State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America
by Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312360037/ref=ase_newagecitizen-20/002-3527228-8434441?n=283155&tagActionCode=newagecitizen-20
Comment: This is a new book on immigration and is certainly worth the read. But what I have noticed, in all of these books on immigration, is that they don't really fully document the effect that legal immigration and outsourcing have had on working Americans. Few of these books really get into the larger agenda behind this "comprehensive amnesty reform" which both Democrats and Republican will ultimately vote for after the November elections. The larger agenda is known as the "North American Union" or the SPP. "Comprehensive amnesty reform" is but the tip of the iceburg. But the books do deliver on a message that we do agree: that legal and illegal immigration need to be brought to a halt immediately.
Pat Buchanan is sounding the alarm. Since 9/11, more than four million illegal immigrants have crossed our borders, and there are more coming every day. Our leaders in Washington lack the political will to uphold the rule of law. The Melting Pot is broken beyond repair, and the future of our nation is at stake.
In this important book, Pat Buchanan reveals that, slowly but surely, the great American Southwest is being reconquered by Mexico. These lands---which many Mexicans believe are their birthright---are being detached ethnically, linguistically, and culturally from the United States by a deliberate policy of the Mexican regime. This is the “Aztlan Plot” for “La Reconquista,” the recapture of the lands lost by Mexico in the Texas War of Independence and Mexican-American War.
Comparing the immigrant invasion of America from across the Mexican border---and of Europe from across the Mediterranean---to the barbarian invasions that ended the Roman Empire, the author writes with passion and conviction that we have begun the final chapter of the Death of the West. Unless the invasion is halted now, Buchanan argues, by midcentury America will be a country unrecognizable to our parents, the Third World dystopia that Theodore Roosevelt warned against when he said we must never let America become a “polyglot boardinghouse” for the world.
President Bush’s failure to halt the invasion and secure America’s border, Buchanan writes, is a dereliction of constitutional duty that, in other times, would have called forth articles of impeachment. In the final chapter, “Last Chance,” he lays out a sweeping immigration reform and border security plan, which, he contends, if not pursued, means George W. Bush’s legacy will be to have lost for America a Southwest that was the legacy of Sam Houston, Andrew Jackson, and James K. Polk. With an estimated ten to fifteen million “illegals” already here and tens of millions more poised to pour across our borders, few books could be as timely---or important---as State of Emergency. It is essential reading for all Americans.
About the Author
Patrick J. Buchanan, America’s leading populist conservative, was a senior adviser to three American presidents, ran twice for the Republican presidential nomination, in 1992 and 1996, and was the Reform Party candidate in 2000. In his 1992 challenge to President George H. W. Bush, Buchanan was the first national leader to put the issue of America’s broken and bleeding Mexican border and the Third World invasion of the United States onto the national agenda. No figure in politics or journalism has done more to alert the nation to this existential crisis. The author of seven other books, including the bestsellers Right from the Beginning; A Republic, Not an Empire; The Death of the West (Thomas Dunne Books 2002); and Where the Right Went Wrong (Thomas Dunne Books 2004), Buchanan is a syndicated columnist and a founding member of three of America’s foremost public affairs shows, NBC’s The McLaughlin Group, and CNN’s The Capitol Gang and Crossfire. He lives in McLean, Virginia.
Sow the Wind, Reap the Whirlwind, August 23, 2006
Reviewer: J. R. Mason (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews
In the run-up to the American entry into World War I, President Woodrow Wilson, who knew that Americans were a fair-minded, tolerant people, issued a warning: "Once lead this people into war and they'll forget there ever was such a thing as tolerance...the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into every fiber of our national life."
This is the fire that the governing elites are playing with in refusing to stop the invasion of illegal aliens into this country. As Buchanan points out in Chapter 1: "In 1960, there were perhaps 5 million Asians and Hispanics in the United States. Today, there are 57 million...this is not immigration as America knew it...there are 36 million immigrants and their children in the United States today, almost as many as came to America between Jamestown in 1607 and the Kennedy election of 1960...this is an invasion, the greatest invasion in history."
"Against the will of a vast majority of Americans, America is being transformed. As our elites nervously avert their gaze or welcome the invasion, we are witness to one of the great tragedies in human history..."
