The more things Change, the more they stay the same

There is a secret order that OKs U.S. raids in Syria, Pakistan, and elsewhere. MSNBC from November 10, 2008 outlined this story. The U.S. military already has conducted nearly a dozen of secret operations against al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups in various nations. These nations include Syria, Pakistan, and other countries since 2004. This isn't new and has been realized for many years now. The new Pakistani President said that he expect the new U.S. President elect Barack Obama to reevaluate American military strikes on al-Qaeda and Taliban targets on its side of the Afghan border. Anonymous U.S. officials according to the Times said that these operations were authorized by a broad classified order. Then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld signed the order and President Bush approved it in spring 2004. This order gives the military authority to attack al-Qaeda anywhere in the world. It also makes military operations a reality in countries that aren't even at war with the United States. One infamous military operation was the October 26th raid inside of Syria. U.S. officials tried to justify it by saying that the target was a top Al-Qaeda person from Iraq. Syria shown 8 civilians killed in the attack. Even in 2006, Navy SEALs raided a suspected terrorist compound in Pakistan's tribal areas. These raids were conducted by the U.S. Special Forces, often in conjunction with the CIA, the newspaper said. Even though the process has been streamlined, specific missions have to be approved by the Defense Secretary. These can be approved by the President as in the cases of Syria and Pakistan. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari wants Obama to change course toward Pakistan. He believes that U.S. missile strikes are hurting his efforts to fight against the militants. Zardari said that he is succeding in his endeavor nevertheless. Since August, America launched at least 18 missile attacks on suspected militant targets close to the border of Pakistan. Barack Obama said that he will re examine the strategy, but he has express a hawkish tone about Pakistan (by saying he supports strikes if actionable intelligence proves that al-Qaeda is in Pakistan even without Pakistani permission). These attacks in Pakistan have killed children and women, not just some "militants." These strikes in Afghanistan and Pakistan are just as immoral as the war in Iraq.










Banks are having problems with lending money. Kathy Chu and Byron Acohido from the USA Today on November 10, 2008 wrote about how banks are boosting credit card rates and fees. Tommy Newsom was shocked that his bank nearly doubled his credit interest rate this year (to 27 percent for no apparent reason). A customer rep told him that the law allowed the bank to do so, and that was all the justification it needed. Newsom is 63 from Mesquite, Texas. He said that he never missed a payment. He owes about $5,000 on the card. He believes that the bank is looking for the purpose of maximizing their own profits. In recent years, the banks have increased their interest rates sharply. Also, these banks have issued penalty fees on credit cards. Some banks are stepping up such increases to boost revenues (during the time when the economy is tanking and the banks' mortgage related losses ballon). More burden is occuring upon families as a result of this policy. Some blame securitization for this trend. From 2003 to 2007, seven of the largest issuers of credit cards packaged an increasing amount of card debt into securities and sold them to investors, just as banks did with mortgages, a USA TODAY review of banking records found. Selling off credit card debt made many banks to raise fees and penalities. This securitilization can cause more penalty fees because the banks will lose little if they squeeze too hard against accounts. Many banks deny unfair pracitices, but say it was because of them trying to track their own tools. Some believe that this process will increase riskier loans sent by banks. Credit card debt in general is difficult to get rid of because of our economic crisis. Some customers claim that banks are ruthless in tracking their debt, because of our society's over reliance on credit. Credit is one big reason for the debt that we possess now.






We Are Change members confronted Arnold Schwarznegger and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg again. WeAreChange LA from November 10, 2008 have information on the video of the confrotation. Both Bloomberg and Schwarzenegger were in a Los Angeles press conference to promote California's Proposition 11. Stewart Howe and Jeremy Rothe-Kushel of WeAreChange L.A. attended the press conference to question both men on real issues. Jeremy spoke about America's distrust of public officials. Many Americans have legitimately expressed dissatisfaction with the current political system. He said that at least 50% of New York residents believe that there is a cover up of 9/11. Jeremy believed that Bloomberg positioned himself against 9/11 family members who just wish for truth and justice. The first responders deserve the same. Mayor Bloomberg was about to answer the question. Yet, Schwarzenegger jumped in to give his answer. He didn't reject Jeremy's assertions at all. The press conference soon was over. Stewart asked Governor Schwarzenegger about the concerns about him wearing a death skull belt buckle (which appears on the June 25, 2007 cover of Time Magazine with Mayor Bloomberg). Time Magazine ironically was created by Skulls and Bones member Henry Luce. Skulls and Bones has ties to the CIA, and other connections with the elite as well. Schwarzenegger's father was a Nazi SA brownshirt officer, Arnold expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler in the 1970's, he dreamed about being a dictator in Rolling Stone, and he done bad policies for California. Arnold responded that he loved fashion and loved public service. Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't clear up his other controversies at all. Jeremy asked Bloomberg about wanting a new investigation of 9/11. Bloomberg said it has been investigated and he walked on by. Jeremy then showed Schwarzenegger 9/11 Truth information. The truth is that the events of 911 haven't been fully investigated at all. The Wargames, the ISI connections, Building Number Seven, and other real issues refute the official story of 9/11. Schwarzenegger didn't answer the question about wanting a new investigation of 9/11. The reality is that courage, inspiring thought, and other actions are necessary in improving any society. 9/11 Truth will never die.








