They're pulling out all of the stops on the march to Syria

It's so blatantly obvious what the cabal/WhiteHouse are up to now, giving the horrifically sad films of gassed dying Syrians, including children, to CNN and other controlled major media to show to us, the public.  Their long-plotted plan to go into Syria and continue more takeover in the Middle East is hitting a brick wall with the public and Congress and even the Pope, with more than 90% of callers to their representatives saying they are against it.  Uh oh, time to pull out the big guns (pun intended)--so they've enlisted their Fido-the-lap-dog journalists to show us the horrible videos and make us weep. "Surely, SURELY," they think, "This will shock and break people's hearts and bring them along to support our plans."  

Well, we know the powers-that-be won't be denied their new war.  It's in the plans, and the plans are not going to be changed now.  They're determined to make their strike, without the support of Congress or the American people. This latest puppet president will do as he is told. That is a foregone conclusion.  But I am hoping the people can see through this ploy and are finally, FINALLY waking up to what is going on.

Last night's Bill Moyers show on PBS was devoted to the topic of Syria, with Phil Donahue standing in for the vacationing Bill Moyers.  Phil spoke with National Public Radio Middle East correspondent Deborah Amos, and historian and Vietnam veteran Andrew Bacevich about the possible repercussions of our actions in the Middle East.  Check it out at:  http://billmoyers.com/segment/preview-what-are-we-doing-in-syria/

It's a case now of "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."  After we were duped by Cheney/Bush on Iraq, most Americans are cynical and dubious of anything put forth to promote war.  As one viewer put it, "We need to see the evidence of who is really responsible for these atrocities. We don't trust the government any longer to tell us the truth. Too many times we've been duped into believing their outright lies and manufactured claims. And who is going to pay for this war? We, the people are in terms of way less for us in health care, education, housing, etc. I'm sick of their wars."

However, no matter what We the People want, the plans are in place and the ruling cabal won't be denied their next step for world control. They've even got former Viet Nam pacifist John Kerry, now the cabal-controlled Secretary of State, beating the drum for war.  We're in for it, folks -- so fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride.

I would love to be wrong about all of this.  Seeing how it plays out will give us the answer...  I watched the Director's Cut edition of JFK, Oliver Stone's movie, now out on DVD, the night before last. That movie should be seen by every American citizen.  Stone covers every detail that has slipped through the cracks of the mainstream media, giving step-by-step proven factual information that most may not be aware of.  It shows what happens when a president tries to go the way of his conscience to bring about a better world for all, against the plans of the powers-that-be (as many of us alive today witnessed in actuality in 1963). The movie is available on Netflix for those who prefer truth to lies and cover-up.

 

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The BEST EVER analysis re. Syria and what is really going on!

If you read nothing else today, please read this article by investigative reporter Jon Rappaport. Once you have read it, you will know the truth about what is really going on in our own government and in the world. Whether you choose to believe it is up to you. This is a good one to pass to friends so all of us, whether conservative or liberal, can finally understand and be on the same page when it comes to the next presidential (s)election. Eisenhower and Kennedy were the closest we've come to a "transcendent" president (as described by Rappaport in the article). Eisenhower tried to warn us in his speech as he left the White House (www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y06NSBBRtY‎), and Kennedy actually tried to implement the power (faux, as we now know) of the presidency to make great and good changes. We all know what happened to him and his brother Bobby who was not even allowed to get to the White House to carry out a vision of peace for our world. If you've wondered why Obama hasn't carried out any of the promises he made to "We, the people," you need wonder no more:

Syria: a vote of no-confidence in the President

by Jon Rappoport

September 7, 2013
www.nomorefakenews.com

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As members of Congress reveal that calls to their offices are overwhelmingly against the war, and the House considers it may not vote at all, in order to spare Obama embarrassment, we can see a version of what refusing to vote for a president on election day looks like.

 

It looks like: no-confidence.

 

Every four years, I write about this possibility. Suppose only 19% of eligible voters showed up at the polls. It would speak loudly: The American people no longer trust the major candidates. They no longer trust the charade. They no longer trust the vote-count. They know both major candidates work for the same Globalist machine.

 

No-confidence.

 

Well, here it is. On the issue of the war.

