Summaries of 2005, our fourth
year: HomeGuard
News January
2005 ... 1/02/05 ... Republican
representative defends against the charge he hired a company
to "fix" the voting machines in Florida ... The battle of
Ohio rages on tens of thousands of voters have cause to
doubt the results ... dishonor for the medal of freedom ...
the Fallujah fight continues, after victory there ... Kurds
ruminate about their own future ... Bill Moyers gives a nice
historical overview of the function of the free press in the
US ... Pakistan: winner of the "strangest ally" award for
2004 ... and a story of optimism and hope, thank God ...
1/09/05 ... Ohio's vote is being challenged, despite the
certification, a raft of irregularities, lies, deceptions
and conflicts of interest being the least on the list ...
oh, yes, Florida too has problems ... what a mandate means
when Bush likes the percentages and what it means when he
doesn't ... Iraq: 200,000 fighters/sympathizers? Mosul has
no one to run the election ... many opting out of the
election makes its results questionable ... Our future: debt
can threaten the value of the dollar ... Bill Moyers talks
about the responsibility of the press and gives us a 100
year old lesson in precedents related to that aspect of our
democracy ... whistle blowing is out of style ... and
nuclear proliferation is a problem, except where Pakistan is
involved, they, it seems can do no wrong, at least they do
not have to worry about serious consequences as Iraq, Iran,
and North Korea must. 01/16/05 ... Team Bush cleans house,
no more dissent in the ranks ... Asian nations think
together, act together and grow closer, does the US care?
... US military in Iran ... and another report of global
climate change ... Pakistan prepares to fight its 4th
simultaneous conflict ... US military considers "Death
Squads" in Iraq ... and, going back in time the media is
crippled, see Dan Rather, and the CIA has its own criminal
bank conveniently located in D.C. ... 1/23/05 ... Kurds and
Kikurk make the Iraq equation very, very complex ... Allawi
in Iraq a murderer ... game boy style wars for the future
... no level playing field in the media ... and how the
press is pounded into a shape pleasing to Mr. Bush ...
1`/30/05 ... Iraq: combat robots and "poppers" that
broadcast ULF, VLF and UHF intended to pacify despite a
record to the contrary ... mountains of missing money...
hotel journalists can't get to stories ... Ramadi abandoned
by its police force ... everyone who likes the election has
their own reason for doing so and they don't always jibe ...
China holds our economy in its hands ... we slowly become
sidelined as other groups of nations see the benefits of
organizing without us ... American style fascism with a
veneer of democracy and good guy governance ... historical
accounts of human rights: how we got what we've
lost. February 2005
... 02/05/05 ... Iraq has three ways
to go and it is taking all of them ... What if democracy
works and they want us to go as 90% or more think this
election is leading to? ... 90% of Kurds want independence,
too ... What is the resistance, who is in it, how does it
work ... are the getting good antiaircraft missiles? ... in
the US Big Tobacco and Big Polyvinyl chloride, one is in the
news the other should be ... and whatever GMO is good enough
for us it is good enough for Iraq, whether they want it or
not ... and so much more ... 2/13/05 ... NAZI's and the CIA,
the "agency doesn't want to release info ... Bush takes the
credit for an election he didn't want run the way an Iranian
wanted it to be run ... How can we criticize Iraq's new
government for wanting to mix religion and politics? ...
Will we get Iran Lite? ... Iraqification seems to be going
very badly ... Korean Nukes ... alarm bells ringing for the
ecology but no one much is getting the word ... 2/20/05 ...
UN resolution has the US out by 2005, will we go? ...
America fights veterans tortured in Abu Ghraib ... Russia,
Syria, Iran all have get togethers and "happy talk" the US
glowers ... Global warming is here, showing up and spoiling
the party ... we are at a greater threat for nuclear attack
now than ever before ... Hondurans will never forget the man
who is now becoming our Director of National Intelligence.
02/27/05 ... A proto civil war in Iraq between Shia's and
Sunni's? ... Iran is targeted, no Syria, no Iran, no wait
... Bush keeps them guessing ... US says Canada has lost
some of its sovereignty; Canada begs to differ ... US is
being sidelined, ignored in some cases ... Europe and US,
Bush's feel good tour and real disagreements continue to
emerge, GE foods, China arms, Iran, Iraq, Kyoto ...
