Taylor Swift becomes Youngest Grammy Album Winner!

Things You Should Know About Taylor <>

Hi :-)

I'm 20.

I'm the girl who is best friends with a guitar and writes songs about everything and everyone that happens to me. Names included. ;-)

Class of 2008.

My Twitter is Taylorswift13.

In my spare time, I like to conduct random baking experiments in my kitchen and write letters to people.

I really love people who like my music. They're number 1 on my favorite things list.

I'm not a big deal. At all.

I love people who are nice to me, I've never been one to say things like "All you people think you know me, well you don't".

Because I'm not that complicated. My complications come out in my songs. All you need to do to be my friend is like me.

My middle name is Alison.

And I'm extremely tall. Like, I'm that really tall person that is blocking your view at a concert. On behalf of all of us, we're sorry.

My ideal outfit is a sun dress and cowboy boots.

I love surprises and hardwood floors.

I like people who are excitable. I think it's endearing when people cry when they're happy. I'm pretty excitable too.

I've never been the kind of girl who needs a boyfriend. Plus, guys don't ask me out because they know I'll write songs about them.

In life and love, you learn that there comes a time to let go and move on. It's a lesson I learned recently.

I wear too many bracelets and I can't concentrate on the conversation if the TV's on.

I grew up on a Christmas tree farm. Seriously.

I'm fascinated by black and white pictures, I have them hung up everywhere.

I like people who can be sarcastic and laugh about tense situations.

I never assume someone's not being honest with me.

I like to read up on weird medical problems, so if one of my friends ever complains of a headache or stomach ache, I'm probably going to spout off 12 different things that could be wrong with them. Because I'm way paranoid.

I think Keri Russell and Ellen DeGeneres are the coolest celebrities ever.

I don't like making decisions when I don't have to. So right now my toenails are painted 5 different colors.

I will never straighten my hair to impress a guy ever again.

There's never going to be a time when I'm annoyed by compliments about my music.

I need everything to be organized. All the time.

I think little kids are awesome.

I'm a thinker and an over-analyzer. I'm not jaded.

I'm a fan of fans. You are absolutely wonderful to me. I've got your back, just like you've had mine. To anyone who has gone out and bought my CD, or come to a show, or even turned my song up when it came on the radio, all I can say is thank you.

Oh yeah.. My name's Taylor.

http://Myspace.com/TaylorSwift

A Bowl of Golden Glow

She's a Jethro bowl of Elvis

floating in vanilla Silk

with white chocolate crumbles

and sprinkles of gold leaf

She's a delicious genius

it can't be denied she's gorgeous

magical magnetic and fearless

talented as a divine gift

Daring you NOT to fall in Love

pushing back the boytoys

to wage war with conventionality

an American dream and an angel

Her golden curls and blue eyes

shine with wild Elvis fires

in our troubled night glowing

I hereby crown her Queen of Muses!

For the delightful genius

T. Swift 13, at the center of my Heart

yer bwoy BzB always

Taylor Swift, Beyonce make Grammy history

Dean Goodman

LOS ANGELES

Mon Feb 1, 2010 12:56am EST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country-pop starlet Taylor Swift, who rocketed to stardom with ballads of teen love that she wrote on her bedroom floor, Sunday became the youngest artist to win the coveted Grammy for album of the year.

Swift, who turned 20 in December, took home four awards after being nominated eight times. She had never previously won any Grammys. Her second album, "Fearless," was the most popular release in the United States last year. U.S. sales to date stand at 5.4 million copies.

The fresh-faced singer, known for her blonde curly mane, had been expected to dominate the music industry's top awards. But she was overshadowed by R&B singer Beyonce, who won six awards including song of the year -- the most won by a female artist at a single event.

Both were eclipsed for record of the year by Tennessee rock band Kings of Leon, who were the surprise honorees for their pop-radio hit "Use Somebody."

In winning album of the year, Swift broke a record held since 1996 by Alanis Morissette, who was 21 when she won for "Jagged Little Pill," an album with decidedly more adult content.

Swift also was the first solo female country winner ever of the award, and the first female pop winner since Celine Dion won in 1997 for "Falling Into You."

"I just hope that you know how much this means to me ... that we get to take this back to Nashville," said Swift.

She also won the Grammy for best country album, and a pair of awards for her song "White Horse," female country vocal performance and best country song.

Backstage, Swift told reporters that despite her crossover success in the pop field, she still considered country music her first love.

"Country music is absolutely going to be my home because of the stories that are told within country music," she said.

She was planning to catch a flight straight after the event to Australia where she is set to play a sold-out arena tour. Her album has been certified gold or platinum in 16 international markets, her spokeswoman said.

'AMAZING NIGHT' FOR BEYONCE

Beyonce won song of the year -- a songwriters' award for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)." The anthemic hit also yielded Grammys for R&B song and female vocal performance, and Beyonce was additionally honored for contemporary R&B album with "I Am ... Sasha Fierce," traditional R&B vocal performance for her cover of "At Last" and female pop vocal performance with "Halo."

"This has been such an amazing night for me," she said after picking up the latter award.

Beyonce would have won seven awards if her husband Jay-Z had not beaten her in the rap/sung category. He ended up with three Grammys overall, taking his career haul to 10. Beyonce's career tally rose to 16, including three with her former group Destiny's Child.

Kings of Leon, long more popular internationally, finally achieved mainstream success in the United States last year with "Use Somebody." Brothers Caleb, Nathan and Jared Followill and their cousin Matthew Followill also won a pair of Grammys in the rock field for the song, taking their career haul to four.

Country combo the Zac Brown Band was named best new artist as expected. The Atlanta-based group becomes the first band to win the award since 2005.

The popular concert draw released its debut album in 2004, but did not achieve national prominence until 2008 when it released its major-label debut "The Foundation," which peaked at No. 17 on the U.S. pop chart.

The televised ceremony was packed with diverse performances, since 100 of the 109 categories were announced during a low-profile ceremony earlier in the day.

Mary J. Blige and Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli earned a standing ovation for their version of "Bridge Over Troubled Water," performed as a fundraising tribute to earthquake-ravaged Haiti. The song was scheduled to go on sale at iTunes immediately afterwards.

Swift dueted with Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks for a version of the band's "Rhiannon." Two-time winner Lady Gaga performed with the almost-as-flamboyant Elton John.

"I think she proved her point tonight that she's not just a costume freak," veteran shock-rocker Alice Cooper, one of Lady Gaga's sartorial inspirations, told reporters.

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Shut It Down



Notice to D.C. Democrats: "Come Down Off Your Hobby Horses"
Break Out the Brass Balls, Or Go Home to Old Rome

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In this New Millennium, after 2000 years of Roman-style corruption and warmaking, the social crime of acquiescence, of collaborating with madmen and murderers-- witnessed daily around the world-- seems to be the "business of the day" while billions of innocent, unrepresented humans wither away beneath the war machinery.

