Thom,

Speaking of not feeling like you can speak to your congressional representative - Article 1, Section 2 of the US Constitution says "The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least on Rep..." Right now we are at around one congressional rep for every 800,000 people - which makes it very difficult to have the opportunity to speak to your rep unless you the $$$$ they need for campaign purposes.

Emil in Madison, WI

Drones flying overhead or corporate franchise vehicles loaded with listening devices operated by secret agencies to find out information about law breakers. All seems patriotic.

Or in contrast those that are seeking honest people trying to find out about government law breakers, to suppress or oppress each other to win power.

Fly float or on wheels, or just walking around pointing a gizmo to creep into your life is the new age. Either way somebody is going to get caught committing a crime. And to add the coined phrase the taker or the maker will be the target.

Also, the information age data abundant and able to pin down just about anyone for any reason. A reasonable book by Alasdair Roberts a Canadian, wrote Blacked out, Government secrecy in the information age. He gives a good presentation of the issues of our time.

The drones a neat high tech way to advance science. Here the alarms should go off if NASA type technology is pointing to you or me. That’s what bugs me. America we paid for this technology. Educated and trained engineers in university projects funded by the military many secret and likely interned by highly connected siblings of Congress Senate judicial, and the American medical and Banking industries.

You who did you get that.

Yes we do say a huge imbalance of not only free money from our Federal Reserve to individuals we don’t know or to who for unknown reasons are secret stuff hidden suppressed because the moral authority is rank to disgusting or a total breach of the Constitution.

Also inside track to the best of the best education path for Pelosi grand kids or Rockefeller choices. One can get so angry one prays to be the right hand of God at judgment day. We know who is not going to get through the pearly gates. Yes this is the final American tragedy, the Pearly Gate conspiracy. Who held the door open for those 911 hijackers is still the primary question ditched by the media especially Limbaugh, Fox, and the hate radio clan totally are connected with many of Congress Senate judicial and banking etc. which is the real reason it is not investigated openly and publicly. MSNBC is already trying to show the need for improvement in our penal institutions every weekend. Likely half of the ownership of media should be there permanently by committing treason by not representing true facts to the public. Most should have their license revoked for lies. Hell this past election was lies, upon lies, upon lies. America these electromagnetic journalist people are insane.

Can't do anything about it. First, Americans just aren't that into caring about the poor. The poor in foreign nations are a little more acceptable, since they don't have the good fortune of living in a country with a flawless economic system, like ours. But still. Secondly, global warming itself can't be solved until maybe the next generation. America's leading contribution to global warming is traffic fumes -- our excessive use of privately owned motor vehicles. It is the oil particles in the air that causes global warming. (It's also the actual leading cause of all lung disease, since the most carcinogenic type of smoke is the kind that contains oil particles). But what choice do we have but to drive? Walk? Use public transportation? Like poor people? Oh, please.

Many Empires have fallen before when the people finally said "Enough is enough!" They too had what seemed like insurmountable odds against ruling regimes so powerful that it would be foolish to challenge them. But the people had numbers on their side. The ruling elite knows how important it is for them to keep their subjects dumbed down and mollified. The Roman Emperors tried to do it with games at the coliseum but that only worked for a while. The starving French mobs beheaded their King and aristocrats because the aristocrats thought all the taxes should be paid by the people and the King went along with that idea. The Russian Tzar and aristocrats fell to the wrath of the mobs and were overthrown. The highly idealistic (now vainly corrupt) experiment in democracy is failing to keep the masses believing in their corrupt system of government. Just as the KGB spied on their people, and "disappeared" citizens who spoke out against the corruption of their rulers, it is happening on an ever expanding measure right here in the US. There can only be one outcome as they tighten their grip on the people...despite all their drones and failing propaganda.

