Attack on Baghdad and Attack on US.
Treason in the US Senate. SB 1867 "Indefinite Detention Bill." YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv1O6goo7qE&feature=youtu.be
"Draft Petition-Arrest Warrent for Rogue US Senators Who Support National Defense Authorization."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoVoBFz7890&feature=related
Baghdad Burning, 2003 to 2007
http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/
The Riverbend Blog explains the origin as being a "Girl Blog from Iraq...let's talk war, politics and occupation."
The girl from Iraq lists links to the BBC, New York Times, Alternet, Al-Jazeera, News for Nerds, and Iraq Today.
There are also links to the Iraq Occupation Watch, the Iraq Body Count, the IACenter, Back to Iraq, Dear Raed, Turning Tables, and Today in Iraq. As if these links weren't enough, there are more to MediaChannel, Juan Cole and Guerrilla News.
She also includes satire and comedy, with links to The Onion and Dilbert. I clicked the Onion, as I had never heard of this site. A warning explains that the site is not for viewers under 18 years of age. The shopping cart listed "Department of Homeland Security Cologne," a fairly nice piece of satire.
The girl from Iraq is a clever, clear, and funny writer. But her fine talent is diverted to documenting her thoughts and observations from a first-hand view of the Bush-begun 2003 war in Iraq. From August 2003 to October 2007, she writes a painful narrative, turning from wariness to bitterness as she witnesses and realizes that it is psychopathy and corruption implementing an annhilation of the people and culture of Iraq.
Reading the blog today, December 07, 2011, is especially poignant, and in fact serves as a warning.
This week, the majority of US senators voted for S.1867. The legislation is illegal in that it violates the Constitution and Bill of Rights. The senators voted to allow military to arrest and detain indefinitely and and all US citizens.
"Detention Camp Order Follows Preparations for Civil Unrest," written by Paul Joseph Watson on Wednesday, December 7, 2011, covers the recent Senate legislation, along with the topic of prisons built for US citizens without a trial or evidence. Halliburton and subsidiary KBR, which is Kellogg. Brown and Root Services, are contracting for the prisons called "emergency environment" camps.
A commentator for the article, Nailer45 says: December 7, 2011 at 9:16 am
"...The Government giving Miltary hardware to the police...
Bill S.1867 ... let’s the military detain Americans on a whim.
...the KBR memo saying FEMA camps are to be staffed and ready...
pushing hard line tactics and Unconstitutional measures upon us?
... something very Bad is about to go down ...
The post was edited to be 50 words for this blog, and reading the commentator's thoughts in their entirity is valuable. The commentator has summed up the same situation as the Baghdad Burning blogger. The US government and the local government attack the constitutional protections of freedom of speech and of the press, of habeaus corpus, of right to a fair trial. Soon, there is open warfare upon innocent men, women, teens, tweens, kids, toddlers, babies, infants.
Bill S. 1867, and other writings such as the Patriot Act exist in violation of US law. The supreme law of the land is the Constitution and Bill of Rights. No one can take away these natural rights. But as explained by Baghdad Burning and the commentator above, there are plenty of psychopaths ready to wreck havoc and bloodshed on innocent people.
Here is a link to S.1867 -- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Engrossed in Senate [Passed Senate] - ES)
Carl Levin, in the Senate, introduced the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 on November 13, 2011. The companion bill is H.R. 1540
On December 1, 2011, the Senate passed the bill, with 93 voting in favor and 7 voting against the bill.
S.1867 is discussed an article "U.S. Senate Authorizes Military to Detain U.S. Citizens," by Steve Newcomb, December 06, 2011, for Indian Country Today. Newcomb reviews the devastating impact of the Patriot Act and S.1867. "...the United States Senate has authorized the subjection of U.S. citizens to prolonged military detention (internment) under the law of war without trial...a dark force indeed is in control of the U.S. government. The U.S. ship-of-state is headed directly towards a gigantic iceberg...full steam ahead.’"