Nick Allen from the Telegraph on November 10, 2008 exposed Gordon Brown views. Brown is the present Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. As on many occasions, Brown called for a new world order. Brown is meeting with world leaders in dealing with the worldwide economic downturn. Brown wants to use this opportunity to create a global society with British, the US, and Europe providing leadership. They want their version of reform in international financial institutions. His comes at the emergency summit of world leaders and finance ministers from 20 major countries (callled the G20) in Washington next weekend. Mr. Brown seeks a new Bretton Woods style famework for the international financial system. Proponents of this new meeting like Brown want the end result of this meeting to even create a reformed IMF among other policies. The old Bretton Woods meeting (formed in 1944 at Bretton Woods, New Hamsphire) was developed just before the end of WWII to restructure of the economic system. That old meeting helped to make the US dollar the primary currency in world exchange. This meeting help create the IMF and the World Bank. Times are different, because the value of the dollar has been depreciated in value. Brown's new plan calls for involves recapitalisation of banks to permit the resumption of normal lending to households and businesses, better international co-ordination of fiscal and monetary policy, and forming a new IMF fund to help struggling economies plus stop financial problems spreading between nations. Many researchers have accused these same internationalists and the FED as being complicit in the economic crisis, because they promoted hyperinflation (over spending, extended wars, little oversight, and other bad policies). This crisis is perfectly being exploited by Brown and others in order to create the global new world order. This order still has select institutions and the multinational corporations having governmental powers (in order centralize and control our economic system). You still got skeptics refusing to accept the existence of a new world order plan when you've got Gordon Brown blatantly promoting the idea of establishing the new world order.








LifeNews is going on. The media is talking about Barack Obama possibly revoking the common sense pro-life policies in our country along with other things. Steven Ertelt from LifeNews.com on November 10, 2008 described that Obama might reverse a successful abstinence based anti-AIDS policy. President Bush instituted it first and this policy significantly reduced AIDS rates. Uganda is one nation where it worked greatly. Bush's $15 billion AIDS program focused on teaching abstinence and fidelity in marriage (and nearly 25 percent of the funding for groups involved goes to groups that promote abstinence). Planned Parenthood hates abstinence education, so some want the funding to cease. Susan Wood is the co-chair of Obama's women health advisory committee. Wood obviously said that she wants to promote contraception and abortion. The focus on abstinence has paid dividends where it has been used extensively, such as in Uganda. Uganda is where the rates of AIDS have gone down by half during the last decade. "The results were impressive: the HIV infection rate in Uganda dropped from 15 percent to 5 percent. In 1991, 21 percent of pregnant women had the deadly HIV virus. Ten years later, that figure had dropped to 6 percent," Roberts wrote in the Times article. In fact, only 6.2% of Ugandans in the 15-49 age group are now HIV-positive, compared with more than 15% in the early 1990s. Professor Francis Omaswa, the director of Uganda's health ministry, said abstinence was the reason for the decline. Ultimately, Valerie Huber, executive director of the National Abstinence Education Association in Washington, told Bloomberg that Obama will be ignoring these successes if he overturns the Bush policy. Rev. Sam Lawrence Ruteikara of the Anglican Church of Uganda, who has received funds from the U.S. government, says the abstinence message makes more sense to promote to younger teens than using condoms. Obama is being advised also to get rid of the Mexico City policy which prevents taxpayers from funding abortions internationally. Pro Life people also want the prosecution of an abortion business for performing infanticide. Shanice Denise Osbourne was the baby that was found murdered in a Florida facility. Justice must be done against the people responsible for this murder. Barack Obama also wants to fund embryonic stem cell federally. This is inspite of the fact that embryonic stem cell research has brought no treatment toward any human being at all. To kill human life in order to save it is immoral. Adult stem cell research and research that you don't need to kill embryos (yet have embryonic properties) already exist to help human beings. So, the pro-Life Movement will go through struggle, but with struggle we're made stronger. The Pro-Life Movement will never die.
























