ALL THE INFO YOU NEED FOR WEARECHANGE NYC ‘Our Lives Post 911′ Conference!

WeAreChange will be holding a series of events in NYC this week, highlighting the post 9/11 world. The events will be a weekend long conference and fundraiser for 9/11 First Responders, encompassing workshops, vigils, speeches, presentations, music, art gallery & street actions. We have a detailed and packed schedule starting this Thursday, September 9^th 2010 and ending Sunday, September 12^th 2010. If you are unable to attend the event, no need to cry! We will have a “pay per view” live stream hosted by Live on Location. http://liveonlocation.tv/

To be sure everyone is keyed in on all details, we here in NYC decided to write up an extremely detailed schedule.

Please read carefully, it is a lot of information, but everything you need to know about the events, locations, times, and other things we think are important but maybe useless…

This itinerary can be tedious to read, like the ones your mom made on family vacations, just imagine how tedious it was for me to write…

Thursday- September 9^th, 2010

Street Action

Location: Union Sq(14^th street between Union Sq W. & Union Sq E.)

When: From 4pm-6pm

How to get there:

By subway; Take the N,R,Q,4,5,L to 14^th St Union Sq, it will leave you at the park.

You can also take the 1,2,3,F,V to 14^th Street & 7^th Ave, you will have to walk two blocks East, past 5^th Ave to reach Union Sq Park.

EVENT

Activist Night

Location: INN World Report Studios; 56 Walker St, New York, NY 10013

How to get there: Subway; Take the N, R, Q to Canal St Station, walk two blocks South on Broadway make right on Walker St. Venue is located about halfway on right side. Take 1,2,3 to Canal St Station walk West towards Avenue of Americas, Cross Canal St & walk 2 blocks South, make left on Walker past Church St. Venue will be located on left hand side halfway down block. Take A,C,E to Canal St Station , you will exit on Lispenard St, walk one block South and make left on Walker St, Pass Church St, venue will be located on Left Side halfway down block.

When: Doors open @ 7pm, Event starts approx 7:30pm till Midnight

What: This event will be a relaxing and fun start to the jam packed weekend. This event aims @ celebrating the activist with speeches, presentations, art work, comedy & music performed, presented & created by the “activist”!

Speakers/Workshops: Jonathan Elinoff, Robert Wanek, Alex(Federal Jack), Jesse Richards, WeAreChange Oklahoma presents the Oklahoma Bombing Panel, Brooke Kelley(“The Fairy of Truthiness”), Members of WeAreChangeNYC, Gary Franchi, Ralph Schoenman…

Art Work & Photography: Abby Martin, Brian Reeves of SlopArt, Dominick Andreana, Duke & Duchess Creations, Jamie O’hara, John Long Tan, Jon Allen, Kelley McCarthy, Scott Star…

Comedy: Johnny T, Jack Carter, Ray Combs, Hosted by Larry Swanson

Activist Idol: Participants will be able to go on a rant for 2min. There will be a panel of judges, Cindy Sheehan, Gary Franchi, Luke Rudkowski. The lucky winner will be a recipient of an “Golden Bullhorn” as well as the chance to present a speech at our main event on Friday. Please be sure to sign up, we don’t want to here crying from those who weren’t able to rant because they simply didn’t know to sign up…

(Credit must be given to the FSP in New Hampshire, we semi stole this concept, okay we outright stole it from Soap Box Idol @ PorcFest, we couldn’t help it!)

Music: The Almighty Terribles, Final Outlaw, SpellBinder…

Friday- September 10^th, 2010

Street Action

Location: Times Square, W42nd St @ Northwest corner of 7^th Ave.

When: 3:00-5:30pm

Transportation: Subway; 1,2,3,4,5,N,Q,R,F,V to 42^nd Street Times Sq- There are multiple exits @ this huge subway hub, it is very easy to navigate through Times Sq. If you get lost, ask a cop… we can’t promise they won’t want to check your bag.

March: At approx 5pm there will be a few members of WeAreChange NYC that will lead a march to the event venue(80^th st) marching past Rockefeller Plaza, Central Park & the CFR building during Fridays’ busy rush hour . This will be a vigorous march, approx 26 blocks North and 3 Avenues East, 2miles. At 68^th street(CFR) they group will hop on subway for the remaining few blocks, be sure to have MetroCard we’re New Yorkers’, we don’t like waiting. Click me to see map.

EVENT

Conference Main Event

Location: All Souls Church, 1157 Lexington Ave, NYC (E80th St & Lexington)

How to get there:

Subway; 4,6 to 77^th Street Lexington Ave Station, walk 3 blocks North to All Souls Church

Bus; M79(crosstown) stops @ E79th st & Lexington Ave. M98, M101, M102,M103 all stop at 80^th and Lexington Ave.

When: Doors open & events starts @ 6pm sharp-10pm

What: WeAreChanges’ main event. We will open with a flag precession & the Star Spangled Banner followed by Speeches and Presentations. We will close with ‘Amazing Grace’ performed by Westminster Choir & vigil for all 911 victims, survivors, responders & families.

Who: Bob Schulz(We The People Foundation), Cynthia McKinney(Former U.S. Congresswoman), Anthony Shaffer(Army Intelligence), William Rodriguez(WTC Key-holder), Cindy Sheehan(Anti-War Activist), Manny Badillo(Victim Family Member), Wayne Madsen, Annie Machon ,Colleen Rowley(FBI Whistle-blower), Ray McGovern, (CIA analyst), Niels Harrit, Richard Gage, First Responder Major Mike McCormick, First Responder John Citara, Jason Bermas(Loose Change, Fabled Enemies, Invisible Empire), Gary Franchi(FEMA Camp), Daniel Sunjata(Fx’s Rescue Me)…

Saturday- September 11^th, 2010

Street Action

Location: Ground Zero, 1^st Vesey Street between Church & Broadway(along black fence), 2^nd Vesey Street East of Church lined up against Postal Building across from Gated WTC site down to Path Station, 3rd
‘Remembrance Fountain’ in front of Building 7 parallel to Path Station (Giant Red Bulbs water fountain) followed by march.

