Campaigns today are boring today

We just don't have the same class as we once had. When Nixon and Kennedy were running to be president, Kennedy's campaign hired Dick Tuck to play tricks on Tricky Dick. Tuck hassled Nixon for years.

 

The day after the first debate, which many thought Nixon had won, Tuck hired an old lady wearing a Nixon button to hug Nixon in front of reporters and console him for losing the debate. Two years later, when Nixon ran for governor of California, Tuck had children in Los Angeles' Chinatown greet him with a sign reading "Welcome Nixon" in English and beneath the greeting, "What about the Hughes loan?" in Chinese–a reference to a controversial loan Nixon's brother had received. Nixon, who didn't understand Chinese, posed smiling next to the sign, and then tore it up in front of reporters when Tuck told him the translation.

 

During a whistle-stop train tour on the same campaign, Tuck disguised himself as a conductor and ordered Nixon's train to pull away from the station just as Nixon had begun a speech to the crowd.

 

When Nixon ran for President in 1968, Tuck hired pregnant women to show up at his rallies wearing T-shirts that read "Nixon's the One."

In the early years running for office was considered demeaning and uncouth so others campaigned for the candidate. That is where you have a politician standing for office instead of running for office. Thomas Jefferson's campaigners accused President Adams of having a "hideous hermaphroditical character, which has neither the force nor firmness of a man, or the gentleness and sensibility of a woman." In return, Adams' men called Vice President Jefferson 'a mean-spirited, low-lived fellow, the son of a half-breed Indian squaw, sired by a Virginia mulatto father.' Adams was labeled a fool, a hypocrite, a criminal, and a tyrant, while Jefferson was branded a weakling, an atheist, a libertine, and a coward."

When LBJ was running against Barry Goldwater Johnson's group had an ad showing a Klansman burning a cross and then featured a Klan member saying, 'I like Barry Goldwater. He needs our help.'

We Don't Have the Class We Used to Have

 

 

Regards,
John Jenkins

865-803-8179 cell

Gatlinburg, TN
Email: jrjenki@yahoo.com 

Website: http://www.greenbriersolutions.com 
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Stop!!

How about civility and etiquette? Stop talking over each other. Tabloid television is not entertaining or informative just irritating...

Regards,
John Jenkins

865-803-8179 cell

Gatlinburg, TN
Email: jrjenki@yahoo.com 

Website: http://www.greenbriersolutions.com 
Blog: http://littlepigeon.blogspot.com/

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Bailout

Senator Alexander:

Senator Corker:

 

Reference the Bailout.

 

I do not know which way you voted and that is a problem, for you, and you need to correct it. If you expect to keep your job, the people of Tennessee need to know, now, exactly how you voted. In your explanation you need to include why you did not communicate with us during the process. You each email and you should have communicated with the people you hope will vote for you, next time. Senator Corker has a less immediate problem but no less important if you expect to be returned when you turn comes up. Senator has the more immediate problem you need to address.

 

An area you need to explain concerns the emphasis on immediate action by the House and the Senate and now we are told the sellout will not help for many months.

 

I look forward to your explanations. As for Senator Alexander, lacking a response, I will assume the worse and vote for your opponents. As for Senator Corker, lacking a response, I will remember.

Regards,
John Jenkins

865-803-8179 cell

Gatlinburg, TN
Email: jrjenki@yahoo.com 

Website: http://www.greenbriersolutions.com 
Blog: http://littlepigeon.blogspot.com/

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In Case We Forgot, Sin is Sin

The October 2008 edition of The Christian Chronicle has an article "Presidential race engages students."

 

The article reports that young evangelical Christians are less likely than their parents to vote based on issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage. An evangelical coordinator for Obama says the basket of moral issues that their generation is concerned about may be broader than their parents' or grandparents' generations. An evangelical coordinator for McCain does not challenge the perception that many younger voters are less passionate than their parents about overturning Roe v Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Parents and church leaders have taken for granted that younger Christians would share their views and failed to educate them on issues such as abortion and "the homosexual agenda."

 

Considering all of the issues it amazes me that anyone would vote for or against a candidate based on the candidate's views on such limited topics as abortion or homosexual rights neither of which either candidate can control.

