On December 16, 1811, a violent earthquake struck a frontier town called New Madrid, in what would later become the state of Missouri. Two more quakes followed on January 23 and February 7, 1812. Precisely two hundred years later, on December 16, 2011, a massive 9.8 earthquake once again struck the same area, creating aftershocks that rippled throughout the entire Midwestern United States, including areas of Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Arkansas.
It was eerily different, however, than the quake that devastated the California coast just a few years prior. Because there were no skyscrapers, bridges, highways, shopping malls, parking lots, or all the other paraphernalia from the 'industrial age', damages and injuries were minimal. People simply accepted the sudden jolt as a symptom of nature and went on with their lives. Society had changed dramatically; the culture was new. Surviving members of the human species no longer aspired to accumulating wealth, collecting worthless 'things', building power bases, constructing monuments to commercialism and capitalism, or clawing their way up the 'ladder' to financial 'success'.
It was a different world. A world that appreciated the finer things in life, such as the sweet smell of a meadow filled with fragrant flowers; the majesty of a forest filled with towering trees and shadowed glens; the simplicity of a community made up of a few hundred people who looked out for one another and shared needs and wants equally with every tribal member. And, oddly, no one living in this grand new utopia had any recollection of what their 'contemporary' world had been like in the past. In a millinanosecond of time, every memory of an industrialized, 'modern' world filled with wars, materialism, gluttony and shame had disintegrated, disappeared in less time than in took to blink one's eye.
Swindling mortgage lenders, lazy industrialists, wealthy elitists, unscrupulous bankers, greedy Wall Streeters, corrupt politicians, thieving lobbyists, conniving lawyers and malicious media moguls had been wiped clean from the planet. There was no need, anymore, for shysters to slather the land with their chicanery.
It was, indeed, the 'best of times'; the worst of times had been left behind, never to be thought of, dreamed about or envisioned again. Everything that man had devised, built and created in the name of 'progress' or 'profit' was forever obliterated from the face of the Earth. The planet had been restored to a global garden, reminiscent of the place where ancient Biblical accounts claim God first created Adam and Eve.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Unanimous Belief
Whatever indvidual belief one subscribed to, the event of February 9, 2009 was 'miraculous'. If you believed that Earth was the random result of an evolutionary 'big bang', then you had to also believe that something just as evolutionary had taken over a planet that was about to self-destruct. If you thought a universe with no outside edges and no center - a universe with no beginning or no end - was the result of an 'intelligent designer', or 'nature', you had to accept that this dramatic changeover was also designed by someone - or something - of intelligence far superior to that on Earth. 'Mother Nature' was, as many assumed, the force behind all things on Earth - and, if that was your belief - then you also had to assume that She was responsible for what had just happened to a small, insignificant planet a mere 93 million miles from its sunlight. In one form or another, of course, most men on Earth believed in "God" - and if you were among those religious practitioners, you had to believe that your "God" had something to with this. That is, of course, if you had any memory of what happened less than a second ago. And, of course, no one had such recollection. It was if all memory had been erased from the collective humanoid computer called mankind.
The world was now comprised of small tribal communities, dependent on each citizen within the local clan. No where on Earth was there an established 'centralized' government. The states and cities - and their respective governments - were gone. Governance was within each localized community, usually made up of less than two hundred individuals. Every person had a skill or talent to share with his fellow tribal members. 'Civilization' had reverted to what most contemporaries would have considered barbaric. Animals were no longer slaughtered en masse in huge meat processing plants; 'hunters' would bring food, clothing and shelter home to the 'gatherers' - to be shared with every member of the village.
The world was now comprised of small tribal communities, dependent on each citizen within the local clan. No where on Earth was there an established 'centralized' government. The states and cities - and their respective governments - were gone. Governance was within each localized community, usually made up of less than two hundred individuals. Every person had a skill or talent to share with his fellow tribal members. 'Civilization' had reverted to what most contemporaries would have considered barbaric. Animals were no longer slaughtered en masse in huge meat processing plants; 'hunters' would bring food, clothing and shelter home to the 'gatherers' - to be shared with every member of the village.
