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1 Bin Laden was a double agent working for US ....... neither his followers or the american people would believe such a thing.
Or
2 The govt knew of the attack and did not try to prevent it.
Or
3 The govt was incompetent (lack of coordination of data) and decided to exploit the deaths of others for their own political/economic agenda.
Will we ever know the truth ??? Probably never.
What does it do ??
Is it important ??
Are seen as mindless imitating sheep consumers.
For covering the desert sands with solar collectors.
Lucy .....
Too much of this "My party, right or wrong stuff" .....
How about the progressives leaving the democratic party to form their own party ........ like T. Roosevelt did with the Bull Moose Party.
We need a Constitutional Convention ........ let the state meet without the approval of the corrupt Congress.
I do whatever profits me and my buddies.
Bush could of done nothing without the support of Congress thru every damn illegal, immoral and lying thing he has done.
Where is the outrage against these people who are not interested in representing the interests of the american people.
Unlike the founding fathers, they have neither conscience nor courage to give meaning to any policy.
It is clear that they see themselves as part of the "special" class of upper echelon govt and neither identify with or feel any connection to those they have campaigned to represent.
There, you go ...... the people get the govt they deserve.
Ignorant of history, they will repeat its mistakes.
Too lazy to read a book, they think life is about being entertained .......... they have just enough energy to turn on a computer or stick an ipod earpiece in that hole in the side of their head.
They are asleep ...... in a trance ...... the walking unconscious......
Conditioned to consume and easily manipulated by fear.
Anybody who knows anything about history knows the Catholic Church is as corrupt an institution as the world has ever seen.
They had europe in their corrupt grasp for centuries ...... no doubt the founding fathers had them in mind when outlining the principle of separation of church and state.
The 1918 influenza virus killed 50% of its victims. It was a mutation of a bird flu.
Victims died within two days ...... thus the cause of death was not secondary pneumonia or organ failure but a massive immune response of the body that led to literally drowning in ones own lung fluids.
Casualties were suffered in a military base in Alaska.
The bodies were buried in the frozen tundra.
A few years ago, a govt expedition was sent to Alaska ....... bodies were exhumed and the virus (due to frozen state) retrieved.
The military has since reproduced the virus in its biological weapons labs.
If you think this was all done so we could study the virus because it might help in future bird flu mutations, you are naive.
When the population becomes a threat to the super rich, the population will be decimated with the virus.
You could literally wipe-out half the human race in a week by spreading the virus in a controlled manner.
For the old red, white and blue rubber dick ....... bend over public like you're used to doing.
Nothing is changing is far as unethical behavior is concerned.
You would think people, even idiots, would get tired of the same old deja vu day after day after day after day after day ......
Who'd have thought people would become as stupid as the citizens of Orwell's "1984"?
When all I have to do is sit on my ass all day ...... I have slaves (aides) to serve me and do all my work ..... I get free food, free gym memberships, great retirement pension plan, great health insurance and get to walk around all day dressed in a suit and looking important ..... Easiest job in the world ...... just have to cast a vote every now and then and on election years pay a visit to my homestate to press the flesh with the rabble ....
Signed,
Your Congressman
The executive branch should have no power to appoint members of the judiciary branch or the regulatory agencies.
This obviously distorts the balance of powers.
Bush staffed the regulatory agencies with his lackeys and castrated them by lack of funding.
Thus, the american people have gone unprotected from obvious threats to their safety.
Attorney generals, Supreme Court judges, etc., could be appointed by many other means but should be insulated from the political process as much as possible.
They could be chosen by their peers (American Bar Assoc.) thru a committee with representatives of the public also present.
As far as the cowardice ....... there are two factors ...... self-interests and fear.
They will lick the balls of their corporate sponsors.
Even worse, they apparently fear their own govt (of which they are a part) more than they do the voting public (I wonder why?).
They know they can be the target of dirty tricks, setups, etc as much as anyone else.
Perhaps if a small mob of citizens stormed the Congress and hanged a few of them on the Capital steps, their "respect" for the public would increase.
But how would they do that if they're watching "Dancing With the Stars"?