I ran from iraq

That Principle is self-protection

2008-12-25T18:12:00.000-08:00

“That Principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection.” (Mill, p. 8)

“This President's pretty much a victim of success. We haven't had an attack in five years. The perception of the threat is so low in this society that it's not surprising that the behavior pattern reflects a low threat assessment. The same thing's in Europe, there's a low threat perception. The correction for that, I suppose, is an attack. And when that happens, then everyone gets energized for another [inaudible] and it's a shame we don't have the maturity to recognize the seriousness of the threats...the lethality, the carnage, that can be imposed on our society is so real and so present and so serious that you'd think we'd be able to understand it, but as a society, the longer you get away from 9/11, the less...the less...”

-former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, 2006
Suggesting that the United States, having voted the Democrats back into Congressional power, could benefit from another terrorist attack.

The resound “shock-and-awe” of 21st century United States politics is that of the people of the U.S. in reactive resentment against the arrogance, cruelty, and “evil” nature of the Bush Administrations Executive global misconduct and overall dismantling of the constitutional role of the Presidency. Rumsfeld’s telling remark, which since has only ignited conspiracy theories, reveals a more basic, primordial instinct within the most powerful, elite group that is not generally assumed to be within the psychology of an autonomous “leader of the free world.” But what is undercover, concealed from the herd’s moral perception is the primordial instinct to react fearfully and/or aggressively against any perceived threat, the insurmountable enemies of what we stand for (what is it that we stand for again, and who is “we” anymore?), the communists that will nuke us, or how about the “evil” terrorists that might have some relation to the events of 9/11/2001. the sort of feeling that tinges in the amygdale of after a predator attacks the herd. But morality blinds: it hides what is one dimensional behind two dimensions (or more). There’s something actually historical, perhaps genealogical going on here, an actual division of values between the herd of Western nation and the global elites

This is what soldiers have to go through

2007-08-06T01:00:00.000-07:00

Thanks to you who supported the Iraq War II. Thanks alot

Shame

2007-06-03T01:29:00.000-07:00

Websites like www.liveleak.com (formerly orgish.com) profit through advertising dollars from the large volumes of traffic they receive from people wanting to watch footage of violence in particlar of the Iraq war. Is it right that people make money directly off of the footage that causes U.S. Soldiers and Iraqi citizens harm and death?

The Perfect Exit Strategy for Iraq; Iran

2007-05-12T22:28:00.000-07:00

The best strategy for leaving Iraq unfortunately is entering Iran or simply moving operations East!

If the Bush Administration's plan to bring democracy to Iraq did not work as well as we all hoped, why not give them another chance in Iran while the administration still has time before the 2008 elections. Construction companies would hire more people for large scale military facilities commissioned within Iran and Defense Contractors would be receiving new contracts for the necessary hardware to carry out an invasion of a country much larger than Iraq. If a second large scale nation building attempt is already under way, which appears to be the case, than why not find which companies will have their 3rd or 4th quarter revenue boosted this year by another war? Whether or not you would be for or against a military invasion of the largest Democracy in the Middle East, there is no doubt there will be money to make.
It's no secret which companies profit directly from military build up and strategical attacks. If every American who can trade stock, roughly 30% of us, were to preemptively purchase 100-1000 or so shares of stock well diversified in a War Profiteer Index and sell our shares collectively once we become dissatisfied with the progress of the war we would literally be voting with our dollars. This could force the the privatized military sector to pay us all our shares which would drain their funds and potentially cripple their operations. I propose a solution for the terribly inefficient war market; A Preemptive Invasion Mutual Fund with holdings diversified in oil, defense, and construction companies. Even if the majority of funding for these corporations comes directly from the Federal Government, there is still the possibility for domestic and even foreign markets to have direct financial control over them. The $1.2 trillion spent so far on the Iraq war is only half of Fidelity Investment's $3 trillion in assets.

Rupert Murdoch makes bid for The Wall Street Journal $5 Billion!

2007-05-05T20:03:00.000-07:00

Right wing hero Rupert Murdoch has taken one giant leap forward in media synergy by making a $5 Billion bid for the ever so valuable Wall Street Journal!