Friday, September 7, 2007
A Gentleness Hugged the Earth
The 'eerie' calmness of the world accentuated other noticeable changes. A gentleness hugged the Earth. Even the most inhospitable regions of the globe were tempered. Harsh weather, seconds ago unihabitable, now greeted man, plants and animals. Out of necessity, tribalism societies had returned to an Earth which had embraced such tradition for millenia, prior to the advent of 'modern man' and his 'work-savng' machines and devices. Neighbors shared food, lived in comfortable conditions supplied by nature, and had everything the community needed for survival.
Gone were the Pakistani 'night letters' threatening death to any girls who dared to attend school or left their homes without the traditional burka.
Gone were the murderous gangs in Darfur who raped women, plundered villages and committed genocide that had, for years, went largely unoticed by the rest of the 'civilized' world.
Gone were the business ogres who believed that profit was the one god for which to live, and who actually enjoyed enriching themselves while enslaving others.
Gone were corrupt politicians, false prophets, deceitful community leaders and self-appointed kings and queens who put their lust for power above the needs of their constituents.
Gone were the mass marketers who created slick advertising campaigns that addicted consumers as easily as the plants from poppy fields addicted heroin users.
The world had formed a common bond, all because an extra-terrestrial army of translucent spheres had ascended upon the Earth and - instantaneously - transformed a gluttonous planet into a global garden of peace and humility.
Again - the questions remained: How?
Why?
Gone were the Pakistani 'night letters' threatening death to any girls who dared to attend school or left their homes without the traditional burka.
Gone were the murderous gangs in Darfur who raped women, plundered villages and committed genocide that had, for years, went largely unoticed by the rest of the 'civilized' world.
Gone were the business ogres who believed that profit was the one god for which to live, and who actually enjoyed enriching themselves while enslaving others.
Gone were corrupt politicians, false prophets, deceitful community leaders and self-appointed kings and queens who put their lust for power above the needs of their constituents.
Gone were the mass marketers who created slick advertising campaigns that addicted consumers as easily as the plants from poppy fields addicted heroin users.
The world had formed a common bond, all because an extra-terrestrial army of translucent spheres had ascended upon the Earth and - instantaneously - transformed a gluttonous planet into a global garden of peace and humility.
Again - the questions remained: How?
Why?
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Tribalism Returns
Except for a few rare instances in remote areas of the world, tribalism had been abandoned as a way of life for decades, if not centuries. Tribal consciousness and a strong ingroup loyalty comprised of limited families within tiny cultural communities had all but disappeared as cities and states ascended upon the world and created hierarchies and power structures governed by elected or self-appointed leaders. Cooperation among all within the tribe gave way to organizational charts and formed family dynasties that lasted for generations. By the twentieth century, the world's 'super powers' dominated global economies and affected societies on an international scale.
Now, in less time than it took to flick your finger, those pockets of power were gone. There was no President of the United States; no Prime Minister of Canada; no Royal Highness of England. Immense wealth and power had disappeared from the Earth. Conversely, there were also no more slaves, no indentured servants, no minimum-wage workers. People seemed - for lack of any better word - equal.
Had there been anyone there to observe these changes, uncanny comparisons might have been made from one split second to another. Although different people had unique skin colors, 'spoke' different languages, and observed cultural distinctions, no one seemed to notice. It was as if all human Earthlings had been blended into some sort of homogenized, pasteurized 'milk' of human kindness, goodness, and tolerance. An 'outsider' would notice other things that strangely separated this 'new' world from the world that was just a nonosecond ago: no one 'spoke' - all 'communication' was being projected telepathically, through sensory channels without verbalizing. No one appeared to be distressed, angry, upset or enraged. A noticeable - and, to anyone that may have survived from an instant ago, eerie -calmness blanketed the Earth.
With the pockets of power now dead and gone, the world was returned to tribalism. Where man cared for man, shared his bounty and honored nature.
Now, in less time than it took to flick your finger, those pockets of power were gone. There was no President of the United States; no Prime Minister of Canada; no Royal Highness of England. Immense wealth and power had disappeared from the Earth. Conversely, there were also no more slaves, no indentured servants, no minimum-wage workers. People seemed - for lack of any better word - equal.
