Death for Sale!

Proving for the millionth time, that American foreign policy is 100% stupid, news came out today about a huge arms deal. When you hear the words arms dealer, it generally congers up images of some shady yet slick dude with a ridiculous gold watch, arriving on a plane full of guns. He steps off of the plane strokes his greasy mustache and opens the plane's cargo hold so his customer can inspect the newly arrived instruments of death. He is paid for the high quality arms he has brought and turns to go home, with no remorse for what those weapons may do to people at the hands of his customer. Most people would think, hey that guy is the bottom rung of society, he doesn't care how many die as long as he turns a quick buck. It may surprise you o know that that remorseless slimeball's name is Sam, Uncle Sam. Between 1998 and 2005 the United States government sold $109 billion dollars in weapons to other countries, and that's just what's on the books. 109 BILLION dollars! Is it just me or is that crazy. That officially makes Uncle Sam the world largest arms dealer. In that time period the UK was a distant second at 39 Billion. These facts have com to light today after an announcement today that we will be upping the ante. We will be increasing arms shipments to Israel to the tune of 30 billion dollars over the next 5 years and to make it even better we will also be sending 20 billion dollars worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, a country who has been roundly criticized by Amnesty International as one of the top human rights violators. Let me say that again, we are sending 20 billion dollars in weapons to one of the world's worst human rights violators. What is wrong with us? These weapons are not just guns and bullets either, they are missiles, helicopter gunships, and fighter planes. I seem to remember when the CIA supplied training and weapons to another group in the middle east. They were fighting our sworn enemies the Soviets in Afghanistan. They were the Taliban, including Osama Bin Laden. We all know where that go us. It seems that we have done this more than once with horrible blow back. Remember when Saddam Hussein gassed the Kurds. I'll be damned if we didn't provide him with those weapons. I don't understand how the politicians in Washington cant see that this is policy of exporting death is a downright stupid and disastrous idea. If you ask me its because they owe favors to weapons makers. In the end it is all about money, it always is. Please contact your congressmen and let them know that you will not tolerate this deadly policy.

War plans 7 countries, 5 years

Holy Scary &#%$! Batman. The video below was part of the "Democracy Now" podcast from back on March 2nd of this year. It was just brought to my attention and feel that I must repost it with some of my own commentary. Watch the video see you after the jump...



...change your drawers then come back... This video from a highly credible source, Gen. Clark, Shows us the great evils of the Neo-Con war machine. Can anyone say NAZI's. This plan is in effect a drafted plan of how to pick a fight to start WWIII. Post 9/11 Bush and his cronies decided that they wanted to take out 7 countries in 5 years. Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and finally Iran. I'm not usually one to jump to conspiracy theories or too call the republicans NAZI's but COME ON. I guess the silver lining to the catastrophe in Iraq is that it stopped these nuts from trying to blitzkrieg the Muslim World. Could you imagine where we would be now? At war with Iran? This kind of thing not only makes me INCREDIBLY mad it shows how we NEED to make a change. We need to stand up, get off the couch and start caring for a change. As the Bush administration pushes for action on Iran even as we speak we must remain ever vigilant and stop these war mongers, murderers and Imperialists from carrying out their final solution. You can find the full text of the interview here

Welcome to ANSWR

The first thing I will be doing is laying out a manifesto of what this blog is going to be about. The aim of ANSWR is to bring about discussion mainly among college students who want change for America. ANSWR is for those who no longer want politics as usual in Washington. For too long we have seen corporate money and influence steer our country to the brink of destruction. We have seen corporate owned media distort facts and rubber stamp illegal wars to fatten their bottom lines. We have seen our country attacked, and then had that attack turned around as a pretext for setting flame to the constitution. I am starting this blog because I believe that we are at a tipping point and that the future of our country lies in our hands. The last few years have proven that greed in Washington is ruining America, that the Aristocracy in power cares more for their millions than for the well being of the people they serve. It is time to bring this time to an end.

Why Should You Care?
As college students we should take great interest in the political events of today because they will effect our lives most acutely, and secondarily the lives of our children. Those in power currently will be gone before the lasting effects of their policies take effect. We must speak out now to make a real lasting difference.

Is this a Left Wing blog?
Personally, my political views lie somewhere between libertarianism and democratic-socialism, I myself am a bit left of center and this blog will probably reflect this but I do welcome educated view from the center and the right.

What will this blog contain?
This blog will have posts of political news, opinion, links and video related to the cause of social and political change. I will try my best to find opportunities for you to get involved. We can sit on our computers and write about our goals but it takes some real world action so make a true difference.