As much as I love President Obama and Hillary Clinton, as hard as we fought to "Change" the system of 2 centuries in less than a year, as high as our hopes may have drifted like the elusive "balloon boy"-- the harsh reality of our daily struggle is that warlords and profiteers, the Bush criminals and bullying Republicans are still controlling the conversation, stalemating the Senate and using Karl Rove, of all ungodly trolls, to poison the public dialogue.

This is nothing new-- we've endured it, those of us who've survived the Bush regimes, the Reagan war machinery, the CIA global "destabilization & assassination" campaigns, which now appear to be promoted as "U.S. foreign policy." Look- Blackwater (Xe) and Halliburton are still raking in the big contracts, the war machine keeps churning out mass-extermination weaponry, now even producing "non-lethal" directed energy against US, the "insurgent crowds," using our own taxes to develop weapons against us. This is truly unforgiveable, high and mighty elected officials. With each day you are losing ground by caving in to it, losing millions of history-making allies in the process.

So we will serve notice in this new year of consequence, 2010, as we enter a wired culture of futuristic transformation. Either get REAL about war crimes, the criminal activity which has bankrupted the world and allowed corruption to flourish from Italy to Israel, Iran to Vietnam and China-- all because you can't acknowledge what the forensics experts all know is true: we've been hijacked! The internet is an unforgiving oracle and perhaps the ultimate global tribunal, as well as an Amazonian library-- which has documented down to tiny details how the "National Security" state was born from the Nazi ashes into the CIA, MI5, KGB-- the alleged "intelligence" agencies deployed to seek out "enemies" and foment "covert wars" around the world.

How these covert wars killed millions of innocent people, created "terror" tactics unimagined by sane human beings, tortured, conspired, covered-up the assassination of our very own President by the Texas mob, which later empowered the Bush mob. Now you are actively participating in the direct denial of the evidence glaring like thermate in the sun-- that the 9-11 attacks and controlled demolitions were carried out, coordinated and planned by "black ops" agencies related to Dick Cheney, Blackwater and the CIA, then used to justify the suspension of the U.S. Constitution, the launching of a permanent "war on terror" and the ultimate "mindfuck" of the American population.

Again, none of this is new, simply Reaganite Republican "state craft." The gigantic wrench of "terror war" was the tool that Hitler and his fascists adopted from the Romans to seize most of Europe, under a cloud of death and planned destruction. Julius Caesar conquered my ancestors, the Celts, this exact way: create enemies, real or contrived, to justify "security forces" and occupation of territories containing "insurgents" or resources, then make up any manner of bullshit to cover your trail. Then declare yourself a hero, for making the "Pax Americana."

We remind you that the "United States of America," along with Canada, Australia and Israel are all CONTRIVED states, not inherited ancestral homelands. The territories we occupy are European COLONIES, forged by blood and genocide on the homelands of the native peoples who occupied these lands for thousands of years before the "founders' showed up with guns. Consider for example what would happen to the U.S.A. if the U.S. dollar completely collapsed. No more George washington, no more "national culture"-- back to the community, the land, the common folk and native cultures.

Here is the raw argument, the rub which now places you Democrats in the same camp as U.S. Republicans in covering-up of war criminals and embezzlement, monopolization and profiteering on an unprecedented scale: by going along with these "counter-intelligence" tactics and disinformation schemes you are forcing every activist in the world to carry the load for you, to work and expose themselves to attack, to be rounded up and executed, or simply "disappeared." What are you going to say to China, to Iran, to Vietnam, when they are carrying out KGB and CIA tactics? You can't say anything because you are still allowing these "security" agencies to run the show.

50 years of former CIA officials, even General and President Eisenhower himself have warned that this overthrow of the representative government would lead to orwellian consequences. Now here we are, bending over to allow our orifices and body fluids to be probed, expected to believe manufactured events involving incinerating people with robots, being charged billions upon trillions for a decade of criminal theft and black budgeting. So we ask you, here at 2010-- where does it end? Do we continue to "war" against our own eveil shadows until we're all starving in a burned-out wasteland, surrounded by insane, robotic drones?

Show us one "expert analyst" or other CIA spokesperson who can claim that their "intelligence" activities have succeeded in making our world more safe, more sane, more peaceful or intelligent. The situation we are trapped in is exactly the opposite-- we are in dire peril and propagandized to the point of insanity, in large part due to the CIA "covert" activities around the world. From corporate-financed guerrilla wars to assassinations, drug smuggling and terror tactics beyond description (see our Stockwell video)-- the CIA has poisoned and endangered all of us. Now it has attacked us directly (9-11) and hijacked our entire country, along with our economy, our ethics and any shred of international respect. The CIA should be regarded as a criminal organization which has actively subverted our constitutional government (also known as "treason") on behalf of power-hungry presidents and ruthless corporations. The millions of victims are almost entirely poor, defensless and unrepresented people in "underdeveloped" areas of the world.

The Obama promise of Change can't be snuffed out like Rush Limbaugh's drug habit, like Paul Wellstone's plane. We are going to bring the TRUTH out in the open, with you or without you. Right now you have the unique and historic opportunity to bring the entire U.S. Republican party up on conspiracy charges, to answer the demands of millions of Americans to put Dick Cheney and his crew before a war crimes tribunal, to allow the 9-11 evidence, and yes the WTC Building 7 explanations, out into the light of day.

This half century of Bush family crimes have been documented in detail-- simply search Amazon for hundreds of books and films on the subject, collectively equivalent to a global expert witness library. You Democrats are making a strategic blunder by taking the easy path. Health care is important, yes-- but war crimes which continue to threaten all of us are more pressing. It's like you're trying to cure our CIA cancer by pretending a trip to Disneyland will fix the problem. Meanwhile, the desperate and unrepresented are willing to blow themselves up to get your attention.

We suggest you also take gigantic, bold steps which can be summed up "OMG" & "WTF"-- like legalizing cannabis, marijuana and HEMP, once America's signature crop. Again, how long will this Hearst-Rockefeller "Reefer madness" bullshit continue to play as "legal business," when the war on marijuana is an obvious violation of both human and natural rights? You come to my house and tell my kids that flowers are illegal, and that growing herbs is "manufacturing a dangerous drug"? That is the real madness, Mr. Chucklehead Darecopper.

By legalizing and ending the FAILED prohibition you will at once: release people being held by the state as political prisoners for victimless herbal crimes, redirect the law enforcement and surveillance agencies to actual criminal activities which have victims, in the process saving billions of cumulative credits. You will also allow for real, practical "health care" of terminal patients, veterans, queens on their moontime, migraine sufferers-- by an herb which was recognized in America as a medicine for 200 years, in India, for 3000 years! Also, it is a clear sign that the decades of lies and "covert war" against the American people is stopping. We must stop it.

