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WikiLeaks: Ron Paul Reveals Secret Baghdad Embassy Cable to Congress

Alexander P Morris — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 06:34:50 +0000

This is an excellent must-watch video of Ron Paul testifying before Congress on freedom, truth, transparency, and Wikileaks… Ron Paul always seems to find just the right words to say it: “Regardless, we have blundered into a war which no one seems willing to end. Julian Assange, publisher of the Wikileaks memo, is now considered an enemy of the state. Politicians are calling for drastic punishment and even assassination, and sadly, the majority of the American people seem to support such moves. But why should we so fear the truth? Why should our governments lies and mistakes be hidden from the American people in the name of patriotism? Once it becomes acceptable to equate truth with treason, we can no longer call ourselves a free society.”

One of the crown jewels of secret pre-Gulf War negotiations was unveiled tonight when the notorious Glaspie Memo, or as it is now known 90BAGHDAD4237, was released by WikiLeaks.

The cable, whose official title was “Saddam’s Message of Friendship to President Bush” details the meeting between US Ambassador April Glaspie and Saddam Hussein on July 25, 1990, just a week before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

The meeting has long been a matter of speculation, as it had long been speculated that comments by Glaspie had led Saddam to believe that the United States was giving them the green light to invade Kuwait if diplomacy failed.

The memo reveals indeed Hussein expressing concern about the Bush Administration’s position on Iraq owing to its participation in military exercises with the United Arab Emirates and pledges to “defend its allies” in the region. He complained the US pledges were making Kuwait and the UAE refuse to negotiate with Iraq. He also expressed concern about negative media coverage in the US, which Ambassador Glaspie assured him did not reflect US policy and singled out a Diane Sawyer report on “nuclear bomb triggers” for condemnation.

Rather Glaspie assured Saddam of Bush’s friendship and expressed support for the negotiations being set up by Hosni Mubarak for the weekend of July 28-30. She also explicitly said the United States took no position on the border dispute between Iraq and Kuwait, though the summary also mentions that she made clear the US wanted the move solved peacefully. Hussein assured that no action would be taken against Kuwait if the negotiations showed some progress, which seemed to suit the US at the time.

But the talks didn’t accomplish anything and by August 2 Iraq was invading Kuwait. Within hours the mutual friendship was completely torn up and US officials were railing against Iraq. A few months later the US invaded for the first time, sparking invasions, decades of enmity, sanctions which killed massive numbers of Iraqi civilians and, eventually, a full US occupation which continues to this day.

Letter from Grandpa to Liberal Granddaughter – ask Obama to Spread the Wealth

Alexander P Morris — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:58:15 +0000

This anonymous “letter” has been circulating around the Internet for the past few months, and it’s turning out to be more or less right on. Granted, Obama supporters will claim that Obama “inherited” many of the problems he faces. But how does that address Obama surrounding himself with many of the same questionable entrenched politicians from past administrations? And palm-greasing bribery lobbying is still alive and well and going on strong in Washington.

Hitler, Chavez, and any other number of die-hard socialists have made the same claim to sweeping hope and “change”. Unfortunately, it never turns out as most people expect, and tends to lead to a massive power-grab instead, under the guise of “helping the people”. When considering a new employee, one will generally look for references, appropriate qualifications, history of competent performance, honest and ethical behavior, and years of experience, to say the least. When hiring a money manager, most of the time they’ll want to see years of track records, references, etc (and still Madoff managed to bilk his clients for billions).

However, in politics we are always told to “give him a chance, and let’s see what he’ll do”. No big deal that these politicians control the incomprehensibly massive purse strings of the nation — TRILLIONS of dollars worth. But, that’s okay. Obama seems like a nice guy. Of course, I doubt he’s ever run anything so much as a lemonade stand. Let’s have some faith (where’d that suddenly come from?!) and let’s see what he’ll do. Given the limited choice of political nominees (which are selected solely by their parties), many people tend to vote for who they believe will be less “bad” for the country. They’re actually surprised if a politician merely tells fewer lies, breaks fewer promises, or causes fewer problems than they expected.

So, while everyone’s so busy bickering republican over democrat, the people have lost site of the fact that at this point, nearly all politicians are guided by one primary motive: their own self-interest. With the exception of a few politicians such as Ron Paul, I’d say we should place just about all of them on their own rocket ship to the moon. It would be interesting to see how they would handle that move. Of course, as Margaret Thatcher once stated, “socialism only works until you run out of other people’s money“, and without generous, naive, and hopeful peasant slaves citizens to bilk, things will fall apart pretty quickly. Especially since many of them would find more ways to evade paying the taxes they themselves imposed on each other (as they already do in Washington, right Mr. Rangel?!).

Unfortunately, corruption, perversions of the “Rule of Law” by the “untouchable” Judiciary branch, and political self-interest will always usurp all best efforts at such Utopian fantasies. And what politician ever considers the ramifications of their policies if their latest “war” once again turns out to be dead wrong? How is that “War on Poverty” going Mr. Johnson? You would think 45 years should be long enough to win any war, at least any war that can actually be won… If socialism and near-complete government control over everything is such a great prospect, there must most certainly be at least ONE, just ONE single example in 6,000+ years of history leading to a happy ending for all those concerned, right? Anyone, anyone, Ashley? Anyone??

