With the release of the new report by the The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) on the 900+ lies used by the Bush junta to foment Iraq war-fever and invasion justifications (link: http://www.nytimes.com/... ), one would think it would be "front-page" news at every MSM outlet in the nation, ....but it's not.
One would also think that there would have been calls this morning by Democratic leaders for hearings, investigations, and impeachment proceedings, ....but there's not.
Why?
Is our nation that sick, that news of the CPI report, which documents over 900+ lies used to initiate the illegal and immoral invasion and war against Iraq, that we are going to allow this story to be buried, allow our Congress to continue to ignore it, and allow the Bush junta to keep on with their criminal activities unimpeeded?
Time will tell.
But this morning, a cursory look through most of the major media outlets shows little of this vitally important story. Yes, AP broke the story, to their credit, but many news websites (like Google and Yahoo News) have it buried, and places like NBC News' Today Show, haven't mentioned it at all. This story should be the lead item in every newspaper, and every radio and television station in the nation. Why isn't it?
Google has no problems though giving neocon war-monger Norman Podhoretz front page space for yet another bunch of "pre-attack" lies, this time directed IRAN.
See here: http://online.wsj.com/...
Fact of the matter is, the MSM has been an integral part of this propaganda coup from the beginning. They have been willing and able accomplices. They are chastised in the CPI report for uncritically repeating the lies, so it's no wonder they don't want to trumpet this information. Still, if it wasn't clear to everyone before, it should be now, the media in this nation is every bit as corrupt as our government. One could not survive without the other.
I urge everyone to look at who owns and controls many of these media companies to understand how and why they were/are in collusion. These dirty bastards are helping to destroy this country, and MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
So while this morning's news feed is dominated by the unfortunate death of Heath Ledger, does his death really demand 1/4 of the entire news, while the CPI story isn't even mentioned? Where's Britanny?
Then there's Congress. If we had an opposition party that was not actively colluding with the Bush junta in their crimes, the Democratic leaders would have held a new conference first thing this morning on the steps of the capitol, announcing actions directed against Bush and his neocons for their war-crimes.
But they weren't there. Not a peep. Not a single freakin' word from any of "our" leaders. Not. One. What does this tell you? More than Reid and Pelosi just being weak and/or ineffectual, it tells me that the Democratic Party hierarchy is in collusion, and has been (let's look back at the AMUF votes....) from the beginning.
So this is the kind of nation we have; Fully corrupt, top to bottom, where opposition parties, the media, the corporations, and "some countries", have colluded to lie this nation into war, steal trillions from our treasury, kill hundreds of thousands, steal oil, and most importantly, have started the process of gutting our Constitution and Bill of Rights.
I give up. There's nowhere to turn for truth and justice anymore. There's the possibility that the Democratic Party hierarchy could be feeling threatened somehow, thus partially explaining their inaction, but that's not likely. We can't go to the media, because they are co-conspirators. There is nowhere left to turn.
Never, not even during the worst moments of the Vietnam War, when I was beaten twice demonstrating for peace, not even after the murders of JFK, MLK, and RFK, have I felt so hopeless for this nation. Our country has been taken from us. A coup in 2000 stole it from us, and it looks like we may never get it back again.
As an old man, I am feeling so tired and defeated by this that I feel like I could lay down and simply go away. I am tired of the fight. I am tired of the silence and complicity of many this nation's people.
Most of all, I now see the upcoming elections as a joke. Why should I bother when the opposition is apparently in collusion with those we want to "un-elect"? Should I be voting for someone who supported the war, and has been colluding with the Bush regime on that, and many other matters? I think not. I'd rather cut my arm off.
I don't know what can be done to bring all those to justice that need to be, nor what can be done to regain control of our media and our political processes, but unless something major is done, and soon, everything I have worked for politically over the last 45 years (since I could first vote) is, and will be, for naught.
Can anyone give me hope that justice will prevail?