The Wall Street Journal will be a much needed addition to the current holdings of NewsCorporation which is currently lacking in it's holdings. Just look at this list, it's barely passing for a media monopoly;

HarperCollins
Perennial
Cliff Street Books
The Ecco Press
Quill
HarperAudio
Regan Books
Amistad Press
William Morrow
HarperTorch
Eos
HarperEntertainment
HarperSanFrancisco
HarperInformation
HarperBusiness
HarperResource
Fourth Estate
Access Travel
William Morrow Cookbooks
Branded Books Program
HarperCollins Children's Books
Greenwillow Books
Joanna Cotler Books
Laura Geringer Books
HarperFestival
HarperTrophy
Avon
Tempest
HarperCollins International
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox SportsWNVW - New York City
KTTV - Los Angeles
WFLD - Chicago
WTXF - Philadelphia
WFXT - Boston
WTTG - Washington D.C
KDFW - Dallas
WJBK - Detroit
WAGA - Atlanta
KRIV - Houston
WJW - Cleveland
WTVT - Tampa
KSAZ - Phoenix
KDVR - Denver
KTVI - St Louis
WITI - Milwaukee
WOFL - Orlando
WOGX - Ocala
WDAF - Kansas City
KSTU - Salt Lake City
WHBQ - Memphis
WGHP - Greensboro
WBRC - Birmingham
WPR - Chicago
KTBC - Austin
KVC - Austin Fox Sports Net
Fox Sports South
Fox Sports Pittsburgh
Fox Sports Southeast
Fox Sports Midwest
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
Fox Sports Arizona
Fox Sports Northwest
Fox Sports West
Fox Sports Detroit
Fox Sports Bay Area (with Rainbow Media Holdings)
Fox Sports Chicago (with Rainbow Media Holdings)
Fox Sports Cincinnati
Fox Sports Intermountain West
Fox Sports New England (with Rainbow Media)
Fox Sports New York (with Rainbow Media)
Fox Sports Ohio (with Rainbow Media)
Fox Sports Southwest (with Rainbow Media)
Madison Square Garden Network (with Rainbow Media)
FiT TV
The Health Network
Fox Sports World
FX
National Geographic's cable channel (50% with GE and National Geographic)
Golf Channel (33%)
The Family Channel
MTM Entertainment
Fox News Channel
FxM
Outdoor Life (34%)
Speedvision (34%)
TV Guide Channel (44% with Liberty Media)
34% of Hughes Electronics (DIRECTV)
British Sky Broadcasting (40% - Vivendi may dispose of 24.5% of BSkyB)
Music Choice Europe (49%)
QVC (20%)
Sky Multi-Channels
- .tv
- National Geographic Channel UK (50%)
- Paramount Channel (25%)
- Sky One
- Sky News
- Sky Soap
- Sky Travel
- The Computer Channel
- Nickelodeon UK (50%)
- The History Channel (50%)
- Sky Scottish (50%)
- Granada Sky Broadcasting (40%)
- Granada Plus
- Granada Talk TV
- Granada Men & Motors
- Granada TV High Street
- Granada Food & Wine
- Granada Health & Beauty
- Granada Home and Garden
- Fox Kids
- Premium Channels
- Sky Movies
- The Movie Channel
- Sky Sports
- Sky Movies Gold
- Sky Sports 2
- Sky Sports 3
TM3 (66%)
Premiere World (24%)
TV Breizh (13%)
Sky Italia
FOXTEL (25%)
- Arena (50%)
- Channel V (50%)
- FOX
- FOX History
- FOX Soap
- FOX Talk
- FOX Travel
- FOXTEL Weather
- FX
- Nickelodeon (25%)
- Sky News Australia (33.3%)
- UK TV (60%)
- Fox Sports
- The Comedy Channel (80%)
- Star TV
- STAR Chinese
- STAR Plus
- STAR Movies
- STAR Plus Japan
- STAR Movies South
- ESPN STAR Sports (50%)
- STAR Sports