Our civil liberties are vital to promote. Tom Burghardt from Antifascist Calling on November 10, 2008 described about how the NAO ran a Homeland Security domestic spy program. The NAO is short for the National Applications Office. It has gone live in October 1st. Charles Allen said that the DHS imagery requirements are significantly greater in number and scope as the department's mission-space evolves. Allen is DHS' Undersecretary for Intelligence and Analysis and he said those words at the 5th Annual GEOINT Symposium (one geospatial intelligence). During Hurricane Ike, U.S. Customs and Border Protection flew Predator B unmanned aerial vehicle in support of FEMA relief efforts. This was the first time this occured. Predator B devices have assassinated "terrorist suspects" in Afghanistan, Iraq, and even in Pakistan as well. Therefore, weapons for the future are advancing rapidly. Civil liberty groups are opposing the DHS working with the NRO (the National Reconnaissance Office) in developing military spy satellites along with the NGA (or the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency) analyzing military imagery (which some claim is apart of a domestic spying program). The NAO will coordinate how domestic law enforcement and disaster relief agencies like FEMA will use satellite intelligence generated by military spy satellites. Testifying before the House Homeland Security committee in September, Barry Steinhardt, who is the Director of the ACLU’s Technology and Liberty Project, called for a moratorium on the domestic use of military spy satellites until key questions were answered. Steinhardt said, "Congress needs to act before this potentially powerful surveillance tool is turned inward upon the American people. The domestic use of spy satellites represents a potential monster in the making, and we need to put some restraints in place before it grows into something that will trample Americans’ privacy rights." Congress is doing nothing to stop the domestic usage of spy satellites in America. While the DHS has yet to resolve legal and policy issues associated with NAO support for law enforcement operations, the Office still continues to identify such support as a key element of its "mission." Indeed, DHS’ Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Office did not resolve how NAO will comply with the applicability of the 4th Amendment to the Constitution which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures. Posse Comitatus and the Reagan-era Executive Order 12333 that limits how federal intelligence agencies collect information on U.S. citizens and legal residents. These rules should be taken into account when dealing with the NAO. The deal is there should be no retrieval of information without the proper oversight and protection of the United States Constitution. This isn't just a Republican thing. The Democrats have responsibility for the Patriot Act, the warrantless wiretapping, immunity for criminal telecoms, torture, financial looting of our economy, the occupation of Iraq plus Afghanistan, and unnecessary threats against even Russia. The GAO report is a clear sign that the NAO's policies should be checked upon.





The Great Depression acquires a complex history. Rachel Maddow has her new show on MSNBC. She had an interview with the Rockefeller Republican named Lincoln Chafee. Chafee was the former Rhodes Island Senator. Typically, he blamed the Bush administration for economic problem by wars, tax cuts (which isn't bad when it's used in conjunction with other reasonable economic policies), and deficilt spending. He is right that the Bush/Cheney team lacked fiscal discipline and that contributed to the economic problems we are presently witnessing. Now, Maddow claimed that Hoover opposed any spending, which is false. Andrew B. Wilson's "Five Myths about the Great Depression," described about how Hoover created huge big deficits. Herbert Hoover desired to advance the big public works projects. From 1929 to 1932, federal spending increased by more than 50 percent. That's the biggest increase in federal spending ever recorded during peacetime. Even John Nance Garner (who was FDR's running mate) accused Hoover of attempting to institute socialism. FDR wasn't perfect either, because even the Supreme Court condemned some of FDR's policies as going too far on controlling the economy of America. Even the Agricultural Adjustment Act caused the destruction of crops and livestocks to keep the agricultural prices high (which was during the time Americans were starving during the Depression). Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted gun control, drug control in the federal level, conscription, the theft our gold from Americans, internment camps against innocent citizens, and other bad policies. Therefore, real history must be exposed in society. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was key man who blatantly endorsed the new world order. He was a 32nd Degree Freemason and a Shriner. He heavily favored the One Dollar Bill having occult and Masonic-related symbols in it.












