Martin Luther had a theological disagreement with the papacy as most people know. He pointed out that the Pope was one of the richest men in the world and was building Saint Peter’s cathedral with money from the poor instead of from his own pocket.
The rich could have their sins forgiven if they paid enough in indulgences. The poor were out of luck, as usual.
Luther called his many objections to papal policy by the name of Theses, and nailed a copy of his 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. In those days the Church door was the notice board for the community, like the bulletin board in your local supermarket.
In the days when disagreeing with the Church was often a death warrant Luther showed tremendous courage.
Because of the recently invented printing press his 95 objections went through Europe like wild fire and instigated the Reformation, aided by the Knights Templars who had become the Teutonic Knights and backed the recalcitrant priest against their mortal enemies, the Catholic Church.
Well, we have another fearless Martin Luther in the form of Ohio Congressman Kucinich, apparently the only member of the current government with integrity and courage, and incidentally without a family who can be threatened by government goons, which may be the cause of the silence of other members.
Here for the sake of those readers interested in the Theosophical motto “There is no religion higher than truth,” are the 35 theses of Kucinich, which he read into the record of Congress and is trying to force a debate about the matter among the cowards currently running the country into the ground.
I agree totally with the speaker who said this, “We congratulate him on his historic leadership, and pledge to do everything in our power to persuade Congress to adopt all 35 Articles and put George W Bush on trial before the Senate of the United States, exactly as the Founding Fathers wanted.”
Of course this is about seven years too late for the country that has been beaten into the ground by the combination of corporate money, the Pentagon black hole and the Federal Reserve. But at least someone has started the ball rolling.
A major bought and paid for traitor to her oath to defend the Constitution is of course Nancy Pelosi, who is as guilty as the other war criminals by stating that there will be no consideration of impeachment proceedings against Bush and said the idea was “off the table.”
People without TV or video games to distract them in the 16th Century actually read the 95 Theses of Martin Luther. The result was the Reformation that changed the course of human history.
It shouldn’t be too hard to get through the 35 Theses of Congressman Kucinich. They may change the course of American history if there is any integrity left among the corporate lackeys in Congress and Senate. A big IF.
Kucinich’s case: the 35 points
Article I
Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign to Manufacture a False Case for War Against Iraq
Article II
Falsely, Systematically, and with Criminal Intent Conflating the Attacks of September 11, 2001, With Misrepresentation of Iraq as a Security Threat as Part of Fraudulent Justification for a War of Aggression
Article III
Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction, to Manufacture a False Case for War
Article IV
Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Posed an Imminent Threat to the United States
Article V
Illegally Misspending Funds to Secretly Begin a War of Aggression
Article VI
Invading Iraq in Violation of the Requirements of HJRes114
Article VII
Invading Iraq Absent a Declaration of War.
Article VIII
Invading Iraq, A Sovereign Nation, in Violation of the UN Charter
Article IX
Failing to Provide Troops With Body Armor and Vehicle Armor
Article X
Falsifying Accounts of US Troop Deaths and Injuries for Political Purposes
Article XI
Establishment of Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Iraq
Article XII
Initiating a War Against Iraq for Control of That Nation’s Natural Resources
Article XIIII
Creating a Secret Task Force to Develop Energy and Military Policies With Respect to Iraq and Other Countries
Article XIV
Misprision of a Felony, Misuse and Exposure of Classified Information And Obstruction of Justice in the Matter of Valerie Plame Wilson, Clandestine Agent of the Central Intelligence Agency
Article XV
Providing Immunity from Prosecution for Criminal Contractors in Iraq
Article XVI
Reckless Misspending and Waste of U.S. Tax Dollars in Connection With Iraq and US Contractors
Article XVII
Illegal Detention: Detaining Indefinitely And Without Charge Persons Both U.S. Citizens and Foreign Captives
Article XVIII
Torture: Secretly Authorizing, and Encouraging the Use of Torture Against Captives in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Other Places, as a Matter of Official Policy
Article XIX
Rendition: Kidnapping People and Taking Them Against Their Will to ” Black Sites” Located in Other Nations, Including Nations Known to Practice Torture
Article XX
Imprisoning Children
Article XXI
Misleading Congress and the American People About Threats from Iran, and Supporting Terrorist Organizations Within Iran, With the Goal of Overthrowing the Iranian Government
Article XXII
Creating Secret Laws
Article XXIII
Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act
Article XXIV
Spying on American Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered Warrant, in Violation of the Law and the Fourth Amendment
Article XXV
Directing Telecommunications Companies to Create an Illegal and Unconstitutional Database of the Private Telephone Numbers and Emails of American Citizens
Article XXVI
Announcing the Intent to Violate Laws with Signing Statements
Article XXVII
Failing to Comply with Congressional Subpoenas and Instructing Former Employees Not to Comply
Article XXVIII
Tampering with Free and Fair Elections, Corruption of the Administration of Justice
Article XXIX
Conspiracy to Violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Article XXX
Misleading Congress and the American People in an Attempt to Destroy Medicare
Article XXXI
Katrina: Failure to Plan for the Predicted Disaster of Hurricane Katrina, Failure to Respond to a Civil Emergency
Article XXXII
Misleading Congress and the American People, Systematically Undermining Efforts to Address Global Climate Change
Article XXXIII
Repeatedly Ignored and Failed to Respond to High Level Intelligence Warnings of Planned Terrorist Attacks in the US, Prior to 911.
Article XXXIV
Obstruction of the Investigation into the Attacks of September 11, 2001
Article XXXV
Endangering the Health of 911 First Responders
Does this list make you proud to be an American who let this happen? In just about any other country in the world millions would have taken to the streets and forced their governments to take notice.
How many American newspapers had this as their headlines? Googling the matter showed no major media coverage in this country. MSN.com didn't mention it intheir news items. This list was in an Irish newspaper, the Belfast Telegraph, just as the skepticism about the 9/11 incident was in the foreign press.
The media here just went along with the official story that leaked like a sieve but gained credence by continuous repetition and disregard or persecution for any dissenting voices.
Totalitarian states always control by NOT reporting matters important to the freedom of their subjects.
The effort of Kucinich may be the last chance that the American people, totally unrepresented by the millionaires in Congress and Senate, might see justice instead of law prevail in this country, once an inspiration to the world, now the rogue nation of rogue nations.
There is no religion higher than truth, and truth we haven’t had since George W. Bush and his cronies stole the election from the people.
