President Bush and America
by Michael Rivero -- Source: www.InformationTimes.com Take Back America, Topple Bush Now!
Dear Mr. Bush:
The mainstream [fraudulent] 'news' programs today are announcing your declaration that the pre-invasion intelligence on "Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction" were accurate. Well, Mr. Bush, you cannot have it both ways. If those reports are accurate, where are the weapons? Every site that intelligence pinpointed turned out to be empty when the UN inspectors showed up. The trailers turned out to be hydrogen generators. The empirical evidence is that the intelligence wasn't very accurate at all. More to the point, it is beyond question that the portion of the intelligence presented to the United Nations by Colin Powell was stolen from a 12-year-old student paper and backed up by outdated photographs. So, again the empirical evidence is that the pre-invasion intelligence on "Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction" is NOT accurate, indeed it is fraudulent. In short Mr. Bush, having been caught lying to the world about "Iraq's WMDs," your response is to try to LIE to us AGAIN.
I'm already angry over the lies, but now I am insulted. You must think we are all pretty dumb if you think such a blatant attempt at yet another lie stands any chance of success. Yes, the mainstream corporate slave media will go along with it. They went along with the other lies and are neck-deep in this scandal right next to you, and they don't want to lose their wonderful new FCC rules. But do not for a second assume that the smiling acceptance of your lies by the slave media means that anyone else will fall for them. We, the People, are not as stupid as you seem to assume, nor are you as clever as you imagine. Otherwise you would not have sat reading about goats for another 20 minutes after Andy Card told you about the second plane impact at the WTC [World Trade Center].
It is bad enough that you lied to the world to start a war, Mr. Bush. You have forever tainted the people of the United States with your actions. But to try to lie yet again, and with such a clumsy and obvious lie adds insult to injury, showing to the world that you think Americans are gullible idiots who, after having been made total fools once already, will turn right around and obediently accept your assurances that black is white, up is down, war is peace, freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength.
That proverb you tried and failed to say at the podium goes: "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me." You are a liar, Mr. Bush, and only the mainstream corporate slave media gives anything you say any weight.
You should leave, Mr. Bush. You cannot function as President any more, because nobody will trust you. Were a genuine emergency to appear, how could you rally the support of America behind you, when none dare listen to you for fear of being made a fool before the world one more time? You drag the credibility of the entire government down with you, and a government that cannot be trusted by the people cannot rule. What citizens will tell the truth under a government that rules by lies? How do we teach our young ones to be adults when our leaders act like such children? How do we have a nation of laws while we are being ruled by criminals?
You should leave, Mr. Bush. Dick Nixon had the honor and decency to leave over his lies, and his lies didn't murder thousands of people like yours did. Bill Clinton was impeached over his lies about sex with an intern. Do you really think you can escape impeachment over lies used to start a war with Iraq and destroy another nation? You are history, Mr. Bush, the blackest point of the history of the White House and of our nation.
So What Are You Going To Do?You cannot avoid it any longer. You cannot pretend it did not happen. You cannot wish it away. It's real. The President of the United States [war criminal George W. Bush] lied to start a war [with Iraq].
Under our system of laws, only the U.S. Congress has the authority to send our troops off to war. The 30 days granted to the President under the War Powers Act were long exhausted from the ongoing bombing raids in Iraq when Congress did pass a bill authorizing military intervention in Iraq shortly after 9-11. However, that bill authorized military force only under certain conditions. One of those conditions was that President Bush had to prove that [Iraq's President] Saddam Hussein was in violation of UN Resolution 1441 calling for the removal of all "Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction."
So, prior to launching the invasion of Iraq, Bush stated to the Congress and to the world that he did have proof that Saddam had Weapons of Mass Destruction. Not only did Bush make that claim, but so did Colin Powell. So did Tony Blair. And citing the authority previously granted to him by the Congress, Bush waged war on Iraq. And Iraq fell. Easily. Too easily.
Unlike Desert Storm 1, there was no sky filled with fireworks-bright anti-aircraft fire to oppose the bombers over Baghdad. Iraq turned out not only to not be a threat to anyone else, it turned out not to be able to mount a serious defense against invasion.
Contrary to the assurances of Bush and Blair, there were no chemical or biological weapons used to defend Iraq even as it gasped its last breath as an independent sovereign nation. The only nuclear weapons used were the depleted uranium weapons showered all over Iraq by the invaders.