Now we're not saying you have "sold out," not quite yet. But you have really dropped alot of balls, have allowed the criminals who in the past decade have bankrupted our country, embroiled us in global wars and cultural clashes, got away with their buddies and offshore accounts in the war profiteering, petrochemical and vaccine making industries with trillions in skimmed of monopolizations. You've allowed them so far to waltz away as if nothing was wrong with the picture. Perhaps because many of your own party, like our old Senator Dan Inouye, are implicated in the promotion of the war machinery, at the expense of liberty and justice.

It's like the schoolyard bully situation. They will keep picking a fight, attacking you for every little petty reason, even if it's contrived, so they control the schollyard, keep you in a corner. At some point you've gotta either organize your friends and allies to kick the bully's ass, or get on your brass knuckles and biker gear to do it yourself. We are so very sick of the Rove-Rush-Dick Armey attack bullshit we keep being fed, we are being forced to your defense daily. But we have our limits, many have already stopped paying attention.

"Public endangerment" and "impersonating a public official" can summarize the situation we, the public citizens, are faced with, not to mention your cancerous, "ponzi-scheming," war profiteering corporations. As well, you are faced with national elections in 2010, so it's time you really step up your game, folks. At this juncture of the first year of the Obama presidency, you seem to be allowing the fascists, the hate-mongers, the "Red Teams" of the militarists, and the war profiteers to position themselves to take the country over once again. Truly, the possibility and projection of the security state under another corrupted CIA regime is a nightmare beyond Orwellian imaginings.

Finally, we recommend you immediately create an office of New Media, to coordinate the new democratic technologies and information dispersal potential of the new wired America. First task-- freeing up the evidence, the historic events of a century of industrial war, the documented deaths of millions of innocent victims of the "resource wars," which coontinue to this day in Iraq and Afghanistan. Experts abound, academics are at your disposal, the internet is your oyster. oh, and promote Amber Ettinger, for you would not control the White House without her, great and powerful Obama! Check out our "Harry Reid Remix" at YouTube...


Agent B.Z. Burnbridge, Subversive Syrup Network
http://Bombshelter.org http://www.youtube.com/user/GalaxyGarden





Kurt Vonnegut's Last Book, an Indictment of the American War Machine--
on "Psychopathic Personality Syndrome"

"I myself feel that our country, for whose Constitution I fought in a just war, might as well have been invaded by Martians and body snatchers. Sometimes I wish it had been. What has happened, though, is that it has been taken over by means of the sleaziest, low-comedy, Keystone Cops-style coup d'etat imaginable. And those now in charge of the federal government are upper-crust C-students who know no history or geography, plus not-so-closeted white supremacists, aka "Christians," and plus, most frighteningly, psychopathic personalities, or "PPs."

To say somebody is a PP is to make a perfectly respectable medical diagnosis, like saying he or she has appendicitis or athlete's foot. The classic medical text on PPs is The Mask of Sanity by Dr. Hervey Cleckley. Read it! PPs are presentable, they know full well the suffering their actions may cause others, but they do not care. They cannot care because they are nuts. They have a screw loose!

And what syndrome better describes so many executives at Enron and WorldCom and on and on, who have enriched themselves while ruining their employees and investors and country, and who still feel as pure as the driven snow, no matter what anybody may say to or about them? And so many of these heartless PPs now hold big jobs in our federal government, as though they were leaders instead of sick.

What has allowed so many PPs to rise so high in corporations, and now in government, is that they are so decisive. Unlike normal people, they are never filled with doubts, for the simple reason that they cannot care what happens next. Simply can't. Do this! Do that! Mobilize the reserves! Privatize the public schools! Attack Iraq! Cut health care! Tap everybody's telephone! Cut taxes on the rich! Build a trillion-dollar missile shield! Fuck habeas corpus and the Sierra Club and In These Times, and kiss my ass!"

-- Kurt Vonnegut, In Memorium



*FM 3-19.40 (FM 19.40)
Field Manual Headquarters
No. 3-19.40 Department of the Army
Washington, DC, 1 August 2001
Military Police
Internment/Resettlement Operations

Preface
In 1996, the United States (US) Army Military Police (MP) Corps restructured its four combat
support (CS) missions into the following five CS functions. These functions adequately describe
MP capabilities in support of US forces deployed worldwide.
• Maneuver and mobility support.
• Areasecurity.
• Law and order (L&O).
• Internment/resettlement (I/R).
• Police intelligence operations.
Field Manual (FM) 3-19.40 depicts the doctrinal foundation, principles, and processes that MP
will employ when dealing with enemy prisoners of war (EPWs), civilian internees (CIs), US
military prisoner operations, and MP support to civil-military operations (populace and resource
control [PRC], humanitarian assistance [HA], and emergency services [ES]). FM 3-19.40 is not a
standalone manual, and it must be used in combination with other publications. These
publications are pointed out throughout the manual, and a consolidated list is provided in the
bibliography.
This manual provides guidance that can be used by US Army service schools, students, sister
services, and federal agencies. It is fully compatible with current joint, multinational, and
interagency doctrine.
The proponent of this publication is HQ TRADOC. Send comments and recommendations on
Department of the Army (DA) Form 2028 directly to Commandant, US Army Military Police
School, ATTN: ATSJ-MP-TD, 401 MANSCEN Loop, Suite 2060, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
65473-8926.
This publication implements Standardization Agreement (STANAG) 2044, Procedures for
Dealing With Prisoners of War (PW) (Edition 5), 28 June 1994. NOTE: The DA term EPW is
interchangeable with the term PW used in STANAG 2044. The DA uses the term PW
when referring to US soldiers who are prisoners of the enemy and uses the term EPW
when referring to enemy soldiers who are prisoners of the US.





Oda a los medios de comunicación corporativa

Oh craso y estrellarse arroyo
mesmerizing masa de la manipulación
brillante tubo de los sueños
Babyloning puta de negocios
la mentira que aprender a amar

Enchufe de nuevo esta mañana en mi cabeza
dame la santidad de seguridad
una ilusión de la cordura
ser la ventana a mi mundo
muéstrame el camino y la verdad

Historiador de los señores de la guerra
MC maestro de la carrera de ratas
monger miedo de la máquina de dinero
dame el día de hoy mi diario fijar
estimular el shock me me me moho

Me hacen creer en sus bombas
dame de comer su recubiertos de azúcar mordeduras
me inyecte con su zumbido filtrado
haz de mi cerebro electrónico con contenido
Dime otra vez quién soy

