Michael Moore covered this bill in the movie Sicko, but the corruption involved with getting this bill passed was also covered by 60 Minutes. This video was posted by LiveLeak.com
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The Secret Government: Constitution in Crisis (1987) is a PBS documentary that covers the Iran Contra Scandal of 1987. The Iran-Contra Affair was a political scandal occurring in 1987 as a result of earlier events during the Reagan administration in which members of the executive branch sold weapons to Iran, and illegally used the proceeds to continue funding anti-Sandinista rebels, the Contras, in Nicaragua. One of the business men who helped fund the scandal was Joseph Coors from the Coors Beer fortune.
Other shady operations covered in this video:
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More from PBS on the secrecy of the US Government pbs.org/now I am not associated with PBS, but personally I believe the work Bill Moyers does is essential to US Democracy. Please consider making a donation as I have so Bill Moyers can keep up the good work http://www.pbs.org/now/pledge.html This would be a great video to request for at public libraries, give as a gift to state delegates for you local precinct, and to show to friends and family, but I have not been able to find it on DVD. Perhaps if there is enough public support PBS will consider making the DVD available to the public again.
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Talk by Naomi Wolf author of “The End of America: Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot” given October 11, 2007 at Kane Hall on the University of Washington campus.
Naomi outlines the 10 steps for taking down a democracy. The only problem people have pointed out is the US is supposed to be a Republic not a Democracy, but it would be ridiculous to disregard everything else the woman has to say.
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This video provides the best example of why the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 is such a bad idea.
`(3) HOMEGROWN TERRORISM- The term `homegrown terrorism’ means the use, planned use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group or individual born, raised, or based and operating primarily within the United States or any possession of the United States to intimidate or coerce the United States government, the civilian population of the United States, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.
Hand out some flyers, or edit them to make your own
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Berny Sanders attempts to give Alan Greenspan a dose of reality in this compelling piece of C-Span footage.
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I don’t want to copy the video and detract from PBS, so please visit Bill Moyers Journal to watch this frightening and fascinating video.
John Hagee is an Evangelical Christian who is against Palestinian peace talks and wants the US to strike Iran.
JOHN HAGEE:
The head of the beast of radical Islam in the Middle East is Iran and its fanatical president Ahmadinejad. Ladies and gentlemen, we are reliving history. It is 1938 all over again. Iran is Germany. Ahmadinejad is Hitler. And Ahmadinejad, just like Hitler, is talking about killing the Jews.
Instead of trying to prevent a holocaust, the man is trying to create one.
This video also points out John Hagee has endorsed John McCain, and John McCain has happily accepted his endorsement.
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This is a fascinating film. The one problem I see is they focus too much on conservatives being responsible for the controlled mass media–but not entirely. Conservatives are defiantly not angels, but it was Bill Clinton who brought us NAFTA. Hillary Clinton voted for the Patriot Act, the Iraq War, and both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama voted for the Reauthorization of the Patriot Act.
Diane Feinstein (Democrat) and Orren Hatch (Republican) worked together (and probably still are) to give the telecommunication companies retroactive immunity against lawsuits for warrantless wiretaps. NPR did a story on this issue, but there was something I found odd. I started hearing, “This program was sponsored by AT&T” and then the coverage dropped off.
As they mention in the documentary Joseph Gerbils said “What you want in a media system” and he meant the Nazi media system “is ostensible diversity that conceals an actual uniformity.”
For a documentary that gives a more in depth and non biased perspective watch The Century of Self
According to the nonpartisan congressional Budget Office: between 1979 and 1997, income for families in the middle rose 9% from $41,000 to $45,100, while income for families in the top 1% rose from $420,000 to $1,016,000 — a 140% increase.
Why has the response to a rise inequality been a drive to reduce taxes on the rich?
A CNN/Gallop Poll conducted March 2003, found that 61% of the American people thought Saddam Hussein as personally responsible for the September 11th attack. Out of the 911 hijackers 15 of the 19 where from Saudi Arabia; the others were from Egypt and Kuwait [all us allies]. How did the American people get such a distorted view of who was behind the attack of 911?
Five months before the 2000 Election Governor Jeb Bush moved to purge 57,000 people from the voting rolls, supposedly ex-felons. Florida’s Secretary of State, Katherine Harris, was Bush’s campaign manager. The Governor is his brother.
CBS News killed the story on the basis of a denial by Governor Jeb Bush, who was the TARGET of the allegations.
From George Orwell’s “Animal Farm”
… and the sheep bleated
“4 legs GOOD, 2 legs BAD.”… and then they bleated
“4 legs GOOD, 2 legs BETTER.”
Bush keeps rallying to get rid of “The Death Tax.” Bernie Sanders points out that only 2% of the population is even rich enough to pay estate tax, yet the American people have been duped into thinking there is a death tax that’s plaguing people in the US.
Michael Powell (son of Colin Powell) was head of the FCC. Michael Powell said free Air time for candidates is:
“… unconstitutional and an infringement on the broadcaster’s free speech rights”
“.. have no idea what the public interest is.”
“The oppressor here is regulation.”
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If you like this film please consider buying a copy from http://www.orwellrollsinhisgrave.com I do not make any money off from the purchase. We can’t expect film makers to be able to continue making films like this, if people don’t support them.
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