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George Carlin VS the “Owners” - American Legend Kicks the Ruling Class
www.thisisby.us Tue, 24 Jun 2008

George Carlin was a great American comic and much, much more. The man dared speak real truth to real power.  Carlin’s own words on our snake oil trap of a system will bear this out. He shall be missed…

           AMERICA IS TYRANNY

“I’m talking about the real owners now… The big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians. They’re irrelevant. They are there to give you the idea you have freedom of choice. You don’t. You have no choice.

YOU HAVE OWNERS. THEY OWN YOU.

They own everything. They own all the important land, they own and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses; the city halls. They’ve got the judges in their back pockets. And they own all the big media companies so they control just about all the information you get to hear. They’ve got you by the BALLS.”

They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying, lobbying to get what they want. Well we know what they want: they want more for themselves and less for everybody else.”

George Carlin 2008


World Poll Finds Global Leadership Vacuum
WORLDPUBLICOPINION Fri, 20 Jun 2008

Bush Widely Mistrusted, But No Other Leader Does Much Better

Only UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Gets Moderately Positive Ratings

Sixteen of the 20 publics surveyed say they lack confidence in US President George W. Bush. Only Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf is rated negatively in more nations. Just two countries (Nigeria and India) give Bush positive ratings while a third (Thailand) is divided. Bush also got the highest average percentage of negative ratings (67%).
Bolton warns EU against military ties
PRESSTV Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:02:13 GMT
Former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton has warned European countries against strengthening closer military ties.
'Globalisation needs America. America needs globalisation'
GUARDIAN Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:05:59 GMT
Barack Obama and John McCain must reject the 'false comforts of populism', Peter Mandelson warns
'FAO treats developing states like beggars'
PRESSTV Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:42:18 GMT
Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has accused the United Nations' food agency of treating developing countries 'like beggars'.
Campaigner's shot to arrest Bolton fails
PRESSTV Thu, 29 May 2008 10:50:56 GMT
An environmental campaigner has failed to make a citizen's arrest of the former US ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton.

The environmental campaigner, George Monbiot, who failed in his attempt at the Hay Festival on Wednesday, said he would continue his efforts to serve arrest paper on politicians involved in the decision to go to war in Iraq.

Monbiot was dragged away by security officers as he tried to approach Bolton, who was to talk on international relations.

Some 20 demonstrators chanted slogans against Bolton and labeled him as a "war criminal" and waved placards out of the tent.

Monbiot, who is a leading environmental and anti-war campaigner and journalist said: "I'm aware that I've made what I believe is the first attempt ever to arrest one of the perpetrators of the Iraq War, and I believe that is a precedent and I would like to see that precedent followed up."

In his earlier discussion Bolton defended the right of the US to launch pre-emptive nuclear attacks and to promote regime change or -if necessary- a military attack against Iran.
UN envoy calls Gaza blockade 'illegal'
PRESSTV Wed, 28 May 2008 18:45:26 GMT
The UN envoy Archbishop Desmond Tutu describes the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip as illegal and 'gross violation to Human Rights.'
Peacekeepers 'abusing children'
BBC Mon, 26 May 2008 23:11:30 GMT
Children as young as six are being sexually abused by peacekeepers and aid workers, says a UK charity.
Somalia's ICU rejects UN resolution
PRESSTV Mon, 26 May 2008 01:43:16 GMT
Somali's ICU commander, Abdullahi Hersi has rejected a UN resolution that could see UN peacekeepers sent to the war-wracked African nation.
UN chief sends envoy to Myanmar
PRESSTV Thu, 15 May 2008 08:32:25 GMT
The United Nations Secretary-General will send an envoy urging Myanmar's military leaders to allow in more help for the cyclone victims.
Several die in Haiti ferry accident
ALJAZEERA Mon, 12 May 2008 07:37:05 AM
'Overloaded' passenger vessel capsizes during journey along southern peninsula.
500,000 pages infected in Web attack
PRESSTV Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:16:46 GMT
Attacks on legitimate Web domains, including some belonging to the United Nations, have infected 500,000 pages since earlier this week.
Hezbollah slams UN for 'biased stance'
PRESSTV Thu, 24 Apr 2008
Hezbollah accuses the United Nations of being biased after the UN head called the movement 'a challenge for Lebanon's sovereignty'.
Profile: United Nations
BBC Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:17:27 GMT
Key facts about the United Nations, its background and its structure
Profile: The UN Security Council
BBC Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:03:53 GMT
Key information on the workings of the United Nations Security Council and its members.
Ahmadinejad urges UN amendment
PRESSTV Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:57:07 GMT
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has criticized the United Nations and called on the organization to make some essential changes.
UN launches SWAT team of mediators
PRESSTV Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:47:16 GMT
The United Nations has launched a team of mobile mediators to help establish security and protect human rights in global hotspots.
Burundi MPs in death-threat plea
PRESSTV Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:53:13 GMT
The opposition MPs in Burundi, who say they have been receiving death threats, have asked the United Nations' chief for protection.
UN to fight violence against women
PRESSTV Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:51:33 GMT
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has launched a global campaign to boost efforts to end violence against women in peacetime and war.
Security Council Loses Credibility Over Iran, Israel
IPSNEWS Thu, 31 Jan 2008
The 15-member U.N. Security Council (UNSC) is set to lose its credibility once again as it prepares to impose a third set of sanctions on Iran while failing to pass any strictures on Israel for its continued heavy-handed repression of Palestinians in Gaza.

