Boston Marathon Conspiracy Theory Reasoning

 

Let me preface this by saying I am not a conspiracy theorist.  For the most part I think the facts that are presented by the mainstream media usually check out, and most things are as they appear.  I also don't believe in some widespread illuminati theory that we are all being controlled and everyone in government is in on it. 

 

That being said, I followed the events of the night of the Watertown shooting on a police scanner from beginning to end.  I watched the news coverage from beginning to end.  I was following people tweeting live from the scene from beginning to end.  As I continued following the story, I found more and more inconsistencies between what was actually happening, and what the following police and media statements were reporting. 

 

This has been bothering me so much that I felt the need to put my thoughts on paper and post it here.  I tried to keep it in chronological order.  I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything, but rather encourage you to look at the facts yourself and draw your own conclusions.  If everything turns out to be as is being reported, I will be happy to say, "Great... I guess it was just a bunch of strange coincidences," but I believe that after you think about the evidence that I am about to layout, you will agree that some 'conspiracy theory' is more likely to be accurate than the story being portrayed.  Most of it is based on common sense logic if you put yourself in the mind of the suspected brothers, rather than an Alex Jones style military style analysis.

 

 

-The FBI interviewed both brothers in 2011 at the Russian government's request because Russia believed with were involved in radical Islamic terrorism.  This information was not made public by American officials, until Russian media reported it.  After the Russians reported this, the FBI quickly released their own statement confirming it was true.  The FBI cleared them both of any wrongdoing.  With the way the United States handles suspected terror suspects, you would think that they would keep tabs on them, or at the very least be beware of them and be able to immediately identify them when their pictures were first made public.  They would be specifically aware of Tamerlan's recent six month visit back to a part of Russia that is known as a hotbed for Islamic extremism.  The FBI would at the very least monitoring their travel and would scrutinize this trip.  Even if the marathon attack wasn't prevented, they would have at least been able to immediately identify them and take them into question, rather than posting their pictures three days later asking for the public's help.  Remember, the FBI has a file on both of them and they were at their listed address the entire week until their pictures were released.
 

- They were both popular student athletes with friends in good schools.  The older brother had a wife and a daughter.  They came from a stable family.  They just don't fit the 'lone wolf' profile.  Tamerlan's wife worked long hours in health care, and he was responsible for keeping up with the house and caring for the child.  She says that she never saw a hint of suspicious behavior from him, either before or after the bombing. 

 

- Tamerlan was applying for U.S citizenship and was in the middle of the process at the time of the attacks.  That seems like strange timing.  If he was planning this, you would think he wouldn't bother applying for citizenship, or he would wait until he had citizenship to make a potential bigger attack easier, or to have the legal rights of a citizen if he were caught.

 

- Even though they are now filling the mainstream news with information that these brothers were 'radicalized' and anti-American, the day he was identified they had dozens of coaches, friends, and teachers on the media who all said these were normal, social kids that never expressed anti-American views.  Additionally, being Chechen, they would be prone to be pro-American since the U.S government was the primary advocate for Chechnya against the Russians in the United Nations.  Also, the father brought them to America to give them a better life, so they didn't come from an anti-American family.

- Dzokhar was such an Americanized kid, loving sports, hip hop, girls, twitter, and everything else American, that it is hard to paint him as a radical Islamic militant.  They are now saying that his brother brainwashed him and turned him evil.  Everyone seems to be very accepting of that theory, but how easy is it to 'brainwash' an intelligent adult, who is smart enough to go to the most elite high school in Boston?  I'm 26 years old, the same age as Tameron, my brother is 21 years old, almost the same age as Dzokhar, and we are also immigrants from Europe that were brought to America by our parents at a young age.  If I took a 6 month trip back to Europe, and then came back and tried to convince my brother that America is evil and we needed to kill Americans, he would probably call me crazy and report me to the police.  He wouldn't simply believe and give into everything I said and blindly follow me.  I think people are believing the phrase, 'he was brainwashed' and accept it without enough scrutiny.  Dzokhar was an extremely intelligent 19 year old adult, not a mentally disabled toddler.  I find it incredibly hard to believe that in 3 months his brother was able to transform him from an all-American kid to an Islamic radical. 

 

- Even though we have pictures of them at the marathon, I find it hard to believe that with all the police cameras and private cell phones, no one has a clip of them placing down the backpacks.  We have pictures of dozens of other individuals carrying bags at the time of the explosions.  The fact that 'they were there' is not enough evidence for me, and at this time, that is all we have.

 

- They had three days before their pictures were released where they could have done anything they wanted.  They could have left the country and gone back to Russia, they could have fled to another part of America, or they could have committed more acts of terror undetected.  Instead, they stayed at home, tweeting like normal, going to class, and going about their regular lives.  No one reported any changes in behavior or activity.  They must have known that it was only a matter of time before their pictures surfaced on video somewhere and chose to willingly stay in the city where 4,000 members of law enforcement would be searching for them.

 

- The day that their pictures were blasted all over every media outlet, they pick that moment to go back into public.  The official story says they were planning more attacks, but even with a vehicle full of bombs and guns, they decide to kill a lone MIT police officer.  If the media reports are true, they had three days to sit at home and plan something, and on a Thursday night they could have bombed or shot up any of hundreds of Boston night spots and killed hundreds or thousands.  Instead, they choose to kill a lone police officer, drawing crazy attention to themselves, at a time when every law enforcement official in New England is a mile away. 

 

-  Even though they both had access to vehicles, they then decided to carjack someone.  For some reason they reportedly tell the hijack victim that they are the bombers and tell them every detail about what they did.  Incredibly, they are so stupid that even though they just killed a cop in cold blood, they let him live and release him in front of a storefront to immediately call the police and report that they confessed to being the marathon bombers, and provide them with a full description of the suspects clothing, the description of the vehicle including license plate, and their exact current location.  Why on earth would they do this?  The carjack victim, described as a white male in his 20's or 30's, has still not been identified.

 

- When the car chase was going on, they had several explosives, including a pressure cooker bomb and multiple long guns (rifles, shotguns, ext)  If you follow the timeline, they were on foot when they killed the MIT officer and had to carjack the Mercedes SUV to escape.  How did all these things get into the stolen vehicle?  If they drove to MIT with their own vehicle full of this cache of weapons, there would have been no need for the carjacking.  If they didn't have a car, does that mean they were walking down the streets with two backpacks, a pressure cooker, 3 rifles, and handguns while they know their pictures are plastered everywhere?  Initial reports claimed that the MIT officer likely saw them acting suspicious and confronted them, at which time they panicked and opened fire in an unplanned attack.  However, the coroner's autopsy says that officer Sean Collier was murdered execution style, with one shot to the back of the head, and 6 shots to the chest while he was sitting in his vehicle. 

