Mike Gravel - The Pentagon Papers

[zmc33]

"bob dole is my enemy..."

[d3tach3d]

why in the hell are we still asked to contribute when the election is over?

[Stefanthenautilus]

"...lo and behold..."

[exenrontexas]

SO where are the few good men who exposed the Pentagon papers now? I mean their replacement in today's government, today's society? They were sorely needed during the BUSH administration. John Dean, Nixon's WH Special Counsel and Watergate figure, said that Secrecy is a Friend of TYRANNY and the BUSH WH was the MOST SECRETIVE EVER. The Abu Ghraib photos were the tip of an iceberg of evil.

[Rjackman84]

Mike is awesome.

[iydsysstole101]

Hi, how are you? What is your problem?

[CaptainBluebear08]

LOL, the story resembles the 'Deep Throat' phenomenon in Washington.

[WulfBand]

February 26, 2009

US Embassy in Beijing CONFIRMED the USA has tendered to China a written agreement which grants to China, an option to exercise Eminent Domain within the USA, as collateral for China's continued purchase of US Treasury Notes.

In the event the US defaults on its financial obligations to China, they would be permitted to physically take our land, buildings, factories, even entire cities & States to satisfy the financial obligations of the US gov - Signed by Hillary Clinton

[CiphersSon]

There is no proof what so ever about this it is a internet rumor by sum nut bag named hal turner this fellow also purported to have proof of the fed mint printing amero's i.e. the equivalent to the euro. First rule of the internet don't believe every thing you see.

[WulfBand]

Alex Jones has confirmed it also, 2 weeks ago the Federal Reserve is no longer taking the T-Bills from our government. so they went to China and negotiated this deal.

[WulfBand]

Plus a friend of mine called the embasy in China and they also confirmed it. If you find out anything please let me know.

[CiphersSon]

give me solid evidence not a blog not alex jones ect

[WulfBand]

Call the Embasy in China and find out.

[AnthraxByEmail]

alex jones is a fear mongering turd

[IFIRIEIEID]

damn, dats gut wrenching...

[ffinfinity1]

@WulfBand omg...

[bohemianwriter1]

Anyone got any fotage of Gravel at the time?

He represents the America that I once admired...

Strider

(X. exchange student to Kansas, Bosnia/Yugoslavia veteran, now atravelling writer)

[spacepatrolman]

@bohemianwriter1 he wrote a book Citisen Power he was hot stuff then

[truthslap]

Mike Gravel is a real American hero. this was a genuinely fascinating story.

[picked2click]

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz What a snooze-fest this stuffed suit is.

[itzahazylife]

sorry that intelligent men don't entertain u

[BosnAce]

I love him!

[scenemaker03]

vote ron paul....wait...fuck!

[dave777blaster]

Vietnam: bankrupted America ,knocked it off the

gold standard. while the dead and wounded were still being off loaded,the rich people in America were dancing for joy for with the profits they got from the war profiteering.

this war they will dance and the average American will lose their homes,401k,SS checks and sa checks.

40 million illegals in America on an already

way over populated country.

water running out

resources dry

and the answers are flapping in the wind

[steven123tw]

Grand Pa

You must be joking,I was fooling around when I am 23 year old.never be a secret angent!

BRS Austin Power

[jables99]

Mike Gravel you are a great speaker! You are warm, funny and intelligent, and not like how the media has portrayed you at all. Keep fighting the good fight, Mike!!

[dob0jka]

i like him,,,, he speeks from haert en honest

[foolchild0]

only mike gravel could make something like this so entertaining- what a great man!

[eligarf]

we need the new pentagon papers!

see this subject on wikipedia:

"Ellsberg later said that the documents "demonstrated unconstitutional behavior by a succession of presidents, the violation of their oath and the violation of the oath of every one of their subordinates", and that he had leaked the papers in the hopes of getting the nation out of "a wrongful war."

[jivillasenor]

I hope this becomes a movie, and/or a documentary.

[FredFredBurger53]

This Story almost made me cry

[ImAsMadAsHell]

@FredFredBurger53 me too  !. Awesome documentary

[kevkro64]

If it can be done upon paper,

It can be undone upon paper.

