domain is under my management.
You argue against censorship yet do not perceive the irony of your censorship in my area of governance.
Here, readers are welcome to argue for any inaccuracy of factual claim and/or need for inclusion of other facts. Readers are welcome to interpret facts however they wish and welcome to any policy position. They are not welcome to misrepresent facts. Those actions are subject to removal or exposure.
Thank you for following the discussion without censor. I decided to look at your Bio since your response seemed well thought out. I see you have Harvard in your backround (Good Pedigree). And teach, thus study, Econ.,Gov't and History (difficult Subject).
As such I assume you are familiar with the work of Fritz Stern whose "Varieties of History" has introduced many to the vast differences in interpretation of what is called Historical Fact. Additionly, Wilhelm Dilthey, Maurice Mandelbaum and Karl Popper who are not included add yet more layers of interpretive approach. As would Herodotus and Plutarch. And even J H Plumb. Now I am assuming your familiarity with these, and I readily admit that. But sprinkled throughout these works is the unmistakable conclusion that what is even "fact" is often culturally determined in how it is reported and even how read by the receiving audience.
This "mechanism" of varied interpretation is further hampered by the data's...Continued above
...further hampered by the data's transmittal. ie; who reports it, who "owns" it if you will. And many up and down the social spectrum are aware of this. Even if they are unable to articulate it. It manifests as a Distrust of Authority, of the Gov't in general.
At the same time we are witnessing a great silencing of the people...also felt and understood by many. Voiceless, Ignored, these are the terms you see people using to describe their relationship(Or perhaps non-relationship) with those in power and those who disseminate "Facts". One is reminded of Foucault attempting to focus attention on the "voiceless" in his time; prisoners, women, gays etc. And so at this time in our country there is great distrust(well placed!). And the ability of people to question authors, data sources, interpretations, and "facts", is paramount.
Remember most events are "felt" by most and voicing feelings is important for people to validate their communications with current "facts". Thanks again
Readers and Kid:
My pedigree from Harvard is at least as good as George Bush’s :)
History, “his story,” is a challenge; but we are left to deal with it in good faith effort if we want to understand the present (the purpose of history). The distrustful and less-than-fully-self-expressed have a choice to continue in silent assent to their psychopathic “leaders” or to grow-up to their responsible adult self-expression.
I don’t think they have much more time to make their choice.
To the extent you work for building a brighter future you have my respect and heart-felt appreciation.
Regarding the topic of this article, identifying government lies and what laws to prevent war mean are relatively easy. Part of my job is to distinguish the work of Operation Mockingbird assets who lie and propagandize to prevent this easy level of factual realization. I’m sure you understand my position and the responsibility I feel.
Yep. I do. And you do it well.
If people see reasoned discourse then vital facts( such as you present) are more likely to become "recognized and believed". And this is the goal I think.
I am A Conservative. Nonetheless your Pedigree from "the yard' appears to me more valid than Bush's.
I hope you are wrong about the time frame. But wide illumination does seem allusive. I do think an attack on Iran/N Korea could/would be taken differently this time by many more. Perhaps this is my own version of the "Will to Believe". Hope not.
Take Care.
Carl, Have thought about publishing these articles? It is essentially already written, you would need to include the links and Dot some T's and Cross some I's, but it is all there and could go to press quickly as another avenue for dissemination. This could lead to interviews etc...also another avenue of contact with the larger audience..???
Would kind of double or triple avenues of exposure. Think on it.
Readers and Kalamity:
I tried having my full brief on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan published in 2007. I tried about 100 agents. Two were kind enough to explain their rejection. One said my writing was effective and important, but I have no name recognition or platform (recognized job title). Publishers won’t take the risk when others with one or both of the above have written at least some of the information I have (that’s the good news). The other said I’m too academic for a regular audience; I would need to include a story to draw people in.
I’ve improved the articles and links since then, of course. If you have suggestions of publishers and/or agents, I’m open.
Things have changed now Carl. New (Wacko) President. Continued war in spite of promises. Tea Parties. More awareness now almost 3 years out. Maybe the on going Examiner dialogues can be a platform of sorts. Have no publisher idea,not a writer obviously. But maybe investgate Tea Parties for a story or a casualty of the war or a casualty the econmy since Obama took over. There are a ton of real stories out there I'm sure. And they could be woven into your factual work .
Carl,
I just listened to your PodCast. You certainly have a friendly,personable and humorous way about you.
Have you this material in PowerPoint form? I wonder if a slide show presented to a local group in LA in PPoint form might as not transfer well onto DVD. Perhaps this would be a better route than standard publishing. As to distribution I don't know. Any way just a thought I had. I think it could "show" well. Your Podcast hosts might be willing to help with promotion.
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