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Documentary: Uncovered – The Whole Truth About The Iraq War

As we remember those from the civil war and all other wars who fought for nationalism, freedom, truth, liberty, and democracy; lest us not forget that to go to war is not a frivolous matter.

Let us remind ourselves that manipulation, deception, and profiteering has led us to many conflicts, but those who choose to fight have not fallen in vain.

Cheers on your holiday weekend.

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In this documentary feature, filmmaker Robert Greenwald chronicles the Bush Administration’s case to invade Iraq following the events of Sept. 11, 2001. The film examines the administration’s argument for war through interviews with U.S intelligence and defense officials, foreign service experts and U.N. weapons inspectors — including a former CIA director, a former ambassador to Saudi Arabia and even President Bush’s Secretary of the Army. Written by Sujit R. Varma

The feature-length version of producer/director Robert’s Greenwald’s short documentary phenomenon “Uncovered: The Whole Truth About The Iraq War.” The film deconstructs the current American administration’s case for war in Iraq through interviews with U.S. intelligence professionals, diplomats and former Pentagon officials, including a former director of the C.I.A., two former Secretaries of Defense, a former ambassador to Saudi Arabia and even President Bush’s former Secretary of the Army.

 

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Will the Individual Investor Prove to Be the Contrarian Trade Again ?

Oddly enough the individual investor has pulled funds out of a cyclical bull market for 52 of the past 56 weeks. One has to wonder if this is fear or a serious need to get at funds. At any rate, last week saw the 13th consecutive week of liquidation totaling $3.5 billion.

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Dershowitz: Drop George Zimmerman’s Murder Charge

Dershowitz’s beef: “There is, of course, no assurance that the special prosecutor handling the case, State Attorney Angela Corey, will do the right thing. Because until now, her actions have been anything but ethical, lawful and professional.

She was aware when she submitted an affidavit that it did not contain the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. She deliberately withheld evidence that supported Zimmerman’s claim of self-defense.”

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By the Way, Obama Was Born in Kenya

Breitbart News has obtained a promotional booklet produced in 1991 by Barack Obama’s then-literary agency, Acton & Dystel, which touts Obama as “born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii.”
The booklet, which was distributed to “business colleagues” in the publishing industry, includes a brief biography of Obama among the biographies of eighty-nine other authors represented by Acton & Dystel.

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Chattel Slavery on the Rise

“The U.S. economy may be improving but Americans are still bogged down by massive debt burdens with little or no savings, a study finds.

One out of five families owes more on credit cards, medical bills, student loans and other unsecured debt than they have in savings, according to a new University of Michigan study, USA Today reports.

At the end of 2011, the number of families with no savings rose to 23.4 percent from 18.5 percent in 2009, the study finds….”

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