Had there been anyone there to observe these changes, uncanny comparisons might have been made from one split second to another. Although different people had unique skin colors, 'spoke' different languages, and observed cultural distinctions, no one seemed to notice. It was as if all human Earthlings had been blended into some sort of homogenized, pasteurized 'milk' of human kindness, goodness, and tolerance. An 'outsider' would notice other things that strangely separated this 'new' world from the world that was just a nonosecond ago: no one 'spoke' - all 'communication' was being projected telepathically, through sensory channels without verbalizing. No one appeared to be distressed, angry, upset or enraged. A noticeable - and, to anyone that may have survived from an instant ago, eerie -calmness blanketed the Earth.
With the pockets of power now dead and gone, the world was returned to tribalism. Where man cared for man, shared his bounty and honored nature.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Domo is dead
Introduced less than two years ago, a Japanese invention called "Domo" was just about to become the next new consumer item marketed to the masses. Programmed to wait on shut-ins, invaids or those who were just-plain-rich-and-lazy, Domo could serve refreshments, tend to minor household chores, and put away the groceries. Just as the new 'robotic age' was becoming a reality, Earth was thrust back into - what might seem to some - the 'dark ages'.
"Domo" was just one more example of how lanquid the global society had become.
Instead of 'taking care of our own', we could hire robots to provide caregiving for aging parents, handicapped children or invalid friends and neighbors. Most of the world had succumbed to the 'convenience' of not being inconvenienced by personal devotion to others. Tossing a quarter to a homeless man on the street was considered a good deed. Writing a check to the American Red Cross was considered an act of charity. Actually spending time with an ailing, aging acquaintance was considered unthinkable.
But, when the translucent spheres reshaped the world in that split-second on February 9, 2009, all that changed. Only about half the world's population was still alive. And those three billion (or so) people knew instinctively that theirs was a world of caring, sharing and cooperation.
"Domo" was just one more example of how lanquid the global society had become.
Instead of 'taking care of our own', we could hire robots to provide caregiving for aging parents, handicapped children or invalid friends and neighbors. Most of the world had succumbed to the 'convenience' of not being inconvenienced by personal devotion to others. Tossing a quarter to a homeless man on the street was considered a good deed. Writing a check to the American Red Cross was considered an act of charity. Actually spending time with an ailing, aging acquaintance was considered unthinkable.
But, when the translucent spheres reshaped the world in that split-second on February 9, 2009, all that changed. Only about half the world's population was still alive. And those three billion (or so) people knew instinctively that theirs was a world of caring, sharing and cooperation.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
The Earth is Renewed
The most startling phenomenon of what happened on February 9, 2009 was that survivors didn't seem to even be aware of what had happened. It was like their 'new' idyllic lifestyle had always existed. Farmers quietly plowed their fields without aid of noisy, air-polluting tractors. Rustic villages painted pastoral scenes of peace and tranquility without the congestion of smoke or noise from gas-powered vehicles. Fields and meadows grew wild where Interstate overpasses had once carried tens of thousands of automobiles each day on ruthless ribbons of asphalt and concrete. Flowers were everywhere; trees greened areas where monumental man-made monoliths used to stand as vanguards of some corporate mogul's wealth and power.
In Asian cities, rickshaws and small horse-drawn carriages replaced the burgeon of taxis and private cars that had - just seconds before - crowded narrow 'streets' and passageways.
London's famous black cabs no longer peppered the streets of England's most eloquent metropolis. Trucks and trains seemed not to exist - anywhere. Airplanes and airports had all disappeared. In the United States, complex highway systems, busy interchanges, dangerous intersections and pothole-stricken roads were all gone. Factories around the world no longer poisoned the land, the water or the air - because those buildings were no longer.
Government buildings - and the bloated bureaucracies they housed - no longer created impressions of power or dominance.
The occasional monument or landmark still stood to dedicate a memory of goodness or humanity. But statues of war heroes had been obliterated. Otherwise, the entire globe had been transformed into the natural beauty of forests, waterfalls, brooks, grasslands, flowers, lakes, fields, meadows, and the richest farm soil one could imagine. The oceans teemed with life: whales and dolphins burst joyfully from the waters in celebration of their planetery rebirth. Ponds and streams were filled with fish, tadpoles, frogs and algae. Fauna and flora grabbed at the geographical stratum; coral reefs, which had just seconds ago been breathing their last breaths of life, now flourished with new vigor and vibrant color.
