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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Music Video "SELLING FUTURES" posted at Truth Troubadour Channel on YouTube

Selling Futures reviews the many aspects and consequences of the complete takeover of US society by consolidated corporations and their attempt to globalize and militarize the entire world under the cover of “privatizing” resources and fighting a “war on terror”. Of course, as always, 9/11 Truth is an integral part of Vic's songs and videos. Eric Golub is featured on ukulele. The song was recorded by sound engineer/owner at Robot Envy Studio in Berkeley, CA.

If you like Selling Futures, support it with “like” and "share" buttons, as well as sending the link out in your emails and posting it to other sites. The same goes for any of the 9/11 Truth specific videos: Blowback or Bloody Treason, Trouble in the Rubble, Ballad of William Rodriguez, and Cheney's in the Bunker. Thank you! The song, Selling Futures, is copyrighted. But the video has a Creative Commons Copyright with free download and use without the right to change the video.

Selling Futures - Truth Troubadour Music Video at You Tube

http://youtu.be/qwN2Dr69xzk

Official Vic Sadot web site launched on September 11, 2011 along with the new 10th anniversary CD, "9/11 Truth & Justice Songs".

http://www.vicsadot.com

Monday, January 16, 2012

Celebrate 2012 MLK Day with “The Truth from the Trial” won by the King Family in Memphis in 1999!

Celebrate 2012 MLK Day with “The Truth from the Trial” won by the King Family in Memphis in 1999!

Let us celebrate the 2012 MLK DAY with the Truth from the Trial won by the King Family in 1999 in Mephis, Tennessee, the scene of the crime.

As Project Censored states it, we are in a crisis that may well be described as a "Truth Emergency". This has been a deep problem for US society for many years. However, it most certainly got accelerated after the exploitation of the 9/11 attacks to promote war, and a new wave of repressive laws named in Orwellian fashion as the so-called "Patriot Act" and "indefinite detention" in the National Defense Authorization Act signed by President Obama on New Year's Eve 2012.

Are you aware that the King family took a civil suit into a Memphis court in 1999 with William Pepper as their lawyer? They presented numerous witnesses who had been steadfastly avoided by the Memphis police and government investigators. Are you aware of any of the following information? If not, why not? If yes, will you be getting this information out as part of your 2012 observance of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King? Read on please...

William Pepper is a legendary American author, British barrister, and King family lawyer. Martin Luther King contacted William Pepper after reading an article Pepper had written in Ramparts magazine about the effects of the Vietnam War on the children of Vietnam. He invited Pepper to speak to his congregation, which was the beginning of a life-long friendship with MLK and his family. William Pepper continued to investigate the assassination of MLK for years, and he represented the King family in court.

The King family and William Pepper got considerable criticism in the mainstream press for stating that they did not believe that James Earl Ray was the killer of King. In 1999 they won a trial in a Memphis, Tennessee court from a jury of six whites and six blacks. They won a unanimous conviction of Loyd Jowers and “unnamed government conspirators” for the murder of Martin Luther King. King was executed in broad daylight at the Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968. Jowers was the owner of Jim’s Grill across the street from the Lorraine Motel where some of the assassination planning was done. Jowers and waitresses from that era gave testimony in the 1999 trial that persuaded the American jury that there was a “conspiracy” to execute Dr King. William Pepper later wrote a book about the trial and the lack of fair or even any media coverage in the case of their victory. William Pepper’s book is called “An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King”.

Here is a music video of a song that highlights some of the facts revealed in the 1999 trial and the book. The lyrics are below...

An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King - A Music Video by Vic Sadot based on the book of the same title by King Family Lawyer, William Pepper, who won a civil trial for the King family in Memphis in 1999. Please watch and forward widely! "Vic, Thank you for taking the time to put some important history into a ballad. This, of course, is the role of the Balladeer without whom much of history would be lost, especially in our time with the consolidation of control of the mainstream media. I am grateful." Bill Pepper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHzJasPd1bc

One way to be true to the dream and the commitment of the Rev Dr King would be to get this information out into the sunlight of public discussion as part of this year's celebration of who he really was! He would be marching stalwartly on Obama's White House and on the now Republican-controlled Congress. The book is in public libraries. In truth we shall be free and overcome.

Carry it on!

Vic Sadot

(pronounced as Sa-doe)

Free Vic Sadot mp3's at: www.last.fm/music/vic+sadot

An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King (Lyrics) (Chords GCEmAmD7G)

William Pepper was a young man when he first met Dr. King

Who read his war reporting on Viet children suffering (1 Ramparts magazine 1967)

Martin asked young William Pepper to speak about the war

To come to his congregation. And they were friends forevermore…

Then William went to law school to put his talents to the task

To fight for social justice! To answer questions we must ask!

