books of note: Ghandi under Cross Examination

Gandhi: Under Cross-Examination
by G.B. Singh & Tim Watson

Softcover: 166 pages
Publication Date: April 14, 2008
ISBN: 978-0-9814992-0-8
Price: $14 $12.50 through May 5
Size: 6 x 9

Embarking on a historical analysis of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) - the most revered politician/saint of the 20th century - is a daring enough adventure in itself. Any author attempting to remove the halo from this glorified character risks his own reputation in today’s politically correct intellectual world. Books on Gandhi number in the thousands, yet none of them can escape the fact that it is in South Africa where Gandhi nourished his purported ideals following a series of public disgraces encountered at the beginning of his career there.

History books teach that Gandhi’s life changed drastically when, as a young lawyer traveling by train from Durban to Pretoria in pre-South Africa, he faced a series of racial humiliations in 1893. These humiliations galvanized him to fight against apartheid and later against British colonialism. These far-reaching consequences have been attributed to what transpired at the Pietermaritzburg train station where he was evicted from a first class train compartment.

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In this provocative text, retired U.S. Army Col. G.B. Singh and Dr. Tim Watson subject the 20th century’s most revered figure to a rigorous cross-examination on the witness stand. Who would have dreamed Gandhi would ever be questioned, let alone be cross-examined in court? The court room lessons learned through the historical scrutiny of Gandhi’s racial encounters must spark a re-evaluation of our perceived “historical truths.”

The authors recognize a modern culture of deception and propaganda, and simply wish to set the record straight on this issue. They request that their supporters and detractors alike view the book as a search for honesty in the historical account. This book is sure to provoke lively debates inside and outside the halls of learning. The authors hope all will benefit from the revelations within this book - however shocking - and that the verdict will help free the world from the yoke of “propa-gandhi.”

Col. G. B. Singh (Ret.) served in the U.S. Army. He is a professional student of Indian politics, world religions and their true historical values and political impacts, and the life and teachings of Gandhi. He lives in Tennessee, USA.

Dr. Tim Watson gained his higher education in Europe and taught for several years in East Asia. He currently teaches philosophy and communications in Toronto, Canada, and hosts a weekly radio show at ThatRadio.com.

And so this is Christmas, the war is over

So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
Ans so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Christmas
And what have we done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
Ans so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
War is over over
If you want it
War is over
Now...

Impeachment Proclamation Post, Day Three, Nov. 25

Impeachment and Individual Action: Laurie Dobson (crosspost)

Go and leave Laurie a note at her blogspot, if you have a mind to support her. I remember all too well Dick Gregory's fast. Were the rest of us this strong ...

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Impeachment Proclamation Post, Day Three, Nov. 25

HUNGER STRIKE FOR IMPEACHMENT THIRD DAY

"To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based upon the fact that history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, and kindness. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don't have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents; and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself, a marvelous victory!"

Howard Zinn

This is my favorite quote, apart from Lincoln and the Bible. Today marks the third day I am on a hunger strike to make it as plain as I can that there needs to be truth in action--that those
candidates hoping to be our future leaders will act with the needed courage and call for
impeachment with no equivocation and to demand that others running for leadership in our state do the same.

I have been striking and I will continue until such time as one of these candidates, of whatever
party, stands with me in the call to Tom Allen to begin impeachment proceedings in the House by signing onto HR 333. I call on you Tom Allen to declare that you will do this, as you are uniquely charged to show leadership and as you hope to demonstrate a convincing courage to be shown to be fit for running for the Senate. I believe that I live in times which will bring a better tomorrow, if citizens do more than they are now comfortable with, and stretch to a new level of commitment and courage. I not only believe it can be done, I am staking myself to this belief in my fellow candidates and my fellow citizens.

To be true to the service to which we are called, we have to call to each other to rise to the
utmost challenge of our day. If this was not so imperatively desperate a crisis, if we could
believe that the world would not see a renewed invasion and that genocidal practices would not
continue by our evil administration, then I would not be seeing my way so vividly clear, by making such an extreme statement. I see no other way, nor better way, to make this evident for all.

As Gandhi said, you must make the injustice visible. I'm no Gandhi; nevertheless I will do this.
I hope for prayers attention and support for this endeavor to wake my fellow candidates to do what their conscience impels them and to help to get these criminals out of office by exerting the most strenuous effort forward to urge Tom Allen to sign HR 333.