The problem is that the invaders think all Americans are as committed to the death of the nation as it's ruling elites are. At the end of the first chapter, Buchanan writes, "What can be said for a man who would allow his home to be invaded by strangers who demanded that they be fed, clothed, housed and granted the rights of the firstborn? What can be said for a ruling elite that permits this to be done to the nation, and that celebrates it as a milestone of moral progress?"
The invaders think that those in the American heartland are as cowardly and as easily manipulated as are the ruling governors, Congressmen, Senators and other elites, who lost the will to resist ages ago. The popularity of this book, as well as the push-back that is only now beginning, will disabuse them of this notion.
As I say, the invaders and the ruling elites, so one in purpose, are SO WRONG. Neither group has a clue about the backlash that has already begun--as the Bible says, sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.
Bush's Attempt to Form a "North American Union" Will End US Sovereignty and US Citizenship. This Must Be Stopped
If you were upset at how Congress has ignored your desire for limits on immigration this is really going to get you upset. The SPP (Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America ), also known as the "North American Union," is the true overarching agenda behind the Senate's Amnesty Bill. Click on the picture for articles on the most important issue from a admittedly conservative website. This issue concerns every legal American citizen and crosses all ideological lines. It is becoming clearer, by the day, that one of the American peoples most dangerous enemies may actually be our very own government. It is almost unbelievable to watch how the media has purposely shielded this important agenda from the eyes of the American people. We all made a serious mistake by not taking to the streets when the government passed NAFTA during the Clinton Administration. If the SPP succeeds both US Citizenship and US Sovereignty will be forever lost. Someone really needs to organize demonstrations against this treasonous act being committed by our Businesses, our Government and our President. There is no doubt in my mind that anyone lending support to this "partnership" is a traitor to both our Constitution and to the American people who they are supposed to represent.
Middle East: Israelis Call for Boycott of Hezbollah Hashish
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/448/israeli_boycott_of_hezbollah_hashish.shtml
Comment:
This is the same thing I've been saying for years: Legalizing Marijuana is a great first step for denying terrorist groups the 50% of their profits that come from illicit drug sales. Both Islamo-Fascists and Mexican smugglers would quickly feel the loss of revenue should we embark on such a intelligent strategy. And that is exactly what the following article is recommending. In addition to limiting terrorist revenue it would also free up law enforcement to pursue the growing number of illegal immigrants that continue to concentrate themselves within our communities. This is very encouraging as it mirrors the position of the "New Agenda for America" agenda on Marijuana which goes under the moniker of "The MRP (Marijuana Re-Legalization Policy) Project (see links below for more information):
Here are some of my previous writings on this subject:
http://www.newagecitizen.com/ReLegalization01.htm
http://www.newagecitizen.com/editorial_on_the_marijuana_re.htm
http://www.newagecitizen.com/Editorials/v8n1NuclearTerrorism.htm
Israeli drug users have long been happy to puff on Lebanese hashish, but now, as war between the two countries rages, some are calling for a boycott because the cross-border trade helps finance Hezbollah, The Jewish Daily Forward reported Thursday. Hashish is the most popular form of marijuana in Israel, and Lebanon is the number one supplier, according to Israeli law enforcement. (8/11/06 )
The boycott call came from activist and Jerusalem resident Dan Sieradski, who posted the idea on his Orthodox Anarchist blog. "A Persian-backed terrorist organization is the primary supplier of hashish to the Israeli market today," Sieradski wrote. "And this is why, with a heavy heart, I am officially boycotting hashish, effective immediately."
Persian smoking hashish
Hashish grown in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley has traditionally been smuggled into Israel by Israeli Arabs, Bedouins, and Druze nomads, but the Forward reports that since Israel withdrew from Lebanon in 2000, Hezbollah has taken over the trade -- and the associated profits. "Hezbollah is directly overseeing the entire operation," Police Captain Avi ElGrisi was quoted as saying in The Jerusalem Post. "They say where, when, and how much drugs are brought in."
Sieradski's call has met with mixed results. For some Israeli hash heads, the boycott is a way of expressing their dismay at the war and Hezbollah's relentless rocket attacks on Israel. "The thing is, if you buy your drugs from Lebanon, you could well be funding terrorism through Hezbollah against Israel," one user commented. "Who among us would want that on their conscience? Not me!" Another young boycotter commented: "It's bad enough that they're trying to blow up our country. I'm not going to pay them to do it."
