Posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Daytona Beach Memorial & Protest marking 7 Yrs in Iraq
“7 Years In Iraq: No WMD’s, No Links To Al Qaeda, No Reason To Be There!”
The only thing worse than having sent our soldiers to die in vain in Afghanistan and Iraq is for the American people to, by their consent of silence and indifference, allow more of our soldiers to die there in vain.
Meanwhile our U.S. military has killed over 1 million innocent Iraqi’s and has displaced millions more.
What have you done today to end the senseless U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq? Join us and get involved!
When:
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm - TV and Print Media will be there reporting.
(Go to www.icasualties.org for more information about U.S. soldiers KIA in Afghanistan and Iraq)
Where:
Daytona Beach at the Northwest Corner of Nova Road and International Speedway Blvd, in front of the Steak N Shake restaurant. (1000 W. International Speedway Blvd, Daytona Beach, FL 32114)
What:
Demonstration marking 7 years since the U.S. invaded and has since militarily occupied Iraq and to tell our servant government in Washington, DC "Enough Already, Bring Our Troops Home Now!"
Materials:
Attendees are asked to bring signs such as "Not One More Death, Not One More Dollar", "Troops Home Now!", "Your Silence Is Your Consent", "Stop The War, Get Involved", "Honor Our Dead, Demand The Truth", "Mourn The Losses, Learn The Truth, Investigate The Lies", "9/11 and War on Terror - One Big Lie", “Call (202) 224-3121. Tell your Reps to vote NO on War Funding!”
On Hand:
(1) DVD copies of the 2009 Massimo Mazzucco stirring documentary "The New American Century" (www.usfilms.ea29.com), (2) copies of the researched and sourced September 27, 2007 Richard W. Behan article “The Mega-Lie called 'The War On Terror': A Masterpiece of Propaganda" (http://www.alternet.org/story/63632/?page=entire) which demonstrate and document how the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were planned by PNAC one year before the 9/11 Attacks and have nothing to do with 9/11 or Osama bin Laden, and (3) memorial displays of 2' x 3' panels of 200 names each (22 panels in total) to list the names, ages, ranks, service branch, and hometown of each and every soldier listed as killed in action (KIA) in Iraq thru March 19, 2010.
Who:
Veterans For Peace - Central Florida (www.cflveteransforpeace.org)
Military Families Speak Out - Florida (http://mfsoflorida.tripod.com)
CODEPINK of East Central Florida (www.codepinkalert.org)
Iraq Veterans Against the War - Florida (www.ivaw.org)
US Labor Against the War (www.uslaboragainstwar.org)
Educators to Stop the War (www.educatorstostopthewar.org)
WeAreChange - Florida (www.meetup.com/wearechangeflorida)
Contact:
Phil Restino of Central Florida Veterans For Peace (VFP Chapter 136)
cell: (386) 235-3268, hm: (386) 788-2918, email: CentralFlaVFP@aol.com
The only thing worse than having sent our soldiers to die in vain in Afghanistan and Iraq is for the American people to, by their consent of silence and indifference, allow more of our soldiers to die there in vain.
Meanwhile our U.S. military has killed over 1 million innocent Iraqi’s and has displaced millions more.
What have you done today to end the senseless U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq? Join us and get involved!
When:
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm - TV and Print Media will be there reporting.
(Go to www.icasualties.org for more information about U.S. soldiers KIA in Afghanistan and Iraq)
Where:
Daytona Beach at the Northwest Corner of Nova Road and International Speedway Blvd, in front of the Steak N Shake restaurant. (1000 W. International Speedway Blvd, Daytona Beach, FL 32114)
What:
Demonstration marking 7 years since the U.S. invaded and has since militarily occupied Iraq and to tell our servant government in Washington, DC "Enough Already, Bring Our Troops Home Now!"
Materials:
Attendees are asked to bring signs such as "Not One More Death, Not One More Dollar", "Troops Home Now!", "Your Silence Is Your Consent", "Stop The War, Get Involved", "Honor Our Dead, Demand The Truth", "Mourn The Losses, Learn The Truth, Investigate The Lies", "9/11 and War on Terror - One Big Lie", “Call (202) 224-3121. Tell your Reps to vote NO on War Funding!”