Penguins and polar bears - at opposite ends of the Earth - slam-dunked themselves into the newly-restored coolness of the waters and happily skated on refreshed bergs of precious ice.
In less time than it took to blink one's eye, the Earth had been renewed.
How?
Why?
In Asian cities, rickshaws and small horse-drawn carriages replaced the burgeon of taxis and private cars that had - just seconds before - crowded narrow 'streets' and passageways.
London's famous black cabs no longer peppered the streets of England's most eloquent metropolis. Trucks and trains seemed not to exist - anywhere. Airplanes and airports had all disappeared. In the United States, complex highway systems, busy interchanges, dangerous intersections and pothole-stricken roads were all gone. Factories around the world no longer poisoned the land, the water or the air - because those buildings were no longer.
Government buildings - and the bloated bureaucracies they housed - no longer created impressions of power or dominance.
The occasional monument or landmark still stood to dedicate a memory of goodness or humanity. But statues of war heroes had been obliterated. Otherwise, the entire globe had been transformed into the natural beauty of forests, waterfalls, brooks, grasslands, flowers, lakes, fields, meadows, and the richest farm soil one could imagine. The oceans teemed with life: whales and dolphins burst joyfully from the waters in celebration of their planetery rebirth. Ponds and streams were filled with fish, tadpoles, frogs and algae. Fauna and flora grabbed at the geographical stratum; coral reefs, which had just seconds ago been breathing their last breaths of life, now flourished with new vigor and vibrant color.
Penguins and polar bears - at opposite ends of the Earth - slam-dunked themselves into the newly-restored coolness of the waters and happily skated on refreshed bergs of precious ice.
In less time than it took to blink one's eye, the Earth had been renewed.
How?
Why?
Monday, September 3, 2007
Consciousness or coincidence...?
Consciousness prevailing throughout the universe is one thing....
Coincidence is another. If one to were look back on the recent history of the United States, for example, there might be certain 'coincidences' that seem far too convenient. In the early 1990's, U.S. President George H.W. Bush responded immediately to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The Bush family had enjoyed a friendly relationship with members of prominent royal families in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia for decades, and Bush pressed the resources of the United States military into quick action. American television viewers cheered as infrared bombs exploded, oil fields blazed, and Iraq soldiers were killed in what was more like a staged movie set than the reality of 'war'. It was a heady demonstration of American military might, and Americans rallied 'round as their valiant troops pushed Saddam back and salvaged tiny Kuwait from a hostile takeover. Bush, however, was criticized, ridiculed, and humiliated for 'not finishing the job' and ousting Hussein at that time. Even Hussein joined in the ridicule, threatening to kill Bush and laughing as American troops withdrew and Hussein maintained control over his enslaved Iraqi people.
Bill Clinton's impious indulgences with a White House intern distracted Americans from war as Clinton's political opponents spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars 'investigating' what was little more than an illicit extra-marital affair with another consenting adult. While it titillated taxpayers, there was no doubt that this was nothing more than 'payback' for the Watergate scandal twenty-some years earlier, when Republicans saw their President reduced to writing a three-line letter of resignation from the highest office in the land. Congressional 'investigators' could hardly contain their glee over the possibility that Bill Clinton might actually become the second U.S. President to be impeached. One had to wonder about the hypocrisy of Republican senators and representatives, some who undoubtedly listened to the sexual soilage all day and then retreated to their private Capital Hill offices to be consoled, and assuaged, with blow jobs from their own palliating secretaries or interns. Ten years after Clinton's dirty laundry was aired, Republicans found themselves embroiled in countless scandals involving many of their own party's associates. Tom Foley was caught trying to seduce underage Congressional pages with explicit e-mail messages; Larry Craig was found trying to solicit sex from an undercover cop in the Minneapolis airport's public toilet. Apparently Clinton's activities weren't considered nearly as grotesque: his popularity ratings never waned throughout the Republican witch hunt of his personal affairs. Republicans, on the other hand, found themselves swimming in a cesspool of public outrage, demanding that they clean up their own back yards.