 

I'm not saying the Congress will reject war. They may go ahead and drive the steamroller over the people. But it's getting a little hairy for them.

 

And remember this. The media play any significant presidential victory as a signal that all his programs and plans are getting a boost. But on the flip side, that means a significant failure, in full view of the country, will register---despite the hype and explanations---as a weakening of his overall standing.

 

Washington DC registers such shifts in power like starving dogs smelling bloody meat. They attack.

 

War is supposed to be such a big deal that it's a foregone conclusion, if the President wants it. He either sends the planes on his own, or Congress rubber stamps his position first. But this time, it's different.

 

This time it's: do we believe the President and his "evidence" and his claim that he's taking the moral high ground; or don't we. The question is in plain sight. It's out there for all to see.

 

The push to war is such an obvious fabrication, only a complete fool or a dyed-in-the-wool Obama believer would opt for attacking Syria. The hypnotic Obama bubble is bursting, even for many of the faith.

 

In my last article on Syria, I pointed out that the super-secret Congressional intell briefing was a sham. It was all generality and no hard evidence. It was basically arm twisting.

 

So what's left? Nothing. "Do what the President wants you to do."

 

If Congress says yes, they'll go down deeper into the dumper with Obama. These barnacles on the body politic can do one thing: assess self-interest and electability. They're thinking about it.

 

They're in the pressure cooker.

 

Taking a step back...do you think Obama woke up one day and said, "Hold on here. Assad just used chemical weapons on his own people. I have to take action. I have to punish him."

 

Of course not. This idea came from somewhere else. It's been on the table for years, as part of a Middle East strategy to destabilize the whole region. It's, on one level, a Mossad-CIA plan, with a Saudi twist. On a higher level, it's a Globalist operation, whose end game is order from chaos.

 

Partition nations into warring ethnic enclaves, disrupt the oil flow, create, therefore, planet-wide depression, and come in behind that to install new fascist dictator-puppets, bringing in international banksters to "re-finance" the whole region and own it from the ground up.

 

Obama is just another renter in the White House, playing the cards he was dealt. He goes along with the show, introducing his own prejudices, like any other President, and takes what he can get.

 

He's no magic man, and now his juice is running out.

 

A no-confidence vote against war on Syria could, however, expand to mean no-confidence in any White House occupant from the two major parties.

 

Waking up is hard to do, but if the American people keep their eyes open, they'll see that this Syria escapade is just one more example of an agenda that betrays any sane person's idea of what America is supposed to be.

 

The only kind of transcendent President, in these times, would be one who, after a year or so in office, would hold a press conference and say, "I've learned I'm being run. Men are controlling the office of President. I'm supposed to take their orders. Here is what I know about them. Here are their names. Here is what they told me. Here is how they're trying to coerce me. This is the story, the real story about what has happened to this country..."

 

To which people might say, "How could a President do that? They'd kill him."

 

Exactly. That's why I used the word "transcendent."

 

Every American President sends soldiers to their deaths, and he kills people in distant countries. To be "transcendent" is to put his own life on the line, too.

 

That should give you some idea about why no-votes signaling no confidence in Presidents are vital. None of them will go as far as necessary to blow the cover on who really runs this nation.

 

Jon Rappoport

The author of two explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED and EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of California. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free emails at www.nomorefakenews.com

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A Good Film to Watch This Weekend

To remind us that war is hell...especially as we are once more hearing the beating of war drums emanating from the bastions of the insane asylum that is Washington, D.C.

