Intelligent
design,
the latest "immaculate conception"
and leap of faith to be imposed upon Americans is
only one way in which Republican , mostly Christian
religious fundamentalists have tried to impose evangelical
dogma upon a general population of independent and
religiously FREE (including free FROM religion) American
citizens.
And,
as most working class and non working Americans
know, the True God of the Bush regime is the
all powerful and almighty intelligently designed
Corporate God with umbrella allegiances to other
bellicose fundamentalist regimes around the world.
Keeping that in mind, the American public should
not be too surprised by how much the Larry
Franklin story and the willful exchange of classified
information to another foreign country, a country
with hidden agendas about nuclear weapons and one
of the most powerful lobbies in the USA, the zionist
lobby of AIPAC,
has been under reported in much of the mainstream
news medias.
I have been watching and waiting , since late August
2005 (when the story first broke via CBS news
) for complete and up to date "ongoing" coverage
about the spy in the US Department of Defense, the
Pentagon policy analyst working under Douglas Feith and Paul
Wolfowitz, who was indicted on five conspiracy charges
violating the Espionage Act of 1917.
Larry
Franklin has pled guilty to an FBI investigation
and indictment begun in 1999, an ongoing FBI investigation
of misuse and illegal use of national defense information
passed on to a foreign country with grave influence
in the Middle East, especially re: weapons of mass
destruction. The story is slowly beginning to unfold,
growing closer to exposing all of the wrong reasons why we went to war.
It should not surprise anyone that mainstream
corporate media has been negligent and under
reported to the American public, especially about
the "mishandling" and grievous mistakes of the Bush
administration, including suppressing any exceptions
to the bogus intelligence directly effecting the
well being of thousands of Americans and Iraqis.
In 2001 I did small volunteer work for www.YellowTimes.org
. This alternative news media was consistently broken
into and vandalized. I lost my mailbox repeatedly
and many of the investigative journalists were cyber
attacked. There was real suppression in this. Service
providers gave reasons to shut down, especially
after an article written by Iman Khadduri
, an Iraqi nuclear scientist who repeatedly proclaimed
Iraq did not have capacity for nuclear weapons.
Here
we are in again repressed in the vital news of 2005.
September
30, 2005 , the Washington Post reported "Guilty
Plea Planned in Secrets Case" and that Franklin would plead guilty and continue to co-operate
with prosecutors. Previously, on May 3, 2005 (when
the FBI originally filed charges against Franklin
for having disclosed classified national defense
information) Franklin's lawyer said he would plead
"not guilty"
. One can only guess if the 83 classified documents
found in his home had some bearing on the case and
his plea bargaining. Either way "Not Guilty"
was short lived because on August 4 , a Federal
Grand Jury indicted Franklin on five charges of
violating the Espionage
Act of 1917.
On August 9, 2005, Robert
Dreyfuss, investigative reporter wrote:
"It
is clear by probing the details of the case, the
FBI has got hold of a dangerous loose end of a much
larger story. By pulling the string hard enough,
the FBI and the Justice Department might just unravel
the larger story, which is beginning to look more
and more like it involves the same nexus of Pentagon
civilians, White House functionaries and American
Enterprise Institute officials who thumped the drums
of war in Iraq in 2001-2003 and who are trying to
whip up an anti-Iranian frenzy as well."
CNN also
announced
"Alexandria, Virginia (CNN) Former Defense Department
analyst Larry Franklin pleaded guilty Wednesday
to conspiracy to divulge US Defense information
to unauthorized people, namely an Israeli official
and members of a pro-Israel lobbying group."
CNN did
little further follow up. They were afterall
, not only distracted by hurricanse and Fema, but also
willing to be more neglectful of Larry
Franklin relative to their latest investment
in NASCAR racing! Israel, of course made loud
squeals of denial. Ever since Jonathan Pollard,
the Israeli spy who worked in the Naval Anti-Terrorist
Alert Center and who pleaded guilty to espionage,
Israel continues to make emphatic denials about
any other "spying" going on here in USA . Sad to
say, however, some of the articles published by
online version of the Jeruslem Post have gone missing
and/or are inaccessible. One such article
was called "Franklin: I gave Israel Secret Material"
dated October 5, 2005. Then shortly after, and after
years of dormancy, the legend of the Israeli art
students recently resurfaced in Haaretz.