 

Roe v Wade isn't what allowed abortion; abortions were already being done in 1960s against the law. The courts conformed to the social and moral changes that were taking place in society. Law reflects the morality of the people; without morals there can be no law. It is up us as parents and citizens in the way we raise our children, how we interact and talk with our friends and the good example we give to bring about changes to our culture toward greater respect for life.

 

Christians lost the battle Gay Rights long ago due to their acceptance of adultery, fornication, co-habitation, and intolerance of birth-control measure. Heterosexual sins heterosexuals understand, tolerate, and as the church in Corinth are proud of our tolerance.

 

When Christians watch 'R' and 'X' movies they are endorsing the activities in the movie. If it is permissible for Christians to observe heterosexuals engaged in sexual activities of all types, real or simulated, why not let homosexuals enjoy the same privileges? Heterosexuals recognize Common Law marriages so why not homosexual commitments and the associated legal privileges?

 

In case we forgot, sin is sin.

 

 

Sellout

Who can believe Pelosi or anyone who lacks such ethics that would have made a clean bill instead of $150 billion of earmarks? I repeat myself but ALL politicians at ALL levels are unethical, dishonest and immoral and we have seen them at work this week.

Regards,
John Jenkins

865-803-8179 cell

Gatlinburg, TN
Email: jrjenki@yahoo.com 

Website: http://www.greenbriersolutions.com 
Blog: http://littlepigeon.blogspot.com/

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A Service Animal to be Proud of....

You might find it comforting to know the African giant pouched rat makes a helpful companion around the house. Below he or she is the one in the fur coat.

 

There should be a picture directly below. Let me know if it does not come through... 

 

 

If you prefer dogs as a pet the rat is considered easier to train.  They are being used to sniff out landmines. They have been taught if they would scratch the ground when they sniffed TNT they got a reward.

 

Some dogs can sniff out a pinhead of explosives in luggage and these beauties have more sensitive sniffers.

 

They have also been trained to sniff human saliva for tuberculosis and are being trained to sniff out earthquake victims buried in the rubble.

 

A little background:

 

The lifespan of the African Giant Pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) can be more than seven years in captivity. That is quite a difference from the two to three year lifespan of our domesticated pet rats. They are approximately 28 inches from nose to tail tip with an average weight of 3-1/2 to 4 pounds of solid muscle.

 

The gestation period of the African Giant Pouched rat is approximately 30 to 32 days. Litters may number from one to six, but the average litter is three or four. The young are born blind and naked as are our domestic rats. The eyes open at 21 to 23 days, and although they start to pouch small food items while their eyes are still closed, they begin to eat a lot of solid food once they're open. Weaning takes place at approximately six weeks of age and they do not get a full coat of hair until they are approximately ten weeks old.

Sexual maturity is reached at 20 weeks of age. A prolific couple who lives together can produce a litter every few months, but this is not healthy for the female. Finding a prolific couple is a problem, however, as it seems many females do not reproduce. In the last few years it has appeared it must only be the dominant female who reproduces. That means you need more than one. What luck..

The male can be left in with the female to help raise the babies, but there is a risk with some fathers of a baby being squished in the nest with both parents vying for position. If you choose to leave the father in with the family, you may be delighted to see how wonderful the family unit works together.

Regards,
John Jenkins

865-803-8179 cell

Gatlinburg, TN
Email: jrjenki@yahoo.com 

Website: http://www.greenbriersolutions.com 
Blog: http://littlepigeon.blogspot.com/

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Note to Candidates for VP

Senator Biden:

Governor Palin:

 

I watched the debates and thank you for a positive atmosphere. You each were courteous and respectful to each other and the Presidential candidates.

 

Concerning the war in Iraq I do not believe either of you. We will not know if the surge worked until Iraq is free from our military presence. Obama claiming to have a plan to end the war reminds me of Richard Nixon and his plan to end the war in Viet Nam . He took office in 1968 and he waited until 1973 to declare us the winner and left. North Viet Nam took over the entire country.

 

Look at Iran 's history to see why they do not like us. In 1953 we overthrew a legally elected Prime Minister and replaced him with a dictator. Not one of our finest hours.

 

I do not see that much difference between the two teams so while I am leaning one way I wish you both well.

