i resubmit my blog from a year or so ago in the line up to the 8th anniversary of 9/11. i believe it's very important for every person to investigate what happened that day to understand how our corporate system, which sadly includes our elected officials, really works, most if not all the points i made are still relevant and have yet to be addressed by any official body: 

no rants this time but a couple of interesting, to say the least links

I know i promised no more blogs but some things are too important. If what i've heard & read is true (And in fairness i haven't had time to rigidly source this) the most important attack on our liberties is happening very soon. 

The internet is the closest thing we have to a true democracy. It is the only way to educate yourself for free, to research, to share, to do all the things that our system fails us 

The new laws if passed would take many of our (virtual) freedoms away & in effect be a corporate/government controlled cyberspace. Fat, Italian, fascist, pig-idiot Berlusconi wants bloggers to have a license, in effect censoring bloggers. This would be a terrible situation as the recent earthquake in L'Aquila proves. Italian Scientist  Giampaolo Giuliani predicted the Quake a week in advance & yet the mayor forced him to remove his findings from the internet contributing to the deaths of up to 300 people. So you see? Government controls internet: People die unnecessarily. And this seems to be the role of modern Governments. to kill people unnecessarily & to do things inefficiently, to fail us then somehow blame us for their failings. 

The internet has changed everything. Finally taking their monopoly away. We no longer have to believe their media hype, we can find things out for ourselves & they don't like it. It will be our only salvation. Without the internet all other forms of legitimate protest fall by the wayside. The internet literally is our base & we must protect it. In my view it is the most important thing to defend. Their plans are more dangerous to us ordinary folk than all the terrorists in the world united. 

Please check:

http://www.blackouteurope.eu/

While I'm here I'd like to discuss another recent law passed in the UK. The law preventing anyone from filming cops. I mean what the fuck? In England where, for your protection you are filmed 1000's of times a day we are not allowed to film cops? Surely after the (illegally) filmed (thank god, otherwise it would certainly have been covered up) manslaughter of Ian Tomlinson by the police, not to mention the other cops illegally filmed beating protesters at the recent G20 protests it should be repealed forthwith. And the reason for this law? to prevent terrorists filming cops to target them as part of their Jihad. 

   What I would like to know is where is the evidence that this has even happened? If you were hell bent on targeting a cop, would a law forbidding you to take pictures of him actually prevent you from taking pictures of him? or hassling him? I'm just about sick of hearing about this bullshit. Terrorists have been active in most countries for fucking decades so why this law now? Before laws are passed there should be transparent reasons. The whole saga of liquids on planes. As i remember it those taken to court were convicted of 'Conspiracy to cause explosions' Nothing about planes in the final charges (correct me if i'm wrong) but still referenced to as the 'trans atlantic bomb plotters' in recent articles about the 12 who were recently arrested for a yet another 'imminent plot' details of which, for our security of course' were held back, & won't be revealed until their case comes to court in a year or so when it will be fixed in the public imagination that these lads, perhaps even goaded by police insiders (That is mere speculation of course) had some major plan to do something ghastly beyond belief. & the fact that the 12 were even arrested at all seemed to be a sideline to some other bizarre political childish infighting. This is why governments & corporations should not have control of the internet because it's basically a sixth form common room fighting & twatting around while making society more inefficient, more dumbed down,  & more fucked. 

So unless something really gets my goat i think this will be my last political blog, you all get my point? If you live in a country, that countries government is fucking you, if you work for a company that is not your own or a genuinely small business then they are fucking you by stealing your time & your will & profiting from your indifference & for those who can't grasp that, by all means do what you want with your life when you are officially allowed to retire at 65, that is of course if the house that you 'own' hasn't been repossessed by then or your retirement fund hasn't been misappropriated. But for the ever increasing number of people that are realizing what is actually going on may i suggest that we become individual revolutionary ninjas. Indulge in acts of personal & constant revolution & that means do whatever you think best, even the smallest acts will count if enough partake. Do only what you personally are comfortable with, communicate, discuss, take to the streets, write to your mp, screw the company that you work for from the inside, paintball a cctv camera, write songs , books, articles, go on strike, slack at work, take to the streets when they push too hard, learn to defend yourself, learn your (ever diminishing) rights. withold your taxes, organise, do not get a mortgage (if that needs to be said), refuse to carry ID with chips, if you see injustices film them, photograph them, they're not the only ones with cameras, accidently leave your passport with a chip in the sunshine, where security is in place & you are not carrying anything insist on being searched, educate yourself, Don't believe the hype, question everything, it's never been easier to research, & share the results of your research with others. debate, boycott the multinationals where possible, boycott the major news networks, choose your own entertainment, come up with ideas of how to get us out of this mess, whatever is in your power. question authority, We still outnumber them & at least for now we still have a few rights left, defend them by knowing what they are. Every single person can do something if only they can be arsed, and even being arsed to do something is still a revolutionary act these days.

