Machine gun fire from military helicopters flying over downtown Miami Fl.

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Yes, the machine gun fired only blanks.  Plus, the TV announcer says it’s just a “military exercise” that’s required as training for some sort of foreign deployment.  But I wonder what foreign city that resembles Miami as about to enjoy an influx of American military helicopters?  If there is no such foreign city, what are they really training for?

Make of it what you will.

P.S. here’s another similar story from Houston, Texas:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smmu8DGv7-g&feature=youtu.be

 

Is Obama Asking Top Military If They Will “Just Follow Orders” and Shoot Americans?

The Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense,  (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

According to Wikipedia, “WHDT is an independent full service television broadcasting in the West Palm Beach, Miami and Boston television markets.”

WHDT is not “big-time” (mainstream) TV, but it is a real, commercial TV station.

According to a biography as Amazon.com, “Dr. James Garrow is the author of The Pink Pagoda: One Man’s Quest to End Gendercide in China. He has spent over $25 million over the past sixteen years rescuing an estimated 40,000 baby Chinese girls from near-certain death under China’s one-child-per-couple policy by facilitating international adoptions. He is the founder and executive director of the Bethune Institute’s Pink Pagoda schools, private English-immersion schools for Chinese children. Today he runs 168 schools with nearly 6,300 employees.”  Dr. Garrow was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in A.D. 2009.  His background suggests that Dr. Garrow is credible.

WHDT TV recently interviewed Dr. Garrow (video below).  During that interview, Dr. Garrow claimed that President Obama has instituted a new “litmus test” for top military officers:  Would they be willing to “just follow” orders from their superiors and/or the Commander In Chief to shoot Americans who refused to lay down their arms?

The implications of this interview are explosive but leave me with mixed emotions.

 

The Pigs are out of their Effing Minds

Riot part 2 (Photo credit: interrobang)

Last week, on one of my radio shows, I commented on summertime riots being as American as baseball, apple pie and motherhood–and wondered why we hadn’t seen any riots yet his summer.  The weather’s hot, tempers are short, and lots of people are unemployed.  Circumstances seemed conducive to rioting.  And yet, I couldn’t see or “feel” any predisposition in the society to have a riot.  Despite the nation’s economic stress, everyone seems to be staying pretty cool.

Of course, I was expecting blacks or Hispanics to riot.  I hadn’t even imagined that some members of another another minority–the police–might riot.  Silly me.

 

Des citoyens Américains expliquent pourquoi le monde déteste les Etats-Unis

Jules Naudet filmed the impact of Flight 11 as it crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

None of the following video is fun.  All of it–even the parts that may seem offensive–even the parts that seem exaggerated–are based on fundamental truths.

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00:10:08

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GpBLO53f_k

 

90 Days?

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In my January 16^th, A.D. 2012, article, “Invading Iran (Rounding Up the Usual Suspects),” I reported on Iran’s recent decision to sell crude oil to India for gold rather than fiat dollars or even fiat rupees.   I explained my belief that the U.S., EU, NATO, the central bankers, and the New World Order would be thereby compelled to invade and destroy Iran.  By moving away from all fiat currencies, Iran was implicitly returning the world towards a gold standard.  By doing so, the Iranians had struck a potentially mortal blow against all big governments, all central bankers, and the New World Order—all of which are ultimately built on fiat currencies.  I predicted that the “forces of fiat” would be compelled to invade and destroy Iran as an act of self-preservation.

Until that time, the primary pretext for invading Iran was Iran’s nuclear weapons program.  We had to invade to prevent Iran from getting “the bomb”.  The actual reason for invading was probably to seize control of some Iranian oil wells.  In other words, our government’s primary reason for invading Iran was looting–to steal Iranian oil.

Looting is a time-honored reason for invading a foreign country.  Armies have marched since time began in order to loot weaker nations and steal their wealth.

Looting is one of the “fun” reasons to invade a foreign country.  But it’s not a compelling reason.  Sure, we’d like to rob Iran, and if we get the chance, we will–but we are not compelled to invade Iran simply to steal their crude oil.

 

Vets Waking Up to Gov-Co Lies

Image by The National Guard via Flickr

This guy’s analysis is right on.