When: 8am-1pm

What!?!?: Okay, the location segment seems tricky, we know. This is how it pans out…

The early birds will start arriving around 7am, at this time we will line up peacefully along the black fences of St. Paul’s Chapel on Vesey Street btwn Church St & Broadway. We will stay here til approx 8:30am.

At 10:30am we will peacefully and respectfully march in form towards the Path Station, down Vesey St(East). Again, we will line up along the postal service building(across from the gates of the WTC site).

It is there where we will wait through the moments of silence, paying respect to the victims & grieving family members. The name calling ceremony usually lasts from 8am-12pm with two moments of silence at 8:45am and 9:03am. During this time it is important to show the utmost respect for those who lost their lives that day and their grieving families, friends, as well as brothers & sisters from FDNY, NYPD, PAPD. Please, no bullhorn’s, shouting, screaming, yelling, accosting passerby’s, fighting, etc during this time. It is crucial that we do not engage in any negativity, we will have security present throughout the day, like every year, ensuring that we keep everyone safe & remain peaceful.

This year there will be an “Anti-Mosque” rally as well as the usual Agent Provocateurs. PLEASE DO NOT engage with any of them, regardless if you are against or for the Mosque. If they scream, yell, argue, dress up in dragon costumes, dance around naked, please remain silent & walk away. We cannot let this distraction take away from our message for Truth and Justice, especially for the 9/11 First Responders.

Around 12pm, we will gather at the ‘Remembrance Fountain’ in front of Building 7. Here we will call the names of ‘Forgotten Heroes’. The First Responders who lost their lives after 9/11 and are not acknowledged during the “official” name calling ceremony at Ground Zero.

At approx 1pm, we will leave the fountain and begin a march. Police Plaza, City Hall and up Broadway…

We will end at INN Studios, 56 Walker Street. Here you can go back to your hotel or housing arrangements, shower, eat, nap and come back for the PM Panels starting at 5:30pm.

EVENT

>Panel Discussions- There will be two panel discussions broken down into AM and PM sets. The AM panels will be for those who wish not to attend the morning Street Action & Vigil or did not attend the previous evening conference… These panels are co hosted and co organized with INN World Report

AM Panels

Where: INN World Report Studios; 56 Walker St, New York, NY 10013

When: 12pm-4:30pm

Who: Priya Reddy, Robin Andersen, Danny Schechter, Lynn Landes, Christina Borjesson, Cindy Sheehan, Elaine Brower, Matthis Chiroux, Sara Flounders…

>PM Panels

Where: INN World Report Studios; 56 Walker St., New York, NY 10013

Overflow: M1-5 Bar 52 Walker St, New York, NY 10013

When: 5:30pm-9pm

Who: Ray McGovern, Annie Machon, Mike Gravel, Don Siegelman, George Galloway, Cynthia McKinney, Ben Stewart, Jason Bermas

Overflow room info, we will have to comply with FDNY regulations, otherwise they can shut our event down. Next door there is a nice & trendy sports bar, M1-5. In case INN reaches maximum capacity, all others wishing to attend the event can watch a live-stream on T.V.’s and a projection screen. It will be $10 suggested donation.

Whoa I bought a ticket! Those who purchased tickets ahead of time will have guaranteed access to INN during the panels. All others will be first-come-first-served basis. $10 suggested donation in overflow room.

HUH?! Basically if you didn’t purchase tickets ahead of time you are not guaranteed a seat to watch the panels live at it’s current venue. It is first-come-first-serve basis. Also, if you are the type who likes to enjoy a cocktail, chat, network, attended the Friday evening conference, this will be a great chance for you to save a few dollars and hang out without having to be oh so quiet. $10 suggested donation in overflow room.

Sunday- September 12^th, 2010

EVENT

AM Panels

Where: INN World Report Studios, 56 Walker St. New York, NY 10013

When: 10am-2pm

Who: Peter Dale Scott, Brian Madden, Mark Crispin Miller, Michael Parenti, Imam Mahdi Bray, Abeb A. Ayoub Esq., Amin Nathari, Aisha H.L. al-Adawiya

PM Panels

Where: INN World Report Studios, 56 Walker St. New York, NY 10013 Brian Madden

When: 3pm-8pm

Who: Wayne Madsen, Hank Albarelli, Ralph Schoenman, Kevin Ryan, Niels Harritt, Crockett Grabbe, Richard Gage

“Pay Per View”

Can’t make it? No reason to be upset or to envy your activist friends who don’t have work. You can watch it all live, just like Wrestle Mania. So here’s the deal, the amazing George Butler from GCN offered his services to us. Go to LiveOnLocation.TV, scroll down the page a bit and register for “Our Lives Post 9/11 Conference”.

Stream all the events live including, the Press conference from city hall, workshops Thursday the 9th, All Souls church Friday the 10th, street actions from Ground Zero Saturday morning of the 11th , and the entire “Our Lives Post 9/11” conference. $10 includes all. A portion of this goes to help 1st responders. We will send you the url and access code on Thursday the 9^th. If you have any issues with that site, do not contact us, if you do you there will be a 0.02% chance you’ll get an answer. You must contact gbutler@greencity.com LiveOnLocation for details about Livestreaming and “Pay Per View”.

Okay, so there it all is. Everything YOU need to know, in one lengthy winded post. I hope it helps one of you out there in internet land, and see you this weekend!!!!

I DON’T CARE

“Yes you do.”

“No, I don’t.”

“Yes.”

“No.”

“Come on.”

“No!”

“Well, you don’t have to yell.”

Sometimes when people can’t argue a point they argue a behavior. If they can’t get you angry, they will try, try again. If that doesn’t work, they usually attack you. If that doesn’t work, fists fly like a UFC Heavyweight title fight. Sometimes.