I am sorry to make this type of strike as I know it creates discomfort and difficulty. I
understand that it may not be the best way, but it is my only way at this time to truly do my part to change this picture of doom. It has to end. I pray this shall affect the critical shift in attitude; I pray that my example will help to produce the needed effect--that minds will turn to hear the heart--that hearts will heed the soul and that souls will be mindful of the justice of the world which would find its home here now.
Laurie Dobson

Posted by Laurie Dobson

Framing the Truth Movement as Terrorists (prisonplanet)

Sun Nov 4, 2007 9:06 am (PST)

Framing The Truth Movement As Terrorists
Bellicose establishment hacks like O'Reilly and Beck pray for another attack so they can blame it on peaceful activists who are putting them to shame Steve Watson & Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Thursday, November 1, 2007

'A disturbing trend has emerged amongst establishment "news" hacks who are raising the same talking point ad infinitum, dubbing the global truth movement as "anarchists" and violent individuals who may be aiding terrorists, and praying for another attack in America so they can blame peaceful activists who are consistently putting the Neo-Cons to shame.';

A disturbing trend has emerged amongst establishment "news" hacks who are raising the same talking point ad infinitum, dubbing the global truth movement as "anarchists" and violent individuals who may be aiding terrorists, and praying for another attack in America so they can blame peaceful activists who are consistently putting the Neo-Cons to shame.

Over the past weeks and months talking heads such as Fox News bigot Bill O'Reilly and his frothing caricature Glenn Beck over on CNN, have specifically targeted 9/11 truthers in segments designed to portray the movement as dangerous and sow the seed in the minds of what viewers they have left that peaceful truth seekers are actually in league with violent terrorists.

Two weeks ago Beck aired a response to the We Are Change infiltration of Bill Maher's show in which he stated:

"These truthers are exactly the kind of people who want to rock this nation's foundation, tear us apart and plant the seeds of dissatisfaction in all of us."

At one point Beck even suggested that the 9/11 truth movement is "the kind of group a Timothy McVeigh would come from", insinuating the movement is intent on violence and terrorism.


In thousands of 9/11 protests over the course of the last six years, not one person has been arrested for violent conduct. To carte blanche suggest that the truth movement is dangerous, "a threat to children" and intent on violence is extremely inflammatory and indicates just how afraid of everyday people investigating and debating the facts people like Glenn Beck actually are.

The core of the 9/11 truth movement is composed of well educated and rational thinking individuals who are strictly opposed to violence and are intent on protecting a free and peaceful society which has been under dire threat ever since the attacks of 9/11 and the ensuing cover up.

Furthermore, the movement represents the very antithesis of anarchism in that it is actively seeking to restore and protect our traditional form of government which has been usurped by an unaccountable cabal that continues to operate outside of Constitutional law and with little restraint, using 9/11 as justification.
Most recently Bill O'Reilly has been running segments, such as the one below, suggesting that questions over 9/11, the war on terror and the war in Iraq are "going to lead to violence":


O'Reilly flat out states "This is going to lead to death" and makes all kind of threats stating, "If they are not reigned in by the authorities, and they should be...somebody is going to get hurt."

We could announce that Bill O'Reilly is dangerous and aids terrorists, based on O'Reilly's own standard for claiming that people are dangerous and aid terrorists - i.e. no evidence whatsoever except the fact that he disagrees with their politics.

If anyone is a threat to the American way of life then it's Beck and O'Reilly - having implicated themselves with a history of repugnant statements proving they are enemies of the Constitution and the freedoms that define America.

In addition, the only violent statements made on 9/11 truth websites have been written by trolls and debunkers attempting to discredit the movement - they should be investigated for advocating violence, not peaceful activists who are merely trying to speak truth to power.

People like O'Reilly and Glenn Beck would relish the opportunity to have their baseless allegations "proved right", and should some act of violence or terrorism be carried out, whether real or staged, they would love to blame it on the 9/11 truth movement, in a similar way to how the patriot movement was blamed for the OKC bombing in 1995.

With the explosion of the alternative media and with more and more people confronting government officials and elitist figures from the US to Canada to the UK, in "guerilla journalism" style, the mainstream media has come to realize that they can no longer get away with reporting only one side of the story.

Figures like Beck and O'Reilly are running scared because they know the people are no longer buying into their manipulative propaganda and are searching for the truth themselves.
Such shameful tactics are not going to work because the horse has already bolted and the seeds of truth have been scattered over the globe by the winds of change.

What we are witnessing is the establishment's desperate attempt to cling onto their information monopoly as the Internet, alternative radio and guerilla activism grow in leaps and bounds while the mainstream withers away and loses all credibility.

As Gandhi said - First they ignore us, then they laugh at us, and then they attack us.
Then we win.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/november2007/011107_framing_terrorists.htm