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00:10:18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmIzJ0eGSYs&feature=share

 

Gerald Celente Predicts Economic Martial Law

Gerald Celente, founder of Trends Research, warns that the government is increasingly under the control of the military.  He predicts that starting as early as first quarter of A.D. 2012, we will see “economic martial law” in this country.

Note that Mr. Celente predicts “economic martial law” rather than “martial law”.  Perhaps he agrees with my contention that the US military doesn’t have enough assets to deploy tanks and military personnel across the US.  Therefore, while we may see a more overt police state over the next several years, we won’t see US military one or streets except in isolated instances.

However, although Mr. Celente does not appear to anticipate an open application of true “martial law” in this country, he does predict “economic martial law”.  He doesn’t define that term in this video, nor does he clearly describe what that term might mean.  I can only imagine that “economic martial law” might mean increased control over bank accounts, ATMs, credit cards, debt cards, and in general, restricted access to currency or credit.

 

On War and Writing

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The process of writing has fascinated me ever since I was a Junior in high school.  I learned then that I could use writing to learn  what I truly thought.

Under unusual circumstances (a girl I had a crush on but never dated had died in an automobile accident), I began to write about my feelings.  I started by writing a sentence about “love lost”.  The sentence sounded like something out of a romance novel.  It was silly, sophomoric and something I’d be expected to say.  It was a cliché.  It wasn’t really what I thought, it was what I’d been taught by society to think or at least say.  I wasn’t thinking.  I wasn’t really feeling. When I wrote that first sentence, I was acting.

Unlike talking (which happens almost instantly and without much thinking), the physical process of writing by hand with a pencil took time and forced me to “think about” the words I’d written.  By the time I’d finished scribbling my first sentence, I’d spent so much time thinking about the idea I was trying to express, that I knew it wasn’t true.  I knew that sentence didn’t truly reflect my thoughts or my feelings–my truth–but I still didn’t know what my true thoughts/feelings were.  I didn’t know what was right, but I was sure that what I’d written was wrong.

 

The Marines ARE Coming

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Two week ago, I posted an article entitled “The Marines are Coming–Maybe” which described the possibility that members of the armed forces might show up at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations to defend unarmed civilians from police brutality.  I was somewhat skeptical that there’d be much “resistance” from members of the military, but here’s a video of one Marine who showed up and really is “fighting for our freedoms”.  He’s not “fighting for our freedoms” in Iraq, but he is damn sure fighting for them right here in The USA.

Marine Corps Sargent Shamar Thomas faced off against 30 police in an Occupy Times Square demonstration.  He demanded to know where is the honor in beating or threatening unarmed civilians.  He received no answer.  He told the police that if they wanted to fight, they should go to Iraq.  Again, no answer.

 

Veteran Saw, Suffered, and now Says the Truth

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This is an exceptional video.  The speaker is an Army veteran from the Iraq war.  He seems to have a slightly leftest slant that I don’t agree with, but I do agree with and celebrate at least 95% of what’s said in this video.

The video is evidence of a growing conflict between the super-rich and the vast majority.  This veteran’s concerns are ultimately the same as those that are motivating the Occupy Wall Street movement.

The video is also evidence that the truth will out.  Slowly, perhaps– but inevitably, we will see the truth.

But even in the full disclosure of the internet age, there’s always a fundamental problem with truth:  does anyone give a damn?  Does anyone care about a truth that’s contrary to their income and prosperity?  Is the truth merely “interesting,” or is it motivating?

When the truth is motivating, a life and even the world can change.  When truth is merely “interesting,” the world goes on as is.

The difference between truth that is “motivating” and truth that is “interesting” is not in the truth itself, or in the person tries to tell the truth.  The difference is in the man or woman who sees or hears that truth.  The difference between being interested or motivated is not a reaction–it’s a choice.  And it’s not an easy choice.  There is so much truth available today, and so little personal time and energy that it’s virtually impossible to be motivated by all truth.  We can’t fight every battle.

Even so, the uncomfortable choice remains and continues to nag.  Do you choose to be “motivated”?  Or merely “interested”?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGSBcslwDww&feature=player_embedded