Little mention was further made about REAL espionage
figures, Steve Rosen and
Keith Weissman
Yes, we have hurricanes and disasters and some delays
with Tom Delay as he gets to pick and choose "his"
judge, but little follow up about Larry Franklin
and his guilty plea and the possible significance
Israel played in manipulating intelligence into
a pretext for war against Iraq with hopeful follow
ups in Iran.
While
overtly speaking about "democracy" in the Middle
East, our present Republican administration
very much wishes to have a similar policy as Israel's
"administrative detention"
with regards to holding detainees for indefinite
periods of time, without cause and without due process
of law. And I would like to further pose
a question: If Larry Franklin gave secrets
to muslim lobbyists with direct ties to a fundamentalist
Muslim country, how differently would the news be
handled?
And
while Republicans choose to redefine words like
"family" and "values" in order to suit their faith
based agendas along with telling us who can and
can not be considered a family, I would remind free
men and free women, including all who choose
or do not choose to practice a religion, that faith
based government equals a religious state. And
we all know how the major religions all like
to think they are the only religion
and that their "faith" provides the rationale
for any cause.
I thought
to remember a time, perhaps before governments
became faith based and were more respectful of the
tenets of democracy, when idealistic principles
of democracy were in practice and could assure
all minorities of their rights by means of a fair
and just legal system. This present legal system
seems to have been corrupted by faith based leaders,
some of whom, after being indicted are trying to
choose their own Judge!
As
the first trial
about "Intelligent Design" draws to a close, I remembered
saving an article from The Nation in 2001 written
by Ellis Willis about
the elected faith based regime and the failure of
the Democratic Party:
"George
W. Bush's creation of a federal office to coordinate
public financing of euphemistically labeled "faith-based"
social services is a bold assault on the separation
of church and state; it is also, ironically, a triumph
of bipartisanship"
These
are grievous and dangerous times here in the United
States of America. I am not only referring
to what could happen while riding the mass transit
system in New York City, or riding beneath the tunnels
of Maryland or holding out against a hurricane. These
are grievous, dangerous times, fraught with insidious
dangers that ruthlessly press and assault the well
being and pursuit of happiness of the average American
citizens. "Proud to be an American" winces
at voter machine frauds and wars based upon
lies and misinformation, unethical lobbyists, Halliburton and
little or slow hurricane relief.
For the working class, the working poor, and poor
Americans in general, these are treacherous times. We
are the hardest hit victims of a scheming political
agenda set in place by the Republican party via
the present Bush regime. It is not only
our right , but necessity and survival to demand
accountability from our elected officials including
Democrats.
Beginning with the most basic right of the Republic:
voting machines and the voting process, that supposedly
assures our democratic practice, there is yet to
be a standard resolution of that fair and
democratic process in which to express our democratic
practice. How do we dare to wish for democracy in
foreign countries, but can not assure our citizens
of the validity of their vote? From Ohio to Florida,
voting rights and accountability must move through the
power and powerful
who control American democracy via their
money and lobbying and must begin to directly reflect
the rights of all Americans.
Caring
for the minority has been the responsibility of
the majority and that majority has failed.
We have the highest rate of bankruptcy due to illness
but still refuse to consider alternatives
that treat ill citizens so much better in other
countries:
"Americans
tend to regard European health systems with horror;
they have come to associate any service provided
by the state as second rate and many cannot imagine
that we do not envy their private sector dominated
health services. At their best these can provide
a very high quality of treatment and care for those
who can afford it. But there is really no
such thing as �the� American health system, while
there are a myriad of different health plans
offered by insurers, HMOs and employers plus the
Government funded Medicare and Medicaid. Through
these programs, the US government spends about the
same per head of total population as the UK, but
these patients expect and get a decidedly second-rate
service. Worse still 17% of the population is
not poor enough to qualify for Medicaid, nor old
enough for Medicare, but not rich enough to afford
health insurance, illness is still the greatest
cause of bankruptcy in the US. Health reforms
including the rise of health maintenance organisations
(HMOs) are said to be holding back the rising cost
of health care but even so costs are forecast to
rise from their current level of 14.6% to 16% of
GDP within three years."
This
is the focus given by Graham Lister in which he compares healthcare in USA,
Netherlands, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand
and Canada.
And
as the faith based government looks away, corporate
schemers make more money paying smaller wages to
foreign workers , outsourcing and denying Americans
their right to a decent and fair wage. In the future
, perhaps only the military and fast food companies
will be offering jobs to Americans. After all, Walmart only wants
to hire the young and the fit and it appears
while money is spent on wrongful wars and endless
occupation, the future of America and Americans
has been neglected for war profits and fossil fuels.
