The United States of America Has Gone Mad

While John le Carré is famous for his spy novels, he wrote a widely read anti-war essay in 2003 titled "The United States of America Has Gone Mad." He reads an excerpt.



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Human Trafficking

The OSCE Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Eva Biaudet, urged OSCE participating States today to put victims' rights at the center when investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases.

"The victim-centred approach means taking the needs of the trafficking victim to be protected, assisted and ultimately empowered to live a dignified life, as the fundamental starting point during all phases of criminal proceedings," Biaudet said at the opening of a high-level conference in Helsinki.

The conference, titled "Successful Prosecution of Human Trafficking" and co-arranged by Biaudet's Office and the Finnish OSCE Chairmanship, aims to enhance national capacities to prosecute cases of human trafficking. The high-level event, including Finnish President Tarja Halonen and Finnish Justice Minister Tuija Brax as speakers, brings together policy makers and experts from more than 40 OSCE countries.
"We need to find ways to ensure that traffickers can no longer operate with impunity and that victims are ensured easy access to justice in a manner that ensures a respect for the victims' human rights," Brax said.

Biaudet asked participants whether the low rate of victim identification is caused by a lack of resources for investigations and understanding of the seriousness of the crime.
"Are our societies indifferent or even becoming tolerant to trafficking and exploitation? To what extent is prejudice and blaming the victim still part of the problem?"
A high number of victims all over the OSCE region still are being treated as criminals, she added, saying that officials and others often blame the victims for the exploitative conditions they are facing.

Pietro Grasso, Chief Anti-mafia Prosecutor of Italy and a keynote speaker, proposed improving the criminal justice response:
"I believe a better future for international co-operation in this area will come only with the establishment of joint investigative teams and other forms of concrete collaboration between police forces and the judiciary. Without developing such co-operation between countries of destination and origin, we will continue tackling the small fish without reaching those who direct and organize the hideous trade in persons and without touching their huge profits."
Biaudet added: "There is a clear need to develop effective legislation that makes people accountable for exploitation. I want to remind all States present that they have committed themselves to introducing a thorough discussion on how to strengthen legislative, social and cultural measures for reducing demand. The criminalization of demand is of course only one measure - but can be a most effective measure in this regard."

The End of Freedom

We squabble and dabble into each other’s sexual identity, all the while the various levels of government dig deeper into our pockets. This is called a “Red Herring”, when the government puts up a grand show on one topic, while never mentioning the dastardly deeds they are actually planning, or have already enacted.

Yes there was an Oh Canada we were very proud of slightly over 60 years ago. Our families went to fight a real war only because England was stupid enough to take on the Nazi Regime. At the time Hitler was being backed by large corporations from the United States, so we have proven that some things never change. Our young family members, just coming out of the worst economic depression, caused by the greed of the very rich, put on the uniforms and headed off to fight in Europe. The “stand on guard for thee” part came after World War II was over and our economy ran out of control. We now had something to protect with large families, single family homes, cars, guns and more cars.

We continued to show most of the world that we were (past tense) an educated country that lived in harmony and peace. Taxation was so low, that people could afford all the pleasures of the world, and still have a family made up of brothers, sisters, mother and father. Most of our Canada at that time worked for a relatively good wage with very few deductions. You could actually see your tax dollars being used with new ports of entry, roads being built across the country, good police and new businesses starting every day.

Canada "was" a country that cared about its own people and did things to help other nations in their growth. Everyone in the world knew about it as one would soon find out by travelling anywhere. All was well in never never-land until one day one of our great political leaders told a great lie.

Trudeau told us “he would not freeze our wages and prices” in order to win an election and the Canadian voters fell for the lie. It occurred to me while pondering the election, that this was similar to me asking the priests and nuns, why God needed billions of dollars. They were not amused and promptly had me moved from the private school to a public one. I began to ask a lot of questions of our political leaders at all levels as to what they were doing with all the money they were taking from my wages. None could even come close to an answer so I started to do some snooping on my own.

Would the billions Canada was spending on teaching French; eventually cause a large case of discrimination, against those who did not speak it? Most Canadians are excluded from working for the Federal loonies, some Provincial governments, or even get a contract should they not speak this foreign language? Those who do get the contracts are allowed to put as much as they desire in the pockets and never fear conviction or prison time. Those in the United States that believe you are the only ones dealing with corruption, only need to look north. Our governments and unelected bureaucrats can spend any amount and are never held accountable. Even after they retire we keep on paying them billions of dollars along with the appointments to unaccountable boards and commissions that never get anything done. In Canada we do not elect the Senate, and the hundreds of thousands we pay each of them can be sent to their homes in Bermuda.

