Journal: Tyranny Looms Large–First the Internet, then the Guns, then Liberty Lost

Tyranny looms large in America, because We the People have become ignorant, inert, and too subject to mass deception.   Read the headline and first pargragraph, then (below the fold) the Phi Beta Iota comment, and then the full story online.  One bird, two wings.  Time to retire this turkey, starting with Rockefeller, Webb, and Warner.  …

Journal: Cheery Waves Flags Washington’s Tangled Web Of Deception

INVESTORS.COM By ERNEST S. CHRISTIAN AND GARY A. ROBBINS Posted 08/25/2009 06:06 PM ET It’s not just that the wheels are coming off President Obama’s credibility; they’re also starting to come off the federal government in general. Washington is no longer able to hide its failures behind the flag. Its mistakes are too obvious and …

Journal: MILNET Flags Managing Oversight–the Breakdown of Congress

Managing Oversight By Shane Harris August 26, 2009 Congressional oversight of intelligence is broken. That was the dismal conclusion of a 2006 report by the Center for American Progress, as well as the bipartisan 9/11 commission, both of which scoured the histories of congressional watchdogging — real and imagined — and concluded that the system …

Journal: MILNET Flags Fighting Global Warming With CIA?

Some say security fears are counterproductive By Bryan Bender WASHINGTON – Melting ice caps. Drought. Spreading disease. US defense planners view global climate change as a national security threat because it could create millions of new refugees and intensify conflicts over resources. . . . . . . . A new debate is unfolding over …