An article titled, "S.1867 'Indefinite Detention' Defense Bill Passes Senate, by the Conservative Action Alerts, December 2, 2011, contains the follows quote from Judge Andrew P. Napolitano:
“[S.1867] basically says that the President can arrest whoever he wants anywhere in the United States of America, and keep them without charging them for a crime, without letting them see a lawyer, without bringing them to a judge for as long as he wants. How is that consistent with the Constitution?”
The article links to "Tell Obama: Veto the 2012 Defense Bill as it stands."
The page includes a list of senators who voted to support the Constitution and Bill of Rights:
Six U.S. senators voted against S.1867.
Sen. Thomas Harkin, Sen. Jeff Merkley, Sen. Ron Wyden, Sen Thomas Coburn, Sen. Mike Lee, and Sen. Rand Paul.
The page also lists the 92 treasonous senators who voted against the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." George Washington.
As American citizens, we have a right and a duty to uphold the principles in our Constitution and Bill of Rights, not just for ourselves, but for all human beings. We must control our servants we send to Washington D.C., else they become our masters. We must restore our course of liberty and justice for all.
We can view a reminder from Thomas Jefferson as he became President of the United States.
Here is an excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address:
"About to enter, fellow-citizens, on the exercise of duties which comprehend everything dear and valuable to you, it is proper you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our Government, and consequently those which ought to shape its Administration. I will compress them within the narrowest compass they will bear, stating the general principle, but not all its limitations. Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad; a jealous care of the right of election by the people—a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism; a well disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority; economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burthened; the honest payment of our debts and sacred preservation of the public faith; encouragement of agriculture, and of commerce as its handmaid; the diffusion of information and arraignment of all abuses at the bar of the public reason; freedom of religion; freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the creed of our political faith, the text of civic instruction, the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust; and should we wander from them in moments of error or of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety."
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Radiation Body Scanners and Metropolis Robot by Teresa Knudsen
Illegal, Immoral, and Unsafe Technology
Body Scanners
In 1927, Fritz Lang's futuristic, distopian film Metropolis entered the world stage. Watched by bewildered audiences, the film portrayed a two-tier society, with a small elite ruling class who possessed wealth and leisure, contrasted with the majority worker-slave class, doomed to harsh conditions and no hope of a better life for themselves or their children.
Metropolis Tells the Story of a Two-Tiered Society
A teacher, Maria, breaks the rules by bringing poor children up into the skyscraper garden, where she is quickly told to return to the lowly hovels. Yet, for a moment, she has shown the children a different world, a world of sunshine and flowers and plenty of food.
Her beauty and spirit also shows a different world to Freder Frederson, the wealthy and spoiled son of the city's ruler. He falls in love with Maria at first sight, and determines to follow her down into her world.
Here he finds dispirited workers, whose only solace comes from the hope that Maria holds out to them, that the "Mediator" between the brain and the hands is the heart. Freder begins to see his responsibility to become the "Mediator," between his father's brain and the hands of the workers.
To destroy his son's love for Maria, the ruler, Joh Frederson, helps a mad inventor create a mechanical robot that resembles Maria, but without rights, without morals and without brains. They set the robot to corrupt the city, and it nearly succeeds. Only when the workers fear that their children are dead is there a revolt.
The Role of Allusion in Fritz Lang's Metropolis
Like Maria, art can influence life, bringing new perspectives to the viewer. The film Metropolis exemplifies the techique of German Expressionism, or Technologial Gothic, as explained by Michael Organ in his blog "Metropolis Film Archive." The allusion to a Frankenstein monster, that should never have been created, is clear.
In the case of Lang's film, modern audiences notice similiarities between the slave conditions of the workers and the depressed economy leading to mind-numbing and back-breaking work, leaving no time to enjoy life, or spend time with family and friends, or to help children.
