Obama Respects SOME National Customs...

As an American citizen - I wonder why my president, who obviously understands how to show respect for national customs somehow doesn't understand the customs of one particular country... What conclusion should I reach?

Obama showing respect:


Obama showing ZERO respect:


By the way:
American Flag Etiquette does exist!

Congressman Larry McDonald KAL007-a media retrospective

I was sent the video below by a friend - some things never change. Although I remember the downing of KAL007 I never knew there was any question as to what had happened. Although the story itself is intriguing the format of the television episode weeks prior to his disappearance presents us with an opportunity to compare media then and now. I've made a list for your consideration-it does not pretend to be complete. But first here is some info from the notoriously manipulated Wikipedia - in this case the article seems to give a fair shake to the involved so I thought it made a good starting point for those interested in more exploration. From the article:

Wikipedia : "McDonald was the only sitting member of Congress killed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. ...
...On September 1, 1983, McDonald went missing when Soviet fighters shot down KAL 007 after the plane entered Soviet airspace. A few hours after the shootdown, media reported that KAL 007 had landed safely on Sakhalin Island. Larry McDonald's press aide, Tommy Toles, was informed by the U.S. Embassy in Korea, relaying the report from the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that "the plane had landed safely in Korea". In addition, the Washington based Federal Aviation Administration informed McDonald's press aid that their Japanese counterpart organization , the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau had informed them that KAL 007 had made a safe landing on Sakhalin and "it is confirmed by the Manifest that Congressman McDonald is on board".[13] Within a few short hours, this had been broadcast by the media, only to have, within another few short hours, the media broadcasting that all passengers and crew had perished in an explosion over the waters off Sakhalin and subsequent crash in the sea."


Please watch the video paying special attention to:

1. The term "Conspiracy Theorist" has been successfully used to silence independent thought for a long time.
2. The "Conspiracy Theorist" in the video died in a plane crash-KAL2007-.
3. That although television debates more closely resembled a journalistic forum (lacking moving cameras, multiple TV screens etc...) propaganda techniques (name-calling, loaded language, repetition etc...) were employed ruthlessly as they are now to discredit.
4. That strict adherence to the U.S. Constitution back in 1983 was, like today, ridiculed by both left AND right political wings represented on American television.
5. "Silly asinine statement" is a phrase acceptable by "journalists" on a "balanced" TV show.
6. How America has moved Constitutionally more toward warnings of the "crazy" guest -rather than the non-conspiratorial views of the television hosts. Coincidence or plan - which can better explain events?
7. Specifics, specifics, specifics
8. Larry McDonald is called the "biggest joiner" by one of the show hosts. The host then cherry-picks two firearm clubs to mention on air. Why?
9. How everybody in the studio gets along once the enemy (guest) is no longer present.
10. How effective the Lefty representative is at making Larry look dumb just by saying "Conspiracy" because he knows that most people will be successfully redirected to unimportant stupid stuff - instead of trying to figure out for themselves what is. Is use of loaded language in a repetitive manner the act of a person seeking truth?
11. How no matter what the guest says - he never gets anywhere because he has already been "discredited" by the hosts.
12. How American pundits cling to their television limelight through decades like barnacles. With so few holding so few spots only the ideas of a chosen few can be transmitted to the minds of viewers.
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Is it reasonable for a sane person to consider conspiracy? Ever? Or is a nefarious PLOT to kill only reasonable when the authorities make the claim?

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UPDATE JULY 10, 2009 Webpage on this topic with references at bottom

The WTC7 collapse: 911Truth vs. Fantasyland

David Ray Griffin vs. Matt Taibbi

Please consider the links below. The grassroots 911 Truth movement relies on science while the anti-911Truthers rely on Dark Fire.

STEP 1: Observe WTC7 collapse:


STEP 2: Consider eyewitness who mentions countdown:


STEP 3: Consider testimony of WTC7 collapse survivor who was inside the building:


STEP 4: Consider "Dark Fire" to explain collapse:
Dark Fire Manuel Garcia

STEP 5: Consider Danish physicist discussing findings of WTC DUST STUDY (Active Thermitic Material ...) :


STEP 6: Consider that the BBC reported WTC7 collapse BEFORE IT HAPPENED:


STEP 7: Watch 7-year NIST study implode under scrutiny:


As the steamroller that is the grass-roots 911Truth movement ineluctably paves a road leading directly to the truth one wonders when those protecting the phony official conspiracy theory will begin running for the hills - much like animals do when they sense the approach of a tsunami. Pay attention for signs of desperation resembling kamikaze attacks from those defending the official conspiracy myth as they realize the end is close - will they rat each other out? Stay tuned.

Firearm and Fire Extinguisher Analogy

I read somewhere recently of an analogy: A Firearm is an inanimate tool with a function comparable to that of a Fire Extinguisher. Also that possession of a Fire Extinguisher DOES NOT imply intention to commit arson yet acknowledges the possibility of fire. Am I making a fair comparison? Should all Fire Extinguishers be confiscated (to protect children perhaps) thereby betting all on the fire department to protect our houses from burning down?

Ignored Epidemic of "Delayed Death" for 911 First Responders: History Repeats?

Then.....


........and Now.....

Bombs Bursting in Air

First a picture from Charlottesville, Virginia's Fireworks tonight- the pyrotechnic finale impressed.

