DOJ and FBI love their racial profiling

The Department of Justice and the FBI are teaming up to racially profile every citizen in America . The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing

relying instead on a terrorist profile that could single out Muslims, Arabs or other racial and ethnic groups

At the moment the FBI needs probable cause before investigating any American Citizen. Profiling is not considered a factor that can be used (even though it often is). Under the new program that is due to take effect later this summer ethnicity and religion are will become more than enough justification for investigating citizens and permanent residents.

The new policy, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press, would let agents open preliminary terrorism investigations after mining public records and intelligence to build a profile of traits that, taken together, were deemed suspicious.

Among the factors that could make someone subject of an investigation is travel to regions of the world known for terrorist activity, access to weapons or military training, along with the person’s race or ethnicity.

One FBI official had stayed up late the night before watching “Pulp Fiction” before giving this quote to the associated press:

“We don’t know what we don’t know. And the object is to cut down on that”

We will be presumed to be terrorist because of the language we speak and the religions we hold. They will not look in other places for other suspects, their eyes are firmly planted on the Muslim and Arab citizens of this fair nation. Nevermind that both groups do better than the average citizen when it comes to literacy, income and voter turn out. Because of our heritage we are automatically the least patriotic and therefor more inclined to incite terrorism against the state. (Revolution?)

Has America learned nothing from the days of Timothy McVeigh and Theodore Kaczynski? Did they ‘bug’ the phones of every white male who fit their description? What the FBI and DOJ intend to do is not profiling but merely state sponsored racism.  

What is becoming more upsetting to me is the lack of response by the African American community to this news. I do not hear Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton speaking out against racial profiling in this instance? What is so different between the presumed guilt of a young African American man and the presumed guilt of a young Arab American man?

Perhaps I should count my blessings knowing that Bruce Willis won’t be in charge of the internment camps.

Locals celebrate genocide

This is a photo from the Ithaca Festival. Mind you this is a celebration of Ithaca, a time for people to get together and have fun, not a time to celebrate genocide.

I love free speech, I enjoy my freedoms. People though, need to exhibit some form of social responsibility. The Turkish members of our community do not celebrate the anniversary of the Armenian genocide. Im quite sure we don’t have any German nationals celebrating the holocaust. So why is it acceptable to celebrate somethings that has caused more heartache and death than it has good?

Perhaps a better questions is such: Do Americans celebrate their foundation when they become expatriats? How often do we see American flags and “I love America” parades in Japan? Brazil? Spain? Nigeria? (i hit the main continents) India? Do we celebrate our creation on Indian (Native American) reservations? Would be it socially acceptable for me to walk over to the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) land and start setting off fireworks and grilling hotdogs?

The blind patriotism of some parts of society is sickening. The inability to see the faults in ones government is irresponsible and ignorant. The Canadians have apologized to their native population for its transgressions, the Australians have apologized for the stolen generations. Would it not be fitting and in the spirit of democracy and human rights for America and Israel to admit their genocidal and racist pasts? Be honest with yourselves, do you really think that the Native American population accounts for 1.2% out of some fault of their own?

60 years ago “Israel was over 80% Arab, now its 20%. Explain how this occurs without:

“any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life, calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; [and] forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.”

The simple answer is: It doesn’t. Natives were massacred, they were forcefully moved from their homes and children were taken away to become “more civilized” in America, Canada and Australia. Only two have acknowledged this only they have apologized. In Israel 700,000 people were forced from their homes, countless others killed so the “civilized” could make it the newest colonial wing.

According to the United Nations denial is the seventh stage of completing a genocide.

Why Republicans and the American Right never like the idea of peace or democracy

Day in and day out you will see conservative bloggers, “journalists” and talking heads continually degrade things that their own constitution was founded around. America was created by nationalists, people who desired self determination from a foreign entity. They also wanted a democracy, where their voices would be heard. Many people in the United States and the world obviously think that these are horrible ideas and wouldn’t you know it, its not those dirty stinking dune coons or those crazy turban wearing Iranians and its definitely not those ungrateful spear chucking porch monkeys. The people who hate democracy, who hate the idea of nationalism, who idea the concept of standing up for your self are, well, conservatives.

