A Difficult Definition

Some of you folks
are going to have to help me
with this.
If after you read my explanation -
you disagree with me -
then I MOST DEFINITELY wish to hear
your reason why.
Robert Reich, (former Secretary of Labor -
under President Clinton) stated this week:
- Trump must respect
independence of the Intelligence agencies _
or otherwise the US becomes a banana republic.
: "It is an abuse of power for a president
to tell the CIA
to investigate someone or something."
I TOTALLY disagree
and I will explain why.
I have considered Reich,
at least for the last several years,
to be an insightful Statesman,
providing clear and unbiased analysis
of the motives and positions taken
by the US Government
I thought Reich one of "the good guys",
and now once again I find a guiding light
to have feet of clay.
The reason being that:
the Intelligence Agencies are the main arm
of policy execution
by The Deep State.
They in turn have gained control over the MSM,
which has become their main propaganda arm.
As a by-thought it is curious that last week
there was attached to the Defense Budget bill,
a statement saying that the Intelligence Agencies
have the legal right
to lie to, mislead, and generally propagandize
the total citizenry of the US.
Not that they haven't been doing so -
for decades -
but there have been laws on the books
saying that they were not to do so.
There is no pretense now -
that the public can know -
or should ever know anything of Truth.
Probably started happening around 1984.
When DJT said he was going to drain The Swamp -
that did set the teeth of the Intelligence Agencies on edge -
and now here is The Swamp Monster speaking out,
iLOUDLY and repetitiously in the media and everywhere.
INDEPENDENCE of the Intelligence Agencies!
Pray tell, if the Administration
is not going to control them -
who is?
The US Congress?
Hah! The heads of the Agencies appear before the US Congress -
and bare face lie -
and nothing happens to them.
The US Supreme Court?
I am all in favor of Independent Council -
and it would be fine with me
if the US Supreme Court
were to create and appoint Independent Council
as amicus curiae (friend of the court)
although it is not to my knowledge
that they ever have.
AND I don't see anywhere that
the US Supreme Court
is about to take the initiative of controlling
the Intelligence Agencies - which are
the action arm of
The Deep Estate
The Deep State The Deep Government
The Hidden Government The Shadow Government
(The Devil has many names)
Perhaps The Fourth Estate will control it? According to Google:
"In the American political system,
the fourth branch of government refers to
a group that influences the three branches of government
defined in the American Constitution
(legislative, executive and judicial).
Such groups can include the press
(an analogy for the Fourth Estate),
the people, and interest groups.
U.S. independent administrative government agencies,
while technically part of the executive branch
(or, in a few cases, the legislative branch)
of government,
are sometimes referred to as being part of the fourth branch."
As to the Fourth Estate - (the MSM)
it is pretty well a given that it is controlled by
the Deep State through the Intelligence Agencies.
Who then?
Help me out here.
I am pretty much running out of branches of government -
and I don't see anywhere in the US Constitution
that the Intelligence Agencies
are an independent branch of the US Government.
I wish that I had a direct line to Robert Reich.
I would like him to explain this to me.
I see media statements stating that he feels
that Donald doesn't understand the Constitution.
Yet, the Constitution is something that
is supposed to be able to be understood
by high school students
if not grade school students.
If the Intelligence Agencies are NOT controlled
by the Executive Branch
where the President is even
Commander in Chief of the Military -
then pray tell who are they CONTROLLED by?
NO ONE - they will tell you.
THEY are INDEPENDENT.
(Well, except from those who control
The Deep State.)
Yeah, Robert,
that is too much for Donald to understand.
Or me, with a graduate degree in Political Science.
Maybe our previous president,
Nobel Peace Prize Winner and all,
(he didn't have to accept that one)
being a legal scholar,
and former editor of a prestigious Law Journal -
who thought it okay to capture and execute
US Citizens without a court order -
would understand it.
Yes, you and he have apparently reached
the conclusion that the Shadow Government is Independent.
JFK perhaps didn't agree
when he tried to control J. Edgar in the FBI.
Some think the CIA set him straight.
US Senators have warned The Donald also -
that he doesn't want to mess with the CIA -
or that it will set him straight also.
I wish The Donald no ill -
but my inclination is to say to him -
"Go for it Donald."
Independent Counsel is good -
and there is one force to keep the straight.
Whistle Blowers.
We know where the end up.
Usually in jail.