There really is no point in speaking with someone if you have to argue with them to make your point. If they begin with their point before you’ve finished your own, either they’ve heard this statement before, or they just want their own opinions to be known. As Alex Jones said, “you can have your own opinions, but you can’t have your own facts.”

To separate fact from fiction, we have to be willing to examine why some people see their opinions as facts. The number one thing to look out for if you fall into this category of confusing facts with opinions is “Pride.” Pride can be very blinding. Pride can put a mask over the face of truth. Pride can cover with a blanket the bed of truth. Pride can suffocate the air of truth.

Yet once you look past your own pride, there are many barriers left o climb in order to separate fact from fiction – or fact from opinion. John F. Kennedy died. That is a fact. It is also a fact that he was assassinated. It is my opinion that he was killed by at least some elements within the U.S. government, through the CIA. It is an opinion that Oswald killed Kennedy. There are a few facts to prove this is an opinion.

1- He was never tried for the crime.

2- The Warren Commission report was flawed and omitted testimony of shots being fired in the grassy knoll area.

3- Eyewitnesses have turned up dead.

4 – No one saw Oswald do it.

Of course there are many other facts that prove this point that “it is an opinion that Oswald, by himself, killed Kennedy. It is not a fact, for it cannot be proven and evidence exists that contradicts the little proof to the Warren Commission’s claims. Yet because the citizens of this country were told that Oswald did kill Kennedy, alone, they accepted it as fact, when they should have called it an opinion – or fiction!”

It is an opinion that the truth will never come out. It is a fact that there is video evidence that shows the fatal shots to our president. It is a fact that the Zapruder film was given to the Warren Commission “in reverse mode” in order to add facts to the claim that Kennedy was killed from behind. Yet when the video “error” was corrected, the Zapruder film clearly showed that the kill shot to Kennedy forced his head to go “back and to the left.”

I was watching Oliver Stone’s JFK before 9/11 happened. That movie would set the stage for future events, culminating with me being of the opinion that “9/11 was an inside job.” There would be many facts to back up this opinion, but I didn’t have those facts until I began researching it for myself. Anyone who is of this same opinion will have to research for themselves. If thousands, possibly millions of people can research who is going to be the next great football player, or who should be in their fantasy drafts for the coming year, these same people can just as easily go to Infowars.com, wiki world order.org, and other sites to get factual data on 9/11, government sponsored terror, and issues such as “do we need the Federal Reserve?”

Some people call that politics. 9/11 is not a political issue at heart. JFK’s death is not a political issue, just because it has a politician in it. 9/11 didn’t, unless you are talking about our government and how they responded to 9/11. It’s not a political issue, it’s an issue between life and death. It’s an issue about murder. It’s an issue about truth. More so, it’s an issue about caring for others. If you don’t give a crap about others, why would others give a crap about you?

Do unto others as you would want others to do unto you.

In my opinion, 3,000 people dying in cold blooded murder is not a political issue. Soldiers dying for an illegal war is not political. It’s about life or death. If we speak about truth regarding these issues we are alive. If we run away from these issues we are killing ourselves, softly. For a long time, I didn’t speak out about a family issue because I had no respect for myself. I didn’t care about myself, so I had little care for others; at least on the outside.

Never again. Never again will I shut up while innocent people are being hurt. Never again will I be quiet when someone calls a conspiracy theorist crazy. Never again will I be afraid to be beat up, hand cuffed, or to have a gun put in front of my face. I only fear what every man and woman should fear. I only fear God. For God is the unknown in my life. I know God through faith, through the Bible, and through my actions, but I have never seen God.

Now evil…that is a different story. I have seen evil face to face. I have lived with it, grown with it, and I have condemned it. Evil cannot stop me. Evil cannot break me. Unless it be God’s will, evil cannot kill me. So why fear evil? Why fear death? For in death I will get what Jesus Christ and the Bible have promised…salvation.

I do not believe that Christianity is a religion but for the sake of argument, it is the only religion that promises a free gift. It’s the only religion that has its reward already bought and paid for. Our sins are forgiven, if we believe, if we have faith. This concept is hard for many people to understand. This is the concept that has set me free of “worldly burdens and hardships.”

I am alive because of God. I have survived the evil of my past and have emerged into a rider on the storm, a walker, following the trail of Jesus Christ – and if only I could touch but the garment of his shoulder…I will be healed. For faith has set me on this path to find truth, and to speak out against evil wherever it may be.

I do not confront evil. I do not have to. Evil will find me in due time. All I must be is a servant of God, and a believer that Jesus Christ died on the cross for my sins and my sins are forgiven. Knowing this, why would I fear death? Why would I fear the shadow government? Why would I fear evil? Evil will continually tempt me, but if I am rooted in the footsteps of Jesus Christ, who can be against me?

SPIRITUALITY link: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/spirituality-looking-up-to-heaven/8299720

NYTimes)WASHINGTON — Two human rights organizations went to court on Monday to challenge the Obama administration’s decision to authorize the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born radical Muslim cleric now hiding in Yemen.

Anwar al-Awlaki, a Muslim cleric who was born in New Mexico, in Yemen in 2008.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington on behalf of Mr. Awlaki’s father, Nasser al-Awlaki, argues that the United State government should not be permitted to kill an American citizen away from the battlefield and without judicial review.

The human rights groups, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights, asked the court to prohibit the government from killing Mr. Awlaki until the lawsuit is heard. They also demand that the government disclose the standards it uses to determine who should be singled out for killing.

The lawsuit is the first legal challenge since administration officials disclosed that Mr. Awlaki was the first American citizen to be designated for capture or killing by the Central Intelligence Agency. The authorization, which also applies to the Defense Department, came after intelligence agencies concluded early this year that Mr. Awlaki was actively participating in plotting attacks against the United States, including the failed bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner on Dec. 25.