Shaun Ferrell notes in his review of Metropolis, "The next sequences show the workers reporting for their shifts. They wear black and gray clothing...walk in perfect rows, their heads hung, their shoulders slouched. The image is quite clear: their spirits have been broken. They are no longer human, just living cogs in the greater machines of Metropolis."
Metropolis Robot & US "Naked" Body Scanner Image
The US government body scanner images provided by the Transportation Security Administration have similiarities with the Metropolis robot.
The Metropolis robot was created without rights. Like the human slave workers, the Metropolis robot is told what to do by the leader and the mad scientist. The "naked" body scanner image shows a person who has no rights. The TSA staff member has given up her rights ensured by the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and submitted to unreasonable search, violating the Fourth Amendment. The TSA staffwoman has apparently committed no crime, but she models submission to a strip search, with her image shown to the world.
A second aspect is the lack of morals related to the Metropolis robot. The ruler of Metropolis and a mad inventor kidnap Maria, and create a robot in her likeness. This doppleganger embodies evil, all the more so as the people trust her, believing her to be Maria. The robot is the classic screen vamp, mesmerizing men, and leading them to doom not only for themselves, but for society in general and their children in particular.
The image created by the US government body scanner is a naked person. The US authorities not only strip innocent men, women, and children of their rights, but also their clothes.
Yet another allusion is the lack of brains, or common sense. At the end of the film, enraged citizens set fire to the robot. Being brainless, the robot is not horrified, but rather amused by the fire, and dies laughing.
In a similar way, the Transportation Security Adminsitration staffwoman who agreed to enter the Rapscian body scanner laughs while being bombarded with deadly radiation.
Audiences were not ready for the harsh view of the future they saw in 1927, as they watched Metropolis. Perhaps like them, modern audiences are not ready to believe that the science-fiction stories of x-ray vision are now a reality at our airports, and soon to be at our recreational events, and on our streets.
References
Ferrell, Shaun. "Classic Review-Metropolis."
Shawn's Quadrant-October 2005.
Organ, Michael. "Metropolis Film Archive."
Category
"Government Body Scanner Image and Fritz Lang's Metropolis Robot"by T.G. Knudsen, Copyright, April 30, 2010 Editorial
Body Scanners
Government Body Scanner Image
and
Fritz Lang's Metropolis Robot. Written by Teresa Knudsen. First Published in The Daily Paradise. April 30, 2010.
Reprinted by Teresa Knudsen on Pirates and Patriots Blogger.
November 28, 2011
"The government body scanner image creates an eerie image of a human, similar to Fritz Lang's Metropolis robot without rights, morals or brains."
"The government body scanner image creates an eerie image of a human, similar to Fritz Lang's Metropolis robot without rights, morals or brains."
In 1927, Fritz Lang's futuristic, distopian film Metropolis entered the world stage. Watched by bewildered audiences, the film portrayed a two-tier society, with a small elite ruling class who possessed wealth and leisure, contrasted with the majority worker-slave class, doomed to harsh conditions and no hope of a better life for themselves or their children.
Metropolis Tells the Story of a Two-Tiered Society
A teacher, Maria, breaks the rules by bringing poor children up into the skyscraper garden, where she is quickly told to return to the lowly hovels. Yet, for a moment, she has shown the children a different world, a world of sunshine and flowers and plenty of food.
Her beauty and spirit also shows a different world to Freder Frederson, the wealthy and spoiled son of the city's ruler. He falls in love with Maria at first sight, and determines to follow her down into her world.
Here he finds dispirited workers, whose only solace comes from the hope that Maria holds out to them, that the "Mediator" between the brain and the hands is the heart. Freder begins to see his responsibility to become the "Mediator," between his father's brain and the hands of the workers.
To destroy his son's love for Maria, the ruler, Joh Frederson, helps a mad inventor create a mechanical robot that resembles Maria, but without rights, without morals and without brains. They set the robot to corrupt the city, and it nearly succeeds. Only when the workers fear that their children are dead is there a revolt.
