The Meaning of Words and the Assault on our Conscious

Dictionary.com is usually a very quick and informative way to get all sorts of answers to questions about words, and being a man of words I go their often and sometimes even check words that I already know the meaning of (No I am not a nerd).

 

Anyway I got in a debate with some people about what kind of system of government America has and my opponents where adamant about America being a Republic, where as I told them that it is an Oligarchy. Interestingly neither one of us took the position that it was a Democracy though I think they were using Republic in the same sense as Democracy, i.e. will of the people.

I turned to Dictionary.com for some definitions, and lo and behold what do I see?

de·moc·ra·cy [di-mok-ruh-see]

–noun, plural -cies.

1.	government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.

2.	a state having such a form of government: The United States and Canada are democracies.

3.	a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges.

4.	political or social equality; democratic spirit.

5.

the common people of a community as distinguished from any privileged class; the common people with respect to their political power.

The United States is a democracy? What kind of nonesense is Dictionary.com peddling?  In light of the definition they provide America hardly qualifies. The people are not the ones vested with sole supreme power. Social and political equality does not exist. The media which is not accountable to the people elects our rulers while on the surface this democracy game is played.  Is this an innocent little sentence they provide or the wider war on our consciousness and on truth?

What better defines America? Oligarchy.

ol·i·gar·chy  [ol-i-gahr-kee] 

–noun, plural -chies.

1.	a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.

2.	a state or organization so ruled.

3.	the persons or class so ruling.

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[Origin: 1570–80; < ML oligarchia < Gk oligarchía.]

 

 

 We are ruled by a small clique which provides money to both the Democrats and the Republicans and who also run the major corporations in the United States. This is an Oligarchy.

 

If we are to be even more cynical or maybe I should say accurate then we are in fact a Kleptocracy.

 

klep·toc·ra·cy [klep-tok-ruh-see]

–noun, plural ‑cies.

a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.

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[Origin: 1815–20; klepto- (comb. form of Gk kléptés thief)]

What can more accurately define the reign of George Bush II? He stole this presidency twice! How many countless other Presidents have stolen the election? All Hail the Theif in Command! As far as exploiting national resources then America is second to none in this category. This should also include plundering other nations’ resources.

 

In all fairness, the following is the meaning of Republic.

re·pub·lic [ri-puhb-lik]

–noun

1.	a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.

2.	any body of persons viewed as a commonwealth.

3.	a state in which the head of government is not a monarch or other hereditary head of state.

4.	(initial capital letter) any of the five periods of republican government in France. Compare First Republic, Second Republic, Third Republic, Fourth Republic, Fifth Republic.

5.	(initial capital letter, italics) a philosophical dialogue (4th century b.c.) by Plato dealing with the composition and structure of the ideal state.

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[Origin: 1595–1605; < F république, MF < L rés pūblica, equiv. to rés thing, entity + pūblica ]

Note: In some ancient states called republics the sovereign power was exercised by an hereditary aristocracy or a privileged few, constituting a government now distinctively called an aristocracy. In some there was a division of authority between an aristocracy and the whole body of the people except slaves. No existing republic recognizes an exclusive privilege of any class to govern, or tolerates the institution of slavery.

 

 

 

Walid Shoebat: Exposed by JPost

Well we all know that these fraud “ex-terrorists” are continuing to make the big bucks from the Islamophobic cash cow but this world must be crazy when I start citing JPost for exposing Islamophobes.

The Palestinian “terrorist” turned Zionist 

by Jorg Luyken

When he was 16, says Walid Shoebat, he was recruited by a PLO operative by the name of Mahmoud al-Mughrabi to carry out an attack on a branch of Bank Leumi in Bethlehem.

At six in the evening he was supposed to detonate a bomb in the doorway of the bank. But when he saw a group of Arab children playing nearby, he says, his conscience was pricked and he threw the bomb onto the roof of the bank instead, where it exploded causing no fatalities.

This is the story that Shoebat, who converted from Islam to Christianity in 1993 and has lived in the United States since the late 1970s, has told on tours around the US and Europe since 9/11 opened the West’s public consciousness to the dangers of Islamic extremism.

Shoebat’s Web site says his is an assumed name, used to protect him from reprisal attacks by his former terror chiefs, whom he says have put a $10 million price on his head.

