Osama, Obama and the Drama

On May 1 it was announced that the world’s most wanted terrorist was killed by US forces. Was Osama Bin Laden really killed on May 1, 2011? Has he been long dead and just kept alive to strike fear in people and give the US war machine an excuse to be in Afghanistan and even Pakistan? Rest assured, however, that the boogeyman they call Osama Bin Laden is now officially dead and buried at sea. I want to make one thing clear: I have no disrespect for those who lost their lives on Sept 11, 2011 and the countless more that lost their lives in the following wars including the innocent civilians. May their souls rest in peace.

I find it kind of odd that since 9/11 and even after the reported death of Bin Laden that the main stream media in the US and even here in Canada to large extent say that the Muslim extremist terrorists hate our freedom. I never hear them suggest that it may be retaliation of all the invasions and occupation of countless number of countries by US forces over the past decades. The mainstream media like CNN are puppets of the corporate and government agenda, which is too often power and corruption. They have deceived many people by not telling the real reasons behind the story. A former US state department employee stated” From 1945 to 2003 the United States attempted to overthrow more than 40 foreign governments and to crush more than 30 populist-nationalistic movements fighting against intolerable regimes. In the process, the US bombed 25 countries, caused the deaths of several million people and condemned many millions more to a life of agony and despair.” But they hate our “freedom” as said so many times by George Bush, Barack Obama and much of the corporate media.

There are so many questions about Osama Bin Laden that need to be addressed. Did you know that Hitler’s death was announced on May 1 as well? The illuminati was founded on May 1, 1776. Did you know that Bin Laden was propped up and supported by the CIA? Some could say that he was made in America. Isn’t that ironic? Some think that Bin laden died a few years ago and the CIA and the US government was waiting for the perfect time to release the news of his death. Why did they dispose of Bin Laden at sea. Is that to hide any evidence of any thing the government may be lying about? Bin Laden was real and I am not a fan of his by any means. But is he everything that he was made out to be? I am sure he was a cold blooded murderer in many ways, but to find the real terrorists in our Western society we need to follow the money trail to the top of the chain. There we will find the heads of the CIA, the powerful banks, big oil, big pharma, and of course the corporate monsters that profit enormously off our needless wars. A boogeyman is a very powerful tool for corrupt governments. In fact, most dictatorial regimes in history have made up one villain after another in order to maintain their psychological stranglehold on the population. Killing one only means a replacement will be needed to fulfill the elitist agenda.

The media needs more breaking news stories to cover. The royal wedding is over; the Japan Earthquake story is old news (even though lives will be affected there for years). Many people are tired of hearing about yet another war in Libya, to add to the loosing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Obama Birth Certificate issue was becoming an unwanted distraction to many in the Whitehouse. Even the self centered clown called “the Donald” was starting to get on many nerves. So it was a good time to bring on Bin Laden’s death. It is good for media ratings and it props up Obama’s ratings as well. Obama needed to distract people from the ailing economy, rising food and oil prices and the falling US dollar. The US government needed to justify civilian deaths in Pakistan. In fact, the Pakistani Army chief personally asked for the US to reduce the number of CIA operative and Special Operation forces in Pakistan, while also urging the Americans to halt CIA drone strikes that target militants in the northwest part of the country. Did the Americans need something to show for their attacks in Pakistan? Subsequent statements from Obama regime officials suggest that the agenda might be to give Americans more national pride in order to boost their lagging enthusiasm for these wars. The military/security complex will become richer and more powerful, and Americans will be fooled into thinking that they have to have a presence in foreign countries indefinitely to be safe at home. It wasn’t long ago that George Bush accused Saddam Hussein of having weapons of mass destruction. We all know now that he didn’t and it was simply an excuse to convince the general American public and others that they needed to invade Iraq. More and more people are waking up to mainstream media manipulation. I was one of them a few years ago. One thing for certain is that the Bin Laden story won’t go away for a while. This is a fitting part to the mainstream media circus that is presented to millions of North Americans day in and day out.

Lunacy, Lies and Libya. Connecting the Dots.

And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences and earthquakes in various places. Matthew 24:6

2011 has been quite a year so far. Riots and revolutions in the Middle East and Africa. The world’s attention has been focused on a few countries - Egypt, and now Libya - since the first popular protests broke out in Tunisia last December. Close to a dozen countries in the region have seen political unrest, and the protest movement shows no signs of slowing down. Earthquakes are happening around the world, including the disastrous one in Japan. What is behind the riots and revolutions? What will be the fallout of the earthquake in Japan? Where will the war in Libya lead to? What will be next disaster or war to happen?

