Iraq's 80,000 Angry Men And The Collapse Of The Surge
Iraq's 80,000 Angry Men And The Collapse Of The Surge
By Manila Ryce, The Largest Minority Posted on March 25, 2008, Printed on March 29, 2008 http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/http://www.jwharrison.com/blog//80527/
America has a history of mistreating the locals fighting on their side. Our giant clusterfuck in Iraq has little to do with not understanding the cultures in the region, and everything to do with simply not respecting them as fellow human beings. You don’t need a master’s degree in Near and Middle Eastern Studies to know that Iraqis don’t like to be raided at gunpoint, detained and tortured, or withheld pay for risking their lives. Meanwhile, the myth of a successful “surge” continues to work to the political advantage of American imperialists as it paves over any critical analysis of the conflict.
An investigation carried out by GuardianFilms for Channel 4 uncovers how thousands of Iraqis employed at $10 a day by the US to take on al-Qaida are threatening to go on strike because they say they have been used by the ‘Americans to do their dirty work’ and haven’t been paid.
This is the show which will air tomorrow night and Monday morning. I was able to get together two people whom I thought could disagree on issues on camera and not be disagreeable about it.
I thought it was a very good show and covers the issues facing Bethel right now. I hope you will watch it and I hope you'll think the same way I do about it.
Here's another look back to a serious event in Bethel, CT. It was in 2002 when CL&P proposed their high voltage power lines.
Once again, Time Out was on the cutting edge providing the much needed coverage of this important issue. However, back then, I was also the Vice Chairman of the Pro Bethel Party and the party was the only political party in town which had intervener status. Because of the efforts of these people, many others and Pro Bethel, these high voltage lines were buried through Bethel's Educational Park.
On the program that evening was long time political activist Geraldine Mills and former Board of Education Chairman Francis Infurchia.
This show will air very soon on local television here, but it is up now on YouTube. A short time ago, I interviewed Sofia, the producer and narrator of the documentary "9-11 Mysteries."
When the proposed golf course happened in 2000 - 2001, Time Out was there providing the coverage of this issue that was needed to fight the Bethel Golf Authority and certain elected officials in the town to keep this from happening.
As it turned out the townspeople ultimately rejected the proposed golf course and the Bethel Golf Authority from taking over total control of the 160 acres of land in the Clark Industrial Park.
I picked up on it then and it is even more evident to me now, the level of shall we say smugness of the members of the Bethel Golf Authority, in believing that their proposal would pass. Thankfully, it did not and I say especially so because The events of 9-11 took place just seven months after this video was shot of one of their meetings.
Here's a rather fun show we did with a guy that has the same name as me. He is the "Other" Kevin Gallagher - world champion classical guitarist Kevin R. Gallagher. He is a native of New York City.
New York based classical guitarist and pedagogue Kevin R. Gallagher began playing rock guitar in his formative years but his musical appetite quickly led him to study jazz and ultimately, classical guitar. His renowned gift for the classical guitar won him numerous scholarships and awards while studying with Benjamin Verdery at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and at the Julliard School under the tutelage of Sharon Isbin.
As one of the world's leading classical guitarists, he was the first-prize winner in the 1993 Guitar Foundation of America, the 1994 American String Teachers Association, and the 1993 Artists International Competition. Most notably, Mr. Gallagher also earned the distinct honor of being the only American classical guitarist ever to win first prize in the prestigious Francisco Tárrega Guitar Competition in Spain (1997).
Following his studies at Julliard, Mr. Gallagher gave many classical guitar performances and masterclasses throughout the world, including those in Spain, Germany, Sweden, Greece, Turkey, Brazil, and England. He has recorded four classical guitar CDs. His recording for Naxos Records Guitar Recital- Music from the Renaissance and Baroque was hailed as "...one of the very best NAXOS guitar recordings" by Classical Guitar Magazine (London) in 2000.
Kevin is also the leader and founder of the chamber rock quartet, Electric Kompany
Show number one:
For more information about Kevin, please go to his website: www.guitar69.com.
This is the first of two interviews done in 2004 with then Miss New York, Christina Ellington.
Miss Ellington, a graduate of Danbury High School in Danbury, Connecticut had a very local connection to the Danbury area and was the main reason why I had her on.
She turned out to be a fantastic guest, because she was articulate and was very pleasant to interview as a result.
In part one we talk about her past competitions in other pagents and her winning of the Miss New York title and looking ahead to her competing in the Miss America Pagent in Atlantic City in which she placed in the top ten.