Not everyone is on board. The Forward quoted one Jerusalem area dealer as saying, "It all comes from Hezbollah," but he could care less. His comment on the boycott? "Roll that shit, light that shit, smoke that shit."
The boycott call has also prompted some to argue that it is time to legalize the hash trade in order to weaken Hezbollah. As long as there are illicit profits to be made, it's money in the bank for the Shiite resistance organization, they noted.
The boycott call may also be an expression of the reality on the ground inside Israel. With the Lebanon-Israel border the scene of heavy fighting, it is questionable just how much Lebanese hash is getting through right now.
How US Census is hiding the growing influx of Mid Eastern and Hispanic Immigrants
American Community Survey and Race Categories
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/UseData/Def.htm
Comment:
Q: Into which of the following 6 categories would you place Mid Easterners?
Q: Into which of the following 6 categories would you place Hispanics?
(1) White
(2) Black
(3) American Indian
(4) Asian
(5) Hawaiian Indian
(6) Other
A: Amazingly the US Census Department has decided to role Mid Easterners up into the "White" category and Hispanics into "Other." How does this make any sense?
Rather than shed a light on immigration trends it appears that the Census Bureau is attempting to obfuscate the data. Legal and Illegal Hispanic Immigration constitutes the largest ethnic influx into the United States over the last 30 years. But who would know it if they role them up into the category of "other." And don't you think we would like to know how many Mid-Easterners are coming into the US? But how would we know that if the Census reports role this group up into the race class of "White?"
This is the same Census Department that let us know the Hispanics would become the majority, in the United States, by 2050. Of course this was because they are nothing more than propagandists that are greasing the skids so that this does, in fact, occur. Changes in immigration policy could thwart this eventuality and they know it.
After reading through this report in the Free Press, "A Michigan Snapshot," I was wondering where the Mid-Easterners fall (e.g., White or Asian). The answer is "white." This concerns me because it appears that they are trying to mask the infusion of Mid-Easterners to cities like Dearborn by categorizing them as "white": not a likely assumption by any of the readers, who I would argue would place them as "Asian" if forced to choose between categories. The report was based on this relatively new study by the "American Community Survey" which the article also fails to link to the US Census Department of the US Government. One wonders why the obfuscation?
So the FP article cites a increase of [85,957(2005) - 84,540(2000)] 1,470 "whites" in Dearborn between 2000 and 2005. How many of them were from Lebanon and other Mid-Eastern countries. Was this change of categories, made in 1997, made to mask the influx of Mid-Easterners by classifying them as "white?"
Of the 5 racial categories, (White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander), I doubt many would place people from Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan etc. as “white.” But that is exactly what they did and you have to wonder why. You might wonder, also, why they didn’t provide an additional category, “Mid-Eastern,” to define these populations.
Amber:
So the bigger question becomes . . "Is there any way of distilling, from this data, the net influx of Mid-Easterners into SE Michigan or specific cities therein?" And when I say "net", this is what I am getting at. Could it be that there were actually 10,000 more Mid-Easterners moving into Dearborn, but that 8,530 non-Mideastern "whites" moved out during this period of time [2000- 2005}?"
Of course what we would all like to know is how many of these Mid-Easterners may be attached to terror cells in the area. Before you discount the question consider that the FBI believes that there are 200,000 terrorists already in the United States. I doubt many of them are Scottish.
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Race
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/2005/usedata/Subject_Definitions.pdf
The data on race were derived from answers to the question on race, Item 6. The concept of race, as used by the Census Bureau, reflects self-identification by people according to the race or races with which they most closely identify. These categories are socio-political constructs and should not be interpreted as being scientific or anthropological in nature. Furthermore, the race categories include both racial and national-origin groups. The racial classifications used by the Census Bureau adhere to the October 30, 1997, Federal Register Notice entitled, “Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity,” issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). These standards govern the categories used to collect and present federal data on race and ethnicity. The OMB requires five minimum categories (White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander) for race. The race categories are described below with a sixth category, “Some other race,” added with OMB approval. In addition to the five race groups, the OMB also states that respondents should be offered the option of selecting one or more races. If an individual did not provide a race response, the race or races of the householder or other household members were assigned using specific rules of precedence of household relationship. For example, if race was missing for a natural-born child in the household, then either the race or races of the householder, another natural-born child, or the spouse of the householder were assigned. If race was not reported for anyone in the household, the race or races of a householder in a previously processed household were assigned. This procedure is a variation of the general imputation procedures described in ‘‘Accuracy of the Data.’’White – A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as “White” or report entries such as Irish, German, Italian, Lebanese, Near Easterner, Arab, or Polish. Black or African American – A person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as “Black, African Am., or Negro,” or provide written entries such as African American, Afro-American, Kenyan, Nigerian, or Haitian.