Health news is fine to promote. There are plenty of evidence to point out that eating more alkaline foods can prevent disease. For our body, it's important to maintain a balanced pH. This is one of the best ways to enjoy vibrant health and avoid diseases. pH is the measure of acidity or alkalinity in a solution. Now, if your body becomes too acidic, bad things can occur in our bodies. These negative things occuring in our health as a resulting of acquiring too much acidicity include high fat, mucus, toxic residues, diseases, and even arthritis (plus rheumatic situation). Most foods are alkaline in nature. Yet, manufactured processed foods are mostly acidic. The perfect body pH level is about 6.4. Anything above is alkaline and anything below is acidic. Dr. Janet Starr believes that each meal must be 75% alkaline and 25% acidic to maintain health. Each human being is different, so what works for one person may not work for another person. Dr. Hull believes that people need to find their personal needs, don't overeat, choose high quality foods, and have a broad range of nutritious foods (like chlorophyll-rich plants) to maintain our pH balance. Exercise is vital for great health as well. Some researchers believe that it's almost impossible to get cancer when our bodies are consistently alkaline. Eating alkaline foods is important and can make us look young in our appearance. These alkaline foods include broccoli, cabbage, carrots, celery, collard greens, cucumber (this food can lower blood pressure and gives people extra energy. Everytime I eat cucumbers I get an extra push of energy), green peas, green beans, tomatoes, spinach, apples, bananas, oranges, onions, etc. Some of the healthiest acidic foods are brown rice, oats, fish, beans, and lentils. Most experts suggest eating four times more from the list of alkaline foods than from the acidic foods. Don't get stressed if you don't achieve this, it's an ideal to shoot for. The most important thing is that we should eat fruits and vegetables the majority of the time (even though there is nothing wrong with eating meat).









Yesterday was Veterans Day. It began after World War I. World War One was about a war dealing with competing European Empires. The British Empire was the strongest Empire during that time in the world. At the same time, Germany was rising its infrastructure with a huge army. Also, Germany was planned a train system from Germany to Baghdad in colloboration with Ottoman Empire. Russia was rising as well. The Slavic people wanted self determination and Princep assassinated Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. After that, a war began. Britian, America, Russia, and France united (as the Allied powers) to fight against Germany, the Ottoman Empire, and Austria Hungary. The Allied powers won. Armistice day ironically began on the 11th Hour, the 11th Day, and the 11th Month in 1918. Over 30 million human beings died from WWI. Strange things occured in that war like the beginning of the Russian Revolution. Also, a biography accuses British Field Marshal Douglas Haig of wanting to let Germany win (in a compromised peace according to Dr J. P. Harris, who is the senior lecturer in War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst). Later, Armistice Day began to be replaced in America. Its replacement is Veterans Day. Today, Veterans day is a time where people honor military veterans from all wars. Celebrations, vacations, and other occasions are apart of this holiday. There is nothing wrong with given respect to sincere veterans. Many of them did good in helping the sick and injured, using self defense, and having faith to build up our society after war is commenced.







Youtube from Monday, on November 10, 2008 found about something else. A CNBC host recommends statins to be placed into our water supply. The makers of Crestor now claim that people with normal cholesterol are also at risk for a heart attack. Their study shows that if this group has a high level of hsCRP they lower their risk for heart attacks and arterial disease. This even though hsCRP indicates generalized inflammation not just arterial and heart problems. Of course they didnt address the negative side effects of lowering your cholesterol below normal levels. Dr. Nissan of the Cleveland Clinic admits they will now get to treat a lot more people. The deal is the Big Pharma is using the deception that people with low cholesterol is even warranted to force them to take cholesterol lowering drugs. There has been a big Obama mania in America. I see it now more than ever. Even those that sincerely disagree with Obama are demonized by Obama Kool-Aid drinkers. They are not only called racists as you would expect. They are called evil, morons, and haters as well. There has been high hopes about the Barack Obama Presidency. Lately, his cabinet and his leading advisers are elitists like John Podesta (who represented Lockheed Martin and BP), Carol Browner, William Daley (who is the brother of Chicago's mayor Richard M. Daley. He was instrumental in getting NAFTA passed in America), Michael Froman, Federico Pena, and others. Obama supports increasing the troop levels in Afghanistan, new attacks in Pakistan under certain circumstances, the Patriot Act, he loves free trade, and loves a neo-liberal foreign policy. This isn't the real change we need. We need to see what he will do though. Barack Obama has CFR connection through and through. I don't trust the neo conservatives or the neo liberals. This doesn't mean we become far left. We become independent. We respect the sancity of life, our Second Amendment rights, individual liberty, the love of our fellow man, and not compromise our values for submission to the status quo. The future is now. We should fight for the truth and not show malice toward anyone at all.



By Timothy