Friday, August 12, 2011

Urges for Swift Action to Locate Abducted Journalist in Pakistan

http://www.williamgomes.org/blog/?p=158

August 12, 2011

Mr. Asif Ali Zardari
President of Pakistan
President's Secretariat
Islamabad
PAKISTAN
Tel: +92 51 9204801/9214171
Fax: +92 51 9207458
Email: publicmail@president.gov.pk

RE: Urges for Swift Action to Locate Abducted Journalist in Pakistan

Dear President Asif Ali Zardari,,

I am sure you are just as horrified and concerned as I am about the abduction of Mr.Rehmatullah Dawar, who works with AAJ TV and the Urdu daily Ausaf.

According to information I have received Mr.Rehmatullah Dawar was abducted at a bazaar in Miranshah, the capital of the militancy-gripped agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), by unidentified men travelling in two cars with tinted windows.

The men fired shots in the air to keep people away as they bundled Dawar into one of the cars, according to reports.

The motivation for the abduction is unclear, and no one had claimed responsibility.

However, Ahmadullah Ahmadi, the spokesman for Haji Gul Bahader, the most powerful militant commander in North Waziristan, condemned the abduction and said the local Taliban would assist to locate Dawar, according to the Tribal Union of Journalists (TUJ).

I write to you to express my deep concern. I join International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) , Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in demanding authorities in Pakistan take swift action to locate and safely recover a senior tribal journalist who was abducted in North Waziristan on August 11.

 

I urge to the Government of Pakistan to direct its authorities not to delay in investigating the abduction of Rehmatullah Dawar and to recover him safely.

I remind the Government of the failure of its authorities to take appropriate action in the case of Hayatullah Khan, who was similarly abducted in 2005. I urge that a similar failure not be permitted again.

The abduction of Dawar, who comes from Darparkhel village, reportedly has similarities with the case of Khan, who also worked with Ausaf and was abducted in North Waziristan in December 2005. His handcuffed body was found with several gunshot wounds six months later.

North Waziristan, bordering Afghanistan, is in the grip of an armed conflict between Pakistan security forces and militant groups believed to be associated with Al-Qaeda. The area is subject to regular strikes by US drones targeting suspected militants.

By the years in Pakistan Journalists have been harassed, arbitrarily arrested and detained, subjected to enforced disappearance, torture and extrajudicial killings. Contrary to the spirit of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, state agents have committed such violations at a recently increased rate, and with impunity.

These are crimes in domestic law, under international human rights law the state bears responsibility to prevent such abuses or to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice.

I demand that Pakistani government take steps to provide security for journalists and allow them to carry out their duties without fear of harm and intimidation.

President Zardari, you have told the international community that the protection of journalists is in your mandate. I also want to remind you that you have told the international community that in past you had asked your cabinet members to work with Parliament in developing legislation to monitor and address attacks on journalists.

I ask you and your government to reaffirm the pledges you made to us and Pakistan's community of journalists.

It is shocking for me that government of Pakistan is silent on the issues of abduction and disappearances by the state intelligence agencies and no one has yet made responsible for these acts which have been happening since 2002. And during the civilian government this menace has increased many fold and it looks as if the government is simply a silent spectator before their powerful law enforcement agencies.

The case of abduction of Mr.Rehmatullah Dawar is the clear demonstration of the violation of freedom of expression and freedom of media even the freedom of right to making opinion which are not only guaranteed in the constitution of Pakistan and laws of the land but also to the article 18 and 19 of the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) which was ratified by the government of Pakistan in April 2010.

Guarantee the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms in accordance with the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and other international human rights instruments ratified by Pakistan.

I urge you to assure the safe recovery of Mr.Rehmatullah Dawar and prosecute in open court those who are responsible for the abduction and disappearances of the citizens.

I hope that you will take personal interest into the case and provide redress to the victim.

Yours sincerely,

William Nicholas Gomes
Journalist and Human Rights Activist

Hong Kong

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Re: Judge Halts Search for Cartoonist Who Embarrassed Cops

From I9 instructions: As you can see an I9 does not come close to
proof of citizenship. All the documents required that are available
require a passport to get .... the exception is a "social security
card". Indian ID's are indeed passports.


All U.S. employers must complete and retain a Form I-9 for each
individual they hire for employment in the United States.************
This includes citizens and noncitizens.********** On the form, the
employer must examine the employment eligibility and identity
document(s) an employee presents to determine whether the document(s)
reasonably appear to be genuine and relate to the individual and
record the document information on the Form I-9. The list of
acceptable documents can be found on the last page of the form.

