Imagine waking up one day and realizing that you are the bad guy, that you are part of an invading horde of thieves and murderers sent to conquer and plunder a nation and a people who had not actually done anything to deserve it.

How easily could you live with that? - M. R.

Except that Ben Venzke is suspected of being a disinformationalist feeding propaganda to the media. - M. R.

Problem is we are looking at another strike by SAG in June. - M. R.

CONTACT FOX NEWS HERE - M. R.

And if you think they are going to let YOU have it, I've got some of Saddam nooks to sell you! - M. R.

In other words, the state reserves to itself the right to lie with impunity to the people. - M. R.

Looks like the motive was to have a mass shooting. Maybe the fact that Illinois citizens had found a legal loophole to allow them to carry concealed has something to do with it. - M. R.

Unless and until the Catholic church can put its own house in order on this issue, it has absolutely no moral authority to lecture congregations about their sins and transgressions. - M. R.

There is a message being sent to both the US and NATO in this exercise: don't discount Russian military capabilities.

I'm not really certain, however, that anyone in Washinton or Brussells is listening. - M. R.

And these are the guys the government says can HAVE guns? - M. R.

Given that a government willing to lie to us about Saddam's "Nookular" bombs is likely to lie to us about taxes, I would say the burden of proof is on them to prove what they do is legal.

Meanwhile, here in Hawaii, Hamlet “Lucky” Bennett, a Hawaii architect, was indicted for federal tax crimes. Count 1 charged that he conspired with LaMarr Hardy to impede the IRS regarding Lucky’s taxes, and the remaining 5 counts charged tax evasion through the year 2003.

The trial began in Honolulu on Jan. 8, 2008, and it lasted 3 trial weeks. On Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, the jury reported it was hung and the judge declared a mistrial. - M. R.

Fundamentalists of any stripe annoy me, because they see the world through the (only black or white) perspective of a particular religious text, which is always treated as the literal word of God.

But so-called Christian Zionists scare the absolute stuffing out of me.

These are people who truly believe that if they can become enablers to the process of setting off some global conflagration, that will enable their biblical prophecy of the "end days" to be fulfilled.

I kind of hate to rain on their parade of absolute certainty, but I do have a question: who would Jesus bomb?

It gives that old hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers, Marching as to War" a whole new meaning.< p>And on top of it all, if they really knew what most Israeli Jews thought of them, they would be absolutely shocked and amazed. - M. R.

"There is no freedom without the freedom to say 'no'." - M. R.

Even though the translation from Arabic into English is a little rusty, the picture at the head of this article speaks volumes.

Imagine, for one second, the man getting treated is your dad, your uncle, your cousin, or your son.

He may die because common standards of medical care are not available to him, and the hospital is blacked out due to power cuts by Israel.

Would you blame Hamas for your loved one's condition?

No, you would blame Israel.

The eyes of the world need to be fixed on the humanitarian disaster created by Israeli policy, and find very concrete ways of letting its government know that this is unacceptable.

The death of a medically fragile person (or child) because they couldn't get treatment they desperately needed has nothing to do with Israel's right to "self defense"; it has everything to do with Israeli government's institutionalized sadism in pursuing these policies. - M. R.

If election results go south for Mugabe in the next general election, look for him to declare martial law to attempt to cling to power.

The Zimbabwean people deserve leadership that will truly work for the benefit of all of the people of Zimbabwe, not just Mugabe's cronies.

What Mugabe has done with this country, was once called "the breadbasket of Africa" is a real crime. - M. R.

Let that sink in for a moment: "hundreds of children". - M. R.

Memo to Secretary Rice; as an expert on the now-defunct Soviet Union, somewhere, in your educational process, there must have been some reading about the Viet Nam War.

It was there that the US should have learned (we had hoped) that it is futile to attempt to win a land war from the air.

We have never had enough boots on the ground to make a military victory happen here, and the Taliban retreat, early in the process of the US led invasion and occupation, was merely tactical.

So short of bombing the country into complete collapse and declaring "victory", what do we do?

Here's a novel concept: start a dialogue with the Taliban, rather than excluding and killing them.

Remember, they were our friends when we were trying to get the old Soviet Union out of Afghanistan, right?

Under the Taliban's watch, Afghanistan got nearly rid of its opium production.

So, Secretary Rice, here are your three options at this point: force NATO member countries to send thousands upon thousands more troops (a highly unlikely bet at this moment), bomb the crap out of the entire country, walk away and declare victory, or talk with the people you're currently bombing.

There's really nothing else left. - M. R.

One has to appreciate this Rabbi's moral courage and his candor. - M. R.

Looks like Israel has just lost a significant hunk of the deadly power of its siege against Gaza.

The officials in Tel Aviv are really caught in a bind right now.