When George W. Bush came to Washington, DC, the coincidences couldn't be overlooked. Bush was determined to bring 'business as usual' back to the United States. The hell with this Bill Clinton sex stuff; the business of America was OIL and WAR PROFITEERING - and Bush intended to get back to business. How ironic that his Vice-Presidential running mate was, like Bush, an 'oilman' who had lathered himself in the largess of 'black gold', greased the necessary oil-slicked palms, and walked away from his position as CEO at a little-known company called Halliburton with a multi-million-dollar golden parachute.
Frank Rich, in his book "The Greatest Story Ever SOLD", alludes to how George W. Bush intended to attack Iraq from the very first day he stepped foot in the White House. There were three reasons for Bush's adamant objective:
1. The Bush family held a personal vendetta against Saddam Hussein, ever since those days of Desert Storm. It was George W. Bush's mission to "finish the job" and "settle the score" with Hussein - at any cost;
2. Dick Cheney wanted all that OIL swimming underneath Iraq's sands so that he and his oil friends could get richer and richer and richer feeding America's addiction to cheap, easily-accessible foreign OIL - at any cost.
3. Ever since World War II, the giant U.S. military-industrial complex had recognized how profitable 'war' could be. So, all the politicians were bought up, pricey lobbyists were hired, and special interest groups were formed to promote and encourage more 'war'. Thus, the U.S. became involved in the Korean Conflict, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cold War, Vietnam and Desert Storm over the course of fifty years. Now it was time for a new 'war' to help corporations like McDonnell-Douglas, Sikorsky, and Lockheed-Martin boost their sagging profits from years of peace time. Add to that the two 'newcomers' to the government's war trough: the Carlyle Group and Halliburton both had direct ties to the Bush-Cheney White House. These two new government contractors needed to get their fair share of the government's gratuity; in order for that to happen, a new 'war' had to come about - at any cost.
Shortly after George H.W. Bush left the White House, he and several of his cabinet members (including James Baker) joined a start-up organization called the Carlyle Group, headquartered in Washington, DC, with an easy walk of the White House. The new consulting firm would include among its clients the United States government. Prominent investors from families in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait lined up to welcome their friend, George H.W. Bush, as one of its principals. One Saudi family by the name of binLaden cheerfully invested $2.5 million.
On September 11, 2001, the New York Twin Towers at the World Trade Center complex was attacked by fuel-filled jet planes that slammed into the buildings and killed about 3,000 people. Another plane allegedly crashed into the Pentagon, while still another (Flight 93) was supposedly forced to make a crash landing in rural Pennsylvania after being commandeered by some of the passengers, who sacrificed their own lives in order to save the terrorist highjackers from using the plane as a guided missile possibly headed for the White House. Speculation ran rampant as conspiracy theorists posted skeptical video on the Internet. Many witnesses and experts disagreed with a hastily-prepared government report that prompted more questions than it answered. The Bush administration quickly accused a known radical, Osama binLaden, as the man responsible for this tragedy. Emotions ran high, and Americans - and Congress - stood by as George W. Bush ran rip shod over the U.S. Constitution, made his own laws, and declared his intention to go to war with Iraq - a sovereign nation that in no way threatened, provoked or attacked the United States! It made no difference to Bush; he was convinced there were 'weapons of mass destruction' stockpiled in Iraq, ready to aid "terrorists" from a sinister "evil empire". The Bush administration lied to Congress, hoodwinked the American populace, and conned valiant U.S. soldiers into believing they were going to 'war' in Iraq for honorable purpose. In fact, the Bush administration went to 'war' so a handful of wealthy elitists, industrialists and power brokers could become wealthier and more powerful - at any cost.
Bush 'declared' war without Congressional consent. Three years later, in the midst of an unpopular and unconstitutional 'war' that had millions of Americans angry and distracted, Bush exercised his rampant powers again to do something dastardly:
In October, 2006, George W. Bush signed into law the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act which changed important, long-standing legal principles that limited the federal government's intevention in domestic affairs. These changes would allow Bush to declare martial law without even having to inform Congress or get its consent! The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 was virtually voided in favor of a U.S. President's whim to do whatever he chooses without any authority or cooperation from either of the other two branches of the U.S. government.
