Can we trust our Journalists?

The release of thousands and thousands of files by Wikileaks has opened the eyes of the World. The insights offered give every citizen the chance to delve(these files don't tell everything though) into what is going on. We have to do it ourselves.
SO WHERE ARE THE NEWS MEDIA?
It is their role in society to expose this information. It is understandable that they don't know everything that is going on, but we are talking about hundreds of thousands of files, each one with the potential to be an important revelation.
Shame, shame shame. These leaks are an embarrassment and a wake-up call for all Journalists.
Otherwise, some people my think that our news media is, well, controlled?

Wikileaks - Democracy in Action

Wikileaks release of information is by far one of the important events in recent history. It allows members of the so-called "free world" to understand more about what we know about our governments who we elect, support and pay. Things revealed are our responsibilty.
What is most extraordinary is the reaction by governments to this whistle-blowing organisation. Starting with condemnation and aggressive attacks, the reaction by states has shown the ugly side of our "freedom". We have witnessed death threats against Wikileaks(especially it's founder), hacking against it's website, incredibly suspicious (politically motivated?)charges of rape against the founder,state harassment of businesses(banks and web hosts especially), and now talk of censorship.
This bizarre attack by governments is proof that they are hiding things. In an honest, free and transparent world, these leaks would be analyised, investigated and followed up. War crime allegations would be lead to charges. Bribery and corruption also would lead to the courts. This is the ultimate chance to clean up ourselves, our governments, companies and armed forces.
Is this happening? No...the opposite is unfolding! Time for change.

Nobel Prize must withdraw Obama's Prize

In 2009, US President Obama received the most prestigious peace award "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".
He was given this, even though he hadn't earned it, with talk of it being in recognition of his coming work for peace.
In this past year, he has wrenched up the threats and covert attacks on Iran, supported Israel in it's oppression and land-grabbing in Palestine, committed murder of civilians in Pakistan(some view as terrorism), continued backing the Afghan government with bribes while killing any opposition, pulled half the troops out of Iraq while it's perched on the brink of civil war with no government formed, threatened North Korea into restarted nuclear weapon production, created a atmosphere of fear in Europe, increased conflict with China, sold billions of dollars of arms to Saudi Arabia(branded a oppressive nation), acted with total ignorance to Mexico's drug war that supplies the US with recreational drugs, created a culture of intolerance towards Islam in the US and it's allies...and this is just the stuff you read about in the papers. Of course there is Gitmo, continued torture and rendering, summary executions, abuse of homeland powers, etc, etc.
So, why should the Nobel Prizes be respected?
His prize should be retracted, as other recipients who didn't quite deserve it, got it for works in progress, Obama, got his for absolutely nothing!

Did you know...?

US military aid to Israel = $2.55 billion in 2009. Increasing to 3.15 billion.

One in three Japanese men smoke cigarettes. Ten percent of women smoke. Japan is the forth biggest tobacco market.

Tony Blair was drunk when he was PM

In his new book, Blair says he was drunk while in power and doesn't regret invading Iraq where over a hundred thousand civilians perished, the infrastructure smashed and is now being deserted leaving it on the brink of civil war.

Planning to attack Iran will end in Nuclear War

Even Fidel Castro, 84, said a nuclear conflict was inevitable if the United States, in alliance with Israel, tried to enforce international sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme this week. Ex-British PM Tony Blair, who sent his nations soldiers to illegally invade Iraq to find WMDs(without regret), said this week that the West should use force against Iran.
Surely such an attack would be the biggest mistake, especially for the 100,000 US troops retreated from Iraq after the US failed to win it's war or it's search for weapons of mass destruction. These soldiers, many of these young men of poor education or just desperate to get a US Green card, will face a nation trained and prepared, with chemical weapon stockpiles and modern missiles. This could all go very wrong, especially for Israel, surrounded by enemies who have an allegiance with Iran.

Running away from Failure

As US troop levels drop to under 50,000 in Iraq, the whole country is plagued by a series of bombings. The recipe for Civil War still bubbles, and after democracy was forced on Iraq, the results 6 months the last election has left no government formed.
No Weapons Of Mass Destruction were ever found.
The countries infrastructure still fails. The region is unsafe. The land once ruled by the iron fist of Saddam Hussein is now fragmented and in ruins. The oil wealth has eluded the benefit of the civilians. Countless young American, British and other nations have lost the lives of soldiers, many of whom remain crippled or suffering from a range of mental disorders.
This is no victory. It is a sad defeat. And it seems sure to be copied in Afghanistan.