"Many ask whether the UNSC still has any credibility left," says Mouin Rabbani, contributing editor to the Washington-based Middle East Report.

But the more pertinent question, he pointed out, "is whether it should have any -- after its consistent failure to ensure either peace or security, and of turning a malignantly blind eye to so many threats to peace and security and the basic rights of many millions."

"Indeed, the UNSC's continued obsession with Iran's apparently non-existent nuclear weapons programme, and its dogged determination to do nothing of consequence to address Israel's very real occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip -- to the point of currently failing to issue even the lamest of statements on the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip -- speaks volumes," Rabbani said.

"And this is in a conflict the United Nations played a direct role in creating in 1947," he added.

After four days of intense closed-door negotiations last week, the UNSC failed to come up either with a resolution against Israel or a unanimous non-binding presidential statement.

With the United States demanding a stronger text critical of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, the UNSC lacked consensus for a collective statement condemning Israel's decision to choke Palestinians in Gaza and cutting off electricity and humanitarian supplies.

The decision-makers in the UNSC, which also has 10 rotating non-permanent members, are the five veto-wielding permanent members, namely the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia.

In a strong statement issued last week, John Dugard, the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights, said that Israeli action violates the strict prohibition on collective punishment contained in the Fourth Geneva Convention governing conflicts.

"It also violates one of the basic principles of international humanitarian law that military action must distinguish between military targets and civilian targets," he said.

Dugard singled out the killing of some 40 Palestinians in Gaza and the targeting of a government office near a wedding party venue resulting in the loss of civilian lives.

"The closure of crossings into Gaza raises very serious questions about Israel's respect for international law and its commitment to the (Middle East) peace process," he added.

While it remains paralysed over Israel -- as often happens because of the protection afforded to the Jewish state by the United States, Britain and France -- the UNSC is readying for a third set of sanctions against Iran.

"For the Security Council to bow to U.S. pressure to impose additional sanctions on Iran despite its lack of an active nuclear weapons programme will seriously harm the U.N.'s credibility," said Stephen Zunes, professor of politics and international studies at the University of San Francisco.

For more than 26 years, he pointed out, Israel has been in violation of UNSC resolution 487 which calls upon Israel to "place its nuclear facilities under IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) safeguard."

Yet -- despite deciding to "remain seized of the matter" -- the Security Council has refused to even threaten sanctions, Zunes told IPS.

Similarly, he said, there have been no threats of sanctions against India and Pakistan for remaining in violation of resolution 1172 to end their nuclear weapons programmes for almost a decade.
EU to discuss financial turmoil
PRESSTV Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:59:54 GMT
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to meet with leaders of EU countries and European Commission to discuss global financial turmoil.
Hurricanes and global warming devastate Caribbean coral reefs
GUARDIAN Thu, 24 Jan 2008
Death of vital algae from global warming likely to become more common
'Rampant fraud' stuns UN
ALJAZEERA Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:06:30 AM
Internal investigation finds 'steady' caseload of improper conduct in world body.
Rebel 'breaks' DR Congo ceasefire
BBC Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:10:14 GMT
A DR Congo rebel commander breaks a fragile truce by attacking troops, the United Nations report.
Aids victims 'buried alive' in Papua New Guinea
INDEPENDENT Tue, 28 Aug 2007
HIV-positive people in Papua New Guinea are being buried alive, a health worker has claimed. The United Nations has warned that the country is facing an Aids catastrophe.
Cyber protest targets UN website
ALJAZEERA Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:47:06 PM
The United Nation's official website appears to have been hacked in a form of "cyber-protest" against Israeli and US policies in the Middle East.

