HUBRIS - Documentary finally tells some of the truth about Cheney's war

The documentary Hubris, presented on MSNBC by one of my favorite journalists (there are unfortunately not many here in our US of A) Rachel Maddow tells the American public some of the truth that is already common knowledge in most parts of the world.  No, there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. There was oil - which was enticing for the Oil-administration under Bush, among them Chevron Board member Condoleezza Rice who had the honor of having her name on one of the Chevron Oil Tankers which was for obvious reasons later renamed in Altair Voyager, and the opportunity for Cheney's company Halliburton to make Billions of Dollars. The weapons manufacturers were also very happy, since Bombs have to be replaced faster when the nation is waging a war. Even if it is a war that is only for the benefit of Big Oil, Halliburton and the weapons industry. By now 4,500 Americans and 115,000 Iraqis lost their lives in this war for Cheney's pleasure. A fact that is also highlighted in a documentary about Cheney that is currently airing on Showtime TV.  He is probably the only Vice president of the US who ever sold out one of our own spies to the enemy. An offense that is usually followed by an execution in most countries. In addition to this war crime against his own country, he is wanted as a war criminal by other countries. A man who - in spite of all knowledge and evidence to the contrary - wanted torture as a means to gather information.  I can only describe this as pure evil.  I am surprised that he is still a free man.  All the information that is coming out now was obvious and "out there".  It has just been disregarded by the Main stream media, because here in the US 95% of the so called journalism is entertainment, not actual journalism.

9-11 is another subject that has all the facts out there. And the facts do NOT match any of the official explanations given by our changing governments.  There is no doubt in my mind that 9-11 was an inside job. Too much evidence points to this fact.  Besides the fact that Osama Bin Laden denied his involvement in 9-11 in the first several month until the Bush family convinced him to officially take the blame (and he was never wanted by the FBI for 9-11), and that the Lone Gunman pilot showed the White House how to pull this off on March 4, 2001, and the fact that the WTC could not have collapsed in this "demolishing professional" fashion -  If you can send our home defense to the other side of the country for a NORAD exercise on September 11, 2001, then you are definitely involved in the events in some capacity.

And it is easy - just follow the money. Who won? The administration got their war they were trying to start for quite a while for reasons stated above, enough Americans were killed to get congress to act irrationally, all the facts were wrong about it, but the 1% pulled it off. And we, the 99% of Americans are still paying for it.

Pope acts responsibly - Catholic Church should update policies!

Pope Benedict, the former German Cardinal Ratzinger, is breaking new ground for the Catholic Church.  Being the first Pope to step aside for his successor instead of waiting for death on the job in more than 700 years has earned him my respect once again. The previous time was when he “officially” recognized evolution as factual.  On the seriously bad side of issues is his previous work in the Vatican on the cases of pedophilia which protected clerical predators for far too long and did not deal with the proper punishment.

Since being celibate not only invites predatory behavior, but is also NOT an issue of faith, but is rooted in the fact that the Catholic Church did not want priest’s inheritance to be passed down to their children and so decided that the money and all belongings have to stay in the church. The Bible was searched for passages that would support this and with this excuse the celibate lifestyle was instituted.  Since celibacy is not really a faith based issue, there seems to be room for improvement. The clergy of previous centuries, including popes, lived a quite sexually infused lifestyle, so that the claimed issue of "not being distracted from GOD" does not really apply. The Catholic Church should be rich enough by now to be able to ordain Priests who are allowed to get married (instead of just living with their housekeepers) and instead of hiding their children in monasteries in Italy, those kids could be elevated from “bastards who were born out of wedlock” to church approved children who can grow up in a loving family.  The irony of it all is that these children are currently being denied priesthood by the same church that put them in this position in the first place.

Another topic that is currently on the radar is the immigration policy of the US.  The right wing is torpedoing as good as they can any effort to help keep families together, to help people out of the shadows, and to openly contribute to our country.  This is not a message that Jesus would approve of, so if you really feel that strongly about it, do not advertise yourself as being a Christian. You are definitely not a follower, you are not even a fan of Jesus.  It is sad and despicable that right wing politicians use "the Church" as a tool to get elected, since they do not subscribe to any of Jesus' messages. Jesus message was the message of love, not of hate. So please stop pretending otherwise.  Love your neighbor as you love yourself.  Jesus was by our standards a socialist and pacifist.  Here are my favorite commandments and bible quotes that deal with these issues. And please be aware that every human being is your neighbor:

1.    Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

  2.   Love your neighbor as yourself.

 

  3.   Honor your father and your mother.
 

  4.    You shall not kill.
 

  5.    You shall not commit adultery.
 

  6.    You shall not steal.

 

  7.    You shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

 

  8.    You shall not covet anything that is thy neighbor's.
 

  9.   Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
 

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Jesus said:
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'  (Matthew 22:36-40)

You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. (Matthew 5:43)

 [Romans 13:8-11] Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.  Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.