American Indian or Alaska Native – A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment. It includes people who classified themselves as described below. American Indian – This category includes people who indicate their race as “American Indian,” entered the name of an Indian tribe, or reported such entries as Canadian Indian, French American Indian, or Spanish American Indian. American Indian Tribe – Respondents who identified themselves as American Indian were asked to report their enrolled or principal tribe. Therefore, tribal data in tabulations reflect the written entries reported on the questionnaires. Some of the entries (for example, Iroquois, Sioux, Colorado River, and Flathead) represent nations or reservations. The information on tribe is based on self-identification and therefore does not reflect any designation of a federally- or state-recognized tribe. The information for the American Community Survey is derived from the American Indian Tribal Classification List for the 1990 census that was updated for Census 2000 and the ACS based on a December 1997, Federal Register Notice, entitled “Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible to Receive Service From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs,” Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, issued by the Office of Management and Budget. Alaska Native – This category includes written responses of Eskimos, Aleuts, and Alaska Indians as well as entries such as Arctic Slope, Inupiat, Yupik, Alutiiq, Egegik, and Pribilovian. The Alaska tribes are the Alaskan Athabascan, Tlingit, and Haida. The information for ACS is based on the American Indian Tribal Classification List for the 1990 census and Census 2000, which was expanded to list the individual Alaska Native Villages when provided as a written response for race. Asian – A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. It includes “Asian Indian,” “Chinese,” “Filipino,” “Korean,” “Japanese,” “Vietnamese,” and “Other Asian.” Asian Indian --This category includes people who indicate their race as “Asian Indian” or identified themselves as Bengalese, Bharat, Dravidian, East Indian, or Goanese. Chinese – This category includes people who indicate their race as “Chinese” or who identify themselves as Cantonese, or Chinese American. In some tabulations, written entries of Taiwanese are included with Chinese while in others they are shown separately. Filipino – This category includes people who indicate their race as “Filipino” or who report entries such as Philipino, Philipine, or Filipino American. Japanese – This category includes people who indicate their race as “Japanese” or who report entries such as Nipponese or Japanese American.
Korean – This category includes people who indicate their race as “Korean” or who provide a response of Korean American. Vietnamese – This category includes people who indicate their race as “Vietnamese” or who provide a response of Vietnamese American. Cambodian – This category includes people who provide a response such as Cambodian or Cambodia. Hmong – This category includes people who provide a response such as Hmong, Laohmong, or Mong. Laotian – This category includes people who provide a response such as Laotian, Laos, or Lao. Thai – This category includes people who provide a response such as Thai, Thailand, or Siamese. Other Asian – This category includes people who provide a response of Bangladeshi; Bhutanese; Burmese; Indochinese; Indonesian; Iwo Jiman; Madagascar; Malaysian; Maldivian; Nepalese; Okinawan; Pakistani; Singaporean; Sri Lankan; or Other Asian, specified and Other Asian, not specified, which includes entries such as Asian American, Asian, and Asiatic. In collapsed detailed tables and other data presentations, the Other Asian category includes race groups not listed separately. Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander – A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. It includes people who indicate their race as “Native Hawaiian,” “Guamanian or Chamorro,” “Samoan,” and “Other Pacific Islander.” Native Hawaiian – This category includes people who indicate their race as “Native Hawaiian” or who identify themselves as “Part Hawaiian” or “Hawaiian.” Guamanian or Chamorro – This category includes people who indicate their race as such, including written entries of Guam or Chamorro. Samoan – This category includes people who indicate their race as “Samoan” or who identify themselves as American Samoan or Western Samoan. Other Pacific Islander – This category includes people who provide a write-in response of a Pacific Islander group such as Carolinian; Chuukese (Trukese); Fijian; Kosraean; Melanesian; Micronesian; Northern Mariana Islander; Palauan; Papua New Guinean; Pohnpeian; Polynesian; Solomon Islander; Tahitian; Tokelauan; Tongan; Yapese; or Other Pacific Islander, specified and Other Pacific Islander, not specified. 70
Three Pacific Islander cultural groups are identified in the base tables: Melanesian, which includes Fijian; Micronesian, which includes Guamanian and Chamorro; and Polynesian, which includes Native Hawaiian, Samoan, and Tongan. Some Other Race – Includes all other responses not included in the “White,” “Black or African American,” “American Indian or Alaska Native,” “Asian,” and “Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander” race categories described above. Respondents providing write-in entries such as multiracial, mixed, interracial, or a Hispanic/Latino group (for example, Mexican, Puerto Rican, or Cuban) in the “Some other race” write-in space are included in this category.
