Brits Conspire To Thwart Israel

by Dick Mac

I have heard in the past that the failure of the British to keep their post-War obligations during the creation of the state of Israel is to blame for the perpetual crises in that region.

Britain's refusal to cooperate, and their interference with the plan to relocate the Palestinian population, led to thousands of Palestinians being left behind in what was to become Israel. Even though Britain had agreed to take on this task as part of the rebuilding of the world, they undermined the relocation and failed - completely and deliberately.

The Brits guaranteed that Israel would never become a secure state.

This new story about Britain's efforts to undermine Israel is news to me, and I take it as further proof that Britain never had any intention of helping to stabilize that region after the war.

I sure do hope a book is eventually published about the Palestinian relocation efforts, and the total failure of the Brits to keep-up their end of the bargain. Until that time, please enjoy this new information that proves the British actively undermined the transport of Jews to Palestine.

MI6, Britain's secret intelligence service, planted explosives to disable ships before they could transport Jewish men, women and children from Europe to Palestine. Britain controlled Palestine at the time and, partly due to pressure from wartime Arab allies, adopted a policy of strictly limiting Jewish migration to British-controlled lands in the region. In May 1948, the British left and Israel declared independence.

As an American, it's refreshing to see that we have learned how to fuck-up the world by following the lead of the best fucker-uppers in the history of Western Civilization.

Britain bombed ships that were to transport Jews after Holocaust

BP In Libya

by Dick Mac

It is the job of a corporation to increase the profits of the companies under its control and, if it is part of their corporate structure, to provide maximum dividends to their shareholders.

In BP's efforts to increase profits, they want to start drilling off the shores of Libya, in the Mediterranean Sea. Their challenge, of course, would be to convince that nation to do business with them. Gaining the favor of a foreign country is never easy, and can often be expensive.

Libya, in particular, is a difficult place for any Western company to do business because their leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi, is neither a fan of the West, and the feeling is mutual.

How to get such a man to cooperate? Ask him what he wants, of course!

It is now alleged that what he wanted from BP was the British prisoner Abdel Baset al-Megrahi. As soon as Megrahi was freed by the British, Libya would talk to BP about drilling contracts.

Megrahi was released and arrived in Tripoli to throngs of cheering supporters.

Why is this guy so popular in Libya? Who is this guy?

Megrahi is the only person convicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

In 1988, the bombing of the flight that carried mostly American travellers shocked the United States.

This week, British Prime Minister David Cameron is enjoying his first to Washington, and the senators from New York and New Jersey want the prime minister to investigate BP's role in influencing the release of a bomber who took so many American lives.

Of course, there is no proof of any of this yet. So stay tuned!

Area Senators Urge Investigation into Release of Lockerbie Bomber

A Lesson For Americans from The British

by Dick Mac

I have become an advocate of third (and fourth and fifth) political parties.

Although I disagree with almost everything represented by teabaggers, especially the social contract that underlies their so-called tax revolt, it has been my sincerest hope that an actual Tea Party was formed. It has not.

People who believe the things espoused by teabaggers will never be represented by Republicans. In reality, though, teabaggers are just GOP activists and community organizers whipping white people into a frenzy about things they don't even understand (taxes, government and immigration, to start, reproductive rights, health care and civil rights, as well).

As long as teabaggers align themselves with Republicans, I will speak-out against their fraud. Until they form a real political party that has a real platform and candidates on the ballot, they have no credibility.

Yesterday was election day in Great Britain. Over 20% of Brits have voted for an alternative party: Liberal Democrats. This remarkable feat has set-up a situation where the right-leaning Conservatives and the left-leaning Liberal Democrats Party could theoretically form a coalition to wrest control from the Labour Party. Alternatively, the Lib Dems could align themselves with Labour and basically squeeze the Tories.

This is democracy at its most exciting!

Great Britain might need another election in six-months if a government cannot be formed; but this shake-up is the sort of thing that we can only fantasize in the United States.

Not only have 54 Lib Dems been elected, but 27 representatives have been elected from other parties: See, National Results.

Imagine if we had viable alternative parties in the United States! A Tea Party could elect their own and align themselves with Democrats when those policies suited them, and then with Republicans when those policies suited them. Teabaggers do tell me that they are neither Democrats nor Republicans, that they cross the entire spectrum, after all.

In reality, teabaggers appears to be uniformly encamped with the GOP, which completely diminishes any of their economic arguments, because it is Republicans that have created the inequity teabaggers claim to hate. They just don't want homosexuals to marry, or single parents to get financial assistance, or brown immigrants to get citizenship. They really aren't interested in reigning in spending that the GOP supports. They have no credibility (except with Fox News who created them in the first place).

We have credible options in the United States.

I now support the Green Party, because the GOP has never represented anything I cared about, and the Democrats have just become GOP-lite flailing around in some alleged moderation and getting little done.

I send five bucks a month to the Green Party to support their mission. I know it doesn't sound like much; but, it's what I can realistically afford. If a thousand people do this, it would be five thousand dollars a month into the Green coffers.

This does not necessarily mean that I will vote Green; but, I did in the last midterm elections in 2006. I voted the entire Green ticket during that election. I might do it again.

More important than my vote, though, is my support.

I challenge everyone to start supporting third parties. If you want to support the Greens, go here: Green Party of the United States donation page.