Comments on the issues in the Bulletin Brief

 

 

McDonalds ---Christians have lost the battle against homosexuals and Gay Rights etc due to their acceptance of adultery, fornication, co-habitation, in some case irrational intolerance of birth-control measure, etc. Heterosexual sins we understand, tolerate, and as the church in Corinth are proud of our tolerance. I have worked with homosexuals, two who died of AIDS; they are not dangerous nor is AIDS contagious. When Christians watch 'R' movies they are endorsing the activities in the movie. If it is permissible for Christians to observe heterosexuals simulating sex then why not let homosexuals enjoy the same privileges? How about the Sopranos and the Terminator movies. Heterosexuals recognize Common Law marriages so why not homosexual commitments and the associated legal privileges?

 

Girls Gone Mild --- Check out the cleavage and thighs when you are passing the communion trays to see how Christian parents tolerate immodesty. In some cases check out the moms. Any daughter wanting to exhibit cleavage to their fathers and fathers who permit their daughters to show a lot cleavage are weird, to say the least. But we have them, even at GSMCOC. Among Christians accusations such as these are not taken appreciated.

 

Shedding Innocent Blood & Abortion Facts --- The law can only do so much. The law isn't what allowed abortion; abortions were already being done in 1960s against the law. The courts came along and conformed to the social and moral changes that were taking place in society. Law reflects the morality of the people; without morals there can be no law. It is up us as parents and citizens in the way we raise our children, how we interact and talk with our friends and the good example we give to bring about changes to our culture toward greater respect for life.

 

People claiming to be "pro life" are really "pro unborn life." We do little for life once it is born. Handicapped, abused, genocide, orphaned, children of incest or rape, are categories in which we show little interest. Our President is against stem cell research that offers to improve the lives of the citizens of the United States and of the world but he is willing to sacrifice the lives of our citizens for people who do like us and in reality hate us as their religion approves the killing of those whom they label as "unbelievers." We permit our government to sacrifice our fellow citizens on the altar of politics.

 

Various sexually transmitted diseases affect a large number of our citizens. One of which is HPV, which is believed to cause cervical cancer; the CDC estimates 5,000 women in the US of A and 200,000 women worldwide die each year. A vaccine is available and tests show it appears to be safe and effective. Some Christian Conservatives in our government have resisted a vaccination program on the grounds that HPV is a valuable impediment to premarital sex. They want to preserve cervical cancer as an incentive toward abstinence, even if it means sacrificing the lives of thousands of women each year. I imagine some of those women are on the prayer list of some congregations, somewhere.

 

The National Resurgence of A Cappella Music ---What makes the Baptists anymore reliable on this subject than they are on others. If we need examples other than the Bible we are on the losing end of the argument…    

Ravens Steelers Game

They just took a steeler off the field with an apparent neck injury following an unnecessary shot from the side. The reason I feel little sympathy is because the NFL allows hits to the head. They allow players to use their helmets as weapons. Remove the helmets and reduce injuries...

Regards,
John Jenkins

865-803-8179 cell

Gatlinburg, TN
Email: jrjenki@yahoo.com 

Website: http://www.greenbriersolutions.com 
Blog: http://littlepigeon.blogspot.com/

Hyperbole is the Best Thing Ever.

Facts not Rumors, Please!!!

I read stories about Sarah Palin being investigated for this or that, she was for something before she was against it; she took a gift or two who cares. Just because she looks good in a tight skirt or makes Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton look like the ugly stepsisters she is a politician. She would not have arrived where she is without being a politician.

 

You should understand this because it not only is the way it is but you can change your focus. All politicians, this includes McCain and Obama, Palin and Biden will take care of themselves first, next those who give them money and then those who voted for them. You cannot believe anything they say you MUST look at what they do.

 

Get off Palin's back and report News not gossip just verified facts.  Dump your "contributors." Have you ever noticed how your contributors are so confident about their analysis and opinion until you ask a question that requires a yes or no answer and suddenly they are not so sure? When you go to commercial and leave a "tease" I change channels. Report truth not opinion, facts not rumors. Otherwise I just watch the History channel or Discovery Channel…..

 

Regards,
John Jenkins

865-803-8179 cell

Gatlinburg, TN
Email: jrjenki@yahoo.com 

Website: http://www.greenbriersolutions.com 
Blog: http://littlepigeon.blogspot.com/

Hyperbole is the Best Thing Ever.

