The Revolution Is Not Being Televised.
"On Your Feet. Or On Your Knees."

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Burning Down The House
by Joseph F. Filipowski - Norfolk, Virginia

I've just finished reading David Ray Griffin's "The New Pearl Harbor",
published by OLIVE BRANCH PRESS. Admittedly, I have covered much of the ground
that Dr. Griffin brings to his work and a bit that he has not, however;
the comprehensive approach that the venerable academic brings to this
most important subject is truly remarkable.

The intentional murder of nearly three thousand human beings on September 11th 2001 cries out for justice. Four iconic structures were damaged or destroyed that day, thousands dead and the Bush / Cheney regime reacted by doing everything in its power
to thwart all legitimate efforts to investigating the appalling tragedy.

This 'Blood for Oil' cabal was already in trouble before 9/11.
The 'back off - don't bug me' attitude exhibited by the regime in the wake of their
'National Energy Policy' machinations; illustrated that 'transparency' in their conduct
of the 'peoples business' was not in the cards.
"The Public Be Damned", attributed to William H. Vanderbilt in 1882,
seems to be the mantra of this regime.
Please pardon my reluctance to use the more traditional term, "administration",
in conjunction with the Bush / Cheney six year tenure,
as not one single element of the "peoples business" has been handled with anything approaching the skill sets that would define "a Presidential Administration".

We find instead the mindset of a demented "Imperium" bent on world domination as delineated in the ninety-page text, "Rebuilding America's Defenses".
The hubris of the PNAC / NEO-CON cabal only increases the longer they stay in power.
They remind me of a gang of thugs who have committed multiple murderous felonies and realizing the magnitude of the horrors they have wrought,
now seize on "burning down the house", as their next best move.

As long as they can intimidate and paralyze the press while keeping the majority of the citizens of this country blissfully ignorant of their "True Crimes",
they feel as though they can get away with it.
If they do it will only be because we choose not to read "The New Pearl Harbor",
and choose not to act upon it.

As in the dark days leading up to the outbreak of violent revolution in 1775,
some small percentage of the population, perhaps five- percent actively favored the idea
of independence from Great Britain. Less than that small minority, maybe three percent;
actually took up arms to fight for their freedom.
The situation is different today in that roughly thirty percent of the citizens of the
United States, approximately ninety million people smell a 'big rat'.
We are fortunate to have a small group of dedicated academics and philosophers
such as David Ray Griffin, to clearly illuminate that which we suspected
but could not clearly see.

Joseph F. Filipowski - Norfolk, Virginia
"Tuesday, December 26, 2006"

~ "We attempt to overthrow the totalitarian regimes of the planet, everyday,
through classic and traditional wooden boatbuilding."

@ 1.13.07

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Editor's Note: The following letter was received in response to Bush's recent incoherent ramblings.
Bush: War Skeptics 'proposing nothing'
"To oppose everything while proposing nothing is irresponsible", Bush said.

Bush The Decider is sending more American Troops into the Mid EAs T Grinder.
Lest we Forget: There are 3 "Theatre Wars" going on right now,
Afghanistan, Iraq & Somalia.
With mounting aggressions towards Iran & Syria.

3,017 US Military Deaths in Iraq since March 19, 2003
3,268 Total US & Coalition Deaths in Iraq
22,834++ Wounded
est. 650,000+ Iraq 'Excess' Civilian Deaths
59,189 Iraq Deaths confirmed
Operation Enduring Freedom- Afghanistan since October 7, 2001
353 US Military Deaths
510 Total US & Coalition Deaths in Afghanistan
1,091 Wounded
as of October 29th 2006
See All These Stats (updated daily)

Here's Your Response, George !!
by Mike Ferner, US Navy Hospital Corpsman 69-73

Dear George,

Here is a response from a certified "war skeptic".

FUCK YOU !

Go to Iraq, get out of the Green Zone, and see what life is like for people in Iraq
and for the soldiers you've sent there. Stay a few days --
no quick photo op and back home.
Be sure you drink the water.