Power to the People.

Thank you Senator Gravel.

[matthiasgoodley]

Great story

[ale646]

Funny story Mike.

[waveoflight]

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[katuru1]

MASS DONATION DAY for MIKE GRAVEL is 12/5!!!

Reasons you should consider donating, what he will do for the U.S. as President; Bring peace in the middle east, Bring the troops home in 120 days, Education paid for pre-school to scholarship, Empower the citizens as lawmakers, Eliminate the IRS & Income Tax, End the war on drugs, Universal healthcare for all, Bring equality for gay rights, etc.

Hear his plans at: youtubeDOTcom/gravel2008 & gravel2008DOTus

[badnewsbarnett]

This is just incredible stuff. He's so candid! What a HERO!!!

[jivillasenor]

I love this story, true patriot. It would be a great movie.

[ale646]

Yeah, but should it be a comedy?

[Voiceofjon]

No, but it would have some comic relief

[PeaceCzar]

Make sure to donate to Mike Gravel's campaign on Tuesday October 30th to protest his exclusion from the Democratic debate and fire up his campaign! Pass the word along to anyone who believes that truly real and honest voices are vital to an open democracy!

If you're grateful that those dear to you have live without fear of being drafted into unjust wars, thank Mike Gravel. His courage helped end the draft during Vietnam, and he will end the war in Iraq.

[trSuzi]

I really want to leave a comment on this video but he leaves me speechless ....

[MyPrivateMover]

Mike Gravel, Honesty, Vision, Hero, Secrets, FINALLY !!! If it weren't for election time, we would never get access to the real truths from our media... please reward the truthtellers with votes and any donations possible... if we don't, they will all disappear. Thank you Mike... We owe you !

[gruzman]

ron paul vs. mike gravel - if you lose you still win.

[oldhacks]

Mike Gravel EXPOSES the Reptilian illuminatti

/watch?v=vSeEwrwKPtw

[cris750]

One of the ideas should be to get rid of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy.

[uterfan]

Awesome video!! Keep 'em coming! :D

[navtel]

gravel in 2008.. he is the man..

[donttreez]

Your the man Gravel! This man is the only person who is actually being himself and completely honest with the American people. God help us all in the next 16 months

[poppapump444]

my hero

[wilburjr]

Gotta love this story, don't you? Please view searchword wilburjr-thanks.

[raysondawn]

Too bad Mike and Ron cant run together! Talk about a good pair to pick up all the trash and throw it out!

[PersonalJesus348]

awesome Strategist. A huge trump on the "strategery" the republican party is dishing out.

[1787patriot]

Great Video Of a Great Man..Wise Up American..Wake Up

"Peace When Ever Possible, Anything Is."

Medley

[Fallout911]

Mike has to win!

[rednorthutube]

HERO!

[Baguazhangster]

I like gravel, kucinich should get behind gravel, he has more experience. What could gravel do about the HAARP project in Alaska?

[mira112266]

I used to be so disenchanted with the mainstream political parties and their presidential candidates until I heard of Mike Gravel. Mike Gravel for President in 2008!

[TylerOakleaf]

Check out Mike Gravel, you'll be pleasantly surprised.

* Most accomplished Democratic Statesmen on 2008 presidential ballot

* Single-handedly ended Vietnam draft

* Started National Initiative to give American Citizens legislative rights

* Will ACTUALLY end war in Iraq

* Only candidate not funded by special interests

* Universal Healthcare. Period.

* End war on drugs

Gravel2008 . us

[speakerspushtheair79]

you're amazing, mike.

[KeithVarick]

Go to face book and vote for gravel on their pole. If you don't have an account just sign up so you can vote. For every vote facebook donates to his campaign. Thanks!

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[wurlybird9]

why did your account get closed? Anyway, I'll VoteOnTheBook, you'll VoteOnTheBook, we will send a message, we will not be ignored! When I first heard Gravel speak I was impressed by his candor. I knew he was a true man but I did not know of past accomplishments like this, wow, what a true patriot.

