Everyone has their favorite memory of departing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales: his endless “do not recalls”; his quibbling definitions of torture; his dismissive attitude toward the “quaint” and “obsolete” Geneva Conventions.
But my personal favorite was his insistence that the U.S. Constitution doesn’t expressly recognize habeas corpus, the great fair-trial principle of English law that dates back to the Magna Carta in 1215.
“There is no expressed grant of habeas in the Constitution,” Gonzales told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Jan. 18. He did acknowledge, however, that there was “a prohibition against taking it away.”
Gonzales’s bizarre remark left Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, a former federal prosecutor and the panel’s ranking Republican, sputtering in disbelief.
“Wait a minute,” Specter interjected. “The Constitution says you can’t take it away except in case of rebellion or invasion. Doesn’t that mean you have the right of habeas corpus unless there’s a rebellion or invasion?”
Gonzales continued, “The Constitution doesn’t say every individual in the United States or citizen is hereby granted or assured the right of habeas corpus. It doesn’t say that. It simply says the right shall not be suspended” except in cases of rebellion or invasion. (more…)
Empire’s Opposition Issue False Flag Terror Warning
EDIT It has been brought to my attention that some of the signatories of the below letter are in dispute. Webster Tarpley stands by it but Dahlia Wasfi of LiberateThis.com has publically denounced her signature. It is because of this fact that this edit is being made. This very well could be a hoax in order to cause division and doubt in the 9/11 movement. 911Blogger has more. If it is in fact a hoax it would throw the credibility of Tarpley into the meat grinder. Though, I do hold speculation of some possible government intimidation of the signatories. This is absolute speculation on my part. I am though, open to the possibility of Tarpley being a plant. It is unfortunate, but all options are on the table. In the mean time, this by no means changes the basis of our fight. This by no means discredits our movement. The Empire is in fact on the march. The fight will continue.
EDIT
Opponents of the Empire have issued a warning to the American people; False flags could be coming, stop the Bush/Cheney/Banker/Military-Industrial Complex now. Pressure is mounting, Iran’s military has been classified as terrorists. I mean, seriously, what more reason do the “Neo-Con fascist madmen” need?
Among the people signing it are ousted-by-design Cynthia McKinney, Anti-war mother and congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan and non-revisionist historian Webster Tarpley.
McKinney has felt the blunt-force, trauma inducing steel fist of the Empire before. She used to be a proud, Pro-America, anti-imperialist Congresswoman from Georgia. That is until some fascist police-state enforcer gave her a hard time for not wearing her lapel pin. Though, I’m sure it had more to do with her questioning media darling, Donald “Rummy likes to murder children” Rumsfeld on the actions of Halliburton subsidiary, DynCorps and their escapades into the world of child-sex slave rings. Then again, maybe it was her audacity to, in the very same breath, ask where in the hell 2.3 trillion dollars of our money went, as reported on the day before September 11.
Hmmm, methinks the latter is more logical a reason for outing her. Traficant ran into similar problems when he started bitching about private banks and income tax and the likes. He got prison time, so i guess McKinney got off easy.
-The Captain
US Opposition Political Leaders Issue Urgent False Flag Terror Warning
Warn of imminent plot to “orchestrate and manufacture a new 9/11 terror incident”
Infowars.net | August 27 , 2007
Steve Watson
A group of former government officials along with current Congressional candidates, authors and activists has issued an urgent warning that a faction of the US government allied with Dick Cheney is planning to stage a terror event or provocation as a pretext for launching military attacks against Iran and implementing emergency powers in America. (more…)
Wild Speculation
I have been having a bad feeling about the economy. We have seen some odd times on Wall St. The ups and downs are getting bigger and bigger. Liquidity is being main lined into world banking systems. The “housing bubble” has burst. Some crazy put options have been placed lately.
What does it mean? I can only “speculate”. Wild speculation is all you are left with when the information you need is hidden. When someone risks $700,000,000 betting that the DJ Eurostoxx 50 will lose 30-50% by 9/21/07, you have to wonder. Why in the heck would someone bet like that unless they knew something.
What would it take for an extreme drop in value like that to occur? Global earthquake? Nuclear Terrorism? Tsunami that hits Europe and the eastern seaboard? China unloads the dollar? The Sun goes out? Aliens attack, heinously like in Independence Day? These are about the only reasons I can think of at this point.
We have lost one of our greatest Patriots
DownTown--
Saturday August 25th 2007, 8:44 pm
Filed under: Uncategorized
Aaron Russo, a true American Patriot has died of cancer at age 64. RIP Aaron you will be missed.
Aaron opened my eyes with his film “America Freedom to Fascism”. His life work has opened the eyes of countless people to the treachery that goes on in government. He has inspired many a blog, t-shirt and website.
The Captain and I send our prayers and best wishes to the Russo Family.
Godspeed Aaron!!