On Hand:
(1) DVD copies of the 2009 Massimo Mazzucco stirring documentary "The New American Century" (www.usfilms.ea29.com), (2) copies of the researched and sourced September 27, 2007 Richard W. Behan article “The Mega-Lie called 'The War On Terror': A Masterpiece of Propaganda" (http://www.alternet.org/story/63632/?page=entire) which demonstrate and document how the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were planned by PNAC one year before the 9/11 Attacks and have nothing to do with 9/11 or Osama bin Laden, and (3) memorial displays of 2' x 3' panels of 200 names each (22 panels in total) to list the names, ages, ranks, service branch, and hometown of each and every soldier listed as killed in action (KIA) in Iraq thru March 19, 2010.
Who:
Veterans For Peace - Central Florida (www.cflveteransforpeace.org)
Military Families Speak Out - Florida (http://mfsoflorida.tripod.com)
CODEPINK of East Central Florida (www.codepinkalert.org)
Iraq Veterans Against the War - Florida (www.ivaw.org)
US Labor Against the War (www.uslaboragainstwar.org)
Educators to Stop the War (www.educatorstostopthewar.org)
WeAreChange - Florida (www.meetup.com/wearechangeflorida)
Contact:
Phil Restino of Central Florida Veterans For Peace (VFP Chapter 136)
cell: (386) 235-3268, hm: (386) 788-2918, email: CentralFlaVFP@aol.com
Holder: Osama bin Laden will never face US trial
WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive.
In testy exchanges with House Republicans, the attorney general compared terrorists to mass murderer Charles Manson and predicted that events would ensure "we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden" not to the al-Qaida leader as a captive.
Holder sternly rejected criticism from GOP members of a House Appropriations subcommittee, who contend it is too dangerous to put terror suspects on trial in federal civilian courts as Holder has proposed.
The attorney general said it infuriates him to hear conservative critics complain that terrorists would get too many rights in the court system.
Read More Here.
When tweets can make you a jailbird
WASHINGTON – Maxi Sopo was having so much fun "living in paradise" in Mexico that he posted about it on Facebook so all his friends could follow his adventures. Others were watching, too: A federal prosecutor in Seattle, where Sopo was wanted on bank fraud charges.
Tracking Sopo through his public "friends" list, the prosecutor found his address and had Mexican authorities arrest him. Instead of sipping pina coladas, Sopo is awaiting extradition to the U.S.
Sopo learned the hard way: The Feds are on Facebook. And MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter, too.
Read More Here.
Posted: Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Walmart Fires Cancer Patient for Legally Using Medical Marijuana
(FEDERALJACK) Joseph Casias, 29, has sinus cancer and an inoperable brain tumor.
Despite his condition, he has dutifully gone to work every day for the last five years at a Walmart in Battle Creek, Michigan, where in 2008 he was named Associate of the Year.
Casias is also a legal medical marijuana patient under Michigan state law. He uses marijuana with the recommendation of his doctor to relieve the effects of cancer.
But Walmart, the world’s largest public corporation, has no sympathy for his condition or regard for Michigan’s state law. Last November, Walmart fired Casias because he tested positive for marijuana during a routine drug screening.
Rahm Emanuel’s brother lobbies for ‘three strikes’ law against downloaders In the US
(FEDERALJACK) The brother of the White House chief of staff is engaged in a campaign to have a “three-strikes” law against illegal file-sharers passed in the United States. Modeled on a similar law enacted recently in France, a “three strikes” law would force Internet service providers to cut off Internet access to any users accused three times of downloading or sharing copyrighted material without permission.
Posted: Monday, March 15, 2010
Glenn Beck ‘has teared up’ during rehearsals, staffers say
Glenn Beck received a mix of mockery and intrigue last year after crying several times on camera during his Fox News program. Now, the conservative lightning rod's assistants reportedly say he sheds the occasional tear even while rehearsing for the show.
In a Post feature story about the controversial Fox host, Howard Kurtz writes, "Some staffers say they have watched rehearsals, on internal monitors, in which Beck has teared up or paused at the same moments as he later did during the show."
Observers have speculated that his crying may simply be an act to boost ratings. But according to the Chris Balfe, president of Beck's production company Mercury Radio Arts, the fact that Beck does it both on and off camera is a mark of his sincerity.
Read More Here.
Activist Cindy Sheehan revives anti-war efforts
By Oren Dorell, USA TODAY
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is restarting her campaign against wars in Iraq and Afghanistan today, setting up tents and teaching protest seminars near the Washington Monument.