- Channel V (50%)
- Viva Cinema (50%)
- Phoenix Satellite TV (17.6%)
- Phoenix Chinese
- CTV Sportsnet
- ISKYB
- Asia Today (50%)
- ZEE TV
- EL TV
- ZEE Cinema
Siti Cable Network (50%)
Stream (minority stake)
Indiovision (46%)
Film Indonesia (50%)
News Broadcasting Japan (80%)
SkyPerfect TV (11%)
Canal Fox
Fox Sports Americas
Fox Kids
Telecine (12.5%)
CineCanal (21.5%)
Sky Latin America DTH Platform
Innova (30%)
NetSat (36%)
Latin America (30%)
TV Guide (partial)
TVSM
TV Total
Cable Guide
The Weekly Standard
Maximum Golf
In Store
FSI
In Store (Canada)
FSI (Canada)
Nursery World
Pacific Islands Monthly
Twentieth Century Fox
Fox Filmed Entertainment
Fox 2000
Fox Searchlight
Fox Family Films
Fox Animation Studios
Twentieth Century Fox Home
Twentieth Century Fox TV
Fox Studios Australia
New York Post
The Times
Times Literary Supplement
The Sunday Times
The Sun
News of the World
Times Education
The Australian
The Weekend Australian
The Daily Telegraph
The Sunday Telegraph
Sportsman
Herald Sun
Sunday Herald Sun
The Weekly Times
The Courier Mail
The Sunday Mail
Gold Coast Bulletin
Adelaide Advertiser
Cumberland Newspaper Group (20 titles in Sydney suburbs)
Leader Newspaper Group (30 titles in Melbourne suburbs)
Cairns Post Group (42%)
North Queensland Newspaper Group
Townsville Bulletin
Quest Community Newspapers (17 titles in Brisbane suburbs)
Northern Territory News
Sunday Territorian
Centralian Advocate
The Suburban
The Mercury
The Sunday Tasmanian
Tasmanian Country
Treasure Islander
Derwent Valley Gazette
Sunday Mail
Messenger Press Group
Sunday Times (Perth)
The Fiji Times
Nai Lalakei (Fijian)
Shanti Dut (Hindi )
Post Courier (63%)
New York Knicks (20%)
New York Rangers (20%)
Los Angeles Kings (NHL, 40% option)
Los Angeles Lakes (NBA, 9.8% option)
Staples Center (40% owned by Fox/Liberty)
National Rugby League Championship (50%) - Australian football
* Sky Radio (71%)
* Fox Sports Radio Network
* Sky Radio Sweden (28%)
* TALKCO (20%)
* Radio Veronica (42%) - Netherlands
* Sky Radio Denmark
* Sky Radio Germany
* Sky Radio Netherlands
* ClassicFM - Netherlands
* NDS (formerly News Digital Services)
* SiVenture - UK-based smartcard consultancy
* News Advanced Technologies
* News America Digital Publishing
* News America New Media
* News Internet Services
* Healtheon/WebMD (11%)
* TheStreet.com (partial stake with New York Times)
* Rivals.com (46%)
* iSyndicate
* News Digital Systems (UK)
* Line One (33%)
* Sportal (5%)
* Orbis - interactive gambling software
* News Interactive
* NEWS.com.au
* CareerOne
* AustralianIT
* FOX SPORTS
* CARSguide
* RealEstate.com.au
* PDN Xinren Information Technology (50%)
* Mushroom Records
* Festival Records
* News Outdoor Group (NOG)
* News Outdoor Bulgaria
* News Outdoor Czech Republic
* News Outdoor Poland (Town & City)
* News Outdoor Romania
* News Outdoor Russia
* Kamera (Turkey)
* News Outdoor Ukraine
* Broadsystem
* News Optimus
* SmartSource
* NewsMarketing
* New America Marketing
* Convoys Group - UK newspaper distribution
* PLD Telekon (38%) - Indonesia
* Newspoll (50%) - opinion polling
* Jamba (51%) - ringtones

