Libertas Continued

In the Fall of 1939, when Hitler invaded Poland , no one did anything about it, we were ignorant cowards. Germany was too strong and white to mess with. It was just the beginning of the war in Europe. In 1990, when Saddam invaded Kuwait , the first President George Bush used the argument that we must remember 1939. He said that if we had stopped Hitler in 1939, we could have avoided the mass deaths of WWII. He claimed that for one country to attack and invade another without provocation was an illegal act under international law, we must stop Saddam before he moves into Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Iran. This argument worked well, and brought along the entire United Nations into the Gulf War. We could not let an out of control dictator, with a massive military, bully his way into the oil rich lands of his neighbors. We could not allow a new 'Hitler' to arise, we had a responsibility to learn from our mistakes and history. After all, we are the USA. The most powerful force for free

It is no secret that President G. W. Bush is the enemy of Liberty. He is addicted to the very kind of fundamental religion that enslaves the mind and kills freedom. G. W. Bush pretends that his lies and the illegal war making are all in the past, avoiding accountability, and digging us a deeper grave. As if his actions are not directly responsible for the threats and problems we will face today and for years to come. "With the distance of time, we find ourselves debating the causes of conflict and the course we have followed. Such debates are essential when a great democracy faces great questions. Yet one question has surely been settled: that to win the war on terror we must take the fight to the enemy. (Applause.)" - G. W. Bush, 2007 State of the Union G. W. Bush prepares for the Attack on IRAN. "These men are not given to idle words, and they are just one camp in the Islamist radical movement. In recent times, it has also become clear that we face an escalating danger

Why We Fight - The Documentary, A film by Eugene Jarecki It never ceases to amaze and disappoint me that the people I meet have not seen this important film. First released in 2005, it is perhaps the most important documentary of that year, but its message is for all time. WHY WE FIGHT is named after the Frank Capra war propaganda films of the late 1930's, which helped prepare the American public to fight in World War II. It is a restatement of the final warning of President Dwight D. Eisenhower as he left office, that the Nation of the United States was evolving into an Empire America, with a permanent Military Industrial (Congressional) Complex. If you have not seen this film, then it is time that you do. Those who are aware of the world's realities will find deeply disturbing evidence of your worst fears.

Dennis Kucinich is not taken seriously by the media. He is not what they want to cover. He doesn't have the same kind of good looking charisma as Obama or Edwards, he doesn't "LOOK presidential", and shouldn't try to play that game. Kucinich is a smart, honest, and serious candidate for president of the USA. His strength is his courage. The question is do the Democrats want a candidate that can win or one that is right? Obama is considered African-American, Hiliary Clinton is a woman, John Edwards is for poor people, which of these people is electable? Perhaps none of them, but they all can rase the money ($200,000,000+), they all "LOOK presidential", and as far as I can tell each of them are generally right on the issues. In truth Dennis Kucinich, like Al Gore, should be the brain behind the beauty. He should be calling the shots, telling the president the best options for our future. But unless someone stands up and shouts from the rooftop about the RE

Civics - is the learning of the tools of maintaining a republican democracy. If you are not taught it then you do not know it. Civics is the expertise needed to understand the Western Enlightenment and Civil Liberties. It is not something you are born with you have to learn it. You have to teach it, you have to find the time and creativity in schools. It is the CONSTANCY that you can learn. It is the constancy of CURIOSITY and OUTRAGE. It is OK to keep asking the questions, to decent. We owe ourselves and our children to re-learn the tools of DEMOCRACY: Reason and Logic Clarity Decent Civility Dialog Discourse Debate These are the non-partizan tools of Democracy and without them you can kiss thing called America good by. It was not because of a conspiracy that this left, it was thoughtlessness, what you have to do is get it back. Unless we teach the ideas that make America a miracle in government. A MIRACLE, that everyone knows is a miracle. Then it will go away in your children's

Started accidently in 1981 by Norman Lier, People For the American Way, is an energetic advocate for the values and institutions that sustain a diverse democratic society. It's time to loose some money. There are things more important. The amount of energy, creativity, and money spent distracting the audience is a problem. Television is part of the problem. Greed knows no bottom. Real news is honest unbiased fact and does not make money, but it can save your freedom and your life. The media, the 4th estate, has the obligation to edit. Put Shakespeare up against porn, and porn will win every time. Take the distractions off the table, stop feeding us the junk. Unless you stand against it, YOU endorse it. Turn the channel, turn it off.