Did you know that there are more than 160 FRONTLINE films streaming for free on our website? Starting today, FRONTLINE is excited to bring you "What to Watch This Weekend," our new, curated series of film recommendations. This week's suggestion is from Tim Mangini, FRONTLINE's Director of Broadcast — who has been with FRONTLINE since 1995, and who oversees the series' production and post-production process. *** Having worked on almost 400 FRONTLINE films, it's hard to pick a favorite to highlight. After much deliberation, I chose The Wounded Platoon because, for me, it's an expression of journalism in its purest form. It's a classic investigative FRONTLINE, deeply researched and beautifully shot and directed by Dan Edge, a relatively new filmmaker to us at the time. Originally broadcast in May of 2010, the film was part of our effort to chronicle the long-term effects of battle on returning soldiers in the wake of the Iraq War. Dan takes you on a personal journey with the soldiers of Third Platoon Charlie-Company after their return home. It's jarring to witness how deeply war scarred them, and the crippling challenges they face adjusting to life after combat. I'm struck by how seamlessly the film works together as a whole. Dan Edge is a complete filmmaker — he writes, shoots and even crafts his own music. The camera work in stunning; intimate without being intrusive, it draws you into the powerful stories of these men and the demons they face.  This documentary also contains one of the most memorable lines of narration in any film I've ever seen. Listen for it at the 9:30 mark, when the narrator tells the story of Jose Barco's heroics saving two soldiers.  I hope you find this film as remarkable as I do. - Tim Mangini, FRONTLINE Director of Broadcast What did you think of The Wounded Platoon? Tell us on Twitter and Facebook.

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Hummingbirds: video on how they feed

One of nature's living miracles...

Hummingbirds - All about how the birds feed

http://player.vimeo.com/video/68897592

 

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Seven Days of Laughter -- ENJOY! (~.~)

MONDAY The mother of a 17-year-old girl was concerned that her daughter was having sex... Worried the girl might become pregnant and adversely impact the Family’s status, she consulted the family doctor. The doctor told her that teenagers today were very willful and any attempt to stop the girl would probably result in rebellion. He then told her to arrange for her daughter to be put on birth control and until then, talk to her and give her a box of condoms. Later that evening, as her daughter was preparing for a date, the mother told her about the situation and handed her a box of condoms. The girl burst out laughing and reached over to hug  her mother, saying, 'Oh Mom! You don't have to worry about that! I'm dating Susan!'

TUESDAY A man went to church one day and afterward he stopped to shake the preacher's hand. He said, 'Preacher, I’ll tell you, that was a damned fine sermon.  Damned good!' The preacher said, 'Thank you sir, but I'd rather you didn't use profanity.' The man said, 'I was so damned impressed with that sermon I put five thousand dollars in the offering plate!' The preacher said, 'No shit?'

WEDNESDAY Brenda and Steve took their six-year-old son to the doctor. With some hesitation, they explained that although their little angel appeared to be in good health, they were concerned about his rather small penis. After examining the child, the doctor confidently declared, 'Just feed him pancakes. That should solve the problem.' The next morning when the boy arrived at breakfast, there was a large stack of warm pancakes in the middle of the table. 'Gee, Mom,' he exclaimed, 'for me?' 'Just take two,' Brenda replied. 'The rest are for your father.'

THURSDAY One night, an 87-year-old woman came home from Bingo to find her 92-year-old husband in bed with another woman. She became violent and ended up pushing him off the balcony of their 20th floor apartment, killing him instantly. Brought before the court on the charge of murder, she was asked if she had anything to say in her own defense. ‘Your Honor,' she began coolly, 'I figured that at 92, if he could screw, he could fly.'

FRIDAY A  Doctor was addressing a large audience in Tampa.  'The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago.  Red meat is awful. Soft drinks corrode your stomach lining. Chinese food is loaded with MSG.  High fat diets can be disastrous, and none of us realizes the long-term harm caused by the germs in our drinking water. However, there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all and we all have eaten, or will eat it. Can anyone here tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?' After several seconds of quiet, a 75-year-old man in the front row raised his hand, and softly said, ‘Wedding Cake.'

SATURDAY Bob, a 70-year-old, extremely wealthy widower, shows up at the Country Club with a breathtakingly beautiful and very sexy 25-year-old blonde-haired woman who knocks everyone's socks off with her youthful sex appeal and charm and who hangs over Bob’s arm and listens intently to his every word.  His buddies at the club are all aghast. At the very first chance, they corner him and ask, 'Bob, how’d you get the trophy girlfriend?' Bob replies, ‘Girlfriend? She's my wife!' They are knocked over, but continue to ask. 'So, how'd you persuade her to marry you?' 'I lied about my age,' Bob replies. 'What, did you tell her you were only 50?' Bob smiles and says, 'No, I told her I was 90.'