Despite Israel's consistent bickering with Egypt, the two countries do have a peace treaty between them

So if Israel decides to bomb the border and turn it into rubble, it cannot do that without hitting the Egyptian side as well.

Hamas has shown itself a force to be reckoned with, and I would almost be willing to bet real money that Egypt will be unable to keep the barricades closed at this border. - M. R.

Oh? What do they know that we don't? - M. R.

Imagine my complete (lack of) surprise. - M. R.

There are many completely moral people, both inside and outside Israel, who view the blockade of Gaza as an absolutely immoral and wrong-headed action.

Their willingness to go public about their beliefs, and risk extreme shunning from within their own communities, is, very courageous, and they should be encouraged to continue to stand their ground.

It keeps the international community's collective gaze focused upon the plight of these people, whose daily suffering is almost unimaginable to those who live comfortably in the West. - M. R.

If this "blueprint for war operations" is what we are following in Iraq and Afghanistan, this country is in deep trouble with regard to handling any catastrophe at home. - M. R.

This YNET article is very telling.

It telegraphs precisely who Israel and AIPAC thinks will be the best US president for Israel, not for the US.

If this 2008 election is about anything, it must be about which candidates will put the US first, second, and third in its thinking.

The current administration has not done that, and the catastrophic wars in Iraq, Afghanistan (and perhaps, soon, Iran) demonstrates clearly the outcome of an "Israel first" geopolitical mentality. - M. R.

PDF file that you can zoom in on. - M. R.

This will not keep residents of these states more safe: these measures are only another layer of intimidation, courtesy of the police state we have become, on the citizens of these states. - M. R.

Your tax dollars at work. - M. R.

I am getting reports that the cable that links Dubai to U.A.E. may be the same one that links Suez to Sri Lanka. So it may be that there are only three cable breaks instead of four. I am trying to get some clarification on this. - M. R.

But he will send you $600 to buy your forgiveness for lying us into the wars in the first place. - M. R.

Posted for Mardi Gras. - M. R.

Note the illustration at lower left, which confirms that as cables come up into shallow depths, they are BURIED TO PROTECT THEM FROM TRAWLERS AND ANCHORS. - M. R.

This is one major reason Bush is trying to get sanctions on Iran, to prevent the dollar's collapse as an oil currency. But he is not getting those sanctions, because oil consuming nations are tired of having to buy dollars to buy oil, with the attendant handling and exchange fees.

So, what does Bush do now? The dollar cannot survive any more downward pressure. Inflation is already at 34%. The government debt is piling up. The Bourse could be the straw that breaks the dollar's back.

So, what does Bush do now? - M. R.

I don't see much difference between this and the Sheriff of Nottingham's boys coming around to the farm and grabbing a couple pigs.

There is no freedom without the freedom to say "no." - M. R.

Per a reader request, here is the actual agreement whereby the United States agrees to supply Israel's oil needs, even if it causes shortages for US citizens. - M. R.

Note the hard spin right at the top to reassure Americans that the same government that lied us into a war of conquest in Iraq would never, EVER, lie to use about the legality of taxes.

"I believe I am correct on this. I think if you were to go back and try to find and review the ratification of the 16th Amendment, which was the Internal Revenue, Income Tax, I think if you went back and examined that carefully, you would find that a sufficient number of states never ratified that Amendment." -- Judge James C. Fox, Sullivan v United States, et. al. March 21, 2003 - M. R.

It is a sign of how totally clueless the TSA is that they didn't anticipate this. - M. R.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - M. R.

"Such an insult is not to be borne by the ears of any advanced civilization. We told them quite clearly to send us more Chuck Berry. I hereby order the destruction of this puny world immediately!" -- POuouoUNPu, Grand High Enforcer of the Fourth Galactic Empire - M. R.

"Defiant Nuclear Stand" = Iran's legal rights under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. - M. R.

Moi?!?!? - M. R.

"I'm a war president, dammit!" -- Official White Horse Souse - M. R.

The only thing that will stop a new false-flag is if the perpetrators are convinced that it may not work; that the people will not believe the official line, then blame the designated targets.

The more we speak out about our concerns, the more likely the perpetrators will lose their nerve and call off the false flag. No doubt, if they do cancel, they will send their spin-masters out to laugh and call us all fools for our "failed" predictions, but for myself, that is a small price to pay to derail the rush to WW3. - M. R.

"Hey, it takes time to peel those seals off, stuff those ballot boxes, and tape them back up, fella!" - M. R.

It isn't working. - M. R.

I've done a bit of sailing in my time. My wife and I were married under sail. We've sailed the Fijian Sea by tall ship.

Ships do not drag anchors. That is not what anchors are used for. Dragging the anchor not only wastes fuel but runs the risk of fouling the anchor and losing it outright. The paths that undersea cables take in the shallows close to shore are shown on nautical charts, and close to shore the rights of way are marked by buoys and warning signs. Captains get fired for breaking those cables.