In South Africa apartheid existed for far too long. The white settlers labeled all resistance as terrorism and ended up jailing Nelson Mandela for 27 years. Wouldn’t you know it but America and the conservatives within it did not mention a word or put any pressure on the state until 1989, 26 years into Mandela’s prison sentence. President Reagan even vetoed the bill that took more than 17 years to pass. Was this to be expected from a country that had been discriminating against its darker skinned citizens for a century after their freedom from enslavement? To be fair, they were free in the North, discriminated against less in the North. It was the South and West with its conservative roots that still to this day discriminates against and every and all persons who have a tan.

It is the conservative right that wants us to go to war with Iran, a fellow democracy. A democracy with rules similar to our own. A president can only serve two 4 year terms. The president is elected through universal suffrage. None of this matters, to the unwashed masses of Texas - Iran is a regime that needs to be overthrown. The idea of elections being held in 2009 means nothing. Everytime Ahmedinejad’s ratings go down in his country the conservative right in America steps up their rhetoric and just like magic our boy in Iran gains in the polls. You would assume that people would catch on, but just leave it to the republicans to be 50 years behind the times on all matters. But even before these events in Iran, we invaded and removed a democratically elected Prime Minister thus leading the way for the Shah to become a dictator.

Republicans supported Saddam Hussein to fight Iran after they messed up. Donald Rumsfeld even shook hands and had dinner with Saddam. Job well done

Republicans sent money and weapons to the Taliban and Osama bin Laden while also offering to train their troops in an attempt to get back at those dirty Russians (who have never actually been at war with the United States). Job well done.

It is the republicans who support China’s oppression of not only the Tibetan nation but also of the Democracy of Taiwan. Taiwan, one of the beacons of freedom and democracy in Asia is not recognized by the United States because the conservative factions feel that democracy and freedom are not things to be supported.

When people protest the treatment of Tibetan monks, who is it that always called the activists un-american and unpatriotic? Take a wild guess.

The most recent event? The refusal to speak to elected officials in an effort to make peace. I won’t even get into this. What are we supposed to expect from people who refer to Rachel Corrie, a peace activist, as “St. Pancake.”

Lovers of democracy, defenders of the faith, bigots and oppressors till the end

Patriotic, but to whom?

Many people read articles against Zionism and inaccurately consider it against Jewish people. Zionists are an elite group, aligned with one world government agendas, who even treat other non-elite Jewish people as inferior. If your only understand of Zionists comes from mainstream media this sounds off, but that’s because they are a propaganda machine. I invite you, as always, to do your own research and come to your own conclusions.Source: Viewzone
by Dan Eden

Dual Citizenship — Loyal to Whom?

American / Isreali Dual Citizens Running the American Government

Attorney General - Michael Mukasey
Head of Homeland Security - Michael Chertoff
Chairman Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board - Richard Perle
Deputy Defense Secretary (Former) - Paul Wolfowitz
Under Secretary of Defense - Douglas Feith
National Security Council Advisor - Elliott Abrams
Vice President Dick Cheney’s Chief of Staff (Former) - “Scooter” Libby
White House Deputy Chief of Staff - Joshua Bolten
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs - Marc Grossman
Director of Policy Planning at the State Department - Richard Haass
U.S. Trade Representative (Cabinet-level Position) - Robert Zoellick
Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board - James Schlesinger
UN Representative (Former) - John Bolton
Under Secretary for Arms Control - David Wurmser
Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board - Eliot Cohen
Senior Advisor to the President - Steve Goldsmith
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary - Christopher Gersten
Assistant Secretary of State - Lincoln Bloomfield
Deputy Assistant to the President - Jay Lefkowitz
White House Political Director - Ken Melman
National Security Study Group - Edward Luttwak
Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board - Kenneth Adelman
Defense Intelligence Agency Analyst (Former) - Lawrence (Larry) Franklin
National Security Council Advisor - Robert Satloff
President Export-Import Bank U.S. - Mel Sembler
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families - Christopher Gersten
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Public Affairs - Mark Weinberger
White House Speechwriter - David Frum
White House Spokesman (Former) - Ari Fleischer
Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board - Henry Kissinger
Deputy Secretary of Commerce - Samuel Bodman
Under Secretary of State for Management - Bonnie Cohen
Director of Foreign Service Institute - Ruth Davis

…If you think we’re being unfair here, ask yourself: How you would react to the Head of Homeland Security if he or she were a dual national with citizenship in Iran, Lebanon or Saudi Arabia? Ask yourself why you don’t feel the same about Israeli dual citizenship. Then you will understand how powerful the Israeli lobby has been in “adjusting” your acceptance of their special status.

