I took my first toke way back in 1973 as a high school senior. In 1973 approximately 250,000 people were arrested for weed possession. That's less than a third arrested in 2014.
I never, ever would have thought that by the year 2015 the war against marijuana would still be so insane. But I suppose it's kind of like all war. I never would have thought that we'd have never-ending military wars either. The War of Terror is like the War of Drugs, it just keeps getting bigger as time goes on.
Whoops, there's another one. Wonder where it was at? Maybe right here in my town.
The War OF Drugs is everywhere.
Like the War OF Terror.
The War OF Drugs is still going strong at forty plus years.
How crazy are they? In other words, what will the western/zionist ruling class and especially those controlling the government of the United States do now that the cat is completely out of the bag?
This is absolutely astounding. President Putin of Russia was asked a question during some kind of pre U.N gathering with U.S. and international reporters. His response was utterly frank and truthful and carried a message that the world can't ignore.
I'll transcribe some of it below.
"Another threat that President Obama mentioned was ISIS. Well, who on earth armed them? Who armed the Syrians that were fighting Assad. Who created the necessary political/informational climate that facilitated this situation? Who pushed for the delivery of arms to the area?
Do you really not understand as to who is fighting in Syria?
They are mercenaries, mostly. Do you understand that they are paid money. Mercenaries fight for whichever side pays them more. So they arm them and pay them a certain amount. I even know what the amounts are.
I consider this absolutely unprofessional politics. It is not grounded in facts, in the real world. Can they not think a step ahead? We don't stand for this kind of politics of the U.S. It harms all parties, including you (USA).
But do not look for someone to blame when it is you making these decisions. You must do the opposite, rise above the endless desire to dominate. You must stop acting out of imperialistic ambitions. Do not poison the consciousness of millions of people, like there can be no other way but imperialistic politics."
"She says, "Hey, babe,
Take a walk on the wild side." Lou Reed
There has been considerable discussion recently about the BlackLivesMatter movement and it's interactions with the Presidential candidates, particularly Bernie Sanders. Part of that discussion moved into the subject of U.S. imperialism relative to pressuring Sanders on his foreign policy positions, i.e., same as BLM has supposedly moved his meter on that issue.
It brings up an interesting dilemma. "The defense budget allocations for AFRICOM have increased substantially since the advent of the Obama administration. In many respects this U.S. war in Africa has remained hidden from both domestic and international news coverage often being depicted as targeted Special Forces commando and drone strikes against individual operatives of designated terrorist organizations. HIDDEN U.S. IMPERIALIST WAR IN AFRICA Turse writes of this expanding imperialist militarism saying, "For years, the U.S. military has publicly insisted that its efforts in Africa are negligible, intentionally leaving the American people, not to mention most Africans, in the dark about the true size, scale and scope of its operations there. AFRICOM public affairs personnel and commanders have repeatedly claimed no more than a 'light footprint' on the continent."
If BlackLivesMatter, what about those in Africa? There are many more black humans in Africa than there are in the United States of Imperialism, and many more who are in greater peril from violence and poverty than in the U.S. Do they matter too?
Of course they do. And it's incumbent on those involved in the U.S. BLM movement to recognize that now. "Only a revolutionary movement emanating from the continent in alliance with anti-imperialist forces in the West can reverse the current trajectory of destabilization which has characterized the situation in Africa. This book provides a useful tool for those who recognize that this burgeoning war must be stopped for the benefit of Africa as well as oppressed and working people around the world."
There's the dilemma. Bernie Sanders might seem somewhat accommodating to the demands of the BLM movement but he is not at all interested in talking about, or doing anything about, the U.S, imperialist assault on Africa that has been going on for centuries.
And as for the BLM movement, what about that? Are they ready for a revolutionary movement that also addresses U.S. imperialism and the destruction of black lives on other continents? Are they ready to form an alliance with other people of color to confront the Manifest Destiny of the Anglo Saxon western ruling class? http://allafrica.com/stories/201505112664.html And the white liberals go, "Doo do doo do doo do do doo..."
"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security." Declaration of Independence
I see some are trying to "help" Bernie Sanders with his foreign policy positions.
What they aren't getting is that as long as Sanders' positions are based on the false narratives and lies of U.S. imperialism, he can't and won't change anything. There is no room for change.
What do you people expect him to change if he supports U.S. imperialism?