[johnmurray7]

A petition to media outlets to LET GRAVEL SPEAK! go sign! thepetitionsite (dot) com/takeaction/353526057

[blookup]

I Like Mike!!! No........... I Love Mike!!!

[medley007]

Thanks To You For ANOTHER Informative video Of Mike Gravel,that makes sense and it to the point. I wish You well, I see Gravel and Paul are Truly Concerned for Our great Country.

Mike Gravel and Ron Paul would Make a GREAT Running Team!!! A Truly Bi-Partisan Team ;-)

"Peace whenever Posssible, Anything is."

Medley

[morrisseymoz1]

Don't forget to subscribe to Mike's channel here on you tube to boost his ratings. Orange button to the right of the screen. Thanks everyone!

[gmfutube]

Go MIKE!

Please view, comment, share and Rate as many Gravel videos as you can!

Most of all DONATE to GRVEL 08

"stop and think" ;) this man is 77yrs old. He isn't doing this for Him, he is doing it for us!

Donate, spread the word!

[3und]

True courage, true hero, and a true person.

[mherbc]

Mr Gravel,

I think you are wonderful, but if you continue to YELL at the other candidates you have no chance. Presidents don't yell, it frightens the world.  Please find a more diplomatic tone, and you have my support.

[wurlybird9]

This is a man who speaks firmly. I like his tone. It shows he is a man of patriotic passion. His anger is true. It doesn't come from hate. It comes from a burning love. Those who frighten me, are those who speak softly, vaguely, not with the burning patriotism of our Founding Fathers, which was most certainly loud, and most definitely incendiary, because it was called for. And it is called for once again.

[GodlessLitany]

Well said, very well said.

[G0dmaster]

A touching poem, it made me all tingly in that special place.

[wurlybird9]

Haha I've actually done much more artsy things with words than that. I guess it was kind of poetic.  I dunno, I was just trying to say something more substantial that "woohoo go get 'em Mike!"

[TheStupidSketchShow]

olol

[Vektor417]

Gravel for President!

"In a time of universal deciet, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell.

911=Bush>>INSIDE JOB!

[Showbot]

You crazy.

[KHRISTOPHOLESZ]

mike gravel is my new hero!

[helskwenky]

MIKE MIKE MIKE MIKE !!!!!!!!!!!!

MIKE GRAVEL 2008

American hero

[yt5454]

Mike Gravel is a great American. We need more like him.

[Jizedi]

WOW! AN OLD WHITE GUY RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT! HOW DIFFERENT!!!

I'm sure our country will change A LOT with HIM in charge!

President Gravel. Wow. It sounds horrible. People normally walk all over gravel. Where's Senator Limestone and Congressman Sawdust?

[EntropyGuardian]

Infallible logic.

[Jizedi]

Guess what, rapist! He's not going to win now for sure! I love replying to comments like this stupid one of yours MONTHS later, further showing how right I am about him not going to win. Welcome to the future, retard. It's Obama or McCain.

[EntropyGuardian]

What the hell are you talking about? I just said your "point" was hair-brained, I didn't endorse Gravel.

[Sicklesale]

So what you're saying is you don't stand for anything. You just like being right with your predictions. Gotcha.

[gmfutube]

If it was not for THIS "old white guy"

YOU would have been in Iraq 4 years ago!

This is the man who ended the draft - 5 months, every day to fillibuster.

[Jizedi]

Guess what, rapist! He's not going to win now for sure! I love replying to comments like this stupid one of yours MONTHS later, further showing how right I am about him not going to win. Welcome to the future, retard. It's Obama or McCain.

[gmfutube]

rapist? who said anything about rape?

I am happy that going back on old videos makes you so happy. It is nice when people as pathetic as you are can find any bit of happiness.

[mil3ston3s]

hey. its gruh-VEL, not grah-vul.

racist.

sarcastic, defeatist, racist.

have you even read anything about his policy, ideas, etc?

Or did you simply make a stupid groundless assumption?

yesssss you did!

[Jizedi]

Guess what, rapist! He's not going to win now for sure! I love replying to comments like this stupid one of yours MONTHS later, further showing how right I am about him not going to win. Welcome to the future, retard. It's Obama or McCain.