Shoebat is sometimes paid for his appearances, and he also solicits donations to a Walid Shoebat Foundation to help fund this work and to “fight for the Jewish people.”

The BBC, Fox News and CNN have all presented Shoebat as a terrorist turned peacemaker, interviewing him as someone uniquely capable of providing insight into the terrorist mindset.

Now he and two other former extremists are set to appear along with US Senator Joe Lieberman, Ambassador to the US Sallai Meridor and other notables at an annual “Christians United For Israel” conference in Washington in July.

 

The Good Reverend Jeremiah Wright

“Chi-Town, South Side, World wide” - Kanye West

All I could think when they were trying to get Barack on his association with Louis Farrakhan was that they are going to go after Rev. Wright next so I thought I would put in my two cents about this whole controversy surrounding Rev. Wright and the Obama campaign.  First of all almost every single YouTube video is like a minute long and there is no helpful context or setting given to what are actually much longer sermons (this website The Truth About Trinity United does provide truth and context). 

Nothing that the Reverend said was outrageous!  “Chickens coming home to roost” echoes the saying of one of my greatest heroes Malcolm X, and is a refernece to “blowback,” something acknowledged by the CIA, 9/11 Commission and which at least one candidate for president (Ron Paul) spoke about in debates.  The “God damn America” comment was in reference to the way America has in the past set itself up as in effect an “idol” and a rival “god” which doesnt jive with the Biblical message that God is One and He does not change.  It is also a shot at the silly slogan that people parrot of “God Bless America” even when it is dropping bombs and murdering and pillaging other nations and peoples.  Do you actually want God to bless something like that?  It’s a call to be more self critical, reflective and liberate yourself from the pantheon of American state sanctioned historical religion.

I have to say that even though as a Muslim I have disagreements with the Reverend on theological grounds I am in total agreement with him as far as social and political issues go, and I WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO THE “HIGH TECH LYNCHING” that is taking place upon his character. ”and nearest among them in love to the believers wilt thou find those who say, “We are Christians”: because amongst these are men devoted to learning and men who have renounced the world, and they are not arrogant. “(Holy Quran 5:82)

 

“Whose is the Dominion this Day!” -Sh.Abdul Hamid Kishk(RA)

 “There is No God, except God, and Muhammad is God’s Messenger,” this is our simple testimony throughout every place and time which hopefully we carry deep within our hearts throughout our lives.  Sometimes through the maze of life from amongst its shadows a light appears who calls us towards and reminds us of this simple message and to whom the hearts incline because it is clear that this person embodys ikhlas (sincerity) combined with knowledge.  Sheikh Abdul Hamid Kishk was one such man.  Ask anyone in the streets of Old Cairo, or on the minibus on the street about him and they will tell you about his steadfastness in the face of tyranny, his unrelenting call towards truth and justice, his humility and his great humor.  A man who could bring tears to your face in one minute and laughter in the next.  Anyone who listens to his inspirational lectures cannot help but be shaken.  One story I just want to relate about him is that the Egyptian authorites imprisoned him one time and they put vicious dogs with him in his cell to torture him as was their method but it was reported that the dogs just sat next to him doing nothing and when the prison guards showed their dismay and shock at this he told them, “Dogs only eat Dogs.” Allahu Akbar! 

In this regard I present a very inadequate translation of one of his powerful lectures concerning the end of the world.

 

Norman Finkelstein on Lebanon

Dr.M posted this great video of Norman Finkelstein tearing apart a Lebanese broadcaster from Future TV.  Note: The translation is from the notoriously biased and deceptive MEMRI (a extreme Zionist Media organization), but Finkelstein still shines through tearing the Zionists a new one.  It would be interesting to see the whole “unedited” and “uncut” version of the interview.

 

“Muslim” Obama

SMEAR CAMPAIGN SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT SOCIETY
Missed point on faith
By Ahmed Rehab

OK, we get the point. Barack Obama is not a Muslim. He has made that clear, time and again.

As well he should: The rumors are baseless, maliciously spun by political adversaries with the intention of taking votes away from Obama’s promising presidential campaign run.

Obama is entitled to set the record straight. But that’s not the end of the story.