Meanwhile Rove et al can say whatever they want, no matter
the reality since reality does not matter March 2005
... 03/06/05 ... civil unrest
bordering on civil war in Iraq, no real news reaches the US
population ... another 10 years in Iraq? ... resistance in
Iraq changes strategy, why stand and fight? ... the huge
following that runs the Republican party has the "craziest
ideas" ... one half million disabled by "Gulf War Syndrome,
from the first war, the cause is depleted uranium
ammunition, being used right now ... And Rep. Sam Johnson
wants a jet and a a couple of nukes to take care of Syria
... and Bush's magic bubble... 3/13/06 ... In Lebanon,
Syria, and Palestine the democracy movement energizes, well,
our oppositions in those countries, uh, oops ...
organizations representing 15 million African Americans come
out in favor of "getting out of Iraq" no coverage of this
event ... Gulf War one, the updated casualty count: 500,000
and counting ... the primary cause? Gulf War Syndrome, GWS
... The cause of GWS? seems to be depleted uranium which is
being used currently in Iraq ... being fired for the wrong
religious beliefs is now possible ... farming out torture
... The dollar loses its allure ... Mercury poisoning shows
up in the damnedest places ... and keeping our veterans in
the dark, literally 3/20/05 ... Global warming shows up on
Kilimanjaro, about 15 years ahead of schedule ... The
media's a mess, but who cares, news is canned, fresh of the
government's shelf, Haliburton shows us how to buy low and
sell high, imagine a 3,350% profit, can you spell Iraq?
...and last, a measure of hope for Palestine/Israel? Maybe
maybe... 3/27/04 ... weapons that home in from space...
prewar plans for Iraqi oil come to light ... US army and
national guard woes ... Great poppy harvest in Afghanistan
... China's hand stronger and wider ranging ... a report
talks about the plans being made for the coming oil
shortage... and stupid media, being stupid again, what else
is new? April 2005
... 04/02/05 ... The spread of
Democracy in Asia, troubles upon troubles, especially
Pakistan. We should be getting a heads up for events there
but nada in the media ... And who would be elected in fair
elections anyway if they were held in Egypt, Syria, Iraq
anyway, word is it wouldn't be anyone the US would be "fine"
with ... lies and more lies let to the Iraq invasion, no
surprise that ... low numbers of volunteers for the
volunteer military, how low can they go? ... plenty of 8
year olds for the marines though ... failures of the media
to inform or catch Mr. Delay in monstrous Shiavo flip flop
... sea changes in US culture many and varied ... Its not
our country anymore, is it? 04/10/05 ... Civil war or reek
up for Iraq, well maybe not the former ... Vietnam style
victories replete with no witnesses, and lots of
survivors... preparing for war in space ... the strategy
behind petrodollars ... how we lost the "practice" war for
Iraq ... Iraq's national government has trouble, the local
scene is worse ... but, the good news is, there are less
casualties at the moment.... 4/17/05 ... Oil as a reason for
the US attack on Iran? ... Pakistan's government is under
attack and who will get their nukes? ... tens of thousands
of Iraqi's protest our being there ... we put bathists back
in power ... the lies we told as Saddam's statue fell ... if
we are what we consume, then we are the world, or 60% of it
... China is a player and the US is distracted ... How we
aided and abetted the Iraqi oil smuggling to benefit Turkey
among others, oh well. 4/24/5 ... Terrorist attacks are way
up, its just that the report talking about it won't be
released, bad press I guess ... Russia helps Syria ... North
Korea goes for even more nukes ... Most of Antarctica's
glaciers are in retreat, but not because of global warming,
no, couldn't be that ... Islamism and fascism and pair of
wildcard partners and their historical romp? ... Rumors of
Peak Oil persist, evidence slowly accumulates just as prices
inch upward. We don't hear the stories that the world does:
American soldier beats on Iraqi government official is on
the front page for millions and millions, not here in the US
of A, likewise the hundreds of thousands who protested US
presence in Iraq, nary a word ... 4/30/05 ... Iraqi violence
on the up-tick after a lull ... not keeping track of
terrorist attacks when doing so "isn't politic" ... event
horizon for North Korea, could it be June? ... Iran says it
wants to do what other nations, like the US and Israel for
example, do ... I am glad to report that Rummy has said
"winning or loosing is not the issue (in Iraq) Whew, and
there I was thinking it was a war, that we were fighting
against terror and that our nation was in imminent danger,
gosh but I am glad were not concerned ... If the truth,
logic, reason, reality, and so forth do not matter to Bush
or the press corps lobbing softballs, what does? May 2005
... 05/0705 ... The Pentagon's
embarrassing black out doesn't work, their PDF file leaked
our lies to our allies, the Italians were not amused ... Who
knows where we'll strike next, now it seems North Korea is
getting all the speculations,will they test a nuke? ... Does
it matter that England's paper shows Bush as a liar? No! ...