Is Bliar's bribe an EU Presidency bid?

Tony Blair, the shamed UK Prime Minister, has said he will donate the "blood money" from his memoirs to The Royal British Legion, an organization that, he is personally responsible for crippling and maiming many of it's members.
Blair, who has made over £12M since leaving office in 2007 with a string of directorships, including insurance giant Zurich and investment bank JP Morgan, speaking engagements and business consultancies.
He has also been the Middle East Peace Envoy, overseeing and allowing Israel's War on Gaza(Operation Cast Lead), expansion of illegal Jewish settlements, Israeli raid on Syria, the block-aid of Gaza and many more "successes".
It is no secret that this devout Christian is after the EU Presidency, and his relative silence while he amasses wealth may be an attempt is allow the public to forget his (war) crimes. But what he forgets, is that the world is still burning from the actions of Blair and Bush, people are still dieing, starving and oppressed; catapulting Bin Larden and his small band of merry nutters to become a force able to defeat the whole US military and security apparatus.
Can you imagine this white middle-class imbecile in charge of Europe, a mix of races and religions, blighted by historical division, unemployment and immigration???

Forest fires threaten Russian Nuclear facilities

Russia is desperately fighting forest fires(Global Warming?)to stop them attacking nuclear sites and now Chernobyl is threatening to unleash radioactive dust in the smoke.
There are now some 438 commercial nuclear power reactors operating in 30 countries(61 new reactors under construction), 56 countries operate a total of about 250 research reactors and a further 220 nuclear reactors power ships and submarines.
Some countries have built reactors on fault lines prone to earthquakes(Japan) or plan to build on volcanoes(Indonesia).
The USA has over 100 reactors and it's wars of aggression in the Middle East and beyond may radicalize those targeted to seek revenge. In July 2000, two out of four war-games(Operational Safeguards Response Evaluation(OSRE)in Farley)to simulate protection of US nuclear facilities failed totally, with the third also failing. Don't forget on the 7th February 1993, an intruder entered Three Mile Island nuclear plant and damaged it.
The list of military nuclear accidents is long and often covered up(USA warship in Tokyo Bay).
So how safe is it to have these technologies? We all witnesses the world's richest advanced nation sit back helplessly, while one of the world's richest companies, allowed oil to flow freely for 3 months and destroy the Gulf of Mexico. How about nuclear accidents guys? Prepared?

Are Christians sacrificing Missionary Lives?

The August 2010 death of 10 Aid workers in Afghanistan is sad. They were doing great work, especially in the field of eye care. But is there more to the deaths of these Christians in a Muslim country, well known for its strong adherence to the teachings of the Koran? The Taliban claimed responsibility for the killings, saying the workers had been carrying Bibles in an Afghan native language and were attempting to promote Christianity.
According to IAM statements "The International Assistance Mission is an international association of Christian organizations serving the people of Afghanistan with compassion and excellence in the name and spirit of Jesus Christ".
This is not just isolated behavior carried out by this Christian organization. South Korean churches for example, send indoctrinated North Koreans defectors to certain torture and even death, back to North Korea to preach. South Korean missionaries have also been sent to Afghanistan and Iraq. Clearly threatening their missionaries lives. Do Christians really believe a Bible made of paper and ink can protect them from bullets and bombs?
Surely christian teaching does not endorse sending missionaries on suicidal missions.

Clinton family Wedding

31st of July saw the wedding of Chelsea Clinton who is Methodist and Marc Mezvinsky who is Jewish. Chelsea is the daughter of former U.S President Bill Clinton and current U.S. Secretary of State and former U.S Senator from New York Hillary Rodham Clinton. Marc Mezvinsky is the son of a former congressman and a convicted fraudster Edward "Ed" Mezvinsky, who was convicted of several dozen charges of fraud in 2001. He was released from federal prison in 2008. He remains on federal probation and still owes almost $9.4 million in restitution to his victims. His mother is Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky, who is a journalist and served one term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Wonder how this will effect US politics in the Middle East, having a Jewish family in such high places? After all, US politics tend to be a family affair.