SUNDAY Groups of Americans were traveling by tour bus through Switzerland. As they stopped at a cheese farm, a young guide led them through the process of cheese making, explaining that goat's milk was used. She showed the group a lovely hillside where many goats were grazing.  'These,' she explained, 'are the older goats put out to pasture when they no longer produce.' She then asked, 'What do you do in America with your old goats?' A spry old gentleman answered, 'They send us on bus tours!'

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THEY DID IT !! PHOTOS OF THE 9/11 BILLBOARD IN TIMES SQUARE !!!

Billboard put up by Architects and Engineers for Truth about 911 is now in Times Square.  It's about time some truth was made known to the world at large!  Go to www.rethink911.org for details.

On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 4:42 AM, Les Jamieson wrote:

Hello all,

Many thought this would never happen but it did! The billboard designed by AE911Truth.org went up in Times Square yesterday without a hitch. It was a sight to behold and is already creating a buzz around the world. Congrats to everyone who rallied around Richard Gage and his team to make this happen. FYI, similar marketing efforts are going on in several other cities here, the UK, and Australia. Go to www.rethink911.org for details. More photos and videos will go up within the next week. Please forward this to your lists.

Towards truth & justice,

Les Jamieson

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UK News: Fukushima 'Much Worse' than we've been led to believe

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23779561

Fukushima leak is 'much worse than we were led to believe'

By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News

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A nuclear expert has told the BBC that he believes the current water leaks at Fukushima are much worse than the authorities have stated.

Mycle Schneider is an independent consultant who has previously advised the French and German governments.

He says water is leaking out all over the site and there are no accurate figures for radiation levels.

Meanwhile the chairman of Japan's nuclear authority said that he feared there would be further leaks.

The ongoing problems at the Fukushima plant increased in recent days when the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) admitted that around 300 tonnes of highly radioactive water had leaked from a storage tank on the site.

Moment of crisis

The Japanese nuclear energy watchdog raised the incident level from one to three on the international scale that measures the severity of atomic accidents.

"It is leaking out from the basements, it is leaking out from the cracks all over the place”

Mycle Schneider Nuclear consultant

This was an acknowledgement that the power station was in its greatest crisis since the reactors melted down after the tsunami in 2011.

But some nuclear experts are concerned that the problem is a good deal worse than either Tepco or the Japanese government are willing to admit.

They are worried about the enormous quantities of water, used to cool the reactor cores, which are now being stored on site.

Some 1,000 tanks have been built to hold the water. But these are believed to be at around 85% of their capacity and every day an extra 400 tonnes of water are being added.

"The quantities of water they are dealing with are absolutely gigantic," said Mycle Schneider, who has consulted widely for a variety of organisations and countries on nuclear issues.

"What is the worse is the water leakage everywhere else - not just from the tanks. It is leaking out from the basements, it is leaking out from the cracks all over the place. Nobody can measure that.

Satellite images show how the number of water storage tanks has increased in the past two years. The tanks store contaminated water that has been used to cool the reactors.

"It is much worse than we have been led to believe, much worse," said Mr Schneider, who is lead author for the World Nuclear Industry status reports.

At news conference, the head of Japan's nuclear regulation authority Shunichi Tanaka appeared to give credence to Mr Schneider's concerns, saying that he feared there would be further leaks.

``We should assume that what has happened once could happen again, and prepare for more. We are in a situation where there is no time to waste," he told reporters.

The lack of clarity about the water situation and the continued attempts by Tepco to deny that water was leaking into the sea has irritated many researchers.

Dr Ken Buesseler is a senior scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who has examined the waters around Fukushima.

"It is not over yet by a long shot, Chernobyl was in many ways a one week fire-explosive event, nothing with the potential of this right on the ocean."

"We've been saying since 2011 that the reactor site is still leaking whether that's the buildings and the ground water or these new tank releases. There's no way to really contain all of this radioactive water on site."

"Once it gets into the ground water, like a river flowing to the sea, you can't really stop a ground water flow. You can pump out water, but how many tanks can you keep putting on site?"

Several scientists also raised concerns about the vulnerability of the huge amount of stored water on site to another earthquake.

Water from the storage tanks has seeped into the groundwater and then into the sea. Efforts to use a chemical barrier to prevent sea contamination have not worked.