Here's a kid's site.
Fireworks made me think of the Star Spangled Banner:


...(CLICK) FOR EDUCATIONAL SITE ON SSB LYRICS Below is a sample from the site - actually lyrics from a Johnny Cash song called "Ragged Old Flag." These lyrics echo their message.
""Ragged Old Flag"
By Johnny Cash

I walked through a county courthouse square,
On a park bench an old man was sitting there.
I said, "Your old courthouse is kinda run down."
He said, "Naw, it'll do for our little town."
I said, "Your flagpole has leaned a little bit,
And that's a Ragged Old Flag you got hanging on it."

He said, "Have a seat," and I sat down.
"Is this the first time you've been to our little town?"
I said, "I think it is." He said, "I don't like to brag,
But we're kinda proud of that Ragged Old Flag.

"You see, we got a little hole in that flag there
When Washington took it across the Delaware.
And it got powder-burned the night Francis Scott Key
Sat watching it writing Oh, Say Can You See.
And it got a bad rip in New Orleans
With Packingham and Jackson tuggin' at its seams.

"And it almost fell at the Alamo
Beside the Texas flag, but she waved on through.
She got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville
And she got cut again at Shiloh Hill.
There was Robert E. Lee, Beauregard and Bragg,
And the south wind blew hard on that Ragged Old Flag.

"On Flanders Field in World War I
She got a big hole from a Bertha gun.
She turned blood red in World War II.
She hung limp and low by the time it was through.
She was in Korea and Vietnam.
She went where she was sent by her Uncle Sam.

"She waved from our ships upon the briny foam,
And now they've about quit waving her back here at home.
In her own good land she's been abused—
She's been burned, dishonored, denied and refused.

"And the government for which she stands
Is scandalized throughout the land.
And she's getting threadbare and wearing thin,
But she's in good shape for the shape she's in.
'Cause she's been through the fire before
And I believe she can take a whole lot more.

"So we raise her up every morning,
Take her down every night.
We don't let her touch the ground
And we fold her up right.
On second thought, I DO like to brag,
'Cause I'm mighty proud of that Ragged Old Flag."

"Ragged Old Flag" written by Johnny Cash, © 1974 (renewed) SONG OF CASH, INC. (ASCAP) / Administered by BUG MUSIC / All rights reserved. Used by Permission.

***Fireworks for the 4th***=====

'For whom, it suddenly occurred to him to wonder, was he writing this diary? For the future, for the unborn. His mind hovered for a moment round the doubtful date on the page, and then fetched up with a bump against the Newspeak word doublethink. For the first time the magnitude of what he had undertaken came home to him. How could you communicate with the future?" George Orwell "1984"

The 4th of July is my favorite holiday because it commemorates our Liberty. Part of the ceremony has been a fireworks display. I don't know what the "Newspeak" people are telling the kids these days but when I was growing up they told me it was to remind us of the sounds of the guns.

Recent news articles
(full story here)

discuss the lack of funding in some cases for fireworks for the 4th. I know they are doing their best.

I wonder how many fireworks could be purchased to remind Americans of the sounds that secured their freedom if we could drop one fewer of these this year?:

"(AP) U.S. missiles struck a training facility operated by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and a militant communication center Friday, killing 17 people and wounding 27 others, intelligence officials said. " (dated July 3, 2009)
full story here.

Jonah Goldberg and others vs. Lesson from History (Exxon VALDEZ)

11 MILLION GALLON OIL SPILL.

How bad does an oil spill have to be to have its own Wikipedia entry? (CLICK HERE) for a story with an unhappy non-ending. First an excerpt - then some videos for your consideration:

"It is considered one of the most devastating human-caused environmental disasters ever to occur at sea....

In 1991, following the collapse of the local marine population (particularly clams, herring, and seals) the Chugach Alaska Corporation, an Alaska Native Corporation, went bankrupt.[34]
According to several studies funded by the state of Alaska, the spill had both short- and long-term economic effects. These included the loss of recreational sports, fisheries, reduced tourism, and an estimate of what economists call "existence value," which is the value to the public of a pristine Prince William Sound.[35][36][37]"



How does the saying go? It is hard to make a person understand something when her livlihood relies on her NOT UNDERSTANDING IT.



His statements reveal the symptomatic blindness observable in all extreme cases of fanatical partisanship. By "blind" I mean inability to grasp topics outside the made-for-TV Demopublican vs Republicrat world so unashamedly broadcast via the Pavlovian bells that are the U.S. Corporate-bought-and -paid -for-you'd-better-make-a-profit theatrics masquerading as "news." Now who owns those American airwaves again?


And finally - the acid test - 911Truth. Jonah Goldberg sees no evil, hears no evil, and speaks no evil regarding the events of 911. He can't understand the questions the public has, to account for clairvoyance on the part of those who knew that steel framed skyscrapers would collapse - an event unprecedented in history - that is - except for on 9-11-2001 - and never since. While I'm at it, I interpret the tone of dismissal on C-SPAN,when confronted with 911Truthers' questions as a sign of a media outlet that has been "adjusted." In other words - stay off the REALLY IMPORTANT and REALLY CONTROVERSIAL topics -- stick to easy listening. This ensures uninterrupted funding.