When the words “a just society” rang out all over the country a true revelation came to me and I moved to Alberta, as Lougheed became the big time boss. The billions of taxpayer dollars were being thrown into the wind instead of back to the working people. Peter took good care of himself and his self-serving friends and to hell with those that voted him into office. Getty has a four lane highway into his rural estate, along with a taxpayers lake in his back yard. It is certainly true that good old Klein is taking his share, along with his buddies who gave themselves a pension plan that no individual could afford.

At the Federal level it is a mess and all the parties are simply assigned to corruption. Imagine paying a political party, that has a sole purpose to breaking up Canada! (this is called being "distinctive") We have lost the Canada that most grew up in where we believed in our country and doing good work brought good pay. We were brought up to believe that volunteer efforts were for the good of someone other than ourselves. There was no reason that any Canadian should freeze to death, as happened in Edmonton and Calgary, during a period of our famous winter weather. Imagine, Canada a country with so much money that a fellow person is left to freeze to death in the cold!

The news media do not want those stories on page one so they clutter it up with what gays and lesbians are demanding. Imagine, having to demand of our governments that everyone be treated with equality. So sad.

Our shame is that we let our different levels of government be governed by un-elected persons from coast to coast. Our shame is that these same people have forgotten that they are servants of the people, and are supposed to do whatever it takes to help Canadians. The shame is that they cannot be accounted for in their everyday life at work and cannot or will not change.

The world war that was fought for supposed freedom has been lost, and Hitler won hands down, laughing at us. There is another great lie put up on the news programs almost everyday. We are told that there are too many jobs and not enough people in Canada to work them. Let us, the unemployed and under-employed ask our politicians at all levels which of them will work for $8.00 an hour? You will take home $7.10 of that after taxes and dream for a better day. You may even attempt to collect Employment Insurance and be told you do not have enough hours to qualify, when indeed you do. You will be told here in a province that earns almost 2 Billion a month that you may qualify for $390.00 per month to pay your rent, bills and feed yourself. You will lose everything you worked so many years to have a good life. I just finished working at the Spectrum Casino at Northland's here in Edmonton recently. I was promised $13.00 and hour plus tips and when my pay cheque arrived I was only paid $11.00 and hour. "We made a mistake when we hired you" was the answer to my questions. There are no provincial laws that will support the abuse and scandalous behaviour of employers in Alberta. Anyone who reads this please send it to everyone and let them know that there is NO reason to move to Alberta for a job.

When looking online or in an Alberta newspaper 99% of the job ads will say "to be negotiated", which means they pay either only a commission or under $11.00 dollars an hour, and none pay any benefits, without a million conditions.

Once you are over 50 years old, forget it, nobody wants to hire you.

There was once a great and proud nation called Canada, it is both a lie and a myth. That Canada has long since disappeared and now we have a nation of corruption, politicians who have no vocabulary other than that of a liar or criminal. We are no longer a country that does anything for the people, except for the chosen few who can become a Professors at a University after they have lost a re-election.

The news media is now owned by a few corporations and their business is no longer telling the truth. It is made of fluff and pictures, full of wars and starvation, that never tell the lies of how we got there in the first place.. They are simply following the party line of corruption and greed.

Now that we will have a national "id card", would it have been any different had Hitler won the war?

"Rather than money, than fame, give me truth..." Thoreau

Wake Up Your Friends

Yes, the Doors of Perception was required reading to open our minds to the realities and be able to determine the lies.

We were the new reality that knew that the establishment had very bad intentions for all of the people on our planet.Weekly or more often we went tripping to discover realities as they really are and be able to see through what colours they were showing. High Priests and Wizards we were ready to guard the future from all those who would strip us of our Freedom. The champions ready to listen to anyone and show people the way to an open mind, while flying into new universes of the wildest kind.. John Lennon talked to us about religion, politics, love, and war. He imagined a place where all the people of the world could live in harmony and peace.Remember how we dreamed of a world where there would be no poverty and disease. We would also be cautious of the lies that came to us from the media. We knew that behind their facade were lies, which could turn to a reality, instead of the myths from the tongues of clever deceivers.Can you guess what happened during all those years while you were sleeping? First, it makes us so happy to know that you are waking up from that long sleep since we spent so much time together. Was it years or did we just see each other a few days ago? .

