Here is the FREEDOM George is talking about!

[whosinpower]

My sadness at the privatisation of Iraq

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1072-1731547,00.html

snip - Before the US proconsul Paul Bremer left Baghdad, he enacted 100 orders as chief of the occupation authority in Iraq. Perhaps the most infamous was Order 39 which decreed that 200 Iraqi state companies would be privatised, that foreign companies could have complete control of Iraqi banks, factories and mines, and that these companies could transfer all of their profits out of Iraq. The “reconstruction” of the country amounts in effect to wholesale privatisation of the economy and is little short of economic colonisation.



These laws will not be reversed while 140,000 US troops remain in the country, or a network of US military bases planned to be retained in Iraq for a much longer period. Aid for rebuilding the electricity and water services, the oil industry, and the legal and security systems will reside with the US Embassy for many years to come.

snip - Whether this enforced takeover of the economy and imposed privatisation across the board of all the main economic sectors is in accordance with international law is now much disputed. But whether it can be reversed when America holds all the military, political and economic cards is another matter. The only way for the US authorities to sidestep the potential conflict is to ensure that the new Iraqi Government is pliant enough not to press for full sovereignty. Paul Bremer thought of that too.

His Transitional Administrative Law (TAL) effectively gives the Kurds, the most pro-American section of the population, a veto over the new constitution because the TAL itself states that it can only be amended by a 75 per cent vote in parliament. The Kurds hold more that 25 per cent of the seats.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. It's the freedom to own all of us in his new ownership society.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. The "Real Mission". Prop up a bloated, SUV infested, failing

economy with someone else's. Now there's some fuzzy math for you.



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[whosinpower]

4. Just one more signpost

That indicates how facsist the US has become.

[tabasco]

3. No government installed under the gun of an occupying army ...

will ever be considered legitimate by the people. Why is this such a difficult concept for some people to grasp? We are not helping the Iraqi people by remaining in their country, we are only prolonging the inevitable. The Iraqis have a right to self-determination. We need to start redeploying now and beg the UN for peacekeeping forces.

[whosinpower]

5. WEll of course, but

With Georgie calling the insurgents terrorists - how and when will the american people recognize the truth? I mean how many americans even are aware of Bremer's edicts????????

[tabasco]

7. They simply don't care.

The armchair warriors want the US to declare war on all Islamic countries. They don't want to join the military, they just like to watch America "kickin' ass" on teevee. It is the only thing in their miserable lives that gives them any pride. They claim to support the troops but don't give a flying fuck about troops. What they like is war - it's reality teevee for these idiots.

[OneBlueSky]

6. possibly the most unbelievable, disgusting of all is Order 81 . . .

which prohibits Iraqi farmers from saving seeds, an practice that is centuries old and that forms the backbone of Iraqi agriculture . . .

Iraqi seed-saving under attack
23 Mar 2005
http://www.giantexperiment.co.nz/news/item.aspx?ID=56798d86-41a0-4e21-b1de-5dd4279ba205

New American rules are being seen as a major attack on the traditional practice of seed-saving and seed-sharing by Iraqi farmers.

Iraq was the birthplace of wheat farming, but agriculture has crashed there in the last decade.

Order 81, put in place by US official Paul Bremer, refers to seed-saving and patents. It is legally binding unless repealed by a future Iraqi Government.

If seeds can be proven to be “new, distinct, uniform and stable”, then they are protected.

Seed companies can charge royalties for the seeds, and perhaps most importantly, Iraqi farmers are forbidden to save them.

NGO’s fear that American companies will supply Iraqi farmers with free seeds for a season or two, and then lock them into a system where they will have to pay for new seeds every year.

They say the law also opens the door for GE seeds to be sold in Iraq.

A movement is growing to pressure the new Iraqi Government to repeal Order 81. Opponents of Order 81 want to see community-controlled seed banks set up in Iraq.

Order 81
http://www.iraqcoalition.org/regulations/20040426_CPAORD_81_Patents_Law.pdf

GM Watch: “Order 81: Crime against humanity”
http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4998

The Ecologist: “Order 81”
http://www.mindfully.org/GE/2005/Order-81-Iraq1feb05.htm

[whosinpower]

8. I've said it before and I'll say it again

Paul Bremer's legacy is the insurgency going on right now.

And this dickwad got some sort of medal from Bush for his service. Utterly pathetic - and what are democrats saying? Nothing - absolutely nothing.

[undergroundpanther]

12. Fucking montsano

They want to CONTROL everyones food supply it brings rebellious people begging the company where the company can charge them..for seeds.

[tabasco]

16. So those are the greedy bastards that won't let starving people

SAVE FUCKING SEEDS?!?

FUCK THEM!

[lonestarnot]

9. Fiefdom! Freedom... they kind of sound alike.. close enough for bushitler

[whosinpower]

10. SO ANY TALK OF THE IRAQ CONSTITUTION

As long as Bremer's edicts are not touched - is absolutely A-ok by Bushco.

Think about this people. Think about it long and hard because this is what the fighting is all about. Kids like Casey Sheehan and 1840 others were killed so transnational companies could take over a soverign nation. They will effectively control EVERYTHING.

Here is a sad truth. The only way that the Iraqi people can see true representative democracy is with a complete revolution. And guess who is sitting right in the middle? You got it - your sons and daughters.

You think that you should be upset about going to war under false pretenses - but this is far far far worse. This is going to war so companies can improve thier bottom line and have access to Iraq's resources.

[Just Me]

11. Human exploitation for global fascism.

Relatively few Americans are aware that their blood and treasure is being exploited, too, for purposes of explanding the power and rule of multi-national corporations over the world.

[truth2power]

14. "rule of multinational corporations.."

That is why "Job One" to borrow a phrase, should be a citizens movement to deprive corporations of the "personhood" they have enjoyed for over 100 years. See Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad. About 1883 IIRC.

It's an exercise in futility to go after this or that corporate atrocity. It wears us down, and there will ALWAYS be another corporate crime to battle.

We've got to attack this at the root, which is a complete restructuring of the laws regarding corporations. This is a gargantuan task, as corporations have unlimited financial resources with which to fight us.

On the other hand, if the American people could ever be educated and mobilized around this issue, they would be an awesome force for change.

[Al-CIAda]

13. "US declares Iraqis can't save seeds"-Pay Monsanto or die

For the record:"US declares Iraqis can't save seeds"-Pay Monsanto or die

"As part of sweeping "economic restructuring" implemented by the Bush Administration in Iraq, Iraqi farmers will no longer be permitted to save their seeds, which include seeds the Iraqis themselves have developed over hundreds of years. Instead, they will be forced to buy seeds from US corporations. That is because in recent years, transnational corporations have patented and now own many seed varieties originated or developed by indigenous peoples. In a short time, Iraq will be living under the new American credo:
Pay Monsanto, or starve ."

www.globalresearch.ca/articles/KHA501A.html

Guess who wins the elections?
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[iamahaingttta]

15. "Rebuilding" is a sham...

They plan on killing every human being in the country. Or, more specifically, letting them kill each other. That includes the troops they send in to "prevent" the Iraqis from killing each other. The agenda is to kill off as many poor people on the planet as they can before they're done in 2008.

Get used to it!