It was April 4, 1968 when Martin Luther King

Was murdered in the broad day light… It was a devastating thing!

There was a mighty “Rush to Judgment” (2 Mark Lane on JFK hit)…To blame it on James Earl Ray

There was agreement in the government to tell the media what to say

The media called it “a crime of hate”… A “lone-nut” simple thing…

Now we know it was “An Act of State” (3 The book by William Pepper), the execution of Dr. King

James Earl Ray was just a patsy, an escaped prisoner for sure…

With a top security identity for the whole 9 months before…

Some rogues within the government shielded James as “Eric Galt”

Gave him a car and a driver's license to secure him ‘til the assault…

To protect this petty criminal… To put the patsy into place

His handler sent him to Memphis where like a pawn he showed his face

Well, Martin marched for Civil Rights! And he stood against all war!

He spoke for truth and justice, and non-violence for sure!

When Martin stood with the workers… in solidarity with the poor…

That high class oligarchy hated Martin. That’s for sure!

Earl Clark was one of the Memphis cops meeting at Loyd Jowers Grill

Across from the Lorraine Motel where Dr. King was killed

Two military snipers teams would have also fired

If the police team from Memphis failed to do what was required

Next day cops cleaned the crime scene… Hauled the brush and the proof away

They avoided all the witnesses that might have some truth to say

Too many unanswered questions still blowin’ in the wind...

In a murder investigation so deliberately ruined

Too many disturbing answers still came out in the trial...

Enough to prove conspiracy to a nation in denial

Six white and six black jurors unanimously agreed

The facts presented at the trial proved who really did the deed

Yes, it all came out in the trial that in ’99 they won!

When the government was convicted of the conspiracy they’d done

William Pepper was the lawyer who won the case in court

But when he went to the press conference no reporters came to report

So here’s to William Pepper! The King Family, brave and wise!

For standing for the truth for us! For overcoming all the lies!

William Pepper, keep on struggling! You know you’re following…

The teachings, and the vision, and the dream of Dr. King!

William Pepper wrote a book about the trial and everything…

An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King (repeat last line slowly to end)

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Oh What A Day! New Video by Vic Sadot at YouTube

On Oct 12, 2011 Vic Sadot posted a new music video of "Oh What A Day!", which is the 14th song on the new 16 song collection released on Sept 11, 2011 as "9/11 Truth & Justice Songs - 10th Anniversary Edition". A new web site was launched on the same day with the crucial help of Michael Tank at www.vicsadot.com

The writing of "Oh What A Day!" was begun by Vic Sadot in November 2008 on the day after the election of the first Black President of the United States, Barack Obama, formerly Barry Sotero. It was completed not long after the Inauguration to celebrate the departure of the lawless, lying, war-mongering Bush-Cheney regime. The 2008 Democratic Party election victory seemed to indicate that the American electorate were hoping for a "CHANGE" along the lines of Roosevelt's "New Deal" program. Now that the Obama "honeymoon" period is long over, many in the electorate are feeling that the "CHANGE" promised was betrayed. We are getting the policies of the old war profiteering and torture regime with a new wave of austerity policies and further dismantling of the "New Deal". We need leaders who serve "JUSTICE", not the money masters, manipulators, and oppressors who bomb weaker resource rich countries in our name under all manner of ridiculous rationales and unproven pretexts. The song was recorded at Robot Envy Studio in Berkeley, CA with Sammy Fielding as sound engineer. Vic Sadot is on vocals and acoustic guitar. Eric Golub is featured on violin.

The video covers the issues that Obama has made his own, expanded wars and the use of drone warfare, for example. Scenes of opposition in the form of the new "Occupy Wall Street" movement feature in this video as well as many photos from SF Bay Area actions.

Oh What A Day! Music Video by Vic Sadot at YouTube

Friday, September 16, 2011

Truth Troubadour: “9/11 Truth & Justice Songs” CD Released by Vic Sadot on 10th Anniversary of 9/11

“9/11 Truth & Justice Songs” CD Released by Vic Sadot on 10th Anniversary of 9/11

Press Release Sept 16, 20

“9/11 Truth & Justice Songs” CD Released by Vic Sadot on 10^th Anniversary of 9/11

The official release date for Vic Sadot's “9/11 Truth & Justice Songs” CD was 9/11/11. Vic sang some of the songs in the street at the “Take Back Gandhi's 9/11” march. The march was part of the Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance's 10^th Anniversary observations of the terror attacks in the United States that remain in need of a genuine forensic criminal investigation. There was an annual film festival that began in Oakland at the Grand Lake Theater on Sept 8 and in San Francisco on Sept 11. The rally on September 11 began at the Mahatma Gandhi Statue in San Francisco up Market Street to the Civic Center and the historic Herbst Theater.