More hints that Lebanon's Christians are being targeted ...
Nonproliferation explained, how the double standard works
for US. A US representative, must be making a mistake when
he says, we're fighting there so we can buy oil from the
region ... and the spread of faith based news, how
wonderful. 5/15/05 ... Korea pushes the nuke issue, Iran and
the non proliferation treaty... The US can't seem to find a
terrorist whose lawyer is trying to get him asylum in the US
... Iraq = quagmire? ... flushing a Koran causes riots in
central Asia ... Why Iraq has little gasoline ... Volunteer
army is not making it ... China makes moves on Cuba ... Bush
and the Era of Lies 5/22/05 ... It seems like the radical
right in the US and the radical Muslim groups agree: It is
the end of times and EVIL has got to be fought ... Al Qaida
goes "legit" ... Our press ignores the latest round in
China's global diplomacy offensive and again blames the
"reporter" for exposing the truth as The Times apologizes
despite the accuracy of the report ... Show down in Iran?
... Shooting Iraqi allies while billions go missing ...
massive problems with our economy masked for the time ...
why they don't like us in "Muslimland" ... 5/29/05 ... Syria
is/is not helping US ... Report is that our methodology is
helping the enemy recruit and this is news to someone?...
The silence of the media on the Iraq war vote, casualties
and war images, the 9/11 Israeli spy "non-story" ... Iranian
Kurds acting up? ... metrics, dozens of them, to measure
progress in Vietnam, uh, I mean Iraq ... selling weapons to
the "bad guys" ... dinosaurs on Noah's ark? Only in America
... deserting an issue June
2005 ... 06/04/05 US takes out the
nuke treaty conference, battles for the right to export
GMO's where ever it wants ... Terrorists as liberators for
Iran ... More prison abuse pic and video on the way? ...
Asia has lots of wars to choose from in case boredom
threatens ... Iraq, sectarian preludes to civil war which we
may be aiding and abetting, our tactics backfiring, we kill
more innocents than the insurgents, and the general who
cannot talk - those who do are fired ... and a commencement
address that makes some kind of sense, unfortunate as that
might be. 6/11/05 ... missing nuke plans? from ore to bombs
where are they? Thanks Pakistan for the headache...
Guantanamo as a recruiting tool, for AQ ... millions spend
on machines that can't tell cat litter from nukes? feeling
safe yet? ... Oil companies talking about the "end of oil"
... has team Bush "Watergate proofed" the US government? ...
Iraq: we plan more unemployment, cease our "happy talk", but
mini vans for the troops, hear hints of civil war and
desertions continue to hamper INA success ... a Potempkin
school in Egypt is lauded ... and Afghanistan and Indonesia
heat up. 6/19/05 ... If you made a bet as to when the Iraq
war (number two) started, you'd probably be wrong ... An
overview of how we went to war, who said what and when, from
98 to 03 ... how to hide global warming? Lie, that about
covers it ... Saudi Arabia wants to "study" nukes, we won't
bother them with oversight, their word is good enough ...
and more memos for the "Memogate" story that is not a story
... Kurds and Kikurk and oil ... military persons assess
Iraq, (hint: no good news here) ... Under the Patriot Act
we've arrested 400 and found, uh, well, a few guilty of
things, well, well that were darned suspicious 06/30/05 ...