- Although there was no mention of multiple vehicles the night of the shootout, the next day, or the next day, the current version of the official report is that the Watertown officer who first pursued them noticed two vehicles, driving in tandem, one behind the other.  The first vehicle was the carjacked vehicle, and the second vehicle was a Honda.  Supposedly, one brother was driving each vehicle.  When they noticed they were being pursued, they stopped both cars and opened fire on the loan officer.  Again this would mean that even though they had access to another vehicle that was not being looked for, the Honda, they decided to continue driving in a stolen vehicle, when they knew that they just released the owner of the car, and police were aware of every detail of the car and location, as well as that the marathon bombers were inside.... WHAT? 

 

- Police were conveniently reviewing security of an UNRELATED armed robbery at the 7/11, where they just happened to see and identify Dzhokhar as an unrelated customer, and were then able to put out an updated picture with his clothing on that night and use that to piece together their timeline.  What are the odds that the police are looking at unrelated robbery footage, and just happen to identify the most wanted people in Boston?

 

- In the official police reports, and what I heard on the scanner, there were multiple officers struggling with Tamerlan and putting him in handcuffs after the Watertown shootout.  They even said, 'suspect in custody.'  According to the official story, Dzhokhar then comes out of nowhere in another vehicle (no explanation where this other vehicle came from), and in attempt to escape runs over his brother killing him.  The official report says that Tamerlan arrived at the hospital with 'too many gunshot wounds to identify.'  The only reason he hasn't been given a traditional Muslim burial, which is to be done the same day of the death, is because the coroner says that the body was so badly damaged with so many entry wounds that he hasn't yet determined a cause of death.  I find it hard to believe that a suspect with that many gun shots is able to struggle with officers and be taken into custody with no mention of his injuries. 

 

Also, there was were many media members on the scene that had been following the chase and watched the entire shootout.  They even reported that the suspect had been taken into custody because they saw him handcuffed and taken into the police car.  The first time you heard that the brother ran him over was 2 days later.  Someone would have seen that or reported it over the scanner.  I heard with my own ears the police say he was in custody, and 30 minutes later I saw on the news that he was dead, with nothing happening in-between to explain it.  Although the shoutout happened less than 60 seconds after the officer first called in the location of the suspects vehicle, FBI agents who would have had no reason to be in Watertown were among the first on the scene. 

 

- Supposedly, after hitting his brother with the , Dzhokhar is able to drive away from the scene of the shooting, only to ditch the car and then run off on foot.  As we all know, Dzhokhar is then discovered by the homeowner.  The boat was winterized and shrink wrapped and Dzhokhar would definitely have seen the homeowner as he had to open the tarp allowing sunlight to get in.  For some reason Dzohkhar, doesn't shoot or threaten the homeowner, and allows him to walk away and call 911 and report his location.  Then, out of nowhere Dzhokhar finally finds the energy and strength to get out of the boat and engage approaching police in a another shootout.  This would mean that the only two civilians that can actually identify him, were left alive by these 'blood hungry terrorists' to tell the story.  He is struck in the leg, but then manages to go back to the same boat he was just in and get surrounded.  He knew he was exposed, but instead of going down in a hail of gunfire as many suggested he would, he allows himself to be surrounded.  Additionally, it is worth noting that police fired as many as 30 shots at Dzokhar, before the nearby media and additional local police were on the scene, at which time police were ordered to hold their fire. 

- This is one of the most unexplainable aspects of the case.  The location where Dzhokhar abandoned the vehicle and was last seen on foot was less than 130 yards away from the boat where he eventually surrounded.  Amazingly, the location of the boat was NOT WITHIN THE SEARCH PERIMETER which is why he wasn't found.  Think about that.  Why would whoever set the search perimeter order that police search in a different area of Watertown, than where Dzhokhar was last seen, wounded and on foot.  The only explanation that I have is that they didn't want a random Watertown officer to find him before they did. 

 

- They are now saying that he may never be able to speak or communicate because he lost too much blood as a result of the self inflicted gun shot wound to the throat shortly before his apprehension.  I was listening to the scanner at this time too, and there was no reports on the scanner, or in the media who were 100 yards away, of an additional gunshot, or any gunshot, after the initial shootout that drove him back to the boat.  Additionally, they are saying that the shot went through his throat and left him alive.  According to their timeline, that means he shot himself in the throat, and used his remaining strength to exit the boat and surrender, rather than pulling the trigger a second time and finishing the job.  Also, if he was prepared to die, why would he stop shooting and retreat to the boat.  Also, there was no mention of the suicide attempt in the two days following the apprehension.  I expect this to play out in Dzhokhar's untimely death in the hospital, or in a report that he lost too much blood and is not able to function enough to interrogate due to the resulting brain damage.

 

-  His mother says that he has been in constant communication with the FBI since 2011, and mainstream people are saying that is nonsense and she must be crazy.  I find it more likely that they would stay in touch with them, rather than be so unaware of them, even after having them reported as a terror threat to the FBI, that they are able to obtain all these weapons, gunpowder and able to freely travel in and out of terror hotbeds.

 

- Dzhokhar went to an elite high school in Boston and was given a $2,500 scholarship without going through the official application process.  This could be seen as some form of payment from the FBI in exchange for information/employment.  Cambridge Latin and Rindge School, a high school that boasts many famous alumni, including childhood pals Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.
- We were originally told that the brothers lived together in an apartment in Cambridge, where police supposedly found undetonated explosives, as well as bomb making materials and weapons.  How could the brothers have lived in a Cambridge apartment when Tamerlan lived with his wife and baby in a home in Rhode Island, and Dzhokhar was at school at UMASS Dartmouth?
- The initial 'person of interest' named the day of the actual bombing, Saudi National, Abdul Rahman Ali Al Harby, who on the day of the bombing was said to be acting suspicious and caused his hospital to be put on lockdown, was flown back to Saudi Arabia 2 days after the bombing immediately after he was released from the hospital.  On the actual day of the bombing, Saudi Arabia sent their  Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal directly to Washington, where he met with Obama on Wednesday, two days after the bombing.  Al Harbi was than immediately deported in the custody of the Prince, despite the fact that the official Saudi Terror Suspect list has over a dozen members of Al Harbi's immediate family on it, and that Al-Harbi was widely known to have ties to Al Qaeda of the Saudi peninsula.   

 

 

A lot of my reasoning is based on, 'that doesn't make any sense,' in terms of the alleged bombers' decisions, but some of the things can not be explained away and can be seen as fact.

 

1.  The FBI was aware of both brothers and had files on them.  They wouldn't have needed the publics help in identifying them.  The FBI has facial recognition software and both brothers were in the data base.  Had they run the pictures that were made public through their data base, they would have instantly identified both suspects and could have picked them up at their house. 

