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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Guantanamo Prisoners STILL Being Tortured Under Obama

Washington's Blog

While torture under the Bush administration was horrible, at least it has stopped. Right?

Wrong.

Jeremy Scahill (the reporter who broke most of the stories on Blackwater) says that a military police unit at Guantanamo regularly brutalizes unarmed prisoners, including gang-beating them, breaking their bones, gouging their eyes and dousing them with chemicals.

Specifically, whenever there is "disobedience" by the detainees - which can include praying, or having 2 styrofoam cups in their cell instead of 1, or refusing medication or failing to immediately respond when spoken to - the "Immediate Reaction Force" (IRF) is sent in.

Scahill describes what happens next:

When an IRF team is called in, its members are dressed in full riot gear, which some prisoners and their attorneys have compared to "Darth Vader" suits. Each officer is assigned a body part of the prisoner to restrain: head, right arm, left arm, left leg, right leg...

[The IRF teams then mete out brutal punishment, including] gang beating them, forcing their heads into toilets, breaking bones, gouging their eyes, squeezing their testicles, urinating on a prisoner's head, banging their heads on concrete floors and hog-tying them -- sometimes leaving prisoners tied in excruciating positions for hours on end...

[One prisoner was sprayed directly in the eyes with mace and gouged in the eyes and was then refused medical treatment, which resulted in permanent blindness in one eye. He also endured a "sexual attack".

Another prisoner had a third prisoner's feces spread on him.]

There was also torture using water:

The ERF team came into the cell with a water hose under very high pressure. He was totally shackled, and they would hold his head fixed still. They would force water up his nose until he was suffocating and would scream for them to stop. This was done with medical staff present, and they would join in.

Scahill says that these are not "a few bad apples":

The IRF teams "were fully approved at the highest levels [of the Bush administration], including the Secretary of Defense and with outside consultation of the Justice Department," says Scott Horton, one of the leading experts on U.S. Military and Constitutional law. This force "was designed to disabuse the prisoners of any idea that they would be free from physical assault while in U.S. custody," he says. "They were trained to brutally punish prisoners in a brief period of time, and ridiculous pretexts were taken to justify" the beatings.

Scahill's allegations are being confirmed by the Spanish torture investigation. Indeed:

"Up to 15 people attempted to commit suicide at Camp Delta due to the abuses of the IRF officials," according to the Spanish investigation.

One particular incident shows how brutal the IRF interrogators are:

In January 2003, Sgt. Sean Baker [an active-duty U.S. soldier and Gulf War veteran] was ordered to participate in an IRF training drill at Guantánamo where he would play the role of an uncooperative prisoner. Sgt. Baker says he was ordered by his superior to take off his military uniform and put on an orange jumpsuit like those worn by prisoners. He was told to yell out the code word "red" if the situation became unbearable, or he wanted his fellow soldiers to stop.

According to sworn statements, upon entering his cell, IRF members thought they were restraining an actual prisoner. As Sgt. Baker later described:

They grabbed my arms, my legs, twisted me up and, unfortunately, one of the individuals got up on my back from behind and put pressure down on me while I was face down. Then he -- the same individual -- reached around and began to choke me and press my head down against the steel floor. After several seconds, 20 to 30 seconds, it seemed like an eternity because I couldn't breathe. When I couldn't breathe, I began to panic and I gave the code word I was supposed to give to stop the exercise, which was 'red.' … That individual slammed my head against the floor and continued to choke me. Somehow I got enough air. I muttered out: 'I'm a U.S. soldier. I'm a U.S. soldier.'

Sgt. Baker said his head was slammed once more, and after groaning "I'm a U.S. soldier" one more time, "I heard them say, 'Whoa, whoa, whoa,' you know, like … he was telling the other guy to stop."

According to CBS:

Bloodied and disoriented, Baker somehow made it back to his unit, and his first thought was to get hold of the videotape. "I said, 'Go get the tape,' " recalls Baker. " 'They've got a tape. Go get the tape.' My squad leader went to get the tape."

Every extraction drill at Guantanamo was routinely videotaped, and the tape of this drill would show what happened. But Baker says his squad leader came back and said, "There is no tape."

The New York Times later reported that the military "says it can't find a videotape that is believed to have been made of the incident." Baker was soon diagnosed with traumatic brain injury. He began suffering seizures, sometimes 10 to 12 per day.

"This was just one typical incident, and Baker was recognizable as an American," says Horton. "But it gives a good flavor of what the Gitmo detainees went through, which was generally worse."

