As I was making my usual morning commute on Interstate 84 in CT, I noticed an inordinant amount of potholes that need to be filled. Which is going to lead me in another direction that you might not see coming.
I have been tweeting to no avail to one of our Senators, Chris Murphy and the Governor of CT Dannel Malloy about requesting money from the government for our infrastructure. The roads and bridges here are abysmal at best, and it is just a matter of time before we have another Mianus Bridge Collapse
I am well aware that our state is broke, and trying to get money from the federal government is almost impossible. I have always been told that when you bitch and complain about a problem to come up with a solution. I have one... sort of... it the frikin big elephant in the room that nobody wants to talk about... but I digress....
When you drive pretty much anywhere in the country you can see the deplorable condition of the highways and bridges.
Just watch John Oliver talking about infrastructure. http://youtu.be/Wpzvaqypav8 its not sexy but its vital.
ON #CNN last night they did a big segment on Detroit, a city in ruins with no money, they are so broke that they cannot afford rape kits for women, how sick is that?
I have a solution, you are not going to want to admit it, or even broach the subject, but its staring us right in the face, its been in our face for 14 years, and growing every year.
Our current Director of the FBI has intimate knowledge of how to acquire these untold riches, he was on the board of directors at #HSBC, I'm quite sure he still has connections at #HSBC who has been laundering drug money for decades.
Every state is broke, just about every city is broke, there was a stat the other day that 92.3 MILLION people have given up looking for a job.
Now lets get to where I hear Cuba Gooding Jr. shouting "#SHOWMETHEMONEY ...
Lets see if you dear reader can put two and two together with two images... ready..set...go...
Now for the absolute money shot, so to speak. if you think this is a fake picture, I challenge you to google....
Go #Google "USA Military guarding Afghanistan Poppy Fields" the results will astound you.
Would it surprise you to learn that every year since our occupation/invasion the poppy harvest has grown?
Nope, me neither...
Herein lies the answer... #Opium4Infrastructure. There are billions in profits being exported from Afghanistan by our military aircraft, CIA funded aircraft everyday. Our tax dollars are paying for this, so why should the states and cities reap some of the drug profits.
Lets face the reality, the war on drugs if a fucking failure.
One pound of heroin could buy thousands of rape kits for women who have been brutalized in Detroit. I am quite sure Detroit is not alone.
Now lets get to the other issue. How come no #journalist is asking CIA Director John Brennan about the billions in profits the CIA reaps ?
These journalists are way to chummy with the very people they should make nervous. This makes me sick to my stomach. The human contradiction "Josh Earnest" should not be laughing at White House press conferences.
If the #MSM #CNN #NBC #CBS #FOX #ABC reporters are afraid to ask the hard questions, then get the hell out of there and let us shitizens do your job.
I certainly have a few questions I would like to ask to those in charge, for instance...
To Governor Dannel Malloy and Senator Chris Murphy, have you inquired about getting a % of the opium profits from afghanistan from CIA Director Brennan to fix our roads and bridges or purchase rape kits?
Have you asked FBI Director James Comey if he still has contacts with his HSBC drug money laundering executives who are not in jail, though they should be?
Has any journalist asked the most basic of questions, how come the opium production in Afghanistan has increased every year, if we have a "war on drugs" ?
If you doubt that the CIA or some other acronym agency is flying out the opium, I beg you to watch the movie 'American Gangster" or Google "Frank Lucas". Folks, our military was packing coffins with heroin and shipping it from Vietnam to an Air Force base near you in the good ole United States.