Worthy of notable interest, also: while all other aircraft was grounded on 9-11-01, U.S. government planes quietly escorted many prominent Saudi Arabian citizens out of the country, who were in Washington for a Carlyle Group investors' meeting. Larry Silverstein, a Bush family friend, owned the Twin Towers, which were hemorrhaging monumental losses. George W. Bush's youngest brother, Marvin, was in charge of security at the Twin Towers prior to the 9-11 tragedy. A few months after the emotional turmoil of 9-11 had died down, Bush stated publicly that he didn't know where Osama binLaden was, that he didn't care where binLaden was, and that binLaden was no longer a "priority". In fact, he ordered all of the federal agencies charged with the capture of binLaden to stop their searches!
Many believed this insane 'war' with Iraq was all about OIL and WAR PROFITEERING, and there was credible evidence to support such opinion. As the war's unpopularity grew, the Bush administration found itself mired in controversy. In a desperate attempt to pacify a new Democratic-led Congress Bush had established a list of about eighteen 'benchmarks' whihc, he said, had to be satisfied before the U.S. would allow Iraqis to take over governing their own country. The number-one non-military benchmark was "Bush's high-pressure push to ram his new oil law through the Iraqi Parliament. The official line was that this [was] a healing measure that would provide for fair distribution of oil profits among Iraq's Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds...." This report, from a 2007 edition of "The Hightower Lowdown", was highly critical of the 'real' purpose behind Bush's tactics. The report continued: "Truth is, this [was] not about sharing profits, but about a cynical power grab by multinational oil ginats. Big Oil got the Bushites to write a provision into the proposed law that would open two-thirds of Iraq's oil fields to ownership by foreign corporations - unlike Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and Iran - all of which control their oil drilling and extraction. In short, the law would force Iraq to surrender sovereignty over its most valuable resource - and that's why it is no passing. One thing the nation's politicians can see is just how vehement opposition to Big Oil's law is.
So when you see stories about Bush, Cheney and others imploring Iraq's Parliament to pass this law - remember, they're not promoting national reconciliation, they're promoting a shameful oil scam." While the mainstream media failed to report this story, it had become frequent fodder in the alternative press and around the Internet. It was damning proof that Bush's 'war' was all for the sake of oil and war profits - something that did not sit well with most Americans.
When George W. Bush was assassinated on January 17, 2008 as he began to deliver his final inaugural address, the United States endured massive changes. Wealthy elitists, industrialists, power brokers and influential celebrities were all killed by a group called O.U.T.R.A.G.E. Unprecedented hurricanes hit the U.S. east coasts; a massive earthquake struck Los Angeles. All these events seemed to be a prelude to what happened on February 9, 2009....a turn of events that would dramatically change the entire world.
In 2008, a U.S. Presidential candidate was named Barrack Hussein Obama....is it coincidence, or consciousness, that caused this candidate to carry names similar to two of George W. Bush's most onerous nemeses?
Conciousness prevaiing throughout the universe is one thing....coincidence is another.
Coincidence is another. If one to were look back on the recent history of the United States, for example, there might be certain 'coincidences' that seem far too convenient. In the early 1990's, U.S. President George H.W. Bush responded immediately to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The Bush family had enjoyed a friendly relationship with members of prominent royal families in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia for decades, and Bush pressed the resources of the United States military into quick action. American television viewers cheered as infrared bombs exploded, oil fields blazed, and Iraq soldiers were killed in what was more like a staged movie set than the reality of 'war'. It was a heady demonstration of American military might, and Americans rallied 'round as their valiant troops pushed Saddam back and salvaged tiny Kuwait from a hostile takeover. Bush, however, was criticized, ridiculed, and humiliated for 'not finishing the job' and ousting Hussein at that time. Even Hussein joined in the ridicule, threatening to kill Bush and laughing as American troops withdrew and Hussein maintained control over his enslaved Iraqi people.