Karzai wins and we pay

The warlord and Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has just got endorsement from the international community at the Kabul Conference, 2010. He is a big winner.
Don't forget that this man who is boasted as being the first democratically elected president, with a mandate from about 10% of the population in what is agreed as interfered elections. He and his government also have one of the highest rates of corruption in the world. Afghan civilians are regularly killed and maimed by foreign invaders, the civil war has continued, and now it looks like his countries resources are the focus of international greedy mining interests.
What did he win in such a messed up land?
Well, he has US and NATO protection to keep him in power for at least another 4 years. Cunning man. Also, he is demanding the lovely Aid cash to come through his porous governments many hands and black holes. Don't forget we are talking about Billion$ of dollars in this poverty stricken(for ordinary citizens)country.
Also, he wants control of projects, in other words, he wants control of WHO he will give lucrative money to.
But what can the international community do? They have no reason to be there, that they can remember. They are losing a war against illiterate tribesmen. The world is definitely more dangerous, and all the voters of the West want out.
The international communities(the American ones) only choice is to pay all the bribes,fancy gifts, 5 star hotels, diplomatic visas, plush lunches, etc and pray that Karzai doesn't just give all the mining rights to China.

BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata's present from the Australian govt.

Multi-national mining companies must be drinking champagne from gold cups with the new Australian government's gift of reducing their tax bill for their extremely profitable exploitation of the nation's bounty.
The destructive extraction of Coal and iron ore has far-reaching consequences way past the local communities and environments that host their greed. For example,Coal-fired power plants are responsible for the release of over 85% of total global carbon dioxide emissions. Some of the effects of this mining on the planet include: Carbon dioxide (CO2),Ozone Smog, Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Oxide (NOx), Particulate Matter (PM), Mercury (Hg) and Acid Rain.
A 40% Resource Super Profits Tax will not stop the destruction of the planet, or bankrupt these Swiss, British, Dutch and Australian companies that employ around 70,000 Australians.
Lowering it to 30% will however, deprive the Australian nation, and most important of all, the local communities, their right to also profit from the rape of the land.

Are the Pope and Church supporting pedophilia?

Pope Benedict XVI has criticised the "deplorable methods" of Belgian police who raided a meeting of bishops as part of a pedophilia probe.
Even though Bishop Roger Vangheluwe admitted sexual abuse of children and many priests and victims have made accusations, the interference of the head of the Vatican State is a direct move to protect the practice of child abuse among the church.
Belonging to some religious cult is no immunity to prosecution, investigation or arrest. It is time for a full-blown international, transparent investigation into the Church, it's practices of covering up crimes and it's funding and resources.

Poisoning the Sea

A new report carried out by Ocean Alliance indicates a tremendous man-made tragedy is already well under way. 955 whales were tested during a 5-year study, in locations all over the planet and many far from human habitation.
The study found high levels of cadmium, aluminum, chromium, lead, silver, mercury and titanium.
“These contaminants, I think, are threatening the human food supply. They certainly are threatening the whales and the other animals that live in the ocean,” said biologist Roger Payne.
The fact that these toxins(many cancer-causing in humans and in dangerous amounts)are so widespread in the sea, is proof that we are destroying this planet. Deforestation, overgrazing, genetic modification, global warming, oil and radioactive material leaks, over-hunting, overfishing, factory farming and related diseases...the list goes on.
It is time that the environment becomes more of a concern of all nations.
Before it is too late.

Racism or Reaction?

The recent shocking incident in Hanover where youths reportedly shouted Juden Raus (Jews Out) as they attacked the dancers of the Chaverim (Friends in Hebrew) dance troupe, is a reflection on the growing outrage experienced by many. The Jewish community of Berlin has even prodded local police recently to investigate increasing hate-filled anti-Jewish propaganda on the Internet.
Israel's constant war crimes, oppression and murder of civilians, land grabs, immunity within the UN and it's stockpiles of nuclear and chemical weopons, just add fuel and justification to these racist idiots.
If Israel allowed the state of Palestine is exist(1967 borders with East Jerusalem as it's capital), and with full control over it's borders, then the racists will have no case for sympathy. Remove their cause and they will be defeated. Cut this anti-Semitic tree at it's base, don't just trim the branches.

