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Shiny_Rock
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Came across this one recently and thought I''d share it. Dubya says he''s spying on al Qaeda. Funny how dissidents keep getting caught up in that sharply targeted security net. Remember the lawyer in Portland who had represented terror suspects and then how his fingerprints somehow got mixed up with a mad bomber? ''Member that? We are really wasting our time. With these kinda coincidences, we should really be taking these folks to Vegas to help us all get rich.
BRANDED by James Moore
January 4, 2006
"There are times in which it is easy to be suspicious. We can get to that feeling fairly quickly if we even pay slight attention. I''ve been trying to get over this odd emotion for at least a year. I can''t find any rationale for letting it go, though I want desperately not to have these thoughts.
"This week last year I was preparing for a trip to Ohio to conduct interviews and research for a new book I was writing. My airline tickets had been purchased on line and the morning of departure I went to the Internet to print out my boarding pass. I got a message that said, "Not Allowed." Several subsequent tries failed. Surely, I thought, it''s just a glitch within the airline''s servers or software.
"I made it a point to arrive very early at the airport. My reservation was confirmed before I left home. I went to the electronic kiosk and punched in my confirmation number to print out my boarding pass and luggage tags. Another error message appeared, "Please see agent."
"I did. She took my Texas driver''s license and punched in the relevant information to her computer system. "I''m sorry, sir," she said. "There seems to be a problem. You''ve been placed on the No Fly Watch List." "Excuse me?"
"I''m afraid there isn''t much more that I can tell you," she explained. "It''s just the list that''s maintained by TSA to check for people who might have terrorist connections." "You''re serious?"
"I''m afraid so, sir. Here''s an 800 number in Washington. You need to call them before I can clear you for the flight." Exasperated, I dialed the number from my cell, determined to clear up what I was sure was a clerical error. The woman who answered offered me no more information than the ticket agent. "Mam, I''d like to know how I got on the No Fly Watch List." "I''m not really authorized to tell you that, sir," she explained after taking down my social security and Texas driver''s license numbers.
"What can you tell me?"
"All I can tell you is that there is something in your background that in some way is similar to someone they are looking for."
"Well, let me get this straight then," I said. "Our government is looking for a guy who may have a mundane Anglo name, who pays tens of thousands of dollars every year in taxes, has never been arrested or even late on a credit card payment, is more uninteresting than a Tupperware party, and cries after the first two notes of the national anthem? We need to find this guy. He sounds dangerous to me."
"I''m sorry, sir, I''ve already told you everything I can." "Oh, wait," I said. "One last thing: this guy they are looking for? Did he write books critical of the Bush administration, too?"
[the article continues from there]
Just who is James Moore? He''s an Emmy-winning former television news correspondent and the co-author of the bestselling, "Bush''s Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential." He has been writing and reporting from Texas for the past 25 years on the rise of Rove and Bush and has traveled extensively on every presidential campaign since 1976.
Just who else has appeared on this no-fly list? None other than that notorious terrorist, Senator Ted Kennedy.
Think, people, think back. 9/11. What happened after that? Anthrax attacks. Who was targeted? Two Senators, Leahy and Daschle, two people who might be crucial in stopping the passage of the Patriot Act.
Think, people, think back to the next-to-last message from Osama bin Laden. When did it appear? Just prior to the 2004 election. Ask yourself, why? Who did Osama help?
And now look at Osama''s latest missive. This is no idiot. He''s nuts, but he''s no idiot.
Dubya is Osama''s wet dream. Every single action he has taken has played into Osama''s hands. And, sadly for so much of the planet, vice versa. When are we gonna kick both to the curb?
Postscript: For those who wish to research the anthrax issue a bit more, this is an extremely rich vein. Seems that the last time weapons-grade anthrax was used in a similar manner was when an Arkansas State cop was snooping a bit too close at the Mena, AK airport. Barry Seal was running Contra flights out of that airport, weapons down, coke back. Suddenly, the cop received a padded envelope. As he tore it open, a white powder came out. Next he knew, he was suffering from anthrax poisoning.
Guess who was the AK State prosecutor for the Mena district? One Asa Hutchinson. Later appointed to head the DEA. Get it?
Barry Seal eventually was gunned down in a mafia-style hit, shortly after he told his lawyer he was not gonna take the fall for some minor charges involving his Contra activities. He died with the private number of George H.W. Bush in his wallet.
I expect many will now be thinking wingnut. Do yourself a favor. Before you tag me with that label, read Mara Leveritt''s book:
The Boys on the Tracks
I''ve anted up, now I''m gonna raise you. Today, many Americans are familiar with the name Arlen Specter. He is the current chairman of the US Senate Judiciary Committee. He''s the guy that''s been in charge of the Scalito hearings.
Just how many are aware of his previous roles in government? How''d he get his start? Guess what. He was a staff member of the Warren Commission that was responsible for investigating the assassination of JFK in 1963. And how did he contribute? He is credited with invention of the ridiculous theory, today known as the magic bullet theory, that a single bullet struck one man, then suddenly suffered a complete change in direction and displacement, all to hit JFK.
