Sibel Edmunds, a translator working for the FBI, has revealed news that is so shocking it should be front page headlines and wall to wall coverage on television.  Instead we have silence from the mainstream media.

It’s a story that leaves no political party unscathed and reveals the depths of corruption not only in politics throughout  government.  It’s a story reveals the truth about our world.  That our government is directly responsible for delivering drugs to the streets of the US for personal gain.  The same drugs they will pass laws against.  That nuclear secrets can be sold to enemies for meager sums of money.  It reveals that nothing is sacred and that there is truly no limit to depth to which some politicians will sink for money or power.

It’s pretty will known that most politicians will do favors for corporations that line their pockets.  Virtually every issue being debated today has a big corporation behind it.  Globalizing financial rules is the result of lobbying by financial institutions  and insurance companies.  Cap and Trade is the result of efforts by Goldman Sachs and other financial institutions.  Health Care reform has been promoted by insurance companies for years.  For each of these and countless other issues, there are politicians, political appointees, and bureaucrats with wallets that are a little fatter.

But to sell out the very safety and well being of your fellow citizens, to sell them out for as little as a few thousand dollars is beyond corrupt.  One wonders how these people can even sleep at night.  In the interview it is mentioned that the details are so extraordinary that it will sound as though it was a plot for a movie.  But really, it’s beyond that.  If this were the plot of a movie, the movie would be criticized for being to far fetched.  The most disturbing part of all is that it is true.

It is important to read the entire interview.

The Interview

Sibel Edmonds

A surprise to some, expected by many, the IMF announced late yesterday their plan to sell over 400 metric tons of gold.  Even though many have suspected that IMF was going to dump a lot of gold on the market, this amount of gold is likely a surprise to many.

The IMF has pledged not to disrupt the markets with this sale, but the announcement itself is likely to have a big impact on the markets.  They also said they may sell some of the gold directly to center banks.

The IMF receives it’s gold from member nations who sell theirs to the IMF at a huge discount, $42 on ounce.  Gold is currently trading at around $1000 dollars an ounce.  The discounted sale of gold by member nations to the IMF, is in reality a contribution.  Most of the gold that will be sold by the IMF was once gold held in the US reserves.

One of the goals for this sale is to improve “surveillance of members” according to the IMF website as well as making contributions to poor countries.  According to Managing Director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn “These sales will be conducted in a responsible and transparent manner that avoids disruption of the gold market.”

IMF Board Approves Sale of 403.3 Metric Tons of Gold

Official Gold Reserves

IMF Official Announcement

During the Bush administration, supporters were perplexed by a series of inexplicable position reversals. Time and again he would go back on his campaign promises until, in the end, he had an approval rating that at one time dipped below 25%.

Approval Rating

To the end though, he had some ardent supporters, conservatives that were put in the position of defending Bush’s increasingly bizarre positions. It was interesting to see party politics take such hold of a person that they would through out all of their strongly held beliefs just to support the ‘Team’.  Here is a partial list of positions that contradicted his party and the beliefs of his supporters.

Immigration Reform
Socialized Medicine
Bank Bailout
Big Spending
Big Government

Then came Obama, campaigning with a message of ‘Change’.  Promising his supporters that he would reverse many of the most unpopular Bush policies, he was elected to office with an easy win.

But now, low and behold, after the election he is following inexplicably in the footsteps of his predecessor. Now, with the shoe on the other foot, liberals have been put in the uncomfortable position of defending conservative policies. Policies that had been fiercely derided when they were pursued by the Bush ‘Team’.

A partial list of Bush policies carried on by Obama.

Despite rhetoric, Obama continues Bush policy on detainees: Indefinite detention, no legal rights
Obama Continues Bush Policy of Deadly Air Strikes in Pakistan
Obama Continues Bush Policy On State Secrets
Obama continues Bush policy of hiding visitors names
Obama Continues Bush Policy on Weapons to Georgia
Obama’s embrace of Bush terrorism policies is celebrated as “Centrism”
Obama continues Bush’s secrecy policy on mysterious IP trade deal
Obama Blames Bush While Adopting his Policies
Obama’s Bank Bailout: Bush’s Plan Resurrected

Both of these lists, the Bush non-conservative and Obama-Bush policies lists could go on and on and on and on.

So the questions are:

What is it about party politics that causes people to abandon their own principles to support the guy from their ‘Team’ regardless of the position?

What is it about these politicians from seemingly opposite ends of the spectrum that makes them follow the exact same path once elected?

Given the propensity of this administration to follow in the footsteps of the previous Bush and Clinton administrations, Sonia Sotomayor is the most likely choice for the Supreme Court. She will also likely be easily confirmed.

The fact the she is a Yale graduate, appointed as a federal judge by George H. W. Bush is by itself enough to make one stop and think. Perhaps she was a Skull?  They do accept females now, don’t they? I guess we’ll probably never know since they no longer publish there member list.

There isn’t a lot of information out there yet about her yet, maybe more will come with time. There is some information by some who are questioning here previous rulings.  One for example on free speech involved a student criticism of their school.  More details on this decision can be found here.  There has also been some turmoil created by an affirmative action ruling.  More information about this can be found here.  A semi-complete list of ruling by a biased site can be found here.