US war embezzlement visualized: 4-minute video banned from Congress testimony: “Iraq for Sale”

[kpete]

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US war embezzlement visualized: 4-minute video banned from Congress testimony: “Iraq for Sale”
February 23, 11:56 AMLA County Nonpartisan ExaminerCarl Herman

The powerful and revealing 4-minute video is below.
VIDEO:
http://iraqforsale.org/

We hold these Truths to be self-evident...

Robert Greenwald, the creator of Brave New Films, testified to the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Defense about war profiteering. He planned to show a 4-minute excerpt from his film, “Iraq for Sale,” as a more powerful communication than his mere speaking but was blocked by a majority vote of those in favor of the Iraq war.


Following is a 3-minute CBS News story of then Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld admitting the Pentagon “lost” $2.3 trillion dollars:

* That’s $23,000 for every US household,
* or embezzling $1,000,000 from a military project 2,300,000 times,
* or embezzling a million dollars a day for 6,300 years,
* or embezzling over 600 million dollars a day, every day, for ten years.


Following that is a 4-minute video of President Eisenhower’s warning mixed with Rumsfeld’s Congressional testimony dancing around the Department of Defense (DOD) waste.

http://www.examiner.com/x-18425-LA-County-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2010m2d23-US-war-embezzlement-visualized-4minute-video-banned-from-Congress-testimony-Iraq-for-Sale

[Blue_Tires]

1. i'm sure the teabag deficit hawks will be all over this

:sarcasm:

[newtothegame]

2. WTF? Why would a filmmaker's personal work be considered congressional testimony anyways?

:shrug:

[EFerrari]

3. Because documentaries are facts on film.

It's a very well done piece. But we can't tarnish the beautiful minds in Congress with facts. How would they be able to continue to claim innocence with straight faces? Think of the children and the effect on C-SPAN THEATER ticket sales.

[newtothegame]

5. Sometimes, sometimes not.

Fahrenheit 9/11 & Fahrenhype 9/11 may be considered "documentaries," but both purposefully omit anything that challenges their objectives (opposite objectives obviously). I wouldn't call either "facts on film."

[EFerrari]

6. Have you seen the video?

[newtothegame]

7. No I haven't. Maybe this documentary IS "facts on film."

My point was, most aren't, so I don't understand why they would be used for "congressional testimony."

I notice we run into eachother on lots of posts, nice to see you again :hi:

[EFerrari]

13. The long version might be available at PBS because

I remember watching it on line. ETA:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6621486727392146155#

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. Because the very existence of the film shows how terrified Big Pharma really is.

Only only strengthens my belief in HAARP.

[4 t 4]

8. Hey Kpete,

Love you and love your posts, but all you ever do is post negative thought's , bad news and hopelessness (I think?)then you move on and You Never EVER Reply, What gives?????

Really starting to wonder about this site. Don't you ever get riled up and find the need to post cause you can't take it anymore?? Oh No, I'm questioning someone you all love. I will be an outcast in a few minutes! So Sorry but I feel such that I can't trust anything anymore because what I thought and what I was tought no longer applies. Please advise: Thanks

[elehhhhna]

10. are you drunk?

[4 t 4]

11. Is it not the truth? n/t

[elehhhhna]

12. Yes! I mean no! You drunks with your confusing double-negatives

[4 t 4]

9. hey Kpete,

Love you and love your posts, but all you ever do is post negative thought's , bad news and hopelessness (I think?)then you move on and You Never EVER Reply, What gives?????

Really starting to wonder about this site. Don't you ever get riled up and find the need to post cause you can't take it anymore?? Oh No, I'm questioning someone you all love. I will be an outcast in a few minutes! So Sorry but I feel such that I can't trust anything anymore because what I thought and what I was tought no longer applies. Please advise: Thanks

[Festivito]

14. Wishing to keep their heads in the sand, or much darker place? /nt