25 Stories You Might Have Missed

You might have missed them because they've been swept under the rug by the main stream media.

1. No Habeas Corpus for “Any Person”
2. Bush Moves Toward Martial Law
3. AFRICOM: US Military Control of Africa’s Resources
4. Frenzy of Increasingly Destructive Trade Agreements
5. Human Traffic Builds US Embassy in Iraq
6. Operation FALCON Raids
7. Behind Blackwater Inc.
8. KIA: The US Neoliberal Invasion of India
9. Privatization of America’s Infrastructure
10. Vulture Funds Threaten Poor Nations’ Debt Relief
11. The Scam of “Reconstruction” in Afghanistan
12. Another Massacre in Haiti by UN Troops
13. Immigrant Roundups to Gain Cheap Labor for US Corporate Giants
14. Impunity for US War Criminals
15. Toxic Exposure Can Be Transmitted to Future Generations on a “Second Genetic Code”
16. No Hard Evidence Connecting Bin Laden to 9/11
17. Drinking Water Contaminated by Military and Corporations
18. Mexico’s Stolen Election
19. People’s Movement Challenges Neoliberal Agenda (Free Trade through Central and South America)
20. Terror Act Against Animal Activists
21. US Seeks WTO Immunity for Illegal Farm Payments
22. North Invades Mexico
23. Feinstein’s Conflict of Interest in Iraq
24. Media Misquotes Threat From Iran’s President
25. Who Will Profit from Native Energy?

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My Comment: A free society is a marketplace of ideas. Censorship is an anathema to a free society; it is the hallmark of dictatorships, tyranny and closed societies. If only one side of the news is presented, we get a distorted picture of the world in which we live. We are unable to make informed decisions as is our right in a democracy.

The First Amendment of the Constituton of the United States of America reads:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

[Emphasis added]

It is the portion of the Constitution that guarantees freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

I cannot vouch for the truth in any of the stories listed above but they represent a point of view that requires our consideration as citizens of a free society. (However, my own personal research strongly suggests that #24 is very true and we should be aware of it in the run-up to a war in Iran. I discussed this news item in an earlier post.) That these stories were not included in main stream media coverage should raise a red flag and spike our collective curiosity about them.