Hostile Takeover: How Big Money and Corruption Conquered Our Government--and How We Take It Back
by David Sirota List Price: $24.00
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Yes, there are obviously signs of a hostile takeover in the indictment of GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff, or the conviction of Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-CA) on bribery charges. But the hostile takeover is most prevalent in the places we don't see - the almost invisible, day to day corruption tales that plague American politics. One day, it is a little-noticed amendment in a big spending bill in Congress. The next day it is political reporters refusing to address major economic challenges that average Americans are faced with. And still the next day it is a politician boldly lying to the public about who is behind what they are doing.
As a staffer on Capitol Hill for five years, I had a front row seat to the hostile takeover, and how it plagues both political parties. My book seeks to rip the veneer off all the political rhetoric, all the happy talk, and all the spin and show the average citizen how on each major issue, we are being asked to accept an alternate reality - one that makes sure we keep getting screwed over.
Make no mistake about it - this book is not for the pundits, the politicians, or the insulated political operatives - it is for you, the ordinary American who feels totally disconnected from a government that is supposed to be yours. Additionally, this book is not for the faint of heart, or for people looking only for the latest hollow partisan screeds that seem to fill bookstores - this book takes apart both parties and shows just how systemic the corruption really is.
I hope you will read this book - and then join the fight against the hostile takeover for the long haul.
*****
Reviewer: Pragmatist (Phoenix, AZ.) - See all my reviews
A summary of Sirota's book would point out that millions lack health care, and even more struggle to afford it. Politicians claim they care, then pass legislation that provides more profits for drug companies and insurers. At the same time, inflation-adjusted wages have been largely stagnant, while corporate profits have skyrocketed. In this instance, politicians "help out" by further depressing wages by continuing to allow millions of illegal and temporary legal immigrants into the U.S., and additional millions of jobs outsourced overseas. Despite an obvious need for energy conservation, our government takes its lead from V.P. Dick Cheney and does nothing. Welcome to today's world of lobbyists', lies, and legislation for sale.
The "really bad news" is that they're not satisfied. Possible future legislation includes a flat income tax (a huge tax cut for the wealthy, and a huge tax increase for everyone else - per Reagan's '82 Treasury Dept.), permanent elimination of the estate tax (only 2% were paying, and half the receipts came from the top .1% with estates over $5 million), and reducing corporate taxes from their 35% level - "fourth highest" in the industrialized world (a '04 GAO report concluded that 94% paid less than 5%, and that 60,000 government contractors owed $6 billion in unpaid taxes), more personal tax cuts (to justify further cuts in veterans' healthcare, inadequate/non-funding of Army armor and New Orleans' levees - the pre-Katrina official protesting the latter was immediately fired).
Not upset yet - read on. USA Today reported in late '05 that while the 60 worst performing companies in America lost 4769 billion in market value in the prior five years, their top five executives were paid an average of $8 million/year. Meanwhile, University of California researchers in '04 found that jobs in the bottom third of the pay scale were growing almost twice as fast as those in the middle.
"Hostile Takeover" also puts to rest the myth of "free" trade. Provisions include insuring U.S. access to potentially hepatitis-carrying Mexican vegetables and Canadian beef with mad-cow disease, while banning importation of cheaper drugs and limiting other nations' ability to produce generic medicines. In '01, economists estimated that three-fourths of U.S. workers lost about 12% of current wages because of trade deals. At least we still have some - the New York Times reported the loss of over 2 million manufacturing jobs between '01 - '04, while Gartner Research estimated over 30% of high-tech jobs could be shipped overseas by '15 and University of California researchers estimated up to 14 million jobs are now at risk of outsourcing.