Then go to Walter Reed Army Hospital and visit the ortho ward.
Not just a quick little photo op,
but stay there for a week. You can do it.
You stay in Crawford for a week or more and the government keeps going.
So go to Walter Reed --or better yet, go to a burn unit at a military hospital.
Don't do the glad-handing politician bullshit. Go around and empty urine bags.
Learn how to check I.V.'s. See if their pain meds are enough.
Hear the moans. See the disgusting sights. Smell the smell.

Then when you're done, go to a V.A. hospital and ask to visit a "back ward".
No photo op, here either, prez. Spend another week.
See the guys from the Nam and Gulf War I,
and who knows where else their government sent them. No photos. No talking.
Just listen. And tend to them.
Turn them in their beds to keep them from getting bed sores.
Check their feeding tubes.
Empty their colostomy bags.

THEN come back and say this war is worth one more person's life or health or family.

Come back and tell us that if you can.

If you can't, get the hell out of here.

Mike Ferner
US Navy Hospital Corpsman 69-73

@ 1.14.07

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We're Not Gonna Take It Anymore !
Submitted by D. Hammock

Take it to DC. Saturday, January 27th 2007.
March to Demand an End to These Unjust, Un-lawful Wars.
NO ESCALATION ! De-escalation & Redeployment.
Show Congress 'The True Power of the American People' !
United For Peace (details)

Act Now To End The War (pdf. file)

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A Letter to The World -
From a Citizen of The United States of America
Written by Brian Bloom
(Original can be found HERE.)

First let me speak to the people in Iran.

There is a large majority of Americans who are terrified by our governments inability to
hear our voices. We do not want war. Not with you, not with anyone.
We admire your ancient culture and respect your religious beliefs.
While our government takes steps toward instigating another illegal war,
this time on your great nation, we, the majority of United States
Citizens, are trying everything that is in our power to prevent this.

We have recently elected new officials in Congress,
which we believe and hope will stand up with us in our desires to put an end
to our current administration's designs of global occupation.
However, we seem to have very little say in these matters anymore.
While we may scream at the top of our lungs about how we feel,
write letters to our officials, protest in the streets,
demand accountability for our leaders' actions,
our president ignores us and continues his one-man circus act.

I wish to apologize to the people of Iran now,
and assure you that we will do everything in our power to prevent our
government leaders from another grave mistake in foreign policy.

Now, the people of Iraq hear me out.

Please understand our sorrow in what our leaders have done to your nation.
While most of us believe that Saddam Hussein was a terrible dictator,
we also understand that for many years, our country supported him and only deposed
him as the president of Iraq when it was beneficial to our government.
Our leaders lied to us about the threat of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

Most of our Citizens at the time were quite fearful over what was happening in the world
due to the attacks on September 11, 2001, and our president used that fear to further his
personal agenda. It was WRONG. It was not our place to overthrow a dictator;
it was yours if you so choose.

However, now your country is in ruins and many people die every day.
Our president has just said that this is "unacceptable" to him.
As usual, it seems that his words are woefully inadequate.
Unacceptable is not a word to use when tens of thousands of people have died,
and many more will in the time to come.

We cannot fix this mess. We can only make it worse.
The majority of American people want our troops to be drawn down in your country
to allow the Iraqi people a chance to help themselves.
Please understand that we do not want to just abandon you.
We wish to support you with our finances, our expertise in technology,
our moral support, anything except more lives.

I know that you have suffered beyond anything that the US has ever suffered.
But now is the time to send a message to the world that you do not need
the United States to continue to occupy your sovereign nation.
On behalf of most American Citizens,
we are eternally sorry for what we have allowed to be done to you.

To the people of Israel.

I'd like to say we understand.

We recognize your struggles in the world. We understand that for many years you were
persecuted. However, that does not give you the right to do to others what has been done
to you. I'm not suggesting that you bare all of the responsibility for the struggles in the
West Asia, but you're not helping to solve it either.

