Attention All Americans: This is NOT a test, we are experiencing a true crisis

[Ghost in the Machine]

There is a very real threat to our Country, and to our well being and life as we know it. This crisis is larger than the gas price crisis. It is larger than the real estate crisis. It is larger than the economic crisis. It is larger than the Climate Change crisis. It is even larger than the War On Terror crisis. It is a crisis that transcends political party lines, social status, economic status, race, skin color, age, sexual orientation and gender.

This crisis is our very own Government. The United States Government has become irretrievably broken as a result of widespread, unchecked and uncontrollable corruption & cronyism. This fatal disease has eaten it's way into all 3 branches of our Government, up to and including the Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President.

Neoconservatives have infiltrated and infected almost every office in our government. The Justice Department has been reduced to a joke line on late night talk shows. The Presidency has been a standing joke for years, thanks to none other than George Walker Bush, but I digress...

This infestation needs to be brought under control, and it needs to be done quickly. NeoConservative is just a nice way of saying NeoNazi. These people wish to do our Country great harm, following in the tradition of Adolf Hitler. They are hellbent on Global Domination through Military Force and One World Government, with America being the leader. You can read more about it here: http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf

The events that are unfolding now would have been happening in the 90's, but dark horse Democratic Candidate William J Clinton came from behind and took away George HW "Poppy" Bush's 2nd term in office. This threw a wrench in the works for the Neocons back then. That's why they fought tooth & nail trying anything they could to get Bill Clinton out of office. He was in their way. But I digress again...

It is now up to us, "We, the People", to right the wrongs that have been heaped upon us by this greed, corruption & cronyism. Our Declaration of Independence gives us the means, and the Rights, to dissolve this government:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
http://www.congressunderfire.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=109&topic_id=62&mesg_id=62&page=

It is time to rid our government of this neocon infestation once and for all. The republican party should be considered as a continuing criminal enterprise, and it should be excluded from participating in our governmental affairs from this day forward. Yes, there are a lot of DINOs that need to go, also.

Everyone needs to get out and vote in November... and they need to vote for Democrats. Period. Republicans are the party of the oppressive. They have held up or shot down legislation to increase social security, to increase the minimum wage, to increase the standard of living for ALL Americans and they have voted to keep killing our troops in an illegal, immoral invasion & occupation of a sovereign nation that did nothing to us.

Politics & Government are NOT spectator sports. You need to get involved and use your rights granted by your citizenship. Use it or lose it! Although you may not lose your * citizenship*, you *can* lose a lot of your rights that come with it. We're already seeing that happen now...

WAKE UP, AMERICA! WAKE UP!

[wiggs]

1. knrnt.

[Ghost in the Machine]

4. Thank you... n/t

[cayuga]

2. Right on! (with one exception)

I now believe the Clintons were (and are) up to their eyeballs with the bush mafiosa. Bill and Poppy are way too close. Why?

[Ghost in the Machine]

5. This is just my *personal opinion*...

but I think the 'Monica Scandal' and the impeachment attempt was a setup and a scare tactic to pull Bill into line...

They passed the House impeachment resolution with enough votes... even with no co-signers or co-sponsors, just to show him it could be done, but held back on guilty votes to bring him into the fold. Afterall, he *did* shut down investigation of Iran/Contra & Poppy Bush... right?

Like I said... just my opinion here....

PEACE!

Ghost

[Runcible Spoon]

11. well what happened to make Hillary toe the neocon line then?

wondering...

[jhrobbins]

24. I may not agree with some of the things she says/does, but nothing

will make me believe that she is some kind of neo-con mole.

[Grinchie]

27. Actually, I think Bill signed a Deal with the Devils after he got drunk with Power

The Neo-Con's got a lot of what they wanted under Clinton.

Such as the means to Bankrupt the Country, Manipulate the Legal System, reduce the Standard of Living, Transfer Wealth, Seize control of our food supply, and Transfer jobs wholesale overseas.

As Naomi Klein wrote, the descent into Fascism doesn't happen overnight, but in discrete steps.

Our economy is made of Monopoly money, and the only thing I see is the United States spending tons to be able to defend itself when the Creditors come to collect their debt.

Our FDA looks away when evidence of toxic substances are found in our food, like Glufosinate (Roundup) which kills off beneficial bacteria in our gut, and everything else that we force feed on Roundup Ready grains, like Chickens, Pigs, Cattle, your pets.. Furthermore, the enzyme the plant uses to protect itself from Roundup is present in EVERY cell of the plant. This enzyme has been shown to be converted back into Roundup by bacterial action in the gut. If that isn't bad enough, studies have shown that bacteria can incorparte genetics traits from what they feed on, so Bacteria can now become established which are quite happy to live in these new environments. Doesn't anyone read the stories about C. Difficile?

We have outbreaks of Avian Flu that are reported to be caused by wild birds. What they don't mention is that all breakouts of Avian Flu and in the vicinity of Factory Chicken Farms, where they generously allocate 1.5 cubic feet per bird, for their entire lifetime - stacked 5 high, being fed GMO Grains laced with Anti-Biotics. No human would allow this, but Corporations have no conscience.