So with the small hope i had in Obama fading fast it may be worth pointing out some of the hypocrisy in action. The Republicans are balking at his 'stimulus package' after agreeing to spend the same amount of money on a bankers bailout late last year. What most Americans don't know is that most if not all of their Federal Income Tax already goes direct to the banking industry & the Federal bank simply to pay off the interest on the loans the Federal Reserve lends to the US Government in printing it's baseless paper money. So just to reiterate. If you are an American worker all of the Federal Income Tax you pay on your wages earned, DO NOT go to education, road building, healthcare or even to pay for bombs dropped on children overseas (although in fact it does indirectly) it goes straight to the Federal Reserve & their partners (Citibank etc) & those shady people behind the scenes.

For anyone who doesn't yet know, the Federal Reserve is nothing to do with the US Government, it is an independent financier unanswerable to the US Government & therefore the people. Federal Income Tax is unconstitutional & therefore illegal. There is NO LAW requiring you to fill out a federal income tax return even though they act like there is & this has been proved in the overwhelming majority of cases that have come to court. The Federal Reserve & it's partners are milking the American taxpayer & then when they mismanage things they have the bare faced cheek to ask for a bail out then have the bare faced cheek to criticise any other plan of action that doesn't include tax cuts for the 'investor class' or even more money for them to squander. This is a new form of Feudalism & the workers of America are the new Peasants. For a good documentary on this (& many good documentaries) go to http://freedocumentaries.org/index.php?ct=13. the documentary in question is America: Freedom to Fascism but so far all the documentaries i've watched on this site have been enlightening to some degree &interesting.

Here's a stimulus package I would like to see:
Given that we are talking trillions of dollars anyway why not spend the money on developing a valid renewable energy infrastructure within the US & given that taxpayers will have paid for it why not repay them by giving them free* electricity for life. This would give people jobs researching, designing & building the infrastructure & would give people more money in the long term to spend how they choose thus stimulating the economy. Everyone is happy except of course those who scam us providing us with inefficient, polluting & resource plundering energy right now & this is why this plan will never be even considered.

Obama on the surface at least I believe is trying and i hope his stimulus package does work but i believe it can only go so far because he is only dealing with symptoms & not causes. It's time to end the Oil & Arms companies & Banking industries reign & their wasteful ways. It's time to shut down the Federal Reserve. It is unconstitutional & bad for America & her people. The US government has a right to print it's own money so the Federal Reserve like so many middlemen private companies are redundant. Given the fact Obama almost certainly won't go this far I am calling on all working Americans to indulge in their own personal 'stimulus package' withold your federal tax return & spend the money on something you want, think of it as helping the ailing economy. It is perfectly legal & constitutional as there is NO LAW requiring you to fill in a federal tax return as it is an unapportioned tax & was not signed into law by enough states. If the IRS turn up ask them to show you the law & they won't because it doesn't exist. It will not effect education, healthcare or any other social program because federal income tax does not go to any of these things.

There is a myth that there is no money, there is plenty of money or more correctly wealth but it is in the hands of a handful of redundant middle men, scamming us all including the US government. Let these fuckers bail out the banking industry let these profiteers of murder, death, suffering tighten their belts we've already been squeezed.

*(ok free perhaps would be an exaggeration but perhaps for 100$ a year unlimited renewable non polluting (electric) energy although perhaps the export of energy could pay for the ongoing upkeep of the infrastructure.)

Thanks to everyone who passed on information. For anyone outside Greece the protests & riots are ongoing not that you'd know it from any major news network, obviously the massacre in Gaza has dominated the news but also the bbc had more space to write articles about penguin shit & zookeepers than the closest Europe has had to a revolution in decades. It reflects the Paris 68 riots as far as i can tell from the information I've received.

The only thing reported by the big media outlets (although not by the bbc) was that a policeman was shot & seriously wounded

"Those who attacked Diamandis Matzounis (the cop) targeted democracy and order," Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos said after visiting the wounded officer.