Your land is being put up for collateral
(Art added by Downtown)
August 15, 2007
By Derry Brownfield derrybrownfield@learfield.com
The Common Sense Coalition
Centertown, Missouri
http://www.derrybrownfield.com
572-893-8255
I consider Wayne Hage one of the most intelligent men I ever met. On our very first visit he was explaining the World Bank, the International Monetary fund and how the world bankers planned on collateralizing the world debt with land. Not just the U.S. national debt, but also the “WORLD” debt. A listener sent me a copy of a report of the FOURTH WORLD WILDERNESS CONGRESS, which was held in Denver in 1987. Over 1500 people from sixty countries were told that wilderness lands were to protect the reindeer, the spotted owl and other endangered species. Ninety percent of the group consisted of conservationists, ecologists, government and United Nations bureaucrats. The other ten percent were world banking heavyweights, such as David Rockefeller of Chase Manhattan Bank, London banker Edmund de Rothschild and the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, James Baker, who gave the keynote address. George W. Hunt, an investment councilor, served as official host and sat in on all the meetings. It was George Hunt that wrote the report from which I have gleaned much of my information.
During the first three days, the group was told that the WILDERNESS CONGRESS was about beating the ozone deterioration and bringing the rain forests back. The following days were closed to the public. With only the bankers in attendance, the topics discussed centered on the creation of a “WORLD CONSERVATION BANK” with collateral being derived from receipt of wilderness properties throughout the world. This bank would have central bank powers similar to the Federal Reserve. It would create currency and loans and engage in international discounting, counter-trade, barter and swap actions. Rothschild personally conducted the monetary matters and the creation of this WORLD CONSERVATION BANK. This bank would refinance by swapping debt for assets. A country with a huge national debt would receive money to pay off the debt by swapping the debt for wilderness lands. The plan was to swap one trillion dollars of Third World Debt into this new bank. In the long term, when the countries won’t be able to pay off the loans, governments from around the world will give title to their wilderness lands to the bankers. (more…)
North American Treason
The North American Union Montebello meeting is now in the midst. Don’t expect our fearless leaders to see any of the dissent though. As has been reported before the meeting will be quarantined, a good thing if it were permanent, barring the treasonous bastards putting it on from ever leaving the safety zone ever again(anyone want to donate some gallows for the event?), unfortunately it is not permanent. The 18-mile security zone is temporary and will be enforced by Canadian and American military.
When talking to the general population about things such as the coming North American Union I get a few varied responses. The typical, “You’re one of those conspiracy theorists…” is by far the most prevalent. I simply answer, yes, I am. This is a conspiracy by high ranking government officials of the three countries to merge economies, militaries, airspace and land-ownership. This is a conspiracy to get every person on the continent to carry an NAU ID card. This IS IN FACT a conspiracy. There is no question about it. It is also treason. Hence the reason they lie about it to the governing body of this country, the People.
The other answer I get from people when talking about this is, “You are scaring me. I know this government is out of control and I know this world is at a tipping point, but we are powerless to do anything.” As if the complacency has been bred into the People, they feel they are powerless to help. Powerless to do anything about this out of control empire.
We are not powerless. We have the knowledge of the coming North American Union. We have the FOIA requests, we have the meeting locations. We have the double-speaking lies. Don’t get scared. Don’t feel powerless. Get angry. Get down-right PISSED OFF! That is how we fight these traitors. Use your emotion, direct your anger. Take comfort in knowing that when the hammer falls, the initial shock will not be felt by you. You will be prepared. You will be ready to fight if necessary.
I am ready to fight tooth and nail to stop this thing. I am ready to do what I have to in order to ensure the sovereignty of this country stays right where it is, perhaps even returning to what it once was. I’m not scared. I am not powerless. I have a voice. I have a blog. I’m using mine. Please, use yours. Someone has to say something, Google News Search only brings up 152 articles, give or take, none from any of the corporate press. They aren’t saying a word. I wonder why…
-The Captain
Michel Chossudovsky, Bev Collins, Connie Fogal- Challenging the North American Union
Controversy follows three-country accord into Canada
SPP: Summit for Powerful Profiteers
Congress Tells Bush: Back Off SPP Agenda
SLEEPING AMERICANS: WAKE UP! The form of your government has been changed
By Bernadine Smith
Sleeping Americans: Wake Up! Not only has the form of your government been changed, you are being asked to consign yourself under a dictatorship, by approving this newly installed militarized global government management system. Taking advantage of the trust you have placed in those whom you have elected to public office, but without your approval, a global government system has been over laid down upon you! The manipulators do not think you care about what is happening, because you did not object to the major transformation when they pulled it off, right under your nose, using the excuse of “terrorism”. Why have you accepted this disastrous alteration in your government system without as much as even a slight whimper?
No longer will the 1787 Constitution be our protectorate against unjust and unlimited power, because it has been unlawfully superseded. Only remnants of its shell appear to remain. Your system of government is no longer that of a “republic”. “Democracy” has been the stand-in word used during the acceptance of the transformation. People are no longer identified as “the ultimate power”. The United States has been captured and transformed into a militarized communitarian global system, mostly without the knowledge of the general population, and their understanding of basic rights, which they thought would be theirs forever. These are being wiped out by manipulators who ironically promise the people “safety” – “safety against terrorism,” as they say! (more…)
Info you won’t see on FoxNews
TheCaptain--
Wednesday August 15th 2007, 4:47 pm
Filed under: Control, Globalization, Iran, Israel, Israeli Terror, Mass Media, Propaganda, Terrorism, The Captain, War, Zionism
Analysis of the inconsistencies in the many-times-over debunked lie that Ahmadinajed hates all Jews and wants the Israeli people to be destroyed…Courtesy of Jonathan Cook. Now let’s all go bomb Iran. Come on! It’s the only thing we can get AIPAC-controlled Republicans and Democrats to agree on!
-The Captain
Kosher in Tehran
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