The Role of Allusion in Fritz Lang's Metropolis
Like Maria, art can influence life, bringing new perspectives to the viewer. The film Metropolis exemplifies the techique of German Expressionism, or Technologial Gothic, as explained by Michael Organ in his blog "Metropolis Film Archive." The allusion to a Frankenstein monster, that should never have been created, is clear.
In the case of Lang's film, modern audiences notice similiarities between the slave conditions of the workers and the depressed economy leading to mind-numbing and back-breaking work, leaving no time to enjoy life, or spend time with family and friends, or to help children.
Shaun Ferrell notes in his review of Metropolis, "The next sequences show the workers reporting for their shifts. They wear black and gray clothing...walk in perfect rows, their heads hung, their shoulders slouched. The image is quite clear: their spirits have been broken. They are no longer human, just living cogs in the greater machines of Metropolis."
Metropolis Robot & US "Naked" Body Scanner Image
The US government body scanner images provided by the Transportation Security Administration have similiarities with the Metropolis robot.
The Metropolis robot was created without rights. Like the human slave workers, the Metropolis robot is told what to do by the leader and the mad scientist. The "naked" body scanner image shows a person who has no rights. The TSA staff member has given up her rights ensured by the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and submitted to unreasonable search, violating the Fourth Amendment. The TSA staffwoman has apparently committed no crime, but she models submission to a strip search, with her image shown to the world.
A second aspect is the lack of morals related to the Metropolis robot. The ruler of Metropolis and a mad inventor kidnap Maria, and create a robot in her likeness. This doppleganger embodies evil, all the more so as the people trust her, believing her to be Maria. The robot is the classic screen vamp, mesmerizing men, and leading them to doom not only for themselves, but for society in general and their children in particular.
The image created by the US government body scanner is a naked person. The US authorities not only strip innocent men, women, and children of their rights, but also their clothes.
Yet another allusion is the lack of brains, or common sense. At the end of the film, enraged citizens set fire to the robot. Being brainless, the robot is not horrified, but rather amused by the fire, and dies laughing.
In a similar way, the Transportation Security Adminsitration staffwoman who agreed to enter the Rapscian body scanner laughs while being bombarded with deadly radiation.
Audiences were not ready for the harsh view of the future they saw in 1927, as they watched Metropolis. Perhaps like them, modern audiences are not ready to believe that the science-fiction stories of x-ray vision are now a reality at our airports, and soon to be at our recreational events, and on our streets.
References
Ferrell, Shaun. "Classic Review-Metropolis."
Shawn's Quadrant-October 2005.
Organ, Michael. "Metropolis Film Archive."
Category
"Government Body Scanner Image and Fritz Lang's Metropolis Robot"by T.G. Knudsen, Copyright, April 30, 2010 Editorial
Friday, November 18, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
Dutchsince= Sincedutch
Dutchsince, aka Sincedutch or Michael Yuri Janitch, has been reporting on Harrp rings, earthquakes, and disaster that originate from government sources. People may believe him or not, but it seems impossible to ignore his news reports on upcoming severe weather, tornados, earthquakes, etc. His reporting during Fukushima surpassed the corporate media. Reporting as Dutchsince, he has switched the syllables due to Internet harassment.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Jefferson Quote on "Man, once surrendering his reason..."
“Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without a rudder, is the sport of every wind. With such persons, gullibility, which they call faith, takes the helm from the hand of reason and the mind becomes a wreck.”
Thomas Jefferson, 1822
Posted by Liberty_Bell on September 14, 2011 at 7:02 a.m.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/sep/14/nicks-set-to-retire-as-chief-steps-down/
Thomas Jefferson, 1822
Posted by Liberty_Bell on September 14, 2011 at 7:02 a.m.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/sep/14/nicks-set-to-retire-as-chief-steps-down/
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Waves washing onto the sand.
In North America, winter is approaching. If you need some time on a warm, sandy beach and want to listen to the waves and seagull, here is a video for you.
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