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12-13-2013, 01:57 AM
Icelanders Overthrow Government and Rewrite Constitution After Banking Fraud-No Word From US Media
Las Vegas Guardian Express
Rebecca Savastio December 2, 2013
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Can you imagine participating in a protest outside the White House and forcing the entire U.S. government to resign? Can you imagine a group of randomly chosen private citizens rewriting the U.S. constitution to include measures banning corporate fraud? It seems incomprehensible in the U.S., but Icelanders did just that. Icelanders forced their entire government to resign after a banking fraud scandal, overthrowing the ruling party and creating a citizen’s group tasked with writing a new constitution that offered a solution to prevent corporate greed from destroying the country. The constitution of Iceland was scrapped and is being rewritten by private citizens; using a crowd-sourcing technique via social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter. These events have been going on since 2008, yet there’s been no word from the U.S. mainstream media about any of them. In fact, all of the events that unfolded were recorded by international journalists, overseas news bureaus, citizen journalists and bloggers. This has created current accusations of an intentional cover up of the story by mainstream U.S. news sources.
An “iReport” on CNN, written by a private citizen in May 2012, has questioned the reasons why this revolution has not been widely covered in the U.S., suggesting that perhaps the mainstream media is controlled by large corporate interests and thus has been unwilling to report on Iceland’s activities. That report is currently making its way around social media. CNN today placed a statement on its website saying: “We’ve noticed this iReport is being shared widely on Facebook and Twitter. Please note that this article was posted in May 2012. CNN has not yet verified the claims and we’re working to track down the original writer.” It is interesting to note that CNN’s European version, CNN Europe, already covered the story of the protests and the government’s resignation, leading many to question why CNN would now need to “look into” the claims.
Besides CNN Europe’s own coverage of the scandal, the events in Iceland were widely covered by international media and are easily verified by a simple search on Google which leads to a variety of reputable international news sources that ran numerous stories on the Icelandic revolution. A whole documentary has been made on the governmental overthrow called Pots, Pans and Other Solutions, and now, the conversation is focused on whether or not the citizens’ actions actually worked to make Iceland a more equitable nation.
To understand the enormity of what happened in Iceland, it’s best to draw parallels between the initial banking fraud that caused Iceland’s economy to collapse and the banking fraud in the U.S. that caused the mortgage crisis six years ago...>more
http://guardianlv.com/2013/12/icelanders-overthrow-government-and-rewrite-constitution-after-banking-fraud-no-word-from-us-media/
Whereas, the current United States House of Representatives has become impotent and incapable of pursuing their duties as set forth in the Constitution:
Whereas, collectively the House of Representatives has acted in malfeasance in office by egregiously not performing their duties as set forth in the Constitution and acted with great negligence and carelessness in performing their duties:
Whereas, collectively the House of Representatives has acted in nonfeasance in office by not acting on legislation or obstructing legislation before them for more than the last four years:
Whereas the American people by overwhelmingly electing Barack Obama President of the United States expect the platform on which he ran be implemented:
We The People petition the President of the United States to:
Declare that the United States is in a state of emergency.
Dissolve the House of Representatives, and evict them and their staff from federal property.
Instruct the states to hold general elections immediately to replace their representation in congress within 1 month on the condition that no currently sitting congressman or former congressman or senator be eligible to run.
Assign members of the Senate to fill in for the congressmen on their committees or appoint citizens to run those committees.
Furthermore, we petition that this be acted on now using federal troops if necessary.
Signed: We The People
Las Vegas Guardian Express
Rebecca Savastio December 2, 2013
http://guardianlv.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Icelanders-overthrow-government.jpg
Can you imagine participating in a protest outside the White House and forcing the entire U.S. government to resign? Can you imagine a group of randomly chosen private citizens rewriting the U.S. constitution to include measures banning corporate fraud? It seems incomprehensible in the U.S., but Icelanders did just that. Icelanders forced their entire government to resign after a banking fraud scandal, overthrowing the ruling party and creating a citizen’s group tasked with writing a new constitution that offered a solution to prevent corporate greed from destroying the country. The constitution of Iceland was scrapped and is being rewritten by private citizens; using a crowd-sourcing technique via social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter. These events have been going on since 2008, yet there’s been no word from the U.S. mainstream media about any of them. In fact, all of the events that unfolded were recorded by international journalists, overseas news bureaus, citizen journalists and bloggers. This has created current accusations of an intentional cover up of the story by mainstream U.S. news sources.
An “iReport” on CNN, written by a private citizen in May 2012, has questioned the reasons why this revolution has not been widely covered in the U.S., suggesting that perhaps the mainstream media is controlled by large corporate interests and thus has been unwilling to report on Iceland’s activities. That report is currently making its way around social media. CNN today placed a statement on its website saying: “We’ve noticed this iReport is being shared widely on Facebook and Twitter. Please note that this article was posted in May 2012. CNN has not yet verified the claims and we’re working to track down the original writer.” It is interesting to note that CNN’s European version, CNN Europe, already covered the story of the protests and the government’s resignation, leading many to question why CNN would now need to “look into” the claims.
Besides CNN Europe’s own coverage of the scandal, the events in Iceland were widely covered by international media and are easily verified by a simple search on Google which leads to a variety of reputable international news sources that ran numerous stories on the Icelandic revolution. A whole documentary has been made on the governmental overthrow called Pots, Pans and Other Solutions, and now, the conversation is focused on whether or not the citizens’ actions actually worked to make Iceland a more equitable nation.
To understand the enormity of what happened in Iceland, it’s best to draw parallels between the initial banking fraud that caused Iceland’s economy to collapse and the banking fraud in the U.S. that caused the mortgage crisis six years ago...>more
http://guardianlv.com/2013/12/icelanders-overthrow-government-and-rewrite-constitution-after-banking-fraud-no-word-from-us-media/
Whereas, the current United States House of Representatives has become impotent and incapable of pursuing their duties as set forth in the Constitution:
Whereas, collectively the House of Representatives has acted in malfeasance in office by egregiously not performing their duties as set forth in the Constitution and acted with great negligence and carelessness in performing their duties:
Whereas, collectively the House of Representatives has acted in nonfeasance in office by not acting on legislation or obstructing legislation before them for more than the last four years:
Whereas the American people by overwhelmingly electing Barack Obama President of the United States expect the platform on which he ran be implemented:
We The People petition the President of the United States to:
Declare that the United States is in a state of emergency.
Dissolve the House of Representatives, and evict them and their staff from federal property.
Instruct the states to hold general elections immediately to replace their representation in congress within 1 month on the condition that no currently sitting congressman or former congressman or senator be eligible to run.
Assign members of the Senate to fill in for the congressmen on their committees or appoint citizens to run those committees.
Furthermore, we petition that this be acted on now using federal troops if necessary.
Signed: We The People