Taxes 101 How to Encourage Job Outsourcing

Martin Sullivan, a contributing editor at Tax Analysts (a non profit organization that tracks tax policies worldwide), says if a U.S. corporation is trying to decide whether to create jobs within the borders of the United States or in a foreign country the tax code will point the corporation to the foreign country.

 

In theory the government taxes the worldwide earnings of U.S. based companies. But under the federal tax code, American companies have to pay taxes only on the earnings of their foreign subsidiaries when they bring that money back to the States. But there is no rule that requires those companies to bring that money home. As long as they reinvest their foreign earnings abroad, they pay only the host country's (usually lower) tax rate.

 

Many companies just reinvest the money they make overseas back into their foreign operations. That means more economic growth for other countries and less here at home. A 2006 report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service puts it; this scheme is "an incentive for U.S. corporations to invest abroad in countries with low tax rates."

 

According to 2006 government report U.S. companies have nearly $500 billion stashed abroad that could be taxed at home. Security Exchange Commission records show General Electric had $62 billion stowed overseas; Pfizer, $60 billion, and Exxon-Mobil, $56 billion. A 2004 Tax Analysts study found that U.S.-based multinationals shifted $50 billion in income to countries with lower taxes. The tax laws, written during the Kennedy administration, benefits no one but the companies that do it.

 

Every dollar of taxes these corporations avoid shifts the burden further onto working folks. Currently the overall taxes paid by corporations is less than half what it was when Eisenhower was president. And this at a time when CEOs get rich while the wages of the average workers stagnate and everyone gets hit with higher health care and energy costs.

 

American workers are in effect subsidizing, through taxes, their own job losses. Congress could change the law to tax overseas earnings at the same rate as domestic income. Another idea would be to reward companies investing here at home. Congress needs to apply the law with common sense and fairness.

 

Since not many CEOs want to move to the countries where they have subsidiaries businesses relocating would not be a major issue. They would rather avoid the unpredictable social and legal factors in foreign countries.

 

Changing the tax code can not stop jobs from going overseas. Profit-minded companies will always seek out places where labor is cheaper, almost regardless of the tax consequences. Even though we can't do anything about wages abroad, we can stop Washington from rewarding companies for investing overseas at the expense of American workers.

 

As your representatives what they are doing about this issue, http:/www.house,gov and http/www.senate.gov.

 

Contact House, senior Ways and Means Committee members Charles Rangel and Jim McCrey and Senate (senior finance members are Max Baucus and Charles Grasley. www.congress.org

Learn more  a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities www. Cdpp.org and Citizens for Tax Justice www.ctj.org

 

Regards,
John Jenkins

865-803-8179 cell

Gatlinburg, TN
Email: jrjenki@yahoo.com 

Website: http://www.greenbriersolutions.com 
Blog: http://littlepigeon.blogspot.com/

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To Bailout or Buyout or Sellout

Governor:

 

Following is a note I sent to both Sen Alexander and Corker. I am not known to be tactful but I try.  I believe the voters have had their fill of our representatives forgetting why they are in Washington.  Anyway, since I saw an article in The Mountain Press where you addressed the subject of the bailout I thought I would send you mine. Let's face it political parties that will spend close to ½ billion dollars for an office that pays less than ½ million dollars a year, cannot be considered fiscally conservative or very bright. This year, 2008, the candidates will spend close to $1 billion why do you suppose the parties are willing to spend so much? I suspect the parties are expecting huge returns on their money as are the contributors.

 

Anything you can do to help the voters will be appreciated...

 

Regards,

 

John Jenkins

425 Patterson Lane

Gatlnburg, TN 37738

865-430-4427

jrjenki@yahoo.com

 

Senator:

 

We the people will remember what you do in the next days and weeks. You and your fellow Senators have failed in your duty. You have either been negligent in your responsibilities or you have become so intertwined with lobbyists and mismanaged corporations the only word to describe your actions is corrupt. Of course you can always claim ignorance which interpreted means stupid, your choice.

 

You do not vote for what is in the best interest of the United States, and you do not vote as your constituents, we the people, want you to vote. You vote as instructed by your party with the intent of your party seizing power. Lacking instructions to the contrary you vote in the best interest of those who give you money. This must stop, NOW!