On Aug 12, 9:08 am, GregfromBoston <greg.vinc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The ONLY document produced by ANY US, state or local entity that
> proves Citizenship is a PASSPORT.
>
> Ever fill out an I9?
>
> Thats just not true
>
> On Aug 12, 10:56 am, THE ANNOINTED ONE <markmka...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Plaino,
>
> > The ONLY document produced by ANY US, state or local entity that
> > proves Citizenship is a PASSPORT.
>
> > Only approximately 1/3 of US citizens have one. Your statement
>
> > " hogwash, real Americans don't mind providing proof of identity"
>
> > Is what is hogwash..... most Americans can not prove their
> > citizenship.
>
> > On Aug 12, 7:57 am, plainolamerican <plainolameri...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > When innocent American citizens are told they should have their papers
> > > on them, we live in a police state
> > > ---
> > > hogwash
> > > real Americans don't mind providing proof of identity
>
> > > those who fear our government are something other than American
>
> > > On Aug 12, 6:03 am, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
>
> > > > Judge Halts Search for Cartoonist Who Embarrassed CopsIn April, Renton Police Chief Kevin Milosevich learned of eight videos on YouTube featuring computer-voiced cartoon characters rambling about office politics and internal cop investigations, according to an affidavit for one of the warrants. There s also some chatter about an officer dating a suspect.
> > > > The videos mentioned no city, department or full names. But police built a cyberstalking case against the videomaker . . . (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)It s barely even necessary for the State to have a pretext for harrassing you.The CallingYes, It Is a Police StateA line has been crossed.Steven Horwitz
> > > > Posted June 16, 2011
> > > > As regular readers know, I m not one for hyperbole, so perhaps some are thinking that my title is ironic. Nope, I mean it. An accumulation of events in recent months leads me to no other conclusion than that we are in fact living in a police state in the good old US of A.
> > > > The list of reasons is fairly long, but we can certainly start with our favorite gropers at the TSA. In my ideal world, airline safety would be the responsibility of those with the most directly to lose financially from doing it poorly: the airlines and the airports. But even in a world where government has taken on that responsibility, we should be protected by the Fourth Amendment against unreasonable searches. It s one thing to walk through the standard metal detector, which seems reasonable, but when we are expected to pose virtually nude in a submissive position for government agents, and when refusing to do so earns you a feel-up that would count as sexual battery in most states, that is something else entirely.
> > > > If I had told you 20 years ago that in 2011 this is what would happen every day to thousands of travelers -- including toddlers and the handicapped -- at U.S. airports, you would not have believed me. And on top of everything else,it doesn t work! It s mere security theatre. When residents of the United States have a legitimate fear of being sexually abused by agents of the State when engaging in peaceful air travel, we live in a police state.SWAT TeamsAdd to this 1) the militarization of the police, with no-knock raids by full SWAT teams being the norm for everything from minor possession of marijuana tosuspected student-loan fraud, and 2) the Supreme Court s complicity in eviscerating the Fourth Amendment -- and two more pieces of the police state are in place. These raids often feature what writer Radley Balko calls puppycides. The cops shoot and kill any dogs in the house routinely, regardless of their behavior. Of course the cops often raid the wrong house, terrifying innocent people in the middle of the night and killingtheirdogs too. When residents of the United States have serious reason to fear the door being busted down in the middle of the night by armed agents of the State despite having done nothing wrong, we live in a police state.
> > > > Then there s my experience this past week as I drove home from the airport in Syracuse, New York. The Border Patrol and the State Police had set up a roadblock on the county line about 30 miles from my house and at least 20 miles as the crow flies from the border with Canada. This is not uncommon, but this time two things were different. First, both groups of officers were fully armed. Second, they were asking questions. Normally they just peer into your car and let you go. This time, I was asked, Where are you coming from? ; Were you out of the state? ; and Do you have luggage in your trunk? They did not search the car, nor did they ask for ID (the latter probably because I m white), but it does not matter. When American citizens are stopped while traveling within their own state and asked to account for their whereabouts, we live in a police state.Do You Have Your Papers?Finally, a professional colleague of mine was recently on a train to Chicago with his teenage son. They are of Mexican descent, but both are American citizens. Border Patrol agents boarded the train and conducted a similar inquisition. My colleague and his son were hassled quite a bit and told that they probably should keep proof of citizenship with them when they travel within the United States. When innocent American citizens are told they should have their papers on them, we live in a police state.
> > > > My experience last weekend reflects the essence of the problem. Why were the cops and the Border Patrol there? They were looking for illegal immigrants, drugs, and potential terrorists. It s the perfect storm of statism that has brought us to this point. The combination of xenophobia, irrational fear of drugs, and the terror the State has whipped up about terrorists around every corner is the fuel on which this police state feeds. But a police state cannot emerge without many fellow citizens being willing to trade off their actual liberties for the false promise of security.
> > > > Since 9/11 the biggest threat to the American people is not radical Muslim terrorists, nor deranged domestic terrorists, but the terrorists with the blue uniforms, badges, and body armor. Their weapons of mass destruction are not bombs, but state-approved guns, latex-gloved hands, and a profound disregard for our rights. Until we stand up and say, Enough!theseterrorists will keep winning and our rights will continue to be lost.http://www.thefreemanonline.org/headline/yes-this-is-a-police-state/-Hide quoted text -
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What U.S. President Has Multiple Sources in a Foreign Country Say He Was Born There?