They (the ruling class) are going into a period where they need MORE money for their military imperialism. Since the U.S. War on the World started after 9/11/01, the U.S. has been at war for over 14 years. That takes a toll on military readiness. For example, there are calls to "revitalize" the Sixth Fleet. All of the military Secretaries are calling for more funds to modernize and upgrade capabilities and improve maintenance. Since the false flag attack by Israel on the United States of America on 9/11/01, the U.S./western ruling class has also re-started it's Cold/Hot War with Russia and has officially declared both Russia and China as threats to their national interests. So not only is the United States of Imperialism waging a permanent Global War OF Terror on the rest of the planet, it is threatening Russia and China, "pivoting" to Asia and further encircling those countries with it's massive military might.
Bernie Sanders has labeled Putin a threat that the "world has to deal with" and has long been against China's rise as a challenge to U.S. economic power. Do people really think he's going to CUT the military when the cards call for a different imperialist play?
The official U.S. policy is Full Spectrum Dominance. Ever heard Bernie say anything about that? Ever heard any of the politicians say anything about that?
Sanders is not getting into the foreign policy arena because he is not in it to win it. He has no intention of becoming President, that is why he's not focusing on foreign policies. Think about it. He's running for President of the United States, the greatest military power in the history of the world. The ruling class of this country has embarked on a "New American Century", one that seeks to complete and maintain it's hegemony over the rest of the planet by using it's overwhelmingly military force. One that threatens, blackmails, or murders anyone that gets in its' way. And Bernie Sanders, one of the ruling class Democratic Party front runners, is not talking about it. Even after 25,000 of his would be supporters signed a petition, he still remains vague and noncommittal about this crucial issue.
Why? Because that's not why he entered the race. If he did enter the race to win, he would be fully on board with talking about this crucial aspect of United States hegemony, it would be a cornerstone of his debates. But that's not his role in this kabuki theater of a Presidential election. His role is to focus the angst of the public regarding the incredible ruling class theft resulting in massive wealth inequality toward the worthless spectacle of an election and the Democratic party instead of an independent movement to overturn the power. HIs role is to provide Clinton with a path to beat the Republicans so the Democrats can retain the Presidency.
He can serve up all the general populist slogans about wealth inequality and billionaires that he wants, but he can't and won't challenge the miitary Empire.
So Bernie doesn't need any help with figuring out his foreign policies. He's 74 years old for crissakes, he's developed his opinions about U.S. empire and he's already stated in plain English what he believes. He believes in the War OF Terror, the renewed Cold War, and the New American Century.
With that, there is no room for change, only continued expansion of the military empire and the fascist police state at home.
A vote for Bernie, like a vote for Hillary or Donald or Jeb, is a vote for more U.S. imperialism, more global militarism, and more war. That's just the way it is until We the People can figure out a way to change it.
“This war is a battle for the soul of Islam and it’s going to have to be the Muslim countries who are stepping up. These are billionaire families all over that region. They’ve got to get their hands dirty. They’ve got to get their troops on the ground. They’ve got to win that war with our support. We cannot be leading the effort.” Bernie Sanders 2015
Bernie Sanders, the new favorite politician of the faux left, is on record saying that Saudi Arabia should do more of the dirty work in the Middle East for the western ruling elite, to take a little pressure off of them, and him.
That is fucking despicable no matter how it's painted. That alone should disqualify Sanders from seeking the Office of President of the United States. Then again, that alone shows why he would be no different than Obama, Bush and any other tool put into the position by the western ruling class.
As David Swanson said (linked below):
"Who has dirtier hands than Saudi Arabia? Is this some kind of a sick joke?"
More Than 1,000 Children Killed, Injured In “Brutal” Yemen Conflict – U.N.
"More than 1.3 million people have been forced to flee their homes since March, and nearly 10 million children – 80 percent of the country's under-18 population – need urgent humanitarian aid, UNICEF said in a report released on Wednesday."
BERNIE SANDERS INSISTS SAUDI ARABIA SHOULD KILL MORE PEOPLE
"Sanders nonetheless brought it back to Saudi Arabia and insisted that Saudi Arabia should “get their hands dirty” and take a much bigger role in a war against ISIS and generally lead the wars with U.S. support."
I'll say it. Fuck you Bernie Sanders and your Saudi Arabia friends. Saudi Arabia, with the help of Imperial America, is killing innocent children with their fucking dirty hands. And you want them to get them even more dirty?