There are many conspiracy theories...some more believable than others...some seem to be pretty far fetched. Some are actually created by the capos of the ruling elite to discredit all ideas that counter the official party dogma/propaganda. But other conspiracy theories are more believable. In many people's minds "conspiracy theory" has become something to ridicule and laugh at. Largely because of all of the efforts of those who wish to control the masses through official dogma. But there is one conspiracy theory that is so full of holes, fallacies, and lies that is accepted and believed by many people who cling to the official propaganda...the "official 911 conspiracy theory"...where 19 box cutter Muslim/Arab terrorists were solely (along with the mastermind OBL) the cause of hijacking and guiding those aircraft to their targets. Never mind all of the hundreds of eyewitnesses who have spoken out about what they experienced that contradicts the "official government conspiracy theory". Never mind all of the non-sequiturs, the proven government lies and obvious attempts at cover-ups. Never mind all of the hard evidence that contradicts the "official government conspiracy theory". To seek the truth which leads down the path that wealthy and powerful insiders were the masterminds and cause of 911 is too much for many people to bear and they will seek refuge in the very same corrupt dogma that is put out by our government. Truth!? You don't want the Truth! You want to continue to believe in the lies our government tells us because the truth is too hard to accept.

Obrien: 'How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?'
Winston: 'Four! five! Four! Anything you like. Only stop it, stop the pain!'
Obrien: 'No, Winston, that is no use. You are lying. You still think there are four. How many fingers, please?'

"Abruptly he was sitting up with O'Brien's arm round his shoulders. He had perhaps lost consciousness for a few seconds. The bonds that had held his body down were loosened. He felt very cold, he was shaking uncontrollably, his teeth were chattering, the tears were rolling down his cheeks. For a moment he clung to O'Brien like a baby, curiously comforted by the heavy arm round his shoulders. He had the feeling that O'Brien was his protector, that the pain was something that came from outside, from some other source, and that it was O'Brien who would save him from it."

--George Orwell...1984

And I had a top secret clearance when I was in the military and a top secret crypto clearance when I got out of the military and serviced automatic digital communication networks in the Pentagon, the CIA, NSA, and many of the Military and Federal systems around DC. That was way back when I didn't question the system or make any noise...just did my job. You wasn't one of those guys down in the silos with your fingers on the button..were you? We had a number of very close calls. We needed people who didn't freak out and lose one's temper...we needed people who were relatively sane and calm...not prone to hurl insults and name calling at people.

Who is checking to validate the conspiracy theories on various web sites? Who checks the validity of what YOU say on this web site? Who checks the validity of what our own government says about such things as 911...most people realize by now that you can't trust what the government or military tells us. They have no credibility due to a long history of lies and deceit. What do you need to make what you read credible? LA Times? Washington Post?

I have read other blogs on that web site and don't agree with some of them...some sound kind of right wing...but I make my decisions based not just on one web site but many, many web sites...including this one...and books and other articles I've read....networks like FSTV...LINK...RT...oh, and occasionally the more major networks (with critical scrutiny...looking for obvious contradictions...brazen lies..and glaring omissions..and there are many).

I never, ever, watch Fox Snooze...have boycotted them since their beginning. I boycott the whole channel..won't watch anything even if it sounds like a very entertaining program or movie. It really ticks me off that the Cable and Dish networks put up the Fox channel at the lower subscription rates but you have to pay a premium to get channels like MSNBC...which has some liberal content. I'm really surprised that they let FSTV, LINK, and RT on for the lower rates. No wonder so many people are steered against their best financial interests...especially the ones who can't afford to pay the increased rates....or those who just won't pay them out of being frugal.

One thing I know is that if you just shrug your shoulders and accept the criminal bullying and spying on us..saying.."oh, there is really nothing we can do about it anyway..just accept it"..then you will always be subjected to their animosity and disrespect. They will easily take away all of the things we have worked hard for and programs that we have spent our lives contributing to...like Social Security and Medicare. That's their goal!

Truth? You don't want the truth! I think part of the truth comes from web sites like:
http://ae911truth.org/

and watching documentaries like:

911: Explosive Evidence - Experts Speak Out
This was aired on PBS recently but you can see it here.
http://video.cpt12.org/video/2270078138

or this older film:
911 Blueprint for Truth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBG-i2SbVgs

I was watching Rove's face election night. This was obviously what was going on. And I agree, this would make a fantastic real-life plot for an Oliver Stone conscieousness-raising movie. Maybe that way the general electorate could start to get a clue about how easy it is to steal an election electronically. I followed that ugliness that was the stolen 2004 Bush "re-election". It was so obvious to we computer programers once a few facts were known, what had happened. The fact that the crash happened at nearly the exact same time as 2004 is a huge tell that the same software was being used IMHO.