 

Any corporation receiving money from the federal government must be prohibited from associating in any way with lobbyists. Senators (you) must be prohibited from receiving money from any corporation that falls under the jurisdiction of any committee of which they (you) are a member. Any money loaned or given to these bankrupt businesses means we the people own those companies. And we will do everything possible to sell the company. Senior management must be removed without severance and without bonus. Criminal charges must be investigated.

 

You should remember your oath of office.

 

The eyes of the country are upon you and we the people will remember what you do and what you do not do.

 

Be careful for whom you vote………

The Days of Middle East Colonialism are Gone

The United States, fuming over the hostage crisis, sided with Iraq, which it saw as an opponent of Shiite militancy that threatened perceived U.S. interests such as the stability of the Sunni monarchies in oil-producing countries. Ronald Reagan sent envoys to Baghdad to find ways the United States could help Saddam. As a result the United States provided helicopters and satellite intelligence used to identify bombing targets. The Iraq / Iran war had two major outcomes. One, it spread anti-American feelings in Iran and made being against American foreign policy a popular theme among Iranians. Two, Iraq's use of chemical weapons and the American role in preventing an investigation of their use and shielding Saddam from criticism convinced Iranian's leaders they needed to develop their own such weapons.

The hostage crisis, the Iran / Iraq war and the efforts of Iran's leaders to undermine U.S. power in the Middle East have turned Iran and the United States enemies.

Iran's leaders feed off American hostility. Threats from Washington provide fuel to the oppression of students, labor unions, women and other opposition groups. There is a growing feeling in Iran that isolation has gone on too long and has not been good for Iran. As long as the United States appears to be a clear and present danger the government will continue to have what it sees as justification to do whatever it wants. This justification is especially convenient at a time when growing numbers of Iranians are expressing dissatisfaction with their government.

As long as the United States maintains a presence in the Middle East we will provide a rallying cry for America's enemies.

From the beginning of its involvement in the internal affairs of Iraq the United States has been doomed to failure. The reasons are many and include Intelligence failure, Presidential arrogance, House and Senate ineffectiveness, and a citizenry ignorant of its own Constitution.

Prior to the invasion of Iraq, a Sunni ruled the Shiite and Kurd population with violence. Iran, being majority Shiite, and a Sunni led Iraq are natural enemies. Intelligence would have warned that Iran would become involved in an unstable Iraq.

The United States must remove any military presence from the Middle East. The days of colonialism are gone.

We the People are Watching

Senator:

 

We the people will remember what you do in the next days and weeks. You and your fellow Senators have failed in your duty. You have either been negligent in your responsibilities or you have become so intertwined with lobbyists and mismanaged corporations the only word to describe your actions is corrupt. Of course you can always claim ignorance which interpreted means stupid, your choice.

 

You do not vote for what is in the best interest of the United States, and you do not vote as your constituents, we the people, want you to vote. You vote as instructed by your party with the intent of your party to seize power. Lacking instructions to the contrary you vote in the best interest of those who give you money. This must stop, NOW!

 

Any corporation receiving money from the federal government must be prohibited from associating in any way with lobbyists. Senators (you) must be prohibited from receiving money from any corporation that falls under the jurisdiction of any committee of which they (you) are a member. Any money loaned or given to these bankrupt businesses means we the people own those companies. And we will do everything possible to sell the company. Senior management must be removed without severance and without bonus. Criminal charges must be investigated.

 

You should remember your oath of office.

 

The eyes of the country are upon you and we the people will remember what you do and what you do not do.

 

Be careful for whom you vote………

Throughout the Cold War

Throughout the cold war, relations between Washington and Tehran were close, primarily because the Shah was, as Henry Kissinger said, "the rarest of leaders, and unconditional ally." Iranians saw the United States as the force that propped up a hated dictatorship. Iranians traditionally believed the United States was not a colonial power in fact older Iranians remembered President Woodrow Wilson's anti-colonial views. Even Mossadegh initially had goodwill towards the United States. But during the 1950s and 1960s, primarily as a result of the 1953 coup and concessions the Shah made to the Americans, a new generation emerged that saw the United States as imperialist and neo-colonialist.

 

With money from oil revenues the Shah attempted to transform Iran into a regional military power. The United States sold tens of billions of dollars worth of advanced weapons which brought huge profits to US arms manufacturers while securing Iran as a powerful cold war ally on the Soviet Union's southern border.