[mil3ston3s]

It's funny that you can copy and paste your comment three times to different people on the same thread and expect me to take you seriously-- why didn't you just say "hey all you people who disagree with me-" BUT WAIT. when the hell was the argument about him winning or not?

[mil3ston3s]

Dear Jizedi

Since you've blocked anyone who isn't your friend from messaging or commenting on your profile, I'll say this here. (i apologize to the other viewers)

you've avoided my point again (i never once argued he was going to win), and thereby proven your maturity. I'd recommend not commenting on my profile, but then again, I'm not an asshole COUGH COUGH.

[mil3ston3s]

just to clarify what's going on...

your opinion of my guitar playing: valid. maybe i bring pain to people with my music-- what exactly this has to do with what we talked about on the Mike Gravel video is beyond me.

You made a comment about his race, his name, and whether he would fulfill his promises once taking position in office; your *visibly* sarcastic comments implied that you were skeptical (not a bad thing, every politician deserves to be scrutinized by the public)

[mil3ston3s]

however, you based your skepticism off of three things that (to logical people) are completely irrelevant. when i asked you if you had researched him at all, you got defensive and called me a rapist. I'm assuming this means you didn't. And you won't. The final ironic swift kick i get from seeing your profile is that your favorites only include a popular internet meme, and your "signature" says something about reality checks for mindless drones.

[mil3ston3s]

I hope at some point, your internal dialogue sounds like this:

Note to self: Accusing people of rape, enjoying popsicles and television shows is neither logical, or an argument of any sort.

Also, to clarify, I'm not 22, and i do like popsicles and spongebob.

-Miles

[tedbohne]

are you accusing US military of such offenses during Vietnam tours? Well, they happened, so what's your point.

now is that spongeBOB or spongeBRAIN?

[mil3ston3s]

huh?

I'm sorry, but i dont really understand what you're asking.

"such offenses"?

please be more specific.

[rapcrap187]

Gravel is the one true way to go, we need change from the money hungry political atmosphere thats manifested Washington lately. Gravel is our last Gunslinger!

[czarwright]

Mike Gravel and Ron Paul,that would be a race.

[1canoock]

You got a real gem here people.

[hillerm]

Mike Gravel and Ron Paul.

Let's pick the greater of two goods for once!

[arabalchemist342]

I am proud to say I was there in that room with Gravel, Ellsberg, and West, that was sorta an epic meeting of the political and social forces.

[BigFatTonyCal]

Paul + Gravel = Ya Baby.

[bigsid920]

I saw some corporate "reporter" whore on the DOD network... I mean CNN... who did not know Mike Gravel's first name. I hope Senator Gravel gives Andy360 hell tomorrow. Go Mike Gravel!

[hillerm]

In my opinion, Mike Gravel and Ron Paul are the only legitimate candidates in this election. I implore you to research them if you haven't.

ronpaul2008 DOT com

gravel2008 DOT us

[Showbot]

Ron Paul is not legitimate.

[fuzzywzhe]

> Ron Paul is not legitimate.

Yes he is. He's as genuine as Gravel is.

[gmfutube]

Please donate and get the word out if you are in a state with a primary!

Do anything & everything you can to let people HEAR this man!

[badnewsbarnett]

He's so honest and trustworthy. He gets my vote based on that. What a patriot

[NortonYorksterdam]

Mike Gravel - please dump the Republicrat party and their liars like Hillary and Edwards and Guiliani. Team up with Ron Paul and run independent.

Democrats have NO CHANCE of nominating a good candidate like Mike Gravel.

Give 'em hell GRAVEL!

[IrishAmericnsForObma]

Iraq War Yes Duo:

Two candidates who voted to authorize the war in Iraq (Hillary and Edwards) now plan to team up probably against the real anti-war candidates (Obama, Biden, Gravel and Kucinich)who she says are insignificant.

Scheming Hillary is clearly only concerned about winning.

blogs.abcnews. com / politicalradar / 2007/07/caught-on-tape- . html

[puppydogbreath]

Gravel NOT invited to the LGBT debate hosted by LOGO cable network.