 

2.  Obama deported the original person of interest within 15 hours of meeting with the Saudi Minister.  A known person affiliated with Al Qaeda, who was known to be at the scene, and had burns consistent with making and detonating a bomb was allowed to leave the country with no interrogation or follow-up.

 

3. The inconsistencies between what was reported on the police scanner and by on-scene media and the official police statements released in the following days.

 

4.  How did the cache of weapons get to the scene of the shootout?

  

5.  How did Dzhokhar get into Latin and Rindge High School without going through the application process?

6.  Why did the search perimeter not include the 10 block radius where Dzhokhar was last seen?

 

I don't have a full theory that explains everything, but I do believe that the FBI was working with these two as informants.  That would have given them the ability to arrange that the brothers meet them at the Boston Marathon.  It would have also made it possible that when their pictures were plastered all over the news, which at the time they would have had no idea that they were suspects, they got in touch with their contact at the FBI who would have arranged a meeting, possibly at MIT.  If this was part of an elaborate plan, it would have given whoever was setting them up the ability to frame them for the MIT murder, and use that as a 'takedown' to either kill them or bring them into custody.  I think it was more likely to kill them, so that their story never gets told.  I think that the car-jack victim was quite possibly part of the setup.  That would explain why one car was closely following the second car.  I believe that whoever was setting them up was holding them against their will in one of the vehicles, more likely the car jacked, and a member of the setup team was driving the second car, the Honda, that was full of planted evidence.  I think that when the drivers noticed that Watertown officer following them, they are the ones that opened fire, not expecting backup to arrive that quickly.  When backup quickly arrived, and they feared having their cover blown, they lost control of Dzokhar and Tamerlan.  In the dark of night, under a barrage of gun fire, there is no way that the officers could accurately identify the shooters.  I think that at this point the brothers took the opportunity to escape on foot, as was originally reported over the scanner and on scene media.  Seeing that Tamerlan was being taken into custody alive, the driver of the Honda had no choice but to run him over, likely leaving him injured but alive.  I believe he was later shot multiple times.  The driver of the Honda then fled the scene for several blocks, and likely joined the other members of the set-up team and simply blended into the amazing amount of law enforcement that was on the scene.  The story about the two cars, the brother getting run over after being taken into custody, and Dzokhar driving the Honda away from the scene was a story only crafted two days after the incident.  Whatever organization the conspirators were working for than order the search area to be set in a part of town where they know Dzokhar wouldn't be hiding to give them time to locate him, or allow him to bleed out from his wounds.
 

As far as a motive for a set-up goes, I don't think it is overly specific.  I think it is the goal of every government to have a submissive and obedient population.  Forty years ago if a police officer walked up to you at a parade and told you to open your backpack and take off your shoes, you would have called him crazy and told him he had no right to ask.  If you don't think at every parade and marathon from now until the end of time, they will be having random bag checks you are out of your mind.  Inevitably, at some point in the future, there will be a bombing at some sort of sporting event (this isn't a threat or prediction, just that the odds dictate it will happen at some point), and we will have airport style security at every baseball, hockey, and football game.  I believe that the goal is a systematic training of the population that teaches us that we must comply with law enforcement and government at all costs to ensure the safety of the public.  This means giving up our civil liberties for the sake of the greater good.  I think this is a very dangerous, slippery slope that will eventually make the constitution worthless, and leave us at the mercy of an all too  powerful authoritarian government.  By the time that happens, it will be to late to defend ourselves.  For example, for the sake of 'safety' the entire Boston area, and surrounding suburban areas were put on 'lock down.'  They put a fancy word on it that made us feel warm and fuzzy, but essentially what they did was place northeastern Massachusetts under martial law.  There was no resistance from the public. 

Additionally, after Dzokhar was captured they refused to read him Miranda rights, invoking the 'public safety' clause traditionally only used against enemy combatants in a time of war.   Despite being a permanent US resident, who committed a crime on US soil, he was not given the rights of the constitution.  The reasoning is that he committed an act of 'war'.  What war was it?  The war on terror?  Don't we also have a war on drugs?  Aren't drug dealers then also committing acts of war? 

To sum up this last point, we now have a government that was able to declare martial law in one of the biggest cities of the country, and completely ignore the constitution and are now able to do anything with Dzokhar with no witnesses, lawyers, rules, or restraints.  Remember, as of right now he is just alleged.  He hasn't been convicted of anything, and their is no legal proof of anything.  Rather than getting pushback from the population, they are getting nothing but praise and support.  This is setting a very dangerous precedent going forward.  What happens when the next 'suspect' is a natural, U.S born citizen?  Will he also be denied any rights?  What happens if the next act of 'terror' is committed with a gun instead of a bomb?  Will he also be denied his rights?  Once this precedent is set, there is no going back.  The police will use the 'public safety clause' and 'martial law' orders with more and more frequency, using this situation as the precedent to show that it is ok.  It is a strong move to create an environment where the very rules that keep us a Constitutional Republic as apposed to an authoritarian tyranny are rendered irrelevant.  Believe me, I am from New England and I love Boston.  I know that every instinct in our hearts says, 'these guys attacked us, so screw them.  Lets do everything we can to make sure we take them down.  They don't deserve the protections of the law because of the horrible things they did.'  I just warn you to look at the bigger picture and realize that by doing that you are giving away the very things that make us free.  Ben Franklin famously said, "People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both."  This is exactly the situation he was warning us about, and I urge you all to pay attention.

The real definition of Boston Strong needs to be standing up for what it means to live in America, and to question things that we don't think are right, even when it's not easy.

 

 

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

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 Update:  After public backlash, the White House announced today that Dzokhar would NOT be tried as an enemy combatant.  He will have legal representation and have his day in court and a chance to tell his side of the story.  Assuming he lives long enough to tell it, I can't wait to hear what he has to say. 

Danica Patrick Proves Women Can Drive Just As Well As Men... Just Kidding. She Crashes Into a Wall and Then Bitches About It

Keep it in the kitchen.

Can Anyone Say We Aren't the World's Biggest Hypocrites?

Here is Obama's exact quote on why the U.S HAD to get involved in Libya.  He doesn't mince words:


"To brush aside America’s responsibility as a leader and — more profoundly — our responsibilities to our fellow human beings under such circumstances would have been a betrayal of who we are....And as president, I refused to wait for the images of slaughter and mass graves before taking action."

Wow sir.  That is very morally just and principled.  Well, I guess if that's the core of who we are as Americans we must stay true to our values no matter what.

Here is the U.N description on the current state of conditions in Syria:


"Army snipers and Shabbiha gunmen [from pro-Assad militias] posted at strategic points terrorised the population, targeting and killing small children, women and other unarmed civilians. Fragmentation mortar bombs were also fired into densely populated neighborhoods. Security agencies continued to systematically arrest wounded patients in state hospitals and to interrogate them, often using torture, about their supposed participation in opposition demonstrations or armed activities. Turmoil in Syria is worsening daily, with more than 6,000 estimated dead in a year-long assault by President Bashar Assad on his own people.