In part two, which was taped after the Miss America competition in Atlantic City, we discuss her experience there at the pageant. We cover that she placed in the top ten and what was going on backstage.
This is another of the several election themed shows from 2003. Featured on the program was the Pro Bethel Party candidates Bob Crnic for 1st Selectman and Jim Bryan, the Selectman candidate discussing the important issues of the day.
In an interview with NormanDodd, the 1954 staff director of the Reese congressional special committee to investigate tax-exempt foundations, he exposes the tax-exempt foundations hidden agenda for government.
This is a must see interview and it will change the way you look at tax-exempt foundations.
1. Election Reality TV - BUTCH & HOPPY CHASE Part I (split into two parts for YouTube length limits), The Butch & Hoppy Chase begins with Susan Pynchon and Bev Harris's initial foray into the field following a ballot transport van. This video raises questions, many of which will be answered in subsequent Election Reality TV videos. Some answers will be troubling and will spur reforms.
2. Election Reality TV - PROCEDURAL FAILURES
Black Box Voting is focusing on a nationwide "election chain of custody" project thoughout 2008. We have adjusted communications format to focus on video, because it is getting more 15-30 year old citizens involved.
Collection of evidence through video, ESPECIALLY WHEN SEVERAL CITIZENS FAN OUT WITH CAMERAS TO WATCHDOG A SINGLE ELECTION EVENT AND SHARE FOOTAGE, will be of crucial importance in election 2008. Take note and follow suit.
Click the links below for the new videos. Most of the issues being uncovered our "ELECTION REALITY TV" series apply to MANY STATES, not just the state used to illustrate.
Higher quality versions are posted on Black Box Voting - http://www.blackboxvoting.org (click "Forums, choose "Document Archive" scroll to "Videos") if you need to download for meetings. Please be considerate of our bandwidth. Please download ONLY when needed and use YouTube links for casual viewing and sharing.
WHAT'S TO COME:
An analysis of blow-ups of these video shots, examined frame by frame, has revealed new information that we believe will be highly significant for fraud prevention, particularly in an environment of paper ballots with manual spot checks. Findings originating from these videos will prove to be critically important to any new audit bill legislation, which MUST include rigorous chain of custody controls.
The information in these videos has led us to a "theory of the crime" scenario for New Hampshire. This doesn't prove there was a crime, but (pending completion of our current testing) will show that the New Hampshire presidential primary could have been stolen, even on a large scale.
New Hampshire is currently the most auditable state in the nation, with 100 percent hand recounts available for any candidate, at reasonable prices, as well as good observation and videotaping rights for chain of custody examinations. THIS TRANSPARENCY SHOULD BE RETAINED!
However, there were breaks in the chain of custody in New Hampshire, such that there is no reason to believe that the ballots counted in the recount were the same as the ballots cast by the voters.
And as for the many locations that still use paperless DREs or fail to audit chain of custody and procedural safeguards, as they say in New York, "fahgeddaboudit." There is no reason whatsoever to trust those elections.
(NaturalNews) A TV news report from Germany available at: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVc9GX5K_As) confirmed that the German Military is manipulating the climate in Germany. As a result scientists have filed a lawsuit against the government for climate manipulation.
The video concludes, "We can state with a 97% certainty that we have on our hands chemical trails (chemtrails) comprised by fine dust containing polymers and metals, used to disrupt radar signals."
The purpose of chemtrails, which are well documented over the United State and other parts of the world, according to researchers, is to manipulate the weather. Karsten Brandt, German meteorologist states, "The Federal Army is Manipulating the Meteorological maps."
The disruption of radar signals is the main purpose theorizes Mr. Brandt in the interview. "I was surprised that this artificial cloud was so wide-spread. The radar images are stunning considering the needed tons of dispersed elements - although, the federal army claims that only small amounts of material were propagated. The military heads claim that the substances used are not harmful."
Johannes Remmel, German Green party representative states, "The government must provide explanations to the unsuspecting population." While radar is tracking suspicious aircraft, the Germany Military then uses counterfeit satellite imagery to hide their operations.
In Germany, weather manipulation is prohibited, and I would likewise believe that it is prohibited in the U.S. as well.
Since Chemtrails are so widespread, I would rule out the idea that this is just military performing operations to disrupt radar signals as part of some sort of drill.
The forefront of these operations in the United States appears to be the US Navy, as detailed in "Death in the Air: Globalism, Terrorism & Toxic Warfare," by Dr. Len Horowitz. Many government watchdogs claim global depopulation, the targeted reduction of the world's population by two-thirds, is secretly the reason behind chemtrail spraying.