Since then, Mr. Awlaki has escalated his criticism of the United States in a series of written and recorded statements broadcast by Al Jazeera and posted on the Web. Calling the United States “a nation of evil,” Mr. Awlaki said in a March Web posting that “jihad against America is binding upon myself, just as it is binding on every other able Muslim.”

Obama administration officials have argued that Mr. Awlaki, now believed to be an operative of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Yemen branch of the terrorist network, has essentially joined the enemy in a time of war. The government does not need a court’s permission to kill an enemy soldier, the officials say.

But some legal experts and human rights activists have noted that the law requires the government to get a court warrant to eavesdrop on Mr. Awlaki or other American citizens. An order to kill him should require at least the same degree of review, the activists say, to meet the Fifth Amendment’s requirement of “due process” before depriving an American of life or liberty.

“The United States cannot simply execute people, including its own citizens, anywhere in the world based on its own say-so,” said Vince Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights.

The lawsuit acknowledges that singling out someone for killing can be lawful “as a last resort to protect against concrete, specific and imminent threats of death or serious physical injury.” But terrorism suspects designated secretly by the government and left on the target list for months or years do not qualify as such an urgent threat, the lawsuit says.

A Justice Department spokesman, Matthew A. Miller, would not comment on the lawsuit. But he noted that Congress authorized the use of force against Al Qaeda after the 2001 terrorist attacks and that international law recognized a right of self-defense.

Anwar al-Awlaki was born in 1971 in New Mexico, where his father was a graduate student, and moved with his family to Yemen at the age of 7. He returned to the United States to attend Colorado State University and later served as an imam in three American mosques before moving to London and back to Yemen in 2004.

His publicly expressed views have grown steadily more militant, and his prolific writings and recordings have been cited as an important influence on suspects in more than a dozen terrorism cases in the United States, Canada and Britain.

The Obama administration has pursued terrorism suspects using missiles fired from drones in Pakistan and from ships and jets in Yemen. Such strikes have killed hundreds of people, but the effort to capture or kill Mr. Awlaki has drawn particular attention because of his citizenship and prominence as a cleric.

In July, the Treasury Department designated Mr. Awlaki as a terrorist, meaning that providing him legal or other services could be a crime. The A.C.L.U. and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed suit earlier this month challenging the Treasury regulations, but the department issued a license to the two groups permitting them to take legal action on Mr. Awlaki’s behalf. The lawsuit challenging the Treasury regulations is still pending.

William C. Banks, an expert on national security law at Syracuse University, said the lawsuit filed Monday faced numerous, probably insurmountable, legal obstacles. He said Nasser al-Awlaki might have difficulty showing that he had been injured by the actions taken against his son or overcoming the secrecy that protected counterterrorism programs.

Even if the elder Mr. Awlaki does have legal standing to sue, the government can cite the Congressional authorization of 2001 to justify its actions, Mr. Banks said. “The arguments in this lawsuit are creative,” he said, “but I think it’s unlikely to succeed.”

(NYTimes)MILWAUKEE — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned on Tuesday against “premature victory parades or self-congratulations” as American combat operations in Iraq drew officially to a close, and at the same time said that the success of United States forces in Afghanistan was only “possible,” not inevitable.

In Iraq, he said, the most recent elections have yet to result in a coalition government, Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia is beaten but not gone, and sectarian tensions remain. He said the 50,000 United States troops still in Iraq would continue to work with Iraqi security forces, who only last week faced a flurry of coordinated insurgent attacks across the country that killed at least 51 people.

“I am not saying that all is, or necessarily will be, well in Iraq,” Mr. Gates, who is one of Mr. Obama’s most influential advisers, told the legion.

In Afghanistan, he said, the Taliban are “a cruel and ruthless adversary, and are not going quietly.” Their leadership, he said, has ordered a campaign of intimidation against Afghan civilians and is singling out women for brutal attacks.

“I know there is a good deal of concern and impatience about the pace of progress since the new strategy was announced last December,” Mr. Gates said, referring to Mr. Obama’s decision to send to Afghanistan 30,000 additional United States troops, who have finished arriving only this month. Total American forces in Afghanistan now number nearly 100,000.

But in an attempt to draw a parallel between the current fragile stability of Iraq and what might be possible in Afghanistan, Mr. Gates said that the intensifying combat and rising casualties in Afghanistan were in many ways reminiscent of the early months of the surge of United States forces ordered in Iraq by President George W. Bush in 2007, when American troops were taking the highest losses of the war.

“Three and a half years ago very few believed the surge could take us to where we are today in Iraq, and there were plenty of reasons for doubts,” said Mr. Gates, who helped make the surge decision as Mr. Bush’s defense secretary at the time. But “back then, this country’s civilian and military leadership chose the path we believed had the best chance of achieving our national security objectives, as we are doing in Afghanistan today.”

He added: “Success there is not inevitable. But with the right strategy and the willingness to see it through, it is possible. And it is certainly worth the fight.”

Despite his cautious tone on Iraq, Mr. Gates cited what he called dramatic security gains. He said that violence levels this year remained at their lowest level since the beginning of the war in 2003, that American forces have not had to conduct an airstrike in six months and that Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia had been largely cut off “from its masters abroad.”

But he said the gains had been purchased “at a terrible cost”: 4,427 American service members killed, 34,268 Americans wounded or injured and untold losses and trauma endured by the Iraqis themselves.

Mr. Gates’s voice seemed to choke as he then said: “The courage of these men and women, their determination, their sacrifice — and that of their families — along with the service and sacrifice of so many others in uniform, have made this day, this transition, possible. And we must never forget.”

In Afghanistan, Mr. Gates promised that the United States would take a hard line against corruption in the Afghan government. He also echoed Mr. Obama and senior military commanders by saying that the president’s deadline for the start of withdrawals of United States forces from Afghanistan next July would be a gradual beginning, not a massive departure.