Bill Clinton's impious indulgences with a White House intern distracted Americans from war as Clinton's political opponents spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars 'investigating' what was little more than an illicit extra-marital affair with another consenting adult. While it titillated taxpayers, there was no doubt that this was nothing more than 'payback' for the Watergate scandal twenty-some years earlier, when Republicans saw their President reduced to writing a three-line letter of resignation from the highest office in the land. Congressional 'investigators' could hardly contain their glee over the possibility that Bill Clinton might actually become the second U.S. President to be impeached. One had to wonder about the hypocrisy of Republican senators and representatives, some who undoubtedly listened to the sexual soilage all day and then retreated to their private Capital Hill offices to be consoled, and assuaged, with blow jobs from their own palliating secretaries or interns. Ten years after Clinton's dirty laundry was aired, Republicans found themselves embroiled in countless scandals involving many of their own party's associates. Tom Foley was caught trying to seduce underage Congressional pages with explicit e-mail messages; Larry Craig was found trying to solicit sex from an undercover cop in the Minneapolis airport's public toilet. Apparently Clinton's activities weren't considered nearly as grotesque: his popularity ratings never waned throughout the Republican witch hunt of his personal affairs. Republicans, on the other hand, found themselves swimming in a cesspool of public outrage, demanding that they clean up their own back yards.
When George W. Bush came to Washington, DC, the coincidences couldn't be overlooked. Bush was determined to bring 'business as usual' back to the United States. The hell with this Bill Clinton sex stuff; the business of America was OIL and WAR PROFITEERING - and Bush intended to get back to business. How ironic that his Vice-Presidential running mate was, like Bush, an 'oilman' who had lathered himself in the largess of 'black gold', greased the necessary oil-slicked palms, and walked away from his position as CEO at a little-known company called Halliburton with a multi-million-dollar golden parachute.
Frank Rich, in his book "The Greatest Story Ever SOLD", alludes to how George W. Bush intended to attack Iraq from the very first day he stepped foot in the White House. There were three reasons for Bush's adamant objective:
1. The Bush family held a personal vendetta against Saddam Hussein, ever since those days of Desert Storm. It was George W. Bush's mission to "finish the job" and "settle the score" with Hussein - at any cost;
2. Dick Cheney wanted all that OIL swimming underneath Iraq's sands so that he and his oil friends could get richer and richer and richer feeding America's addiction to cheap, easily-accessible foreign OIL - at any cost.
3. Ever since World War II, the giant U.S. military-industrial complex had recognized how profitable 'war' could be. So, all the politicians were bought up, pricey lobbyists were hired, and special interest groups were formed to promote and encourage more 'war'. Thus, the U.S. became involved in the Korean Conflict, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cold War, Vietnam and Desert Storm over the course of fifty years. Now it was time for a new 'war' to help corporations like McDonnell-Douglas, Sikorsky, and Lockheed-Martin boost their sagging profits from years of peace time. Add to that the two 'newcomers' to the government's war trough: the Carlyle Group and Halliburton both had direct ties to the Bush-Cheney White House. These two new government contractors needed to get their fair share of the government's gratuity; in order for that to happen, a new 'war' had to come about - at any cost.
Shortly after George H.W. Bush left the White House, he and several of his cabinet members (including James Baker) joined a start-up organization called the Carlyle Group, headquartered in Washington, DC, with an easy walk of the White House. The new consulting firm would include among its clients the United States government. Prominent investors from families in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait lined up to welcome their friend, George H.W. Bush, as one of its principals. One Saudi family by the name of binLaden cheerfully invested $2.5 million.
On September 11, 2001, the New York Twin Towers at the World Trade Center complex was attacked by fuel-filled jet planes that slammed into the buildings and killed about 3,000 people. Another plane allegedly crashed into the Pentagon, while still another (Flight 93) was supposedly forced to make a crash landing in rural Pennsylvania after being commandeered by some of the passengers, who sacrificed their own lives in order to save the terrorist highjackers from using the plane as a guided missile possibly headed for the White House. Speculation ran rampant as conspiracy theorists posted skeptical video on the Internet. Many witnesses and experts disagreed with a hastily-prepared government report that prompted more questions than it answered. The Bush administration quickly accused a known radical, Osama binLaden, as the man responsible for this tragedy. Emotions ran high, and Americans - and Congress - stood by as George W. Bush ran rip shod over the U.S. Constitution, made his own laws, and declared his intention to go to war with Iraq - a sovereign nation that in no way threatened, provoked or attacked the United States! It made no difference to Bush; he was convinced there were 'weapons of mass destruction' stockpiled in Iraq, ready to aid "terrorists" from a sinister "evil empire". The Bush administration lied to Congress, hoodwinked the American populace, and conned valiant U.S. soldiers into believing they were going to 'war' in Iraq for honorable purpose. In fact, the Bush administration went to 'war' so a handful of wealthy elitists, industrialists and power brokers could become wealthier and more powerful - at any cost.