There's more: Harvard researchers found that 90% of personal bankruptcies were due to illness, medical bills, job loss, death in the family, and/or divorce. Meanwhile, the Kauffman Foundation's '05 study concluded that 20% of recent bankrupts had been operating a small business. No matter - the myth of deadbeat debtors ruining credit card companies persists, and Congress recently made personal bankruptcy laws much tougher.
At least we can count on retirement - not! In '02 AP reported that 8 million workers saw their retirement plans converted to "cash balance" payouts only - a loss of up to $200 million, according to government sources. As for Social Security, a top University of Chicago economist estimates Wall St. would make $400 billion - $1 trillion in fees under the Bush privatization plan. No matter you say - Chile and Galveston, Texas have proven the concept's superiority. Unfortunately, the World Bank found that up to one-third of Chileans' retirement money went to fees (the public version went bankrupt - hence, no comparisons are available), and several government reports have concluded that many/most/all Galveston employees will receive LESS than they would have from Social Security.
Well, at least some of us have our health. Hopefully the growing number without health insurance will not get sick; as for universal governmental coverage - private insurance made over $10 billion in '03, with top executives raking in $85 million each. As for the innovative drugs many can't afford because of high prices "required for research" - the former New England Journal of Medicine's editor states that they "come almost entirely from publicly funded research done in government and university labs." Further evidence: Princeton's Uwe Reinhardt says that "R&D spending (as a % of drug industry revenues) is equal or higher in Europe (with price controls) as here" - specifically, 20% in Britain, vs. 14% in the U.S.
Finally, "fuel efficiency kills people," or so opponents say. On the other hand, University of Michigan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers and a government panel all have concluded that cars can be made as safe/safer than most SUVs, and especially better than most pickups.
Truly an encyclopedic work documenting how business has stolen and perverted American democracy. While Sirota offers specific recommendations in each area, the biggest problem involves providing a means for voters to see through all the lies and mis-statements. Publicly-funded elections may be the answer.
*****
I bought and read both this book, and John Stossel's "Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity." This is a serious book for serious people. Stossel's book is full of trivia and generally a waste of time.
This author focuses on the substance of taxes, wages, jobs, debt, pensions, health care, prescription drugs, energy, unions, and legal rights, and he does it in an engaging methodical manner that discusses the issue, highlights in turn myths, lies, and half-truths, and then ends with proposed solutions, all of them sensible.
It merits comment that this book is endorsed on the back cover by many people I respect from Al Gore ("Inconvenient Truth") to Bill Greider ("Who Will Tell the People" and "The Soul of Capitalism") to Jim Hightower ("Thieves in High Places).
The bottom line is clear: the U.S. government at the political level, whether Republican or Democratic, is completely corrupt. Every Congressman and every President, every Senator, have so many conflicts of interest as to be incapable of representing the people honestly. Congress no longer represents the people. Let me repeat that: Congress no longer represents the people. They are either bribed by special interests or forced to follow the party line (see Tom Coburn, "Breach of Trust") by party leaders who have been bribed by special interests.
This author ends with a sensible bottom line: engage from the bottom up, and push for public financing of elections (I would include free television time from the PUBLIC airwaves), and until then, contribute to honest politicians who will forego campaign contributions.
The Unity '08 movement established by Hamilton Jordan proposes to field an Independent candidate fully funded by the people. As Joe Trippi and Howard Dean demonstrated, the people CAN out-spend and out-vote the corporations if they have a mind to. Jordon is half-way to the right answer--the rest of the answer is a Democratic President, a Republican Vice-President, two new Deputy Vice Presidents (John McCain for national security, overseeing Defense, State, and Justice, and Bill Bradley for everything else), and a COALITION cabinent. Separately a NON-RIVAL party has been created, the Citizens Party, to post a transparent national budget that is also balanced, and to engage voters from ALL parties in support of one single public interest issue: electoral reform in 2007, in time for an honest election the extremist Republicans cannot steal as they stole in 2000 via Florida and in 2004 via Ohio.
Lest anyone doubt the depth of this book's documented concerns, see my review of "The Case for Impeachment" by Dave Lindorf and Barbara Olshansky, and also "How Would a Patriot Act" by constituional lawyer Gleen Greenwald.
*****
Puzzled Americans should read this book, August 12, 2006
Reviewer: E. Partridge "RedStater" (Memphis, TN) - See all my reviews
There's a reason why America seems like we've slipped off our moorings -- WE HAVE, and this book explains who has bought our country out from under us. If you have the unsettled feeling that there's something wrong with your representation in Washington, something wrong with the direction America is heading, and something wrong with the America our kids will inherit, READ THIS BOOK, please. The author explains quite convincingly that America has been bought, although we CAN take it back. Read how! You owe it to your kids.