I wonder how Pavlopoulos described the shooting of a 16 (some reports say 15) year old Alexandros Grigoropoulos shot dead by police. was it 'democracy' that murdered him? Did he visit the Family of Alexandros Grigoropoulos. this is typical of the hypocritical bluster thrown about by these corrupt criminals, these true enemies of democracy, It is they who destroy Greece not the reaction of justifiably angry youths. True democracy hasn't existed in Greece or anywhere else in Europe for millenia if it ever truly existed at all. If there was a democracy we would be reading daily reports of what is happening on the streets of Athens & Thessaloniki

Rather suspiciously "This attack was unfortunately something that we had been expecting," said Stavros Mavroidakos, a representative of Greece's National Elite Guard, a specially trained police unit.

It's not inconceivable that police agents are attempting to sully these protests but time will tell when all the information comes to light which may take some time.

The Greek government only have themselves to blame for being so out of touch with the Greek people & I at least am proud of how the youths of greece are reacting to this & I hope these protests will finish only when these same corrupt officials & violent police are forced out of their positions and if it was up to me they wouldn't stop until full independent investigations into the shooting & the fires that decimated the Greek countryside have been undertaken , the repeal of the new 'reforms' & all other injustices are confronted & those responsible punished.

Thank you youths of Greece for showing me that the spirit of freedom & protest exists & that when we fight back, even when they have their guns, tear gas, riot shields, cameras, files that we can organise, that we can meet them on their terms & we can show them exactly how we feel. Unfortunately these violent acts are the only form of protests these corporate corrupt lapdogs understand & it is they not we who reduce protests to violence, normally they win, because they have the upper hand. They can do as they like, they are armed & have the law on their side, this time they were quite surprised at the reaction & that is what is heartily needed. Enough has been enough for a long time & in fact I'm surprised it took so long. My heart & soul is with the Greek people & i wish i could be of more use. Godspeed the protests elsewhere. Please if you protest, protect your identity, protect yourselves & each other & legitimize all targets.


wonderful pictures:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/2008_greek_riots.html

http://athens.indymedia.org/?lang=en
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=961446
It's very hard if not impossible to find out what is going on & it's been a long time since I've seen such a media blackout & it makes me very concerned. BUT this blackout also proves that the riots & protests are effective & the Greek government are shitting themselves
All reports from the frontline appreciated. I wish i was there. Know that there are many people outside of Greece that support you, And there'd be many more if the media did their fucking job, were objective, & actually reported what was happening

The Media blackout on Greece seems to be almost complete apart from the fact that a riot cop was shot (wounded). I would be very obliged if someone can fill me in with the latest from the streets. What is happening over there?

As we have seen after the latest tragic massacre in Gaza, this approach will not work & as every time, it will only increase support for Hamas & since the airstrikes Israeli deaths have gone up 300% (from 1 killed to 4 killed). None of the justifications I have thus far seen makes any kind of logical or military sense.If the Israeli government aim to protect their civilians as they claim, it has not worked. There are more rockets falling on Israeli towns than before. If the Israeli's want to 'cut off the head of Hamas' then why did they target police stations & hospitals? They claim their attacks are precise so one can only assume they deliberately fired on police stations, a mosque & a hospital, no one that I have seen has thus far explained these targets & in fact these institutions were perhaps the few in Gaza attempting to hold things together in this increasingly desperate situation. There has been a ceasefire but also a blockade making survival for most Gazans harder & harder. When pushed, people either submit or attack & this is the situation exactly. When women & children get killed the next generation of fighters are raised. They don't need to be 'radicalised' because by nature of where they are born they will thirst a revenge when your childhood memories are of bombs falling of people crying , of people starving, of going days without electricity of day after day of fucking struggle & that's when bombs aren't destroying your town, i can see how these experiences plus the ones we can never know about could perhaps turn someone militant. When you blockade a region largely made up of civilians & besiege them people get hungry, frustrated & pissed off. If your child dies because of a preventable disease because their medication is witheld, you can become 'radicalised' it is that simple. Bombing people into the ground has never worked in the long term & it will not work this time. It will just result in a tragic waste of life on both sides as civilians are bombed in Gaza & Israeli teenagers are sent to fight seasoned guerilla fighters. It makes me wonder if anyone benefits from this situation & i think some people do. There are Elections next year in Both Israel & Palestine so perhaps it is political but also I'd be very surprised if a few people in the Israeli cabinet (& certainly US politicians such as Cheney ) don't make small fortunes every time a bomb is exploded in Gaza &/or Lebanon, perhaps Syria next year who fucking knows. We all know that politicians tend to do very well in situations of unrest & hostility. I will point out that i feel for civilians on both sides. This situation is tragic for all involved but I believe the Israeli government are exasperating this situation perhaps with some higher goal in mind, who knows but it is a well known fact that the Israeli government is ingrained with corruption as one can see from the financial dealings of the Sharon family, Olmert & almost any Israeli government member you care to investigate. This is corruption at work yet again & we all lose from it.

