Sheila Casey

One firefighters story and why he founded Fire Fighters for 9/11 Truth

Published October 27, 2008 in the Chicago Sun Times and Reuters

Erik Lawyer, a 12 year veteran of the Seattle Fire Department with Truck 3, founded Firefighters for 9/11 Truth and their website went up in August, 2008.  Erik's essay about how he came to 9/11 Truth is both moving and deeply honest.  He admits that he was blind, that he hadn't wanted to really look at the facts, that he in fact thought that 9/11 truthers were somehow unpatriotic or assisting the enemy. 

Eventually, at the prodding of a friend, he DID look at the facts and what he learned changed his life.  He is now on a mission to inspire other firefighters to stand up for the truth, and to harness their trademark courage into a mission more important than a single burning building; for right now our entire democracy and way of life is going up in flames. 

An excerpt from Erik's story is below.  The full text can be found here.

Erik Lawyer
Founding Member, Firefighters for 9/11 Truth
August 23, 2008

"I’ve been a conservative my entire life; a registered Republican since I could vote.  I am a self proclaimed Patriot with George Washington as one of my all time heroes.  So when conspiracy theories quickly surfaced, and “Liberals” cried foul on the erosion of civil liberties, I chalked it up to their political beliefs and bitterness towards the Republican President.  I read many debunking articles - including Popular Mechanics - and watched many debunking videos including, Farenhype 9/11.  I was convinced that these “Liberals” were misinformed and were grasping at straws to discredit the “official” story.  Like most people with strong opinions, instead of looking at all the facts, I was specifically looking for anything that supported my own beliefs.  As soon as I discovered any inaccuracy in a conspiracy claim, I wrote it off.  My father, a big city cop and Korean War veteran, loved to say, “don’t confuse me with the facts, I have my mind made up!”  Well, I had my mind made up. I told conspiracy theorists like my own Truck Officer, Lt. Earl Emerson, that they were insane if they thought anyone other than the terrorists did this.  Heck, we have ID cards, security camera videos, Bin Laden confession tapes - how much clearer did they need it?  The years went on and I was satisfied in my beliefs.  I even believed these “Wackos” that doubted the “official” story were distracting our country from focusing on the real threat of terrorism.

The smart way to keep people passive and obedient

"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate."

– Noam Chomsky

All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism...

"Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war, neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.

"Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.  That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."

--Hermann Goering  (1893-1946) Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, President of the Reichstag, Prime Minister of Prussia and, as Hitler's designated successor, the second man in the Third Reich.

When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot

In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned.  When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

- Mark Twain

Buy food, seeds, guns

I've been reading a lot lately on Market Ticker, a site recommended to me by my brother in law, who was up here last month with a group of investors demonstrating on the lawn of the Capitol against the hand-out, er "bail-out" for Wall St. 

I went down and joined them.  Usually I demonstrate with leftists.  But now a whole new swath of Americans are getting a rude wake up to the lawlessness in our so called "government,"  as their 401ks shrivel along with their hopes for their children.

Karl Denninger of Market Ticker paints a grim picture of the future awaiting us unless this madness is stopped.  I don't understand everything he says, but I understand enough to realize that we are heading for very dark times.  The same criminals who have stolen two elections and brought you 9/11 and an invasion of two innocent countries, are now robbing us blind. 

Come on now, did you really think that a regime that thought nothing of decimating an entire people -- the Iraqis --  would be any kinder to us?  Iraq had something they wanted:  oil.  They took it.  We have something they want:  assets.  They take those too. 

The looting and plundering of the rest of the world wasn't of much concern to most Americans.  If millions had descended on Washington screaming for impeachment, perhaps we'd be in a different position now. 

But that didn't happen.  And now it is our turn to be looted and plundered. 

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. -- Plato

In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities...

"In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue, but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing."

-Mark Twain

Yes, the middle class will be destroyed. No, it's not an accident.

Published in the November, 2008 Rock Creek Free Press.

Economist and financial guru Karl Denninger has been railing for weeks about the lunacy of the bailout bill and the devastation it will bring to our financial markets.

Here's the key passage from Denninger's post on Market Ticker from Wednesday:

Oil will collapse in price to $20/bbl.  Unfortunately nobody will have any money to buy gasoline, or a car, so it won't matter.  As in The Depression millions of automobiles will be scrapped after being abandoned by their owners for lack of insurance and registration fee money.  Cheap scooters will become the dominant form of transportation for those with jobs, as they will be all most people can afford.

As credit collapses distribution of food and other essentials will break down.  Unable to access credit, trucking companies will be unable to get goods to market.  The current distribution system for food requires travel of over 500 miles from production to consumption; this is untenable in a market where stable credit is unavailable.  Food distribution will be severely impacted and in some areas may break down below critical levels.

Unemployment will reach 25% within two years.  Median income will fall by 30% nationally.  Foreclosures will reach 20 million homes.  The government will step in with HOLC-style remediation but it won't matter - the unemployed won't be able to pay irrespective of the price.

House prices will fall to well under $100,000 nationally on a median basis but with lending all but non-existent you'll need 50% down.  A few people will make out like bandits near the bottom, being able to buy up homes for $10,000 each in blocks of 10 at a time - for cash.  60% of America will be renters; nearly half of all homeowners will ultimately lose their homes to foreclosure.

Civil unrest will break out in major cities when incomes fall but the cost of food and essential services fail to come down materially, leaving millions of Americans hungry, broke and homeless.  Unlike in the 1930s America will not quietly stand in soup lines - instead they will riot, loot and burn.  The National Guard will be called up but will find it impossible to exert meaningful control without shutting down all commerce in the affected areas. The decision will be made to cordon off the cities and deny entry to anyone who does not live in that specific neighborhood, essentially shutting down commercial activity.  GDP will fall by 30%.

Sarah Palin debate flowchart

Guilty as charged:  even though I said that Sarah Palin only exists to distract us from the "how many pockets did Paulson pick?" question, this was just too fun to ignore.

courtesy of http://adennak.com/blog/wordpress/?p=92

George Carlin on how the banksters and NWO are screwing us

Sometime in the last year of his life, George Carlin delivered this stand-up routine to an audience in New York City.  It's not funny.  There is little laughter.  But there is a great deal of truth that you are unlikely to hear from many other sources. 

This video cuts off before Carlin finishes, so you don't get to hear him conclude:

"It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it."

Thank you George Carlin, rest in peace.