Benjamin Franklin once said “Upon the whole I am much disposed to like the World as I find it, and to doubt my own Judgment as to what would mend it. I see so much Wisdom in what I understand of its Creation and Government, that I suspect equal Wisdom may be in what I do not understand.” Or as St. Francis de Sales perhaps best put it, “The path to Hell is paved with good intentions.”

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The Obama Deception

Alexander P Morris — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:23:13 +0000

The Obama Deception is a must-see film that completely destroys the myth that Barack Obama is working for the best interests of the American people.

The Obama phenomenon is a hoax carefully crafted by the captains of the New World Order. He’s been pushed as a savior in an attempt to con the American people into literally accepting global slavery.

We have reached a critical juncture in the New World Order’s plans. It’s not about Left or Right: it’s about a One World Government. The international banks plan to loot the people of the United States and turn them into slaves on a Global Plantation.

Around 44 minutes into the movie: What happened to all the promises of CHANGE by Obama, such as immediately ending the war in Iraq, outlawing secret arrests, ending the Patriot Act, ending government wiretapping, getting out of NAFTA and GATT, improving transparency, removing lobbyist conflicts-of-interest, or bringing all the criminal banksters responsible for the credit crisis to justice, to name just a few… Regarding the war, he’s actually planning to add more troops to Afghanistan! And we won’t even begin discussing the outrageous Health Care bill which amounts to a complete government takeover of just about everything related to health care.

The truth is that Obama is just one more pawn, just like Bush and many presidents before him, in a larger global agenda. Learn the true backgrounds of the many cabinet members he assigned to power – many who were already part of previous democratic and republican presidential administrations. So much for CHANGE…

Join Ron Paul’s Drive to Audit the Fed and Shut it Down with HR 1207

Alexander P Morris — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:54:23 +0000

With many Americans slowly waking up to the reality that our government and banking system are entirely under the control of a criminal elite of private bankster crooks, Ron Paul has once again taken it upon himself to push for an audit of the Federal Reserve, the outcome of which would likely be so incomprehensibly shocking that the Fed may finally be forced to shut down for the greater good of our country and its citizens.

The Federal Reserve was originally created under the guise of being an “impartial” entity separate from the government that could be called upon to stabilize our economy in times of panic, while protecting and maintaining free market principles. The sick twisted irony is that the Fed is the precise antithesis of what free markets are really about. And since the Fed’s inception, it has done nothing but DESTABILIZE our economy with increased volatility by manipulating interest rates, along with leverage ratios used by the banks (in cahoots with those who control the Fed and the SEC).

It still boggles my mind that the SEC implemented the “Pattern Day Trader” rule to “protect the little guy” by forcing more active traders and investors to maintain at least $25,000 in a trading account or face severe trading restrictions. I guess the SEC also forgot that they came into power largely because a big part of the 1929 crash was caused by the extension of 10:1 credit to investors (which couldn’t have happened without the Fed’s easy money policies). So to make amends, the SEC goes on to serve and protect “the little guy” some more by allowing ONLY the largest (and most politically-connected) “too big to fail” investment banks pump up their balance sheets with over 40:1 leverage.

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From Tax Day Tea Parties and Tax Freedom Day, it’s time to Pass Me The Pork!

Alexander P Morris — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:31:34 +0000

What better way to introduce vlogolution’s new PassMeThePork channel than on TAX DAY! It’s that fun-filled day of the year when Americans aren’t sure if they want to celebrate completing their 25 hour+ annual final exam-like tax forms, or cry and whine over how much of their hard-earned money was just raped from them.

To add insult to injury, isn’t it great to know you’ll be helping pay off just a bit of the huge PORK spending and bailouts of our friendly government and the royal fat-cat elite that control them?! I guess paying taxes on earnings isn’t so bad if it’s all because of a taxpayer bailout anyway. Oh wait, how many of these guys haven’t even bother to pay their full taxes anyway! Eh hem, Mr. Geithner (Treasury Secretary and Head of the IRS).

So maybe by now you’re thinking… with so many crooks, so many schemes, so much sheistery, isn’t it time they Pass Me The Pork, #$%&$! With our brand new channel, along with a completely revamped website, we can now easily blog, create videos, and create a friendly community of Porkypines to “pop the pork”! By following closely, we’ll find the pork, debunk the pork, slice the pork, and find astute tricks on how best to grab a piece of the pork for ourselves. So PORK YOU, Hank Paulson, Vikram Pandit – Citigroup, Martin Sullivan – AIG, Franklin Raines – Fannie Mae, Rahm Emanuel – Freddie Mac, Bernie Madoff, Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, oh how we could go on, …

We’re also in the midst of Tax Freedom Day, which is the number of days of the year that an average American works to pay off their “government obligations” as good little lemmings do. For those in the higher tax brackets, would you believe they work well into June before making a few bucks for themselves?! Maybe more Americans would wake up if they didn’t get paid at all until Tax Freedom Day. Those living in Connecticut (120 days), New Jersey (119 days), New York (115 days), and California (110 days) will be proud to know that they are the TOP average tax payers out of all fifty states (congrats to Connecticut for being in first place as the most expensive of all – perhaps all those hedge fund salaries tipped the scale a bit). On average, this year taxes will amount to 28.2% of our income, or 103 days of work per person.