Just as no Weapons of Mass Destruction were found by the United Nations prior to the invasion, and no Weapons of Mass Destruction were deployed during the invasion, no Weapons of Mass Destruction have been discovered since the invasion. Every site claimed to harbor Weapons of Mass Destruction turned out upon closer inspection to be harmless. Every piece of equipment loudly ballyhooed each morning as proof of Saddam's perfidy was inevitably proven benign by nightfall. Even the trailers, proclaimed to be mobile biological weapons labs (even though devoid of both germs, and the special handling equipment needed for such work) turned out to be industrial tools. No Weapons of Mass Destruction. No remains of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Nothing.
Saddam was not in defiance of UN Resolution 1441. Even the UN weapons team agrees on this. And if Iraq was not in defiance of UN Resolution 1441, then the Congressional authorization for military action in Iraq was not in effect. Bush did not have legal authority to invade. Bush misappropriated the U.S. military, without Congressional approval, for an illegal war. A criminal war.
I imagine that all those poor fools who stood besides Bush have to be feeling pretty stupid right now. Bush used them, just like Stalin used his "useful idiots," to serve his personal agenda. Fools and cowards; that is how history will remember those who fell for Bush's lies.
Of course, Bush had help with the lie. [Dick] Cheney helped pressure the CIA to go along with the lie. Colin Powell spoke the lie to the United Nations, backed up by a 12-year-old stolen student thesis and outdated photographs, punctuated for drama with a glass vial of (we hope) talcum powder. Blair helped the lie. Clear Channel not only helped with the lie, it paid for the parties for the above-mentioned useful idiots. [Bill] O'Reilly helped the lie. So did Rush [Limbaugh -- http://www.takebackthemedia.com/rushbusted.html ]. So did [Michael] Savage [ http://www.MichaelSavageSucks.com -- http://www.SavageStupidity.com -- http://www.TakeBackTheMedia.com ]. So did a lot of other people. You know who you are.
The people of the United States were lied to in order to start a war. It doesn't matter what may be found or planted in Iraq from now on, the unquestionable fact is that at the time Bush and Blair claimed to have proof of Iraq's WMDs, they did not [have any legal evidence of "Iraqi WMDs"]. They had stolen student papers, outdated photos, talcum powder and a lot of wishful thinking. They lied. Nothing can change that. Not only did they lie, but they did so intentionally and with premeditation. Cheney pressured the CIA to alter their report to support the claim of WMDs. Blair sent British Intelligence's report back for revisions at least once and possibly as many as six times.
So, what are you going to do?
Are you going to live in a nation governed by lies? Will you spend the rest of your life knowing your mind is being controlled by those who control what you know, who lie, conceal, spin, twist and disinform so that you will come to the conclusions the liars want you to come to?
Mind control isn't some science fiction machine, it is simply controlling the brain by controlling what it knows or believes. By lying.
Is a war necessary? How can you know that it is if you live under a government that lies?
Is the death of a politician really a suicide or a "lone assassination"? How can you know that it is if you live under a government that lies?
Is the amendment that authorizes the income tax properly ratified? How can you know that it is if you live under a government that lies?
Are elections fair and honest? How can you know that they are if you live under a government that lies?
Are living conditions really better here [in the USA] than anywhere else on Earth? How can you know that they are if you live under a government that lies?
Were Arabs really behind 9-11? How can you know that they were if you live under a government that lies?
And you do. You do live under a government that lies to you. Bush just proved it.
So, what are you going to do?
We stand at a crossroads. The head-of-state [war criminal George W. Bush] of the most powerful nation on Earth has been caught justifying a war of conquest with fraud and deception. We, as the people of that nation, have a moral duty to remove that head-of-state and indeed all [other war criminals] who helped in that lie. We have a duty to leave a better government to our children than that which was left to us, and the very first thing we must do is: remove all government officials who lied to us, and to our children, especially to send them off to die in wars.
The Constitution of the United States does not explicitly authorize the government to lie to the people. Check it yourself; it is not in there. And the Tenth Amendment prohibits the government from assuming that authority. Therefore, under the U.S. Constitution, every politician who lies acts unconstitutionally and illegally. When the lie becomes institutional, when the government leadership as a whole lies to the people, then the government itself is unconstitutional and illegal. A government that lies to the people breaks faith with the people. A government that lies to the people loses the moral right to rule.
Therefore, the U.S. Congress also stands at a crossroad. It cannot legitimize the lies of Bush without delegitimizing itself. Congress cannot pretend to trust a lying President and keep the trust of the voters and taxpayers. Congress cannot acquit the liars without incriminating themselves. But Congress are habitual liars themselves and often admire the skill with which other officials can lie to the people and be believed. They will need "encouragement" to do the right thing.