There is a pervasive feeling that the United States Empire will not be happy until the rest of the world is rubble. I believe this to be true. We have done such a great job of turning Iraq and Afghanistan into huge piles of rubble, that it is just the next step. This rubbleization of the world is the brainchild of the No Agenda Show, and they have been proven right, over many years of analysis and investigation. Hello, Ukraine, you are next. If not them, then who? Do not worry, our leaders have a plan, just ask Wesley Clark
That is a change in policy though. We were poised and ready to turn Syria into a rubble pile, then the American people woke up a little, and told our leaders to STOP IT! Obama flinched, and Syria is not yet rubbleized. You can hear the breathing and see the intertwined fingers of those greedy execs in the boardrooms of Bectel and Halliburton exclaiming the words of Montgomery Burns "Excellent" when news of bombs blasting, missiles destroying block after block of cement that will need to be hauled, pulverized and put back into place. We must stop this ever creeping rubbleization of the world and figure a better way to steal their resources for our own ill gotten booty. Please do not think for one second that there are Generals and others in our government that do not salivate at the chance to wipe out any other country, including our own for the sake of rebuilding. Have you see Detroit lately? This madness must end. It looks like the only thing standing in our way is Putin.
I heard your message on No Agenda about the heroin problem in Vermont. If you are serious about trying to help the people fight the drug problem, then for heaven sake, you take no half measures.
There are many like myself who are very aware of the heroin problem. Have you ever wondered how there is a bumper crop of opium from Afghanistan this past year? How can that be, with an American military presence for 13 years, you would think that opium would be eradicated with our "War on Drugs" effort?
There is almost a Trillion dollars worth or opium exported, and not by donkeys over the mountains. This opium is shipped by the CIA in military planes from the air bases there. Please do not take my word for it, take it from an expert on the ground,
Unless you are willing to hold one press conference after another, and get support from other governors, senators, then what you say is very hollow. You really come across as an empty shirt just trying to get your name in the papers unless you decide to make a stand, and REALLY PROTECT YOUR CITIZENS OF VERMONT.
I would gather you probably heard from someone in Washington or Virginia asking you to shut up, and play ball. There is too much money to be made. I am quite sure that this email will never be read by anyone of importance, probably deleted, and quickly forgotten. Plausible denial is key, and you really do not want to be aware of the vast amount of drug money that our CIA makes from smuggling opium out of Afghanistan.
Unlike you Mr. Governor, I have principles and I follow through, not empty words from one sound byte. Show the people that you are a brave man, take a stand against the CIA drug empire, please, for the children?
Here is a United Nations report from 2013-Bumper Crop,
Feel free to give me a call, I have much more information about the drug empire in Afghanistan, I would love to share it, but only if you are serious. I am not holding my breath.
Sometimes all it takes it a name, dropped into a conversation that sends my mind into curious mode. That happened to me while listening to the No Agenda Podcast. This post all about one name, and my quest to find out why it was there.
I want to tell you reader, I have read many articles, and they are loaded with all the military lingo, and can describe the scene, the weaponry with much more precision than I ever can. What I am trying to convey is my view from life experience, learning about the lies that our leaders both political and military, regularly tell us without even thinking about it. As long as they can advance their careers, get more funding, induce a state of fear in the public, they will do it, I guarantee that. If you can not wrap your head around that basic tenant, please take the Blue pill and read no further. If that is also your life experience, take the Red Pill and continue.
I will give you a brief synopsis of the "official" story as reported by General Jeffrey Colt. This is a 1250 page report that is quite remarkable in its scope and content, or lack of content.
The Chinook CH-47 transport helicopter was built in 1960 for our troops in the Vietnam war. This was not the normal operational chopper that ST6 used for missions. ST6 used the new MH-47 Attack Choppers for their missions. Never before, had all members of the team been placed on the same chopper. This point has been made abundantly clear by many, NEVER had this been done. Why now?
The Chinook code named, Extortion 17, was shot down by a "lucky shot" from an RPG from two Taliban Fighters perched in a turret, in a tower near the landing zone. This all occurred after the area had been declared a "hot zone" a firefight had been going on for 3 and 1/2 hours prior to the Chinook entering the Tangi Valley. The Chinook was hit as it was landing, that was when it was most vulnerable. All members of the elite fighting Special Operations unit Seal Team 6 were killed, as well as the Afghans, and the combat dog, 38 in total. In the aftermath the "black box" from the copter was "washed" away in a flood. Once again, a crucial and vital piece of evidence that could give a glimpse into what happened was "lost." The black box is so protected and indestructible that they never get lost, they are found in 10,000 feet of water, under swamps, but this one was lost in a river. More questions than answers here. The members of Seal Team 6 were flown to the United States, where all their bodies were cremated because they were "burned beyond recognition." Their mission was to apprehend Al- Leader Qari Tahir, a "high value" target. Those are the "facts" reported by General Colt.