9/11/11 was also the date that Vic launched a new web site featuring the new CD, links to past releases, and links to blogs and video sites.

http://www.vicsadot.com

“9/11 Truth & Justice Songs” CD has 16 songs that relate to the many remaining questions about those horrific events of “shock and awe” and the offical conspiracy story that was told about 19 Muslims with box cutters led by a man on a dialysis machine somehow coordinating the massive attacks from a cave. Some of Sadot's songs correlate to certain books that inspired them. “Cheney's in the Bunker” came from reading David Ray Griffin's monumental “The 9/11 Commission: Omissions & Distortions” in which he reported the omitted testimony of Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta on his recollections from being in the White House bunker with Dick Cheney. “Blowback or Bloody Treason” was written after reading Michael Ruppert's “Crossing the Rubicon”. Ruppert was a former Los Angeles detective, and he believed that 9/11 should be subjected to standard criminal investigation procedures with a view to who had the means, motive, opportunity, and stood to benefit from the crimes. “Trouble in the Rubble” came from reading an Associated Press article on the 9/11 rescue dogs by Amy Westfeldt. It was run in the Washington Post on Oct 20, 2006. It states that many of the rescue dogs who worked at the WTC after 9/11 had their feet burned by “white-hot debris”. The reporter did not question or explain how this came to be. While it is consistent with other reports of pools of molten steel still being “white-hot” many weeks after the disintegration of 3 of the World Trade Center towers, it is not consistent with the official story that the towers fell into rubble as a result of jet fuel fires.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/20/AR2006102000780.html

The 10th Anniversary Edition of Vic Sadot's “9/11 Truth & Justice Songs” is posted to Last FM with a number of free mp3 downloads! It will soon be posted at CD Baby and affiliated sites such as iTunes, Rhapsody, and many more. A brief description blurb on each song follows below the Last FM Link to the CD.

http://www.last.fm/music/Vic+Sadot/9%252F11%2BTruth%2B%2526%2BJustice%2BSongs

9/11 Truth & Justice Songs - 10^th Anniversary Edition by Vic Sadot

1 Ballad of William Rodriguez (5:18) - Based on a 2005 interview Vic did with WTC janitor Willie Rodriguez about his experience on the day of 9/11/01, for which he became a natianally acclaimed rescue hero. His testimoney to the 9/11 Commission that he heard explosions below sub level one before the towers were hit by a jet above was excluded.

2 Cheney's in the Bunker (4:49) – A song inspired by Secretary of Transportation, Norman Mineta's testimony, which was

omitted from the final 9/11 Commission report. A young man was repeatedly asking Vice President Cheney, "Do the orders still stand?" Mineta said that he arrived in the Presidential Bunker at 9:20 am where he found Cheney in charge and had already issued some orders. The 9/11 Commission report claims that Cheney did not arrive until 9:58 am.

3 Blowback or Bloody Treason (6:19) – Inspired by former LA detective Michael Ruppert's 2004 book, “Crossing the Rubicon", which asked the standard crime scene questions: Who had the means, motive, and opportunity? And who stood to benefit from the crime? “Blowback” is a term used to describe retaliation for US policies.

4 Trouble in the Rubble (5:30) – Written after reading an Associated Press article by Amy Westfeldt in the Oct 20, 2006 Washington Post about a “scientific study” claiming that 9/11 rescue dogs were not suffering as badly as the human first- responders were in the aftermath of their work in the toxic air and rubble of the World Trade Center. The reporter states that some dogs had their feet burned by a “white hot debris”, but she fails to question what the molten debris actaully was.

5 Ballad of Mohammed Atta (6:01) This song came from reading the interviews from Oct 15 & 21, 2001 by Liz Jackson with Ralph Bodenstein and Volker Hauth, two German university friends of Atta who did a study project with him in Cairo, Egypt. The interviews were on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and were posted on the internet. They contrasted sharply with the reports of Daniel Hopsicker in “Welcome To Terrorland”, meaning Florida, where someone named Mohammed Atta partied openly prior to 9/11, and received training at Pensacola US Naval Station and Huffman Aviation.

6 Mad Cowboy Disease (4:27) - A humorous take on the wars, irrationality, brutality, and hubris resulting from the exploitation of 9/11 and other lies. At the inaugeration ball, “There must have been some mad cow on the menu after all!”

