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Death Be Now Proud

By Tim Pouncey





It's autumn and soon another year will lay crumpled in the great wastebasket of life.Autumn is traditionally a time when plants become dormant, animals hibernate and we all pause to consider an essential truth: We're all gonna die. Not "one of these days" or in some distant and detached future. These days death is closer than that coaster your spouse keeps shoving under your cup so you won't leave rings on the coffee table (when will you learn?).And it's not a good death either. It's not like in the movie Sunset Boulevard where you get to hang around and narrate stuff that happens after they find your corpse floating face down in the swimming pool. It's not a CSI: Miami death where you look fabulous and get to snort coke and have sex in flashbacks for a solid hour after your autopsy. We're talking about a hideous, bloated, eyeball-melting, flesh-peeling, stench-emitting death.

The kind of death that can only be provided by your government.

Take Hurricane Katrina for example. On the morning of Sept 10, Reuters news service reported more than 700 deaths have been confirmed in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. This body count seemed to have profoundly disappointed Col. Terry Ebbert, Director of Homeland Security for New Orleans. "The numbers (of dead) so far are relatively minor compared with the dire predictions of 10,000," Ebbert said. Col. Ebbert's comments echo an increasing concern I've been hearing from many people this week. How did Hurricane Katrina --- a storm clearly named for a Russian Spy --- only manage to wipe out a few hundred people? Come on. That's only a crumby a triple-digit body count. Heck, I can get a better death-toll than that playing Halo II and I'm not even good at it. People have been criticizing local, state and federal government relief efforts as being too slow. Now we know why --- If only a couple hundred people were sent to knock on heaven's door, what's the big deal? People have been jumping ugly with the government for dragging their collective feet in evacuating New Orleans but now we see their game plan: They were just waiting for a better casualty rate so relief efforts would actually be worthwhile.We're getting a much better return death-wise on our continuing adventures in Iraq. On Sept. 10 CNN.com estimated there have been 1,893 American deaths in Iraq, not to mention an estimated 10,000 civilian deaths.Now that's more like it. Those are kinds of numbers we can all relate to, unless, of course, we can't. Those numbers don't seem nearly high enough for the pro-war demonstrators that protested Cindy Sheehan when she had the audacity to try and talk with the president a few weeks ago during his most recent vacation. Now the president is going to have to take another vacation to put this whole war-protest/ New Orleans catastrophe behind him. I mean, with people dying at this rate and the damn liberal media reporting it, the man is just not getting any quality recreation time.And if the President Of The United States can't even take a few months off to clear some scrub-brush on his sprawling Green Acres dirt ranch, then what chance does any of us have for happiness?

And without happiness, we're better off dead.

Coffin from The Bloody Evidence and Coffins

Yes – the Bushes are concerned about Hurricane Katrina

They are on the scene and taking action.

Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

Not In Our Name

Soundtrack for Peace Project:

Presented by Unity Network and Relentless Pursuit Records. When purchasing the CD, you can choose to donate the proceeds to Not In Our Name. Excerpt from the song Not In Our Name by Shine MP3.

RCP, Britton

9/11 – the scum has risen and it hasn’t gone away

Every rat and cockroach crawled out from under their rock to profit from this miserable event.

Three Flags

The USA Patriot Act passed shortly after 9/11, was a straight out act of overreaction, a clear attempt to remove constitutional protections and fascism. As a friend once said:
“Push a liberal against the wall and he/she will turn into a fascist.
As reported Saturday:
A federal judge lifted a gag order Friday that shielded the identity of librarians who received an FBI demand for records about library patrons under the Patriot Act.
U.S. District Court Judge Janet Hall ruled in favor of the American Civil Liberties Union, which argued that the gag order prevented its client from participating in a debate over whether Congress should reauthorize the Patriot Act.
"It's fabulous," said ACLU associate legal director Ann Beeson. "Clearly the judge recognized it was profoundly undemocratic to gag a librarian from participating in the Patriot Act debate."
The ruling would allow the ACLU and its client to identify who received the request for records, but Hall stayed her decision until Sept. 20 to give the government a chance to appeal. Prosecutors said they were reviewing the decision.
From The Wichita Eagle, Sept. 10.