China is on the move all over Asia and Africa, hint: it's
the oil stupid ... Iran goes its own way ... attacks in Iraq
are up, casualties are up, and confidence is down all while
estimates of how long we'll be staying there range as high
as "generational" according to Condi girl ... a reporters
confidential source is no longer confidential ... a peek
into corporatized media ... and, of course, Downing St. and
more... July
2005 ... Where to begin ... Iraq and
Iran both get friends swapping deals and smiling ... our
efforts to "undo" Iran involve a known liar and a fraud
...Bush speaking on the environment, Africa, Iraq and more
... China heats up the competition for oil ... Iran's new
man is certainly not friendly to us ... uptick in
Afghanistan fighting ... world wide faith based education is
making its impact on young, impressionable minds, oh well
... 7/30/05 ... We loose a piece in the chess game that is
central Asia ... we keep saying Pakistan can't get worse,
when will we be wrong? ... fighting in Fallujah ... US
withdrawals next year? ... Iraq and corruption as millions
go missing ... the new "face" of the US military as
thousands of "foreigners" join up ... we are OK with the
exporting of weapons grade uranium ... and Plame, the case
that won't go away, a nice timeline. August
2005 ... 8/6/05 ... We begin:
wondering which way Pakistan is really going ... an uptick
in Afghanistan ... China VS the US in the oil game ... Iran,
Iraq and Syria making nice ... the Bush man who leads the
Iran "attacks" is well, controversial ... Kurds still having
their way ... terrorists in Canada? 8/13/05 ... Syria will
get rid of its WMD if Israel does ... hundreds of millions,
dollars that is, go missing in Iraq ... doubts that we can
keep up the troop levels ... Kurds and Shia's are talking a
federal system ... Baghdad's mayor tossed out, by force ...
casualty numbers that don't add up ... Fallujah still a bit
active, though safer ... How we've helped Iran's position in
the region and strengthened its hand ... and another little
story about Mr. Atta. 8/20/05 ... Bushis a flip flop king
... Iraq's constitution struggles to be born, federalism
anyone? ... military policy bungles, some new details ...
new calls to "get out" ... bombs in Bangladesh ... Iran
takes advantage of fortuitous circumstances .. why we
shouldn't "go for Iran" ... US military man Meyers wants ti
both ways ... Russia and China getting some team work done
... 8/27/05 ... Iraq torn over the constitution, threats and
ultimatums, oh, yes, and violence ... Do we have ANOTHER
four years to look forward to? ... Israel trades Gaza for
swaths of the West Bank and OK's more building ... how
egregious does Bush have to get, how poor his polling before
anyone breathes the "I" word ... Pakistan the proliferator
gets a good finger shaking ... Bolton comes out shooting ...
and eat your PCB's if you know what's good for you. September
2005... 9/03/05 ... The spotlight on
Hurricane Katrina: help finally arrives but Bush budget cuts
played a role in the disaster, in the very poor start of
rescue operations, and the death toll, which no one has
estimated ... Oh, and global warming may be a contributing
factor to the heaviest hurricane season yet, and it's not
over yet, not by half ... the phrase "civil war" is
increasingly used in Iraq ... fighting in Fallujah ...
patience toward Iran's renewed nuclear programs wears thin
... 9/11, in the days after that event over 100 Israeli
intelligence operatives were deported, now we hear a bit
more about that ... and Bush sets some records, not enviable
ones, but records none the less ... and a walk down memory
lane with Cheney 9/10/03 ... Iraq, we get ray guns ready,
how we allowed the food for oil program to be
circumvented...The Sunnis finally want to participate, if
only to stop the constitution, but they ARE participating
... but the news is Katrina, the Feds lie, bungle and do the
CYA dance - from Bush on down - a royal mess "six ways 'till
Sunday ... Iran does not seem to fear being "talked to" by
anyone 9/17/05 ... Katrina: Bush turns on the lights for a
tour, and uses landmark backdrop to give what looks like a
speech except there was no audience and the reporters were
kept at distance ... did you see his shirt buttoned
incorrectly? ... the company in charge of handling the dead
bodies is "infamous" for dumping bodies "where feral pigs
roam" ... aid is wonderful as long as it doesn't come from
Cuba ... incompetence and excuses all over the place, nice
timelines ... and you can take pictures as long as you are
300 yards away from any body recovery action ... if the
evidence for global warming gets bigger than this someone is
going to have to report it, Arctic ice at a new low? ... and
weapons business is booming, no matter the "character of the
government buying... 9/25/05 ... Civil war and civil war
within a civil war in Iraq ... what would a plan B be? ...