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There was never any suppression fire laid down, there were over 100 Al-Qaeda, Taliban fighters waiting for ST6 in the hot zone. The decision to go forward was made "out of theater", meaning, someone in Washington D.C. most likely gave the go ahead for this mission. To this day, we do not know who made that call. The parents and others involved with the case are suing, to find out who. Isn't that amazing, no one will admit to making that fateful decision to get Tahir that night. Many feel it was Leon Panetta,who as of this writing is being investigated for leaking classified documents to the makers of the movie Zero Dark 30.
Now lets get to what Charles Strange and many other parents of Seal Team 6 want to know. What happened to get their children killed? Who gave the order to go ahead with this mission? Charles Strange knows that the Obama is lying to him, and before you finish reading this post, you might come to that same conclusion. As always, please do not believe what I am telling you, look it up for yourself and verify, I ask you to do this so we can make those is power aware that we are awake to their high crimes, and folks, these are treasonous crimes.
I want to start with some basic mission parameters that were always followed. I am getting this information from interviews, news articles, personal correspondence from the Seals to their parents. As I write this, I am heartbroken at what happened to ST6. I am not a war monger, nor am I a pacifist , I fall in the middle somewhere. If we are attacked, then we must defend ourselves. This leads me into the first portion of my investigation.
The Rules of Engagement(ROE) for our soldiers in Afghanistan are not what you think, when you think of war. We all have a frame of reference, whether that is your personal involvement in Vietnam, the Gulf War, movies, television, and books. Many have this image of John Wayne charging up the sand at Iwo Jima, looking for the enemy, and killing them. This is not what is happening in Afghanistan, not by any stretch. Our soldiers must be shot at, then make absolutely sure that the enemy has not dropped their weapon, then, and only then, can they fire and kill. As one mother put it, "our boys basically have to be shot at twice, before they can return fire." You see, our President has made it his mission, and those of his Generals to "win the hearts and minds" of our enemy.
I am all for winning those hearts and minds of innocent children, women and men, but not the enemy who is firing at you, trying to end your life. If all the people in the United States knew this ROE mission strategy, and the repercussions of that, I do believe that there would be some outrage, but more importantly, a big question as to why we are there is the first place. I will get to that later.
It is not beyond the realm of possibility that the President and his minions to use the alleged death of Bin Laden as a political victory to boost up approval numbers, create an overwhelming sense of patriotism among the citizens, and get the bad guy. Please remember that the Bin Laden DNA match was done in an impossibly short time frame, we have not seen one picture, and his body was dumped in the ocean. Does that sound legit to you?
If Obama or the generals had flown the body to Bagram Air Force Base, allowed some journalists of John Pilger caliber verify who it was, then the whole world would have at least some verification of his death. The official story why it was not done was that the "Islam" world would have been outraged. If that was the case, then why did Obama and Biden leak the intel in the first place? They used this mission for political capital, plain and simple.
Which brings me to the code that ST6 lived by. "Serve in Silence" To a man, the members of ST6 made it clear to their families that their missions were secret, and nothing of what they did was made public. This is what they wanted. When you hear Charles Strange castigate Joe Biden for naming the Navy Seals as the unit that killed Bin Laden, you can see the hate in his eyes. Our politicians cannot keep their mouths shut, especially after a few drinks.
We know that GWB used lies and deception to get us to attack Afghanistan and Iraq. They used the "mushroom cloud" "weapons of mass destruction" in the media, Colin Powell held up a vial of some Bio-Weapon for the whole world to see. They were not the first, and sadly, they will not be the last.