Another example is:
(CNN) –“A federal appeals court Wednesday ruled President Bush has the authority to designate U.S. citizens as "enemy combatants" and detain them in military custody if they are deemed a threat to national security.”
This case includes a US citizen who has been held for nearly three years, without any due process of law. The Federal government has been holding of Yaser Hamdi, a U.S. citizen accused of fighting with the Taliban in Afghanistan. How safe are we when a president can re-label someone and make them “non-person” without a right to face their accusers?
And there’s the headline: "Acting U.S. Attorney: The USA PATRIOT Act is a Vital Tool in the Information Arsenal."

Bush the international Pirate

Iraq- the big lie

Then there is the biggest scum bag of all to benefit from 9/11 and that is President George W. Bush. He planned to invade Iraq all along, but after 9/11 he conveniently lied about his intentions:
President George Bush hasn’t made that many speeches, but those he makes already sound similar to those below:

“We also must never forget the most vivid events of recent history. On September the 11th, 2001, America felt its vulnerability -- even to threats that gather on the other side of the earth. We resolved then, and we are resolved today, to confront every threat, from any source, that could bring sudden terror and suffering to America."

Right before he started the war Bush said of Saddam Hussein:

"He is a danger not only to countries in the region but, as I explained last night, because of his al Qaeda connections, because of his history, he is a danger to Americans," Bush said, referring to Tuesday's State of the Union address, "And we're going to deal with him. We're going to deal with him before it's too late."

Image from “My pictures and Icons.”

Add insult and misery to the misery of the Hurricane victims

REUTERS/Tim Shaffer/photo

The new bankruptcy changes that Congress just passed may force Hurricane Katrina victims to pay for homes and vehicles washed away in the ocean. They will not be able to file bankruptcy as people who have lost everything to such disasters have done in the past. They must spend much of their life paying for things that the disaster has taken from them, according to a report in The Wichita Eagle, Sept. 7.
When congress passed the new law, they were only trying to make bank and credit card PACs happy. The banks now have protection from ordinary citizens who try for debt relief. It saves the banks and credit institutions lots of money, but will just about ruin the lives of the victims in these tragedies.
Bank PACs bought their congressmen’s votes with millions in PAC donations. For example, Kansas’ own Rep. Todd Tiahrt accepted $24,500 from
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) .

Large blast kills 24 security personnel in India

From the The Hindu
New Delhi, Sept 4. (PTI): Concerned over the killing of 24 security personnel in a landmine blast by naxalites in Chattisgarh, the Centre today said it will make a comprehensive review of the situation in the state and decide on counter measures.
"The Home ministry will make comprehensive review of the Naxlite situation in Chattisgarh with senior officers of the state government and decide on appropriate counter measures," a spokesman of the Home Ministry said.
He also said that the Centre has strongly condemned yesterday's incident and conveyed sympathies to the bereaved families of the security personnel.
Home Minister Shivraj Patil has condemned the incident, the spokesman added.
As many as 24 Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed in Bijapur when naxalites triggered a landmine killing 24 security personnel including 22 CRPF personnel.
24 killed in blast
Earlier today, naxals triggered a powerful landmine in Bijapur police district killing 24 security men, including 22 CRPF personnel.
Twenty two personnel belonging to 87th battalion of CRPF and two from the District Force of Bijapur Police travelling in an anti-land mine vehicle were killed in the blast near Padeda village, about 12 kms from Bijapur, on Saturday evening, Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh told PTI.
"The impact of the blast was so strong that the vehicle, in which the security men were travelling, was blown to pieces," Singh said adding that he has convened a high level meeting in the evening to consider clamping a ban on the Communist Party of India-Maoist among other things.
Home Minister Ram Vichar Netam and state Director General of police have rushed to the village.
The government may ban naxals
The Chattisgarh government is considering imposition of a ban on naxlaites today,
A high level meeting is to review the situation in wake of the fresh naxal attack and decide whether to ban the CPI (Maoist) and its other frontal organisations, Singh said.
The meeting would be attended by DGP, Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister apart from Singh and Netam.
Who are the Naxalites?
The Naxalites, also sometimes called the Naxals, is a loose term used to define groups waging a violent struggle on behalf of landless labourers and tribal people against landlords and others. The Naxalites say they are fighting oppression and exploitation to create a classless society. Their opponents say the Naxalites are terrorists oppressing people in the name of a class war.
See also CNN.com