Unrestricted
and unprincipled capitalism, such as that that enabled
the Republican agenda and Bush regime, has driven
us into wars based upon lies and deceits. The sons
and daughters who serve are continuously being recruited
from the neighborhoods of the working class, working
poor and just plain poor. In New York City, young
immigrants are signed on and at death can be awarded
citizenship. They continue to die along with our
sons and daughters from the heartland of America.
They die because of false reports in violation of
the Espionage
act of 1917.
The
only solid preparation we had for war and occupation
of Iraq , were government contracts, such as those
awarded to corporations like Halliburton. There is no
exit plan because there is yet in place the
ways and means to make profits and because
the First Bush election and Republican campaign was the most
expensive in history with big promises to big industries
.
In
2004, Bush had even larger contribuitions with
even bigger
promises. As you read the names and associated
vast donation sums, we must wonders just how
much profit can be made in Iraq? Profits increase along with the death numbers.
http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/news/stock_troop2.html
Unrestricted
capitalism corrupts itself from within and allows
corporate greed to reign over democractic rights.
Unrestricted capitalism knows no boundary of
moral and ethical values supporting a greater and
more civil society.
Unrestricted capitalism combined with the unethical
management of a government accused of traitorous
deceits and lies, should give the average citizen
at least pause in their daily media distraction(s)
However, even if one wishes to pause, there is still
the issue of "selective" reportage and what is made
available. Media coverage and reportage continues
to be controlled by wealthy media conglomerates
and continues to be selective in what it provides.
Unrestricted
capitalism as endorsed by wealthy Republicans and
Democrats seems to encourage slanted and directed
news. Sometimes it even means little or no reportage
of news with actual figures and statistics.
Unrestricted
capitalism encouraged by faith-based government
presents a narrow and prepaid point of view,
a commercial for more unrestricted capitalism.
Unrestricted
capitalism becomes unethical and exploits the
poor and the working poor and the average working
citizen who pays into a system whereby they are
fed media lies and excuses instead of real jobs
with real health care.
It
is really quite a simple deduction: how much will the
war in Iraq cost the average citizen? And what price
for our sons and daughters?
Let
those on Capitol Hill invest and send their
sons and daughters off to support democracy and
Halliburton. Let those who wish such profit provide
the means. Let them buy "war bonds" in the
millions for the Corporate States of America.
Imagine my
collective shame , as an American, to have
representatives , faith based or otherwise , in
the highest office of the land, assigned to take
class in ethics and
morals.?!
They
do NOT represent me. I want to invest in "Peace
Bonds"
Mary La Rosa is a librarian/artist who can be
heard drumming for Peace in NYC area
mddalton@ooptonline.net
Sited:
Intelligent Design: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_design
Immaculate
Conception: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07674d.htm
Freedom From Religion http://www.ffrf.org/fttoday/
Larry Franklin Story http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIPAC_espionage_scandal
Israel's nuclear weapons: http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/israel/nuke/
AIPAC http://www.aipac.org/
Feith http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=6137
Wrong reasons http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=7876
Death's (Palestinians) http://electronicintifada.net/bytopic/219.shtml
Guilty Plea Planned http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/29/AR2005092901267.html
Richard Dreyfuss http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050809/bigger_than_aipac.php
Espionage
Act of 1917 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act
Pleads Guilty http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/07/1344239
CNN http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/05/sr.weds/
CNN/Nascar CNN /Nascar http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/driven/
Jonathan Pollard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Jay_Pollard
Haaretz
Steve
Rosen and Keith Weissman http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=14799
Administrative
detention http://web.amnesty.org/pages/isr-action-detentio
Delay Judge: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1153AP_DeLay_Judge_Shuffle.html
George Willis :http://www.thenation.com/doc/20010219/willis
Halliburton Watch http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/
Power and Powerful (Center For Responsive Politics):
http://www.opensecrets.org/
Most exspensive campaign http://www.georgewalkerbush.net/bigbusiness.htm
Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/07/1344239
2004 Promises http://www.bop2004.org/bop2004/report.aspx?aid=273&sid=200
Graham Lister: http://www.thepatientsforum.org.uk/grahamlisterconferencespeechasp.htm
Walmart : http://www.isil.org/channels/archives/357#more-357
Ammendment to Espionage Act of 1017 http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/espionageactof1917.html
