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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Cowardice asks the question - is it safe?
Expediency asks the question - is it politic?
Vanity asks the question - is it popular?
But conscience asks the question - is it right?
And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular; but one must take it because it is right.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

I've seen too much hate to want to hate, myself, and every time I see it, I say to myself, hate is too great a burden to bear. Somehow we must be able to stand up against our most bitter opponents and say: We shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will and we will still love you.... But be assured that we'll wear you down by our capacity to suffer, and one day we will win our freedom. We will not only win freedom for ourselves; we will appeal to your heart and conscience that we will win you in the process, and our victory will be a double victory.

Please check it out! This a bold new step that will strive for more democracy/transparency, etc. in 9/11 truth blogging (or at least WTCD blogging!)

[Bumping this in honor of the LIHOP offensive afoot at 911blogger that includes attacks on David Ray Griffin's character timed to take advantage of his current health issues. -gReT 2/15/11]

Central to the official 9/11 narrative is the allegation that four flights were hijacked by Arab Muslims working for al Qaeda. Little to no real evidence exists to support this claim.

The Pentagon’s global military design is one of world conquest. The military deployment of US-NATO forces is occurring in several regions of the world simultaneously.

The dumping of highly radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean constitutes a potential trigger to a process of global radioactive contamination... Eventually all major regions of the World will be affected.

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ONLINE INTERACTIVE I-BOOK. The insurgency in Syria is based on the "Libya Model": it is integrated by mercenaries and Al Qaeda affiliated paramilitary brigades supported by British, French and Turkish Special Forces...

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A Historical Review and Analysis (1949-2012)

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You've gotta' love Mittens tying himself up in knots this Thursday when asked about his previous comments regarding President Obama and Rev. Jeremiah Wright, which was about to be dusted off again for a new round of attacks by one of these Super PACs -- or it was until someone leaked the story to The New York Times.

Romney On Wright: ‘I’m Not Familiar Precisely With Exactly What I Said, But I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was’:

Speaking at a campaign event in Jacksonville, Florida, Mitt Romney said even though he doesn’t remember invoking Rev. Jeremiah Wright on Sean Hannity’s show back in February, he stands by his comments.

“I’m not familiar precisely with exactly what I said, but I stand by what I said whatever it was,” Romney said.

Earlier today Mitt Romney said he “repudiate[s]” a plan to attack President Obama by hyping his connection to Rev. Jeremiah Wright, in an interview with the conservative news site Townhall. Romney said he would like to focus on the economy instead

Romney also accused the Obama administration of "character assassination" for the recent attacks ads on his time at Bain Capital. Character assassination is something the Romney campaign should know a thing or two about since that's what they've done to every one of their opponents with negative advertising since this presidential campaign season began.

Mitt Romney Says Bain Attacks Are Part of Obama’s ‘Character Assassination’:

Mitt Romney said today that he is “disappointed” in President Obama’s campaign for being “focused on character assassination,” saying that he considers the president’s attacks on his career at Bain to be an attempt to make him seem to be “not a good person or not a good guy.”

“I have been disappointed with the president’s campaign to date which is focused on character assassination,” said Romney. “I just think that we’re wiser to talk about the issues of the day, what we do to get America working again, talk about our respective records.” Read on...

Transcript of Romney's remarks below the fold.

QUESTION: (OFF-MIKE) When you say character assassination exactly what specifically were you talking about?

ROMNEY: I will let you take a look at it. But obviously his efforts to look at my work at Bain is to try and characterize me in a way that isn't accurate.

My effort at Bain Capital, as you know, was in every case designed to try and make the enterprises we invested in more successful, to grow them. There is this fiction that some have that somehow you can be highly successful by stripping assets from enterprise and walking away with lots of money and killing the enterprise.

That -- there may be some people who know how to do that. I sure don't. Our approach was to always try and make the enterprise more successful. And the purpose of the president's ads are not to describe success and failure, but to somehow to suggest that I am not a good person or not a good guy, and I think the American people will know better than that, if they don't already.

This really should be a campaign about the future and about who can get America on track again to create good jobs, who can do a better job for our kids. It is about jobs and kids. And having a campaign focused on character assassination is one of the things I find offensive, among many others, in the PAC and description that came in "The New York Times." If that's accurate, why, obviously that's something I repudiate.

QUESTION: (OFF-MIKE) Christian nation. It was responding to a quote that he had just played for you on the radio. Do you stand by that and do you believe that President Obama's world view was shaped by Reverend Wright, and, if so, do you see evidence of that in his policies?

ROMNEY: I am actually going to -- I am not familiar precisely with exactly what I said. But I stand by what I said, whatever it was.

And with regards to -- I will go back and take a look at what was said there. The focus of my campaign is going to be, as I have just suggested, on the future and on who can do best to build an America that has great promise and great opportunity for fulfillment of dreams.

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Justice and the 9/11 defendants
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When Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced in 2009 that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other accused Sept. 11 conspirators would be tried in a civilian federal court, we said that his decision "makes an eloquent statement about the Obama ...
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Today in 1983: President Reagan sticks his thumbs in his ears and wiggles his fingers, and says to the gathered White House News Photographers, "I've been waiting years to do this." Our celebration of this moment continues below:

The Lester and Charlie Review want your opinion.

Watertiger has the ultimate Mitt Romney Quote-of-the-Day.

We Are The Dog understands the strategy of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Bonus Track: William K. Wolfrum Chronicles compares and contrasts various fictional millionaires and billionaires with the all too real Mitt Romney.

Round-up by Tengrain of Mock, Paper, Scissors who also blogs at Dependable Renegade. Send tips to: mbru@crooksandliars.com

In the matter of the Scarborough Shoal mess, the Philippines started it and the infamous Chinese nine-dash line encompassing almost the entire South China Sea looks like an audacious claim drawn from an appetite for aggression. A closer look reveals that there is some genuine method to Beijing's madness, and a chance that gas and greed, rather than international law and principle, may salvage peace in the South China Sea. - Peter Lee (May 18, '12)

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization hopes that If you can't beat them in Pashtunistan, you can at least corral them in the home of the blues, with NATO's Chicago summit planned to instill in members the "common values" behind drone warfare and base expansion. As riot police lock down the city, some partners likely fear they've married into the mob. - Pepe Escobar (May 18, '12)

Hopes by Iran hawks for the United States Congress to provide enough ammunition to threaten Iran with a military strike on the eve of critical talks over Tehran's nuclear program have fallen unexpectedly short. The House has retracted its talons, while over in the Senate a new sanctions bill was blocked by Republicans because it wasn't sufficiently aggressive. - Jim Lobe (May 18, '12)

The possibility of direct talks between the United States and Iran emerged in January when new sanctions gave the White House political cover to revert to a policy of engagement. However, Tehran's profound mistrust of American sincerity hampers progress. The only sensible way forward is to let bygones be bygones and work through an intermediary such as Turkey or Oman. - Peter Jenkins (May 18, '12)