Poppy used a fake Kuwaiti girl to describe the Iraqi soldiers taking the "incubator babies" and throwing them on the hospital floor, to win the "hearts and minds of the American public in 1990. "Nayirah" was a complete lie, from start to finish. Her "incubator babies" story was written by the huge ad agency Hill & Knowlton on Madison Avenue. Bin Laden himself was a creation of the CIA, used to fight the Russians in Afghanistan. The United States armed him, paid him and used him to win their war in the 1980's.
When these missions are planned there are always Afghan National Army military in the room. These Afghans know the flight plan, the terrain to be taken, the whole mission plan. It was a joke among the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, how they had infiltrated these Afghan units and were receiving so much intel, that there is a name for this, Green on Blue attacks. How the hell can our military allow this to happen is another dirty secret from this war. In the minutes prior to the Chinook taking off for the mission, the 7 Afghan military men were removed and replaced by 7 other Afghan military. To this day, we do not know who these men were. To make the Afghan situation even more confusing, the military never interviewed the Afghans taken off the chopper, or we any Afghans involved the investigation into what happened to Extortion17
Qari Tahir was thought to be a "top leader" in Al-Qaeda. He was supposedly in the building where ST6 was heading. Why he was such a "high value" target, and why he had to be captured that night , has never been answered. I wish to inform you that Tahir and a fellow terrorist were turned to dust a month later most likely from a Predator Drone while standing on a hilltop.
Charles Strange was told that his son was cremated because his body was burned beyond recognition. He received a disc in mail, and on that disc were pictures of his son, on an autopsy table, and a report of the autopsy, not a complete one, but there was some information that is quite interesting. His body was not burned, there were no apparent injuries, except for a possible ankle break or sprain. More importantly, there was no smoke found in his lungs.
I cannot even imagine what these parents are going through. After reading and researching this story I do have some comments and questions, maybe some of them are the same as yours?
Why did Biden leak the name of the unit?
How come all members of ST6 were on the same chopper?
Who made the decision to go ahead with this operation?
Why were the most elite fighting force in the world being transported into a known hot zone, in a 50 year old chopper?
Where is the black box from the chopper? This to me is a blatant lie.
How come these parents are forced to sue the government for information regarding this case?
Who were the seven Afghan military who were taken off the Chinook minutes prior to taking off?
Who were the 8 Afghans who were put on the Chinook?
Why was there no smoke in the lungs of Michael Strange?
Why was Charles Strange told he was not supposed to see the autopsy pictures?
Is there a possibility that they were eliminated for security reasons?
Why are the "hearts and minds" of the enemy more important than our own soldiers?
I am sure that military people who have access to the report have many more questions.
In closing, this is cover up at the minimum, and huge scandal waiting to erupt. This is the dirty secret about Afghanistan and our presence there for the past 12 years. Last year was a record year for Opium growth and exporting from Afghanistan. How can we say that the United States of fighting a "war on drugs" when we have the CIA shipping almost 1 TRILLION dollars worth of opium out that country?
TRUE RED PILL RABBIT HOLE THINKING- PURE OFF THE RESERVATION IDEAS AND SPECULATION Is there a possibility that ST6 was eliminated like what Ruby did to Oswald? If, Bin Laden was already dead, as Benazir Bhutto clearly stated, then who was killed by ST6 in Pakistan? Is there a chance that the military was seeing leakage in the "official narrative" and had to plug all leaks in the worst way possible? We do know now that all emails, phone conversations, are monitored by NSA and other branches of the military that we probably do not know. The fact that Michael Strange had no smoke in his lungs, give the the idea, that maybe, just maybe, all the members of ST6 were already dead, when the Chinook started its landing in the Tangi Valley? Did one of the seven Afghans inform their fellow terrorists about the mission? Is there a chance that ST6 was flying into an ambush? The world is starting to wake up to the fact that our government is capable of evil doings, killing innocents to get what they want. I am just speculating that all options must be on the table here. If an idiot like myself can think this up, I am sure that those in the know, have already reached the same possible conclusions.