 

Some of the things the Shah purchased from us were far beyond his needs. Prestige and his fascination with military hardware played a major part. There was no rational decision making process. It was the same on the civilian side. There was waste and corruption. Shiploads of grain would arrive and there were no trucks to offload them, so they would just heap the grain into mountains and burn them.

 

Anger at the United States' presence and the Shah's dictatorial rule culminated in a national uprising in 1979. It was Iran's last modern revolution, like previous ones, a rebellion against a regime that was seen to have sold out to a foreign power. Nearly every important group in Iran joined the anti-Shah uprising. Muslim clerics were prominent among its leaders but so were pro-Soviet communists and democrats who had supported Mossadegh in the 1950s. Though seen as invulnerable by Washington the Shah was forced to leave Iran on January 16, 1979. There was discussions about who would permit him in to their country so he went to Egypt, then to Morocco, then to the Bahamas, then to Mexico and then ion October 22 1979 to the United States. Many in Iran saw this as the Jimmy Carter administration plotting to place the Shah back into power. Thirteen days later, militants seized the U. S. Embassy in Tehran. Fundamentalist Shiite clerics used the crisis to crush moderate factions, consolidate control over the new government and transform Iran into a theocratic state under Ayatollah Khomeini who had returned from exile on February 1, 1979.

 

The conflict between Washington and Iran led to Saddam Hussein, dictator of neighboring Iraq --- which had been a rival of Iran since the two countries were the kingdoms of Persia and Mesopotamia --- to see Iran as suddenly lacking a powerful ally and with its military in disarray, to launch an invasion of Iran in September 1980. The ensuing was lasted eight years, devastated the Iranian economy and cost Iran as many as a million casualties, including thousands who were killed or seriously injured by chemical weapons. Iraq saw between 160,000 and 240,000 killed.

 

Summary:

• 1951 Iran Parliament democratically elects Prime Minister
• 1951 to 1953 Most Iranians see the United States as a friend
• 1953 United States overthrows democratically elected Prime Minister and installs the Shah
• 1953 to 1979 Shah rules ruthlessly
• 1979 (January) Shah leaves Iran
• 1979 (February) Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran
• 1979 (October) Shah enters the United States for medical treatment
• 1979 (November) U. S. Embassy seized
• 1980 (September) Iraq invades Iran
• 2003 (March) United States invades Iraq

 

Continuing its superb record of choosing the wrong side, the United States sided with Iraq.

 

Keeping this in mind what do you expect Iran to do next?

 

Regards,
John Jenkins

865-803-8179 cell

Gatlinburg, TN
Email: jrjenki@yahoo.com 

Website: http://www.greenbriersolutions.com 
Blog: http://littlepigeon.blogspot.com/

Hyperbole is the Best Thing Ever.

Would You Trust the West?

In the early years of the 20^th century, the mega-rich Iranian oil industry was under the control of a British monopoly, the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, which was owned principally by the British government. Iranian oil powered the British economy and made possible the high standard of living Britons enjoyed from the 1920s through the 1940s. It also fueled the Royal Navy as it projected British power around the world. Most Iranians lived in unbelievable poverty.

 

In 1951, Iran's parliament chose as prime minister one of the most highly educated men in the country,  Mohammed Mossadegh, whose degree from the University of Neuchatel in Switzerland made him the first Iranian ever to earn a doctorate in law from a European university. Mossadegh championed the nationalization of the oil industry. Even before taking office, he proposed a nationalization law that both houses of parliament passed unanimously. To no one's surprise, the British refused to accept it. They withdrew their oil technicians, blockaded the port from which oil was exported and asked the United Nations to order Iran to withdraw the plan. Mossadegh's popularity at home skyrocketed; he had flouted the authority of a great power and a great foreign interest.

 

In October he traveled to New York City to plead his case at the United Nations. It was the first time the leader of a poor country challenged a great power directly.

