Hotspring 44
08-31-2011, 12:18 PM
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Even though some of the content below is somewhat past tense every single thing mentioned in it has evolved to what is now coursing through American politics.
Considering the recent publication and distribution of ex-vice president Dick Cheney's new book, I think that it has now become quite pertinent... ... so here is some of “it”...
...Note: The complete article in the top part of the below "box" ("Table") is here: https://www.prisonplanet.com/analysis_louise_010603_pnac.html
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”The blueprint for our current foreign policy was being written back in 1992 by then-Defense Secretary, Dick Cheney.
His writings set out a new doctrine that called for U.S. power in the twentieth century, to be that of an aggressive and unilateral approach that would secure American dominance of world affairs by force if necessary.
This "peace through strength" policy has been unfolding from the day Bush, Jr. took office; the strategic planning of it was done during the Clinton administration with funding from the military-industrial complex, energy companies, and right-wing foundations.
Over time, those working on these new plans evolved into PNAC, established in 1997 with members Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and Paul Wolfowitz at the helm. May God help us!
In September 2000, the PNAC updated and refined Cheney's original version into a new report entitled: "Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategies, Forces, and Resources for a New Century" calling for unprecedented hikes in military spending, American military bases in Central Asia and Middle East, toppling of non-complying regimes, abrogation of international treaties, control of the world's energy sources, militarization of outer space, total control of cyberspace, and the willingness to use nuclear weapons to achieve "American" goals.
This plan by the neo-conservative or neo-con think tank, PNAC, shows Bush's cabinet intended to take military control whether or not Saddam Hussein was in power and says the U.S. for decades has sought to play a more permanent role in Gulf regional security, revealing that a premeditated attack on Iraq to secure a regime change was planned even before Bush took power in January, 2001. The lengthy blueprint for U.S. global domination can be accessed at https://cryptome.org/rad.htm.”
<table class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:none;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook:480;mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext;mso-border-insidev:.5pt solid windowtext" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes"> <td style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top"> ... “PNAC, the monsterchild of Dick Cheney speaks with forked tongue regarding the "new manifest destiny of the new American frontier" to disseminate our liberty and values. The Bush administration has brazenly launched an all-out assault against our civil liberties using fear tactics while trying to hide the fact that weapons were supplied by the U.S. to our "enemies". Tam Dalywell of the House of Commons had this to say, "This is garbage from right-wing think tanks stuffed with chickenhawks, men who have never seen the horror of war but are in love with the idea of war. Men like Cheney, who were draft-dodgers in the Vietnam war." Cheney is depicted in the related following animated satire that is a spin-off of the Twilight Zone called the No-Fly Zone: https://www.toostupidtobepresident.com/shockwave/chickenhawks.htm
The PNAC intends to explain what world leadership entails through issue briefs, advocacy journalism, conferences, and seminars. Also, the "Committee for the Liberation of Iraq" is setting up offices on Capitol Hill, which appears to be a front group spin-off from PNAC and its mission statement is to replace the Saddam Hussein regime with a democratic government, engaging in educational and advocacy efforts to mobilize the U.S. and international support for their policies. The Project for a New American Century, www.newamericancentury.org (https://www.waccobb.net/forums/www.newamericancentury.org), is an initiative of the New Citizenship Project (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=New_Citizenship_Project) (501c3).”
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ALEC Exposed (https://alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed)
ALEC Corporations (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Corporations) : “ALEC (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC) is not a lobby; it is not a front group. It is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, behind closed doors, corporations hand state legislators the changes to the law they desire that directly benefit their bottom line.”