Kurds a pawn in everyone's game for a long time, now, it's
different ... hunger strike in Guantanamo is in the hundreds
now ... reasons why we won't get rid of Bush ... it's Bush
versus nature, who will win? Who will win? ... Why the anti
war campaign is not getting the "job done' ... how are
blocks of nations forming up nowadays, against us? The
hurricane may have left but fallout from Katrina just keeps
on comin' ... 09/30/05 ... the price of oil is a terrorist
target ... China is looming larger ... we come to see why
we're being attacked in Iraq, essentially because we're
there ... Corporation for public broadcasting is now in
"safe hands" ... the latest on Bin Ladens redoubt ... Porn
and the war effort ... loosing towns ... the constitution,
whether it passes or not, has the potential to make matters
worse. October
2005 ... 10/08/05 ... the strategy of
the resistance revealed ... the "Brits" do Basra ... when is
civil war not civil war? ... the Prez is still gung ho on
Iraq, and seems to mean it - and that's a good thing,
because we are making Iran so happy ... Then too we can
practice what we've learned on Syria but we'll do it better
... Middle East cum Muddle east, our policies clash but no
one notices, much ... inside the beltway Rove is sweating a
bit under the "Plame" of heat ... 10/15/05 ... China vs. the
US in Africa? Oil is the name of the game as is containing
the new "would be world class player" that China has become
... Iraqi resistance see's us as their reason for being, in
the absences of sense in our policies more death and
destruction ... the constitution inflames the resistance and
worsens the situation whether or not it passes... God speaks
to Georgie boy ... the good news is that GW is not solely to
blame for the mess we're in, congress helped, a lot! ... The
Ms. Mier's mess tsk tsk...10/22/05 ... Afghanistan is now a
Narco State elections there have made it clear ... Syria is
up for some hard times, but who cares ... Saddam goes on
trial but doesn't have to worry about his vicious war
against Iran as it is not on the list of charges ... Colin
Powell says we're not doing to badly in Iraq ... Voter fraud
accusations and hints of same ... the Prez interviews troops
for home consumption rehearsed lines play well ... The "Iraq
Syndrome" ... Permanent Patriot Act = permanent state of
emergency 1029/05 ... Iran's leader goes metaphorically goes
ballistic, even as they prepare the means to do so in
reality ... Syria the off again on again target is on again
- poor excuses aren't better than none it seems ... how we
helped Saddam during the embargo years big time ... Another
look at why we "went in" ... In Iraq we're still in the 1%
bracket as far as being held in high esteem and being seen
as solving problems ... With the "flame on" the Plame
situation Cheney's history of inflating the cause to war is
highlighted as are his shenanigans ... Oh, and global
warming, an expansion in the terrorists range and a possible
case in which the wars legality is challenged November
2005. ... 11/05/05 ... Syria or Iran,
who will be the next one to go ... rumors fly and North
Korea seems to be out in the cold, could be time for them to
launch another missile, send a ship load of arms somewhere
or what... the case against Syria vis a vis Hariri, seems
much like our case against Iraq, anonymous sources and so
forth ... Iraq: marsh Arabs give the Brits a bit of a sticky
wicket, Sistani plays cards close, billions for nothin' and
the country ain't free ... our press ignores the Bush
friends implicated in the oil for food scandal, global
warming and the take over of PBS ... what is a "black
site"... the flap over intel and the Iraq war snares a
widening range of people 11/12/05 ... back to back setbacks
for the Bushwhacker in the muddle east and South America ...
