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By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
Global Research, October 16, 2010

Does anyone remember the “cakewalk war” that would last six weeks, cost $50-$60 billion, and be paid for out of Iraqi oil revenues?  

Does anyone remember that White House economist Lawrence Lindsey was fired by Dubya because Lindsey estimated that the Iraq war could cost as much as $200 billion?

Lindsey was fired for over-estimating the cost of a war that, according to Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes, has cost 15 times more than Lindsey estimated. And the US still has 50,000 troops in Iraq.

Does anyone remember that just prior to the US invasion of Iraq, the US government declared victory over the Taliban in Afghanistan?

Does anyone remember that the reason Dubya gave for invading Iraq was Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction, weapons that the US government knew did not exist?

Are Americans aware that the same neoconservatives who made these fantastic mistakes, or told these fabulous lies, are still in control of the government in Washington?

The “war on terror” is now in its tenth year.  What is it really all about?

The bottom line answer is that the “war on terror” is about creating real terrorists. The US government desperately needs real terrorists in order to justify its expansion of its wars against Muslim countries and to keep the American people sufficiently fearful that they continue to accept the police state that provides “security from terrorists,” but not from the government that has discarded civil liberties. 

The US government creates terrorists by invading Muslim countries, wrecking  infrastructure and killing vast numbers of civilians. The US also creates terrorists by installing puppet governments to rule over Muslims and by using the puppet governments to murder and persecute citizens as is occurring on a vast scale in Pakistan today.

Neoconservatives used 9/11 to launch their plan for US world hegemony. Their plan fit with the interests of America’s ruling oligarchies. Wars are good for the profits of the military/security complex, about which President Eisenhower warned us in vain a half century ago.  American hegemony is good for the oil industry’s control over resources

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On the Fourth of July 1776,

the American states were united at war with Great Britain and had just declared their Independance.  But what did it mean?  What does it mean now? - Independence.  This nation acted like one of England’s colonies for hundreds of years and in that time had grown to become one of Great Britain’s most productive resources.  Then the French American War began and England came to defend the “colonists” incurring great debts and finally winning the war.  Britain decided that it needed to keep troops here even though it did not have sufficient forts and that it could not afford to build such forts; therefore they decided to compel the people here to quarter the British troops in their homes with room and board; for protection of such troops they confiscated the peoples guns; the King also created a sales tax.  The rights of the colonists became so abused that it became necessary to stand against Great Britain’s abuse over, “the last straw” — though most of the sales taxes were dropped, on a few key imported items like tea and shugar they went from from 3% to 6%.  In response, rather than paying the increased tax, some of the colonists had a party (the Boston Tea Party) and threw a load of tea into the harbor;  while others formed the Declaration of Independence and went to war.

When the War was over they formed a new foundational document, The Articles of Confederation, that document recognized this nation as a nation made up of independent sovereign United States, and gave the name “The United States of America” to the new government.  Many of the people of this new nation felt that it was wrong to leave England.  Sure there were rights violations but those were livable and their future was a certainty as an English Colony.  Now that they were on their own nothing at all was sure.

Over the next ten years conditions in this country continually got worse.  The individual States gave little regard to any other State and paid nearly no attention at all to the central government.  After ten years of independence from Great Britain conditions were far worse than they had ever been under Great Britain’s rule and protection.  Many wanted government officials to go back to Great Britain and beg the King to take us back, and they almost did.

“To form a more perfect Union”

That movement was considered too severe to take without first attempting to resolve the problems of this new nation by the sitting of what later became known as the Constitutional Convention.  Each of the Sovereign States gave authority to (deputized) a few men to form a college to review and reform the present form of government and to eliminate the errors made in thier first attempt at the Articles of Confederation.  In other words those few men were collectively entrusted with the peoples’ sovereign authority to reform the government.  The Deputies created a Trust Indenture.  Though some people say the Indenture had no title, because there was no Title written in bold letters at its head, its title, “The Constitution for the United States of America”, was given in its Preamble: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”It containes VII Articles, concluding with the signatures of the twelve States’ Deputies present at the convention.  Once agreed to on, September 17th, 1787 and signed by the Deputies, the Trust was formed. This Indenture, (Constitution) with the intent and authority of the sovereign people, created a “Constitutional Republic” form of government in trust.  Though the Deputies were empowered to reform the government to more perfectly align it with the will of the people, the States had not fully expected that their sovereignty and control over the land would be removed, wherefore the Deputies resolved to take the Trust back to the individual States for their respective ratification.  The States conditionally refused ratification until limits were placed upon the new government that would secure man’s God given inherent rights.

Remember, under the Articles of Confederation, these individual States were recognized as individually Sovereign States, which was the problem with the Articles of Confederation, there was no accountability or control over the individual States.  Without accountability whoever was in power simply ignored the central government and moved forward literally however they saw fit (in violation of individual rights, or not).  In essence, they were each absolutely powerful kingdoms.  It was obvious that if something wasn’t done to unite the Union of States as, “United States” they would be destroyed from within or without.  So when offered the Trust Indenture, the individual sovereign States’ leaders could see that they would no longer be sovereign if they accepted the Trust, and they would be destroyed if they didn’t accept it.