ALEC Politicians (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Politicians) : Legislators with ALEC Ties (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Politicians#Legislators_with_ALEC_Ties)
ALEC "Scholars" (https://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Board_of_Scholars) & also: “Scholars' Connections to Charles and David Koch”. (https://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Board_of_Scholars#Scholars.27_Connections_to_Charles_and_David_Koch)
ALEC Boards & Task Forces (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Boards_and_Task_Forces) , including: ALEC has nine task forces, each with a legislative and corporate chair. Below is a list of each task force, its co-chairs, and its corporate and political members (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Boards_and_Task_Forces#ALEC_Task_Forces)
ALEC Staff (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Staff) , one example: “Ronald Scheberle (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ronald_Scheberle) - Executive Director
Scheberle became executive director in January 2010. As stated in his biography on the ALEC website, he is "Chairman Emeritus of ALEC’s Private Enterprise Board. He has been an active private sector member of ALEC for over 25 years, serving as Private Enterprise Board National Chairman from 1988 to 1994 and as a member of ALEC’s Private Enterprise Board of Directors continuously since."<sup id="cite_ref-1">[2] (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Staff#cite_note-1)</sup>
Scheberle is also a "senior consultant" at Bingham Consulting Group -- the lobbying arm of Bingham McCutchen (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bingham_McCutchen), a global law firm that represents corporate clients.<sup id="cite_ref-2">[3] (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Staff#cite_note-2)”</sup>
More Information
ALEC FAQ (https://alecexposed.org/wiki/What_is_ALEC%3F)
ALEC Exposed Press Release (https://alecexposed.org/wiki/File:CMD_Unveils_Trove_of_Over_800_ALEC_%22Model_Bills%22_Secretly_Voted_On_By_Corporations.pdf)
ALEC Funding (https://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/07/10887/cmd-special-report-alecs-funding-and-spending)
ALEC Hotels (https://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/07/10877/alec-hotels)
ALEC Decoded (https://alecexposed.org/wiki/Decoding_ALEC_PR)
ALEC & NCSL Comparison (https://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/07/10882/comparison-alec-and-ncsl)
Common Cause Asks IRS to Audit ALEC (https://www.commoncause.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=4773613&ct=10902603)
Common Cause Study on ALEC Member Campaign Contributions (https://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7Bfb3c17e2-cdd1-4df6-92be-bd4429893665%7D/MONEYPOWERANDALEC.PDF)
ProPublica's Database of ALEC Campaign Contributions (https://projects.propublica.org/alec-contributions/)
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</td> </tr> </tbody></table> I also want to note that the website that that I got information in the bottom box (“table”) from (https://www.sourcewatch.org/) has a huge amount of references to their claims.
Even though some of the content below is somewhat past tense every single thing mentioned in it has evolved to what is now coursing through American politics.
Considering the recent publication and distribution of ex-vice president Dick Cheney's new book, I think that it has now become quite pertinent... ... so here is some of “it”...
...Note: The complete article in the top part of the below "box" ("Table") is here: https://www.prisonplanet.com/analysis_louise_010603_pnac.html
<table class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:none;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook:480;mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext;mso-border-insidev:.5pt solid windowtext" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes"> <td style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top"> (PNAC): Cheney's Monstrous Scheme (https://www.prisonplanet.com/analysis_louise_010603_pnac.html)
”The blueprint for our current foreign policy was being written back in 1992 by then-Defense Secretary, Dick Cheney.
His writings set out a new doctrine that called for U.S. power in the twentieth century, to be that of an aggressive and unilateral approach that would secure American dominance of world affairs by force if necessary.
This "peace through strength" policy has been unfolding from the day Bush, Jr. took office; the strategic planning of it was done during the Clinton administration with funding from the military-industrial complex, energy companies, and right-wing foundations.
Over time, those working on these new plans evolved into PNAC, established in 1997 with members Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and Paul Wolfowitz at the helm. May God help us!
In September 2000, the PNAC updated and refined Cheney's original version into a new report entitled: "Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategies, Forces, and Resources for a New Century" calling for unprecedented hikes in military spending, American military bases in Central Asia and Middle East, toppling of non-complying regimes, abrogation of international treaties, control of the world's energy sources, militarization of outer space, total control of cyberspace, and the willingness to use nuclear weapons to achieve "American" goals.
This plan by the neo-conservative or neo-con think tank, PNAC, shows Bush's cabinet intended to take military control whether or not Saddam Hussein was in power and says the U.S. for decades has sought to play a more permanent role in Gulf regional security, revealing that a premeditated attack on Iraq to secure a regime change was planned even before Bush took power in January, 2001. The lengthy blueprint for U.S. global domination can be accessed at https://cryptome.org/rad.htm.”