“If the Taliban really believe that America is heading for the exits next summer in large numbers, they’ll be deeply disappointed and surprised to find us very much in the fight,” he said.

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The Art of Tyranny

“Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men’s views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.” – Woodrow Wilson (The New Freedom, 1913)

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Photograph by Ilya Petushkov ©

The real menace of our republic is this invisible government

which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy length over city, state and nation. Like the octopus of real life, it operates under cover of a self created screen…At the head of this octopus are the Rockefeller Standard Oil interests and a small group of powerful banking houses generally referred to as international bankers. The little coterie of powerful international bankers virtually run the United States government for their own selfish purposes. They practically control both political parties.” – New York City Mayor John F. Hylan, 1922

Aristotle Politics book V xi :

“As to tyrannies, they are preserved in two most opposite ways. One of them is the old traditional method in which most tyrants administer their government…There are firstly the prescriptions mentioned some distance back, for the preservation of a tyranny, in so far as this is possible; viz., that the tyrant should lop off those who are too high; he must put to death men of spirit; he must not allow common meals, clubs, education, and the like; he must be upon his guard against anything which is likely to inspire either courage or confidence among his subjects; he must prohibit literary assemblies or other meetings for discussion, and he must take every means to prevent people from knowing one another (for acquaintance begets mutual confidence).”

This is the rulebook for oppression, how to keep the masses separated, ripping their confidence and spirit to shreds, for the good of the nation. “He must take every means to prevent people from knowing one another,” confirms how important it is for a tyrant to keep people divided. The old divide and conquer technique. “Literary assemblies” and “meetings of discussion” are a major threat to tyrannical governments. Knowledge and education are the shield to battle tyranny. So it’s important for them to horde as much knowledge as they can, while making it virtually impossible for the commoners to achieve such wealth of knowledge. Let’s continue…

“Further, he must compel all persons staying in the city to appear in public and live at his gates; then he will know what they are doing: if they are always kept under, they will learn to be humble…” Spying, wire-tapping, government surveillance, sound familiar?

“…A tyrant should also endeavor to know what each of his subjects says or does, and should employ spies, like the ‘female detectives’ at Syracuse, and the eavesdroppers whom Hiero was in the habit of sending to any place of resort or meeting; for the fear of informers prevents people from speaking their minds, and if they do, they are more easily found out.”

This next set of rules hint at the false flag scenario, keep your people fighting amongst themselves, so they don’t fight against you, the tyrant. “Another art of the tyrant is to sow quarrels among the citizens; friends should be embroiled with friends, the people with the notables, and the rich with one another.”

This next quote is similar to creating a great depression, which arguably, our country is in today. “Also he should impoverish his subjects; he thus provides against the maintenance of a guard by the citizen and the people, having to keep hard at work, are prevented from conspiring…”

Notice how our taxes go up, but they never come back down. Over the years, our tax system gets worse and worse, yet our cost of living does not match the rising costs of property, income, and sales taxes. “Another practice of tyrants is to multiply taxes, after the manner of Dionysius at Syracuse, who contrived that within five years his subjects should bring into the treasury their whole property.”

Of course, what tyranny would be complete without pointless and endless wars? “And the tyrant is also fond of making war in order that his subjects may have something to do and be always in want of a leader. And whereas the power of a king is preserved by his friends, the characteristic of a tyrant is to distrust his friends, because he knows that all men want to overthrow him, and they above all have the power.”

The power belongs to the people, unless you can oppress the people for so long that they forget they have any power, and fall asleep. It’s time for us to wake up and exercise our power, like we exercise our muscles. Just as you can exercise your muscles without using violence, so too, can you practice your rights in the same manner. Never forget this! The power is in your hands. The government of any free society is the people. If we don’t get involved and practice our rights, how will we know when we have lost them?

Now is not the time to regress, to crawl into a hole and wait for the end of the world. Now is the time to take peaceful action, in any way you choose to. We are, have been, and will continue to seek the truth. What we do with truth is up to each individual.

“The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the larger centers has owned the government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson.” – President Franklin D. Roosevelt (A letter written to Colonel House, November 21st, l933)

Alex Jones on Anderson Cooper

“Think about it,” Alex Jones told Anderson Cooper, “You got CNN, who was the biggest group, along with Fox, pushing WMDs in Iraq, and they knew it wasn’t true.”

“It’s come out the Pentagon and CIA literally run CNN,” Alex continued. “They just pose as liberals to cover up what they’re doing. Left-right manipulation. And it’s angry to me to have these people that go to their cocktail parties and feel like they’re great liberals when they’re really a bunch of propagandists helping to destroy our country. Pushing the banker bailout takeover and the carbon taxes. These are really despicable people.”

They ask Alex about a new term called “hatriots.” What do you think of the term hatriot and are you a hatriot?

“Oh absolutely. Distrusting your government, hating despotism and corruption is as American as apple pie. I mean, have you read George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin? I absolutely hate it when the cops shoot a handcuffed youth in the back and then cover it up. I absolutely hate it when trillions of dollars are stolen in the banker bailout and then the Federal Reserve won’t tell us where the money went. I love my country, I love my constitution, I love my republic. But I hate and fear the corrupt foreign corporate interest that have hijacked our nation and are using our government as a tool and suck our country dry, like Argentina, or Nigeria, or Greece…I hate Hitler, I hate Stalin, I hate Mao, I hate Fidel Castro, I hate Polpot, I hate all despots, and by any historical yardstick, America is sliding quickly into full [blown] scientific, 21^st century tyranny. And you better believe I hate seeing my country, where I have 3 children, being destroyed and bankrupted by design. And watching Herman Von Rupey, the head of the E.U., and Ban Ki Moon, the head of the U.N., and Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of England, all say global government is here, run by banks, and they’re gonna levy carbon taxes on it and then mainstream news runs pieces saying we’re crazy, world government doesn’t exist. You guys still think you got the people bamboozled and conned. You don’t. They see the world leaders calling for world government, and then they see you saying it doesn’t exist. And that’s why you’re losing all credibility. So keep pushing it because the American people are awake. CNN and Fox and MSNBC and all of you who sit there on the perches of the false left-right paradigm, with the false debate going on where you try to sucker people into your false reality. It’s over, the people are awake and the new world order needs to back off and realize they should cut their losses now, because the awakening is on.”