Not much of a choice, but the war with England ended only a little over ten years earlier and they didn’t want to go back, so they demanded that if they were to give up their sovereignty, the people’s rights must be preserved from the central government. Thus they conditionally refused the Trust until the insisted on “Bill of Rights” were added. Therefore, the Trust document was first created to create a Trust known as the “United States”. The Trust created a government controlled by the Trust. Government officials were set up within the Trust as Trustees with specific defined responsibilities and functions. The People were set up as the beneficiaries of the Trust and when any government official takes office he/she is required to swear an oath of allegiance [make a contract with the people to uphold the Constitution]. Remember, at this point the government has already been created in trust, by the signed Constitution.

As yet the Trust has nobody sitting in the offices of government, however, the States are not willing to support the Trust and authorize its officers to function with control over them unless the people’s rights and the State’s rights are secured. The Conventioneers went back to work to draft the requested, Bill of Rights, which were later provided as the First Ten Amendments to the, Constitution of the United States of America, a document that was created to bind officers in an Oath to uphold the Trust of the people and securing the peoples rights.

Then the Trust, the Constitution for the United States of America (still signed and unchanged from its original version as first presented to the states), along with the “Bill of Rights” as the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America, were returned to the individual States and were ratified by each of those States and returned to the Constitutional Convention where the new government was made effective and put in operation on or after, December 15th, 1791, the “Effective date of the Constitution which was then rewritten with the Title, The Constitution of the United States of America, including the Bill of Rights.

Now let’s go back and again review the documents created in the process by name. (Names are about to become (more…)

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During the cold winter months, We Are Change takes 9/11 Truth to the hearts and minds of subway riders in New York City.

Video uploaded for nonprofit, educational purposes only under the “fair use” provision of U.S. Code, Title 17, section 107.
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Any DUI criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles County will be the first to tell you that the police have been permitted to search the passenger compartment of vehicles and the Supreme Court has allowed it when an inhabitant of a vehicle was arrested. This began when New York v. Belton in 1981 began the searches that were termed “incident to arrest.” This was begun as a protective method in case there was a hidden weapon in the vehicle the suspect might try to harm officers with. This lead to police becoming comfortable with searching vehicles and using safety as a reason even when the suspect had already been placed in custody. This allows police to make more arrests doing more searches while there is no safety issue.

This will now change since the Supreme Court ruled vehicle searches are legal only when the suspect has

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12 Patriots showed up for an amazing freeway bannering. The CHP tried to kick us off the bridge, so we called the police on them! Details to come later in a full report. - Bruno

 

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http://gallery.me.com/capochic1111#101817405 FRY. BANNERING NEAR LAX, photos by Mike Chickey

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theN3TWORK is excited to announce the completion of Constitutional Rights, the latest episode in our yourTruth series!

In the name of homeland security after 9/11, anti-terror legislation passed that granted sweeping authority to federal agencies to investigate all targets, foreign and domestic. The conclusion reached by many of our elected representatives, and echoed repeatedly by President Bush, was that the government needed this additional authority to protect America from future terrorist attacks. In this episode, theN3TWORK explores the current challenges to keeping our rights under mounting pressure to yield them to national security.

We provide startling examples of how new and ambiguous pieces of legislation, like the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, have already curbed our civil liberties. The episode highlights the MIAC report, showcases shocking CSPAN footage regarding homegrown terrorism, and presents different avenues you can explore to protect your civil rights. A must-see for EVERY American citizen!

You can watch the episode here:
http://yournetwork.tv/episode_constitutional.php

If you’ve missed any of our previous films, you can access them here:
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Would love to hear any feedback you guys may have! Thanks to everyone who continues to spread awareness about 9/11 truth to the community. It is so vital to continue spreading the word and informing the citizenry, so THANK YOU AGAIN for supporting and being a member of this important group!

Love & Peace
Abby
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New administration wants case against NSA dismissed

President Barack Obama invoked “state secrets” to prevent a court from reviewing the legality of the National Security Agency’s warantless wiretapping program, moving late Friday to have a lawsuit that challenged the program dismissed.

The move — which holds that information surrounding the massive eavesdropping program should be kept from the public because of its sensitivity — follows an earlier decision in March to block handover of documents relating to the Bush Administration’s decision to spy on a charity. The arguments also mirror the Bush Administration’s efforts to dismiss an earlier suit against AT&T.

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We Are Change LA Triple Bypass Freeway Blogging
July 25th, 2008. Los Angeles, CA.
See more We Are Change LA actions. V for Visibility!

The first photos are in! Thank you Scott Ford. We had a fantasticly successful Freeway Bannering today! We had three banners on three consecutive freeway overpasses. The LAPD tried to make us leave, but then they learned that we had a right to be there, so when the CHP tried to make us leave, the LAPD educated them on our rights! Beautiful day. Thank you to everybody that showed up, Tim, Garko, Esther, Samm, Mike, Dan, Eric, Greg, Sigmund, Marty, Dustin, Amber, and our special guest Nate from WeAreChangeNY who is now an active member of WeAreChangeLA!
Thanks go out to the LAPD and CHP for upholding our rights as American Citizens. :)

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Approx. running time 92 min

A controversial groundbreaking documentary about 911 which chiefly covers the Pentagon evidence of conspiracy as well as that at the World Trade Center. There is controversy over the “pods and flashes” section of this documentary. Is it convincing to you? Decide for yourself. “9-11 IN PLANE SITE” has shown on National TV stations in over a dozen different countries. Our great nation in is dire danger, so please make sure you post this video on your websites and blogs and help spread the word that 911 was an inside job, and a conspiracy of significant proportions, and we, as Americans need to stand up and fight the terrible lies and injustice of 911 as well as demand those truly responsible be held accountable, arrested, tried and convicted. Our very Freedoms depend on this!

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