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Terrorist lover. American hater. Sexual offender supporter. If you asked the American government of my views, this is what they’d say about me. They wouldn’t tell you that I’m a “Freedom of Information Act” activist because they want to brainwash you. But that’s what I am.
If you’re in bed with the Americans on this WikiLeaks issue than you’ve been duped. But that’s okay – there’s millions of ignorant people all over the world. You’re not the only one. But the nerve of good ol’ US of A trying to use laws of ‘inciting terrorism‘ to censor the actions of whistleblowers using WikiLeaks as a platform to share information.
Ludicrous! Preposterous! Nonsense!
There is no stopping this former super power from their own arrogance and, well, power-tripping. And I say former very deliberately here because I feel that this super-power is very close to falling very far from grace. Even voting in Obama hasn’t delivered the change that the country so desperately needs.
If you’ve been living under a rock somewhere, I’ll gladly explain this WikiLeaks issue. In basic laymans terms, due to mounting pressure from the American government the “WikiLeaks” website www.wikileaks.com is no longer accessible to the public due to its’ role in publishing ‘leaked’ American government documents.
Now for a nation that was built on ‘democracy‘ and ‘freedom‘ they’re acting a little like the Communist Chinese goverment in their haste to censor information. Something a little hypocritical here, Uncle Sam? To coin a phrase their beloved Dr Phil likes to say, “he who has nothing to hide, hides nothing.” And as a free thinker, I ask – what is the US government trying to hide? Hmmmm…
Now at the time of writing this I have been able to locate the WikiLeaks website on http://213.251.145.96/ And I’m glad that the geeks behind it are still dedicated to bringing news and information to the general public that is free from the hands of media moguls, advertising dollars (read: not-for-profit media organisation) and other big-business big-money influence.
Hallelujah for Julian Assange! If you’ve had enough of big-money, big-business or American government brainwashing, I also highly recommend ZCommunications.org. Because the “Spirit of Resistance” Lives!
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Sylvia says:
December 16, 2010 at 10:40 am (UTC 10)
This is a fascinating story and I’m watching closely to see what happens next. Russ and I were talking about it yesterday and wondering how long it’s going to be before the Wikileaks movie comes out!!!
I’ve heard that apparently Mr Asange has made several enemies within the Wikileaks organisation itself so I wouldn’t be surprised that these people have been involved in getting this man arrested in order to hold him for something that is not illegal.
Regarding change in the US, despite the change of leadership, it takes an extremely long time to change any policies as I’m sure you would know. I think Obama wants to do much more than he can but his hands are tied by the people who pull the political strings – many of whom are caught up in big business that would not benefit from such changed. I’m surprised that the American people would expect change to occur this quickly.
I am happy that there are high profile journalists supporting this cause, but I don’t know how much clout they will have.
I guess the other thing to remember is, if Wikileaks does fall through, something else will quickly take its place.
Either way, I will be watching.
jennifernini says:
December 16, 2010 at 1:55 pm (UTC 10)
Yes, I agree – it’s an interesting case and I’m really glad it’s brought the issue of censorship and freedom of information to the forefront but of course, now Assange’s credibility is under attack which is no suprise to anyone.
As for Obama, yes I was a little disillusioned on how much he could influence the whole ‘system’ but then again, the day he ‘won’ the Noble Peace Prize, if memory serves me correctly he had just send more troops to Iraq… ironic isn’t it?