What U.S. President Has Multiple Sources in a Foreign Country Say He Was Born There?

If you answered "Barry Soetoro Barack Hussein Obama," you're right!

Here's the evidence, from an advertisement published in The Washington Times, April 18, 2011. The ad was paid for by ordinary American citizens who donated funds at  ProtectOurLiberty.org:

1. Kenyan National Assembly members state at various times that Obama was born in Kenya: http://www.scribd.com/doc/36604073/

2. Kenyan Ambassador to the United States says on a U.S. radio show that Obama's birth location in Kenya is well known:
watch?v=zH4GX3Otf14

3. Newspapers in Kenya and other African countries report as far back as 2004 that Obama is Kenyan born:
http://www.scribd.com/my_document_collections/2441535

4. Obama's family members in Kenya say he was born there:
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=107524

5. Michelle Obama says in 2008 that Kenya is her husband's "home country":
watch?v=Bx4Afe1NVYI

6. Michelle Obama in 2007 says her husband is a Kenyan:
watch?v=Rep-MB-wbkU

7. NPR radio says that Obama is Kenyan born: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=138293

8. Gov Richardson of New Mexico says Obama is an immigrant:
watch?v=YEjGmT1gmcw

9. School records in Indonesia report that he is an Indonesian citizen:
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=72667

10. No hospital records exist in Hawaii proving Obama was born there per Tim Adams a 2008 Hawaii Election official's sworn affidavit:
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=254401

All these people -- including Obama's own wife, Michelle -- must all be crazy!

You can see the Advertisement on Scribd, here.

H/t ObamaReleaseYourRecords

~Eowyn

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Mark of the beast? I'm just saying that's all.




Mark of the beast? I'm just saying that's all.

Hmm, I wonder..

I don't know about you guy's , but this is kinda scary. Creepy stuff. Then again so is the guy above. :D

MARK OF THE BEAST?

Electronic skin tattoo has medical, gaming, spy uses.

The micro-electronics technology, called an epidermal electronic system (EES), was developed by an international team of researchers from the United States, China and Singapore, and is described in the journal Science.

"It's a technology that blurs the distinction between electronics and biology," said co-author"It's a technology that blurs the distinction between electronics and biology," said co-author John Rogers, a professor in materials science and engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

"Our goal was to develop an electronic technology that could integrate with the skin in a way that is mechanically and physiologically invisible to the user."

The patch could be used instead of bulky electrodes to monitor brain, heart and muscle tissue activity and when placed on the throat it allowed users to operate a voice-activated video game with better than 90 percent accuracy.

For Rest of Creepy Story, Pls go HERE!!

~Steve~                                  H/T    May

 

 

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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Axe, Please




Ladies and Gentlemen, the Axe, Please

Doug Parris at The Reagan Wing has posted a  list of Government programs and entities for the Taxpayers' chopping block.   What do you think? ~LTG

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Axe, Please.

  • National Endowment for the Arts (Can't sell your art privately?)
  • National Wild Horse and Burro Program (Huh?)
  • Dept. of Education
  • Dept of Energy
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Dept. of Transportation
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • FEMA (a corrupt organization if there ever was one–leave it to charities)
  • FDIC (a sham program with only a fraction of funds needed to save banks)
  • Freddy Mac &
  • Fannie Mae (helped cause present economic conditions)
  • Administration on Aging (AoA)
  • Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
  • Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD)
  • Administration for Native Americans (ANA)
  • Children's Bureau (CB)
  • Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB)
  • Head Start Bureau (HSB)
  • Healthy Marriage Initiative (HMI)
  • Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
  • Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE)
  • Office of Community Services Block Grant (OCS)
  • Office of Family Assistance (OFA)
  • Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
  • Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
  • President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID)
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  • Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
  • Indian Health Service (IHS)
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
  • Office of Minority Health (OMH)
  • Program Support Center (PSC)
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin.(SAMHSA)
  • Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT)
  • Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (CFBCI)
  • Employees' Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB)
  • Employment Standards Administration (ESA)
  • The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)
  • Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)
  • Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
  • Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
  • Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
  • Women's Bureau (WB)
  • Job Corps
  • Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
  • Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
  • Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
  • Internet Access and Training Program
  • Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
  • Bureau of Human Resources
  • Bureau of Information Resource Management
  • Bureau of Intelligence and Research
  • Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
  • Bureau of International Organization Affairs
  • Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
  • Bureau of Legislative Affairs
  • Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
  • Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
  • Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations
  • Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
  • Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
  • Bureau of Public Affairs
  • Bureau of Resource Management
  • Bureau of South Asian Affairs
  • Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
  • Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

