Why I Started the South Carolina Upstate Coalition
I
haven’t been writing for quite some time. It gets to the point as Paul
Craig Roberts said; “Nobody is listening”. There are some that are
listening as my articles have received many hits. While I’m happy about
that, it just isn’t enough. The people that read my articles are the
people that already know what dire straits our Democracy in America is
in. Most of my readers know that the legislative branch, the executive
branch and now it seems the Supreme court as well as the lower federal
courts have been co-opted by those that have the money and clout to do
so. I read a brilliant article by Lawrence Wilkerson (Right Wing Thought
Police MWC News) that blew me away. It’s not what he said; it was what
he didn’t say that completely blew me away. Let me write a short list
of what Americans should be concerned about.
1. The
War in Afghanistan and Iraq.
These wars are totally
unconstitutional. We were never attacked by the Taliban or Saddam
Hussein. The reasons for the wars are bogus. We went into Iraq because
Saddam had threatened to sell oil in Euro’s not dollars, undermining
American currency. The war in Afghanistan is to complete TAPI, the
pipeline for gas and oil coming from the Caucasus and preventing Russia
from having a lock on oil exports to Europe. These are wars of
aggression, pure and simple.
2. The loss of
American Civil Liberties
With implementation of the
Patriot Act, The Military Commissions Act and The John Warner
Insurrection act that allows Federal Troops for peacekeeping duties
within the Continental U.S. in violation of Posse Comitatus. We have
“free speech zones” that keep demonstrators behind chain link fencing
away from the demonstrator’s target zone, rendering demonstrations
ineffective.
3. Wiretapping and electronic
eavesdropping on American citizens.
The enhanced FISA
laws did not hold accountable the telecoms that illegally copied all
conversations of Americans that was unlawfully demanded of them by the
Federal Government. We still are subject to warrantless tapping of our
phones and eavesdropping on pour computer correspondence.
4.
Holding no One Accountable
The reluctance to hold
anyone accountable for the incomprehensible acts of 9/11, No building
hit by an airplane can fall at free-fall. Building 7 wasn’t touched and
came down in its own footprint. This is ridiculous to believe that
airplanes that made maneuvers that are theoretically impossible brought
down those buildings. Nano-thermites were found on the steel girders,
yet no investigation is forthcoming and the American citizenry has not
demanded it. Why? The building fell at free fall which under the
governments “pancake” the only way that would have been impossible. The
only way those buildings could have fallen at free fall would have been
if the underpinnings were knocked out. This is the law of physics.
4. Obama’s Unwillingness to Act in the Public’s Interest
The Obama Administration’s blatant refusal to appoint a special
prosecutor to investigate torture and to appoint a special prosecutor to
investigate the accusations of torture under the Bush/Cheney regime.
The refusal to have a criminal investigation into the events of 9/11.
To stop the practice of Extrodinary Rendition (kidnapping) instead of
using the rule of law. The failure to abide by the Geneva Conventions.
5. The non-news given to the majority of Americans.
The mainstream milquetoast reporting
of news that is neutral to events in the world that our government is
pursuing. The fourth estate in this country has been co-opted by the
same interests that need them to stay silent. No true investigative
reporting on the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan is being conducted. The
news reports on celebrities and divisions between the Republicans and
Democrats which are only two-sides of the same coin.
6.
Failure to release Military and Special Ops Budgets.
The
budgets of the military and the investigative agencies like the CIA and
the NSA and the 14 intelligence agencies run by the military is never
reported on in the mainstream media. The military budget as a whole
hardly ever makes the news. Why?
7. Truth about
the Bail-Outs
The bank bailouts and Goldman Sachs that
bought up failing banks after they received the TARP fund that made them
liquid again has not resulted in criminal charges. There has been very
little help for the average American citizen.
8. Ongoing
Illegal Activities
The continuing practice of Rendition
(kidnapping) of people by the United States continues. The phony trial
of Khalid Sheik Muhammad (KSM) goes on after it was made public that he
was water boarded 183 times and confessed to crimes that were committed
four years after he was apprehended. A travesty of justice.
9.
Supporting a Rogue State
The support of Israel that
gas for the last few decades has shown itself to be a rogue state that
violates all the International rules of behavior and has the city of
Gaza under a terrible blockade that makes it a virtual prison. They have
annexed Palestinian lands and East Jerusalem throwing out Palestinians
that have lived there for hundreds of years. This is a form of genocide
in which the United States supports by supporting Israel. There is no
reason strong enough to continue to support that criminal enterprise.
The refusal of Israel to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
illustrate the criminality of their government, yet we berate Iran who
Has signed the NPT and abides by the treaty.
These are
just some of the points that I would like to make. The co-opting of the
Congress by special interests along with the Supreme Court should be
investigated. The rule of law in this country is practically
non-existent when it comes to the Federal Government. It applies to the
people however. If we break a law we are expected to pay the
consequences. People understand that Homeland Security was designed to
watch the people of the US, not the terrorists.
This is
why I have decided to become an activist and reach out to others that
believe as I do. We can no longer sit on the sidelines and wait for
someone to rescue this nation. We have become a belligerent nation ruled
by the Military-Industrial-Complex. People need to reach out to
likeminded individuals and band together and make our voices heard. If
we can do it in the reddest State in the Union, it can be done anywhere.
To join the South Carolina Upstate Coalition, contact me, we can make a
difference.
timgatto@hotmail.com Read Tim's Books
"Complicity to Contempt" and "Kimchee Days or Stoned Cold Warriors" from
Oliver Arets and Open Press.
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