…Unless we are Native American Indians, all Americans have their origins in some other country. Both of my parents were from England. They were proud to be “British” but they were most proud of achieving their American citizenship. Sure, we had pictures of the Queen and nick-nacks with the Union Jack on them. My mother even celebrated the traditional 4 o’clock tea time and was good at making Yorkshire Pudding. In the late 60’s my older brother served in the US Army and did his tour in Viet Nam. When it came down to “allegiance,” we were all patriotic Americans. Period.

The word “allegiance” means that we promise loyalty. It also carries with it the expectation that this loyalty will be exclusive and unrestrained. In the case of a declared war or real threat or conflict, for example, our allegiance to America should preclude any other interest, be it another country or political ideology.

When they took their oath to become American citizens, my parents had to pledge their “allegiance” exclusively to America and renounce their allegiance to “any and all foreign governments.” That included Great Britain, one of our strongest allies.

Before Viewzone asked me to research the meaning of “dual citizenship,” I had never heard of the term. How could someone be a citizen of two countries at the same time? But I was just ignorant. Dual nationalities and citizenships are quite common.

From my internet research, I learned that in 1997, a French Canadian with a U.S. passport ran for mayor of Plattsburgh, N.Y. He argued that the incumbent spoke French too poorly to be running a city so close to Quebec. He lost. Also in 1997, a retired top American official for the U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) ran for president of Lithuania. He was inaugurated in February to a burst of fireworks!

In 1996, Dominicans from New York not only could vote in the Dominican Republic’s presidential elections for the first time, they could vote for a fellow New Yorker. Multiple nationalities have become so commonplace that some analysts fear the trend is undermining the notion of nationhood, particularly in the place with the most diverse citizenry on Earth: the United States.

Debate over the issue intensified in the late 1990s, when Mexico joined the growing list of poor nations that say it’s OK for their nationals to be citizens of the countries to which they have migrated. Under the law that took effect in 1998 Mexicans abroad — most of them in the United States — will be able to retain Mexican citizenship even if they seek U.S. citizenship. And naturalized Americans of Mexican descent will be able to reclaim their original citizenship. The Mexican government stopped short, for now, of giving expatriates the right to vote.

Security Issues

Since citizenship carries with it a responsibility to be exclusively loyal to one country, the whole concept of dual citizenship and nationality raises questions about which of the dual citizenships have priority. This is extremely important when the two countries have opposing interests. It can be a deadly problem when a dual citizen is in a high position within our American government.

Can one imagine a Japanese citizen serving in the Pentagon during WWII? Or how about a citizen of the Soviet Union holding a cabinet position in the White House during the Cold War?

Today’s conflicts are centered in the Middle East. America needs to balance foreign policies towards oil producing Arab nations with our goal being peace and stability in the region. This places a burden on our government to be even-handed in our dealings with the Arab world and Israel. While the Iraq War was waged on lies about Weapons of Mass Destruction and revenge for 911, the real reason has emerged as a well designed global plan to improve the power and leverage of Israel.

Added to this policy is yet another potential blow to American interests and security — the impending War with Iran. This war will be waged for the security of Israel and will be paid for by the blood of American soldiers and the hard-earned money of American citizens whose quality of life is inversely tied to the cost of petroleum.

…If you think we’re being unfair here, ask yourself: How you would react to the Head of Homeland Security if he or she were a dual national with citizenship in Iran, Lebanon or Saudi Arabia? Ask yourself why you don’t feel the same about Israeli dual citizenship. Then you will understand how powerful the Israeli lobby has been in “adjusting” your acceptance of their special status.

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