Dubbed "Camp OUT NOW," the protest is geared to pressure President Obama and Democrats, whom Sheehan says have abandoned the anti-war cause now that they have control of the White House and Congress.
"Obama said there'd be one combat battalion coming home per month, and that has not happened," Sheehan says. "We still have significant troops in Iraq, and he's ramped up in Afghanistan.
"I don't think this is what people understood they were voting for. I think they were voting for a change."
White House officials declined to comment.
Read More Here.
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WeAreChange Glasgow 11th of the month
"After another successful '11th of the month' street action, a few of us headed to a local venue for an intimate gig with Hed P.E. headlining.
For those of you that don't know this awesome band: go check them out! Hed P.E. are very politically outspoken, with their hard hitting lyrics and in your face album art I have no idea why I hadn't picked up on them earlier!
So after a sweaty mosh, a few WAC glasgow members caught up with Jared Gomes, the lead vocalist, for a brief interview in which Jared makes some very valid points concerning the truth movement and the mentality of some of the people involved with it.
For those of you that don't know this awesome band: go check them out! Hed P.E. are very politically outspoken, with their hard hitting lyrics and in your face album art I have no idea why I hadn't picked up on them earlier!
So after a sweaty mosh, a few WAC glasgow members caught up with Jared Gomes, the lead vocalist, for a brief interview in which Jared makes some very valid points concerning the truth movement and the mentality of some of the people involved with it.
New York City settles with 9/11 heroes for up to $657.5 million
By The Associated Press
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center.
The settlement was announced Thursday evening by the WTC Captive Insurance Co., a special entity established to indemnify the city and its contractors against potential legal action as they moved to clean up the site after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
The deal, which still must be approved by a judge and the workers themselves, would make the city and other companies represented by the insurer liable for a minimum of $575 million, with more money available to the sick if certain conditions are met.
Most if not all of the money would come out of a $1 billion grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg called the settlement "a fair and reasonable resolution to a complex set of circumstances."
"The resolution of the World Trade Center litigation will allow the first responders and workers to be compensated for injuries suffered following their work at Ground Zero," he said in a statement.
Marc Bern, a senior partner with the law firm Worby, Groner, Edelman & Napoli, Bern LLP, which negotiated the deal, said it was "a good settlement."
"We are gratified that these heroic men and women who performed their duties without consideration of the health implications will finally receive just compensation for their pain and suffering, lost wages, medical and other expenses, as the U.S. Congress intended when it appropriated this money," he said in a statement.
Workers who wish to participate in the settlement would need to prove they had been at the World Trade Center site or other facilities that handled debris. They also would have to turn over medical records and provide other information aimed at weeding out fraudulent or dubious claims.
For the settlement to be enforced, 95 percent of the workers would need to agree to be bound by its terms.
The agreement comes with just two months to go until the first trials are to begin in the case. Thousands of police officers, firefighters and construction workers who put in time at the 16-acre site in lower Manhattan had filed lawsuits against the city, claiming it sent them to ground zero without proper protective equipment.
Many of those workers now claim to have fallen ill. A majority complained of a respiratory problem similar to asthma, but the suits also sought damages for hundreds of other types of ailments, including cancer.
Lawyers for the city claimed it did its best to get respiratory equipment to everyone who needed it. They also had challenged some of the claims as based on the thinnest of medical evidence, noting that thousands of the people suing suffered from conditions common in the general population or from no illness at all.
Under the settlement, the task of deciding what each worker will be paid will fall to a neutral third party, to be picked by the two sides. Lawyers for the plaintiffs have previously said they favor Kenneth Feinberg, the special master who determined payouts from the federal fund set up to compensate victims of the terror attacks.
Payments will be based on a system that ranks each illness by severity and factors in potential exposure to the dust.
Some workers are likely to receive payments of only a few thousand dollars. Others could be in line to get more than $1 million, depending on their injuries.
A special insurance fund will be set up to cover workers who develop cancer in the future.
Lawyer Andrew Carboy, who represented a group of firefighters in the case, said he would urge them to accept the deal.
"The proposed settlement demonstrates that the justice system can tackle such a factually complicated and emotionally charged situation," he said. "The settlement, most importantly, will treat each worker as an individual. And their settlement will be based on the merits of their case."