Dear friends, activists, and colleagues, As the country finds itself in the midst of a terrible battle over the outrageous efforts to send more troops to Iraq, the four year anniversary of the war is fast approaching on March 19th. We all hoped that after the election, this anniversary would herald a withdrawal -- a beginning of the end of this tragedy. That is not happening, and it will take all of our efforts to make it happen. In thinking of how we at Brave New Films can contribute, and inspired by the AIDS Quilt, the Vietnam memorial, and the New York Times biographies of the 9/11 victims, we decided to create a living online memorial to U.S. soldiers killed during the Iraq War. The Iraq Veterans Memorial will bear witness with the 60-second video testimonies of family, friends, co-workers, and military colleagues of those killed. Memories and anecdotes that will always remind us of the impact their lives had on those who loved them. The memorial will be unveiled on March 19th

Over 40 countries around the world block free internet access. They use Firewall software to automatically limit what information people can access online. It is particularly troublesome that world powers like China have bribed Google and Yahoo to help them capture and imprison Chinese dissidents. In December 2006 a new software tool became available that allows people in repressive regimes to gain free access to the internet through friends in other countries. PSIPHON is a FREE downloadable internet server that can be used to access the internet using an encrypted 'channel' that Firewalls will be unlikely to block. This works because if the repressive nations allow ANY kind of internet access, which they always will because without it they can not compete, then users can use that line of access to tap into the internet access of someone in a free country. Download Psiphon, mirror it, use it on your servers and share the IP address with any of your friends in Saudi Arabia, U.A

Dear friends, This past Thursday, Senator Patrick Leahy introduced the War Profiteering Prevention Act of 2007, which will impose stiff fines (double gross profits!) and prison terms (20 years!) on war profiteers. He is the new chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, so we'll be seeing some action on this pronto. More info here: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/1/5/191835/4654 This is a direct result of your extraordinary efforts around "Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers." Thousands of you came together to support the film when it was just an idea, and without you it never would have happened, and this bill probably wouldn't exist. Congratulations on a great victory. The Brave New Films team Devin, Jim G, Sarah, Tracy, Rick, Jim M, Jesse, Paris, Lissette, and Robert Greenwald P.S. Now's a great time to host another screening, celebrate this success, raise awareness of the bill and encourage Congress to send this sailing through.

Join the Center for Constitutional Rights - Action Center Mailing List Since 1966, at the hight of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, The Center for Constitutional Rights has been fighting to secure our civil liberties. No one knew then that in just 40 short years the Bush Administration would eliminate all of our civil rights under the threat of homeland security. With just three anti-constitutional laws (Patriot Act 2, 2007 Defense Authorizaton Bill, and Military Commissions Act) G. W. Bush has legalized spying on Americans, vaporized the bill of rights, and allowed the military to attack civilians. We need the experience of The Center for Constitutional Rights today more than ever.

"In a democracy, it is the responsibility of the citizens to educate themselves and take action to control their destiny. Failure to do so will result in slavery." - MER People For the American Way is an energetic advocate for the values and institutions that sustain a diverse democratic society. We know that our most fundamental rights and freedoms, and even our basic constitutional framework, are in jeopardy. People For the American Way works in close collaboration with other leading national and state progressive organizations to mobilize Americans at this defining moment in our history. Senate Betrays American Values, Undermines Rule of Law

From: World Can't Wait - Drive out the Bush Regime Congress, with the new Democratic majority, opens tomorrow (Jan. 4). As the Washington Post reported today , “Nowhere in the Democrats' consensus-driven agenda is legislation revisiting last year's establishment of military tribunals and suspending legal rights for suspected terrorists. Nor is there a revision of the civil liberties provisions of the USA Patriot Act, a measure curbing warrantless wiretapping by the National Security Agency or an aggressive confrontation of the president on his Iraq war policies.” (See an important correction to the article below.) New Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has repeatedly stated that “Impeachment is off the table”. Not if we have anything to do about it. The Bush Regime is guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity- of waging immoral wars, torture, and police state measures. For the war to end now, for torture to stop, to restore rights stolen, we the people must act. No on

Today the Associated Press reports that the 3000th U.S. Soldier died in Iraq. When Bush took office in 2000, I said that we would spend 10 years cleaning up the mess he would make in four. When 9/11 happened, I knew we didn't have the leadership we needed to deal with it, but I didn't know what to do. When we went into Iraq illegally on a 'preemptive' strike, without any proof of WMD, I knew that we were repeating the sins of Vietnam. I said then, "If the Iraq army could kill as many soldiers as died on 9/11, then Americans will turn against the war." When Bush was re-elected I got severally depressed, had the American People lost their F%ck#n minds? It will take 50 years to dig out of the whole he has created. The Official number of people who died in 9/11 is 2,976. Yesterday, we Buried President Ford, a man who was hated during his era for giving a full pardon to Nixon, but is now considered a humble and honorable man, when compared to the current administra

Over the last year the big phone companies, known today as the Telecomm Industry, have been trying to conglomerate back into its past glory, the U. S. Monopoly once known as AT&T. As part of their quest to control the means of communication these networks have a plan to increase the cost of communication. There idea is to start charging for internet access by bandwidth rather than equally to each customer. Then they could offer big discounts to companies who can afford to buy most of the bandwidth. Of course, as there is a finite supply of information flow, buying up bandwidth will reduce the supply for others, and thus increase the value or decrease the speed. What this means, over time individual users, small businesses, schools (all the people who create the value of the net) will end up paying more for less. Big companies will own the resource of communication, just as they now own energy, food, and other resources, and that could be very dangerious for democracy. Join FreePres