We have to hand it to him. He was given an impossible task. You can just see his handlers: "We don''t care if it''s bulls*&t, if we repeat it enough, the sheep will follow."
Think Hitler, and then, start to be afraid. Very afraid.
The more things change, the more they stay the same...
BRANDED by James Moore
January 4, 2006
"There are times in which it is easy to be suspicious. We can get to that feeling fairly quickly if we even pay slight attention. I''ve been trying to get over this odd emotion for at least a year. I can''t find any rationale for letting it go, though I want desperately not to have these thoughts.
"This week last year I was preparing for a trip to Ohio to conduct interviews and research for a new book I was writing. My airline tickets had been purchased on line and the morning of departure I went to the Internet to print out my boarding pass. I got a message that said, "Not Allowed." Several subsequent tries failed. Surely, I thought, it''s just a glitch within the airline''s servers or software.
"I made it a point to arrive very early at the airport. My reservation was confirmed before I left home. I went to the electronic kiosk and punched in my confirmation number to print out my boarding pass and luggage tags. Another error message appeared, "Please see agent."
"I did. She took my Texas driver''s license and punched in the relevant information to her computer system. "I''m sorry, sir," she said. "There seems to be a problem. You''ve been placed on the No Fly Watch List." "Excuse me?"
"I''m afraid there isn''t much more that I can tell you," she explained. "It''s just the list that''s maintained by TSA to check for people who might have terrorist connections." "You''re serious?"
"I''m afraid so, sir. Here''s an 800 number in Washington. You need to call them before I can clear you for the flight." Exasperated, I dialed the number from my cell, determined to clear up what I was sure was a clerical error. The woman who answered offered me no more information than the ticket agent. "Mam, I''d like to know how I got on the No Fly Watch List." "I''m not really authorized to tell you that, sir," she explained after taking down my social security and Texas driver''s license numbers.
"What can you tell me?"
"All I can tell you is that there is something in your background that in some way is similar to someone they are looking for."
"Well, let me get this straight then," I said. "Our government is looking for a guy who may have a mundane Anglo name, who pays tens of thousands of dollars every year in taxes, has never been arrested or even late on a credit card payment, is more uninteresting than a Tupperware party, and cries after the first two notes of the national anthem? We need to find this guy. He sounds dangerous to me."
"I''m sorry, sir, I''ve already told you everything I can." "Oh, wait," I said. "One last thing: this guy they are looking for? Did he write books critical of the Bush administration, too?"
[the article continues from there]
Just who is James Moore? He''s an Emmy-winning former television news correspondent and the co-author of the bestselling, "Bush''s Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential." He has been writing and reporting from Texas for the past 25 years on the rise of Rove and Bush and has traveled extensively on every presidential campaign since 1976.
Just who else has appeared on this no-fly list? None other than that notorious terrorist, Senator Ted Kennedy.
Think, people, think back. 9/11. What happened after that? Anthrax attacks. Who was targeted? Two Senators, Leahy and Daschle, two people who might be crucial in stopping the passage of the Patriot Act.
Think, people, think back to the next-to-last message from Osama bin Laden. When did it appear? Just prior to the 2004 election. Ask yourself, why? Who did Osama help?
And now look at Osama''s latest missive. This is no idiot. He''s nuts, but he''s no idiot.
Dubya is Osama''s wet dream. Every single action he has taken has played into Osama''s hands. And, sadly for so much of the planet, vice versa. When are we gonna kick both to the curb?
Postscript: For those who wish to research the anthrax issue a bit more, this is an extremely rich vein. Seems that the last time weapons-grade anthrax was used in a similar manner was when an Arkansas State cop was snooping a bit too close at the Mena, AK airport. Barry Seal was running Contra flights out of that airport, weapons down, coke back. Suddenly, the cop received a padded envelope. As he tore it open, a white powder came out. Next he knew, he was suffering from anthrax poisoning.
Guess who was the AK State prosecutor for the Mena district? One Asa Hutchinson. Later appointed to head the DEA. Get it?
Barry Seal eventually was gunned down in a mafia-style hit, shortly after he told his lawyer he was not gonna take the fall for some minor charges involving his Contra activities. He died with the private number of George H.W. Bush in his wallet.
I expect many will now be thinking wingnut. Do yourself a favor. Before you tag me with that label, read Mara Leveritt''s book:
The Boys on the Tracks
I''ve anted up, now I''m gonna raise you. Today, many Americans are familiar with the name Arlen Specter. He is the current chairman of the US Senate Judiciary Committee. He''s the guy that''s been in charge of the Scalito hearings.
Just how many are aware of his previous roles in government? How''d he get his start? Guess what. He was a staff member of the Warren Commission that was responsible for investigating the assassination of JFK in 1963. And how did he contribute? He is credited with invention of the ridiculous theory, today known as the magic bullet theory, that a single bullet struck one man, then suddenly suffered a complete change in direction and displacement, all to hit JFK.
We have to hand it to him. He was given an impossible task. You can just see his handlers: "We don''t care if it''s bulls*&t, if we repeat it enough, the sheep will follow."
Think Hitler, and then, start to be afraid. Very afraid.
The more things change, the more they stay the same...
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