NewsCorp (NWS.A)

Rudy Giuliani Makes Fun of a Parkinson's Patient

2007-05-04T22:42:00.000-07:00

Watch as Rudy Giuliani openly mocks a man with Parkinson's on his radio show and the man attempts to give his unpatriotic sob story.

It's up to heroes like the honorable Rudy Giuliani who have the courage to stand up to people who suffer from debilitating illnesses that help keep this great country safe from terrorism. Just think; if handicapped people were in charge of national security they would of course be on the defense, not the offense, allowing the terrorists to win! During Giuliani's term as major of New York City, the police department even arrested and convicted panhandlers under laws already declared unconstitutional 10 years prior, and it is measures like this which can make this country safe. The constitution is just a piece of paper, right? And it was printed on hemp so obviously our forefathers must have been a little high when revising it so thank God we have men like Rudolph Giuliani and George W. Bush to make the necessary corrections.

What could $1.2 trillion buy? A very expensive Mission Accomplished!

2007-05-04T16:59:00.000-07:00

The liberal media has drawn up a convenient chart of what the U.S. government could allegedly have spent $1.2 trillion on instead of funding our patriotic duty that is the war in Iraq. I should add that this graph leaves out one very important option for that money, a war with Iran. We already have our troops surrounding the country so it might even cost less, and if any of that money goes back into the same heroic war corporations as it did in 2003, we might all have another chance to ride that stock market train of success by investing in them!

via The Liberal Media (The New York Times)

Mr. T supports the Troops!

2007-04-30T20:04:00.000-07:00

Mars incorporated must have received a no-bid contract to fight the war on hunger and its subsidiary Snickers must have been hired as mercenaries just like Black Water.

Iraq students show Virginia Tech support

2007-04-25T01:29:00.000-07:00

via yahoo news
Students in Baghdad, where universities have been hard-hit by violence, said they were saddened by last week's massacre at Virginia Tech and hung up a banner to express their solidarity with "our brothers in humanity and in pursuing knowledge."

War Profiteering seems cool, but why?

2007-04-23T01:26:00.000-07:00

Here is a 2 minute animation that gives a nice summary of the "Military Industrial Complex" as Eisenhower coined it. What can we learn from this? Basically that if your looking into a future of war profiteering which is and always has been very lucrative, your in luck! Because for over 60 years now we've has the social, political and economic infrastructure in place for you to convert these wars into cash!

About 3 years ago I ordered a deck of cards from the Ruckus Society website that had not the faces of Iraqi military and political officials during Oil War II, but the faces of those who profited off of the war effort.
"The War Profiteers Card Deck exposes some of the real war criminals in the US’s endless War of Terror. " Some might view these brave men as heroes in our economic battle to support the all American military industrial complex. Perhaps it's time to upgrade to hydrogen Hummers and solar powered apache helicopters to cut costs!

Download the deck in PDF form

War is good business! apparently

2007-04-06T00:22:00.000-07:00

Wars, as we all know, create booms both physical and economic.

To get some perspective on this matter, let's take a look back to the year 2003 when Oil war II was just beginning. During this time there was a sudden demand for specialized services to fulfill the needs of the U.S. Government's wartime activities and this demand could be supplied by certain U.S. Defense and construction companies. Since part of the plan was to use Iraq's own oil revenue to rebuild itself after Operation Iraqi Freedom, our major oil companies and our Allies' would do their part accordingly and help out in the process. For their valiant efforts they might have even received some added benefits from that much needed help that they supplied us with!

As a U.S. citizen you are entitled to not only political but economic democracy as well and encouraged to own shares of stock in our beloved U.S. cooperations to further our nation's sense of Capitalistic Democracy. Since operation Iraqi Freedom was of course intended to benefit us all, Americans had and still do have an opportunity to actively participate in this spirit of financial independence bundled free with the War on Terror.

To demonstrate this, here are some simple charts showing just the stock prices of some 10 major cooperations involved in military contracting, construction, and Oil production from before 2003 to the present.

Construction Companies:
Halliburton and Caterpillar

Oil Companies:
Exxon Mobile, Chevron, Shell, and British Petroleum

Defense Contractors:
Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rockwell Collins, and General Dynamics

Wow! These companies seem to have performed very well after from March 2003 even till today as we continue to stay the course in Oil War II. I wish I would have bought some shares before March 20th, don't you?!

Now let's get a an individual view of these companies financial standings evaluated through their stock prices from 2003 to the present...

#1 Halliburton Energy Services (HAL)

#2 Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)

#3 Exxon Mobile Corperation (XOM)

#4 Chevron Corperation (CVX)

#5 Royal Dutch Shell plc (RDS.A)

#6 British Petroleum plc (BP)

#7 Lockheed Martin Cooperation (LMT)

#8 Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC)

#9 Rockwell Collins Inc. (COL)

#10 General Dynamics Corporation (GD)

Looks like some winners to me! But it is quite the shame that I hadn't heard from anyone I know personally making any good returns over the last few years investing with any of these companies. It would be nice to get a cut of this wouldn't it? Maybe it's not too late, and maybe, just maybe there will be another opportunity for these types of returns, and maybe it will happen this year!

Perhaps the perfect exit strategy from Iraq is just shifting operations towards the East, and marching into Iran. I guess you would need an entrance strategy for this plan. Oil War III, just think of the potential earnings! Remember that war creates all sorts of booms, but in the least I would pray it would give these brave companies the same percentage gains that they received during Oil war II.