New health concerns

The storage problems are compounded by the ingress of ground water, running down from the surrounding hills. It mixes with radioactive water leaking out of the basements of the reactors and then some of it leaches into the sea, despite the best efforts of Tepco to stem the flow.

Some of the radioactive elements like caesium that are contained in the water can be filtered by the earth. Others are managing to get through and this worries watching experts.

"Our biggest concern right now is if some of the other isotopes such as strontium 90 which tend to be more mobile, get through these sediments in the ground water," said Dr Buesseler.

"They are entering the oceans at levels that then will accumulate in seafood and will cause new health concerns."

There are also worries about the spent nuclear fuel rods that are being cooled and stored in water pools on site. Mycle Schneider says these contain far more radioactive caesium than was emitted during the explosion at Chernobyl.

"There is absolutely no guarantee that there isn't a crack in the walls of the spent fuel pools. If salt water gets in, the steel bars would be corroded. It would basically explode the walls, and you cannot see that; you can't get close enough to the pools," he said.

The "worsening situation" at Fukushima has prompted a former Japanese ambassador to Switzerland to call for the withdrawal of Tokyo's Olympic bid.

In a letter to the UN secretary general, Mitsuhei Murata says the official radiation figures published by Tepco cannot be trusted. He says he is extremely worried about the lack of a sense of crisis in Japan and abroad.

This view is shared by Mycle Schneider, who is calling for an international taskforce for Fukushima.

"The Japanese have a problem asking for help. It is a big mistake; they badly need it."

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Good News! Ireland discovers new agra technology with radio-wave treated water

SKEPTICS:  Please CLICK ON THIS LINK TO SEE SOME OF THE SCIENTIFIC PROOF IN SHORT VIDEOS  http://www.zengardner.com/breakthrough-radio-wave-treated-water-works-miracles/ 

RADIO-WAVE TREATED WATER WORKS MIRACLES IN GROWTH AND HEALTH OF PLANTS

fyi...this is being circulated on the internet right now...it sounds very promising...

Wave goodbye to global warming, GM and pesticides

Radio wave-treated water could change agriculture as we know it. 

Treated water results in larger, healthier crops, says Professor Austin Darragh of Limerick University

25 August 2013

A GROUNDBREAKING new Irish technology which could be the greatest breakthrough in agriculture since the plow is set to change the face of modern farming forever.

The technology – radio-wave energized water – massively increases the output of vegetables and fruits by up to 30 per cent.

Not only are the plants much bigger but they are largely disease-resistant, meaning huge savings in expensive fertilizers and harmful pesticides.

Extensively tested in Ireland and several other countries, the inexpensive water treatment technology is now being rolled out across the world. The technology makes GM obsolete and also addresses the whole global warming fear that there is too much carbon dioxide in the air, by simply converting excess CO2 into edible plant mass.

Developed by Professor Austin Darragh and Dr JJ Leahy of Limerick University's Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, the hardy eco-friendly technology uses nothing but the natural elements of sunlight, water, carbon dioxide in the air and the minerals in the soil.

The compact biscuit-tin-sized technology, which is called Vi-Aqua – meaning 'life water' – converts 24 volts of electricity into a radio signal, which charges up the water via an antennae. Once the device is attached to a hose, thousands of gallons of water can be charged up in less than 10 minutes at a cost of pennies.

Speaking about the new technology, Professor Austin Darragh says:

"Vi-Aqua makes water wetter and introduces atmospheric nitrogen into the water in the form of nitrates – so it is free fertilizer. It also produces the miracle of rejuvenating the soil by invigorating soil-based micro-organisms.

"We can also make water savings of at least 30 per cent. When the water is treated it becomes a better solvent, which means it can carry more nutrients to the leaves and stem and percolate better down into the soil to nourish the roots, which in turn produces a better root system. Hence the reason you need less water and why you end up with larger and hardier crops," explains Professor Austin Darragh.

Extensively tested in Warrenstown Agricultural College, the technology is being hailed as a modern day miracle.

Harold Lawler is Ireland's foremost Agricultural Specialist. As Director of the National Botanical Gardens and former Master of Agricultural Science at Warrenstown Agricultural College, he has carried out more research on Vi-Aqua growth-enhancing technology than perhaps anyone else in the world:

"In the bedding plants we really saw a difference in the results; they were much hardier and tougher. You could drop a tray of these plants on the ground and they would not shatter, like ordinary plants.