B.Z.B. Unidad irregular


NONLETHAL WEAPONS
B-10. The DOD defines NLWs as weapons that are explicitly designed and
primarily employed to incapacitate personnel or material, while minimizing
fatalities, permanent injury to personnel, and undesired damage to property
and the environment. Unlike conventional weapons that destroy their targets
through blast, penetration, and fragmentation, NLWs employ other means to
prevent the target from functioning.
B-11. The NLW doctrine and concepts of operation are designed to reinforce
deterrence and expand the range of options available to commanders. They
enhance the capability of US forces to accomplish the following objectives:
• Discourage, delay, and prevent hostile actions.
• Limit escalation.
• Take military action in situations where the use of lethal force is not
the preferred option.
• Protect US forces.
• Disable equipment, facilities, and personnel.
B-12. The zero probability of producing fatalities or permanent injuries is not
a requirement of NLWs. Complete avoidance of these effects is not guaranteed
or expected; however, NLWs significantly reduce them as compared to lethal
weapons. When drafting the ROE, clearly articulate that using NLWs is an
additional means of employing force for the particular purpose of limiting the
probability of death or serious injury to noncombatants or belligerents.
However, the use of deadly force is an inherent right of individuals when they,
their fellow soldiers, or personnel in their charge are threatened with death or
serious bodily harm. The use of NLWs adds flexibility when controlling
disturbances in an I/R facility by providing an environment where guard
forces can permissively engage threatening targets with limited risk of
noncombatant casualties and collateral damage (see FM 90-40). Table B-1,
page B-4, shows lethal, nonlethal, and ineffective zones of NLWs.
FM 3-19.40
B-4 Use of Force and Riot Control Measures
B-13. The use of lethal force under the standing ROE is never denied. Never
deploy forces without giving them the ability to defend themselves against a
lethal threat. Ensure that they are trained, armed, and equipped for combat.
Nonlethal force is a complement to, not a replacement for, lethal force. Expand
a proactive response across the range of military operations. Delegate the
decision to use NLWs against an adversary during a confrontation to the
lowest possible level, preferably to the platoon or the squad. Ensure that all
personnel, not just leaders, have a clear understanding of the ROE and the
commander’s intent (see FM 90-40).
B-14. Facility commanders consider the use-of-force options discussed in this
appendix and AR 190-14 when dealing with disruptions. They substitute
nonlethal devices for firearms when they are adequate for MP to safely
perform their duties. Currently, MP have the following nonlethal options
available for crowd control:
• Riot control agents.
n O-chlorobenzylidine malonitrile (CS).
n Oleoresin capsicum (OC).
• MWDs.
• MP clubs.
• Riot batons.
B-15. Commanders and public affairs officers are prepared to address media
questions and concerns regarding the use and role of NLWs. They make it
clear that the presence of NLWs in no way indicates abandoning the option to
employ deadly force in appropriate circumstances.





“We are your bad conscience.” -- The WHITE ROSE

The Halliburton crime cartel

Let's take a look at Halliburton for a moment.

1) $292 million in taxpayer money will go to Halliburton to pay for goods & services it will provide to Tyumen Oil Co., and company controlled by the Aplfa Group, which has ties to the Russian Mob.

2) Halliburton continues to do business with Burma despite that government's ruthless repression of its own citizens. Security gurards hired by Burmese companies involved with Halliburton have been accused of rape and torture of local villagers opposed to the project. Halliburton has fought all attempts to bring sanctions against Burma for its conduct.

3) Halliburton has done business with Libya, Iran, and Iraq in contravention of the law. It has repeatedly lobbied to have sanctions against these countries removed.

4) Halliburton has apparently cooked the books to the tune of $100 million.

5) Between 1995 & 1999 Halliburton created 44 shell companies in the Caymans to evade US Taxes, cheating the American people out of $302 million. While it was doing this, it also had its snout in the public trough, scarfing down $2.3 billion in government contracts, and $1.5 billion in loan gurantees.

6) Halliburton was fined $2 million for overcharging the Pentagon.

So, what kind of person works at Halliburton? Since I'm Irish, let me answer a question with a question. Who, but a criminal, would work for Halliburton?



Donald Rumsfeld: The War Crimes Case

JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, president of the National Lawyers Guild, says that although Donald Rumsfeld is resigning as US Secretary of Defense, steps should be and will be taken to hold him accountable for breaches of international law and even war crimes sanctioned in Iraq and Guantanamo during his tenure ...


As the Democrats took control of the House of Representatives and were on the verge of taking over the Senate, George W. Bush announced Wednesday that Donald Rumsfeld was out and Robert Gates was in as Secretary of Defense. When Bush is being run out of town, he knows how to get out in the front of the crowd and make it look like he's leading the parade. The Rumsfeld-Gates swap is a classic example.

The election was a referendum on the war. The dramatic results prove that the overwhelming majority of people in this country don't like the disaster Bush has created in Iraq. So rather than let the airwaves fill up with beaming Democrats and talk of the horrors of Iraq, Bush changed the subject and fired Rumsfeld. Now, when the Democrats begin to investigate what went wrong, Rumsfeld will no longer be the controversial public face of the war.

Rumsfeld had come under fire from many quarters, not the least of which was a gaggle of military officers who had been clamoring for his resignation. Bush said he decided to oust Rumsfeld before Tuesday's voting but lied to reporters so it wouldn't affect the election. Putting aside the incredulity of that claim, Bush likely waited to see if there would be a changing of the legislative guard before giving Rumsfeld his walking papers. If the GOP had retained control of Congress, Bush would probably have retained Rumsfeld. But in hindsight, Bush has to wish he had ejected Rumsfeld before the election to demonstrate a new direction in the Iraq war to angry voters.

Rumsfeld's sin was not in failing to develop a winning strategy for Iraq. There is no winning in Iraq, because we never belonged there in the first place. The war in Iraq is a war of aggression. It violates the United Nations Charter which only permits one country to invade another in self-defense or with the blessing of the Security Council.

Donald Rumsfeld was one of the primary architects of the Iraq war. On September 15, 2001, in a meeting at Camp David, Rumsfeld suggested an attack on Iraq because he was deeply worried about the availability of "good targets in Afghanistan." Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill reported that Rumsfeld articulated his hope to "dissuade" other nations from "asymmetrical challenges" to U.S. power. Rumsfeld's support for a preemptive attack on Iraq "matched with plans for how the world's second largest oil reserve might be divided among the world's contractors made for an irresistible combination," Ron Suskind wrote after interviewing O'Neill.

Rumsfeld defensively sought to decouple oil access from regime change in Iraq when he appeared on CBS News on November 15, 2002. In a Hamlet moment, Rumsfeld proclaimed the United States' beef with Iraq has "nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil." The Secretary doth protest too much.

Prosecuting a war of aggression isn't Rumsfeld's only crime. He also participated in the highest levels of decision-making that allowed the extrajudicial execution of several people. Willful killing is a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions, which constitutes a war crime. In his book, Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib, Seymour Hersh described the "unacknowledged" special-access program (SAP) established by a top-secret order Bush signed in late 2001 or early 2002. It authorized the Defense Department to set up a clandestine team of Special Forces operatives to defy international law and snatch, or assassinate, anyone considered a "high-value" Al Qaeda operative, anywhere in the world. Rumsfeld expanded SAP into Iraq in August 2003.