Migrant workers get to muck out the Anti-biotic, and GMO BT/RR laden manure. It's no wonder that big corporation love migrant labor. Anyone with a basic knowledge in Health wouldn't step near a factory farm.

I don't think Bill was aware of what we was doing when he went to bed with the Corporations, but at this point, he sure doesn't appear to be taking steps to regain control from thes "Leaders of Business" that have destroyed many aspects of the American Way of Life that existed in the 60's and 70s'.

I cannot explain how Bill could continue the policy Aerial spraying of Herbicides in Columbia, if he were not chained to Big Corporations like Monsanto, or corrupt regimes like Columbia. We are talking Billions of dollars or our money, dumping poison on foreign soil. This shit has to stop, or the next Global Extinction will be the Human race when this whole planet is spent, entire species and support systems wiped out, and we fall into the realization that earth cannot feed us anymore.

I don't think the Clintons, given their Taint, are capable.

We need a fresh start, and sweep the DLC and all the other Ticks out Wholesale.

[Fresh_Start]

3. I agree with George Washington

political parties by their very nature work against the principles our country was founded on

[Ghost in the Machine]

6. Yes, they are...

They divide the country over ideology and make it hard to work for the common good.

Too many people fail to understand that "ALL men are created equal.." means exactly that... ALL of us... it doesn't matter if you're black, white, yellow, red, brown, male, female, gay, straight, rich or poor... ALL men (human beings) are created equal, and should enjoy the exact same rights & priveleges...

[Ghost in the Machine]

7. Kick

Thanks for all the recs!

:kick:

[lonestarnot]

8. K & R

[undergroundpanther]

9. traitors

according to the constitution get hanged. Neocons= traitors to the founding ideals of America. Political psychopaths think they can make no mistakes they think they have a "divine" mandate to dominate.

Get rid of them, permanently.

[wiggs]

10. k. Have to say when you have a ton more "recs" than replies, you have to feel

that you hit the nail on the head and said it for a lot of people. No reply necessary to spot on post.

[Runcible Spoon]

12. it's not neoconservativism, it's neoliberal economics

politicians are just the mechanics. The real power is the entrenchment of corporate interest in every American social institution, and this goes beyond conservatives. The Democratic party is largely aligned with corporate interests above and beyond all just like anyone else with power in this system.

[blindpig]

16. Bingo

People, particularly around here, are entirely too caught up in the red/blue sports team analogy to see that 'their' team is throwing the game. The Dems make the Black Sox look like saints.

[FourScore]

25. It's both. n/t

[bdamomma]

13. Wake up is Right!

every country is looking at us now, we have a cancer in this country that must be surgically removed. It is all up to us, and I don't know about you guys, but I am tired of the arrogance and ignorance of these bastards, and their total disdain towards the American people and people in general.

and we have another *'ie twin who says we will be in Iraq for another 5 years!!! now, this is just sick.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

14. It has been hell on Earth witnessing the transgressions of these assholes

while they're trumpeting the words Democracy, freedom, liberty and America.

Enough!

[bonito]

15. K&R n/t

[Octafish]

17. "Corruption in public office is treason." -- Adlai Stevenson

Go, Ghost! Go! Great essay!

We the People need to CLEAN HOUSE. Find the traitors and put 'em up on RICO charges.

[nichomachus]

18. It's not about conservatives or neocons

It's not about liberals vs. conservatives, Republicans vs. Democrats, gay vs. straight, Christians vs. non-Christians, black vs. white, hard working vs. whatever the opposite of that is, college educated vs. uneducated.

It's about them -- the corporations (non human persons) -- vs. the rest of us. Everything else is just an artificial division designed to keep us at each other's throats.

I don't care whether you went to college and wear a white shirt to work, or didn't go to college and wear a blue shirt to work. It doesn't matter what the color of your skin is or who you love. And it doesn't matter what your spiritual beliefs are. The corporations are out to enslave you as just "input" for their profit-making schemes.

Even those who consider themselves among the "elite" are expendable -- and will be spit out in a heartbeat if they cease to feed to corporate need for more profit.

The biggest fear of the corporatocracy is that we all one day discover the commonality we have. This is why the corporate media has to work overtime to keep driving in wedges and splintering us into a thousand different constituencies. If we all one day realize that we have more in common than not, the game is over. I just hope that when that day comes, it isn't too late.

[BonnieJW]

28. Exactly.

The barometer to measure every candidate should be examination of whether they are supported by corporations. If they are, they should be discarded no matter what party affiliation they have. Let me see your contributors and then I'll let you know if you have my vote.

[bjobotts]

40. I disagree. It is about conservatives and the money party. They represent the corps

These are the lobbyist people. They essentially have been "hired" by campaign donations and the promise of future employment to push the neocon corporate agenda for world and domestic domination through disaster capitalism. These modern day republican conservatives are the very people we need to rid our government of in order to reinstate our democracy.