If they did that to a U.S. soldier during a training exercise, one who was given a special code word to have the interrogation stop, what they do to actual detainees must be much worse.

The torture by IRF teams is continuing under the Obama administration. In fact, it is actually getting worse:

The Center for Constitutional Rights released a report titled "Conditions of Confinement at Guantánamo: Still In Violation of the Law," which found that abuses continued. In fact, one Guantanamo lawyer, Ahmed Ghappour, said that his clients were reporting "a ramping up in abuse" since Obama was elected.

And see this.

Note: I don't know whether or not torture is continuing in conjunction with interrogations. This essay focuses on a different type of torture. See this.

22 reasons why OBAMA will raise your taxes

Market Watch

1. Federal budget deficits/debt

Federal debt is now $11.5 trillion. Add $1.4 trillion this year. That's almost 100% of GDP.

2. Social Security unfunded debt

No longer a political "third rail," we have no choice: We must raise taxes, or cut benefits.

3. Medicare unfunded obligations

Unfunded after 2016, $65 trillion by 2041, consuming 100% of tax revenues by 2075.

4. Health care insurance liabilities

Costs rising at double the inflation rate, 47 million uninsured. Obama plans universal coverage of this mega-$2.5 trillion business. Can we trust insurers sudden offer to help?

5. Military/defense budget costs

Budget $662 billion. Add veterans affairs, Afghan, Iraq: $1.45 trillion 55% of budget.

6. Homeland insecurity risks

Ports, chemical plants, borders at risk. Black Swans are lurking; with unpredictable mega-buck consequences.

7. Real estate/mortgage losses

Global real estate from $40 trillion to $70 trillion in 5 years. Total global wealth lost since 2007, $50 trillion. U.S. mortgages shot from $7 trillion to $14 trillion in 8 years, now down $6 trillion, with 20% of homes worth less than the mortgage.

8. Peak oil and energy alternatives

Oil's soon declining. Extraction costs will exceed sale price. Nuclear energy cost: $75 trillion. Coal's dirty. Wind, biofuels: costly.

9. Cap and trade

Taxing fossil-fuel emissions will increase energy costs. But it won't change much. China won't stop. So population grows, with demand and global warming.

10. Foreign trade deficits

Annual deficits continue hovering around $600 billion. Foreigners buy 70% of our debt. Many convert to equity: Today foreigners own a net value of $2.5 trillion in America.

11. Corporate pensions

Two-thirds of them are underfunded. Taxpayers cover losses through the Pension Benefits Guarantee Corporation, also underfunded by $500 billion.

12. Local government pensions

Latest estimates of retiree benefits and health-care costs now called a "$2 trillion hole."

13. Weak U.S. dollar

U.S. foreign debt nearly equals our $15 trillion GDP; China's replacing dollar reserves.

14. Personal savings debt

We're consumers. Our savings rate dropped from 8% in 1980 to zero last year. Only 30% save enough to retire. And yet, economists warn increased savings would slow economic recovery. They want consumption.

15. Credit card and consumer debt

Consumer debt is now at $2.5 trillion. Personal bankruptcies are rising. Still, we're card addicts. And card companies are stealing from us.

16. Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac

They're owners of $5.5 trillion in mortgage debt, half the nation's total, with foreclosure rates at historic highs.

17. War on drugs

Drug addiction in America plus our misguided, unwinnable supply-side wars on drugs in Mexico, Afghanistan -- all over the globe -- costs hundreds of billions annually. Worse, our domestic demands are increasing the total costs.

18. Shadow banking system

The Fed and Treasury prefer secrecy with loans and credits now over $5 trillion. Auto and insurance companies now getting money.

19. Democracy by lobbyists

Forget socialism, capitalism, democracy: America is run by 42,000 lobbyists. It's "Washington's Biggest Business" controlling all politicians.

20. Class gap widening

CEO salaries vs. worker pay rose from 40:1 in 1980 to over 400:1 before the meltdown, while inflation-adjusted pay of workers fell.

21. International credibility

With friends and enemies, our war/torture was costly.

22. What did we miss? Resources, tech, educational, environment, jobs, you pick

Sunday, May 17, 2009

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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Obama/Waxman push $3,100 per-family tax by Memorial Day

From the Desk of:

Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org Alliance

Our sources are telling me that President Obama and Rep. Henry Waxman are pushing for a key vote on the Carbon Tax BEFORE Memorial Day -- a tax that studies show will cost each family $3,100 each and every year.

Last week, Obama met behind closed doors with House Democrats to pressure them to pass the Carbon Tax. Now, Waxman is even contemplating skipping the Subcommittee hearing on the $2 trillion Carbon Cap and Trade Tax and fast-tracking this new tax straight to his Energy and Commerce Committee.

