The Truth Hurts (Those Who Tell It)

"You are charged with suspicion of un-American thoughts and deeds."

Are we to continue to believe the myth that the Obama administration is for open democracy and transparency in government, as it presses on to silence those who serve our country by exposing its follies, waste and misdeeds?

As this Truthdig article clearly argues, the land of the free is becoming the land of the mute. Bradley Manning is but the most publicly visible example of a growing list of good citizens being put behind bars for doing the right thing.

Maybe it's time to wake up.

America is becoming a police state and its Chief Prosecutor sits in the Oval Office.

[ This originated at the author's personal web site . . . http://jdrachel.com ]

Turning A Blind Eye Does Not Change The View

Opponents of any kind of rational, constructive discussion of global warming and what modifications we must make in both personal behavior and official policy are always saying that the science is not in with respect to human impact on climate change.

Hate to break it to them but it is.

We know what we know and know what we don't know.

To try to make it simple for the skeptics and morons, here is where things stand.

We do know greenhouse gases are warming the planet.

We do not know precisely how high the levels of greenhouse gases will rise.

We do know other pollutants are cooling the planet.

We do not know how much the cooling from other pollutants will offset the warming resulting from greenhouse gases.

We do know that the planet will be getting considerably hotter.

We do not know precisely how much hotter but it will be significant.

We do not know how this heating will specifically impact each different region.

We do know that sea levels across the globe will rise catastrophically.

We do not know precisely how fast the sea levels will rise.

We do not know exactly how seriously rising temperatures will impact life on the planet.

We do know there will be more floods and droughts.

We do not know if there will be more hurricanes, tornadoes, and the like.

We do not know if and when we will reach the point of no return with respect to damage to the world's environmental systems.

The science on climate change is clear and can be summed up in a simple statement. Human beings are causing the atmosphere to heat up and this is going to make things pretty difficult, if not completely intolerable. Because we do not know precisely how difficult or how much of life on the planet will become intolerable is a strange rationalization for doing absolutely nothing.

Turning a blind eye does not change the view.

It just makes us blind.

[ This originated at the author's personal website . . . http://jdrachel.com ]

Bank of America Declares War On the United States

Bank of America has declared war on our country. The recently announced transfer of $75 trillion in derivatives _ much of which consists of toxic assets _ has the potential for bankrupting the nation.

If the President and his economic team, led by already criminally complicit Tim Geitner, allows this quiet coup d'état against the interests of the American people of a magnitude that literally puts at risk our survival as a functioning nation, we will know where they really stand.

President Obama says he is serious about challenging the corruption of Wall Street and the banksters. I have a suggestion. I say we redeploy the troops which are allegedly returning from Iraq. How many branches and offices are there in the Bank of America empire? I think 60,000 battle-hardened soldiers would do the trick.

Unoccupy Iraq.

Occupy Bank of America!

[ This originated at the author's personal web site . . . http://jdrachel.com ]

Chris Hedges: Speaking Truth To Power

In an OpEdNews essay titled "A Movement Too Big To Fail", Chris Hedges explains why we must never compromise our values or temper our legitimate criticism of America. Wrong is wrong. As he so eloquently puts it . . .

"What kind of nation is it that spends far more to kill enemy combatants and Afghan and Iraqi civilians than it does to help its own citizens who live below the poverty line? What kind of nation is it that permits corporations to hold sick children hostage while their parents frantically bankrupt themselves to save their sons and daughters? What kind of nation is it that tosses its mentally ill onto urban heating grates? What kind of nation is it that abandons its unemployed while it loots its treasury on behalf of speculators? What kind of nation is it that ignores due process to torture and assassinate its own citizens? What kind of nation is it that refuses to halt the destruction of the ecosystem by the fossil fuel industry, dooming our children and our children's children?"

I cannot think of better words to lay out the moral and political crisis facing our nation.

[ This originated at the author's personal web site . . . http://jdrachel.com ]

Personal message from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to OWS

Occupy Wall Street No Longer Allowed Tarps and Sleeping Bags In Zuccotti As Of Tomorrow - Article in the Village Voice, posted October 13, 2011 at 3:05 pm.

"Hey, you wild and crazy demonstrators! Thanks for stopping by. We had some fun, didn't we? But all good things must come to an end. So please pack up your sleeping bags and go some place else. The southern states are a good bet this time of year. Much much warmer. Those of you who are unemployed and homeless, feel free to stop by one of the relief assistance offices we have set up here. Of course, we ran out of money so they really can't do much, but the people there are damn nice to talk to. And by the way, good luck with that overthrowing the system bit. When I was your age, I was quite the rebel too. I used to write funny messages on those little umbrellas they put in the fancy mix drinks at the cocktail parties my folks used to throw. So I know the whole rebellion thing first hand. Okay. Gotta go. My limo driver is pointing at his watch."

[ This originated at the author's personal web site . . . http://jdrachel.com ]

New "11-11-11" Book Review!

My recent novel "11-11-11" just received an excellent review at MadMikesAmerica. 

Check it out ... http://madmikesamerica.com/2011/10/book-review-11-11-11-by-john-rachel/

 

Exploding Hockey Pucks Intercepted at Canadian Border!

"Shoot to kill and don't eat any Canadian bacon."

Terrorism has reached new levels of sophistication. Fortunately for us Americans, the Department of Homeland Security has a leg up on the new breed of invading hordes coming from our "ally" to the north, as explained in this recently published article.
Yesterday, a huge shipment of exploding hockey pucks, some of them with the destructive capacity of nuclear weapons, was intercepted coming across the U.S.-Canadian border.
It was not immediately known at which specific locations these hockey pucks would rain their devastation on innocent and unsuspecting Americans. However, DHS analysts have speculated that Minneapolis, Minnesota and Buffalo, New York were among the likely targets. Detroit was also mentioned but as one gentleman commented off the record, "What would be the point?"

Here we have more evidence that the horrifying assault on the American Way can take any form and further proof _ as if we needed it _ that the War on Terror must be waged with even greater toughness and continue indefinitely.
What could be next?
Incendiary Gouda cheese or anthrax-laced chocolate from Holland?
iPhones manufactured in China embedded with hydrogen bombs set to go off when the new hit song from Pixie Lott is downloaded from the iTunes Store?
Crocodile Dundee-style bush hats with flesh-eating bacteria smeared on the hat bands?

Love dolls from Japan with spring-loaded Samurai swords?
It is obvious with the radicalization of Canada that America cannot trust anyone any more. Countries which were once allies are rapidly becoming more hotbeds of anti-Americanism, willing to host proliferating cells of Muslim radicals spreading their diseased vision of the world and determined to wreak havoc and destruction until every last American is killed.
We should all sleep a little sounder knowing that there are brave American border guards standing strong, patrolling our "Maginot Line" with Canada, and keeping America safe.


[ This originated at the author's personal web site . . . http://jdrachel.com ]