Wow, that being said we must be getting ready to 'lead away.'  We can't possibly accept this 'slaughter and mass graves.' That would be a complete 'betrayal of who we are.'   We must 'take action.' 

The ball is in your court Mr. President:  

"Further militarization will lead to a dangerous and chaotic path.  We'll continue to evaluate as time goes on. The fact of the matter is the aggression is being carried out by Assad and that's why we're working so hard with international partners to cease and desist."

Ummmmm, but what about that whole thing you said before?  Oh, no oil fields in Syria?  Got it chief.

Look, if it were up to me we wouldn't be anywhere on the earth besides U.S soil, but can we please stop blatantly lying to the American people and the rest of the world about our motivations for our actions. 

NH Military Guy 'Accidently' Shoots His Wife Through a Wall..... Twice

CONCORD, N.H. – A grand jury has indicted a New Hampshire man on charges of shooting his wife in the stomach and legs through the wall of their bedroom while cleaning his gun.

Forty-five-year-old Mark Hillson of Loudon is scheduled to be arraigned March 13 on charges of reckless conduct and simple assault.

The Concord Monitor reports Hillson removed a 9 mm handgun from a safe and wiped it down on Nov. 13, 2011. The weapon discharged twice and the bullets hit Gina Hillson, who had a phone in her hands at the time and called 911.

Hillson, who has a military background, said he had never seen a gun discharge the way it had that night.

You know what I always say....

Shoot me through a wall once, shame on you

Shoot me through a wall twice, I'll take the fucking hint and leave



Ron Paul is about to Surge to the top of the Polls!

If you scroll down on this blog, you will see that I predicted Herman Cain to be the next president back on September 25th when he was polling about 2% nationally. Now he is polling at about 25% and beating Obama in head to head matchups. How did I know? Because I know what resonates with the American people. It's no secret that I have been a big Ron Paul supporter since I first became aware of his message in 2007. Ever since I learned about him and his vision for America, it has basically been Ron Paul or anybody else. (Herman Cain is somewhere in-between).

I've been very critical of Paul this election cycle because he has been unable to clearly articulate his message. I see all the other candidates taking bits and pieces of Paul policies, and watching people go nuts for them. A big part of Cain’s 9-9-9 plan can be traced back to Paul ideologies. Americans are so sick of 'budget cuts' just being some accounting techniques as part of an unenforceable plan that will bring our national debt from 27 trillion to 25.6 trillion in ten years, and then having the politicians act like it was some sort of miracle among men and they saved the country. I know Ron Paul's message is right, and I've been so frustrated with the fact that he’s not being aggressive enough in making sure people understand. THAT CHANGES TODAY!

The truth is, as a country, we are in HUGE trouble. HUGE. Like very, very soon our annual revenue won't even cover the interest on the debt that we have. Like did you know that even if every American were taxed at 100% of their income TODAY, the government would still run at a deficit because we spend so much. Trimming a little bit here and a little bit there is basically just rearranging the chairs on the Titanic. We're going down anyway and Leo isn't going to be there to comfort us.

But, have no fear, Ron Paul is here! Huge problems call for huge solutions. That is what Ron Paul laying out today. Remember that huge debt ceiling crisis we had a few months ago? All that was to try to save about 2 trillion dollars over the next 10 years, largely with a bunch of bullshit like, 'we will save 600 billion because we won't be fighting in Afghanistan anymore. That's like me saying I'm going to save 60 bucks a week by starting to smoke pot and then stopping.

How good is Ron Paul's plan? Even Rush Limbaugh, who hates Paul is endorsing it. His plan eliminates 1 trillion dollars over the next 3 years and the cuts are real. Here are some details.

1. No more aid to foreign counties.. EVER. We're fucking broke. Broke people don’t give to charity.

2. Military budget down to zero. We were never supposed to have a military budget. We have a DEFENSE budget. That budget is plenty to operate the Pentagon, and protect American interests. The military budget is specifically allocated to the destruction, rebuilding, and nation-creating that we do all over the world, on the tax payer’s dime, with no benefit to the tax payer.

3. Freeze spending back to 2006 levels for all federal departments. It was enough to run the country then, it's enough to run the country now.

4. Cut EPA by 30%.

5. Cut FDA by 40%

6. Turn Medicaid, food stamps, family support, and children nutrition programs turned over to the states where the Constitution wanted them. Traditionally, states operate these programs much more effectively and financially efficent than the feds. 

7. Cut Presidents pay to $40,000.  That is the median pay for the average American.

8. Cut the government workforce by 10%.  I've been around government offices enough to know that any 9 people can do the job of 10. 

These are all things that resonate with everyone. The problem is making sure everyone hears and understands them. That is where the Ron Paul campaign is about to hit the Republican field with some real body blows. Paul is going to lay out this entire plan, which I'm sure will also come with massive tax cuts for EVERYONE, tonight at 6PM on YouTube. He is all over the news all afternoon to raise interest in his plan. Tonight’s big debate from Nevada is at 8PM. The debates have been doing a great job of staying current, so I assume the Paul plan will get a lot of exposure today. Then, tomorrow, Ron Paul is going to break his own record for most successful single day fundraiser which I think will approach or exceed 7 million dollars which his grassroots organizers have been pushing for weeks. Paul now is the first candidate with over 100,000 individual donors to tap into. That will get him another day of headlines tomorrow, and the media will interpret the successful fundraising day as a public outcry of support of his trillion dollar plan. (We need to think of a catchy name like 9-9-9.) This will give the plan a chance to resonate with America, and hopefully, if people are like me, they will see that his policies make perfect sense, take us back to the fundamentals of limited government that we were supposed to be on, and give control and MONEY back to the people. I think Rush explains perfectly:

Rush concluded:

What this indicates is something, folks, that we have got to face, if we are serious about this. Fooling around the margins isn’t going to get it done. A 2% tax cut here, or a 3% tax variation over there is not going to fix what’s wrong. Genuine, big spending cuts are the only thing that is going to bring us back …

Limbaugh then said something interesting: that Paul’s ideas were just conventionally conservative ideas. Explained Rush:

Now, these are not really Ron Paul’s ideas. On this program I myself have suggested freezing spending at 2008 levels. Let’s freeze spending back to Clinton’s years. Paul is stealing that idea. Cutting the EPA? We’ve long been an advocate of this … eliminating whole bureaucracies. But nobody on our side has ever seriously proposed this and Ron Paul is going to.

He finished: "We have called for everything that Paul is suggesting. He will be the first candidate to actually do so."

Grudge Report Predictions:

Ron Paul will raise at least 6 million dollars tomorrow on 10/19.