But Rumsfeld's crimes don't end there. He sanctioned the use of torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, which are grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and thus constitute war crimes. Rumsfeld approved interrogation techniques that included the use of dogs, removal of clothing, hooding, stress positions, isolation for up to 30 days, 20-hour interrogations, and deprivation of light and auditory stimuli. According to Seymour Hersh, Rumsfeld sanctioned the use of physical coercion and sexual humiliation to extract information from prisoners. Rumsfeld also authorized waterboarding, where the interrogator induces the sensation of imminent death by drowning. Waterboarding is widely considered a form of torture.

Rumsfeld was intimately involved with the interrogation of a Saudi detainee, Mohamed al-Qahtani, at Guantánamo in late 2002. General Geoffrey Miller, who later transferred many of his harsh interrogation techniques to Abu Ghaib, supervised the interrogation and gave Rumsfeld weekly updates on his progress. During a six-week period, al-Qahtani was stripped naked, forced to wear women's underwear on his head, denied bathroom access, threatened with dogs, forced to perform tricks while tethered to a dog leash, and subjected to sleep deprivation. Al-Qahtani was kept in solitary confinement for 160 days. For 48 days out of 54, he was interrogated for 18 to 20 hours a day.

Even though Rumsfeld didn't personally carry out the torture and mistreatment of prisoners, he authorized it. Under the doctrine of command responsibility, a commander can be liable for war crimes committed by his inferiors if he knew or should have known they would be committed and did nothing to stop of prevent them. The U.S. War Crimes Act provides for prosecution of a person who commits war crimes and prescribes life imprisonment, or even the death penalty if the victim dies.

Although intending to signal a new direction in Iraq with his nomination of Gates to replace Rumsfeld, Bush has no intention of leaving Iraq. He is building huge permanent U.S. military bases there. Gates at the helm of the Defense Department, Bush said, "can help make the necessary adjustments in our approach." Bush hopes he can bring congressional Democrats on board by convincing them he will simply fight a smarter war.

But this war can never get smarter. Nearly 3,000 American soldiers and more than 650,000 Iraqi civilians have died and tens of thousands have been wounded. Our national debt has skyrocketed with the billions Bush has pumped into the war. Now that there is a new day in Congress, there must be a new push to end the war. That means a demand that Congress cut off its funds.

And the war criminals must be brought to justice - beginning with Donald Rumsfeld. On November 14, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the National Lawyers Guild, and other organizations will ask the German federal prosecutor to initiate a criminal investigation into the war crimes of Rumsfeld and other Bush administration officials. Although Bush has immunized his team from prosecution in the International Criminal Court, they could be tried in any country under the well-established principle of universal jurisdiction.

Donald Rumsfeld may be out of sight, but he will not be out of mind. The chickens have come home to roost.


Marjorie Cohn, a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, is president of the National Lawyers Guild, and the U.S. representative to the executive committee of the American Association of Jurists. Her new book, Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law, will be published this spring by PoliPointPress.

CIA Secret Wars w/ Col. John Stockwell: Gross Millions Dead





Table B-1. Range of NLWs
NLW
Meters
0 5 15 20 25 30 35 50 55 65 95 100 120
MCCM
Stun hand grenade
12-gauge point
12-gauge area
40-millimeter point
66-millimeter sting ball
66-millimeter flash bang
66-millimeter CS grenade
Lethal zone
Nonlethal zone
Ineffective zone


FM 3-19.40
Use of Force and Riot Control Measures B-5
ADVANTAGES
B-16. The NLWs provide the flexibility to favorably influence a situation with
reduced risk of noncombatant fatalities and collateral damage. They are more
humane, which is consistent with the political and social intent of
humanitarian and peacekeeping missions. The force that properly employs
NLWs gains an advantage over forces who rely on lethal options alone because
the degree of provocation required to employ these options is substantially
less. This advantage provides a proactive posture and a quicker response. It
also diminishes the likelihood of a situation escalating to a point where deadly
force is required.
B-17. The NLWs are less likely to provoke others; however, they may provoke
a negative response. Demonstrated restraint greatly diminishes feelings of
anger and remorse when deadly force is required after nonlethal options fail.
The NLWs facilitate postincident stabilization by reducing internee alienation
and collateral damage.
TRAINING
B-18. Soldiers and leaders are trained in the correct employment of NLWs.
They understand the limited use of these systems in environments with
restrictive ROE. Their training is continuous at all levels so that they
understand when and how to effectively and properly employ NLWs. The
incorrect application of NLWs can have significant operational and political
ramifications. Well-trained MP leaders who provide timely, clear guidance to
soldiers ensure mission accomplishment.
B-19. Many NLWs have maximum-effective and minimum-safety ranges.
Individuals struck short of the minimum safety range often suffer severe
injuries or death, while the effects of most nonlethal devices are greatly
mitigated at longer ranges. Engage the threat within the nonlethal zone,
which is beyond the lethal zone and short of the ineffective zone (see Table
B-1).
B-20. When training with and planning for the use of NLWs—
• Never apply them in situations where deadly force is appropriate.
• Never apply them in situations that will place troops in undue danger.
• Always cover them with deadly force.
TACTICS
B-21. Establish riot control teams that have a minimum response time. Due
to the physical nature of riot control, individuals in riot control formations do
not carry long rifles. Lethal attachments follow closely behind riot control
formations to provide lethal coverage for the entire formation.
B-22. During a nonlethal engagement, a designated marksman supplies
lethal overwatch to provide confidence and safety to those facing a riot. The
marksman is in an overwatch position and armed with a standard infantry
rifle, mounted with a high-powered scope. If a lethal threat is presented, he
can scan the crowd to identify agitators and riot leaders for apprehension. He
can also fire lethal rounds if warranted. Designated marksmen are ideally
suited for flank security and countersniper operations.
FM 3-19.40
B-6 Use of Force and Riot Control Measures
NOTE: See FM 90-40 for an in-depth discussion on the tactics
associated with employing NLWs.