“Presidents come and go, but the secret teams run by the big Wall Street banks that set up the CIA rule this country and by extension, the world.” – Alex Jones

“Stop voting for democrats and republicans. I don’t care who you vote for, don’t vote for them,” said Jesse Ventura on the Alex Jones radio show. It’s true. If more people voted for a third party, instead of the same old two choices, perhaps we could inject common sense into our political landscape. Ventura sums it up by saying, “They’re the problem, they’re not the solution.”

Though you may not agree with everything in this book, I thank you for taking the time to read this information. That is the most important step; stop, read, learn, and speak. This book will be continued in “Something Stinks” and “Made In The USA,” which are inspired by all truth tellers, truth seekers, and truth finders. The future is in your hands now. For books about inspiration and motivation, please read my brothers books, First Day of School and The Rocky Balboa Syndrome by Manuel Fernandez. Truly inspiring books from a person who is actively seeking truth. If we don’t seek truth, how would we find it?

The movement for truth is just beginning. Almost 10 years after 9/11 happened, we have so much more work to do. Yet we have come so far since the days of ignorance. One day we will correct the history books. One day, all of the conspirators and accomplices of the Twin Towers attacks, JFK’s, Martin Luther King’s, Malcolm X’s, and RFK’s murder will face their maker and answer for their crimes. That much, I have no doubt of. Until then, it’s up to the people to spread the truth, question the lies and fight for our freedoms. A false flag operation only works if we believe it.

To be continued…

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What’s Important in this World

“Facts are facts. You can have your own opinions but you can’t have your own facts.” – Alex Jones

“I kind of feel like I’m a fish out of water sometimes,” explains Mark Dice.
On the Alex Jones radio show, Dice covers what type of impact the American people could make if we were as interested in current affairs as we are in sports games. It’s hard to disagree. There’s nothing wrong with watching some football, wrestling or MMA, but why don’t we put as much energy into real world problems?
Dice continues, “I had dinner with some friends, and friends of friends, the other day and the first thing that these people asked me when I sat down was, ‘Saints or Colts?’ I just couldn’t take it.”
Why is it perfectly normal to scream and holler about our favorite sports teams, athlete, or entertainer and that’s ok. Yet if we scream and holler about real issues, real things that are affecting this country and this world, we’re looked at as if we’re crazy for being so loud. It’s almost as if we’re living in a world where being a walking zombie is acceptable, while being vocal about a “life or death” situation is unacceptable. People laugh at someone acting belligerent about a sports team, but cringe when someone is bolstering about the endless wars, false flag events, and strange mysteries surrounding 9-11.
“People at gas stations,” explains Alex Jones. “People on the street, ‘Colts or Saints?’ We don’t talk about how we get together and defeat this corrupt government. How do we get our country back? How do we save our jobs? How do we get our education system fixed? No, it’s like, ‘Colts or Saints?’“

One thing that bothered me about the Superbowl was the news I heard stating the government will be running ads during the Superbowl. When they say “government,” that means you and I flip the bill. When government money could be going to help people, I do have a problem with our money being spent on ads promoting the Census; which calculates how many people live in this city or town. The ad basically says, how will we know how many kids live in which district?
They claim this will help us figure out how many schools need to be built. Yet, our states are broke so does it really matter how many new schools we’re not going to build this year? The Census is fine to a point, but it could also be ‘conditioning’ for us common people to accept the government sticking their business in our lives, our homes, and our families. In my opinion, an incompetent government cannot be trusted to run an effective Census count.
Our priorities as a country are what we need to evaluate. Mistakes will always be made. What’s important is how we deal with these mistakes, so we don’t repeat them. The world just wants to have fun, while our economy, our nation, and our sovereignty are flushed down the toilet.
“This is, at the heart, what’s wrong with our country,” says Alex Jones. “America isn’t about worshiping a bunch of crack heads. It isn’t about a bunch of steroid heads being worshiped. It’s about freedom.”
Jesse Ventura was asked by a radio host what he thought about the Tiger Woods situation. Ventura responded that it was a private matter and all Ventura cared about was how well Tiger hit the golf ball. When further asked about the kids who view Tiger as a role model and the impact of his private personal life, Ventura said that kids should not be viewing people like Tiger as a role model. Ventura reminded the hosts of when Charles Barkley said, “I’m not a role model…Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.” Mr. Barkley’s quote woke me up to the existence of image, back when I was in the 8th grade. Our parents should be our role models, our public servants, our teachers, our elected officials, our police officers, our firefighters, our soldiers, and good civilians, positive influences like Jesus Christ…these are the real role models of the world. Tiger Woods is a professional golfer.
The one thing to remember about any role model is that they are human beings who make mistakes, just like you and I. Who children view as role models has a major impact on the way they choose to live their lives, what goals they set for themselves, and what morals and priorities they choose to live by.

Waking Up Your Mind
If I grow up with violence all around me, I’m trained to think that’s just normal life. So our environment we live in and the environment we bring up our kids in has a profound effect on their future. I believe this is the reason why it’s so important to treat every individual differently. Each person is going through their own trials in life. What wakes up one person doesn’t always wake up another.