In the days leading up to 9-11, the FBI shut down Muslim websites across America, silencing the voices that would have spoken out against the propaganda blaming Arab Muslims for 9-11.

So now we see the websites in the Middle East being cut off from the entire world.

And the Superbowl is this Sunday! - M. R.

A look back at a disturbing parallel to the cutting of four undersea cables in the Mideast. - M. R.

This is guaranteed to sour already rough relations between the US and Russia. - M. R.

The jury clearly understood that in order to convict of fraud, Wesley Snipes had to believe he was breaking the law. Given the repeated failure of the US Government to show the law obligating wage and salary earners to pay a direct non-apportioned tax, given the US Government's failure to document that the 16th Amendment was actually ratified, given the US Supreme Court has already ruled in Stanton v Baltic Mining that the 16th Amendment did not in fact confer any new taxing authority on the government because it did not explicitly repeal the prior Constitutional prohibition on a direct non-apportioned tax, and most especially, given that the US Government LIED US INTO A WAR OF CONQUEST, the real question is whether a reasonable person looking at all the above information might conclude that there actually is no such law. If Wesley Snipes, based on the available information, concluded that there is no such law, then there is no criminal intent.

In the end, the government is to blame for the mess. The tax laws are obfuscated to the point where even the IRS help lines have an error rate of 30%. Nobody could find the law in that mess even if it did exist. The government's refusal to document the ratification of the 16th Amendment only fuels suspicion that the government is once again lying to the American people.

The IRS has suffered numerous court defeats in recent years, all of which have been ignored by the mainstream media. It is going to be very hard for the media to ignore Wesley Snipes.

Please save the link for America: Freedom to Fascism and share it with all your friends and family. - M. R.

"Ooooh, let's be sure we get another 'longshot' into any story about Ron Paul, people!" - M. R.

CONCRETE MELTS AT 3000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, PROVING THAT TEMPERATURES INSIDE THE COLLAPSED WORLD TRADE CENTER HAD TO BE AT LEAST THAT HIGH. - M. R.

Back when Richard Nixon was forced to resign, he had to make certain that the man who succeeded him in the Oval Office would make sure that the real secrets of Watergate stayed secret. The secret in question was the MOTIVE for the break-in, which involved photographs that linked Nixon to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. So, Spiro Agnew was ejected and Gerald Ford, a member of the Warren Commission, became Vice President, then President when Nixon resigned. Ford then issued pardons for everyone, and that ended the investigation into Watergate.

Now, we move up to a later scandal, Iran-Contra, in which the Reagan White House, then the Bush Sr. White House, were neck deep in a covert operation where guns were smuggled down to the Contras, and drugs brought back into the United States to fund the operation. The crash of Eugene Hassenfuss' airplane blew the lid off, and Bush knew that he would not survive a second term in office. But, like Nixon, Bush needed to make certain that his successor in the Oval Office would keep the really dark secrets secret; in this case, the drug smuggling portion of the scandal.

So, Bush decided that Bill Clinton, government of Arkansas and overseer of the US end of the guns and drugs pipeline at Mena, Arkansas, should be the next President. Clinton, even though a Democrat, stood to lose just as much as Bush would if the full story of Iran-Contra ever became public, so Bush called in a lot of favors through his CIA connections, and the mainstream media obediently destroyed every other Democratic candidate except the one they wanted to win the primary (not unlike Nixon had done during Watergate). The media even went so far as to polish over Clinton's obvious shortcomings. The media, not the voters, chose the President.

And today, history repeats. - M. R.

Note that in Kenya, exit polls that do not match the official results are treated as a sign of election fraud.

But here in the United States, when the exit polls don't match the official results, we are told the exit polls "must" be wrong! - M. R.

"From now on. we do them in private, just like the Americans!" - M. R.

The "Globe-o?" - M. R.

Nations that have been spared the chaos include Israel -- whose traffic uses a different route -

Nations that have been spared the chaos include Israel -- whose traffic uses a different route -

Nations that have been spared the chaos include Israel -- whose traffic uses a different route -

Nations that have been spared the chaos include Israel -- whose traffic uses a different route -

Nations that have been spared the chaos include Israel -- whose traffic uses a different route - - M. R.

It's bad enough Dubya has been trying to one-up his father, but now it looks like he wants to one-up his grandfather's German business partner! - M. R.

This is Israel's "final solution" for sick Gazans.

And of course, "Abbas, as usual, is completely impotent to make any positive impact on the situation. - M. R.

And get this; the woman that the cops strip-searched WAS THE CRIME VICTIM! - M. R.

Apparently, Lebanese lives are of no concern to Israeli policy makers. - M. R.