The invasion of Libya by NATO and US forces was based on the grounds of protecting civilians being threatened and killed by Muammar Gaddafi. Add to the existing war in Iraq and Afghanistan and it appears the US is over its head. Why are they in those countries in the first place? It wouldn’t be control of resources such as oil would it? The United States in the past century has been a super power on the world scene. If you listen to mainstream media in North America such as CNN, FOX, ABC, NBC, CBC and others you hear one side of the story. It is indeed a biased side. All we are told by corporate controlled media, is that the US and its allies had every reason to attack countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

For my generation it seems the US always has been involved in some kind of conflict, whether it be Vietnam, Panama, Iraq to name a few. I believed what I was feed from mainstream media about the reasons for the wars and the details about the war, until the past few years. Mainstream media is controlled and even partially owned by the very same companies that profit off of war. Companies like GE, Halliburton, Lockheed Martin, and Bechtel, just to name a few, profit enormously from wars. The US government is closely connected to these companies; along will big oil companies and banks that have special interests connected to these wars. Why did the US invade Panama for example in 1989? They blamed it on Noriega being a dangerous man that needed to be ousted. It wouldn’t have anything to do with the fact that one of the most treasured pieces of real estate on the planet being the Panama Canal was there? Of course it did! Invading Iraq was blamed on Saddam Hussein having weapons of mass destruction, which were never found. Iraq has the second largest oil reserve on the planet. The Bush father and son duo were part of the big oil corporatocracy and Dick Cheney was former CEO of Halliburton. Big corporations, the CIA, mainstream media and Washington are l one big circle jerk! If war is good for business and they can sell it to the general public then they will often go to war for the wrong reasons. Connect the dots and you can see what is going on.

The US is still in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2011 and over 14 trillion dollars in debt! According to a report by RT (Russian Television www.rt.com) ) which tells another side of the story a lot of people don’t hear in North America, over half of federal taxes in the US goes towards defense which includes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Imagine going to Russian TV and an Arab TV Channel Al Jazeera to get another view of the news that CNN or FOX won’t tell you. RT also reports that the US has spent 3 trillion dollars for the war in Afghanistan and another 3 trillion for the war in Iraq. That is the economic side. It is estimated that up to a million Iraqis have been killed since the war began and over five thousand American troops have died. Now they, along with other NATO countries are bombing government targets in Libya. It is been said the Libya has one of the best qualities of oil in the world. Also, the nation's gold reserves are believed to be among the world's 25 biggest, according to the International Monetary Fund. Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi has gold reserves worth $7 billion. Even though they are targeting Gaddafi and his army, there are no doubt innocent civilians getting killed as well. RT reports it has cost NATO over 500 million dollars for the first 10 days of the Libyan war. Bombs are not cheap!

What will the war in Libya lead to for the US and its allies? Will it bankrupt the economy? Will it lead to terrorism attacks in the US and other Western nations? There are a growing number of people across the world that do not like the US. Anti American Sentiment is increasing because of US foreign policy and the killing of innocent civilians and the exploitation of third world countries and citizens to satisfy the greed of American and western corporations, not because they hate our freedom as the wise man George Bush once stated. Will it lead to a greater war in the Middle East and eventually bring countries like China and Russia into this conflict? Will the US ever learn that it can’t invade and bomb countries when and where it seems fit? Will these wars based on greed and lies ever stop? I live in Canada and I admit that we are not immune to being involved in these conflicts, as we are in Afghanistan and are playing a small part in the Libyan conflict. I am not bashing Americans either as many are aware of the lies and deceits being told to them by their governments and media and are not happy. Many unfortunately are not aware of the real truth. North Americans are being sucked into these wars to satisfy corporate greed and our power hungry corrupt leaders. Then there are a vast amount of people in the US and Canada that don’t really care if it doesn’t involve them. If they get their gas at the pump at a fair price and live a lifestyle of luxury they don’t really care what happens on the other side of the globe. If this continues however, it will come back to haunt us in a tragic way. The policies of the United States government and other western governments to some extent along with corporate manipulation that dictates decisions made by these governments is corrupt and deceitful and needs to be stopped or our children will inherit a more hostile world than we have today.

