White House web site: Bradley Manning petition goes forward

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Thursday March 08, 2012 · 1:55 PM PST

2012/03/08 · 13:55

Aiding the Enemy is a capital offense. What Manning really did was to demonstrate that our mechanized-force video game players had turned killing civilians into a sport. Ultimately, as a democracy, we were the people responsible.

GOOD GOD IT'S COMPLICATED to sign that petition:

Whitehouse.gov has you 1) register, then 2) validate an email they send to your account. And finally 3) you get to vote.

First pardon all crimes, then support Bradley Manning for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize is a nice touch, eh? Manning is formally nominated. Petition text and links below the fold....

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Monday March 05, 2012 · 11:55 AM PST

2012/03/05 · 11:55

This mess with Bradley Manning raises an issue of whether our Federal government has retained sovereign powers, as against ceding those powers to its own national security managers. Manning is charged under Article 104 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice —Aiding the enemy.

Civilian equivalence exists. Civilians have been arrested for this crime by military authorities and tried.

But why not the obvious?

-- The whole chain of command and Intel advisors and contractors who spawned Abu Ghraib
-- The Pentagon consultants who put together the lies that go America into the Iraq War in the first place
-- The crew who invented the "yellowcake" nukes-from-a-French-mine fantasy.
-- All who fit the facs to the ad biz story for invading Iraq
-- Even the FAA committee that decided not to implement ICAO's counterterrorism protection for airliners after the attempted Air France suicide-hijacking in 1994

Compared to any of that, Manning was caught jaywalking. What else?

R.I.P. Florence Cioffi -- Wall Street's most infamous killing

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Friday January 27, 2012 · 8:57 AM PST

2012/01/27 · 08:57

January 25th was the fourth anniversary of a brutal killing on Water Street at the side of the Goldman, Sachs headquarters building in Manhattan. The now-convicted criminal responsible was E.E.I.'s then CEO George Anderson. The victim was an office worker, Florence Cioffi, also known as "Nana."
Nana

Media coverage started with the Post, the New York Times, the neighborhood rags and the area television stations. However, when Anderson was let off with a 16-day sentence in Rikers, plus a $350 fine, our corporate press emitted single-item whimpers and fell silent.

Wall Street's criminal class controls criminal prosecution for our city and the State of New York.

Financial crimes have not been prosecuted since the first round of Dot.com scams in the early/mid 90's. Manslaughter is one step further. As Mr. Anderson looks down on Zuccotti Park from his corner office, high up on Broadway, he can be assured that there will be no further investigation.

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Thursday January 12, 2012 · 1:47 PM PST

2012/01/12 · 13:47

One problem with Occupy Wall Street is that once the New York team stumbled into the legal limbo of Zuccotti Party, doing physical camp-outs replaced the hard work of recruiting legions of members.

Also, making alliances with existing pro-democracy organizations fell to the bottom of the priority list.

These problems can be reversed. Good time to start is Monday, 10 AM if you are in New York. there are 13 events all around the country at Federal Reserve main offices.

These are events that combine Far Left groups, original Tea Party people, Ron Paul followers, churches including Black mainstream churches, Occupy sites teams, and unions. (Call that political breadth.)

Occupy the Dream

Simple task. Make it happen.

INVITATION TO OCCUPY WALL STREET - Saturday, 11 AM @ Red Cube corner

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Friday October 07, 2011 · 11:15 AM PDT

2011/10/07 · 11:15

-- for Saturday at 11 AM across Broadway from at Liberty Park @ Red Cube corner
-- Please assemble peacefully on the sidewalk at 140 Broadway.

A company such as Steve Jobs's Apple or General Motors or Ben & Jerry's has a responsibility to act in a responsible manner. Profit is not bad, but adding social justice makes these organizations much better.

No one ever thought of prosecuting Steve Jobs for anything. He was not a criminal. He used his life well. Steve Jobs would not have been a success on today's Wall Street. "We Are The 1%" was not his motto.

"Think different" sums it up.

-- All of you are invited to Occupy Wall Street on Saturday, October 8th at 11 AM
-- Please surround the Red Cube at 140 Broadway, at the corner of Broadway and Liberty Street

-- A speaker from OWS will adress the crowd. A statement of purpose and an invitation to support OWS will be presented.

That site can accommodate 250 easily. As many as 1,000 extra people can be accommodated directly with OWS plans for Saturday afternoon.