Waxman wants this all done by the end of next week... and Team Obama is turning up the heat on key Democrats in the House to pressure quick passage of the Carbon Tax.

Why Obama and Waxman Are Fast-Tracking The CO2 Tax

There's a reason Obama and Waxman are pulling out the stops to pressure Democrats to pass this tax through the Committee...

Obama, Waxman, Pelosi and the gang fear that any delays could kill their precious plan to "save the planet" and give the government the power to tax and control the air!

That's because even some Democrats are now getting nervous about imposing such a large tax at a time when the economy is struggling. Reports indicate this new tax could cost the average American over $3,000 every year and result in 7 million lost jobs!

And the American people overwhelmingly do NOT want the Carbon Tax (by a 2-to-1 margin according to Pew Research).

Full Article Here

Monday, May 11, 2009

Working with Lobbyists, another Lie.

Obama: Opens Presidency with Lies

Obama Officials Using Nazi Tactics to subvert 2nd ammendment

Obama Lies about Guns in Mexico

REAL Proof that OBAMA is a big giant liar!

From the Tyrants own Lying mouth.

Obama Lies about Troop Withdrawal

In this video Barrack Obama Lies about his plan for troop Withdrawal by March of 2008...mmmm Obama Liar...It's May 2009

100 Obama Lies

This play list includes 100 of Barack Obama's Lies

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=82988E5C69F49E27

Obama Lies again about bailout money to auto companies

Against our Will, Mr President.

Die Fuhrer Obama refers to us Taxpayers as "U.S. Government" and as "His administration" as he plans to support the auto companies with more bailout money (our money).

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Obama's Mandate





Interesting Statistics


Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law,

St. Paul, Minnesota, points out facts of 2008 Presidential election:


Number of States won by:

Democrats: 19

Republicans: 29


Square miles of land won by:

Democrats: 580,000
Republicans: 2,427,000


Population of counties won by:

Democrats: 127 million
Republicans: 143 million


Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
Democrats: 13.2

Republicans: 2.1



Professor Olson adds:

"In aggregate, the map of the territory Republican won by Republicans

was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country.


Democrat territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in
government-owned tenements and living off various forms of

government welfare.



Professor Olson believes the United States is now somewhere

between the "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's

definition of democracy, with some forty percent of the nation's

population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.



If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal
invaders called illegal's and they vote, then we can say good-bye to

the USA in fewer than five years



Pass this along to help everyone realize just how much is at stake,

knowing that apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.

Saturday, May 9, 2009

DEA Raids SF Medical Marijuana Club, Obama Breaks ANOTHER Promise

Obama the NWO Dictator, The Dark Lord, Die fuhrer in Berlin

"..Americans and Europeans will be Required to do more..." Require my ass!!, don't you dare require me to do a damn thing! "....Partnership and cooperation between nations is NOT A CHOICE!..." what about the right to choose jackass? I'll choose cooperation with whomever I want. Back off HITLER!!

President Obama breaks Armenian Genocide Pledge/Deception-Just Words?

Obama Lies Again...

U.S. President Barack Obama failed to follow up on his election promise to recognize the genocide of 1.5 million Christian Armenians by Muslim Turkey during 1915-1923. See more Here

No Presidential Term Limit?

I got this From Tennessee Preppers Network

We take a quick break from all the H1N1 (swine) flu reporting to make sure you are aware of this little nugget proposed by Rep. Jose' Serrano [D-NY] - introduced on 06 Jan 2009 and currently without any co-sponsors:

H.J. Res. 5: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.

Read all about it for yourself at GovTrack.us - just click the link.

More new info you might want to browse while you are there - just use the search button:

S:996: National Health Care Quality Act

S: 962: A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to promote an enhanced strategic partnership with Pakistan and its people, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2205: Education Begins at Home Act of 2009

Friday, May 8, 2009

Obama = Hitler

Obama and Hitler share many of the same characteristics

Obama's Racist Anti-white Audio

Here is some of Obama's stereotyping racist words about what he thinks of are "Typical White folks"

Obama the Socialist

Obama the Marxist Socialist to end the American Dream

Repeat Offender - Obama Lies about Guns in Mexico

Obama Lies and Lies again to cover his lies

Obama Conspiracy

Obama Lies about not being a Muslim, Obama lies about his identity, Obama Lies about not being a Socialist, Coverup about helping Islamic Revolution in Kenya, Obama Hides College Records, Conceals that he was educated by a Soviet Spy, and more....

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