Hemp string bags for New York City; a solution to economic problems in the US

An article in the New York Daily News ("Money in the Plastic Bags" by Corinne Lestch) on 19 July talked about the possibility of the city imposing a fee on plastic bags in an effort to eradicate them; they produce a mess and cost millions to the taxpayer to clean up.
Yet the 'solution' of charging a fee is not a solution; just a way to raise money. So what is the solution? Objectively, it is not right to be simply negative and not offer a positive alternative. So let me step up to the plate and talk from experience; years ago, people in many countries used string bags, 'file' they were called in Istanbul - and they were re-used many times. When it was time to throw them out, they could be recycled easily into paper. And nations that used them were not obligated to source the materials for these bags from other nations; string could be made from many plant fibres, most notably, and easily for the US - from hemp.
So imagine! A patriotic solution (most readers probably know already that the first US flag was made of hemp) - and one that would start an industry in the US using American grown raw materials.
But does the New York Daily News give a damn? The perception exists that for the many years, in fact decades that I have tried, along with others, to get even one little story on hemp for the US economy or the environment in their paper, they do not; it seems they are a bunch of fools spitting on the American dream as they make money off of chopping down trees for paper made, not in America, but in Southeast Asia. And their paper, like the billions of plastic bags in New York, becomes pollution.
What is their solution to my caustic - yet pertinent - remarks? Prove me wrong; write about hemp and help the campaign to grow hemp in America, start a string and string bag industry, and along with it, paper recycling so Americans, not just city slicker reporters working for a billionaire, can have jobs.
Or, they can do nothing; and prove me right.
I implore the reader to contact the New York Daily News and put pressure on them. But only if you want jobs in the US.

Boston Bombers

Earlier this month tragedy struck at the Boston Marathon; Tax Day it was, and also Patriot's Day, a holiday celebrated in the state of Massachusetts.
For days the law enforcement agencies looked for the culprits, while the Murdoch press decided to become a backseat driver and virtually accuse an innocent high school student who happened to be wearing a backpack at the time; he also happened to have brown skin and be of Arab descent. BAGMAN he was called on the front page on the 18th. The New York Daily News took them to task the next day.
Poor kid had to have law enforcement escort him to school. I hope he sues the Post like Elton John did, and gets a similar settlement.
By the 19th it appeared that the cops had their suspects, two Central Asians who may be tied to Chechnyan groups. After a shootout in which a policeman was killed at MIT, and then one of the suspects killed by his own brother who was trying to flee the scene, the press took decided that was it.
However, there are some questions about men with backpacks who then 'lost' their backpacks, which are black - the FBI concluded that those used were so - while one of their current suspects has a white pack - and also is shown in the pictures in a deceptive way so as to make it appear he had ditched it when in fact he still had it on. So yes there are questions, and there may be answers, I am not crying conspiracy here; John McWhorter in the Daily News came out and bashed out the truth movement on the 18th, as usual, it was a hit piece with no names or dates or real facts. So he may take issue with this post, even though I am only asking questions and pointing out anamolies - this is a right guaranteed by the Constitution, the exercise of which helps to maintain free society.
Below I have posted the work of Tony Catalucci from Global Research:

Detonation

ByTony Cartalucci
Global Research, April 19, 2013
Url of this article:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/contractors-at-boston-marathon-stood-near-bomb-left-before-detonation/5332069


What appear to be private contractors, wearing unmarked, matching uniforms and operating an unmarked SUV affixed with communication equipment near the finish line of the Boston Marathon shortly after the bomb blasts – can be seen beforehand, standing and waiting just meters away from where the first bomb was detonated.
The contractor-types had moved away from the bomb’s location before it detonated, and could be seen just across the street using communication equipment and waiting for similar dressed and equipped individuals to show up after the blasts.

Image: An already widely distributed photo showing the contractor-types on the bottom left, just left of where the bomb was placed and detonated. The men are wearing matching, unmarked uniforms, large black bags, and appear to be waiting, separately, and “behind” the rest of the crowd. In the upper left corner, a wooden structure forming one half of a temporary photography “bridge” over the finish line can be seen and serves as a useful reference when establishing the contractor-types’ position in other photos. ….


Image: After the explosion, two of the contractors seen by the wall next to the bomb, appear across the street, both using communication equipment. This photo too has been distributed and enlarged many times across the Internet. (click to enlarge)
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Image: An unmarked SUV with a considerable amount of communication gear on the roof appears, surrounded by identically dressed men. The vehicle parks near the bleachers. (click to enlarge)
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Image: Event staff and contractors both above and below the bleachers begin tearing up the skirting and appear to be looking for something or retrieving something while casualties are still being treated and evacuated across the street. (click to enlarge)
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The men, numbering between 6-8 then begin tearing up the skirting around temporary bleachers erected for the event, opposite the explosion, before taping it off. Then, what appears to be an FBI bomb squad truck pulls up directly behind the contractor-types’ SUV, with a woman clearly wearing the letters F.B.I. on her tactical vest emerging and speaking with the contractor-types. Together they disappear from the scene, leaving their vehicles behind.


Image: What appears to be an FBI bomb squad truck pulls in, with a woman wearing what is clearly the letters F.B.I. on her vest. She talks with two contractors while it appears a third is partially in the truck’s right-hand side. Also note that the area contractors and event staff tore up, is now taped off. (click to enlarge) ….


Image: The FBI truck and contractor SUV sit seemingly abandoned– neither the FBI agent, nor the contractors can be seen. What they did, or where they went remains so far, unknown. (click to enlarge) ….