Disaster in Japan.....What will be the fallout?

On March 11, 2011 a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Japan. This is a tragic catastrophe and our prayers need to be with the thousands of victims who lost their lives in this disaster along with their families. The human toll is of first and foremost importance. The death toll is expected to climb above 10,000, according to estimate from Japanese officials, as emergency workers reach the hardest hit areas. On the coastline of Miyagi prefecture, which took the full force of the tsunami there are a few thousand bodies that have washed up within a few days of the tsunami alone. This disaster is ongoing and if the nuclear facilities in Japan experience a meltdown and radiation leaks, the fallout from this catastrophe will last for many years.

Adding to the actual crisis of the quake and tsunami itself, a nuclear crisis looms. All the nuclear reactors at the earthquake stricken Fukushima nuclear plant are under threat of melting down and exploding in a chain reaction that could signify the world’s worst ever nuclear disaster. There are different reports of how severe this situation really is. Could the Japanese government be covering up how serious this is to protect their image and prevent people from panicking more? One case scenario would see radiation from these facilities show up as far as the west coast of North America. A recent Greenpeace report revealed that the full consequences of the Chernobyl disaster that occurred in the Soviet Union in 1986, could top a quarter of a million cancer cases and nearly 100,000 fatal cancers, putting this into perspective. There are some predictions as I write this, that this could be worse than the Chernobyl disaster. The death toll could be enormous. If the situation becomes as bad as some believe, cancer deaths could escalate in the coming years. Radioactive material has a half-life of thousands of years. The radiation may dissolve but it won’t entirely disappear, it just accumulates. The entire planet is covered with radiation pollution including weapons, nuclear power plants, power reactors, nuclear powered ships, research emissions, and illegal radioactive waste dumping. There are hundreds of nuclear reactors on the planet which present the potential of wiping out life on this planet.

Just a few days after the earthquake officials have estimated that Japan faces a recovery and reconstruction bill of at least $180-billion. Insurance companies will face enormous losses and will pass this cost on to consumers, especially those that live in earthquake zones, including those in North America. The players at the stock exchanges across the world are speculating on commodities that might be affected by the situation in Japan. Even oil decreased in price upon initial reports of the quake. The pending nuclear crisis in Japan puts a further dent in their economy. Could the seriousness of the nuclear meltdown situation at the damaged sites be toned down for the sake of business interests? That is a real possibility. The greed and fear that run rampant on world markets hasn’t taken a break for the tragic events. That is a tragedy in itself in my opinion. Thousands of lives are at stake.

Is it a coincidence that birds and fish have mysteriously died at an astonishing rate around the world during the last few months? Could this be related in some way with the earthquakes and natural disasters that are occurring with greater frequency? Could this have been an omen of things to come? Could this disaster be related to solar flares? Could the supermoon that is supposed to occur on March 19 be partially related? Some believe that the earth’s axis will rotate in 2012. Could this be a precursor to the 2012 events that some think will bring an end to this present age? There are even a few people that think HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program conducted by US government agencies) may have been associated with the Japanese quake, in addition to other abnormal weather events over the past few years. I am personally not an expert in either of these areas, but I personally do not subscribe to the HAARP theory at all. Maybe we are living in the end times according to Christian beliefs. Whatever the cause and whatever you may believe, I can honestly say every time I see events like these unfold I become more thankful for the things I have in my life and learn to enjoy the simple things in life. Disasters can strike at anytime and anyplace around the world and change lives in split seconds.

We have to ask ourselves about the future of nuclear energy. Is it safe? Are nuclear power facilities, built on earthquake or tsunami zones, meeting optimum safety standards? Unfortunately, in many cases, along with other energy projects (such as the BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico) cost is always factored in. The companies that fund, build, and run such facilities sometimes gamble with safety measures to make the bottom line more attractive. This may be the case with the damaged nuclear facilities in Japan where they gambled against an earthquake and a tsunami as strong happening, even though the possibility always existed for it. Do the benefits of nuclear energy outweigh the risks? This is happening on the heels of massive oil price hikes across the world? We also need to lesson our dependence on oil as well. Ethanol produced from agricultural feed is not an option. It is not right to take food from someone’s mouth to fill a gas tank. We have tough decisions to make regarding the future of the world’s energy needs. Solar, wind, tidal and other renewable clean safe energy sources need to be utilized. The time is now! We need to put greed and ignorance aside for the sake of the future of this planet.