This is what Sanders supporters are supporting.
From the Tax Wall Street Party.
"Crypto-Warmonger Bernie Sanders Blathers About Trivial Process Reforms While His Saudi Friends Escalate Their Campaign of Genocide Against the People of Yemen With Daily Bombing Atrocities And Six Million People on the Edge of Starvation; Vermont Senator Wants Saudi Butchers To “Get Their Hands Dirty”; Left-Liberal Mush-Heads Applaud His Orwellian Doublethink Performance."
"Oh when will they ever learn, oh when will they ever learn"
The overall framework of Bernie Sanders foreign policy ideology is no different from the rest of the D.C. ruling class establishment. He favors U.S. imperialism, he supports imperialist Zionism, and he is a proponent of the Military Industrial Complex and militarization of the planet.
If by some miracle he did become President, he would become an immediate war criminal by virtue of the FACT that U.S. imperialism is by and large against international law and regularly constitutes war crimes as defined by international law. He would do absolutely nothing to alter those facts.
Those supporting him are either ignoring those facts, are willing to accept what in their minds is a lesser evil, or they also support U.S. imperialism and imperialist Zionism.
It's going to come out in the end, Bernie the Sheepdog will drop out of the race either on his own or by losing in the Primary election, then Hillary Clinton will be the test for these lesser evil voters. Will they continue that trend and vote for Hillary against the Republican party? Or does their lesser evilism only go so far? Evidently warmongering and imperialism isn't a factor in their decisions, only the rhetoric of Bernie against the billionaires and the seeking of alms for the poor (instead of actual power to the people).
Here's a list of Bernie's voting record and other actions related to foreign policies.
In 1993, Bernie voted YEA on HR 2446 - Military Construction Fiscal Year 1994 Appropriations Bill, which provided $3.63 billion for military construction.
That same year, he also voted in favor of S J Res 45 - Authorization for Use of US Armed Forces in Somalia, which authorized President Bill Clinton to use US troops in Somalia for the purpose of providing logistical support to the United Nations peacekeeping force.
In 1994, Bernie voted in favor of HR 4453 - Military Construction FY95 Appropriations bill, which provided $2.52 billion for military construction.
The following year, Bernie voted in favor of HR 3107 - Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996, which "imposes sanctions on persons exporting certain goods or technology that would enhance Iran's ability to explore for, extract, refine, or transport by pipeline petroleum resources, and for other purposes."
In 1997, Bernie voted for HR 2159 - Foreign Operations FY98 Appropriations bill, which included: $3 billion for Israel, including $1.8 billion in military assistance and $1.2 billion in economic assistance; $2.12 billion for Egypt, including $1.3 billion in military assistance and $815 million in economic assistance; $770 million for former Soviet Republics; and $215 million for international narcotics control and law enforcement.
He also voted for HR 4059 - Military Construction FY99 Appropriations bill, which provided $2.82 billion for general military construction.
In 1998, Bernie's name was included as a YEA vote on HR 4655, the Iraqi Liberation Act of 1998, which expressed the sense of Congress that it should be the aim of the United States to remove Saddam Hussein from power. President George W. Bush later used the Iraqi Liberation Act to provide justification for military action for the 2003 invasion.
In 1999, Bernie voted for HR 2465, which provided $4 billion for military construction, and he voted for HR 3196, which provided: $2.16 billion for military and economic assistance to Israel; $760 million for military and economic assistance to Egypt; $535 million for Eastern European and the Baltic States, including $150 million for assistance to Kosovo; $300 million for military and economic assistance to Jordan; and $285 million for international narcotics control.
Bernie's was a staunch support for Clinton's 100-day bombing of Yugoslavia and Kosovo in 1999. These were war crimes.
In 2001, Bernie supported HR 1954, which extended the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act of 1996.
Following the 9/11 attacks, Bernie voted in favor of H J Res 64 - Authorization for Use of Military Force, which allowed President Bush to use the United States Armed Forces against anyone involved with 9/11 and any nation that harbors these individuals.
In 2003, Bernie supported HR 5010, which provided $355.1 billion in appropriations for the Defense Department for fiscal year 2003 - an increase of $37.5 billion from 2002 - as well as: $71.6 billion for procurement of aircraft, missiles, weapons, combat vehicles and shipbuilding; $7.4 billion for ballistic missile defense; and $58.4 million for foreign aid, which includes humanitarian assistance, foreign disaster relief and de-mining programs.