Ron Paul will be the lead story on every cable news channel the night of 10/19.

Ron Paul will be polling over 15% nationally by 9/15/11.

Ron Paul will stay in the top 3 through the remainder of the campaign along with Romney and Cain.

Ron Paul will win the Iowa caucus.

How Hard is Hank Williams Jr. Getting F'd in the A Right Now?

A bunch of people have come up to me in the past couple of days saying, 'Did you hear about Hank Williams Jr comparing Obama to Hitler?' That seems to be the prevailing thought on what happened, even leading to his firing from ESPN Monday Night Football. My problem with this?  He didn't even come remotely close to comparing Obama to Hitler, and the fact that the liberal media (and Fox News shame on them) is reporting that as the story is so ridiculous to me.  The only thing more embarrassing is that the American public is buying it hook line and sinker, even though I literally don't know how.  I just googled, 'Hank Williams Jr. Compares Obama to Hitler' and about 1,000,000 pages came up, with our buddies at the Huffington Post right near the top.  Are we so stupid that just because he said the words Obama and Hitler in the same sentence we assume it was bad and overreact immediately?  Of course we do, because that's the new American way.  I would love to see ESPN explain how what he said was politically incorrect even for the most PC of people.

I actually watched this live and thought it was a great line and a great point.  If you watch the interview, Hank is basically just being a difficult dick the entire interview and the hosts are rightfully annoyed by him.  He just sits there giving 1 word answers with his arms crossed like he owns the place and they have to pull every word out of him.  When they start talking about politics it's obvious that he doesn't really have any faith in anyone or the system because nothing ever changes.  Then he brings up a point that I have always agreed with, but no one really has the balls to say it.  He referenced the famous Boehner/Obama golf round which occurred during the harshest point of negotiations during the debt ceiling increase a few months ago.

His point was basically, 'How can we as the American public have any faith in the politicians to get anything done when one second they are giving speeches to the country about how the other party is destroying American and shitting on the poor to help the rich and punishing the rich for success and blah blah blah and basically hating each other, but then go have beers and laughs over a golf game while the rest of the country goes down the toilet?'  His point is basically, 'if you really hate each other, don't play golf, and if you really like each other stop putting on this theater act where you pretend to hate each other.  Cut the shit.'

To illustrate this point, he uses a pretty awesome analogy that fits perfectly.  Referring to the Democrats and Republicans playing golf with each other he says, 'That's like Hitler playing golf with Benjamin Netanyahu!(the prime minister of Israel).'  In NO WAY AT ALL, does he compare Obama to Hitler.  The hosts act terrified and the one guy is like, 'Well, I don't really understand the analogy.'  How do you not?  It's obvious he is just using a hypothetical example of two famous arch rivals.  He may as well have said, Varitek having a beer with A-Rod, or Bird hanging out with Magic during the playoffs, or Biggy and Tupac uniting for a fun afternoon of drive byes.  Oh well, guy said Obama and Hitler in the same sentence so lets alienate him for the rest of his life and take away his ability to earn a living.  Great job America.  Way to stand up for common sense.

Am I The News?

Between twitter, facebook, i-phones, and blogs, I think the definition of 'news' is changing.  Our traditional news sources like TV and newspapers really no longer give us 'the news.'  Those sources give us a list of events that occurred the previous day.  The real 'news' in 2012 is the public response and reaction to the events that happen.  That instant response can't be delivered by news anchors or reports until it happens.  By then, when they get it on TV, it is just another 'event' from the previous day.

We the people and how we view our ever changing world is the new 'news'.  That being said, the opinions of this blog will be quoted and expressed in tomorrows Union Leader as part of an article on the misguided efforts of the UNH administration to control its student population, and the vast implications that policies like this have.   Make sure you check it out!

#LetUsChoose

UNH Bans All Energy Drinks From Campus! Promptly Changes Their Mind

Univ. of NH backtracks on energy drink sales ban

 CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- The University of New Hampshire has backtracked on its just-announced plan to stop selling energy drinks on campus, saying it needs more time to study the idea and gather input from students.

Citing health and safety concerns, the university said Monday morning it would remove Full Throttle, Red Bull, Moxie Energy and NOS from vending machines and its seven dining halls, cafes and convenience stores starting in January. But in a statement Monday night, university President Mark Huddleston said conflicting reports about the caffeine and sugar content of some of the drinks, as well as negative student reaction, prompted him to call for a delay.

"I want to be sure we respect our students' ability to make informed choices about what they consume," he said.

If the university eventually stops selling the energy drinks, it would be going a step further than other campuses that have banned alcoholic versions. University officials said Monday they were unaware of other colleges having taken the same step, though at least one other school - Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles - has a policy of not selling energy drinks in its dining halls. It does sell them from vending machines.

Rick MacDonald, assistant director of UNH dining, said earlier Monday that the decision was in keeping with Huddleston's goal to make UNH the healthiest campus in the country by 2020.

"This is one of many steps we have taken and will take in accomplishing that goal," he said.

Energy drinks typically contain more caffeine than soft drinks, along with large amounts of sugar and additional ingredients that claim to boost mental and physical energy. While such products are legal and safe when consumed as intended, they can be unsafe when overused or mixed with alcohol, said David May, assistant vice president for business affairs.

"Just recently there was an incident on campus involving energy drinks that helped send a student to the hospital," he said.

In a statement, Red Bull emphasized that its product meets federal safety requirements. An 8.4 oz. can of Red Bull contains 80 mg of caffeine, comparable to the estimated 65 to 120 mg of caffeine in an 8 oz. cup of drip coffee. Cola soft drinks have about 35 mg per 8 oz. can.

"These drinks have a similar caffeine content as coffee and do not contain alcohol. Since it would not be right to ban the sale of soda, coffee, or tea on a college campus, it's also inappropriate and unwarranted to single out and restrict the sale of energy drinks," the company said. "We are working with the University of New Hampshire to find a resolution."

In a survey of New Hampshire college students conducted last spring, 20 percent of the UNH participants reported that they had mixed alcohol and energy drinks during the last 30 days.

"They are popular, very popular," said sophomore Tim Quinney, 19, who said he very rarely consumes energy drinks because he doesn't care for the flavor. He said students who do enjoy the drinks will be slightly inconvenienced by having to go off campus, but said overall, the decision won't have much impact.

"Though I understand the concept behind it, we're adults," he said. "I would think we'd be capable of making decisions in our own best interest."

Senior Rob Johnson said he occasionally gets a Red Bull from the school library when he needs an extra boost while studying, and he said many students do mix the drinks with alcohol. One bar near campus recently ran a $1 Red Bull and vodka promotion and ran out of Red Bull by 10 p.m., he said.

Johnson said a sales ban doesn't make sense from a health standpoint - Why scapegoat one type of food or drink? - and he said the safety concerns were baffling.