Nepal Maoists declare ceasefire

Aljazeera News Agency , September 3, 2005

Communist rebels in Nepal have announced a unilateral ceasefire for the next three months to continue peace talks to end a decade-long civil war in the Himalayan nation. The ceasefire will take effect immediately, said Maoist rebels leader Prachanda in a statement He said this would offer a chance to find peace in Nepal. "Within this time the people's liberation army under our control would only retaliate if they come under attack. There will be no offensive action from our side," Prachanda, whose real name is Pushpa Kamal Dahal, said in the statement. "It is the responsibility of the major political forces in the country to provide a political solution to the problems facing the country." Prachanda suggested there was a conspiracy to push Nepal towards becoming a failed state, prompting the rebels to take action to prevent the situation from deteriorating further. Government officials were not available for comments on the statement or whether they would agree to the temporary truce. Increased violenceViolence has escalated since King Gyanendra seized control of the government in February, a measure he said was necessary to quell an uprising that has left more than 11,500 dead. The rebels claim to be inspired by Chinese communist revolutionary Mao Zedong, and have been fighting for nine years to topple Nepal's monarchy. The rebels declared a ceasefire in 2001 and again earlier this year, but negotiations with the government failed both times. The rebels have been insisting on an election for a special assembly which would draft a new constitution and even decide if the monarchy should be abolished. The government, however, wants the fighters to give up their arms and join mainstream politics.

New Orleans - Climate Change – Brace your self for the future

For years now, we’ve been told that “climate change” (a more voter friendly word that global warming) is no real problem, according to the Republicans in charge of our country. Scientists have warned for years that the warming of the Earth would cause more frequent and more brutal storms. Last year, about four hurricanes hit Florida And this we have seen the total destruction of New Orleans. That city is more that 300 years old and it is older than our country. We not only have suffering on a massive scale, but we have lost a lot of our southern culture. Historical monuments and buildings are either severely damaged or completely destroyed. This is the results of not heading the warnings that global warming and climate change are going to take their toll on us. This is not to say we shouldn’t help those in need, we should. The people there are desperate. We need to hold President George Bush and his party responsible for pretending that nothing like this could happen. He also needs to get out of Iraq and use our National Guard here at home.

art by LaTuff

And if sending government funding and charity to an advocate of assassinations bothers you, then you won’t want to click on: "FEMA Directing Donations To Rev. Pat Robertson."

A Press release from the news paper Revolution: Hurricane Katrina: The People Did Not and Do Not Have to Die, August 31, 2005

Wichita Kansas hosted a Camp Casey Meet

According to The Wichita Eagle, Sep. 02, 2005, "Anti-war protest comes to Wichita ":
“Some of the white crosses from Cindy Sheehan's Camp Casey in Crawford, Texas, appeared in a north Wichita lawn Thursday.
The crosses, symbolizing American soldiers who died in Iraq, were part of an anti-war rally at the Peace & Social Justice Center, 1407 N. Topeka.
Members of Iraq veterans' and military families' groups who spent time with Sheehan during her nearly monthlong vigil outside President Bush's ranch drove an RV to Wichita as part of an effort to bring the troops home from Iraq.
The RV will travel to 16 other cities as it makes its way across the country to an anti-war rally in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 24.”

From Diane Wahto, Peace_and_Justice_Kansas@yahoogroups. Com:

First, I want to thank all those who helped organize this event. Horace Santry and Mary Harren worked hard to make the Camp Casey people welcome. Those people are phenomenal and we wish them a safe journey as they travel across the country. Thanks to all who attended, whether you were there this morning or came by last night.
Those of you who were there at the press conference probably realize that the TV coverage missed the essence of the event when it showed the confrontation between the peace people and the pro-war supporters. The man pictured in the TV coverage I saw is Troy Newman, head of Operation Rescue West, an anti-choice group that is anything but peaceful. One of their members has served time in jail for bombing a clinic and these people picket outside of churches and in the neighborhoods of the people with whom they disagree. I know some of the Peace Center members do not support abortion rights and we have never taken an official stand on that issue because of that. However, Mr. Newman and his crowd are anything but peaceful. They are disruptive and there is evidence that they major goal is to line their own pockets.
Thanks to Cody and Horace for trying to keep the peace. And I would ask all our Peace Center people to stay peaceful when we have an event. It does no good to confront people. We have to lead by example.