The MSM had always made sure
the American public doesn't like whistle blowers.
They are always made out to be criminals and traitors,
for saying that there is something rotten in America.
To draw a parallel.
If a peeping tom were to witness a rape and murder -
and to report it -
the papers, the courts, the people
would do nothing but go on about how terrible it is
to be a peeping tom -
and the murderer of the crime would go unpunished
and the evilness of his deed undiscussed.
So then,
the papers, the politicians, the public,
are just going to blame Trump -
and the actions of the Swamp Monster
will go unpunished.
The event that brought all this to the fore
this week was that The Donald said
that he would like the CIA and FBI
to investigate the July 10, 2016 murder of Seth Rich
the reputed whistle blower (peeping tom) on the DNC
(Democratic National Committee)
(Hillary's emails,etc).
Killed in broad daylight,
while walking home early from work on Sunday -
supposedly by robbers.
Shot in the back -
and as his mother said -
"The robbers took nothing but his life.
" Wallet, jewelry, and other valuables all left.
It is all conspiracy theory says RR,
and the MSM.
Just like the idea that there was anyone
on the grassy knoll -
or any shooter beside Oswald -
with JFK -
because the Independent Warren Commission
said so.
Just that one magic bullet.
Nope - says the MSM -
nothing to look at here. Please move along -
One source stated:
"Julian Assange and Craig Murray
actually do know who leaked the DNC
and Podesta emails.
They have both offered to meet with Mueller
or the congressional committees.
Both have ignored their offers.
Could it be that the mass media,
FBI,
Mueller,
and congress
are all quite happy with the fake news
as presented her by AP.
They really don’t want the truth.
This narrative serves their interests
much better
than the truth ever would.
In fact, the truth would be a real problem
for them and
for Hillary and
Podesta.
I still believe that Seth Rich
leaked the DNC files.
It MAY be that Donna Brazile also believes this.
So AP runs this story as a prophylactic
against what Brazile MAY say in the coming months."
This is not investigative journalism;
it is prophylactic journalism."
But, Robert Reich
says it is wrong for DJT
to request the matter be investigated.
That it is unconstitutional. Etc.
I don't see it.
I have told you why.
I think it is just Deep State manipulation of the news.
Saying that it was Russia -
manipulating the election
and that The Donald was in cahoots with them.
If you disagree -
PLEASE explain why I am wrong - and I will try to pass along the information
in the next issue.

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Many unkind words in the MSM
about how The Donald has ruined
the US reputation worldwide
and the damage that he has done.
Let me TOTALLY CLEAR
I TOTALLY DISAGREE
with Trumps foreign policy.
However, he is being immensely
perceived and presented in the
foreign media.
Great acclamation in
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Russia
China
Philippines
South Korea -
and that is JUST THIS WEEK!
Great opposition on lots of other fronts -
NK
Iran
Yemen
Ukraine border
Syria
Lebanon
Cuba -
and lots others -
but we won't go into that.
Nope, Obama may get the prizes -
and Hillary the praises -
but Donald gets the
Power, Influence and Control -
in the rest of the world
and that greatly infuriates
The Deep Estate.
In fact, even in the US,
legitimate polls,
not ones in the fake news MSM -
show that if the election were to take place
today -
he would still win.
Yep, Donald is truly the
Most Powerful Man in the World
and he is having --
the US Navy is gear up for
its first tri-aircraft carrier training drills
(in more than a decade)
this weekend somewhere in the Western Pacific.
"The four-day exercise involving the
USS Ronald Reagan,
USS Nimitz and
USS Theodore Roosevelt
(the three most powerful carrier)
strike groups will start Saturday
to “demonstrate the U.S. Navy’s
unique capability to operate multiple carrier strike groups
as a coordinated strike force effort,”
a Navy statement said.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman
Hua Chunying addressed the drills
during a press conference this week in Beijing,
saying the U.S. and North Korea
should avoid escalating tensions in the region.
So that is China's (and Russia's
and NK's opinion)
but Donald will do what Donald will do.
But think about it -
(The largest such drill in ten years).
NOT just in China and Asia
is the Most Powerful Man
making waves.
One professor of Middle East politics stated:
"The U.S.-Saudi convergence of policies very concerning,"
said Rami Khoury, a professor of Middle East politics
at the American University in Beirut.