Bush 'declared' war without Congressional consent. Three years later, in the midst of an unpopular and unconstitutional 'war' that had millions of Americans angry and distracted, Bush exercised his rampant powers again to do something dastardly:
In October, 2006, George W. Bush signed into law the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act which changed important, long-standing legal principles that limited the federal government's intevention in domestic affairs. These changes would allow Bush to declare martial law without even having to inform Congress or get its consent! The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 was virtually voided in favor of a U.S. President's whim to do whatever he chooses without any authority or cooperation from either of the other two branches of the U.S. government.
Worthy of notable interest, also: while all other aircraft was grounded on 9-11-01, U.S. government planes quietly escorted many prominent Saudi Arabian citizens out of the country, who were in Washington for a Carlyle Group investors' meeting. Larry Silverstein, a Bush family friend, owned the Twin Towers, which were hemorrhaging monumental losses. George W. Bush's youngest brother, Marvin, was in charge of security at the Twin Towers prior to the 9-11 tragedy. A few months after the emotional turmoil of 9-11 had died down, Bush stated publicly that he didn't know where Osama binLaden was, that he didn't care where binLaden was, and that binLaden was no longer a "priority". In fact, he ordered all of the federal agencies charged with the capture of binLaden to stop their searches!
Many believed this insane 'war' with Iraq was all about OIL and WAR PROFITEERING, and there was credible evidence to support such opinion. As the war's unpopularity grew, the Bush administration found itself mired in controversy. In a desperate attempt to pacify a new Democratic-led Congress Bush had established a list of about eighteen 'benchmarks' whihc, he said, had to be satisfied before the U.S. would allow Iraqis to take over governing their own country. The number-one non-military benchmark was "Bush's high-pressure push to ram his new oil law through the Iraqi Parliament. The official line was that this [was] a healing measure that would provide for fair distribution of oil profits among Iraq's Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds...." This report, from a 2007 edition of "The Hightower Lowdown", was highly critical of the 'real' purpose behind Bush's tactics. The report continued: "Truth is, this [was] not about sharing profits, but about a cynical power grab by multinational oil ginats. Big Oil got the Bushites to write a provision into the proposed law that would open two-thirds of Iraq's oil fields to ownership by foreign corporations - unlike Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and Iran - all of which control their oil drilling and extraction. In short, the law would force Iraq to surrender sovereignty over its most valuable resource - and that's why it is no passing. One thing the nation's politicians can see is just how vehement opposition to Big Oil's law is.
So when you see stories about Bush, Cheney and others imploring Iraq's Parliament to pass this law - remember, they're not promoting national reconciliation, they're promoting a shameful oil scam." While the mainstream media failed to report this story, it had become frequent fodder in the alternative press and around the Internet. It was damning proof that Bush's 'war' was all for the sake of oil and war profits - something that did not sit well with most Americans.
When George W. Bush was assassinated on January 17, 2008 as he began to deliver his final inaugural address, the United States endured massive changes. Wealthy elitists, industrialists, power brokers and influential celebrities were all killed by a group called O.U.T.R.A.G.E. Unprecedented hurricanes hit the U.S. east coasts; a massive earthquake struck Los Angeles. All these events seemed to be a prelude to what happened on February 9, 2009....a turn of events that would dramatically change the entire world.
In 2008, a U.S. Presidential candidate was named Barrack Hussein Obama....is it coincidence, or consciousness, that caused this candidate to carry names similar to two of George W. Bush's most onerous nemeses?
Conciousness prevaiing throughout the universe is one thing....coincidence is another.
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