 

Mossadegh told the U. N. Security Council "(Iran's) standard of living is probably one of the lowest in the world. Out greatest national resource is oil. This should be the source of work and food for the population of Iran. Its exploitation should properly be our national industry, and the revenue from it should go to improve our conditions of life." Most American newspapers were unsympathetic to Mossadegh's plea on the ground that he was defying international law and threatening the flow of oil to the free world. The New York Times decried Iran as a "defiant scorner" of the United Nations and blamed "Iranian nationalism and Islamic fanaticism" for carrying the dispute "beyond the field of legality and common sense." Between 1951 and 1953 Persian nationalism became truly Iranian. Many Iranians hoped the United States would emerge as their friend and protector. Most Americans who had come to Iran during the first half of the 20^th century were teachers, nurses, and missionaries who had left highly positive impressions. That view changed in 1953 when the United States took a step that made it an object of deep resentment in Iran.

 

Failing to pressure Mossadegh to abandon his nationalism plan Winston Churchill ordered British agents to organize a coup and remove him from his office. Mossadegh closed the British embassy and expelled all British diplomats including the agents who were plotting his overthrow.  Churchill asked President Harry Truman to use the newly organized CIA to depose Mossadegh. Truman refused.

 

U. S. policy changed when in 1953 the British told Eisenhower  Mossadegh was leading Iran toward communism a distortion of the facts since Mossadegh despised Marxist ideas and Eisenhower sent the CIA into action.

 

Eisenhower made no attempt to find out who Mossadegh was or what motivated him, to talk to him or even to respond to letters he was sending to Washington.

 

The coup put an end to democratic rule in Iran. After Mossadegh was deposed, the CIA installed Mohamed Resa Shah. He ruled with increasing repression using his secret police, Savak, to torture his opposition.  He tolerated no political parties, student groups, labor unions nor civic organizations during his 25 years in power. The only place dissidents could find shelter was in mosques, giving the opposition movement a religious tinge that would later push Iran toward fundamentalist rule.

 

Imagine, the United States overthrew a legally elected government and replaced it with an oppressive dictatorship is there any wonder why Iranian leaders do not trust the West?

 

Regards,
John Jenkins

865-803-8179 cell

Gatlinburg, TN
Email: jrjenki@yahoo.com 

Website: http://www.greenbriersolutions.com 
Blog: http://littlepigeon.blogspot.com/

Hyperbole is the Best Thing Ever.

Be careful for whom you vote………

Benjamin Franklin said, "I am apprehensive — perhaps too apprehensive — that the government of these states may in future times end in a monarchy. But this catastrophe may be long delayed, if, in our proposed system, we do not sow the seeds of contention, faction, and tumult, by making our posts of honor places of profit. If we do, I fear that, though we employ at first a number, and not a single person, the number will in time be set aside: it will only nourish the germ of a king, and a king will be the sooner set over us."

 

We may not have a king but only the extremely wealthy can afford to run for public office.

 

While the United States is the best country in the world we cannot ignore that our government has become corrupt and tyrannical. Members of our government, both those elected and those considered Civil Servants are intertwined with mismanaged corporations ready to have the taxpayers save their friends.

 

Politicians do not vote for what is in the best interest of the United States, and they do not vote as their constituents want them to vote. The politicians vote as instructed by their party with the intent of the party to seize power. Lacking instructions to the contrary they then vote in the best interest of those who give them money.

 

How can anyone, who spends close to ½ billion dollars for an office that pays less than ½ million dollars, be considered a fiscal conservatives? This year, 2008, the candidates will spend close to $1 billion why do you suppose people are willing to contribute so much? Do you suspect they expect dividends?

 

Be careful for whom you vote………

The taxpayers own what they pay for...

The politicians are nervous, they will be blasted whatever they do. The one thing over all they must remember is, if the taxpayers bailout the corporations the taxpayers own the corporations and will continue to own them until the "loan" is paid in full WITH interest.

Also, Senior Management caused the problem so they must be removed without severance...

Votes That Matter

The problem we have with our leaders is that they have lied so much no one believes anything they say. If they would have warned us about the coming financial debacle no one would have believed them. We learned with Clinton, character matters. We learned with Bush is intelligence matters. Hopefully the electorate has learned and will vote accordingly...

Most Americans Understand..

Most Americans understand the severity of the manmade financial crisis and understand why the government must become involved. Most Americans want corporate executives whose greed and lack of judgment caused this crisis to be held accountable. These executives gambled and lost. They should not be permitted to get rich at the taxpayers' expense. So go ahead and help but hold senior management liable. No golden parachutes. No senior management compensation until the corporation is solvent once again. No member of senior management should be permitted to leave before solvency and until that, no compensation.