Freely exercise your freedom of speech and of the press; and the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Please, feel free to do all of this with Occupy Wall Street.

"The resistance continues at Liberty Square and Nationwide!"

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Can you make it to OWS on Saturday morning at 11 AM ?

7 votes Vote Now!

Can you make it to OWS on Saturday morning at 11 AM ?

1. Yes !

4 votes

2. Maybe. I hope so. I'm close enough.

1 vote

3. Maybe. Distance and other responsibilities are issues.

0 votes

4. Probably not. I'm close enough. Will try later on.

1 vote

5. Probably not or no. Too far away to be practical.

1 vote

6. No. I want social justice but public assembly to petition for the redress of grievances is not my style.

0 votes

7. What's an OWS ?

0 votes

Veterans Outreach: Secaucus, NJ, May 14th

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Wednesday May 04, 2011 · 3:44 PM PDT

2011/05/04 · 15:44

Let's do something for military veterans, spouses and widows. It might take you 10 to 20 hours of work to replicate this event.

Arrange for your town to host a V.A. Enrollment Day.

What happens is that you contact VA and they send an Outreach Team to your town. On the 14th, VA is coming to Secaucus, NJ, to help vets fill out the forms and get through the red tape and paperwork. This is a Federal event using a local site.

Any wartime vet or spouse or widow close to the New York area can participate. Secaucus is about 15 minutes west of the Lincoln Tunnel coming out of Manhattan.

Any kossack could help arrange a similar event. It's nice to say "Thank you for your service." Helping to do one of these events -- mainly to help older vets from WW II, Korea, Vietnam -- is truly useful.

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Thursday February 17, 2011 · 3:42 PM PST

2011/02/17 · 15:42

Not an oxymoron.

America's definition for “conservative” says where you go to church, your boots, abortion, and your car radio. ConLeft is not Right Wing Corporatist.

“Conservative” is read more as “social conservative.” Ron Paul's speech at CPAC brought over 3 out of 10 hard core conservative activists to wildly cheering support for Conservative Left positions. He could be a skinny Michael Moore with a twang:

1. The “Patriot Act” is nothing but an attack on the Fourth Amendment
2. America cannot afford 900 military bases in 135 countries — plus this use of force does not work
3. Diplomacy has to be aimed at maximizing freedom worldwide
4. The Federal Reserve is operating as its own government, its own pot o’ gold for the finance sector insiders
5. Government should never be allowed to do what its citizens are not allowed to do

For EU this is the Social Democrats, your basic straightforward leftist positioning.

The CPAC arch- and hyperactivist-conservatives cheer him wildly.

Plainly, Democrats can do very, very well focusing efforts in 2012 to acquire these Conservative Left voters. YouTube board to the full speech and added commentary below the fold.

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Conservative Left's Ron Paul drew above 30% at CPAC

7 votes Vote Now!

Conservative Left's Ron Paul drew above 30% at CPAC

1. Let's git them voters! As many in 2012 as we can.

7 votes

2. No, we don't want people ain't perfect. Boots, hell. Churchgoers, worse.

0 votes

3. What's a voter? What's an election?

0 votes

ElBaradei and Obama: Crisis Management Excellence

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Thursday February 10, 2011 · 11:46 AM PST

2011/02/10 · 11:46

The January 1st bombing at Saints Church in Alexandria killed 23 and injured approximately 100.

Suite101: Coptic Christian Protests in Egypt After New Year's Bombing

Mass murder was perpetrated as security personnel from Egypt's Interior Ministry were withdrawn from the area shortly before the blast.

Clearly, killing these Christians was set up to be blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood and Sinai Islamicists. However, the scheme unraveled. Knee jerk reactions such as we have seen over the last 50 years out of Washington were not activated. Instead, crisis management at a very high level ensued.

More BTF:

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Tuesday January 25, 2011 · 11:12 AM PST

2011/01/25 · 11:12

Today, January 25th, is the third anniversary of a brutal killing at the hands of EEI's CEO George Anderson. The event took place on Water Street at the side of the Goldman, Sachs headquarters building in Manhattan.

Nana

Everybody covered it: the Post, the Times, the local papers and television stations. However, the aftermath indicated that New York's financial managers had taken complete control of the city and of the State of New York.

Financial crimes had not been prosecuted. We saw that with the second round of Dot.com frauds 1998-2001. Now, is Wall Street prosecution-free for everything ? Does the criminal law apply for our Ruling Class ?

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