I know that you are all discouraged because the war in Iraq happened despite the huge peace demonstrations you all put together. But you need to take a deep breath and get ready to rock again. Those demonstrations you all did laid the foundation for what must be done now. Those demonstrations showed the rest of America and the world that there has always been doubt of the legitimacy of this war. No longer can the mainstream media pretend that opposition to the war and to Bush's lies comes from only a tiny minority, too small to matter. And the recent election results in other countries that saw pro-war candidates soundly defeated have sent a message to Capitol Hill that being pro-war is a serious liability going into 2004's election season. Vote-rigging can change a slim percentage but it cannot reverse a landslide.
So here is the call to phone, to keyboards, to fax, and yes, to protest signs. Next week the hearings into the lies about "Iraqi WMDs" will start. YOU need to let your Congress Members know in no uncertain terms that they either get rid of the liars or get a new job. Focus on the Congress Members up for re-election in 2004 and let them know that how they deal with the liar in the White House will be the sole deciding factor in whether you will vote for them next election. Remind them of the pronounced anti-war trend sweeping elections world-wide.
Rest assured that the warhawks have their phone banks running full tilt boogie to try and get Dubya off of the hook. If you do not phone, fax or visit, Congress will abrogate its duty and write the liars who lied to start a war a get-out-of-jail free card.
It's up to you. History will judge our nation on what actions you take or do not take in the coming week. Congressional contact info is at http://www.Congress.org
Are You Angry Yet?You should be! You've been lied to. Your tax money has been taken from you and spent under false pretenses. Your children have been sent off to kill and be killed in an illegal war launched without constitutional Congressional approval. You who fought in the war and think you came back home healthy, well, you've been lied to as well. Your health is all downhill from here (ask any Vet from Desert Storm), and your children will have a higher incidence of birth defects because that depleted uranium isn't as harmless as you were told it was. And those VA medical benefits you were promised? That was a lie too. Are you angry yet?
And those of you who sold your better judgment for a free hot-dog and a flag at a Clear Channel sponsored pro-Bush rally, well, you were lied to as well, and worse, made to look totally stupid before the rest of the world. The slave media whores who walked right past peace demonstrations to video tape the Clear Channel party plastered your face across the TV sets of the planet, waving your flag and shouting "Sig WMD! Sig WMD" and singing "Dubya Dubya Uber Alles" or something to that effect. And here you stand now, with egg on your collective faces, finally facing up to what your more intelligent neighbors knew all along: There were no Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq. Bush made a total fool of you. The whole world is laughing at you. Those lacking the courage to admit they were wrong will no doubt descend into the ranks of fanatical "true believers," ready to drink the Kool-Aid for his highnessness der Dubyer. For the rest of you brave enough to admit you were fooled, are you angry yet?
And for you Congressional types reading this website (http://www.WhatReallyHappened.com -- and I know that many of you do), Bush made total jackasses out of you as well. Under the U.S. Constitution, which you are sworn to uphold, only U.S. Congress can declare war. Changing the name to "police action" or "battle" does not get you off of the hook. When our army marches into another nation to take it over, that's a war by any meaningful definition of the word.
So, you passed a bill that authorized the President to send in the military to Iraq, but ONLY if the President could prove that Saddam was hiding Weapons of Mass Destruction in defiance of UN Resolution 1441. The President said he had proof, and you did not check him on it. And now the world knows that the President did not actually have any such proof, the world knows that the U.S. Congress failed in their job. You were had, used, swindled, conned, etc. Bush bypassed you. He got his illegal war right past you. The President has made the entire Congress look like weak and impotent idiots and fools before the rest of the world for not exercising due diligence over a serious matter like war.
Are you angry yet?
Our media has tried to teach us all that hate and anger are bad. Anger must be "managed". Hate of any and all kinds must be suppressed. Well, I am here to tell you that certain hates and angers are not only justified, they are essential. I hate drug dealers, don't you? I hate liars, don't you? You're a sucker if you don't. I hate spies who use deception to trick our nation into doing things it ought not to be doing. Hate and anger helped drive the British out of the colonies in 1776. Hate and anger fueled the victory of WW2, which is why Bush, with his lies, tried to trick us all (or at least the gullible ones) into hating and being angry at a designated target for invasion.
I am very angry. F--k anger management, I am pissed off! And if you carry any of the blood of those who made this nation what it is today you have to be angry too. You should be angry. You must be angry. Because right now there is a battle about to start over whether this nation (America) will continue to be ruled by those who lie, or whether the liars will be kicked out. Whether we will have honest government or not. Whether we will be slaves to liars, or free citizens with honorable, respectful and fair government.
Be angry. Be very angry. Hate liars. Focus your anger on them. Drive them out from public office and out from the slave corporate media mafia. There is no other choice but permanent servitude.