Complain/protest/beg here:

LOGO: 212 654 3005. This is an answering machine. Be brief and clear.

The sponsoring organization is called "Human Rights Campaign": 202 628-4160 Toll-Free: 800/777-4723

[DrKrentist]

I love his little catchphrases: "Lo and behold," and "Stop and think."

[hashnife]

How do we manage not to see?

How do we manage not to hear?

I beg of you, forgods sake, please share.

I have shut my eyes and plugged my ears, to no avail.

It's a sight that does not leave.

And screams for help that do not fade.

Do you have a couch I might use?

Do you have some advice that would be good?

[hashnife]

The explosive forces so clearly visible in the 'collapse' - look, there it is! -

concrete slabs, seconds later, turned to pillows of dust.

Cars wrecked mangled, burned, flipped up side down

100's of witnessed voices speaking of multiple bombs.

In the basements the pools of iron, red hot for weeks.

And this is gravity? Are we nuts?

How do we manage not to see?

How do we manage not to hear?

I beg of you, forgods sake, please share.

[lgrf4evr]

thank you senator for printing the pentagon papers and doing a 5 month fallibuster against the draft so that we don't have to go to iraq.

[jfmxl]

Thanks Dan Ellsberg! Thanks Mike Gravel! Thanks Amy Grossman!

[s13bishop]

first of all I don't get it, and how did he read the papers if he was dislexic? screw demecrats

[NILgravity]

this version is edited down check out Monday's Democracy Now

[quest67]

he was kidding....he is cleverer than half the jokers running for president

[aphexmandelbrot]

Protips:

-Dyslexic

-Democrats

[hamsterpoop]

If you support Sen. Gravel, share this video with more people!!

[genius3029]

omg, mike for president!!!

[medley007]

This Is a Great Man...Pay Attention, emulate, act...Thank you my countrymen/women

[kissfreak1983]

watch me! comment!

[dolphinwinter]

There are ways to do this. The tax can be scaled at the retail end of the equasion for essential commodities such as food. This would create a defacto earned income tax credit and remove significant overhead from the current process

[quest67]

oh my god.....nobody even comes close to this man

america needs him...no brainer....im gonna stop talking now...time to donate

[phaed420]

Ron Paul surpasses Gravel. But Gravel is my second choice.

[gbti]

Agreed.

[immrlizard]

Unfortunately, neither one will have a chance to get elected as president. It is all about the Dollars now.

[missysue22]

Yeah, that's what the media wants you to believe. It's time to stop being sheep.

[devrinator]

Amen to that, Missy. They keep talking about who has more money. Shouldn't that be a warning sign?

[and009988776655]

Now this is one hell of a man I can vote for without any question.

[agentlatte]

We need Mike Gravel to release all of the classified material on how we were mislead by the Bush cronies over Iraq! He has stated he would if elected.

[gmfutube]

View, comment, share, rate & DONATE - Gravel 08!

[gmfutube]

If you are thankful that you or yours are not being drafted in the illegal,immoral war; you have Mikd Gravel to thank for it!

[patsagainstrats]

I tuned out to this lib propaganda as soon as I heard the name "Streisand." You might want to edit this baby down.

[anoptforout]

Gravel, you make us proud. It took a long time to find people like you to make me anything other than ashamed to be an American. You're the Robert Kennedy we need in this election.

[crispedfuture]

bump 4 support

[dougzilla]

Thanks Mike.

[westlv]

Our elected government system is not functioning the way it was intended. With our vote last Nov. you might ask yourself why we still are in the middle east. Our voice, as a people, is being silenced by special interest groups such a AIPAC, in connection with mass media who fund AIPAC, for the benefit to those other than the majority of American people. Search for the truth about this and pass the word on what you find.

[westlv]

Only by reestablishing what our founding fathers intended will we be able to face the present and future challenges. We must end the power that special interest groups have over our elected officials and system of government. Only Ron Paul wants to move us in that direction. I urge you all to look for truth past our mass media. See for yourself what Ron Paul is about and then help Ron Paul get on the ticket for the GOP. This is the true War worth fighting for.

[greatbroad]

Thomas Paine said: "It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government." So they knew then, and remind us, today.