“Once you start to become aware of these ideas, your eyes start to open and you completely start to see things for what they are. You are unplugged from the matrix. It’s like living in another world. Your life is never the same.” – Mark Dice (MarkDice.com)

“Open your mind Quaid…open your mind.” Remember this message from Quato? You should if you’ve ever seen the movie, “Total Recall.” Instead of the government wanting oil, they control the air on Mars. If Quaid, the character played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, “starts the reactor,” he will bring air to Mars, free of government control. Avatar has a similar plot, as I’ve read at MovieSpoiler.com. Instead of oil or air, the government wishes to control the mining of crystals. The common theme is of course, government control.
What if the government wants to control our mind, as Alex Jones insists? “There’s a war on for your mind.” The sub-conscious and conscious mind can be controlled, or to put it more accurately, manipulated. Government mind control, as seen in the movie, The Men Who Stare At Goats, is a real operation. The Borne Identity and it’s two sequels, along with The Manchurian Candidate, are great movies that give you a general idea of how the government could use mind control.
The television presents one of the greatest ways for us to be manipulated through mind control. Anyone who knows about marketing or adversing, knows about ways to trick the mind, enhance a product, and persuade the viewer. Conditioning is another form of mind control. We can condition people to see violence as normal if we show them violence everyday on TV. Pretty soon, no one thinks violence is “that bad,” it’s just “normal.” That’s just one example, in a very simple and generic form.
When we open our mind, when we question the things around us, when we educate, instead of indoctrinate ourselves, our search for truth begins. Let’s unplug from the matrix, then discover what the matrix is, and why it’s being used against us. The mind is a powerful tool. If used correctly, the mind can grow with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding. Used improperly, the mind can do a lot of damage to yourself and to others. Who needs that kind of negativity? Who needs evil in their life? Why would you want it?

WeAreChange San Francisco, San Jose and LovePolice San Francisco gathered together at an Obama Protest on 5/25/10 and spoke to folks from the left, the right as well as correspondents from the Rothschild owned media regarding issues like Bilderberg meetings, 9/11 and false flag terrorism, the economy and many other issues.

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For Immediate Release:

Join WeAreChange for “Our Lives Post 9/11” – A Four Day 9/11 Truth Conference and Charity Event in New York City - September 9th – 12th 2010

Former C.I.A., F.B.I., members of the House and Senate, a State Governor, Parliament Member, and others converge; with the people, with you, to discuss the fallacies of the official 9/11 report, and the post 9/11 world.

This year in NYC, whistle blowers from all levels of government agencies, politicians, filmmakers, activists & journalists will unite with hundreds of others to raise awareness to the plight of the 9/11 First Responders by holding a Charity conference over the course of 4 day.

The events of 9/11 changed all of our lives. From foreign and domestic policy to new security measures, America has not been the same since that fateful day. “Our Lives Post 9/11” is a four day conference where people will come together to share ideas, raise money and awareness and work toward a better future.

“Our Lives Post 9/11” will feature a lineup of speakers spanning from government officials, whistle blowers, political scholars, 9/11 family members, and more to discuss the criminal negligence of the American Government leading up to and following 9/11.

Speakers include Ray McGovern -former CIA analyst, George Galloway – British politician, Richard Gage – AE 9/11 Truth, Cindy Sheehan – Peace Activist, Cynthia McKinney – former U.S. Congresswoman, Annie Machon – former MI5 agent, Mike Gravel – former U.S Senator, and so many more!

Events start at 4pm on Thursday 9/9/2010 and continue through Sunday 9/12/2010.Everyday there will be street actions, speakers, networking and amazing moments shared by individuals who truly care for one another.

This is always a very emotional event for all those who attend. We hope you can join us to commemorate those who lost their lives on 9/11/01 and aid those who continue to suffer.

Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online. All profits from the conference will be donated to , an official 501c3 organization dedicated to helping sick and dying 911 First Responders. This year’s fundraiser will be one of  the largest 9/11 anniversary fund drives to date – if you can’t make it to New York, we ask that you please donate online.

**Visit us online at http://wearechange.org/91110/ for the complete event details or to purchase your tickets. We urge everyone who plans on attending to buy tickets in advance, we are expecting a HUGE turnout this year and want to be sure we get a big enough venue. Purchasing tickets in advance will help us gauge what size venue is needed. Tickets will be sold at the door, but due to NYC fire regulations, we will not be able to sell tickets once we have reached maximum occupancy.

“Our Lives Post 9/11″ is being organized by WeAreChange and INN World Report whose mission is not only to raise money for sick and dying 911 1st responders but to educate and motivate, inspire and unite, for liberty and love to reign!

***Please help us promote this event by emailing links and details to all your friends, sending out facebook posts and putting the banner on your website. The more we get the word out, we not only promote 9/11 truth but help the lives of our 9/11 1st responders.

Speakers Include:

Ray Mcgovern, Annie Machon, Mike Gravel, Don Siegelman, George Galloway, Cynthia Mckinney, Cindy Sheehan, Ben Stewart, Jason Bermas, Gary Franchi, Bob Schulz, Christine Ebersole, Daniel Sunjata, Wayne Madsen, Hank Albarelli, Ralph Schoenman, Kevin Ryan, Richard Gage, Niels Harritt, Crockett Grabbee, Steven Jones, Collen Rowely, Anthony Shaffer, Priya Reddy, Robin Andersen, Danny Schechter, Lynn Landes, Christina Borjesson, Elaine Brower, Matthis Chiroux, Max Wolff, Paul Craig Roberts, Peter Dale Scott, Dahlia Wasfi, Mark Crispin Miller, Michael Parenti, Sara Flounders, Johnathan Elinoff, Alex Federal Jack, Brooke Kelley, Robert Wanek, Charlie Veitch, WeAreChange NYC, Mark Anderson AFP, Jesse Richards, WeAreChange Oklahoma

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WASHINGTON: A treasure trove of US documents implicating Pakistan in its support for terrorism exploded in the public domain on Sunday, sending officials in both countries scurrying to defend a dubious alliance and straining a phony partnership based on a misreading of the ground sentiment and situation.