An alternative theory to explain Chemtrails, would be that a new weapon related to controlling the weather is being deployed. By creating droughts and thus famines, large populations could be easily controlled or eliminated. Other countries could be easily controlled and brought to their knees by a global power if the weather could be controlled or altered.
For a while I was confused between chemtrails, and contrails. Contrails are the exhaust of an air craft, it leaves a trail in the sky and the trail rapidly dissipates. With chemtrails, they initially look identical to contrails, but rather than the trail dissipating, the trail expands and then starts to look like a cloud. Over the Silicon Valley where I live, I daily witness these chemtrails starting and stopping from airplanes. In other words, the plane has control over the chemicals it is releasing. Also, I have noticed on some days the area is filled with a gray hazy muck, and the mountains almost disappear. This is highly unusual especially when just one day before, the mountains were totally clear.
Part of the undercurrents, at least in the United States, is the concept being marketing through radio, television and schools, that the earth is overpopulated. The idea of overpopulation, as the cause of our problems, was something that I had believed in for a time.
I believed in that idea until I realized the abundance of nature. Just seeing the amount of food produced by one healthy tree, and the millions of acres of unused land in central California, helped me understand Nature's abundance.
The creator did not put humans on earth to suffer, to starve and to die. The creator of life gave us vast resources from which to be healthy. Humans are grossly misusing earth's delicate resources, and thus we have created an experience of lack and deprivation. The lack we experience is not natural, but a reflection of our disconnection from the source of life.
Every action, thought, and feeling has a cause and an effect. Evil never will win, it cannot. But we all need to work together to bring more awareness to the dreaded reality - that our government seems bent on making this planet a military war zone.
I have faith that evil won't win this time.
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Here is the report from German Television about this:
Below is The documentary produced by chemtrail researcher CliffordCarnicom is a must see and an excellent research tool. Five plus years into the operations has provided ample evidence in this 90min DVD that covers many topics. Over the years aerosol/chemtrail research has provided some leads but even more questions as to who and why the spraying occurs. It is clear jets are deliberately spraying the sky's and it will not stop until enough people are aware and willing to stand up for the operations exposure and termination.
Recently the website YouTube increased their upload size limits from 100 megs to one gigabyte in size. I've been uploading over the past few weeks videos of a higher video quality and I hope that it shows.
I am mainly uploading shows at this point to YouTube and Google Video, so if you would like to see the shows online, other than here at the blog, search those two websites.
I hope that the video quality is better and makes for an overall better viewing experience for those who watch the shows online.
Jim Bryan, Bob Crnic And Geraldine F. Mills (2003)
As many of you who watch the program know, the format of the show changes once the election season kicks in. Up until the year 2004, I was the Vice Chairman of the Pro Bethel Party and would have on the program the candidates the party was running in that years' elections.
The year 2003 was no different. In 2003, the Pro Bethel Party ran Bob Crnic as its 1st Selectman candidate, James Bryan as its Selectman candidate and Geraldine F. Mills as a candidate for the Inlands / Wetlands Commission.
These three candidates were featured on this election themed episode of Time Out that week.
From 2006 is a show we did with Bird house artist Tancy Gemza of Danbury, CT. This is another one of those shows where I found the guest by reading up on her in the local newspaper.
Ms. Gemza does some truly amazing, highly detailed works of art on these bird houses. Many different bird houses are showcased on the program.
The Fairfield, Connecticut based rock band Talking To Walls has been on the show numerous times. The last time they were on they brought along a professionally produced rock music video that was getting some airplay around the country.
With the band's front man Brian Kelly's permission, I'm being allowed to post this video up on You Tube & Google Video and here on the blog. The band's official web page is www.talkingtowalls.com and a lot of info about the band can be found there.
Time Out - Fairfield Crossing Irish Music Show 2008
Julie Sorcek has been a part of the Time Out TV show in many different ways. She has directed many of the musical shows and has appeared on the show as a guest as well. On a program posted a few days ago, when she was the Chairman of the Inlands / Wetlands Commission in Bethel and with another band she is in called The Reel Thing, a contra dance band.
This is the St. Patrick's Day show for 2008 with Julie Sorcek's other band called Fairfield Crossing. They have a myspace page. Its here you can get a lot of information about the band, sound clips and play dates.
Hello everyone! Here is the next batch of "new" old shows from the Time Out archives.
This is the 1st show that was taped after the events of 9-11. It was an interview with 1st Selectman candidate Jim O'Hara.
The tape this show was taken from had some physical damage, so please bear with the interference lines that occur during the show. It could not be helped.
