Hang On to Your Reality

The road to truth is long, and lined the entire way with annoying bastards. —A. Jablokov

Hang On to Your Reality

Back in 1968 Martin Luther King knew his days were numbered. Have you got that suffocating sense that the noose is tightening around your own neck on every level of your life? Well, here are a few of the reasons (there are about a billion more):

WASHINGTON (Reuters)–U.S. private security firm Blackwater’s deal to protect American diplomats in Baghdad will be extended for a year while the FBI investigates a 2007 incident in which the company’s guards are accused of killing 17 Iraqis, the State Department said on Friday.

Anyone employed by a private or public company who was accused of killing 17 innocent people would most likely be suspended from work pending investigation. But not Blackwater, Bush’s own beloved Shutzstaffel. They most likely won’t even suffer a slap on the wrist as they continue to terrorize innocent people worldwide. Oh, didn’t you know they are terrorizing and murdering people all over the world? Their old name, Blackwater USA, has been changed to Blackwater Worldwide.

And speaking of Nazi mentality,

This week’s revelation of another secret Bush administration memo that seemed to eliminate any boundaries on the treatment of detainees added to the already substantial evidence that US military and intelligence interrogators have abused and perhaps even tortured prisoners rounded up during the “war on terror.” Read the rest>>

And speaking of Blackwater Worldwide’s Christian ties, as posted on Raw Story, NBC has revealed a secretive DC prayer group that has worldwide reach

“The most important religious leader you’ve never seen or heard,” says NBC’s Andrea Mitchell. Douglas Coe, leader of a group called The Fellowship, is a powerful, secretive and well-connected religious leader, widely known among senators across the aisles, and across faiths; but not by the general public. Coe’s services have been attended by all three of the major 2008 presidential hopefuls: Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Senator Barack Obama (D-IL).

The Fellowship appears to be as much of a networking opportunity as it is a religious group, says Joshua Green, senior editor of The Atlantic Monthly.

And Raw Story’s Alexandrovna and Muriel Kane have written a series called The Permanent Republican Majority. You can read the series so far by clicking on the links below.