It should be noted, that with the exception of the contractor-types, all other responders at the scene, including the FBI agent, can be clearly identified, from police to the fire department, to medics and even individuals wearing vests with “B.A.A. Physician” written on them. It should also be noted that no other uniformed individuals can be seen standing near the bomb site aside from the contractor-types.

These men were unidentified, professional contractors apparently augmenting public servants at the Boston Marathon, present before and after the bomb blasts in the direct vicinity of the incident. After the blasts, whether it was their intended function or not, they appeared to be searching for something under the bleachers before being joined by what appears to be the FBI bomb squad. The FBI and the city of Boston has so far categorically failed to provide any information on these highly suspicious individuals.

Questions That Must be Answered
Several questions must be answered by the FBI, leading the investigation on behalf of we, the American people. The first question is who these men were, with large, black bags in the direct vicinity of where a bomb would detonate, moving away before the blast, and appearing directly across the road afterward. Who hired them and what was their function? Why were they moving amongst the crowd in a semi-covert fashion when all other public servants present were wearing proper uniforms and clearly identified? Did police, firefighters, event organizers, and medics know these men were present and what they were doing?

Why did it appear that the FBI was fully aware of their presence, and in fact working with them, specifically with what looks like a bomb squad unit? Were these contractors specialists in explosives, and if so, what is the significance that at least two of them were spotted just meters from where the blast occurred?

Why These Questions Demand Answers
The checkered, frightening history (see: FBI’s History of Handing “Terror Suspects” Live Explosives) of the FBI’s involvement in fomenting false terror attacks, and even presiding over attacks that succeeded in maiming and killing innocent people, should call into question their presence or involvement at any public event, especially when seen associating with unidentified, semi-clandestine organizations that appear to be private contractors.

Private contractors as well, do not answer or work for the public, but rather the highest bidder. Private contractors, most notably Blackwater and its various incarnations have operated both domestically and abroad, committing obscene crimes and atrocities with seemingly absolute impunity. The term “defense contractor” is in fact a euphemism for mercenary, and has no place in a civilized, democratic world, no matter what their alleged mission statement may claim.

That both of these nefarious entities were present and cooperating in the direct vicinity of the Boston bombings, with at least two contractors standing just meters away from where the bomb actually went off, raises a number of possibilities and concerns. A drill may have been being conducted, though the FBI and city officials have denied this. Or, a threat may have been communicated to event organizers ahead of time, which prompted the inclusion of “auxiliary” security, though again, both the FBI and the city of Boston deny receiving any information prior to the bombings. Whichever contracting firm this may have been, may just have wanted to swindle Boston’s taxpayers for an easy payday, and coincidentally found itself in the middle of extraordinary circumstances.

However, alarming suspicion is raised when the FBI makes no mention of an organization it was clearly coordinating with, particularly in terms of bombs and explosives before and after the incident, considering the nature of the attack. When an already dubious organization attempts to obfuscate the facts of any given event, it is the right and responsibility of legitimate law enforcement, public representatives and the citizenry itself to demand and get answers. If we are not persistent, with the FBI’s bizarre behavior over the past few days, including inexplicably cancelled and suspiciously rushed press conferences, and now what appears to be a Hollywood ending for the case, we may never get those answers.
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Note: Most images were taken from Flickr user HahaTango,the entire collection of 150 images from the Boston Marathon can be found here.

RUPERT ALERT!

The NY Daily News titled its article on Murdoch yesterday "RUPERT RIPOFF ALERT!" It seems Rupert's company lobbied the Dept. of Ed. here in NY to refuse to go through a proper bidding process and award his company millions in a contract that the company was not even up to doing...now, there are some dots to connect - because when Rupert Murdoch's woes became apparent in the UK, he hired NY schools' biggie Joel Klein to 'investigate'. Maybe Klein needs to be investigated. Who investigates the investigators?

And now some think Murdoch's empire was hacking into our computers as well...

I guess that's just more for Klein to investigate...BTW, the contract that Murdoch got in NY had to do with a data system on the computers. So he would not need to hack it.

It just gets weirder and weirder, or curiouser and curiouser.

MURDOCH AND MYSTERIOUS DEATHS AMONG 9/11 RESEARCHERS

Danny Jowenko, the Dutchman who analysed the WTC7 collapse and debunked the official story, has been killed recently in a car crash in Holland. Not able to read Dutch, I really cannot comment, although it is mysterious the number of deaths that seem 9/11/Murdoch related, from Mike Zebur, to Paul Vigay, to Sean Hoare, to Danny Jowenko - that is a short list.

My last post tying Murdoch to 9/11 seems to have some interesting visitors, including one from the House of Parliament, some time afternoon or evening London time. Just after Murdoch was on the stand, but not under oath, most likely lying to all of us.

In NY, the papers are putting it all on the front page, indeed it has made the NYT front page just about every day since the Fourth of July. This is followed by 2-3 pages some days. In yesterday's Daily News, Richard Cohen comments: "The similarities between Kane, Hearst and Murdoch are numerous. It's hard to summon any pity for any of them."

Yet Murdoch is trying to summon it, pointing out, not without some truth, that the other papers are trying to bring him down. Indeed they may be, but not for nothing. It was his own fault, not just the acts of one hapless journalist or even a handful. He may get sympathy from David Aaronovitch, but even that not without a quid pro quo.

Or maybe Giuliani will have some for him - Cohen points out that Murdoch helped him get elected...Cohen might one day also notice that Giuliani benfitted from 9/11 and the anthrax attacks...forgot about those? Well, we all called it a US made job - and the FBI agrees with that - but not a word in the Post about it...I guess Murdoch does not want to have anyone know.

More to come, if I do not end up on the list of mysterious deaths.