Like Benghazi, the Obama administration is covering up vital information that these parents need to know for closure. They are grieving today, and will not rest until this is figured out, and truth finds a way to come to the top.
I have been pondering some mind bending possibilities about the mainstream news media (MSNM) in the last few days. More so, in light of the revelations that they all found some level of morality in respect to the 911 recordings of Sandy Hook Elementary School Massacre. The very mention of morality in the MSNM in the same sentence is laughable at best. These are the same compromised news outlets that allow the government to promote any sort of propaganda it seems fit to, and do not ask any questions that the people would like answered. Go ahead Mr. President, just lie to us, and we will spew forth that lie. These MSNM show Paul Walker's death over and over, the car blowing up, with him and the driver inside, as another story. What about his family? These are the same MSNM networks that will show airplanes flying into skyscrapers. What do think happened to all those "innocent victims" when the planes hit? Did they not exist? What about their families? These are the same MSNM outlets that showed the inside of Columbine High School when that massacre happened. These MSNM networks show deaths by the thousands in the "Shock and Awe" spectacle when Baghdad was being blown to bits. Do you not think that all those innocent men, women, and children deserved some respect? Oh, no, I forget, they have brown skin, and their country sits on oil. I could go on an on about the sheer hypocrisy these MSNM put out over the airwaves everyday, but I think you get the point. These (sorry kids) fucking assholes in the role of producers for MSNM are the scum of the earth. The only reason they portend to not play the Sandy Hook AUDIO recording is for ratings. They are trying to hype what is on the recordings. I have listened to them. I have one overriding question after hearing them. I sent an email to Channel WFSB 3, asking about the DNA problems in THE STATES OWN REPORT, The reply was from a nameless individual at WFSB , "how dare you question anything about Sandy Hook. 20 Children died, I cant believe I have to answer email" When I asked if the nameless sender had read the report, I got no reply. Who the hell is Rick Thorne? Why is this the first time we have heard his name, instead of that creepy Simon Bar Sinister dude, Gene Rosen. I am dating myself with the Underdog reference, but look up Simon, you will know what I mean. Where has Rick Thorne been hiding for a year? Does he even exist? How come all the recordings have this air of "calm" about them? It is not so much about what we see on the MSNM, its what we do not see, and worst of all, what the MSNM does not demand that we see?
How about the "alleged" LAX shooter's manifesto/note from his backpack?
How about the video from LAX of the shooting itself? Correct me if I am wrong here, but don't airports have a boatload of cctv's?
How about the supposed video of the Boston Marathon bombers dropping their backpacks in the garbage bins?
How about the truth about Christoper Dorner? What a crock of shit they made up when he died? Lets see, they found his wallet twice, in two locations, he killed himself, the tear gas containers started a fire, yet the weapons found were in pristine condition.
How about the fact that no serial numbered piece of any airplane was ever recovered from the Pentagon on 9/11? We were told that 100 tons of metal, luggage, seats, and titanium engines weighing 6 tons a piece "evaporated", yet, somehow, the DNA of every passenger was identified. Who makes this shit up?
How about the death of Phil Marshall? Look that up. This stinks to high heaven.
How did the DNA from a victim in the Sandy Hook School get inside the home of Adam Lanza?
How did the DNA of a Sandy Hook victim get on the gun that was found in his car? This gun NEVER went in the school?
How about the supposed killing of OBL? How come a small cadre of reporters on the level of say, John Pilger were not allowed to witness the body, before it was supposedly dumped in the ocean?
How about the fact that the "war on drugs" is a scam? How can the U.S. military be in Afghanistan for 12 years, and in 2013 they broke their record for opium exports to $970 BILLION DOLLARS? How is that even remotely possible? (well, the CIA does help)
How about Clapper lying to Congress? How about Alexander lying about the NSA spying? How about Hayden lying about stealing our data?
How about a 47 story skyscraper that falls into its own footprint? On any other day this would be the story of the year, but on 9/11 it is ignored. When citizens start to question it, we are mocked as "conspiracy theorists". How many other steel frame skyscrapers have collapsed before or after 9/11? NONE.
