Was the Iraq War to Grab Oil … Or to Keep It Off the Market?U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, 4 Star General John Abizaid, Fed boss Alan Greenspan, President George W. Bush, Senator John McCain, Sarah Palin, Bush speechwriter David Frum, key war architect John Bolton, and a high-level National Security Council officer all say that the Iraq war was about oil.

Washington Post Kills Account of Its Failures in Iraq Reporting and Runs a Defense Instead – Media ChannelVeteran journalist Greg Mitchell is claiming an assigned piece he wrote for the Washington Post that outlined the failure of the media (including the Washington Post) in reporting on the lead-up to the Iraq War was killed by editors, who then ran a piece by Paul Farhi that defends their coverage instead.

Direct Democracy – Origin of the speciesONE HUNDRED YEARS ago Hiram Johnson, one of the most consequential governors in California’s history, called a special election. Johnson was a leader of a movement called Progressivism that reacted to America’s industrialisation by demanding women’s suffrage, direct election of United States senators (originally chosen by state legislatures) and other expansions of democracy.

Cyprus bail-out: savers will be raided to save euro in future crises, says eurozone chief – Telegraph“If we want to have a healthy, sound financial sector, the only way is to say, ‘Look, there where you take on the risks, you must deal with them, and if you can’t deal with them, then you shouldn’t have taken them on,'” he said.

The Cyprus Bank Battle: The Long-planned Deposit Confiscation Scheme | News Beacon IrelandThe push to confiscate the savings of hard-working Cypriot citizens is a shot across the bow for every working person in the world, a wake-up call to the perils of a system in which tiny cadres of elites call the shots and the rest of us pay the price.

Big Sis Refuses To Answer Congress On Bullet PurchasesDHS staying mum as members probe for explanations Steve Watson Infowars.com Mar 21, 2013 UPDATE: 14 Members of Congress Demand Investigation of Obama’s Ammo Horde Speaking at CPAC with Infowars and We Are Change reporter, Luke Rudkowski, Congressman Timothy Huelscamp revealed this week that the Department of Homeland Security has refused to answer questions from “multiple” members of Congress regarding its recent purchase of huge amounts of weapons and ammunition.