He also voted in favor of HR 2800 - Foreign Operations Appropriations, FY 2004 bill, which granted $1.8 billion in military and economic assistance to Egypt and $2.2 billion for Israeli military assistance.
In 2004, Bernie supported HR 4613, which allocated $25 billion for emergency defense spending for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and $77.4 billion for the procurement of new weapons.
In 2005, Sanders supported HR 2863 - Defense Department FY2006 Appropriations Bill, which provided $50 billion for ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In 2006, Bernie voted for HR 5631, which provided $70 billion for ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In 2007, he supported HR 1585 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, which granted $187.14 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan operations.
In 2009, he voted in favor of HR 2647, which authorized $309 million for research and evaluation, procurement, or deployment of an alternative Missile Defense System in Europe, and also allowed the Secretary of Defense to increase the active-duty number for the US Army to a number greater than otherwise allowed by law up to the 2010 baseline plus 30,000 troops.
During the same year, he called closing the torturous gulag at Guantanamo a "complicated issue" and ultimately rejected a proposal to shut it down.
In 2011, Bernie co-sponsored S. Res. 85, which urged the UN Security Council to take action to protect civilians in Libya from attack, including the possible imposition of a no-fly zone over Libyan territory.
In 2014, Bernie came out in favor of levying economic sanctions (an act of war) against Russia: "The entire world has got to stand up to Putin," he said. "We've got to deal with sanctions."
Bernie also didn't object to having his name included - by unanimous consent - in S.498, which backed Israel's brutal, summer-long military assault against Gaza.
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1) Sanders supports Israel and has supported Israel's aggression against Palestine- Sanders supports US military support of Israel;
2) Sanders supports an increase in Saudi Arabia's attacks on Yemen;
3) Sanders supports the US Military Industrial Complex;
4) Sanders supported US attacks on Kosovo;
5) Sanders supports US attacks on ISIS and the entire narrative;
6) Sanders backed the buildup in the Persian Gulf during GHWB Gulf War;
7) Sanders supported sanctions in Iraq even as the Iraqi body count passed 1.5 million;
8) Sanders supported Bill Clinton when he sent military units to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in October, 1994- Bernie supported this because "we cannot tolerate aggression."
9) He supported US intervention in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Liberia, Zaire (Congo), Albania, Sudan, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia.
10) Sanders has voted for appropriations bills to fund the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan;
11) Sanders supported pro-war measures--such as a March 21, 2003, resolution stating, "Congress expresses the unequivocal support and appreciation of the nation to the President as Commander-in-Chief for his firm leadership and decisive action in the conduct of military operations in Iraq as part of the ongoing Global War on Terrorism";
12) Sanders opposed immediate withdrawal from Iraq;
13) Sanders opposed any action on a wave of Bush impeachment resolutions that swept Vermont towns in 2006;
14) Sanders defends the Lockheed Martin F-35 program the epitome of Pentagon waste;
15) Sanders approved a $1 billion aid package to the coup government in Ukraine, aiding and abetting Nazis;
16) Sanders supported he objectively racist and mass-incarcerationist Federal Crime bill;
17) Votes with Democrats 96% of the time and caucuses with them actively working against third party candidates who challenge Democrats;
18) Has expressed admiration for Hillary Clinton and has stated he will support her if she gets the nomination
The French president's office said that the strikes in Syria, which began Sunday, were based on intelligence gathered from air surveillance operations conducted over Syria during the past two weeks.
"Our country confirms its firm commitment to the fight against the terrorist threat Daesh (ISIS). We will strike whenever our national security is at stake," the statement read."
So evidently France has their own AUMF for a Global War OF Terror? That's the only explanation, Hollande is saying the same thing as Bush and Obama, that they will strike wherever they feel their "national interests" are at stake.
I'm assuming they didn't ask Assad if they could fly into his country and drop bombs. I know they didn't go to the U.N. to ask permission.
Therefore these are war crimes. But notice there's no mention of that in the ruling class media article. Nothing, not even an inference or a question about who the hell said they could do that.
Does that mean now if France feels it's national interests are threatened by a militia in Oregon they will bomb the town of Creswell?
This comes directly after Hollande declared himself a global assassin just like Obama, able to kill anyone, anywhere, anytime, for any reason.
This is 14 years after the false flag attack on 9/11 that started the fake War OF Terror.