WikiLeaks, a whistleblower organization that publishes sensitive government leaks from anonymous sources, put a staggering 91,000 documents, mainly ground reports from US military personnel, in public domain on Sunday. Many of the documents exposed Pakistan’s double-faced policy of fuelling terrorism in Afghanistan while claiming to be fighting it as an US ally.

In effect, the chronicles suggested that Washington was blindly paying Pakistan massive amounts of money for access to Afghanistan even as Islamabad uses its spy agency, ISI, to plot the death of American and Nato troops, allied Indian personnel, and undermines US policy. The most devastating leaks showed that Pakistan allows representatives of its spy service, ISI, to meet directly with the Taliban in secret strategy sessions to organize attacks against American soldiers in Afghanistan, and even hatch plots to assassinate Afghan leaders, including President Hamid Karzai.

WikiLeaks worked with three media organizations–The New York Times, Germany’s Der Spiegel and The Guardian–to make sense of the massive cache of documents, while not disclosing how it got hold of it. Stunned Washington experts compared it to the leaking of the Pentagon papers during the Vietnam War. What the cache highlighted most was the continuing Pakistani perfidy, and American credulity in accepting Islamabad as an ally and funnelling billions of dollars in aid even as it helped plot US downfall in the region and killed American soldiers.

“Americans fighting the war in Afghanistan have long harboured strong suspicions that Pakistan’s military spy service has guided the Afghan insurgency with a hidden hand, even as Pakistan receives more than $1 billion a year from Washington for its help combating the militants,” the New York Times said in its assessment of the report. “The records also contain firsthand accounts of American anger at Pakistan’s unwillingness to confront insurgents who launched attacks near Pakistani border posts, moved openly by the truckload across the frontier and retreated to Pakistani territory for safety,” it continued.

“The behind-the-scenes frustrations of soldiers on the ground and glimpses of what appear to be Pakistani skullduggery contrast sharply with the frequently rosy public pronouncements of Islamabad as an ally by American officials looking to sustain a drone campaign over parts of Pakistani territory to strike at Qaida havens,” it added.

That policy of ambivalence and appeasement continued even into the hours after the WikiLeaks expose, as US and Pakistani officials rushed to control the damage. US national security advisor James Jones condemned the “disclosure of classified documents by individuals and organizations”, which, he said, “could put the lives of Americans and our partners at risk, and threaten our national security”, when, in effect, the documents suggest it is Washington’s appeasement of Pakistan which is doing that.

US officials also argued that the documents posted by WikiLeaks covered a period from January 2004 to December 2009 and pre-dated President Barack Obama’s new strategy announced on December 1, 2009, when they suggested there began a turnaround “with a substantial increase in resources for Afghanistan, and increased focus on Al Qaida and Taliban safe-havens in Pakistan, precisely because of the grave situation that had developed over several years”.

“I don’t think anyone who follows this issue will find it surprising that there are concerns about the ISI and safe havens in Pakistan. In fact, we’ve said as much repeatedly and on the record,” one official explained. “The period of time covered in these documents (January 2004-December 2009) is before the President announced his new strategy. Some of the disconcerting things reported are exactly why the President ordered a three-month policy review and a change in strategy.”

But the official also cast aspersions on WikiLeaks and its motive, saying, “It’s worth noting that WikiLeaks is not an objective news outlet but rather an organization that opposes the US policy in Afghanistan.”

Pakistan, as usual, reacted with fury to the disclosures, calling the leaks “malicious and unsubstantiated”. An unnamed official in Islamabad was quoted as saying, “They were from raw intelligence reports that had not been verified and were meant to impugn the reputation of the spy agency.”

A more restrained reaction came from Pakistan’s ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani (whose book chronicles the Pakistani military’s jihadi connections and outlook). “The documents circulated by WikiLeaks do not reflect the current on-ground realities,” Haqqani said, plying the current Washington-Islamabad line that whatever happened was in the past.

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The 5th annual WeAreChange charity fundraiser is back and bigger than ever this year on 9/11/2010. The website with all the details and ticket sales is up and ready to go:
http://wearechange.org/91110/

We are doing everything we can to make this 9th anniversary of 9/11 as big as we can in order to get a good start on the biggest annivesary, the 10th year since 9/11/2001. Join us in the fight for freedom, justice and truth with the following speakers;

Wayne Madsen

George Galloway

Ray McGovern

Cynthia Mckinney

Cindy Sheehan

Barry Cooper

Jason Bermas

Christine Ebersole

Daniel Sunjata

Richard Gage

Charlie Veitch

Ben Stewart

Bob Schulz

Gary Franchi

Matthis Chiroux

911 family members, 911 1st responders, and many many many more in the works.

The events start on Thursday 9/9/2010 and goes till 9/12/2010. Everyday their will be street actions, events and amazing moments. This is always an incredible and very emotional event for all those who attend and we hope you can join us on this important date.

All the event details are on the website. PLEASE buy your tickets ahead of time because we have limited space in our current venue. If we get an overwhelming amount of guests we will move to a larger venue. We can only do this if you purchase tickets ahead of time & RSVP. Once capacity is reached, due to NYC fire regulations we will not be able to allow any more tickets sales.

This is event is brought to you by WeAreChange and INN World Report. Our mission is not only raise money for sick and dying 911 1st responders. We want to educate and motivate, we want to inspire and unite, and most of all we want for liberty and love to reign!

Please help us promote this event by emailing it to all your friends, sending out facebook posts and puting the banner on your website. The more we get the word out we not only promote 911 truth but help the lives of our 911 1st responders.

Three highlighted notes:

1. We encourage all who would like to attend our events to RSVP and buy tickets asap. Due to limited seating at our current venue, we will only have space for 300 persons. If we have an overwhelming response we will move venues to accommodate. We can only do this if you let us know!

2.Tickets will be at a higher price at the door then they are online. So get them now if you want to save money.

3.If you need a place to stay during the events, we have outlined cheap accommodation for you on our event website.