Your fight is for property. Your fight is for recognition. Your fight is for peace.
May I suggest to you that if after 60 years nothing has changed,
maybe you're going about it the wrong way ?
I know that you will illicit images of bombings and terror to reinforce your actions.
But please consider, violence in response to violence, only leads to more violence.

There must be a better solution. There is plenty of space to allow two separate and
sovereign nations to exist. Israel and Palestine.
I understand that there are more issues to discuss here,
however, we have to start somewhere.

Do we really want to blame all the ills of life on "the other guys" ?
This sort of thinking is shortsighted and full of its own bigotry.
And please, before dismissing me as just another anti-Semite,
look at my name and understand that we share the same heritage.

To the people of the United States.

Are you afraid ?

I am. Not of Al-Qaeda, not of Sunni or Shia militias, not of insurgents,
not of so-called "Islamofascists", not of dirty bombs, not of having to "fight them here",
not of a nuclear Iran, not of planes blowing up, not of anthrax in the mail, not of Hammas, not of Hezbollah, not of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs),
or of terrorist cells in my backyard.
I am afraid of any of the things that our government has worked so hard to scare me
into believing is at my doorstep. Instead, I am afraid of our government.
Can we forget about the lies that we were told over and over again by our leaders ?
Can we forget about the atrocities committed in our name ?
Can we forget the way the rest of the world sees this great nation now ?
Never.

Can we stand by while legislation such as the Military Commissions Act dissolves
our basic civil rights ? Can we stand back and let our leaders listen to our phone calls, read our mail, investigate our library cards, or read our e-mails ?
I sincerely hope not.

Our president has given himself the authority to deem anyone at any place an enemy
combatant. With this label, one can be arrested, detained indefinitely in Gitmo
( Guantanamo Bay, Cuba) or some other military prison without charges being levied
against them, and tortured.

Or, if they are lucky, they will be brought to trial.

Just not allowed to see or confront the evidence against them under the guise
of national security.

It could be more for just writing this letter. It could be you for just reading it.
Is this our country ? Is this what the United States of America has turned into ?

No more freedom of speech, lest we anger the president.

No more freedom of assembly, lest we anger the president.

No more right to trial by a jury of our peers,
no more protection against self-incrimination, unless you can withstand the torture.

We are at his mercy. We did the right thing during the November elections by taking steps
to put an end to this lunacy. However, it can't stop there. We need to take a step back,
Democrat and Republican alike, to examine the horrendous damage that has been done
and continues to be done to us, and in our name.

The Revolutionary War was fought by brave people for a noble cause.
This country was founded by people who refused tyranny and oppression.
The majority has spoken and now action is necessary.

Stand up for what is right by putting an end to the war in Iraq, the war on the American
people, and the instigation of more wars on innocent people. Are we Americans or not ?

To the American troops.

Please understand that you have our unwavering support.
We know that you have your duty and take it very seriously.
Rest assured, we will get you home.
The majority of your fellow Americans are trying everything they can to end this war.
Please know that our hearts break each day when we hear the news of another fallen soldier. Most of us do not support this war,
BUT WE WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES.

Mr. President, are you listening ?

I know that you do not care about my feelings, or that of any other American.
Sir, I voted for you the first time.
I am deeply ashamed of it and will forever have the blood of hundreds of thousands
of people on my hands because of it.
Almost every person in the world knows you are wrong.

Almost every American Citizen knows that you are wrong.

You surround yourself with only people who agree with you, until they agree no more.
Don't you dare think that you stand for me or the vast majority of American people.
You never have. We are not nearly as ignorant as you would like to believe we are.

So bide your time in office, Mr. President.
We are not going to allow you to destroy us anymore.
Only a coward allows people to die instead of standing up like a man and admitting
they were wrong.
Know this sir,
that legacy that you care for so much will forever be tainted with deception and death.

Brian Bloom

@ 1.18.07

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