Cluster bombs do a magnificent job of blowing infants and toddlers to bloody bits, because they look like they may be some kinds of toys to kid who don't know any better.

This is precisely what happened in the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. - M. R.

3 days after Montel dared speak out on this clip, his show was canceled. - M. R.

One has to wonder, with the destruction of fiber-optic cables going on paralyzing net traffic in wide areas of the Middle East, precisely what Israel's next target will be.

One cable disruption might have been just a coincidence: 4 major cable disruptions are absolutely not a coincidence. - M. R.

Given that the cable linking UAE and Oman was cut earlier today, this cable linking Suez with Sri Lanka is the FOURTH cable that has been cut! - M. R.

The biggest problem the Bush administration faced during Iraq were images coming over the internet that showed the horrors being visited on the Iraqi people, and exposed the government's lies about Saddam.

I am greatly concerned that these undersea cable cuttings are intended to prevent the world from seeing something that is about to happen, other than through the government-controlled propaganda/media.

As of this posting, the Internet Traffic Report shows that Tehran is cut off from the rest of the internet. However some traffic, such as that to Ahmadinejad's blog, is still getting through, albeit slowly. - M. R.

Again, the booby prize for geopolitical unintended consequences goes to........(drum roll please) The current administration!

Take a bow, folks, for unfathomable ignorance of this country and its culture, and for imposing a guy so crooked as its president, that he makes that Taliban look good to the Afghani people!

Way to go! - M. R.

"You dug the hole..." - M. R.

That DOES it! I am canceling the Playboy Channel! :) - M. R.

Following the two previously reported cable breaks, a reader just wrote in to report that a third cable has been reported as broken near Oman. As of this posting, the Internet Traffic Report shows that Tehran is cut off from the rest of the internet. However some traffic, such as that to Ahmadinejad's blog, is still getting through, albeit slowly. - M. R.

One has to wonder if it's going to take 35 years for someone to do a "depleted uranium remdiation" for the millions of Iraqis (and our own troops) who have suffered from exposure during the continuing US wars against Iraq and Afghanistan. - M. R.

Now that Bush has used up the US military in Afghanistan and Iraq, here comes the beg for yet more money to replace all the equipment now rusting away in the deserts of the Middle East, on the theory that Canada or Mexico is about to invade us because they hate our freedoms. - M. R.

Not too subtle, are they; "Bloggers threaten America." - M. R.

So, either the "terrorists" were all lousy shots, or this is another hoax. - M. R.

I heard my first Ron Paul radio spot yesterday on the way back from buying some computer parts. - M. R.

I wonder if there are any film companies in Norway that need a good Visual Effects guy! :) - M. R.

Earlier today I was on a radio talk show where I shared the microphone with a really, ummm, "rude" individual who insisted that skyscrapers had collapsed from fire prior to 9-11, and claimed the Chicago Mercantile Building was one of them. as this article shows, the Chicago Mercantile Building did not collapse from fire, but was demolished afterwards. - M. R.

"Global Plan" = "We are opening a new call center in Bangladesh!" - M. R.

For the jury to convict, they have to be shown the law that Snipes is accused of breaking, and moreover, they have to prove that he intended to break it.

If Snipes truly believed that there is a question of the legality of the tax laws, if indeed a reasonable person looking at the available evidence might conclude there is a problem with the legality of the income tax (As Judge James C. Fox did in Sullivan V. United States), then Snipes may be in arrears on his taxes, but there is no demonstrable criminal intent.

Plus, we now have the star witness for the prosecution exposed in a lie by a video on YouTube!

Since the courts and judges are paid from tax money I do not expect a fair or impartial hearing on the matter. The judge will try to fry Snipes as an example to anyone who dares doubt the word of the government (that lied us into a pointless war of conquest with claims of Saddam's nookular bombs).

But regardless of what happens to Wesley Snipes, the attention the case is receiving is causing more and more Americans to take a closer look at whether or not the income tax is in fact legal or not.

See America: Freedom to Fascism. - M. R.

Giuliani thought he could walk to the White House on the dead bodies from the World Trade Center, but his campaign failure sends a stark and clear message that the majority of Americans know that the government lied about the events of that day. - M. R.

And if you believe that, I have some of Saddam's nookular bombs to sell you! - M. R.

Frankly, this sounds like an attempt to create a benign answer for why Kennedy backed Obama because the most likely REAL reason is something that cannot be acknowledged in public!

Hillary is in the Senate and poised for the White House only because John F. Kennedy Jr., who was planning on running for the same Senate seat, died in a suspicious plane crash. - M. R.

Blaming the voters for the obviously skewed election results. - M. R.

"But we bought these nifty new bombs, and they are so big and so shiny, and I get wet just looking at them!" -- Official White Horse Souse - M. R.