I was reading an article recently that questioned the legitimacy of Wikileaks' latest release of documents. The author mentioned that there are quite a few who believe the U.S. was/is behind Wikileaks and Julian Assange. Typically, the people commenting acted as if they had lost their minds (Lost they damn minds! Honey, please!) in their rush to find new and interesting ways to mock, malign and disparage another for simply stating an opinion that differed from their own. However, I found one comment (the following comment in its entirety) quite interesting.
"Just a few tidbits on Julian Assange and Wikileaks: “I’m constantly annoyed that people are distracted by false conspiracies such as 9/11, when all around we provide evidence of real conspiracies, for war or mass financial fraud.” -Julian Assange, Belfast Telegraph, July 19, 2010
What happens to real whistle-blowers?
"The fate of whistle-blowers and tellers of dangerous truth is rarely rock-star celebrity. Count them. Mordechai Vanunu, who exposed Israel’s nuclear program – imprisoned for nearly 20 years. Gary Webb, who exposed the CIA connection to the distribution of crack cocaine in the US - probably murdered. Russian journalist, Anna Politkovskaya, who criticized Putin’s policies in Chechnya – assassinated. Lebanese journalists Samir Qassir and Gebran Tueni, who criticized the Syrian government – killed in car bombings.
In 90% of such cases, says the Committee to Protect Journalists, the killers are never brought to justice. Yet, Assange, “the most dangerous man in Cyberspace,” according to the faux-alternative magazine Rolling Stone, lives to tell the tale of his persecution from the cover of Time magazine and the podium of TED conferences, weighted down with awards and honors from such establishment worthies as The Economist, The New Statesman, and Amnesty International."
Note: This writer left out a few notable whistle-blowers such as Benazir Bhutto (told us bin Laden was dead), William Cooper (predicted 9/11 attacks would be staged; said they would blame bin Laden), David Cole (Holocaust revisionist; Jewish mafia don Irv Rubin put a hit on his life), Sibel Edmonds (former FBI translator; 9/11 Commission blocked testimony from report, also knew about gov't officials involved in heroin and weapons smuggling) the DC Madam (threatened to reveal which gov't officials visited whorehouse), and WTC 7 survivor Barry Jennings (eye witness accounts told of bombs and dead bodies in WTC 7). These people were either killed, gagged died mysteriously or had their lives otherwise threatened for leaking uncomfortable facts. You don't get the world's leader's knickers in a knot and at the same time get handed awards plus get your face plastered all over their approved media outlets. C'mon people use your head!" ~maasanova
Of course, I think I've seen this person's posts and comments at a "conspiracy" site, a spin-off of an Alex Jones site. He'd be banned--posthaste--if anyone knew that, I imagine. /grin/
The U.S. government--our good ol' Uncle Sam--has tentacles that reach into every area of our lives and all over the world; the "mouth-pieces" have fed us an obscene amount of misinformation, disinformation and outright lies through the years. The official (not O-FFICIAL) position of the U.S. concerning the Wikileaks document release is horror, outrage and promise to prosecute Julian Assange. I hope Julian Assange is legitimate, he's a fucking hero if so.
Growing up in the South, I heard many colorful sayings used to describe just about every aspect of life. One saying--used quite often--was one we'd all do well to remember about our ol' Uncle Sam: His mouth ain't no prayer book. That's the God's honest truth. And like my grandmother always says, "The Truth Will Stand when the World is on Fire." The only problem is, a lot of us will be calling it a "damn lie" and believing the exact opposite. /LL
"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied." ~Claud Cockburn
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Source(s): quote [maasanova]-current.com
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Back to reading Rainbow Pie: A Redneck Memoir, Joe Bageant's latest book. As usual, I got sidetracked by the 'life and times of Dead Mom Walking.' Review coming (promises, promises).
/LL
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