June 28 commentary

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My new favorite bumper sticker: to all nations of the world: be nice to us or we will impose democracy upon you.

Next item: you want to know something truly bizarre? The most important meeting of the year just took place, a meeting that will affect every industrial nation on earth and much of the 3^rd world. It took place june 9-11 in Toronto Canada and you never even heard about it. Toronto june 9-11, The bilderburger society had their annual secret meeting wherein they formulate their agenda and goals for the next year. Ordinary journalists are not admitted , but the worlds leading newspaper publishers are invited, with the proviso that they report nothing, not even report that the meetings took place. They are sworn to secrecy. The American free press is the only us publication im aware of that even mentions the builderburger meetings. To give you the briefest idea of who attends and forgets to mention it, this from afp. READ AFP ARTICLE. Now then. For those of you who still think uncle chamba is just some wacko conspiracy nut, and I include Armstrong and getty, who im told alluded to this show on one of their broadcasts, I have a simple question: why do leaders of major corporations, select politicians of the worlds most powerful and influential nations, and major editors and publishers from the worlds most influential publications all meet each year behind massive security and secrecy, and its never reported? Not a single word in mainstream media. If that aint a conspiracy then I don’t know what is. Take it away, boys. If you don’t think the elite control the world, you simply aint payin attention. And if the builderburger meetings aint news, I don’t know what is.

Next item: even the weekly astrological predication on the web had an interesting take on king geo"s adventure in iraq. I quote: Time to reframe the words as the Nodes change signs out of ARIES into PISCES. Let’s start calling it an occupation. As even king George said, "Major Combat Operations in Iraq are over!" (He said that a few years ago on a ship off the coast of California.) We are an occupying force in a country not our own. Definition of the word Occupation: The invasion, conquest and control of a nation or territory by a foreign military force. Occupations end. Occupations have time tables. Occupations have plans. All occupied countries take over from the foreign military force. We "won" the war. Our military did that a while ago. We overthrew Saddam Hussein. If we keep referring to it as the WAR in Iraq instead of the OCCUPATION of Iraq, we’ll never leave! One just completely HATES to "lose" wars. One doesn’t "lose" occupations ~ the nation involved takes over, in an orderly, planned manner with a timetable. And we bring our soldiers home.

Next item: this item sent in by a listener: Two state legislators are trying to pass a "stealth" bill that would make it illegal for citizens to pass voter initiatives to protect themselves from Genetically Engineered agriculture in their local cities or counties.  As the bill is written, it would remove the rights of local governments to pass ANY laws regulating the use (including the growing) of ANY seeds and nursery stock.  No adequate state or federal laws currently exist to monitor, test, and protect us from the use of Genetically Engineered organisms.  Consequently, local governments are our last governmental resort.  The right to pass local ordinances for local citizens is fundamental to the spirit of democracy.  We fought the revolutionar y war over such key values. The legislators’ methods for passing this legislation are underhanded.  They both tried to sneak their law under the radar by burying them in other bills that were completely unrelated, effectively hiding the issue from voters AND legislators.  The stealth legislation is placed in Senate Bill SB1056.  The Assembly Agriculture Committee will be reviewing this legislation today. If this issue concerns you, you notify your state senator and state assembly person of your position on this bill AND ask them to notify you of their intentions AND their vote on this bill, should it make it to the floor for a vote.  For questions, you can call me. WILLIAM KENNETH NOW 916-927-6842

Next item: . Cong john Doolittle did it again. Got his name and photo in the union. This time with a silly story about almost offering a stupid amendment for a vote before congress. The guy is a genius. He is really clever at gaining all this free campaign publicity. He toys with offering an amendment that blatantly favors polititians such as himself, then conveniently withdraws his proposal, but reaps all this publicity, as if it were real news. The guy is a genius. He plays the game of political brilliantly. If only he had our interests at heart. This from the gv union thurs 22 june. Congressman John Doolittle's proposal to stop public funding of presidential campaigns met with fierce opposition by campaign finance reform groups, leading the District 4 Representative to shelve the amendment - at least for now.
Doolittle considered offering the one-sentence change to public presidential campaign funding as an amendment to the Transportation, Treasury and HUD Appropriations Bill approved by the U.S. House on June 14, but ultimately decided against it. Doolittle spokesperson Laura Blackann said the congressman will "probably introduce (the amendment) at a later time."
Many agree that public presidential funding laws, introduced in the wake of the Watergate scandal in order to deter corruption, need fixing. Neither of the eventual Democratic or Republican presidential candidates used public funding during the 2004 primary races.
The current system is in "serious trouble," Federal Election Commission Chairman Scott Thomas wrote in a 2005 letter to Congress, adding that unless it is changed it "runs the risk of being totally irrelevant in the 2008 election and beyond." No shit Sherlock. The pp above states that in the last election neither candidate of the one party pretending to be two used any public funding. It aint going to be irrevalent, big guy, it already is, and always has been for federal elections. It’s a clever scheme to fool folks into thinking we have any form of actual campaign financing control.
the union article concludes with an interesting pp. Doolittle was among the minority that voted against the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, which banned soft money contributions and imposed other restrictions on how politicians can raise money. He has also been widely criticized for his close ties to Jack Abramoff, the political lobbyist convicted of fraud.

This item from wm blum, online journal guest writer: With Bill Gates's announcement that he'll be phasing out his day-to-day participation in Microsoft, the media has carried a lot of adulatory stories about the Wunderkind, who became the world's youngest self-made billionaire at age 31. I do not mean to detract from Gates's accomplishments when I point out that for him to have become a billionaire just six years after introducing the MS-DOS 1.0 operating system, Microsoft had to be charging a lot more -- an awful lot more -- for its software than it had to based on the company's costs. There are those, enamored by the philosophy, practice, and folklore of free enterprise and rugged individualism, who will declare: "More power to the guy! He deserved every penny of it!" There are others, enamored by the vision of a more equitable society, who question how the current distribution of property and wealth can reasonably be said to derive from any sort of democratic process. By the 21st century, American society should have evolved beyond 2 percent with breathtaking wealth and 75 percent with a daily struggle for a decent life, including the middle class. In fact, along such lines we're regressing. This is almost heresy to many Americans, who are unwilling to tamper with political and economic arrangements, though they have no qualms about meddling with people's sex lives, women's bodies, and other moral issues. Greed and selfishness are natural, they insist, and have to be catered to. But if the system should cater to selfishness because it's natural, why not cater to aggression which many of the same people claim is natural?

Next item: some restaurant owner outside Philadelphia has a large sign board outside his establishment with hilarious political signs he changes every week. . Here are a few of his very public signs: the seatbelt laws are a giant money making machine for cities and insurance co’s. ask your legislators why 40 million kids can ride school buses twice a day without seat belts. And: this is America: why must we press one to proceed in English? And dear mr president: piss on the camel jockeys. Bring home the troops now. Leave behind plenty of bombs. They will kill themselves. That’s their way of life. And: arabs guarding our ports? Are you f**** crazy? Whats next? Child molesters permitted to open day care centers? Its time to dump the president. And: the freak found not guilty. Neverland chicken ranch now open for business. Young boys wanted. Free drinks and sleepovers. And whats the dirfference between highway robbery and our gas prices? Answer: not a damn thing. Just govt approved. And: pres bush’s great fuel economy program for suv’s and trucks: it will save 30 gal per year in 2008. this equates to a midget pissing on a forest fire. Admittedely the guy is not necessarily politically correct but he has taken free speech and creativity to new heights. For more of his work visit www.Casadice.com