How about the fact that our Attorney General cannot answer simple questions about "Fast and Furious" gun running operations, conducted by U.S. government?
These people should be in jail for crimes against the Constitution.
How about Holder not being able to answer questions about the NSA blackmailing members of congress, and illegally spying on activist groups?
Have you looked up at the skies lately? The vast amount of Chemtrails is astounding. The MSNM is so silent on this topic, it is criminal. I took the photo below last week. The sky was crystal clear only one hour prior to this. If you zoom in, you can see the planes spraying chemicals. It is a panoramic photo, hence, the straight chemtrails look curved. Sorry, it was the only way to capture the magnitude of the spraying and sky.
If you doubt the evidence of chemtrails, I defy you to watch this documentary.
What in the world are they spraying"
These are just a few examples off the top of my head, in a few minutes. These are the topics that the MSNM either ignore, or just spew the government talking points to us, the American people. It is disgusting, and quite frankly, we should not stand for it. These are but a few of the questions that the MSNM has never asked the powers that be, to explain. It is a crime, pure and simple. And for anyone in that industry to go on the air and talk about their high morality is criminal. Gitmo Gil
I was hit this idea earlier today. I watched a very good and inspiring video by Matt Damon. He talks about the backwards world we seem to be living in. It forced me to wonder and think about what is going on all around me. I came to a conclusion very similar to Matt. Please watch the video. After watching the video, my mind was racing with all sorts of ideas. The one in the forefront was, how come there are not any more celebrities speaking out, this way? If you have read anything else I have written, you know that I do believe that the mainstream news media, and media in general reports idiot news for the masses. There are so many media whores who feel this sense of entitlement, and they tweet, and the media appear to hang on to every word they say, as long as they talk about their new movie, new cd, new video, new and refurbished vagina, new tv reality show. Just when they start to fade from our focus, the inevitable train wreck happens, they go into rehab, they get arrested for some minor offense, or they get married just so the media can cover the eventual divorce. This sick twisted voyeuristic world, as Mr. Damon sad, really is backwards. How can we change this? I really wish I had the answer. I do not. I know that personally, I do not pay attention to them. I do not visit their websites, I do not watch their television shows. This is very important. Advertisers pay the networks to push products during these shows, if you are not supporting the show, you are not exposed to the ads. It is a circle. I do not follow them on Twitter. I do not visit their Facebook pages. If this type is boycotting was to spread to the masses, then we really could get some good things done. Just think of the possibilities if this happened, it could be wonderful. If "we" as a people just stopped caring about Justin Bieber and the like. But much more importantly, what a different world we could make, if these celebrities used their 15 minutes of fame, and spoke out like Matt Damon? Imagine that? Sadly, I do not think that would or will happen. Too many of the idiot celebrities are afraid of the "machine." They are too afraid they will kill the golden goose if they spoke out about NSA spying, how Walmart underpays all their core employees, how drones are killing innocent women, men and children around the world. They are terrified if they spoke out about the "war on drugs" being an absolute joke when the CIA ships $1Trillion of opium out of Afghanistan. The Hollywood press would start to either treat them like pariahs like Charlie Sheen, when he had the nerve to question the official story about 9/11, or worse, the press just might start to ignore them, and to a celebrity, this is tantamount to death. There are many a hollywood star, who when they are feeling blue, they go out in public, so the masses can bask in they greatness. I am not making that up. These celebrities do have a voice, sadly, many, many of them do not use it the to make a better world, they use it to promote what ever new thing they are selling. Very sad indeed. Once again, thank you Mr. Damon.
As Gitmo Gils sits at his desk (yes, he is in the "third person" phase again) He wallows and contemplates what is wrong, what can we do, is there any hope?
In this ongoing conversation, this is Part One.
What is wrong?