Hey United Nations...what about Kyrgyzstan???

Rapes and killings against children and women are happening in southern Kyrgyzstan.
Ethnic violence has erupted. 200,000 displaced and at least 75,000 have fled their country.
What is the international body doing about it? It seems that pursuing certain countries interests in oppressing Iran, and helping Israel get off its massacre on the Gaza Aid Flotilla are more important. Or is it just bad timing for these civilians as it has to compete with the Soccer World Cup and Obama's failure in the Gulf of Mexico?
Time for action is NOW.

Israel tells the UN what can be done

Unfazed by any criticism about it's recent massacre of unarmed civilians in it's deadly hijacking of international aid ships in International Waters...Israel has turned down the UN request for an inquiry.
Not only did they kill, injure and beat the peace activists, but Israeli authorities also stole money, belongings and passports.
However, Israel will carry out an inquiry itself so they can bury the incident. They will even feature two international members in their inquiry. From one of Israel's closest friends Canada, Brig Gen Ken Watkin. He converted to Judaism in 2007. From Northern Ireland(which many Irish believe is occupied land) David Trimble, the man who lead the Orange Order marchers into a riot.
Nobody needs to wait for the inquiry to conclude. When Israel investigated the abuses during the last war on Gaza, all complaints were dismissed as "hearsay", and it was declared no problem to murder civilians, use chemical weapons, destroy the infrastructure, pollute the environment, attack UN buildings etc.
The Gaza Aid Flotilla inquiry has Obama's backing, so who are we to argue?

New Iranian Sanctions

Bullying will always be done by big boys, but usually bullies are cowards. The new harassment of Iran, is a good way to keep the spotlight off Israel, an aggressive human rights violator that has immunity from the great list of UN resolutions and War Crimes it is accused of. And although Iran doesn't have any nuclear weapons, Israel does.
But all this bullying has not made Iran weak, rather stronger.
The bullies plan to steal Iran's oil is failing.

Clean it up yourselves, give us the bill

BP, a very rich company, is NOT at all worried about the Gulf of Mexico(and spreading) oil disaster.
They are concerned with the oil that is being wasted. Their initial lies of about 5000 barrels a day, are peanuts compared withe real figure of between 20,000 and 40,000(that's 6,400,000 liters) A DAY!!!
How could they not know, they were pumping it out before the disaster, surely they can count how much they extract?
BP's failure to stop the disaster could in fact be related to their greed. Rather than wanting to stop it, which would leave the oil well closed for a long time while during investigations and inquiries, they want to keep it flowing so they can collect it all...and make money! Bastards.

Are US drone killings International Terrorism?

Late 2009, a US cruise missile attack in Yemen that, with the indiscriminate use of cluster munitions, left 55 people dead. This included 14 women and 21 children according to an Amnesty International report. This attack was aimed at US enemies, but does the US have the right to go around killing people in any country they like for any reason they like. Is this by definition terrorism?
This murder and destruction of property and livelihoods is not a one off crime. Not just Yemen has suffered. Pakistan is frequently targeted, as well as the invaded countries of Iraq and Afghanistan.
These drone and cruise missile attacks are not just carried out by the USA. Israel also uses such terrorist weaponry also.
So why does the international community just stand-by and allow such war crimes?

Oil curse

With over 100000 civilians murdered in Iraq, the low intensity war with Iran, and countless other examples of Oil threatening and destroying human life, it has now moved on to destroy nature. The Gulf of Mexico is the new killing field.
Not only is sea life death and destruction caused by this man-made Oil disaster, but who knows the effect of pumping large quantities of chemical dispersant into the sea as well.
This happened just 3 weeks after US president Obama gave his consent to expand off-shore drilling.
Let's just take a step back and look at this (approved)off-shore drilling. This catastrophe is proof that there is no preparation, technology or even ideas on how to prevent or contain disasters. This is tantamount to driving a car without brakes. It is great that the car can take you where you want, but it will eventually crash. This mentality is totally selfish, greedy and reaps mass profits for Oil companies.
Surely, the first thing that Obama(commander in chief) should of done was...shut down every single off-shore drilling venture in the US. Immediately! Every single one. Then, after the technology has been developed to safely extract oil, complete with emergency training and preparation, can they reopen.