7 Ballad of Pat Tillman (5:16) - Shortly after 9/11 the famous Arizona football hero from San Jose, California, enlisted with his brother Kevin in the US Army Rangers. He served in Iraq & Afghanistan before being killed. The Pentagon made up a phony story about Tillman's death to continue to use him as recruitment poster boy. The circumstances of his death became extremely controversial as the Tillman family pressed on for the truth. The story changed from a combat "glory story" to a death by "friendly fire" story. Even later, the Army coroner's report was released to the Associated Press. That report said that Pat Tillman died by "3 bullets to the forehead at 10 yards range". The last story was either greeted with ridicule or completely ignored by the corporate press.

8 Tell John Yoo That Torture Is A Crime! (5:03) - A "folk process" update of the old Civil Rights song, "We Shall Not Be Moved", with Code Pink Golden Gate chorus singing along for torture accountability! Yoo wrote legal briefs to justify torture while on leave from UC Berkeley and in the service of the Bush-Cheney regime's Department of “Justice”.

9 Love Me I'm A Liberal (4:16) – A Vic Sadot update of Phil Ochs' 1966 classic on liberal posturing includes 9/11 themes.

10 Broadside Balladeer (3:55) – A Tribute to the late-great Phl Ochs, who Vic met and interviewed in May of 1973 in Washington, DC after Phil's return from travels in South America where he met Victor Jara. The song was written in 1977, one year after Phil Ochs' death. Ochs had over 70 songs published in Broadside magaaine. Many references to his song titles are weaved into the story. Vic later broke the story of “PHIL OCHS FBI FILE” in Broadside magazine in 1982.

11 Nightmare of New Orleans (3:04) – On August 26, 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. The "Nightmare of New Orleans" was written by Vic Sadot as a Cajun blues song. Sadot says that the song is about the criminally negligent response to Hurricane Katrina before, during, and after that catastrophe. There were grave warnings of possible disaster for New Orleans in the Times Picayune and National Geographic in the year before the tragic and deadly event. For many Americans, the militarization of the rescue mission was one of the most disconcerting aspects of the Bush-Cheney regime's response to the flooding. FEMA even hired mercenaries from Blackwater to "restore order".

12 London Calling 70705 (4:06) – On the London terror events of July 7, 2005 based on films “Ludicrous Diversion”, “Mind the Gap”, and “7/07 Ripple Effect”. One of the oddest reported matters came from interviews given by Peter Powers of Visor Consultants, a former British Intelligence officer, in which he claimed to have been conducting “drills” for “corporate sponsors” at the very same four locations where the attacks occurred. What are the mathematical odds of that?

13 Are You A Citizen (5:00) – A strident Cajun waltz style salute to struggle co-written with Cindy Hubschmitt. Vic sings and plays acoutstic guitar and Cajun 10 button accordion on this song. The song sweeps through past historical struggles as precidents that show that popular social justice movements can win significant changes and recognition of rights. Rob Sadot plays a masterful guitar!

14 Oh What A Day (4:26) – Written on the day of the Inaugeration of the first Black President of the United States and to celebrate the departure of the Bush-Cheney regime. We were hoping for a “CHANGE” like the Roosevelt's socialist programs known as the “New Deal”. Instead we are getting the policies of the old war profiteering and torture regime instead and more dismantling of the old "New Deal". We need leaders who serve JUSTICE, not those who serve the money masters, media manipulators, and corporate empire representatives who bomb and plunder in our name.

15 Simple Song of Freedom (5:58) – A Vic Sadot update of Bobby Darin's wonderful 1969 anthem to struggle.

16 Ride the Wind (5:33) – This song was originally released as the title cut on a 1988 Crazy Planet Band LP. It was written about children having nightmares about a nuclear holocaust. Time has made this song seem to be more about the “War on Terror”. Either way, there is nowhere to hide. We shall overcome together or not at all!

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

UC Berkeley Excludes Peter Dale Scott, Includes John Yoo in List of “9/11 Faculty Experts”

UC Berkeley Excludes Professor Peter Dale Scott Off Its List of “9/11 Faculty Experts” -

UC Berkeley Includes Torture Briefs Professor John Yoo On the List

The University of California at Berkeley has endorsed 20 of its professors as "faculty experts" on 9/11 with the following statement: "For journalists covering the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, UC Berkeley has more than 20 available experts on the tragedy’s impacts and implications." Read the full press release: http://berkeley.edu/news/extras/sept11/index.shtml

Most notably on the list is "Constitutional Law" professor John Yoo, who took a leave from university duties to serve the Bush-Cheney administration by writing legal briefs to justify the use of torture in the wake of the crimes of murder and destruction on 9/11. Of the 20 “9/11 experts” on the university list, Yoo appears to be the only one with a book with 9/11 in the title, “Confronting Terror: 9/11 and the Future of American National Security” due out in Sept 2011, according to the press release.