I had come across this next guest as an article in the Newtimes and this is one of the ways I find guests for the show. This is the interview with Orienteer Joe Brautigam.
The program covers his participation in the sport and what it is.
Back in 2001 - 2002, Connecticut Light & Power had proposed these high voltage power lines - to be run on monopoles that would stand taller than the Danbury Hospital tower.
On the program was local political activist Geraldine F. Mills and physicist Dr. Richard Stein to talk about the physical impact and health impact of these high voltage power lines.
Time Out Productions presents a look back to the 2001 Oscar awards.
On The program from the Connecticut Conservatory of the Performing Arts is the Dance Chair Robert Maiorano and Acting Chair Leland Williams.
When we taped the OSCAR show, we did a second program with the same fine folks from the Connecticut Conservatory of the Performing Arts and talked with them about who they are and what they do. The Conservatory is located in New Milford, CT.
As I have been going through the shows from the archives, I have had different reactions to them. This one not only brought many memories back, puta smile on my face and at times even made me laugh out loud.
This was all because of the subject matter covered. Covered on the show was all of the background revealing of the Bethel Democratic Town Committee (BDTC) and how they and Phil Gallagher once more tried to to destroy the Pro Bethel Party.
This program took the perverbial lid off of the 2001 election season that year and laid all of their dirty tricks and backstabbing out in plain sight for the general public to see.
This may not be a show that the BDTC will like to see again, but this is part of the political history for the town of Bethel and goes a very long way in explaining why the BDTC keeps loosing elections.
Over the years that the program has been on the air, we've had the town's highest elected official on the program. Starting with Judy Novachek, every First Selectman has made at least one appearance on the show. We've also had former 1st Selectman the late Cliff Hurgin on several times.
So now here is the latest interview with Bethel's 1st Selectman, Bob Burke. This was taped on 29 February 2008 and will air in the next two weeks. In the meantime, you can see it here first, before it hits the airwaves.
Here is a new set of shows from the Time Out eleven year archives. First up is a look back to 2002 with an interview with the Bethel Citizen's Advisory Council which was appointed by then Bethel, CT 1st Selectman Judy Novachek.
They were charged into looking into the problem of the proposed high voltage power lines that were being proposed by Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P). Covered this important issue on the program for several months and worked hard to make sure that the high voltage power lines were at the very least buried through Bethel's Education Park.
More shows on the power lines will be forthcoming soon.
Now lets take a look back to the 1999 elections in Bethel. Here are the two last shows done leading up to the town elections that year. These two shows both featured 1st Selectman candidate Mike Duff and Town Clerk candidate Geraldine F. Mills.
Show number one:
Show number two:
In 2003 we had on Time Out an interview with then Chairman of the Bethel, Connecticut Inlands / Wetlands Commission Julie Sorcek. At the time of the interview, she had been on the commission for nine years and had been its chairman for three. We got the chance that evening to cover many issues facing the commission and the town.
Now lets take a look at Danbury, Connecticut's vast photographic history. This was provided for us by the great people over at the Danbury Museum and Historical Society. On the program in 2003 was Brigid Durkin who has many wonderful appearences on the show over the years.
Time Out Productions presents an interview from 2003 with the Bethel Land Trust. The interview covers how they got started, their mission and their members. Their website is http://www.bethellandtrust.org/ and more information about the group can be found there.
A regular guest on Time Out is author and world traveler Dr. Jerry Brooker. I recently taped three shows with him. This show just recently aired locally on Comcast. The other two shows will be airing over the next few weeks so look for them. If you would like to see these before they air locally on TV , they were posted here on the blog a short time ago.
This show was taped and aired only hours before the neocons launch their pre-emptive war "principles" on the world stage with their pre-emptive invasion of Iraq. Most of this program covered this issue and towards the end of the show, we got into some of the local issues of the day. On the program was Pro Bethel Party Chairman Bob Crnic.
Here is the entire 2003 election night show. This is up on Google video in super high quality and is two hours long.
The program that evening was on the air from 9pm - 11pm and featured former Danbury Mayor Jimmy Dyer, Lynn Waller, Frank Infurchia, Jeff Heyel and former radio show host Wayne Winsley.
The program covered the election results and featured coverage of the voting machine meltdown in Bethel that year when a majority of the lever operated machines failed.
The machine meltdown led to then incumbent 1st Selectman Judy Novachek to file a lawsuit regarding the vote outcome which was followed up on shows the months after this.
Live interviews with the winning candidates in Danbury and a phone interview with the Connecticut Secretary of State's office on the Bethel voting machine situation are in the show.
