from: William Hughes

There was a protest rally in front of the White House on June 1, 2010. Former U.S. Ambassador Edward Peck was one of the speakers. He described his ordeal of being on a vessel, part of a flotilla, on a “humanitarian” mission to Gaza. It was forcibly seized, hijacked, at 4 AM on May 31th, by heavily armed Israelis in international waters. Ambassador Peck was arrested by the Israelis and taken, in custody, to the port city of Ashdod in Zionist Israel. He was processed, interrogated there by his captors and later released. Ambassador Peck added that in Somalia,“we call that ‘piracy.’” For background, see, “The Goldstone Report,” at: http://www.goldstone-report.org/ and http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE53A0OC20090411

from: William Hughes

On Tuesday afternoon, June 1, 2010, a protest action was held in front of the White House.The demonstration was in response to a May 31th attack by Israeli Military Forces on a humanitarian six-boat flotilla, in international waters, in the Mediterranean Sea, carrying 10,000 tons of supplies to Occupied Gaza. The assault has caused outrage around the globe. At least nine civilians were killed by the Israelis and another 60 or so wounded. One of those speaking out at the rally was Orthodox Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss. He is associated with "Orthodox Jews United Against Zionism," and is a member of "Neturei Karta International." Rabbi Weiss said: “We cry and we pray for the people of Palestine and Gaza.” He was also sharly critical in his remarks of the political ideology of Zionism. See: http://www.nkusa.org/

from William Hughes

The recent attack by Israeli Military Forces on a humanitarian six-boat flotilla, in international waters, in the Mediterranean Sea, carrying 10,000 tons of supplies to Occupied Gaza has caused outrage around the globe At least nine civilians were killed by the Israelis and another 60 or so wounded. On Tuesday, June 1, 2010, a demonstration was held in front of the White House to protest Israel’s conduct. Numerous speakers can be heard on this video raising their concerns about this deplorable situation. For background, see, “The Goldstone Report,” at: goldstone-report.org/

from: William Hughes

The recent attack by Israeli Military Forces on a humanitarian six-boat flotilla, in international waters, in the Mediterranean Sea, carrying 10,000 tons of supplies to Occupied Gaza has caused outrage around the globe At least nine civilians were killed by the Israelis and another 60 or so wounded. On Tuesday, June 1, 2010, a demonstration was held in front of the White House to protest Israel’s conduct. One of the speakers was Sarah Sloan, National Staff Coordinator for the ANSWER Coalition. For background, see, “The Goldstone Report,” at: http://www.goldstone-report.org/

from: William Hughes

The recent attack by Israeli Military Forces on a humanitarian six-boat flotilla, in international waters, in the Mediterranean Sea, carrying 10,000 tons of supplies to Occupied Gaza has caused outrage around the globe At least nine civilians were killed by the Israelis and another 60 or so wounded. On Tuesday, June 1, 2010, a demonstration was held in front of the White House to protest Israel’s conduct. One of the speakers was CODEPINK cofounder, Medea Benjamin. For background, see, “The Goldstone Report,” at: http://www.goldstone-report.org/

from William Hughes

On May 26, 2010, co-hosts Deborah Rudacille and John Barry presented the initial nonfiction readings for “The New Mercury.” The event was held in Baltimore, MD, at the Jordan Faye Contemporary/BE, with a thank you to Ms. Jordan Faye Block.The readers were: Tim Kreider, a celebrated political cartoonist and writer. Check out Mr. Kreider’s web site here: thepaincomics.com/ He read a story from H.L. Mencken, “The Incomprehensible Buzz Saw; and, then from his own piece, “Seeing Is Believing.” Author and writer, Antero Pietila, read from his book, “Not In My Neighborhood.” Finally, Laura Wexler is an educator and author. She read from her story, “Separate Storm.” Ms. Wexler is the author of “Fire in a Canebrake.” A native of Catonsville, MD, she is also known for hosting “The Stoop.” Go to stoopstorytelling.com/ to find out more about this highly praised venture. The CityLit Project, (Gregg Wilhem, director), is sponsoring the series. For more background, go to: thenewmercuryreadings.com/

Gerald Celente: Banks robbing the people From: RTAmerica | The turmoil that has stricken Greece has spread to Romania and Ireland. This crisis may be spreading worldwide as the debt crisis continues, there have been reports that it may spread to Japan, one of the biggest economies in the world. Gerald Celente says that this is the greatest bank robbery in history and it is the banks that are doing the stealing.

from William Hughes

"On Sunday afternoon, May 23, 2010, author, scriptwriter and ex-Baltimore Sun reporter, Rafael Alvarez, read one of his favorite essays, “Where Book Lovers Settle Between Covers.” He had written it a few years back while working for the Sun. Later, he signed copies of his newest book, “Storyteller," which is a combination of his fiction; and essays and newspaper articles. One of Mr. Alvarez’s previous works of fiction, “Orlo and Leini,” was labeled by Publishers Weekly as “a rare treat that even those with a nonadventurous palate will find delectable.” The event took place at the Crystal Moll Gallery, in Federal Hill, in Baltimore, MD. Ms. Moll, who is also an artist, served as the hostess for the reading and introduced Mr. Alvarez."

from William Hughes

On Sunday afternoon, May 23, 2010, author Deborah Rudacille read from her new nonfiction book, “Roots of Steel: Boom and Bust in an American Mill Town.” It’s the moving saga of Sparrows Point, a company town and steelmaking plant, once owned and operated by Bethlehem Steel. In its heyday, the plant employed about 36,000 employees. The event took place at the Crystal Moll Gallery, in Federal Hill, in Baltimore, MD. Ms. Moll, who is also an artist, served as the hostess for the reading and introduced Ms. Rudacille. “Kirkus Reviews” said of Ms. Rudacille’s tome, “An affecting portrait of decaying loop on the Rust Belt...[She] has delivered a book that would do Studs Terkel proud, partaking of his oral-historical approach to the past, at turns, imbued with pro-Labor spirit throughout.”

Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908//vp/37266469#37266469

This Rand Paul does not represent the American people, he represents a fascist movement more right wing, more pro war, more pro corporate, and pro police state than the Neocons who left America a hollowed out shell of a country.

For any democracy, fascism is a form of corporate cancer for which, the cure must be radical and immediate or that country will quickly fall. We have but to look at Germany a democracy, which fell to fascism under Adolph Hitler. These tea party people don't give a damn about the environment or freedom except when it comes to corporate freedom. And when they say they want to turn the clock back to a time of earlier American values, they mean the time of the Robber barons when 98% of Americans lived in poverty without public education, Social Security, or a minimum wage and there were no laws to protect people in the work place. America was a Hell, it only became better because we as a people made it better.

The 'tea party' isn’t about making America better for the people. If you didn't like the Bush regime cutting social programs established to help the people, well get ready for that and much more under the tea party. Try the total privatization, elimination, of Social Security wherein it is handed over to the very banks who are presently looting our country into collapse. What, you don't like the endless wars and torture? Well, get ready for brutal heavy handed all out fascist high profit privatized war against the world. Don’t like the price of food and gasoline? Those things are provided by corporations which are very important to the tea party, therefore they must make a good profit. The cost of necessities will double and double again under the pro corporate teas.

Yes I’m afraid it's out of the frying pan and into the fire for the poor American people unless they wake up to what fascism is: the melding of state and corporate power over the people. Pro corporate nationalism, anti environmentalism, and anti civil rights, are values that are absolutely wrong for the people and the planet. Part 1 RACHEL MADDOW V RAND PAUL - (This Is Awesome!) PART 1 | Rand Paul's Crazy BP Oil Spill Comments