Most notably missing from the list is UC Berkeley professor Peter Dale Scott, who has been among the most outspoken critics of the "official conspiracy" story given to the public by the Bush-Cheney administration and the 9/11 Commission Report written by Executive Director Philip Zelikow.

Yoo actually worked against the separation of powers in that his legal briefs claimed that the President had the power to take the country to war, to bomb anywhere, including US cities, and that he could order the use of torture. How can this man be considered a "Constitutional" law professor or an expert on the events of 9/11? His prior book, “Crisis and Command”, is an apologia for all presidents who violated the US Constitution and Bill of Rights throughout the history of the United States. Yoo is a devotee of Cheney's all powerful “unitary presidency”.

Peter Dale Scott’s work on 9/11 was published by the prestigious University of California Press, notably “The Road to 9/11”. Other Scott authored books include, “Fueling America's War Machine: Deep Politics and the CIA's Global Drug Connection”, 'The War Conspiracy: JFK, 9/11, and the Deep Politics of War”, “9/11 & American Empire: Intellectuals Speak Out”, edited by David Ray Griffin and Peter Dale Scott. Here is Dr. Peter Dale Scott's web site.

http://peterdalescott.net/

The Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance applauds the work of Peter Dale Scott. We call for his inclusion on the UC-Berkeley list of "faculty experts" on 9/11. We also recommend the writings of Dr. David Ray Griffin, who has 10 authored books about 9/11. His latest release is titled “9/11 Ten Years Later: When State Crimes Against Democracy Succeed”.

http://davidraygriffin.com

Furthermore, we recommend SF Bay Area professor Dr. Paul W. Rea, who has previously published “Seeking the Truth about 9/11”. He has the just released “Mounting Evidence: Why We Need a New Investigation of 9/11”, which reflects years of research and provides an insightful and incisive overview of essential 9/11 issues. There will be a book release celebration on Sept 21 at 7 pm at Humanist Hall, 390 - 27^th St, Oakland, CA, 94612 between Telegraph & Broadway.

http://www.mountingevidence.org

Submitted by Vic Sadot for Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance

10^th Anniversary 911 Truth Event Listings at these two sites:

http://communitycurrency.org/filmfestival2011.html

http://www.sf911truth.org

Friday, July 1, 2011

NATO, US AFRICOM, "ICC" Kangaroo Court, Plot Regime Change by Bombing Libya & Inserting Neo-Colonial Armies onto the African Continent

NATO, US AFRICOM, "ICC" Kangaroo Court, Plot Regime Change by Bombing Libya & Inserting Neo-Colonial Armies onto the African Continent

Truth Troubadour Facebook Post - "New World Order": NATO, US AFRICOM, "ICC" Kangaroo Court, Plot Regime Change by Bombing Libya & Inserting Neo-Colonial Armies onto the African Continent! "African Union" gets Exclusion & Humilation in Spite of Rare Show of Unity, much as in Ivory Coast UN Intervention! Long Live African Independence!"

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Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), brazenly and openly revealed the Neo-Colonial purpose behind "charges" against Revolutionary Libya’s Gaddafi. This is indeed a "criminal court". Solidarity with the Libyan Revolution that kicked out foreign military bases and used the oil revenues for the people's education, housing, health care, and infrastructure!

Highlights of James Cogen report on ICC:

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/jun2011/liby-j30.shtml

"The ICC stands exposed as an instrument of war and great power neo-colonialism. The US government, along with a host of the regimes it sponsors, such as Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen and Iraq, are guilty of the very crimes that the court alleges Gaddafi has committed―the killing of civilians to suppress political opposition. Ocampo, as WikiLeaks revealed, blocked any investigations by the ICC into the numerous war crimes committed by the United States in Iraq."

"The NATO member-states are growing increasingly frustrated by the lack of any prospect that the disorganised and undisciplined forces of the Transitional National Council will gain a decisive ground victory. Thus NATO is ever more openly pursuing the criminal policy of assassination, seeking to kill Gaddafi in the hope his successors will capitulate and surrender.

"On April 30, NATO aircraft killed Gaddafi’s youngest son and three of his grandchildren in a murderous attack on one of his family’s private residences. On June 20, at least 19 civilians, including nine children, were slaughtered by missile onslaught on a residential compound owned by a close associate of Gaddafi. The attack was almost certainly motivated by NATO’s belief that the Libyan leader was taking refuge in the building."

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