"Most students go to parties off-campus, and stopping by a convenience store to buy an energy drink, often at a lower cost, is no problem to them. The only thing that I see this new ban doing is increasing sales of energy drinks at convenience stores in Durham," he said.

The drinks are now sold on campus in single-serving cans and multipacks. According to the university, 60,000 energy drinks were sold last year, or one half of one percent of retail sales.

I love the fact that UNH is NOW going to check the caffeine and sugar content AFTER they already instituted the ban.  It is such a liberal progressive move to take away the peoples' freedom of choice as a knee jerk reaction to some over hyped incident.  I'm not saying this is the next prohibition, but just because 1 in 5 students had a Vodka Red Bull last April, and 1/60,000 drinks sold led to a hospital visit doesn't mean that the University has the right to take away an entire genre of products from their entire student body.

I'm sure legally they have the right, but it is just such bullshit that we as young Americans have it so instilled in us that it is the responsibility of the government to take care of us.  That shit doesn't work.  I never even heard of 4-Loco until it was made illegal.  I spent the next week trying to find a can so I can see what all the fuss is about.  It's basically the same thing with drinking, drugs, sex... anything.  People instinctively want what they can't have.  Does UNH really think that this is going to fix anything?

UNH should have instead sent out an email to students warning them of the risks of high sugar/caffiene drinks, except that UNH hadn't actually gathered any actual information, per se.  Raise awareness.  Then it is up to each one of us ADULTS, to make the decision for ourselves.  Those are our rights as individuals.  Sure, UNH has the right as an institution to also sell what they want.  That isn't my issue.  My issue is that they presented this a good solution to the non existant energy drink abuse problem.  

I think the perfect example is cigarettes vs. weed.  Cigarettes were never made illegal, but instead they spent all the resources that would have gone into enforcing an unenforceable law into spreading the information.  I never got into smoking, and I think only about 5% of my friends smoke, because 'The Truth' told me for my entire childhood that smoking will destroy me.  To this day, no one has been able to show me reliable information that weed is any more medically harmful than anything else that people consume on a daily basis.  I heard of weed when I was like 12, and all I knew is that it was illegal, but all the cool kids are doing it secretly, and the parents don't know.  Obviously that just made me more curious about it.   I know a hell of a lot more people that smoke weed.

When you start telling people what they can and can't do it is such a slippery slope that I'd rather not even put the dominoes in motion. What happens when a freshman drinks 5 captain and cokes and then crashes their car?  No more soda because it makes kids drink more alcohol?  Natural juices only for everyone!  Candy is making kids too obese for UNH to win the coveted 2020 healthiest campus competition in which only they are competing, so no more chocolate.  What, dairy is fattening?  No more pizza.  I'm telling you guys it isn't as rediculous as you think.  If you had told someone 20 years ago that they wouldn't be able to smoke in a restaurant they would have said it will never happen.  10 years ago if you told someone they wouldn't be able to talk on their cell phone while driving they would have said you were crazy.  5 years ago if you told them that institutions would stop selling soda or energy drinks for health reasons you would have said they were crazy.  

Once the precedent on these things is set, it just keeps going and going and going. It is not crazy to think that in 10 years you will only be able to buy all natural, organic food, with nothing but juices and water.  No pizza, no french fries, no chicken fingers, no condiments.  If that is the way I want to go, that is a CHOICE that I get to make. All those things would be perfectly justifiable to ban, with the same exact argument that we are now accepting for the energy drinks.  Sure it looks great on paper, but that isn't the world I want my kids to live in.  The choices we make as individuals are what makes the country great. It is the unintended consequences of these ultimatums are always overlooked by liberal left.  Just a quick example:  Every state that has put a ban on texting while driving has seen a massive increase in accidents and deaths as a result of texting while driving.  The reason is that instead of holding the phone up, and keeping the phone in your periphery, people now text with their phones in their laps so cops can't see, so they can't see the road at all.  Any idiot could have seen that coming, but no... texting=bad so we must pass a law and assume it will all work out.

I think the UNH kids that commented on the policy in the article at the end have it basically right.  All this is going to do is take profit out of the school which we the students will eventually pay in higher tuition, inconvenience students who now have to drunk drive to CAMCO to buy a fucking NOS, and it just further takes away any sense of personal responsibility from the next generation of Americans.  

#LetUsChoose

Get a Load of This Asshole

Every time I think I hate my job this makes me feel OK with my life.

Best lyric ever:  "Young man, young girl, welcome to wally world, you're gonna be a CASHIER SOME DAY!!!"

90 Protesters Don't Know Why They are Protesting.... Still Get Arrested

Protests targeting the financial sector escalated on Saturday as more than 90 people were arrested as they marched through Manhattan.
The so-called “Occupy Wall Street” movement has entered its second week and has drawn hundreds of activists to protest in front of the New York Stock Exchange and other commercial centres of the city.
On Saturday, skirmishes with the police erupted as a group of several hundred attempted to march to the UN building without a permit. Protest organisers said at least 96 people were arrested, with at least five being sprayed with mace by police.
The demonstrations began September 17 when several hundred people gathered in Zuccotti Park, near Wall Street. Organised through social media, the protests continued through the week, with a smaller number of people demonstrating each morning as traders and financial workers made their way to work.
Police presence has remained heavy throughout the week, and police said most of Saturday’s arrests were for disorderly conduct and blocking traffic. There was one arrest for assault on a police officer.
Scenes of the protests posted on YouTube showed hundreds of people swarming the streets near Union Square as police worked to move protesters back onto the sidewalk. Some videos captured police shoving protesters to the ground, fencing them off and using pepper spray on a group of women.
Activists representing a broad array of causes have joined the demonstrations. In recent days signs protesting against capital punishment, the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the tax code have been seen on the marches.
“End Corporate Personhood,” read one placard, referring to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s recent assertion that “corporations are people”.
Protesters said their goal was not simply to halt trading or disrupt business in the financial sector.
“It’s more complicated than that,” said Patrick Bruner, a spokesman for the protesters. “The idea is that we’re starting a real conversation, a conversation that has not existed. There’s a real misuse of wealth and power and we’re talking about it.”
But even supporters of the demonstrations said the movement lacks a coherent voice.
“The protests should have a clearer message,” said one commenter from Australia on the Occupy Wall Street website. “A lot of people are being confused as to what the protests are all about.”
The demonstrations have so far failed to disrupt work on Wall Street, but protesters said they would continue into next week. “We’re not going anywhere,” said Mr Bruner.

#GetAJob
Hey assholes, if you really want 'to start a conversation' why don't you get some balls and have your protests at 7AM on a Monday instead of 3PM on a Saturday.  Who gives a shit if there are a few hundred assholes with camera phones on Wall Street on the weekend.  That's like Rosa Parks locking down the front seat on an empty bus.  You know why?  Because the tens of thousands of people that actually have a place to be would trample you on their way to jobs, where they earn money to support their families.  I don't know what the fuck occupying Wall Street has to do with capital punishment or the war in Iraq. 