  • National Foreign Affairs Training Center (former Foreign Service Institute)
  • Office of International Information Programs
  • Office of the Legal Adviser
  • Office of Management Policy
  • Office of Protocol
  • Office of the Science and Technology Adviser
  • Office of War Crimes Issues
  • Car Allowance Rebate System (Cash for Clunkers)
  • Cash for Appliances Program
  • Bureau of the Public Debt
  • Community Development Financial Institution Fund (CDFI)
  • FHA
  • HUD
  • INDEPENDENT AGENCIES Of the U.S. GOVERNMENT;
  • National health and insurance system
  • African Development Foundation
  • Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)
  • Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
  • Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)
  • U.S. Arctic Research Commission (USARC)
  • US Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR)
  • Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE)
  • Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)
  • Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA)
  • Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC)
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
  • Export-Import Bank of the United States (ExIm)
  • Farm Credit Administration (FCA)
  • Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  • Federal Maritime Commission
  • Federal Mine Safety & Health Review Commission (FMSHRC)
  • Federal Reserve System
  • Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
  • Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States (FCSC)
  • General Services Administration (GSA)
  • Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
  • Inter-American Foundation (IAF)
  • International Trade Commission (ITC)
  • Learn and Serve America (LSA)
  • National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC)
  • National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
  • National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
  • National Ice Center (NIC)
  • National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
  • National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) (NRPC)
  • National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • National Transportation Research Center (NTRC)
  • Office of Government Ethics (OGE)(LOT OF GOOD THEY DO)
  • Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
  • Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
  • Selective Service System (SSS)
  • Senior Corps
  • Small Business Administration (SBA)
  • Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC)
  • Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
  • United States Trade and Development Agency (TDA)

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS;

  • Financial crisis inquiry commission
  • Administrative Committee of the Federal Register
  • American Battle Monuments Commission
  • Appalachian Regional Commission
  • Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board)
  • Arctic Research Commission
  • Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Interagency Coordinating Committee
  • Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
  • Broadcasting Board of Governors
  • Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
  • Chief Acquisition Officers Council
  • Chief Financial Officers Council
  • Chief Human Capital Officers Council
  • Chief Information Officers Council
  • Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee

We're taking food out of the mouths of children to subsidize worthless, indolent and illegal bureaucracies

  • Commission of Fine Arts
  • Commission on International Religious Freedom
  • Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission)
  • Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States
  • Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
  • Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
  • Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States
  • Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
  • Delaware River Basin Commission
  • Denali Commission
  • Endangered Species Committee
  • Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
  • Federal Advisory Committees
  • Federal Executive Boards
  • Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
  • Federal Financing Bank
  • Federal Geographic Data Committee
  • Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds (GOTTA LOVE THAT ONE!)
  • Federal Interagency Committee on Education
  • Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy
  • Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer
  • Federal Library and Information Center Committee
  • Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
  • Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission
  • Indian Arts and Crafts Board
  • Interagency Alternative Dispute Resolution Working Group
  • Interagency Council on Homelessness
  • Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
  • J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
  • James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation
  • Japan-United States Friendship Commission
  • Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries
  • Joint Fire Science Program
  • Marine Mammal Commission
  • Migratory Bird Conservation Commission
  • Millennium Challenge Corporation
  • Mississippi River Commission
  • Morris K. Udall Foundation: Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy
  • National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare
  • National Indian Gaming Commission
  • National Park Foundation
  • Northwest Power Planning Council
  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  • Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
  • Presidio Trust
  • Regulatory Information Service Center
  • Social Security Advisory Board
  • Susquehanna River Basin Commission
  • Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • Veterans Day National Committee
  • Vietnam Educational Foundation
  • White House Commission on Presidential Scholars – "Presidential Scholars Program"
  • White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance

Swarms of officers sent hither to harass our people, and eat out their substance.

(No wonder we're broke.)

Now what Presidential Candidate would do that??

a non-politician.

What's at stake?

Prosperity or Poverty.

only that.

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