"They've been brought together by four or five policy aims:
protect Israel, beat back the terrorists,
push back Iran and Hezbollah,
keep the oil flowing,
and promote business deals
all under the umbrella of autocratic Arab leaders."
In connection with this -
this week
Saudi Arabia told its citizens to leave Lebanon immediately.
In case you just glazed / glossed over that -
let me repeat:
In connection with this -
this week
Saudi Arabia told its citizens
o leave Lebanon immediately.
I do hope you understand the significance.
Just hours after Saudi Arabia ordered its citizens
to immediately leave Lebanon on Thursday,
Kuwait also joined in,
urging its citizens to leave Lebanon
"due to circumstances experienced
by Lebanon at the moment,
as well as a precautionary measure against any negative impact
that might take place."
Events pass fast.
The Sunday church shooting
last Sunday
(largest ever in US )
was off the news
by Wednesday prayer meeting.
1. Besides Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
warning to leave Lebanon.
2. Israel is rumored to be placing more troops
near the Golan Heights in Syria.
3. Russia Today (news source)
has been ordered to register
as a foreign propaganda outfit under threat of
being shut down by the DOJ.
4. Gasoline prices in some areas are rising.
5. Russia is displaying its new Satan Missile
which has 12 warheads.....
each warhead has massive destructive power.
6. The U.S. has placed 80 thousand plus troops
in and around North Korea.
(That is a lot of people to make dinner for.)
7. Russian subs are ringing Great Britain....
and are more active than ever in the Atlantic.
Just so much news -
as usual I can't keep up with it.
That RT shutdown deserves a newsletter
all of its own.
It is under a law called
the FARA which was adopted in the US in 1938
to counter pro-Nazi agitation.
Washington has decided to apply the act
towards the company that supplies all services
for RT America on its territory,
including TV production and operations.
Just over 400 entities are currently registered under the legislation,
though that group doesn’t include a single media outlet.
It is a wonder that Putin and Trump are on speaking terms -
but Putin realizes that he is fighting The Deep State -
and that Trump is fighting The Deep State.
Most Americans are just confused
about whose side they should be on.
Simple answer.
Just listen to the MSM.
"Go Deep State - Go!"
As usual, my concerns are Pakistan -
so I will leave you with some
new quotes from this week's news
about that:
"If you’re talking about India and Pakistan,
I think every scenario people play is that it goes nuclear,”
said Joseph Cirincione,
president of the Ploughshares Fund,
who joined Bowen for an onstage discussion.
“You have a nuclear war in South Asia,
that’s a global event.
That will affect us and not just economically.”
"During a six-day trip to four Air Force nuclear bases last month,
Gen. David Goldfein, the service’s chief of staff,
asked airmen to think about new ways
that nuclear weapons could be used for deterrence,
or even combat.
“I’ve challenged…Air Force Global Strike Command
to help lead the dialogue, help with this discussion about
‘What does conventional conflict look like with a nuclear element?’
and
‘Do we respond as a global force if that were to occur?’ and
‘What are the options?’” Goldfein said.
“How do we think about it —
how do we think about deterrence in that environment?”
Cirincione warned that nuclear weapons
could be used as a form of de-escalation.
(Say again? - Bruce)
“The Russians have this new theory —
and we’re starting to copy it —
that in a conventional war that they start to lose,
they will escalate to de-escalate,” Cirincione said.
“They will use a nuclear weapon
first in order to show us how serious it is,
figuring that we will then de-escalate.
I think the odds of that happening are quite small.
{Yep, do you think the Trump will say -
"Now that the NK has used a nuclear weapon
on the US -
we should de-escalate." - Bruce}
“The justification for some
of the new nuclear weapons people want —
like the nuclear cruise missile —
are based on that same theory
that we have to be able to use nuclear weapons first to de-escalate,” he said.
So goes the thinking of the great military minds.
Once again, Bruce certainly does not see it that way.
I am sure some of you will set me straight.
Tough day - today at Ark Two.
Temperature - minus 14.
Snow much of the day.
Snow plow came by and closed off our driveway.
Didn't want to go anywhere anyway.
Or at least couldn't.
Which is why you got today's long rant.
Never did get wood cut -
so trouble keeping the stove going.
Have shut off the kitchen and other rooms
so not too uncomfortable at the moment.
It is a killer however,
in trying to continue work at the Ark.
Looks like winter is here to stay.
We are going cold -
while the world is going hot.
Unity and Love,
Bruce
DawnSayer@webpal.org