Fame & Fortune Fiddle while the World Burns

Gold chips held out to the crowd from the neon desert
behind the shimmering curtains & stacks of cash
machinery digs into the planet grinding & burning
lakes of pure water siphoned into flushing cesspools
poisonous nozzles kill everything around the edges

every dollar a contract promising presidential power
guarded by battalions of bullyboys & terrible tanks
while the TVs flicker figments of drama & delight
attracting a world's eyes to outrageous fortunes

in the end what fame & riches amount to
flowery funerals for the fortunate perhaps
yellowing smiles & peeling plastic pictures
betraying the celebrated icons of our time

just don't buy it kids if you will survive
listen to instinct & feel your primateness
run away from your city follow the rain
hands on Earth & the forest be with you

B.Z. Burnbridge http://CosmoCorps.org




U.S. Troops Sacrificial Lambs on the Altar of Oil:
As America's Economy is Fleeced & Siphoned

Perception Recovery Collective
Bombshelter Broadcast Complex
http://bombshelter.org

Stepping outside of the pale and pacified "New Patriot" police-state of the New World Order (aka "America")-- once you make it through the razor wire-- it is quite clear that what is going on is a gargantuan, Machiavellian MUGGING. The most bold robbery ever to be pulled off in human history-- in the grand and ruthless style of the Roman Empire-- to secure not just the last black-gold fields on Earth, but the future credit, the lifeblood, the "freedom" and the " truth" we humans have taken for granted.

The United Corporations of America have been maneuvering for the past century toward this ideal "Free Market" world of total access, secured by the most powerful (and expensive!) fleets of killing machines ever assembled-- making sure all the creamy, toxic profits flow into their banks. The conglomerating corporate powers have absorbed all in their reach-- the media, the food, the energy, the entertainment, the real estate, and of course their large arsenal of drugs, which we pay through the noses of our children for.

Another way to look at this postmodern corporate-state is as a "Syndicate"... a very lucrative and cutthroat assembly of co-conspirators willing to extort, bribe, hustle, lie, cheat, sue, raid, and pillage anyone or anything which may give them more "leverage." The operation of the entire "Reagan Revolution" from the beginning has been classic "protection"-- the oldest racket next to pimping-- and any cursory examination of the Bush family (and their corporate-CIA buddies) reveals scandal upon scandal, somehow magically coated with Teflon. (For detailed overview see General Bowen's book "The Immaculate Deception: The Bush Crime Family Exposed.")

From the criminal manipulation of the election in Florida by the Bush brothers and their cohorts, to the brutal attack on New York City and the subsequent cover-up, to their diversion toward Afghanistan as they deployed the "Patriot Act" and "Homeland Security" police-state, to the outright illegal invasion of Iraq in order to murder its leaders and rob the entire region of oil, this Bush Regime has looked more like an organized criminal inasion than any kind of legitimate political movement.

Sadly, the only reason these neo-fascist criminals have gotten this far is through the corporate monopolization and manipulation of the American media. I mean, does anyone out there really take their "approval ratings" seriously anymore? How obviously slanted and innappropriate--everyone else is jumping of a cliff, why don't you? The media keep trying to convince us that "America" is a huge WonderBread melting pot when in reality the colonial empire is sprawled out over a vast expanse of the planet, as diverse as diverse can be-- that is the beauty and treasure of the American Dream. The New Patriot-Republican agenda is to jam their militarized cowboy-KKK mindset into all of our holes so we can no longer argue or discourse, or even think straight. The perfect "protection racket."

When these highly secretive and paranoid people in power, with their fingers on their nuclear buttons, decree that we will soon have the largest deficits in history, what they are really trying to get us to swallow is the sickening load of their military budget-- in mob terms, they will twist our arms and our children's arms to pay them to build bigger weapons to keep us all in line. These Bush executives, if you peel back their Skull and Bones badges, are heavily invested in the three most profitable (and corrupted) industries in the world: pharmaceuticals, weapons, and oil.

The oil racket is so obvious it should need little explanation. Iraq has the last great reservoir on the planet-- and who is inventorying what is being drained right now by CEO/VP Cheney's Brown&Root? The U.S. military, oh wait-- they work for Cheney too! Don't want to confuse anything in the accounting by having U.N. people snooping around! Keep those nosy inspectors at bay! The Bushites knew where all the weapons were anyhow-- our CIA sold them to Saddam (remember-Rumsfeld arranged it)!

Pharmaceuticals are a bit more complex of a racket-- much like drug dealing everywhere. "Create a demand, supply the need." Did you know that while Bush Sr.'s CIA was channeling vast quantities of cocaine into the urban areas of the U.S., the Bush family also was profiting from their interest in Eli Lilly's cocaine treatment drugs? Any coincidence that now that Afghanistan is "liberated" the opium triangle is back in business like never before? Gee, I wonder where all that fresh heroin will end up? Follow the cancer trail, the AIDS deployment, the SARS epidemic-- a brutal "protection racket" verging on the demonic.

Now, Eisenhower tried to warn us all about the "unwarranted influence of the military-industrial complex" but did we listen? We are now in the midst of a worst-case scenario of military corporate influence out of control, resulting in the "Bring It On" mafioso machismo of an idiot. This Bush mob and their minions are ruthlessly willing to throw our sons and daughters to the wolves, to rake in greater profits and power, all the while surrounding our neighborhoods with barbed wire and microwave towers. The empire is turning on us, as empires tend to do when they get top-heavy. The scum has risen to the top of the melting pot, and now these corporate criminals are attempting to steal even our minds with their murderous programming and "approval" scams.

From a wild-eyed child in the back row comes a revolutionary suggestion:
Why don't we pass legislation to prevent corporate executives from holding offices of military power-- especially those in the energy and weapons industries? That would disqualify just about everyone in Bush's cabinet-- including the lovely Condy Rice (no worries, she'll still have that Texaco tanker named after her)! In fact, the only man left standing on the Republican side would be Colin Powell. And we don't get the feeling lately he approves of playing Tom to Bubba Bush's Kowboy Klique anyway. He would probably be as relieved as Dwight Eisenhower to see Bush, Cheney and all the other murderous mobsters behind bars where they belong, and our troops coming home.

What it has boiled down to, boys and girls, in this new-millenium "Planetary Survival" challenge is the United Corporations of America and their massive military versus the United Nations ideals and processes. Test this on your neighbors: which side do you stand on: the unilateralist "Terminator" Bush or the United Nations peacekeeping process? At this point, either way we'll likely be paying for Bush's blood-soaked "embezzlement" for a very long time...if we make it through the killing fields.


B.Z.B. Unit TimeCorps 23
Bombshelter Broadcast Complex
Rare Earth Resistance
http://bombshelter.org


The Immaculate Deception: The Bush Crime Family Exposed
by Russell S. Bowen
America West Publishers

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0922356807

This is perhaps the most shocking book written this (last) century about treason committed by the highest leaders within the U.S. Government. This disturbing and thought provoking exposé, which few Americans know about, reveals the truth about the drug running carried out by the secret government. The Immaculate Deception reveals the unsavory past of George Bush and his family, detailing the unscrupulous activities in which he has been involved.

About the Author:
Russell S. Bowen is a retired U.S. Army Brigadier General who has revealed his position with the Office of Security Services (OSS) — forerunner to the CIA — and his drug running activities on behalf of the U.S. government & Bush 41. With this book he has courageously come forward to tell the truth about his association.