It's way past time for Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics.

The Three Laws are:

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

It's amazing to me how the science fiction writers keep proving themselves every day.

Skynet is coming just a little later than predicted. Just like 1984 it's about 40 years late but it seems to be coming true. Amazing that we keep letting it happen and yet we've been warned well aheaf of time just like climate change.

the medical education is very important in every walk of life and it helps to increase the knowledge of medical science.

29 Signs That The Elite Are Transforming Society Into A Total Domination Control Grid
November 20th, 2012..Michael Snyder (worked for a number of the largest law firms in Washington DC).

--an article on Market Daily News

"We are like cattle that need to be penned in for our own good. This is how the elite actually think. I spent many years being educated by them and rubbing shoulders with them. They should not be trusted. Once our liberties and freedoms are gone, they will be nearly impossible to get back. And once the elite have total control, we will be faced with a tyranny unlike anything humanity has ever seen before."

Lookout Southern California..pay special attention to sign # 2. Oh, and #6 too! Oh, and San Francisco...look out! #21 mentions the "pre-crime surveillance cameras" being installed "all over San Francisco".

Facial recognition surveillance systems, spy drones, kitchen appliances that spy on you, RFID chips everywhere, Trapwire everywhere, pornoscanner vans scanning us in the streets, cell phones spying on you...

http://marketdailynews.com/2012/11/20/29-signs-that-the-elite-are-transf...

I just watched the movie "Argo"...I know...it's been playing in theaters for some weeks now. The beginning of the movie helps put things into perspective...the history of the CIA overthrow of the very well liked, democratically elected, Mossedegh Prime Minister of Iran who dared to return control of THEIR oil to the Iranians from the US and British who, pretty much, were stealing it. And then the US installed the ruthless and hated Shah of Iran. The Shah and his wife lived lavishly (Shah flew into the country, via SST (Super Sonic Transport), hundreds of gallons of milk for the Shah's wife to bathe in while most of Iranians families went without sufficient food...insufficient milk for the babies and children. The Shah, with help of the CIA, had his hated and feared secret police force, SAVAK, terrorized the population into submission.

Then, the people finally kicked the Shah's butt out of Iran and the US continued to spy on Iran through their embassies. The people of Iran, often thought to be largely the students (often reported, in Western propaganda news sources, as Islamist Students and militants), overran the US embassy. The embassy workers had tried in vain to destroy all of their spy material but failed. About 6 American spies (oops..I mean diplomats) escaped to the Canadian Embassy and this is what the movie was largely about...the escape of these 6.

The plan, called the Canadian Caper (because of the Canadian participation in the plan without whose extraordinary assistance would not have worked) was to send over a CIA spook, Tony Mendez, under the cover of Director of a Canadian movie called "Argo" and how they would give each of these 6 people a cover (as Canadian actors) under the guise of making the new movie. It was a pretty intense movie...close calls...etc. The CIA spook that went in, Tony Mendez (played by Ben Affleck) had previous successes at exfiltration.

“If I was making a political movie I’d say it but this is a movie about imperialism, about democracy and the tyranny of totalitarianism,” says Affleck, who studied Middle Eastern affairs at university.

After having lived in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia) for a couple of years I know what it is like (sort of...) to be subjected to a crushing religious tyranny. The only way to live under such conditions is to keep one's mouth shut and jump through their hoops. But I sure wouldn't want to spend my whole life like that. So I look forward to total separation of religion and state...including removing all religious symbols and mottos from our money, pledge of allegiance, etc. Religion has been nothing but trouble.

I worked at Walmart for awile and saw benefits erode during my 5 years and they contine to slide downhill while corporate profits keep increasing. Unfortunately, no one in the stores near me will walk out because they all fear losing their jobs. I would shop elsewhere, but I'm out in the boonies and not much else around me. I do shope at othere store whenever possible.