If this upsets you enough to stretch out of your easy chair, you may want to participate in one of the many Tax Day Tea Parties occurring today. In New York City, there will be one at City Hall from 7pm to 9pm. These rallies have been organized in cities and towns across the nation, and it’s amazing how they’ve received almost no press coverage whatsoever! Gives you a clue to who owns and controls the media…

So far the pundits have still been talking down the stock market. This has helped many stocks do nothing but continue moving higher while the average investor is frozen like a deer in the headlights. Just watch out when the pundits start talking again how stocks are the place to be. Don’t think another test of the lows is out of the question… Given the market’s current price action, it’s just very unlikely to happen for at least the next few months. Banks still have yet to pony up true values on many of their holdings, and it’s still amazing how easily the media accepts “brighter outlooks” from the same people who were completely clueless, wrong, and/or outright lied throughout the entire meltdown.

On a final note, talk about how complacent we’ve all become, in 1773 the tea tax that was protested at the Boston Tea Party was approximately 3%. Today, the average American pays as much as 70% of their total income in taxes (income, sales, gas, utility, etc)! So, hmmm, beer and TV, or… take a stand… Well, I dunno, I guess I’ll just have to think about it over a nice cold beer…

KATY PERRY, HORNY SEA LIONS & DOG FARTS IN A JAR – YouTube Live Part 2!

Alexander P Morris — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:00:00 +0000

PART DEUX of our trip to the YouTube Live 2008 event in San Francisco, California. A special thanks to YouTube, Virgin America, and Flip Video for a rockin’ trip!

Music: “Cidade Sol” by dabra

OBAMA WINS 2008 ELECTION AND DOES HOT PIZZA!!!

Alexander P Morris — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:00:00 +0000

Barack Obama does hot pizza, and we say keep the change!

AIG BUTTERFLIES COMMERCIAL PARODY – HOPE TO STILL BE HERE

Alexander P Morris — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:00:00 +0000

With the constant stream of unprecedented Federal bailouts of “AAA-rated” Wall Street companies, this parody of a recent AIG commercial featuring worry-free butterfly watching seems most fitting given the collapsing house-of-cards of one “rock-solid” institution after another… Watch at your own risk, or more prescient, risk your money in these institutional Behemoths at your own peril… When all’s said and done, who’ll be left to bail out the United States of America and its people? Who’s for REAL CHANGE?

Music: “Twinkle” by VannWestfold

Ron Paul Revolution Radio: “Interview with Alexander Paul Morris about his Ron Paul is a Virus music video”

Alexander P Morris — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:37:41 +0000

Alexander is interviewed this morning on Ron Paul Revolution Radio by Al Dellgrottaglia about the “Ron Paul is a Virus” video! Listen to the archived show here.

WARREN BUFFETT SUCKS UP TO HILLARY CLINTON??? – GO RON PAUL!

Alexander P Morris — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:00:00 +0000

You would think an individual of Mr. Buffett’s stature would support someone more like Ron Paul, who stands for limited government, sound fiscal policy, and a solid currency. (Congrats to Jim Cramer by the way for his AWESOME 12/14/07 interview with Ron Paul on Mad Money!) – BUT WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD BUFFETT SUPPORT HILLARY CLINTON??!!
Music: “KYA” by Paulus

America’s Perfect Little Goldilocks Economy – or is it? A deeper look into government statistics

Alexander P Morris — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:00:00 +0000

An interesting interview with Daryl Montgomery of the New York Investing Meetup (http://investing.meetup.com/21), discussing the realities behind our perfect little Goldilocks Economy as repeatedly portrayed in the financial media. We also explore the truth behind government inflation, GDP, monetary, and other economic statistics, and how the methods of calculation seem to keep changing to suit their “greater” purpose – and NEVER in favor of the public’s “greater” good.

The U.S. Dollar connection to inflation, the economy, and boatloads of debt

Alexander P Morris — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:00:00 +0000

An interesting interview with Daryl Montgomery of the New York Investing Meetup (http://investing.meetup.com/21), discussing how the U.S. Dollar and monetary policy relates to inflation, the economy, and the government’s out-of-control spending spree.

Global Perspectives on the Decline and Fall of the US Dollar

Alexander P Morris — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:00:00 +0000

An interesting interview with Daryl Montgomery of the New York Investing Meetup (http://investing.meetup.com/21), discussing how foreign markets such as China have fared since the Fed’s last rate cut, along with the potential global repercussions to come.