Bush Family Nazis...A Dynasty of Mass Murdering War Profiteers

Four generations of the sociopathic predator George W. Bush family have been attacking the human race through stealth practices, and contributing to the mass murder of millions of people. The Bush family has financed, aided and abetted, and collaborated with the most evil dictators and tyrants of the 20th century. Prescott Bush became Hitler's banker when he became Fritz Thyssen's banker. The incredible loot Fritz's father made in steel, coal, and railroads during WWI was hidden in Holland. Shortly afterwards he was looking to spread some in America and opened a front operation through E.R. Harriman in New York City.

http://ecosyn.us/Bush-Hitler/
http://www.oilempire.us/bushnazi.html

Heirs to the Holocaust: Prescott Bush, Thyssen, Auschwitz: How the Bush family wealth is linked to the Jewish Holocaust

http://www.propagandamatrix.com/archivebushclan.html


Gods of War & the Hell Game

War lovely war and plunder
demons take flight raising Hell
blasting now global fire and thunder
as ice and dice clink in Liar games

Devils love God to let loose blood
while it flows so power snakes in
with a flick and a click of pleasure
infernal twists of wicked wonder

God the TV cries wants evil dead
our side's goodness brings treasure
Buy! they say these powerful things
Old Angel pours a bottle of broken dreams

War is a holiday for maggots and kings
another bloody sequel for your Lord's Rings
while the Fiend munches skin rinds
tweaking hateful knobs by their blunder

BeeZeeB Irregular Unit
http://BombShelter.org
Mauna Kea MotherShip

Obama Girl's Farm Tour of America featuring Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley-- BzB Harry Reid Remix

Alice the American's Ghosts of Rome in Nuclear Blunderland

Dear Children of the World

As we enter a new millennium, we could hope that humanity would be on a path toward recovery from the illness of nuclear war. We could dream that our planet would be moving toward greater security and sanity, with peace breaking out as a prerequisite for civilization. We could pretend that terror is dissipating like a mushroom cloud in the twilight…

Over the past century the American culture has become increasingly colonized by the cult of war, in the guise of industrial progress. The development of the atomic bomb was heralded as a great achievement by this cult of scientists and warlords, and they were eager to test the weapons on a large population. In a genocidal decision, they dropped two tests on two different civilian populations, in what will be remembered as the most horrific crimes against humanity in such a brief and brutal moment. It had nothing to do, in the conventional sense, with “war.”

There is no sane justification for the manufacture or use of atomic weapons. It is an inherently evil technology, a tearing of the very fabric of the Unified Field, the Universe in which we exist. Any person, group of persons, or country in possession of, or engaged in the proliferation of atomic weapons should be considered a rogue, a war criminal, a hostile element on a planetary scale. In this new millennium we must expose these weapons of holocaust as violations of international and universal laws.

To apologize for this insanity seems rather rude, when the insanity continues even more deeply than before. Instead, I will speak out against the gargantuan U.S. war machine, which is now spreading as a cancer on the planet... 20 Trident submarines cruising the oceans, each costing 2 billion dollars, each armed with 120 warheads that each dwarf Hiroshima. Each submarine able to create a nuclear winter from which our planet would never recover. And these are only a few of the many thousands of U.S. weapons systems. Choking off the pathways to our children’s future.

I am diagnosing this American society as terminally ill, with “weaponitis.” That is, we have become so obsessed with weaponry, the production, glorification, and deployment of deadly weapons, that our brains have atrophied and we are actually coming to identify with the weapons themselves. Increasingly, you will see stories of stylized heroes who have become “the ultimate weapon.” America has become a permanent warfront, masquerading as culture, from our films and TV to our schools and churches. The military dominates our consciousness so profoundly we cannot separate our identities from war, or weapons, anymore.

I bow my head in shamed silence, in remembrance of the hundreds of thousands of souls killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki and tortured by the radiation effects. I am profoundly sorry that we have not been able to stop the nuclear nightmare after 65 years, and I pray that humankind will awaken to the horror and depravity of “industrial warfare” before many millions more must suffer….

B. Z. Burnbridge

Stormfront Omegaland

http://Bombshelter.org

"The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker."

--Albert Einstein

President Kennedy said, "World peace...does not require that each man love his neighbor--it requires only that they live together with mutual tolerance...." Within this framework of tolerance, we must all begin cooperating in any small way possible to build a common, brighter future for the human family. This is the meaning of reconciliation.

The spirit of reconciliation is not concerned with judging the past. Rather, it open-mindedly accepts human error and works toward preventing such errors in the future. To that end, conscientious exploration and understanding of the past is vital, which is precisely why we are working to establish the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Study Course in colleges and universities around the world.

In the "spiritual home for all people" that Hiroshima is building grows an abundant Forest of Memory, and the River of Reconciliation and Humanity flowing from that forest is plied by Reason, Conscience and Compassion, ships that ultimately sail to the Sea of Hope and the Future.

I strongly urge President Bush to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki to walk through that forest and ride that river. I beg him to encounter this human legacy and confirm with his own eyes what nuclear weapons hold in store for us all.

The United States government has no right to force Pax Americana on the rest of us, or to unilaterally determine the fate of the world. On the contrary, we, the people of the world, have the right to demand "no annihilation without representation."

Article 99 of the Japanese Constitution stipulates that "The Emperor or the Regent as well as Ministers of State, members of the Diet, judges, and all other public officials have the obligation to respect and uphold this Constitution." The proper role of the Japanese government, under this provision, is to avoid making Japan a "normal country" capable of making war "like all the other nations." The government is bound to reject nuclear weapons absolutely and to renounce war. Furthermore, the national government has a responsibility to convey the memories, voices, and prayers of Hiroshima and Nagasaki throughout the world, especially to the United States, and, for the sake of tomorrow's children, to prevent war.

The first step is to listen humbly to the hibakusha of the world. Assistance to all hibakusha, in particular to those dwelling overseas, must be enhanced to allow them to continue, in full security, to communicate their message of peace.

Today, in recalling the events of 57 years ago, we, the people of Hiroshima, honor this collective human memory, vow to do our utmost to create a "century of peace and humanity," and offer our sincere prayers for the peaceful repose of all the atomic bomb victims.

Tadatoshi Akiba

Mayor

The City of Hiroshima

A Blade of Grass … In Dreamless Field

(i)

Blameless souls forever vanish

on this morning, this judgment day.

Our silent cries, to heaven we appeal,

scattered like the ash of withered leaves.

Our ebbing souls

cling to that lonely sky;

we try in vain to escape this sea of flame.

Oh, Hiroshima, once my haven,

why has your life been sacrificed?

(ii)

The abounding sadness within my heart . . .

drowning my loneliness in tears of self-pity.

Four abandoned children,

wishing to feel our mother's love,

just once more

if only in our dreams.

The heat of yet another long night lingers.

