posted May 15, 2008 09:11 PM            

NO END IN SIGHT

Winner Special Jury Prize Documentary Sundance Film Festival
Winner Best Documentary National Society of Film Critics
Winner Best Documentary Toronto Film Critics
Winner Best Documentary New York Film Critics Cricle
Winner Best Documentary San Francisco Film Critics
Winner Best Documentary Los Angeles Film Circle
Winner Best Documentary Southeast Film Critics
Winner Best Documentary Florida Film Critics
Winner Best Documentary Aliance of Women Journalists
Winner Best Documentary Broadcast Critics Choice Awards

The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq’s descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy, NO END IN SIGHT is a jaw-dropping, insider’s tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness and venality. Based on over 200 hours of footage, the film provides a candid retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking officials such as former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Ambassador Barbara Bodine (in charge of Baghdad during the Spring of 2003), Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell, and General Jay Garner (in charge of the occupation of Iraq through May 2003) as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers, and prominent analysts. NO END IN SIGHT examines the manner in which the principal errors of U.S. policy – the use of insufficient troop levels, allowing the looting of Baghdad, the purging of professionals from the Iraqi government, and the disbanding of the Iraqi military – largely created the insurgency and chaos that engulf Iraq today. How did a group of men with little or no military experience, knowledge of the Arab world or personal experience in Iraq come to make such flagrantly debilitating decisions? NO END IN SIGHT dissects the people, issues and facts behind the Bush Administration’s decisions and their consequences on the ground to provide a powerful look into how arrogance and ignorance turned a military victory into a seemingly endless and deepening nightmare of a war.  

 “I think this decision to disband the [Iraqi] Army came as a surprise to most of us…”
Q:  What was your reaction?
“I thought we had just created a problem. We had a lot of out of work [Iraqi] soldiers.”
– our interview with Richard Armitage, former Deputy Secretary of State

NO END SIGHT alternates between U.S. policy decisions and Iraqi consequences, systematically dissecting the Bush Administration’s decisions.  The consequences of those decisions now include 3,000 American deaths and 20,000 American wounded, Iraq on the brink of civil war, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilian deaths, the strengthening of Iran, the weakening of the U.S. military, and economic costs of over $2 trillion. It marks the first time Americans will be allowed inside the White House, Pentagon, and Baghdad’s Green Zone to understand for themselves what has become the disintegration of Iraq.

posted May 17, 2008 10:44 PM            

Blackwater, America's Private Army

http://iraqforsale.org/

"RIVETING, POWERFUL" "BLEW MY MIND"

The story of what happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war.
Acclaimed director Robert Greenwald (Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed) takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. Iraq for Sale uncovers the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq (Blackwater, Halliburton/KBR, CACI and Titan) and the decision makers who allow them to do so.

posted May 17, 2008 11:00 PM            

Throughout history, criminal elements inside governments have carried out terror attacks against their own populations as a pretext to enslave them. TerrorStorm reveals how, in the last hundred years, Western leaders have repeatedly murdered their own citizens while posing as their saviors. The film debuted at the American Scholars Symposium conference in Los Angeles, June 24-25, 2006. The idea for the conference was largely the idea of Charlie Sheen, who appears after his public declaration that he did not believe the Official Story on 9/11.

"Watching this movie is the duty of every patriotic American and Brit! Whether you agree, disagree, or are on the fence, this will at least give you some facts. You can check those facts for yourself and make up your own mind. Do your own research if you want to try to debunk this movie. At least you will learn something in the process. BUT, watch this with an open mind. If you come with the luggage that is your bias, you might end up simply rejecting the movie without acknowledging its many merits. Watch it and let others know of it."

posted May 17, 2008 11:08 PM            

Chronicles the recurring patterns of disenfranchisement witnessed from 2000 to 2004 while following the story of Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, who not only took an active role in investigating these election debacles but also found herself in the middle of one after publicly questioning the Bush Administration about the 9-11 terrorist attacks. Some call Cynthia McKinney a civil rights leader among the ranks of Shirley Chisholm and Malcolm X. Others call her a conspiracy theorist and a 'looney.' American Blackout gains unprecedented access to one of the most controversial and dangerous politicians in America and examines the contemporary tactics used to control our democratic process and silence political dissent. The film features interviews with: US Congressional Representatives, John Lewis, Cynthia McKinney, John Conyers, Bernie Sanders, and Stephanie Tubbs-Jones; former US Civil Rights Commissioner & Dean of UC Berkeley's School of Law, Christopher Edley; BBC journalist Greg Palast; and, Van Jones, Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center.

the film:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5965670944815984616

Cynthia McKinney Speech

http://youtube.com/watch?v=l_QGiEN9VWI

An extraordinary speech presented by Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney from the Alex Jones film "Matrix of Evil."
Included is a clip of Mario Savio's fiery, "gears of the machine" speech he delivered at Berkeley.


Cynthia McKinney talks about 911

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F35CCMdWIk&NR=1

Cynthia McKinney introduced Article of Impeachment against George Bush in the closing days of her career on Capitol Hill,
a gift to the nation and a witness to the spinelessness of her colleagues. Cynthia has been fearless, persistent, and right, and she has largely stood alone.
Why was Tom Dashel told by the president and vice-president NOT to investigate 9/11

911 Truth: Cynthia McKinney Smeared for Questioning 911

http://youtube.com/watch?v=c2QoQml27NI&feature=related

In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, Cynthia McKinney refused to accept the "they hate our freedom" explanation and instead asked questions about what the Bush Administration knew and when they knew it, why they ignored so many warnings, and why they were attempting to stifle a congressional investigation into 9/11.
As a result, the White House and its mouthpieces in the mainstream media branded her a "nut" and a "conspiracy theorist".


McKinney Grills Rumsfeld

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eootfzAhAoU

Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney grills Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on the Pentagon's missing trillions, DynCorp's slave trade, and the 9/11 wargames.
House Hearing on FY06 Dept. of Defense Budget, March 11, 2005.

GEORGE BUSH OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF HIMSELF: Cynthia McKinney

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozQ_iPuqCxg&feature=related

posted May 17, 2008 11:10 PM            

The movie going public has been shunning these leftist nut movies.