George Galloway on Bombing Iran

Scott Ritter (UN Inspector) on Bombing Iran

Everyone should watch the PBS Bill Moyers Documentary Secret Government: Constitution In Crisis, for a good historical background on US involvement with Iran.

Ron Paul on Threatening Iran

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Aijaz Ahmad courtesy of TheRealNews.comAt the AIPAC conference Barack Obama demonstrates he’s trying to outdo McCain and Bush on foreign policy.As stated in this video, who needs Neocons, when we have Liberals like this.Obama told AIPAC he will promote tough sanctions against Iran, whether the U.N. approves of them or not. Ahmad points out Bill Clinton implemented such sanctions as well, but he only pursued sanctions approved by the U.N. Security Council.

Pepe Escobar from the Real News

Barack Obama has the same advisors Bill Clinton had when he implemented the “Oil For Food” program.

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Were the U.N. sanctions such a great thing? They didn’t do much to Saddam, but they did kill half a million Iraqi children. The U.N. sanctions denied basic necessities like medical equipment, antibiotics, vaccines, cancer medication, and morphine for dying cancer patients.

Iraq has a lot of cancer patients because the U.S. and Brittan used shells coated with depleted uranium while bombing Iraq, and they did it for years.

For more information please watch Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq by John Pilger

Also see:

George Galloway speak to Norm Colman

Senate Hearing 5/17/05

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Full Version of George Galloway Senate Hearing

Many Republicans stand by Ronald Reagan as an example of a great Republican. I admit I used to think he was a great man myself. Reagan’s public speeches on limited government and personal freedom were inspiring, and still are.

Reagan imposed quotas on Japanese auto manufactures to encourage them to build their auto manufacturing plants in the U.S. hnn.us This worked quite well, bringing jobs to the U.S. This should be an example of why we should be weary of propaganda telling us tariffs are bad.

Where I lost faith in Reagan was The Iran Contra Scandal, October Surprise, and his war on drugs. The Iran Contra Scandal was the CIA selling Arms to Iran to fund the Contra Rebels in Nicaragua. That in it’s self is pretty bad, but the Contras were mass murderers. The Contras were actually running drugs into the U.S. on plains being provided by the CIA. That just sounds crazy doesn’t it? The sad thing is there’s a lot of documentaries and documentation out there to back this up.

How could Reagan support criminals who were running drugs into the U.S. while waging a war on drugs? What the hell was he thinking?

Reagan’s war on drugs violated the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution by allowing the police to confiscate people’s property to pay for his war on drugs:

Amendment V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

The Future of Freedom Foundation has compiled a list of examples where Reagan’s drug war laws have opened the door for an abuse of property seizures.

For more information watch:

Bill Moyers PBS 1987 documentary Secret Government Constitution in Crisis

John Pilger’s documentary War on Democracy.

Sag Harbor Basement Productions Orwell Rolls In His Grave