Both sides in the case were scheduled to appear Friday afternoon before the federal judge handling the litigation, U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who previously had said he favored a settlement but planned to analyze it carefully to make sure it was fair.
The settlement would mean a postponement or cancellation of the trials tentatively scheduled to begin in May. Some of the cases scheduled to be heard first included that of a firefighter who died of throat cancer and another who needed a lung transplant, as well as workers with less serious ailments, including a Consolidated Edison utility company employee with limited exposure to the debris pile and no current serious illness.
The $1 billion fund created by Congress to help insure the city has been depleted somewhat by the long legal battle in the case, with the bill so far running to more than $200 million.
The Worby, Groner, Edelman & Napoli, Bern law partnership, which represents 9,000 of the plaintiffs, is expected to take as much as a third or more of the total settlement in legal fees, based on contingency agreements it signed with each client.
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center.
The settlement was announced Thursday evening by the WTC Captive Insurance Co., a special entity established to indemnify the city and its contractors against potential legal action as they moved to clean up the site after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
The deal, which still must be approved by a judge and the workers themselves, would make the city and other companies represented by the insurer liable for a minimum of $575 million, with more money available to the sick if certain conditions are met.
Most if not all of the money would come out of a $1 billion grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg called the settlement "a fair and reasonable resolution to a complex set of circumstances."
"The resolution of the World Trade Center litigation will allow the first responders and workers to be compensated for injuries suffered following their work at Ground Zero," he said in a statement.
Marc Bern, a senior partner with the law firm Worby, Groner, Edelman & Napoli, Bern LLP, which negotiated the deal, said it was "a good settlement."
"We are gratified that these heroic men and women who performed their duties without consideration of the health implications will finally receive just compensation for their pain and suffering, lost wages, medical and other expenses, as the U.S. Congress intended when it appropriated this money," he said in a statement.
Workers who wish to participate in the settlement would need to prove they had been at the World Trade Center site or other facilities that handled debris. They also would have to turn over medical records and provide other information aimed at weeding out fraudulent or dubious claims.
For the settlement to be enforced, 95 percent of the workers would need to agree to be bound by its terms.
The agreement comes with just two months to go until the first trials are to begin in the case. Thousands of police officers, firefighters and construction workers who put in time at the 16-acre site in lower Manhattan had filed lawsuits against the city, claiming it sent them to ground zero without proper protective equipment.
Many of those workers now claim to have fallen ill. A majority complained of a respiratory problem similar to asthma, but the suits also sought damages for hundreds of other types of ailments, including cancer.
Lawyers for the city claimed it did its best to get respiratory equipment to everyone who needed it. They also had challenged some of the claims as based on the thinnest of medical evidence, noting that thousands of the people suing suffered from conditions common in the general population or from no illness at all.
Under the settlement, the task of deciding what each worker will be paid will fall to a neutral third party, to be picked by the two sides. Lawyers for the plaintiffs have previously said they favor Kenneth Feinberg, the special master who determined payouts from the federal fund set up to compensate victims of the terror attacks.
Payments will be based on a system that ranks each illness by severity and factors in potential exposure to the dust.
Some workers are likely to receive payments of only a few thousand dollars. Others could be in line to get more than $1 million, depending on their injuries.
A special insurance fund will be set up to cover workers who develop cancer in the future.
Lawyer Andrew Carboy, who represented a group of firefighters in the case, said he would urge them to accept the deal.
"The proposed settlement demonstrates that the justice system can tackle such a factually complicated and emotionally charged situation," he said. "The settlement, most importantly, will treat each worker as an individual. And their settlement will be based on the merits of their case."
Both sides in the case were scheduled to appear Friday afternoon before the federal judge handling the litigation, U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who previously had said he favored a settlement but planned to analyze it carefully to make sure it was fair.
The settlement would mean a postponement or cancellation of the trials tentatively scheduled to begin in May. Some of the cases scheduled to be heard first included that of a firefighter who died of throat cancer and another who needed a lung transplant, as well as workers with less serious ailments, including a Consolidated Edison utility company employee with limited exposure to the debris pile and no current serious illness.
The $1 billion fund created by Congress to help insure the city has been depleted somewhat by the long legal battle in the case, with the bill so far running to more than $200 million.
The Worby, Groner, Edelman & Napoli, Bern law partnership, which represents 9,000 of the plaintiffs, is expected to take as much as a third or more of the total settlement in legal fees, based on contingency agreements it signed with each client.