Alas, where to begin? Lets start at the quasi local level. I am employed in a field of work that does not pay a lot. I am a caregiver, I am a friend, I am a voice for those unfortunate to not have one. But more importantly, I am a protector, I keep 3 people very safe, very secure and do my best to give them the best that this life can offer. What I do is not most financially rewarding job, nor is it the worst. I have been doing this for over 25 years, and as of the last two performance reviews, I am very, very, good at it. I can honestly say that the days that I have left work with that "great day" feeling have been the ones where one of my guys, has accomplished something new. Whether that is figuring out how to call his parents, or building some absolutely amazing structures out of Leggo's , or making a bed my himself, the feeling of a job well done has nothing to do with the amount of money on my paycheck.
Sadly, that "great day" feeling does not pay the bills, or put gas in the car. I have thought long and hard about changing my field of work. I did for a few years. I worked for a nursing agency as their computer guy. I loved teaching. One of my responsibilities was training nurses, Physical Therapists, and Occupational Therapists how to use a computer, and the medical software on that PC. I was so good at my job, I was eliminated when the budget was tightened, and they did not need my services anymore. I knew then end was coming when the phone listing came out, and my name was noticeably absent. The IT director to her credit, pushed for the agency to keep me in their fold, but in today's world bean counters win. Now we go back to the fall of 2008, when the "Masters of the Universe" on Wall Street and all their crony banksters were going to lose everything. What happened? The let us slaves pay for it all. Did we get a vote? nope. What was the line that EVERY COMPROMISED MAINSTREAM OUTLET REPORTED? " Too Big To Fail" that lie was told over and over until many believed it was the truth. If you do not believe me, watch this movie, The Academy Award winning Documentary "Inside Job"
Maybe you see where I am heading in this mild prose about my employment history. There is no money. There is a gigantic hole somewhere, where if you listen to some, over $60,000,000,000,000 has vanished from the world. There is a giant sucking sound, and all those greenbacks are flowing there. Trying to figure out "where" that is, well, that is the $60 Trillion dollar question. Many, including myself would like out leaders in government to be more accountable for their actions, and for how they are spending our money. When ever a Congressman or Senator questions the Federal Reserve, and demands an audit, they are quickly hushed up and pushed aside. Just ask Ron Paul. I have always made the analogy to friends that the United States intervention in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the money spent there is almost akin to my friends giving me 28% of their paycheck from here on. They can do it for a while, but after some time, it is going to affect them in every aspect of their life. The little things in life are going to become more of an expense, and so on. Folks, that is whats happening to our country. We are being bled dry by a national security state, that is quite frankly, out of fucking control. We as a people have no concept of the vast amounts of money being spent on our "security". As I look at my sub headline on this blog, "Those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither", it makes me come to the realization that it has never been more true than what is going on around us these days. We as a people have made the decision that liberty is gone, and a police state is in full force. The NSA and who the hell know who else, is spying on us, every second of the day. We have various government agencies who are basically at war with each other to get a bigger piece of the pie, and there is no end in sight. If you can't figure out by now that we have been bamboozled and most of all distracted from what is of real importance, then I really do pity you. You do the math. 30 Million kids in this country go to sleep hungry every night. Go into every store in this country and look where the products are made. 101 Million people rely on food stamps of one sort or another every month. The actual unemployment number is 23%, not that 8% that is reported by the govt. But the most telling thing that you cannot ignore is right in front of your face at the grocery store. Have you noticed how much smaller the containers are for all goods? That 1/2 gallon of Beyer's ice cream is now 46 oz. This is done by the food companies to try to keep inflation from being noticed by distracted citizenry. I myself happen to be a Ritz Cracker freak. One year ago a regular box of Ritz was 16 oz. The box I have in my pantry right now, is 13.7 oz, and it costs more, than the 16 oz. box from a year ago. We have a compromised media that sucks at the teat of big government and will not report on anything of importance. They will offer up a few sacrificial lambs from time to time, but anything that we NEED to know, that is covered over and evidence destroyed. When more people care about who wins American Idol than they do about warrant less wiretaps, police corruption, government graft, illegal spying on citizens, then we have truly lost. Lost our way, lost our money, lost our souls, lost our liberty. The last time I could remember