You want to see how real protesters protest?  Look at some Cairo footage where you have to avoid getting your head lapped off by some hooded savage on camel back, or smashed in the face with a brick.   Those are protesters.  What you see in New York are a bunch of college kids that think they have the whole world figured out, who took the bus in from North Jersey with their friends, with the sole purpose of trying to get some poor New York City cop to snap on them in a moment of weekness while their douchebag friend records it going, 'you're on camera man, this is against the constition, we have freedom of speech,' so that he can be viral for 6 hours and cost the cop his pension.  That's all this is about, but for some reason the media has to pretend to take this shit seriously instead of calling a spade a spade.  Protesting against 'the man' is just what's in this season I guess.  All the hipsters are doing it.  I hope next year the trend is more towards fucking getting jobs and not costing tax payers millions more in police expenses because your marching about some shit you can't even explain.

I'm not even sure how this relates, but it comes to mind.  Courtest of Opie and Anthony, M-F 6-10AM on Sirius 197 XM 105.

@opieradio
@anthonycumia

Chilean Guy Absolutely Crushes Eddie Vedder (Must See)

No words to explain my reaction to this.  This guy just crushes every note all the way through.  Granted he loses points for difficulty, since even Americans can't understand the words to the song, but I can't tell the difference in the vocals.

So I guess this show, Mi Nombre Es, is like half impressions half karaoke.  I looked at some other clips on youtube and there is this one chick doing Amy Winehouse' Rehab while she drinks and smokes on stage.  Not the most original idea, but it's better than X-Factor.  I'd love to see some creepy old guy nail 'Thriller' while molesting a kid, or some teen girl belting out 'Party in the USA' while taking bong rips and sexting pictures of her tits.

Herman Cain Will be the Next President.... No Really, I'm Serious.

I know people typically don't pay attention to straw polls, but I think what happened yesterday is huge.  The more I look at the big picture, the more I can see Herman Cain actually winning the nomination and the presidency.

Lets start with the specifics of the Florida P5 Straw Poll.  The people that vote in the straw poll are Florida Republican Delegates, basically made up of the shakers and movers for the Republicans in Florida.  The Florida Straw Poll has been around since 1979, and has accurately selected the Republican Nominee 100% of the time, and also has a history of finding the candidate that no one is expecting (eg. Reagan) that becomes the eventual winner.  Think of it like the electoral college, where the bigger states have more votes.  Florida sends a ton of delegates to the Republican convention, so winning the Florida primary is 80% of the battle.  If he can build on this love affair with Florida Republicans, he has a huge advantage.  Romney has been campaigning there for 5 years and got about 1/3 of Cain's support.

Looking at his policies relative to the public opinion, I see big time potential.

Cain on Taxes:  He is in favor of basically abolishing the IRS and replacing it with his 9-9-9 tax plan.  The 9-9-9 plan says you have a flat business profit tax of 9%, down from somewhere around 30% for some companies; a 9% national sales tax up from 0%, just like the sales state tax); and a 9% personal income tax for everyone down from around 30% for most people.  That's it.  No other taxes.  Plain. Simple. Effective.  No more IRS, no more forms, no more loop holes.  It's completely fair as everyone pays the same percentage across the board.  The rich make and spend more so will pay more in sales tax and income tax.  I've always supported something more like a 25% national sales tax with no income tax or business profit tax at all (eg. Ron Paul), but this is close enough.  This isn't as extreme as what the hard tea party people are asking for, but it's much better than the status quo and the business world will love it.  Additionally, which the vast majority of Americans will get massive tax cuts through this, as they aren't effected by by business profits tax, while exchanging 20% savings on all the money they earn, for a 9% increase on money they spend.  That's a great deal for everyone.

Cain on Social Security:  He is also in favor of privatizing social security with the Chilean model.  Since the current system will be out of money is 30 years with absolutely no hope of being improved without radical change, we NEED to get this program away from government right away.  Basically he wants people to save all the money they pay into Social Security, and instead let them invest it themselves in low risk options.  This eliminates any chance of the system running out of money and leaving the taxpayer to make up the difference.

This site does a good job of explaining the specifics. 

"Here's how they do social security in Chile according to Cato.org. Workers are given the choice as to whether they would like to stay in a pay-as-you-go plan (like we have in the U.S.) or a new system in which they can put their entire payroll tax into a retirement account. That way, they can benefit from compound interest.

93% of Chilean's elect to participate in the new system. It's run by 15 private companies.

Here's how the country's former Secretary of Labor, Jose Pinera explains what has happened:

We guaranteed benefits for the elderly -- we told those people who had already retired that they had nothing to fear from this reform. We also told people entering the labor force for the first time that they had to go to the new system.

Today, all workers in Chile are capitalists, because their money is invested in the stock market. And they also understand that if government tomorrow were to create the conditions for inflation, they would be damaged because some of the money is also invested in bonds -- around 60%. So the whole working population of Chile has a vested interest in sound economic policies and a pro-market, pro-private-enterprise environment.

Not only that, but the savings rate in Chile went up from 10% to 27% of GNP. There's no payroll tax, and with full employment and that great savings rate, the economy has blossomed.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-chilean-model-herman-cain-was-talking-about-at-last-nights-gop-debate-2011-9#ixzz1YyQABeIk

Cain on Foreign Policy:  All I've heard him say on foreign policy is that that has no idea what the Palestinians and Israelis are mad about.  Since that's the issue causing literally every problem in the world, I'd like him to shore up his position before I give him any more consideration.  If he came out and said, "After looking at the right problem (his go-to phrase), I've concluded that 98% of violence in the world is a result of us giving money, guns, and technology to all the countries to fight the wars, so we'll just stop giving any money or support to anyone," I'd put on my blackface and go the next Cain rally.  I'm not that optomistic

Cain on Social Issues:   

"Life begins at conception" (AKA bye bye abortions)

"We are based on biblical values" (I hate the whole God in Government thing)

"No special privileges for gays; bring back don't ask don't tell". (He will not get a Barney Frank endorsement)

From me:  I don't know if I'm in the majority or minority here, but I really don't give a shit about social issues for the most part.  My opinion is the government shouldn't be able to tell us what to do, so anyone that pushes their social opinions at all is too 'big government' for me.  I like Cain because he focuses on taxes, jobs, and budgets, which is what the government should be doing.  If want to blow a guy, Herman Cain isn't going to stop me.  (I don't want that, FYI).

