Now that I’ve gotten that  out of the way, It’s time  to get down to some serious business. Our country is in great peril, this is no hyperbole I truly believe this to be true. My gradual descent  into a cynical view our government began thirty years ago, a student of history, politics and a bit of a policy wonk (I actually read bills as they stand on the floor, c-span junkie and voracious reader.) I and many a historian see a great number of parallels in the state of our empire and empires of old as they decayed and were absorbed by states and empires of different sizes. Not that I would mind shedding some of our 700 plus military bases, bloated military bills where congress in it’s infinite wisdom spends money buying things that our military does not want and did not ask for. Why buy it?  you say. Here’s where it gets fun, The B1b bomber gets parts from all fifty states and a majority of congressional district’s. The military has undue economic power which is really the power behind the huge defense contractors, which in turn use moneys made for weapons to buy members of Congress.

Now the Supreme Court of  the United States Inc. has given Corporations the right to buy elections! We are no longer walking down the road to fascism , we’re goose-stepping! We need free and fair elections, publicly financed with free access to the media. Health Care will be its own post coming soon.

Here's a deeper look at East Timor

East Timor (Timor Lesté) UN asked to supply troops. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/13/AR2006061301477.html?nav=rss_world&g=1&creative=s

A look at the UN's roll in all this http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aEbUSjABk7gE&refer=asia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060613/wl_asia_afp/timorunrestun_060613225051

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/09/AR2006060901476.html

The CAVR report and it's implications http://www.ictj.org/en/news/press/release/773.html

The report itself:

http://etan.org/news/2006/cavr.htm.

Report to the UN.
UPDATE REPORT NO. 7TIMOR-LESTE19 JANUARY 2006 – Security Council Report

During the looting evidence stolen:

http://indymedia.us/en/2006/06/17232.shtml

Here is some on the ground reporting, be sure to look at some of the earlier posts

Dili-gence

East Timor a country on the verge.

Before we take a look at Whats going on right now, Some background Info from Human Rights Watch. A brief history of East Timor http://hrw.org/reports/2006/easttimor0406/5.htm#_Toc132168004

Here are some resources on what is going on on the ground right now.East Timor Press

AM – East Timor death toll may be higher than official count

Aid agency seeks E Timor death toll inquiryE Timor looters destroy rice, maize reserves

East Timor Websites & Links

East Timor Press | Dili riots may have been 'planned attack'

Thom Hartman from Air America gives his take on on the above article.Stand Up for Democracy With Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.