While you slept, hundreds of millions of people, have been and are being starved to death all around our planet. New and horrific diseases have taken the lives of many more hundreds of millions since we last sat and talked.

New and even more insane wars are now promoted, as a healthy way to live as well, with new dictatorships that have taken place while you were sleeping. It is now honourable to attack and destroy another country simply because one does not feel good about the leader of it. Do you happen to recall all those conversations about the prison that was created by the Berlin Wall? The new leaders of our countries are now doing the same thing by using a word (terror) to create the illusion of danger. Imagine that in a country that has stockpiles of Nuclear Weapons are willing to use on other neighbours, or anybody that disagrees with them.

They have gone as far as to create a software program so that their ruthless people can spy on you and imprison you without a chance to have a lawyer. Now that I have used the word (terror), it will most certainly be screwed up in their minds to justify an attack, simply because it is a hateful thing to disagree with WAR! . You do understand, as much as you try to destroy me, another takes my place. Since my entire family fought for your freedoms, it baffles me as to why you want to take away mine. What a sorry state we have put ourselves into when people are afraid, or have been terrorized into believing, they must not use their beautiful minds to find peaceful solutions. War is quite simply, ridiculous, in a world that is better educated and connected than any other time since we crawled out of the caves.

Yes all my sleepy friends, people are now encouraged to strip away all the rights of other individuals or groups, and take us back to the caves, since reason has slipped away into space dust. There are untold numbers of people held prisoners in the United States now for speaking freely. In addition, slave labour has switched a little, from being black to being the working class poor. The United States of America the falling Empire, has become so full of hate, the world will wait a little longer for Peace. Now that you are awake, you may want to know that the new “Minority” Prime Minister in Canada Stephen Harper I believe he means well, I just do not believe he understands how he is destroying the great reputation Canada holds world-wide as a “Peaceful Nation”. Since Paul Martin and Anne McLellan already started the process of destroying our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Stephen is simply following their unlawful order to search and seize without cause. I can vouch for it since I spoke out against Paul Martin who followed his fellow dictator nearby, everything,, is being taken away from me.. (Paul and Anne, you are rightfully bad peole and it makes me happy you lost the election). After being called into the Deputy Prime Minster's office (Anne) over an article I wrote called Dear Paul Martin all hell broke loose for me. A quick estimate is that approximately 500 bureaucratics were told to attack and destroy my business and my life, right down to taking away my home.

In my heart I gave Stephen Harper a chance to show he may be a good leader by writing him several times, without one response. The new local MP is never available, to give a Canadian Citizen any time, unless it is a donation of money. (my family arrived in Canada in 1536, he was a friend and lieutenant to Jacques Cartier). These bureaucratics, who could not speak either of our two National Languages, wanted to make me prove I am a Canadian! That is policy put in place to tattoo us as was done in Auschwitz, put in place by the other dictator who ordered Paul Martin and company to do the same thing..

We now have dictators in three (3) countries once world famous for their Constitution, The Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Bill of Rights and Freedoms.

I realize you are still a bit sleepy, so take a few days and check out how the lies keep rolling daily, in fact by the hour from the all-mainstream media. It is pure hateful propaganda brought to us with the twisted tongue of their evil minds. Here is a great lie from Harper’s buddy Stockwell Day as he said in an interview, “Anybody who has seen my record knows I am a firm believer in and champion of individual rights, human rights and respect for those rights. And within that context you can still have safety and security within our country,” Really, when did this take place? I live in Alberta and remember every time Stockwell tormented and stomped all over us, when he was a top official in the government in this Province.

Greed in the richer nations still starves those who have no food, fresh water, and medicine with a person dying every few seconds. Media broadcasters put it to us another way but using distraction, by telling us we should be alarmed that one of the Banks has only earned 3 Billion during the last 3 months. We say “wow” as we continue to pay them nearly 30% on our credit cards and the government can ducks for cover, because the Banks never pay taxes. You are starting to see the picture? You got it right, the taxpayer who earns less than 30 thousand is audited, not the Banks or the pickpockets in our governments.

Then perhaps you might ask why our leaders have so much money for War, and no time for Peace.

Do you believe love is worth the peace it will bring?

“You say you’ll change the constitution,
Well you know
we all want to change your head,
You tell me it’s the institution,
Well you know
You better free your mind instead … John Lennon