How it all comes together:  The reason I think Cain will win this whole thing is the following.  He's radical enough on entitlement support to get the tea party, he's moderate enough in his tax reform to get the independents, he's black enough to get the blacks, and he's charismatic enough to get the 90% of Americans who vote for whoever has the best witty one-liners and Martin Luther King quotes.

Asshole Lawyer/Yankee Fan Serves Sox Starter 3 Hours before First Pitch

Boston Red Sox Pitcher Served Papers in Child Support Case Before Game

 

BOSTON –  Hours before taking the mound for the reeling Red Sox against the Orioles Tuesday night at Fenway Park, pitcher Erik Bedard was served with papers in a child support case, The Post has learned.

Bedard was served with papers from Massachusetts Probate and Family Court at Fenway Park at 3 p.m. Tuesday. The papers were served by lifelong Yankees fan Tom Cabral, who was acting on behalf of Bedard’s ex-girlfriend Courtney Roberts.

“The Red Sox were very cooperative,” Cabral told The Post. “They asked me if I could serve these tomorrow because he was starting tonight. My position was, my client wants it served today, and that’s what I have to do.”

Cabral didn’t bother to hide the fact he is a Yankees fan. In fact, he proudly wore a Yankees shirt while he served Bedard the papers.

“When I walked in I was like, I’m a Yankees fan, but I’m not trying to (give you a hard time),” Cabral said. “I told him that and said, sorry, I’ve got to do this. But he said it was no problem. I handed him the copies of all the documents and he signed them.

“(The Red Sox) legal department was joking with me about it … they were saying, ‘That’s why you’re so adamant about doing it today … you’re a Yankees fan.’"

 more: http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2011/09/21/boston-red-sox-pitcher-served-papers-in-child-support-case-before-game/#ixzz1Yasu5ebn 



I'm a Yankee fan, and when I saw the headline I was pumped that something shitty happened to the Red Sox.  I was a little pissed when I found out that it was Bedard and not Beckett or Lester, but it was better than nothing.  I thought it was awesome that Bedard's x went out of her way to hire a Yankee fan to make it hurt a little worse.  But then, something crazy happened. 

My hatred for assholes overcame my love of the Yankees.  This douchebag puts on a Yankees shirt to walk into Fenway to serve him, on, coincidentally, the 1 out of 5 days where he actually has to do something.  Not even that, but then he says something along the lines of, "I'm not trying to give you a hard time."  Really asshole?  You're trying to make this as painless as possible for the guy, which is why you went out of your way to do this on game day, while wearing a shirt that might as well say, 'Fuck You!" If you're going to do the worlds scummiest job, at least don't be the biggest cockroach in the shitheap.  


Also, the closing line about how he was just hangin out with the Red Sox legal team having an awesome time is clearly the biggest load of bullshit I've ever heard.  I'm sure the Red Sox staff was just giddy about having their starter mentally devastated 3 hours before first pitch when they're up by two games in the wildcard.  I think that just sounded better in the article than, "The entire time everyone was calling me the worlds biggest piece of shit with no sense of guy code or respect for the game of baseball.  Bedard called me a cuckhold and threw the contract on the floor, and then two security guards escorted me back to my Buick."


P.S.  How big of a bitch is Bedard's baby mamma to hire this guy as her lawyer.  See picture below.


She's the second on in from the left (I think.. not legally responsible if it isn't).  Kinda looks like psycho.

"Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations – entangling alliances with none." --- Except Wikileaks Just Released 251,000 Diplomatic Secrets and Everyone is Scared Shitless

WikiLeaks puts all its US cables online, unredacted

By Andy McSmith

Saturday, 3 September 2011

WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange was at the centre of another political storm yesterday after more than 251,000 US diplomatic cables were published in their original form on the internet for anyone to read.

No attempt was made to redact the cables to protect whistleblowers or other innocent people named in them, provoking fears that some lives could be endangered.

The cables were published in batches, sorted by country, including 34,687 relating to Iraq, 29,431 from China, 19,714 from Afghanistan, 13,209 from Pakistan and 6,732 from Cuba.

Their appearance was announced on Twitter, with messages encouraging followers to read the cables and share what they find. One WikiLeaks tweet declared that it was "shining a light on 45 years of US 'diplomacy'."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/wikileaks-puts-all-its-us-cables-online-unredacted-2348388.html

It sucks that U.S foreign diplomacy has turned into a season of god damn Big Brother, except real people are getting screwed, there's no Big Jeff to keep shit from hitting the fan, and when we finally do get voted off there's going to no Julie Chen or jury house.  

Do you know how much better the entire world would be if the U.S just minded their own business?  I have all the support in the world for the troops, because the troops have one job: Carry out whatever mission it is that they are given and they do an amazing job.  The problem I have is with the mission itself.  What is the mission anyway?  

Basically it seems like U.S Foreign Policy is to have as much influence on anything that happens anywhere whether it has any bearing on Americans or not.  Oh, I forgot the best part.  The American taxpayer gets to pay for the entire thing.  

In my Live Free or Die world, there wouldn't be any U.S troops anywhere in the world except in the United States.  We wouldn't have allies, enemies, puppet governments, espionage, CIA, or anything. The only reason for all this bullshit is that we run around the world like middle schoolers, talking shit behind everyone's back, telling everyone they are our best friends, then we give the Taliban a shitload of weapons to fight the Russians, then we give the Afghan's a shitload of weapons to fight the Taliban, then we give the Pakistani's a shitload of weapons to fight the Afghans, then we give the Egyptians shitloads of weapons to fight the other Egyptians, then they use them to attack Israel, and we give Israel a shitload of weapons to fight everyone.  Then in the end we act like we're shocked that everyone in the world is fighting, and we prance around like a bunch peace keepers dealing with rabid apes that can't be controlled. 

Almost every war/conflict/act of terror is being carried out with U.S weapons, U.S money, and being propogated by U.S assets.  This isn't a conspiracy theory, its just how things happen.  Friends become enemies, enemies become friends, super powers become third world countries, dictators fall... and so on.  Things are always changing.  That is why Thomas Jefferson gave us the piece of wisdom in the title above.  NO ALLIANCES.  If we didn't have alliances we wouldn't have enemies.  Sure it may seem like a good idea at certain times to support a side that temporarily seems to have our values and interests at heart, but that is never long lasting and the blowback of our actions is always 10 times worse than the benefit.   

I think the proof is in the pudding.  No one knows the effects of our interventionism better than the U.S troops themselves.  The only mainstream politician to agree with my stance is a certain principled Congressman and presidential candidate named Ron Paul.  One of the most under reported fundraising stats out there is that Ron Paul ALWAYS gets more military donations than all the other candidates combined.  It's amazing that he has the support of so many true patriots that put their lives on the line for this crazy mission every day, yet the other candidates have the audacity to call this foreign policy unpatriotic. 

Ok, enough ranting this morning.  I'm sure I'll continue some other time.