A message appearing on the site early on Sunday said: "Hacked By kerem125 M0sted and Gsy That is CyberProtest Hey Ysrail and Usa dont kill children and other people Peace for ever No war."

Several web pages of the subsite for comments and news about Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, were affected and that section of the UN website was taken offline temporarily.

However, a placemarker graphic said the site was "unavailable due to scheduled maintenance".

The group of hackers, who have previously referred to themselves as "Turkish defacers", have been involved in thousands of website attacks, including a number of high-profile cases.

The US Air Force Reserve website was hit by what appears to be the same group about six months ago, displaying the message: "Hacked By_kerem125 Turkish Defacer and Muslım Solidear".

In July, the website for AAMI, one of Australia's largest insurance companies, was taken down after the messages "We are Turkish defacers" and "Hey Israel don't kill children" appeared instead of AAMI's website, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.
UN's website breached by hackers
BBC Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:38:14 GMT
Hackers attacked the United Nations official website, forcing some sections to be taken offline.
Former UN chief Kurt Waldheim dies
ALJAZEERA Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:09:29 PM
Ex UN secretary-general, tainted by his Nazi past, dies of heart failure in Vienna.
Former UN secretary general Kurt Waldheim dead at 88
HAARETZ Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:39:21 GMT
Kurt Waldheim, former UN Secretary General and president of Austria died of cardiovascular failure aged 88 in Vienna on Thursday. ...
Former UN head Kurt Waldheim dies
BBC Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:17:01 GMT
Former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim dies of heart failure, Austrian media reports.
Serbia rejects UN plan for Kosovo
BBC Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:16:29 GMT
Serbia's parliament overwhelmingly rejects a United Nations proposal on the future status of Kosovo.
UN police chief in Kosovo quits
BBC Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:12:00 GMT
The UN police commissioner in Kosovo resigns after clashes in Pristina which left two people dead.
Police break up Kosovo protest
BBC Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:03:16 GMT
UN police in Kosovo fire tear gas to disperse some 2,000 ethnic Albanians staging a protest rally in Pristina.
Kosovo talks to resume this month
BBC Fri, 9 Feb 07 12:02:58 GMT
A final round of talks on the status of Kosovo will begin on 21 February - a week later than planned, the UN says.
EU envoy to promote Kosovo talks
BBC Wed, 7 Feb 07 03:01:04 GMT
The EU's foreign policy chief is to visit Kosovo and Serbia to urge talks on a UN plan giving Kosovo self-rule.
Ahtisaari warns UN: find Kosovo solution or risk return to violence
GUARDIAN 2007-02-06T00:00+00:00
UN envoy urges the Security Council to find Kosovo solution or risk return to violence.
UN calls for Kosovo constitution
GUARDIAN 2007-02-02T00:00+00:00
New plan effectively sees Kosovo achieve statehood in all but name.
Serbia rejects Kosovo breakaway
BBC Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:37:47 GMT
Serbia's leader says Kosovo independence will never be accepted, after seeing UN plans for a partial breakaway.
Kosovo 'should split from Serbia'
BBC Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:11:52 GMT
The UN's Kosovo envoy is set to recommend the province be allowed to separate from Serbia, the BBC learns.
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Timeline: Kosovo
BBC Tuesday, 23 January 2007, 11:30 GMT
12th century - Kosovo lies at the heart of the Serbian empire, under the Nemanjic dynasty. The period sees the building of many Serbian Orthodox churches and monasteries. 1974 - Yugoslav...
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Al Jazeera analyses Bush's checkpoint gaffe - 10 Jan 08
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As George Bush, the US president, tours Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories Al Jazeera discusses the significance of his attempted joke regarding checkpoints in the West...
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