Oath Keepers NYC meeting
A message from Glen Maine to all members of New York Oath Keepers!
Here we go! NYC Meeting March 18,7 pm at the Main Branch of the NY Public Library,[Thursday],at 41-42nd Street,5th Avenue.Let's all meet up outside at the top of the steps.Can't wait to see you there! Please contact kristine kennedy and let her know if you're coming. You can also find this information in the discussion forum.
http://oathkeepers.ning.com/profile/kristinekennedy
Here we go! NYC Meeting March 18,7 pm at the Main Branch of the NY Public Library,[Thursday],at 41-42nd Street,5th Avenue.Let's all meet up outside at the top of the steps.Can't wait to see you there! Please contact kristine kennedy and let her know if you're coming. You can also find this information in the discussion forum.
http://oathkeepers.ning.com/profile/kristinekennedy
Southern Poverty Law Center Takes Aim at Camp FEMA & Others
By Debbie Morgan, staff writer,
www.TakeBackWashington.com,
March 12, 2010
COLUMBIA, MO | Is the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) running damage control for the Federal government? In Popular Mechanics denial fashion, its Spring 2010 newsletter and newest article are all but rejecting the widespread evidence about FEMA camps and they are taking potshots at a new documentary that includes information about FEMA. Considering the plummeting approval rating of the new President and Congress, the government must be feeling the pressure of anxiety among US citizens, especially with the outright anger caused by last year's "leak" of the now-infamous MIAC (Missouri Information Analysis Center) report, the CNN attack piece on the Oath Keepers, and the fall 2009 release of the new film Camp FEMA, it seems likely that damage control is exactly what is going on.
After reading the recent rhetoric by SPLC, I think one has to ask, "What is an organization that is 'dedicated to fighting civil rights and bigotry' doing suppressing information about the interning of US citizens and FEMA's roll?" After all, "FEMA camps," as they are endearingly referred to by many, are for relocating US citizens from their homes in cases of Government-declared national emergency. Shouldn't the "civil rights" group be advocating the rights of free US citizens to STAY in their homes, if they so chose? Also, how does the film, Camp FEMA, figure as a hate or bigotry-filled film? For that matter, how does the position of the Oath Keepers and Restore the Republic fall into that category?
The William Lewis Films/Gary Franchi production opens with newsreel footage from the World War II era explaining the internment of Japanese Americans. At that time, the facilities were not referred to as "FEMA camps" (for those with questions, research REX 84), but were called War Relocation communities, as there was no Federal Emergency Management Agency at the time. What is revealed by the first two minutes of the film, however, is that of those relocated to these "communities," more than two-thirds were American citizens, a fact that sets the stage for the rest of the well-documented film.
In its March 11, 2010 offering, the SPLC also takes aim at Denver Public Television's KBDI for airing Camp FEMA during its most recent fund drive. The station's Executive Producer, Shari Bernson, told SPLC that calls about the controversial documentary were "overwhelmingly positive." Bernson and KBDI are known for presenting programming that is not your typical public television fare. But then, shouldn't "public television" be about informing the public rather than "government approved" programming? Again, the film is well documented.
Camp FEMA boasts a collection of interviews with several in the forefront of revealing government corruption and sheds light on legislation and other information about FEMA. And, while the mainstream media would have you believe that some of the guests are "wacko conspiracy theorists," more than one mainstream news talk show host has had to admit that these people have been right on the money with some of their information. In fact, many of these people are well ahead of mainstream news outlets at getting important information to the public.
SPLC's spin is less than impressive, however. From FEMA's inception, its mission statement, its absorption by the Department of Homeland Security to the National Guard ad seeking Internment Specialists (all exposed in Camp FEMA), it is really mind-blowing how the SPLC is able to overlook the interesting array of information readily available to the public.
