CNN Banner...."Showdown in the Gulf".....so it begins....

[KoKo]

I wonder if Timmeh's show will feature the "usual suspects" like lieberman with his list of the weapons that are killing our soldiers stamped "Made in Iran" that he was blathering about earlier this week.

They are only putting the Banner with Caption "Showdown" up when they mention Iran...but it's the way they started with Iraq from my memory of it.

[mike_c]

1. ahhh-- now that the superbowl is over it's back to the great Amerikan past time....

Imperialism and aggressive war. How nice of the MSM to root begin the pep rallies early.

[Cetacea]

5. yup.

It's sickening. It;s getting very hard to for me to feel any optimism. I can only hope that given some time, the House will bring them down. But is really a race against time. If the war with Iran starts first, all bets are off.

[helderheid]

2. I am scared

:scared:

[bobthedrummer]

3. It resembles classic conditioning to evoke a conditioned reponse n/t

[DebJ]

4. We can only hope it will come to resemble Mission Accomplished

[onethatcares]

6. one fucking minute here

they can track serial numbers on weapons and find out where memos and correspondence came from in a matter of hours, but 360 Tons of American Currency, 12 Billion Dollars in 100 Dollar notes cannot be traced except for a well it was war yada yada yada. Something really stinks here.

[Neecy]

7. Do they have special theme music for it yet?

[KoKo]

8. They are still using the old "Jittery Music" but perhaps by tomorrow....

;-)

[Neecy]

9. ah, yes....

The old standby when they want us to shake in our widdle boots. The various overdramatized musical arrangements used on the cable networks at the beginning of this debacle in Iraq perhaps offended me as much as their warmongering coverage did.

Speaking of your OP, have you noticed how often Scarborough leads with "the coming war in Iran"? It's like trying to make insanity seem like a normal topic of conversation. Very disturbing.

[bobthedrummer]

10. Who knows what kind of subliminals are in the "jittery music" of CNN

since the non-classified tech has been available to anyone for a long time and what is "classified" is also available from a world market.

Here's a DIY example
http://subliminalrecorder.com/

[Altean Wanderer]

11. Tell your Congressmen about this House bill described in my letter below

Dear Representative ________,

I hope you’re settling into Washington, DC. I’m sure it’s an adjustment, compared to New England at any rate. I also hope you read my previous letter of mid-January.

Today, I am writing you concerning the danger of a US or Israeli air strike on Iran. For a long time I doubted that Bush, Cheney and their NeoCon advisers would be insane enough to attack Iran – because the consequences of such an attack would be catastrophic. Besides, there is no hard evidence that Iran’s nuclear program is being used to produce nuclear weapons. In fact, my understanding is that the IAEA considers Iran’s nuclear program to be relatively primitive. Yet, the drumbeats of war are getting louder by the day. Imagine what a war with Iran could bring.

Imagine gasoline shooting up to $5.00 / gal overnight – imagine 25% of the world’s oil trade being shut down for several months – imagine the many thousands of dead Iranians who happen to work in or live near the facilities targeted for attack – imagine the Iranian counterattack that could sink several US warships, endanger our troops in Iraq and possibly lead to World War III, with nuclear weapons. Russia and China have enormous energy and economic ties with Iran, and I’m sure they won’t be pleased to see us bombing around their backyard again.

Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski recently spoke before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and warned of the prospect of a coming war with Iran. His words are chilling, as he’s no ‘dove’ in geo-political matters. He warns of an attack on US soil or US interests that might be blamed on Iran. That’s what concerns me the most – a false-flag incident like the Gulf of Tonkin that sets in motion an irrevocable escalation. The fact that he warns of such a possibility is stunning.

I recently heard a recording of a talk Scott Ritter gave last month where he called for a ‘Bolan-type amendment’ that would prevent the President from attacking Iran with public dollars. That sounds like exactly what we need. HJ Res. 14, sponsored by Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina, is a good first step in that direction. I urge you to support it and even become a co-sponsor. A description of this bill that I obtained via Congress.org is provided below.

'Concerning the use of military force by the United States against Iran. '
Bill # H.J.RES.14

Original Sponsor:
Walter Jones (R-NC 3rd)
Cosponsor Total: 29
(last sponsor added 02/06/2007)
23 Democrats
6 Republicans

1/12/2007--Introduced. Provides that: (1) no provision of law enacted before the date of the enactment of this joint resolution shall be construed to authorize the use of U.S. military force against Iran; and (2) absent a national emergency created by an attack or imminent attack by Iran upon the United States, its territories or possessions or its Armed Forces, the President shall consult with Congress, and receive specific authorization pursuant to law from Congress, prior to initiating military force against Iran.

I urge you to support this bill and do all you can to prevent a war with Iran. Please also do all you can to get our troops out of harms way as soon as possible. The Iraq war is lost.

Sincerely,

Altean Wanderer, Sol-1 system, Milky Way Galaxy