Oh, Hiroshima, once my home,

my tears run dry waiting for the breaking dawn.

(iii)

My soul is torn by this rage inside…

I was found guilty for being an orphan of war.

Ensnared by ruthless eyes.

The coldness of kin cuts deeply into my heart,

Pain and suffering born from defeat.

How I despair this cursed fate.

As bitterness poisons this innocent child,

I madly waste away.

Oh, Hiroshima, once my cradle,

I am lost in dreams of revenge.

(iv)

Gathering remnants of my courage,

I stand alone in this notorious America, land of the enemy.

An outcast with slanted eyes,

I fall before the indifference of strangers;

sightlessly, they trample upon my dignity.

This life of anguish seems to be my destiny.

Praying for death, I endure time.

Oh, Hiroshima, once my comfort,

I have come to take justice for my people.

(v)

Budding leaves renew this tired place, this tired soul;

gently the rain is embraced by your love,

comforting this savaged heart.

A blade of grass emerges from the ashes,

and my heart becomes a light,

connecting me to heaven.

Living for one another, this is my path!

Oh Hiroshima, forever my love,

may my life become a bridge from you to others.

(vi)

At the dawn of the 21st century,

we honor this passage through darkness.

We must have the courage to enter

the void again . . . and again,

emerging with the gift of new life.

Healing only comes through learning to forgive

and making peace with our past.

Then will the wind whisper:

"Hibakusha, you have not lived in vain!"

Takashi "Thomas" Tanemori,

Silkworm Peace Institute

http://www.silkworm.org/

TRIDENT SUBMARINE CHARACTERISTICS

Ohio-class/Trident ballistic missile submarines provide the sea-based "leg" of the triad of U.S. strategic offensive forces. By the turn of the century, the 18 Trident SSBNs (each carrying 24 missiles), will carry 50 percent of the total U.S. strategic warheads. By virtue of their patrol posture, they are highly survivable and extremely flexible. Although the missiles have no pre-set targets when the submarine goes on patrol, Tridents are capable of rapidly targeting their missiles, should the need arise, using secure and constant at-sea communications links.

http://www.subasekb.navy.mil/trident.htm

OHIO CLASS SUBMARINES

SSBN 726 USS OHIO 1981 Active-Pacific

SSBN 727 USS MICHIGAN 1982 Active-Pacific

SSBN 728 USS FLORIDA 1983 Active-Pacific

SSBN 729 USS GEORGIA 1984 Active-Pacific

SSBN 730 USS HENRY M JACKSON 1984 Active-Pacific

SSBN 731 USS ALABAMA 1985 Active-Pacific

SSBN 732 USS ALASKA 1986 Active-Pacific

SSBN 733 USS NEVADA 1986 Active-Pacific

SSBN 734 USS TENNESSEE 1988 Active-Atlantic

SSBN 735 USS PENNSYLVANIA 1989 Active-Atlantic

SSBN 736 USS WEST VIRGINIA 1990 Active-Atlantic

SSBN 737 USS KENTUCKY 1991 Active-Atlantic

SSBN 738 USS MARYLAND 1992 Active-Atlantic

SSBN 739 USS NEBRASKA 1993 Active-Atlantic

SSBN 740 USS RHODE ISLAND 1994 Active-Atlantic

SSBN 741 USS MAINE 1995 Active-Atlantic

SSBN 742 USS WYOMING 1996 Active-Atlantic

SSBN 743 USS LOUISIANA 1997 Active-Atlantic

The Navy currently deploys 20 Trident submarines http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/slbm/ssbn-726.htm

from Bangor Naval Submarine Base in Washington state, and Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia.

Each submarine carries 24 missiles, either the Trident I/C-4 or the Trident II/D-5 http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/slbm/d-5.htm

Each missile carries on average five nuclear warheads (either the 100 kiloton W76 or the 475 kiloton W88 http://www.envirolink.org/issues/nuketesting/hew/Usa/Weapons/W88.html

for a total of about 120 warheads per submarine.

The Trident submarine costs about $1.9 billion apiece (not including missiles and warheads).

Trident II D-5 Fleet Ballistic Missile

Primary Function: Strategic Nuclear Deterrence

Contractor: Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif.

Unit Cost: $29.1 million (current production)

Power Plant: Three-stage solid-propellant rocket

Length: 44 feet (13.41 meters)

Weight: 130,000 pounds (58,500 kg)

Diameter: 74 inches (1.85 meters)

Range: Greater than 4,000 nautical miles (4,600 statute miles, or 7,360 km)

Guidance System: Inertial

Warheads: Thermonuclear MIRV (Multiple Independently Targetable re-entry Vehicle); Maneuverable Re-entry Vehicle

Date Deployed: 1990

http://www.fas.org/nuke/index.html

"Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency. Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it."

-- General Douglas MacArthur, 1957

The Ghosts of America

At Empire's End

B.Z. Burnbridge

Lurking the Apocalypse: Escape From Luckyland

http://Bombshelter.org

Drifting overhead through two centuries

on warm summer breezes like butterflies

wisps of cotton from the cracked fingers of

black African hands with faces reflecting

over the oil-slicked seas to Ms. Liberty

likewise a heartbeat of drums in the distance

chanting a magical reality through ages

above monuments & asphalt horizons

challenging: "what planet are you from?"

Driving by us the limousine of J.F.K.

replaying that day in Dallas for every child

upon the screen of public conscience

in the silence at the back of the theatre

now our main feature the Twin Towers of NYC

amidst swirling clouds of demolition dust

we cannot hear the ghostly screams & truth

no mention made of Building 7 blowing up

collapsing in an obvious planned event

An army of youth in uniform with missing limbs

minds askew burning with shame & pain

line the corridors of our wars for "freedom"

trying to tell us the truth about dying

while secrets are swept behind screens

until our story becomes an avoidance

a series of shadows pasted over the truth

in the silence filled with spies & aliens

where the Bush family hides its Nazi fortunes

Entire cultures exist in America's ghostlands

Native nations Hawaiians veterans refugees

the war machine grows armed with secrecy

money changes accounts billions behind us

noone dares mention the outstanding crimes

or murderous tactics & nuclear warheads

the unanswered questions about 9-11 so

we continue to tumble through time

in a CIA-spy clown-show culture of lies

we're Alice the American in blunderland

Now ghosts of Rome join our legion

whispering warnings about wickedness

truth denied justice delayed war above all

until we are surrounded by ghosts & shadows

terrorized by ourselves into silence

allowing the killing to continue on & on

our bombs to be deployed & children

charged the future cost of colonial rule

because our truth is not being told

our destiny is measured by ghosts

B.Z. Burnbridge

Lurking the Apocalypse: Escape From Luckyland

http://Bombshelter.org

“They misunderestimated me” -- George W. Bush

The Dumbest Quotes Of The Noughts @ Huffington