Hamas were elected. Either you believe in democracy or not & if they were elected they should have at last been given a chance to act. Hamas were making some progressive steps until Israel, the EU & the US made it impossible for them to take steps, to even sit round a table & discuss & it was then that the people of Gaza started to be punished for voting for Hamas. Fatah who were considered too corrupt to govern by most Palestinians were reinstalled after helping to reign chaos within Gaza & attempting coup after coup with support from everyone else because our great 'democracies' would rather work with corruption. After all it is a system they know very well. This is all verifiable & you can check the record. Perhaps & it's only a perhaps, If Hamas had been dealt with as an elected government from the first then they may have been able to work towards something & perhaps Hamas could have reigned in it's more militant factions. It was a similar situation with Arafat. He was besieged in his compound, then blamed for not controlling the more militant factions within Palestine.

There is another myth at work here, that there is some super organisations of radical muslim terrorists. So radical that they 'hate us simply for our freedom'. I urge people to not surrender to this myth. It makes no sense. Of course many Palestinians are Muslim but they are also patriotic & incensed after 40 years of oppression & that is the correct word. & it is exactly actions like these airstrikes that drives young people to want to fight & die as many young men from all cultures & throughout history have always for some reason wanted to do. To call these people extremist is akin to calling the Israelis religious extremist & the Americans Christian Capitalist Extremists so in fact we are all extremists now. I think the correct term for these fighters are Militants, but the words 'Extremists', 'Fundamentalist', & 'terrorist' are far more scary & alien for us. Al quieda does not exist in it's presented form. It is a vastly simplified media presentation for us idiots who are not considered intelligent enough to have the truth presented as it is. The truth is there are various cells working in various parts of the world. They are largely independent of one another, they have different ideologies of various degrees of 'fundamentalism' (some more insane than others) & indeed reasons for fighting. One reason they do have largely in common or at least is cited often when anyone bothers to ask, is the oppression of the Palestinian people so on & on & fucking on it goes, drearily, depressingly, fucking tragically more & more dead children, more & more teenagers on both sides being traumatised, wounded & killed, more & more money (Israeli & US taxpayers money, via of course the wonderful likes of Lockheed Martin, Halliburton etc with a nice percentage sliced from the top) spent on bombs to be dropped with. More & more empty justification, more silence from our governments.

This action CANNOT be justified. There is no reason for bombing civilians in this day & age. Regardless of what is happening. there are other ways, it will not work & just as in Lebanon where Israel sent teenagers to their deaths, killed over a thousand Lebanese, mainly civilians, Raised southern lebanon largely to the ground in an attempt to free one hostage. the result? Hezbollah still have Gilad Shalit (the hostage) Thousands of people lost their lives & support for Hezbollah world wide increased more & more to unprecedented levels. So a fucking waste of everything.

The Israeli's claim they have tried every approach. This is not true. If instead of spending millions on the Israeli-Lebanon war they had invested that money in perhaps some infrastructure for Gaza & likewise the millions it has spent on weapons used in this latest attack. If the Israeli's hadn't besieged Gaza, If the Israeli government did genuinely give the impression that it cared about the situation. did everything it could to help the Palestinian people instead of systematically trying to wear them down into submission, then their arguments might & only might have held some water. So why should the Israeli government do that? because it would be cheaper, more effective & more humane. Because the Israeli government could, because they have backing & resources, because the only ways out of this mess is to exterminate every Palestinian, then Lebanese then Syrian & Iranian or to be benevolent, so benevolent that people could no longer take the side of Hamas, Hezbollah or any other militant faction that there would be no justifiable need for people to fight & die but this approach although cheaper is less profitable so it will be a while until we see that

I do try to research before I speak out. I am not on anyones side here. I try to take the side of humanity above all else. I have no religious persuasion that anyone else would perhaps understand, I am not a leftie or right wing I am none of these things. I'm filled with remorse for all blood shed in these pointless, badly thought out, small minded, short term money making operations, on ALL sides.