"We also noticed that the treated plants needed far less fertilizer than the untreated ones. The roots took the nutrients in better whereas with other normal plants leaching of minerals occurs," explains Harold Lawler.

Impressed, Harold Lawler's research team carried out further extensive tests on a wide variety of vegetable plants:

"The iceberg lettuces were far superior with faster germination, and with carrots for example, the crops were on average 46 per cent heavier," explains Harold Lawler.

During recent successful tomato crop field trials in Italy, three of the country's largest Agricultural Co-op's were so impressed with the results that they have now decided to recommend the technology to the country's farming community.

Elsewhere, the Indian government have now concluded their own tests, which confirm that they are able to boost tea (plant) production by over a third while using far less water.

In recognition of the groundbreaking technology, the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, London, recently took the hitherto unheard-of step of granting Professor Austin Darragh and his team the right to use their official centuries-old coat of arms on the new technology – the first time ever that Kew Gardens has afforded anyone such an honor.

The Kew Gardens botanists were not just impressed with the research; they used the technology to restore to life a very rare orchid which had been lying dormant and practically dead in a greenhouse bell jar since 1942. Amazingly, the orchid is now flourishing once again.

Limerick University off- campus company ZPM Europe Ltd, who are based in the National Technology Park, Limerick, is now manufacturing the Vi-Aqua technology.

Sunday Independent

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/wave-goodbye-to-global-warming-gm-and-pesticides-29525621.html

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Obama to Congress: Put Up or Shut Up

OOPS, HOT POTATO TIME -- WHAT WILL THE RIGHT WINGERS DO NOW?
By Marty Kaplan

Minutes after President Obama's hot-potato toss from the Rose Garden to Capitol Hill, "put up or shut up" soared on social media.

As with the sequester, Congress may devise a vote that takes no responsibility and leaves no fingerprints. Most Republicans think that giving Obama a flat yes on anything puts a bulls eye on them for primary challenges. A flat no, like the one Prime Minister Cameron got from Parliament, risks their being blamed for kneejerk partisanship and the next horror out of Syria. So to fudge things and evade accountability, Congress could construct, as Amy Davidson wrote in her New Yorker blog, "some legislative monstrosity, as it did during the debt-ceiling crisis, that relies on a complicated series of mechanisms that assure nothing -- except that whatever happens is Obama's fault."   (This is the one that gets my vote for what they will do--what else could you expect from this gang of lunatics?)

But "put up or shut up" is the snarly mood that's trending online. I think people welcome this chance to force members of Congress to grow a pair -- and if not, to reap the humiliation and disgrace that they've sown.

It's tragic that it took the use of nerve gas to get to what's supposed to be a sober, grownup debate about international norms, but it's not surprising. After all, the Sandy Hook shootings didn't do that for the gun law debate, Hurricane Sandy didn't do it for climate change and the Great Recession didn't do it for "too big to fail." For that matter, widespread misery hasn't given us the debate we deserve about economic justice, decades of declining schools haven't done it for education and falling bridges haven't forced us to face up to our failing infrastructure.

Despite that record, it would be comforting to fantasize that this time, our elected representatives will be leaders and statesmen, not hacks and demagogues running from fundraising calls to cable news preening. Imagine Mitch McConnell, John McCain, Lindsay Graham and Rand Paul rising to the occasion. Imagine Ted Cruz taking a break from banging his high chair. Imagine John Boehner not the hapless captive of the Louie Gohmerts and Steve Kings and Virginia Foxxes, but actually stepping up to the mantle of his Speakership.

I know, I know. That ain't gonna happen. But the next best thing may. It's true that the nation has been disgusted by Congress for a while, but its coming performance in this Syria debate may be so soilingly loathsome that real reform will get some momentum. Unless we change the way campaign money is raised and spent; unless we make public service a privilege, not an audition for a lobbyist's paycheck; unless district lines and elections aren't rigged, and filibusters aren't routine 'cockblocks' -- without a red-hot constituency for overhauling our political system, it'll always be Groundhog Day in Washington.

We may not get a great debate about international norms and national security. It's possible that Congress will neither put up nor shut up.

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