SPLC also claims that William Lewis Films, Oath Keepers, Restore the Republic and a host of other "patriot-minded" people are militia and conspiracy minded, and, by planting the suggestion in the minds of their readers, that they might even have their roots in "white supremacy" (directly from SPLC: "Though some Patriot movement beliefs have roots in white supremacy"); yet they are nothing of the sort. If the Center had done their proper homework they would find that these people and groups only want the government to be held accountable for its egregious legislation and actions AGAINST the American people and to RETURN to a government that is aligned with our Founding Documents: the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence. How, may I ask, is that "militia or conspiratorial minded" or "white supremacist?" Readers need to realize that these are the tools our government, and apparently SPLC, is using to create doubt in the minds of people unfamiliar with what is truly going on.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, the federal government and anyone else who thinks liberty-loving people looking out for their best interests are a threat need to re-read the Bill of Rights (including paying special attention to the Second Amendment) and the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence clearly states:
"...Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -- That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
What these people and groups want to do is to merely inform the public about reprehensible government activity and keeping the government in line; making the government live up to the dreams and desires of our Founding Fathers...Freedom...Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness for ALL.
After the SPLC and anyone else has read that, they need to answer some questions:
* Why DOESN'T the SPLC and our elected-by-the-people government understand our inherent rights as US citizens?
* Why are YOU labeling freedom-loving, law-abiding United States citizens who question your motivations militia-minded or conspiracy theorists?
* Do you need the general public be in constant fear?
Those of us who hold fast to our inherent rights to freedom are no threat to anyone. That is the reason this country was founded...after all, it is our right and duty to watch our government, and to "provide new Guards for [our] future security..." if need be.
My suggestion is that all US citizens do a little research. READ the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and take a look back at our history. Look at the list of questions provided on the Camp FEMA website. Look at the mission statement of the Oath Keepers, an organization that merely wants to ABIDE by its oath to protect and defend the Constitution (something Congress and the President STILL haven't figured out how to do!). Look at the information provided on the Restore the Republic website. Ask yourself what you would like to see on your television Public television. All that will be left to do after that is to ask yourself why the SPLC weighed in on this debate.
Endnotes:
Camp FEMA
www.CampFEMA.com
Fear of FEMA, Intelligence Report, Spring 2010, Issue Number: 137
http://www.splcenter.org/get- informed/intelligence-report/ browse-all-issues/2010/spring/ fear-of-fema
The Unlikeliest Conspiracy-Monger: Colorado Public Television
http://www.splcenter.org/blog/ 2010/03/11/the-unlikeliest- conspiracy-monger-colorado- public-tv/#more-3805
CNN Slams "Patriot Movement," Misrepresents FEMA Camp Evidence
http://www.policestate21.com/ CNN-Slams-Patriot-Movement. html
MIAC Report
http://www.news-leader.com/ assets/pdf/DO131242323.PDF
REX 84
http://uweb.txstate.edu/~lf14/ conspire/rex84.html
Oath Keepers
http://oathkeepers.org/oath/
Restore the Republic
http://restoretherepublic.com/
The Declaration of Independence
http://www.archives.gov/ exhibits/charters/declaration_ transcript.html
www.TakeBackWashington.com,
March 12, 2010
COLUMBIA, MO | Is the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) running damage control for the Federal government? In Popular Mechanics denial fashion, its Spring 2010 newsletter and newest article are all but rejecting the widespread evidence about FEMA camps and they are taking potshots at a new documentary that includes information about FEMA. Considering the plummeting approval rating of the new President and Congress, the government must be feeling the pressure of anxiety among US citizens, especially with the outright anger caused by last year's "leak" of the now-infamous MIAC (Missouri Information Analysis Center) report, the CNN attack piece on the Oath Keepers, and the fall 2009 release of the new film Camp FEMA, it seems likely that damage control is exactly what is going on.
After reading the recent rhetoric by SPLC, I think one has to ask, "What is an organization that is 'dedicated to fighting civil rights and bigotry' doing suppressing information about the interning of US citizens and FEMA's roll?" After all, "FEMA camps," as they are endearingly referred to by many, are for relocating US citizens from their homes in cases of Government-declared national emergency. Shouldn't the "civil rights" group be advocating the rights of free US citizens to STAY in their homes, if they so chose? Also, how does the film, Camp FEMA, figure as a hate or bigotry-filled film? For that matter, how does the position of the Oath Keepers and Restore the Republic fall into that category?
The William Lewis Films/Gary Franchi production opens with newsreel footage from the World War II era explaining the internment of Japanese Americans. At that time, the facilities were not referred to as "FEMA camps" (for those with questions, research REX 84), but were called War Relocation communities, as there was no Federal Emergency Management Agency at the time. What is revealed by the first two minutes of the film, however, is that of those relocated to these "communities," more than two-thirds were American citizens, a fact that sets the stage for the rest of the well-documented film.