[riderinthestorm]

19. Nothing more to add to your excellent essay. An enthusiastic K & R! nt

[Tippy]

20. K&R

[RadiationTherapy]

21. Another excellent ...yaaaawwwwwwnn.. "wake up right the f@#k now!!" post.

Well written, well done. Nothing will happen. Most people I know don't even care about whether this country is a country. It is all so rancid that we want to just get away.

[rhett o rick]

22. Great post. k & r nm

[govegan]

23. In the spirit of Neruda,

and his intense collection: A Call for the Destruction of Nixon And Praise for the Chilean Revolution

We need such a call and praise for the new American revolution!

Nixon is a metaphor for the neo-fascist right and their criminal ways and plundering of the American government.

We can't wait a week
nor even a single day longer
since it is by means of his inhuman atrocities

that we trap this beetle;
and it is a matter of pride for all the people
who have borne the dagger of the news

like a hard and lasting instrument
announcing justice on earth--
for this reason, comrade, the tribunal

of blood that begins now was looking for you;
and although the harsh judge be a poet
the people gave me a rose

so that with my true verse
I can punish the powerful rage
of the immense executioner, commanded

by money his mistress
to burn down garden and gardener
in remote and golden lands.

[ooglymoogly]

26. Americans and our democracy; by our lethargy, blindness and willingness to go along to

get along have become dead folks walking. It is time to break out of our self created prison and shout from the rooftops, "this crooked, treasonous government does not represent us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[1trackmindGOP]

29. That is what we are voting for!

Obama 08

Change we can believe in and change we must have!

[iamahaingttta]

30. And I do believe there are real life things...

...each of us can do, every day, to combat the evil that has hijacked our country.

Yesterday, there was a thread about FREE ICED COFFEE at Dunkin' Donuts.
Lots of people were excited about the idea.
I chimed in and said that Dunkin' Donuts was owned by the Carlyle Group, "the company that brought you George W Bush, 9/11 and the Iraq War..."

The response I got was basically, "So what? The coffee is FREE!" I was aghast.

Wake up, people, indeed!

We can starve the beast if we stop borrowing their money to buy cheap plastic crap that we don't need anyway, and then paying them back with interest. It will take some sacrifice. Or we can tighten the chains of our enslavement. We have to stop giving them our money, because when it comes down to it, that's really all they want. Our money and power over us.

The time has come...

[caseycoon]

31. K&R Excellent post! Thanks n/t

[bjobotts]

32. Voting may not be enough if they continue disenfranchising voters.

The RNC has been engaged in caging voters in defiance of the law. They have demonstrated they will use any means to win elections. Fairness and honesty have no place in their campaigns if they think they can get away with stealing an election...look at the Alabama governorship...blatantly stolen in the middle of the night. Everybody knows it and the proof is being withheld by the governor. It is coming down to the fact that there may soon come a time when there is no legal means to eliminate these corrupt practices except to eliminate the people practicing. Perhaps we should be taking notes from the Iraqi insurgents on how to take our country back should we ever be forced to. Many believe there will be no elections or that Bush and his neocons will not give up power...something none of us want to see happen. 2009 cannot get here fast enough. The nation will cheer when this president leaves office and exhale a huge sigh of relief.

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I see this site has been hacked.

[frog92969]

35. Administrative humor

Don't panic.

[bjobotts]

41. click on the "do not donate" sign for an explanation.

[Barrymores Ghost]

36. PNAC site has just been "suspended"

The entire site, every page, is blank.

[Subdivisions]

38. THEY'RE SCRUBBING IT! GET THE CACHE!!!! n/t

[Barrymores Ghost]

39. I haven't the slightest idea how to do this, sorry. n/t

[Subdivisions]

42. That was an alert to our resident investigative journalists. What

I'm saying is for those who use that site as a resource and as a insight into PNAC and neocon group-think, or for those who don't want to see that information disappear for whatever reason should go to Google and search site:newamericancentury.org and click on "Cached" for each link and download whatever text is left on each page.

I'm doing that now myself.

This serves to archive the text in multiple locations so that it can be referred to by researchers, historians, and, quite possibly, by federal or international courts.

[Ghost in the Machine]

43. If you find the cached pages, load them up here:

http://www.neoconunderground.com

I can't download much because I'm on dialup... but by god, I *can* give you a site to keep up with what they're trying to scrub

PEACE!

Ghost

[Subdivisions]

45. Thanks, Ghost. n/t

[Ghost in the Machine]

46. Thank you also, Texas Explorer... I've loaded up some of the cached html pages...

I set the firum to where the .pdf's can be uploaded as attachments if anyone has them downloaded already..

I also set the forum to "public" so no one would have to sign up to use it, but I've already had to delete porn spammer shit from it in the 2 hours it's been open....

PEACE!

Ghost

[Barrymores Ghost]

44. Thankis, T E...and I'm using waybackmachine now, too. n/t

[Subdivisions]

37. This cannot wait until November. And you know why. n/t

[Solomon]

47. Checking in and bowing solemnly.