<table class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:none;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook:480;mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext;mso-border-insidev:.5pt solid windowtext" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes"> <td style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top"> ... “PNAC, the monsterchild of Dick Cheney speaks with forked tongue regarding the "new manifest destiny of the new American frontier" to disseminate our liberty and values. The Bush administration has brazenly launched an all-out assault against our civil liberties using fear tactics while trying to hide the fact that weapons were supplied by the U.S. to our "enemies". Tam Dalywell of the House of Commons had this to say, "This is garbage from right-wing think tanks stuffed with chickenhawks, men who have never seen the horror of war but are in love with the idea of war. Men like Cheney, who were draft-dodgers in the Vietnam war." Cheney is depicted in the related following animated satire that is a spin-off of the Twilight Zone called the No-Fly Zone: https://www.toostupidtobepresident.com/shockwave/chickenhawks.htm
The PNAC intends to explain what world leadership entails through issue briefs, advocacy journalism, conferences, and seminars. Also, the "Committee for the Liberation of Iraq" is setting up offices on Capitol Hill, which appears to be a front group spin-off from PNAC and its mission statement is to replace the Saddam Hussein regime with a democratic government, engaging in educational and advocacy efforts to mobilize the U.S. and international support for their policies. The Project for a New American Century, www.newamericancentury.org (https://www.waccobb.net/forums/www.newamericancentury.org), is an initiative of the New Citizenship Project (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=New_Citizenship_Project) (501c3).”
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ALEC Exposed (https://alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed)
ALEC Corporations (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Corporations) : “ALEC (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC) is not a lobby; it is not a front group. It is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, behind closed doors, corporations hand state legislators the changes to the law they desire that directly benefit their bottom line.”
ALEC Politicians (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Politicians) : Legislators with ALEC Ties (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Politicians#Legislators_with_ALEC_Ties)
ALEC "Scholars" (https://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Board_of_Scholars) & also: “Scholars' Connections to Charles and David Koch”. (https://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Board_of_Scholars#Scholars.27_Connections_to_Charles_and_David_Koch)
ALEC Boards & Task Forces (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Boards_and_Task_Forces) , including: ALEC has nine task forces, each with a legislative and corporate chair. Below is a list of each task force, its co-chairs, and its corporate and political members (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Boards_and_Task_Forces#ALEC_Task_Forces)
ALEC Staff (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Staff) , one example: “Ronald Scheberle (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ronald_Scheberle) - Executive Director
Scheberle became executive director in January 2010. As stated in his biography on the ALEC website, he is "Chairman Emeritus of ALEC’s Private Enterprise Board. He has been an active private sector member of ALEC for over 25 years, serving as Private Enterprise Board National Chairman from 1988 to 1994 and as a member of ALEC’s Private Enterprise Board of Directors continuously since."<sup id="cite_ref-1">[2] (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Staff#cite_note-1)</sup>
Scheberle is also a "senior consultant" at Bingham Consulting Group -- the lobbying arm of Bingham McCutchen (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bingham_McCutchen), a global law firm that represents corporate clients.<sup id="cite_ref-2">[3] (https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Staff#cite_note-2)”</sup>
More Information
ALEC FAQ (https://alecexposed.org/wiki/What_is_ALEC%3F)
ALEC Exposed Press Release (https://alecexposed.org/wiki/File:CMD_Unveils_Trove_of_Over_800_ALEC_%22Model_Bills%22_Secretly_Voted_On_By_Corporations.pdf)
ALEC Funding (https://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/07/10887/cmd-special-report-alecs-funding-and-spending)
ALEC Hotels (https://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/07/10877/alec-hotels)
ALEC Decoded (https://alecexposed.org/wiki/Decoding_ALEC_PR)
ALEC & NCSL Comparison (https://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/07/10882/comparison-alec-and-ncsl)
Common Cause Asks IRS to Audit ALEC (https://www.commoncause.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=4773613&ct=10902603)
Common Cause Study on ALEC Member Campaign Contributions (https://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7Bfb3c17e2-cdd1-4df6-92be-bd4429893665%7D/MONEYPOWERANDALEC.PDF)
ProPublica's Database of ALEC Campaign Contributions (https://projects.propublica.org/alec-contributions/)
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</td> </tr> </tbody></table> I also want to note that the website that that I got information in the bottom box (“table”) from (https://www.sourcewatch.org/) has a huge amount of references to their claims.