Judith Miller gets a golden parachute and after all her hard
work too ... phosphorous in Fallujah, we never used it, well
a little bit, well, some, well, yes as a weapon ... The
Bushwhacker's list of 10,000 names ... Cheney is fine with
torture ... and of course presstitutes and Iraq, the never
ending story ... and our plan for the Horn of Africa will we
blow it? ... Oh yes, getting more serious with Syria ...
bonus: more good news than ever, almost has me think we've
objective reason for hope. 11/19/05 ... Pakistan's atomic
scientists helped Iran with bomb plans ... Will Bush "Wag
the Dog"? Overviews of what "can be done" to Iran, Syria,
North Korea ... democracy in Afghanistan, if you don't mind
the past of those running, ballot box stuffing, warlordism,
a narco state, then well, it's not to bad... the "end of
news as we know it, or rather knew it" and I wish I'd made
up the name "presstitute" what a zinger... losses mount on
most every metric used in Iraq ... military shift on Guam
... science ignored - what's new there anyway?... Bush
called "cheap and cowardly" ... Murthra calls for
redeployment...good luck with that ...11/26/05 ... Europeans
get a harsh winter's start and early, don't care to much for
our intel or secret ops ... have we made Iran and North
Korea strange bedfellows? ... Opium down slightly but MJ is
way up in Afghanistan the narco state ... Iraq is a pull out
in the wind? ... France's troubles are not so easily solved
... television war coverage: is minutes a day enough? ...
Polls, what is left of American democracy... yet another
Downing Street bomb, uh, I mean memo... how the repubs will
be spinning in 2006, Santorum shows the way! December
2005. ... 12/04/05 ... Chalabi is back
in the news and not for being a wanted embezzler from
Jordan, a failed intel provider, a puppet of the US, a spy
for Iran, but for, and get this, being the "go to guy" for
"bringing Iran to the table for stabilizing Iraq ... Egypt's
elections - getting radical ... Cleared cities in Iraq have
continued fighting ... Bush's victory strategy ... Iraqi
army is ready to go ... 70 to 90% of prisoners taken in Iraq
are just plain unlucky, not terrorists ... Padilla and
"Plamegate" in the news ... What is a just war? ... Black
sites in Europe ... the ozone, arctic and global warming
interesting articles but who reads such things anyway? And
in case Iraqi's don't know what's going on our stories
planted in their papers give them the word ... 12/11/05 ...
Chalabi, a criminal, an intel source, then our man, then a
spy for Iran, then an electable, then working with us with
Iran for Iraq - don't be confused by the facts ... Bush and
Iran's "new man" compare and contrast ... Egypt's elections
complete with water cannons and blocked polling stations ...
How we write for Iraqi news papers ... Rummy says there is
no REAL insurgency in Iraq ... most of the prisoners in
Iraq, 60 to 90 percent, should not be in prison, nor should
autopsy reports for prisoners included homicides, lots of
them, or heart attacks for 20 to 30 year olds, one
wonders... why Louisiana is so short of money ... Climate
change, what else is new? well implants to modify behavior
and tracking you, your shoes, and what you buy ... and a
brief reprise of the best of the cold war 12/18/05 ...
Israel and Iran on a collision course? ... Iran manages well
while we mismanage ... Bush is wrong about congress getting
the "same intel" ... a unique argument for getting out now
... abuse is reason enough to stall the Patriot Act ... if
terrorism is what is feared why do we "do ourselves in" as
much as we do, many thousands die each year from our own
hands ... Condi Girl implies, publicly that we DO torture
... TV magic makes Dems look bad ... 12/24/05 ... Iran's
leader and the Bushwhacker in Chief both believe in the end
times being NOW ... In Iraq air power replaces boots on the
ground, the election that divides, yet Sadr City has
progress ... Russia and US contretemps over NATO expansion
... The intel war mostly at home now a days and on the look
out for books ... Many stories about the presstitutes of the
media ... Canada or, how to loose friends and not influence
enemies ... Thank God there are a few stories under the hope
category ... 12/31/05 ... Fault lines in Iraq harden in this
election ... Kurds prepare ... 10 biggest lies for Iraq,
this year I mean ... a nice list of neo con filp folps ...
what doesn't stoke the resistance? ... Domestic spying on
peole and mosques ... rendition continues despite the legal
issues and warrants issued by Italy ... Terrorism in the US
is alive and well but seemingly not as much an issue as
library books ... and a raft of presstitute issues ...
weather goes wild ... year end economic indicators have the
US comparing poorly - merry Christmas from Crazy George the
Third.