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What You Can Do To Stop A Cold War

March 10, 2015 by Phil Butler Leave a Comment

Our world is in the biggest mess since the onset of the last world war. Somehow America pulled out of two small wars in order to set foot into an even bigger conflagration with Russia and other states. Many of my friends have expressed a kind of helplessness over this situation. From media and politics, to the course American policy has taken, even the smartest people in academe and business are stymied. Most understand that the mainstream media is slanted to the Washington or London line of policy, but few know what to do about it. Here is something you can do.

Without revealing any names, let me say my contemporaries are some of the innovators of the digital and social space in business, communications, technology, sports, politics, and many other fields. If these leaders have no sense of what to do about our chaotic world, how can anyone? Here are a few comments some very bright people have made concerning American foreign policy, social media from the west, and the new Cold War doctrine of lies:

“Phil, we are not wearing the white hats in this one.” – one of social media’s original innovators from Arlington, VA –

“I know our government is telling us nothing but lies, but I do not want to get involved Phil. I cannot afford the backlash from swimming against the current.” – A former energy and technology executive and an entrepreneur –

“They’re not all sellouts Phil, many in the media simply cannot afford to lose their jobs or their influence in news.” – An independent publisher –

“What should we do Phil, it’s getting pretty rough here (in the US)?” – A Russian born colleague in Seattle worried over anti-Russia views –

“We love your writing Phil, but we cannot touch this one, it would mean trouble for us.” – A major online publication editor concerning dissenting Russia views –

There are hundreds of other such messages in emails and instant messages I’ve received over the last 14 months. The answer to these and other questions is fairly simple. Without going into intricate detail, there is one thing the people of the world can do to right the situation with media and truth. Support independent outlets and the dissenting views. Doing so sends the right message to the BBC, Reuters, CNN, and all the mainstream media in the western hemisphere. The message is; “If we cannot believe you, our readership and viewing goes elsewhere.

It won’t take so long for this message to reach all concerned, not if you do something a bit different today.

Watch this Russia Insider video, be objective, and think about how independent media and news is how freedom of the press all began. I began contributing my research and articles to this free media outlet some months ago. I am sure you can find enlightening content and news, stories you probably never read before, and most importantly the other side of events of today.

I urge you to seek the truth, wherever you can find it, for your families, children, and grandchildren. Please lend your support and readership to Russia Insider via Thunderclap.

This is where “free speech” began, you know?

Ranting on Bloomberg, Unfairness, and Betting the Russia Margin

September 30, 2014 by Phil Butler 1 Comment

For those of you not sick unto death of Bloomberg machinations, today’s headline about Vladimir Putin should be icing on the cake.

“What Putin Wrought Has World Asking What Russia Might Have Been.”

Really now? And it took not one, but two brilliant Bloomberg authors to put this upside-down reality into focus. Simon Kennedy and Henry Meyer paint a picturesque past with their lead in, Putin and then Britain PM Tony Blair (Who’s clearly a madman) dancing amid daffodils, chanting “world peace, world peace, we’ll soon have world peace.” Humbug. However harmonious a relationship President Putin tried to foster with the west these last 10 years, it was the successors to whacked out crook Tony Blair that soured the deal. I quote from the authors on paradise lost over Ukraine:

“Putin began turning away from his new friends as early as 2003, and accelerated the retreat as his third term in the Kremlin got under way in 2012. He cracked down on dissidents, curbed economic freedoms and, this year, fomented the rebellion in eastern Ukraine.”

Tony Blair blares at the Center for American Progress

Then, after conjuring imagery of Dr. Zhivago meets Marry Poppins in our heads, the two economic wizards jump on the bandwagon of Putin bashers intent on shifting blame, I guess. To be honest the mainstream has become so awash with BS like this these last few months, only the avid investments types can possibly have a clue as to what is true or false. What is certainly true is, everybody in Washington, New York and London who invests, is investing in chaos these days. As for Bloomberg’s international economics man in London, Kennedy whistles; “buy, buy, buy” over Ukraine, Syria, and Gaza. Funny thing, I wonder if former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (below right)reads his columns? She was tuned to Wall Street and Russia stocks before bashing Putin over MH17! And only hours after the dead people fell from the sky. If she’s swerving news to influence the ticker, that would go to show you don’t have to have a stock portfolio to profit from the margins. Sorry Hillary, but it’s smart, just not that smart.

Putin has so far caused everything from global warming to the fleas on Obama’s dog. And if Henry Meyer at Bloomberg had anything to say about Putin’s guilt, the Russian president would already be six feet under some gulag. This guy is a Russophobe of monumental proportions in my view. In a recent interview Meyer attempts to draw another lopsided caricature in describing reporting from Ukraine. Despite the fact the pro-Russians are not the ones taking press hostages, Meyer sees fit to portray freedom fighters in the east as the “dangerous” ones in Ukraine. Funny, no Kiev civilians have as of yet been shelled to death. Meyer has been on Putin’s case since the proverbial cows came home. Or since Putin nixed the Israel-US Syria coup d’etat Obama was planning on. Oh boy, don’t get me started.