The broader issue is: What does this attempt to smear Obama say about our society?

More personally, what does it say about my newborn nephew’s standing in society? Is he entitled to the dreams of his Muslim father that the boy could grow up to be president if he works as hard as Obama and is as ambitious?

Obama has not gone far enough to challenge the notion that religious affiliation could disqualify Americans from serving their nation. Nor has Mitt Romney, a Mormon, Mike Huckabee, a Baptist, or any other candidate.

It’s time for all of them to be quizzed on the meaning of citizenship as preached and practiced in this great democracy. As a voter, I would much rather know their stance on equal employment policies than which church they attend.

 

Ethnic Ashkenazim Against Zionism: “RJC and CUFI Incite Islamophobia”

Ethnic Ashkenazim Against Zionism is one of the best blogs out there dealing with extreme Zionists both in Israel and the United States.  It is meticulous in documenting Islamophobia from the main body of Islamophobes and also exposing their ideology. It exposes the sordid web and connection between Zionism and Islamophobia.

 RJC and CUFI Incite Islamophobia

Book written by Jewish Executive Director of Christians United for Israel (CUFI), endorsed by former Israeli Ambassador, distributed with Obsession DVD, mailed under CUFI postal permit at behest of Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC)

Before reading the following story from JewsOnFirst, please note that CUFI is a Jewish funded and managed crypto-Zionist organization.

It is very similar to those think tanks that like the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies hide a purely Zionist agenda under a veneer of patriotism and the goal of identifying threats to America. According to the Foundation’s biographies webpage, Sen. Joseph Lieberman and R. James Woolsey are among the organization’s Distinguished Advisors while its Board of Advisors includes Frank Gaffney, Charles Jacobs, Charles Krauthammer, and Bill Kristol.

CUFI is more creative than most crypto-Zionist groups because it camouflages itself as an Evangelical Christian organization with Hagee as titular Christian leader.

 

The War Against Tolerance: Chris Hedges Exposes “Ex-Terrorist” Minstrelsy’s

The Islamophobic Industrial Complex rolls on, but it seems more and more are catching on to their absurdities.

The War Against Tolerance 

By Chris Hedges

Walid Shoebat, Kamal Saleem and Zachariah Anani are the three stooges of the Christian right. These self-described former Muslim terrorists are regularly trotted out at Christian colleges—a few days ago they were at the Air Force Academy—to spew racist filth about Islam on behalf of groups such as Focus on the Family. It is a clever tactic. Curly, Larry and Mo, who all say they are born-again Christians, engage in hate speech and assure us it comes from personal experience. They tell their audiences that the only way to deal with one-fifth of the world’s population is by converting or eradicating all Muslims. Their cant is broadcast regularly on Fox News, including the Bill O’Reilly and Neil Cavuto shows, as well as on numerous Christian radio and television programs. Shoebat, who has written a book called “Why We Want to Kill You,” promises in his lectures to explain the numerous similarities between radical Muslims and the Nazis, how “Muslim terrorists” invaded America 30 years ago and how “perseverance, recruitment and hate” have fueled attacks by Muslims.

 

Christian Fascist Islamophobe Briggite Gabriel Calls Obama an Anti-Semite: Urges Jews to Vote for Hillary

An arch Islamophobe and Christian fascist, Brigitte Gabriel has been condemned by the UJC (United Jewish Council) for saying Barack Obama is an anti-semite, and Jews should not vote for him. 

Barack Obama is an anti-Semite,” said Gabriel, who founded the nonprofit organization American Congress for Truth following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. “No Jews should support him. Jews should vote for Hillary Clinton.”

Klein said Gabriel frequently speaks to Jewish groups and came with many references. One of the speaker topics listed on her Web site is “the threat of Islam to world peace and national security.”

Rieger said this was the first he had heard of Gabriel. Referring to her comments on Obama, he added, “I wish that people that express those views would simply go away.”

Gabriel has been pandering to Israelis for sympathy and support in her efforts to demonize and undermine Islam and Muslims.

 

Graffiti Reflections in the Chi

 Chicago used to have one of the most vibrant graffiti scenes in the nation and in many ways it still is producing sick writers(graffiti artists) as there seems to be an explosion of Graf in the city but it is not the same and hasn’t been the same for quite some time.