one person actually making a difference for the good was Dr. Martin Luther King. And we do know what happened to him. Like James Earl Ray, and Lee Harvey Oswald, if you think that these men acted alone, well, you are an idiot. J Edgar Hoover had been secretly spying on King, for many years. Of course that only came out after any "real" investigation. The forces of evil are so intertwined with the government, and big corporations, that it is going to take an exorcism to eradicate and destroy them. There are so many people in office who only want to get the biggest paycheck, the most power possible. This is not some conspiratorial rant, this is fact. In future posts, I will do my best to expose the true evil that I see. One of my starting home pages is the contact page for the White House. I write a letter to the President every day. Some are good letters, those are rare. Most are critical of what I see, but more importantly what I feel when I am out and about. If everyone who feels this way felt compelled to write their congressman, their senator, or the President everyday, we could make a difference. These elites in power do listen, when they are bombarded with letters from constituents. There is not the optimism that I felt in the 90's during the Clinton years. I feel this general morose, this feeling of apathy, and despair. This is not some imaginative creation that I made up, I am not that good. That's how it is. In the small city where I live, I see more and more homeless people on the street. My heart goes out to them. I was coming out of a store on Thursday, and there was a man with a small child standing outside with a sign. He had no job, no home. The look on the little boys face was of pure desperation and grief about their situation. I put what I could in the cup the boy was holding, he gave me a nod of thanks. What happened next absolutely shook me to the core. The man I work for is autistic and mentally retarded. He asked me if he could put money in the cup to " help that boy" and "could they come live with us?" I gave RT another bill to give the boy. He put the money in the cup and we walked to my car. I was sitting next to a man who was born with his disability, and he cares about those who are more fortunate in one sense, and less fortunate in another. The other "normal" people who just walked by them, doing their best to ignore and pretend they were not there, I pity them. We sat there and watched as many, many more people walked past that man and boy without giving them a thought. Without even a glance in their direction. Those that did look at them, quickly looked away.
How much different this country could be if more people cared about those less fortunate than themselves.
Just imagine a world where the 1% actually cared about the country and wanted to see the other 99% of the people prosper as well as they did. I know, there I go, dreaming again.
These are just observations by me. I do research, probably not as much as I should, but I look into things, and they are scary. There is injustice everywhere, and that is how they like it. Divide and conquer is a concept that the government and media have been using quite successfully for a while. They keep us distracted on matters that in the end, will never be solved, just to keep us looking away from things that truly do matter. There are many things I see happening now around the country, that when I was a kid my dad would say "that only happens in Russia". I see videos of brutal police tactics on innocent citizens. I see martial law enacted for tracking down one person. I see people exercising their right to free speech being arrested for that free speech. I see people asking questions to power, silenced and arrested, for asking a question. There are times that I wonder what gets me more frustrated. The fact that people just don't care, or they don't want to care. I see it every day, their heads are buried in the sand, and soooo easily distracted. But the sheer amount of apathy is very disconcerting. There are so many documentaries on YouTube, that if they were shown on "network" television, it would wake up enough people to maybe make a difference. I was at meeting with a friend last night, and she is a owner and operator of a business that provides care to people with TBI ( Traumatic Brain Injury). There is a movement afoot to cut the funding to those families in need of care by 40% by the state politicians. This problem flows upwards, when the local government has no money, that is a problem that flows up to the state level of governing. When the state level of government has no money, that flows up to the national level of government. This might be a basic way of trying to explain a very complex situation, but I will give it a shot. According to "the cost of war"Since 2001 we have spent $4,000,000,000,000 to kill brown people for oil. If we took that money and invested in teachers, schools, infrastructure, construction, manufacturing, in this country, I can almost guarantee that we would be better off. Can you imagine how much better of each state would be with an extra $6.6 BILLION dollars flowing in every year? Think about that one for a second. President Eisenhower warned us many years ago about the military industrial complex, and what would happen when they were out of control. It has happened. If you have any questions or comments, I would like to read them.
Gitmo Gil.
Part 2 - Coming soon- What can we do? or, What we can do?