Anyway, my take on the sold out western media is no big secret. People like me, those intent on seeing a fair shake for one and all, we don’t stand a chance against the likes of the Bloombergs of the world. Anyone who disagrees with their lies and machinations, he or she gets the “paid off in rubles” routine. These kinds of misleading articles really make me sick. Putin may be no angel, but compared to the sellouts and corporate killers in charge in the west, he’s St. Peter himself. I guess what makes me even more disgusted is, most Americans believe these clowns.

And that’s my Tuesday rant on world politics.

Pay The New York Times to Lie? Never!

September 2, 2014 by Phil Butler 3 Comments

I can’t get the straight scoop on Gaza from The New York Times. I can’t read an embedded report from Ukraine on The New York Times either. But I can get an email from The New York Times trying desperately to sell me their one sided news. As an American who grew up believing in freedom of the press and the constitution, watching the press writh and wriggle over money, it’s painful. Being American is about the hope, the trust in a system that not only works, but one that’s right. Now I doubt.

When Barack Obama took office 6 and a half years ago, my best friend chastised me when I questioned that campaign. He and his wife were headed to a North Carolina campaign gig starring Obama and Oprah Winfrey. To be honest, my non-political childhood pal was gleeful over a candidate. “Have you heard him speak Phil?,” he asked. “He’s so charismatic man.” I though back then, “how can he possibly lose now, with my best friend and every housewife in America behind him. I prayed.

Fast forward to today. The stock market crashed, the world was cast into a hidden poverty, no one was held responsible. BP oil polluted the Gulf of Mexico out of gross negligence. The Obama administration lied about it, then BP (see spilled oil image below) got off the hook with a slap on the wrist. Obama won the Nobel Peace prize, but spent more on foreign wars and corporate programs than even George Bush before him. Iraq and Afghanistan go on. Our war on terror is not only ongoing, but lost if we equate the Middle East situation now. Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, all North Africa is unstable. Palestinians are being exterminated. America is leading an all out media and corporate attack on Russia. And it’s all Vladimir Putin’s fault. We are on the brink of World War III.

And I’m mad as hell.

BP oil still stored in 2010 on a Pensacola beach - courtesy Keoni Cabral — BP oil still stored in 2010 on a Pensacola beach – courtesy Keoni Cabral

Ukraine, Israel, and corporate trolls accuse me of taking rubles from Putin’s Russia. Big time PR experts who loved using me and my companies for their good PR, they “unfriend” me because they work with Obama. Once friendly media editors who needed quality news and content a year ago, they ignore Gaza and Ukraine news from me now. Either they’re scared, or they’re desperate, like the mighty New York Times. They need to survive, and the people behind the American president, they know it.

The world is burning. The EU is preparing to leverage more sanctions onto Russia over the Donbass batallions’ recent victories. NATO and Washington lie about a Russian invasion, when I know most Americans could care less if Putin crushed Kiev. The fact of the matter of American diplomacy today is, Obama and Washington pay no attention whatever to the people. Americans have NOTHING to do with American detentes. I’m made as hell because I don’t understand why we permit this.

Palestinian children indicating "peace" after an Israeli shelling - and friends in the west press did not want these stories - courtes Bahaa Salman in Gaza — “Peace” after an Israeli shelling – friends in the west press didn’t want the story – courtesy Bahaa Salman in Gaza

People ask me, “what do you like Putin so much?” My answer is pretty simple actually. Most Americans admire Putin for his strength, calm, and human features. But “liking” Vladimir Putin has nothing to do with standing up for American values. Sure, Putin is a symbol of the Russian story of all this. He’s clearly a better leader than any in the west. But I know he thinks to himself, “that’s not saying much.” The reason I talk to or write for Russia Today. One reason for my editorial over bad west policies is simple. The New York Times and the BBC do want to hear the other side of these stories. They just want to Washington politician side. the other reason is, the RT people are just more accessible, more professional, and as it happens, on the right side of the story this time.

Hillary Clinton — Hillary playing the stocks – Huff Po doesn’t want that – courtesy Brett Weinstein

I’ve been in this “news” business a while now. All told, I guess I’ve typed 20,000 articles these last 8 years. I’ve done stories for Mashable, which now promotes Kyiv Post editors. I’ve contributed to the Huffington Post, which ignored a submission last week revealing a side to Hillary Clinton (above). I’ve sent editorial and news to The Epoch Times many times, and they’ve refused to answer even my emails over Gaza or Ukraine news. Maybe all that is bad timing? I’m sure it is. It’s not the right time for dissenting views in America. It’s time for one message.

So there it is America. The New York Times cannot have a man or woman in Donetsk, no correspondent rising a tank with the Novorossiya freedom fighters today. Where is CNN to tell us the real stories behind the battle lines? Maybe there’s no budget for that these days?

I hope you think about all this my friends. You know why? Because you nor Vladimir Putin can’t pay me to tell the big lie, that’s why. The reason he can’t is simple too. I’m not doing any of this for money.

Oh, by the way, this is my opinion. The New York Times may still be the most free and meaningful press on the planet. But you have to pay for it.

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