In its March 11, 2010 offering, the SPLC also takes aim at Denver Public Television's KBDI for airing Camp FEMA during its most recent fund drive. The station's Executive Producer, Shari Bernson, told SPLC that calls about the controversial documentary were "overwhelmingly positive." Bernson and KBDI are known for presenting programming that is not your typical public television fare. But then, shouldn't "public television" be about informing the public rather than "government approved" programming? Again, the film is well documented.
Camp FEMA boasts a collection of interviews with several in the forefront of revealing government corruption and sheds light on legislation and other information about FEMA. And, while the mainstream media would have you believe that some of the guests are "wacko conspiracy theorists," more than one mainstream news talk show host has had to admit that these people have been right on the money with some of their information. In fact, many of these people are well ahead of mainstream news outlets at getting important information to the public.
SPLC's spin is less than impressive, however. From FEMA's inception, its mission statement, its absorption by the Department of Homeland Security to the National Guard ad seeking Internment Specialists (all exposed in Camp FEMA), it is really mind-blowing how the SPLC is able to overlook the interesting array of information readily available to the public.
SPLC also claims that William Lewis Films, Oath Keepers, Restore the Republic and a host of other "patriot-minded" people are militia and conspiracy minded, and, by planting the suggestion in the minds of their readers, that they might even have their roots in "white supremacy" (directly from SPLC: "Though some Patriot movement beliefs have roots in white supremacy"); yet they are nothing of the sort. If the Center had done their proper homework they would find that these people and groups only want the government to be held accountable for its egregious legislation and actions AGAINST the American people and to RETURN to a government that is aligned with our Founding Documents: the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence. How, may I ask, is that "militia or conspiratorial minded" or "white supremacist?" Readers need to realize that these are the tools our government, and apparently SPLC, is using to create doubt in the minds of people unfamiliar with what is truly going on.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, the federal government and anyone else who thinks liberty-loving people looking out for their best interests are a threat need to re-read the Bill of Rights (including paying special attention to the Second Amendment) and the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence clearly states:
"...Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -- That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
What these people and groups want to do is to merely inform the public about reprehensible government activity and keeping the government in line; making the government live up to the dreams and desires of our Founding Fathers...Freedom...Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness for ALL.
After the SPLC and anyone else has read that, they need to answer some questions:
* Why DOESN'T the SPLC and our elected-by-the-people government understand our inherent rights as US citizens?
* Why are YOU labeling freedom-loving, law-abiding United States citizens who question your motivations militia-minded or conspiracy theorists?
* Do you need the general public be in constant fear?
Those of us who hold fast to our inherent rights to freedom are no threat to anyone. That is the reason this country was founded...after all, it is our right and duty to watch our government, and to "provide new Guards for [our] future security..." if need be.
My suggestion is that all US citizens do a little research. READ the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and take a look back at our history. Look at the list of questions provided on the Camp FEMA website. Look at the mission statement of the Oath Keepers, an organization that merely wants to ABIDE by its oath to protect and defend the Constitution (something Congress and the President STILL haven't figured out how to do!). Look at the information provided on the Restore the Republic website. Ask yourself what you would like to see on your television Public television. All that will be left to do after that is to ask yourself why the SPLC weighed in on this debate.
Endnotes:
Camp FEMA
www.CampFEMA.com
Fear of FEMA, Intelligence Report, Spring 2010, Issue Number: 137
http://www.splcenter.org/get- informed/intelligence-report/ browse-all-issues/2010/spring/ fear-of-fema
The Unlikeliest Conspiracy-Monger: Colorado Public Television
http://www.splcenter.org/blog/ 2010/03/11/the-unlikeliest- conspiracy-monger-colorado- public-tv/#more-3805
CNN Slams "Patriot Movement," Misrepresents FEMA Camp Evidence
http://www.policestate21.com/ CNN-Slams-Patriot-Movement. html
MIAC Report
http://www.news-leader.com/ assets/pdf/DO131242323.PDF
REX 84
http://uweb.txstate.edu/~lf14/ conspire/rex84.html
Oath Keepers
http://oathkeepers.org/oath/
Restore the Republic
http://restoretherepublic.com/
The Declaration of Independence
http://www.archives.gov/ exhibits/charters/declaration_ transcript.html
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Turns out, he may be right.
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