*****
Hostile Takeover is a Must Read, July 27, 2006
Reviewer: Karin Standifer (Cortlandt Manor, New York USA) - See all my reviews
Hostile Takeover is very informative concerning what has been happening to our Country and suggests what we can do about it. We have been losing our precious Democracy and something has to be done about that! I love this book and highly recommend it.
*****
I'm conservative and I APPROVE of this book !, July 10, 2006
Reviewer: Dennis Duncan (Rankin, Mississippi) - See all my reviews
Most liberals out there can successfully nail an economic libertarian ideology for all its evils but David Sirota is one unique liberal, or shall I say populist progressive, who knows how to nail Libertarians for violating much of their own libertarian ideology or for that matter "conservatives" going too radical. Case in point, "free trade". For all the bashing against protectionists, "conservatives" and libertarians knowingly abuse it to protect their big business cronies from competition but at the same time force everyone else to be picked apart by cheap and illegal labor ! Thank god, as David Sirota pointed out in one of his articles, that even in the deep red south, union membership is growing. For far too long, the south has gotten a bad rap for slavery and racism but Sirota's book exposes the real slavery and racism misused by corporate profiteers just to maximize their own bottom line while giving everyone else the shaft. It's time to put down our differences on hot-button issues, unite like the ARMY, and fight the takeover and Sirota's book has plenty of ammo to help you out. Thank you, David !
P.S.: I look forward to Senators Jon Tester, Sherrod Brown, Bernard Sanders, and Bob Casey leading the fight in the Senate to reign in the business terrorists especially from Wall Street!
Upcoming Lectures and Demonstrations
The Editor of New Age Citizen, is considering giving a series of lectures that challenge the current "Demopublican" plutocracy with policy alternatives that are more to the interests of the American working class. The first lecture in the series will most likely address the current Immigration Reform measures that are being debated both in Congress and on the streets of America.Lecture #001: No More Immigration: Legal or Illegal
This lecture will address the virtual propaganda surrounding the current immigration debate. It will expose the larger agenda that is intent on destroying the middle class by attempting to merge the United States into a "North American Union" consisting of Mexico, Canada and the United States. The primary argument against immigration focuses on the inability of the United States to provide adequate sustainable resources for the 200 million additional immigrants that will exceed the carrying capacity of this great country by 2050. The lecture will conclude that the best interests of legal American citizens will be served by implementing mandatory employer Social Security checks; punishing employers with extreme prejudice and putting an end to all Legal/Illegal immigration until the real wages of Americans is at or beyond what they were at their apex in 1973. If you live in SE Michigan and are interesting in attending one of these activist lectures please send an email to get on our lecture list.
newagecitizenx@comcast.net
In addition to these lectures I am considering staging a demonstration against further immigration and Bush's agenda to destroy the American working class. More on that in the near future. Lastly, if you know of any Anti-Immigrant Demonstrations, anywhere in the US, let me know. I will begin to post these on the website.
"New Agenda for America"
"New Agenda for America" will become a slogan for referring to the set of policy positions that NAC will be promoting in the coming years. It refers to a disturbing trend whereby our elected representatives appear to be increasingly at odds with the values of the founding fathers of this country (e.g., Washington, Franklin, Jefferson) and the American people.
To get this off the ground I am creating a frames based page which will allow my visitors to both understand the rational behind New Age Citizen as well as the preliminary agenda for "New Agenda for America." I will place a link to this at the top right hand corner of the homepage for now. You can take a quick look by clicking below:
New Agenda for America
I'm interested to here your initial feedback on this new addition to the website.
Also, please read this article if you have not already done so. Very illuminating stuff.
http://www.newagecitizen.com/PDF/braindrain.pdf
Please support our efforts to allow a form of Marijuana Re-Legalization where personal cultivation is neither taxed or regulated by any government agencies. For more information please read the following articles regarding the Marijuana Re-Legalization Policy (MRP) Project:
Editorial Overview
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Thanks for your Activism and Support,
Professor Hemp,
Editor of New Age Patriot Magazine(1989 - 1997)
Webmaster for New Age Citizen (2000 - End of the Drug War)