[VicDeHaven]

You most  certainly are a great broad, this is a great quote.

Thank you

[overmind25]

Mike Gravel. An American Hero.

[mde2004]

the higher the price, the higher the tax. go gravel08.

[westphalianprinz]

The more you make or steal from the government, the more you pay. That's real progressive income tax.

[handygeek]

Why not, the higher the price, the higher the tax?

[westphalianprinz]

The more you make, the higher the tax. That's what I support.

[kliide]

Cool. You support Fairtax. Under prebates, the poor pay less. The middle class exercise discretion in spending. And the upper class spends as much as they like and contribute with each luxury purchase. As a percentage of their REAL income, they will pay more.

[westphalianprinz]

I think it's an idea, but I am not so sure I can support this. I think it's designed to increase capital retention rates, which are horrible here. But if you're not careful with this type of taxation, you'll wind up with people buying Fancy Feast or Purina to avoid paying taxes.

[kliide]

Well, fancy feast and purina are a bit pricier than nutritional human meals. Prebates for the poor would ensure that cat food would be a culinary choice rather than budgetary. But that aside, spending rates among american consumers are not really healthy to the consumers. A little discretionary spending would go a long way towards avoiding personal debt.

[westphalianprinz]

I'm telling you it won't work. It's bad for working people. The IRS is the only system that can do this. I want wealth redestributed in a just society. You cannot do it with this system. We can't get people to get the earned income tax credit. Do you think we'll be more sucessful with something like "prebates"?

[kliide]

Yea, prebates would definitely be better than the IRC. There's just no way the poor will be able to understand the IRC enough in order to take advantage of it. Only the rich have the resources to maneuver within the IRC. Do you think you have a better chance of taxing the rich under something like the "IRC"?

[westphalianprinz]

No, because we wouldn't be able to get that money to the people who need it. We can't get people to apply for the earned income tax credit.

[westphalianprinz]

Mike Gravel was an American patriot when he helped get these things out. He's not my pick among the presidential candidates, because I'm worried that you cannot make a sales tax progressive.

[ambientdiscord]

right now the rich pay less percentage wise than the poor... thats hardly progressive.

[westphalianprinz]

That's my point. I want a progressive "soak the rich" income tax. However, I don't think Gravel has one. A national sales tax would fall on the poorest the worst. Its effect might be good, because people would save money. But people would probably start buying cat food for human consumption to avoid the higher taxes. Bush has killed what little progressive taxation we had. Reagan started the slow murder of it.

[ambientdiscord]

the fair tax would not hit the poor the hardest, have you read the fair tax? people say this all the time and then they dont even know what the prebate is! you cant start putting in exceptions because you will get our current tax system after the lobbyists play with it for a while. there isnt enough room to argue here but just go read the (fairtax org) gravel didnt think of this in the middle of the night. he is just supporting it.

[westphalianprinz]

I know. I've looked at it. He's the only Democrat who support that tax. It may not appear to hurt the poor the most, but sales taxes generally do. What progressive measures exist within it? I'm personally supporting Kucinich, because he's much closer to what I see as a progressive income tax, among other issues.

[westphalianprinz]

Some conservatives advocate a national sales tax to replace the income tax. This would be most regressive of all. To raise as much as does the current income tax, we would have to pay an estimated 30 percent sales tax on most products, a regressive burden that would cost 90 percent of families vastly larger portions of their disposable income.-- Michael Parenti, PhD., Democracy for the Few "Politics-Who Gets What?"

[riadfoaz]

sales taxes are by very nature progressive, because the rich spend more than the poor. I understand that the true definition of progressive taxation does not fit, please don't argue semantics with me. All one has to do is not tax non-prepared food and most necessities (toothpaste, drugs, maybe clothing) and bam, call it regressive call it progressive call it whatever, it makes taxes managable for most lower income peoples.

[dylanofwomen]

you should read jesse ventura's book... i agree a 8.5% sales tax on all items except food,clothing, and necessities... although a income tax is entirely unconstitutional and anti-proggresive. if the founding fathers knew that the government was getting money that you earned before you get it... we should remove the 16th amendment!